Chapter Summaries

Xue Tao returned from the hospital with a sudden determination to study and ignore women, inspiring Chu Mingzhe to cram for finals as well. Wang Haoran visited Su Bai, who told him he had recruited an existing team for Wang’s mobile game studio, though its original business was companionship gaming.

• Xue Tao spent hours studying, then told Wang Haoran and Chu Mingzhe that he had decided to focus on his studies and career instead of women.
• After hearing Xue Tao’s resolve, Chu Mingzhe vowed to return to the dorm and practice advanced mathematics.
• Wang Haoran left the cafeteria to visit Su Bai at Bangbang Technology, saying he had already finished reviewing for finals.
• Su Bai told Wang Haoran that Director Du had poached an existing team for his mobile game studio.
• Su Bai explained that the team had mainly offered companionship gaming and suggested Wang Haoran could later expand into a maid café, but Wang Haoran rejected the idea.

Su Bai reassured Wang Haoran that he would keep funding the gaming companion studio, then visited Chen Yusheng and Li Xingya at the laboratory and took them to lunch. The three returned to the lab with a large delivery expected that afternoon, while Chen Yusheng quietly recognized why Li Xingya was acting so deferentially.

• Wang Haoran rejected the maid café idea and explained that he wanted the studio to focus on skilled gaming services.
• Su Bai promised to transfer more money to support Wang Haoran's business.
• Su Bai visited Chen Yusheng and Li Xingya as Chen Yusheng taught Li Xingya to configure a programming environment.
• Su Bai took Chen Yusheng and Li Xingya to a private hotpot restaurant before a major item arrived at the laboratory.
• Li Xingya carefully served Chen Yusheng during lunch, and Chen Yusheng told Su Bai she suspected Li Xingya was worried about making her jealous.

Chen Yusheng helped Li Xingya feel more comfortable around her by giving her candid advice about her relationship with Su Bai. The chapter left the two women sharing an unexpected intimacy, while Su Bai was pleased that they had grown closer.

• Chen Yusheng told Su Bai she wanted to close the distance between herself and Li Xingya, then shared an embarrassing idea with him.
• Li Xingya returned from the restroom and reflected on her relationship with Su Bai and her uneasiness around Chen Yusheng and his other confidantes.
• Su Bai held both women's hands and told Li Xingya to think of Chen Yusheng and Senior Sister Xiaolu as good sisters before leaving them alone together.
• Chen Yusheng surprised Li Xingya by discussing Su Bai's stamina and offering her intimate advice, easing the tension between them.
• Su Bai returned to find Li Xingya and Chen Yusheng whispering together, and he realized Chen Yusheng's idea had worked.

After lunch, Su Bai invited Chen Yusheng and Li Xingya to his office for a suggestive “academic discussion.” Chen Yusheng helped Li Xingya choose black stockings, and the chapter ended with Su Bai summoning both women to begin their lesson.

• Su Bai invited Chen Yusheng and Li Xingya to nap and discuss human pose recognition at his office, and Chen Yusheng recognized his suggestive intent.
• Su Bai darkened the office and set the mood while Li Xingya nervously took in the unusual setting.
• Chen Yusheng showed Li Xingya the black stockings kept in the office and said they would form a black stocking faction among Su Bai’s Confidantes.
• Li Xingya agreed to wear striped black stockings, and she and Chen Yusheng changed into their chosen pairs.
• Su Bai admired their appearance and called them over to begin class.

Su Bai had a high-end aquarium delivered to the Computer Science laboratory to create an Ecological Corner and give the researchers a place to relax. After Professor Luo praised the addition, Su Bai asked Chen Yusheng and Li Xingya to help arrange it.

• Su Bai left Chen Yusheng and Li Xingya in the break room while he went to meet the aquarium delivery.
• The movers brought in an ultra-clear glass tank and its premium equipment, drawing the laboratory members’ attention.
• Su Bai explained to Professor Luo that the aquarium would help the researchers relax and rest their eyes.
• Professor Luo approved of the Ecological Corner and thanked Su Bai for improving the laboratory.
• Chen Yusheng and Li Xingya came out, and Su Bai invited them to help with the aquascaping.

Su Bai ordered fish for the laboratory aquarium, then went to the basketball gym he had rented for his class team’s training. He noticed Chu Mingzhe was exhausted from his girlfriend Leilei’s late-night demands and warned him that breaking up with her could be dangerous, leaving Chu to decide to endure things for now.

• Su Bai ordered an expensive mix of fish for the laboratory aquarium while telling Chen Yusheng about the private club Liu Chenhu was arranging for him.
• Su Bai drove to the indoor basketball gym he had rented and joined his class team’s training for the tournament finals.
• Su Bai noticed Chu Mingzhe was playing badly and learned that Leilei had kept him awake with an emotional late-night video call.
• Chu Mingzhe asked whether he should break up with Leilei, and Su Bai warned him about the risks of provoking her.
• Chu Mingzhe abandoned the idea of breaking up for now and returned to training.

With his Advanced Mathematics exam approaching, Su Bai accompanied Chen Yusheng to study, but their office session turned into fooling around before they moved to the library. While Chen Yusheng studied there, Su Bai collected gossip about girls who approached him, then spotted Reporter Xu in the borrowing area.

• Su Bai brought past exam papers to Bangbang Technology, where his attempts to help Chen Yusheng study led them to fool around until afternoon.
• Chen Yusheng took Su Bai to the library so they could study in public, and she quickly focused on her work.
• While Chen Yusheng went to get water, Su Bai used the system to scan two girls who approached him and added them on WeChat to gather gossip.
• Chen Yusheng returned, found five new girls in Su Bai's contacts, and joined him in sorting his gossip sources into a group.
• Su Bai spotted Reporter Xu in the library's borrowing area.

Xu Xinran proposed that Su Bai acquire a struggling commercial dance troupe for his private club and offered to negotiate the deal in exchange for a date with him. Su Bai agreed, then returned to Chen Yusheng, who noticed Xu Xinran had kissed him.

• Xu Xinran visited Su Bai at Jiang University's library and met his girlfriend, Chen Yusheng.
• Xu Xinran told Su Bai that a commercial dance troupe was facing insolvency after its owner was arrested for illegal fundraising.
• Xu Xinran suggested Su Bai buy the troupe to provide performances at his private club and offered to handle the negotiations.
• Xu Xinran asked Su Bai to take her on a date in return, and Su Bai agreed if she secured the troupe.
• Xu Xinran kissed Su Bai on the cheek before leaving, and Chen Yusheng questioned him about the mark when he returned.

Su Bai's roommates and Li Rui prepared anxiously for the advanced mathematics exam, while Su Bai remained confident in his enhanced abilities. After he finished the unusually difficult exam early and confidently answered a question that had stumped Li Rui, Li Rui began questioning his own academic standing.

• Xue Tao and Chu Mingzhe crammed for the exams while Su Bai said he had already practiced and expected to pass.
• Li Rui showed Su Bai his advanced review materials and criticized Su Bai for studying from basic past papers.
• Professor Wang's advanced mathematics exam proved unexpectedly difficult, but Su Bai solved it quickly and handed it in forty minutes early.
• After the exam, Chu Mingzhe and Xue Tao lamented the difficult questions while Su Bai said the paper had been standard.
• Li Rui asked Su Bai about the hardest problem, and Su Bai gave the answer and criticized Li Rui for neglecting the fundamentals.
• Li Rui watched Su Bai leave with his roommates and wondered how Su Bai could excel academically while spending time flirting.

After exams ended, Su Bai’s growing intimacy with Li Xingya earned him ten attribute points, which he added to his Physique before taking her out for the night. Back at Room 510, Xia Lin reminded the students to stay safe over winter break, and the roommates discussed Su Bai’s upcoming trip to Magic City.

• Su Bai met Li Xingya in his Land Rover and kissed her, triggering a reward of ten free attribute points for her rising favorability.
• Su Bai spent the points to raise his Physique to 150, then took Li Xingya out for a late-night snack and suggested they celebrate after exams.
• Xia Lin entered Room 510 while Xue Tao was telling neighboring students stories about risky games at bars, then gave everyone winter-break safety reminders.
• After Xia Lin left, Chu Mingzhe said she paid special attention to Su Bai, making Xue Tao envy their closeness.
• Chu Mingzhe offered to show Su Bai around Magic City during winter break, while Xue Tao teased him about his demanding girlfriend.

Xue Tao treated his classmates to a night at OUT24, where they watched a lavish Great God Set procession and learned that a major spender had rented an upstairs private room. Inside, Su Bai showed support for Xia Lin’s friend Qin Man by ordering the 888,000-yuan set to be brought out every hour, while Li Xingya stayed by his side.

• Xue Tao took his classmates to OUT24 after checking in with Huang Ran and paid for a booth, drinks, and snacks despite his tight finances.
• Xue Tao and his classmates watched an 888,000-yuan Great God Set parade through the bar toward a second-floor private room.
• Su Bai sat with Li Xingya in SVIP Room 1 and spoke with Qin Man, the bar owner and Xia Lin’s friend.
• Qin Man tried to get closer to Su Bai, but he avoided her advances and asked her to save him more bottles of his whiskey.
• Su Bai ordered the Great God Set to come through once an hour until he left, and Qin Man eagerly agreed.
• Su Bai checked that Li Xingya was comfortable, and she told him the private room was fine.

Su Bai brought Li Xingya to Ascott to meet Zhou Jialu and help her feel welcome in his circle. After Zhou Jialu warmly accepted her and the two helped her put on a swimsuit, Li Xingya gained confidence as they prepared to bathe together.

• Su Bai drove Li Xingya to Ascott and reassured her that Zhou Jialu would welcome her.
• Zhou Jialu greeted Li Xingya warmly, offered her hot wine, and helped her relax while Su Bai went upstairs.
• Su Bai chose a dark blue swim dress for Li Xingya, and he and Zhou Jialu helped her change into it.
• Li Xingya saw herself in the mirror and accepted Su Bai and Zhou Jialu's praise and kindness.
• Zhou Jialu took Li Xingya by the hand and led her toward the steaming bathtub with Su Bai.

Su Bai researched acquiring a struggling dance troupe to provide performances for his private club, estimating the costs and considering its business potential. Chen Yusheng’s flirtation soon interrupted his research, leaving the acquisition undecided.

• Su Bai woke early, worked out with Xia Lin, and chatted with her about the dorm and winter-break plans.
• Su Bai ordered lunch for Chen Yusheng, then shared a meal with her, Li Xingya, and Zhou Jialu before the others left to shop or work.
• Su Bai researched buying a failing dance troupe, explaining its licenses, debts, staffing costs, and possible revenue to Chen Yusheng.
• Chen Yusheng showed Su Bai an online exposé about the troupe’s financial troubles and dancers taking nightclub work and private bookings.
• Chen Yusheng teased Su Bai over the troupe’s performers, and he abandoned their ranked game to kiss her and turn his attention elsewhere.

Su Bai inspected the lavish private club Liu Chenhu was building for him and learned that Liu Chenyang’s father had begun easing the restrictions that forced her to live as a boy. Su Bai realized Xu Xinran’s work against the fraudulent Taoist had likely changed Liu Chenhu’s mind, and he left planning to reward Xu Xinran after returning from Magic City.

• Su Bai took Zhou Jialu and Li Xingya to inspect the private club under construction on a peninsula by East Lake, where Liu Chenyang showed them around.
• Su Bai showed the women the club’s luxury lobby, entertainment facilities, spa, heated pool, and one-way underwater suite window.
• After Zhou Jialu and Li Xingya went to the lakeshore, Liu Chenyang told Su Bai that Liu Chenhu had said she could grow her hair and wear less masculine clothes, and had asked whether she liked a boy.
• Su Bai realized Xu Xinran had likely exposed the fraudulent Taoist whose fortune-telling had convinced Liu Chenhu to raise Liu Chenyang as a boy, and encouraged Liu Chenyang to change at her own pace.
• Su Bai decided to arrange a meal, a date, and possibly a rehearsal for Xu Xinran’s plan to have a child with him after he returned from Magic City.

Su Bai took Zhou Jialu, Liu Chenyang, and Li Xingya to Yinlu, where Zhou Jialu and Su Bai helped Liu Chenyang through an intimate “academic exchange” while Li Xingya waited in the garden. Su Bai later comforted Li Xingya in his Land Rover Defender, and she returned to her dormitory determined to keep their relationship private.

• Su Bai and the women ate an elaborate seafood meal at Yinlu, where Zhou Jialu teased him about the oysters’ supposed effects and then stopped him from eating more.
• Zhou Jialu brought Liu Chenyang upstairs for an intimate lesson with Su Bai, while Li Xingya chose to stay in the garden.
• After the exchange ended, Su Bai found Li Xingya by the pond and took her to the Land Rover Defender, where he reassured her with private affection.
• Su Bai drove Li Xingya back to Normal University, and she returned to her dormitory with pastries for her roommates.
• Li Xingya deflected her roommates’ questions about the Land Rover Defender and privately decided to keep her happiness with Su Bai to herself.

Su Bai arrived in Shanghai, where Xia Lin welcomed him in heiress mode and planned his luxury-filled stay and technical diving certification. After their passionate reunion, Xia Lin fell asleep, and Su Bai looked ahead to the diving lessons and the start of his Magic City visit.

• Su Bai flew first class from River City to Shanghai and was met at Hongqiao Airport by a Peninsula Hotel convoy arranged by Xia Lin.
• Su Bai reached the Peninsula Suite and reunited with Xia Lin, who greeted him dressed as a glamorous Magic City heiress.
• Xia Lin told Su Bai she had arranged a three-day plan for his technical diving certification and a schedule of elite Magic City experiences.
• Su Bai and Xia Lin began an intimate encounter in the suite, and Xia Lin eventually begged for mercy and fell asleep.
• Su Bai tucked Xia Lin in and wondered how his System-granted skill would impress the diving instructor.

Su Bai accompanied Xia Lin to the Deep Blue Diving Club for an intensive diving course and stunned the instructors with his extraordinary physique and breath-holding ability. He passed the first test, leaving Yan Gang eager to train him and Xia Lin proudly keeping the onlookers at bay.

• Xia Lin reluctantly got out of bed and brought Su Bai to the Deep Blue Diving Club for diving certifications.
• Sun Zhihao tried to impress Xia Lin and belittle Su Bai, but fell silent after seeing Su Bai's powerful physique in the locker room.
• Yan Gang began the training with a static breath-holding test, and Sun Zhihao lasted three minutes and ten seconds.
• Su Bai held his breath underwater for eight minutes and twenty seconds, alarming the group before surfacing calmly.
• Yan Gang praised Su Bai's potential, while Su Bai said he only wanted the certification for island vacations with Xia Lin.
• Xia Lin handed Su Bai a towel and told him to put his clothes on rather than keep attracting the female instructors' attention.

Su Bai completed a full diving certification in half a day, astonishing Coach Yan Gang and humiliating Sun Zhihao. At dinner, Xia Lin revealed that Sun Zhihao would be at the next day’s track day and arranged for Su Bai to drive her Ferrari LaFerrari and Maserati MC12.

• Su Bai held his breath underwater for eight minutes and twenty seconds, prompting Yan Gang to urge him to train professionally, but Su Bai declined.
• Sun Zhihao showed off his expensive diving equipment, and Yan Gang mocked him for relying on gear instead of skill.
• Su Bai mastered the diving theory and skills in half a day, earned his certification, and left Sun Zhihao struggling in the pool.
• Su Bai and Xia Lin celebrated at Ginza Onodera, where Xia Lin told him Sun Zhihao would be at the next day’s track day with his McLaren 765LT.
• Xia Lin offered Su Bai her Ferrari LaFerrari and Maserati MC12 for the track day, and Su Bai agreed to face Sun Zhihao again.
• Su Bai suggested they return to the hotel to celebrate, and Xia Lin leaned against him despite protesting.

Su Bai drove Xia Lin’s father’s LaFerrari at Tianma Race Track and overwhelmed Sun Zhihao in a race. After setting a new production-car lap record, Su Bai left Sun Zhihao shaken and defeated.

• Sun Zhihao boasted that his McLaren 765LT would set the fastest lap and mocked Su Bai after their earlier diving encounter.
• Xia Lin arrived with Su Bai and her father’s LaFerrari, which drew the paddock’s attention and irritated Sun Zhihao.
• Su Bai took the LaFerrari onto the track and used his extraordinary reflexes and control to catch Sun Zhihao through the corners.
• Su Bai overtook Sun Zhihao on the inside at Turn 1 and pulled away, causing Sun Zhihao to lose confidence.
• Su Bai returned after three laps with a one-minute-two-second lap, setting Tianma Circuit’s production-car record, while Sun Zhihao sat shaken in his McLaren.

After Su Bai shattered Sun Zhihao’s track record, Sun apologized with an extravagant dinner and gifted him a Patek Philippe Starry Sky watch, drawing Su Bai further into Magic City’s social circle. The chapter ended with Su Bai receiving his diving certificates and Xia Lin promising their next adventure while teasing him about the watch.

• Su Bai defeated Sun Zhihao on the track, and Sun Zhihao abandoned his hostility and begged Su Bai and Xia Lin to accept his apology.
• Sun Zhihao treated Su Bai and Xia Lin to dinner at Ultraviolet, where he presented Su Bai with a new platinum Patek Philippe 6102P Starry Sky watch.
• Su Bai accepted the watch, and Sun Zhihao relaxed as their feud became a friendship and a connection within Magic City’s social circle.
• After dinner, Xia Lin explained that Sun Zhihao’s influence could be useful, while Su Bai said he did not need it.
• Yan Gang messaged Su Bai that his OW and AOW diving certificates had been expedited and sent him a national team coach’s contact information.
• Su Bai and Xia Lin discussed their next luxury outing, and Xia Lin teased him to remove the watch before they got closer.