Chapter Summaries

Su Bai and Xue Tao went running at Jiang University, where Xue Tao asked for advice about Huang Ran wanting private photos taken by a professional photographer. Su Bai suggested setting boundaries and teased Xue Tao, who later searched for a villa to rent for the shoot.

• Su Bai questioned Xue Tao about spending money on Huang Ran, and Xue Tao insisted they had simply enjoyed things together.
• Su Bai ran with Xue Tao and noticed that Xue Tao's stamina had improved.
• Xue Tao asked Su Bai where to rent a place for Huang Ran's private photo shoot, and Su Bai advised him to request a female photographer or respond to double standards with an equivalent boundary.
• Xue Tao asked whether Su Bai had visited a massage parlor, and Su Bai said the Wan twins usually massaged him.
• Xue Tao searched a local app for a villa while Su Bai showed off on the parallel bars, impressing him with his physical ability.

Xue Tao agreed to pay for Huang Ran and her two friends to take photos at an expensive venue, then asked Su Bai how he could earn extra money. After Li Xingya told Su Bai she was working in the lab, he decided to bring her a late-night snack.

• Xue Tao told Su Bai that Huang Ran had invited two college friends to join their boudoir photo shoot, and Su Bai questioned why Xue Tao had agreed to pay for it.
• Xue Tao and Huang Ran chose a European court-style venue costing a little over three thousand yuan for half a day, leaving Xue Tao with only a few hundred yuan in savings.
• Xue Tao asked Su Bai for part-time job ideas, and Su Bai suggested using his Cayenne for ride-hailing while questioning his driving.
• Li Xingya called Su Bai from the lab, and he said he would visit her and bring her a late-night snack.

Li Xingya stayed late in Professor Luo’s laboratory, missing Su Bai as she read papers and reflected on her relationship with him. Su Bai came by with an expensive seafood rice bowl, and she accepted it despite feeling shy about its cost.

• Li Xingya worked alone in Professor Luo’s laboratory while Chen Yusheng remained at the Donghu Club during vacation.
• Li Xingya remembered Su Bai and Chen Yusheng’s distracting paper-reading game and missed Su Bai, then checked his Douyin and Moments.
• Li Xingya saw Su Bai’s photo of a sports field and privately hinted that she was in the laboratory.
• Su Bai arrived with a Luxurious Seafood Rice late-night snack and reminded Li Xingya that he remembered she liked it.
• Li Xingya admitted that she liked the meal, while Su Bai decided to bring it to her more often.

Su Bai advised Li Xingya to set boundaries at work, then seduced her in the laboratory while Chen Yusheng was pregnant. Afterward, he gave her gray Hermès stockings to wear, and his desire for her continued.

• Su Bai told Li Xingya to refuse unreasonable requests from graduate students and spend more time developing other skills.
• Su Bai lifted Li Xingya onto his lap and became intimate with her despite her concern that a senior school sister was nearby.
• Afterward, Li Xingya rested against Su Bai and reflected on how deeply she loved and trusted him.
• Su Bai gave Li Xingya gray Hermès stockings, which she changed into herself.
• Su Bai admired Li Xingya in the stockings and moved to continue their intimacy.

Su Bai coaxed Li Xingya into an intimate lesson beneath the laboratory desk, but a senior school sister’s unexpected visit left them hiding in tense silence. After the visitor left, Li Xingya complained about Su Bai’s teasing while admitting to herself that she loved being bullied by him.

• Su Bai told Li Xingya to crawl under the desk for an extra lesson, and she obeyed despite her embarrassment.
• A senior school sister knocked and asked whether Li Xingya was inside the locked laboratory.
• Su Bai signaled Li Xingya to stay quiet as the senior school sister tried the doorknob and then left.
• Li Xingya collapsed against Su Bai’s legs and complained that he had deliberately frightened her.
• Su Bai reassured Li Xingya that only she, he, and Shengsheng had keys, and Li Xingya privately acknowledged that she loved being bullied by him.

After their late-night encounter in Chen Yusheng's laboratory, Su Bai took Li Xingya to his Shanshui Diepin residence instead of Donghu Club. As they relaxed together in a luxurious bath, Li Xingya decided her demanding research assistant job was worth it and invited Su Bai to begin their private “duel.”

• After finishing her research work, Li Xingya followed Su Bai out of the laboratory and rode with him in his Porsche Panamera.
• Li Xingya asked not to return to Donghu Club because she felt embarrassed about what had happened in Chen Yusheng's laboratory, so Su Bai promised to take her somewhere private.
• Su Bai brought Li Xingya to his still-maintained Shanshui Diepin residence, where the smart home system and ambient lights welcomed them.
• Su Bai prepared a rose-petal bath and music, then held Li Xingya as they relaxed together and she reflected on her demanding research work.
• Li Xingya told Su Bai she was grateful for his care and said she was ready to begin their one-on-one duel.

Su Bai began building Wan Xinyue a powerful GTI and discovered her hidden talent for mechanical work. By the end of the morning, they were working closely together on the car’s engine.

• Su Bai arrived at the workshop, where Wan Xinyue and Wan Xinyan had come early to see the GTI and prepared breakfast for him.
• Su Bai explained that they would reinforce the engine internals and install a larger turbo, then invited Wan Xinyue to help with the work.
• Su Bai guided Wan Xinyue as she used a torque wrench, and she quickly learned to tighten bolts to the correct specification.
• Wan Xinyue proved adept at dismantling the intake manifold and handling other tasks while Wan Xinyan recorded them.
• Su Bai praised Wan Xinyue’s mechanical talent, and she said she was happy simply to modify the car alongside him.

Su Bai took Wan Xinyue and Liu Chenyang to River City International Circuit to test his heavily modified Volkswagen Golf GTI, where the two women battled for the fastest lap. After Su Bai used his [Source Physique] skill to restore their strength, they eagerly returned to the track to continue competing.

• Su Bai finished modifying the Volkswagen Golf GTI to produce five hundred wheel horsepower and took Wan Xinyue and Liu Chenyang to the circuit.
• Wan Xinyue drove the GTI with precise technique, then Liu Chenyang took a turn and posted a lap time less than a tenth of a second away from hers.
• Wan Xinyue and Liu Chenyang spent an hour trading fastest laps until the strain of racing left them exhausted.
• Su Bai brought the two women to a private lounge and used [Source Physique] to restore their energy.
• Refreshed, Wan Xinyue and Liu Chenyang agreed to keep competing and hurried back toward the GTI.

Su Bai read Xue Tao’s complaints about being treated like an errand boy during Huang Ran’s boudoir photoshoot, then saw him pretend online that he had enjoyed it. Inspired by the photoshoot, Chen Yusheng proposed a private cosplay shoot with Su Bai, and he carried her to the bedroom to begin.

• Xue Tao messaged Su Bai that Huang Ran had made him pay for the venue and spend the afternoon carrying bags and running errands while she took photos with her friends.
• Su Bai saw Xue Tao’s Moments post portraying himself as a devoted boyfriend who was happy to help Huang Ran and her friends.
• Chen Yusheng called Xue Tao’s behavior people-pleasing and suggested that she model cosplay outfits for a boudoir shoot with Su Bai.
• Su Bai agreed to photograph Chen Yusheng and carried her to the bedroom to inspect the lighting and test different stocking materials.

Su Bai photographed Chen Yusheng in several black-stocking outfits before their evening turned intimate. The next morning, Ke Yujia stretched at the club and privately resolved to preserve her flexibility as a way to stand out among Su Bai’s women.

• Su Bai transformed the East Lake Private Club’s master bedroom into a photo studio and photographed Chen Yusheng in three black-stocking outfits.
• After Chen Yusheng appeared in the garter stockings, Su Bai ended the shoot and drew her into a private exchange.
• The following morning, Su Bai found Ke Yujia practicing extreme stretches beside the club’s heated pool.
• Su Bai told Ke Yujia she no longer needed to train to make a living, but she said she wanted to maintain her dancing condition.
• As Su Bai swam, Ke Yujia privately decided to keep her flexibility sharp so she could offer him moves the other women could not.

Su Bai brought Ke Yujia to a hidden room beneath the East Lake Private Club to test her extreme flexibility using aerial straps. Ke Yujia performed a series of difficult suspended poses and left the room eager for Su Bai’s approval.

• Su Bai watched Ke Yujia finish her flexibility training beside the pool and praised her skills.
• Su Bai fetched elastic straps and buckles, then led Ke Yujia to a concealed, soundproof room filled with specialized furnishings.
• Su Bai set up the straps and helped suspend Ke Yujia in midair.
• Ke Yujia performed extreme overhead splits and other poses while Su Bai adjusted the straps and admired her flexibility.
• Ke Yujia asked whether Su Bai was satisfied, and he pulled her down into his embrace.

Su Bai put Ke Yujia through an exhausting workout in the Hero's Trial Room, and she later used that name to hide what they had done from Zhou Jialu. Intrigued and competitive, Zhou Jialu challenged Su Bai to take her there too, and she emerged defeated but already wondering how Shengsheng would fare.

• Su Bai finished Ke Yujia's workout in the Hero's Trial Room, praised her, and carried her out before they ate breakfast.
• Ke Yujia ran into Zhou Jialu in the corridor and claimed she had been in the Hero's Trial Room before hurrying back to her room.
• Zhou Jialu grew curious about the room and found Su Bai by the underwater stage pool.
• Su Bai teased Zhou Jialu about her stamina, prompting her to insist on trying the trial herself.
• Su Bai carried Zhou Jialu into the room, and less than twenty minutes later she emerged exhausted in his arms.
• Zhou Jialu admitted to herself that the trial had been fun and wondered what Shengsheng would be like in it.

Chen Yusheng explored the Hero's Trial Room but decided against trying it, while Su Bai and Ke Yujia played in the pool until Zhou Jialu interrupted them with a photo and was punished by Su Bai. Zhou Jialu then told Su Bai she had reserved a private antique-style garden outside River City as a photography location for the coming days.

• Chen Yusheng inspected the Hero's Trial Room, concluded its equipment would be too demanding, and left for her room.
• Ke Yujia played with Su Bai in the heated pool, and the two grew close until Zhou Jialu photographed them.
• Su Bai caught Zhou Jialu and punished her for secretly taking the photo while Ke Yujia gave them space.
• Zhou Jialu told Su Bai she had booked and cleared a private antique-style garden outside River City for their photography plans.

Su Bai took Ke Yujia to a private garden to photograph her in custom traditional outfits. When Ke Yujia joked that she looked like a little maid rather than a noble young lady, Su Bai asked her to stay by his side as his bedchamber maid for life, and she happily agreed.

• Su Bai brought Ke Yujia to Zhou Jialu’s reserved private garden to test how the setting looked in photos.
• The styling team dressed Ke Yujia in a Dream of the Red Chamber-inspired outfit, and Su Bai photographed her around the garden.
• Ke Yujia admired the photos but joked that she looked like a little maid instead of a noble young lady.
• Su Bai told Ke Yujia to be his bedchamber maid for life and remain by his side wherever he went.
• Ke Yujia embraced Su Bai and agreed to be his little maid for the rest of her life.

Su Bai photographed Chen Yusheng as a cool immortal master and Zhou Jialu as a seductive fox demon in a classical garden. After the shoot, he took both women to a secluded pavilion, where they served him.

• Chen Yusheng and Zhou Jialu arrived at the garden and changed into contrasting fantasy-inspired outfits.
• Su Bai photographed Chen Yusheng posing with a sword in the bamboo grove and Zhou Jialu posing by the pond.
• The shoot ended at twilight, and Su Bai led the tired women to the secluded Qinfang Pavilion.
• Zhou Jialu recognized Su Bai's intentions, and Chen Yusheng silently consented as he brought them inside.
• Su Bai sat with Chen Yusheng and Zhou Jialu as they served him in the pavilion.

Su Bai pursued his plan to build a leading infant and children's brand by negotiating to acquire the struggling First Generation. He offered fifty million for full control and left Lin Hui poised to save the company.

• Su Bai returned to River City and met First Generation operations director Lin Hui to discuss investing in the company.
• Su Bai outlined First Generation's twelve patents, two factories, and twelve million in debt, then demanded full control while keeping the research team and factory workers.
• Su Bai offered fifty million in initial funding to clear First Generation's debts and upgrade its production lines and laboratories.
• Su Bai told Lin Hui that Xia Lin would bring the legal team the next morning to handle the acquisition, then left Lin Hui stunned by the offer.

After reaching a billion in liquid funds, Su Bai used the system’s reward to raise his Physique to 160 and tested his inhuman strength at the club gym. Xia Lin watched in shock as he bench-pressed 350 kilograms, and Su Bai left her anticipating a different kind of test.

• The system announced that Su Bai had surpassed one billion in liquid funds and awarded him 10 free attribute points.
• Su Bai assigned all 10 points to Physique, raising it from 150 to 160 and experiencing a dramatic physical enhancement.
• Su Bai returned to East Lake Private Club and joined Xia Lin in the gym to test his strength.
• Su Bai easily bench-pressed 200 kilograms for a warm-up, then asked Xia Lin to load the barbell to 350 kilograms.
• Su Bai pressed the 350-kilogram barbell, leaving Xia Lin stunned, then pulled her into his arms and teased her about testing his physique further.

After acquiring First Generation Maternal and Baby Products, Su Bai inspected its research facilities and found an abandoned electric-assist stroller project that matched his ambitions. He ordered Lin Hui to restart it with unlimited funding, leaving the team ready to develop a top-tier model within six months.

• Su Bai and Xia Lin arrived at First Generation Maternal and Baby Products after the company acquisition was completed and fifty million was deposited.
• Lin Hui guided Su Bai through the company’s research facilities, where Su Bai approved of the team’s work and equipment.
• Su Bai noticed an abandoned stroller chassis, and Lin Hui explained the proposed all-terrain electric-assist and emergency-braking features.
• Su Bai ordered Lin Hui to restart the stroller project using the highest-quality materials and whatever budget was necessary.
• Lin Hui accepted the order and promised to deliver a mass-production model within six months.

Su Bai tested an advanced power-assisted stroller prototype and invited Chen Yusheng to improve its software. Seeing it brought back memories for Ke Yujia, and Su Bai comforted her by recalling their childhood and promised to take her sledding at a ski resort.

• Su Bai tested the stroller prototype and told Zhou Jialu that it was a major technology project with a one-hundred-million-yuan research budget.
• Chen Yusheng examined the prototype, criticized its control delay, and volunteered to adapt her lab's AI algorithms for it.
• Su Bai noticed Ke Yujia watching him and led her to the terrace to ask what was on her mind.
• Su Bai recalled pushing Ke Yujia around the orphanage in an old shopping cart, moving her to tears because she thought he had forgotten their childhood.
• Su Bai promised to take Ke Yujia sledding at a ski resort, and she happily agreed.

Su Bai took Ke Yujia on a first-class flight north for a ski trip, where she anxiously watched the flight attendants because she feared they would give him their contact details. Su Bai reassured her, and she eventually relaxed and fell asleep in his arms during the flight.

• Su Bai arranged a trip to a northern ski resort and boarded a first-class flight with Ke Yujia.
• Ke Yujia nervously watched the flight attendants, and Su Bai asked why she was so tense.
• Ke Yujia admitted she feared the attendants would secretly give Su Bai notes with their contact information.
• Su Bai reassured Ke Yujia that the attendants were professional, and their attentive but unobtrusive service confirmed it.
• Ke Yujia's anxiety faded, and she curled up against Su Bai and fell asleep.