Chapter Summaries

Su Bai had custom esports desks and chairs installed in his study so he and Chen Yusheng could game together. Chen Yusheng discovered that the desks could be rearranged from a face-to-face setup into a side-by-side couples’ booth, but she still wondered why Su Bai had initially set them up facing each other.

• Zhou Jialu decided to ally herself with Chen Yusheng because she saw Wan Xinyan as a potential rival for Su Bai’s attention.
• Su Bai had a custom esports furniture set installed in his rented home, and he told the installer he would simply buy new furniture when he moved.
• Su Bai arranged two gaming setups in the study with their monitors back-to-back, confusing Chen Yusheng, who preferred gaming beside him.
• Su Bai rotated Chen Yusheng’s desk to show that the desks could be placed side by side, delighting her.
• Chen Yusheng remained curious about why Su Bai had first arranged the desks to face each other.

Chen Yusheng and Su Bai played duo matches at his thoughtfully designed gaming desk, where she comfortably rested her legs and carried them through the Gold bracket. As she fell asleep feeling happy with their simple life together, a message arrived in her research group chat, and Su Bai checked it for her.

• Chen Yusheng sat across from Su Bai and happily stretched her legs beneath his gaming desk.
• Su Bai and Chen Yusheng played duo matches, and she led them through the Gold bracket while Su Bai pretended to be a girl in chat.
• Chen Yusheng reflected on how content she was to do research, play games, and watch anime with Su Bai.
• Chen Yusheng fell asleep before she could answer a message in her research group chat, so Su Bai checked it for her.

Su Bai investigated Professor Luo after seeing him pressure Chen Yusheng to work late, then asked counselor Xia Lin how to reduce Chen Yusheng’s workload. Xia Lin proposed sponsoring Professor Luo’s lab through Su Bai’s newly acquired Shengxi Technology and arranged to discuss the collaboration the next afternoon.

• Su Bai silenced Chen Yusheng’s phone and researched Professor Luo’s career and reputation, concluding that he wanted to lessen Chen Yusheng’s burden.
• Su Bai messaged counselor Xia Lin, who explained that Professor Luo had few graduate student slots and relied on undergraduates for lab work.
• Xia Lin suggested that Su Bai sponsor Professor Luo’s lab through a company rather than in his personal name.
• Su Bai revealed that he had bought Shengxi Technology, and Xia Lin agreed to introduce him to Professor Luo and meet the next afternoon.
• After ending the call, Xia Lin reflected that Su Bai was becoming increasingly extraordinary.

Xia Lin teased Su Bai with affectionate big-sister attention while they discussed his investments and a sponsorship arrangement. The chapter left them flirting in her locked office as Xia Lin joked that he was impatient to help his girlfriend.

• Xia Lin told her roommate she preferred being Su Bai’s sworn big sister, but was determined to marry him someday.
• Xia Lin changed into workout clothes and invited Su Bai to a closed-door meeting in her office.
• Su Bai locked the office door and lay with his head on Xia Lin’s thigh while she stroked his hair and ears.
• Xia Lin asked about Su Bai’s purchase of Shengxi Technology and learned that he managed his family’s domestic investments.
• Xia Lin kissed Su Bai on the forehead, and he tried to steer their conversation back to business.

Xia Lin offered to help Su Bai explain his sudden wealth to Aunt Jiang by presenting him as an investment assistant, and the two grew closer as he fell asleep on her lap. While Su Bai pretended to sleep, Xia Lin secretly explored his body; he later cuddled against her and told her that being close to her fulfilled a wish for a gentle older woman he could act spoiled around.

• Xia Lin offered to contact Aunt Jiang as Su Bai’s counselor and describe him as an investment assistant to explain his finances.
• Su Bai accepted Xia Lin’s plan, then fell asleep on her lap as she played with his hair.
• After confirming Su Bai was asleep, Xia Lin secretly explored his body, and Su Bai pretended not to wake up.
• Su Bai opened his eyes after a short nap and hugged Xia Lin around the waist.
• Su Bai told Xia Lin that he felt close to her and had always wished for a gentle older woman he could act spoiled around, moving her.

Su Bai enjoyed Xia Lin’s care and learned that his attributes had increased slightly, while Chen Yusheng faced a lab senior who had been trying to manipulate her into relying on him. Professor Luo summoned Chen Yusheng to discuss matters with her counselor, Xia Lin, after Su Bai arranged support for her.

• Su Bai left Xia Lin’s office after realizing she had secretly been curious about his private matters, and the system reported a tiny increase to his attributes.
• Su Bai decided Xia Lin’s quiet office would be a good place to nap between classes.
• A senior student told Chen Yusheng he had handled her assigned experimental data, but she rejected his help and told him not to bother her.
• The senior student fantasized that Chen Yusheng would eventually realize she needed him, while planning to let her struggle with future lab assignments.
• Professor Luo called Chen Yusheng to his office and said her counselor was there to discuss matters with her.

Chen Yusheng discovered that Su Bai’s sponsorship had earned her special treatment in Professor Luo’s research group. After learning he had spent twenty million yuan, she asked Su Bai whether she was really worth that much, and he said she was.

• Xia Lin and Professor Luo welcomed Chen Yusheng warmly, and Professor Luo praised Su Bai’s investment in the laboratory.
• Professor Luo reassigned Chen Yusheng’s remaining project work to Senior Brother Wang and told her she could study independently and apply directly for computing resources.
• Chen Yusheng left Professor Luo’s office and messaged Su Bai to find out how much he had sponsored the research group.
• Su Bai told Chen Yusheng he had spent ten million yuan on the lab, in addition to the ten million he had transferred to Shengxi Technology.
• Chen Yusheng asked whether she was worth that much, and Su Bai replied that she was and said she could choose not to play if she disliked how he invested.

Su Bai planned to spend the National Day holiday at home and arranged an evening date and gaming session with Chen Yusheng. At lunch, Xue Tao complained about arguing with Liu Yuanyuan over her plan to travel to Thailand, while Chu Mingzhe criticized his way of handling their relationship.

• Su Bai decided to stay at Shanshui Diepin during the holiday instead of traveling and made plans to pick up Chen Yusheng for dinner and games.
• Su Bai went to the cafeteria's second floor for lunch with Wang Haoran and their classmates.
• Xue Tao told his roommates that Liu Yuanyuan wanted to travel to Thailand and had called him ignorant after he objected.
• Wang Haoran advised Xue Tao to discuss the problem with Liu Yuanyuan himself, while Chu Mingzhe said Xue Tao did not know how to coax girls.
• Xue Tao mocked Chu Mingzhe for being single, and Chu Mingzhe defended his search for a soulmate like Su Bai and Chen Yusheng.

Su Bai and Wang Haoran learned that Chu Mingzhe had planned a National Day date with Leilei at a graffiti exhibition, while Xue Tao considered a trip to Thailand with Liu Yuanyuan. The chapter left Chu Mingzhe preparing for the date and Su Bai wondering whether his relationship with Leilei would fare better than Xue Tao’s.

• Xue Tao speculated that Chu Mingzhe and Leilei were getting closer, and Chu Mingzhe described them as lonely outsiders who understood each other.
• Su Bai suggested that Chu Mingzhe take Leilei to a National Day art exhibition, and Chu Mingzhe revealed they had already planned to visit a graffiti show and stroll by the river.
• Chu Mingzhe declined to join the others for the holiday and talked about bringing audio equipment, while Xue Tao browsed flights to Thailand after Liu Yuanyuan urged him to travel.
• Su Bai asked Chu Mingzhe to share photos of his date and warned him to be careful around Leilei, who liked customizing trick knives.
• Chu Mingzhe revealed he had ordered condoms and planned to pick them up, leaving his roommates to realize how serious he was about the date.
• Su Bai judged that Xue Tao and Liu Yuanyuan were still awkward together and thought Chu Mingzhe and Leilei had a brighter future.

Su Bai received a WeChat request from Strawberry Mochi Bear, a coser who claimed she wanted to recruit him into the Anime Club because of his anime-themed Panamera. She hoped that joining him to the club would give her a chance to grow closer to the wealthy, handsome freshman.

• Su Bai accepted Strawberry Mochi Bear's friend request and inspected her cosplay photos before asking Wang Haoran to identify the character.
• Strawberry Mochi Bear introduced herself as Liu Yuanyuan's classmate and invited Su Bai to join the Anime Club, citing his customized car as their shared interest.
• Su Bai suspected she had used Liu Yuanyuan as an excuse to start talking to him and doubted Liu Yuanyuan had actually given her his contact information.
• In her dorm, Strawberry Mochi Bear nervously waited for Su Bai's reply while her roommate teased her about wanting to become part of his harem.
• Strawberry Mochi Bear hoped to get close to Su Bai partly because she wanted money for the cosplay costumes she could not afford.

Su Bai entertained an enthusiastic invitation from Strawberry Glutinous Bear to join Jiangcheng University's Anime Club, then agreed to visit its room when he had time. His possible arrival excited the club's cosers but angered Photography Bro, while Jiang Qiuran watched the group chat with complicated feelings.

• Su Bai teased Strawberry Glutinous Bear about the Anime Club and learned that Jiang Qiuran had told its members they were childhood friends.
• Su Bai agreed to visit the Anime Club room when he had time, and Strawberry Glutinous Bear announced the news in the group chat.
• The Anime Club members grew excited about Su Bai joining, while Photography Bro complained that Su Bai was a rich normie who would not understand their interests.
• The club's female cosers rebuked Photography Bro, who apologized and begged them to stop.
• Jiang Qiuran read the group chat with complicated feelings.

Jiang Qiuran tried to regain Su Bai’s attention after he agreed to visit the Anime Club, escalating from a selfie to a suggestive photo. Su Bai sent her money and asked for more, leaving Jiang Qiuran unsettled by how their relationship was changing.

• Jiang Qiuran felt jealous when she learned Su Bai had agreed to visit the Anime Club after Xiao Xiong invited him.
• Jiang Qiuran sent Su Bai a selfie and asked why he had not asked her to introduce him to the club.
• Su Bai told Jiang Qiuran he would take her along to the Anime Club but warned her to stop sending suggestive photos.
• Jiang Qiuran sent Su Bai a more alluring photo and told him she liked being controlled by him.
• Su Bai enjoyed the photo, sent Jiang Qiuran a five-hundred-yuan red packet, and asked her to send more.
• Jiang Qiuran felt hurt and confused as their relationship began to feel humiliating yet exciting to her.

Su Bai used money and a promised new phone to draw Jiang Qiuran into showing her sincerity, then teased her relentlessly over chat. Jiang Qiuran’s unusual reactions caught the attention of her roommates, who wondered what had gotten into her.

• Su Bai sent Jiang Qiuran a 500-yuan red packet and offered to buy her a new top-spec Fruit Phone if she showed him her sincerity.
• Jiang Qiuran worried about the cost and raised the possibility that Su Bai’s girlfriend might find out, but he brushed off her objection.
• Su Bai mocked Jiang Qiuran’s ambitions and intelligence, then continued needling her when she stopped replying.
• Liu Yuanyuan checked whether Jiang Qiuran was unwell after hearing her make unusual noises.
• Chen Yusheng and Liu Yuanyuan exchanged glances, puzzled by Jiang Qiuran’s behavior.

After watching a video from Jiang Qiuran, Su Bai called the Wan sisters to meet him and took them to the river embankment. The sisters returned to campus exhausted but happy, while their roommates looked on with jealousy.

• Ranran sent Su Bai a video, and he watched it several times before saving it.
• Su Bai called the Wan sisters and drove them to the river embankment, where Wan Xinyan helped him.
• Su Bai reassured Wan Xinyan that he had suddenly wanted to see her, and he also made sure Wan Xinyue was included.
• Su Bai drove the exhausted Wan sisters back to school, then joined his classmates for basketball practice.
• The Wan sisters returned to their dorm in clean clothes, and their roommates eyed them with jealousy.

Wan Xinyan's roommates pressed her and Wan Xinyue about their intimacy with Su Bai, while Wan Xinyue revealed that she had wanted him to be rougher. Meanwhile, Xia Lin reassured Aunt Jiang about Su Bai's life at school before beginning to explain why she had called.

• A roommate asked Wan Xinyan what it felt like to be intimate with a man, and Wan Xinyan praised Su Bai's stamina and skill.
• A roommate speculated that rich young men had strange fetishes, and Wan Xinyue challenged her by asking if she meant Su Bai was a pervert.
• Wan Xinyue said she had hoped Su Bai would be rougher with her, surprising Wan Xinyan and both roommates.
• Xia Lin told Aunt Jiang that Su Bai attended class, kept a regular routine, and exercised, though she had glossed over his skipped classes and outings.
• Aunt Jiang asked why Xia Lin had called, and Xia Lin began giving her the explanation she had prepared.

Xia Lin told Aunt Jiang that she had helped Su Bai earn money, and Aunt Jiang accepted the explanation. After playing basketball, Su Bai ran into Liu Chen'ang practicing tennis alone and joined her, leaving the two ready to begin a lesson together.

• Xia Lin explained to Aunt Jiang that Su Bai had made money after she gave him an opportunity, and Aunt Jiang readily trusted her.
• Xia Lin told Su Bai that she had settled things with Aunt Jiang while Su Bai continued playing basketball.
• Su Bai declined two girls' requests to add him on WeChat and left the court to pick up Shengsheng for dinner.
• Su Bai spotted Liu Chen'ang practicing tennis alone and went over to greet her.
• Su Bai offered to play tennis with Liu Chen'ang, and she eagerly brought out her equipment and agreed to teach him.

Su Bai practiced tennis with Liu Chen'ang, who grew increasingly drawn to his scent while trying to keep her feelings hidden. Meanwhile, Liu Yuanyuan encouraged Xue Tao to take her to Thailand, and he began imagining them as the couple in her beach video.

• Liu Chen'ang taught Su Bai the basic forehand swing and accidentally pressed close to him before moving away in embarrassment.
• Su Bai practiced tennis as Liu Chen'ang noticed his stamina and became captivated by his pleasant scent.
• Liu Chen'ang claimed she had a slight cold when Su Bai asked why she kept sniffing, then focused on teaching him.
• Liu Yuanyuan showed Xue Tao a romantic Pattaya beach vlog and hinted that she wanted a similar trip.
• Xue Tao imagined himself and Liu Yuanyuan as the attractive couple in the video and felt eager about the idea.

Xue Tao’s boasting about his connections backfired when Liu Yuanyuan saw Su Bai getting along with Liu Chen'ang and left after arguing with him. Later, Su Bai and Chen Yusheng shared hotpot and talked about her academic ambitions, before Su Bai began revealing Liu Chen'ang’s shocking secret.

• Xue Tao bragged to Liu Yuanyuan about his money and connections while belittling Su Bai.
• Liu Yuanyuan spotted Su Bai playing tennis with Liu Chen'ang, challenged Xue Tao’s jealousy, and stormed away.
• Su Bai took Chen Yusheng to the hotpot restaurant where he had first treated her to a late-night meal.
• Chen Yusheng told Su Bai about her academic plans, and he encouraged her commitment to her studies.
• Su Bai started telling Chen Yusheng that Liu Chen'ang had a shocking secret.

Su Bai told Chen Yusheng that Liu Chen'ang was actually a girl who had to live disguised as a boy, and they discussed her future and Su Bai’s relationship with her. Chen Yusheng joked that Su Bai could help Liu Chen'ang embrace her femininity, then relaxed over hotpot as she teased him about models and his taste in girls.

• Chen Yusheng asked Su Bai what secret he had learned, and he told her Liu Chen'ang was a girl living as a boy for special reasons.
• Chen Yusheng worried about Liu Chen'ang’s future marriage, while Su Bai said the problem could wait and he did not intend to interfere in her family affairs.
• Chen Yusheng suggested Su Bai could help Liu Chen'ang work through her suppressed feelings, and Su Bai joked that she could vet any new woman he pursued.
• Chen Yusheng returned to eating hotpot and asked whether Su Bai was interested in models, prompting him to say he preferred girls who studied well.

Su Bai told Aunt Jiang he could support her after becoming wealthy, and she arranged to visit him during the National Day holiday so they could shop for a car. Meanwhile, Liu Chen'ang attended a gathering with River City’s wealthy young people and reflected that she was content being herself around Su Bai.

• Chen Yusheng urged Su Bai to answer Aunt Jiang’s call and listened as they spoke.
• Su Bai offered Aunt Jiang money and a new car, and Aunt Jiang decided to visit him during the National Day holiday to shop for one.
• Su Bai told Chen Yusheng about his close, friendlike bond with Aunt Jiang and explained that Jiang Qiuran often argued with her mother.
• Chen Yusheng praised Su Bai’s personality and cuddled with him as they went to sleep.
• Liu Chen'ang met River City’s wealthy young people at a bar, including people who had mocked her when they were children, and felt no satisfaction in their flattery.