Chapter Summaries

Su Yang chose Xia Zhiyu at a club, but learned that the owner’s cousin had selected her at nearly the same time. Su Yang refused to give her up or go meet the other customer, leaving the cousin to decide whether to come to him.

• Su Yang bound Xia Zhiyu through the system and selected her from the club’s available guests.
• Su Yang asked the system for the scores of his bound targets above 90 and learned that Xia Zhiyu had a score of 95.
• Ranan told Su Yang that the owner’s cousin had also chosen Xia Zhiyu, but Su Yang insisted that his earlier choice should stand.
• Su Yang refused to go to the cousin’s cabin and told Ranan that the cousin could come speak to him instead.
• Ranan returned to the cousin’s cabin and reported that Su Yang would not switch girls or come over.

Su Yang refused Lin Fei’s request to give up Xia Li, and Xia Li struck Lao Gao with an ashtray after he insulted her. Su Yang subdued Lao Gao, while Xia Li recognized Lin Fei’s cousin Zhao Rui and asked Lin Fei to have him waive her bill.

• Lin Fei went to Su Yang’s cabin and asked him to give up Xia Li, but Su Yang refused and told the men to leave.
• Lao Gao insulted Xia Li, so she hit him over the head with an ashtray.
• Lao Gao charged at Xia Li, but Su Yang blocked him, caught his punch, and struck him back.
• Lin Fei rebuked Lao Gao and apologized to Xia Li after seeing Su Yang’s strength.
• Xia Li recognized Lin Fei’s cousin as Zhao Rui and asked Lin Fei to call him and waive her bill.

After Lin Fei learned that Xia Li was influential, he apologized and treated her respectfully, and she explained why she had left her family to build a business. Su Yang and Xia Li talked about their friendship and business ties before Ranan entered with Xia Zhiyu and a cart of alcohol.

• Lin Fei called Zhao Rui, who warned him not to provoke Xia Li and told him to apologize to her.
• Lin Fei offered to cover Xia Li's bill, and Lao Gao apologized to Xia Li and Su Yang before the men left.
• Su Yang asked Xia Li about her former companies, and she explained that she had left home to prove herself to her father by succeeding in business.
• Xia Li asked about Su Yang's relationship with Meng Wenzhou and said she was more interested in Su Yang than in Meng Wenzhou.
• Ranan entered the cabin with a cart of alcohol and Xia Zhiyu.

Su Yang and Xia Li drank with Xia Zhiyu, a shy new attendant, and encouraged her to relax. Xia Zhiyu sang a Jay Chou song, then Su Yang stunned both women with his professional-sounding voice as they continued drinking.

• Ranan introduced Xia Zhiyu as the attendant Su Yang had chosen and left her with Su Yang and Xia Li.
• Xia Zhiyu avoided Xia Li's question about her parents and served them Pink Star River and Jade Spring Floating Spring.
• After drinking, Su Yang asked Xia Zhiyu to sing a song, and she performed Jay Chou's Rice Village.
• Xia Li asked Su Yang to sing, and both women were amazed by his singing voice.
• Xia Li invited Xia Zhiyu to drink with them, and Xia Zhiyu poured herself a glass.

Su Yang spoke with Xia Zhiyu while they were alone in the bar room and learned that poverty had forced her to take a job accompanying customers for drinks. After hearing how her parents abandoned her and her grandmother later died, Su Yang resolved to take her away from the bar, and her favorability toward him rose to 20.

• Xia Li left to use the restroom, leaving Su Yang alone with Xia Zhiyu, who became nervous around him again.
• Su Yang asked about Xia Zhiyu’s work, and she told him she earned ten thousand yuan a month because she could not afford college and had struggled to find other jobs.
• Xia Zhiyu explained that she had worked in restaurants and shops before accepting the bar job despite understanding its implications.
• Xia Zhiyu told Su Yang that her parents had left her with her grandmother when she was four or five and that she would never acknowledge them if they returned.
• Xia Zhiyu revealed that her grandmother had died, and Su Yang comforted her while deciding to poach her from the bar.
• Xia Zhiyu poured Su Yang another drink, and a system notification reported that her favorability toward him had risen to 20, rewarding him 1,000,000.

Su Yang offered Xia Zhiyu a choice between working at his Western restaurant and joining his media company, and she chose the restaurant because she wanted a stable job and hoped to learn food and beverage management. After helping Xia Li leave the bar, Su Yang planned to take Xia Zhiyu to the restaurant the next day.

• Su Yang offered Xia Zhiyu jobs at his Western restaurant and media company, and she said she trusted him.
• Xia Li encouraged Xia Zhiyu to become a streamer at the media company, but Xia Zhiyu chose the restaurant instead.
• Su Yang told Xia Zhiyu to resign from the bar and promised to introduce her to a guide at the restaurant the next day.
• Xia Zhiyu added Su Yang and Xia Li on WeChat, then kept helping them until the night ended.
• Su Yang helped the drunk Xia Li leave the bar, and Xia Zhiyu went to notify the bar that she was quitting.

Su Yang took the drunk Xia Li home and left her safely in a bedroom, while Xia Zhiyu’s favorability toward him rose after he let her take the taxi first. Xia Li later woke and followed Su Yang into the bathroom, where she approached him flirtatiously.

• Su Yang carried the unconscious Xia Li to his car after arranging for Xia Zhiyu to take a taxi home, and Xia Zhiyu’s favorability toward him increased to 40.
• Su Yang drove Xia Li to Senhai Manor, carried her inside, removed her heels, and covered her with a blanket before leaving her alone.
• Xia Li woke up and wondered why Su Yang had not taken advantage of her while she was drunk.
• Su Yang reviewed his attributes and balance, then went to shower while Xia Li remained in the bedroom.
• Xia Li entered the bathroom once, left after Su Yang directed her to another bathroom, then returned and walked toward him flirtatiously.

Su Yang woke after spending the night with Xia Li, exchanged casual messages with her, and arranged to pick up Xia Zhiyu. After driving his Ferrari F80 to Xia Zhiyu’s remote neighborhood, he decided he needed to find her a safer place to live.

• Su Yang woke to a system reward and exchanged friendly messages with Xia Li, while neither mentioned the previous night.
• Su Yang contacted Xia Zhiyu, offered to pick her up, and learned she lived eighteen kilometers away in Shunhai Garden.
• Su Yang packed watches and belongings, took his Ferrari F80, and drove aggressively across Haicheng toward Xia Zhiyu’s home.
• Su Yang arrived at Shunhai Garden, saw its run-down surroundings and lack of nearby shops, and resolved to find Xia Zhiyu a safer place to live.

Su Yang searched Shunhai Garden for Xia Zhiyu after she failed to answer his calls, then found her negotiating with her landlord. The chapter ended with Aunt Zhou ordering Xia Zhiyu to leave that day and suggesting she stay with Su Yang.

• Su Yang entered Shunhai Garden and searched for Xia Zhiyu, but the System could not tell him where she lived.
• Su Yang asked residents for directions and eventually reached Xia Zhiyu in Building 5, Unit 7, Room 2.
• Xia Zhiyu told Su Yang that her landlord, Aunt Zhou, would not let her renew the lease because a relative was coming to Haicheng.
• Xia Zhiyu asked Aunt Zhou for three days to find another place, but Aunt Zhou told her to move out that day and suggested she stay with Su Yang.

Su Yang helped Xia Zhiyu leave her cramped rental after Aunt Zhou demanded higher rent, and learned that Xia Zhiyu had lost her grandmother and had no family to rely on. They left together so he could find her housing and get her something to eat.

• Aunt Zhou demanded that Xia Zhiyu pay a year of rent upfront at a higher rate, and Su Yang told her she did not need to stay.
• Xia Zhiyu trusted Su Yang, raising her favorability to 60 and earning him a 2,000,000 reward.
• Xia Zhiyu agreed to move out, and Su Yang promised to help her find a place to live.
• Su Yang learned that Xia Zhiyu's uncle sold the house where she and her grandmother had lived, leaving her without family after her grandmother died.
• Xia Zhiyu packed her few belongings, and Su Yang took her to get food before they went to the restaurant.

Su Yang drove Xia Zhiyu to Yue Shi Guang, where he arranged a meal and planned to help her complete the restaurant’s onboarding process. Lao Gao welcomed them and confirmed that the restaurant had positions available, leaving Su Yang, Xia Zhiyu, and Lao Gao in the private dining room with a feast prepared.

• Su Yang led Xia Zhiyu to his Ferrari and helped her fasten her seat belt before driving her toward the city center.
• Su Yang called Lao Gao and asked him to prepare a meal for two at Yue Shi Guang, where he planned to help Xia Zhiyu with onboarding.
• Su Yang and Xia Zhiyu arrived at Yue Shi Guang, and the security guard opened the barrier and greeted Su Yang.
• Lao Gao welcomed Su Yang and Xia Zhiyu, confirmed that the restaurant had job openings, and led them to Su Yang’s private dining room.
• Lao Gao showed Su Yang and Xia Zhiyu the room, where a sumptuous spread of food had been prepared.

Su Yang brought Xia Zhiyu to his restaurant for a meal and arranged a job for her there. Xia Zhiyu joined Lu Yun’s department, where Lu Yun would help her learn the work.

• Su Yang and Xia Zhiyu sat down to eat, and Su Yang taught her how to use a knife and fork.
• Lao Gao brought Lu Yun to the table, and Su Yang introduced her to Xia Zhiyu.
• Su Yang told Lao Gao and Lu Yun that Xia Zhiyu needed a job and asked Lao Gao to arrange one at the restaurant.
• Su Yang assigned Xia Zhiyu to Lu Yun’s department, set her salary at ten thousand, and asked Lu Yun to look after her.
• Lao Gao left to handle the onboarding arrangements while Su Yang, Xia Zhiyu, and Lu Yun continued their meal.

After Xia Zhiyu completed her onboarding at Su Yang’s restaurant, Su Yang told Lu Yun about her difficult circumstances and arranged to help her find a place to live. The chapter ended with Lao Gao calling a friend who handled rental housing.

• Su Yang sent Lao Gao with Xia Zhiyu to complete her onboarding while he stayed with Lu Yun.
• Su Yang told Lu Yun that he had met Xia Zhiyu only the previous day and explained her circumstances, asking Lu Yun not to mention them to her.
• Lu Yun offered to let Xia Zhiyu stay with her, but Su Yang declined because they had only just met.
• Su Yang asked Lao Gao about restaurant wages and benefits, and Lao Gao described the employees’ pay, insurance, and other benefits.
• Su Yang decided to take Xia Zhiyu to find a rental home, and Lao Gao offered to contact a friend who handled rentals.

Su Yang arranged for Xia Zhiyu to get a fifty percent discount on rental agency fees and took her to meet Wang Qiang to find an apartment. He chose to handle the search himself, despite Xia Zhiyu's worries about the cost.

• Lao Gao told Su Yang he had arranged a fifty percent discount on agency fees and sent him Wang Qiang's contact details.
• Su Yang reassured Xia Zhiyu that she did not need to repay him, then called Wang Qiang and arranged to visit his leasing company.
• Su Yang drove Xia Zhiyu to Qiangjin Leasing, where Wang Qiang welcomed them and asked about her housing needs.
• Xia Zhiyu said she wanted somewhere cheap, but Su Yang offered to choose an apartment for her and requested a well-decorated place in a good residential compound near Yue Shi Guang.
• Xia Zhiyu worried that Su Yang's requirements would make the rent too expensive, but he reassured her that he would take care of it.

Su Yang chose a furnished apartment in Jade Lake Bay for Xia Zhiyu and persuaded her to accept his help with the rent as a loan. Wang Qiang led them to the complex, where they began inspecting the building and its surroundings.

• Wang Qiang showed Su Yang several rental listings, and Su Yang chose a new, furnished apartment in Jade Lake Bay for 3,800 yuan per month.
• Xia Zhiyu worried that she could not afford the deposit and rent, but Su Yang offered to pay a year's rent and let her repay him later.
• Xia Zhiyu accepted Su Yang's offer after he asked whether they were friends.
• Su Yang and Xia Zhiyu followed Wang Qiang to Jade Lake Bay in Su Yang's Ferrari and Wang Qiang's Nissan.
• Wang Qiang showed them Building 3, Section C, and Su Yang and Xia Zhiyu looked around the peaceful complex before heading upstairs.

Su Yang helped Xia Zhiyu choose an apartment in Jade Lake Bay, and she agreed to rent it. When the landlord arrived, he discovered she was Zhao Mengrou, an old acquaintance who offered to let Xia Zhiyu stay without signing a contract.

• Su Yang and Wang Qiang showed Xia Zhiyu an eighty-five-square-meter apartment on the sixteenth floor of Building Three, and she liked its cozy furnishings.
• Su Yang asked Wang Qiang to contact the landlord so they could sign a rental contract, and Wang Qiang arranged for her to come over.
• Zhao Mengrou arrived and recognized Su Yang, who explained that Xia Zhiyu was the one renting the apartment.
• Zhao Mengrou told Wang Qiang to remove the apartment from his listings and said Xia Zhiyu could live there without signing a contract, leaving him awkwardly holding the paperwork.

Su Yang arranged for Xia Zhiyu to stay in Zhao Mengrou’s newly renovated apartment, where she agreed to pay only 500 yuan in monthly rent. After bringing Xia Zhiyu’s belongings, Su Yang prepared to take the two women shopping and out to dinner.

• Zhao Mengrou offered Xia Zhiyu a free place to stay, but Su Yang and Xia Zhiyu persuaded her to accept 500 yuan in monthly rent.
• Su Yang signed a one-month contract with Zhao Mengrou and paid Wang Qiang the full 3,800 yuan rent.
• Zhao Mengrou and Xia Zhiyu exchanged WeChat contacts while Su Yang went to fetch Xia Zhiyu’s belongings.
• Su Yang returned with Xia Zhiyu’s bags and suggested they go shopping for household necessities before dinner.

Su Yang and Zhao Mengrou helped Xia Zhiyu settle into her new home, then took her shopping for household supplies and groceries. After filling the car with several loads of purchases, Su Yang led the two women to continue shopping on the first floor.

• Xia Zhiyu thanked Su Yang and Zhao Mengrou emotionally for helping her, and Zhao Mengrou offered to be like an older sister to her.
• Su Yang drove Xia Zhiyu and Zhao Mengrou to Qianxiang City to buy things for Xia Zhiyu’s new home.
• Su Yang bought several cartloads of food and household goods, while Xia Zhiyu chose only a few items and Zhao Mengrou encouraged her to pick more.
• The three of them filled the Audi RS7’s trunk and part of its rear seat with their purchases.
• Su Yang invited Xia Zhiyu and Zhao Mengrou to continue shopping on the first floor.

Su Yang showered Xia Zhiyu and Zhao Mengrou with luxury gifts, and Xia Zhiyu’s favorability toward him rose to 80. A call from Liu Bo then pulled Su Yang into a brewing dispute with a man from Magic City, postponing his plans to spend the evening catching up with Zhao Mengrou.

• Su Yang bought Xia Zhiyu and Zhao Mengrou cosmetics and expensive LV bags, while Zhao Mengrou also bought Xia Zhiyu two dresses.
• Xia Zhiyu grew emotionally dependent on Su Yang, and the system reported that her favorability toward him had reached 80.
• Su Yang drove the women back to Xia Zhiyu’s home and planned to cook dinner while Xia Zhiyu prepared to take time off from her restaurant job.
• Liu Bo called Su Yang and explained that he and Meng had clashed with a man from Magic City whose companion had beaten Liu Bo and who was now insulting Meng online.
• Su Yang agreed to meet Liu Bo and Meng around nine that night, postponing his plans to catch up with Zhao Mengrou, then went to cook.

Su Yang cooked an extraordinary dinner for Zhao Mengrou and Xia Zhiyu, then left to meet Liu Bo at a private club. The chapter ended with Su Yang driving toward Garden.

• Su Yang prepared four dishes and a soup while Xia Zhiyu and Zhao Mengrou helped in the kitchen.
• Su Yang toasted Xia Zhiyu's move, and Zhao Mengrou and Xia Zhiyu were amazed by his cooking and ate far more than usual.
• Su Yang agreed to cook for them again and teach Xia Zhiyu, then the three of them cleaned up and chatted.
• Liu Bo called Su Yang and sent him the address of Garden, a high-end private club.
• Su Yang said goodbye to Zhao Mengrou and Xia Zhiyu, then drove his RS7 toward Garden.