Chapter Summaries

Su Yang welcomed a growing crowd of friends to his yard for a lakeside barbecue, including Ren Lingxi, whose beauty stunned Shen Yixue. After the final guests arrived, Su Yang announced that the party had officially begun.

• Su Yang introduced Zhao Mengrou and Gu Xiaoman to his friends after they parked in the yard.
• Jiang Mengyun, Mu Han, Xu Zilin, and Ren Lingxi arrived, and Shen Yixue enthusiastically greeted Ren Lingxi and praised her beauty.
• Song Anquan greeted Jiang Mengyun as more guests gathered and introduced themselves around the crowded yard.
• Zhong Qing and Han Xiaoyu arrived together, reunited with Tang Ziyun, and greeted Su Yang and the others.
• Su Yang counted the guests, confirmed everyone had arrived, and announced the start of the lakeside barbecue party.

Su Yang organized a lakeside barbecue, while Liu Bo set up to fish in Lotus Mist Lake. As the group prepared dinner, Liu Bo’s float plunged underwater moments after he cast his line.

• Su Yang directed the group to move the barbecue equipment to the lakeside and split up the work.
• Liu Bo brought his fishing gear from his car and began teaching Song Anquan how to fish.
• Su Yang asked Meng Wenzhou and Zhang Ziming to borrow a second grill from a neighbor.
• Liu Bo prepared his tackle, adjusted the float, and cast his baited line into the lake.
• Liu Bo’s float suddenly sank beneath the water, surprising him and Su Yang.

Su Yang helped Shen Yixue and the others prepare live seafood and ingredients for a lakeside barbecue. With the grills lit and the food ready, he and Meng Wenzhou began grilling while the others skewered ingredients.

• Liu Bo caught two White Striped Fish in quick succession, and Su Yang and Song Anquan planned to grill them.
• Shen Yixue fetched Su Yang to help prepare live seafood, while the women made a noisy mess in the house and struggled to handle a flopping silver carp.
• Su Yang took over preparing the live seafood, with Li Muhan and Shen Yixue helping him and the others washing vegetables and cutting meat.
• The group carried the prepared food and borrowed grills to the lakeside, where Su Yang relit the charcoal.
• Li Muhan organized the women to skewer meat and vegetables, and Su Yang asked Meng Wenzhou to grill alongside him.

Su Yang and his friends gathered for a lakeside barbecue, and he received two Ducati motorcycles he had bought for himself and Pan Ning. As the group relaxed together, Shen Yixue explained why their ordinary evening felt so precious.

• Su Yang and Meng Wenzhou prepared the barbecue while Liu Bo and Song Anquan fished, and the group set out mats, drinks, and music.
• Su Yang learned that the Ducati staff were delivering his two motorcycles and told Meng Wenzhou that one was for Pan Ning.
• Su Yang and Pan Ning inspected the motorcycles, started them, and rode them into the courtyard after the Ducati staff left.
• As the evening grew cooler, Su Yang and his friends grilled, talked, took pictures, and enjoyed the lakeside gathering.
• Su Yang and Meng Wenzhou said the gathering made them feel that life was complete, and Shen Yixue said ordinary moments with good friends were especially precious.

Su Yang and Meng Wenzhou prepared a lakeside barbecue with their friends, turning the evening into a lively group dinner. As they ate and drank together, Gu Xiaoman toasted Su Yang and the gathering continued with everyone agreeing they would not leave until they were drunk.

• Song Anquan brought over the White Striped Fish Liu Bo had caught, and Su Yang cleaned them while Li Muhan took over the grill.
• Xia Zhiyu skewered the fish as Su Yang and Meng Wenzhou grilled enough food for everyone.
• The group arranged the grilled dishes and drinks on tables beside their camping mats, then sat down together for dinner.
• Su Yang thanked everyone for their hard work and raised a toast, which the group answered by clinking cups and drinking.
• Gu Xiaoman toasted Su Yang, and they agreed to keep drinking until they were drunk.

Su Yang and the others toasted one another before splitting into teams for a drinking game, with Su Yang and Pan Ning choosing members through rock-paper-scissors. The selection continued with Su Yang choosing Shen Yixue, who jokingly called herself a beauty, leaving Zhang Ziming wary of Liu Bo teasing him about his ex-girlfriend.

• Su Yang drank with the girls and the men, then suggested that those with strong tolerance take turns drinking while the others could skip it.
• Meng Wenzhou proposed dividing everyone into teams for a game, and the group agreed that Su Yang and Pan Ning would captain separate teams.
• Su Yang and Pan Ning began choosing teammates through rock-paper-scissors, with Pan Ning winning the first round and picking Liu Bo.
• Su Yang chose Meng Wenzhou and Song Anquan, while Pan Ning chose Zhang Ziming, Ji Bo, and Lu Yun.
• Su Yang chose Shen Yixue, who called herself a beauty, and Zhang Ziming stopped Liu Bo from teasing him about their past relationship.

Su Yang and Pan Ning split everyone into teams and started a drinking game. Gu Xiaoman won a long streak before losing to Su Qingci, but Jiang Mengyun and then Pan Ning defeated the remaining players, leaving Su Yang’s team to drink together.

• Su Yang and Pan Ning chose their teammates, and everyone rearranged their seats by team.
• The teams began finger-guessing games, and Gu Xiaoman defeated Su Yang, Meng Wenzhou, Meng Qianyu, Song Anquan, Shen Yixue, and Ren Lingxi in succession.
• Ren Lingxi’s unusual drinking chant made Gu Xiaoman and the others laugh before Gu Xiaoman beat her at drinking punches.
• Gu Xiaoman lost to Su Qingci at Rock-Paper-Scissors, but Jiang Mengyun defeated Su Qingci and then lost to Zhao Mengrou.
• Pan Ning took over and defeated the rest of Su Yang’s team, so Su Yang raised a toast with his teammates after they lost the round.

Everyone kept the lakeside barbecue going after Zhang Ziming borrowed a bright rechargeable light, then started a team game of “I Have, You Don’t.” The game left off with Su Yang claiming he had eight-pack abs and several players lowering fingers.

• Zhang Ziming borrowed a rechargeable light from a nearby residence, allowing everyone to continue eating and playing after dark.
• After more drinking games and a second batch of barbecue, Zhang Ziming proposed a team version of “I Have, You Don’t.”
• Song Anquan said he had blown up poop with firecrackers as a child, prompting Zhang Ziming and Liu Bo to react and Meng Qianyu to object.
• Su Yang said he had eight-pack abs, and Zhang Ziming and Liu Bo lowered fingers while Song Anquan mistakenly thought teammates did not have to participate.

Su Yang and his friends played drinking games, traded embarrassing childhood stories, and kept drinking late into the night. After the women went inside to rest, the men stayed by the lake and discussed where everyone would sleep and how beautiful the women were.

• Gu Xiaoman urged the group to share more shocking stories, and Zhang Ziming and Song Anquan admitted to eating feces as children.
• Liu Bo hinted that he had used a banana peel in a sexual experiment, and Zhang Ziming revealed he had tried something similar with a different tool.
• Su Yang said a motorcycle had once crippled his leg for two months, making Liu Bo lose the game.
• The guests drank until late, and Su Yang suggested the flushed guests go inside to sing and rest.
• Pan Ning led the remaining women inside after they had drunk too much, leaving Su Yang and the men by the lake.
• Su Yang said his house had only five bedrooms, and the men discussed the women while deciding to stay outside a little longer.

Meng Wenzhou and the others compared the women who attended that day and chose their personal favorites. Ling Xi won the group’s informal vote, while Su Yang explained why he preferred Panpan overall.

• Meng Wenzhou asked the group who had been the best overall among the women who attended, and Zhang Ziming picked Xiaoyou.
• Zhang Ziming said Yi Xue would not rank among the top five in looks, and the group teased Song Anquan after he learned Xiaoyou liked Su Yang.
• Liu Bo chose Ling Xi, while Ji Bo and Zhang Ziming also favored Xiaoyou.
• Su Yang chose Panpan, saying her overall appearance, figure, and legs made her his pick despite Ling Xi’s stronger looks.
• Song Anquan chose Han Xiaoyu, admitting that her figure influenced his choice.
• Meng Wenzhou chose Ling Xi and declared her the winner of the group’s vote.

Su Yang and Zhong Qing performed a song-and-dance collaboration at the lively gathering, with Su Yang impressing everyone by singing a Japanese song flawlessly. Zhong Qing’s favorability toward him reached 100, earning him an 8 million reward.

• The group returned from the lake and crowded into the living room to sing, drink, and play games.
• Su Yang and the others discussed how to arrange sleeping places for everyone before joining the girls in the living room.
• Zhong Qing offered to kiss Su Yang as a reward for singing, but he asked her to dance instead.
• Zhong Qing chose the Japanese song Planet and improvised a modern dance while Su Yang sang it with perfect pronunciation.
• Zhong Qing’s favorability toward Su Yang reached 100, and he received an 8 million reward.

Su Yang and his friends ended their Mid-Autumn Eve gathering after singing and dancing, then went their separate ways the next day. Su Yang returned to his villa with Shen Yixue, who took the puppy Black Dragon, and invited her inside while his parents drove over to visit.

• Zhong Qing danced while Su Yang sang, earning enthusiastic praise, and Su Yang later performed another difficult English song.
• At three in the morning, Su Yang arranged sleeping spaces for his guests, and everyone went to bed after cleaning up and chatting.
• The next morning, most guests left after breakfast, and Pan Ning, Meng Qianyu, and Shen Yixue prepared to go home for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
• Shen Yixue agreed to take Black Dragon, then drove Su Yang's car to his villa while Su Yang rode his motorcycle.
• Su Yang learned that his parents were on their way to Sea City, and he invited Shen Yixue inside as she admired his supercars.

Su Yang hosted Shen Yixue at his villa, where they chatted over coffee and discovered that their homes were in neighboring developments. When Su Yang's parents arrived, they mistook Shen Yixue for his girlfriend and questioned him about their relationship.

• Shen Yixue admired Su Yang's villa and discussed why she preferred her large apartment to living alone in a villa.
• Su Yang and Shen Yixue discovered that her home in Yuehe Mansion was near the house he had bought his parents in Four Seasons Cloud Court.
• Su Yang's parents called to say they had arrived, and Shen Yixue offered to greet them before going home.
• Shen Yixue introduced herself to Su Dagang and Chen Liping, who froze and wondered whether she was Su Yang's new girlfriend.
• After Su Yang led his parents inside, Chen Liping asked whether Shen Yixue was his new girlfriend, and Su Yang insisted she was just a friend.

Su Yang drove Shen Yixue home after clearing up his parents’ misunderstanding that she was his new girlfriend, then met her father, Shen Guokang. Shen Guokang learned that Su Yang was Panpan’s boyfriend and asked about his background, but Shen Yixue called him an ordinary young man.

• Su Yang explained to Su Dagang and Chen Liping that Shen Yixue was only a friend, then surprised them by revealing he owned seven or eight cars.
• Su Yang drove Shen Yixue and Black Dragon to Cui Zhu Yuan, where she got out at the entrance and greeted her father, Shen Guokang.
• Su Yang introduced himself to Shen Guokang, declined his invitation to come inside, and left after Shen Yixue got into her father’s Bentley.
• Shen Guokang asked Shen Yixue about Black Dragon and whether she had broken up with Ziming, and she confirmed they had split.
• Shen Yixue told Shen Guokang that Su Yang was Panpan’s boyfriend, and she described him as an ordinary young man.

Shen Yixue praised Su Yang to her father, while Su Yang returned to his parents and reassured them about his wealth and new home. As his family celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival together, Su Yang wondered whether he should go to Magic City the next day.

• Shen Guokang warned Shen Yixue to keep proper boundaries with Su Yang, and asked her to invite him over for a meal sometime.
• Su Yang returned to his villa with groceries and mooncakes and offered to cook a Mid-Autumn Festival dinner for his parents.
• Su Yang reassured Chen Liping that his money was honestly earned and urged her to enjoy their improved life without feeling uneasy.
• Su Yang told Su Dagang and Chen Liping that their new home, an over-eight-hundred-square-meter flat near the Tianxing River, was ready and that he would take them to collect the keys.
• Su Yang celebrated the festival with his parents over tea, mooncakes, and television, while wondering whether to go to Magic City the next day.

Su Yang decided to travel to Modu to meet Zhuang Mengli, the mysterious woman who had repeatedly appeared and invited him to find her. He told Pan Ning about the trip and promised to keep her updated, leaving for Modu the next day.

• Su Yang planned to take his parents to receive their property before flying to Modu to meet Zhuang Mengli.
• Su Yang searched online and learned that Tianxiang Shui'an was an extremely expensive villa compound where Zhuang Mengli lived in Villa No. 1.
• Su Yang called Pan Ning and told her that the woman who had followed and fought him in Ya'an had appeared again and invited him to Modu.
• Pan Ning asked if the trip was dangerous and offered to go with him, but Su Yang said she should stay in Haicheng.
• Pan Ning asked Su Yang to return unharmed, keep his phone on, and update her during the trip, and he agreed.

Su Yang prepared a six-dish Mid-Autumn Festival dinner for his parents and brought out a bottle of Moutai Eighty Year to drink with them. Su Dagang was astonished by its price and suggested saving it for New Year.

• Su Yang cooked six dishes while Su Dagang and Chen Liping watched television, and the system rewarded him with 3,000,000 yuan for enjoying the moment.
• Su Yang asked Su Dagang whether he wanted white liquor or red wine, and his father chose white liquor.
• Su Yang brought out a bottle of Moutai Eighty Year, and Su Dagang and Chen Liping were shocked to learn it cost hundreds of thousands of yuan.
• Su Yang opened the wooden box and showed his father the liquor, gold-plated cups, and certificate with a gold coin.
• Su Dagang suggested drinking Su Yang's Moutai Fifty Year instead and saving the Eighty Year bottle for New Year.

Su Yang celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival with his parents over a lavish meal, sharing fine liquor and food he had cooked. The family admired the moon together, where Su Dagang and Chen Liping reflected on the relatives they had lost and how childhood holidays had felt more lively.

• Su Yang opened the expensive liquor, and he, Su Dagang, and Chen Liping toasted to Mid-Autumn Festival.
• Su Yang’s parents were amazed by his red braised pork, and Su Dagang praised his cooking and asked him to make New Year’s Eve dinner.
• The system rewarded Su Yang with 3 million for spending the festival contentedly with his parents.
• Su Yang and Su Dagang finished the bottle before Chen Liping stopped them from opening another, and the family chatted after dinner.
• Su Yang led his parents to the backyard to admire the full moon, where they remembered their deceased grandparents and the larger family gatherings of the past.

Su Yang took his parents to their new home, then flew to the Magic City to visit Zhuang Mengli. The chapter ended with Villa No. 1’s housekeeper telling security that he did not know Su Yang.

• Su Yang booked a flight to the Magic City and spent the morning taking Su Dagang and Chen Liping to their new apartment in Four Seasons Cloud Court.
• Su Yang said goodbye to his parents and boarded his flight from Hai City to the Magic City.
• After landing, Su Yang went to the Bund, booked a hotel, and took a taxi to Tianxiang Shui'an.
• Su Yang asked a security guard to contact Zhuang Mengli at Villa No. 1, but the housekeeper said he did not know Su Yang.

Su Yang went to Tianxiang Shui'an to meet Zhuang Mengli, but the villa’s housekeeper had not told the guards to expect him. Zhuang Mengli arrived, recognized him, and brought him into a Rolls-Royce with an old man and a female driver, leaving the reason for her urgent summons unexplained.

• President Zhuang told Old Liu to send Su Yang away and learned that Elder Guan was on his way with Zhuang Mengli.
• Su Yang argued with the guards at the villa entrance because they would not let him in without the homeowner’s permission.
• Zhuang Mengli arrived in a black Rolls-Royce Ghost, and Su Yang recognized her by her voice after she approached him.
• Su Yang teased Zhuang Mengli about her appearance, and she said she needed him to come inside because the matter was urgent.
• Zhuang Mengli took Su Yang to the car, where he saw a female driver and an old man in a gray robe sitting in the back.