Chapter Summaries

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qin Muse, a high-ranking member of the Black Night organization, is working at a beverage chain's headquarters, using her position to support the organization's development strategy of commerce.
• She receives a message from Yimo, her superior, asking her to meet him at a certain location.

Character Developments

• Qin Muse is portrayed as dedicated and serious in her work, showing her commitment to the Black Night organization.
• Yimo, though not present, is established as a superior figure who can command Qin Muse's attention.

Significant Themes

• Loyalty: Qin Muse's dedication to her work and the Black Night organization suggests a strong sense of loyalty.
• Dual Identity: Qin Muse leads a double life, working at the beverage chain while secretly serving the Black Night organization.

Character Interactions

• The chapter primarily focuses on Qin Muse's solo actions, with no direct interactions with other characters. However, her response to Yimo's message implies a hierarchical relationship and possibly a level of trust between them.

Qin Lu told Qin Muse that she was in love, and Qin Muse recognized that she had deep feelings for Yimo. The chapter left her unwilling to admit what she already knew.

• Qin Lu told Qin Muse that she was in love while they ate.
• Qin Muse resisted admitting her feelings for Yimo.
• Qin Muse acknowledged to herself that her feelings for Yimo ran very deep.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qin Muse is at a shopping mall, trying to decide between two swimsuits to participate in the Rapids Ride attraction at the Water Sports Zone.
• She's hesitant due to her past fear of water, stemming from a childhood incident.

Character Developments

• Qin Muse: Struggles with her fear of water, showing signs of growth as she considers facing her fear to enjoy the attraction with her friends.

Significant Themes

• Overcoming Fear: Qin Muse is grappling with her fear of water, which is a significant hurdle in her personal growth.
• Friendship and Belonging: The attraction is a group activity, highlighting the importance of Qin Muse's relationships with her friends and her desire to belong.

Character Interactions

• Qin Muse's internal struggle is the focus of this chapter, with no other characters present. However, her friends' previous invitation to the Rapids Ride is implied to be the catalyst for her current dilemma.

Yimo thought riding the Ferris wheel was dangerous but agreed to make up for Qin Muse's birthday. Yimo wanted to fulfill Qin Muse's wishes rather than refuse for selfish reasons.

• Yimo considered going on the Ferris wheel dangerous.
• Yimo agreed to ride it because the outing was meant to make up for Qin Muse's birthday.
• Yimo decided to fulfill Qin Muse's wishes instead of refusing out of personal concern.

Two people arrived at the Oriental Pearl Tower by taxi near 10 p.m., as the tower was close to ending its visiting hours. The tower was crowded with tourists, most of whom were leaving.

• The two arrived at the Oriental Pearl Tower by taxi.
• They arrived nearly at 10 p.m., close to the end of visiting hours.
• They saw that most of the many tourists were leaving rather than coming to sightsee.

Tong Muxue had been assassinated and left Shangjing with Du Dan and Iron Blood while they were targeted from all sides. After narrowly avoiding trouble at a checkpoint, they continued their escape with Cang Lingshan’s help.

• Tong Muxue, Du Dan, and Iron Blood left Shangjing in mid-August after Tong Muxue was assassinated.
• They faced a lockdown and people lying in wait along every road out of the city.
• The group nearly ran into trouble while passing through a checkpoint.
• Cang Lingshan arrived in time, and the checkpoint situation was resolved peacefully.

The chapter described the seasonal temperature drop across northern China and noted that Jasmine Island in the Northern Islands Archipelago remained warm and sunny in mid-November.

• Temperatures dropped noticeably in areas north of the Yangtze River in mid-November.
• Jasmine Island remained warm and sunny despite the change in season.
• Three or four months earlier, people had run around Jasmine Island's beach in swimsuits.

Clownfish and Ning Yuyu had fallen out after Clownfish attacked Jasmine Island at night on August 10 and harmed Shi Xinglan and Yimo, crossing Ning Yuyu’s bottom line. Clownfish continued to message Ning Yuyu afterward.

• Clownfish and Ning Yuyu had a falling-out.
• Three months earlier, Clownfish launched a nighttime sneak attack on Jasmine Island.
• Clownfish did something to Shi Xinglan and Yimo during the attack.
• Clownfish continued sending Ning Yuyu messages afterward.

About ten days after falling ill, Yimo recovered and left the infirmary, returning to communal life at the orphanage. He stood outside the main building and clenched his fists.

• Yimo recovered after about ten days in the infirmary.
• Yimo left the infirmary and returned to normal communal life.
• Yimo stood in front of the orphanage’s main building and clenched his fists.

The chapter described the Luofeng City orphanage courtyard and the children’s outdoor play area. It left off as the description turned to the front yard.

• The chapter described the orphanage’s concrete courtyard as about the size of two basketball courts, with a small soccer goal.
• The children usually played ball, threw beanbags, and jumped rope in the courtyard.
• The chapter noted that most other areas were bare earth and that vegetables grew in the backyard.

The Luofeng City Orphanage closed because Aunt Mi’s health had deteriorated after years of caring for the children, and the orphanage had run out of money. It had been privately established and received no government funding.

• The chapter explained that Aunt Mi could no longer care for the children because her health had suffered.
• The orphanage ran out of money and closed.
• The chapter stated that the privately built orphanage was regulated by the government but received no funding.

Yimo studied hard to match Ji Ran on a middle school exam but still lost by one point. The chapter ended with Chinese as the subject that decided the result.

• Yimo studied carefully for the middle school exams.
• Yimo tried to beat Ji Ran and make up for past regret.
• Yimo lost to Ji Ran by one point in Chinese.

Yimo had become addicted to gaming after his life changed from growing up in an orphanage to becoming the young master of a wealthy family. He had gone from never using a computer or the internet to having one in his own room.

• Yimo had started becoming addicted to gaming because he found the game fun.
• Yimo had gone from being an orphan in an orphanage to becoming the young master of a wealthy family.
• Yimo had gone from never touching a computer or the internet to having a computer in his own room.

Yimo's adoptive father disappeared, and the power Yimo had secretly built up collapsed without warning. Several subordinates he had controlled ran into trouble overnight, leaving Yimo's position in disarray.

• Yimo's adoptive father disappeared.
• The power Yimo had secretly built up collapsed without warning.
• Several subordinates Yimo had controlled through threats and inducements ran into trouble overnight.
• Some of the subordinates disappeared, some committed suicide, and some fled.

Yimo reflected on the simple principles behind making a gun and the lethal Steel Ball Gun she had already crafted. She considered using it against irredeemable people as a way to change history, but the chapter ended before she acted.

• Yimo recalled that making a gun was not difficult.
• Yimo had already made a refined Steel Ball Gun capable of killing someone if it hit a vital spot.
• Yimo considered using the weapon against irredeemable people to change history.

Yimo recognized the landlady at the train station and realized she had encountered her again despite the changes to her memories of the first run.

• Yimo recognized the landlady when they first met at the train station.
• Yimo recalled that she had not taken Ji Ran to the train station in the first run.
• Yimo remembered that she had not met the human traffickers or the landlady then.
• Yimo recalled that she had instead met the landlady at Luofeng.

Ji Ran avoided the incident that would have forced her to take leave from school and made a fortune investing in stocks. She could predict most market trends in advance.

• Yimo persuaded Ji Ran to invest in stocks.
• Ji Ran avoided the incident that would have forced her to take leave from school.
• Ji Ran made a fortune by predicting roughly seventy to eighty percent of market trends.

Yimo traveled along the coastal road in the summer sunlight, passing through a tunnel into the warmth. Faint traces of Qicai’s light appeared in the sweat on his forehead.

• Yimo passed through a short tunnel on the coastal road.
• The warm sunlight shone on Yimo’s face again.
• Faint traces of Qicai’s light reflected in the sweat on Yimo’s forehead.

Yimo, Su Yun, and the narrator arrived too late to climb Luofeng Mountain, so they went to the hot spring inn Yimo had booked near the midway viewing platform. An inn employee picked them up at the mountain’s foot and drove them there.

• Yimo had looked up the hot spring inn online and booked a room near the midway viewing platform.
• The three arrived at the foot of Luofeng Mountain too late to climb it.
• An inn employee drove down to pick up Yimo, Su Yun, and the narrator and take them to the inn.

The narrator was caught in a misty hot spring beside a huge beast, unable to see or move as their thoughts sank into confusion. The narrator’s fate remained unclear.

• A gigantic beast crossed the dim night sky.
• Mist covered the surroundings.
• The narrator lay pressed against the beast in the warm spring water.
• The narrator struggled to think clearly and could neither see nor move.