Chapter Summaries

Ding Ling entered the world of Ride the Winds, Break the Waves! and confirmed that Xu Tailang had genuinely traveled back in time, while the future remained paused until he returned to it. After discovering that the Sovereign Light belonged to the married Zhang Suzhen, Ding Ling began building an enormous business empire and sought a way to win her over; the chapter ended with him spending lavishly at the True Love KTV.

• A Xiang bragged about how much her husband pampered her, while Chen Afang, Tang Ren, and Qin Feng reacted to her behavior and Ding Ling’s influence.
• Ding Ling explored the world of Ride the Winds, Break the Waves! and determined that Xu Tailang had truly traveled from the future to 1998, with his body and future timeline governed by the world’s spacetime laws.
• Ding Ling learned that the Sovereign Light belonged to Niu Aihua, who had changed her name to Zhang Suzhen and was already married to Xu Zhengtai, so he decided to win her over without pursuing marriage.
• Ding Ling brought hundreds of billions of dollars into the Middle Kingdom, invested across many industries, recruited top talent including Xiao Ma, and established a temporary headquarters in Modu.
• Ding Ling moved across from Zhang Suzhen’s workplace and visited the True Love KTV, where hostess Jia Yi greeted him and he handed out lavish tips to the staff.

At the struggling True Love KTV, Tian Tian and Jia Yi told pregnant Zhang Suzhen about generous customer Ding Ling and hoped he might help her. Xu Tailang distrusted Ding Ling and dismissed the possibility that he could change their situation, while the women invited Zhang Suzhen to meet him when he returned.

• Tian Tian and the other workers praised Ding Ling after he spent generously at the KTV, and Tian Tian asked him whether he would visit again.
• Ding Ling promised to return if he had time, and Tian Tian considered asking him to help save the KTV but held back.
• Zhang Suzhen came to work with Xu Tailang, weighed down by her husband's imprisonment, debts, and the KTV's impending closure.
• Tian Tian and Jia Yi told Zhang Suzhen about Ding Ling and said he might bring the KTV good fortune.
• Xu Tailang warned that Ding Ling must have ulterior motives, but Jia Yi and Tian Tian defended him and urged Zhang Suzhen to meet him the next day.

Ding Ling visited True Love KTV again, met the heavily pregnant Zhang Suzhen, and used generous tips to raise her favorability while planning to help her later. He left after Xu Tailang questioned his intentions, leaving Zhang Suzhen and the others hoping he would return.

• Zhang Suzhen agreed to meet Boss Ding after Tian Tian and Jia Yi explained how much money Ding Ling had spent, despite Xu Tailang warning her to be cautious.
• Ding Ling arrived at True Love KTV the next afternoon, where Zhang Suzhen and Xu Tailang had waited for him all day.
• Ding Ling gave Zhang Suzhen a five-thousand-yuan tip and handed money to Tian Tian, Jia Yi, and the other KTV workers; Zhang Suzhen refused his money but gained favorability when he promised to support the business.
• Xu Tailang questioned Ding Ling about his background and warned him not to fool around with the women, prompting Zhang Suzhen to apologize for his words.
• Ding Ling left the KTV after less than half an hour, tipping the front-desk workers as well, while Tian Tian, Jia Yi, and the others called after him to come back.

After Jia Yi blamed Xu Tailang for driving away Ding Ling and worsening Zhang Suzhen’s troubles, Xu Tailang admitted he would find work and try once more to change Zhang Suzhen’s fate. He left True Love KTV with no job prospects, no money, and nowhere to stay for the night.

• Jia Yi and the other women complained to Zhang Suzhen that Xu Tailang had driven away Ding Ling, whose generous tips had helped them earn money.
• Jia Yi confronted Xu Tailang about his past failures, including Xu Zhengtai’s imprisonment, and accused him of using fate as an excuse to avoid helping Zhang Suzhen.
• Xu Tailang reconsidered his actions and admitted that his choices might have contributed to his family’s misfortunes.
• Xu Tailang apologized to Zhang Suzhen and said he would find work and make one final effort to change her fate.
• Xu Tailang wandered through Modu, realized he had few useful skills, and ended up penniless and homeless for the night.

Xu Tailang investigated the wealthy businessman Ding Ling and concluded that he was likely a time traveler whose success dwarfed his own. He regretted driving Ding Ling away, resolved to earn money and change his mother’s fate, and continued working as a bricklayer.

• Xu Tailang had no money for dinner and chose not to return to True Love KTV, where Jia Yi and the others might mock him.
• Xu Tailang saw news about Ding Ling’s investments in Modu, then borrowed a newspaper and learned that the businessman had the same name as the man from True Love KTV.
• Xu Tailang took a brick-moving job and, after several days of work and investigation, discovered Ding Ling had invested hundreds of billions and revived struggling factories.
• Xu Tailang read online posts describing Ding Ling’s rapid creation of platforms, games, mobile-phone factories, and a working chip, and concluded Ding Ling was a time traveler.
• Xu Tailang wondered whether his own transmigration had caused his family’s tragedies, then decided to work hard, earn money, and change his mother’s fate.
• Xu Tailang continued hauling bricks, regretting that he had driven away Ding Ling instead of seeking his support.

The staff of True Love KTV learned that their former patron Ding Ling was the world’s richest man, but the venue was demolished before they could seek his help. Zhang Suzhen gave birth to a boy, and Tian Tian left to live with her maternal uncle, leaving Zhang Suzhen to face an uncertain future alone.

• Xu Tailang regretted losing his chance to get close to Ding Ling and continued working while waiting for another opportunity.
• Two months after Xu Tailang left True Love KTV, Jia Yi, Tian Tian, and the others discovered that their generous patron Ding Ling was the famous tycoon and blamed Xu Tailang for driving him away.
• Zhang Suzhen watched news footage of Ding Ling, worried over Xu Zhengtai’s depreciating BB machines, and later saw True Love KTV demolished as she and the others lost their jobs.
• Tian Tian stayed to care for the heavily pregnant Zhang Suzhen, despite struggling with a dishwashing job and learning that her maternal uncle wanted her to move in with him.
• Zhang Suzhen went into labor after visiting Xu Zhengtai, and Tian Tian rushed her to the hospital, where she gave birth to a healthy boy.
• After Zhang Suzhen recovered, Tian Tian explained that she would leave to live with her uncle, and the two said goodbye.

After Zhang Suzhen was left alone with her newborn and no money, Ding Ling arrived just before she could take her life and offered her a job as general manager of Yi Ren Hotel. He installed her as the hotel’s leader, and she began to accept a new future while Ding Ling arranged for his personal doctor to care for her.

• After Tian Tian left, Zhang Suzhen ran out of money in the hospital and nearly jumped from a window with her newborn.
• Ding Ling visited Zhang Suzhen, comforted her, and offered her a general manager position at Yi Ren Hotel with a generous salary.
• Zhang Suzhen accepted Ding Ling’s offer and left the hospital with him, bringing her child to the hotel.
• At the hotel, Zhang Suzhen received a makeover and was welcomed by the staff as Ding Ling’s friend.
• Ding Ling introduced Zhang Suzhen to the employees as general manager and gave her full authority over the hotel.
• Ding Ling left Zhang Suzhen in charge and said his personal doctor would soon stay with her to provide round-the-clock care.

Ding Ling helped Zhang Suzhen recover, made her General Manager of Yi Ren Hotel, and steadily won her affection as she hired Tian Tian, Jia Yi, and their former sisters. When Zhang Suzhen visited her imprisoned husband Xu Zhengtai, he was stunned by her transformed appearance and the story of how she came to work for Ding Ling.

• Ding Ling reassured Zhang Suzhen about her health and gave her authority over Yi Ren Hotel, raising her favorability toward him.
• Zhang Suzhen hired Tian Tian, Jia Yi, and their former sisters for hotel jobs after they sought her help.
• Zhang Suzhen grew increasingly drawn to Ding Ling during a private dinner, though she reminded herself that she was married.
• Tian Tian and Jia Yi asked Zhang Suzhen how she had met Ding Ling, and she said he had appeared unexpectedly at the hospital.
• Zhang Suzhen visited Xu Zhengtai in prison, where he was stunned by her appearance and Tian Tian explained how Ding Ling had made her a hotel General Manager.

Xu Zhengtai learned that Xu Tailang had abandoned Zhang Suzhen and became suspicious that Ding Ling might be attracted to her, while Ding Ling’s businesses grew dramatically over three years. Zhang Suzhen prepared to take their son Xu Fei to visit Xu Zhengtai, despite Tian Tian’s concern that the meeting could cause a clash.

• Jia Yi and Zhang Suzhen told Xu Zhengtai that Xu Tailang had disappeared and never returned to help after Xu Zhengtai went to prison.
• Xu Zhengtai wondered whether Ding Ling had fallen for Zhang Suzhen and suggested testing him, but Zhang Suzhen, Tian Tian, and Jia Yi rejected the plan.
• Xu Zhengtai heard fellow inmates praise Ding Ling’s wealth and contributions, which deepened his curiosity and made him wonder whether he had misjudged Xu Tailang.
• Over the next three years, Ding Ling expanded his factories and businesses, while Yi Ren Hotel grew across Asia and Zhang Suzhen became a powerful general manager.
• Zhang Suzhen agreed to take Xu Fei to visit Xu Zhengtai, and Tian Tian worried about their reunion because Xu Fei looked strikingly like Xu Tailang.

Xu Zhengtai met Xu Fei and, shocked by the boy’s resemblance to Xu Tailang, doubted that he was his father and demanded a paternity test. Later, Zhang Suzhen accompanied Ding Ling’s team at dinner, then walked with Ding Ling and Xu Fei; when Ding Ling asked why she seemed distracted, her eyes reddened.

• Xu Zhengtai met Xu Fei and was horrified by how much the boy resembled Xu Tailang, though Zhang Suzhen insisted Xu Fei was his son.
• Tian Tian defended Zhang Suzhen and reminded Xu Zhengtai of the hardships she had endured while he was imprisoned.
• Xu Zhengtai agreed to provide hair and blood for a paternity test and asked whether Zhang Suzhen had found Xu Tailang; she said he had disappeared years earlier.
• Zhang Suzhen took Xu Fei and Xu Zhengtai’s samples to be tested, then returned to work and hosted Ding Ling’s research team at the Yi Ren Hotel.
• Ding Ling’s team praised his groundbreaking electric vehicle, while Zhang Suzhen reflected on her admiration and feelings for him.
• Ding Ling bought fried chicken for himself, Zhang Suzhen, and Xu Fei during their moonlit walk, then asked Zhang Suzhen what was wrong, and her eyes reddened.

Ding Ling’s unwavering trust deepened Zhang Suzhen’s feelings for him, and he reached maximum Favorability and completed his mission. Zhang Suzhen later confronted Xu Zhengtai with a paternity test, but his doubts led her to propose a separation, and after more than half a year she feared he would never accept Xu Fei.

• Zhang Suzhen asked Ding Ling whether Xu Fei looked like Xu Tailang, and Ding Ling assured her he believed she had never betrayed Xu Zhengtai.
• Zhang Suzhen recognized that she had developed feelings for Ding Ling, while Ding Ling took her home and continued spending time with her and Xu Fei.
• Zhang Suzhen’s Favorability reached 100, and Ding Ling captured her Sovereign Light, completing his mission in the world.
• Zhang Suzhen showed Xu Zhengtai a paternity test, but he doubted its validity and refused to accept Xu Fei as his son.
• Zhang Suzhen proposed that they take a few months apart and divorce if Xu Zhengtai still could not trust her; he agreed to think it over.
• More than half a year later, Xu Fei looked even more like Xu Tailang, and Zhang Suzhen feared Xu Zhengtai would never accept him.

Zhang Suzhen and Xu Zhengtai’s meeting ended with their marriage falling apart because Xu Zhengtai still accused her of betraying him and refused to believe Xu Fei was his son. After the divorce, Tian Tian urged Zhang Suzhen to pursue Ding Ling, and Zhang Suzhen agreed to try.

• Zhang Suzhen brought Xu Fei to visit Xu Zhengtai, who accused her of cheating with Xu Tailang and rejected her insistence that Xu Fei was his son.
• Zhang Suzhen told Xu Zhengtai she would bring divorce papers, and Xu Zhengtai angrily agreed while accusing her of also having an affair with Ding Ling.
• Zhang Suzhen and Xu Zhengtai divorced, and Xu Zhengtai received 800,000 yuan in compensation and half their assets.
• After the divorce, Zhang Suzhen continued to admire Ding Ling from afar, while Tian Tian pointed out that he treated her as someone special.
• Tian Tian urged Zhang Suzhen to take the initiative with Ding Ling, and Zhang Suzhen agreed to give it a try.

Zhang Suzhen remained too insecure to confess her feelings to Ding Ling, while Xu Zhengtai was released from prison, built a new life, and grew increasingly impressed by Ding Ling. Decades later, Xu Zhengtai watched the Middle Kingdom transform into a futuristic world of flying cars and intelligent robots.

• Tian Tian urged Zhang Suzhen to confess to Ding Ling, but Zhang Suzhen still felt unworthy of him and stayed silent.
• Zhang Suzhen devotedly prepared meals and cared for Ding Ling, who accepted her attention.
• Xu Zhengtai was released from prison, rebuilt the Zhengtai Gang, opened a mobile phone shop, and heard his former cellmates praise Ding Ling's impact on their hometowns.
• After learning that Ding Ling remained single, Xu Zhengtai imagined that Zhang Suzhen had seduced Ding Ling and received compensation, while his admiration for Ding Ling grew.
• Xu Zhengtai married another woman, had a son named Xu Xin, and continued to resent Xu Tailang for disappearing after borrowing money and for his past with Zhang Suzhen.
• Decades later, Xu Zhengtai became a grandfather and marveled at a world led by the Middle Kingdom, where flying cars and intelligent robots had replaced mobile phones as the latest technology.

Xu Tailang, who had awakened with memories of his former life, visited Xu Zhengtai to learn why he had divorced Zhang Suzhen, but Xu Zhengtai insisted he was not his father. After discovering how Ding Ling had transformed the world and how Zhang Suzhen admired him, Xu Tailang left with complicated feelings about his family and Ding Ling.

• Xu Zhengtai met Xu Fei in his shop and insisted that he was not Xu Fei's father, telling him to ask Zhang Suzhen who his real father was.
• Xu Fei revealed that he remembered his past life as Xu Tailang and still considered Xu Zhengtai and Zhang Suzhen his parents.
• Xu Zhengtai drove Xu Tailang from the shop with a broom, while Xu Tailang insisted he would not give up.
• Xu Tailang followed Xu Zhengtai home, then used Xu Fei's connections to investigate his father's family and learn about the years he had missed.
• Xu Tailang learned that Zhang Suzhen had spent decades admiring Ding Ling and that Ding Ling had made the Middle Kingdom a global technological leader.
• Xu Tailang reflected that Ding Ling had changed the era, while his own parents' divorce left him unsure whether Ding Ling's influence had helped or harmed him.

Xu Tailang sought out Xu Zhengtai to learn about his past and discovered that Xu Zhengtai believed he was the child of Zhang Suzhen and Xu Tailang. The revelation left Xu Tailang shaken as he realized his actions had helped create the misunderstanding that broke up his parents.

• Xu Tailang compared his unremarkable life with Ding Ling's achievements and decided to ask Xu Zhengtai about his past.
• Xu Zhengtai chased Xu Tailang away, but Xu Tailang later paid him to discuss his relationship with Zhang Suzhen.
• Xu Zhengtai recounted how Xu Tailang had entered his life and how he resented him despite their history as brothers and friends.
• Xu Zhengtai revealed that he believed Zhang Suzhen had cheated on him with Xu Tailang and that Xu Tailang was their son.
• Xu Tailang reeled at the revelation, then recognized that his own actions had fueled the misunderstanding and called himself a fool like Xu Zhengtai.

Xu Tailang convinced Xu Zhengtai with two paternity tests and revealed that he was a transmigrator who had become Xu Fei. After a bitter argument about their past failures and Ding Ling’s success, Xu Zhengtai accepted the truth but said he would keep his current family and comfortable life.

• Xu Tailang gave Xu Zhengtai his hair and blood and demanded that he arrange a paternity test.
• Xu Zhengtai received two results confirming that Xu Tailang was his son, despite his resemblance to Xu Zhengtai’s brother.
• Xu Tailang urged Xu Zhengtai to apologize to Zhang Suzhen, then revealed that he had transmigrated and become Xu Fei.
• Xu Zhengtai believed Xu Tailang’s explanation after hearing private details, then berated him for failing to protect his parents and compared him unfavorably with Ding Ling.
• Xu Zhengtai said he would not abandon his current family or comfortable life, even though Xu Tailang was his son.

Xu Tailang told Xu Zhengtai the truth about their relationship, and Xu Zhengtai rejected him but called Zhang Suzhen to apologize. In the 101st Marriage Proposal world, Ding Ling built a vast business empire and met Ye Xun on a blind date, leaving her curious about his work and unpublished creations.

• Xu Zhengtai argued with Xu Tailang, told him to leave, and asked him to thank Ding Ling for saving Zhang Suzhen.
• Xu Tailang left after clearing his mother's name, and Xu Zhengtai called Zhang Suzhen to apologize.
• Ding Ling entered the 101st Marriage Proposal world, gathered over a hundred billion dollars, and transformed industries while remaining behind the scenes.
• Ding Ling met Ye Xun at a restaurant after arranging a blind date to intercept her, and the two discussed their dating lives and marriage.
• Ding Ling told Ye Xun he had worked in music, films, and novels and had acquired companies where he could publish his own works.

After Ye Xun discovered she had mistaken Ding Ling for her blind-date partner, they met again while she was being humiliated by Zhao Yongge and his wife, and Ding Ling helped her leave. Ding Ling used Zheng Liang’s jealousy to bring himself and Ye Xun closer, and they spent the day together before parting on warm terms.

• Ye Xun realized she had mistaken Ding Ling for Zhao Yongge, while Ding Ling’s polite response raised her Favorability to 63.
• Ding Ling ended his blind date with Zheng Liang after she rejected him for lacking a house and car, then gave her cash for travel expenses when she demanded it.
• Ye Xun’s actual blind date with Zhao Yongge turned humiliating when his wife accused her of being a mistress, so Ye Xun asked Ding Ling to pretend to be her boyfriend and left with him.
• Ding Ling recognized Huang Da as the world’s Child of Luck, but Ye Xun had already met Ding Ling instead of Huang Da and believed their encounter was fate.
• Zheng Liang caught up with Ding Ling and accused him of dating two women at the same restaurant, prompting Ye Xun to link arms with Ding Ling and call him “Darling” before they drove away.
• Ding Ling and Ye Xun watched a movie, ate popcorn, played claw machines, and spent the day together until Ye Xun told him she was happy to have met him.

Ye Xun reflected on her growing interest in Ding Ling, then unexpectedly met him again at the opera with Taozi. Ding Ling invited both women to dinner and left the story with them riding in his chauffeur-driven Rolls-Royce.

• Ye Xun told Taozi about her blind date with Zhao Yongge and her encounter with Ding Ling, admitting she had forgotten to ask for his contact information.
• Taozi looked up Ding Ling’s business success and urged Ye Xun to move on from her ex-boyfriend and pursue a relationship with him.
• Ye Xun and Taozi went to the opera the next day and discovered Ding Ling seated in the front row; the two greeted each other.
• After the performance, Taozi stopped Ding Ling, who invited her and Ye Xun to dinner.
• Ding Ling’s chauffeur drove them in his Rolls-Royce, and Taozi asked about his interest in opera.

Ding Ling exchanged contact information with Ye Xun, cooked for her and Taozi, and agreed to start dating Ye Xun after Taozi pushed them together. At Ding Ling’s villa, Ye Xun discovered hundreds of his musical compositions and learned that he could play many instruments.

• Taozi persuaded Ding Ling and Ye Xun to exchange contact information after they met again.
• Ding Ling cooked three dishes for Ye Xun and Taozi at his IKEA Restaurant and revealed that he owned it.
• Shangguan Yue told Ding Ling she wanted to work her way up beside him, while he explained that he wanted to be known for his works rather than his fame.
• Taozi urged Ding Ling and Ye Xun to date, and Ye Xun did not refuse when Ding Ling agreed to the match.
• Ding Ling brought Ye Xun and Taozi to his villa, where Ye Xun saw hundreds of musical works and asked whether he had composed them all.