Chapter Summaries

Su Qiao learned that she had won a school reward of one hundred thousand Star Coins, easing her worries about tuition, and decided to teach Ye Jingting cultivation. Ye Jingting pieced together clues about Su Qiao’s past and wondered why the Feng Family had sent assassins after her.

• Su Qiao praised Ye Jingting for bringing home what he claimed was Mutated Beast Meat, then decided to teach him cultivation because Feng Shuya might cause trouble again.
• Su Qiao answered a call from Instructor Li and learned that she had ranked first in the school and received a reward of one hundred thousand Star Coins.
• Su Qiao celebrated with Ye Jingting, saying the reward would cover her Imperial Star Academy tuition, and carried the sacks downstairs to dispose of them.
• Ye Jingting concluded that Ye Hanyi had shared an unusual relationship with Su Qiao and another girl who had lived in the house.
• Ye Jingting wondered why the Feng Family had targeted Su Qiao and suspected that Ye Hanyi’s former lover might be the Feng Family’s illegitimate daughter.

Su Qiao taught Ye Jingting a cultivation method and warned him to keep it secret, while he began recovering from his injuries. Later, Ye Jingting asked why someone wanted to kill Su Qiao, and she explained that a woman she had sheltered stole her thesis and design drafts.

• Su Qiao taught Ye Hanting to cultivate Internal Energy, and he quickly felt warmth in his abdomen.
• Su Qiao warned Ye Jingting to keep the cultivation method secret, then told him to prioritize saving his own life if anyone forced him to reveal it.
• Ye Jingting promised to keep the method secret and planned to cultivate diligently so he could recover from his injuries.
• After they were interrupted, Ye Jingting asked Su Qiao why someone wanted to kill her.
• Su Qiao explained that Feng Shuya and a man had once rented her place, and that the woman had stolen her thesis and design drafts after Su Qiao took her in.

Su Qiao told Ye Jingting that the Feng Family had tried to silence her, and he vowed to protect her when they reached the main star. After Su Qiao kissed his forehead, Ye Jingting retreated to his room, unsettled by his feelings and jealous of her past relationship with Ye Hanyi.

• Su Qiao said she would deal with the Feng Family on the main star and reassured Ye Jingting that she could protect herself.
• Ye Jingting promised that he would not let anyone bully Su Qiao.
• Su Qiao hugged and kissed Ye Jingting on the forehead, leaving him flustered.
• Ye Jingting returned to his room and struggled to make sense of the shock and feelings the kiss stirred in him.
• Ye Jingting recalled Su Qiao's past relationship with Ye Hanyi and grew angry at the thought that Ye Hanyi had hurt her.

Su Qiao entered the Virtual Network and heard that Feng Shuya’s research paper on spatial matters had won praise from prominent figures. She suspected Feng Shuya had submitted stolen work and wondered whether to report her, while 444 unexpectedly reappeared.

• Su Qiao returned to her room, planned to open a Medicinal Cuisine Shop, and signed up for the online Mecha Competition to earn money.
• Su Qiao entered the Virtual Network for the first time and marveled at how closely it resembled the real world.
• Su Qiao overheard young women praise Feng Shuya’s spatial research paper and say it had impressed Principal Thor and Lord Hydra.
• Su Qiao suspected Feng Shuya had entered the competition with stolen work and wondered if Feng Shuya thought she was too powerless to report her.
• 444 suddenly appeared in the Virtual Network, assured Su Qiao its rank exceeded the mainframe’s, and admitted it had been caught off guard by its earlier attack.

Su Qiao had 444 send her revised research paper and blueprints to Principal Thor, Hydra, and the research project archives, backdated by two months. Thor and Hydra discovered the paper and reacted with excitement, while Su Qiao waited to see what they would make of its prior filing.

• 444 explained that a tasker from the Supernatural Plane had attacked it after suspecting it had been investigated by the authorities.
• Su Qiao asked 444 to send her paper and blueprints to Principal Thor and Hydra and file the project with a date two months earlier.
• 444 completed the transfers, and Su Qiao logged off, pleased that the filing would predate the 168th Scientific Research Competition.
• Principal Thor and Hydra received Su Qiao’s detailed paper on spatial, breath, and sound concealment devices and compared it with Feng Shuya’s work.
• Principal Thor told Hydra that the matter had to remain confidential.

Principal Thor and Dean Hydra treated the superior paper and blueprints as a top-secret matter and planned to find Feng Shuya discreetly. Ye Hanyi confronted Feng Shuya over whether she had stolen Xiao Qiao’s work, but Feng Shuya denied it and defended her choices.

• Hydra agreed that the paper’s creator had to be found and protected, while Principal Thor ordered them to locate Feng Shuya in secret.
• Ye Hanyi confronted Feng Shuya and asked whether she had stolen the paper from Xiao Qiao.
• Feng Shuya denied stealing it and argued that similar blueprints could arise from researching the same subject.
• Ye Hanyi said Xiao Qiao was talented and that Feng Shuya’s competition blueprints nearly matched designs he had seen in Xiao Qiao’s bedroom.
• Feng Shuya accused Ye Hanyi of taking Xiao Qiao’s side without investigating and explained why she had kept her identity and feelings hidden from him.

Feng Shuya tried to persuade Ye Hanyi to trust her, but Su Qiao called to accuse her of stealing her work and sending assassins. Ye Hanyi believed Su Qiao and gave Feng Shuya three days to publicly correct the record.

• Feng Shuya told Ye Hanyi she had returned to the Feng Family for him and hoped he would understand her.
• Ye Hanyi questioned Feng Shuya’s claim that she had hidden her scientific research abilities.
• Su Qiao called Ye Hanyi and accused Feng Shuya of stealing her paper and blueprints and sending B-ranked assassins after her.
• Ye Hanyi rejected Feng Shuya’s excuses and warned her to stop harassing Su Qiao.
• Ye Hanyi gave Feng Shuya three days to clarify that Su Qiao had created the paper, concept, and blueprints, then left.

Ye Hanyi confronted Feng Shuya over stealing Su Qiao’s thesis and blueprints, then left consumed by regret for losing Su Qiao. At home, Ye Jingting learned that Su Qiao and Ye Hanyi had once dated and was unsettled by his own reaction.

• Ye Hanyi accused Feng Shuya of stealing Su Qiao’s work and resolved to help Su Qiao reclaim her thesis and blueprints.
• Feng Shuya revealed that Ye Hanyi had once insulted Su Qiao and blamed Feng Shuya for their breakup, deepening his regret.
• Ye Hanyi left Feng Shuya’s home, while Feng Shuya vowed not to let Su Qiao off.
• Su Qiao went to prepare dinner after noticing Ye Jingting had finished cultivating.
• Ye Jingting realized Su Qiao and Ye Hanyi had been together and felt an unexplained ache in his chest.

Feng Shuya was questioned about her paper by Thor and Hydra, who realized she had plagiarized someone else's work and began searching for its true author. Meanwhile, Su Qiao wondered why her shop had no customers, and Ye Jingting asked if she was short of money.

• Thor and Hydra asked Feng Shuya to explain sections of her paper, and she answered using what Su Qiao had taught her.
• After Feng Shuya left, Thor and Hydra concluded that her paper was plagiarized and resolved to find its true author.
• Hydra vowed not to let Feng Shuya go once the author was found, while Thor and Hydra arranged to watch Feng Shuya and the Feng Family.
• Su Qiao sat outside her shop, puzzled by the lack of customers despite the busy street.
• Ye Jingting watched Su Qiao sigh and asked whether she was short of money.

Su Qiao opened her shop with 97%-purity Nutrient Fluid and spiced Mutated Beast Meat, inviting customers to test her claims. A young man confirmed the Nutrient Fluid really reached 97% purity, surpassing the best products available in the Federation and the Rett Empire.

• Su Qiao ordered equipment and spent three days preparing Nutrient Fluid and braised Mutated Beast Meat for her shop.
• Su Qiao advertised her products’ purity and effects on a billboard and displayed them in the shop.
• A young man asked to test the Nutrient Fluid, and Su Qiao let him use his testing pen.
• The young man confirmed that the Nutrient Fluid had 97% purity, leaving the gathered customers astonished.

Su Qiao let a burly man and a young man test her Nutrient Solutions, and every sample showed an exceptionally high purity. When the crowd grew eager to take the products without paying, she revealed her strength and forced them to back down, leaving Ye Jingting captivated by her.

• A burly man challenged Su Qiao’s claims and began testing the Nutrient Solutions with a young man.
• Su Qiao supplied more racks, and the tests showed purity results ranging from 97% to 99%.
• When the two men froze after testing, Su Qiao warned them to pay and crushed part of the metal counter into fine shavings.
• Su Qiao released her powerful Mental Power, silencing the crowd and making them bend under its pressure.
• Ye Jingting watched Su Qiao’s sudden transformation and felt captivated by her beauty and presence.

Su Qiao used her S-grade Physical Grade and 2S-level Mental Power to make the customers pay, then promoted her toxin-free Mutated Beast Meat by claiming it had helped her rise from C-grade to S-grade. The customers became eager to test the meat, but her claim remained unverified.

• Ye Jingting recognized Su Qiao's beauty and was surprised by the strength of her Mental Power.
• Su Qiao announced her S-grade Physical Grade and 2S-level Mental Power, intimidating the customers into paying for their Nutrient Solution.
• Su Qiao invited the customers to test her Mutated Beast Meat and explained how toxins in food could hinder physical advancement.
• Su Qiao claimed that eating the meat and training had raised her Physical Grade from C to S, leaving the customers astonished and uncertain.

Su Qiao proved that her braised Mutated Beast Meat was toxin-free and announced its price and sales limits, drawing an eager crowd to buy. Ye Jingting subdued the growing rush, leaving the customers both intimidated and even more eager to learn about the shop’s powerful products.

• A middle-aged man tested several pieces of Su Qiao’s braised Mutated Beast Meat, and the instrument showed that every piece was toxin-free.
• Su Qiao priced the meat at fifty percent above the market rate and said she made only one batch per day.
• Customers rushed to buy meat and Nutrient Solution, so Su Qiao climbed onto a stool and ordered them to line up and follow purchase limits.
• Ye Jingting leaped onto the counter and warned that anyone who pushed would lose the right to buy, stopping the crowd in its tracks.

Su Qiao earned a steady income from her braised-meat shop on Harriet Star while the fallout from Ye Hanyi breaking off his engagement to Feng Shuya unfolded on the main planet. When Su Qiao entered the virtual world to rent a mecha and training room, Feng Shuya’s friends accused her of seducing Ye Hanyi, just as a tall stranger approached.

• Su Qiao and Ye Jingting sold out the braised meat, and Su Qiao celebrated her business success.
• Ye Hanyi went to the Feng Family, broke off his engagement to Feng Shuya, and publicly accused her of stealing others’ achievements and behaving promiscuously.
• The president of Imperial Star Academy and the dean of Hydra repeatedly sent people to take Feng Shuya away, raising suspicions about her situation.
• After establishing her shop and earning money, Su Qiao entered the virtual world to rent a mecha and training room.
• Four girls mocked Su Qiao and blamed her for Ye Hanyi ending his engagement to Feng Shuya.
• A tall figure in black work clothes approached as Su Qiao prepared to confront the girls.

Ye Jingting defended Su Qiao from girls spreading rumors, then insisted on accompanying her around Harriet Star. After learning his name, Su Qiao decided he could not be the man she was looking for because his name lacked “Han.”

• Ye Jingting rebuked several girls for gossiping about Ye Hanyi and the Ye family, making them apologize to Su Qiao.
• Su Qiao questioned whether Ye Jingting was truly Marshal Ye, and he accused her of using an outdated way to start a conversation.
• Ye Jingting followed Su Qiao and offered to guide her around Harriet Star despite her saying they did not know each other.
• Su Qiao asked Ye Jingting his name, and he introduced himself as Ye Jingting.
• Su Qiao concluded that Ye Jingting was not her man because his name did not contain “Han.”

Su Qiao trained in a mecha under Ye Jingting’s guidance and quickly displayed exceptional combat skills. Ye Jingting admired her talent and wondered what hardships had shaped her, while Su Qiao noticed how well he seemed to know her.

• Ye Jingting guided Su Qiao as she rented a basic mecha and learned to control it in a training room.
• Su Qiao quickly mastered the controls and demonstrated dazzling skill with a Light Sword.
• Ye Jingting praised Su Qiao and privately imagined the dangers she might have faced while hunting alone.
• Su Qiao blushed at Ye Jingting’s praise and asked whether he knew her well, but he changed the subject.

Su Qiao and Ye Jingting trained together, and she agreed to meet him online again the next evening. Ye Jingting wondered about her username, while Su Qiao remained puzzled by his interest in her.

• Su Qiao suspected Ye Jingting might have come because of his nephew, Ye Hanyi, but he never mentioned him.
• Ye Jingting asked why Su Qiao's username was “Waiting for You for 278 Years,” and she said she had chosen it at random.
• Ye Jingting wondered whether Su Qiao meant to wait for someone her whole life, but he was afraid to ask who.
• Su Qiao said she would be online at seven the next evening, and Ye Jingting offered to continue teaching her mecha skills.
• Ye Jingting told Su Qiao to log off and rest, and she later thought he was strange but warm and considerate.

Su Qiao rejected Ye Hanyi’s attempt to reconcile and told him to stop contacting her, while Ye Jingting learned about their past and agreed to throw away Ye Hanyi’s belongings. Ye Hanyi then confronted Feng Shuya online over her rumors and stolen thesis and design plans.

• Su Qiao answered Ye Hanyi’s call, rejected his excuses and attempt to get back together, and told him she would handle her thesis herself.
• Ye Jingting overheard Su Qiao’s call, asked about Ye Hanyi, and agreed to throw away the things of his that were in the house.
• Ye Hanyi confronted Feng Shuya online, accused her of spreading rumors about Su Qiao, and threatened to report her theft of Su Qiao’s thesis and design plans to the Judging Panel.
• Feng Shuya told Ye Hanyi they had nothing to do with each other and demanded that he stop coming after her.

Ye Hanyi and Feng Shuya exposed their affair and blamed each other after Su Qiao rejected Ye Hanyi, while onlookers learned that Feng Shuya had stolen Su Qiao’s research work. The next morning, Feng Shuya went to the Research Project Application Institute.

• Ye Hanyi rejected Feng Shuya and declared that he had always loved Xiao Qiao.
• Feng Shuya revealed that Ye Hanyi had dated and slept with her while accusing Xiao Qiao of being vain, and she taunted him about losing Xiao Qiao.
• Ye Hanyi slapped Feng Shuya and blamed her for driving him and Xiao Qiao apart; Feng Shuya insulted him and logged off.
• The crowd discussed Ye Hanyi and Feng Shuya’s betrayal and learned that Feng Shuya had stolen Xiao Qiao’s research paper and design drawings.
• Ye Hanyi logged off, and Feng Shuya hurried to the Research Project Application Institute the next morning.

Feng Shuya tried to claim a research project whose materials closely matched an earlier submission, but her application exposed a lead for Hydra. On Harriet Star, Su Qiao continued serving customers and refused to raise her prices.

• Feng Shuya applied for a research project, but a staff member told her its blueprints were more than eighty percent similar to materials submitted two months earlier.
• Feng Shuya hurriedly withdrew her application and left the office.
• A broad-shouldered man ordered the staff member to send the application materials and Feng Shuya's information to Lord Hydra, who was searching for the person behind the earlier submission.
• Su Qiao served a crowd at her shop as customers argued over prices and asked her to reserve food for them.
• Su Qiao stopped the discussion and told everyone she would not raise the prices.