Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhengran used spiritual energy to make six diamond rings, each able to alert him if its wearer faced danger. He gave Jiang Jingshi a box containing her recovered ring and a new ring he had made for her, leaving her surprised that he had crafted it himself.

• Jiang Ming delivered the ring materials to Lin Zhengran, who remembered him from his former security job and congratulated him on getting a girlfriend.
• Lin Zhengran used spiritual energy to make six rings, adding a danger alert to each one.
• Lin Zhengran went to campus and found Jiang Jingshi looking at old photos of him that his mother had sent her.
• Lin Zhengran gave Jiang Jingshi a box containing the ring she had lost and a new ring he had made for her.
• Jiang Jingshi realized the rings were not wedding rings and was astonished that Lin Zhengran had made one himself.

Lin Zhengran remembered that Jiang Jingshi had loved him since they met as children, then proposed that they marry after graduation, and she accepted. Jiang Jingshi later flaunted her engagement ring to Jiang Qian, who failed to understand its meaning.

• Lin Zhengran recalled helping a lost Jiang Jingshi find her way out of their neighborhood when they were children.
• Lin Zhengran gave Jiang Jingshi a handmade diamond ring and asked her to marry him after graduation; she accepted and let him put it on her ring finger.
• Jiang Jingshi and Lin Zhengran hugged, then quickly separated when students passed and greeted her at school.
• Jiang Jingshi teased Jiang Qian about the ring and called Lin Zhengran her brother-in-law.
• Jiang Qian dismissed the ring as an ordinary gift and left, not realizing its significance, while Jiang Jingshi wondered how little her sister knew about relationships.

Lin Zhengran forged Heaven-rank secret treasures and gave the Empress of the Imperial City an engagement ring, which boosted his cultivation enough to reach level eighty and gain a Spirit Gathering Body. After testing his new toughness and healing, he joined Han Wenwen, who asked him to go underwear shopping with her.

• Lin Zhengran forged six Heaven-rank secret treasures and gave one to the Empress of the Imperial City as an engagement ring, increasing his cultivation speed and helping him reach level eighty, the Spirit Transformation Stage.
• Lin Zhengran discovered that his new Spirit Gathering Body doubled his physical toughness and gave him rapid healing.
• Lin Zhengran cut his arm with a spiritually sharpened stone and watched the wound heal completely in about fifteen seconds.
• Han Wenwen found Lin Zhengran with blood on his arm, but the wound had already vanished, and he reassured her that he was fine.
• Han Wenwen explained that she had slipped away from He Qing and the others, then reminded Lin Zhengran of his promise to go underwear shopping with her.

Jiang Xueli blamed a streak of mishaps on Mercury retrograde, while Fang Meng offered to tell her how to break it in exchange for answering five questions. The chapter ended with Fang Meng asking whether Lin Zhengran was dating four girls at once, making Jiang Xueli choke on her lemonade.

• Jiang Xueli told Little He Qing that a string of bad luck had begun after she returned from the south, and spilled her drink over her book and broken phone.
• Little He Qing and Jiang Xueli noticed Jiang Qian passing with forms and wondered why Jiang Qian and Fang Meng had stopped spending time together.
• Jiang Xueli scraped her elbow on the table, then went to order a new drink while Little He Qing waited at their seat.
• Fang Meng approached Jiang Xueli, showed her a Diviner's license, and offered to explain how to break her Mercury retrograde in exchange for five answers.
• Fang Meng asked whether Lin Zhengran was dating four girls at once, and Jiang Xueli choked and sprayed lemonade onto Fang Meng.

Fang Meng questioned Jiang Xueli about her feelings for Lin Zhengran and recorded details about her, confirming that several girls were involved with him. After Fang Meng gave Jiang Xueli a bizarre divination remedy, Jiang Xueli asked if Fang Meng liked Zhengran too.

• Fang Meng challenged Jiang Xueli about whether she and other girls liked Lin Zhengran, and Jiang Xueli admitted that she considered herself one of the most important people in his life.
• Fang Meng concluded that Lin Zhengran was involved with He Qing, Jiang Xueli, their class counselor, and Han Wenwen, while promising Jiang Xueli she would keep the matter secret.
• Fang Meng asked Jiang Xueli about her habits and what she liked about Lin Zhengran, and Jiang Xueli said her feelings for him were one hundred percent.
• Fang Meng drew a Divination Card and told Jiang Xueli to break Mercury retrograde by eating chocolate chewed in her boyfriend's mouth.
• Jiang Xueli turned to leave, then asked Fang Meng whether she liked Lin Zhengran too.

Jiang Xueli discovered that Fang Meng liked Lin Zhengran and promised to keep her feelings secret, while Fang Meng learned that Jiang Xueli and the others knew about Lin Zhengran’s harem. Fang Meng then approached He Qing with an offer of rare high-school photos of Lin Zhengran in exchange for answering personal questions.

• Jiang Xueli confronted Fang Meng about her feelings for Lin Zhengran, and Fang Meng admitted she had fallen for him after they went to karaoke in high school.
• Jiang Xueli promised to keep Fang Meng’s feelings secret but warned her that the four girls would not let Lin Zhengran date two more people.
• Jiang Xueli told He Qing that she had gained leverage over Fang Meng, who knew about Lin Zhengran’s harem.
• Fang Meng approached He Qing and offered rare high-school group photos of Lin Zhengran in exchange for answering questions about He Qing herself.

He Qing and Jiang Xueli uncovered that Fang Meng liked Lin Zhengran while trading for rare class photos, then shared the photos with Han Wenwen. After school, Lin Zhengran took the Three Little Ones to the villa for their first night all sleeping in one bed.

• Fang Meng traded rare photos of Lin Zhengran’s class for He Qing’s personal answers and admitted she liked Lin Zhengran after He Qing questioned why she kept his solo pictures.
• Fang Meng asked He Qing and Jiang Xueli to keep her feelings secret, and Jiang Xueli asked He Qing to share the photos with her.
• Han Wenwen returned from shopping with new underwear for He Qing and Jiang Xueli, then joined them in admiring the photos and asked for copies.
• When Lin Zhengran approached, the three girls hid the photos and claimed they had been discussing nothing.
• After classes, Lin Zhengran led the Three Little Ones to the villa for the first night everyone would sleep in one bed.

After returning to the villa, Lin Zhengran discussed hiring a nanny with He Qing and asked Han Wenwen to remind him of the household responsibilities she had once suggested. That night, the four girls replaced the separate quilts with one large quilt for Lin Zhengran’s return, then hurried to wash up when he entered the bedroom.

• Lin Zhengran returned to the villa with everyone and learned from Jiang Jingshi that she would be late because of a counselors’ meeting.
• He Qing offered to cook dinner, and Lin Zhengran suggested hiring a nanny because cooking for everyone every day could exhaust her.
• He Qing said she disliked the idea of a stranger living in the house, then went with Jiang Xueli to buy seafood for dinner.
• Lin Zhengran called Han Wenwen into the study and asked her to repeat her earlier ideas about everyone’s responsibilities in the shared home.
• After dinner, Han Wenwen asked why the girls had slept under separate quilts, and they agreed to spread one large quilt for the night.
• Lin Zhengran entered the bedroom after showering, and the four girls hurried to tidy the bedding and go wash up.

Lin Zhengran waited while Jiang Jingshi, Jiang Xueli, He Qing, and Han Wenwen bathed together and discussed their awkward plans for sharing his bed. After they returned to the bedroom and lay down nervously, Lin Zhengran pulled Jiang Jingshi into his arms and told the others they could hug him too.

• Jiang Xueli, Jiang Jingshi, He Qing, and Han Wenwen decided to bathe together to save time while Lin Zhengran waited in the bedroom.
• Jiang Jingshi told the others that she sometimes forced her younger sister, Jiang Qian, to bathe with her and said Jiang Qian was more cheerful at home.
• The four girls shared the bathtub and nervously discussed sleeping beside Lin Zhengran in pajamas.
• The girls returned to the bedroom, agreed on their positions in bed, and lay down quietly with Lin Zhengran.
• Lin Zhengran pulled Jiang Jingshi into his arms and told the other three girls to hug him if they wanted to sleep that way.

Lin Zhengran and the four girls adjusted to sharing a bed, then spent several days living together at the villa. When Jiang Xueli learned that her family owed a huge debt after a factory owner fled with the money, Lin Zhengran offered to go home with her.

• Lin Zhengran arranged for Jiang Jingshi, Jiang Xueli, Han Wenwen, and Little He Qing to sleep draped over him, and they playfully bit him before settling down for the night.
• Over the following days, the four girls grew used to finding their own places beside Lin Zhengran when they went to bed.
• Jiang Jingshi arranged to meet the Three Little Ones for shopping after she finished her afternoon obligations.
• At the villa, Jiang Xueli received a call from her mother, who said the family owed the factory a huge sum after the original owner fled with the money and workers had gathered at their home.
• Lin Zhengran stood up and offered to go back with Jiang Xueli to see what had happened.

Lin Zhengran and Jiang Xueli rushed to help her parents after workers confronted them over unpaid wages at Zhenxin Product Factory. Lin sent Pan Lin to calm the crowd and promised to resolve the problem, while Jiang Xueli’s parents waited to learn how Zhengshi Company became involved.

• Lin Zhengran left with Jiang Xueli and arranged for Pan Lin to send people to Fuhua Residential Complex.
• Pan Lin and her colleagues arrived and found workers demanding four months of unpaid wages from Jiang Xueli’s parents.
• Pan Lin identified herself as a secretary for Zhengshi Company and persuaded the workers to return to the factory to collect their wages.
• Jiang Xueli’s parents asked Pan Lin why Zhengshi Company was helping them, and Pan Lin led them to the factory to await Lin Zhengran.
• Pan Lin recognized Jiang Xueli’s parents and asked whether they were her mother and father.

Jiang Xueli’s parents learned that Lin Zhengran was the head office’s general manager and mistakenly concluded their daughter had become his mistress to save them. When Lin and Jiang Xueli arrived, Pan Lin called him General Manager Lin, leaving Uncle Jiang stunned as he realized who Lin was.

• Pan Lin explained that Zhengshi Music had merged with the local studio and that Lin Zhengran was the head office’s general manager, while Jiang Xueli was close to him.
• Uncle Jiang wrongly inferred that Jiang Xueli had become Lin Zhengran’s mistress to resolve her parents’ financial trouble, and he and Aunt Jiang vowed to refuse the money and persuade her to change course.
• Lin Zhengran and Jiang Xueli arrived at the factory, and Jiang Xueli hurried to check on her parents.
• Uncle Jiang tried to reassure Lin Zhengran that Pan Lin was there to help, then noticed Pan Lin addressing Lin as her superior.
• Pan Lin confirmed that Lin Zhengran was the General Manager Lin they had been waiting for, and Uncle Jiang reacted in astonishment.

Jiang Xueli’s parents mistook Lin Zhengran for an unrelated boss who had become close to their daughter, but Uncle Jiang discovered that Lin Zhengran was actually the General Manager Lin who had helped their family. After clearing up the misunderstanding, the family joined Lin Zhengran to discuss the factory’s troubles.

• Aunt Jiang asked Jiang Xueli whether she had asked General Manager Lin for help and how close they had become, and Jiang Xueli admitted she had slept with him, meaning Lin Zhengran.
• Uncle Jiang interrupted and explained that General Manager Lin was Lin Zhengran, not another man, and that he had misunderstood after hearing Pan Lin describe how close Lin Zhengran and Jiang Xueli were.
• Jiang Xueli scolded her parents for imagining she had been coerced and explained that she trusted Lin Zhengran and would turn to him if her family needed help.
• Jiang Xueli told her parents that many women at her music company tried to approach Lin Zhengran, but she kept them from getting close to him.
• The family returned to Lin Zhengran, who asked whether they were all right and invited them to sit down and explain the factory’s situation.

Uncle Jiang told Lin Zhengran and Jiang Xueli that the factory director had vanished with their savings, leaving the factory unable to pay its workers or fulfill an order. Lin Zhengran covered the workers’ wages, secured more time from Jiang Qian, and arranged support to keep the factory operating.

• Uncle Jiang explained that the former director had taken over a million from him and disappeared, leaving the factory facing unpaid wages and breach-of-contract penalties.
• Lin Zhengran told Pan Lin to pay the workers their overdue wages from his account and offered to fund the factory’s raw materials.
• Lin Zhengran called Jiang Qian, who extended the Jiang Corporation order deadline by two weeks.
• Lin Zhengran told Uncle Jiang to resume production and offered to have Zhengshi Company consider the factory as a supplier.
• Uncle Jiang agreed to continue production and promised to repay Lin Zhengran as the factory recovered.

Lin Zhengran rescued the Jiang family’s struggling factory by funding wages and materials and securing it an order from Zhengshi Company. As he took Jiang Xueli back to his home, she worried that her family’s debt made her unworthy of him, but Lin Zhengran reassured her and asked her to win first place in this year’s competition.

• Pan Lin inspected the factory’s products, approved their quality, and signed a contract for Zhengshi Company to order parts.
• The workers received their overdue wages and stayed at the factory, while Aunt Jiang and Jiang Xueli discussed repaying Lin Zhengran and wondered about his success.
• Lin Zhengran said goodbye to Uncle Jiang and Aunt Jiang, then left with Jiang Xueli for the Lin residence.
• At home, Jiang Xueli anxiously promised to repay the money and admitted she felt she was dragging Lin Zhengran down.
• Lin Zhengran reassured Jiang Xueli that helping her was natural and told her to bring back first place in this year’s competition.

Lin Zhengran investigated the missing factory manager while spending the afternoon with Jiang Xueli, who promised to win the music competition. The couple fell asleep together, and Lin Xiaoli discovered them when she and Lin Yingjun came home.

• Lin Zhengran took Pan Lin's call and learned that the missing factory manager had recently started playing cards with someone called Brother Yang.
• Jiang Xueli and Lin Zhengran spent the afternoon together, and she thanked him for supporting her and promised to win the year-end music competition.
• Lin Zhengran told Jiang Xueli what he liked about her, and she fell asleep in his arms.
• Lin Xiaoli and Lin Yingjun returned home, and Lin Xiaoli followed a faint shampoo scent to Lin Zhengran's bedroom.
• Lin Xiaoli found Lin Zhengran holding a sleeping Jiang Xueli and hurried out, telling them to keep it down.

Jiang Xueli stayed overnight at Lin Zhengran’s home after they visited her parents’ troubled factory, and Lin Zhengran arranged to inspect it again the next morning. After his Spiritual Energy Level rose to level eighty-one, he and Jiang Xueli grew intimate while his parents tried not to imagine what was happening next door.

• Lin Zhengran told Jiang Xueli that his parents had come home and seen her sleeping in his bed, embarrassing her into hurrying to help Lin Xiaoli cook.
• Jiang Xueli told Lin Xiaoli that the problem at her family’s factory had been settled, and Lin Zhengran said they would stay overnight and visit the factory again in the morning.
• Lin Zhengran called He Qing and told her that he and Jiang Xueli would return around nine the next morning; He Qing, Wen Wen, and Jiang Jingshi agreed to wait for them.
• The system reported that Lin Zhengran had helped Jiang Xueli’s parents after their organization nearly collapsed, arranged for them to manufacture weapons, and reached Spiritual Energy Level eighty-one.
• After dinner, Lin Zhengran and Jiang Xueli kissed in his bedroom while Lin Xiaoli and Lin Yingjun quietly speculated about what the young couple was doing.

Lin Zhengran and Jiang Xueli returned to the villa after checking that the factory was recovering, and Jiang Xueli discovered that intimacy with Lin Zhengran had improved her skin and energy. After she and Han Wenwen explained the secret to Jiang Jingshi and He Qing, the four girls turned their attention to Lin Zhengran.

• Lin Zhengran and Jiang Xueli visited the factory, found Uncle Jiang busy restoring operations, and headed back to the villa with Lily.
• Jiang Xueli noticed her skin looked unusually healthy despite staying up late and questioned Lin Zhengran about the cause.
• Lin Zhengran hinted that intimacy improved the girls' health, leading Jiang Xueli to realize Han Wenwen had discovered the effect earlier.
• Jiang Xueli confronted Han Wenwen at the villa, and Han Wenwen admitted she had guessed and confirmed the secret through experience.
• Han Wenwen and Jiang Xueli told Jiang Jingshi and He Qing that intimacy with Lin Zhengran improved their skin, and the four girls stared at him as he emerged from the restroom.

Lin Zhengran’s four girlfriends awkwardly proposed setting a weekly schedule for intimacy, and he agreed to take one day per girl each week. A lottery chose Jiang Jingshi for the first turn, and Lin Zhengran took her upstairs.

• At breakfast, Lin Zhengran noticed the four girls watching him and learned they had bought sea cucumber to nourish him.
• The girls tried to hint that they wanted intimate time with Lin Zhengran, but he pretended to misunderstand their excuses about nutritious meals and saving money on cosmetics.
• He Qing bluntly told Lin Zhengran that they all wanted to be intimate with him and proposed setting a minimum weekly schedule.
• Lin Zhengran agreed to one scheduled day per girl each week, with the number of times left to his mood, and suggested drawing lots to choose each day’s partner.
• The girls drew lots, Jiang Jingshi was selected, and Lin Zhengran took her upstairs while the others watched jealously.

Jiang Jingshi reflected on the physical benefits she had experienced after being intimate with Lin Zhengran and visited him during class. Jiang Qian arranged to have dinner with Lin Zhengran that evening, leaving excited about their date.

• Jiang Jingshi admired her improved complexion and wondered whether Lin Zhengran's supposed pure yang constitution explained the benefits she and her friends had noticed.
• Jiang Jingshi visited Lin Zhengran's lecture hall, exchanged a smile with him, and told Pan Lin to stop buying her skincare products.
• Fang Meng told Jiang Qian that she still needed to investigate Han Wenwen, and Jiang Qian asked her to finish looking into everyone first.
• After Han Wenwen, Little He Qing, and Jiang Xueli left the classroom, Jiang Qian approached Lin Zhengran and asked whether his offer to repay her favor still stood.
• Jiang Qian arranged to have dinner with Lin Zhengran that night and left happily, wondering what to wear.