Chapter Summaries

After learning that Mo Jingchun's grandfather had collapsed and remained in unstable condition, Mo Jingchun arranged an urgent trip home using Li Yuanfang's private plane. He and his group reached the airport, waiting to depart at 6:10 as the hospital still had no new developments.

• Qin Yuzhu learned that Mo Jingchun's grandfather was critically ill, but found all train and commercial flight tickets sold out.
• Qin Yuzhu suggested borrowing Li Yuanfang's private plane, and Mo Jingchun called Li Yuanfang, who agreed to help arrange the plane and flight route.
• Mo Jingchun woke Zhou Yaling and invited Li Xuanyu to join the trip, then left the hotel with his group while Candy slept in his arms.
• Qin Yuzhu confirmed that the flight route had been approved and the plane would depart at 6:10 in the morning.
• Mo Jingchun asked Zero for updates from the hospital, but there had been no new developments.

Zhou Yaling and Mo Jingchun learned that Zhou Yaling’s grandfather was nearing the end of his life, and the doctors advised the family to prepare for his funeral. Mo Jingchun left the decision to the old man’s children, who gathered at the hospital and began discussing what to do.

• Doctors at Huo County Hospital concluded that the old master was dying of natural causes and said he could pass away at any moment.
• Su Wenyan told Mo Jingchun the doctors’ conclusion, and he asked her to tell his eldest uncle so the old man’s children could decide how to handle things.
• Mo Jingchun told Zhou Yaling that the family needed to prepare for the funeral, and she broke down in tears.
• Mo Jingchun and Zhou Yaling arrived at the airport and headed to the hospital.
• Su Wenyan relayed the director’s words to Zhou Xing and his siblings, who wept together before beginning to discuss the arrangements.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Old Master's condition is deteriorating, and crying won't change his fate.
• Zhou Xing and his siblings decide to send their father back home, with Zhou Xing taking care of him.
• Mo Jingchun (Xiao Chun) is on his way back to An Province.
• Candy (Mo Jingchun's sister) wakes up on a plane, confused and upset, as she realizes they're going home because their grandfather is sick.

Character Developments

• Zhou Xing shows maturity and responsibility in handling his father's situation.
• Mo Jingchun demonstrates his caring nature and responsibility towards his family.
• Candy shows a mix of confusion, sadness, and understanding about her grandfather's illness.

Significant Themes

• Family responsibility and unity in the face of adversity.
• The inevitability of aging and death.
• The emotional turmoil and coping mechanisms of children dealing with serious family issues.

Character Interactions

• Zhou Xing and his siblings discuss their father's situation, showing unity and understanding.
• Mo Jingchun comforts Candy, showing his protective and caring nature.
• Candy interacts with her older sister, showing her confusion and sadness about their grandfather's illness.

Mo Jingchun brought Candy and the others back to her grandfather’s hometown, where Candy ran inside and began sobbing. After Zhou Xing pulled Mo Jingchun aside beneath the old pine tree, he warned him to turn a blind eye to certain things.

• An ambulance brought the unconscious Old Man home, and Zhou Xing and his younger brother discussed his wish to be buried beside their mother.
• Neighbors gathered to keep vigil, recalling the Old Man’s past and talking about Mo Jingchun.
• Mo Jingchun traveled with Candy and the others toward her grandfather’s hometown, while Su Wenyan left the pets’ supplies with an armed police captain at the Laboratory Building.
• Candy rushed into the house after arriving and began to sob, while Mo Jingchun spoke with his uncles.
• Beneath the pine tree, Zhou Xing told Mo Jingchun to turn a blind eye to certain things.

Mo Jingchun stayed with his dying grandfather as the family prepared a Happy Funeral. The next morning, Candy’s plea was followed by the old man waking up, leaving the family astonished.

• Mo Jingchun declined to advise his uncles on the funeral arrangements and went inside to see his grandfather.
• Candy asked her unresponsive grandfather to get up and play with her, while Mo Jingchun found his pulse weak and faltering.
• Zhou Xing told Mo Jingchun that the family had decided to hold a Happy Funeral, and Mo Jingchun agreed.
• Mo Jingchun kept watch through the night as the Nutrient Solution slowed, then fell asleep by his grandfather’s bedside.
• Candy went to her grandfather’s room the next morning and saw his finger move after she asked him to wake up.
• The old man opened his eyes, smiled at Candy, and asked Zhou Xing to help him sit up.

Old Master recovered enough to spend time with Candy and gather his family before taking Zhou Xing and his other son to his wife's grave. He returned with branches from two trees, leaving Mo Jingchun to hand Candy her Piggy Bank as she watched Grandpa with tears in her eyes.

• Old Master praised Candy for waking him, got out of bed, and asked Zhou Xing to fetch and sharpen a cleaver.
• Old Master told the family to stay home while he took his two sons to Back Mountain, and Zhou Yaling broke down crying as they left.
• Candy secretly took her Little Golden Pig from Grandpa's desk and added her two treasured coins while Li Xuanyu watched from the doorway.
• At his wife's grave, Old Master cut down two trees and explained that firewood was also called passing on the fire.
• When Old Master and his sons returned to the crowded courtyard, Mo Jingchun gave Candy her Piggy Bank back after noticing the money Grandpa had added.

Old Master distributed Passing on the Firewood envelopes, welcomed Li Xuanyu into the family, and gave his sons final instructions before dying peacefully. Candy was kept from seeing him in his final moments, but she understood what had happened and wept as fireworks sounded outside.

• Old Master wrapped pieces of firewood in red envelopes and gave them to the men in the family and Candy, symbolizing Passing on the Firewood.
• Old Master gave Li Xuanyu a red envelope to welcome her after her first visit, then asked Zhou Yaling to bring him bathwater.
• Old Master spoke privately with Zhou Xing and his brother about his funeral, his savings, Mo Jingchun, and a notebook recording the children's birth details.
• Old Master dressed in his Funeral Clothes and died as his family gathered around him, while Zhou Xing reminded everyone to honor his wish not to cry.
• Mo Jingchun kept Candy out of the room, and Candy later told Zhou Yaling that she understood everything before silently weeping beneath the fireworks.

After Grandpa’s lively funeral, Zhou Yaling and Candy grieved together, and Mo Jingchun helped settle the family’s arrangements. Candy gradually cheered up, then remembered Baozi and Xiao Huihui and asked Mo Jingchun to bring them home.

• Candy gave Zhou Yaling one of Grandpa’s remaining Big White Rabbit candies and comforted her by saying Zero called his death a blessing.
• Mo Jingchun saw the trees Grandpa had chopped down and escorted Candy and the younger generation down the mountain after the burial.
• Mo Jingchun arranged for Xia Xiaomin to cover Zhou Yaling’s internship work and took Candy home.
• Mo Jingchun took Candy to play on rocking cars and then treated her and the others to hot pot, where Candy began feeling happier.
• Candy remembered Baozi and Xiao Huihui and asked Mo Jingchun to pick them up and bring them home.

Candy returned home with Mo Jingchun after reuniting with the pets, and her brother comforted her about their deceased family before she went back to kindergarten. At work, Mo Jingchun oversaw progress on the Big White Project and reviewed the additions to Smart Assistant 3.0 ahead of its launch.

• Candy and Mo Jingchun found that Xiao Huihui and Baozi had grown plumper during their week away, while Dagger had grown thinner.
• Candy played piano at home, then enjoyed grilled bullfrog at a barbecue and shared some with Xiao Huihui.
• Candy asked Mo Jingchun whether their grandfather had become a star like their parents, and he comforted her as she fell asleep.
• Mo Jingchun took Candy to kindergarten and asked Fei Yan to keep a close eye on her.
• Mo Jingchun told Xia Xiaomin to assign interns and ensure their bonuses were paid, then considered a chip for the Big White Project.
• Xia Xiaomin presented the additions to Smart Assistant 3.0, including fall detection, more natural voice interactions, and the Candy Encryption Algorithm for users' files and photos.

Mo Jingchun chose a 16-nanometer chip for Dabai, and Zero designed one while the Procurement Department began sourcing materials. After picking Candy up from kindergarten, Mo Jingchun learned that Wang Haoran had given her a backpack full of chestnuts.

• Mo Jingchun asked Zero which chip to use, accepted its recommendation of a 16-nanometer design, and had Zero create and simulate the chip.
• Mo Jingchun emailed the Procurement Department to buy Dabai materials and negotiate a trial chip order, prompting the department head to assign the list and handle the chip negotiations.
• Organizations monitoring Candy Technology questioned the small order for 16-nanometer chips but assumed it was for experiments.
• Mo Jingchun went to Candy's kindergarten, where Candy excitedly ran out to meet him at dismissal.
• Mo Jingchun found raw chestnuts in Candy's backpack and learned Wang Haoran had given them to her to cook with meat.
• Candy got into the car, rejected Baozi when he jumped into her arms, and called him too fat to carry.

Mo Jingchun built a walking Big White robot as a gift for Candy while users began noticing Smart Assistant 3.0’s privacy features. After fixing Big White’s uneven legs and adding a Parenting Knowledge Chip, he brought her to the kindergarten, where Candy rushed out to meet him.

• Mo Jingchun teased Candy about throwing away Baozi and Xiao Huihui, then helped her make chestnut stewed meat after Wild Wolf and the others peeled the chestnuts.
• Mo Jingchun began hand-building Big White while users tested Smart Assistant 3.0’s uninterrupted voice communication and file encryption.
• Mo Jingchun’s first Big White limped because its leg materials had different extension coefficients, so he made a replacement with a new skin.
• Mo Jingchun installed a Parenting Knowledge Chip in Big White and brought her to the kindergarten as a gift for Candy.
• Fei Yan admired Big White outside the kindergarten, and Candy rushed out when cheerful music sounded.

Mo Jingchun brought Candy a working Big White robot, delighting her and astonishing the Candy Technology employees who saw it. He revealed plans to sell Big White at a high price, while Zhou Yaling asked whether she could get one.

• Mo Jingchun brought Big White to pick up Candy, who pushed her brother aside to greet the robot and learned it was her Personal Health Assistant.
• Candy showed Big White off to the employees and Zhou Yaling, while Xia Xiaomin realized Disney would be upset that Candy Technology could manufacture it.
• Big White recommended that Zhou Yaling drink more warm water, irritating her and prompting her to ask Mo Jingchun for one of her own.
• Mo Jingchun quoted Zhou Yaling a family price of 100,000 and a public retail price of 2,000,000, then confirmed to Xia Xiaomin that he planned to sell Big White.

Mo Jingchun decided to sell Baymax for two million per unit at first and keep production limited, while Baymax’s public appearance drove intense interest. Disney’s board moved to order units, and Qin Yuzhu called Mo Jingchun to ask how closely his robot matched the one from the movie.

• Mo Jingchun rejected Xia Xiaomin’s suggestion to promote Baymax, saying its public appearance would generate curiosity and that the initial price and limited supply would ease the transition.
• Baymax occupied Zhou Yaling’s seat, then offended her by explaining how menstruation could affect emotions until Mo Jingchun updated its instructions through Zero.
• Mo Jingchun saw that Baymax had attracted widespread attention on Short Video, while Disney’s board ordered its regional president in Xia Country to pre-order units.
• Qin Yuzhu called Mo Jingchun, who said Baymax was 70 or 80 percent like the movie version and teased her for wanting one.

Mo Jingchun agreed to make one Baymax for Qin Yuzhu for two million and decided to have Baymax build more units in the lab. He later arranged a meeting with Disney’s Xia Country regional president, then spent the morning playing Fight the Landlord before heading to the cafeteria.

• Qin Yuzhu asked Mo Jingchun to make one Baymax for testing, and he quoted two million before agreeing to the order.
• Mo Jingchun decided to have Baymax assemble more Baymaxes, and the next morning he told Zero to supervise the production of ten.
• Xia Xiaomin told Mo Jingchun that Disney’s Xia Country regional president wanted a meeting, and Mo Jingchun scheduled it for three that afternoon.
• Mo Jingchun played Fight the Landlord in the office, leaving coworkers to believe he was in a bad mood despite his winning streak.
• Mo Jingchun checked the time, fed Baozi and Xiao Huihui, and went to the cafeteria.

Zhou Yaling learned that her former roommate Mao Xinyi had ALS and donated 500 yuan, while Mo Jingchun demonstrated Baymax to regional president Li Xiangwen. Li was impressed by Baymax but realized Candy Technology was unlikely to share how it was made, and Baymax left to pick up Mo Jingchun’s little sister from kindergarten.

• Zhou Yaling saw that Mao Xinyi had ALS, donated 500 yuan, and left the Love Society group chat.
• Mao Xinyi recognized Zhou Yaling’s donation and cried as she regretted how their relationship had ended.
• Mo Jingchun met with Li Xiangwen, who asked to see Baymax, and explained that Zero was Candy Technology’s artificial intelligence.
• Baymax arrived at the Meeting Room, introduced itself, and demonstrated its abilities to Li Xiangwen.
• Baymax left to pick up Mo Jingchun’s little sister from kindergarten, and Li Xiangwen concluded that Candy Technology would not hand over its manufacturing process.

Li Xiangwen negotiated a preorder for Disney’s Dabai units with Mo Jingchun, who quoted prices in yuan and completed the contract. Mo Jingchun later learned Dabai had replicated ten units and arranged for Qin Yuzhu’s order to be collected, ending with a surprising pickup and payment in gold.

• Mo Jingchun told Li Xiangwen that Dabai would cost at least two million yuan for the basic model and less than 2.5 million yuan for the top model, and Li Xiangwen signed the contract before leaving.
• Li Xiangwen discovered that his voice recorder had captured only static inside Candy Technology Park and prepared for a video conference at his hotel.
• Fei Yan watched Dabai bring Candy back from kindergarten, and Candy found Mo Jingchun playing a game rather than working.
• Zero told Mo Jingchun that Dabai had completed self-replication of ten units, and Mo Jingchun asked Zero to arrange pickup for Qin Yuzhu’s order.
• Someone arrived to collect the boxed Dabai, and Mo Jingchun handed it over after receiving heavy gold in payment.

After receiving gold from Qin Yuzhu, Mo Jingchun suspected a major market fluctuation was coming and ordered Cao Mingxin to arrange discreet gold purchases. A week before the Da Bai press conference, Mo Jingchun joined Candy, Zhou Yaling, and Da Bai in the snow, where Candy finished their snowman with a carrot.

• Mo Jingchun asked Xia Xiaomin to bring Finance Department head Cao Mingxin to his office after weighing the gold Qin Yuzhu had given him.
• Mo Jingchun told Cao Mingxin to arrange gold purchases across different countries and proposed spending fifty billion.
• Cao Mingxin accepted the assignment and returned to work, planning to categorize the funds as experimental materials.
• As New Year's Day arrived, Huo County filled with visitors ahead of Candy Technology's Da Bai press conference.
• Mo Jingchun joined Candy, Zhou Yaling, and Da Bai outside as they built a snowman, and Candy completed it with a carrot.

Little Flying Hero and his friends built a giant snow lion while Mo Jingchun played in the snow with Candy and Zhou Yaling. The next morning, Candy snuck into her brother’s room and began decorating his fingernails and face with markers.

• Little Flying Hero and his friends cleared the snow and sculpted a giant lion outside the villa.
• Candy filmed the lion beside the snowman she had built, and Mo Jingchun liked her video.
• Candy invited Mo Jingchun to a snowball fight, but he beat her until she quit and went inside.
• Mo Jingchun asked Zhou Yaling about her exams, then joined her and Candy in a mobile game.
• Candy woke early, took markers into Mo Jingchun’s bedroom, and painted his fingernails before drawing a big turtle on his face.

Mo Jingchun disciplined Candy after she painted a turtle on his face, then inspected Candy Technology’s fully automated Da Bai production line and discussed preparations for the upcoming press conference. He learned that officials wanted to buy Da Bai’s outer-skin material, which he explained had originally been developed as parachute material for recovering rockets.

• Mo Jingchun woke to find Candy had painted his face, caught her trying to flee, and made her stand in the corner while Zhou Yaling laughed.
• Mo Jingchun and Zhou Yaling let Candy off with a warning, and Mo Jingchun confiscated her paintbrush to protect his belongings.
• After the holiday, Mo Jingchun visited the automated workshop, where Su Wenyan explained that Graphene Battery supplies limited production capacity.
• Mo Jingchun told Su Wenyan to keep Da Bai production limited because the robots were being sold as luxury products, and reassured her that activation codes and encrypted chips protected them from early inspection.
• Mo Jingchun told Xu Pengfei that Da Bai would not need paid reviewers because buyers would post their own videos after receiving the robots.
• Qin Yuzhu called to say officials wanted to buy Da Bai’s outer-skin material, and Mo Jingchun explained that his lab had developed it as parachute material for recovering rockets.

Mo Jingchun agreed to sell Qin Yuzhu 100 kg of X-Type II Polyethylene while a Space Shuttle crew observed the eastern nation’s growing Space Station. After Candy caught a cold at kindergarten, Mo Jingchun got her to take medicine and asked Dabai to watch over her in case her fever returned.

• Mo Jingchun agreed to let Qin Yuzhu buy 100 kg of X-Type II Polyethylene and said her staff could collect it at any time.
• Two astronauts aboard the Beautiful Country’s Space Shuttle saw the eastern nation’s Space Station and speculated about its purpose.
• Mo Jingchun waited outside the stadium with Su Wenyan and Xia Xiaomin as reporters gathered ahead of the Press Conference.
• Candy fell asleep in an overheated kindergarten classroom, and many children later caught colds.
• Mo Jingchun persuaded Candy to drink Ten Tonics Decoction, and Dabai reported that her fever was beginning to fall.
• Mo Jingchun asked Zhou Yaling to have Dabai stay with Candy in case her fever returned that night.