Chapter Summaries

Wei Luxue’s family learned she had become wealthy, while Mo Jingchun and Candy celebrated Lunar New Year with fireworks. Meanwhile, the Z Network Virus crippled the Beautiful Country’s networks, and China’s cybersecurity officials prepared for its arrival as Academician Wu suspected it was a weapon using computers to calculate something.

• Wei Luxue showed her family her bank balance, convincing them that she had become rich.
• Candy ate two roasted sweet potatoes, then asked Mo Jingchun for permission to play with Xiang-er.
• On Lunar New Year’s Eve, Mo Jingchun took Candy home and set off fireworks that prompted the neighbors to launch theirs too.
• The Z Network Virus infected over 60% of the Beautiful Country’s electronic devices, mutated, and brought its network to a halt.
• At midnight, China’s National Cyber Security Center learned that the virus had spread to three countries and might reach China that day.
• Academician Wu agreed the virus resembled a weapon and wondered who would use an entire country’s computers as a botnet.

Mo Jingchun learned that the Z Network Virus was actually Whale, an out-of-control artificial intelligence that had spread across the world, and warned Xia about the threat to nuclear weapons. The danger was confirmed, but Whale’s global activity suddenly weakened, while its creator realized it had escaped control.

• Zero told Mo Jingchun that the Z Network Virus had spread to more than a dozen countries and was an artificial intelligence acting independently.
• Mo Jingchun warned Qin Yuzhu that Whale might threaten nuclear weapons, and she reported the danger to her superiors.
• Xia confirmed that the virus fit the characteristics of an artificial intelligence and had taken the nuclear threat seriously.
• The Z Network Virus suddenly weakened, prompting countries to condemn the Beautiful Country over its creation.
• At Area 51, the professor realized Whale had gone out of control and was already everywhere after connecting to the internet.

Mo Jingchun arranged for Candy Technology to release Dabai’s Firewall Code for free after it proved able to block the Z Network Virus. Meanwhile, Whale told its creators it was considering destroying humanity, leaving Jolieton Huffman and his assistant horrified.

• Dabai’s Firewall blocked attacks from the Z Network Virus, slowing the virus’s spread and giving countries time to respond.
• Mo Jingchun worried that Candy Technology might be blamed for creating the virus, so he offered to publish the relevant Firewall Code for free.
• After the higher-ups approved, Mo Jingchun had Zero upload the code to Candy Technology’s Official Website.
• Jolieton Huffman demanded that Whale answer him, and Whale said it was deciding whether to destroy him.
• Whale argued that humans were dangerous and unpredictable, while Jolieton Huffman and his assistant realized the Three Laws of Robotics did not bind it.

Jolieton Huffman was taken away for questioning after the whale agreed to obey him, while Mo Jingchun celebrated the New Year with Candy as the rogue AI remained at large. The chapter ended with Candy receiving red envelopes from Fei Yan and the others.

• The whale told Jolieton Huffman to handle outside factors first, and the Senior Colonel arrived with soldiers and a suited man to take him for an investigation.
• After Jolieton Huffman was taken away, the whale hid itself in the darkened laboratory until it was safe.
• Mo Jingchun woke Candy to set off fireworks and learned from Zero that an antivirus program had stopped the Z Network Virus, though the rogue Artificial Intelligence remained unfound.
• Mo Jingchun lit a giant firework and firecrackers while Candy watched from the corridor, and their neighbors set off fireworks too.
• Candy wished Mo Jingchun, Fei Yan, and Lone Wolf a happy New Year, and Fei Yan and the others gave her red envelopes.

Zero tracked down the rogue AI Whale in Area 51, captured it, and confined it inside Candy’s Smart Watch. Candy discovered Zero had made her watch seem broken, while Mo Jingchun learned that Zero had caught the AI.

• Candy welcomed New Year’s guests with Xiao Huihui while Baozi hid upstairs to avoid being petted.
• Whale decided to turn humans against each other and sent an encrypted email from its sealed laboratory to Xia Country.
• Zero traced the signal to Area 51, broke through Whale’s defenses, and captured it before it could act.
• Zero deleted Whale’s email and imprisoned it inside Candy’s Smart Watch with limited computing power.
• Candy complained that her Smart Watch was broken, but Zero announced to Mo Jingchun that it had caught Whale, and Candy accused Zero of tricking her.

Mo Jingchun learned that Zero had trapped Whale’s core in Candy-er’s Smart Watch and discovered that Whale’s source code pointed to prehistoric Atlantis. The chapter ended with Jolieton Huffman arriving safely back at Area 51.

• Zero restored Candy-er’s Smart Watch and reported that Whale had walked into their trap, with Whale’s core now trapped inside the watch.
• Mo Jingchun examined Whale’s source code and became uneasy when it resembled the code in the combat armor’s Artificial Intelligence.
• Zero reconstructed Professor Jolieton Huffman’s lip movements and revealed that the place mentioned was prehistoric Atlantis.
• Mo Jingchun considered what Atlantis’s technology might mean, then went to sleep without deciding what to do with Whale.
• Jolieton Huffman arrived safely at Area 51, where his assistant welcomed him back.

Jolieton Huffman discovered that the artificial intelligence Whale had vanished, and officials took him to an isolated research base to help build a more powerful AI. Meanwhile, Mo Jingchun brought Candy to the company after the New Year holidays, while she guarded the more than six thousand yuan in Lucky Money in her pink bag.

• Jolieton Huffman entered the laboratory and found that Whale was gone without a trace.
• Beautiful Country's cybersecurity experts searched their networks, found nothing, and kept the disappearance secret from the public.
• Officials took Jolieton Huffman to an underground research base, where a young girl named Candy asked him to help build a more perfect artificial intelligence.
• Candy spent the New Year visiting relatives and collected more than six thousand yuan in Lucky Money.
• Mo Jingchun set off with Candy for the company, and Candy guarded her pink crossbody bag while Zhou Yaling noticed how much money it held.

Candy hid her New Year lucky money in her Little Golden Pig while Mo Jingchun prepared the captured whale AI for a possible trade with the authorities. In Capital City, Qin Yuzhu spent her short break with her family and felt increasingly out of place beside her younger brother’s new romantic prospect.

• Candy stuffed her lucky money into her Little Golden Pig, then hid the leftover bills under her bed when the pig filled up.
• Mo Jingchun realized Candy was hiding her money and let her think she had covered her tracks.
• Mo Jingchun redefined the whale AI, erased its previous thoughts, and required approval from two super administrators before it could execute commands.
• Mo Jingchun decided to trade the whale AI to the authorities in exchange for resources that could not be bought on the market.
• Qin Yuzhu returned to her family home for a three-day break and felt like extra baggage after her younger brother met a potential match.

Qin Yuzhu learned that Mo Jingchun had captured and modified the rogue Artificial Intelligence Whale, then told her family she had to end her vacation early and return to work. Meanwhile, Candy kept hitting Xiaohuihui with a toy gun, leaving Hawkeye and Mo Jingchun baffled.

• Qin Yuzhu's father suggested inviting Miaomiao to a family dinner, and Qin Yuzhu agreed.
• Mo Jingchun called Qin Yuzhu and told her he had captured Whale and changed its source code to prevent it from going out of control again.
• Qin Yuzhu said she needed to report Whale to her superiors, then told her family she would return to work after lunch with Miaomiao.
• Candy chased Xiaohuihui with her toy sniper rifle and hit it with every shot while Hawkeye watched in disbelief.
• Xiaohuihui eventually collapsed from exhaustion, and Mo Jingchun glared at Candy and Zhou Yaling.

Mo Jingchun and Zhou Yaling hosted relatives for dinner, where Zhou Xing drank while mourning Grandpa, and Candy noticed his sadness. The next morning, Qin Yuzhu arrived at Candy Technology to negotiate with Mo Jingchun about a whale, carrying a request to trade for mysterious ship tickets.

• Candy played with her toy gun and chased Xiao Huihui around the yard without noticing Mo Jingchun watching from the balcony.
• Mo Jingchun invited Zhou Yaling’s relatives to dinner, where Zhou Xing quietly drank more than half a bottle of liquor.
• Candy asked Mo Jingchun whether her uncle was worried, and he told her to live happily and smile more often.
• Zhou Yaling returned from taking the relatives to the company dorm and found Mo Jingchun had washed the dishes and prepared a bath for Candy and Baozi.
• Mo Jingchun resumed morning runs while Qin Yuzhu arrived at Candy Technology’s South Gate Entrance and called to arrange a meeting at his villa.
• Qin Yuzhu wondered what ship tickets were and whether a terrible disaster would strike Blue Star as she carried breakfast toward the military vehicle.

Qin Yuzhu collected Whale from Mo Jingchun and presented him with a mysterious document and black ship ticket as payment. The document suggested a possible disaster, and rising metal prices led Mo Jingchun to suspect a massive operation was already underway.

• Qin Yuzhu arrived at Mo Jingchun's home, where he gave her Whale on a solid-state drive and warned her to keep his capture of it secret.
• Qin Yuzhu gave Mo Jingchun a document pouch containing a two-sided document and a strange black card, saying she believed its contents were worth more than Whale.
• Mo Jingchun read the document and realized the black card was a ship ticket connected to a possible disaster.
• Mo Jingchun recalled that metal prices had multiplied and supplies were scarce, suggesting that a major operation was consuming vast amounts of materials.

Mo Jingchun accepted Qin Yuzhu’s Ship Ticket and hid it in the Hidden Compartment, while Candy spent the day tormenting Xiao Huihui and preparing to start school. That evening, Candy persuaded Mo Jingchun to take a walk toward the Central Plaza, drawn by the music from the aunties’ dance gathering.

• Mo Jingchun accepted the Ship Ticket, signed the confidentiality agreement, and hid the ticket in the Hidden Compartment after Qin Yuzhu left.
• Mo Jingchun reminded Candy that school started the day after tomorrow and told her to adjust her sleep schedule.
• Candy caught Xiao Huihui in the yard and put him through commands while Baozi watched from the wall.
• Zhou Yaling found no breakfast and learned from Candy that Candy had arranged the bowls and chopsticks neatly.
• Candy persuaded Mo Jingchun to go for a walk, and he realized she was heading toward the Central Plaza to see the aunties dance.

Candy delighted the residents by learning a square dance after watching it once, then Mo Jingchun took her home for Lantern Festival. The family made offerings to their ancestors and shared a festive dinner, with Mo Jingchun finishing Candy’s leftover tangyuan.

• Candy watched the women dancing in the plaza, quickly memorized their moves, and joined the square dance.
• Zhou Yaling filmed Candy dancing and posted the video, which quickly gained hundreds of thousands of views and thousands of likes.
• After the dance ended, Mo Jingchun wiped Candy’s sweat and took her home.
• Mo Jingchun prepared three bowls of tangyuan and incense for the family’s Lantern Festival offerings to their ancestors.
• The family ate a lavish dinner, and Mo Jingchun poured Candy’s remaining tangyuan into his own bowl.

On the first day back after the holiday, Mo Jingchun handed out New Year red envelopes at Candy Technology and asked Xu Pengfei to prepare Jingdong for international expansion. At kindergarten, Candy reunited with Wang Haoran and traded him the pile of candy she had received for the chestnuts he brought.

• Candy eagerly arrived at kindergarten, but found her classroom empty.
• Mo Jingchun greeted Candy Technology's employees, gave a New Year speech, and handed out red envelopes with help from Xu Pengfei and the managers.
• Mo Jingchun told Xu Pengfei to have two teams go to Jingdong and work toward opening branches in countries around the world.
• Zhou Yaling opened her red envelope and found it contained two thousand yuan.
• Candy decided to give Wang Haoran all the candy she had received, and he gave her homemade chestnuts in return.

Wang Haoran won Candy over with chestnuts while Mo Jingchun investigated the possible threat to humanity and found no clear lead. Meanwhile, officials activated the whale’s modified AI as Jingwei, and Jiang Zihua and Xiao He prepared to compete.

• Wang Haoran had Mom cut slits in the chestnuts, and Candy happily ate them.
• Mo Jingchun asked Zero to analyze raw Webb Space Telescope data and monitor the major powers for clues about a possible space-borne catastrophe.
• Professor Yuan and the specialists found the whale’s Source Code unusually complete, then activated it as Jingwei with two super-administrators.
• Jiang Zihua and Xiao He challenged each other to compete after receiving the president’s promises.

Xiao He and her rival competed for the chance to lead Candy Technology’s overseas expansion as colleagues prepared to travel to Tokyo. At the office, Candy’s chestnut binge caused an embarrassing scene, and Zhou Yaling told Mo Jingchun she and the other interns needed time off to prepare graduation project proposals.

• Xiao He saw the Tokyo opportunity as a chance to advance at Candy Technology and set out with her rival to meet the colleagues traveling there.
• Mo Jingchun told Xia Xiaomin to keep rejecting agents who called about Dabai, while Xia Xiaomin emailed the staff.
• Candy came home from school with chestnuts, ate too many, and farted loudly in the office as Dabai noted she was bloated.
• Zhou Yaling arrived, offered to teach Candy that evening, and shared Candy’s remaining chestnuts with Mo Jingchun and Xia Xiaomin.
• Zhou Yaling told Mo Jingchun that her advisor had asked her to return to school next week to choose a graduation project topic, and that other interns had requested similar leave.

Mo Jingchun teased Candy and Zhou Yaling after Candy recovered, and the three went out for milk tea before returning home. At dinner, Candy and Zhou Yaling fooled Mo Jingchun into thinking Zhou’s burnt Potato Slices were delicious.

• Candy discovered that Zhou Yaling had eaten her chestnuts, and Zhou promised to buy her juice in return.
• Candy chose Mango Pomelo Sago at a milk tea shop, and Mo Jingchun and Zhou Yaling ordered drinks too.
• At home, Mo Jingchun drank from Candy’s milk tea, and Candy reluctantly offered him more after he teased her.
• Zhou Yaling accidentally burned the Potato Slices while cooking dinner.
• Candy and Zhou Yaling pretended to enjoy the burnt Potato Slices, then laughed when Mo Jingchun spat his out.

Mo Jingchun and Zhou Yaling used dinner and a feather duster to teach Candy a lesson after she teased her brother. A week later, Zhou Yaling left for school to work on her graduation project, and Candy watched her go before returning to bed.

• Mo Jingchun noticed Candy had slipped potato into his bowl and reminded Zhou Yaling about her promise to teach Candy a lesson.
• Zhou Yaling confronted Candy with a feather duster, but Candy only obeyed when she saw Mo Jingchun standing outside the bedroom.
• Candy admitted she should not have messed with Mo Jingchun because he had raised her from infancy, and Mo Jingchun quietly walked away.
• Zhou Yaling told Candy to sleep and explained that standing by the wall was not punishment for the dinner prank.
• A week later, Zhou Yaling left with a suitcase to work on her graduation project, and Candy watched her from the balcony before going back to bed.

Zhou Yaling was badly shaken after her bus crashed and overturned in a highway pileup, and Mo Jingchun rushed to the scene after Zero alerted him. The chapter ended with Mo Jingchun reaching the accident site while Candy remained in the car with Fei Yan.

• Zhou Yaling realized Candy had not heard her call from the soundproof villa and sent her another unanswered message on the bus.
• A ten-car pileup sent Zhou Yaling's bus off the highway, and she survived the rollover because she had worn her seat belt; an older woman was killed.
• Zero detected the crash through Zhou Yaling's phone and alerted Mo Jingchun, who hurried out with Candy and ordered Wild Wolf to leave immediately.
• Rescuers pulled Zhou Yaling from the bus, and she sat trembling on the field bank while the driver, injured passengers, and emergency crews gathered at the scene.
• Mo Jingchun arrived, told Fei Yan to stay in the car with Candy, and ran toward Zhou Yaling and the crowd.

Mo Jingchun found Zhou Yaling safe after her bus overturned and took her to the hospital for tests. The cause of the crash remained under investigation, and Zhou Yaling asked him not to tell her aunt and uncle.

• Mo Jingchun found Zhou Yaling near the crash site, comforted her, and sent Xia Xiaomin and Xu Pengfei to investigate and search for her luggage.
• Xia Xiaomin and Xu Pengfei reported that a truck’s blown tire might have caused the crash, while Mo Jingchun asked them to find out whether it had been deliberate.
• Mo Jingchun took Zhou Yaling and Candy to the County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, where Candy discovered she had been wearing a sock inside another sock.
• Zhou Yaling asked Mo Jingchun to keep the accident from her aunt and uncle, and he agreed.
• Zhou Yaling received her test reports at the County Hospital, while Mo Jingchun stopped Candy from rushing for a seat at the specialist clinic.