Chapter Summaries

Xie Jiujiu welcomed Jiang Caixia to the team, while Tang Yu helped the shy newcomer settle in beside him. The day ended with Xie Jiujiu mortified after hearing Tang Yu reveal he had noticed her trying to suppress a fart.

• Xie Jiujiu gave Tang Yu a pack of Oligai cookies, and Tang Yu shared them with Jiang Caixia.
• Jiang Caixia thanked Tang Yu and Xie Jiujiu in a whisper, then chose the desk beside Tang Yu.
• Tang Yu helped Jiang Caixia settle in and planned to encourage her to focus on her career.
• Xie Jiujiu pointed out a cloud that resembled Bucciarati and chatted with Jiang Caixia about her name.
• Tang Yu's inner thoughts revealed that he had heard and smelled Xie Jiujiu's fart, and she hid behind her monitor in embarrassment.

Xie Jiujiu welcomed Tang Yu and Jiang Caixia to the photovoltaic group with lunch, where her attempt to prove she could drink left her sprawled across the table. Tang Yu remained sober as the meal ended, while Xie Jiujiu was completely drunk.

• Xie Jiujiu invited Tang Yu and Jiang Caixia to lunch to welcome them to the photovoltaic group.
• Tang Yu fetched his car keys from Tang Keke, who asked him to take her along and then requested food delivery instead.
• Jiang Caixia's mother sent Tang Yu an enthusiastic invitation to eat at her home, but he politely declined for the group.
• Xie Jiujiu, Tang Yu, and Jiang Caixia went to a restaurant for iron-pot stewed goose, where Xie Jiujiu ordered beer for herself and Tang Yu.
• Tang Yu drank steadily while Xie Jiujiu tried to match him, and after the four bottles were finished she collapsed across the table.

Tang Yu took the drunk Xie Jiujiu home after dinner and discovered that her unusually capable Husky seemed almost human. Meanwhile, Dean Gu prepared to approach his student about the National Fortune System’s mission to obtain controllable nuclear fusion technology.

• Tang Yu paid for dinner after Xie Jiujiu passed out, then drove Jiang Caixia home before taking Xie Jiujiu to her residence.
• Jiang Caixia’s mother welcomed Tang Yu and urged her daughter to pursue him, while Jiang Caixia blushed and denied having such intentions.
• Tang Yu carried Xie Jiujiu into her home, where her Husky brought him slippers, tucked her into bed, and guided him out of the bedroom.
• Tang Yu joked that the Husky might be a fellow transmigrator and considered, then rejected, getting dogs to help with housework.
• Dean Gu focused on the National Fortune System’s fusion mission and summoned Ye Qingshan to his office before going to speak with his student.

Dean Gu arranged a blind date between Ye Qingshan and Jiang Caixia, and both sides agreed to meet at his house. Tang Yu and Xie Jiujiu warned Jiang Caixia about men who secretly visit prostitutes, leaving her wary of her upcoming date.

• Dean Gu showed Ye Qingshan Jiang Caixia's photo, and Ye agreed to the blind date after recognizing her.
• Dean Gu asked Jiang Caixia's father to let the two meet, and they arranged dinner at his house the next evening.
• Jiang Caixia's father messaged her about the blind date, startling her at work and prompting Xie Jiujiu and Tang Yu to read the message.
• Tang Yu warned Jiang Caixia to watch out for men who paid for sex, reminding her of Ye Qingshan's behavior at the bar.
• Xie Jiujiu and Tang Yu promised to help Jiang Caixia judge her date, and she eagerly agreed.

Tang Yu drove Jiang Caixia and Xie Jiujiu home, while Jiang Caixia went with her parents to meet the young man arranged for her by Dean Gu. She was startled to find that the match was Ye Qingshan, who mistook her uneasy gaze for shyness and interest.

• Xie Jiujiu and Jiang Caixia offered Tang Yu snacks and asked him for a ride, so he collected his car keys from Tang Keke and drove them.
• Xie Jiujiu asked Tang Yu to drop Jiang Caixia off first so she could watch her go to the blind date, and Jiang Caixia's parents thanked Tang Yu when he brought her home.
• Jiang Caixia went with her parents to Dean Gu's home, where they found Ye Qingshan helping in the kitchen.
• Dean Gu introduced Ye Qingshan to Jiang Caixia's family, and Jiang Caixia realized he was the man chosen for her blind date.
• Ye Qingshan noticed Jiang Caixia avoiding his gaze and convinced himself that she was shy because she liked him.

Ye Qingshan tried to pursue Jiang Caixia by adding her on WeChat, then planned to win her over through a mobile game she played. After Xie Jiujiu and Tang Yu heard how the dinner went, the Divine Tree warned Tang Yu about Ye Qingshan’s plan, and Tang Yu prepared to interfere.

• Ye Qingshan made awkward small talk with Jiang Caixia, added her on WeChat, and found a mobile game she played by checking her Moments.
• After Jiang Caixia’s family left, Dean Gu advised Ye Qingshan to become a responsible man if he started dating her.
• Ye Qingshan studied the game, bought an account for over ten thousand yuan, and stayed up playing so he could approach Jiang Caixia online.
• The next morning, Jiang Caixia told Xie Jiujiu and Tang Yu about the dinner, and Xie Jiujiu called Ye Qingshan a bad man for knowing how to make cocktails.
• The Divine Tree warned Tang Yu that Ye Qingshan planned to use the game to pursue Jiang Caixia, and Tang Yu vowed to stop him.

Tang Yu kept Jiang Caixia occupied with games to disrupt her contact with Ye Qingshan, then teased Xie Jiujiu at work with spicy wasabi peas before making peace with milk tea. The three agreed to save their games for after work.

• Tang Yu installed Steam and multiplayer games for Xie Jiujiu and Jiang Caixia, then played Overcooked with them to keep Jiang away from Ye Qingshan.
• Xie Jiujiu realized she had spent the workday gaming and took Tang Yu's snack bag to assert her authority.
• Xie Jiujiu ate Tang Yu's wasabi peas, discovered their spiciness, and suspected he had tricked her.
• Tang Yu brought Xie Jiujiu milk tea, and she cheered up enough to share it with Jiang Caixia and Tang Yu.
• Tang Yu suggested they stop gaming during work hours, and Xie Jiujiu and Jiang Caixia agreed to play after work.

Tang Yu arranged for a hired gaming companion to pose as Jiang Caixia online and draw Ye Qingshan into a relationship. Ye Qingshan found the account Tang Yu had prepared and sent a friend request, which was accepted.

• Tang Yu bought a game account, copied Jiang Caixia's character name and landscape photos, and posted a 100,000-yuan companion order.
• Tang Yu hired a fuller-figured gaming companion and instructed her to play as a reserved female researcher, let Ye Qingshan approach her, and avoid photos, voice messages, and meeting him for half a month.
• Tang Yu tipped the companion 50,000 yuan and promised another 100,000 yuan when she finished the order.
• Ye Qingshan searched for Jiang Caixia's game name and found two accounts with matching names.
• Ye Qingshan recognized Jiang Caixia's photos on one account, sent a friend request, and had it accepted.

Ye Qingshan believed he had won over Jiang Caixia through an online romance and arranged to meet her at a hotel, while Tang Yu’s hired gaming companion was actually the person chatting with him. The Qingshan Department helped engineer their online connection, and the chapter left Ye Qingshan expecting to meet his supposed girlfriend in two days.

• Ye Qingshan befriended Jiang Caixia through a game and spent hours playing with her, believing she was a scientific researcher.
• Ye Qingshan played with the gaming companion every evening, while Jiang Caixia and Tang Yu enjoyed co-op games together.
• Tang Yu arranged for the gaming companion to report their progress, and the Qingshan Department manipulated game pings to keep other men away from Jiang Caixia.
• Ye Qingshan exchanged flirtatious messages and revealing photos with the gaming companion, then arranged to meet her at a hotel the day after tomorrow.
• The gaming companion told Tang Yu about the planned meeting, and he sent her a 100,000-yuan tip and promised a Ferrari if they married.
• The gaming companion offered to spend the night with Tang Yu, and he told her to get lost.

Ye Qingshan rushed to meet Jiang Caixia before his mission deadline, but discovered he had mistaken his online gaming companion for her. The deadline passed, and the mission failed.

• With two hours remaining, Ye Qingshan traveled to the hotel with roses and messaged Jiang Caixia, who had deleted him on WeChat.
• Ye Qingshan contacted Jiang Caixia in the game, received the room number and password, and entered Room 508.
• Ye Qingshan emerged from the bathroom to find his gaming companion instead of Jiang Caixia and learned her profile photos were taken from the internet.
• When Ye Qingshan tried to leave, the gaming companion clung to him, and he knocked her unconscious before fleeing the hotel.
• The Qingshan Department investigated and discovered that Jiang Caixia's account had not logged in for nearly a month.
• After midnight, the Huaxia Academy of Sciences recorded that Ye Qingshan's mission had failed.

After Ye Qingshan’s failed mission, the Qingshan Department discussed what went wrong and began investigating the person who had sabotaged it. Tang Yu received part of the controlled nuclear fusion blueprints as a reward and learned that more plans would come with future missions.

• The Qingshan Department and Dean Gu reviewed the failed dating mission, rejected forcing anyone to date Ye Qingshan, and decided to hunt down the person who had interfered.
• Ye Qingshan returned to his room, scrubbed himself clean, uninstalled the game, and endured the system’s five-minute punishment for failing the mission.
• Tang Yu received two-fifths of the controlled nuclear fusion blueprints and decided to keep them until he could negotiate a partnership with the country.
• The Divine Tree little girl told Tang Yu that future mission rewards would likely include the remaining design plans and revealed that she could now leave the system.

Tang Yu spent 520 giving flowers and advising a couple at the research institute to break up after the woman berated her boyfriend over a holiday gift. The man rejected his girlfriend, while Tang Yu left satisfied with his intervention.

• The Divine Tree little girl briefly transformed into a tall blonde beauty, then warned Tang Yu to watch Ye Qingshan because his system might be involved in something suspicious.
• Tang Yu woke Tang Keke, who persuaded him to let her skip school, then ordered flowers for Wang Yixue and the others for 520.
• Tang Yu realized he could not deliver flowers to Qiu Xiaozhu, so he told her he would pick roses he had planted in their valley.
• At the research institute, Tang Yu heard a woman scold her boyfriend for sending her 520 instead of 9,999 and challenged her about demanding money as proof of romance.
• Tang Yu urged the boyfriend to break up with the woman, and the man shook off her hand as she cursed him and stormed away.

Tang Yu comforted Xie Jiujiu after she complained that colleagues called her the loli team leader, then went to meet the institute director, Laura. Laura welcomed him and revealed that she spoke Huaxia, while Tang Yu misread her calligraphy and awkwardly apologized.

• Tang Yu found Jiang Caixia alone in the office, played a game, and later comforted Xie Jiujiu when she arrived dejected.
• Xie Jiujiu told Tang Yu that the director had asked to see him, and he gave flowers to her and Jiang Caixia before leaving.
• Tang Yu entered Laura's office and stared at the blonde, blue-eyed director, privately comparing her with his mother-in-law.
• Laura invited Tang Yu to sit and have tea, then pointed out that she had written the calligraphy on the wall herself.
• Tang Yu misread the inscription as “Slut,” corrected himself to “frank and open,” and then noticed a cage beside him.

Tang Yu used a hamster he controlled to uncover Laura’s espionage assignment and traced a planned exchange of confidential materials to Ye Qingshan. He altered the blueprints on the memory card before Laura could retrieve them, leaving the handoff in place but sabotaging the information.

• Tang Yu controlled Laura’s hamster and learned through its eyes that she had received orders to retrieve documents at Baixing Mall.
• Laura reviewed Tang Yu’s file and decided to recruit him as a spy for her organization.
• Tang Yu went to the mall early, watched Ye Qingshan hide a pen beneath a restroom tile, and recognized him as the source of the materials.
• Tang Yu retrieved the memory card from the pen and discovered it contained artificial-sun blueprints.
• Tang Yu made minor changes to the blueprints, returned the memory card to the pen, and put it back beneath the tile.

Tang Yu stole blueprints for controlled nuclear fusion and secretly reported Laura's espionage to Sister Zhang while concealing his role to protect Ye Qingshan. After securing the documents with the Divine Tree, he returned home, where Xie Jiujiu and Jiang Caixia visited and Tang Keke demanded pizza.

• Laura retrieved the black pen, read its memory card, and sent the artificial-sun blueprints to Ugly Country's intelligence department.
• Ugly Country's researchers studied the incomplete blueprints and began using them to improve their artificial-sun project.
• Tang Yu stored the stolen documents with the Divine Tree and told Sister Zhang that Laura was a spy who communicated through the dark web.
• Tang Yu avoided claiming credit because he feared Ye Qingshan would be exposed, then joked with Sister Zhang about getting favors for his family.
• Xie Jiujiu and Jiang Caixia visited Tang Yu and fussed over Tang Keke, who complained that her pizza had not arrived.

Tang Yu invited Xie Jiujiu and Jiang Caixia to share pizza, where Xie Jiujiu’s padded bra inserts fell out and exposed her secret. He helped secure them to her bra with safety pins, leaving her relieved and grateful.

• Tang Yu ordered pizza and milk tea, then ate with Xie Jiujiu, Jiang Caixia, and Tang Keke.
• Xie Jiujiu agreed to feed Tang Yu, but her bra pads fell out when she patted her chest.
• Jiang Caixia and Tang Keke confirmed that the bra pads belonged to Xie Jiujiu, who grew embarrassed and asked Tang Yu to pretend he had not seen them.
• Tang Yu took Xie Jiujiu into his bedroom and asked her to give him her bra so he could secure the pads.
• Tang Yu used safety pins to attach the pads to Xie Jiujiu’s bra, and she tried it on and thanked him when it stayed in place.

Tang Yu, Xie Jiujiu, Jiang Caixia, and Tang Keke spent the evening eating and playing together, while Xie Jiujiu tried to get even with Tang Yu after realizing he knew about her bra pads. The group left for a late-night barbecue, where Tang Keke mistook men bragging about money for being poor.

• Tang Yu told Tang Keke that he had helped Xie Jiujiu mend her torn clothes, and then distracted the women by taking off his shirt.
• Xie Jiujiu confronted Tang Yu outside the bathroom and demanded to see his, but retreated when Tang Keke and Jiang Caixia appeared.
• Tang Yu, Xie Jiujiu, Jiang Caixia, and Tang Keke played games until Jiang Caixia's mother called, and Tang Yu offered to drive the women home.
• Tang Keke repeated Xie Jiujiu's demand to see his, then persuaded Tang Yu to take her along for a late-night snack.
• At a barbecue restaurant, Tang Keke whispered to Tang Yu that the men bragging about extravagant purchases seemed poor.

Tang Yu dealt with a man who insulted him by claiming he was a spy, then reported the incident to Sister Zhang. Meanwhile, Ye Qingshan received a mission to win an amateur triathlon, and Tang Yu began planning how to sabotage his chances.

• Tang Yu bumped into a man at the barbecue restaurant, knocked him out after calling him a spy, and left with Xie Jiujiu, Jiang Caixia, and Tang Keke.
• Tang Yu told Sister Zhang he suspected the unconscious man was a spy, then enjoyed how useful his identity seemed.
• Ye Qingshan received a mission to win the Mingzhu Amateur Triathlon and claim two-fifths of the Artificial Sun Design Blueprint.
• The Qingshan Department met with Sports Bureau officials and planned special training for Ye Qingshan while limiting strong competitors.
• Tang Yu learned about the triathlon mission and decided to strengthen rival contestants and disrupt Ye Qingshan’s swimming and cycling legs.

Ye Qingshan was asked by Dean Gu to train for the triathlon with professional coaches, while the Qingshan Department provided heavy security around him. Tang Yu noticed many competitors had withdrawn and wondered who was helping Ye Qingshan behind the scenes.

• A woman invited Ye Qingshan to a movie, and he declined after hearing why she had broken up with her boyfriend.
• Dean Gu told Ye Qingshan to pause his research and train for the triathlon with coaches he knew, hoping he would win a championship for the Huaxia Academy of Sciences.
• Ye Qingshan met his swimming, cycling, and running coaches at Mingzhu Sports Center and began training under extensive security.
• Security guards removed people they considered suspicious from the gymnasium while Ye Qingshan rapidly improved and grew confident he could win.
• Tang Yu found that nearly a quarter of the triathlon applicants had withdrawn and wondered who was arranging it.

Tang Yu accepted Laura’s invitation to her villa, suspecting she might have discovered his identity or be pursuing another agenda. Laura used a honey trap to try to recruit him as a controllable research asset, while Tang Yu played along to uncover her motives.

• Tang Yu chose several contestants for the Nine-Turn Pill and planned to cause trouble for Ye Qingshan so he would not easily win the championship.
• Laura invited Tang Yu to her villa to taste red wine, and he agreed, hoping to find clues about her intentions.
• Laura welcomed Tang Yu with a kiss and led him inside, while he suspected she was setting a honey trap and decided to play along.
• Laura poured wine into her collarbone, and Tang Yu drank it while telling himself he was sacrificing everything for the mission.
• Laura decided not to let things go further yet, intending to win Tang Yu over gradually and make him her pawn.