Chapter Summaries

Laura tried to draw Tang Yu in by flirting with him and giving him an exhausting massage, while Tang Yu reported her suspected recruitment attempt to Sister Zhang and agreed to play along. As Laura continued summoning him to her office, Xie Jiujiu and Jiang Caixia noticed their frequent meetings and wondered whether Tang Yu was in love.

• Laura flirted with Tang Yu, then spent more than two hours massaging him while privately reminding herself not to lose her temper.
• After Tang Yu left Laura's house, he called Sister Zhang, reported that Laura seemed to be trying to recruit him, and agreed to look for a chance to infiltrate her ranks.
• Sister Zhang warned Tang Yu to be careful and told him that the man he had beaten at the night market was not a spy.
• Laura began calling Tang Yu to her office every few days, drawing the attention of Xie Jiujiu and Jiang Caixia.
• Xie Jiujiu guessed that Tang Yu might be getting promoted, but Jiang Caixia suggested that he could be in love.

Xie Jiujiu and Jiang Caixia tried to hint that Tang Yu should avoid a relationship with Laura, while Tang Yu visited Mingzhu Sports Center and found Ye Qingshan under heavy security. Tang Yu then interfered with contestants ahead of the triathlon, and Ye Qingshan noticed something odd about his new swim trunks just before the race.

• Xie Jiujiu and Jiang Caixia speculated about Tang Yu and Laura, and Tang Yu dismissed their hints while sharing chocolates with them.
• Ye Qingshan’s training advanced rapidly, and his coaches believed he could win an Olympic championship.
• Tang Yu discovered Ancient Martial Artists guarding Ye Qingshan at Mingzhu Sports Center and concluded that the higher-ups were protecting him.
• Tang Yu decided to avoid a direct clash with Ye Qingshan and went to sabotage contestants by force-feeding them Nine-Turn Pills.
• At the triathlon venue, a disguised staff member secretly swapped an item in a locker before Ye Qingshan changed into swim gear and found his trunks unusually tight.

Ye Qingshan dominated the swimming leg of the triathlon, but his swim trunks turned transparent before he reached the finish. The Qingshan Department rushed to contain the mishap and keep the race moving as Ye Qingshan realized what had happened.

• Ye Qingshan joined the other contestants at the river and prepared to win the outdoor swim, while the Qingshan Department watched over him.
• At the starting signal, Ye Qingshan surged ahead and led the pack as Dean Gu and the coaches watched.
• Tang Yu watched Ye Qingshan swim and focused on the fading color of his trunks, while several unusually strong contestants kept pace behind him.
• Near the finish, the host and spectators saw Ye Qingshan's trunks turn transparent, but Ye Qingshan kept swimming and won the event.
• The Qingshan Department ordered the drone away and sent a staff member with replacement pants, and Ye Qingshan stopped when he noticed his trunks had become transparent.
• When Ye Qingshan tried to find somewhere private to change, the staff member urged him to change on the spot so the race would not be delayed.

Ye Qingshan tried to reclaim the lead in the cycling leg, but Tang Yu sabotaged his bicycle and caused him to crash. Despite his injury, Ye Qingshan finished the ride in fifth place and set off on the ten-kilometer run.

• Ye Qingshan put on his new pants over his old ones, then hurried to the second starting point as other contestants overtook him.
• Tang Yu secretly damaged Ye Qingshan's bicycle seat with a razor blade, and Ye Qingshan unknowingly rode off in pursuit of the leaders.
• Ye Qingshan accelerated downhill to overtake the leaders, but his seat came loose when he attempted a high-speed turn, causing him to crash and injure himself.
• Ye Qingshan got back on the seatless bicycle as the host and spectators cheered, while Dean Gu and the other officials debated whether to stop the competition.
• Ye Qingshan finished the five-kilometer ride in fifth place and began the ten-kilometer run despite his pain.

Ye Qingshan won the ten-kilometer race despite a severe injury, then collapsed and was rushed to the hospital. The Qingshan Department secured him and began investigating a suspected master of disguise who had sabotaged its missions.

• Ye Qingshan pushed through the pain and sprinted past the leading runners, overtaking first place just before the finish line before collapsing from blood loss.
• Medical staff treated Ye Qingshan, and the Qingshan Department moved him to a guarded private sanatorium after his condition stabilized.
• Local media celebrated Ye Qingshan and uncovered his background as an award-winning overseas researcher and patriotic donor.
• Director Liu announced he would resign over the failed mission and warned that the enemy seemed to know the department’s operations.
• A Qingshan Department investigator reported that someone had impersonated a cleaner to enter the changing room and said Skynet records were being used to identify the suspect.

After failing his competition mission, Ye Qingshan decided to use government connections to hunt down the person sabotaging him, while Tang Yu watched the Qingshan Department investigate and received an invitation from Jiang Caixia’s family. The story left Tang Yu preparing to visit them for dinner the next day.

• Ye Qingshan learned that his mission had failed, but the system reduced his punishment because someone had interfered with the competition.
• Ye Qingshan suspected that an enemy had sabotaged his swim trunks and bicycle, and resolved to gain Huaxia’s support by contributing important technology from Ugly Country.
• Tang Yu examined the blueprints he had obtained as the mission reward and asked the Divine Tree little loli why officials were protecting Ye Qingshan.
• The Divine Tree little loli showed Tang Yu the Qingshan Department’s meeting, where he heard that officials had uncovered some of his trail.
• Tang Yu asked the Divine Tree little loli to monitor Ye Qingshan, then received Jiang Caixia’s invitation to dinner and a voice message from her mother.

Jiang Caixia hosted Tang Yu and Xie Jiujiu for dinner, where Tang Yu praised her cooking and helped her mother with a shoulder massage. Jiang Caixia's mother thanked Tang Yu for helping her daughter at work, then openly suggested that he marry Caixia, leaving Caixia flustered.

• Jiang Caixia's mother urged her to consider Tang Yu and Ye Qingshan, while Caixia quietly arranged dinner with Tang Yu.
• Tang Yu picked up Xie Jiujiu, who brought a cake after mistakenly thinking it was Jiang Caixia's birthday.
• Jiang Caixia's mother served a large meal, and Tang Yu praised Caixia's lion's head meatballs, making her happy.
• Jiang Caixia and Xie Jiujiu cleaned up together, and Caixia apologized for feeling jealous of their closeness to Tang Yu.
• Tang Yu massaged Jiang Caixia's mother's shoulders, and she thanked him for helping Caixia become more cheerful.
• Jiang Caixia's mother told Tang Yu she supported him marrying Caixia, and Caixia hurried over to cover her mother's mouth.

After Xie Jiujiu left with her mother, Tang Yu drove Jiang Caixia to a bookstore, where they browsed together. The chapter ended with Tang Yu pointing out a half-price chip sale, leaving Jiang Caixia staring at him in bewilderment.

• Xie Jiujiu's mother arrived in a Rolls-Royce and took her home after thanking Tang Yu and the Jiangs for looking after her.
• Mother Xie asked Xie Jiujiu about Tang Yu, but Xie Jiujiu only knew that he worked at the research institute and came from Suhang.
• Mother Jiang asked Tang Yu whether she or Mother Xie was prettier, and Tang Yu said Mother Jiang was before preparing to leave and promising to visit again.
• Jiang Caixia rode with Tang Yu to a bookstore, where he bought practice books for Tang Keke and she browsed slowly to spend more time with him.
• Tang Yu pointed out that chips at the neighboring supermarket were half price, and Jiang Caixia stared at him in bewilderment.

Tang Yu took Jiang Caixia to a bookstore, then brought her to Tang Keke’s school after learning that Keke had hit a classmate. He smoothed things over with the other child’s mother, but after teacher Zeng Dawei criticized Keke, Tang Yu used his Invisible Energy Whip to send a message from Zeng Dawei’s account.

• Tang Yu suggested that Jiang Caixia close her eyes and choose a book, and she picked two copies of Pride and Prejudice, giving one to him.
• Tang Yu received a call from the school saying Tang Keke had hit a classmate, so he took Jiang Caixia there.
• Tang Keke said she had hit the boy because he claimed she had no mother, and Tang Yu offered to cover the boy’s medical expenses.
• Tang Yu told Mrs. Zhang that his wife had been in poor health and gained her sympathy, ending the dispute.
• Zeng Dawei criticized Tang Keke’s behavior and white hair, and Tang Yu used his Invisible Energy Whip to type a message on Zeng Dawei’s laptop asking for pictures of Neinei and Leng Xue.

Zeng Dawei’s inappropriate message in the school work group caused an uproar, and Tang Yu went with him to the principal’s office, where he exposed Zeng’s behavior toward Tang Keke. After the school promised to handle the matter, Tang Yu left with Jiang Caixia and Keke, whose questions about love embarrassed Jiang Caixia.

• Zeng Dawei’s message alarmed the principal and teachers, and Ms. Bai rushed in after mistakenly believing it was meant for her.
• Unable to recall the message, Zeng Dawei claimed his account had been hacked and asked Tang Yu to vouch for him.
• At the principal’s office, Tang Yu confirmed that Zeng sent the message and said Zeng had criticized Keke’s hair while hinting that he wanted a gift.
• The principal promised to deal with Zeng and offered Tang Yu support, and Tang Yu left the school with Jiang Caixia and Keke.
• Tang Yu told Keke not to hit classmates, and Keke explained that she had struck the boy with her moral character.
• In the car, Keke asked what making love meant, and Tang Yu’s playful explanation led her to say Jiang Caixia loved him, leaving Jiang Caixia flustered.

After leaving the hospital, Ye Qingshan used his Ugly Country contacts to obtain military-engine information and presented his research to Dean Gu. The experts praised its potential, bringing Ye Qingshan closer to earning the Huaxia Academy of Sciences' trust.

• Jiang Caixia's mother teased her about Tang Yu, then fussed over Tang Keke as Tang Yu drove them home.
• Ye Qingshan left the hospital, checked his apartment surveillance, and worried that Huaxia authorities were monitoring him.
• Ye Qingshan contacted his father, Ye Qizi, and asked for important information to help him gain Huaxia's trust.
• Ye Qizi and the Ugly Country intelligence officials sent Ye Qingshan classified military-engine information.
• Ye Qingshan rewrote the information into a paper and gave it to Dean Gu, whose expert colleagues said it could help develop sixth-generation fighter jets.

Ye Qingshan’s engine theory helped the Huaxia Academy of Sciences improve a military engine’s performance, making him famous at home and abroad. After receiving a system mission to win the Jade Dragon Ski Competition for an ultra-high-precision machine tool blueprint, he went to see Dean Gu, who had just been summoned by the Qingshan Department about a mission paper showing movement.

• Dean Gu praised Ye Qingshan’s report and refused to reveal confidential details about the Academy’s research.
• A week after the report was submitted, the engine research team used Ye Qingshan’s theory to improve a military engine’s performance by nearly ten percent.
• The Huaxia Academy of Sciences presented Ye Qingshan with an Outstanding Talent Medal, and his fame spread across the country and abroad as Ugly Country scientists attacked him.
• The system assigned Ye Qingshan a mission to take first place against professional athletes in the Jade Dragon Ski Competition within one month, with an ultra-high-precision machine tool blueprint as the reward.
• Ye Qingshan hurried to Dean Gu’s office, where Dean Gu told him he had to leave after the Qingshan Department reported movement on the mission paper.

The Qingshan Department learned that Ye Qingshan’s new mission was to win the Jade Dragon skiing competition, with ultra-high-precision machine tools as the reward, and planned to protect him while hunting the mysterious intruder. Tang Yu learned of the same mission and headed toward Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, still unsure how to interfere with Ye Qingshan.

• Dean Gu learned the mission required Ye Qingshan to win the Jade Dragon skiing competition and welcomed its ultra-high-precision machine tool reward.
• The Qingshan Department discussed how the mysterious person had evaded its surveillance and vowed to protect Ye Qingshan while catching him.
• Ye Qingshan asked Dean Gu for a month off to enter the skiing competition, and Dean Gu offered to arrange professional coaches for him.
• Tang Yu told Mother Tang he would miss the Dragon Boat Festival after the Divine Tree announced Ye Qingshan’s mission.
• Tang Yu researched the competition, considered the Qingshan Department’s protection of Ye Qingshan, and decided to go to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.

Tang Yu agreed to help Xie Jiujiu derail her blind date and joined the institute’s ski trip plans, which Laura intended to use to approach Ye Qingshan. At the luxury hotel, Tang Yu secretly struck Liu Haozhan with an Invisible Energy Whip, and the mishap left Liu exposed in front of both families.

• Xie Jiujiu told Tang Yu that her family had arranged a blind date, and he promised to help ruin it.
• Director Laura announced a company-paid team-building ski trip to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, then privately flirted with Tang Yu.
• Tang Yu suspected Laura planned to use the trip to approach Ye Qingshan, and he took Xie Jiujiu to her blind date at a luxury hotel.
• Tang Yu entered the private dining room disguised as a waiter and struck Liu Haozhan’s kidney with an Invisible Energy Whip.
• A startled waiter spilled wine on Liu Haozhan’s pants, revealing his arousal and shocking Xie Jiujiu and the gathered parents.

Tang Yu humiliated Young Master Liu at dinner, then beat him in the restroom and falsely accused him of being a spy. After Tang Yu sent a video to Sister Zhang to prompt an investigation, the two families were left awkwardly wondering why Liu had disappeared.

• Young Master Liu’s parents were pleased to see him looking healthy, while Xie Jiujiu and her parents were disgusted by his behavior.
• Tang Yu blocked the food Young Master Liu threw, sending it onto Liu’s parents, then fled as Liu chased him into the restroom.
• Tang Yu shoved Young Master Liu’s face into the toilet and repeatedly flushed it until Liu begged for mercy.
• Tang Yu recorded Liu, accused him of being a spy, knocked him unconscious, and sent the video to Sister Zhang for investigation.
• Tang Yu told Sister Zhang he would report on Laura’s new moves, while the two families were left awkwardly waiting for Young Master Liu to return.

Xie Jiujiu escaped an unpleasant blind date with Tang Yu’s help, while Ye Qingshan continued training for the skiing competition at Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Tang Yu watched Ye Qingshan exchange contact information with a fan, sensing that she had romantic intentions.

• Young Master Liu’s parents learned that someone had taken their son away and used their connections to investigate, then feared he might not be innocent.
• Xie Jiujiu went home with her parents, praised Tang Yu in the group chat, and later felt less anxious when she played games with Tang Yu and Jiang Caixia.
• Ye Qingshan trained daily for the freestyle twin-ski event, and his coaches urged him to keep building his strength and fundamentals.
• Ye Qingshan met Nini on the ski lift, posed for a photo with her, and exchanged WeChat accounts after she said she was a model and his fan.
• Tang Yu watched Ye Qingshan and Nini exchange contact information and suspected they were both interested in something beyond friendship.

Tang Yu used a trained mouse to spy on Nini and watched Ye Qingshan take her back to his room after they fell while skiing together. After confirming their relationship, Tang Yu planned to use Nini to disrupt Ye Qingshan’s plans without exposing himself.

• Tang Yu sent a mouse he had strengthened with a Nine-Turn Pill to follow Nini, hoping to use her as a way to interfere with Ye Qingshan.
• Tang Yu carried Jiang Caixia down the ski slope, then took Xie Jiujiu along too, forming a trio that attracted attention.
• Ye Qingshan copied their technique with Nini, but they fell after he attempted a jump and rolled across the snow.
• Nini suggested they return to Ye Qingshan’s room to check for injuries, and the two began an intimate encounter while Tang Yu’s mouse watched.
• The Qingshan Department learned that Ye Qingshan had taken a woman to his room and ordered an investigation into Nini’s identity.
• Tang Yu watched the encounter remotely and decided to target Nini rather than approach Ye Qingshan directly.

Ye Qingshan rejected a match-fixing offer at Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, prompting the Qingshan Department to arrest the betting ring and secure the competition. As he continued training, a new foreign technological blockade on Huaxia raised the stakes of his mission to win the skiing competition.

• Tang Yu caught Xie Jiujiu teasing him about what she had seen, while Laura continued waiting for a safe chance to approach Ye Qingshan.
• Nini left Ye Qingshan, accepted a modeling job, and agreed to spend the night with the online store owner after he offered her money.
• Ye Qingshan placed third, second, and first in successive practice matches, then rejected a bearded man's offer to throw the competition for a million yuan.
• The Qingshan Department's agents restrained the bearded man, arrested his companions, and launched an investigation into match-fixing and other possible interference.
• The Qingshan Department decided not to interfere in Ye Qingshan's private life and discussed the unknown rewards he might have received from the system.
• After news broke of a new foreign technological blockade on Huaxia, Dean Gu hoped Ye Qingshan would win the competition and help overcome the machine-tool technology gap.

Ye Qingshan prepared for the skiing competition while Tang Yu and his companions arrived at Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and learned about the event’s heavy security. The chapter ended with Tang Yu sharing a bed with Xie Jiujiu and Jiang Caixia, whose attempts to move his wandering hand ended with it on Xie Jiujiu instead.

• Ye Qingshan rested from training and told Nini not to visit until after the competition, then noticed itching when he showered.
• The organizers publicized Ye Qingshan’s participation, drawing crowds of female fans to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.
• Tang Yu, Xie Jiujiu, and Jiang Caixia discussed Ye Qingshan’s reputation and learned that the resort would close to the public during the competition.
• Tang Yu wondered whether the Qingshan Department knew about Ye Qingshan’s system, and the Divine Tree suggested that a system might reveal itself at a high cost.
• Tang Yu returned to his room with Xie Jiujiu and Jiang Caixia, and they all fell asleep in his bed.
• Jiang Caixia repeatedly moved Tang Yu’s sleeping hand away from herself, then placed it on Xie Jiujiu.

Tang Yu secretly arranged an inflammatory breakfast for Ye Qingshan before the ski competition, and Ye Qingshan’s sudden, intense itching began disrupting his race. The chapter leaves Ye Qingshan in the lead as the itching returns.

• Ye Qingshan ate a small portion of the lavish breakfast prepared for him by security staff and went to warm up for the competition.
• Tang Yu, Xie Jiujiu, and the other woman ate breakfast before heading to watch the race, while Tang Yu concealed that he had altered the menu.
• Dean Gu and the Qingshan Department leaders watched the event as the cameras interviewed the contestants and spectators.
• Ye Qingshan scratched his crotch on camera just before the race began, making Xie Jiujiu laugh and upsetting his female fans.
• Ye Qingshan surged ahead of the professional skiers, but the itching returned more intensely as he took the lead.