Chapter Summaries

Ye Qingshan’s attempt to win the free-diving competition was disrupted when dolphins surrounded and harassed him, forcing him to surface. His teammates set a new record, but Ye Qingshan failed the mission and learned that abandoning future missions would bring a death penalty.

• The Qingshan Department and Dean Gu watched as Ye Qingshan and the other contestants began the free-diving competition.
• Ye Qingshan descended toward the organizers’ 110-meter marker, believing he could break the record and return safely.
• A pod of dolphins surrounded Ye Qingshan, disrupting his dive and forcing him to ascend before the other contestants.
• The dolphins also harassed the leading Owada and Kim Jae-jung, while Ye Qingshan’s two teammates descended to 130 meters, surfaced successfully, and set a new record.
• Ye Qingshan told the system he wanted to abandon future missions, and the system warned that doing so would incur a death penalty.

After the system threatened to erase him if he failed another mission, Ye Qingshan resolved to make one last gamble and asked the Qingshan Department to investigate Tang Yu. The department traced Tang Yu to the spy they had been seeking, but his classified file revealed he was an A-rank spy.

• Ye Qingshan despaired over the system’s death penalty, then took comfort from Coach A Jie and decided to face his next mission without fear.
• After returning to the hotel, Ye Qingshan found the Qingshan Department guard hiding under his bed and asked to speak with the department.
• Ye Qingshan told the department he suspected the man he had seen on the beach was an Ugly Country spy plotting to assassinate him, and urged them to investigate.
• The Qingshan Department connected Tang Yu to Jiang Caixia and matched his activities to the clues in their unresolved spy investigation.
• The department obtained access to Tang Yu’s classified file and discovered he was an A-rank spy.

The Qingshan Department confirmed Tang Yu was an A-rank spy and realized they had wrongly suspected him, while Ye Qingshan waited for another mission. Tang Yu returned to Mingzhu, collected the system’s blueprints, and received Sister Zhang’s message about Chen Baiyu and her sister.

• The Qingshan Department questioned Sister Zhang and learned that she had recruited Tang Yu and assigned him to his current mission, confirming he was not a spy with suspicious ties.
• The Qingshan Department concluded Ye Qingshan’s suspicions were mistaken, and Ye Qingshan accepted that he would have to wait for his next mission.
• Tang Yu returned to Mingzhu with Jiang Caixia and Xie Jiujiu, then teased Tang Keke with a crab when they got home.
• Tang Yu entered the Divine Tree Space, where the Divine Tree Granny said her strength had increased and Tang Keke would need time to digest the other Heavenly Dao.
• The Divine Tree Granny gave Tang Yu a large collection of blueprints, and he considered his conflict with the Ye Family close to resolution.
• Sister Zhang messaged Tang Yu that she had found information about Chen Baiyu and her sister and left it to him to decide what to do.

Tang Yu investigated Chen Baiyu and Chen Bailing’s past and learned that their adoptive mother, Chen Axiang, was terminally ill and receiving treatment in San Francisco. He persuaded the sisters to try dating him together, then planned to visit Chen Axiang and help cure her so he could win the sisters over.

• Tang Yu read Sister Zhang’s investigation files and learned that Chen Baiyu and Chen Bailing had been abandoned as children and raised by their self-sacrificing adoptive mother, Chen Axiang.
• Tang Yu messaged Chen Baiyu, flirted with her and her sister, and proposed that they date him together.
• Chen Baiyu and Chen Bailing agreed to try dating Tang Yu that weekend, provided he did not favor either sister.
• Tang Yu asked Granny to locate Chen Axiang and saw that she was being treated at an upscale sanatorium near San Francisco.
• Tang Yu decided to travel to San Francisco to meet Chen Axiang and help cure her illness, hoping to win the sisters over and protect them as double agents.

Tang Yu arranged a trip to Ugly Country and got Laura to approve his leave by teasing her over text. At dinner, he tricked Xie Jiujiu into eating pig penis, and she chased him in anger before he stopped her from biting him by putting a rag in her mouth.

• Tang Yu told Sister Zhang about his planned trip to Ugly Country, and she warned him to prioritize his safety.
• Tang Yu called Laura his “stinky baby” and got her approval to take leave from work.
• Tang Yu joined Xie Jiujiu, Jiang Caixia, and Tang Keke for hot pot, where they talked about foods said to boost virility.
• Tang Yu served Xie Jiujiu and Jiang Caixia pig penis without telling them what it was, and Jiang Caixia recognized it after tasting it.
• When Xie Jiujiu learned what she had eaten, she attacked Tang Yu and tried to bite him, but he shoved a rag into her mouth and she ran off to rinse it out.

Xie Jiujiu invited Tang Yu and Jiang Caixia to dinner at her home after her grandmother asked to meet him. Tang Yu then secretly visited Chen Axiang at a San Francisco sanatorium, where he gave her a Nine-Turn Pill that restored much of her strength.

• Tang Keke urged Tang Yu to include Jiang Caixia in their playful teasing, but Jiang Caixia blushed and busied herself with clearing the table.
• Xie Jiujiu messaged her grandmother, who asked when she would bring Tang Yu home, and worried that her family’s wealth might make him feel out of place.
• Xie Jiujiu invited Tang Yu and Jiang Caixia to her house the following Saturday, and they agreed to go without bringing gifts.
• At the Maria Sanatorium, Chen Axiang asked the nurse to let her return home, but the nurse told her to continue treatment.
• Tang Yu secretly introduced himself to Chen Axiang as Chen Baiyu’s boyfriend and showed her a photo of himself with her daughter.
• Tang Yu gave Chen Axiang a Nine-Turn Pill, which greatly strengthened her frail body.

Tang Yu treated Chen Axiang and learned that her daughters were being forced into espionage, then promised to help them and brought Chen Axiang’s recorded message back to Sister Zhang. After settling the matter with Sister Zhang, he called Chen Bailing to arrange their amusement park date.

• Tang Yu improved Chen Axiang’s physical condition and explained that her daughters were being coerced into spying for the opposing side.
• Tang Yu reassured Chen Axiang that her daughters had not yet committed treason, recorded her message, and left the sanatorium after disguising the unconscious doctor.
• Tang Yu returned to Huaxia and reported the operation to Sister Zhang, who agreed to let him handle the sisters’ case as a special matter.
• Tang Yu called Chen Bailing and arranged to pick her and her sister up for their amusement park date.

Chen Bailing and Chen Baiyu prepared to spend the day with Tang Yu, but he revealed that he knew they were spies and showed them a video of their mother. The sisters learned their mother was safe and urged them to listen to Tang Yu, leaving them crying as he comforted them.

• Chen Bailing and Chen Baiyu discussed their mission to get close to Tang Yu and prepared to go out with him.
• Tang Yu isolated Chen Baiyu in her room, immobilized her, and asked whether it contained surveillance or recording equipment.
• Tang Yu told Chen Baiyu he knew the sisters were spies and that their mother was receiving treatment overseas.
• After Chen Baiyu called Chen Bailing into the room, Tang Yu showed them a video of Chen Axiang saying he had treated her and urging them to listen to him and remain loyal.
• Chen Bailing and Chen Baiyu cried and asked to watch the video again while Tang Yu replayed it and comforted them.

Tang Yu persuaded Chen Bailing and Chen Baiyu to cooperate as double agents, promising to rescue their mother from abroad, and revealed his true face to reassure them. After spending the day together to support their cover story, the sisters returned home hopeful and began discussing how to get closer to him.

• Tang Yu explained that Chen Bailing and Chen Baiyu should act as double agents and promised to bring their mother back if they cooperated.
• Tang Yu removed his Human Skin Mask, reassuring the sisters that he could enter the foreign facility and rescue their mother.
• Tang Yu took the sisters to the amusement park, then ate and shopped with them so they could report their date to Laura.
• Tang Yu drove Chen Bailing and Chen Baiyu home and asked them to keep their relationship private at the institute.
• Chen Bailing and Chen Baiyu celebrated their new hope of seeing their mother again and joked about using their twin advantage to win Tang Yu over.

The Chen Bailing sisters reported their date with Tang Yu to Laura, who ordered them to control him within two months. After work, Xie Jiujiu brought Tang Yu and Jiang Caixia to her family home for dinner and introduced them to her relatives.

• Chen Bailing and Chen Baiyu told Laura that their date with Tang Yu had gone smoothly and that he wanted five people in bed at once.
• Laura ordered the sisters to make Tang Yu submit within two months and promised they could reunite with their mother in Ugly Country after completing the mission.
• Xie Jiujiu eagerly prepared to take Tang Yu and Jiang Caixia to her home, while joking with Tang Yu about marriage and sharing Jiang Caixia.
• Xie Jiujiu warned Tang Yu and Jiang Caixia that her family was well-off before leading them through her estate's gates.
• Tang Yu and Jiang Caixia brought gifts and greeted Xie Jiujiu's grandmother, mother, and father when they arrived.

Tang Yu visited Xie Jiujiu’s family with Jiang Caixia, and Xie Jiujiu’s parents worried that his closeness with Jiang Caixia made him a complicated match for their daughter. After dinner, Mother Xie recognized Tang Yu as resembling her former boyfriend, Gang Cheng, and asked why he was dressed as a researcher.

• Xie Jiujiu’s family welcomed Tang Yu and Jiang Caixia, and the old lady was pleased with Tang Yu.
• After Xie Jiujiu took her friends fishing, her father told the family that Tang Yu’s ambiguous closeness with Jiang Caixia might make him a poor match for Jiujiu.
• Tang Yu and Jiang Caixia returned for a lavish dinner, where Mother Xie noticed Tang Yu’s distinctive way of holding chopsticks.
• Mother Xie privately asked Tang Yu about his father, Gang Cheng, and said she had once been his girlfriend.
• Tang Yu was shocked that Mother Xie had recognized his resemblance to Gang Cheng and admitted that his father had never mentioned having an ex-girlfriend.

Tang Yu discussed Mother Xie’s past with his father and promised to treat Xie Jiujiu well before leaving with her and Jiang Caixia. Meanwhile, Ye Qingshan received a new system mission to win an Asian skydiving competition, with death as the penalty for failure.

• Mother Xie asked Tang Yu about his relationships and urged him not to hurt Xie Jiujiu, and he promised he would not.
• Tang Yu left the Xie Family with Xie Jiujiu and Jiang Caixia, then joked with Xie Jiujiu about being their servant.
• Ye Qingshan spent time with his new girlfriend Zhang Yuqi after half a month of low spirits following his previous failed mission.
• Ye Qingshan’s system ordered him to win first place in the Asian Skydiving Competition in one month for half of the EUV lithography machine blueprints, warning that failure would bring a death penalty.
• Zhang Yuqi noticed Ye Qingshan freeze in shock after he heard the mission.

Ye Qingshan prepared for a deadly skydiving mission while Dean Gu arranged to replace professional competitors with amateurs to improve his odds. On Tang Yu’s birthday, Xie Jiujiu and Jiang Caixia gave him gifts, and Jiang presented him with a handmade jade pendant.

• Ye Qingshan used his nightmare as an excuse to spend the night with Zhang Yuqi, while Tang Yu and the Divine Tree loli watched their livestream.
• Dean Gu learned that Ye Qingshan’s skydiving mission could not be refused and agreed with the Qingshan Department leaders to replace the professionals with amateur competitors.
• Ye Qingshan requested and received a month of leave from Dean Gu so he could enter the skydiving competition.
• Tang Yu told Laura he would soon take extended leave, then Xie Jiujiu and Jiang Caixia surprised him with birthday wishes and gifts.
• Jiang Caixia took Tang Yu to the rooftop and gave him a handmade jade die pendant containing a red adzuki bean.

Tang Yu cared for Jiang Caixia and met with the Chen sisters to discuss their stalled intelligence work before preparing to accompany Ye Qingshan on his final mission. Ye Qingshan began training for a precision skydiving competition that the Qingshan Department hoped he could win as part of a high-stakes gamble.

• Tang Yu treated Jiang Caixia's injured hands with costly medicine, thanked her for her gift, and invited her and the others to dinner.
• Jiang Caixia returned to the office flustered after Tang Yu hugged her, and Xie Jiujiu offered to help if he had taken advantage of her.
• Tang Yu met Chen Baiyu and Chen Bailing, learned they had made no progress with Laura's spies, and told them to avoid exposing their identities.
• Tang Yu left to prepare for the final mission, while Ye Qingshan trained for precision parachuting with a professional coach.
• Ye Qingshan completed a practice jump, and a Qingshan Department official learned that his talent might give him a chance to win after a month of training.
• The Qingshan Department placed its hopes on Ye Qingshan winning the competition, knowing that failure could cost him his life and damage the department.

Ye Qingshan trained while Tang Yu and Lu Junzhuo plotted to kill him and began targeting his girlfriend, Zhang Yuqi. After a disguised Lu Junzhuo sold Zhang Yuqi overpriced flowers, she tried a prank from a couples challenge and farted on Ye Qingshan’s face as he slept.

• Ye Qingshan landed safely after a parachute jump, then reunited with Zhang Yuqi at the training site.
• Tang Yu confirmed Ye Qingshan was Old Loach’s grandson and showed Lu Junzhuo a file exposing Zhang Yuqi’s double-dealing behavior.
• Tang Yu explained his plan against Zhang Yuqi, and Lu Junzhuo agreed to carry it out.
• Lu Junzhuo disguised himself as a flower seller and charged Ye Qingshan 298 for Zhang Yuqi’s bouquet.
• Zhang Yuqi followed a couples challenge and farted on Ye Qingshan’s face while he slept, waking him in shock.

Ye Qingshan and Zhang Yuqi's encounter ended in a disastrous bout of vomiting and diarrhea that left them and the hotel room covered in filth. Ye Qingshan tried to wash himself while hotel staff investigated the stench outside his room.

• Ye Qingshan swallowed a mouthful of porridge mixed with feces and vomited in disgust.
• Zhang Yuqi lost control of her bowels, splattering Ye Qingshan, the bed, and the walls.
• Zhang Yuqi apologized, but Ye Qingshan slapped her and rushed to the bathroom while she cried and vented about men online.
• Ye Qingshan found the shower water scalding and discovered that the heat made the stench worse.
• The hotel manager noticed the foul odor in the hallway, and an employee knocked on Ye Qingshan's door to ask about the drains.

Ye Qingshan endured a hotel scandal, a violent confrontation with Zhang Yuqi, and intensive training before finally competing in a skydiving event. Just as he neared the target, Tang Yu sent a falcon to tear apart his parachute, leaving Ye Qingshan in mortal danger.

• Ye Qingshan threw hotel staff into the mess in his room, left the hotel, and rejected Zhang Yuqi when she begged him to forgive her.
• Zhang Yuqi posted accusations about Ye Qingshan on Weibo, and Ye Qingshan later found and beat her before Qingshan Department security stopped him.
• Qingshan Department suppressed the online scandal and used medicine to curb Ye Qingshan's interest in women, allowing him to focus on training for the competition.
• Tang Yu and Lu Junzhuo watched the competition from a hotel, and Ye Qingshan successfully made his jump as the fourth contestant.
• Tang Yu sent a falcon carrying a voice box to Ye Qingshan, and the bird tore his parachute to shreds after telling him to give Ye Qiu its regards.

Ye Qingshan survived his failed mission with severe injuries, while the Qingshan Department discovered that the system had vanished. Tang Yu received the mission rewards and began planning to deal with Ye Qingshan and Old Loach next.

• A hawk shredded Ye Qingshan's parachute, and he opened his reserve chute too close to the ground, leaving him badly injured but alive.
• The Qingshan Department learned that the system's paper had vanished after its golden light faded, and its leaders convened to discuss how to respond to systems.
• Tang Yu returned to the Divine Tree Space, where Tang Keke absorbed the Heavenly Dao's power and Granny revealed the mission rewards.
• Tang Yu returned to the scene and discussed future plans with Lu Junzhuo, deciding that Old Loach would be their next target.

Ye Qingshan woke from a three-day coma, learned that surgeons had removed his testicles, and discovered the Qingshan Department had been protecting him because of his system. After Wang Yu revealed the department was disbanding and Ye Qingshan named Tang Yu as the saboteur, Tang Yu entered the ward and asked if Ye Qingshan had been looking for him.

• Ye Qingshan woke in the hospital and learned that his injuries had required the removal of his testicles.
• Ye Qingshan recalled that Tang Yu had secretly sabotaged his mission and demanded to see the people who had been protecting him.
• Wang Yu introduced himself as the leader of the Qingshan Department, explained that it had been created for Ye Qingshan because of his system, and questioned him about the system's rewards.
• Ye Qingshan claimed his reward had been specialized theoretical research knowledge and said he could no longer sense the system.
• Wang Yu said the department would no longer need to exist if the system was gone, and Ye Qingshan began to identify Tang Yu as the saboteur.
• Tang Yu walked into Ye Qingshan's ward and asked if Ye Qingshan had been looking for him.

Tang Yu revealed that he had used his system to disrupt Ye Qingshan’s missions and claim the rewards, then agreed to share the technology with the state. When Sister Zhang learned the Ugly Country’s spies had grown suspicious of their crackdown, Tang Yu decided to travel there to protect Chen Bailing and the others’ mother.

• Tang Yu exposed Ye Qingshan as a spy and explained to Wang Yu and Sister Zhang that his system had let him disrupt Ye Qingshan’s missions and take their rewards.
• Tang Yu agreed to let the state use the recovered technology and negotiate favorable terms for the Tang Family.
• Wang Yu said Ye Qingshan would remain imprisoned while the authorities investigated his case.
• Sister Zhang learned that an Ugly Country spy had missed a scheduled contact, alerting the intelligence service to their sweep.
• Tang Yu asked Sister Zhang to arrange his trip to the Ugly Country with a friend to protect Chen Bailing and the others’ mother.