Chapter Summaries

Yan Bingxue and Su Chen arrived in Hai Country for the auction after sharing a comfortable flight. At the airport, Yan Bingxue introduced Su Chen to Lucas as her husband, shocking Lucas as he prepared to pursue her.

• Yan Bingxue woke beside Su Chen, and they watched the clouds, ate breakfast, and waited for sunrise during their flight.
• The plane landed in Hai Country, and Yan Bingxue and Su Chen left the airport together while Assistant Zhang pushed their suitcases.
• Lucas waited at the airport to receive Yan Bingxue and planned to use the auction trip to pursue her.
• Lucas greeted Yan Bingxue and extended his hand, but she kept hold of Su Chen's arm and introduced him as her husband.
• Lucas was stunned to learn that Yan Bingxue was already married.

Su Chen and Yan Bingxue arrived in Sea City for an auction, where Lucas learned that Yan Bingxue was married and became curious about Su Chen’s mysterious background. Back at their hotel, Yan Bingxue teased Su Chen about whether he liked Emily.

• Lucas greeted Su Chen and learned that Emily had arranged Su Chen and Yan Bingxue’s accommodations and itinerary.
• Yan Bingxue chose to leave with Su Chen, rejecting Lucas’s offer to arrange her stay separately.
• Lucas ordered his assistant to investigate Su Chen, then learned Su Chen was a wealthy young man from the imperial capital with a VIP auction seat.
• Lucas dismissed his assistant’s warnings and insisted that Su Chen’s influence would not matter in Sea Country.
• Emily escorted Su Chen and Yan Bingxue to their hotel and gave Su Chen her business card.
• Yan Bingxue asked whether Su Chen liked Emily, and Su Chen hurried to reassure her.

Su Chen reassured Yan Bingxue that he loved her, not a particular type, and the couple spent the day resting at their hotel in Sea Country. They video-called their children, who showed off perfect math test scores, while Su Chen and Yan Bingxue praised them.

• Yan Bingxue teased Su Chen about Emily, and Su Chen reassured her that he loved her for who she was.
• Yan Bingxue hugged Su Chen and said she only liked him.
• Su Chen and Yan Bingxue rested at the hotel instead of sightseeing before the evening reception.
• Su Chen suggested that they video-call their children, and Tuantuan and Lele appeared on the screen.
• Tuantuan and Lele showed their parents their perfect math test scores, and Su Chen praised them.

Su Chen gained the Digital Brain skill while testing Tuantuan and Lele on math, then reassured the children and their grandparents during a video call. After lunch, Su Chen and Yan Bingxue discussed the business cocktail party before the auction in Hai Country.

• Su Chen tested Tuantuan and Lele on arithmetic, and the system rewarded him with the Digital Brain skill.
• Su Chen activated the skill and experienced an immense boost in his ability to calculate.
• Tuantuan and Lele asked when Su Chen and Yan Bingxue would return, and Su Chen promised they would come home in four or five days with gifts.
• Su Chen apologized to Tang Shuyun and Yan Zhenwei for leaving the children with them, and they assured him the children were welcome.
• Yan Bingxue explained that the cocktail party was more important than the auction because it offered business networking opportunities, while Su Chen said he planned only to chat casually.

Yan Bingxue prepared for an evening cocktail party with Su Chen and chose a daring off-the-shoulder gown after hearing that he might like it. As Assistant Zhang and the stylist left, Su Chen asked whether his wife's styling was finished.

• Su Chen chose a sapphire-blue suit while Yan Bingxue spent several hours getting her hair and makeup done.
• The stylist pinned up Yan Bingxue's hair and recommended a fitted black off-the-shoulder mermaid gown.
• Assistant Zhang objected to the revealing gown, but the stylist urged Yan Bingxue to try it, saying Su Chen would love it.
• Yan Bingxue agreed to try the gown, then asked Assistant Zhang to take the stylist out and give her a red envelope.
• Su Chen put down his magazine, stood up, and asked Assistant Zhang whether Yan Bingxue's styling was finished.

Su Chen admired Yan Bingxue in her evening gown and persuaded her to skip the cocktail party in favor of staying together. After two hours, they hurried to get ready for the event, and Su Chen chose a conservative outfit for her to wear.

• Assistant Zhang assured Su Chen that Yan Bingxue would soon finish changing and led the stylist away.
• Su Chen waited by the walk-in closet and praised Yan Bingxue when she emerged in her evening gown.
• Su Chen offered Yan Bingxue the choice of staying home with him or changing into another gown for the cocktail party, and she chose to change.
• Two hours later, Yan Bingxue showered while Assistant Zhang called the stylist back and hurried to prepare dinner before the party.
• Su Chen selected a blue women's suit with a high-neck chiffon blouse and asked the stylist to help Yan Bingxue change into it.

Su Chen and Yan Bingxue arrived at a Hai Nation reception in matching suits, where Yan drew a crowd and Lucas tried to provoke Su Chen. Su Chen accepted Lucas's offer to show him around, leaving the reception's next contest between them unresolved.

• Su Chen asked Yan Bingxue to eat before the reception, and she happily agreed to wear their matching suits.
• Su Chen and Yan Bingxue arrived at the reception together and attracted widespread attention.
• Yan Bingxue drew guests seeking conversation and business, while Lucas sent a woman to gather people around her and leave Su Chen at the edge of the crowd.
• Lucas sat beside Su Chen and challenged him to explore the reception, while Su Chen dismissed Hai Nation's event as ordinary compared with those in the Dragon Nation.
• Su Chen accepted Lucas's invitation to see what made the reception special.

Lucas tried to humiliate Su Chen by leading him to a gambling hall and provoking him to wager against wealthy businessmen. Su Chen exchanged one million in chips and chose the dice table, leaving the two men poised to play.

• Lucas assumed Su Chen was a powerless member of the Su family who depended on Yan Bingxue, and led him to a secluded gambling hall to expose him.
• Su Chen realized the organizers were observing the gamblers to assess their finances, so he decided to play briefly despite having no interest in gambling.
• Su Chen exchanged one million in chips while Lucas exchanged twenty million and mocked him for bringing so little.
• Su Chen dismissed Lucas's taunts and walked to the dice table, where Lucas followed as other gamblers watched.

Su Chen challenged Lucas to a gambling contest, winning big at dice by relying on his sharp hearing while Lucas dismissed his success as luck. The two moved to blackjack, where Lucas took the dealer’s seat and Su Chen sat down with several of his followers.

• Lucas sent away the remaining guests and sat across from Su Chen, who chose a male waiter to serve them and taunted Lucas about his wife, Yan Bingxue.
• Su Chen and Lucas began betting on dice, and both won the first three rounds as Su Chen’s chips rose to seven million.
• When Su Chen bet on triples, Lucas chose small, and the revealed three sixes raised Su Chen’s chips to twenty-six million while Lucas fell to twenty-five million.
• Lucas called the dice game boring and challenged Su Chen to play blackjack instead.
• Su Chen tipped the waiter, moved his chips to the blackjack table, and was followed by players who had won by copying his bets.
• Lucas cleared the blackjack table and took the dealer’s seat while Su Chen sat among the players, prompting a nearby player to ask his surname.

Su Chen used his Digital Brain to outplay Lucas in blackjack, winning a large pot and cutting Lucas’s chips from twenty-five million to ten million. Lucas refused to quit and challenged Su Chen to an all-in round, then arranged to buy more chips so they could bet everything.

• A man from the imperial capital mistook Su Chen for a young master of the Su family and asked to follow his lead at the table.
• Su Chen calculated the odds, stood on 20, and beat Lucas’s 19 to win the first round.
• Su Chen’s chips climbed toward forty million while Lucas’s fell to ten million, and Lucas rejected his assistant’s advice to stop playing.
• Lucas pushed all his chips forward and challenged Su Chen to an all-in round.
• Su Chen matched Lucas’s bet, and Lucas ordered his assistant to exchange another ten million in chips.

Su Chen beat Lucas in a final blackjack round and left with more than eighty million, then exposed Lucas’s attempt to cheat. Lucas was left unable to defend himself as the crowd turned against him.

• Lucas insisted on a final round and put another ten million in chips on the table.
• Su Chen revealed blackjack, winning the round and all the chips from Lucas and the other players.
• Su Chen exchanged his winnings, tipped the waiter another two million, and prepared to leave to meet his wife.
• Lucas accused Su Chen of cheating, but Su Chen suggested Lucas had tampered with the deck.
• Lucas’s reaction convinced the spectators that he was the one who had cheated, and they criticized him.

Su Chen left the gambling hall with more than eight million after turning Lucas’s cheating scheme against him, then reunited with Yan Bingxue on the terrace. The couple praised and reassured each other before leaving the cocktail party together around ten.

• Lucas was taken away by the organizers as angry businessmen accused the gambling venue and its staff of cheating.
• Yan Bingxue found Su Chen on the terrace after searching the venue for him.
• Su Chen told Yan Bingxue that Lucas had lured him to the gambling hall and that he had won more than eight million after Lucas cheated.
• Yan Bingxue condemned Lucas, while Su Chen said Lucas had gained nothing and would face trouble with the organizers.
• Yan Bingxue praised Su Chen’s many abilities and told him she already felt happy with him.
• Su Chen and Yan Bingxue left the cocktail party around ten.

After Lucas was reprimanded for causing trouble at the hotel, he vowed to use company and personal funds to outbid Su Chen at the next night’s auction. Meanwhile, Second Grandfather and Su Zhe suspected Su Chen might be the missing elder uncle’s son and planned to meet him at the auction.

• Lucas left the hotel after the organizers scolded him and his assistant warned that the old chairman was waiting at home.
• Lucas smashed his phone, blamed Su Chen, and ordered his assistant to gather company funds and his personal money for the auction.
• Second Grandfather and Su Zhe watched footage of Su Chen at the card table and noticed his resemblance to their missing elder uncle.
• Su Zhe reported that Su Chen’s background was mysterious and that the Imperial Capital Su Family could not find information about him.
• Second Grandfather cautioned against jumping to conclusions and decided to observe Su Chen in person at the next night’s auction.

Su Chen and Yan Bingxue spent the day of their business trip taking wedding photos by the sea in Hai Country. Their first set went so smoothly that Yan Bingxue eagerly agreed to take several more.

• Yan Bingxue suggested taking seaside wedding photos, and Su Chen agreed.
• After breakfast, Assistant Zhang's photographer and stylist arrived, and Su Chen asked the stylist to keep Yan Bingxue's look suitable for photos displayed at their wedding.
• The photography team dressed Yan Bingxue and Su Chen in outfits that complemented Hai Country's colorful seaside buildings.
• Su Chen and Yan Bingxue completed their first set of photos in an hour, with the crew praising their natural poses and smiles.
• Su Chen checked whether Yan Bingxue was tired, and she said she wanted to take several more sets.

Su Chen and Yan Bingxue took beach wedding photos while their children called from home. The call ended with Tuantuan and Lele learning that the pretty woman beside Su Chen was their mother, though Yan Bingxue was still too embarrassed to show them her outfit.

• Su Chen and Yan Bingxue rested between photo setups on the beach while Assistant Zhang brought them chilled coconuts.
• Tuantuan saw a woman beside Su Chen on their video call, mistook Yan Bingxue for another pretty woman, and urgently told Lele to call their mother.
• Tang Shuyun and Yan Zhenwei rushed over, worried by Tuantuan's claim that Su Chen was with another woman.
• Su Chen explained that the woman was Yan Bingxue in a different outfit and makeup for their wedding photos.
• Yan Bingxue confirmed she was with Su Chen but resisted turning the camera toward herself as Tang Shuyun asked to see her wedding-dress look.

Su Chen and Yan Bingxue finished taking wedding photos in Sea Country after sharing a video call with their children, who complained that they had not been included. Before the evening auction, Elder Yuan warned Su Chen that the Twitter Group was also pursuing the material and that Dragon Science Institute personnel might not arrive in time to protect him.

• Yan Bingxue and Su Chen showed their wedding-photo outfits to Tuantuan, Lele, and Yan Bingxue's parents over a video call, and Tuantuan saved a screenshot.
• Su Chen promised the children that the whole family would take photos together after they returned home and that he and Yan Bingxue would bring them gifts.
• Su Chen and Yan Bingxue ended the call, completed four sets of wedding photos, and returned to the hotel to rest before the auction.
• Elder Yuan told Su Chen that the Twitter Group from Great Eagle Country was targeting the auction material and might bid aggressively for it.
• Elder Yuan authorized Su Chen to spend whatever was necessary to obtain the material and warned that Dragon Science Institute personnel might not arrive before the auction, leaving Su Chen to be careful.

After learning that Twitter Group had entered the auction to compete for the new material’s mining rights, Su Chen warned Yan Bingxue of the danger and urged her to return home. Yan Bingxue refused to leave him, and Su Chen began arranging security before the auction.

• Su Chen returned from Elder Yuan’s call and gently dried Yan Bingxue’s hair while concealing his concern.
• Su Chen told Yan Bingxue that Twitter Group had joined the auction and was targeting the same exclusive mining rights as Dragon Country.
• Su Chen urged Yan Bingxue to skip the auction and return home, but she insisted on facing the danger with him.
• Su Chen agreed that they would stay together and asked Yan Bingxue to call Assistant Zhang and her three bodyguards.
• Su Chen said he would meet Emily before the auction to ensure their safety until reinforcements arrived.

Su Chen and Yan Bingxue prepared for the auction by arranging weapons and a large bodyguard team, while keeping their real concerns from Emily. The chapter left them set to regroup at the hotel before the auction.

• Su Chen told Yan Bingxue to buy firearms on the black market while he arranged bodyguards through Emily.
• Yan Bingxue took Assistant Zhang to the black market, and Su Chen met with Emily to request security for the auction.
• Emily warned Su Chen that she would not help him cause trouble in Sea Country, but agreed to find him bodyguards.
• Su Chen requested fifty bodyguards, explaining that ten would enter the auction and forty would wait outside.
• Su Chen paid Emily ten million for the security team, and Emily promised to arrange her best people.

Su Chen and Yan Bingxue prepared weapons and security for the auction, then arrived together at the venue. Lucas planned to outbid Su Chen with a billion, while Yan Bingxue rejected his offer to escort her to VIP seats.

• Yan Bingxue returned from the black market with guns, ammunition, and grenades, and Su Chen prepared weapons for both of them to carry.
• Su Chen arranged for his bodyguards to secure the area around the auction venue, with ten waiting at the entrance and the rest on standby.
• Lucas arrived early, angry about his punishment over the previous night's loss, and prepared a billion to compete against Su Chen at the auction.
• Su Chen and Yan Bingxue arrived together, and Lucas offered to escort Yan Bingxue to VIP seats.
• Yan Bingxue refused Lucas's offer and said she would sit beside Su Chen.

Su Chen and Yan Bingxue attended the auction, where the Twitter Group’s unexpected arrival heightened concerns about the bidding. Across the partition, Second Master and Su Zhe recognized Su Chen’s resemblance to their eldest uncle and planned to investigate his background after returning to the Dragon Country.

• Lucas failed to learn what Su Chen planned to bid on, then welcomed five representatives from the Twitter Group of the Great Eagle Country.
• Second Master and Su Zhe watched Su Chen and concluded that he looked remarkably like their eldest uncle when young.
• Second Master ordered Su Zhe to investigate Su Chen after they returned to the Dragon Country, but told him to wait before acting at the auction.
• Su Chen reassured Yan Bingxue that the auction venue was safe, and she told him the room opposite seemed to be watching them.
• Su Chen revealed that he wanted the second-to-last lot, the lifetime mining rights to a newly discovered metal ore.
• Su Chen explained that the ore could produce an alloy for millimeter-grade mech repairs, a technology only he knew.