Chapter Summaries

Su Chen and Yan Bingxue prepared for the auction, where Su Chen planned to secure mining rights for a metal useful in repairing mechas. The chapter left Su Chen browsing the auction catalog for jewelry to buy Yan Bingxue while keeping an eye on Twitter Group and Lucas.

• Yan Bingxue realized the ore could help repair mechas, and Su Chen explained why he intended to win the mining rights regardless of the price.
• Su Chen and Yan Bingxue flirted while waiting for the auction to begin, and Su Chen spotted Twitter Group representatives watching them.
• Yan Bingxue advised Su Chen to focus on the auction and leave his suspicions about Twitter Group for later.
• Lucas arrived, made a throat-slitting gesture at Su Chen, and Su Chen decided Lucas might complicate the auction.
• Su Chen examined the catalog for jewelry to buy Yan Bingxue, who returned to find him studying the lots.

Su Chen drew Lucas into a bidding war over the Rose Star necklace, using Yan Bingxue’s apparent interest to make Lucas more determined to win it. The price reached twenty-eight million as Lucas’s assistant tried to stop him from bidding again.

• Yan Bingxue noticed Lucas repeatedly looking toward their private box, and Su Chen said Lucas was likely seeking to challenge him.
• Su Chen began bidding on the Rose Star necklace, surprising Yan Bingxue, who said she did not like such ostentatious jewelry.
• Lucas followed Su Chen’s bids, driving other interested buyers out of the contest.
• Su Chen winked at Yan Bingxue, who pretended to plead for the necklace so Lucas would believe she wanted it.
• The bidding reached twenty-eight million, and Lucas’s assistant stopped him from immediately raising his paddle again.

Lucas won the Rose Star necklace for thirty million and tried to send it to Yan Bingxue, but she refused it and said she only accepted gifts from Su Chen. Su Chen then baited Lucas into overpaying for more jewelry, before both men began bidding on a set of golden phoenix hairpins and a crown.

• Lucas outbid the room for the Rose Star necklace at thirty million, while Su Chen ignored him and explained to Yan Bingxue that he had deliberately encouraged Lucas to overpay.
• Lucas sent his assistant to deliver the necklace to Yan Bingxue, but she refused it and told the assistant she only accepted gifts from her husband.
• Lucas vowed to stop Su Chen from winning any auction items, but Su Chen baited him into buying a pair of bracelets for twenty-six million.
• Lucas's assistant pointed out that Su Chen seemed to be manipulating him, but Lucas silenced him and continued bidding.
• Su Chen raised his paddle for a set of golden phoenix hairpins and a crown, and Lucas joined the bidding, determined not to be tricked again.

At the Sea Country auction, Su Chen tricked Lucas into spending nearly 200 million on unwanted jewelry while winning Yan Bingxue’s desired phoenix crown for 30 million. As the auction moved toward its final lots, observers debated Su Chen’s intentions, and he became the first to bid on the new metal mine’s rights.

• Su Chen won the phoenix crown for 30 million after Lucas stopped bidding, and Yan Bingxue excitedly tried it on.
• Lucas realized Su Chen had baited him into spending nearly 200 million on jewelry Yan Bingxue did not want, while Su Chen had secured the crown she wanted.
• Second Master of the Imperial Capital Su Family and Su Zhe praised Su Chen’s strategy, while members of Great Eagle Country’s Twitter Group speculated that he knew they were watching.
• The auction brought out the new metal mine’s rights as the second-to-last lot, and Su Chen raised his paddle first.

Su Chen used Lucas’s suspicion that he wanted the metal mine’s rights to draw Lucas into bidding the price up to five hundred million. Su Chen stopped bidding, leaving Lucas facing the prospect of spending his company’s working capital on a lot he did not want.

• Su Chen bid on the mining rights, and Lucas’s assistant warned him that the lot was useless to their company and the bidding increments could drive its price up.
• Lucas concluded that the mining rights were the lot Su Chen wanted most and began bidding against him.
• The woman leading Twitter Group sought approval for funding but told her team to wait before bidding.
• Su Chen told Yan Bingxue that Twitter Group would also pursue the lot and assured her it would not be a losing deal even at a high price.
• Lucas and Su Chen raised the bid back and forth until Lucas offered five hundred million.
• Su Chen stopped bidding, and Lucas grew nervous as the host prepared to award him the lot for five hundred million.

Lucas panicked when he thought he might have to pay five hundred million for an auction item, then realized Su Chen had bid and resumed competing with him. Su Chen used his unlimited card to outbid Lucas, who ran out of authorized funds and was asked whether he wanted to pause the auction.

• Lucas feared the final item would cost him five hundred million and begged Old Lu to call the old chairman for help.
• Su Chen bid five hundred and ten million, relieving Lucas, who decided Su Chen wanted the item and resumed raising his paddle.
• Lucas kept bidding against Su Chen as the price climbed to seven hundred million, then learned Su Chen had brought an unlimited card.
• Lucas ordered Old Lu to request more money from the old chairman, but Old Lu warned that the chairman would not agree.
• Su Chen made the final bid of eight hundred million, and the host told Lucas he had exhausted his funding authorization and could pause the auction to raise more money.

Su Chen and Lucas competed for the new metal mine’s mining rights until Lucas ran out of funds, then Rika entered a bidding war with Su Chen. The price reached one billion, and Rika paused the auction while waiting for guidance on her funding limit.

• Lucas gave up bidding after he could not match Su Chen’s eight-hundred-million offer, then suggested to the crowd that the mine might be valuable.
• The host began counting down Su Chen’s bid, but Rika raised her paddle at eight hundred and ten million.
• Su Chen and Rika repeatedly outbid each other, driving the price to one billion as Lucas watched happily.
• Rika checked her phone anxiously, then requested a pause after Su Chen bid one billion.

Su Chen won the New Metal Mine Mining Rights for 2.1 billion after Twitter Group withdrew from the bidding. As the auction continued, Lucas slipped backstage, while the mine’s discoverer Tommy celebrated the unexpected fortune.

• Su Chen suspected Twitter Group had entered the auction after learning about the mine and wondered what information they had received.
• Rika learned that Twitter Group’s maximum approved budget was two billion and resumed bidding against Su Chen.
• Su Chen outbid Twitter Group and won the New Metal Mine Mining Rights for 2.1 billion, prompting Yan Bingxue to celebrate with him.
• Lucas grew angry that Su Chen had obtained the mine and slipped backstage while the final centerpiece item went up for auction.
• Tommy heard that the mining rights had sold for 2.1 billion and celebrated his sudden wealth.

After selling the metal mine’s rights for 2.1 billion, Tommy met Lucas, who warned him the mine could be worth far more and urged him to reconsider the deal. Tommy began to doubt his decision, while Lucas prepared to help him sabotage Su Chen’s purchase.

• Tommy celebrated the 2.1 billion sale and looked forward to signing the contract with Su Chen.
• Lucas found Tommy backstage, and Tommy mocked him for having once refused to lend him money.
• Lucas told Tommy that Great Eagle Country’s Twitter Group had competed for the mine and suggested it could be worth hundreds of billions.
• Tommy worried that he had sold the mine too cheaply and asked Lucas whether the deal could still be salvaged.
• Lucas concealed his satisfaction and claimed that helping Tommy would violate the rules because he was assisting the auction organizers.

Lucas secretly advised Tommy on how to keep the metal mine, then returned to the auction with a provocative smile that worried Yan Bingxue. After the auction, Su Chen and Yan Bingxue waited backstage to sign the mining-rights contract, where they encountered members of the Su Family who looked strikingly like Su Chen.

• Lucas whispered a plan to Tommy, who agreed to follow it so he could keep control of the mine without paying the contract penalty.
• Lucas returned to the auction floor smiling at Su Chen, and Yan Bingxue suspected he was plotting against them.
• After the auction ended, Su Chen and Yan Bingxue went backstage to sign the contract, while Second Master Su and Su Zhe went to see what was happening.
• The organizers told Su Chen and Yan Bingxue that Tommy had left backstage and staff were looking for him.
• Second Master Su explained to Su Zhe that he supported Su Chen both because he might be family and because he represented Dragon Country abroad.
• Second Master Su and Su Zhe entered the reception room, and Su Chen and Yan Bingxue noticed how closely they resembled Su Chen.

Su Chen challenged Tommy’s demand that the 2.1 billion payment for the metal mine be made in cash. When Second Master Su and Su Zhe supplied the required money, Tommy and Boss Ke were left with no excuse to delay the transaction.

• Su Chen and Yan Bingxue waited for Tommy, who arrived late and presented a freshly prepared contract requiring payment in cash.
• Su Chen questioned Tommy’s cash-only condition, but Tommy insisted he would sign only after receiving 2.1 billion in cash.
• Second Master Su offered the cash he had brought, and Su Chen transferred the equivalent amount to Su Zhe.
• Su Zhe had three cases of cash brought in, leaving Tommy and Boss Ke stunned.
• Boss Ke urged Tommy to continue the transaction, while Tommy stared at the cash with an ashen face.

After securing the mining rights contract, Su Chen and Yan Bingxue learned that the Twitter Group might try to intercept the goods before the contract was notarized. They prepared for danger with two bulletproof vests, while Yan Bingxue worried about Assistant Zhang’s safety.

• Tommy signed the contract transferring the mining rights to Su Chen, and they arranged to have it notarized the next morning.
• Second Master Su warned Su Zhe that the Twitter Group might intercept the goods before notarization and offered Su Chen help.
• Su Zhe relayed the warning to Su Chen, who thanked Second Master Su but declined assistance and said he expected to meet them again.
• Assistant Zhang brought Su Chen and Yan Bingxue two bulletproof vests that Su Chen had arranged through a black-market contact.
• Yan Bingxue worried that Assistant Zhang had no vest, but Assistant Zhang said she would protect herself.

Su Chen arranged for Assistant Zhang to leave separately while he and Yan Bingxue escaped with the real contract. As they drove through the forest, attackers backed by Great Eagle Country’s Twitter Group ambushed their bulletproof car.

• Su Chen told Assistant Zhang to leave with a decoy contract, while he kept the real contract hidden and arranged for a bodyguard to impersonate her.
• Assistant Zhang left to wait by the coast, and Su Chen and Yan Bingxue prepared to escape together.
• Rika told Lucas that Great Eagle Country’s Twitter Group wanted the contract, and Lucas promised Su Chen would not leave Sea Country safely.
• At eleven that night, Su Chen and Yan Bingxue’s car reached the forest outskirts of the auction venue.
• Attackers opened fire on the car, and Su Chen reassured Yan Bingxue as their driver swerved away from the road.

Su Chen and Yan Bingxue fought off a large group of armed pursuers while fleeing through the woods with their bodyguards. As the enemy closed in and they struggled to reach reinforcements, Su Chen split the group and continued toward the exit with Yan Bingxue and two bodyguards to protect the contract.

• After their vehicle’s tire was shot out, Su Chen led the group into the woods on the left and ordered the bodyguards to stay together.
• Su Chen spotted attackers in the woods and opened fire, while he and Yan Bingxue fought from behind trees as pursuers advanced from behind.
• Several bodyguards were wounded or killed, so Su Chen ordered the survivors to retreat toward their reinforcements.
• At a slope, Su Chen told eight Sea Nation bodyguards to split off to the left, while he, Yan Bingxue, and two Dragon Country bodyguards ran to the right toward the exit with the contract.

Su Chen and Yan Bingxue fought off the pursuers in the forest and escaped with their bodyguards. In the car, Yan Bingxue discovered that Su Chen had been wounded in the arm and panicked as she urged him to get medical help.

• Yan Bingxue stumbled into a pit, and Su Chen pulled her back while shielding her from a passing bullet.
• Su Chen, Yan Bingxue, and the two bodyguards exchanged fire with the pursuers, forcing them to retreat.
• Su Chen led the group out of the forest and sent bodyguards northwest to help their separated companions.
• Yan Bingxue insisted that she would face future dangers alongside Su Chen, and he agreed they would face them hand in hand.
• Yan Bingxue noticed blood on Su Chen's arm and, fearing he was seriously hurt, urged him to go to the hospital.

Su Chen reassured Yan Bingxue after being grazed by a bullet, and she treated his wound while warning him to value his life for her and their children. They learned that Dragon Science Institute reinforcements had arrived and headed toward the safe zone, while Assistant Zhang confirmed she was safe and still had the item.

• Yan Bingxue disinfected and bandaged Su Chen's shallow arm wound as he comforted her and promised to take better care of himself.
• Su Chen told Yan Bingxue that over a hundred armed pursuers had attacked them and that the next day's notarization could be even more dangerous.
• Yan Bingxue suggested leaving for China, but Su Chen showed her Elder Yuan's message confirming Dragon Science Institute reinforcements were in position at a safe location.
• Su Chen gave the safe-zone address to the driver, and Yan Bingxue called Assistant Zhang, who said she was safe and had kept the item secure.

Su Chen and Yan Bingxue reunited with Assistant Zhang and reached the safe zone, where Elder Yuan welcomed them aboard a helicopter. After hearing about their dangerous escape, he praised them and confirmed the Dragon Science Institute would support the contract’s notarization the next morning.

• Su Chen and Yan Bingxue picked up Assistant Zhang, who had kept the documents safe and thanked them for rescuing her.
• The group traveled toward the safe zone, while the bodyguards told Assistant Zhang about the chase through the woods.
• Su Chen and Yan Bingxue boarded Elder Yuan’s helicopter, and Su Chen explained that armed pursuers had targeted the contract.
• Elder Yuan apologized for the danger and praised Su Chen and Yan Bingxue for their work on behalf of the Dragon Science Institute.
• Elder Yuan said reinforcements were arriving and promised the institute would support the contract’s notarization at nine thirty the next morning.
• Assistant Zhang discovered her contract was fake, while Su Chen handed Elder Yuan the real one, which he read and approved.

After surviving an attack allegedly arranged by Lucas, Su Chen and Yan Bingxue took refuge aboard a cruise ship, where Su Chen promised to deal with Lucas. At the auction venue, Boss Ke detained Lucas and warned him that he had endangered the auction house by targeting the Su family.

• Elder Yuan brought Su Chen and Yan Bingxue to a cruise ship and arranged for them to stay there until the notarization was complete.
• Yan Bingxue helped Su Chen wash while they discussed the attack, and Su Chen suspected Lucas had helped the Twitter Group and interfered with Tommy.
• Yan Bingxue vowed to make Lucas pay, and Su Chen said he would handle the matter and would not let Lucas go unpunished.
• Boss Ke had Lucas held at the auction venue and accused him of nearly ruining the auction house's reputation and deal.
• Lucas dismissed the incident as minor, but Boss Ke warned him that Su Chen belonged to the Imperial Capital Su Family and was no ordinary target.

After Lucas’s public humiliation and punishment for disrupting the auction, he blamed Su Chen and sought help from Twitter Group to interfere with the next day’s notarization meeting. Rika agreed to use Lucas as a pawn while making separate preparations of her own.

• Ter’s chairman arrived at the auction, slapped Lucas, and took him away after apologizing to Boss Ke.
• In the car, Ter’s chairman scolded Lucas for violating the auction rules and provoking people from Dragon Country, then beat him again at home.
• Lucas left the old residence furious and blamed Su Chen for his humiliation, but decided not to confront the Su Family directly.
• Lucas called Rika at Twitter Group and promised to stop the notarization meeting the next day.
• Rika told her companion that she did not trust Lucas and ordered them to make their own preparations while using him as a pawn.

Su Chen, Yan Bingxue, and Elder Yuan went to the notary office to complete the mine transaction, prepared for trouble after the previous night's events. Boss Ke apologized for his earlier interference and promised to ensure the notarization went smoothly, while Tommy waited with Lucas.

• Su Chen and Yan Bingxue set out with Elder Yuan, who assured them that the Dragon Science Institute would protect them.
• Elder Yuan praised Su Chen and Yan Bingxue for their work securing the mine and promised to report their contributions to the higher-ups.
• Su Chen, Yan Bingxue, and Elder Yuan arrived at the notary office with elite guards, and Boss Ke personally greeted them.
• Elder Yuan reminded Boss Ke that he had mishandled the previous night's contract signing, and Boss Ke apologized and promised to oversee the notarization.
• Tommy waited in the notary office's reception room beside Lucas.