Chapter Summaries

Fang Ran claimed the reward Ling had promised for reaching D-rank and received her Black Box as a spatial container. Ling was astonished to learn that he had completed his latest scenario, then explained that the system had assigned him a real-world scenario because it counted her as part of his strength.

• Fang Ran asked Ling for a reward after reaching D-rank, and she agreed to honor her promise despite his missing the three-scenario deadline.
• After Fang Ran threw a tantrum and asked for a spatial container, Ling gave him her Black Box and confronted him about taking Underwater Thrusters from Xu Dage and the others.
• Ling asked Fang Ran how his latest scenario went, and he revealed that he had completed it and received a vial of potion.
• Ling questioned Fang Ran about the scenario, and he explained that it had been a real-world mission with no enemies.
• Ling told Fang Ran that the system had assigned him a scenario above his level because it counted her as part of his strength.

Fang Ran told Ling about his real-world mission and showed her a salted-fish-shaped crystal, which she identified as a rare but useless fragment from a high-level Hunting Scenario. After learning he had entered one, Ling checked that he was safe; Fang Ran fell asleep after noticing her troubled mood, and she quietly tucked him in.

• Ling questioned Fang Ran about completing his real-world mission, and he admitted he had skipped the class explaining higher-level scenarios.
• Fang Ran showed Ling a black salted-fish-shaped fragment and claimed he had picked it up in a scenario.
• Ling recognized the fragment as a crystal formed in places with concentrated dark energy and concluded Fang Ran had entered a high-level Hunting Scenario.
• Ling warned Fang Ran that Hunting Scenarios could be deadly, and he reassured her that he had not been in danger.
• Fang Ran noticed Ling seemed troubled, then fell asleep; Ling tucked a blanket over him and told him to stop kicking it off.

Fang Ran tried to escape the Night Bureau before dawn, hoping to avoid Ai Ma and reach the beach, but Su Qun caught him outside. Su Qun took him along for Sunday outdoor training, and Fang Ran's fourth escape attempt failed despite getting past the gates.

• Fang Ran woke an hour early and planned to escape through a wall using Draw Card and The Float while the Night Bureau seemed lightly guarded.
• Fang Ran flew out of the Night Bureau and landed on the grounds, believing he had escaped unnoticed.
• Fang Ran spotted Su Qun exercising with heavy weights and learned Su Qun had been awake since 3:30.
• Su Qun explained that he had moved his morning exercise earlier and planned Sunday outdoor training for Fang Ran.
• Su Qun told Fang Ran to get ready and go out for training, ending Fang Ran's fourth failed escape attempt.

Su Qun took Fang Ran on an unconventional day of training to build his confidence and social experience. He brought Fang Ran to Holy Heart Hospital, where the special training began, leaving Fang Ran wishing he were back at his usual workouts.

• Su Qun told Fang Ran that his physical training had improved and praised his effort, then explained that his lack of confidence around women and people was another weakness to address.
• Su Qun drove Fang Ran through Beijing's West Science District in a Lamborghini, drawing attention and telling him to get used to being noticed.
• Su Qun explained that the day's training would help Fang Ran adopt the confidence and mindset of a participant, especially when facing Hua Ling and Fusu.
• Su Qun brought Fang Ran to Holy Heart Hospital and revealed that the hospital was the destination for his social-experience training.

Su Qun brought Fang Ran to Holy Heart Hospital and assigned him to spend the day making decisions as a senior executive, with Su Leng Yue as his secretary. Fang Ran protested that the arrangement was impossible until Su Qun revealed that Fuxing owned the hospital, leaving Fang Ran shocked.

• Su Qun led Fang Ran through Holy Heart Hospital’s public lobby and into its restricted operational areas.
• Su Qun brought Fang Ran to the twenty-ninth floor, where Su Leng Yue had arranged an office for them.
• Su Qun appointed Fang Ran a senior decision-making general manager for the day and assigned Su Leng Yue to assist him as his secretary.
• Fang Ran protested that he could not take charge of such a large hospital and feared he would ruin everything.
• Su Qun told Fang Ran that Fuxing owned Holy Heart Hospital, and Fang Ran reacted with disbelief.

Su Yanxi negotiated with Eber, Fies Erde’s medical chief, over a North American partnership, but he demanded a 35 percent share and the talks ended without an agreement. After Eber left, Su Yanxi was revealed as Su Su, who wondered how Fang Ran was doing at the hospital with Leng Yue beside him.

• Su Yanxi hosted Eber in Holy Heart Hospital’s reception room and tried to assess his position during their conversation.
• Eber demanded a 35 percent share of the proposed cooperation, and Su Yanxi argued that his side was only providing sales channels.
• Eber suggested Fies Erde would rather have one less competitor than accept less favorable terms, and Su Yanxi ended the meeting.
• Eber invited Su Yanxi to lunch, but she declined because a junior had arrived; he then left to tour the hospital.
• Su Su remembered that Fang Ran was coming for an internship and wondered how he was doing with Leng Yue beside him.

Fang Ran learned that Resurrection Jie owned Holy Heart Group and was made its chief decision-maker for a day as part of Su Qun’s training. Overwhelmed by the work, he left it to his secretary, Su Leng Yue, so he could play League.

• Fang Ran discovered that Resurrection Jie owned Holy Heart Group and that Su Qun had arranged for him to serve as its chief decision-maker for a day.
• Su Qun left Fang Ran to handle the company’s decisions, invitations, reports, and paperwork with help from secretary Su Leng Yue.
• Fang Ran realized the assignment was meant to teach him the confidence and social standing of a Participant, but he still had no idea how to manage the work.
• Fang Ran called Su Leng Yue over and confirmed that she would assist with any task he gave her.
• Fang Ran handed Su Leng Yue his paperwork and headed for her office to play League, then asked whether her computer was fast enough.

Fang Ran was forced to handle Holy Heart Group documents under Su Leng Yue’s supervision, then joined Resurrection in her extraordinary hospital room. He fled after a small snake frightened him, despite claiming he was unafraid of animals.

• Su Leng Yue refused to handle Fang Ran’s company documents for him and explained that his position had been created to balance the Board of Directors and mislead competitors.
• Fang Ran began reviewing the Group’s finances after Su Leng Yue told him to finish the documents before noon and make his own decisions.
• Fang Ran met Resurrection in the nature-filled special hospital room and complained that she had concealed her wealth and made him take on company work.
• Resurrection explained that the room had filled with animals and plants she had rescued, and teased Fang Ran about his confidence and Su Leng Yue.
• After Fang Ran claimed he feared no small animals, a little snake appeared behind his chair and he screamed and fled.

Fang Ran got lost in Holy Heart Group and hid in an empty room to skip work, only to be mistaken for the doctor when an impatient visitor arrived. He pretended to be the doctor to stop the visitor from reporting him.

• Fang Ran got lost after leaving the elevator and realized he could avoid his afternoon work by hiding.
• Fang Ran used his cards to slip into an empty room, then fell asleep on the sofa wearing a white coat as a blanket.
• An irritable old man in a suit burst into the room demanding the doctor he had an appointment with.
• Fang Ran stopped the assistant from reporting him and claimed that he was the doctor.

Fang Ran posed as a doctor when a wealthy chairman sought help for severe insomnia, then used The Create to give him Xuan Mai Gan Jie, which immediately put him to sleep. The assistant was left stunned by Fang Ran’s claim that the herbal drink had cured him.

• Fang Ran told the suited old man that the restricted floor showed he was not an outsider or ordinary employee.
• The chairman described his wealth, work habits, worsening anxiety, and years of severe insomnia while his assistant explained that doctors and treatments had failed to help.
• Fang Ran cut off the assistant and handed the chairman a cup of brown liquid, and the chairman drank it before collapsing into deep sleep.
• Fang Ran produced another cup of Xuan Mai Gan Jie and insisted it was a traditional medicine with no side effects, though its stated uses did not include insomnia.
• Fang Ran told the assistant he was not a psychologist and advised the chairman to get straight to the point next time.

Fang Ran used a Sleep Card to put the chairman to sleep, then negotiated a consultation fee with the young assistant. He earned fifty yuan for the treatment for the first time and remembered that he had an exam the next day.

• Fang Ran put the chairman to sleep with a cup of Xuan Mai Gan Jie and a Sleep Card, astonishing the young assistant.
• The young assistant asked about side effects and offered to pay Fang Ran for treating the chairman's insomnia.
• Fang Ran first asked for forty yuan, then lowered his fee to twenty when the assistant looked surprised.
• The young assistant paid fifty yuan, calling the extra ten yuan advance payment for medicine next time.
• Fang Ran accepted the money and marveled at the profit from his first earnings, then remembered he had an exam tomorrow.

Fang Ran earned his first fifty yuan by using the Sleep Card to help an elderly chairman fall asleep, and he began to understand why other participants seemed so wealthy. The chairman woke refreshed after just over an hour, leaving Fang Ran puzzled that his severe insomnia had apparently weakened the spell.

• The young assistant paid Fang Ran fifty yuan after he helped the chairman sleep, and Fang Ran delighted in earning money so easily.
• Fang Ran fell asleep on the office sofa and dreamed again of the Night Pearl and the Starlight Arrow.
• The chairman woke with a startled shout, frightening Fang Ran, then learned from Xiao Wang that he had slept for over an hour.
• The chairman apologized for waking Fang Ran and said he felt peaceful and refreshed after sleeping.
• Fang Ran realized the Sleep Card’s effect had lasted only a little over an hour and wondered whether the chairman’s insomnia had given him resistance to magic.

Fang Ran used his abilities to help Luo Yuanshan sleep, then presented himself as a traditional medicine practitioner and earned a small fee. Luo Yuanshan’s recovery drew other insomnia sufferers to the hospital, leaving Fang Ran’s rest interrupted as two more wealthy men arrived for treatment.

• Luo Yuanshan asked Fang Ran how he had cured his insomnia, and Fang Ran claimed he used hypnosis and gave him Xuan Mai Gan Jie granules.
• Fang Ran used Veronica’s scepter to put Luo Yuanshan to sleep again, while Luo Yuanshan’s assistant prepared the granules and helped him contact his health preservation group.
• Luo Yuanshan told the group he was at Holy Heart Hospital in Beijing, then fell asleep during the video call and prompted other members to come seek treatment.
• Fang Ran charged the assistant one hundred yuan and fell asleep on the sofa, dreaming of escaping Beijing and returning home.
• Boss Lu and another exhausted man arrived seeking insomnia treatment, waking Fang Ran and prompting him to hear their complaints about spending decades making money.

Su learned that Fang Ran had disappeared from his work again, while Eber toured Holy Heart Group and discovered a baffling stream of patients being laid out in Fang Ran’s office. Eber recognized the dark-crimson-gem scepter on Fang Ran’s desk and reacted in shock.

• Su Leng Yue told Su that Fang Ran had been missing for more than two hours, and Su sensed that he was still somewhere above the twentieth floor.
• Su Leng Yue set out to find Fang Ran while Eber toured Holy Heart Group’s research facilities with the department head, Mr. Chen.
• Eber and Mr. Chen saw nurses repeatedly bring people into an office standing and carry them out lying on hospital beds, so they joined the queue to investigate.
• Fang Ran laid Mr. Chen out as soon as he began to question him, then prepared to do the same to Eber.
• Eber shouted for Fang Ran to stop and stared in disbelief at the crimson-gem scepter on the desk.

Fang Ran was overwhelmed as his hypnosis drew a growing line of sleepless businessmen, until Eber recognized the Scarlet Empress scepter and arranged a private call. Veronica appeared on the communicator, and she and Fang Ran greeted each other after a long separation.

• Fang Ran hypnotized a succession of people seeking relief from insomnia, and their recommendations caused the queue outside the hospital to grow into a busy assembly line.
• Eber recognized the Scarlet Empress scepter as the symbol of the O'Brien Family's authority and urgently contacted Fies Erde's highest levels.
• After receiving instructions, Eber left a confidential communicator with Fang Ran and ensured he was alone in the office.
• Veronica appeared on the communicator, dropped her disguise, and greeted Fang Ran as Night Crow.
• Fang Ran recognized Veronica and greeted her in return.

Fang Ran reunited with Veronica over a video call and discussed her offer to become her lover and join her world of wealth and power. He rejected her again and accepted the Scarlet Empress scepter as a gift, leaving Veronica amused by his choice.

• Veronica revealed herself as the empress of Fies Erde and teased Fang Ran about remembering her name and the Scarlet Empress scepter she had given him.
• Veronica reminded Fang Ran that he had called them friends and renewed her proposal for him to become her lover.
• Fang Ran explained that he felt out of place in Veronica’s world and that he preferred his ordinary life, despite recognizing the wealth and power she could offer.
• Veronica challenged Fang Ran about having no desires, while Fang Ran said he could not calmly accept such an extravagant offer and was not ready for that adult relationship.
• Fang Ran declined Veronica’s invitation to join her, joking that his English was bad, and Veronica teased that she could teach him in bed.
• Fang Ran asked what to do with the Scarlet Empress, and Veronica confirmed it was a gift for him.

After Veronica put Eber at Fang Ran’s disposal, Eber revealed that Fang Ran had become the chief decision-maker over Fies Erde’s Huaxia operations. Fang Ran learned the scale of the companies under his control, ordered Eber to keep the matter secret and let the businesses continue as usual, then asked him to dismiss the patients waiting outside.

• Veronica ended her call with Fang Ran after promising to inform Eber and arrange a flight to North America if Fang Ran changed his mind.
• Eber introduced himself as Fies Erde’s head of Medical Field operations in Asia and told Fang Ran that the company’s power in Huaxia was at his disposal.
• Fang Ran questioned Eber’s instructions and learned that Eber considered him the lover of the gentleman’s granddaughter.
• Fang Ran ordered Eber to keep his affairs secret and asked how many companies Fies Erde controlled in Huaxia.
• Eber showed Fang Ran a list of companies in which Fies Erde held majority ownership, explaining that Fang Ran was already their highest decision-maker.
• Fang Ran told Eber to let the companies operate as usual, then asked him to invent an excuse to send away the patients waiting outside the hospital.

Fang Ran tried to escape his Holy Heart Group duties by sending Eber to handle patients and then asking him to process the paperwork. Eber agreed, leaving Fang Ran with less work but still trapped under Su Leng Yue’s supervision, while Eber faced patients demanding the miraculous insomnia treatment.

• Eber interpreted Fang Ran’s request as a chance to help, took charge of the waiting patients, and was bewildered when the first one asked him to “do it.”
• Fang Ran tried to nap on the sofa, but Su Leng Yue found him and ordered him back to process the group’s documents.
• Overwhelmed by the paperwork, Fang Ran called Eber and asked for help with the Holy Heart Group’s affairs.
• Eber explained that outside requests could be answered with standard phrases and offered to handle the internal documents himself.
• Fang Ran sent Eber the files, while Eber silently endured patients asking why he could not perform the old doctor’s instant hypnosis treatment.

Fang Ran rushed through Holy Heart Group’s paperwork by relying on canned replies, then asked Eber to handle a contract and learned that Fies Erde was the colossus Holy Heart Group hoped to approach. The chapter ended with Eber asking Fang Ran to explain the mysterious traditional medicine Xuan Mai Gan Jie.

• Fang Ran rejected a seaside vacation application for laboratory employees while rapidly processing the other documents.
• Fang Ran called Eber for help with a contract concerning Holy Heart Group’s medical equipment exports to North America.
• Eber explained that Fies Erde was the powerful company Holy Heart Group needed to approach to enter the international market.
• Fang Ran asked whether signing the contract would harm Fies Erde, and Eber said it would cause no losses and agreed to overlook the limited benefits because Holy Heart Group and Su Yanxi were Fang Ran’s friends.
• Eber stopped Fang Ran before he could hang up and asked him about the alleged hypnosis technique involving Xuan Mai Gan Jie.

Fang Ran misled Eber about traditional medicine to get back to playing games, then accompanied Su Qun through another failed attempt by a woman to get close to him. When Su Qun asked what Fang Ran had learned from a day in authority, Fang Ran realized his money was missing.

• Fang Ran told Eber that traditional medicine was miraculous, then advised him to give male insomnia patients Xuan Mai Gan Jie and female patients lots of hot water.
• At Holy Heart Group Hospital, Su Qun steadied a woman and returned her coffee untouched, thwarting her attempt to spill it on him.
• Fang Ran followed Su Qun out of the hospital and remarked that Su Qun's advantages far exceeded his own.
• Su Qun asked Fang Ran what he had learned from spending a day in authority, and Fang Ran discovered that his money was gone.