Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen visited the Xu Family and received a bulletproof Cullinan from Xu Guofeng and Yang Qingyue as a birthday gift. Later, he hosted Jiang Xuesong and other Calligraphy Masters, who offered their support over the Wu Haoyu matter, though Lin Chen said he could handle it himself.

• Lin Chen told Yang Qingyue and Xu Guofeng that he would spend his birthday with Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian, and agreed to bring Lin Xiaoqian to visit them the next morning.
• Xu Guofeng gave Lin Chen a legally registered, bulletproof Rolls-Royce Cullinan, and Lin Chen thanked him and drove it home.
• Lin Chen checked Yang Qingyue's pulse and said she had nearly recovered, then left Lin Xiaoqian with her grandparents.
• Jiang Xuesong and five other Calligraphy Masters visited Lin Chen's private kitchen, praised his cooking, and offered to help with Wu Haoyu's case.
• Lin Chen declined the Calligraphy Masters' offer, saying he could handle Wu Haoyu's matter himself.

Lin Chen dominated a basketball game at the Sports Center while Xu Mengyao watched and cheered him on. On the drive to pick up Lin Xiaoqian, Xu Mengyao explained that Lin Chen might face eligibility and business obstacles to playing professionally, and Lin Chen said he was unbeatable one-on-one.

• Lin Chen checked that his physique had reached 316 points before joining Xu Dong and the others for basketball.
• Lin Chen led his team to victory despite being outnumbered seven to three, scoring nearly all of his team's points as Xu Mengyao arrived and cheered.
• Lin Chen ended the game at 60–23, and Xu Mengyao kissed him on the cheek before they left to pick up Lin Xiaoqian.
• Xu Mengyao noticed Lin Chen's new bulletproof car, which he said his parents had given him for his birthday.
• Xu Mengyao told Lin Chen that eligibility and business interests might complicate his professional basketball plans, and Lin Chen said he was unbeatable one-on-one.

Lin Chen told Xu Mengyao that he had cultivated inner force, then drove her and Lin Xiaoqian overnight to Mount Tai for a family trip. After arriving at their hotel on his birthday, the family shared affectionate kisses, and Lin Xiaoqian noticed there was only one bed.

• Lin Chen revealed his inner force to Xu Mengyao and asked her to keep it secret.
• Xu Mengyao suggested praying for blessings at Mount Tai, and Lin Chen decided to drive the family there overnight.
• Yang Qingyue worried about their plan, but Xu Guofeng trusted Lin Chen to take care of them.
• Lin Chen took over driving while Xu Mengyao rested and told her a bedtime story as they traveled.
• Lin Chen, Xu Mengyao, and Lin Xiaoqian reached their hotel, where Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian wished him a happy birthday and kissed him.
• Lin Xiaoqian noticed the hotel room had only one bed and asked whether they would sleep together.

On Lin Chen's birthday, he took Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian to climb Mount Tai, planning to stay at the summit and watch the sunrise. When Xu Mengyao grew tired, Lin Chen carried her and Lin Xiaoqian at the same time as they continued up the mountain.

• Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao shared a hotel bed with Lin Xiaoqian between them, and Xu Mengyao gradually fell asleep beside him.
• Lin Chen, Xu Mengyao, and Lin Xiaoqian arrived at Mount Tai and set off toward a summit hotel Lin Chen had booked for the night.
• Lin Chen's parents, Chen Mei and Lin Hai, called to wish him a happy birthday and told him to keep Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian safe.
• Lin Xiaoqian tired of climbing and asked Lin Chen to carry her, while Lin Chen continued gaining Climbing Experience from the system.
• After climbing for several hours, Xu Mengyao's legs became sore, so Lin Chen lifted her in one arm and carried Lin Xiaoqian in the other.

Lin Chen carried Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian up Mount Tai for over twenty minutes, impressing onlookers and drawing viral attention online. After commenters envied Xu Mengyao’s wealth and criticized Lin Chen, Yang Qingyue and Chen Mei agreed to ignore them, while the family continued their climb together.

• Lin Chen carried Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian steadily up Mount Tai while Lin Xiaoqian joked with her parents and kissed him for strength.
• A streamer uploaded a video of Lin Chen carrying them, and it went viral as viewers learned Xu Mengyao was the wealthy president of Xu Group.
• Yang Qingyue called Xu Guofeng and then Chen Mei after seeing online comments accusing Lin Chen of living off the Xu Family, but Chen Mei said they should ignore the criticism.
• After more than twenty minutes, Xu Mengyao asked Lin Chen to put her down, and she and Lin Xiaoqian kissed him to thank him.
• Lin Chen walked hand in hand with Xu Mengyao as they followed Lin Xiaoqian, then teased Xu Mengyao about his stamina.

Lin Chen carried Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian up Mount Tai, where the family eventually reached the summit to celebrate his birthday. While teaching Lin Xiaoqian to take photos, Lin Chen gained the Photography Skill, and she took a beautiful picture of him and Xu Mengyao.

• Shen Qing video-called Xu Mengyao after a video of Lin Chen carrying his family up the mountain gained attention online, and Lin Xiaoqian teased Shen Qing about finding a husband.
• When Xu Mengyao's feet hurt, Lin Chen carried her for over an hour before setting her down near the summit; Lin Xiaoqian then walked on her own too.
• Lin Chen's Mountaineering Skill reached Grandmaster level, and the family continued walking until they reached the summit.
• Xu Mengyao wished Lin Chen a happy birthday, and Lin Xiaoqian asked him to teach her how to take photos.
• Lin Chen gained the Photography Skill while teaching Lin Xiaoqian, who then took a beautiful picture of Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao.

Lin Chen, Xu Mengyao, and Lin Xiaoqian settled into their mountain hotel room, where Lin Xiaoqian played in a wall-mounted little house and Lin Chen checked the room for hidden cameras. Xu Mengyao secretly collected a birthday cake she had arranged to have delivered up the mountain, then surprised Lin Chen with it as she and Lin Xiaoqian sang to him.

• Lin Xiaoqian eagerly played in the room’s little house, and Lin Chen promised to build her an even prettier one at home.
• Lin Chen checked the room for hidden cameras while Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian took turns bathing.
• Xu Mengyao spoke with Yang Qingyue by video, and Lin Xiaoqian told her grandmother that the family would sleep together.
• Xu Mengyao collected the birthday cake she had ordered and brought it back to the room without telling Lin Chen.
• Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian lit the candles and sang the birthday song as Lin Chen came out of the bathroom.

On Lin Chen’s birthday, Xu Mengyao kissed him, triggering a frightening episode connected to her mental illness, but Lin Chen reassured her and she recovered. The family watched the sunrise the next morning, where a fan warned Lin Chen that online attacks claiming he was unworthy of Xu Mengyao had surged.

• After Lin Chen made a wish for his family’s safety, Xu Mengyao kissed him as a birthday gift, and her body began trembling as her heartbeat raced.
• Lin Chen calmed Xu Mengyao and explained that the kiss had stimulated dormant consciousness related to her condition; she stopped trembling and joined Lin Chen and Lin Xiaoqian for cake.
• Lin Xiaoqian fell asleep while Lin Chen told her a story, and Xu Mengyao later fell asleep as Lin Chen told her one too.
• Lin Chen, Xu Mengyao, and Lin Xiaoqian woke before dawn and watched the sunrise together, then posed for a photo.
• A young man who recognized Lin Chen warned him that online smears had increased more than tenfold and claimed he was unworthy of Xu Mengyao.

Lin Chen discovered that paid trolls were smearing him online, but National Security quickly removed many of the comments. As attention shifted to his basketball skills, Wu Yangfeng admitted to Wu Yangcheng that he had arranged the smear campaign, just as someone knocked on his hotel-room door.

• Lin Chen suspected the Wu Family was behind the sudden wave of attacks, while Xu Mengyao offered to ask her father to handle public relations.
• Wang Jie alerted his captain to the paid trolls, and Feng Qing sent links to Captain Meng, who had them checked.
• Xu Mengyao noticed the smear comments disappearing, and Lin Chen reassured her and Lin Xiaoqian that strangers’ insults would not upset him.
• Xu Mengyao found that basketball stars were praising Lin Chen’s skills, drawing widespread attention to videos of his games.
• Wu Yangfeng told Wu Yangcheng that he had hired a friend to smear Lin Chen, and someone knocked on Wu Yangfeng’s hotel-room door.

Wu Yangfeng was arrested in Magic City for hiring online trolls and arranging a home break-in, while Wu Yangcheng traveled there to help him. On the road, Lin Chen’s Singing Skill reached Legendary level and Lin Xiaoqian’s singing improved; Wu Yangcheng later learned that Wu Yangfeng’s associates had also implicated him in earlier schemes.

• Police arrested Wu Yangfeng after accusing him of hiring online trolls, defamation, and attempting to arrange a home break-in.
• Wu Yangcheng decided against calling the Song Family and flew to Magic City to assess Wu Yangfeng’s case.
• During the drive, Lin Chen’s Singing Skill reached Legendary level, and Lin Xiaoqian’s singing ability improved enough to surprise Xu Mengyao.
• Lin Chen taught Lin Xiaoqian arithmetic, and she correctly answered that six ducks remained.
• Wu Yangcheng met lawyer Cai Siming and then visited Wu Yangfeng at the Police Station.
• Wu Yangfeng told Wu Yangcheng that his friend and the people he had hired had revealed his earlier schemes to the police.

Wu Yangcheng learned that National Security had arrested Wu Yangfeng’s thieves and withdrew from the case, warning that Lin Chen likely had an unknown identity. Back home, Xu Mengyao reunited with Lin Xiaoqian while Lin Chen answered experts’ aircraft-manufacturing questions and found he needed five more hours to reach Master level.

• Lawyer Cai Siming learned Wu Yangfeng had ordered thieves to copy computer files and install listening devices, then refused to defend him after hearing National Security had arrested them.
• Wu Yangcheng realized Lin Chen was likely connected to National Security, warned Wu Yangfeng not to reveal the Wu Family’s dealings, and signed a non-disclosure agreement.
• Lin Xiaoqian returned home, hugged her stuffed animals, and went to sleep after Lin Chen promised to tell her a story.
• Xu Mengyao explained that she was not ready to share a bed with Lin Chen because she feared her earlier loss of control might recur, and the couple exchanged good-night kisses.
• Lin Chen answered questions from three experts in materials science, aero engines, and structural mechanics, then learned he had forty-five hours in Aircraft Manufacturing Skill and needed five more to reach Master level.

After Lin Chen’s basketball fame drew reporters and bloggers to his home and village, he arranged for his parents and Lin Xiaoqian to stay elsewhere while Xu Mengyao remained busy with work. Xu Mengyao later warned Lin Chen about a video implying he had married into the Xu Family for wealth, but he dismissed the accusation.

• Lin Chen took Lin Xiaoqian back upstairs after reporters and bloggers crowded them outside and questioned whether he would compete professionally or had married into the Xu Family.
• Lin Chen learned from Chen Mei that strangers were filming and entering the family home in the village, so he told Chen Mei and Lin Hai to go to the county and arranged to take Lin Xiaoqian there.
• Xu Mengyao told Lin Chen she could not accompany him and Lin Xiaoqian, approved his plan to visit his parents, and arranged for them to travel by private plane that afternoon.
• Lin Chen stayed indoors with Lin Xiaoqian, practicing martial arts and playing doctor with her.
• Shen Qing sent Xu Mengyao a video suggesting Lin Chen had gained property and cars by marrying into the Xu Family, and Xu Mengyao called Lin Chen to warn him about the online comments.
• Lin Chen watched the video and remained unmoved by its implication that he had married into the Xu Family for wealth.

Lin Chen brought Lin Xiaoqian to visit his parents after the online gossip died down, then gained Master-level Aircraft Manufacturing Skill. He spotted a flaw in Academician Chen Guoxiang’s theory and emailed him about it, leaving Chen Guoxiang reading the message carefully.

• Lin Chen reassured Xu Mengyao that the gossip would fade and said he planned to give his parents ten million; an official announcement reported the arrest of Wu Yangfeng and members of online troll groups.
• Lin Chen and Lin Xiaoqian arrived at Lin Hai and Chen Mei’s home, where the family reunited and ate together.
• After two days at home, Lin Chen’s Aircraft Manufacturing Skill reached Master level, giving him extensive aircraft design and manufacturing knowledge.
• Lin Chen emailed Academician Chen Guoxiang to point out a flaw in one of Chen’s papers that might explain repeated costly experiment failures.
• Chen Guoxiang returned to his office after another failed experiment and carefully read Lin Chen’s email.

Chen Guoxiang investigated Lin Chen's identity, received his technical advice, and decided to test his theory. At home, Lin Chen gave his parents money, then reached Grandmaster-level mathematics and noticed Lin Xiaoqian's mathematical intuition had greatly improved.

• Chen Guoxiang asked Director Yang to verify Lin Chen, and Director Dong confirmed Lin Chen was a highly protected national talent.
• Chen Guoxiang sent Lin Chen technical questions, and Lin Chen answered them before Chen planned a new experiment to test the theory.
• Lin Chen offered Lin Hai and Chen Mei ten million, and they accepted after he showed them his account balance and urged them to spend carefully.
• Two days later, Lin Chen reached Grandmaster-level mathematics while teaching Lin Xiaoqian, and she guessed an answer correctly through intuition without knowing how she had calculated it.

Lin Chen taught Lin Xiaoqian mathematics, then took her hiking and shopping before flying back to Magic City with her to surprise Xu Mengyao. Meanwhile, Wu Yangcheng sought help for Wu Yangfeng and went to confront Lin Chen at the airport.

• Lin Xiaoqian quickly solved Lin Chen’s chickens-and-rabbits problem and eagerly asked him to teach her more.
• Lin Chen took Lin Xiaoqian hiking and shopping, and she said she missed Xu Mengyao, so he promised they would return to Magic City the next day.
• On the plane, Lin Chen patiently helped Lin Xiaoqian improve her wooden-block construction.
• Xu Mengyao refused to meet Wu Yangcheng, and Wu Yangcheng learned that persuading Lin Chen and the others to relent might reduce Wu Yangfeng’s sentence.
• Wu Yangcheng and Wu Yunhui identified Lin Chen’s flight and waited at the airport, where Wu Yangcheng introduced himself to Lin Chen.

Lin Chen secretly used inner energy to make Wu Yangcheng’s hand hurt without leaving detectable injuries, while Wu Yangcheng failed to find a doctor who could confirm he was hurt. At Xu Group, Xu Mengyao worried Wu Haoyu might target Lin Chen and Lin Xiaoqian after leaving prison and suspected the Wu Family wanted him released early.

• Lin Chen painfully squeezed Wu Yangcheng’s hand during a handshake and secretly sent inner energy into its meridians before leaving with Lin Xiaoqian.
• Wu Yangcheng visited multiple hospitals and Chinese medicine practitioners, but none found any injury in his hand.
• Wu Yunhui suspected Wu Yangcheng was pretending to be hurt to cause trouble for Lin Chen, but Wu Yangcheng insisted the pain was real.
• Lin Chen and Lin Xiaoqian reunited with Xu Mengyao at Xu Group, and Lin Chen told her they had encountered two people from the Wu Family.
• Xu Mengyao told Lin Chen she feared Wu Haoyu might harm him and Lin Xiaoqian after prison, then wondered if the Wu Family was seeking his early release.

Lin Chen refused Wu Yangcheng’s request to help reduce Wu Yangfeng’s sentence and rejected his attempt to pressure him over Wu Haoyu’s release. The meeting ended with Wu Yunhui invoking the Song Family, leaving Lin Chen curious about the force behind the Wu Family.

• Lin Chen told Xu Mengyao he would meet the Wu Family alone, then discovered that Lin Xiaoqian’s Mathematics Talent had greatly improved and tested her with problems during the drive home.
• Wu Yangcheng’s injured hand continued to hurt overnight, and he warned Wu Yunhui not to speak recklessly when they met Lin Chen.
• At the teahouse, Wu Yangcheng demanded that Lin Chen help Wu Yangfeng obtain a Sentence Reduction, while Lin Chen denied injuring his hand and confronted him over the Wu Family’s past actions.
• Wu Yangcheng hinted that Xu Mengyao could be affected if information about Wu Haoyu’s possible early release became public, but Lin Chen refused to help either Wu Haoyu or Wu Yangfeng.
• Wu Yunhui accused Lin Chen of relying on powerful backing and warned that the Xu Family could not match the Song Family; Lin Chen asked about the Song Family.

Lin Chen rejected the Wu Family’s offer to help reduce Wu Feng’s prison sentence, while Wu Yunhui revealed that the powerful Song Family backed them. After Xu Mengyao explained the Song Family’s hidden influence, Lin Chen learned more about the threat facing them.

• Wu Yangcheng warned Lin Chen that the Song Family was stronger than the Wu and Xu Families, but Lin Chen refused to be intimidated or accept money to help Wu Feng.
• Wu Yunhui admitted he had revealed the Song Family to pressure Lin Chen into helping his father, and Wu Yangcheng warned him not to mention the family to Xu Mengyao.
• Lin Chen arranged a meal with Chen Zhian for the next day, and Chen Zhian’s father, Chen Xingguo, decided to travel early so he could meet Lin Yu.
• Lin Xiaoqian developed a cough after playing in puddles, and Lin Chen reassured Xu Mengyao while caring for their daughter.
• Lin Chen told Xu Mengyao that Wu Yunhui had revealed the Song Family’s connection to the Wu Family, and she explained the family’s vast, concealed wealth and influence.

Chen Guoxiang’s experiment based on Lin Chen’s theory reached a new milestone before failing, prompting him to send Lin Chen the data for advice. Lin Chen replied quickly, cared for Lin Xiaoqian, and later met Chen Xingguo and Chen Zhian at a private kitchen.

• Chen Guoxiang’s redesigned experiment advanced to ninety percent before sparks and a failure, though the team celebrated its unprecedented progress.
• Chen Guoxiang asked Yang Lin to arrange a meeting with Lin Chen, then sent Lin Chen the experimental materials after learning a meeting was not possible.
• Lin Chen treated Lin Xiaoqian, comforted Xu Mengyao about their daughter’s weak constitution, and sent Chen Guoxiang suggestions after reviewing the materials.
• Chen Guoxiang was astonished that Lin Chen had responded within hours and carefully studied his recommendations.
• Lin Chen met Chen Xingguo and Chen Zhian, and Chen Xingguo told him his fan club had nearly a hundred thousand members.

Lin Chen served the Chen family an exceptional meal, then welcomed Xu Guofeng and his family to visit Qian Qian. After seeing Qian Qian solve a difficult math problem, Xu Guofeng asked about Lin Chen’s own ability, and Lin Chen said he was likely among the global top tier.

• Lin Chen made two extra dishes for Chen Zhian and Old Mr. Chen, then left to eat at home with his wife and daughter.
• Chen Zhian and Old Mr. Chen praised Lin Chen’s cooking and discussed booking another meal and building ties with the Xu Family.
• Xu Guofeng called Lin Chen about Chen Zhian’s invitation, then arranged to visit Qian Qian with Yang Qingyue.
• Xu Mengyao massaged Lin Chen while Qian Qian helped pound his waist, and Xu Mengyao told him her parents were coming to see Qian Qian.
• Xu Guofeng watched Qian Qian correctly solve a difficult math problem and learned Lin Chen had been developing her talent.
• After dinner, Xu Guofeng asked Lin Chen about his math ability, and Lin Chen estimated he ranked among the Global Top Tier.