Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen used a hugely popular livestream to tell a fairy tale, pledge a billion yuan to fight terrorism, and threaten to research military technology if anyone obstructed his peaceful pursuit of art. After announcing a new drone project, he ended the stream, while Zhang Yang’s family concluded his words would pressure the kidnappers to bring him home safely.

• Lin Chen let the livestream audience grow to nearly ten million viewers, then told them a fairy tale about villagers defeating a wolf pack that had taken their children.
• Lin Chen announced he would donate one billion yuan to fight terrorism and expand his research into drones and other military technology if people prevented him from pursuing art.
• Lin Chen promised to develop a new drone within three months and donate the first batch to the military and police, then sang a song and ended the livestream.
• Zhang Yang’s Mom worried that Lin Chen had not mentioned Zhang Yang, but Zhang Yang’s father believed Lin Chen’s pledges would pressure the kidnappers to return him safely.
• Zhang Yang’s Grandpa said he would accept Zhang Yang’s death if it helped Lin Chen focus on military technology and strengthen the country.

After Lin Chen’s donation and the threat to Zhang Yang, China’s military organized a major counterterrorism response, while the United States publicly supported Zhang Yang’s survival. Fearing joint operations, the kidnappers released him, and Sirius told Lin Chen that Zhang Yang was safe and would be brought back to China.

• Yang Jianghong told Zhang Wenzhong and other senior officials that Lin Chen was exceptionally capable and should not be alienated.
• China’s military agreed to form a thousand-person Counter-Terrorism Reinforcement Battalion, hold large-scale border exercises, and join police operations.
• The United States condemned the kidnapping and called for Zhang Yang to survive, fearing Lin Chen might otherwise focus on military research.
• The kidnappers in Southeast Asia decided to release Zhang Yang rather than risk joint counterterrorism operations.
• Zhang Yang found a phone, contacted the police, and was reported safe to China.
• Sirius called Lin Chen and promised to bring Zhang Yang back to China.

Lin Chen encouraged Lin Xiaoqian to keep folding paper airplanes by telling her they might someday build a real airplane together. The next day, his classmate Zhang Yang visited, and Lin Xiaoqian quickly solved a Math Olympiad problem that left him stumped.

• Lin Chen reassured Lin Xiaoqian that her efforts with paper airplanes could help them build an airplane in the future.
• After practicing Tai Chi, Lin Xiaoqian studied with Lin Chen and learned to call his visiting classmate Uncle.
• Zhang Yang arrived with gifts, thanked Lin Chen, and played with Lin Xiaoqian while Lin Chen prepared lunch.
• Lin Xiaoqian asked Zhang Yang to explain a problem from her second-year junior high Math Olympiad book.
• After Zhang Yang failed to understand the problem's online solution, Lin Xiaoqian thought it over and solved it herself.

Lin Chen welcomed Zhang Yang home and learned that Zhang Yang suspected his kidnappers were from East Sakura Country. After sharing a meal and discussing their old friends, Zhang Yang left, and Lin Chen helped Lin Xiaoqian continue practicing her drawing.

• Lin Chen served Zhang Yang and Lin Xiaoqian an elaborate meal, and Lin Xiaoqian praised Zhang Yang for answering her math questions.
• Zhang Yang told Lin Chen that masked kidnappers had taken him and that their movements made him suspect they were from East Sakura Country.
• Lin Chen reasoned that the kidnappers may have targeted Zhang Yang to divert attention from East Sakura Country, and Zhang Yang thanked him for helping.
• Zhang Yang tasted Lin Chen's cooking, learned about his million-yuan private kitchen, and suggested meeting Zhou Hao for drinks that evening.
• After Zhang Yang left, Lin Chen reviewed Lin Xiaoqian's drawing, and she asked to keep practicing instead of napping.

Xu Mengyao told Lin Chen that Star Dream Technology’s valuation had risen to 27 billion, and the Song Family transferred him 15 billion. After spending the evening with his family, Lin Chen went to meet Zhang Yang, who challenged him to drink as revenge for Lin Xiaoqian’s math skills.

• Xu Mengyao told Lin Chen that Star Dream Technology’s valuation had reached 27 billion after rising twice and then surging by fifty percent.
• Song Shize told Lin Chen that the Song Family had raised 15 billion, and Lin Chen received the transfer, bringing his bank balance to 23.9 billion.
• Lin Xiaoqian said she wanted to make money for her family, and Lin Chen told her to study math before learning other skills.
• Lin Chen practiced Tai Chi with Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian, then left after Lin Xiaoqian fell asleep.
• Zhang Yang challenged Lin Chen to drink two cases of beer because Lin Xiaoqian had dealt him a blow with her math ability.

Lin Chen reunited with Zhang Yang and Zhou Hao, then offered Zhang Yang a role preparing for a robotics venture and helped Zhou Hao pursue his goal of joining the military. The chapter ended with Yang Jianghong agreeing to take Zhou Hao in.

• Zhou Hao and Zhang Yang joked with Lin Chen about his sudden success and marveled that Qian Qian was studying junior high math problems before turning three.
• Zhang Yang apologized for the events that had led Lin Chen to donate a billion, and Lin Chen said the donation had also deterred others from targeting his family.
• Lin Chen asked Zhang Yang to help acquire and integrate robotics companies, and Zhang Yang eagerly accepted the role.
• Zhou Hao told his father he still wanted to join the military, and Lin Chen assured his father that he could help.
• Lin Chen called Yang Jianghong to ask him to take Zhou Hao into the military, and Yang Jianghong agreed.

Lin Chen arranged for Zhou Hao to join Yang Jianghong’s Counter-Terrorism Reinforcement Battalion and prescribed medicine to help him train. He then secured a one-billion-dollar drone order from Prince Hayel, raising his pocket money to 30.9 billion yuan.

• Lin Chen learned that Yang Jianghong was in charge of a thousand-man Counter-Terrorism Reinforcement Battalion and offered Zhou Hao a place in the unit.
• Zhou Hao agreed to join despite the difficult, dangerous training, and Lin Chen gave him a prescription to aid his recovery.
• Lin Chen diagnosed Zhang Yang with kidney deficiency and promised to give him a prescription after Zhang Yang tried to deny it.
• Prince Hayel asked Lin Chen to sell him the New Model Drone, and Lin Chen agreed to discuss the new model later while accepting an order for one hundred thousand current drones for one billion U.S. dollars.
• Lin Chen received the payment, bringing his pocket money to 30.9 billion yuan.

Lin Chen reached Grandmaster level in Aircraft Manufacturing Technology and supplied Academician Luo with a new material formula to address problems with China's Sixth-Generation Aircraft. As Lin Chen worked on a drone control program, Academician Luo confirmed that the material performed as described.

• Lin Chen's Aircraft Manufacturing Skill reached Grandmaster level, and Lin Xiaoqian said she wanted to build a huge airplane with him someday.
• Lin Chen learned that his new skills included Sixth-Generation fighter technology and decided to develop an Intelligent Control Program for drones.
• Sirius and Xu Xiangyang told Lin Chen that engine durability and Stealth Coating were major obstacles for the Sixth-Generation Aircraft.
• Lin Chen sent Academician Luo a new material formula, and Luo secretly made a test sample.
• Lin Chen spent the day and night typing the drone's Intelligent Control Program while caring for Lin Xiaoqian.
• Academician Luo tested the sample and found that its performance matched Lin Chen's description.

Academician Luo confirmed that Lin Chen’s method produced a high-performance material that could extend Sixth-Generation Aircraft engine life and reduce production costs, prompting Song Zhihai to classify the discovery as top secret. Lin Chen finished an advanced drone control system, then rested and joined Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian for breakfast, where Xu Mengyao’s seafood congee proved inedible.

• Academician Luo called Song Zhihai to report that Lin Chen’s method had yielded a new material suitable for aircraft engines and aerospace applications.
• Academician Luo said the material could give Sixth-Generation Aircraft engines more than ten thousand hours of service life and lower their manufacturing costs, and Song Zhihai ordered the discovery kept top secret.
• Lin Chen completed a more intelligent drone control system while Xu Mengyao watched, then explained its military and export versions to her.
• Xu Mengyao urged Lin Chen to rest, and he slept for an hour before getting up with Lin Xiaoqian.
• Xu Mengyao served seafood congee that smelled too strongly, so Lin Chen suggested they eat Dumplings instead.

Lin Chen agreed to teach Lin Xiaoqian another foreign language and promised to spend more time with her while Xu Mengyao was busy. After Lin Chen refused payment for the New Super Material patent, officials discussed rewarding and protecting him, and he gained a new ability at the amusement park.

• Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao agreed that Lin Chen would teach Lin Xiaoqian another foreign language, and Lin Xiaoqian chose the second language he demonstrated.
• Lin Xiaoqian told Lin Chen that Xu Mengyao had little time for her, and Lin Chen promised to spend more time with her and said she would have siblings after learning two more languages.
• Xu Xiangyang told Lin Chen that the New Super Material had been manufactured and asked him to name it and set a patent price, but Lin Chen declined payment so the country could spend the money on equipment.
• Officials decided to strengthen security for Lin Chen and his family, while discussing whether to make him an academician and concluding that it could make him a target.
• At the amusement park, Lin Chen's Roof-Running and Wall-Climbing reached Grandmaster level, and the system confirmed he could now jump ten meters high.

Lin Chen gained the Hidden Weapon Skill while helping Lin Xiaoqian win a doll at a park dart stall, then learned his security detail had expanded. He told Sirius he would provide another new material for the Sixth-Generation Aircraft Stealth Coating in a few days.

• Lin Chen took Lin Xiaoqian from the crowded amusement park to a nearby park, where the system granted him the Hidden Weapon Skill as he played darts with her.
• Lin Xiaoqian won the doll she wanted after Lin Chen spent five hundred yuan on darts, and he reassured her that the money had made several people happy.
• Lin Chen left the doll at the stall and promised Lin Xiaoqian they could come back to play again.
• Lin Chen noticed more vehicles following him and learned from Sirius that his security force had increased to seventy-two people, with added protection for his family.
• Lin Chen thanked the higher-ups and told Sirius he would provide another new material related to the Sixth-Generation Aircraft Stealth Coating in a few days.

Lin Chen finished a new drone control system and deployed it for surveillance, while he and Sirius arranged a secure villa and bunker. The upgraded drones flagged a woman as a likely military-trained, hostile person, leaving Lin Chen and National Security agents to verify the alert.

• Lin Chen asked Sirius to secure land near Magic City for a defensible villa with a laboratory and doomsday bunker, and promised to finish the design drawings within three days.
• Sirius told Xu Xiangyang that Lin Chen might soon produce a solution for Sixth-Generation Aircraft stealth coating, and Xu ordered that the information remain secret.
• Lin Chen worked through the night to complete the new Drone Control System and installed it on four drones, which he sent to discreet surveillance positions.
• After confirming the system worked, Lin Chen upgraded Liu Feng's sixty drones and expanded their patrols around the area.
• A patrolling drone identified a woman as likely to have military training and be evading drones with hostile intent, and the alert appeared on Lin Chen's and two National Security agents' Smart Glasses.

National Security detained Huang Xuemei, who confessed to being a spy but said she had not received a mission. After arranging a discounted drone purchase for National Security, Lin Chen encountered Xu Mengyao's greedy paternal uncles and shut the door on them.

• National Security agents detained Huang Xuemei and pressured her during questioning until she confessed to being a spy who had moved nearby to learn the area.
• Sirius warned Lin Chen that other spies might still pose a threat and asked to buy three thousand drones for National Security.
• Lin Chen agreed to sell the drones for ten thousand yuan each and arranged for National Security to collect them from a shipment bound for Camel Country.
• Xu Mengyao's two paternal uncles arrived at Lin Chen's home with gifts, saying they had come to visit before the wedding.
• Lin Chen recognized them from Xu Mengyao's account of their greed, said she had never mentioned having paternal uncles, and shut the door.

Lin Chen rejected Xu Guangyao and Xu Renchang’s attempt to use Xu Mengyao’s wedding to get close to the family and warned them away. The uncles later confronted Xu Mengyao at Xu Group, demanded money, and threatened to expose secrets about her relationship with Lin Chen and Qian Qian.

• Lin Chen called Xu Guofeng, who warned him that Xu Guangyao and Xu Renchang had committed serious wrongs and urged him not to let them back into the family’s life.
• After Xu Mengyao told Lin Chen not to help her uncles, Lin Chen threatened to investigate them and had Liu Feng bar them and their families from disturbing the couple.
• Xu Guangyao and Xu Renchang discussed their desire to claim part of Xu Guofeng’s wealth, then went to Xu Group and were initially stopped by National Security agents.
• Lin Chen allowed the uncles to meet Xu Mengyao while ordering Liu Feng to investigate their crimes and ensure her safety.
• Xu Guangyao and Xu Renchang demanded fifty million yuan each and threatened to reveal that Xu Mengyao and Lin Chen had not married for love and that Qian Qian was not the product of their love, leaving Xu Mengyao furious.

Xu Mengyao’s relatives threatened to expose the circumstances of Lin Xiaoqian’s birth unless they received money, so Lin Chen arranged for them and their families to be arrested. After the news spread, Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao chose to explain Xiaoqian’s origins themselves, but Xiaoqian said the princess in their story had met her prince, not an ordinary man.

• Xu Guangyao and Xu Renchang demanded one hundred million from Xu Mengyao and threatened to reveal that Lin Xiaoqian was conceived accidentally.
• Xu Mengyao told Lin Chen what had happened, and Lin Chen promised to handle the relatives and called Sirius to arrange their arrests.
• Police arrested Xu Guangyao, Xu Yuanchang, and members of their families on other charges, despite their protests.
• News of the arrests spread online, and Xu Mengyao worried that the story of Xiaoqian’s birth would circulate.
• Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao decided to tell Xiaoqian about her origins through a story about a princess and an ordinary man.
• Lin Xiaoqian corrected Lin Chen, saying the princess had met her own prince, and asked Xu Mengyao to confirm it.

Xu Mengyao and Lin Chen reassured each other after the news about their past became public, and positive reactions eased her fears. As the family prepared to return for the wedding, Lin Xiaoqian helped pack and upgraded Lin Chen’s System Space to 3,000 cubic meters.

• Xu Mengyao praised Lin Xiaoqian for correcting Lin Chen’s story, and Lin Chen explained their meeting as a fortunate accident before playing with her.
• Xu Mengyao checked public reactions and found that most people viewed her story positively, which relieved her long-held anxiety.
• Lin Chen posted a family photo on Douyin, where fans responded enthusiastically and drowned out the few critics.
• Xu Mengyao and Lin Chen discussed his overseas readership and his decision to keep posting only half of each English Fairy Tale until the United States ended its sanctions.
• Chen Mei called to check on the family, and Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao decided to return that day for the wedding preparations.
• Lin Xiaoqian helped pack their suitcases, causing the System to expand Lin Chen’s System Space to 3,000 cubic meters.

Lin Chen prepared to move his family and planned a heavily fortified future home with an underground Doomsday Bunker. Meanwhile, Wu Haoyu died of suspected poisoning in prison after threatening to take revenge on Lin Chen.

• Lin Chen reassured Lin Xiaoqian about bringing her toys and told her that learning could someday make seemingly magical things possible.
• Sirius found Lin Chen a plot of just over four mu, and Lin Chen said he would build a fortified home with a Doomsday Bunker beneath it.
• Lin Chen, Xu Mengyao, Lin Xiaoqian, Liu Feng, and nine National Security agents boarded a private jet bound for Silver City.
• Wu Haoyu told his prison underling that he would wait for a chance to take revenge on Lin Chen after his release.
• Wu Haoyu suddenly convulsed and died despite the prison guards' attempts to revive him, and the prison doctor said he appeared to have been poisoned.

Lin Chen learned that Wu Haoyu had been poisoned to death in prison, a killing that could make the public suspect him. As online criticism spread, Lin Chen rejected the idea of defending himself publicly and focused on preparing for his wedding.

• Liu Feng told Lin Chen that Wu Haoyu had died in prison, and Lin Chen asked Sirius to investigate the murder thoroughly.
• Lin Chen told Xu Mengyao that Wu Haoyu had been poisoned and that the killer might be trying to frame him.
• News of Wu Haoyu’s death spread online, prompting heated debate and criticism of Lin Chen.
• After Lin Chen and his family landed, Xu Mengyao showed him screenshots of comments attacking him, and Lin Chen suspected an organized smear campaign.
• Lin Chen refused to issue a public statement and told Xu Mengyao they still had plenty to do before their wedding.

Lin Chen faced a wave of public suspicion after foreign media accused him of murder, while authorities launched an urgent investigation into the attempt to frame him. He and Xu Mengyao continued preparing for their wedding, and the chapter ended with Lin Hai asking whether the scandal would affect it.

• Foreign reports accusing Lin Chen of murder spread online, and some Chinese people turned against him.
• Lin Chen reassured Xu Mengyao and suggested taking her and Qian Qian on a honeymoon around China after their wedding.
• Sirius told Lin Chen that investigators had formed a special task force and that a construction team would begin work on his villa the next day.
• Lin Chen urged Old Man Li not to attend the wedding if the case remained unresolved, but Old Man Li and other elders promised to come and support him.
• Zhao Zhiming ordered his task force to solve the case within forty-eight hours as Lin Chen and his family arrived at the decorated estate to discuss wedding arrangements.
• At dinner, Lin Hai asked Lin Chen whether the scandal would affect the wedding.

As online accusations over Wu Haoyu’s death spread, Lin Chen reassured his family and used a call to Xu Xiangyang to prompt an investigation into public intellectuals smearing him. The authorities began arresting several of them for unrelated offenses, while Lin Chen’s innocence remained to be established by the police.

• Lin Chen reassured Lin Hai that he had not arranged Wu Haoyu’s death and said the police would find the murderer.
• Lin Chen told Xu Xiangyang that he would delay the Stealth Coating while dealing with the online smears.
• Xu Xiangyang and Sirius decided to investigate public intellectuals for possible crimes rather than censor their speech.
• Police arrested a public intellectual in Magic City for organizing large-stakes gambling.
• National Security investigated and arrested other public intellectuals on differing charges.