Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao obtained a marriage certificate while agreeing to keep their marriage secret from their families and Lin Xiaoqian for now. Lin Chen gave Xu Mengyao roses and planned to use them to make their relationship look real, but Lin Xiaoqian asked why she had not received flowers too.

• Xu Mengyao learned that Lin Chen spoke several languages fluently and asked about his work and earnings, but he postponed explaining his previous job.
• Lin Chen drove Xu Mengyao to her villa to get her Household Register, then took her to the Civil Affairs Bureau, where they married and received their Marriage Certificates.
• Xu Mengyao asked Lin Chen to keep their marriage secret from their parents and Lin Xiaoqian until she was older, and he agreed.
• Lin Chen bought Xu Mengyao roses, wrote a loving message on a card, and drew their family on it before taking photos of her with the bouquet.
• Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao returned to Shen Qing’s home, where Lin Xiaoqian greeted them happily and asked why Lin Chen had given Xu Mengyao flowers but not her.

Xu Mengyao said goodbye to Lin Chen and Lin Xiaoqian after their outing, while Shen Qing encouraged her to consider a real relationship with Lin Chen. Back home, Lin Chen reassured Xiaoqian that their family would stay together, then prepared more fairy tales and announced his upcoming print collection.

• Lin Chen showed Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian a card he had drawn, and Xu Mengyao said she had to leave for work.
• Xu Mengyao and Shen Qing drove away, and Shen Qing praised Lin Chen while suggesting Xu Mengyao develop a real relationship with him.
• Lin Xiaoqian told Lin Chen she was happy because she thought her parents loved each other and would not divorce, and Lin Chen promised their family would stay together.
• Chen Wenhan asked Lin Chen to prepare signed copies for his printed book, and Lin Chen agreed to sign a thousand copies.
• Lin Chen uploaded ten more fairy tales to Childlike Heart Network and announced that Lin Yu's Story Collection was printing.

Lin Chen signed books for Childlike Heart Network after Lin Yu’s fairy tales drew growing attention, and the site began selling the physical books. The first-minute sales surpassed ten thousand, leaving the launch off to a strong start.

• Lin Yu uploaded ten more fairy tales, and Liang Zhirong ordered a five-hundred-thousand budget to promote them and arranged for books to be delivered to Lin Chen.
• Chen Wenhan sent Li Lin with eleven hundred copies, instructing him to keep Lin Yu’s identity secret and bring one thousand copies back.
• Lin Chen brought Lin Xiaoqian to the storefront, checked the books, signed them, and kept twenty copies while sending the rest back with Li Lin.
• Lin Chen left Li Lin a signed book, and the next day Chen Xinhan told him that online purchases would open at noon.
• Readers rushed to buy the books when the link appeared, and sales exceeded ten thousand in the first minute.

Lin Chen’s Fairy Tale book sold out its first print run in twenty-two hours, prompting Childlike Heart Network to order another five hundred thousand copies. Xu Mengyao discovered the book, tipped Lin Yu as a Silver Alliance Leader, and planned to bring copies to Lin Chen’s home.

• Lin Chen learned from Chen Xinhan that Fairy Tale had sold one hundred thousand copies in its first hour.
• Xu Mengyao watched a video recommending Fairy Tale, read all forty stories, ordered two copies, and tipped Lin Yu ten thousand yuan.
• Lin Chen noticed the Silver Alliance tip and thanked the reader.
• The first three hundred thousand copies sold out in twenty-two hours, and Liang Zhirong arranged a reprint of five hundred thousand copies.
• Lin Chen signed the reprint contract and received two million three hundred and fifty thousand yuan, bringing his savings to three million one hundred thousand yuan.

Lin Yu's Fairy Tales gained huge popularity, prompting Childlike Heart Network to order a third batch of books and Lin Chen to sign more copies. When Lin Xiaoqian scratched her hand, Lin Chen applied medicine and gained Ancient Medical Skill from the system.

• Liang Zhirong and Chen Xinhan saw sales rise after Elder Gu and a celebrity praised Lin Yu's books.
• More than a dozen celebrities promoted Fairy Tales, and the second batch of five hundred thousand copies sold out in three days.
• Lin Chen agreed to a third printing of one million copies and two thousand signed books, earning 4.8 million from the contract.
• Lin Xiaoqian cried over a minor scratch, and Lin Chen applied medicine to her.
• The system awarded Lin Chen Ancient Medical Skill, but he decided not to pursue leveling it up by relying on Xiaoqian getting sick.

Lin Chen taught Lin Xiaoqian writing and English while the system improved his calligraphy and language skills. After Xu Mengyao asked him to translate a technical German document, she questioned her father Xu Guofeng about whether Lin Chen’s earlier background investigation had been thorough.

• Lin Chen taught Lin Xiaoqian writing, and the system raised his calligraphy to Grandmaster level.
• Lin Chen practiced English with Lin Xiaoqian, while the system advanced his Japanese and he reflected on the other languages he had learned.
• Xu Mengyao video-called Lin Chen and asked him to translate an urgent technical document in German.
• Lin Chen began translating the document and promised to send it to Xu Mengyao within half an hour.
• Xu Mengyao learned from Xu Guofeng that her mother was recovering and that her parents planned to return home in two months.
• Xu Mengyao asked Xu Guofeng whether the people who had investigated Lin Chen had failed to examine him thoroughly.

Xu Guofeng learned that Lin Chen had hidden exceptional language and cooking skills, while Yang Qingyue urged him not to interfere with Xu Mengyao’s choices despite the family’s financial risks. Lin Chen finished a German translation rapidly, then began signing books as his calligraphy reached Grandmaster level.

• Xu Mengyao told Xu Guofeng that Lin Chen spoke several foreign languages and was an excellent cook, surprising her father.
• Yang Qingyue told Xu Guofeng to let Xu Mengyao choose whom she loved, while Xu Guofeng worried that their thirty billion in wealth could make the family a target.
• Lin Chen sent Xu Mengyao the completed translation after twenty-seven minutes and refused her offer of a translation fee.
• Xu Mengyao’s company translator confirmed that Lin Chen’s German was far beyond his own.
• Lin Chen brought Lin Xiaoqian to his storefront, let her draw and sleep, then signed the delivered books with newly elevated Grandmaster-level calligraphy.

Lin Chen learned that his high-level skills could greatly increase Lin Xiaoqian’s talent, and he decided to nurture her interest in painting. Meanwhile, Chen Xinhan noticed that Lin Chen’s newer signatures had improved and brought one to calligraphy master Jiang Xuesong for an opinion.

• Lin Xiaoqian showed Lin Chen a drawing of their family, and the system explained that Lin Chen’s Grandmaster-level skills doubled her talent in those fields.
• Lin Chen estimated that Lin Xiaoqian had strong painting talent and promised to spend more time teaching her to draw.
• Li Lin delivered Lin Chen’s signed books to Chen Xinhan, who found the newer signatures more beautiful than the earlier ones.
• Chen Xinhan decided to include one of the later signed books in every five hundred copies of the third million-book order.
• Chen Xinhan visited Elder Jiang, also known as Jiang Xuesong, to ask him to examine a signature.

Jiang Xuesong examined Lin Yu’s signature and judged his calligraphy to be on par with the Yan-Liu Style, then learned that Lin Yu was actually in his twenties. He commissioned Lin Chen to write the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection for three hundred thousand, and Lin Chen finished the work at home with Lin Xiaoqian watching.

• Jiang Xuesong examined Lin Yu’s signature and said Lin Yu’s calligraphy surpassed his own and could stand alongside the Yan-Liu Style.
• Chen Xinhan told Jiang Xuesong that Lin Yu was a Fairy Tale author in his twenties, leaving Jiang Xuesong unable to believe it.
• Jiang Xuesong commissioned Lin Yu to write the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection for three hundred thousand, and Lin Chen accepted.
• Lin Chen bought fine calligraphy supplies and began writing the commissioned piece at home while Lin Xiaoqian watched.
• Lin Chen finished the flawless work and signed his name as Lin Chen, and Lin Xiaoqian praised him.

Lin Chen encouraged Lin Xiaoqian to approach another child, then played basketball with her while his basketball skills and physique improved through the system. Xu Mengyao joined them at home and cooked dinner, where Xiaoqian asked whether they would sleep together that night.

• Lin Chen mailed his calligraphy and took Lin Xiaoqian outside, where he encouraged her to ask a boy to play basketball with her.
• The boy refused, so Lin Chen comforted Xiaoqian and bought her a basketball to play with.
• The system reported that Lin Chen’s basketball skill was improving and that his physique had reached 112 points.
• Xu Mengyao called, came downstairs, and told Lin Chen and Xiaoqian to return in an hour so she could cook for them.
• Xu Mengyao served dinner at home, and Xiaoqian asked whether they would sleep together that night.

Lin Chen salvaged Xu Mengyao’s failed dinner and offered to teach Lin Xiaoqian drawing after she refused the art teacher Xu Mengyao had chosen. He painted an Eight Horses picture for Xu Mengyao to show the teacher, leaving the question of who would teach Xiaoqian unresolved.

• Xu Mengyao’s cooking disappointed Lin Xiaoqian, so Lin Chen reworked all four dishes and made them delicious.
• Xu Mengyao told Lin Chen she wanted to hire a renowned painter to teach Lin Xiaoqian, but Xiaoqian said she wanted Lin Chen to teach her.
• Lin Chen said his art skills were sufficient to teach Xiaoqian the basics and proposed showing the painter his work for an assessment.
• Lin Chen painted an Eight Horses picture and asked Xu Mengyao not to reveal who painted it when she took it to the teacher.

Lin Chen cared for Lin Xiaoqian after she caught a cold, while Childlike Heart Network offered him a lucrative contract for his new Fairy Tales. The chapter ended with Lin Xiaoqian waking up and telling her father how awful she felt.

• Lin Chen comforted Lin Xiaoqian, put her to bed, and uploaded ten more Fairy Tales to Childlike Heart Network.
• Publishers rushed to compete for Lin Yu’s new stories, and Liang Zhirong offered Lin Chen an eighteen percent royalty, a six-hundred-thousand signing bonus, and a one-million-copy first printing.
• Lin Chen accepted Childlike Heart Network’s offer and went to sleep.
• Lin Xiaoqian caught a cold after kicking off her blanket and began coughing during the night.
• Lin Xiaoqian woke up with a flushed face and told Lin Chen she felt awful.

Lin Chen cared for Lin Xiaoqian through her fever and used a medicinal bath as his medical skills rapidly improved. Meanwhile, Xu Mengyao brought Lin Chen’s Eight Horses Painting to Zhao Yanming, who judged its artist to be an extraordinary painter, potentially surpassing Xu Beihong.

• Lin Chen monitored Lin Xiaoqian’s fever through the night, treating her with fever reducer and wiping her down as needed.
• Lin Chen prepared dietary therapy and a medicinal bath, and his medical skills improved greatly while he cared for Lin Xiaoqian.
• After Lin Xiaoqian felt better, Lin Chen kept her home to rest and offered to teach her drawing.
• Xu Mengyao brought Lin Chen’s Eight Horses Painting to Zhao Yanming for appraisal instead of bringing Qian Qian for a lesson.
• Zhao Yanming praised the painting’s horses as nearly equal to Xu Beihong’s and asked Xu Mengyao who had painted it.

Xu Mengyao learned that Lin Chen’s painting could be worth eight hundred thousand and returned the painting he had made for Xiaoqian. She also discovered his skill at teaching Xiaoqian to paint and asked him about Zhao Yanming’s offer to buy another work.

• Zhao Yanming praised Lin Chen’s painting and offered eight hundred thousand for another work, but Xu Mengyao refused to sell the painting made for Xiaoqian.
• Xu Mengyao went to Lin Chen’s home to return the painting and a signed copy of Lin Yu’s Fairy Tale Collection.
• Xu Mengyao learned that Lin Chen had prescribed medicine for Xiaoqian’s cold and saw how well he had taught her to paint.
• Lin Xiaoqian teased Xu Mengyao about kissing Lin Chen, prompting Xu Mengyao and Lin Chen to speak privately.
• Xu Mengyao told Lin Chen that Zhao Yanming had offered eight hundred thousand for another painting of the same quality.

Lin Chen refused to sell his painting so he could keep a quiet life with Lin Xiaoqian, while Xu Mengyao discovered he was the fairy-tale author Lin Yu. He negotiated to buy their apartment for 11.88 million, and the owner eventually agreed to sell.

• Lin Chen declined Xu Mengyao's offer of 800,000 for his painting, explaining that he wanted to avoid fame and focus on raising Lin Xiaoqian.
• Lin Xiaoqian told Xu Mengyao that Lin Chen had written the fairy tales under the pen name Lin Yu, leaving Xu Mengyao astonished by his talents.
• Xu Mengyao left to return to work after saying goodbye to Lin Xiaoqian.
• After Lin Xiaoqian's fever went down, Lin Chen offered the apartment owner 11.88 million through the real estate agent.
• The agent negotiated with the owner, who finally agreed to sell the apartment for 11.88 million.

Lin Chen bought the home where he and Lin Xiaoqian lived, then learned that Jiang Xuesong considered his calligraphy nearly equal to the original Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection. Lin Chen declined further payment and refused to sell another work, while Jiang Xuesong planned to display the piece without revealing Lin Yu’s identity.

• Lin Chen met Manager Tan and signed the contract to buy his home while reassuring Lin Xiaoqian that they could stay there.
• Chen Xinhan received Lin Chen’s calligraphy and judged it superior to his earlier signature.
• Jiang Xuesong examined the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection and said it was nearly as good as the original and could become priceless over time.
• Jiang Xuesong offered Lin Chen another two hundred thousand and five hundred thousand for a second piece, but Lin Chen declined both offers.
• Jiang Xuesong asked to show the calligraphy to others, and Chen Xinhan agreed while keeping Lin Yu’s identity confidential.

Jiang Xuesong’s public praise of Lin Chen’s calligraphy boosted sales of Lin Yu’s book and drew attention from Xu Mengyao and her father. The chapter ended with Shen Qing warning Xu Mengyao that Zhang Tianyu might target Lin Chen and Qian Qian if she rejected him.

• Jiang Xuesong posted a photo of Lin Yu’s calligraphy on Weibo, drawing praise from calligraphy experts and spreading news of the work.
• Chen Xinhan told Lin Chen that Jiang Xuesong’s post had sharply increased traffic and book sales, while Lin Chen remained unconcerned.
• Lin Xiaoqian woke from her nap upset because she had wet the bed again, and Lin Chen comforted and changed her.
• Xu Mengyao showed Xu Guofeng Lin Chen’s calligraphy, and Xu Guofeng valued it at up to one million and urged her to buy it.
• Xu Mengyao told Shen Qing she was not interested in Zhang Tianyu, and Shen Qing warned that he might harm Lin Chen and Qian Qian; Xu Mengyao said he would not dare.

Xu Mengyao told Shen Qing that she and Lin Chen had secretly obtained a marriage certificate, prompting Shen Qing to encourage her to pursue a relationship with him. Xu Mengyao invited Lin Chen to join her company’s basketball game, and he agreed to practice and participate.

• Shen Qing urged Xu Mengyao to tell Lin Chen about her concerns, then revealed that she wanted to tag along for meals at his home.
• Xu Mengyao told Shen Qing that she and Lin Chen had obtained a marriage certificate, and Shen Qing suggested Lin Chen had deliberately persuaded her to marry him because he had feelings for her.
• Xu Mengyao admitted she did not know how to love someone and still had nightmares about being drugged three years earlier, while Shen Qing encouraged her to spend more time with Lin Chen.
• Xu Mengyao asked Shen Qing whether Lin Chen should join her company’s basketball game so their marriage could become public, and Shen Qing advised her to check whether he could play.
• Xu Mengyao called Lin Chen and invited him to the game; Lin Xiaoqian said Lin Chen could play basketball, and Lin Chen agreed to make time to practice.

Lin Chen spent time with Lin Xiaoqian, helped her make a new friend, and continued improving his basketball skills. While telling her a bedtime story, he reached Legendary level in Fairy Tale Creation, which made his stories more emotionally resonant and captivating.

• Xu Mengyao told Shen Qing that Lin Chen would join a team by drawing lots and said their marriage was a matter for their small family with Lin Xiaoqian.
• Lin Chen patiently played basketball with Lin Xiaoqian and Nannan, improving his skills as the girls played together.
• After returning home, Lin Chen encouraged Lin Xiaoqian to be brave with other children and answered her questions about inviting Nannan to eat with them.
• Over the next two days, Lin Chen increased his basketball practice with Lin Xiaoqian and accumulated five hours of teaching time.
• While telling Lin Xiaoqian a story, Lin Chen reached Legendary level in Fairy Tale Creation and learned that his stories could touch people's souls and become more captivating.

Lin Chen resumed writing Fairy Tales and posted two stories that drew an intense response from readers and impressed Childlike Heart Network’s editors. Xu Mengyao tipped him a Golden Alliance Leader, and Lin Chen wondered whether his new creative level could produce stories like these again.

• Lin Chen decided to write and publish Fairy Tales at a steady pace, then uploaded a powerful new story.
• Xu Mengyao read the tragic story, was moved to tears, and found Lin Yu’s next story soothing.
• Xu Mengyao tipped Lin Yu a Golden Alliance Leader, and Lin Chen thanked the wealthy Fleeting Dream by private message.
• Chen Xinhan and Feng Anren praised Lin Yu’s two stories as exceptional, while deciding not to promote them too boldly.