Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xuesong and his influential calligraphy friends praised Lin Yu’s two fairy tales and agreed to help get them included in textbooks, boosting sales of his books. Lin Chen kept his identity secret and focused on Lin Xiaoqian, while Xu Mengyao’s awkward message hinted at growing warmth between them.

• Jiang Yan told Jiang Xuesong that Lin Yu had published two fairy tales, and Jiang Xuesong read them and called them timeless masterpieces suitable for textbooks.
• Jiang Xuesong hosted his old friends, who admired his Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection and learned that Lin Yu had written it.
• Jiang Xuesong urged his guests to read Lin Yu’s fairy tales, and they agreed to use their influence to support including the stories in textbooks.
• Chen Xinhan told Lin Chen that praise from Jiang Xuesong and his friends had driven book sales up, and Lin Chen limited signed books and warned him to protect his identity.
• Lin Chen focused on helping the sleeping Lin Xiaoqian, then received and saw Xu Mengyao recall a message asking whether he would feed her when she brought his basketball uniform.

Xu Mengyao and Shen Qing visited Lin Chen and Lin Xiaoqian, and Xu Mengyao brought Lin Chen his Basketball Uniform before discussing the Company Basketball Tournament with him. Lin Chen revealed that he had already bought their apartment, then asked Xu Mengyao whether she was staying the night.

• Xu Mengyao and Shen Qing arrived to visit Lin Xiaoqian, who asked to invite her friend Nannan to dinner another day.
• Xu Mengyao gave Lin Chen his Basketball Uniform, and Shen Qing asked Lin Xiaoqian whether Nannan's mommy was pretty.
• Xu Mengyao and Lin Chen discussed the tournament schedule, prizes, and how he would be introduced as her husband at the company.
• Xu Mengyao offered to buy the apartment for Lin Xiaoqian, but Lin Chen told her he had already bought it.
• Lin Chen asked Xu Mengyao if she was staying there that night.

Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao went for a walk, discussed their marriage and Xiaoqian’s future, and bought vegetables for dinner. Back home, Xu Mengyao admired Xiaoqian’s improved painting, and Xiaoqian urged her to reward Lin Chen with a kiss too.

• Lin Chen invited Xu Mengyao to live with him after her father returned, but she said her past trauma still gave her nightmares and asked him to keep working with Xiaoqian.
• Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao met Nannan and her mother, and Xu Mengyao teased Lin Chen for persuading her to marry him.
• Lin Chen reassured Xu Mengyao that he wanted neither her family’s money nor a step-parent for Xiaoqian, and they decided to buy more vegetables for dinner.
• Lin Chen returned home and began cooking while Xu Mengyao joined Xiaoqian and Shen Qing on the balcony to look at Xiaoqian’s improved painting.
• Xu Mengyao kissed Xiaoqian, and Xiaoqian sweetly suggested that she should reward Lin Chen with a kiss too.

Lin Chen celebrated buying his apartment with Xu Mengyao, Shen Qing, and Lin Xiaoqian, then agreed to take Xiaoqian to visit her grandparents in the United States. When Shen Qing left with Xu Mengyao’s car, Xu Mengyao stayed the night at Lin Chen’s apartment so Xiaoqian could sleep with both parents.

• Lin Chen cooked a celebratory dinner, and Xu Mengyao and Shen Qing praised how much his Cooking Skill had improved.
• Xu Mengyao asked Lin Chen to take Lin Xiaoqian to visit her grandparents in the United States after the basketball game, and he agreed.
• Lin Chen thanked Xu Mengyao for raising Xiaoqian, and Xu Mengyao hurried away to rejoin their daughter.
• Shen Qing left unexpectedly with Xu Mengyao’s car, leaving Xu Mengyao at Lin Chen’s apartment.
• Lin Xiaoqian asked to sleep with both parents, and Xu Mengyao agreed to stay the night while Lin Chen prepared to bathe Xiaoqian.

Lin Chen painted Xu Mengyao after seeing her emerge from the shower, and she accepted the painting while becoming increasingly comfortable staying near him. The next morning, they practiced calling each other husband and wife before Lin Xiaoqian woke and offered to fetch Daddy because she thought Mommy was sick.

• Lin Chen painted Xu Mengyao from memory and offered her the portrait, which she told him to keep from Lin Xiaoqian until it dried.
• Xu Mengyao returned to bed and slept more soundly than usual, reflecting that Lin Chen's home made her feel safe.
• Lin Chen told Xu Mengyao to practice calling him husband before they went to her company, and she repeatedly tried until the greeting sounded natural.
• Xu Mengyao hurried back to the bedroom after Lin Chen complimented her, privately admitting she was not especially bothered by his teasing.
• Lin Xiaoqian woke and offered to get Daddy because she thought Xu Mengyao was sick, but Xu Mengyao reassured her that she was fine.

Lin Chen took Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian to Xu Mengyao’s company, where Vice President Zhao met Lin Chen and mentioned that his son, Zhao Tianyou, would face him in the company basketball competition. After Zhao left, Lin Chen sensed something was wrong, and Xu Mengyao revealed that Zhao Tianyou had feelings for her.

• Lin Chen made breakfast for Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian, and Lin Xiaoqian persuaded Xu Mengyao to call him “husband.”
• Lin Chen drove Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian to her company, where Xu Mengyao showed him the facilities and brought them to her office.
• Vice President Zhao visited to see Lin Xiaoqian, met Lin Chen, and said his son Zhao Tianyou might play against him in the basketball competition.
• Lin Chen told Xu Mengyao that Vice President Zhao seemed suspicious, and Xu Mengyao said Zhao Tianyou had feelings for her.

Lin Chen met Xu Mengyao’s basketball teammates and proved himself a skilled player, boosting their confidence ahead of the company tournament. Zhao Tianyou learned Lin Chen had already left the court and remained determined to embarrass him, while wondering whether Xu Mengyao had recently married him.

• Xu Mengyao told Lin Chen that the Zhao Family owned thirteen percent of the company while her family owned fifty-one percent, and warned that Zhao Tianyou might target him.
• Xu Mengyao introduced Lin Chen as her husband and teammate to the eleven people gathered at the basketball court, then left with Lin Xiaoqian so they could relax around him.
• Lin Chen learned the teammates’ names, became their captain, and showcased his basketball skills with fast drives, three-pointers, and dunks.
• Xu Mengyao returned with Lin Xiaoqian, and Lin Chen said their team could reach the finals before they left to eat at home.
• A man reported to Zhao Tianyou that Lin Chen had left and most of the team were poor players; Zhao Tianyou vowed to make Lin Chen look foolish and questioned whether Xu Mengyao had recently obtained a marriage certificate.

Zhao Tianyou prepared to impress Xu Mengyao at the company basketball game, while Xu Mengyao told her parents she was only pretending to be with Lin Chen for Lin Xiaoqian’s sake. Team One fell far behind in its first match before Lin Chen arrived, leaving him to join the game with one quarter remaining.

• Zhao Huaiyuan urged Zhao Tianyou to show off his athleticism and win Xu Mengyao, and Zhao Tianyou said he had nothing to fear from Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen brought Lin Xiaoqian to the company, where Xu Mengyao encouraged him to get their daughter to eat before the basketball game.
• Zhao Huaiyuan introduced Zhao Tianyou to Lin Chen, and Zhao Tianyou challenged him to meet on the court.
• Xu Mengyao told Xu Guofeng that she and Lin Chen were only acting like a couple for Lin Xiaoqian, while her parents agreed to support her choice if she was happy.
• Team One fell twenty points behind Team Four while Lin Chen was absent, then Xu Mengyao told him one quarter remained and he hurried over with Lin Xiaoqian.

Lin Chen joined his team in the final quarter and turned a twenty-two-point deficit into a victory, impressing Zhao Tianyou, who had scored fewer points in an entire game. After Zhao Tianyou learned that his team would face Lin Chen’s next, he tried to criticize Lin Chen’s solo performance, but Xu Mengyao and Lin Chen dismissed his complaint.

• Lin Chen entered the game with ten minutes remaining and scored rapidly, first dunking and then making a three-pointer and free throw.
• Lin Chen kept scoring until his team tied the game with two minutes left, then led them to a 52–47 comeback win.
• Zhao Tianyou learned that Lin Chen had scored twenty-three points in ten minutes and watched video clips showing Lin Chen’s skill.
• Zhao Huaiyuan told Zhao Tianyou not to lose heart and reminded him that the next game would pit his team against Lin Chen’s.
• Zhao Tianyou praised Lin Chen before their match, then criticized him for making the game a one-man show; Xu Mengyao and Lin Chen rejected his criticism.

Lin Chen dominated a basketball game against Zhao Tianyou’s team, scoring forty points and leading Xu Dong’s side to a crushing victory. Zhao Huaiyuan comforted his defeated son afterward and reminded him that the Zhao Family still had substantial wealth.

• Lin Chen warned Xu Mengyao that the Zhao Family’s growing ambition could threaten her company, then joined Xu Dong’s team for the game.
• Lin Chen won the opening jump and repeatedly scored dunks after collecting his teammates’ missed shots, putting Zhao Tianyou’s team thirteen points behind at halftime.
• Lin Xiaoqian cheered for Lin Chen, while Xu Mengyao shared her water bottle and handed him a towel during the break.
• Lin Chen scored forty points as Xu Dong’s team beat Zhao Tianyou’s team seventy to forty-three, leaving Zhao Tianyou exhausted and humiliated.
• Xu Mengyao invited Lin Chen and Lin Xiaoqian to eat out after Lin Chen showered in her office, and Zhao Huaiyuan comforted Zhao Tianyou by pointing to the Zhao Family’s assets.

Zhao Tianyou received funding and advice from Zhao Huaiyuan to pursue Xu Mengyao while exploiting Lin Chen’s weaknesses. At dinner, Lin Chen patiently helped Lin Xiaoqian think through a piano question, and her efforts to get her parents to say “I love you” left Xu Mengyao embarrassed.

• Zhao Huaiyuan gave Zhao Tianyou two million and advised him to use his wealth carefully while waiting for Lin Chen’s flaws to show.
• Xu Mengyao, Lin Chen, and Lin Xiaoqian ate at a French restaurant, where Lin Xiaoqian praised Lin Chen’s cooking and suggested Xu Mengyao kiss him.
• Lin Chen told Lin Xiaoqian he could learn piano to teach her, and patiently explained why moving in with Xu Mengyao was not a simple solution.
• Lin Chen revealed that he had rented a small shop front, and Lin Xiaoqian suggested they could put a piano there.
• Lin Xiaoqian urged her parents to tell each other they loved one another; Lin Chen said it, but Xu Mengyao became embarrassed and changed the subject.

Lin Chen brought lunch to Xu Mengyao’s company and led his team to the Group A championship while caring for the sleepy Lin Xiaoqian. Xu Mengyao told him a Magic City basketball coach would attend the Finals, but Lin Chen remained uninterested in pursuing basketball.

• Xu Guofeng told Xu Mengyao that Lin Chen differed from what his investigators had reported, and planned to meet Lin Chen and Lin Xiaoqian when they visited.
• Lin Xiaoqian suggested that Lin Chen bring lunch to Xu Mengyao, so he brought homemade food to her company the next day.
• Lin Xiaoqian skipped her nap to watch Lin Chen play, but grew tired during the second game, and Lin Chen left the match to put her to sleep.
• Xu Mengyao told Lin Chen that his team had won the Group A championship, 52–45, and that Coach Liang would attend the Finals after seeing videos of him online.
• Xu Mengyao suggested that Lin Chen consider playing basketball and spoke hypothetically about their future together, but Lin Chen said caring for Xiaoqian mattered most to him.
• Xu Mengyao became embarrassed and told Lin Chen to leave once Xiaoqian woke up.

Liang Hui and Song Yuan watched Lin Chen dominate the basketball finals and invited him to join the Magic City Men's Basketball Team. The chapter ended with Song Yuan offering Lin Chen an annual salary of eight million.

• Liang Hui showed Song Yuan videos of Lin Chen's speed, jumping ability, and scoring, convincing him that Lin Chen was a major talent.
• Liang Hui told Song Yuan that Lin Chen was Xu Mengyao's husband, and the two decided to approach them together at the finals.
• Lin Chen arrived at the finals with Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian, then led his team to victory with dunks and three-pointers.
• After the game, Xu Mengyao introduced Lin Chen to Song Yuan and Liang Hui, and Liang Hui invited him to join the team.
• Song Yuan offered Lin Chen an annual salary of eight million.

Lin Chen agreed to play occasional basketball games for Song Yuan’s team so he could enjoy the sport and spend time with Lin Xiaoqian, while Xu Mengyao reflected on his intentions and invited him to stay over. A video call from Yang Qingyue ended with Lin Xiaoqian telling her that she and Xu Mengyao were at Lin Chen’s house.

• Lin Chen declined to sign with Song Yuan’s team but agreed to play in selected matches when he had time, asking to skip training and for seats for Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian.
• Lin Chen told Xu Mengyao he wanted to play basketball for enjoyment, to be there for Lin Xiaoqian, and to show that he was a capable husband.
• Xu Mengyao gave Lin Chen her car keys and asked him to stay at her place after drinking, then drove him and Lin Xiaoqian home.
• Lin Xiaoqian greeted Lin Chen from the car while Xu Dong and the others praised his family life.
• After Xu Mengyao answered a video call from Yang Qingyue, Lin Xiaoqian told her grandmother that she and Xu Mengyao were at Daddy’s house.

Xu Mengyao stayed at Lin Chen’s home with Lin Xiaoqian, while Lin Chen planned to meet Xu Mengyao’s parents before taking her and Qian Qian to the United States. After Xu Guofeng grew impressed by Lin Chen’s basketball skills, Lin Chen reached master-level basketball ability.

• Lin Xiaoqian told Yang Qingyue that Xu Mengyao and she were staying with Lin Chen, then asked Xu Mengyao to bathe her because she feared her mother might leave.
• Xu Mengyao worried that her parents would suspect something about her relationship with Lin Chen, and Lin Chen said he would win their approval and asked what gifts they liked.
• Xu Guofeng told Yang Qingyue that he would respect Xu Mengyao’s choice and said he now approved of Lin Chen after seeing his basketball highlights.
• Xu Guofeng offered to use his connections to help Lin Chen enter the NBA if Lin Chen wanted to develop in the United States.
• Lin Chen played basketball with Lin Xiaoqian, and the system upgraded his basketball ability to master level after he spent ten hours teaching her.

Lin Chen and Lin Xiaoqian flew to New York on Xu Mengyao’s private jet, where Lin Chen gained extensive knowledge of the aircraft by folding paper airplanes with his daughter. After arriving, they went to the hospital to visit Xu Mengyao’s parents, and Lin Chen knocked on their room door.

• Lin Chen and Lin Xiaoqian boarded Xu Mengyao’s Gulfstream G550 and took off for New York.
• Lin Chen used the paper-airplane activity to learn a great deal about the plane, while Lin Xiaoqian folded planes and later slept.
• Lin Chen and Lin Xiaoqian landed at New York International Airport and rode to their hotel in a car arranged by Xu Mengyao.
• The driver told Lin Chen that Xu Guofeng and Xu Mengyao’s mother were in District 3, Room 306, and gave him a hospital pass.
• Lin Chen and Lin Xiaoqian went to the hospital with gifts, and Xu Mengyao called to speak with them before they reached the room.
• Lin Chen carried Lin Xiaoqian to District 3, Room 306, and knocked on the door.

Lin Chen brought Lin Xiaoqian to visit her hospitalized grandmother, Yang Qingyue, and met her grandparents, Xu Guofeng and Yang Qingyue. Xu Guofeng accepted Lin Chen as a potential partner for Xu Mengyao and offered financial or career support, while Lin Chen revealed he already had a job.

• Lin Chen and Lin Xiaoqian arrived at the hospital suite, where Xu Guofeng welcomed them and Lin Chen gave him a painting.
• Lin Xiaoqian reunited with Yang Qingyue, worried over her illness, and suggested Lin Chen cook food for her.
• Yang Qingyue and Xu Guofeng talked with Lin Chen and learned he knew some medicine and had impressed them with his basketball skills.
• Xu Guofeng offered to help Lin Chen enter the NBA or provide a ten million Startup Fund, and explained he would support Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao if their relationship was genuine.
• Lin Chen promised to help Xu Mengyao move on from her past trauma and told Xu Guofeng that he already had a job.

Lin Chen told Xu Guofeng that he was the acclaimed Fairy Tale Master Lin Yu, surprising Xu Guofeng and later Yang Qingyue. After Lin Chen left with Lin Xiaoqian, Xu Guofeng and Yang Qingyue examined his Pine and Crane Painting and suspected he had painted it himself.

• Lin Chen told Xu Guofeng he earned millions from writing Fairy Tales and revealed that Lin Yu was his Pen Name.
• Xu Guofeng learned that Xu Mengyao knew Lin Chen's identity but had kept it from her parents at his request.
• Yang Qingyue asked Lin Xiaoqian about her parents, and Xiaoqian said they kissed in their room.
• After Lin Chen left with Lin Xiaoqian, Xu Guofeng told Yang Qingyue that Lin Chen was Lin Yu.
• Xu Guofeng and Yang Qingyue examined Lin Chen's Pine and Crane Painting, suspected he had painted it, and Xu Guofeng prepared to call Xu Mengyao.

Xu Guofeng and Yang Qingyue learned more about Lin Chen’s hidden talents and encouraged Xu Mengyao to pursue him, while she admitted she had feelings for him. The next morning, Lin Chen’s cooking restored Yang Qingyue’s appetite, and Xu Guofeng asked him to prepare meals for her during their hospital stay.

• Xu Guofeng questioned Xu Mengyao about Lin Chen’s painting, and she confirmed Lin Chen was Lin Yu and admitted she had some affection for him.
• Xu Mengyao told her parents that Lin Chen had world-class cooking skills and likely knew seven or eight foreign languages, then warned them to keep his abilities secret.
• Xu Guofeng and Yang Qingyue urged Xu Mengyao to seize her chance with Lin Chen, and she said that if he chose someone else, they simply were not meant to be.
• Lin Chen brought six dishes to the hospital, and Yang Qingyue and Xu Guofeng were astonished by his cooking.
• Xu Guofeng asked Lin Chen to bring Yang Qingyue a meal each day while they were in the hospital, and Lin Chen agreed.

Lin Chen visited a shooting range, where he killed two assassins who attacked him and Solina. After returning to the hotel, he told Xu Guofeng what happened and learned that Solina’s family was far more powerful than the Xu Family.

• Xu Guofeng asked Lin Chen to be patient and understanding about Xu Mengyao’s trauma, and Lin Chen said he would protect her.
• Xu Guofeng lent Lin Chen his Black Card to try firearms at a nearby shooting range.
• A blonde woman named Solina offered Lin Chen money to work as her bodyguard, but he refused.
• Two armed assassins approached Lin Chen and Solina, and Lin Chen shot them dead when they attacked.
• Solina offered Lin Chen her family’s help and arranged for her people to handle the bodies, while Lin Chen left and switched taxis before returning to the hotel.
• Lin Chen told Xu Guofeng about the shooting, and Xu Guofeng explained that Solina’s family was much more powerful than the Xu Family.