Chapter Summaries

Ye Yuan and Niuniu prepared Panda Garden on Fishing Bay Island for two baby pandas, and the bamboo they planted took root and tested as especially nutritious. Xishu Panda Base inspectors approved the garden, leaving Ye Yuan ready to welcome the pandas.

• Niuniu visited Ye Yuan at Panda Garden and offered to help plant bamboo so the pandas could come live there.
• Ye Yuan replaced the bamboo grove’s soil with soil from his space, and he and Niuniu helped the bamboo take root over half a month.
• A test report found no problems with the bamboo and said it was more nutritious for pandas than local Xishu bamboo.
• Engineer Xue and five inspectors toured Panda Garden, including its bamboo grove and heated greenhouse.
• Engineer Xue praised the garden and indicated that it passed inspection, while Ye Yuan promised the pandas would receive the best care.

Ye Yuan invited Professor Su Weiguo to Fishing Bay Island and asked how to establish an animal rescue base. He revealed that his panda application had already passed assessment and that two pandas would soon move into Panda Garden.

• Ye Yuan hosted the inspection team for a lavish seafood meal, then considered how to develop the island while accounting for its hidden Bali Tiger.
• Ye Yuan invited Professor Su Weiguo to the island, and Su agreed to bring his granddaughter Nian Xin the next day.
• Ye Yuan and Niuniu welcomed Su Weiguo and Nian Xin, while Niuniu took Nian Xin to Panda Garden.
• Su Weiguo recognized that Panda Garden was built for pandas and warned Ye Yuan that a rescue base would be costly and could not be used to obtain pandas.
• Ye Yuan told Su Weiguo that his application had already passed assessment in Xishu and that two pandas would soon arrive.

Ye Yuan secured approval to bring two Giant Pandas to Fishing Bay Island and arranged a plane to collect them from Xishu. He planned to travel there alone, keeping the trip secret from his family until he returned to Blue Island.

• Ye Yuan told Su Weiguo about the pandas, and Su Weiguo agreed to help get Ye Yuan's rescue center approved.
• Su Weiguo left the island with Nian Xin, while Ye Yuan kept Beast King hidden from him.
• Zhang Yuxin called Ye Yuan to confirm the paperwork was complete and said he could collect the pandas by air.
• Ye Yuan asked Wang Xuehong to lend him a private plane, and Wang agreed to arrange its flight to Xishu.
• Ye Yuan planned to take a passenger flight to Xishu the morning after next and keep his trip secret from his family.

Ye Yuan collected the Giant Panda cubs Qiuqiu and Xinxin from the breeding base and began transporting them to his island by plane. After the cubs eagerly ate bamboo leaves from his island during the trip, they boarded safely, though Qiuqiu became frightened during the plane’s climb.

• Ye Yuan arrived at the Giant Panda base, reunited with the cubs, and picked up Qiuqiu and Xinxin, the two pandas he had reserved for his island.
• Ye Yuan offered the cubs bamboo leaves from his island, and they all preferred his leaves to the base’s supply.
• Ye Yuan rode with Qiuqiu and Xinxin in the transport vehicle and kept them calm with food and attention during the three-hour drive to the airport.
• The keepers and medical team checked Qiuqiu and Xinxin before they boarded Wang Xuehong’s plane, with staff members holding the cubs in their seats.
• During the plane’s climb, Qiuqiu and Xinxin squirmed nervously, and Qiuqiu covered his eyes with his paws until the uncomfortable sensation passed.

Ye Yuan brought panda cubs Qiuqiu and Xinxin to Blue Island, where his friends and family gathered at the airport to welcome them. After learning the cubs needed time to settle in before visitors could see them, Ye Yuan and his mother called everyone to delay their visit, and the convoy dwindled.

• Xinxin kept eating bamboo leaves while Qiuqiu covered his eyes as their plane completed its flight to Blue Island.
• Ye Yuan found his family and friends waiting beside the runway, and Xu Hang explained that the airport had allowed them in because they were transporting giant pandas.
• The keepers carried Qiuqiu and Xinxin into a Mercedes-Benz van, while Niuniu and Nian Xin begged to ride with them.
• Lan Xin arranged for two police cars to lead the convoy as it followed the panda van through Blue Island.
• Ye Yuan told his mother that the cubs needed to be observed before receiving visitors, so they called everyone to postpone their visit.
• Cars began leaving the convoy as the callers informed the others, until fewer than five vehicles remained.

Ye Yuan brought the pandas Qiuqiu and Xinxin to Fishing Bay Island and helped them settle into their new home. Niuniu was disappointed that she could not stay and sleep with them, but Ye Yuan cheered her up with strawberries.

• Ye Yuan and the keepers took Qiuqiu and Xinxin by yacht from Pinghai County to Fishing Bay Island, where workers and crew welcomed them.
• Niuniu met the pandas, learned their names, and declared herself their big sister.
• The keepers settled Qiuqiu and Xinxin into the panda enclosure, and Ye Yuan gave them Spatial Lake Water to drink.
• Niuniu asked to sleep beside the pandas, but Ye Yuan told her she would have to wait until the next day.
• Ye Yuan found Niuniu playing with the Beast King and lifted her spirits with strawberries.

Ye Yuan took Niuniu to visit Qiuqiu and Xinxin at Panda Garden, where the cubs eagerly demanded his special bamboo leaves and water. After Ye Yuan rebuffed Shen Ying’s attempt to learn the water’s source, he left with the pandas while Han Xu worried about being left to handle the fallout.

• Ye Yuan reassured Niuniu that he had not secretly gone to see the pandas, then took her and Mother Ye to Panda Garden after breakfast.
• Qiuqiu and Xinxin clung to Ye Yuan’s pants for the bamboo leaves he usually brought them, and Han Xu said they preferred the water Ye Yuan had supplied.
• Shen Ying asked Ye Yuan where the water came from and said her base might buy it, but Ye Yuan refused and called it a nutrient solution they could not afford.
• Ye Yuan carried Qiuqiu and Xinxin out of the activity room, and Han Xu warned Shen Ying that he would have to deal with any trouble after she left.

Ye Yuan gave Xinxin and Qiuqiu pills that increased their intelligence and affection for him, and the cubs played gently with Niuniu and welcomed Ye Yuan’s mother. Han Xu grew more comfortable with Ye Yuan and asked him to arrange a ride for Shen Ying, while Ye Yuan introduced Li Hui as someone Han Xu could turn to for help.

• Ye Yuan secretly gave Xinxin a Spirit Opening Pill and a Loyalty Pill, then confirmed that Xinxin could understand and follow his commands.
• Ye Yuan fed Qiuqiu the same pills, and both cubs played happily with Niuniu and responded to her words.
• Mother Ye arrived, petted Xinxin, and held Qiuqiu, who eagerly rubbed against her feet.
• Han Xu watched the cubs play gently with Niuniu, then apologized for Shen Ying’s attitude and spoke with Ye Yuan.
• Han Xu asked Ye Yuan to give Shen Ying a ride off the island, and Ye Yuan called Li Hui over and introduced him as a person Han Xu could rely on.

Ye Yuan learned from Li Hui that word about the Giant Pandas had attracted unwanted attention to Fishing Bay Island and that fish thieves had already targeted the fish farm. Li Hui proposed installing radar and hiring suitable security staff, leaving Ye Yuan to consider the island’s security needs.

• Li Hui arranged for workers to escort Shen Ying to Blue Island West Station, then joined Niuniu and the pandas, while Han Xu noticed Qiuqiu and Xinxin seemed to understand Niuniu’s words.
• Li Hui pulled Ye Yuan out of the panda enclosure and raised concerns about the island’s security after Ye Yuan’s decision had stirred up trouble.
• Li Hui explained that news of the Giant Pandas had drawn visitors who were interested in the fish farm, and that drones had recorded fish thieves stealing from distant parts of it.
• Li Hui proposed installing radar to detect intruding boats, but explained that the island also needed enough people to drive off or detain thieves who might turn violent.
• Ye Yuan understood that Li Hui wanted more suitable security workers, despite having recently asked him to reduce the island’s staff.

Ye Yuan recruited Yu Hongbo’s discharged comrades to provide security on Fishing Bay Island and asked them to find a radar operator. Pei Fei then called Hua Qiang with news that settled Hua Xinyue’s request for a business opportunity on the beach.

• Ye Yuan asked Yu Hongbo about his discharged comrades and offered them island security jobs with a salary of seven thousand yuan a month, benefits, and a guaranteed year-end bonus.
• Yu Hongbo said he would contact the eight comrades and offered to ask another former comrade, a radar operator on Blue Island, to join them.
• Hua Qiang hesitated when his mother asked whether he had helped his sister Hua Xinyue lease a supermarket or drink stand on the beach.
• Pei Fei called Hua Qiang, and Hua Qiang returned to tell his mother that his sister’s matter had been settled.

Hua Qiang agreed to come to Fishing Bay Island to work as a radar operator, while Ye Yuan planned the island’s second phase of development and expanded security. The chapter ended with Ye Yuan committing to spend over one hundred million yuan on new facilities and upgraded roads.

• Hua Qiang told his mother he had agreed to work on Fishing Bay Island and asked that a supermarket be set up for his sister instead of negotiating for higher pay.
• Ye Yuan told Zhang Wujin he was recruiting Yu Hongbo’s former comrades and learned that an employee had turned away someone interested in leasing a tourist-area supermarket.
• Ye Yuan contacted his brother-in-law to plan new facilities for Fishing Bay Island and accommodate around twenty security personnel who would live there.
• Ye Yuan and his brother-in-law budgeted more than one hundred million yuan for the island’s development, prioritizing wider roads and streetlights despite his brother-in-law calling the plan wasteful.

Ye Yuan expanded plans to develop Fishing Bay Island, hired Hua Qiang to oversee security and a radar station, and welcomed friends who brought news about his wildlife rescue base and a lost scepter. Wang Xuehong’s suggestion to build an airport left Ye Yuan considering another major addition to the island.

• Ye Yuan decided to invest 200 million in developing Fishing Bay Island, focusing on the dock and employee rest area.
• Hua Qiang joined Ye Yuan’s security department for 8,000 a month and proposed building a radar station and communications network.
• Su Weiguo told Ye Yuan that approval paperwork for his wildlife rescue base was progressing, while Su Mei and little Nian Xin visited the Giant Pandas.
• Xiao Nan told Ye Yuan that Prince Dile of Tessa Country was offering 5 million Mi Jin for the Ancient Roman Scepter lost at sea, and asked Ye Yuan to help recover it; Ye Yuan said he might go after his island work eased.
• Wang Xuehong visited the Giant Pandas and suggested Ye Yuan build an airport, an idea that caught Ye Yuan’s interest.

Ye Yuan welcomed Zhao Chuan and Deng Kai to Fishing Bay Island, then used Zhao Chuan’s jade fragments to trigger an automatic system upgrade that consumed half his points. The upgrade remained in progress the next morning as construction began, and Ye Yuan decided to send Niuniu back to Blue Island for safety.

• Zhao Chuan arrived with a large box of jade fragments, while Deng Kai discussed the ornamental fish breeding base with Ye Yuan and later visited the Giant Panda with Zhao Chuan.
• Ye Yuan converted the jade fragments into points, triggering an automatic system upgrade that deducted one million points and sealed off the space.
• Ye Yuan went to bed while the system update crawled forward, leaving Big Yellow waiting in vain for their usual trip to the beach.
• Ye Yuan checked the update the next morning and found it was still less than twenty percent complete, then went running with Big Yellow and Duke Tank.
• Ye Yuan discussed the coming construction with his mother and decided to send Niuniu back to Blue Island to keep her away from the machinery.

Ye Yuan picked up Sister Wei in Guangshou and brought lumber to his father’s Guiying Antiques Shop in Blue Island. There, he followed Father Ye to appraise an imperial consort couch, whose age and origin remained uncertain.

• Ye Yuan refilled the water vats at Panda Garden, checked on Qiuqiu and Xinxin, and agreed to drive to Guangshou to pick up Sister Wei.
• Ye Yuan packed four sacks of wood offcuts, then drove to Blue Island with his mother and Niuniu.
• Ye Yuan and a shop assistant carried the lumber into Guiying Antiques Shop, where Father Ye directed the offcuts into the warehouse.
• A middle-aged man asked Father Ye to appraise an imperial consort couch at a nearby furniture store, and Father Ye called Ye Yuan along.
• The experts debated whether the couch dated from the Qing dynasty or the Republican era, and Boss Qian asked Father Ye for his judgment.

Elder Qu identified the chaise lounge as a masterfully made piece from the Republican era, while Ye Yuan discovered a hidden compartment in it containing rolled-up deerskin. The chapter left the deerskin’s contents unknown as Boss Qian negotiated a lower price for the lounge.

• Father Ye felt unable to appraise the chaise lounge, and Ye Yuan realized his basic furniture knowledge could not determine its exact era.
• Elder Qu examined the chaise lounge and judged it to be a Republican-era piece, explaining that its decorative patterns distinguished it from late Qing furniture.
• The seller accused Elder Qu and Boss Qian of conspiring to lower the price, but Elder Qu offered carbon-14 testing as a way to verify his appraisal.
• Elder Qu asked Father Ye to introduce him to Ye Yuan, then watched as Ye Yuan studied the chaise lounge.
• Ye Yuan used his perception to find a hidden compartment containing a rolled-up piece of deerskin, which reminded him of the map he had found in a Wakizashi.
• Boss Qian offered the seller at most 180,000 for the chaise lounge after learning it was from the Republican era.

Ye Yuan bought a Republican-era chaise lounge for 350,000 yuan because he knew it held a hidden compartment. He found a deerskin scroll inside, only to discover it contained an aphrodisiac medicinal-wine recipe, while Elder Qu admired the furniture’s ingenious mechanism.

• Ye Yuan waited until the seller had left Boss Qian’s shop before offering to buy the chaise lounge.
• Ye Yuan bargained the seller down from 400,000 to 350,000 yuan and had the chaise lounge moved into his father’s shop.
• Ye Yuan brought Father Ye and Elder Qu into the office and found the hidden compartment in the chaise lounge.
• Ye Yuan removed the deerskin scroll and discovered that it contained a recipe for aphrodisiac medicinal wine.
• Elder Qu praised the hidden compartment’s craftsmanship while Ye Yuan dismissed his excitement.

Ye Yuan sold the chaise lounge to Elder Qu and showed him the medicinal wine recipe hidden inside it. Elder Qu recognized Ye Yuan as Song Guangren’s disciple, revealed their history as senior and junior brothers, and told Ye Yuan to call him Uncle-Master.

• Elder Qu offered Ye Yuan one hundred and fifty thousand for the chaise lounge, and Ye Yuan accepted the payment.
• Ye Yuan showed Father Ye and Elder Qu the deerskin recipe for Tiger Bone Wine, which they considered difficult to use but worth keeping as an antique.
• Elder Qu asked who had taught Ye Yuan furniture-making, and Ye Yuan said he had learned from Old Man Song.
• Elder Qu called Old Man Song, joked about returning a Shouziwen semi-circular table, and confirmed that Song Guangren had taught Ye Yuan.
• Elder Qu told Ye Yuan that his master was named Song Guangren and said Ye Yuan should call him Uncle-Master.

Ye Yuan learned that Elder Qu had recognized his furniture-making skill and then traveled to Guangshou City to visit Wei Yan’s family. After inspecting He Guangzhong’s smart greenhouses, Ye Yuan decided their automated systems could help organize the crops in his space, and Wei Yan asked whether he planned to become a farmer.

• Elder Qu explained that Ye Yuan’s Official’s Hat Chairs had convinced him Ye Yuan surpassed his own disciples, so he invited Ye Yuan to visit his collection.
• Ye Yuan left his father’s shop and drove to Guangshou City, arriving at Wei Yan’s family home in the afternoon.
• Wei Yan introduced Ye Yuan to her daughter Guo Ying and son-in-law He Guangzhong, whose greenhouses Ye Yuan eagerly toured.
• He Guangzhong explained how smart greenhouses used automated systems to control growing conditions and improve yields.
• Ye Yuan asked how much the equipment for ten mu of greenhouse land would cost, and He Guangzhong estimated one million.
• Wei Yan asked Ye Yuan whether he planned to switch careers and start farming.

Ye Yuan brought Wei Yan and her family to Fishing Bay Island, where they met the Giant Panda cubs Qiuqiu and Xinxin. Han Xu suggested using the pandas to promote the island’s brands, then asked Ye Yuan if he could take them to Blue Island for a checkup, leaving Ye Yuan worried that something was wrong.

• Ye Yuan explained to Wei Yan that he wanted to copy He Guangzhong’s efficient setup for a vegetable patch on his own island, then traveled with Wei Yan, Guo Ying, and He Guangzhong toward Fishing Bay Island.
• Ye Hui joined Ye Yuan’s car and teased him about getting married; after Ye Yuan joked that Qiuqiu and Xinxin liked bamboo leaves, Ye Hui revealed they were Giant Panda cubs.
• At the dock, Ding Yi was waiting aboard the Water Controller, and the group returned to Fishing Bay Island and went straight to Panda Garden.
• Qiuqiu and Xinxin rushed to Ye Yuan, while Wei Yan and Guo Ying held the cubs and joked about their weight and their mother-daughter relationship.
• Han Xu proposed having Qiuqiu and Xinxin promote Aftertaste Wine and Yuwan Seafood; Ye Hui supported a seafood advertisement but ruled out wine.
• Han Xu asked Ye Yuan for permission to take the pandas to Blue Island for a checkup, and Ye Yuan worried that they might be ill.

Ye Yuan arranged health examinations for Qiuqiu and Xinxin, then showed Wei Yan his fish farm, where she agreed to long-term supply deals. After Wei Yan's family left, Ye Yuan waited beneath the grape arbor as the system update neared completion.

• Han Xu worried that Qiuqiu and Xinxin's unusually high activity might signal a health problem, so Ye Yuan agreed to take them for examinations.
• Ye Yuan and Han Xu flew with the pandas to Su Weiguo's research institute, where examinations found both pandas exceptionally healthy.
• Wei Yan inspected Ye Yuan's fish farm, was impressed by its premium abalones and fish, and signed a long-term abalone supply contract.
• Wei Yan's inspection also gave Ye Yuan a stable sales channel for large yellow croaker swim bladders, and He Guangzhong offered to help him obtain a customized intelligent system.
• After Wei Yan's family left Fishing Bay Island, Ye Yuan sat beneath the grape arbor and carved absentmindedly while the system update reached 97%.