Chapter Summaries

Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng tried to make Zhou Zeyang look like a capable, ambitious successor at a board meeting, but his staged entrance and improvised presentation turned into a series of blunders. Their next attempt to show his gentle side at the company cafeteria ended with Zhou Zeyang insulting the food, leaving Dad Zhou doubtful that the plan could work.

• Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng dressed Zhou Zeyang in black and coached him to act like a cold, ambitious rival for the CEO position.
• Zhou Zeyang made a dramatic entrance into the board meeting with a blower and a freshly mopped runway, then slipped into a split and slid to Wang Ming's feet.
• Zhou Zeyang read a business presentation full of jargon, then improvised with video game terms that confused the board.
• Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng took Zhou Zeyang to the cafeteria to demonstrate his kind personality, but he complained about the portions and mocked the rice porridge.
• Dad Zhou remarked that Zhou Zeyang seemed ready to kiss the food if Zhou Jingcheng did not stop him.

Shi Jihan received his final task: get Zhou Jingcheng’s parents to support Zhou Zeyang taking over, a step that would make the system decide Zhou Jingcheng had lost everything and send Shi Jihan home. Zhou Jingcheng arranged for his family to sign the CEO succession documents, and the task was completed, leaving the system’s final determination pending.

• Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng staged a photo that completed the task to build Zhou Zeyang’s image as a dependable successor.
• The Main System issued Shi Jihan his final task and explained that completing it could end the storyline and force him to return home.
• Shi Jihan worried that Zhou Jingcheng would lose his career and identity if he came with him, but Zhou Jingcheng proposed triggering a game bug by having his parents sign the CEO succession agreement.
• Zhou Jingcheng had Secretary Sun prepare the documents, and his parents and Zhou Zeyang came to the office to sign them.
• Zhou Zeyang signed the succession contract while his parents argued over who should take over, and the system confirmed Shi Jihan had completed the final task.

Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng decided to visit Shi Jihan’s original world for a day after the Main System failed to send him back. Shi Jihan woke in a university exam room and immediately regretted the trip.

• The Main System’s assessment failed because Zhou Jingcheng’s anchor point had become Shi Jihan, and Zhou Jingcheng said losing Shi Jihan would mean losing everything.
• The Main System arrived, found Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng refusing to separate, and offered Shi Jihan a one-day visit to his original world.
• Shi Jihan agreed to go with Zhou Jingcheng, while the Main System opened a transmission and the two traveled as consciousnesses.
• Shi Jihan woke in a university examination room with a blank Chinese test, and Zhou Jingcheng admitted he could not answer any questions.

Shi Jihan finished his exam using Zhou Jingcheng as a screen for his notes, then returned to his dorm and took Zhou Jingcheng to visit his grandparents’ graves. After introducing Zhou Jingcheng as his boyfriend and sharing his memories, Shi Jihan headed to his old home to sell its furniture and appliances.

• Shi Jihan covered Zhou Jingcheng with excerpts from a classical Chinese text and copied them during the open-book exam, then handed in his paper early.
• Shi Jihan returned to his cramped dorm, packed his belongings into Zero-Zero-Zero, and told Zhou Jingcheng they were going to visit his grandparents.
• Shi Jihan explained his grandparents’ deaths in a car accident and told them he was doing well, while Zhou Jingcheng introduced himself as Shi Jihan’s boyfriend.
• Shi Jihan displayed the Miracle Grave-Grave Package at the cemetery, frightening two visitors who mistook the floating ghost lamps and projections for ghosts.
• Shi Jihan boarded a bus with Zhou Jingcheng and announced they were going to sell the furniture and appliances at his old home.

Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng negotiated with the Main System to return to their world, where they woke from a half-month coma during a fake funeral. After Zero-Zero-Zero unbound, Zhou Jingcheng proposed, and Shi Jihan accepted while asking for a more formal proposal with lots of flowers.

• Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng pressured the Main System to send them back and let Zero-Zero-Zero remain with them, promising to help fix its bug.
• The Main System sent them back, and they woke in coffins during a fake funeral after lying unconscious for half a month.
• Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng learned their families had staged the funeral to ward off bad luck, and Shi Zhongye admitted he had been worried about Shi Jihan.
• Zero-Zero-Zero unbound from Shi Jihan and chose to stay, while Zhou Jingcheng asked Shi Jihan to marry him.
• Shi Jihan accepted but asked Zhou Jingcheng to propose formally with lots of flowers, and Zhou Jingcheng promised to propose during their travels.