Chapter Summaries

Xia Xu asked Luo Hongyun to help him get into the International Scientific Research University and learned that admissions favored exceptional talent and contributions. He proposed getting Tang Youxin admitted as a computer genius, and Luo agreed to look for a suitable assignment for her.

• Xia Xu asked Luo Hongyun whether the Special Department could retrieve the Scalpel Virus Strain from beneath the Xinyuan Building, and Luo said he would try to help.
• Luo Hongyun explained that the International Scientific Research University selected exceptional talent and offered to use Admissions Weight to support Xia Xu's application.
• Xia Xu asked Luo to help Tang Youxin get admitted, claiming she would be the Gaokao's second-highest scorer and was a computer genius.
• Luo agreed to watch for a Special Department assignment that Tang Youxin could help with, which could support her admission.

After returning to Star City, Xia Xu learned Tang Youxin had taken a summer job at Xihe Plaza and went to find her. He caught her as she toppled in her dinosaur costume, leaving them in an embrace.

• Xia Xu returned to Star City after Uncle Luo took over the Bat-Man incident in De City.
• He Qing excitedly asked Xia Xu about his work with the Special Department, and Xia Xu joked that he had been wiping out vampires.
• He Qing told Xia Xu that Tang Youxin had left the Consulting Company to work a summer job at Xihe Plaza.
• Xia Xu found Tang Youxin handing out flyers in a dinosaur costume and startled her with a request for a hug.
• Tang Youxin toppled over, and Xia Xu caught her in his arms.

Xia Xu reunited with Tang Youxin while she was handing out flyers in a dinosaur costume, and he joined her at work. When they struggled to attract anyone, Xia Xu had A Tuo distribute the flyers, drawing a crowd and finishing the job.

• Xia Xu steadied Tang Youxin, and he introduced himself to her coworkers Xu Ya'nan and Zhang Kai as her boyfriend.
• Tang Youxin told Xia Xu she could leave once she handed out all her flyers, so he put her dinosaur head back on and helped her.
• Xia Xu and Tang Youxin failed to give away any flyers, while Xu Ya'nan and Zhang Kai teased them.
• Xia Xu threatened A Tuo with the prospect of no dinner, and A Tuo obediently began handing flyers to passersby.
• A Tuo attracted a crowd that took the remaining flyers, and Xia Xu and Tang Youxin bickered playfully over who deserved credit.

Xia Xu reassured Tang Youxin that she could stay close to him by joining his Consulting Company and pursuing admission to International Scientific Research University through work with the Special Department. The chapter ended with Tang Youxin offering to treat him to a meal, and Xia Xu suggesting they spend time together first.

• Tang Youxin collected her 150-yuan pay, then admitted she worried that Xia Xu kept her at the Consulting Company out of personal affection and that their lives were drifting apart.
• Xia Xu told Tang Youxin he had chosen International Scientific Research University, and she began crying when she thought they could not attend the same university.
• Xia Xu assured Tang Youxin that her programming skills could help her qualify for the university and officially hired her as an investigator at the Consulting Company.
• Xia Xu explained that the company partnered with the Special Department and could take on missions that would bring Tang Youxin experience and substantial bonuses.
• Tang Youxin offered to treat Xia Xu to a meal, and he suggested they shop, visit a café, or go to an amusement park while they waited for dinner.

Xia Xu spent the day browsing and collecting free treats with Tang Youxin, then returned to Star Sea Venture Capital the next morning. He accused Chen Leyao of breaking company rules, leaving her confused and asking to explain.

• Xia Xu took Tang Youxin to a wedding banquet, where they pretended to be relatives of the bride and ate without being noticed.
• Xia Xu and Tang Youxin left the banquet and spent the afternoon winning free prizes at games and events.
• The next morning, Xia Xu finished his training and went to Star Sea Venture Capital after being away for a month.
• Chen Leyao teased Xia Xu about his absence, and he accused her of violating company rules.
• Chen Leyao became serious and asked Xia Xu to explain what rules she had supposedly broken.

Xia Xu learned that Star Sea Venture Capital had acquired eighty percent of Tonghe Pharmaceuticals, but its boss, Jiang Hai, refused to sell the remaining shares. After meeting Jiang Hai, Xia Xu discovered that he was determined to finish developing a new drug to save a life, giving Xia Xu a way to resolve the impasse.

• Xia Xu joked with Chen Leyao about breaking his rule against looking too beautiful at work, then asked about the company's progress.
• Chen Leyao reported that Star Sea Venture Capital had acquired eighty percent of Tonghe Pharmaceuticals, while Jiang Hai held on to the remaining shares.
• Xia Xu explained that he wanted full control of Tonghe Pharmaceuticals and asked Chen Leyao to arrange a meeting with Jiang Hai.
• After meeting Jiang Hai, Xia Xu concluded that Jiang Hai needed the new drug to treat high blood pressure in himself or a family member, and Chen Leyao asked how he had figured it out.

Xia Xu met with Jiang Hai to explain that Star Sea Venture Capital wanted Tonghe Pharmaceuticals for its research team, not Jiang Hai’s unfinished drug project. After Jiang Hai resisted, Xia Xu demonstrated his strength, leaving Jiang Hai intimidated and the meeting tense.

• Xia Xu learned that Jiang Hai was driven by a desire to cure his mother and understood why Jiang Hai resented the takeover.
• Xia Xu invited Jiang Hai to another meeting and said Star Sea Venture Capital could remove him or shut down the new drug project.
• Jiang Hai argued that shutting down the project would ruin Tonghe Pharmaceuticals and waste Star Sea Venture Capital’s investment.
• Xia Xu said he wanted Tonghe Pharmaceuticals’ research team for a sensitive study and threatened to shut down the project if Jiang Hai refused to sell.
• Jiang Hai accused Xia Xu of backing him into a corner, and Xia Xu snapped a piece off the solid wood table with his bare hand.
• Jiang Hai was stunned by Xia Xu’s strength, while Chen Leyao watched in surprise as the atmosphere turned oppressive.

Xia Xu negotiated with Jiang Hai over Star Sea Venture Capital’s investment in Tonghe Pharmaceuticals, using the promise of key drug technology and a controlled-release formulation to secure Jiang Hai’s cooperation. Jiang Hai accepted the share purchase agreement, and his affinity for Xia Xu rose to 70.

• Xia Xu eased the tension by calling his earlier threat a joke, then exposed Jiang Hai’s personal reason for pursuing the antihypertensive drug.
• Xia Xu had Chen Leyao show Jiang Hai a document describing the missing technology and a controlled-release formulation that could improve the drug and other treatments.
• Jiang Hai recognized the technology’s value, and his affinity for Xia Xu rose to 60.
• Xia Xu explained that Star Sea Venture Capital expected returns for its information advantage, and Jiang Hai accepted that the investment could benefit both sides.
• Jiang Hai set aside his resentment and asked Chen Leyao to bring out the share purchase agreement, raising his affinity to 70.

After returning from De City, Xia Xu revealed the hidden technologies and threats of Blue Ocean Star to Chen Leyao, who ran his company. Chen Leyao then told him that a Yunfan Group shareholder was seeking investors to regain control of the company and revive its abandoned brainwave-control project.

• After Xia Xu and Chen Leyao returned to the South Lake Building, she asked how he had broken off a piece of a solid wood tabletop.
• Xia Xu explained that secret advanced technologies existed, showed Chen Leyao his Mechanical Centipede Spine, and told her about Beastmen and his mission to help the Official deal with them.
• Chen Leyao said Yunfan Group had shifted its focus to autonomous driving and new energy vehicles while cutting development of concept-car technologies.
• Chen Leyao told Xia Xu that Yunfan Group had scrapped its brainwave-control project and that a shareholder involved in it was seeking outside investors to retake control and restart the project.

Xia Xu asked Chen Leyao to monitor Yunfan Group’s brainwave-control project while he focused on consolidating Tonghe Pharmaceuticals and developing Controlled-Release Tablet technology. After acquiring and reforming the company, he visited its research institute and launched his first pharmaceutical laboratory with a talented research team.

• Xia Xu asked Chen Leyao to keep an eye on Yunfan Group and its brainwave-control project, despite doubting the shareholder’s claims about the technology.
• Xia Xu temporarily took charge of Star Sea Venture Capital, while it acquired Tonghe Pharmaceuticals for over forty million and renamed it Xinghai Biopharmaceuticals.
• Chen Leyao overhauled Xinghai Biopharmaceuticals, dismissing corrupt or unproductive employees and sharply improving the company’s efficiency.
• Xia Xu left Xinghai Biopharmaceuticals in Jiang Hai’s hands and toured its research institute, where he discovered a strong research team with several talented specialists.
• Xia Xu identified Wu Hang’s pharmaceutical formulation talent as a good fit for developing Controlled-Release Tablet technology and opened his first pharmaceutical laboratory.

Xia Xu advanced Xinghai Biopharmaceuticals’ drug and controlled-release research while anticipating Griffin Jones’s patent attack. After the Gaokao results came out, Xia Xu and Tang Youxin celebrated their scores together, leaving Tang Zhan to suspect that Xia Xu was courting his daughter.

• Xia Xu assigned Wu Hang and a small team to develop controlled-release tablets, reassured the remaining researchers, and promised bonuses and overtime pay.
• Jiang Hai obtained the missing patent for Xinghai Biopharmaceuticals’ blood pressure drug, and research moved into its final stages as Wu Hang’s team advanced the controlled-release technology.
• Xia Xu realized Griffin Jones had invested in Yusen Pharmaceuticals to use its patent dispute to block Xinghai Biopharmaceuticals’ drug launch.
• Tang Youxin invited Xia Xu to dinner after the Gaokao results were released, and Tang Zhan showed the neighbors her score of 749.
• Xia Xu revealed that he had scored one point higher than Tang Youxin, then joked with a neighbor about matchmaking, while Tang Zhan noticed Tang Youxin secretly putting food in Xia Xu’s bowl.

On the day Xia Xu and Tang Youxin were supposed to submit their college preferences, Xia Xu took Tang Youxin shopping and dressed her in a white dress with twin tails before they went to school. A Tuo scared away a man who had been staring at her, and the group was left ready to continue on to the day’s school activities.

• Xia Xu and Tang Youxin got up early for the day they were scheduled to submit their college preferences and take graduation photos.
• Xia Xu took Tang Youxin to Xihe Plaza instead of going straight to school and persuaded her to buy new clothes with an advance on her wages.
• Tang Youxin changed into a white dress, and Xia Xu took her to a hair salon to have her hair styled into twin tails.
• Onlookers gathered to stare at Tang Youxin, so Xia Xu joked that he wanted A Tuo to chase them away.
• A Tuo tore bark from a camphor tree while glaring at a middle-aged man, who was frightened and left.

Xia Xu and Tang Youxin arrived at school as the nation’s top Gaokao scorers and were swarmed by reporters. Xia Xu took control of the interview and began answering questions while shielding the shy Tang Youxin, leaving the reporters asking about their relationship.

• Xia Xu and Tang Youxin saw the congratulatory banner and the reporters gathered outside their school.
• Xia Xu tried to help Tang Youxin slip inside unnoticed, but reporters recognized them and crowded around.
• Xia Xu protected Tang Youxin, asked reporters to blur their faces, and set a limit of three questions.
• Xia Xu chose a familiar reporter, dismissed her question about his study methods, and joked that he was a genius.
• Another reporter asked Xia Xu about his relationship with Tang Youxin and whether it was connected to their scores.

After the Gaokao, Xia Xu and Tang Youxin returned to school, where their classmates discovered how beautiful she was and regretted overlooking her. After graduation celebrations, Xia Xu brought Tang Youxin home and teased Tang Zhan about protecting her, prompting him to challenge Xia Xu's assumption that he would become part of the Tang family.

• Xia Xu escorted Tang Youxin into school, where classmates were stunned by her appearance and regretted not noticing her before.
• After completing their university preferences and graduation activities, Xia Xu avoided getting drunk while his classmates drank heavily and tried to make him join in.
• Xia Xu arranged rides for the teachers and students, then headed home with Tang Youxin and A Tuo.
• At Luogu Alley, Xia Xu found Tang Zhan waiting for Tang Youxin and joked that he could protect her from danger and bad boys.
• Tang Zhan acknowledged Xia Xu's many strengths, then asked whether he had already decided to become the Tang family's son-in-law.

After Xia Xu and Tang Youxin’s perfect Gaokao scores went viral, online discussions focused on their earlier interview and whether they were a couple. A popular creator then examined Xia Xu’s past claims about owning a company and suggested he had been telling the truth, leaving his business ties under scrutiny.

• Xia Xu returned to his rented room and fell asleep while news coverage of his and Tang Youxin’s scores spread.
• The Provincial TV Station uploaded Xia Xu’s new interview, and viewers connected him and Tang Youxin to their earlier interview and celebrated their scores online.
• Online commenters mocked people who had previously accused Xia Xu and Tang Youxin of bragging, while speculating about their relationship.
• A popular video creator revisited Xia Xu’s earlier interview and questioned whether his claims about running a company were true.
• The creator pointed to Xia Xu’s mention of notifying his legal affairs staff and concluded that he likely controlled or was closely connected to a company.

A video uploader speculated that Xia Xu had risen from poverty to become a wealthy, accomplished entrepreneur, using public company records and Star Sea Venture Capital’s investment success to support the theory. The video reignited online discussion, and Xia Xu woke to a flood of notifications, bewildered.

• The uploader initially portrayed Xia Xu as a wealthy heir, citing his composure, achievements, and apparent business success.
• The uploader revealed that Xia Xu had reportedly been penniless and alone four months earlier, then showed public records connecting him to Star Sea Venture Capital and Nine Suns Comprehensive Consulting.
• Viewers questioned whether the company records belonged to a different person, but the uploader linked Xia Xu to Star Sea Venture Capital’s profitable investment in Wulin Picture Scroll.
• The uploader speculated that Xia Xu had earned his first capital through consulting work, and viewers debated whether his rise from poverty was genuine.
• The video spread across media platforms, reigniting discussion about Xia Xu and waking him with a flood of notifications.

After learning about the shooting that killed Yunfan Group chairman Dong Changhe, Xia Xu suspected that reports about Dong Shasha’s survival were bait intended to lure out the killer. He connected the attack to Yunfan Group’s canceled brain-control research and decided to investigate the family and a board member.

• Xia Xu noticed a report that Dong Changhe had been shot dead and his wife and daughter critically injured, then asked Meng Bochao to gather information about the case.
• Meng Bochao sent Xia Xu organized reports, and Xia Xu noticed that many outlets repeated the same claim that Dong Shasha’s vital signs had stabilized.
• Xia Xu reasoned that the repeated wording was likely meant to draw out someone who wanted Dong Shasha and her family dead.
• Xia Xu considered how the shooting might relate to Yunfan Group’s decision to abandon brain-control research and a board member’s effort to restart the project.
• Xia Xu decided to find a chance to meet Dong Changhe’s family and the board member.

Xia Xu brought Gu Haiming to the Xinghai Medical Research Institute after Gu discovered that small doses of the Superbrain Drug could help stabilize his mental state. Gu accepted a project to improve the werewolf enhancement technology, and the chapter ended as Xia Xu introduced him to its research materials.

• Xia Xu picked up Gu Haiming at the high-speed rail station and took him to the institute.
• Gu Haiming told Xia Xu that small doses of the Superbrain Drug helped him stay lucid when his condition worsened.
• Xia Xu promised to supply Gu Haiming with the drug and said they hoped to reduce its side effects.
• Xia Xu showed Gu Haiming his laboratory and introduced him to Ji Le and two assistants.
• Xia Xu assigned Gu Haiming to optimize the werewolf enhancement technology and opened its files for him to study.

Xia Xu visited Nanya Hospital to check on Dong Shasha and her mother, while He Qing spotted plainclothes police surrounding the intensive care unit. Gunfire suddenly erupted near their room, and Xia Xu rushed over after it stopped.

• Xia Xu left the research institute after introducing Ji Le to Gu Haiming, who began researching the Werewolf Enhancement Serum.
• Xia Xu and He Qing arrived at Nanya Hospital to investigate Dong Shasha and her mother, who were in intensive care.
• He Qing identified more than a dozen undercover police officers stationed around the hospital entrances and the intensive care unit.
• Xia Xu used his attribute panel to confirm the people He Qing had spotted were plainclothes police, then approached the intensive care unit with him.
• Gunfire erupted near Dong Shasha's room, and Xia Xu ran toward the unit after the shooting stopped.

After a deadly attack on Dong Shasha’s hospital room, Xia Xu suspected Yunfan Group shareholder Duan Zhiyi and concluded that brain-control technology and armed drones had likely been used. He left the hospital determined to investigate the technology and potentially obtain it himself.

• Xia Xu saw that plainclothes officers had been shot in Dong Shasha’s room and called He Qing to get doctors to save the survivors.
• Xia Xu escaped suspicion after helping the officers, then asked Meng Bochao to check Duan Zhiyi’s whereabouts.
• Meng Bochao reported that Duan Zhiyi had gone abroad after a dispute at the Yunfan Group board meeting and had not returned.
• Xia Xu suspected Duan Zhiyi had arranged the attacks to advance his ambitions after the brain-control project was canceled.
• Xia Xu reasoned that brainwave-controlled drones armed with guns could explain the attack and became eager to acquire the technology.