Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhe arranged for Li Muchan to help resolve Lang Jingang’s shop closure, while hiding from Li Muchan that Lang Jiahui’s perfume lingered on him. Lang Jingang’s shop reopened, Lin Zhe received the quest rewards, and Wu Zhicheng accepted that he could not press the dispute further.

• Lang Jiahui left for Shenzhen City after Lin Zhe insisted he get his hand checked, and she reminded him to track her menstrual cycle before visiting.
• Lin Zhe had the bite treated, then visited Li Muchan at Tengfei Group and explained Lang Jingang’s shop closure and their partnership.
• Li Muchan called Uncle Tian, who helped get Lang Jingang’s shop unsealed and approved to reopen.
• Lin Zhe’s quest completed, depositing 660,000 yuan and delivering rare resources to his Warehouse.
• Lang Jingang thanked Lin Zhe and sent workers to prepare a delivery for the Fortunate Inn.
• Wu Zhicheng learned that a powerful contact had intervened for Lang Jingang and reluctantly dropped his plan to pressure him.

After checking in at Immortal Maiden Drying Her Shoes, Lin Zhe received a pair of shoes and unlocked the ability to purchase more, then accepted a staged mission to sell 10,000 pairs. He began promoting the shoes by sending them to runners, giving them to employees and family, and bringing a pair to Li Muchan.

• Lin Zhe checked in at Immortal Maiden Drying Her Shoes and received Immortal Maiden Shoes with comfort, durability, stamina, and speed bonuses, along with purchasing access.
• Lin Zhe accepted the staged mission to sell 10,000 pairs for at least 1,888 yuan each and bought ten pairs to start promoting them.
• Lin Zhe mailed shoes to Jiang Yining and Fang Bo, then asked Sun Lijing to collect the Inn employees’ shoe sizes and gave them shoes.
• Lin Zhe distributed shoes to Lin Xiaomeng, the old lady, Dan Teng, Du Huan, and other relatives and friends, including several people living out of town.
• Lin Zhe brought Li Muchan a pair of Immortal Maiden Shoes, and she admired them before trying them on.

Lin Zhe and Li Muchan discussed pricing his Treading the Clouds shoes before preparing to attend Huang Liying’s dinner at Xinlong Electronics Factory. They arrived at the factory with gift boxes of Tenfold Tonic Soup, where several guests’ cars were already parked.

• Li Muchan praised the comfort of Lin Zhe’s Immortal Maiden Shoes, and Lin Zhe decided to price them at 1,888 yuan under the name Treading the Clouds.
• Huang Liying invited Li Muchan to dinner at Xinlong Electronics Factory, and Li Muchan asked Lin Zhe to accompany her.
• Lin Zhe and Li Muchan went home to get ready, and Lin Zhe received 30 days of lifespan and one charm point after intimacy with her.
• Lin Zhe and Li Muchan encountered Wang Kang in the basement, then left together while Li Muchan ignored him.
• Lin Zhe and Li Muchan brought gift boxes of Tenfold Tonic Soup and drove to Xinlong Electronics Factory, where a senior executive arranged for them to enter.

Lin Zhe attended a high-profile dinner with Li Muchan, where he saw how far his wealth and influence still lagged behind Rao City's major figures. The next morning, Lang Jingang came to Fortunate Inn and insisted on giving Lin Zhe a 20 percent stake in his building materials business to thank him for helping the family through a crisis.

• Li Muchan introduced Lin Zhe to the powerful guests at Huang Liying's dinner, and each guest received ten gift boxes of Tenfold Tonic Soup.
• Lin Zhe listened as Li Muchan explained Tian Zhenping's influence and resolved to make Fortunate Inn bigger and stronger.
• Li Muchan comforted Lin Zhe on their drive home, and the two spent the night together; Lin Zhe received 60 days of lifespan and two Charm Value points.
• Li Muchan made Lin Zhe breakfast the next morning, and Lin Zhe drove her to Tengfei Group before returning to Fortunate Inn.
• Lang Jingang thanked Lin Zhe for helping his family through a business crisis and offered him a 20 percent share of the Building Materials Business, alongside a 20 percent share for Lang Jiahui.
• Lin Zhe refused the shares, but Lang Jingang insisted that he accept them.

Lang Jingang gave Lin Zhe a free 20% stake in his family business, and Lin Zhe accepted. In Capital City, Jiang Yining began testing and promoting Lin Zhe’s new Treading the Clouds running shoes to her running group and livestream audience.

• Lang Jingang persuaded Lin Zhe to accept a free 20% stake in Lang Family Decorative Materials Co., Ltd., then Lin Zhe signed the transfer agreement and sent a photo to Lang Jiahui.
• Lang Jiahui called the stake her dowry, and Lin Zhe later discussed Treading the Clouds’ fit, pricing, and sales plans with Jiang Yining.
• Jiang Yining met Wang Qiuxia and other runners at Olympic Sports Park to test the new shoes, and several runners said they wanted to buy them if they performed well.
• Jiang Yining started a QuickTok livestream, added Treading the Clouds to her storefront, and warmed up in the shoes as viewers noticed their design and price.

Jiang Yining tested Treading the Clouds during a club run and finished a full marathon in 2:39:20, improving her personal best by nine minutes and meeting the National Elite Athlete standard. Her teammates examined the nearly unworn shoes afterward, and Wang Qiuxia tried them on and decided to buy six pairs.

• Wang Qiuxia led the running club as Jiang Yining tested Treading the Clouds on their road run.
• Jiang Yining increased her pace during the marathon and pulled ahead of the club after taking Tenfold Tonic Soup at the thirty-kilometer mark.
• Jiang Yining completed the full marathon in 2:39:20, breaking her personal best and reaching National Elite Athlete standard.
• The club members congratulated Jiang Yining and examined Treading the Clouds, which showed virtually no wear after the run.
• Wang Qiuxia tried on Treading the Clouds, praised their comfort, and decided to buy six pairs.

Jiang Yining’s marathon record and Treading the Clouds shoes drew a surge of orders, giving Lin Zhe a strong first day of sales. Lin Zhe then met Li Muchan, and they brought gifts to visit his parents at Rao City First Hospital.

• Jiang Yining’s improved marathon time persuaded members of the Olympic Sports Center Elite Running Club to order twenty-three pairs of Treading the Clouds shoes.
• Jiang Yining posted a video of her record, and online viewers helped her sell 168 pairs worth 317,184 yuan.
• Jiang Yining called Lin Zhe with the sales results, and he praised her and discussed signing her as Treading the Clouds’ brand ambassador.
• Lin Zhe drove to Yisheng Plaza to meet Li Muchan, who had bought gifts for his parents, including watches costing over two hundred thousand yuan.
• Lin Zhe and Li Muchan shopped together, then arrived at Rao City First Hospital with two caregivers to visit his parents.

Li Muchan treated Lin Zhe’s parents to dinner and gifts, winning them over as they welcomed her as family. Lin Zhe told his father he would return Fortunate Inn to his parents while he focused on Zhemeng Courtyard and future branches, and the evening ended with Li Muchan driving everyone back.

• Li Muchan arrived at the hospital with gifts and reunited warmly with Lin Guodong and Han Li.
• Lin Zhe updated Lin Guodong on Fortunate Inn’s progress and said he planned to hand its management back to his parents while he focused on Zhemeng Courtyard and future branches.
• Li Muchan gave Lin Guodong and Han Li matching watches, and Han Li called her their daughter-in-law.
• Li Muchan took Lin Zhe and his parents to Lu Family Restaurant for dinner, where they enjoyed a meal together.
• After dinner, Li Muchan drove Lin Guodong and Han Li back to the hospital, then drove Lin Zhe home.

Lin Zhe and Li Muchan tested Treading the Clouds shoes on a morning run, and Li Muchan arranged for her friend Yu Shanshan to sell them on consignment. Jiang Yining then told Lin Zhe she had sold 400 pairs the previous day, prompting him to consider building his own livestreaming account.

• Lin Zhe and Li Muchan tried Treading the Clouds on their run, and Lin Zhe ran faster than usual without feeling tired.
• Li Muchan met Yu Shanshan on the track and offered to have Treading the Clouds shoes delivered for Yu Shanshan to try and sell on consignment.
• Lin Zhe sent Yu Shanshan eleven pairs of shoes, one for her to try and ten for her store to sell.
• Jiang Yining called Lin Zhe and revealed that she had sold 400 pairs of Treading the Clouds the previous day.
• Lin Zhe realized Jiang Yining's sales exceeded his expectations and decided he should develop his own livestreaming account.

Lin Zhe arranged to expand sales and shipping for Treading the Clouds Running Shoes, recruiting Qiao Bin and ordering 3,000 pairs for his storeroom. He sought an agency to quickly register a trading company, but the chapter ended before he chose the registered capital or completed the registration.

• Lin Zhe called Qiao Bin and offered him a 15K managerial job handling shoe shipments, and Qiao Bin accepted.
• Lin Zhe decided he needed a new company to build a sales team and handle taxes for Treading the Clouds Running Shoes.
• Lin Zhe told Lin Lei that the storeroom would hold the shoes and that warehouse staff would ship orders from there.
• Lin Zhe used the Check-In Panel to buy and materialize 3,000 pairs of Immortal Maiden Shoes in sizes 34 through 48.
• Lin Zhe met Zhang Hui at a company-registration agency and asked her to register a sporting-goods company as quickly as possible.

Lin Zhe hired professionals to register his sports goods company and recruited Zhang Qian’s husband as the inn’s driver. He sought a trusted vice president through Liang Dong and learned that the inn’s QuickTok account had passed 10,000 followers; Han Wei began preparing livestream scripts after Lin Zhe revealed his skill at handcrafting.

• Lin Zhe paid Zhang Hui 9,000 yuan to register his company with two million yuan in registered capital using the fastest service tier.
• Zhang Qian told Lin Zhe a guest had sprained an ankle on the inn’s stairs, and Lin Zhe praised her response before offering her husband, Lin Hui, a driver job paying 6,000 yuan a month.
• Lin Hui accepted the driver position, and Zhang Qian left to go home and rest.
• Lin Zhe called Liang Dong to ask for a candidate to serve as vice president of his sports goods company, and Liang Dong arranged for someone to interview that morning.
• Han Wei told Lin Zhe that the inn’s QuickTok account had gained more than 10,000 followers, and Lin Zhe asked him to prepare livestream scripts.
• Lin Zhe told Han Wei he was skilled at handcrafting, prompting Han Wei to ask what kinds of crafts he could make.

Lin Zhe demonstrated his carving skill by making a lifelike Black Myth: Wukong figure, then hired Lin Hui and interviewed Liang Yuzhen for his new company. He explained that the company would focus all its resources on selling a single shoe model, and Liang Yuzhen asked to see it.

• Lin Zhe carved a detailed Black Myth: Wukong figure from a piece of wood while Han Wei filmed him.
• Lin Hui accepted a job at the Fortunate Inn, signed his employment contract, and agreed to begin work the next day.
• Lin Zhe interviewed Liang Yuzhen and offered her a deputy general manager role at his new company, with a 30,000 yuan base salary and commission.
• Lin Zhe told Liang Yuzhen that the company would sell only one shoe model and concentrate its resources on making that product succeed.
• Liang Yuzhen became curious about the shoe and asked Lin Zhe to show it to her.

Lin Zhe hired Liang Yuzhen as the new company’s vice president after she tested Treading the Clouds and agreed the shoes had strong sales potential. Liang proposed moving the company into the county’s Business Incubation Park, while Lin Zhe assigned her to find office space and organize the company; he then brought Qiao Bin aboard as Logistics Department manager.

• Lin Zhe showed Liang Yuzhen Treading the Clouds, and she tried them on, praised their appearance and comfort, and learned that Jiang Yining had already sold about six hundred pairs.
• Liang Yuzhen accepted Lin Zhe’s offer, and he appointed her vice president, assigned her to find an office and draft the company’s organizational structure, and gave her 100,000 yuan for expenses.
• Liang Yuzhen recommended the county’s Business Incubation Park, explaining its rent subsidies and other support, and Lin Zhe asked her to pursue a place there through her connections.
• After Liang Yuzhen left to visit the park, Qiao Bin arrived at the Inn, and Lin Zhe hired him as Logistics Department manager with a base salary of 20,000 yuan and a profit-based bonus.

Lin Zhe put Qiao Bin in charge of logistics and assigned him to buy delivery trucks and recruit drivers. Liang Yuzhen became vice president of Treading the Clouds and enlisted her father’s help with the Business Incubation Park, then brought home the company’s shoes to show her parents.

• Lin Zhe offered Qiao Bin a 20,000-yuan base salary plus bonuses and commission, and Qiao Bin vowed to work hard for him.
• Lin Zhe assigned Qiao Bin to buy two trucks for under 300,000 yuan each and recruit two drivers, leaving the details to him.
• Liang Yuzhen told Liang Dong and Hou Qin that she had become vice president of Treading the Clouds Sports Trading Co., Ltd., and asked Liang Dong to help the company enter Yu County’s Business Incubation Park.
• Liang Dong praised Lin Zhe as young and accomplished, while Hou Qin wondered whether Liang Yuzhen might become involved with him.
• Liang Yuzhen brought five pairs of Treading the Clouds shoes home and urged Liang Dong and Hou Qin to try them.

Liang Yuzhen persuaded her parents to try and buy Treading the Clouds shoes, while Lin Zhe heard about strong sales for Tenfold Tonic Soup and learned that a carving video had made the Fortunate Inn’s account go viral. The chapter ended with Lin Zhe checking the account’s nearly 193,000 followers.

• Liang Dong and Hou Qin tried Liang Yuzhen’s Treading the Clouds shoes, praised their comfort, and agreed to buy four pairs at a discount.
• Liang Dong promised to support Liang Yuzhen’s company’s application to the business incubator through his connections in Yu County.
• Lin Zhe praised Hu Ting, Sun Lina, and Wu Xiaoqian for developing Tenfold Tonic Soup sales, then learned Lang Jiahui had sold 780 vials in one day.
• Lang Jiahui teased Lin Zhe over a video call, and he praised her sales before Zhang Chao brought him a renovation materials list to pass to Lang Jingang.
• Han Wei told Lin Zhe that his carving video had passed one million views and brought the Fortunate Inn’s account to 192,877 followers.

Lin Zhe prepared to livestream the Housing Modules assembly and arranged a giveaway of Treading the Clouds sneakers. After receiving a mission to recruit more than ten reserve personnel, he began seeking staff for the inn, where Zhao Yuting arrived for an interview.

• Lin Zhe overcame his nerves about livestreaming, told Han Wei to prepare a stream from Lin Family Village, and chose Treading the Clouds sneakers as giveaway prizes.
• Lin Zhe gave Li Yanxue a Shipping Order to fulfill and received a special mission to recruit more than ten reserve personnel for a Salary Card limit increase.
• Lin Zhe asked Li Yanfei to refer young, reliable job candidates, and she arranged for her twenty-six-year-old cousin's wife, Zhao Yuting, to visit.
• Lin Zhe promised to consider Li Yanfei for a management role as the inn expanded, and Zhang Chao recommended books to help her improve her skills.
• Li Yanfei brought Zhao Yuting to Lin Zhe's office, where Lin Zhe began asking about her previous work experience.

Lin Zhe launched his first livestream from the Lin Family Village construction site, showing viewers the Modular Houses for his new branch and drawing a large audience. After Lang Jiahui and Jiang Yining competed to send him gifts, Li Muchan sent a hundred Carnivals, and the stream ended as a major success with its viewers and followers climbing.

• Lin Gengtian and the other six village officials learned that Lin Zhe had given each of them a job slot and pledged to support him.
• Lin Zhe and Han Wei arrived at the construction site for the new branch and began livestreaming the Modular Houses being assembled.
• Lin Zhe explained the branch project and a lucky bag giveaway as viewers flocked to the stream and praised his appearance and watch.
• Lang Jiahui and Jiang Yining competed to become the top donor, each sending about twenty thousand yuan in gifts before Lin Zhe persuaded them to stop.
• Wan Yu showed Li Muchan the donor battle, and Li Muchan entered the stream and sent Lin Zhe a hundred Carnivals.
• Lin Zhe's livestream surpassed 30,000 concurrent viewers and 200,000 followers, while he recognized Li Muchan's gift and resolved to scold her later.

Lin Zhe celebrated the success of his first livestream, spent the evening with Li Muchan, and returned to the Inn to oversee his new company. Liang Yuzhen secured an office in the Incubator Park and interviewed the company’s first hires, who began work under temporary contracts.

• Lin Zhe thanked Han Wei for the successful livestream and arranged a dinner for the staff, while declining the village committee’s invitation and hearing that construction was progressing.
• Lin Zhe visited Li Muchan, spent the evening with her, and gained lifespan rewards; the next morning, he drove her to Tengfei Group before heading to the Inn.
• Lin Zhe used a Cleansing Talisman to deep-clean the Inn, then heard Liang Yuzhen report that the company had secured a rent-free office and tax concessions in the Incubator Park.
• Lin Zhe introduced Liang Yuzhen to Qiao Bin, who delivered 110 pairs of shoes to Yunshang Sports Goods Specialty Store after Yu Shanshan placed an order.
• Liang Yuzhen interviewed the new hires, gave them temporary employment contracts, and led their basic onboarding training.

Lin Zhe went to Mount Sanqing to check in at Avalokitesvara Listening to Music, where he met the tour guide Ke Lai and exchanged contact information with her. When a knife-wielding man attacked Ke Lai, Lin Zhe grabbed the blade, subdued him, and was left bleeding from his hand.

• Lin Zhe rode the cable car up Mount Sanqing and reached Avalokitesvara Listening to Music, where Ke Lai was telling tourists the site's legend.
• Ke Lai recognized Lin Zhe as the Fortunate Inn streamer, promoted his account to her livestream audience, and added him on WeChat.
• A tall man charged at Ke Lai with a fruit knife, causing her to collapse in fear as the crowd watched in shock.
• Lin Zhe seized the knife blade, headbutted the attacker, and restrained and bound him while cutting his hand.
• Tourists called the police and helped Lin Zhe stop the bleeding, while Ke Lai's livestream viewers praised his rescue.

After Lin Zhe rescued Ke Lai from an attacker, he received mission rewards and a singing-and-guitar skill, while videos of his intervention went viral and sent his follower count soaring. He returned to the Inn to find Wang Qinghui and Mount Sanqing officials waiting to thank him and present him with a pennant.

• Ke Lai called the police, and Han Jianfei took the attacker into custody and recorded Lin Zhe’s account at the mountain.
• After Ke Lai left, Lin Zhe received rewards for completing the Brave intervention mission and checked in at Avalokitesvara Listening to Music to gain Expert Singing and Guitar Playing.
• Videos of Lin Zhe disarming the attacker spread online, and Lang Jiahui, Li Muchan, and his relatives called to check on his injured hand.
• Han Wei told Lin Zhe that his online following had surged, and Lin Zhe scheduled a livestream for two thirty that afternoon.
• Han Mei and the Inn’s staff checked on Lin Zhe before Wang Qinghui arrived with Ke Lai, Zhang Min, and Mount Sanqing officials to thank him and present a pennant.