Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen confronted Wu Qiankun with Wu Chenggong’s IOU, but Wu Qiankun refused to surrender Jingwu Hall. Lin Chen then persuaded Wu Chenggong to seize power and devised a plan to win over two of the other bosses by implicating Xu Kan with Wu Qiankun’s second wife.

• Lin Chen brought Chen Nian to Wu Qiankun’s villa and instructed him to explain the delay as a phone call.
• Lin Chen showed Wu Qiankun the IOU and demanded Jingwu Hall, but Wu Qiankun dismissed its validity and offered money instead.
• After leaving, Lin Chen sent Wu Chenggong a recording of Wu Qiankun’s refusal, prompting Wu Chenggong to ask how to proceed.
• Lin Chen urged Wu Chenggong to replace his father and advised him to gain the support of the other four bosses.
• Lin Chen proposed setting up Xu Kan with Wu Qiankun’s second wife and obtaining proof, and Wu Chenggong agreed to arrange a hotel meeting and bring a potent drug.

Lin Chen met Mo Xue at the Grand Era Hotel, where she warned him that Hailan Group’s hidden boss planned to make the product launch in Nanzhou difficult and might cancel their partnership. Lin Chen offered to identify and replace the boss, while Mo Xue admitted she felt cared for and jokingly asked him to marry her; they left the meal with the project’s future still uncertain.

• Lin Chen received Mo Xue’s invitation to dinner and asked Chen Nian for the contact information of Jingwu Hall’s five leaders and Wu Qiankun’s second wife.
• Lin Chen met Mo Xue in a private room at the Grand Era Hotel after deliberately leaving a gap between their arrivals.
• Mo Xue explained that Hailan Group’s boss had moved the product launch to Nanzhou, demanded ten thousand product sets, and might use trouble or bad publicity as a reason to cancel the partnership.
• Lin Chen asked Mo Xue to alert him if the boss called so he could trace the boss’s location and confirm his identity.
• Mo Xue cried when Lin Chen said he wanted to replace her boss, then jokingly told him to marry her; Lin Chen said he would if Qin Xueqing agreed.
• Mo Xue warned that she suspected the boss was connected to the underworld, and Lin Chen reassured her before they ate together.

Lin Chen set up Su Jia and Xu Kan in a staged compromising situation, then used a video of them together to pressure them into cooperating against Wu Qiankun. Su Jia and Xu Kan faced a choice between obeying Lin Chen and risking Wu Qiankun’s retaliation.

• Lin Chen met Wu Chenggong at the Mengjiang Grand Hotel and learned that Su Jia was Wu Qiankun’s money-seeking second wife.
• Wu Chenggong lured Su Jia to Room 706, where Lin Chen knocked her unconscious and used her phone to summon Xu Kan with a fake plea for help.
• Xu Kan arrived and found Su Jia on the bed, but Lin Chen knocked him out; Lin Chen and Wu Chenggong later stripped and placed them together without using drugs.
• Su Jia and Xu Kan awoke naked, argued over what had happened, and discovered that Xu Kan’s supposed text message had disappeared.
• Lin Chen revealed that he had recorded them together and threatened to show Wu Qiankun the video unless they followed his orders.
• Lin Chen warned Su Jia that Wu Qiankun would discard her and the Eighteen Ninjas might target her if the scandal came out, leaving her and Xu Kan to decide whether to cooperate.

Lin Chen recruited Su Jia, Xu Kan, and Wu Chenggong to help him take control of Jingwu Hall, then began looking for a way to bring in the Third Boss, Chen Yi. After Yang Guang asked for help with a basketball challenge over Xu Xiaoxiao, Lin Chen headed to the school gym, where Cao Bei was waiting.

• Lin Chen persuaded Su Jia and Xu Kan to help him obtain the Jingwu Token, and Xu Kan agreed to recruit Fourth Boss Zhang Sifeng.
• Wu Chenggong told Lin Chen that Third Boss Chen Yi was unlikely to submit, so Lin Chen learned that Chen Yi's daughter Chen Qing was his weakness.
• Yang Guang called Lin Chen for help after agreeing to a basketball game against Cao Bei, who was competing with him for Xu Xiaoxiao.
• At the school gym, Yang Guang's five-player team faced Cao Bei's larger team as they waited for Lin Chen to arrive.

Yang Guang’s team fell behind Cao Bei’s team in a basketball game, while Lin Chen delayed entering the gym to reassure Qin Xueqing about their business project. The game stood at 1–4 as Lin Chen finished the call, with Yang Guang still waiting for him.

• Cao Bei’s team scored twice in quick succession, taking an early 2–0 lead as Yang Guang’s teammates struggled to defend the athletic players.
• Yang Guang drew the defenders and passed to Han Qiang, who forced his way to the basket and scored, making it 3–1.
• Cao Bei’s team used its size advantage to score again, and Cao Bei told Yang Guang to surrender and stay away from Xu Xiaoxiao.
• Yang Guang insisted they continue and looked toward the gym entrance, but Lin Chen had not arrived yet.
• Lin Chen spoke with Qin Xueqing about Mo Xue’s warning and reassured her that their signed contract and product quality would protect their project.
• Lin Chen ended the nearly ten-minute call and said he was going to take a shower, leaving Yang Guang’s game at 1–4.

Lin Chen joined Yang Guang’s basketball game and quickly showed off his skill, helping his team begin a comeback against Cao Bei’s team. After scoring himself, Lin Chen helped set up Liang Luo for an uncontested layup, bringing the score to 4:8.

• Lin Chen arrived as Yang Guang’s team trailed Cao Bei’s team 2:8 and entered the game as a substitute.
• Lin Chen told Yang Guang to work as a team and use Liang Luo, who had been left unnoticed by their opponents.
• Lin Chen evaded Hong Hai and three other players before scoring a layup, changing the score to 3:8.
• Yang Guang stole the ball from Hong Hai and drew the defenders toward him before passing to Liang Luo.
• Liang Luo drove in for an easy layup, cutting the score to 4:8.

Lin Chen dominated Cao Bei's team with his speed and steals, tying the basketball game at 8:8. Cao Bei's team tried to injure him with a dirty play, but Hong Hai was the one who fell and strained his waist, and Cao Bei insisted the game continue.

• Lin Chen sped past Hong Hai and scored, then stole Hong Hai's pass and made another layup to tie the score at 8:8.
• During a timeout, Cao Bei told Hong Hai and Xiao Dao to play rough and take Lin Chen out, hoping to win his bet with Yang Guang over Xu Xiaoxiao.
• Lin Chen heard their plan, and Xiao Dao body-checked him while Hong Hai used a bulldozer-style drive to push him toward the basket.
• Hong Hai faked a jump and rammed into Lin Chen, but Lin Chen held his ground and Hong Hai crashed to the floor, straining his waist.
• Cao Bei blamed Lin Chen, but the spectators defended him, and Cao Bei refused to stop the game, now seeking revenge.

Lin Chen ended the basketball game against Cao Bei in a draw to avoid bringing trouble on Yang Guang, then returned to the villa and resisted Ru Mei and Ru Ying’s seduction. The next morning, he teleported to Nanzhou University to spend the day as a student for his Main Quest.

• Cao Bei charged Lin Chen during the game, but Lin Chen struck him with a knee and knocked him unconscious before reviving him.
• Lin Chen called the match a draw and warned Cao Bei to stop pestering Yang Guang’s girlfriend, then explained to Yang Guang why avoiding trouble mattered more than winning.
• Lin Chen returned to the villa, checked his attributes, and discovered that his IQ had reached 120 and entered Genius IQ Mode.
• Ru Mei and Ru Ying visited Lin Chen in sheer pajamas, but he resisted their advances and went to sleep.
• After breakfast the next morning, Lin Chen teleported to Nanzhou University and headed to the main classroom for English Class 17(2).

Lin Chen attended class as the students welcomed their new English teacher, Su Chuanting, who quickly set a vocabulary dictation. The system assigned Lin Chen a quest to go on a date with a young female teacher, leaving him wondering how to get Su Chuanting to agree.

• Lin Chen sat with Yang Guang and his dorm mates, who joked that Lin Chen had the best chance of pursuing the new English teacher.
• Su Chuanting arrived, introduced herself as the English teacher for the Class of 2017, and announced a vocabulary dictation.
• Su Chuanting gave the students ten minutes to prepare and warned that anyone scoring below eighty percent would have to copy each incorrect word one hundred times.
• The system assigned Lin Chen a quest to go on a date with a young female teacher, and he identified Su Chuanting as a possible match.
• Su Chuanting began calling students to the board for dictation and selected Zhao Xiaomeng first.

Su Chuanting called Yang Guang, Han Qiang, and new student Lin Chen to the podium for an English word dictation, then bet Lin Chen could not get all ten words right. Lin Chen’s Eidetic Memory and mastery of languages let him write the early words effortlessly, while Yang Guang struggled and was caught trying to copy.

• Su Chuanting called Yang Guang and Han Qiang up for dictation, then asked Han Qiang to identify the unfamiliar student beside Yang Guang as Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen borrowed Han Qiang’s English textbook, scanned the vocabulary while walking to the podium, and memorized the words with Eidetic Memory.
• Lin Chen challenged Su Chuanting to bet on whether he could get all ten words right, and she agreed that he could make a request if he succeeded.
• Su Chuanting began the dictation, and Lin Chen immediately wrote “Accumulate” and “Appreciation,” surprising the class.
• Su Chuanting dictated the obscure word “Blaspheme,” while Yang Guang tried to copy Zhao Xiaomeng’s answer and was reprimanded.

Lin Chen correctly dictated all ten words, including several obscure terms, despite Su Chuanting changing the test beyond the textbook to avoid granting him a request. Su Chuanting graded the class and began the next lesson, while Lin Chen left the challenge undefeated.

• Lin Chen correctly wrote the first eight dictated words, including “sympathetic,” while Su Chuanting tried to stump him.
• Su Chuanting expanded the test beyond Chapter Two, but Lin Chen correctly wrote “metamorphosis” after Zhao Xiaomeng and the other students struggled.
• Lin Chen spelled “honorificabilitudinitatibus” perfectly, completing all ten words and surprising Su Chuanting.
• Su Chuanting collected and graded the students’ work, giving Lin Chen ten correct answers, Zhao Xiaomeng eight, and Yang Guang one.
• Su Chuanting praised Zhao Xiaomeng, criticized Yang Guang, and began teaching Chapter Three.

After Lin Chen secured Su Chuanting’s promise, he joined Yang Guang for lunch and stopped Cao Bei and his friends from cutting the cafeteria line. Cao Bei backed down but planned to summon Sihai Gate members to retaliate against Lin Chen.

• Lin Chen reminded Su Chuanting of their agreement, and she told him to visit her office after his noon classes.
• Lin Chen spent his afternoon class browsing product information, then accepted Yang Guang’s offer to eat at the cafeteria’s upscale restaurant.
• Cao Bei, Hong Hai, and another student cut the line, and Yang Guang confronted them before Lin Chen ordered them to go to the back.
• Hong Hai attacked Lin Chen, who seized his fist and forced him to kneel until Cao Bei and his friends retreated.
• Cao Bei vowed to contact his brother and bring Sihai Gate members to punish Lin Chen after lunch.

Lin Chen accidentally walked in on Su Chuanting changing, then arranged dinner with her after winning their bet. After Cao Bei abducted Xu Xiaoxiao to lure Yang Guang outside the school, Yang Guang prepared to face him alone despite his friends' objections.

• Lin Chen entered Su Chuanting's office while she was changing, apologized, and promised to keep the incident secret.
• Lin Chen asked Su Chuanting to have dinner with him, and she agreed to go to an ordinary tea restaurant.
• After interpretation class, Yang Guang received a challenge letter from Cao Bei but initially ignored it to play basketball with Lin Chen and their dormmates.
• Zhao Xiaohong called Yang Guang and said Cao Bei had taken Xu Xiaoxiao and demanded that Yang Guang come outside the school gates.
• Yang Guang decided to confront Cao Bei alone because he feared Cao Bei had brought Sihai Gate members, but Han Qiang, Li Man, and Liang Luo urged him not to go by himself.

Lin Chen went to confront Cao Bei and the Sihai Gate fighters to rescue Xu Xiaoxiao, then overwhelmed their attackers. He told Yang Guang and the others to stay back as they took Xu Xiaoxiao away, while Wang Gao prepared to stab Lin Chen.

• Lin Chen refused to let Yang Guang and his roommates face Cao Bei alone, and they followed him to the school gate.
• The school guard warned Yang Guang that Cao Bei had brought Sihai Gate fighters, but Yang Guang continued because Xu Xiaoxiao was being held.
• Lin Chen challenged Cao Bei and Wang Gao, and Wang Gao sent his men to attack him.
• Lin Chen knocked down twelve attackers in less than a minute, leaving Wang Gao and the remaining fighters shaken.
• Lin Chen overheard Wang Gao planning a sneak attack with a weapon and ordered Yang Guang and the others to stay back.
• Yang Guang rushed to retrieve Xu Xiaoxiao while Cao Bei and Hong Hai waited for Wang Gao to deal with Lin Chen.

Lin Chen defeated Wang Gao’s men and drove off Cao Bei after protecting Yang Guang and Xu Xiaoxiao. Once the system confirmed his school mission was complete, he returned to Fugui Haoting Villa to shower before asking Su Chuanting out to dinner.

• Lin Chen disarmed and beat Wang Gao’s men, then stabbed Wang Gao with his own switchblade and warned him not to target students again.
• Lin Chen struck Cao Bei and told him to have the Cao Family come after him, so Cao Bei and his group left in a sorry state.
• Yang Guang introduced Xu Xiaoxiao to Lin Chen, who warned them to stay on campus and call him if Cao Bei’s group returned.
• The system notified Lin Chen that his mission was complete, and he teleported back to Fugui Haoting Villa.
• Lin Chen told Jue Wei he was going out after a shower to meet Su Chuanting, while worrying that dinner might not satisfy his main mission.

Lin Chen reassured Jue Wei and Qin Xueqing before going on a date with Su Chuanting to complete his mission. While shopping for a gift at a century-old antique shop, he found a Qing Dynasty ring marked in Terran Script and sensed that it carried the same cursed aura he had encountered at the Ghost Market.

• Lin Chen praised Jue Wei’s cooking and promised to eat at home the next day.
• Qin Xueqing asked Lin Chen to arrange a meeting about Hailan Group’s product launch, and he promised to handle the matter.
• Lin Chen and Su Chuanting agreed to meet separately at West City Old Street for dinner.
• Lin Chen entered an antique shop to find Su Chuanting a gift and examined a Qing Dynasty sapphire pendant before choosing a bracelet.
• Lin Chen noticed Terran Script on a ring, touched it, and sensed a dark-blue cursed aura like the one at the Ghost Market.

Lin Chen warned an antiques seller that a ring from the Five Element People was cursed, then bought an untainted bracelet and obtained the group’s contact information. He met Su Chuanting for their date with White Roses, while she mistook his gesture for an attempt to court her.

• Lin Chen told the young seller that the ring was cursed and warned him not to wear it.
• The boss confirmed the curse, gave Lin Chen the Five Element People’s contact information, and sold him a bracelet for 250,000.
• Lin Chen received a call from Su Chuanting, bought White Roses, and went to meet her at the old street entrance.
• Su Chuanting accepted the flowers, mistook them for a sign that Lin Chen was courting her, and asked him to join her for braised pork rice.

Lin Chen and Su Chuanting ate together, and his bracelet and words about teaching softened her view of him. Su Chuanting began to feel that Lin Chen understood her, while two men in sunglasses outside reported her location to their associates.

• Su Chuanting led Lin Chen into Wu Ji Braised Pork Rice Restaurant, while two men in sunglasses watched them and called their associates.
• Lin Chen gave Su Chuanting a bracelet, and she put it on herself after he explained its craftsmanship.
• Lin Chen said he might leave the next day, prompting Su Chuanting to reconsider who he was and look at him more warmly.
• Lin Chen and Su Chuanting talked about his English skills and her work as a teacher, and his advice moved her to tears.
• Su Chuanting thanked Lin Chen, and they ate more than half of their braised pork rice.

Lin Chen stopped an armed group from abducting Su Chuanting at a restaurant and learned that the Cao Family had targeted her because of a business dispute with the Su family. After the police took the attackers away, Su Chuanting asked Lin Chen to take her for a stroll around Old Street.

• When the restaurant lost power, Lin Chen spotted six men approaching Su Chuanting with a sleeping drug.
• Lin Chen turned the attackers’ drugged cloth against Blondie and used the Sunflower Acupuncture Hand to immobilize the group.
• After the lights came back on, Su Chuanting identified Liu Hong as a member of Sihai Gate, and the security guards called the police.
• Lin Chen asked Su Chuanting about the attempted kidnapping, and she revealed the Su family’s conflict with the Cao Family over high-tech products.
• Su Chuanting blamed Lin Chen for bringing her out to dinner and persuaded him to take her strolling around Old Street instead of returning to school.

Lin Chen completed his date with Su Chuanting and received a warning about Wu Chenggong while planning to seize Jingwu Hall. The system rewarded him with the Thief King's Art Inheritance, leaving him equipped for his next move.

• Su Chuanting grew fond of Lin Chen during their date, and the system unexpectedly counted it as a completed mission before Lin Chen took her back to school.
• Lin Chen checked into a hotel and learned from You that Wu Chenggong was Thunder Tiger's disciple and that negotiations with the Divine Tiger Sect were underway.
• Wu Chenggong told Lin Chen that the Jingwu Token was locked in his family's monitored treasure pavilion, and Lin Chen ordered him and Su Jia to stop investigating for now.
• Lin Chen decided to move quickly to take control of Jingwu Hall while the negotiations occupied the Divine Tiger Sect.
• The system awarded Lin Chen one hundred million RMB and a mysterious gift pack, which gave him the Thief King's Art Inheritance.