Chapter Summaries

Su Can reflected on his family’s changing fortunes and bought a bicycle so he could spend more time with Tang Wu. He rode her across campus, where she told him she wanted their simple life together to last forever.

• Su Can learned that Su Licheng had gained prominence among his former comrades in Xiahai while remaining focused on his work at Big Banyan Construction.
• Su Can bought a bicycle and rode back to Nanjing University after keeping to his classes and worrying that he had neglected Tang Wu.
• Su Can waited outside Tang Wu’s class and offered her a ride, drawing the attention of her classmates.
• Tang Wu rode behind Su Can, embraced him, and said she believed they could earn a home and practical comforts but wanted their present life together to continue forever.
• Su Can resolved that he and Tang Wu would overcome whatever obstacles lay ahead, whether they traveled by bicycle or in an expensive car.

Su Can reassured Tang Wu about his meeting with Lin Luoran, then faced her roommates’ suspicions over lunch and answered them with humor. He encouraged Tong Tong about her mathematics major’s prospects in finance, leaving the group more at ease with him and Tang Wu.

• Su Can told Tang Wu that he had walked Lin Luoran back to her university and explained his late return, while worrying about the financial trouble facing Tang Wu’s father and Donglin Group.
• Tang Wu’s three roommates joined them for lunch and watched Su Can closely, uncertain about what had happened between him and Lin Luoran.
• Ruan Si’ou used the idea of opportunity cost to challenge Su Can about love and the choices he had made.
• Su Can answered Ruan Si’ou with a joke about economists, surgeons, and engineers, easing the roommates’ suspicions.
• Tong Tong complained about her future prospects as a mathematics student, and Su Can advised her to consider a career in finance.

Su Can and Tang Wu shared an intimate moment on a secluded part of campus, but Tang Wu asked him to wait until her new home in Shanghai was ready. They left their first time for a month later, and Su Can began imagining a future in Shanghai.

• Su Can and Tang Wu left the cafeteria together and walked to a quiet spot beside the tennis courts.
• Su Can embraced Tang Wu and tried to touch her, but she stopped him and said she was on her period and asked him to wait.
• Su Can wondered whether Tang Wu meant to postpone sex only that day or for longer, and asked her how long she wanted to wait.
• Tang Wu told Su Can that her Shanghai home would be ready in a month and that she wanted her first time to be there rather than in a hotel.
• Su Can remembered their past in Xiahai and imagined buying a riverside apartment in Shanghai.

After the Gaokao season, Su Can began expanding Pineapple Media into Shanghai and prepared for a risky investment battle against established local rivals. The magazine’s first issue made little impact, while Su Can’s university life continued alongside questions about Tang Wu’s family and a coming event.

• Su Can visited several examination sites despite his friends asking him not to see them off, then watched graduates part ways after the Gaokao.
• Su Can told Lin Guangdong that Pineapple Media needed to win a short-term investment battle in Shanghai, though Lin worried their strategy was risky and they lacked local support.
• Lin Guangdong returned to Rongcheng after Fashion Culture’s first issue went on sale in Shanghai, where sales remained lukewarm.
• Fan Zhiliang and his associates mocked the new magazine and Su Can’s wager, confident that the young company could not prove its market in two issues.
• Su Can attended Professor Yu Ziming’s management lecture, where Zhang Xiaoqiao told classmates about his childhood visits to Yu’s home.
• Su Can called Li Lan to ask about his company and Tang Wu’s family event, and Li Lan said she would meet him soon to explain.

Li Lan brought Su Can to a reception at Houtang 3,000 City and explained how Tang Corporation had faced pressure from both a blocked presale permit and Donglin Group’s debt. Su Can learned that the debt had been settled with Mu’s help, but the permit crisis remained unresolved as Tang’s father welcomed him into the family’s circle.

• Li Lan told Su Can about her university romance and the former girlfriend who left Nanjing University after graduation.
• Li Lan drove Su Can to the Houtang 3,000 City sales office, where Tang’s father hosted a reception for business and political contacts.
• Li Lan explained that conflicts between the Land Bureau and Planning Bureau had delayed the project’s presale permit and created heavy financial pressure for Tang Corporation.
• Li Lan recounted how Mu helped expose Chaoyue’s questionable transfers, leading Chaoyue and Tang Corporation to settle Donglin Group’s debt through a transfer of properties.
• Su Can worried about the unresolved permit and the Tang family’s wider financial risks, while Li Lan said Tang’s father had specifically invited him to a future banquet.
• Tang’s father spotted Su Can and Li Lan across the reception and nodded toward them.

At a tea gathering for Tang's real-estate project, Su Can met Tang Wu's cousin Mu Kaizhu and the young entrepreneur Lu Ming while hearing about the project's confident sales prospects. Lu Ming mocked the expansion claims of Fashion Culture, the magazine Su Can had founded, and the chapter ended as a luxurious M3 convertible arrived outside, drawing everyone's attention.

• Tang's father invited Su Can to dinner, urged him to be tolerant of Mu Xuan, and warmly rubbed his forehead, prompting guests to suspect he was Tang Wu's boyfriend.
• Mu Kaizhu introduced herself as Tang Wu's cousin and teased Su Can about how he had won her over.
• Mu Kaizhu introduced Lu Ming, who described his new company and his wealthy father's backing.
• Li Lan explained that Tang's project was offering discounted internal reservations and predicted it could bring in four or five hundred million in a few days.
• Lu Ming cited Fashion Culture's ambitious expansion claims as an absurd boast, and Su Can realized his magazine had become a negative example.
• A commotion erupted as a luxurious M3 convertible sped up to the hall, signaling that someone important had arrived.

Su Can attended Tang's father's tea gathering, where prominent investor Zhan Hua's visit highlighted the prospects of Houtang 3,000 City. After returning to Nanjing University, Su Can faced questions from his roommates and saw Tang Wu waiting for PE.

• Zhan Hua arrived at Tang's father's tea gathering, and Li Lan explained his status as a leading investor and one of China's richest men.
• Zhan Hua discussed the housing project with Tang's father's business associates, then left after raising the gathering's profile.
• Mu Kaizhu approved of Su Can and introduced him to guests as her cousin's boyfriend.
• Tang's father saw Su Can off and invited him to dinner, while Li Lan offered to take him along on her rounds.
• Su Can's roommates learned that Tang Wu's family had a major business in Shanghai after questioning him about his absences.
• Su Can saw Tang Wu waiting in the sunlight before their PE class and admired her figure.

Su Can agreed to attend a Tang family dinner after Tang Wu reassured him she would leave with him if anyone treated him badly. After confirming that funds were ready for his business plans, he set out to put them to work.

• Tang Wu told Su Can that her mother had invited him to a family dinner, and he accepted despite her worries that relatives might judge him.
• Su Can comforted Tang Wu and promised he would not be easily intimidated; she offered to leave with him if he became unhappy.
• Su Can read that Tang Corporation's Houtang 3,000 City was launching sales and considered its potential as the surrounding commercial district developed.
• Su Can called Wang Yue, who confirmed Dunhuang had transferred the funds he requested and explained that the transfer would delay expansion plans.
• With the funds in place, Su Can left the campus bench ready to put his abilities to work.

Su Can went to the Shanghai International Auto Show and bought its showcase Bentley with cash, stunning the crowd and leaving in the car. Meanwhile, Mu Xuan arrived in Shanghai with her parents, who planned to meet Su Can the next day.

• Zhang Xiaoqiao gave Li Han and Xiao Xu three auto show tickets and a digital camera for their weekend outing.
• Mu Xuan arrived in Shanghai with Mu Yanrong and Qian Huafan, and Mu Yanrong asked about Su Can and said she would meet him the next day.
• Su Can traveled alone to the auto show while Li Han and Xiao Xu assumed he had gone to see Tang Wu.
• Su Can arrived at the Bentley stand with a case of cash and announced that he would buy the car.
• Su Can paid for the Bentley, completed the purchase arrangements, and drove it out of the exhibition center.

After buying a Bentley at the car show, Su Can planned to use it as the centerpiece of Fashion Culture’s next issue before attending Tang Wu’s family dinner. Tang Wu prepared to face her relatives’ scrutiny with him, but Su Can chose to arrive alone, leaving her to reflect on how her relationship had changed her.

• Su Can finished buying and registering the Bentley, then parked on the street and spoke with Tang Wu by phone.
• Su Can told Tang Wu he would go directly to Immortal Roast Abode for the six o’clock dinner instead of returning to campus with her.
• Su Can decided that Fashion Culture’s second issue would feature the Bentley’s interior and use the car’s sudden reappearance as publicity.
• Tang Wu returned to her relatives and considered how her aunts, uncles, and cousins viewed her relationship with Su Can.
• Tang Wu recognized that her feelings toward her family and her own heart had changed since she and Su Can became involved.

Su Can arrived at Tang Wu’s family dinner and faced her relatives’ scrutiny, while Tang Wu worried that her grandparents were unimpressed by him. When the rain complicated everyone’s ride home, Su Can revealed a Bentley and offered to drive them.

• Tang Wu learned from Mu Kaizhu that Third Aunt had been trying to match her with Aunt Zhao’s son, then waited for Su Can to arrive at dinner.
• Su Can arrived, and Tang Wu took his hand and led him into the private room, surprising her relatives and upsetting Zhang Yue.
• Mu Yanrong began dinner without questioning Su Can, while the relatives chatted and Mu Xuan treated him warmly.
• After dinner, Tang Wu grew anxious because her grandparents had shown little interest in Su Can, and the relatives argued over how to get everyone home in the rain.
• Su Can offered to drive some relatives, ran into the rain, and returned in a black Bentley, leaving everyone astonished.

Su Can arrived at Tang Wu’s family banquet in a Bentley, stunning her relatives and proving that he had kept his promise to make a dramatic entrance. As Tang Wu left with him, Mu Yanrong concluded that Su Can must have helped Tang Wu secure the contract.

• Mu Kaizhu recalled how Tang Wu had remained silent when their aunt scolded her, and how the family’s judgment had weighed on Tang Wu over the years.
• Su Can drove up in a Bentley during a thunderstorm, leaving the relatives shocked and making Tang Wu cry as he approached her.
• Su Can explained that he had bought the Bentley at a Shanghai car show, though Tang Wu still struggled to believe him.
• Fan Zhiliang greeted Su Can as Mr. Su and mentioned their wager, further surprising Tang Wu’s family.
• Tang Wu left with Su Can in the Bentley, kissed his cheek, and Mu Kaizhu rode in the back seat.
• Mu Yanrong told Tang’s father that she now believed Su Can had helped Tang Wu secure the contract.

After returning to Nanjing University, Su Can told Tang Wu how he had built Pineapple Media and bought the Bentley, then rushed through the rain to meet her after she asked him to come out. He reached the girls’ dormitory, where Tang Wu was waiting for him.

• Su Can dropped Mu Kaizhu off, returned to campus with Tang Wu, and joined his roommates after parking the Bentley.
• Su Can called Tang Wu and explained how he and Lin Guangdong founded Pineapple Media and used its funds to buy the car.
• Tang Wu questioned Su Can for keeping his business secret and teased him about making amends, before asking if he truly wanted to be intimate with her.
• Tang Wu said they would go out if Su Can appeared in front of her, and he grabbed a bag and dashed from his room despite his roommates’ protests.
• Su Can ran through the rain to the girls’ dormitory, where Tang Wu was already waiting.

Su Can cared for Tang Wu when she fell ill during their night at a hotel, then returned with her to campus as their friends teased him about what had happened. As their university routine resumed, Tang Wu’s family continued quietly investigating Su Can, and Li Lan met him to ask about the Bentley that had surprised the relatives.

• Su Can bought medicine for Tang Wu’s fever, helped her take it, and slept beside her without anything happening between them.
• Tang Wu apologized the next morning, and Su Can reassured her before they checked out and returned to campus.
• Zhang Xiaoqiao, Li Han, and Xiao Xu questioned Su Can about the night, and he insisted he had only cared for Tang Wu while she was sick.
• Su Can and Tang Wu settled back into university life as midterms overwhelmed students, while Su Can weighed dropping courses because of his work at Pineapple Media.
• Tang Wu’s relatives remained silent after Su Can’s arrival at the family banquet in a Bentley, apparently gathering information about him.
• Li Lan met Su Can at the campus café and asked where he had gotten the Bentley and why he had kept it secret.

Li Lan warned Su Can that Tang Wu’s parents might soon visit him, while Lin Guangdong prepared to use Su Can’s Bentley to publicize their magazine. Su Can’s arrival in the car stunned Tang Wu’s classmates, and he and Tang Wu reaffirmed their love as they reflected on how their lives had changed.

• Li Lan told Su Can that Mu Xuan might soon come to inspect him and privately considered how the Mu family’s support could benefit Su Can.
• Lin Guangdong arrived at Nanjing University, examined the Bentley, and discussed using its publicity to promote the magazine’s next issue.
• Su Can drove to Teaching Building Five to pick up Tang Wu, where her classmates and Cheng Congcong saw that he owned the Bentley.
• Su Can and Tang Wu walked together through campus after Lin Guangdong dropped them off, and Tang Wu asked how Su Can had built his business at seventeen.
• Su Can told Tang Wu he had worked to keep from losing her, and they embraced, promised not to regret their relationship, and joked about their future together.

Su Can enjoyed the attention his Bentley brought while rumors about his wealth spread around Nanjing University. When Tang Wu’s parents questioned him about the car, he told them he had bought it himself, leaving them to reconsider what they knew about him.

• Su Can reflected on owning his first luxury car and considered how the Bentley might help publicize his magazine, while recognizing that its impact was uncertain.
• Students spread rumors that Tang Wu’s boyfriend was a wealthy heir, and Tang Wu’s roommates heard the gossip while trying not to pry into her private life.
• Tang Wu’s parents worried that Su Can’s father might have bought him the Bentley with money from questionable business dealings.
• Tang Wu met Su Can before her parents arrived and told him to answer their questions truthfully, promising to help explain.
• At lunch, Tang’s father asked Su Can whether his family had bought the Bentley, and Su Can replied that he had purchased it himself.

Su Can explained how he built his magazine business to Tang Wu’s parents, winning Tang Zongyuan’s approval while Mu Xuan remained skeptical of his publicity strategy. As Tang Wu left with her parents, Tang Zongyuan considered supporting the magazine with an advertising campaign, and Mu Xuan mentioned Zhan Hua’s upcoming auction.

• Su Can told Tang Zongyuan and Mu Xuan about founding his magazine business, securing a publication number, and expanding with the Provincial Newspaper Group.
• Su Can described landing an advertising contract through persistence, and Tang Zongyuan praised his perseverance and business principles.
• Mu Xuan questioned Su Can’s role and motives, so Su Can showed them the magazine’s first issue and explained that his luxury car was a publicity tool.
• Tang Zongyuan encouraged Su Can and considered placing his group’s real estate advertisements in the magazine, while Mu Xuan doubted the project’s prospects.
• After Tang Wu left with her parents, Mu Xuan criticized Su Can’s plan and brought up Zhan Hua’s upcoming auction.

Zhan Hua prepared for Anlixin Investment Group’s charity auction while Su Can considered approaching him as a potential business contact. Su Can told his parents about Pineapple Media and its six-million valuation, and Su Licheng promised to help him.

• Zhan Hua asked Ye Shuiquan for advice on the charity auction, then took a call from someone he addressed with unusual deference.
• Su Can read about Zhan Hua’s upcoming auction and considered how he might connect with the influential investor.
• Su Can called Zeng Ke and Su Licheng and explained that he had founded a magazine and built Pineapple Media, which was valued at six million.
• Su Licheng spoke privately with Su Can and told him that he understood his first undertaking and would help him.

After telling Zeng Ke and Su Licheng that he had made six million yuan, Su Can rode through Shanghai and declined Lele’s attempt to lure him into the teahouse club. He chose Manhattan First Residence as the target of his survey and arrived at its sales office by bicycle, where the staff prepared to meet an unusual prospective buyer.

• Su Can explained his six-million-yuan fortune to Zeng Ke and Su Licheng, leaving his parents speechless.
• Su Can rode to the Bund and watched the wealthy visitors entering an upscale teahouse club.
• Zhang Yue recognized Su Can but pretended not to know him, while Lele approached Su Can on her friends’ behalf.
• Su Can politely refused Lele’s invitation, frustrating her and surprising the group at the club.
• Su Can selected Manhattan First Residence for its riverside views and rode to its sales office to survey the apartments.

Su Can bought a top-floor apartment at Manhattan First Residence and met fellow buyer Pei Fengshan, a prominent private financier. As they left to continue talking at a club, Pei Fengshan revealed that he was a loan shark.

• Su Can arrived by bicycle at Manhattan First Residence and asked to buy an apartment for himself.
• Su Can reserved the thirty-ninth-floor apartment in Building One, prompting Pei Fengshan to buy a rooftop-garden apartment in Building Two instead.
• Pei Fengshan introduced himself to Su Can, exchanged business cards, and learned that Su Can knew about financier Zhan Hua.
• Su Can and Pei Fengshan found common ground discussing finance and agreed to continue their conversation at a nearby club.
• Pei Fengshan draped an arm around Su Can and said he was a loan shark.