Chapter Summaries

After securing a chance to present Facebook’s financing proposal to Zhan Hua, Su Can celebrated with his team and reflected on how their fortunes had become tied to his. On the drive back to Nanjing University, he found Tong Tong and Cheng Congcong being harassed by Russian youths at a bar and got them safely into his Bentley.

• Su Can explained why he had expected Zhan Hua to consider auctioning a dinner, then joked to Wang Yue and the others that investment paid better than stock trading.
• Su Can joined his team for hot pot, where Wang Yue described how he had built Dunhuang and everyone reflected on how their lives had changed under his leadership.
• Su Can left the celebration early, and Lin Guangdong drove him back toward Nanjing University.
• Su Can spotted Tong Tong and Cheng Congcong trapped by several Russian youths who blocked their way and tried to pay them to stay.
• Su Can drove the Bentley onto the sidewalk, confronted the youths, and ushered Tong Tong and Cheng Congcong into the car before driving away.

Su Can rescued Cheng Congcong and Tong Tong, then told Tang Wu about his dinner with Zhan Hua and the challenges of securing investment for Facebook. Tang Wu reassured him that his success would silence her family’s doubts, and the two walked together across campus.

• Su Can drove Cheng Congcong and Tong Tong back to Nanjing University after rescuing them from a confrontation with young Russians.
• Tang Wu spent the day reading business magazines and worrying about Su Can’s dinner with Zhan Hua.
• Su Can told Tang Wu that Zhan Hua had not committed to investing in Facebook and explained his concerns about future financing and dilution.
• Tang Wu told Su Can that his meeting with Zhan Hua would prove his ability to her family, who had questioned his background.
• Su Can asked Tang Wu for a reward, and she linked her arms with his as they walked beneath the night sky.

After Su Can’s classroom exchange with Li Changlong went viral on Nanjing University’s BBS, students praised and criticized him while Ruan Si'ou publicly defended him and Tang Wu stayed calm about the attention. Meanwhile, Fashion Culture gained sudden popularity after Zhan Hua’s dinner, and Lin Guangdong called Su Can with news that Fan Zhiliang was panicking.

• Su Can returned to his dorm, where Xiao Xu and the others showed him the BBS uproar over his exchange with Li Changlong.
• Students flooded the Economics Department Board with reactions, praise, flirtatious messages, and gossip about Su Can.
• Ruan Si'ou argued in Su Can’s defense on the BBS, while Tang Wu’s roommates teased her about the attention he was receiving and Tang Wu remained unruffled.
• Coverage of Zhan Hua’s dinner drew attention to Fashion Culture, sharply increasing subscriptions and burdening its circulation department.
• Lin Guangdong called Su Can and told him that Fan Zhiliang was panicking.

After Su Can’s dinner with Zhan Hua propelled Fashion Culture into the spotlight, Pineapple Media gained momentum and support from publishers and distributors. Fan Zhiliang waited at the Weian International Clubhouse to sign the agreement he owed Su Can after losing their bet, while pretending to be unbothered.

• News of Su Can’s dinner with Zhan Hua spread, bringing Fashion Culture and Pineapple Media widespread attention.
• Lin Guangdong received a flood of calls, and the publisher and distributors moved to prioritize Fashion Culture’s third issue and future business.
• At the Weian International Clubhouse, Fan Zhiliang’s associates discussed Su Can’s winning the dinner auction and mocked or praised his spending.
• Fan Zhiliang said he would honor his bet and sign an agreement with Su Can when he arrived.
• Fan Zhiliang’s associates recognized that he was anxious to meet Su Can despite putting on a composed act at the mahjong table.

Su Can and Lin Guangdong met Fan Zhiliang at Weian International to negotiate a lucrative advertising contract for Fashion Culture, while both sides waited for the other to raise the subject first. The gathering grew into a wider social occasion as young women arrived and Fan Zhiliang announced that President Zhang from Noah Real Estate would join them.

• Lin Guangdong told Su Can that Fan Zhiliang had offered 210,000 a month for Fashion Culture’s title-page advertisement, and Su Can said they should negotiate for more.
• Su Can and Lin Guangdong arrived at Weian International, where Fan Zhiliang greeted them and introduced them to the other guests.
• Su Can and Fan Zhiliang discussed business with the guests but neither brought up the advertising contract, each waiting for the other to speak first.
• Fan Zhiliang called for a group of young women to join the gathering, and their leader said President Zhang from Noah Real Estate would arrive to play cards.

At a gathering at Weian International Clubhouse, Fan Zhiliang tried to use Liu Xiaojing to draw Su Can into signing an advertising contract. Su Can recognized the setup, refused the deal, and left, while Liu Xiaojing became increasingly interested in him.

• Fan Zhiliang introduced Liu Xiaojing to Su Can and encouraged her to flirt with him.
• Su Can found Liu Xiaojing crying near the restroom, where she claimed Fan Zhiliang had promised to forgive her mother's hospital debt if she spent the evening with him.
• Su Can returned to the sitting room with Liu Xiaojing on his arm, prompting the guests to assume he had taken an interest in her.
• Fan Zhiliang presented Su Can with an advertising contract, but Su Can changed his mind and argued that his magazine should uphold its standards.
• Su Can left the clubhouse with Lin Guangdong, explaining that he had seen through Fan Zhiliang's honey trap.
• Fan Zhiliang watched Su Can's Bentley depart, and Liu Xiaojing said she was becoming more and more interested in him.

As Christmas approached, Su Can returned his attention to class duties and tried to make up for neglecting his role as monitor. He began planning Class Four’s Christmas party, but the shortage of venues and his strained standing among class officers left the location unresolved.

• Su Can resumed studying with Tang Wu and felt guilty about neglecting his coursework and responsibilities as class monitor.
• Counselor Su Yiyi expected Su Can to arrange a venue for Class Four’s Christmas activities after his earlier absence had forced others to handle class duties.
• Su Can gathered the class officers to discuss the Christmas party, and they explained that the major auditoriums were already reserved.
• Su Can suggested borrowing a multimedia classroom, but the officers said demand was high and securing one without connections would be difficult.
• Deputy monitor Yang Lei mocked the suggestion that Su Can might be invited to the Future Entrepreneurs Club, while Su Can focused on finding a way to make the party memorable.

Su Can struggled to secure a venue for Class Four’s Christmas party while Class Three’s Jiang Shaohua enjoyed the advantage of having booked the university Lawn. The chapter left Su Can with a possible alternative when Lin Luoran invited him and Tang Wu to the AIESEC Club’s Christmas party at the Crowne Plaza.

• Su Can cycled across campus seeking approval to borrow a classroom, but staff rejected his applications or offered unsuitable rooms.
• Jiang Shaohua’s Class Three secured the university Lawn for its Christmas party, making him more confident as Su Can’s class still had no venue.
• Zhang Xiaoqiao asked his father to help find a classroom, but his father refused to intervene and urged him to focus on his studies.
• Lin Luoran called Su Can about Christmas gifts and invited him and Tang Wu to the AIESEC Club’s party at the Crowne Plaza.
• Zhang Xiaoqiao explained that AIESEC was a large international student organization with a branch at Shanghai International Studies University.

Su Can struggled to find a venue for his class’s Christmas party until Tang Wu’s news about AIESEC’s gathering at the Crowne Plaza gave him an idea. He secured a conference room there for December 24, leaving his class committee stunned.

• Su Can told Tang Wu that Lin Luoran had invited them to AIESEC’s Christmas Party at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
• Tang Wu revealed that FEEC had invited her to join, and Su Can said she should decide for herself.
• Su Can realized the Crowne Plaza could solve his class’s venue problem and called a meeting of Freshman Class Four’s committee.
• The committee members objected that the class could not afford a five-star hotel, but Su Can announced that he had already booked the Crowne Plaza conference room with Lin Luoran’s help.

Su Can organized a Christmas party for Class Four at the Crowne Plaza, paying for it himself and inviting university leaders to attend. As campus buzzed about the event, FEEC members learned that Class Four’s party conflicted with their joint Christmas party with AIESEC and considered making the freshmen change venues.

• Su Can arranged a Crowne Plaza Christmas party for Class Four, and the posters drew astonished and envious attention across campus.
• Su Yiyi questioned Su Can about the cost, then agreed to attend after Su Can explained that he was paying and invited college and department leaders.
• Ruan Si'ou told Tang Wu and their roommates about Class Four’s party, and Tang Wu began thinking about a Christmas present for Su Can.
• Liu Menghui, Mo Xue, and Liang Qinghe learned that Class Four’s party conflicted with the FEEC and AIESEC event at the Crowne Plaza, and Liu Menghui suggested getting the freshmen to switch venues.
• Su Can continued planning the party unaware of the conflict, while students began calling him the most awesome freshman class president.

Su Can’s plans for a Christmas class party stirred discussion at Nanjing University, while classmates and old friends reflected on his growing influence and their own futures. Lin Zouwen warned Su Can to protect Lin Luoran at the upcoming party, threatening to shoot him if she got drunk and woke up in someone else’s bed.

• Su Can organized an off-campus Christmas gathering for his class, earning the nickname “reckless rookie” and drawing praise from Su Yiyi.
• Jiang Shaohua complained that Su Can’s latest plans had eclipsed his own class gathering, while Yang Lei distanced himself from Jiang and remembered Tang Wu standing up for Su Can.
• Wang Weiwei told Su Can he wanted to travel the world with a camera instead of following his parents’ plans for his future.
• Lin Zouwen reminisced with Su Can about their past adventures and said his sister and he both liked being around Su Can.
• Lin Zouwen told Su Can to watch over Lin Luoran at the Christmas party and threatened to shoot him if she got drunk and woke up in someone else’s bed.

Su Can prepared Class Four’s Christmas party while an elaborate AIESEC event took place elsewhere in the hotel, and he encountered Lin Luoran and Liu Xiaojing there. The party began when Tang Wu arrived and entered hand in hand with Su Can, drawing the class’s attention and teasing.

• Su Can and Class Four decorated their banquet hall, then he learned from Zack that Facebook was growing while Zack continued working toward Harvard.
• On Christmas Eve, AIESEC members from Shanghai International Studies University arrived at the hotel for their joint event with Nanjing University’s Bi Club.
• Su Can met Lin Luoran at the entrance, and they rode the elevator with Liu Xiaojing, who avoided acknowledging him.
• Tang Wu arrived dressed for the party, and Su Can welcomed her before leading her into the hall by the hand.
• Class Four fell briefly silent at their entrance, then cheered and teased them as Tang Wu blushed.

At the class Christmas party, Su Can gave Tang Wu a jade zodiac bracelet before heading alone to the elite gathering hosted by Lin Luoran’s club. As Lin Luoran introduced him to the assembled students, she admitted that he felt both close to her and far away.

• Su Yiyi welcomed the college and department leaders at the Christmas party, and the class’s comic performances entertained the guests.
• Su Can gave Tang Wu a Hetian jade zodiac bracelet, and the two teased each other as they watched the show.
• Su Can went to the Holiday Inn’s top-floor gathering without Tang Wu, who stayed downstairs with Ruan Si'ou and Tong Tong.
• Lin Luoran helped Su Can enter and introduced him to members of the AIESEC and FEEC clubs, where he quickly attracted attention.
• On the terrace, Lin Luoran told Su Can that he felt so close to her and yet so far away.

At a Christmas party, Su Can’s closeness with Lin Luoran was tested when Liu Xiaojing staged an intimate gesture to provoke her, then Wei Ding Ding and Li Du confronted him. Su Can left the International Presidents Club after throwing a wine bottle at Li Du, while Lin Luoran watched with unspoken feelings.

• Lin Luoran told Su Can that he seemed close yet distant, then they joked about her hopes for a future husband and son.
• Liu Xiaojing invited Su Can to a booth where Liu Menghui, Mo Qinghe, and Liu Yangchao discussed building a Chinese social-networking site modeled on Facebook.
• Liu Xiaojing clung to Su Can to repel a pursuer and test his relationship with Lin Luoran, who saw them and turned away.
• Wei Ding Ding and Li Du blocked Su Can from reaching Lin Luoran, and Li Du insulted her, prompting Su Can to throw a wine bottle at him.
• Su Can accidentally kicked Wei Ding Ding while trying to strike Li Du, and Lin Luoran stopped him as security separated them.
• The AIESEC president ordered Su Can to leave, and Su Can apologized before walking out while Lin Luoran struggled to respond.

After leaving the elite clubs’ Christmas party, Su Can reflected on the trouble his actions might cause before Tang Wu comforted him and agreed to let him hold her. Lin Luoran went looking for him but left without calling, and Christmas Eve passed as 2002 and the approaching winter break arrived.

• Su Can left the International Presidents Club after confronting Wei Ding Ding and Li Du, while Lin Luoran and Liu Xiaojing remained behind in the hall.
• Su Can sat alone at the bar, worrying about the gossip and consequences of hitting Wei Ding Ding and wondering how the incident might affect his relationships.
• Tang Wu found Su Can, reminded him to follow his own path, and let him embrace her as they stood together in the candlelit bar.
• Lin Luoran went to Su Can's Class Four Christmas Party to look for him, but left without calling after learning he had not returned.
• Lin Luoran boarded the coach without contacting Su Can, and Christmas Eve ended as 2002 arrived and winter break approached.

As Nanjing University students prepared for final exams, Tang Wu’s roommates discussed Su Can’s Christmas party and the fallout from his clash with the university clubs. Su Yiyi defended Su Can’s position as class monitor but warned him to handle any future confrontation more discreetly.

• Cheng Congcong rushed to class to avoid being marked late by her strict Financial Economics instructor, while Tong Tong and Ruan Si'ou talked about winter break plans.
• Ruan Si'ou and Tong Tong praised Su Can’s Christmas party and said the clubs were shortsighted to look down on him.
• Students and club insiders speculated that Su Can’s clash with the clubs had damaged his prospects and could even cost him his class monitor position.
• Su Yiyi summoned Su Can, criticized him for leaving his class party early, and asked about the incident at the other party.
• Su Can admitted he had hit someone, and Su Yiyi said some people deserved a beating while urging him to remain class monitor and be more discreet next time.

Su Can discussed Dunhuang Group’s expansion and Wang Yue’s life and business plans, then traveled with Tang Wu to a family dinner at her newly finished Shanghai home. The chapter left Su Can at Tang Wu’s door, remembering the matching Winnie the Pooh pajamas she had given him.

• Wang Yue proposed opening an office in Shanghai, but Su Can rejected a dedicated office and urged her to bring her mother from Xiahai to live with her in Rongcheng.
• Wang Yue reported Dunhuang Mall’s projected sales and profits, and she and Su Can discussed its plans to expand into Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanghai.
• Tang Wu invited Su Can to a family dinner at her new home and told him that her parents would no longer interfere with their relationship.
• Su Can and Tang Wu traveled by bus and subway to Xuehai Yiju, where Mu Kaizhu greeted them at the villa building.
• As they entered Tang Wu’s private elevator, Su Can remembered the Winnie the Pooh pajamas she had given him and her note that they were a matching couple’s set.

Su Can attended a family meal at Tang Wu’s new home, where relatives compared him with Song Pengcheng and scrutinized his place in the family circle. After drinking far beyond his limit to prove himself, Su Can collapsed onto the dining table.

• Tang Wu brought Su Can to her Shanghai home, where Mu Xuan welcomed them and relatives and family associates watched Su Can closely.
• Su Can reunited with Li Ying, who thanked him through her warm greeting, while Song Pengcheng remained seated and treated him coolly.
• At dinner, Li Yan invited Su Can to drink, and Su Can accepted despite Tang Wu’s warning and Old Master Qian’s advice to stop.
• Su Can and Zhang Chaoyang drank together, and Zhang Chaoyang praised Su Can’s magazine despite their earlier conflict.
• Mu Kaizhu revealed that Su Can had been expelled from the FEEC Club, and Song Pengcheng confirmed he knew about the incident.
• After several rounds of drinking, Mu Kaizhu patted Su Can on the shoulder, and he toppled forward onto the Rosewood Dining Table.

After getting drunk at Tang Wu’s housewarming dinner, Su Can woke up in her family’s new home and shared a quiet breakfast with Tang Wu before they returned to university to prepare for finals. As winter break approached, Lin Luoran told him she would not be returning to Rongcheng and that he should wait for her brother and Wang Weiwei instead.

• Su Can drank heavily at Tang Wu’s housewarming dinner and was helped to the guest room, where Tang Wu covered him with one of Mu Xuan’s treasured wedding quilts.
• Tang Wu reflected on her family’s reactions to Su Can and dismissed Song Pengcheng’s offer to introduce her to the Beijing University Elite Association.
• Su Can woke in the guest room, met Tang Wu in the hallway, and ate breakfast with her and her parents before returning to university.
• Su Can and Tang Wu began reviewing for Nanjing University’s finals as the Christmas Party’s tensions faded into the background.
• Su Can asked Lin Luoran whether she was returning to Rongcheng for winter break, and she replied that he should wait for her brother and Wang Weiwei because she was not going back.

Su Can balanced his exams with his growing businesses, while Lin Zouwen and Wang Weiwei affirmed their support after his conflict with Wei Ding Ding. After finishing finals, Su Can and Tang Wu flew from Shanghai to Rongcheng together, leaving him to wonder whether they were bringing their love home.

• Lin Guangdong invited Su Can to a business gathering aboard the Holiday, but Su Can declined because the organizers mainly wanted to uncover the magazine's owner.
• Lin Zouwen and Wang Weiwei told Su Can they supported him despite Lin Luoran's displeasure and the conflict with Wei Ding Ding.
• Su Can completed his final exams after an intensive period of systematic study, while his parents checked on his preparations to return home.
• Su Can and Zack agreed to postpone selling Facebook shares as Su Can planned to use future investment to raise the site's value and strengthen it against rivals.
• Li Lan drove Su Can and Tang Wu to the airport, and they flew from Shanghai to Rongcheng together.