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Song Yuan participates in a live stream battle, spending lavishly to support a streamer, triggering more emotional value and anger from Li Mengyao. He learns she's still trying to manipulate others for money and status, fueling his system.
Song Yuan goes on a blind date where the woman makes extravagant demands. After a terse exchange, he activates a "Negative Emotion System," which rewards him for making others feel negative emotions. He realizes his ex-girlfriend's best friend, Zhao Xinran, an old acquaintance, is his next target.
Song Yuan meets Zhao Xinran. He deliberately provokes her, triggering the system to grant him points. He forces her to pretend to be his girlfriend to appease his mother, leveraging her phone to ensure her cooperation. This leads to a public display of affection and further emotional gains for Song Yuan.
Zhao Xinran meets Song Yuan's mother, solidifying their fake relationship. The system rewards Song Yuan with a million-dollar luxury car for accumulating enough emotional value. Later, Xinran's mother also gets involved, pushing for marriage and gifting Song Yuan a significant sum, further fueling his emotional value accumulation, which then rewards him with a luxury villa.
Song Yuan's colleagues discuss his potential promotion at work, noting a company policy against relationships for prospective general managers. Zhao Xinran shows up at his new villa, creating humorous misunderstandings with his colleagues, including his best friend, Wu Fan. The system continues to reward Song Yuan, eventually granting him 51% shares of Aurora Technology.
Song Yuan confronts a conniving colleague, Wang Peng. At a shareholders' meeting, Song Yuan reveals his new status as the major shareholder, shocking everyone, including Wang Peng and his uncle. Later, he is rewarded with a unique "Butterfly Voyager" bicycle valued at 30 million dollars, which he uses to teach a lesson to a disrespectful driver.
Zhao Xinran's mother, skeptical of Song Yuan's claims of wealth, orchestrates a meeting and tries to expose him as a fraud. However, Song Yuan's success and growing status continually prove her wrong. He surprises Xinran with a Porsche, further infuriating his ex-girlfriend, Li Mengyao, who tries to get back with him.
Song Yuan establishes a cell phone store for Zhao Xinran, which Li Mengyao attempts to hijack thinking she can take advantage. However, Song Yuan's intervention foils Li Mengyao's plans, culminating in her public humiliation and Song Yuan achieving the ultimate prize from his system: 999.9 billion dollars.