Chapter Summaries

Mei and Xu Qi reminisced about their relationship in his childhood bedroom, where Mei confessed her love and asked to have a child with him. Their conversation turned intimate, and Xu Qi, Mei, and Elysia began a playful night together at his parents’ house.

• Mei held the photo album of her and Xu Qi’s memories as they discussed how Xu Qi had fallen in love with her before they started dating.
• Xu Qi admitted he had loved Mei for a long time and realized how much he needed her when she cared for him in the hospital.
• Mei said she wanted a child with Xu Qi, and she pulled Elysia back when Elysia tried to slip away.
• Xu Qi warned Mei that his parents were home and the house was not soundproof, but Mei urged him to keep his voice down.
• Xu Qi, Mei, and Elysia became intimate in his childhood bedroom, with Mei and Elysia joining him in a playful encounter.

Xu Qi returned home with Mei and Elysia for the Mid-Autumn Festival, where his mother discovered them in his bed and welcomed them as her daughters-in-law. He brought them back to the Golden Courtyard, where Kalpas and Kosma were hanging lanterns.

• Xu Qi called Bronya and Rita after their missed calls, promised to sleep with Rita the next night, and heard her tease Bronya before hanging up.
• Lin Lai walked into Xu Qi's room the next morning and found Mei and Elysia sleeping beside him.
• Mei and Elysia beat Xu Qi with a pillow after Lin Lai left, then joined him for breakfast.
• Lin Lai asked Mei and Elysia to bring her a grandchild someday, called them daughters-in-law, and told Mei she could turn to her for help.
• Xu Qi drove Mei and Elysia back to the Golden Courtyard and greeted Kalpas and Kosma as they hung lanterns.

Xu Qi and his companions decorated the Golden Courtyard for the Mid-Autumn Festival, while teasing and romantic encounters revealed the group’s close bonds and plans for the night. Elsewhere, Xin An received a festival greeting from Xu Qi but chose not to reply as she reflected on how their lives had diverged.

• Xu Qi returned to the Golden Courtyard with Mei and Alysia, and everyone joined in preparing lanterns and mooncakes for the festival.
• Xu Qi teased Bronya about being lovers, and Himeko shared that she had lost her parents young and valued spending the holiday with Theresa and the others.
• Griseo worried about clouds hiding the moon, so Vil-V revealed that she had launched a missile to clear the sky; Xu Qi recalled his embarrassing encounter with Kiana in the Unicorn’s mental domain and Theresa’s reaction.
• Mobius and Su brought out an astronomical telescope for moon viewing, while several women quietly discussed preparing a soundproof room for the night.
• Xin An received a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival message from Xu Qi while working at Mode Capital Metro, but she did not reply and thought their lives might never intersect again.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Dr. Mei told Shigure Kira to stop probing her connection to Xu Qi, while Shi-bao confronted Kafka and brought her into Xu Qi’s orbit. At the Golden Courtyard, everyone gathered for Alahato SEED’s PV premiere, and Rita comforted Xu Qi as he washed dishes, though he admitted he still sensed some distrust from her.

• Dr. Mei celebrated the moon alone until Shigure Kira questioned her interest in Xu Qi, and Mei asked her to let the matter end.
• Kafka fled with an unconscious hacker girl, but Raven cornered her before Shi-bao and her junior disciple arrived; Shi-bao made Raven leave and invited Kafka to the Golden Courtyard as a gift for Xu Qi.
• At the Golden Courtyard’s Mid-Autumn dinner, Xu Qi toasted the guests, and everyone discussed how creators should handle the success or failure of their work.
• As the Alahato SEED PV began airing, Xu Qi went to wash dishes, and Rita followed him into the kitchen and hugged him from behind.
• Xu Qi told Rita that he still sensed a little distrust from her despite her promise never to leave him.

On Mid-Autumn night, Rita lured Xu Qi into her room while his friends secretly hid there, intending to surprise him. Xu Qi began answering Rita’s questions about his past relationships, unaware of the people concealed around them.

• Xu Qi and Rita flirted in the kitchen, and Rita agreed to wait for him that night.
• After the courtyard gathering ended, Xu Qi went to his room, while Rita and the others prepared a hidden gathering in her room.
• At midnight, Rita let Xu Qi in, and he embraced her on the bed.
• Rita asked Xu Qi how many girls he had been intimate with, and he named Mei, Elysia, Yae, Mobius, Fu Hua, and Rita.
• Xu Qi tried to become intimate with Rita, but she stopped him and continued asking questions while the hidden women listened.

Rita coaxed Xu Qi into confessing his feelings and history with several women, while the others secretly listened before revealing themselves and trapping him in their midst. As they began to overwhelm him, Rin and Pardofelis separately sneaked out to investigate the missing women and ran into each other.

• Rita prompted Xu Qi to name the women he had feelings for, and he spoke about Aponia, Bronya, Theresa, and Eden.
• Xu Qi praised Bronya’s support and loyalty, moving her deeply despite his teasing remarks about her.
• Mei, Mobius, Fu Hua, Rita, Aponia, Bronya, Elysia, and the others revealed they had been hiding around the room and cornered Xu Qi.
• Rin wondered where her sister and the others had gone, then left her room to search for them.
• Rin encountered Pardofelis sneaking around, and they both claimed they had come out to get water.

Rin followed Pardofelis to spy on Xu Qi and the women in his bedroom, then returned to her room overwhelmed by what she had seen. Xu Qi endured a long night with Mei and the others, while Rin remained fixated on him.

• Rin asked Pardofelis to take her to Xu Qi, and Pardofelis covered her with a cloak to help her avoid being spotted.
• Rin peered through the bedroom door and saw Xu Qi with Fu Hua, Yae, Mei, Elysia, Rita, Bronya, Aponia, and Mobius.
• Mei took her turn with Xu Qi after the others, teasing him in her teacher's outfit while he pleaded for rest.
• Rin returned to her room with Pardofelis's help and lay awake thinking about Xu Qi and what she had witnessed.

Rin dreamed of a romantic moment with Xu Qi before waking, while Xu Qi recovered from the previous night and shared breakfast with the others. The Alahato SEED PV surged in popularity, and Qian Chen called to tell Xu Qi that it had already met the target he had set with the president.

• Rin tried to suppress her feelings for her brother-in-law, then dreamed that she and Xu Qi kissed on a Ferris wheel before her alarm woke her.
• Xu Qi woke with Mei and the other girls still asleep around him, covered them with blankets, and went downstairs to eat with Su, Kevin, and Kalpas.
• Theresa and Himeko rushed out after the cyber police found a criminal hideout, while Kevin and Su avoided admitting their role in the investigation.
• Xu Qi picked up Griseo and brought her to breakfast, where he learned that the Alahato SEED PV had reached seven million views and topped the trending list.
• Qian Chen called Xu Qi and said the PV had reached its agreed target in one night.

After Alahato SEED’s first publicity push succeeded, Xu Qi celebrated with Eden, who kissed him after teasing him about his relationships. The next morning, Mei arranged a packed schedule for Xu Qi’s National Day holiday, leaving him startled as she began listing the plans.

• Xu Qi and Qian Chen discussed the successful first publicity push for Alahato SEED and prepared for a second PV by mid-November.
• Eden teased Xu Qi about the women he had spent the previous night with, then kissed him after he asked to taste her lipstick.
• Mei and the other women woke up embarrassed by the previous night, while Rin was found to have gone out early to meet a classmate.
• Mei scolded Xu Qi for planning to stay home all holiday and revealed a ten-day schedule of activities she had made for him.

Xu Qi spent the morning with Mei before Dr. Mei arrived at the Golden Courtyard to tutor Griseo. Her resemblance to Mei unsettled Xu Qi, but Dr. Mei asked him to sit with her and get to know her.

• Bronya rushed in to tell Xu Qi that Alahato SEED had taken the top three trending spots, then kissed him before hurrying to the company.
• Mei grew jealous after seeing Xu Qi enjoy Bronya's kiss, pinned him to the sofa, and passionately kissed him until the doorbell rang.
• Rita and Fu Hua discussed Rita's stay while Mei watched Elysia's livestream, and Xu Qi answered the door to find Dr. Mei.
• Xu Qi welcomed Dr. Mei and introduced her to Rita and Fu Hua as Griseo's private tutor.
• Dr. Mei reassured Xu Qi about their awkward first meeting and asked him to sit and talk with her.
• Xu Qi asked whether Dr. Mei was Mei's long-lost relative, and she replied that even twins would not resemble each other so much.

Xu Qi brought Dr. Mei to teach Griseo mathematics, while Mei grew jealous of her and Elysia tried to calm her down. Aponia confirmed that Dr. Mei was a separate person with a destiny unlike anyone else’s, and the chapter ended with her lesson with Griseo going well as Xu Qi joined them.

• Dr. Mei told Xu Qi she would teach Griseo if he stayed beside her for the duration of the lessons.
• Mei tried to confront Dr. Mei, but Elysia restrained her and argued that Xu Qi had no romantic interest in the tutor.
• Dr. Mei introduced herself to Aponia and began tutoring Griseo, who sensed that her color was mysterious and pure black.
• Aponia told Xu Qi that Dr. Mei’s destiny had no beginning and confirmed that she and Mei were completely different people.
• Dr. Mei encouraged Griseo to write down her thoughts while solving problems, and Griseo said she liked her teacher.
• Xu Qi brought a fruit platter to the lesson, and Dr. Mei teased him for taking so long to visit.

Xu Qi realized that Dr. Mei knew he had arranged for Aponia and Mobius to investigate her, and she explained why she was comfortable with his doubts. She left him acknowledging that she was distinct from Mei, though her teasing left their relationship unresolved.

• Xu Qi watched Dr. Mei assess Griseo's math skills while he worked on the Alahato SEED script.
• Dr. Mei leaned against Xu Qi, and he recognized her familiar appearance and fragrance.
• Dr. Mei revealed that she knew Xu Qi had asked Aponia and Mobius to investigate her and had Mei observe her.
• Dr. Mei told Xu Qi that she was her own person, distinct from Mei, who loved him and would always return to him.
• Xu Qi thanked Dr. Mei and asked her to stop teasing him, then admitted that she was beautiful and that he had felt comfortable beside her.

Mei and Xu Qi grew intimate while Griseo worked on her exercises, and Mei and Teacher Mei appeared to share a secret afterward. The chapter ended as Teacher Mei began her two-hour tutoring lesson with Griseo.

• Mei reviewed Griseo's test paper and asked Xu Qi to mark it if Griseo finished before she returned from the bathroom.
• Griseo asked Xu Qi whether he liked Teacher Mei, and he told her to focus on her exercises.
• Mei arrived, became jealous of Teacher Mei, and pulled Xu Qi close before he led her to Griseo's bed.
• Xu Qi and Mei kissed and touched until Mei stopped them because Griseo was still in the room.
• Teacher Mei returned, and she and Griseo exchanged a knowing glance while Xu Qi went to fetch her a heating pad.
• Teacher Mei began tutoring Griseo, with the lesson scheduled to last two hours.

Xu Qi said goodbye to Dr. Mei, received a huge National Day bonus, and spent the night with Mei while SEED’s publicity gained attention. Meanwhile, Mobius and Eden discussed Dr. Mei’s mysterious origins and agreed to investigate her connection to Xu Qi.

• Xu Qi thanked Mei for tutoring Griseo, and Aponia arranged for lessons to take place after dinner so Griseo could nap beforehand.
• Bronya showed Xu Qi that he had received a 500,000-yuan National Day bonus and told him to enjoy his holiday while she monitored SEED’s promotion.
• Xu Qi checked SEED’s growing online discussion, then set aside his tablet and became intimate with Mei.
• Mobius showed Eden a recording of Dr. Mei with Xu Qi and explained that even they had mistaken Dr. Mei for Mei.
• Mobius told Eden that Aponia believed Dr. Mei’s destiny had appeared without a beginning in their spacetime, and Eden agreed to introduce a quantum-science expert to investigate.

Shi-bao brought the wounded Kafka and Hack Rabbit to the Golden Courtyard, where Xu Qi agreed to shelter them and questioned Kafka about Anti-Entropy and the 956 Incident. Kafka revealed that she had known the entire plan and had been ordered to stop Xu Qi, but claimed she could not have defeated him without causing his death.

• Mobius learned from Klein that unknown energy sources were approaching.
• Shi-bao and Li Sushang brought Kafka and the unconscious Hack Rabbit to the Golden Courtyard, while Kosma and Kalpas dealt with pursuers outside.
• Xu Qi returned downstairs after calming Mei and reassured Rita that she was not an outsider.
• Theresa told Xu Qi that Anti-Entropy might have two traitors and was searching for someone after its losses in Guangcheng.
• Doctor Su reported that Kafka had a gunshot wound and Hack Rabbit had suffered Mental Power damage, and Xu Qi ordered both women to remain at the Golden Courtyard.
• Kafka admitted she knew the entire 956 Incident plan and had followed Xia Ya's orders to stop Xu Qi, but said he would have died if she had tried to defeat him.

After Shi-bao and Li Sushang left, Xu Qi comforted Rita, who claimed she had been frightened by the commotion. When he mentioned that Durandal had told him about Rita’s shooting skills, Rita discovered his flirtatious QQ messages with Durandal and made him read them as punishment; the chapter ended with her keeping him in bed for several rounds.

• Xu Qi invited Li Sushang to stay, but she and Fu Hua said they had already found somewhere to sleep and left.
• Xu Qi embraced Rita and asked why she had seemed distracted, then told her Durandal had revealed her shooting skills.
• Rita asked for Xu Qi’s phone and read his suggestive messages with Durandal, then ordered him to lie down.
• Rita made Xu Qi read their chat messages and punished him whenever she found a line suggestive.
• Rita continued making Xu Qi read messages through several rounds, eventually caring less whether the lines were suggestive.

After spending the night with Rita, Xu Qi spent the day shopping and scouting photo locations with Mei and Elysia before tutoring Griseo. Mei spoke with Xu Qi about jealousy, love, and his relationships, leaving him with a deeper connection to her and an invitation to call her by her first name.

• Rita asked Xu Qi for another round, then questioned whether he had a relationship with Durandal; Xu Qi insisted they were only online friends.
• Mei confronted Xu Qi about spending the night with Rita, then took him shopping and scouting photo locations with Elysia for the day.
• Xu Qi arrived exhausted to tutor Griseo, and Mei teased him about being a womanizer before taking him aside to talk privately.
• Mei told Xu Qi that love could make people accept unconventional relationships, shared a story about a friend who regretted losing someone, and urged him to cherish Mei and his other girlfriends.
• Mei pointed out that Xu Qi still did not understand women's feelings and suggested Mei and Elysia would comfort him after the tiring day; Xu Qi thanked her and began to accept her as a mentor.
• Mei asked Xu Qi to stop calling her Miss Mei, leaving him uncertain about addressing her by her first name.

Xu Qi grew closer to Mei, while Bronya faced pressure as Alahato SEED’s success drew industry attention. Bronya invited Xu Qi to her home and took their relationship further, ending the chapter in an intimate encounter.

• Mei offered to teach Xu Qi about pursuing girls and maintaining relationships, then promised herself she would not leave him again.
• Bronya worked late to protect Alahato SEED’s momentum and found comfort in Xu Qi waiting for her at home.
• Bronya invited Xu Qi to dinner at her house after the National Day holiday and asked him to come alone.
• Bronya pulled Xu Qi into her room, kissed him, and told him to address her as President before they began having sex.
• Xu Qi’s teasing embarrassed Bronya during their encounter, so she kissed him to silence him.

Bronya and Xu Qi grew closer after an intimate night, while Xu Qi continued his experiments and spent time with Mei and Griseo. Mei admitted to Griseo that she liked Xu Qi, and the chapter ended as Mei told Elysia she had recently had a dream.

• Bronya told Xu Qi she felt strange after their intimacy, and he comforted her before they showered together.
• Xu Qi tested Hai Wei's Exoskeleton Armor with Mobius and Veliona, then met Mei while she tutored Griseo.
• Griseo asked Mei whether she liked Xu Qi, and Mei admitted that she had fallen for him at first sight.
• Mei remained distracted while gaming with Elysia, who asked whether she was still troubled about Miss Mei.
• Mei tousled Elysia's hair and began telling her about a recent dream.

Mei told Elysia that her increasingly clear dream ended with her leaving Xu Qi, a choice she could not imagine making. After Xu Qi vowed he would never let Mei go, Mei kissed him before leaving, saying she had simply wanted to know what kissing felt like.

• Mei explained to Elysia that her dream showed her leaving Xu Qi after finding him with her, but she resisted the dream and woke without knowing what came next.
• Mei asked Xu Qi what he would do if a woman he loved were her stubborn friend, and he said he would never let Mei go.
• Mei became tearful and left for the bathroom, while Griseo praised Xu Qi and teased him.
• Mei returned and told Xu Qi his answer was not bad, adding that it would have been wonderful if he had said those words to her.
• After Xu Qi finished tutoring Griseo, Mei told him to take good care of Mei and kissed him in the underground parking lot.