Chapter Summaries

Xu Qi gave Christmas gifts to the women gathered in the courtyard, and each gift led to an affectionate kiss that made the party increasingly intimate. The chapter ended as he approached Fu Xian'er with a broken sword sculpture, then took out a paper umbrella and a brick.

• Xu Qi gave Theresa, Fu Hua, Aponia, Eden, Anna, and Yae gifts, and they each kissed him in return.
• Xu Qi gave Rin a Himeko doll, and Rin kissed him before promising not to do it again.
• Xu Qi gave Vil-V a repaired pocket watch, Pardofelis a silver coin, and Mei a pair of glasses, and each kissed him.
• Xu Qi gave Shigure Kira a heart-shaped gemstone, and she kissed his cheek as a return gift.
• Xu Qi approached Fu Xian'er with a broken sword sculpture, then took out a paper umbrella and a brick.

Xu Qi gave Christmas gifts to the gathered women, then proposed to Mei in front of everyone. Mei was overwhelmed with happiness and began answering him through tears.

• Xu Qi gave Shi-bao, Fu Xian'er, Li Sushang, Himeko, and Durandal their Christmas gifts.
• Elysia teased Xu Qi about having one gift left, and the group turned their attention to Mei.
• Xu Qi changed into a formal suit as Eden played piano, then knelt before Mei and opened a ring box.
• Xu Qi asked Mei to marry him and told her he wanted to spend their lives together.
• Mei cried with happiness as Elysia comforted her, then told Xu Qi he should have asked sooner.

Xu Qi proposed to Mei at the Christmas party, and she accepted amid the guests’ celebrations. Afterward, Xu Qi continued handing out gifts and talked with Yae and Mobius, whose rivalry over his first time surfaced again.

• Mei accepted Xu Qi’s proposal, and the guests celebrated as he put a ring on her finger.
• Griseo gave Mei blue roses, while Elysia and Rita revealed how they had helped arrange the celebration.
• Yae teased Mei about her future wedding, and Fu Xian’er told Fu Hua that she would hold a wedding for her and Xu Qi at Mount Tai Xu.
• Xu Qi advised Kosma, who had missed the last subway while out with Daisy Dubea, to book two hotel rooms.
• Yae and Xu Qi discussed his past romances until Mobius joined them and challenged Yae over being Xu Qi’s first lover.

At the Christmas party, Xu Qi flirted with Yae and Mobius before Eden kissed him while drunk and teased him about their relationship. He then discovered Mei and Mei waiting inside a large gift box as his Christmas present, and carried them to the bed.

• Xu Qi embraced Yae and Mobius, reassured them that he loved them both, and suggested they spend the following night together.
• Xu Qi joined the women in storytelling and flirtatious games until Eden helped bring the Christmas party to an end.
• Xu Qi found Eden waiting at his room and shared a wine-filled kiss with her after she teased him about having feelings for his sister.
• Eden declined Xu Qi's offer to take her back to her room and hinted that he might have a chance with her in the future.
• Xu Qi opened the large gift box and found Mei and Mei inside wearing sheer nightgowns.
• Xu Qi lifted Mei and Mei from the box and carried them to the bed.

Xu Qi and Mei celebrated their engagement with an intense Christmas night, while the chapter briefly contrasted their evening with the Christmas experiences of Su, Kalpas, Kosma, and Kevin. The next morning, Xu Qi tidied up after the night and reflected on how much stronger he had become as a New Human.

• Mei and Mei kept Xu Qi occupied through the night after Mei accepted his proposal.
• Mei revealed that she had secretly known Xu Qi was measuring her finger for the engagement ring.
• Mei and Mei dressed up as the Thunder Queen and a teacher, then had Xu Qi crown Mei.
• Su saved an ICU patient, Kalpas experienced warmth in his coworker's hometown, Kosma spent the night with Daisy Dubea, and Kevin finished fixing a program bug.
• Xu Qi woke up, cleaned the room, and noticed that Mei and Mei were still asleep.

After Xu Qi and his friends celebrated his engagement to Mei, the chapter followed Xu Qi as he prepared for E.T. Studio’s year-end party and chose to spend the evening with his wife. It left Delta flustered about Xu Qi’s Christmas gift and wondering whether to take her sisters to the party.

• Kevin, Su, and Kosma returned to the Golden Courtyard tired, and Kosma revealed that he had spent Christmas Eve in a twin room with Daisy Dubea, though they slept in separate beds.
• Xu Qi told Kevin, Su, and Kosma that he and Mei had gotten engaged, and they offered their congratulations and advice.
• Xu Qi gave out all thirty tickets to E.T. Studio’s annual party, then told Delta he would skip it to keep Mei company.
• Delta pretended not to care about the two greatsword models Xu Qi had given her for Christmas, then remembered he had asked whether she would take her sisters to the party.

Delta offered Xu Qi a seat so he could take her younger sisters to the premiere of Seed, and they discussed the series’ production schedule. As the New Year approached, Xu Qi and Bronya talked about where he would spend the Spring Festival, leaving him facing the choice between his parents’ home and the Golden Courtyard.

• Delta offered Xu Qi her spare seat for the Seed premiere so he could take her two younger sisters, and they discussed the series’ possible broadcast schedule.
• Bronya received a call from Welt about year-end bonuses and the New Year holiday, then told Xu Qi she only needed to attend a meeting and sign documents.
• Xu Qi told Bronya about the conflict with his relatives during the previous New Year and realized he had been living in the Golden Courtyard for a year.
• Bronya helped Xu Qi consider whether to spend the Spring Festival with his parents or in the Golden Courtyard, and Xu Qi recognized that he would return to his parents’ home.
• Bronya comforted Xu Qi and said he would always remain his parents’ child until he started a family of his own.

Bronya comforted Xu Qi about his complicated relationships and encouraged him to seek his parents’ advice, then teased him about wanting a baby. Xu Qi returned home to discuss his worries with his parents, while Yae and Mobius saw his New Year’s Eve visit as a chance to gain favor with them.

• Bronya reassured Xu Qi that he did not need to rush his decisions and suggested he talk to his parents; her hint about wanting a baby led them to become intimate again.
• Rita noticed a love bite on Bronya’s neck, and Bronya told her Xu Qi had gone home to help his parents before New Year.
• Xu Qi visited Lin Lai and Xu Youde with household supplies and revealed that he had proposed to Mei.
• Xu Qi told his parents about his worries, but they urged him to follow his heart and make arrangements as he wished.
• At the Golden Courtyard, Yae and Mobius realized Xu Qi would likely spend New Year’s Eve with his parents and plotted to be the girlfriend who joined him.

As New Year approached, the women in Xu Qi’s life schemed to spend the holiday with him, while Eden reflected on her complicated feelings about his family. At the Golden Courtyard, Xu Qi spent his early vacation shopping and getting teased and punished by the girls, then followed Eden into her room for the night.

• Elysia prepared her outfit while Mei said her engagement ring made her the champion, and Durandal urged Rita to use New Year’s Eve to get closer to Xu Qi.
• Rita suspected Durandal’s interest in her relationship with Xu Qi and advised her that his parents held the key to spending New Year’s with him.
• Eden told Aponia she would not compete to spend New Year’s Eve at Xu Qi’s family home, and Aponia helped her recognize her jealousy of his parents.
• Xu Qi and Bronya went shopping for New Year goods, but Vil-V offered to make firecrackers herself, prompting Xu Qi to worry she might damage the Golden Courtyard.
• Xu Qi stocked the courtyard with snacks for its sixteen girls, then threatened to weigh them after the holiday and was chased and beaten by the group.
• Eden pinned Xu Qi beneath her and later drew him into her room, where they began an intimate encounter.

After spending the night with Aponia, Xu Qi insisted on returning to his parents’ home for New Year preparations, though he planned to come back to the Golden Courtyard that evening. Yae followed him to his family home, while Rita noticed her departure and grew suspicious.

• Aponia asked Xu Qi whether he would stay at the Golden Courtyard for New Year, but he said he would go home the next day and return that evening.
• Xu Qi left the Golden Courtyard early, and Yae learned from Aponia that he had gone to his parents’ home only to help out.
• Yae hurried back to prepare to leave, while Rita noticed her departure and realized something was happening.
• Xu Qi cleaned his room while Lin Lai and Xu Youde bickered, then the doorbell rang.
• Lin Lai opened the door and greeted Yae warmly, surprising Xu Qi when he recognized her.

Xu Qi brought Yae Sakura and Mobius home, then openly admitted to his parents that they were among his girlfriends. His father struggled to absorb the news, and Xu Qi was left facing questions about just how many girlfriends he had.

• Yae Sakura arrived at Xu Qi's home, and Xu Qi pulled her into his room before deciding to introduce her openly as his lover.
• Xu Qi introduced Yae Sakura to his parents, who learned that she knew about his other relationships and had chosen to be with him anyway.
• Mobius arrived after Rita informed her about the visit, and Xu Qi brought her inside and refused to let her pretend she was merely a stranger.
• Xu Qi told his parents that Mei, Elysia, Yae Sakura, Mobius, and Rita were all connected to him as girlfriends.
• Xu Youde asked what Xu Qi meant by saying there were more, then choked on his cigarette as he tried to process the revelation.

Xu Qi told his parents about his many girlfriends, leaving them shocked but ultimately reassured that he would take responsibility and was doing well. After Mobius’s embarrassing slip during Lin Lai’s questions, Xu Qi rushed her and Yae back to the courtyard, where he confronted them in private.

• Xu Qi listed Bronya, Fu Hua, Dr. Mei, Aponia, Theresa, and Kiana among his girlfriends, and Xu Youde threatened to beat him with a stick.
• Lin Lai asked whether Xu Qi and the women were intimate and whether he could handle so many relationships, making Mobius and Yae blush.
• Xu Qi tried to explain that Mobius could testify about his physical examination, but Mobius mistakenly praised his performance and fainted from embarrassment.
• Xu Qi carried Mobius away with Yae, promising Lin Lai he would bring all the girls to meet his parents; Xu Youde and Lin Lai agreed their son was doing well.
• Back at the courtyard, Elysia tried to learn why Xu Qi had returned early, but Mei, Fu Hua, Kalpas, and Eden all avoided helping her.
• Xu Qi brought Yae and Mobius into his room, scolded them for what happened, and pulled Mobius onto his lap.

Xu Qi punished Yae and Mobius, but their seductive rivalry left him caught between them. Afterward, he said he would bring all his girlfriends to meet his parents, and Yae insisted Eden would come too.

• Xu Qi scolded Yae for keeping him unprepared, but she knelt down and seduced him while Mobius watched.
• Mobius challenged Yae by kissing Xu Qi and pressing her body against him, turning the punishment into a contest between the two women.
• Alysia and Pardofelis eavesdropped from Mei's room until Mei teased them about joining Xu Qi instead.
• Xu Qi teased Mobius about her softness and his mother's worries, then Mobius kissed him and asked which girlfriends he would bring to meet his parents.
• Xu Qi said he would bring all his girlfriends, and Yae declared that Eden would go with them.

Xu Qi brought a large group of women from the Golden Courtyard to meet his mother, Lin Lai, who was startled by the crowd and repeatedly mistook his relationships. He introduced Theresa as his girlfriend, leaving her flustered as Lin Lai began to recognize her from Xu Qi’s stories.

• Yae teased Xu Qi about Eden meeting his mother, and Xu Qi pinned Mobius down after she challenged him.
• Xu Qi invited the Golden Courtyard residents to dinner, and nearly everyone joined him in Anna’s Lincoln, including Kiana and Griseo.
• Mei joked that Xu Qi’s parents would question their lives, while Eden asked whether his home could fit the group.
• Lin Lai opened the door to the crowd and panicked when Griseo called her Auntie, but Xu Qi explained that Griseo was staying with him as a little sister.
• Xu Qi introduced Durandal as a friend, then explained that Theresa was his girlfriend; Theresa blushed while Lin Lai recognized her as Xu Qi’s online friend.

Xu Qi welcomed Theresa and the other girls into his parents’ home, where Lin Lai got to know them and Xu Qi talked with his father about family and the future. During dinner, Griseo defended Xu Qi against Xu Youde’s joking threat, and Xu Youde returned with a jade pendant for her.

• Theresa told Lin Lai she would stay by Xu Qi’s side, and Xu Qi kissed her forehead before sending her to greet his father.
• Lin Lai met the girls, recognized Eden, and heard Eden describe Xu Qi as a younger brother she liked to help.
• Xu Qi found Xu Youde cooking and discussed the family’s past, Xu Youde’s hope for a grandchild, and the uncle’s family.
• Xu Youde served a generous family dinner, and Xu Qi refused to let Griseo drink alcohol.
• Griseo told Xu Youde that hitting people was wrong, and Xu Youde returned with a jade pendant to apologize to her.

After Xu Qi’s family celebrated together, he visited his parents on New Year’s Eve and found they had left for a trip around the world. Their letter expressed their happiness that he had started a family and their hope that he would understand their departure.

• Xu Youde gave Griseo the Xu family heirloom jade pendant, and the family toasted the elders before leaving.
• Xu Qi stayed behind to talk with Xu Youde, and they hugged before Xu Qi went home.
• Lin Lai cried as she and Xu Youde reflected on Xu Qi growing up and starting a family of his own.
• On New Year’s Eve, Mei understood Xu Qi wanted to visit his parents alone, and he left without saying goodbye to the other girls.
• Xu Qi found his parents’ home empty and discovered a letter explaining that Xu Youde and Lin Lai had departed from Pudong Airport to travel around the world.

Xu Qi returned to the Golden Courtyard for New Year’s Eve after discovering that his parents had left to travel around the world, and he celebrated with everyone as they prepared dumplings and festive dishes. As the celebrations continued, Xu Qi teased Mei about a New Year’s gift, and she blushed and said she had not prepared one but would give him something if he wanted.

• Xu Qi read his parents’ letter explaining that they had gone traveling around the world, and he cried before accepting that he had to carry on their responsibilities.
• Mei found that Eden had set a place for Xu Qi, and Eden said he would come back just before he rang the doorbell and returned with snacks.
• Xu Qi explained that he had spent the day alone after finding his parents gone, then joined everyone at the Golden Courtyard for New Year’s Eve.
• The residents made dumplings and festive dishes, while Fu Hua clarified that Su had sewn dumpling wrappers together with needle and thread.
• Vil-V showed Xu Qi her automatic dumpling-making machine, and Mobius caught her using Klein for the demonstration.
• Xu Qi kissed flour from Mei’s face and asked what New Year’s gift she had prepared; Mei blushed and said she had not prepared one but would give him something if he wanted.

Xu Qi celebrated the New Year at the Golden Courtyard, growing closer to Bronya and Eden as he recognized the place as his own home. During the dumpling-making festivities, he joked about Mobius’s pink heart-shaped dumplings and made everyone laugh with a story about a surgeon’s unusual way of sealing dumplings.

• Bronya kissed Xu Qi after teasing him about starting a family, while Griseo, Rin, and Yae accidentally witnessed them.
• Xu Qi put up couplets around the Golden Courtyard and reflected that it was becoming a home of his own.
• Eden told Xu Qi she had wanted to help shape his future, then kissed him and declared that he would always need her.
• Mobius made pink heart-shaped dumplings, and Xu Qi teased her before agreeing to eat them.
• Xu Qi joked that a surgeon had used needle and thread to seal dumplings, making the courtyard laugh.

The Golden Courtyard welcomed Xu Qi as a true member of their family during New Year’s Eve. After the group gathered to celebrate, Mei and Elysia persuaded everyone to play the King’s Game, and Yae began dealing the cards.

• Mobius teased Xu Qi beneath the table while Mei and Eden kept watch.
• Mobius invited everyone to toast Xu Qi, and Eden welcomed him to his new home and family at the Golden Courtyard.
• Griseo and Kosma went to bed while Kevin and Su took a walk and Kalpas watched the stars.
• Mei and Elysia got Xu Qi to join the King’s Game, and he was forced to sign the Courtyard Pact after protesting.
• Eleven people joined the game, Aponia agreed to supervise, and Elysia explained the rules before Yae dealt the cards.

Xu Qi and the girls played the King's Game, where the dares and confessions grew increasingly intimate and embarrassing. Near midnight, they left the villa after drinking, and Kalpas asked how much they had consumed as the New Year approached.

• Rita drew the joker and ordered Number 3 to kiss Number 1's toes; Xu Qi revealed he was Number 3 and kissed Rita's stocking-covered toe.
• Mobius ordered Numbers 11 and 7 to kiss, and Vil-V kissed Bronya on the cheek.
• Rin ordered Numbers 2 and 9 to play the Pocky Game; Aponia broke the Pocky and kissed Xu Qi for ten seconds.
• Xu Qi became king and asked Number 1 to reveal their most outrageous thought, only to discover that he was Number 1 and admit he wanted everyone to wear Christmas outfits and sleep with him.
• The game continued with provocative questions and dares, and the players drank or were replaced after repeated failures.
• At 11:50, everyone left the villa for the New Year fireworks, and Kalpas complained about how much they had drunk.