Chapter Summaries

Mobius discovered that Lilia’s ALS came from flawed genetic modifications linked to Anti-Entropy, while Xu Qi reassured Delta that she could keep working at E.T. despite her contract. The next morning, Xu Qi, Delta, and Elysia prepared to head to work, with Delta realizing that Xu Qi’s teasing and Elysia’s indecision had delayed them.

• Mobius told Xu Qi that Lilia’s genes had been altered through a flawed procedure, likely using technology leaked to Anti-Entropy, and that the defects caused her ALS.
• Xu Qi connected Anti-Entropy to Kafka’s account of an orphanage, then spent the night with Mobius.
• Xu Qi teased Delta about becoming his girlfriend, and Delta confirmed that she still had to return to work at E.T. under her signed letter of intent.
• Delta refused to let Xu Qi pay her contract penalty, and Xu Qi hinted that he had found another solution before teasing her about that night.
• Xu Qi helped Elysia choose an outfit, and Delta realized that Xu Qi’s flirtation and Elysia’s outfit indecision had made them late for work.

Xu Qi told Bronya that Delta would stay at E.T. and proposed a confidential talent-retention program to help resolve her contract penalty. Delta confirmed she wanted to remain at the studio, and Xu Qi urged her to focus on the staff and artists depending on the upcoming Seed premiere.

• Xu Qi told Bronya he had arranged for Delta to stay at E.T. and proposed a company fund and specialized contracts to retain outstanding talent.
• Bronya agreed to raise Xu Qi's proposal with Mr. Welt and considered using Delta's case as a pilot.
• Xu Qi left Bronya's office and found Delta waiting outside; he told her he had secured compensation for her breach-of-contract penalty.
• Delta said she had come to tell Bronya she wanted to stay at E.T. and to urge her to finish the latest storyboard.
• Xu Qi told Delta that the production staff and artists would suffer if anything went wrong before Seed premiered, and that she should apologize to them.
• Delta explained she had planned to hand her work to someone else after April, but now thought that would not be necessary; Xu Qi pulled her into his arms.

Delta apologized to Seed Studio and was welcomed back as production director, while Xu Qi drove off T.X’s attempt to poach employees. As Alahato SEED’s premiere approached, the studio prepared to launch its first episode across all platforms.

• Delta admitted she had given up on staying at E.T. and asked the studio to let her return as production director of Alahato SEED.
• Susana and the other Seed Studio workers affirmed that they wanted Delta to lead them, and Delta quickly returned to directing their work.
• Alysia agreed to record her experiences and asked Xu Qi to stay with her until her book was complete; Xu Qi promised to remain by her side.
• Xu Qi confronted Xu Houde and T.X’s Human Resources team, accepted their offer to pay the penalty, and warned them not to poach his employees again.
• Delta announced a premiere gathering for Alahato SEED, and the studio members resumed work after she promised to hand out red packets.
• Xu Qi confirmed that television stations and online platforms had received the premiere materials as the first episode’s launch approached.

Xu Qi and his colleagues prepared for Alahato’s premiere while the Golden Courtyard residents planned to attend and secretly arrange a night with him. The chapter ended with Fu Xian’er advising Fu Hua to tell Xu Qi about the plan and Mobius dismissing it as group exercise.

• Xu Qi reassured Rita that the company had done all it could for Alahato’s premiere, and the two teased each other about their relationships before Alysia summoned him to Bronya’s office.
• Bronya told Xu Qi that Eden wanted to bring people from the Golden Courtyard to the premiere, and Xu Qi confirmed they could attend.
• At the Golden Courtyard, Mei and the other girls secretly discussed their plans for the evening while Aponia prepared Griseo for the outing.
• Rin questioned Yae about the girls’ secret plan and warned that Yae could lose ground to Mei if things continued.
• Fu Xian’er guessed that Mei had asked Fu Hua to keep the plan from Xu Qi and advised Fu Hua to tell him so she could keep the best part for herself.
• Vil-V guessed that Mobius’s secret plan was a night raid that amounted to group exercise.

Mobius confronted Vil-V, who proposed helping her counter Mei, while Xu Qi spent the evening at E.T. with Rita, Alysia, Bronya, and the visiting Courtyard members. The chapter ended with a brief birthday extra in which Mei said she wanted to grow up like her dad.

• Vil-V provoked Mobius about being overshadowed by Mei and suggested they collaborate to help Mobius.
• Xu Qi teased Rita in front of Alysia, and Bronya arrived to prepare the group for a company broadcast event.
• Xu Qi introduced Kevin to E.T. employees and joked that Kevin did not have a girlfriend.
• The Courtyard members toured E.T., where Xu Qi teased Kosma and Daisy Dubea about being a couple.
• Mei said she wanted to become an adult like her dad.

Mei recalled how Xu Qi helped her after her father was arrested, and how their bond grew as she hoped he would become her boyfriend. In the present, Xu Qi chatted with his sister Eden at a hall before they watched a premiere together, where she would sing the ending theme and he would sing the opening.

• Mei remembered her father being arrested on her birthday and how she felt abandoned after his imprisonment.
• Mei began playing games with her online friend Xu Qi, who encouraged her to seek help instead of giving up.
• Xu Qi fought Mei's classmates, teachers, and their parents after they bullied her, then promised that no one at school would bully her again.
• On her birthday, Mei asked Xu Qi to be her boyfriend, but he refused because she was too young and promised her a romantic gift for a future birthday.
• Xu Qi found Eden at the hall, teased her affectionately, and learned that they would sing the premiere's opening and ending themes.

Xu Qi told Eden he loved seeing her perform, and she took him away from the studio’s premiere gathering. In a storage room, their intimacy escalated as Eden struggled with her feelings and Xu Qi declared he could no longer wait for her to decide what they were to each other.

• Xu Qi told Eden that he loved seeing her shine onstage, and Eden took his hand and led him away.
• Bronya, Delta, Dan Zhu, and the others prepared to watch the premiere while Xu Qi’s absence was noticed.
• Eden and Xu Qi became intimate in a storage room, and Eden helped him while they kissed and touched each other.
• Xu Qi told Eden he no longer wanted their relationship to remain as it had been, and Eden did not stop him.
• Eden yielded to Xu Qi again as he asked her to help him, leaving their relationship further changed.

At the premiere of Alahato SEED, Xu Qi and Eden reflected on his impulsiveness and his fear of growing distant from the people who guide him. Eden promised she would never leave him, while their closeness remained unnoticed by most of the audience.

• Xu Qi arrived at the premiere with Eden and sat behind Mei and the others, holding Eden’s hand as the lights went out.
• Eden teased Xu Qi about acting aggressively after helping Delta, and he remembered what had happened between them in the warehouse.
• Eden reassured Xu Qi that he had become a pillar of the family, but Xu Qi admitted he feared losing himself without her guidance.
• Xu Qi told Eden he wanted to be her little brother for life, and Eden promised she would never leave him.
• Eden admitted she had liked Xu Qi’s forceful behavior, while Mei noticed their closeness and resolved to confront Xu Qi later.
• The Alahato SEED premiere began with the opening song Eden had composed and Xu Qi had sung, and Xu Qi reached for Eden’s hands.

Xu Qi hesitated to confess his feelings to Eden, who asked for more time to prepare and left to think alone. The premiere of Seed became a huge success, and the celebrating E.T. staff embraced the renewed hope for Alahato.

• Mei and Alysia laughed at Xu Qi’s hypothetical voice-acting role, and he invited them to his room that night.
• Eden told Xu Qi she was not ready to answer him, then left the hall alone after promising to treat him to cake the next night.
• The staff watched Seed’s premiere, praised its animation, and discussed the production while Eden departed.
• Susana announced Seed’s ratings: it drew 3.37% viewership and passed five million Bilibili views in half an hour.
• Bronya embraced Xu Qi and cried with relief that Alahato had finally achieved a major success, and the staff began celebrating.

After the company celebration, Mei and the others brought Xu Qi to a tango ball, where he unexpectedly reunited with Durandal as his dance partner. They began dancing together, both feeling an unusual, familiar closeness.

• Xu Qi announced a feast and triple performance pay for Seed Studio employees, then left the party with Bronya and Delta.
• Kosma left to meet Daisy Dubea, while Mei told Xu Qi the women had arranged a celebration banquet at a Golden Group hotel.
• Xu Qi arrived at the tango ball and found Fu Hua dressed in a white men's suit and Mei in a black women's suit.
• Durandal arrived in an elegant white gown, and she and Xu Qi exchanged playful banter before agreeing to dance.
• Xu Qi and Durandal stepped onto the dance floor as the music began, with Durandal's hand on his shoulder and Xu Qi holding her waist.

At the ball, Durandal admitted that she liked Xu Qi and kissed him, while he struggled with the fact that their flirtation had begun as a way to make Rita jealous. Fu Hua and Himeko interrupted their dance, and Theresa eventually led Himeko away and brought Little Griseo to dance with Xu Qi.

• Durandal told Xu Qi not to tell Rita about her kiss and explained that she had changed quickly so she could spend time with him.
• Xu Qi confessed that he liked Durandal and would be open to a deeper relationship, and Durandal kissed him while insisting they keep it from Rita.
• Fu Hua took Durandal away, and Himeko pulled Xu Qi into a tango and teased him about his progress with Theresa.
• Theresa led Himeko away and paired Xu Qi with Little Griseo, who asked him about dancing the tango.

Xu Qi joined the tango ball and cycled through partners before sharing a passionate kiss with Fu Hua. After he left the dance floor with Vil-V, she tried to persuade him to pursue several women at once, but Aponia’s intervention brought him back to his senses.

• The dancers changed partners repeatedly, and Xu Qi finally danced with Fu Hua before kissing her as the music grew more intense.
• Mei and the others interrupted Xu Qi and Fu Hua, and he continued dancing with Mobius and then Aponia as the partners switched around the floor.
• Xu Qi said he was tired and left the dance floor with Vil-V, where they watched the other women dance and shared champagne.
• Vil-V urged Xu Qi to pursue Delta and several other women, tempting him with the prospect of fulfilling everyone’s wishes that night.
• A golden butterfly carried Aponia’s voice to Xu Qi and snapped him out of Vil-V’s persuasion, while Vil-V reacted with frustration.

Xu Qi helped Vil-V regain control after The Wicked emerged, then took the sleeping Vil-V to a suite, where Mobius seduced him and Elysia unexpectedly joined them. The chapter ended with Xu Qi, Mobius, and Elysia teasing one another after Elysia explained she had come to return his ringing phone.

• The Wicked returned to Vil-V's body after Xu Qi reassured her that she was still his Vil-V sis, and Vil-V collapsed asleep from exhaustion.
• Mobius explained that Vil-V had forced The Wicked back into her mental prison and praised Xu Qi for helping her return willingly.
• Xu Qi carried Vil-V to a suite, where Mobius teased him about his feelings for Vil-V and seduced him.
• Elysia entered the room to return Xu Qi's phone and was drawn into the encounter with Xu Qi and Mobius.
• Afterward, Mobius called Elysia a pink fatso, Xu Qi agreed she seemed fatter, and Elysia said she had noticed his phone because it rang.

After the ball, Xu Qi dealt with Yae’s concerns about Rin before Yae and Fu Hua pulled him into a room. Mei and the others found them, and the group converged on Xu Qi for the night.

• Xu Qi took congratulatory calls from Chief Qian and Chairman Welt, then spoke with Yae in the hallway.
• Yae warned Xu Qi that Rin might confuse gratitude for love, and Xu Qi promised to handle the situation carefully.
• Yae and Fu Hua brought Xu Qi into a room, where they began intimate advances.
• Mei realized Xu Qi was missing and used Dr. Mei’s hotel model to locate him.
• Mei and the others burst into the room, where Yae and Fu Hua were with Xu Qi, and the group joined them.

Delta discovered Xu Qi with several women and scolded him, while Mei later confronted him over his past romantic experience. In Mobius's laboratory, she showed Vil-V Xu Qi's DNA and asked about their earlier encounter with The Wicked.

• Delta woke beside Theresa, searched the Golden Hotel for Xu Qi, and found him with several women.
• Delta berated Xu Qi at breakfast, where Fu Hua's remarks made everyone laugh and Mei questioned Xu Qi about his dating history.
• Yae revealed that Xu Qi had been experienced during their first night together, prompting Mei to drag him away for a talk.
• Mobius showed Vil-V a container of Xu Qi's DNA and asked her about meeting The Wicked.

Mobius told Vil-V's Expert that the Wicked had used her to study Xu Qi's feelings, then rejected the Expert's claim that love would cloud her judgment. Meanwhile, Seed Studio celebrated Alahato SEED's successful premiere, and Xu Qi invited an exhausted Director Delta to lunch with him, Alysia, and Rita.

• Mobius told Vil-V's Expert that the Wicked had asked her to experiment on Xu Qi and determine what he felt for her.
• Mobius warned the Expert not to insult her relationship with Xu Qi and suggested she help calibrate Hai Wei in the underground factory.
• The Expert insisted she would never fall for Xu Qi, whom she called a two-timing scumbag.
• Chief Qian reviewed Alahato SEED's strong reception, and Xu Qi said the debate over its new setting was intentional as long as it did not intensify.
• Alysia showed Xu Qi her meeting minutes, and he laughed at their formal wording while acknowledging Rita's attention to details he overlooked.
• Xu Qi brought Director Delta to lunch with Alysia and Rita, and they learned she had been working under mounting pressure after the premiere's success.

Delta felt out of place among Xu Qi, Rita, and Alysia, and Rita helped her recognize that she was treating herself like a guest. Rita later reassured Delta about her feelings for Xu Qi, then Xu Qi thanked Rita for caring for him and the people around him, leaving the two flirting during their lunch break.

• Delta left lunch abruptly after feeling like an outsider among Xu Qi, Rita, and Alysia.
• Rita visited Delta and explained that her sense of being a guest came partly from how she viewed herself, though Delta said she still felt she did not belong at the Golden Courtyard.
• Rita told Delta not to make things too hard on herself if she liked Xu Qi, and Delta was startled by Rita's claim that she and Xu Qi would give everything for each other.
• Xu Qi gave Rita milk tea and told her he appreciated how she quietly handled problems and cared for the people around him.
• Xu Qi and Rita flirted about finding somewhere private, and Rita bashfully warned him not to do it again next time.

Rita and Alysia each spent time alone with Xu Qi, while Mei helped him understand Delta’s insecurity about belonging in the Golden Courtyard. Mei then turned their private conversation into an intimate evening, leaving her earlier solution unexplained.

• Alysia confronted Rita about disappearing at lunch, and Rita refused to explain where she had been.
• Alysia went to Xu Qi’s office and initiated an intimate encounter with him.
• Mei asked Xu Qi about Delta’s troubles, and he told her what had happened that day.
• Mei explained that Delta might feel insecure and believe she was only useful through her work, drawing on her own past doubts about being worthy of Xu Qi.
• Xu Qi misunderstood Mei’s claim that she had an idea, and Mei scolded him before asking whether he would still love her if pregnancy changed her appearance.
• Mei began seducing Xu Qi in her room, and he stopped resisting her advances.

Xu Qi and Mei’s intense lovemaking accompanied Mei’s awakening as a New Human, prompting Aponia and Eden to reconsider how extraordinary Mei was. The chapter ended with Mei resting on Xu Qi and seeming more restrained after her awakening, while others wondered what had triggered it.

• Mei grew eager to conceive a child with Xu Qi, and their lovemaking intensified as their emotions and Mental Power surged.
• Aponia sensed Mei’s awakening at the Golden Courtyard, and she and Eden concluded that Mei’s repeated miracles suggested she was extraordinary.
• Aponia teased Eden about her relationship with Xu Qi, and Eden fled after Aponia inferred that Xu Qi had kissed her.
• Fu Xian'er sensed Mei’s second awakening and wondered what Mei had done to achieve it.
• Mei told Xu Qi he had been fierce, and he noticed that her bearing had become more restrained after the awakening.

Mei advised Xu Qi to make the Arlene sisters feel at home so Delta could build a future with him, and the two spent the night together. The next day, Mei discovered Fu Xian'er was embarrassed by something connected to Fu Hua, while Xu Qi faced his many relationship worries and tried to address Delta's growing distance.

• Mei explained that Delta's strongest bonds were with Rosalia and Lilia and urged Xu Qi to make them feel at home in the Golden Courtyard.
• Xu Qi and Mei made love, and Mei woke the next morning to his note saying he had gone to work.
• Mei teased Fu Hua about the night she had impersonated her master, and Fu Xian'er blushed at the conversation.
• Xu Qi worried about Delta, Eden, Rin, Durandal, Vil-V, and Mei's upcoming birthday while planning how to sustain Alahato SEED's popularity.
• Delta visited Xu Qi at work, and he asked whether she had been growing distant from him despite their relationship.