Chapter Summaries

Xu Qi and Mei reunited on the rooftop, where Mei wore a bridal gown and formally accepted his proposal on her birthday. Their friends celebrated the impromptu wedding, while Eden offered her blessings and watched the newlyweds from a distance.

• Xu Qi told Alysia how he had dated Mei for years while repeatedly refusing to define their relationship.
• Xu Qi called for Mei on the rooftop, and Fu Hua appeared before Mei came out in a bridal gown.
• Mei gave Xu Qi a blue rose and declared that she wanted to marry him and stay by his side forever.
• Xu Qi embraced Mei in tears as the Golden Courtyard friends showered them with ribbons and petals.
• Pardofelis attempted to officiate the wedding, prompting laughter from the gathered friends.
• Eden told Alysia that she sincerely hoped Xu Qi and Mei would live happily together.

At Mei’s birthday celebration, Xu Qi and Mei received Aponia’s mysterious stone figurine, then returned home to share an intimate evening in Mei’s bridal gown. As Xu Qi began loosening the dress, the chapter left them in the midst of their private moment.

• Rin privately suggested that Sakura had been Xu Qi’s first woman but that he ultimately favored Mei, and Sakura gently rebuked her.
• Aponia gave Xu Qi and Mei a stone figurine called Lament of Life and Death as her blessing, and they sensed that its red jade was extraordinary.
• After the birthday celebration, Mei entered Xu Qi’s room wearing her bridal gown, and they discussed how their rings and wedding dress already made them feel like husband and wife.
• Mei shyly called Xu Qi “Husband,” and Xu Qi drew her close and kissed her.
• Xu Qi found the ribbon cinching Mei’s dress and began loosening it.

Mei brought Xu Qi to her former home, where she shared memories of her childhood and middle-school years before becoming intimate with him. Meanwhile, Vil-V discovered Rin’s feelings for Xu Qi and urged her to act on them.

• Mei stopped Xu Qi from going further and asked him to take her somewhere else.
• Rin overheard Xu Qi and Mei leaving together, and Vil-V confronted her about her feelings for her brother-in-law.
• Vil-V tried to influence Rin with a spell, but Rin resisted and demanded to know what Vil-V had done.
• Mei took Xu Qi to her old home and explained how returning there had changed her feelings about her childhood.
• Mei told Xu Qi stories about her middle-school swordsmanship and her reputation as the school’s Queen while she pleasured him.

On Mei’s birthday, she shared the meaning of an old photo with Xu Qi and told him that her greatest wish was to have a child with him. Their intimacy seemed to advance the mysterious progress linked to Mei, while Vil-V abruptly woke from a dream with no apparent changes.

• Mei led Xu Qi to her childhood bedroom and explained that the bed held memories from her youth.
• Mei showed Xu Qi the mural of a candid photo he had taken, explaining that it had helped her endure the aftermath of school bullying and that she no longer needed it because he stayed by her side.
• Mei asked Xu Qi for her birthday present, then told him she wanted him to become a father and have a child with her.
• As Xu Qi and Mei became intimate, he sensed that a mysterious progress bar had risen slightly.
• Vil-V woke suddenly, checked her body, and found nothing unusual.

After The Wicked took over Vil-V for three days, Vil-V resolved to spend more time with Xu Qi while insisting their bond would remain only friendship. Meanwhile, Dr. Mei celebrated her birthday separately and coached Shigure Kira in winning Xu Qi’s affection; the chapter ended with Dr. Mei leaving Xu Qi to visit Mobius’s laboratory.

• Vil-V woke on April 14, realized The Wicked had controlled her body since April 13, and went to Mobius to ask about Xu Qi.
• Vil-V said she would spend more time with Xu Qi and consider him a trusted partner, though she still planned to end any mistaken romantic feelings.
• Dr. Mei spent her birthday aboard the Ptolemy with her friends while Mei celebrated with Xu Qi, and she told Shigure Kira that competing harder would not necessarily win Xu Qi.
• Dr. Mei invited Shigure Kira to the Golden Courtyard and taught her to advance by retreating as a way to appeal to Xu Qi.
• At the Golden Courtyard, Xu Qi apologized to Dr. Mei for missing her birthday, and she reassured him before leaving to find Mobius.
• Shigure Kira questioned why Dr. Mei was seeking Mobius instead of spending more time with Xu Qi.

Mei deliberately made Xu Qi think she was still angry, then used her Mental Power aura to draw him into an intimate reconciliation. After they spent the day together, Shigure Kira waited in the living room to return with Dr. Mei.

• Mei told Shigure Kira that she was making Xu Qi worry about her so he would cherish her more.
• Xu Qi stopped Mei as she was leaving and asked whether she was still angry, so they went to his room to talk.
• Mei's Mental Power aura affected Xu Qi, and the two became intimate as she teased him about missing her birthday.
• Xu Qi apologized for missing Mei's birthday and thanked her for giving the other Mei a chance; Mei said he was the best birthday present she could have.
• Shigure Kira waited with the others in the living room, where Fu Hua explained that Mei was giving the day to Dr. Mei in return for her earlier sacrifice.

Shigure Kira struggled to record while thinking about Xu Qi and Mei, then regained her confidence after Xu Qi offered to stay for her. Xu Qi went to coordinate Seed Studio’s new assignment and discovered that Li Sushang would be working with him.

• Shigure Kira asked Xu Qi to leave the recording studio because his presence made her nervous, then blurted out that she was on her period when she tried to explain.
• Xu Qi offered to postpone his afternoon business for Shigure Kira, but she urged him to go and resolved to get into the right state for recording.
• Xu Qi went to meet Seed Studio’s new coordination partner and found Li Sushang waiting in the office.
• Minister Li introduced Li Sushang as Xu Qi’s collaborator, encouraged them to spend time together, and told Xu Qi he considered them friends.
• Li Sushang explained that she had started calling Xu Qi Senior Brother because Little Martial Aunt said he was practically part of the Tai Xu Sect.

Xu Qi struggled to write episode twenty-eight of Seed, whose former friends Kira and Aslan turned against each other, while Delta pushed him to finish it. At home, Xu Qi sought advice from Eden and Kalpas, then spoke with Rin, who seemed to have resolved her trouble with classmates.

• Li Sushang explained that her grandfather was an E.T. Studio founder and that she had been assigned to follow Xu Qi, who made her his secretary.
• Delta warned Xu Qi about his stalled script and pressured him to give episode twenty-eight his best effort.
• Xu Qi explained that the episode would show Kira and Aslan, once close friends, consumed by hatred and fighting each other after losing comrades.
• Xu Qi returned home exhausted and asked Eden and Kalpas how they handled creative blocks, while Eden hid the erotic book she had been reading.
• Rin sat with Xu Qi and he noted that she appeared to have resolved her earlier trouble with classmates.

Xu Qi remained stuck on the script for episode 28 until Aponia took him to Tree Hollow, where Rin confessed that she loved her brother-in-law and asked whether she could be with him while still loving Mei. Aponia listened and asked Rin why she had not spoken honestly with her sister.

• Rin invited Xu Qi to spend time with her, but he reminded himself that he could not betray Yae.
• Xu Qi failed to make progress on episode 28, so Bronya, Rita, and Delta eased his workload.
• Aponia woke Xu Qi and brought him to Tree Hollow to help him step away from writing.
• On the way, Xu Qi explained to Aponia that hardship was an indispensable part of pursuing what he loved.
• At Tree Hollow, Rin confessed to Aponia that she loved Xu Qi, feared betraying Mei, and wanted to share him with her sister.
• Aponia asked Rin why she had not talked to Mei about her feelings.

Xu Qi learned from Aponia that Rin’s feelings for him had become increasingly obsessive, and he agreed to help before the situation worsened. Afterward, Aponia asked whether he had noticed anything unusual about Mei’s Mental Power, leaving Xu Qi to consider a new concern.

• Aponia encouraged Rin to question her assumptions about Yae’s objections and communicate with her sister.
• Aponia told Xu Qi that Rin’s feelings had grown extreme and that her earlier guidance had failed to resolve them.
• Xu Qi said he cared for Rin only as a junior and promised to help because she was Yae’s younger sister.
• Xu Qi and Aponia became intimate in the Tree Hollow cottage, and Aponia calmed him when he grew agitated.
• Aponia asked Xu Qi whether he had noticed changes in Mei, and Xu Qi said her Mental Power seemed strange.

Xu Qi and Aponia grew closer as they discussed how their Mental Power could merge, while Xu Qi continued struggling with the script for Episode 28. Rin returned to Yae with a startling confession, leaving the sisters to face her feelings.

• Aponia explained that Xu Qi could merge Mental Power with someone who had left a mark on him, and the two became intimate.
• Rin asked 707 whether she should tell Yae about her feelings for Xu Qi, then resolved that she wanted to be with him.
• Yae and Rita baked cookies and discussed Xu Qi's work on Episode 28 of Alahato SEED.
• Rin returned and told Yae that she liked her brother-in-law.
• Afterward, Xu Qi told Aponia that he was struggling to write the trace of brotherly affection between former friends in Episode 28.

Xu Qi returned to the Golden Courtyard and comforted Yae after learning that Rin had run away from home. Yae revealed that she and Rin had fought because Rin confessed she liked Xu Qi.

• Xu Qi discarded his draft, believing he needed to rebuild the script from scratch, and Aponia advised him to consider Rin's feelings.
• Rita told Xu Qi that Rin had fled after speaking with Yae, while Kevin and Vil-V tried to locate Rin's phone.
• Xu Qi found Yae shut in her room and crying, then comforted her until she calmed down.
• Yae told Xu Qi that she and Rin had fought and asked whether she had failed as an older sister.
• Yae recalled Rin telling her, "I like Xu Qi."

Rin argued with Yae about her feelings for Xu Qi, then left feeling guilty and conflicted. Xu Qi found her by the lake and challenged her to distinguish attraction from love, leaving her to consider whether she could accept his flaws and remain with him.

• Rin accused Yae of controlling her and causing Xu Qi to keep his distance, then left after saying she had not come to argue.
• Yae told Xu Qi she regretted neglecting Rin and making him keep his distance, while Xu Qi explained how Rin’s surroundings and his help may have shaped her feelings.
• Rin decided she would apologize to Yae if a stone skipped four times, and the stone did so before Xu Qi arrived.
• Xu Qi teased Rin into agreeing to apologize, then told her he liked her and asked whether she wanted to get a room with him.
• Xu Qi questioned how Rin knew him and explained that liking someone at first sight was different from loving someone despite knowing their flaws.

Xu Qi helped Rin realize that her feelings for him were not romantic love, while reassuring her that he would remain by her side as her brother-in-law. Rin returned to Yae and apologized, and the sisters reconciled.

• Xu Qi asked Rin whether she still loved him and offered to act as her lover so she could understand her feelings.
• Rin kissed Xu Qi, but felt none of the excitement she had expected and broke down crying.
• Rin told Xu Qi that she still liked him, and he comforted her and urged her to apologize to Yae.
• Rin asked Xu Qi for another kiss, but he refused, making her laugh through her tears.
• Xu Qi and Rin returned to the courtyard, where Yae embraced Rin and apologized.
• Rin tearfully apologized to Yae and told her that she loved her most.

Xu Qi finished the long-delayed Episode 28 script after drawing inspiration from the Yae sisters’ argument, while Rita quietly supported him and spent the night beside him. In the morning, Rita worried that revealing her past might one day cause a conflict between them.

• Vil-V admitted to Mobius that she had provoked the Yae sisters, and Mobius warned her not to do it again.
• Xu Qi reflected on how conflict could overwhelm affection and wrote the Episode 28 script in one uninterrupted burst.
• Xu Qi discovered Rita asleep on his bed, then showered elsewhere and returned to embrace her as he fell asleep.
• Rita woke in Xu Qi’s arms and learned that he had noticed her care for him during his late-night work.
• Rita told Xu Qi she feared that learning about her past could make them argue and leave them trapped in hatred.

Xu Qi reassured Rita and shared an intimate morning with her before asking Vil-V to fill in as his secretary after she apologized for The Wicked’s influence on Rin. At the company, Vil-V began helping Delta while Xu Qi delivered his completed script for episode twenty-eight to Bronya, who was eager to start storyboarding.

• Rita asked Xu Qi for a ring as proof of his commitment, and they became intimate after he promised to marry her.
• Xu Qi told Rita to rest at home, then heard Vil-V explain that The Wicked’s corruption had planted seeds of extremism in Rin that Aponia removed.
• Vil-V asked Xu Qi to punish her for failing to control The Wicked, and he asked her to fill in for Rita as his secretary for a day.
• Xu Qi brought Vil-V to the company, where Delta assigned her general affairs and logistics work, then hurried to see Bronya.
• Xu Qi gave Bronya the completed manuscript for episode twenty-eight, and she praised it and said she wanted to begin storyboarding.

Xu Qi dealt with Bronya’s flirtatious punishment, then returned to the office and found Vil-V using Klein robots for general affairs. He reassured Vil-V that the robots could stay and told her he believed every personality was fundamentally Vil-V, leaving her to consider what that meant.

• Bronya threatened to fire Xu Qi before teasing him and trying to undo his shirt, but Xu Qi stopped her.
• Xu Qi ran into Li Sushang in the corridor, teased her about Master Xian'er, and told her Rita was off while Vil-V handled general affairs.
• Xu Qi and Li Sushang returned to find housekeeping Kleins helping around the office, and Susana mistakenly praised Xu Qi for the company’s supposed new robots.
• Xu Qi pulled Vil-V aside and warned her that Klein’s intelligence and technology seemed far beyond the ordinary world, though he allowed one robot to remain for simple chores.
• Xu Qi told Vil-V that he regarded all her different personalities as the same Vil-V at their most fundamental level.

Vil-V realized that she seemed to favor Xu Qi, then left his office after catching him warmly greeting Elysia. Elysia showed Xu Qi her writing and received advice, while their later conversation about Vil-V ended with Elysia teasing Xu Qi about his attraction to her.

• Xu Qi told Vil-V that she favored him, and she privately concluded that her feelings came from viewing him as a trusted partner.
• Elysia arrived at Xu Qi's office, and Vil-V hurried out after noticing Xu Qi's tender expression toward Elysia.
• Elysia shared a draft with Xu Qi, who praised her sensitivity to characters and advised her to leave some psychological details unstated.
• Xu Qi asked Elysia why people seemed distant from Vil-V, and Elysia teased him for considering Vil-V as another sister for Mei.
• Xu Qi admitted that he had feelings for Vil-V but questioned whether they were compatible, and Elysia suggested he was worried about being unfair to Rin.

Xu Qi discussed pursuing Vil-V with Alysia, then received a warning from Vil-V about his health and learned she was sensitive about being treated as separate from her other personas. At home, Rin apologized for her feelings but kissed Xu Qi, leaving him struggling to pull away.

• Alysia encouraged Xu Qi to pursue Vil-V and promised to help, then served him beneath his desk.
• Vil-V gave Xu Qi his physical report, warned him about excessive indulgence, and insisted that she was Vil-V too.
• Rita welcomed Xu Qi home, and Yae brought him to meet Rin, who wanted to apologize.
• Rin admitted Xu Qi had been right about her feelings being infatuation, but asked why he had taken responsibility for her.
• Rin kissed Xu Qi, and he briefly embraced her before pushing her away and asking what she was doing.

Rin confessed that she had truly fallen in love with Xu Qi, and Yae agreed to let her pursue him. Xu Qi accepted Rin’s kiss and realized he had fallen for her too, while Yae teased him about his growing affection for her sister and his recent romantic exertions.

• Rin told Xu Qi that she had truly fallen in love with him and vowed to keep pursuing him, while Yae said she would not stand in her way.
• Xu Qi invited Rin to kiss him again, and she kissed him before shyly running out of the room.
• Yae recognized that Xu Qi had developed romantic feelings for Rin, and Xu Qi admitted that he had fallen for her during their kiss.
• Yae said she was willing to let Xu Qi and Rin be together and teased him about being attracted to sisters who resembled her younger self.
• Yae guessed that Xu Qi had been with Rita, Bronya, and Alysia that day, then told him she needed to rest.