Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhengran took Jiang Xueli, He Qing, and Han Wenwen to picnic on Lin Mountain, where the girls privately dwelled on their recent intimacy with him. After they reached the flower-filled grassland and set up their things, Jiang Xueli confronted Lin Zhengran about hugging the other two while they slept, then quickly stopped hitting him when he challenged her.

• Lin Zhengran drove the three girls up Lin Mountain for a picnic and planned to visit the stream and summit before returning to the hot spring.
• On the way, Jiang Xueli shyly recalled the previous night, He Qing wondered about other people's intimate lives, and Han Wenwen wished she had eaten with Lin Zhengran.
• The group parked, hiked to the grassland, and chose a spot beside a tall wildflower to set up their picnic.
• Jiang Xueli gently asked Lin Zhengran whether they could talk about what happened that morning, then abruptly accused him of hugging He Qing and Han Wenwen while they slept.
• Lin Zhengran questioned Jiang Xueli's sudden change in personality, and she stopped her little fists when he challenged her to hit him again.

Han Wenwen told Jiang Xueli that she liked Lin Zhengran, and Jiang Xueli explained how she had long suspected Wenwen’s feelings. The three girls agreed they had each become part of one another’s imagined future, then left together to discuss something important without Lin Zhengran.

• Lin Zhengran teased Jiang Xueli while preparing lunch, and she fetched him two bottles of water.
• Han Wenwen told Jiang Xueli and He Qing that she liked Lin Zhengran, and Jiang Xueli said she had suspected it for a while.
• Jiang Xueli explained that Han Wenwen’s jealousy and Lin Zhengran’s special treatment of her had raised her suspicions.
• He Qing and Jiang Xueli realized they had always pictured Han Wenwen as part of their future with Lin Zhengran.
• He Qing said Wenwen had told her something important, and the three girls ran to the car to get food and talk privately.

Jiang Xueli, He Qing, and Han Wenwen secretly formed a plan to persuade Lin Zhengran to reduce his maximum of seven girlfriends by taking turns on dates with him. After Jiang Xueli won rock-paper-scissors, she began the first date by asking Lin Zhengran to accompany her to the restroom.

• Han Wenwen told Jiang Xueli and He Qing that Lin Zhengran had said he could have up to seven girlfriends, prompting Jiang Xueli to protest that seven was too many.
• He Qing proposed that the three girls take turns dating Lin Zhengran for no more than three hours and try to persuade him to reduce the number of girlfriends.
• The girls agreed to avoid anything beyond hand-holding and hugging during their dates, with an Ice Bucket Challenge as punishment for breaking the rule.
• Jiang Xueli won rock-paper-scissors to go first, and the girls returned to Lin Zhengran as he barbecued lunch.
• After the girls enjoyed Lin Zhengran's barbecue, Jiang Xueli asked him to accompany her to the restroom, starting her date while He Qing and Han Wenwen stayed behind.

Jiang Xueli took Lin Zhengran for a walk, intending to ask about his plans for having up to seven girlfriends, but confessed that she and He Qing and Wen Wen had discussed it after he caught her lying. After they reconciled and kissed, she suggested visiting his tent that night.

• Jiang Xueli scolded Lin Zhengran for attracting girls and warned him that three girlfriends were already enough.
• On the walk to a mountain stream, Jiang Xueli told Lin Zhengran she had enjoyed their first time together and admitted she had dreamed about him.
• Lin Zhengran coaxed Jiang Xueli into revealing that she, He Qing, and Wen Wen had talked about his possible limit of seven girlfriends.
• Jiang Xueli learned that seven was only Lin Zhengran's upper limit and suggested he take one day off each week, offering to keep him company twice a week.
• Jiang Xueli kissed Lin Zhengran to apologize and said she would sneak over to his tent that night.

Jiang Xueli returned from the mountain having failed to change Lin Zhengran’s mind about the number of girls in their relationship, and He Qing took her turn trying to speak with him. He Qing ended up kissing Lin Zhengran for hours and decided she would come to his tent that night.

• Jiang Xueli told He Qing and Han Wenwen that Lin Zhengran had set seven as the maximum, and admitted she had gone beyond hugging with him.
• Jiang Xueli and Han Wenwen encouraged He Qing after she won rock-paper-scissors and went to help Lin Zhengran with the tent.
• Lin Zhengran taught all three girls how to set up the tent, then went with He Qing to the mountain.
• At the cliff, He Qing struggled to explain what she wanted and told Lin Zhengran she would do whatever he wanted.
• Lin Zhengran asked He Qing if she wanted to kiss, and they kissed for three hours before she decided to visit his tent that night.

Lin Zhengran and the girls returned to their campsite after He Qing and Jiang Xueli failed to persuade him to limit the number of his girlfriends. Han Wenwen spoke with him alone in the car, admitting she had never intended to change his mind and accepting his other relationships despite her jealousy.

• Lin Zhengran led He Qing back to the campsite, where Jiang Xueli and Han Wenwen had set up four tents.
• He Qing admitted she had failed to persuade Lin Zhengran and confessed that they had gone beyond hugging, while Jiang Xueli acknowledged her own failure.
• Han Wenwen declared that she would take her turn, then invited Lin Zhengran to talk alone in the car.
• Han Wenwen told Lin Zhengran she had deliberately waited until last so she could spend more time with him, and said she had never planned to persuade him to have fewer girlfriends.
• Han Wenwen tearfully explained how much Lin Zhengran meant to her and said she would accept his seven girlfriends as long as he was happy.

Han Wenwen confronted Lin Zhengran about his intimacy with Jiang Xueli and Little He Qing, then arranged private time with him in the camper van. As the sky grew dark, Jiang Xueli and Little He Qing waited in the tent and wondered whether Wenwen had succeeded.

• Han Wenwen teased Lin Zhengran about keeping their relationship both public and secret, and they kissed in the camper van.
• Han Wenwen grew jealous when she realized Lin Zhengran had kissed Jiang Xueli and Little He Qing before her, and demanded compensation.
• Han Wenwen explained that she had arranged three hours alone with Lin Zhengran and deliberately saved her turn for dusk.
• Han Wenwen shut the camper van's curtains, and she and Lin Zhengran spent time alone together.
• Jiang Xueli asked Little He Qing whether Han Wenwen could succeed, and Little He Qing said there was still hope.

After spending the afternoon alone with Han Wenwen, Lin Zhengran accepted her bank card and told her he planned to buy a home for them to share after university. They returned to the picnic spot after He Qing called, while Lin Zhengran realized a miracle elixir had strengthened Han Wenwen’s constitution and stamina.

• Han Wenwen gave Lin Zhengran her bank card and asked him to manage her money, and he transferred her two thousand to spend.
• Lin Zhengran told Han Wenwen he planned to buy a home for everyone after they went to university, giving her a place she could decorate as her own.
• Han Wenwen asked Lin Zhengran about having children, and he said they should wait until after college graduation.
• He Qing called after more than four hours, and Han Wenwen made up an excuse before she and Lin Zhengran returned to the picnic spot.
• Lin Zhengran felt Han Wenwen's pulse and realized that a miracle elixir had improved her constitution, helping explain her unusual strength and quick recovery.

Han Wenwen’s attempt to persuade Lin Zhengran to limit his girlfriends failed, but the girlfriends’ alliance still secured his agreement to date at most six women. Later, Jiang Jingshi traveled from Wisteria City to see him, and they shared a kiss before she planned to return.

• Han Wenwen told Jiang Xueli and He Qing that Lin Zhengran had listened to her proposal, then admitted it had failed and that she had kissed him instead.
• Lin Zhengran grilled dinner for the three girls and said he would cap the number of girlfriends at six.
• The girls celebrated the agreement and then set up the tents and bedding while Lin Zhengran went to fetch more water.
• Lin Zhengran found Jiang Jingshi by the parking area and learned she had traveled from Wisteria City after hearing he was nearby.
• Lin Zhengran and Jiang Jingshi embraced and kissed under the moonlight before she said she would head back.

Jiang Jingshi briefly visited Lin Zhengran before returning to work, and Lin Zhengran watched meteors with the Three Little Ones. After the system reported his breakthrough to level seventy-two, all three girls secretly joined him in his tent for the night.

• Jiang Jingshi kissed Lin Zhengran goodbye and drove back down the mountain with Pan Lin.
• Lin Zhengran returned to the picnic camp, where He Qing, Han Wenwen, and Jiang Xueli watched two meteors and made wishes to stay with him forever.
• The system said Lin Zhengran had broken through to level seventy-two and hinted that a powerful enemy and new opportunities awaited him.
• After the girls returned to their tents, Jiang Xueli, He Qing, and Han Wenwen each crept into Lin Zhengran's tent.
• Lin Zhengran told the three girls to lie beside him, assigning He Qing and Lily to his sides and Wenwen on top of him.

After three days camping on Lin Mountain, Lin Zhengran and the Three Little Ones returned to the inn to soak in a private hot spring before heading back to Wisteria City. The girls learned that the private pool was mixed, leaving them shy as they prepared to change.

• Han Wenwen smelled Jiang Qian's older sister on Lin Zhengran and grew jealous, suspecting he had started a relationship with her.
• Lin Zhengran and the Three Little Ones climbed to Lin Mountain's summit, enjoyed the scenery, and spent two nights camping together.
• On the third day, Lin Zhengran drove the tired girls back to the inn and they chose to go straight to the hot spring.
• The receptionist asked Lin Zhengran which of the three girls was his girlfriend, but he only smiled, making all three girls react with surprise.
• At the private hot spring, Lin Zhengran explained that the private pools were unisex, and the girls blushed as they prepared to change.

Lin Zhengran and the Three Little Ones soaked together in a private hot spring, where the girls took turns massaging and scrubbing his back. The girls were left embarrassed when he casually explained that he had nothing to hide from his girlfriends.

• Jiang Xueli, Han Wenwen, and Little He Qing changed into their swimsuits and teased one another about their figures.
• The three girls joined Lin Zhengran in the private hot spring and asked about the water and whether the spring was real.
• Han Wenwen began washing and massaging Lin Zhengran, prompting Jiang Xueli and Little He Qing to join in.
• After the girls finished scrubbing Lin Zhengran, he stood to go to the restroom, and the girls blushed when they realized he had been soaking without changing into underwear.
• Lin Zhengran told the girls they were his girlfriends and that he had nothing to hide, leaving them mortified.

Han Wenwen, Jiang Xueli, and He Qing discovered the hot spring room’s wine-order button and shared drinks while talking about university and their childhood with Lin Zhengran. When Jiang Xueli and He Qing realized Han Wenwen had vanished, they suspected she had gone to find Lin Zhengran, where she was kissing him and demanded an explanation about another woman.

• Han Wenwen pressed the mysterious red button, and a staff member arrived with the hot spring wine she had ordered.
• Han Wenwen, Jiang Xueli, and He Qing tasted the wine and discussed their plans for university, their past jealousy over Lin Zhengran, and how quickly they had grown up.
• Jiang Xueli and He Qing noticed Han Wenwen was missing and guessed she had gone to find Lin Zhengran.
• Han Wenwen straddled Lin Zhengran on a sofa, kissed him, and jealously asked him to explain the other woman to her.

Lin Zhengran told Han Wenwen about his new girlfriend, Jiang Jingshi, and soothed her jealousy with a kiss. After Jiang Xueli and He Qing caught them, all three girlfriends kissed Lin Zhengran, and he began telling them that he had another girlfriend.

• Han Wenwen confronted Lin Zhengran about Jiang Jingshi, and he admitted that they had recently become a couple.
• Han Wenwen grew jealous over Lin Zhengran's relationship with Jiang Jingshi, but he kissed her until she calmed down.
• Jiang Xueli and He Qing entered the room and caught Han Wenwen kissing Lin Zhengran.
• He Qing kissed Lin Zhengran, and Jiang Xueli joined them after Lin Zhengran invited her to sit on his lap.
• Lin Zhengran told the three women that he had gotten another girlfriend the previous week.

Lin Zhengran told Jiang Xueli, He Qing, and Han Wenwen that Jiang Jingshi was now his fourth girlfriend and discussed how he would seek their families’ approval. On their last night at the inn, the three girls joined him in bed again before they drove back to Wisteria City the next morning.

• Lin Zhengran revealed that he and Jiang Jingshi had gotten together the previous week, and Jiang Xueli and He Qing reacted with surprise and jealousy.
• Jiang Xueli, He Qing, and Han Wenwen affirmed that they wanted to stay with Lin Zhengran, and he promised to visit their families and ask for their approval.
• The group discussed marriage certificates, children’s household registration, and Lin Zhengran’s plan to speak with their families before graduating from university.
• Lin Zhengran noticed He Qing’s quiet reaction to an elderly couple washing the woman’s hair outside the inn.
• After packing for their return to Wisteria City, Jiang Xueli, He Qing, and Han Wenwen asked to sleep with Lin Zhengran, and he invited them onto his bed.

Lin Zhengran returned to Wisteria City with He Qing, Jiang Xueli, and Han Wenwen, then saw the two girls off while He Qing stayed with him for her eighteenth birthday. Meanwhile, a girl dyed her hair silver-white and looked forward to meeting Lin Zhengran again at university.

• Lin Zhengran stopped reading and went to sleep with He Qing, Jiang Xueli, and Han Wenwen beside him.
• A girl in Wisteria City dyed her long hair silver-white and said she would soon see Lin Zhengran again at university.
• Lin Zhengran drove the girls back to Wisteria City and dropped off Han Wenwen, who kissed him goodbye and promised to tell him when her exam results came out.
• Jiang Xueli also kissed Lin Zhengran goodbye before heading home.
• He Qing stayed with Lin Zhengran instead of taking a ride home, and he drove toward the city to buy a cake for her birthday at midnight.
• Han Wenwen and Jiang Xueli returned home and chose not to disturb He Qing and Lin Zhengran on the eve of He Qing's eighteenth birthday.

Lin Zhengran and Little He Qing returned to the city, where he had a costly cake prepared for her eighteenth birthday and they shared dinner at a hotel. As they discussed their coming separation, Lin Zhengran promised to make pills for He Qing’s mother and maternal grandmother, and He Qing asked him to spend the night with her.

• Lin Zhengran picked up the cake he had reserved for Little He Qing, surprising her with its price of three or four thousand yuan.
• Lin Zhengran and Little He Qing ordered crab roe noodles at their hotel and ate together.
• Little He Qing told Lin Zhengran she dreaded returning home and wanted to live with him because she missed him whenever they were apart.
• Lin Zhengran offered to make pills for He Qing’s mother and maternal grandmother to improve their health.
• Little He Qing told Lin Zhengran she wanted to sleep with him and asked him to bully her more that night.

On Little He Qing’s birthday trip, Lin Zhengran and Little He Qing shared an intimate evening before preparing to make her birthday wish. She revealed that for eighteen years she had wished to be with Lin Zhengran forever, then came up with a different wish: for him to wash her hair.

• Little He Qing changed into erotic white stockings, and she and Lin Zhengran spent several hours being intimate.
• Near midnight, Lin Zhengran set up the cake on the bed so they could celebrate Little He Qing’s birthday without getting out of bed.
• Lin Zhengran learned that Little He Qing had made the same wish—to be with him forever—for every birthday since childhood.
• When Lin Zhengran warned her that repeating the wish so soon might make it clash with the one she made on a shooting star, Little He Qing decided to wish for him to wash her hair and showed him something on her phone.

Little He Qing asked Lin Zhengran to perform a birthday custom, and he surprised her with a rabbit cake he had designed himself. They celebrated her eighteenth birthday together and spent the night being intimate, leaving He Qing asleep in his arms the next morning.

• Little He Qing showed Lin Zhengran a local custom of having the person a girl loved wash her hair and face on her birthday, and she asked him to do it.
• Lin Zhengran suggested they bathe together instead, and Little He Qing shyly agreed.
• At midnight, Lin Zhengran revealed a custom rabbit cake he had designed for He Qing, who was deeply moved and kissed him.
• He Qing made a wish to bathe together, then shared the cake with Lin Zhengran and happily heard him wish her a happy birthday.
• After they finished nearly half the cake, He Qing asked to try different ways of being intimate, and Lin Zhengran took her into the bathroom.
• Lin Zhengran and He Qing stayed intimate until past seven in the morning, then fell asleep together as He Qing dreamed about the cake and promised to prepare for his birthday.

On her birthday, Little He Qing returned home to help care for her injured maternal grandmother, reluctantly leaving Lin Zhengran behind. The next day, she received the medicine Lin Zhengran had mailed for her grandmother and mother.

• Aunt He called Little He Qing and asked her to come home for her birthday and to help care for her injured maternal grandmother.
• Little He Qing said goodbye to Lin Zhengran, boarded a train, and called him shortly after leaving because she missed him.
• Aunt He picked Little He Qing up late that night, and they went home to check on Maternal Grandmother.
• The next day, Little He Qing received two pills and a note from Lin Zhengran, who said one was for Maternal Grandmother and the other for Aunt He.