Chapter Summaries

Wang Yue turned Xia Miaomiao’s embarrassing outburst into a class bet that she would get into Haida, then offered to tutor her in exchange for doing his laundry. After Miaomiao’s grades improved, Mother Xia arrived at Wang Yue’s home and found her sorting his dirty clothes.

• Lu Peng asked Wang Yue to explain why Xia Miaomiao had shouted that she was willing, and Wang Yue claimed she had agreed to the bet for a class meal if she got into Haida.
• Teacher Lu promised to treat the class if Wang Yue failed to keep his promise, while Wang Yue added that he would treat everyone even if Miaomiao did not get in.
• After Miaomiao failed math despite studying hard, Wang Yue offered to tutor her in exchange for washing his clothes, and she agreed.
• Wang Yue made Miaomiao a packed study plan and tutored her; after a month, her scores improved and she earned over eighty points in math.
• During a tutoring break at Wang Yue’s home, Miaomiao sorted his laundry, and Mother Xia walked in and saw her handling his clothes.

Mother Xia found Xia Miaomiao doing Wang Yue’s laundry, but the study schedule and Miaomiao’s improved grades reassured her. Hurt by Yaoyao’s remark about her appearance, Miaomiao decided to change, while Wang Yue’s basketball fame grew and she secretly collected his love letters.

• Mother Xia came to Wang Yue’s house, found Xia Miaomiao washing his clothes, and was reassured by their study schedule and Miaomiao’s ambition to get into Haida.
• Yaoyao’s comment about Miaomiao’s looks spurred her to get braces, and Wang Yue gave her a blender and promised to prepare a whitening formula and medicinal bath for summer break.
• Wang Yue led Haida Affiliated Middle School to the basketball league final against Haicheng No. 2 High School and gained fans from other schools.
• Miaomiao received more love letters addressed to Wang Yue and hid them in her bulging schoolbag, then hurried home with him after the game.

Miaomiao secretly kept Wang Yue’s love letters while Yaoyao discovered her secret and teased her about liking him. After a busy summer spent studying and growing closer to Wang Yue, Miaomiao returned to school with him, where He Xin mistook her for someone taking Miaomiao’s seat beside him.

• Miaomiao added a dozen more letters for Wang Yue to her box, and Yaoyao admitted she had read the letters and threatened to expose Miaomiao’s secret.
• Miaomiao and Yaoyao made a deal: Yaoyao would not tell Wang Yue, and Miaomiao would stop picking on her.
• Wang Yue took first place in the end-of-term exams, while Miaomiao resolved to study harder and spend the summer learning from him.
• Wang Yue tutored Miaomiao, taught her to draw, and bought the courtyard house across from her home; Mother Xia then made Yaoyao accompany them during their study sessions.
• Wang Yue and Miaomiao sat together in their new Class 3, Grade 5 classroom, where Miaomiao gazed at him until He Xin rushed over and demanded to know why someone else was in Miaomiao’s seat.

Wang Yue, Miaomiao, He Xin, and Lin Kaituo discussed Miaomiao’s dramatic change in complexion and Wang Yue’s homemade whitening cream. He Xin encouraged Lin Kaituo to bet on getting into Haida University, and the chapter ended with Miaomiao and He Xin bonding over beauty cream as they headed to Miaomiao’s home.

• Miaomiao explained that staying indoors and using whitening skincare products had made her skin fairer, and He Xin eagerly asked to try them.
• Wang Yue revealed that he had developed Miaomiao’s homemade whitening cream and offered He Xin a jar if she trusted him.
• After Lin Kaituo bragged that he could surpass Wang Yue, He Xin proposed a bet that Lin Kaituo would win by getting into Haida University.
• Wang Yue wagered ten thousand yuan against Lin Kaituo’s promise to call him Big Brother if he lost, and Lin Kaituo accepted.
• He Xin offered to cover Wang Yue’s wager, but he reassured her that he had enough money and asked her to spend time with Miaomiao.
• Miaomiao offered He Xin some beauty cream, and the two girls chatted as they went with Wang Yue to Miaomiao’s home.

After their bet pushed Lin Kaituo to study, Wang Yue helped him improve and he eventually joined Miaomiao and He Xin’s group. After the college entrance exam, the friends got into Haicheng University, and Miaomiao worried Wang Yue would misunderstand that her mother had changed her major to Architecture when she preferred fashion design.

• Lin Kaituo began studying hard after betting Wang Yue ten thousand yuan, and Miaomiao grew more popular by sharing Beauty cream with her classmates.
• Wang Yue received a stream of love letters and handed the pile to Miaomiao to take care of.
• Lin Kaituo started asking Wang Yue for help with schoolwork, and the two gradually became friends as He Xin helped him join their group.
• After the college entrance exam, Wang Yue, Miaomiao, He Xin, and Lin Kaituo got into Haicheng University, and Lin Kaituo collected his ten thousand yuan from Wang Yue.
• At Wang Yue’s house on Haicheng University’s open day, A Xia told Miaomiao that Wang Yue likely liked her and urged her to explain her changed major to him.
• Miaomiao admitted she had intercepted Wang Yue’s love letters to keep them from distracting him, then nervously told A Xia to keep quiet.

Miaomiao nervously explained her changed major to Wang Yue, who revealed that he had switched to architecture to stay with her and pulled her into his arms. As freshman military training began at Haicheng University, Wang Yue worried about Liang Youannian’s imminent return.

• A Xia urged Miaomiao to explain her changed major to Wang Yue, while Wang Yue and He Xin discussed Lin Kaituo’s absence and He Xin’s unrequited feelings.
• Miaomiao told Wang Yue that she had not deliberately changed from fashion design to architecture, and he reassured her that he already knew.
• Wang Yue explained that he had changed his own major to architecture so he could study alongside Miaomiao, then told her he wanted to do what he loved with the person he loved.
• Wang Yue drew Miaomiao into his arms as He Xin and A Xia watched their affectionate exchange.
• The university tour ended and military training began, and Wang Yue recalled that Liang Youannian would soon return as the Architecture Department’s class monitor.

Miaomiao worried that military training would tan her, and Wang Yue reassured her with sunscreen and affection. During training, he took the blame when she nearly stepped out of formation, then drew scenes from his past with Zhao Jin for her, but Miaomiao did not recognize them and thought he had dreamed about her.

• Miaomiao asked Wang Yue whether he would still like her if military training tanned her, and he gave her homemade sunscreen and reassured her.
• At military training, Lin Kaituo muttered about Liang Younian, and the Instructor threatened to punish the formation unless the talker stepped forward.
• When Miaomiao started to step out, Wang Yue pushed her back into formation and volunteered instead, then completed two hundred push-ups.
• The Instructor asked why Wang Yue had volunteered, and Wang Yue explained that he had protected his girlfriend from being tricked into stepping forward.
• While building a sand table, Wang Yue drew scenes from his time with Zhao Jin in the Tianlong World and showed them to Miaomiao, who thought he had dreamed about her.

After military training, Wang Yue and Miaomiao began college and settled into separate dorms, while He Xin continued pursuing Lin Kaituo. The chapter ended with Lin Kaituo returning to Wang Yue’s dorm and suspecting that his roommates had been talking about him.

• The instructor offered Wang Yue a number in case he wanted to enlist, but Wang Yue declined and reassured Miaomiao that he would not leave her for military service.
• Miaomiao refused to let Wang Yue walk her to the women’s dorm, but agreed to call him so he could meet her outside later.
• He Xin followed Lin Kaituo toward the men’s dorm and told Wang Yue that she thought Lin Kaituo still had feelings for her because they had taken photos together during training.
• Wang Yue met his roommates Li Baiyang and Zhao Pengfei, while He Xin entered the room and made Lin Kaituo’s bed before he left to avoid her.
• Wang Yue warned He Xin that her fixation on Liang Younian hurt her chances with Lin Kaituo, and the roommates discussed the two men after she left.
• Lin Kaituo returned to the dorm, noticed everyone had gone quiet, and asked Wang Yue if they had been talking about him.

Wang Yue drew his roommates and Miaomiao into Yujian Architectural Design Studio, where his expertise helped them complete their first major project. After the villa owner paid, Wang Yue celebrated by giving his friends red envelopes, but Lin Kaituo’s reluctance made the others hesitate to accept theirs.

• Wang Yue and his roommates grew closer after Lin Kaituo joined their joking discussion about the Architecture Department’s top male heartthrob.
• Seeing Miaomiao struggle with architectural drafting, Wang Yue opened an architectural design studio and persuaded Lin Kaituo, Bai Yang, and Peng Fei to join by offering higher pay.
• Wang Yue named the business Yujian Architectural Design Studio, and Miaomiao and his roommates worked hard despite campus skepticism about the venture.
• Wang Yue secured a villa renovation project, taught his four friends the basics, and completed the design proposal and construction plans in less than a month.
• After the villa owner paid, Wang Yue treated everyone to a meal and gave each of his four friends a red envelope.
• Lin Kaituo refused his envelope because Wang Yue had done most of the work, making Bai Yang and Peng Fei hesitate to accept theirs as well.

Wang Yue reassured his roommates that his architecture studio could run while he and Miaomiao pursued fashion design, then helped them enroll in the second major. After a demanding winter break catching up on fashion design, Wang Yue suggested Miaomiao start a clothing brand and left her questioning who had funded his architecture studio.

• Wang Yue told Lin Kaituo, Peng Fei, and Bai Yang that they could manage routine studio work while he reviewed their designs and helped with difficult jobs.
• Wang Yue and Miaomiao asked the Fashion Design Department to let them study a second major, and the department head agreed after Miaomiao promised to work hard.
• The School of Architecture administrators objected to Wang Yue dividing his attention, but accepted his plan after he promised to enter every departmental competition.
• Wang Yue and Miaomiao kept up with both majors, then spent most of winter break studying fashion design courses they had missed.
• Wang Yue suggested that Miaomiao start a clothing brand by taking custom orders, and she worried that his parents would disapprove of him financing it.
• Wang Yue asked Miaomiao who had told her that his parents gave him the money to open the architecture studio.

Wang Yue and Miaomiao planned their fashion design studio, First Love, while balancing their studies and work at the architectural studio. After Wang Yue registered the studio and launched its website, First Love received its first commission for anime-themed outfits.

• Wang Yue revealed to Miaomiao that he had earned a fortune from software and demonstrated his hacking skills by sending her a flirtatious message from her own phone, after which they kissed.
• Wang Yue and Miaomiao chose the name First Love for their fashion design studio and spent winter break studying fashion design.
• Lin Kaituo asked Wang Yue to devote more time to the architectural studio so he could prove its worth to his mother, and Wang Yue agreed to delay starting First Love.
• Wang Yue prepared a building-material database, registered the fashion design company, and created websites for both studios.
• A woman called Miaomiao after seeing the clothes on First Love's website and asked to commission anime-themed outfits, and Miaomiao accepted the order without requesting a deposit.

Miaomiao accepted an order for an anime costume, and Wang Yue helped her and A Xia tackle the design and fabric problems. After a fabric company refused their small order, Wang Yue bought the factory in a fit of anger.

• Miaomiao accepted a commission to make an anime costume, and Wang Yue suggested getting A Xia and Teacher Jia to help.
• Miaomiao and A Xia began designing the outfit with Teacher Jia, while Miaomiao decided to continue studying architecture for the time being.
• He Xin asked Wang Yue for work, and he offered her social media and editorial tasks for the studios.
• Wang Yue finished the database, then joined Miaomiao and A Xia in working on the costume design.
• Miaomiao and A Xia struggled to find suitable fabric, so Wang Yue contacted a fabric company and offered to pay extra.
• The fabric company refused Wang Yue's small order, and he bought the fabric factory in anger.

Wang Yue helped Miaomiao and A Xia secure fabric and make a cosplay outfit, then turned the order into a business opportunity for their studios. At the anime convention, their designs and makeup earned praise and publicity, and Wang Yue took Miaomiao to explore the event.

• Wang Yue revealed that he had bought the fabric factory so Miaomiao and A Xia could choose materials, and they finished an outfit for Zhang Wei.
• Wang Yue recognized that Zhang Wei was a man disguised as a woman, and Zhang Wei praised the outfit and asked about ordering more for his cosplay group.
• Wang Yue offered to produce the group's costumes and proposed promoting his studios through a booth design, while the group leader ordered over a hundred outfits.
• Encounter Studio delivered booth renderings, and the group leader had the booth built with logos for Encounter Studio and First Love Studio.
• At the convention, Wang Yue did makeup for the group, and the group leader praised the studios and promised to hire them again.
• Wang Yue said goodbye to the group leader and took Miaomiao to look around the anime convention.

Wang Yue, Miaomiao, and their Architecture Department group traveled to an ancient town, where Teacher Jia searched for traditional embroidery and encountered an elderly woman devoted to her missing husband. After hearing the woman’s story, Miaomiao and Wang Yue agreed to help her, and Wang Yue proposed making a model of her old home as a keepsake.

• Teacher Jia joined the department trip, sat beside Miaomiao and Wang Yue, and explained that she was visiting the town to find a particular kind of embroidery.
• Li Sichen said the guesthouse lacked rooms, and Miaomiao and Jia Yin shared one while Wang Yue roomed with the department head.
• Teacher Jia asked Wang Yue and Miaomiao to help her find embroidery, then led them to search for an old woman whose fabric used the technique she wanted.
• Lin Kaituo found the old woman, who had mistaken him for her husband, A Yuan, and her grandson explained that she often wandered back to their ruined former home.
• Moved by the old woman’s devotion, Miaomiao asked Wang Yue to help her, and he suggested making a model of the old house for her to keep.

Wang Yue and Miaomiao helped an old woman reconnect with memories of her missing husband, A Yuan, using a lifelike mask and a VR video. After the story spread and they returned to school, Wang Yue proposed that Miaomiao explore traditional clothing design, and she confessed she wanted to keep studying architecture so she could stay by his side.

• Wang Yue proposed making an A Yuan mask, recording a VR video, and finding the battlefield where A Yuan might have died; Miaomiao suggested combining the mask and video plans.
• Wang Yue made the mask, and he, Miaomiao, their classmates, and the old woman's grandson recorded a VR video for her.
• The old woman watched the video, became more lucid, and shared information that helped Wang Yue find records of A Yuan's final battlefield.
• The old woman decided to retrace A Yuan's route, and media coverage helped spread his story; Wang Yue and Miaomiao later returned to school and became second-year students.
• Wang Yue suggested that Miaomiao use her embroidery skills to explore traditional clothing design and explained how machine embroidery could support production.
• Miaomiao said she wanted to pursue clothing design without giving up architecture because she wanted to stay by Wang Yue's side.

Wang Yue agreed to enter an architectural design competition with Xia Miaomiao, helping her develop a first-love-themed design that won major national and international prizes. Miaomiao gained permission to focus on fashion design, but Wang Yue reminded her that she still had to tell her mother about changing her plans.

• Wang Yue turned down the school sports meet and kept a low profile until the Architecture Department head asked him to enter a team design competition.
• Wang Yue agreed to compete with Miaomiao, explaining that he wanted to create a keepsake with her and help her focus on fashion design.
• Miaomiao proposed a first-love-themed building inspired by the white strawberries Wang Yue had given her, and Wang Yue helped turn her ideas into a design.
• Wang Yue and Miaomiao won the national competition's grand prize and the international university competition's first prize.
• Li Sichen allowed Miaomiao to concentrate on fashion design while continuing architecture courses as she could, and Miaomiao agreed to stay in the department.
• Wang Yue reminded Miaomiao that she still needed to tell her mother, who had chosen architecture for her, about her plans to change focus.

Wang Yue helped Miaomiao approach her mother about changing majors by proposing a new job for her father, but Mother Xia rejected the plan. Wang Yue then presented the Xia family with his studio and fabric factory as a betrothal gift, and took Miaomiao to meet his parents for their approval.

• Wang Yue suggested that Miaomiao tell Mother Xia about her plans and proposed bringing her father ashore to manage a factory.
• Miaomiao returned home that weekend, but Mother Xia refused to support her father's job change, so Miaomiao went to Wang Yue for help.
• Wang Yue gave Mother Xia documents offering the Fashion Design Studio and fabric factory as a betrothal gift and asked for her blessing to marry Miaomiao after she graduated.
• Mother Xia asked Wang Yue to tell his parents about the plan, then encouraged him to take Miaomiao to meet them.
• Wang Yue brought Miaomiao to his father's company, where Father Wang welcomed her and agreed to discuss their engagement with Wang Yue's mother.

Wang Yue brought Miaomiao to meet his parents, and their families quickly arranged an engagement, which reassured Miaomiao about his commitment. Later, Wang Yue helped Lin Kaituo track down his estranged father, and Lin Kaituo finally caught him at the delivery station, where his father prepared to explain himself.

• Wang Yue asked his parents to arrange an engagement with Miaomiao, and Mother Wang and Mother Xia discussed a date.
• Wang Yue comforted Miaomiao, and they began designing their engagement outfits together.
• Lin Kaituo spotted his father, a former gambling addict, delivering a package and tried to chase him.
• Wang Yue found Lin's Dad's address and accompanied Lin Kaituo and He Xin to look for him.
• Lin Kaituo caught Lin's Dad at the delivery station, and Lin's Dad stopped resisting and asked the station's Old Master to cover his deliveries while they talked.

Lin's Dad's gambling debt exposed his troubled past to Lin Kaituo, and Wang Yue protected Lin Kaituo and He Xin before agreeing to pay the debt. At Lin's Dad's basement room, Wang Yue recreated the Zhenlong Chess Game, which trapped Miaomiao in an illusion until he pulled her away.

• Lin's Dad's debt collectors confronted him in the park, and Lin Kaituo learned his father still had gambling debts.
• Wang Yue beat the debt collectors when they attacked Lin Kaituo and He Xin, then agreed that they could return the next day for the money Lin Kaituo offered.
• Lin Kaituo and the others went to Lin's Dad's basement room, where Wang Yue set up a Go board and recreated the Zhenlong Chess Game.
• Miaomiao became caught in the game’s illusion, and Wang Yue lifted her away from the board to bring her back to herself.
• Wang Yue explained that the board had created an illusion, and Miaomiao clung to him as Lin Kaituo and He Xin examined the game.

Wang Yue used the hallucination-inducing chessboard to help Lin Kaituo and He Xin realize their feelings and to show Lin's Dad the consequences of his gambling. Lin's Dad woke up shaken and remorseful, while Wang Yue and Miaomiao left together for Haicheng University.

• He Xin dismissed Wang Yue's warning about the chessboard, sat down to play, and broke down in tears until Lin Kaituo held her and freed her from the illusion.
• Wang Yue and Miaomiao went for a walk, then returned to find Lin Kaituo and He Xin holding hands; Lin Kaituo said the game had helped him understand his feelings.
• He Xin explained that they hoped Lin's Dad would see the misery his gambling could cause and decide to quit.
• Lin's Dad looked at the chessboard and fell into an illusion of a casino, then lunged at a wall before Wang Yue caught him, leaving him with a large bump on his forehead.
• Lin's Dad woke up, embraced Lin Kaituo, and cried with regret, while Wang Yue packed up the board and left with Miaomiao.
• Wang Yue and Miaomiao took a cab to Haicheng University and talked about Lin's Dad and Lin Kaituo and He Xin getting together.