Chapter Summaries

After weeks apart, Wang Yue surprised Lin Miaomiao during class, where her little brother Lin Gou Gou accidentally called him her brother-in-law. Wang Yue reunited with Lin Miaomiao and took her and Lin Gou Gou home, leaving Lin Miaomiao hopeful about how long he could stay.

• Lin Miaomiao found Lin Gou Gou at home and, unable to get help from her parents, brought him to class after promising him chocolates for behaving.
• Lin Gou Gou spotted Wang Yue outside the classroom, forgot his promise, and announced to the class that his brother-in-law had arrived.
• The lecturer let Lin Miaomiao leave with Lin Gou Gou, who rushed to Wang Yue and climbed into his arms.
• Wang Yue took Lin Miaomiao's hand and left with her and Lin Gou Gou, then brought them home and gave the boy a new toy.
• Lin Miaomiao asked how many days Wang Yue could stay, while Wang Yue reflected that she seemed nearly ready to marry even though he was not quite old enough.

Wang Yue visited Lin Miaomiao and his old friends during a brief trip home, then returned to his research institute as Miaomiao began her internship at Jiangzhou Television. When she struggled to get people to answer street-interview questions, Wang Yue suggested interviewing Jiang Tianhao as a willing participant and featuring his restaurant.

• Wang Yue told Lin Miaomiao that his spaceship research was still at the prototype stage, and they discussed her plans and their friends’ futures.
• Wang Yue found his university dorm empty and learned his roommates had left for internships; he also discovered Jiang Tianhao had sold his flagship store but still owed money.
• Wang Yue told Jiang Tianhao he planned to expand his game company and develop a game with intelligent NPCs, while keeping his larger plans for a miniature aircraft to himself.
• Wang Yue returned to the institute, and Lin Miaomiao later earned an internship at Jiangzhou Television through a recommendation from her teacher.
• Lin Miaomiao complained that people were refusing to answer her street interviews, so Wang Yue suggested interviewing Jiang Tianhao outside his restaurant, and she went to find him.

Wang Yue dealt with the fallout from Lin Miaomiao’s failed TV station internship, then secured a long vacation to return to Jiangzhou and spend time with her. He found Lin Miaomiao drunk and upset at Tianhao's Kitchen, where she mistook him for a dream.

• Lin Miaomiao completed an interview assignment near Jiang Tianhao’s restaurant, but a fellow reporter exposed the use of stand-ins and the station ended Lin Miaomiao’s internship.
• Wang Yue sent Lin Miaomiao’s supervisor footage showing the team had been ignored before arranging the interview, prompting the supervisor to discipline the other reporter and camera operators; the deputy station chief transferred him after learning Wang Yue had arranged security for Lin Miaomiao.
• Wang Yue obtained a long vacation from the director so he could return to Jiangzhou and spend time with Lin Miaomiao.
• After Wang Yue returned late and found Lin Miaomiao was not home, Jiang Tianhao told him she was at Tianhao's Kitchen, drinking after her setback at work.
• Wang Yue hurried to Tianhao's Kitchen and caught Lin Miaomiao when she nearly fell; she recognized him, pinched him, and decided she must be dreaming because it did not hurt.

After Wang Yue brought the drunken Lin Miaomiao home, she insisted he stay in bed with her, but fell asleep clinging to him. The next morning, Lin's Mom and Lin's Dad found them together, and Lin Miaomiao woke beside Wang Yue without remembering when he had returned.

• Wang Yue carried Lin Miaomiao out of Tianhao's Kitchen and drove her home, reassuring her that he would not leave again.
• Lin Miaomiao asked Wang Yue to sleep with her, and he agreed, but she promptly fell asleep in his arms.
• Xiao Liu explained to Xiao Zeng that Lin's Mom and Lin's Dad were Wang Yue's future in-laws and should be allowed into the complex.
• Lin's Mom learned Lin Miaomiao had registered for the graduate entrance exam but had not attended classes, then went with Lin's Dad to confront her.
• Lin's Mom found Lin Miaomiao curled up with Wang Yue and stopped Lin's Dad from barging into their bedroom.
• Lin Miaomiao woke beside Wang Yue and asked when he had returned.

Wang Yue and Lin Miaomiao faced her parents after spending the night together, while Jiang Tianhao prepared to welcome Deng Xiaoqi back. After the friends reunited, Wang Yue spotted Qian Sanyi jogging in Jiangzhou and suggested they wait for him at home.

• Lin Miaomiao remembered how she had pulled Wang Yue into bed while drunk, and Wang Yue promised to propose after she graduated.
• Wang Yue reassured Lin's Dad and Lin's Mom that he and Lin Miaomiao planned to marry, but Lin's Mom took her daughter home.
• Lin's Dad learned Lin Miaomiao had visited Wang Yue's family several times and realized Old Wang's friendliness had a reason.
• Wang Yue offered to lend Jiang Tianhao money, and Jiang Tianhao hosted Deng Xiaoqi at his restaurant without pretending he still owned the flagship restaurant.
• Wang Yue, Lin Miaomiao, and Deng Xiaoqi spotted Qian Sanyi jogging, and Wang Yue suggested they wait for him at his home.

Wang Yue and Lin Miaomiao reunited with Qian Sanyi, whose guilt over their ordeal eased after they reassured him, while the friends gathered for dinner and an escape room. Later, Lin Miaomiao decided to look for a job, and Wang Yue offered to interview at the same company; at the job fair, a young man approached her and asked about her interview preparation.

• Wang Yue, Lin Miaomiao, and Deng Xiaoqi stopped Qian Sanyi outside his apartment and persuaded him to explain why he had avoided them.
• Qian Sanyi blamed himself for Lin Miaomiao and Wang Yue's ordeal in Europe, but they reassured him and invited him back into their group.
• Lin Miaomiao arranged the escape-room teams to give Jiang Tianhao time with Deng Xiaoqi, who told him she had a boyfriend.
• Jiang Tianhao struggled through an escape-room puzzle after learning Deng Xiaoqi was taken, while the others gave him time to compose himself.
• Lin Miaomiao decided to attend a campus job fair, and Wang Yue said he would interview at the same company before returning to his research.
• At the crowded job fair, a young man approached Lin Miaomiao and asked how her interview preparation was going.

Wang Yue and Lin Miaomiao attended a campus recruitment interview, where Wang Yue impressed the interviewers with an elaborate explanation that six stranded people were a family. After they went to collect Lin Gou Gou from kindergarten, they learned he had defended Tian Xin from a bully, and Gou Gou declared that only Tian Xin was his little friend.

• Lu Jiawei offered to recommend Lin Miaomiao and Wang Yue for jobs at Wanxiang Media, but Wang Yue dismissed him and left with Lin Miaomiao.
• Lin Miaomiao argued that a rescue exercise should prioritize vulnerable people, while Wang Yue claimed the six stranded people were a family and explained his theory to the interviewer.
• Lin Miaomiao learned from Lin's Mom that Gou Gou had fought at kindergarten and enlisted Wang Yue to help her explain that she had left her TV station job.
• The kindergarten teacher explained that Gou Gou had defended Tian Xin from an older child, and Gou Gou insisted on staying until dismissal.
• Gou Gou played with Tian Xin before she left, then told Lin Miaomiao that only Tian Xin was his little friend.

Wang Yue and Lin Miaomiao visited the Lin family, where Lin Gou Gou was taught to think before charging into fights. The next morning, Wang Yue and Lin Miaomiao headed to Wanxiang for interviews and discovered Tian Mama had arrived there too.

• Lin Gou Gou asked Wang Yue for a Little Assistant, while Lin Miaomiao explained that it was too advanced to give to a child.
• After Lin Gou Gou described fighting to defend a classmate, Lin's Mom scolded him for not telling the teacher, and Lin's Dad and Wang Yue advised him to read the situation.
• Lin Miaomiao worried that Wang Yue might look down on her after she left her TV job, but he reassured her before she received an interview invitation from Wanxiang.
• Wang Yue received an interview invitation from Wanxiang as well and agreed to go with Lin Miaomiao.
• The next morning, Lin Gou Gou waited for Tian Xin at kindergarten, then left with her while Wang Yue and Lin Miaomiao drove to Wanxiang.
• Lin Miaomiao recognized Tian Mama's car beside theirs at Wanxiang and wondered whether Tian Mama worked there.

Wang Yue and Lin Miaomiao passed their interviews at Wanxiang and agreed to start the following Monday. Jiang Tianhao arranged a celebratory gathering that turned into an awkward wait after Deng Xiaoqi and her boyfriend Li Xizhou focused on each other, leaving the group behind.

• Tian Mama recognized Wang Yue and Lin Miaomiao as interviewees at Wanxiang, then hired them without a formal interview and set their start date for next Monday.
• Jiang Tianhao invited his friends to celebrate Lin Miaomiao's new job, but felt lonely when Yan Yudi said Qian Sanyi was asleep and Deng Xiaoqi revealed her boyfriend was coming to Jiangzhou.
• Jiang Tianhao drove Wang Yue and Lin Miaomiao to pick up Deng Xiaoqi and Li Xizhou, hoping to keep Xiaoqi and Li apart from the others.
• Li Xizhou and Deng Xiaoqi delayed the group at their hotel while they talked about acting, prompting Yan Yudi to take the unwell Qian Sanyi to see a doctor.

After an awkward reunion dinner, Wang Yue and Lin Miaomiao pitched a news series about mismatches between people and jobs at work. Manager Tian assigned them the project, and Wang Yue used Little Fish to gather information as Lin Miaomiao learned to be cautious with coworkers and responsible with their reporting.

• Li Xizhou monopolized Deng Xiaoqi's attention at dinner, leaving Jiang Tianhao disappointed and the gathering awkward; Deng Xiaoqi later apologized to Wang Yue and Lin Miaomiao.
• At the company's regular meeting, Lin Miaomiao shared ideas about new media, and she challenged Lu Jiawei when he rudely interrupted Wang Yue.
• Wang Yue proposed a series about mismatches between graduates and jobs, and Manager Tian assigned him and Lin Miaomiao to prepare its first installment.
• Wang Yue and Lin Miaomiao left work early to begin the project, and he explained that coworkers might not look out for them and that Manager Tian wanted to use his resources.
• Wang Yue had Little Fish collect information, while Lin Miaomiao urged him to blur identifying details so the report would not unfairly harm the people involved.

Wang Yue and Lin Miaomiao spent a workday shopping and were reported for slacking, but Wang Yue used evidence of Lu Jiawei's misconduct to get him fired. After explaining how Manager Tian had used them as cover, Wang Yue spotted Lin Miaomiao's mother at a gym and pointed her out.

• Wang Yue told Lin Miaomiao to leave work and spend the day wandering around Jiangzhou with him.
• Lin Miaomiao posted photos from their outing, and Lu Jiawei reported them to Manager Tian the next morning.
• Wang Yue gave Manager Tian evidence of Lu Jiawei's financial misconduct, and she contacted human resources and finance.
• Lu Jiawei was fired and threatened Wang Yue and Lin Miaomiao, while Wang Yue led him to believe they had reported him in retaliation.
• Wang Yue explained to Lin Miaomiao that Manager Tian had used their dispute as cover to fire her relative, Lu Jiawei.
• Wang Yue spotted Lin Miaomiao's mother entering a gym and told Lin Miaomiao he thought he had just seen her.

Wang Yue comforted Lin Miaomiao after she saw Lin's Mom struggling to find work, then decided to buy her former club so she could return to the sports industry. He acquired the club within two days and handed its management to Lin's Mom, while he and Lin Miaomiao began planning their future marriage.

• Wang Yue took Lin Miaomiao to a gym, where they found Lin's Mom being turned down for a job and Lin Miaomiao tearfully hugged her.
• Lin's Mom explained that she had left her coaching job because she could no longer keep up physically, and Wang Yue offered to buy the club and let her run it.
• Lin Miaomiao laughed as Wang Yue joked about making Manager Wu serve her mother, then shyly agreed to marry Wang Yue after she graduated.
• Lin's Mom investigated the club, Wang Yue quickly bought it from its major shareholder, and he handed control over to her.

Wang Yue and Lin Miaomiao discovered that Tian Xin might be copying her father’s violence at home and decided to ask Manager Tian whether she wanted help. After Lin Miaomiao’s father encouraged them to come home late, she began to fear that marriage would leave her with no time to enjoy life with Wang Yue.

• Wang Yue and Lin Miaomiao returned to the office, where Manager Tian approved their episode and told them to prepare the next one.
• Lin Gou Gou hurried away from Tian Xin at kindergarten, then explained that he had been fighting to protect her and worried their classmates would stop playing with them.
• Lin Gou Gou said Tian Xin believed hitting people was normal because her father did the same, leading Wang Yue and Lin Miaomiao to suspect Cao was abusing Manager Tian.
• Lin Miaomiao and Wang Yue decided to ask Manager Tian whether she wanted help and discussed gathering evidence if she wanted a divorce and custody of Tian Xin.
• Lin Miaomiao called Lin's Dad to say they might be late, and his suggestion that she enjoy time away from home made her anxious about marriage and losing time with Wang Yue.

After learning that Tian Xin had begun hitting other children because she had witnessed Cao Shuangyin abuse her mother, Tian Tian decided to divorce him and gathered evidence. Wang Yue and Lin Miaomiao took the children to a safe place, while Cao Shuangyin resolved to find Tian Xin and use her to stop the divorce.

• Manager Tian learned from Wang Yue that Tian Xin was hitting classmates and that her behavior might stem from witnessing Cao Shuangyin hit Tian Tian.
• Tian Tian decided to divorce Cao Shuangyin, gathered evidence of his abuse, and asked Wang Yue and Lin Miaomiao to look after Tian Xin.
• Wang Yue took Tian Xin and Lin Gou Gou to an unfinished property to keep them away from Cao Shuangyin and avoid involving Lin Miaomiao's parents.
• Cao Shuangyin attacked Tian Tian again, but she obtained video and medical evidence and warned him that she would pursue a divorce.
• Cao Shuangyin refused to divorce Tian Tian and said Tian Xin did not even have the Cao surname, prompting Tian Tian to set a deadline for him to meet her at the Civil Affairs Bureau.
• After Tian Tian left, Cao Shuangyin realized Tian Xin was missing and decided to find her so he could use her to prevent the divorce.

Cao Shuangyin tried to find Tian Xin, but Wang Yue’s security personnel detained him and his detective friend, frightening him into divorcing Tian Tian and leaving Jiangzhou. Lin Miaomiao later learned Cao had come looking for Tian Xin, while Wang Yue suspected Li Xizhou had arranged another gathering to put Jiang Tianhao in a difficult position; the chapter ended as Li Xizhou met Qian Sanyi.

• Cao Shuangyin hired a private detective to trace Tian Xin and followed the trail to Wang Yue’s residential complex.
• Cao Shuangyin and the detective were detained and interrogated for seven days by Wang Yue’s security personnel.
• Cao Shuangyin arranged a divorce with Tian Tian, gave up custody of their daughter, and decided to leave Jiangzhou after his newspaper fired him.
• Wang Yue told Lin Miaomiao that Cao Shuangyin had come to the complex with a detective, prompting her to condemn his attempt to involve Tian Xin in adult problems.
• Jiang Tianhao invited Lin Miaomiao and Wang Yue to a gathering before Li Xizhou’s expected departure, and Wang Yue suspected Li was trying to influence Jiang Tianhao by inviting Qian Sanyi.
• Li Xizhou arrived with Deng Xiaoqi, and Jiang Tianhao introduced him to Qian Sanyi.

At a farewell gathering, Li Xizhou tried to win over Deng Xiaoqi’s friends, then admitted he had lied about turning down a drama so he could stay with her. After the gathering, Wang Yue took Qian Sanyi to his car, and Lin Miaomiao and Jiang Tianhao found the two acting strangely.

• Qian Sanyi greeted Li Xizhou with a formal bow, making the gathering awkward, and Jiang Tianhao proposed a toast wishing Li Xizhou a safe journey away from Jiangzhou.
• Jiang Tianhao teased Li Xizhou about his relationship with Deng Xiaoqi and gave him a “good person” card, prompting Li Xizhou to claim he had decided to stay and work alongside Xiaoqi.
• Wang Yue showed everyone news that the investors wanted to replace actors in Li Xizhou’s web drama, and Li Xizhou admitted he had lied to make himself look good to Xiaoqi.
• Deng Xiaoqi forgave Li Xizhou, while Jiang Tianhao and Lin Miaomiao tried to restore the mood with encouragement and a toast to their production.
• After the gathering, Wang Yue took Qian Sanyi to his car, and Lin Miaomiao and Jiang Tianhao noticed something seemed off between them and asked what was going on.

Wang Yue and Jiang Tianhao pressed Qian Sanyi to explain his strange behavior, and Qian Sanyi revealed that his advisor’s suicide in Zurich had led to his depression and claustrophobia. Wang Yue offered him a chance to work on Brainwave Control Technology, and Qian Sanyi agreed before someone came looking for them.

• Jiang Tianhao and Wang Yue noticed Qian Sanyi acting unlike himself and urged him to share what was wrong.
• Qian Sanyi explained that he developed depression and claustrophobia after finding his advisor dead by suicide in Zurich.
• Wang Yue, Lin Miaomiao, and Jiang Tianhao reassured Qian Sanyi that their friendship could help him recover, but Qian Sanyi worried that his leave from school might cost him his place.
• Wang Yue offered Qian Sanyi the chance to help research Brainwave Control Technology, explaining that he had a preliminary system that still needed testing and adaptation.
• Qian Sanyi accepted the project after Wang Yue clarified that much of the research would involve analyzing and adapting existing work, and a familiar voice called out to the group.

Wang Yue arranged for Qian Sanyi and Yan Yudi to move into his duplex, where Qian Sanyi began thriving on a brainwave-technology project. The friends settled into a shared home, but an attacker struck as Qian Sanyi and Deng Xiaoqi were at the entrance, leaving Qian Sanyi badly injured.

• Deng Xiaoqi returned to check on Qian Sanyi, and Wang Yue reassured her that their friendship would remain intact despite Li Xizhou’s behavior.
• Wang Yue invited Qian Sanyi and Yan Yudi to stay at his duplex so Qian Sanyi could work in its private lab, and Lin's Mom agreed to let Lin Miaomiao stay there too.
• Jiang Tianhao and Deng Xiaoqi also asked for rooms, turning the duplex into a shared home for the friends and Yan Yudi.
• Qian Sanyi worked enthusiastically on Wang Yue’s brainwave-technology project, explaining that its solid theoretical foundation had helped him regain his confidence.
• A man in black rushed into the duplex and kicked at Qian Sanyi, but Deng Xiaoqi pulled him back, and Qian Sanyi struck the back of his head on a step while shielding her.

After Li Xizhou attacked Qian Sanyi, Qian Sanyi underwent surgery for intracranial bleeding. He woke with his depression gone but had lost his memory, so Wang Yue urged Pei Yin not to remind him of the events overseas.

• Lin Miaomiao knocked Li Xizhou down after he barged into Wang Yue's home, while Wang Yue discovered that Qian Sanyi was badly injured.
• Wang Yue rushed Qian Sanyi to the hospital, where doctors confirmed intracranial bleeding and operated on him.
• Jiang Tianhao learned that Li Xizhou had tracked Deng Xiaoqi and deliberately attacked Qian Sanyi, while Deng Xiaoqi realized Li Xizhou's gift had been part of his scheme.
• Qian Sanyi's surgery succeeded, and Qian's Dad arrived as Deng Xiaoqi followed him outside to apologize.
• Qian Sanyi woke beside Pei Yin and his friends, remembered an earlier study tour instead of recent events, and appeared free of his depression.
• Wang Yue told Pei Yin that Qian Sanyi had lost his memory and advised her not to mention the events overseas.

After Qian Sanyi recovered and was discharged, Wang Yue and Lin Miaomiao realized they had neglected their jobs at Wanxiang and decided to start a company of their own. Deng Bancheng reconsidered how her choices might affect Deng Xiaoqi’s future, while Wang Yue and Lin Miaomiao ended the chapter growing more intimate but agreeing to wait until their wedding for sex.

• Li Xizhou left Jiangzhou after his release, while Qian Sanyi stayed in the hospital as his friends took turns visiting him until he recovered and was discharged.
• Deng Bancheng took Deng Xiaoqi to visit the Qian family, where Deng Xiaoqi spoke pleasantly with Pei Yin and Deng Bancheng began to wonder whether she had held her daughter back.
• Wang Yue reminded Lin Miaomiao that they had missed work at Wanxiang for days, and Lin Miaomiao suggested recruiting their former supervisor, Xiao Yao, to help start a company.
• Wang Yue kissed Lin Miaomiao after she tackled him, but he stopped when she asked to wait until their wedding day; they stayed up together until late that night.