Recaps

Zhao Bai rejected Theresa’s encouragement to pursue Bronya, while Bronya returned home and let Mei misunderstand the scars she had sustained. The chapter ended with Bronya telling Mei that she and Zhao Bai were suffering the same pain.

• Zhao Bai considered the dangers of pursuing Bronya and reminded himself that they were both students and he was below Shenzhou's legal marriage age.
• Theresa urged Zhao Bai not to let hesitation turn into regret, but he sent her away so he could be alone.
• Mei caught Bronya returning home in her detective outfit and took her to bathe.
• Mei saw the scars on Bronya’s arms and suspected Zhao Bai had hurt her.
• Bronya explained that she had inflicted the scars herself and told Mei that she and Zhao Bai were suffering the same pain.

Mei prepared red bean rice and a lavish kimono for Bronya, leaving Bronya to suspect that Mei planned to marry her. The chapter ended as Mei brought out an ornate O-furisode, an outfit usually worn on the eve of a wedding.

• Mei helped Bronya dry off after her bath, and Bronya noticed that her school uniform was missing.
• Mei dressed in a Raiden Clan kimono and cooked red bean rice, prompting Bronya to connect the dish with celebrations and sexual milestones.
• Bronya scanned the house and found a Shiromuku tailored specifically for her in Mei's room.
• Mei and Bronya ate the red bean rice while Kiana remained detained after class.
• Mei brought out a lavish pale green O-furisode, and Bronya recognized it as an outfit associated with the eve of a wedding.

Mei dressed Bronya in a custom O-furisode and tried to prepare a Shiromuku for her, but Bronya fled through a window with Heavy Cannon Rabbit. Meanwhile, Zhao Bai lay awake thinking about Theresa’s teasing and her apparent expectation of becoming a child’s godmother.

• Mei asked Bronya to try on the O-furisode, which fit her perfectly.
• Bronya felt her mood improve as she wore the formal outfit, despite thinking it did not suit her.
• Mei went to retrieve a custom Shiromuku, but Heavy Cannon Rabbit smashed through the glass and carried Bronya away.
• Mei wondered if Bronya had staged a runaway bride routine, then decided to let her go.
• Zhao Bai could not sleep because he kept thinking of Theresa’s teasing gaze and her apparent godmotherly expectations.

Unable to sleep, Zhao Bai reopened his restaurant and was visited by Bronya in an unfamiliar, elegant outfit. Bronya questioned why people had started acting differently toward her and asked Zhao Bai why Mei had dressed her in ceremonial clothes.

• Zhao Bai decided his closed restaurant was the only place that could ease his restlessness and opened it at sunset.
• Bronya arrived wearing an O-furisode, with her long hair loose and damp.
• Zhao Bai barely recognized Bronya, prompting her to question why everyone’s behavior toward her had changed.
• Bronya told Zhao Bai that Mei had cooked red bean rice and prepared an O-furisode and a Shiromuku for her to try on.

Zhao Bai was startled when Bronya confirmed she wore a traditional kimono without anything underneath, then retreated to the kitchen to make Mango Pomelo Sago. As he prepared the ingredients, thoughts of Bronya continued to distract him.

• Zhao Bai heard that Bronya's mother had prepared a wedding dress and realized Bronya's situation was worse than his own.
• Zhao Bai asked whether Bronya's traditional kimono was worn without anything underneath, and Bronya answered yes.
• Zhao Bai fled to the kitchen and used the Chiyou Cannon to make ice for a cold dessert.
• Zhao Bai began preparing Mango Pomelo Sago, but thinking of Bronya's cheeks left his thoughts unsettled.

Zhao Bai struggled to prepare Mango Pomelo Sago, then served it to Bronya, who tried to make conversation over dessert. Night fell as Heavy Cannon Rabbit illuminated the room and made Bronya's kimono shine.

• Zhao Bai repeatedly failed to dice the mangoes before finally cutting them successfully and finishing the dessert.
• Zhao Bai served Mango Pomelo Sago to Bronya, who ate carefully to avoid staining her furisode.
• Bronya asked Zhao Bai whether the deep blue ice came from a mountain or from a passenger aircraft toilet.
• Zhao Bai realized Bronya was forcing conversation, and they slowly finished the dessert as sunset gave way to night.
• Zhao Bai left the lamps off, and Heavy Cannon Rabbit activated its bright illumination mode, making Bronya's kimono gleam.

Bronya invited Zhao Bai to Canghai City's HOMU Theme Park, then fled after he loosened the ribbon on her kimono. Zhao Bai returned home with the ribbon and no payment, where Theresa noticed the scent of a girl.

• After finishing dessert, Bronya invited Zhao Bai to Canghai City's HOMU Theme Park during her vacation.
• Bronya stood with her arms out, and Zhao Bai loosened the ribbon around her kimono.
• Bronya fled with Heavy Cannon Rabbit 19C, leaving Zhao Bai holding her ribbon.
• Zhao Bai realized he had forgotten to collect payment and returned home at a loss.
• Theresa hid her naming book and noticed the girl's scent and the ribbon in Zhao Bai's hand.

Zhao Bai realized his instinctive refusal to sell Bronya’s sash revealed feelings he had barely noticed. After Bronya invited him to the HOMU theme park, he asked her to settle her bill first, leaving her confused.

• Theresa tested Zhao Bai by offering to buy the O-furisode kimono sash, and he instinctively refused to sell it.
• Zhao Bai realized he had briefly imagined a future with Bronya and wondered how to wash her sash before returning it.
• Zhao Bai received Bronya’s message inviting him to go out the day after tomorrow.
• Zhao Bai told Bronya to come settle her restaurant bill first, and she replied with a string of question marks.

Zhao Bai met Bronya outside his restaurant for their agreed outing, then rode with her as she drove a motorcycle through the sky toward Canghai City. The trip began with Bronya accelerating at full throttle while Zhao Bai braced himself in the sidecar.

• After Zhao Bai greeted Bronya online, she later said someone had taken her phone and that she had eliminated the target.
• Zhao Bai closed his restaurant and waited outside, checking that his collar carried no cooking fumes.
• Bronya appeared silently behind Zhao Bai and watched him without answering his question about stealth.
• Bronya chose to drive the motorcycle herself on their trip to Canghai City, and Zhao Bai reluctantly agreed to ride in the sidecar.
• After Zhao Bai fastened his seat belt and helmet, Bronya accelerated the motorcycle into the sky, pressing him against the seat.

Zhao Bai and Bronya visited Canghai City and found that the amusement park’s roller coaster and paintball game were dull compared with their earlier high-speed ride. The chapter ended with Bronya offering Zhao Bai a lap pillow, and him realizing her knees were armored in metal.

• Zhao Bai stumbled after getting out of the vehicle, and he and Bronya traded teasing remarks.
• Zhao Bai and Bronya rode the roller coaster, but both found it boring after their earlier high-speed ride.
• Zhao Bai and Bronya tried the outdoor paintball game, where Bronya shot Zhao Bai almost immediately.
• Bronya sat on the grass and offered Zhao Bai a lap pillow, prompting him to notice her metal-armored knees.

Zhao Bai spent time at Hutao Theme Park with Bronya, where Tesla secretly monitored them and cleared the spinning teacup area. The chapter left Zhao Bai and Bronya still riding the teacups as they discussed how quickly Bronya had defeated him in a game.

• Bronya told Zhao Bai that Mei had taught her to offer a lap pillow, and Zhao Bai reassured her that she was not a cowardly deserter before leading her away.
• Zhao Bai and Bronya rode the spinning teacups at Hutao Theme Park, while a surveillance camera tracked them.
• Tesla watched Zhao Bai and Bronya through the park’s surveillance system and cleared the teacup area after seeing them together.
• Zhao Bai woke from a nap and asked Bronya why she had been staring at him.
• Bronya asked whether playing games with her had bored Zhao Bai, and he explained that she had defeated him in their combat match in under seven seconds.

Zhao Bai and Bronya were attacked while riding a spinning teacup, and Bronya prepared to defend him as Titans surrounded them. The chapter ended with Bronya shielding Zhao Bai and bringing out Heavy Cannon Rabbit 19C.

• Zhao Bai woke to find the spinning teacup accelerating and asked Bronya how long he had been asleep.
• Bronya said Zhao Bai had slept for seventeen minutes and twenty-eight seconds and dismissed the empty ride as boring.
• Tesla appeared on the advertising screen and ordered a dozen Titans to surround Zhao Bai and Bronya.
• Zhao Bai stood as the teacup stopped, then asked Bronya if she had noticed anything unusual; she said she had not.
• Bronya placed herself in front of Zhao Bai, summoned Heavy Cannon Rabbit 19C, and said she would protect him.

Bronya destroyed the Titans with a heavy cannon, then fell back into Zhao Bai’s arms. Zhao Bai recognized that she felt guilty and reassured her, leaving their feelings unspoken.

• Bronya fired her Markov Type-A cannon at the charging Titans.
• The recoil made Bronya stumble into Zhao Bai’s arms.
• Zhao Bai noticed Bronya’s racing heartbeat and asked whether she felt guilty.
• Bronya stayed silent as Zhao Bai gently stroked her head and told her not to bottle everything up.
• Zhao Bai understood that Bronya’s fear of losing companions and helplessness in Sky City had driven her behavior.

Zhao Bai and Bronya were caught in Tesla’s amusement-park trap, where Tesla unleashed Hephaestus against them. Bronya held Zhao Bai down to protect him as the machine cut his missiles apart.

• Bronya admitted she was irritated because she wanted to protect Zhao Bai, and the Heavy Cannon Rabbit destroyed a dozen Titans.
• Tesla angrily sealed off the area around the spinning teacups with fireproof walls.
• Hephaestus rose from the ground, and Zhao Bai and Bronya braced for the attack.
• Hephaestus leaped up and slashed three missiles from Markov Type A in half while Tesla celebrated.
• Bronya pinned Zhao Bai in place and met his eyes, determined to protect him.

Bronya shielded Zhao Bai from Tesla's approaching Hephaestus, but Zhao Bai broke free and gave her the powerful Chiyou Cannon. Bronya accepted the gift and wondered how she could repay him.

• Bronya wrapped herself around Zhao Bai to protect him from Tesla and the charging Hephaestus.
• Zhao Bai broke free from Bronya's grasp and rummaged through his subspace for a weapon.
• Zhao Bai offered Bronya the Chiyou Cannon, disguising it as an ice maker that could also be used as a heavy cannon.
• Bronya accepted the cannon and asked Zhao Bai how she could repay him.

Bronya froze Tesla’s Hephaestus mech with the Chiyou Cannon, then stayed close to Zhao Bai after the fight. Zhao Bai gave her a Homu scarf, and Bronya kept wearing it as they left the frozen area.

• Bronya and Zhao Bai fired the Chiyou Cannon together and froze Tesla’s Hephaestus mech.
• Bronya held Zhao Bai’s hand and reluctantly let go after he asked her to.
• Zhao Bai found a bright yellow Homu scarf in an abandoned souvenir shop and wrapped it around Bronya’s neck.
• Bronya said she felt warm and kept the scarf on as they walked away in the summer heat.

Zhao Bai waited for Bronya to return, then learned from Theresa that his restaurant had been acquired. The chapter ended with him stunned and unsure who had taken it over.

• Bronya left Zhao Bai alone while she went out of his sight, and he waited for her to return.
• Theresa called Zhao Bai on her official phone and warned him that something terrible had happened.
• Theresa told Zhao Bai that his restaurant had been completely acquired as an asset.
• Zhao Bai was left dazed, wondering who had taken over his restaurant.

Bronya revealed that she had bought Zhao Bai’s restaurant for sixty million US dollars. Zhao Bai accepted her as his business partner, and she happily agreed to work with him.

• Bronya returned and asked Zhao Bai if he had heard the news about his restaurant.
• Zhao Bai joked that he would have to beg on the streets and could no longer afford to keep Bronya.
• Bronya told Zhao Bai that she had bought his restaurant.
• Bronya said she had paid sixty million US dollars for it.
• Zhao Bai took Bronya’s hand and proposed that they work hard together, and Bronya agreed.

Zhao Bai wrestled with his feelings about Bronya buying his restaurant and becoming its boss, while Theresa teased him and urged him to treat Bronya as an equal. The chapter ended when Bronya arrived at the door with her luggage, leaving Theresa panicked about being caught in her casual state of dress.

• Theresa teased Zhao Bai over Bronya becoming the boss's wife and asked whether he minded that their child would not have the Zhao surname.
• Zhao Bai worried that Bronya had been swept into their relationship without understanding what had happened.
• Theresa told Zhao Bai to stop pitying Bronya and treat her as an equal, reminding him that Bronya had willingly spent four hundred million on his restaurant.
• Zhao Bai realized Bronya had paid so much because she believed he was worth it, and he felt unsure whether to be happy or sad.
• Bronya arrived at the door with her luggage, and Theresa panicked about being discovered in her old-man T-shirt with nothing underneath.

Bronya arrived at Zhao Bai’s home with luggage, prompting Theresa to compete with her to keep Zhao Bai to herself. Theresa persuaded Bronya to leave, but Bronya returned alone at night, and Zhao Bai opened the window for her.

• Bronya came to Zhao Bai’s home carrying bags of household necessities, and Theresa questioned whether she and Zhao Bai were moving too quickly.
• Theresa decided she had to persuade Bronya to leave because she no longer wanted to give up living with Zhao Bai.
• Theresa and Bronya held a tense heart-to-heart talk while Zhao Bai watched uneasily.
• Theresa persuaded Bronya to leave, ending Zhao Bai’s hopes of living happily with both of them.
• Bronya returned alone at night and made a sound at Zhao Bai’s window, so he opened it.

Bronya offered Zhao Bai a lap pillow, and he accepted, sharing a quiet moment with her. She revealed that Principal Theresa had already discovered them, leaving Zhao Bai shocked.

• Bronya removed her leg armor and asked Zhao Bai to choose between a lap pillow and a loaded pistol.
• Zhao Bai chose the lap pillow and rested his head on Bronya's thighs.
• Bronya and Zhao Bai gazed at each other in silence for several minutes.
• Bronya said Principal Theresa had already discovered them, and Zhao Bai wondered how Bronya knew Theresa lived there.

Bronya tried to secure a place in Zhao Bai’s home and a role in his shop, but Zhao Bai explained that Rita and Fu Hua could not simply be dismissed. Theresa overheard Bronya asking him to kick her out, fled in embarrassment, and left Bronya and Zhao Bai alone together.

• Bronya told Zhao Bai she minded the girls’ belongings and scents in his home, then pressed him back onto her lap when he tried to get up.
• Bronya proposed dismissing the shop’s maids and replacing Fu Hua, but Zhao Bai explained why neither plan would work.
• Bronya shyly asked Zhao Bai to kick Principal Theresa out so she could move in.
• Theresa overheard Bronya’s request, spoke up, and fled after knocking over several things.
• Bronya considered how to persuade Theresa to move out while she and Zhao Bai silently stayed together.

After spending the night watching over Zhao Bai, Bronya grew more composed and left his room openly, while Theresa teased them about their closeness. Theresa eventually left, and Zhao Bai’s life became more complicated when Bronya and Heavy Cannon Rabbit moved in.

• Bronya woke Zhao Bai and patiently helped him put on her anti-gravity armor.
• Bronya left Zhao Bai’s room through the front door and found Theresa sprawled on the sofa.
• Theresa joked that Bronya and Zhao Bai had grown up after spending the night together, while Zhao Bai tried to stop her teasing.
• Theresa left, lamenting that Zhao Bai had abandoned his old love and that Bronya had been plucked away from her.
• Bronya moved in with Zhao Bai alongside Heavy Cannon Rabbit, an all-purpose robot.

Zhao Bai woke to find Bronya organizing their home and planning a warehouse, while Heavy Cannon Rabbit handled the housework. At Anti-Entropy, Tesla faced criticism for the amusement park damage, but Einstein and Tesla turned their attention to imagining Cocolia's reaction to Bronya dating.

• Zhao Bai woke to Heavy Cannon Rabbit vacuuming noisily, and Bronya asked why it was making such a racket.
• Bronya inspected Zhao Bai's house, criticized his food-storage room and Skadi of Eternal Frost, and proposed building a warehouse at the academy at her own expense.
• Tesla defended herself to Einstein over the amusement park damage caused by her actions.
• Einstein reminded Tesla that Bronya was Cocolia's daughter and wondered how Cocolia would react to her dating.
• Tesla stopped feeling dejected and joined Einstein in anticipating Cocolia's embarrassment.

Tesla and Einstein sent Cocolia a report revealing that Bronya was dating a man from Schicksal, and Cocolia imagined her daughter’s future. Rosaliya and Liliya overheard the news and decided to find Bronya’s partner.

• Einstein drafted a formal report telling Cocolia that Bronya had been taken away, and Tesla reviewed its pointed wording.
• Cocolia read that Bronya was dating a man from Schicksal and began imagining her daughter growing up and possibly making her a grandmother.
• Rosaliya and Liliya overheard Cocolia and wondered why Bronya needed a partner when she already had them.
• Rosaliya persuaded Liliya to go see what Bronya’s life partner looked like, and Liliya reluctantly gave in.