Chapter Summaries

Su Chen, Yan Bingxue, Tuantuan, and Lele rode a roller coaster together, helping Yan Bingxue face her fear of heights. The family got off smiling, and Yan Bingxue said she would remember roller coasters as a source of happiness.

• Tuantuan and Lele asked to ride the roller coaster after reaching the height requirement, and Su Chen agreed to take them.
• Yan Bingxue chose to ride with her family despite being afraid of heights, and Su Chen and the children held her hands and reassured her.
• As the roller coaster began its steep drop, Su Chen shouted that he loved Yan Bingxue, and Tuantuan and Lele shouted that they loved their parents.
• Yan Bingxue found courage in her family's voices and shouted that she loved Su Chen and the children, then continued calling out through the ride.
• The other passengers joined in by shouting to their loved ones, and everyone got off smiling.
• Yan Bingxue told Su Chen that she now associated roller coasters with happiness rather than fear.

Yan Bingxue and Su Chen reminisced over their family photo album and talked about recording their children’s growth. Their conversation was interrupted when Gu Yuxin called from outside their residential complex, saying she had run away from home after a fight with her parents, and Yan Bingxue took her in for the night.

• Yan Bingxue showed Su Chen the family photo album, including pictures she had secretly taken of him asleep, and explained that she wanted to preserve every stage of their lives.
• Su Chen and Yan Bingxue agreed to take family portraits every New Year and imagined looking back on the photos as they and Tuantuan and Lele grew older.
• Gu Yuxin called Yan Bingxue late at night and asked to stay over because she had nowhere to go.
• Yan Bingxue and Su Chen went to the residential complex entrance to pick up Gu Yuxin, who was waiting there in cartoon pajamas.
• Gu Yuxin told Yan Bingxue that she had fought with her parents over her streaming career and being single, and Yan Bingxue comforted her.

After spending the night at Yan Bingxue’s home, Gu Yuxin decided to move out of her parents’ house so she could continue livestreaming. She later moved into a nearby high-rise and became a neighbor of the Su family.

• Yan Bingxue offered Gu Yuxin the guest room and encouraged her to rest after she left home following a fight with her parents.
• The next morning, Gu Yuxin said she had decided to move out and continue her livestreaming career, and Yan Bingxue and Lin Xiu urged her to talk calmly with her parents.
• Gu Yuxin thanked Su Chen for taking her in, and he welcomed her to visit whenever she needed help.
• The following evening, Gu Yuxin told Yan Bingxue she had moved out and rented a unit in a nearby high-rise.
• Tuantuan and Lele welcomed Gu Yuxin as their new neighbor, and Lin Xiu invited her to come over for meals.

Gu Yuxin told Yan Bingxue that she had reconciled with her parents and received their permission to move out and pursue livestreaming in Zhonghai. Su Chen invited his childhood friend Fang Qi to dinner at his family home, where Fang Qi planned to begin settling into the city and looking for work.

• Gu Yuxin explained to Yan Bingxue that she had calmly discussed her plans with her parents, who agreed to let her move out and continue livestreaming.
• Gu Yuxin promised to build her career and joked that she would advertise for Chaofan Group once she became a successful streamer.
• Su Chen told Yan Bingxue that his childhood friend Fang Qi was coming to Zhonghai, but she could not join their planned dinner because of a meeting.
• Lin Xiu recognized Fang Qi and suggested Su Chen invite him home for dinner so the family could see him and Yan Bingxue could meet him.
• Fang Qi's parents urged him to bring local specialties and a home-raised hen to the Su family, and he agreed.
• Fang Qi set off for Zhonghai with his suitcase, local specialties, and the hen.

Fang Qi was stopped at Su Chen’s residential complex because his phone was dead and he could not prove he had been invited. Gu Yuxin helped him get inside, became interested in him, and planned to ask Yan Bingxue about him.

• Fang Qi arrived at Su Chen’s complex with food and gifts, but security refused to let him in without confirmation.
• Gu Yuxin dropped her fruit, and Fang Qi helped gather it and lent her a bag.
• Gu Yuxin learned Fang Qi was visiting Su Chen and pulled him through the gate using her access card.
• Fang Qi walked Gu Yuxin upstairs but left at the elevator without exchanging contact details.
• Gu Yuxin messaged Yan Bingxue, saying she had been lucky and would call her that night.

Su Chen and Yan Bingxue welcomed Su Chen’s childhood friend Fang Qi to dinner after he arrived in Zhonghai City. After Fang Qi left, Yan Bingxue called Gu Yuxin to ask about the news she had promised to share, and Gu Yuxin hinted that she knew Yan Bingxue had hosted a guest.

• Yan Bingxue asked Gu Yuxin what had happened, but Gu Yuxin said she would explain during their evening phone call.
• Su Chen introduced Fang Qi to Tuantuan and Lele when the family returned home, and the children greeted him politely.
• Lin Xiu and Su Haoqian served dinner with the cured goods and old hen Fang Qi’s parents had brought.
• Fang Qi said he had found temporary accommodation in Zhonghai City and planned to stay there, while Su Chen and Yan Bingxue offered to help him settle in.
• Su Chen and Yan Bingxue saw Fang Qi off, then Yan Bingxue called Gu Yuxin, who asked whether she had only called after handling things at home.

Gu Yuxin developed a crush on Fang Qi and asked Yan Bingxue to help her learn more about him, so Yan Bingxue and Su Chen arranged for them to meet. Su Chen also helped Fang Qi get hired at an IT company, and Fang Qi invited him and Yan Bingxue to dinner.

• Gu Yuxin told Yan Bingxue how she had met Fang Qi and admitted she wanted to get to know him, while Yan Bingxue said Fang Qi was single.
• Yan Bingxue explained Gu Yuxin’s interest to Su Chen, and they agreed to arrange a meal so Gu Yuxin and Fang Qi could meet without pressuring them.
• Yan Bingxue told Gu Yuxin about the plan, and Gu Yuxin happily thanked her and Su Chen.
• Su Chen recommended Fang Qi to several IT companies, and Fang Qi was hired after an interview.
• Fang Qi thanked Su Chen and invited him to dinner, and Su Chen agreed to bring Yan Bingxue.

Su Chen and Yan Bingxue arranged a dinner so Gu Yuxin and Fang Qi could get to know each other, and the two exchanged contact information. Yan Bingxue hoped their relationship would develop, while promising not to interfere, and soon became Gu Yuxin’s regular confidante about the budding romance.

• Fang Qi agreed to have dinner with Su Chen, who invited Yan Bingxue and told Fang Qi that she would bring a friend.
• At the restaurant, Fang Qi recognized Gu Yuxin as the woman who had helped him before, and Yan Bingxue introduced them as her childhood friend and Su Chen’s childhood friend.
• Gu Yuxin and Fang Qi chatted animatedly about meeting at Su Chen and Yan Bingxue’s wedding, while Fang Qi watched Gu Yuxin with interest.
• After dinner, Gu Yuxin and Fang Qi exchanged WeChat details, and Su Chen and Yan Bingxue arranged for Fang Qi to take her home.
• Yan Bingxue told Su Chen she hoped Gu Yuxin and Fang Qi would become a couple, and agreed not to interfere; afterward, Gu Yuxin contacted her almost every day to talk about the romance.

Su Chen discovered that a little girl had given Lele chocolates at kindergarten and discussed it with Yan Bingxue, who suggested he talk to their son about boundaries. At home, Su Chen began asking Lele about school and his classmates, but the chapter ended before he brought up the chocolates.

• Su Chen went to pick up Tuantuan and learned Lele had been called away by a girl from another class.
• Su Chen saw the girl shyly give Lele a box of chocolates, took a photo, and left with Tuantuan without interrupting them.
• Su Chen sent Yan Bingxue the photo, and she encouraged him to speak with Lele about early dating and boundaries.
• Lele returned without the chocolates and said nothing about the incident on the way home.
• Su Chen asked Lele about school and his classmates, and Lele described his and Tuantuan's achievements and popularity.

Su Chen asked Lele about a girl who had confessed to him, and Lele said he had no interest in dating and wanted to focus on studying. Later, Su Chen told Yan Bingxue about their son’s sensible response, and the couple joked about their own romantic past.

• Su Chen asked Lele about the girl who had given him chocolates, and Lele admitted she had confessed but said he had refused her gift and request to be her boyfriend.
• Lele told Su Chen he wanted to study and learn to make mechas, and Su Chen praised his maturity.
• When Su Chen asked whether Tuantuan had faced anything similar, Lele hid his sister’s secret and said she was also focused on studying.
• Lele joked that he and Tuantuan found their parents’ affection too mushy, and Su Chen laughed with him.
• Yan Bingxue came home late, and Su Chen told her about Lele’s response before they teased each other about Su Chen’s childhood admirers.

An armed intruder broke into Tuantuan and Lele’s kindergarten, and the siblings tried to protect the other children. Tuantuan calmed her classmates in a locked classroom while Lele warned the other rooms and was cornered by the attacker on the second floor.

• A man carrying a knife vaulted over the kindergarten gate, and the childcare teacher stayed outside to buy the children time to escape.
• Tuantuan and Lele led their classmates toward the classroom, but Lele ran off to warn the other classes while Tuantuan locked the doors and windows.
• Tuantuan comforted the frightened children, including Xiaohu, and organized them to hold hands together in the aisle.
• Lele ran through the kindergarten warning the classes to hide, and the teachers shut their doors and windows.
• The intruder chased Lele on the second floor, threatened to chop him up, and left him with nowhere to run.

Lele and his classmates helped a teacher hold off an armed attacker until security guards and a female bodyguard subdued him, and Tuantuan and Lele were taken to safety. After seeing footage of the attack at his children's kindergarten, Su Chen rushed to his car and called the bodyguard team, fearing for the children.

• A teacher pulled Lele into the classroom, and Lele rallied the children to help shut and lock the door against the attacker.
• The attacker smashed the classroom window, but security guards confronted him and a female bodyguard broke his wrist and subdued him.
• A female bodyguard assured Lele that Tuantuan was safe, and the bodyguards took both children to safety.
• After his lecture, Su Chen saw a video of the kindergarten attack and recognized Tuantuan and Lele's school.
• Su Chen ran to his car and called the bodyguard team, anxiously wondering whether they had reached his children in time.

After a knife-wielding attacker stormed Tuantuan and Lele’s kindergarten, Su Chen rushed home and reunited with his safe but shaken children. He took them to see Yan Bingxue and ordered the bodyguards to protect them more openly.

• Su Chen learned from the bodyguards that Tuantuan and Lele were safe and told them to bring the children home while he hurried back.
• Tuantuan and Lele embraced Su Chen when he arrived, and Tuantuan cried as she described how their teacher stayed behind and Lele ran to warn others.
• Su Chen comforted his children, praised Lele’s efforts, and agreed to take them to see Yan Bingxue.
• Su Chen questioned the bodyguards, learned they believed the attacker had acted alone and targeted Lele after he warned others, and ordered closer protection for the children.
• Yan Bingxue finished her meeting and learned from Assistant Zhang that Su Chen and the children were waiting in her office.

After a weapon-wielding attacker injured two staff members at Tuantuan and Lele’s kindergarten, Su Chen brought the children to Yan Bingxue so she could see they were safe. Their parents praised their bravery but taught them to protect themselves first, and the children learned their bodyguards would continue protecting them nearby.

• Su Chen told Yan Bingxue that an attacker had entered Tuantuan and Lele’s kindergarten, injured a security guard and a childcare teacher, and been subdued by the bodyguards.
• Yan Bingxue hugged Tuantuan and Lele and checked that they were unharmed.
• Su Chen praised the children for protecting themselves and the other children, then told them to put their own safety first in future dangers.
• Yan Bingxue explained how worried she and Su Chen had been, and Tuantuan and Lele promised to protect themselves.
• Su Chen told the children that their bodyguards would keep watch nearby and that they could call them with their watches.

After a violent incident at Tuantuan and Lele’s kindergarten, Su Chen and Yan Bingxue reassured their family and decided to transfer the children to a safer school. Tuantuan and Lele were saddened to leave their friends, while the kindergarten apologized and praised their bravery publicly.

• Su Chen explained how he learned of the incident, and he and Yan Bingxue video-called their family to show that Tuantuan and Lele were safe.
• Old Mr. Su urged Su Chen and Yan Bingxue to transfer the children because the kindergarten’s security had failed, and Su Chen agreed to look for another school.
• Tuantuan objected to leaving her friends, but Yan Bingxue showed the children that classmates’ parents were also discussing transfers and the kindergarten might close temporarily.
• Su Chen comforted Tuantuan and Lele by saying they could make new friends and stay in touch with their current ones.
• Yan Zhenwei and his wife visited Su Chen’s home to check on the children, and the kindergarten apologized to Su Chen for its negligence.
• The kindergarten praised Tuantuan and Lele online, where commenters also commended their bravery and called for the criminal to be punished.

After their old kindergarten closed following the emergency, Su Chen and Yan Bingxue took Tuantuan and Lele to inspect a new school. The children’s friends hoped to stay classmates with them, and the family left the elite Victory Kindergarten without deciding whether to enroll before continuing to a public kindergarten.

• Tuantuan and Lele kept in touch with their classmates online, and Lily asked Tuantuan if they could attend the same new kindergarten.
• Tuantuan told Lily that her parents planned to visit new kindergartens that Sunday and promised to tell their friends once they chose one.
• Su Chen and Yan Bingxue toured the Aristocratic Kindergarten, where staff offered to waive the children’s tuition and described its packed curriculum and focus on building connections.
• Su Chen told the staff they would discuss enrollment and give them an answer on Monday before the family left for a nearby Public Kindergarten.
• Yan Bingxue invited Tuantuan and Lele to share their opinions, and Lele began explaining his reservations about the Aristocratic Kindergarten.

After Tuantuan and Lele disliked the studious atmosphere at the Aristocratic Kindergarten, Su Chen and Yan Bingxue chose the more relaxed Public Kindergarten. The children were delighted with the decision, and Tuantuan explained that she also wanted to attend with her friends, who might not afford the private school's tuition.

• Lele said he preferred his old kindergarten to the Aristocratic Kindergarten because its packed schedule left little time for play or friendships, and Tuantuan agreed.
• Su Chen and Yan Bingxue took the children to a Public Kindergarten, where they enjoyed watching the children play and laugh during PE.
• Yan Bingxue weighed the private school's networking opportunities against the Public Kindergarten's relaxed atmosphere and worried the children might later resent her choice.
• Su Chen reassured Yan Bingxue that the children did not need to build connections from an early age, and they decided to enroll them in the Public Kindergarten.
• Tuantuan and Lele celebrated the decision, and Tuantuan said she preferred the school because her friends planned to attend and the private kindergarten cost over a million yuan a year.

Su Chen learned that he would receive Dragon Country's Highest Science and Technology Award at a ceremony in the capital and decided to bring his family along. The family prepared to return early, reunite with the children's great-grandparents, and visit Fragrant Mountain.

• Elder Yuan told Su Chen that the award ceremony was one week away and that the Military Region had invited his family to attend and see the completed mechas.
• Su Chen told Yan Bingxue about the award, and they agreed to travel to the capital with Tuantuan and Lele.
• Tuantuan and Lele celebrated when their parents said they would visit the capital and see their great-grandparents and Fragrant Mountain.
• Xiao Zhang arranged the children's leave, Yan Bingxue organized her work, and Su Chen began packing at home with the children.
• Tuantuan was excited to take Qiuqiu to the capital, while Lele teased her that the dog could not understand her words.

Su Chen's family reunited with their relatives in the Imperial Capital and set out to admire the autumn maples on Fragrant Mountain. They left the car to walk uphill together, ending as Tuantuan and Lele began playing among the fallen leaves.

• Su Haoqian, Lin Xiu, Su Jianqing, and Second Master Su welcomed Su Chen's family at the airport, where Tuantuan and Lele joyfully greeted their elders and introduced Qiuqiu.
• Lin Xiu learned that Yan Bingxue had arranged her work so the family could spend a week in the Imperial Capital while Su Chen received an award.
• Su Jianqing described Fragrant Mountain's red autumn maples, and the family spotted the bright foliage as they drove toward the old residence.
• Tuantuan and Lele insisted on walking up the mountain, so Su Chen and Yan Bingxue took Qiuqiu with them while the elders drove ahead.
• The family admired and photographed the maples, and Tuantuan sat down in a pile of dry fallen leaves to play.

Su Chen and his family hiked up a mountain while Tuantuan and Lele shared photos that made their classmates want family outings of their own. When Qiuqiu grew too tired to continue, Su Chen carried her and warned the family to stop overfeeding her, before the tired children also asked to be carried.

• Tuantuan and Lele shared mountain-trip photos with their classmates, prompting the children to ask their parents for family outings.
• Qiuqiu, Tuantuan, and Lele tired out on the hike, and Su Chen picked up Qiuqiu after she stopped to rest.
• Yan Bingxue and Tuantuan admitted they had been secretly giving Qiuqiu snacks, while Su Chen explained that her weight was already over the limit.
• Yan Bingxue, Tuantuan, and Lele promised to control Qiuqiu's snacks and help her exercise for her health.
• Tuantuan asked Su Chen to carry her too, and Lele silently showed that he wanted the same.
• Su Chen called his father and asked him to send a car from the old residence to pick them up.