Chapter Summaries

At the kindergarten event, Tuantuan and Lele drew attention with animal costumes and makeup that their parents had made themselves. Their classmates and the other parents envied the siblings, leaving the children complaining to their less crafty parents.

• Yan Bingxue joined the parents, who praised the lifelike animal makeup she had applied to Tuantuan and Lele.
• The parents admired the siblings’ unusual costumes and learned from Yan Bingxue that Su Chen had made both outfits by hand.
• Su Chen explained that it was his first attempt, while parents recalled his past crafting skills and praised his work.
• Lily asked Tuantuan where she could buy a matching dress, and Tuantuan proudly told her that Su Chen had made it.
• The children compared their own costumes with Tuantuan and Lele’s, then ran to their parents to complain that they could not make them similar outfits.

At the kindergarten Christmas party, Tuantuan and Lele surprised Su Chen and Yan Bingxue with a song-and-dance performance they had secretly rehearsed for over a week. Their parents praised them, and other parents admired the children and said Tuantuan and Lele had positively influenced their classmates.

• The teacher announced that the children had prepared a surprise for their parents, and Tuantuan and Lele left the classroom with eight classmates.
• Tuantuan, Lele, and the other children performed a rehearsed rendition of "Jingle Bells" in animal costumes.
• Tuantuan and Lele ran back to Su Chen and Yan Bingxue and asked whether they liked the performance.
• Tuantuan explained that the children had practiced during nap time to keep their performance secret from their parents.
• Yan Bingxue hugged the children and praised their hard work, while Tuantuan said they wanted to show their parents how much they cared.
• Other parents praised Tuantuan and Lele and shared how Lele had encouraged a classmate to do his homework before playing.

Su Chen, Yan Bingxue, Tuantuan, and Lele went to the school’s bonfire party, where the children admired one another’s costumes and teased each other. Tuantuan proudly favored the Little Elk dress Su Chen had made, while Lele insisted the skirt flap on his pants was not a skirt.

• Su Chen told Tuantuan and Lele that his childhood bonfire parties had involved children sitting by a fire, telling stories and jokes, and Yan Bingxue recalled similar Lunar New Year gatherings.
• Tuantuan said she was brave enough to enjoy ghost stories because she knew they were made up.
• Su Chen and Yan Bingxue saw that the classes had different costume themes: little animals, fairy-tale princesses, and plants.
• Yan Bingxue asked whether Tuantuan wished she could dress as a princess, but Tuantuan said her Little Elk dress made by Su Chen was the prettiest.
• Tuantuan teased Lele about the skirt flap on his pants, and Lele blushed and insisted that he was wearing pants.

Su Chen explained to Lele why boys could wear skirts, using the Monkey King’s tiger-skin skirt as an example. At the costume party, Lele protected Tuantuan when a group of older boys gathered around her, easing Su Chen’s worries.

• Lele questioned the skirt trim over his pants, and Su Chen showed him a picture of the Monkey King wearing a tiger-skin skirt to explain that boys could wear skirts.
• Lele accepted Su Chen’s explanation and excitedly told Tuantuan that the Monkey King had worn a skirt too.
• At the school costume party, children gathered around Tuantuan and Lele, and several older boys approached Tuantuan to compliment her deer costume and ask to be friends.
• Su Chen grew uneasy when he saw the boys surrounding Tuantuan, but Yan Bingxue told him not to interrupt the children.
• Lele took Tuantuan away from the older boys and told her to be careful around them, reminding her of a previous incident.
• Su Chen relaxed when he saw Lele protect Tuantuan and praised him to Yan Bingxue.

After the family celebrated Christmas together, Su Chen and Yan Bingxue prepared for the New Year’s holiday and a trip to Su Chen’s hometown. Gu Yuxin visited Yan Bingxue and suggested they spend the holiday together, leaving their plans unsettled.

• Su Chen and Yan Bingxue talked on the drive home about their happiness as a family and their love for Tuantuan and Lele.
• Three days later, Lin Xiu and Su Haoqian watched the kindergarten party video with Tuantuan and Lele while Su Chen and Yan Bingxue handled work.
• Lin Xiu suggested the family visit their hometown over New Year’s Day, and Yan Bingxue and the children eagerly agreed.
• Su Chen prepared final tests for his Second Generation Mecha while Yan Bingxue managed Chaofan Group’s year-end work.
• Gu Yuxin visited Yan Bingxue and asked whether she and Su Chen wanted to go out with her over New Year’s Day.

Yan Bingxue turned down Gu Yuxin’s New Year’s trip invitation because she planned to visit Su Chen’s hometown with their family. As the holiday approached, Yan Bingxue threw herself into work while Su Chen continued the second-generation mecha tests and looked forward to returning to New Moon Town.

• Yan Bingxue declined Gu Yuxin’s invitation and invited her to visit Su Chen’s hometown instead, but Gu Yuxin refused to be a third wheel.
• Gu Yuxin received Fang Qi’s lunch invitation, arranged to meet him, and hurried off to book a restaurant.
• Yan Bingxue resumed working diligently, inspiring the company’s employees to work harder as well.
• Su Chen continued final tests on the second-generation mecha until Elder Yuan reminded him to eat.
• Su Chen told Elder Yuan that the testing was progressing smoothly and that he planned to take his family to New Moon Town for New Year’s Day.
• Su Chen recalled how much he missed his hometown and the people and places there.

Su Chen and Yan Bingxue finished their work and prepared to take the family back to Su Chen’s hometown for the New Year. They took Tuantuan and Lele to the mall to buy snacks and gifts, leaving with enough shopping bags to fill the car trunk.

• Tuantuan and Lele told Su Chen and Yan Bingxue that their teachers had given them Little Red Flowers at school.
• Lin Xiu knitted warm scarves for Su Chen and Yan Bingxue, while Su Chen explained to Lele how predators and prey survive in the animal world.
• By the thirty-first, Su Chen had completed testing his Second Generation Mecha, and Yan Bingxue had finished Feifan Group’s year-end work.
• Su Chen suggested a shopping trip, and Yan Bingxue proposed buying gifts for relatives in their hometown.
• Su Chen drove the family to the mall, where Tuantuan listed her favorite snacks for Yan Bingxue to record.
• The family bought enough goods to fill the car trunk and headed home.

Su Chen brought Yan Bingxue and their family to his hometown, where he shared memories of his childhood and promised the children a carefree visit. They arrived at his family home and were welcomed by neighbors who praised Su Chen’s achievements.

• As the family drove into town, Su Chen described his childhood games and adventures to Yan Bingxue and the children.
• Su Chen promised Tuantuan and Lele that they would experience a fun, carefree childhood during their visit.
• Su Chen parked at his family courtyard, and the family entered the house after admiring the Spring Festival couplets.
• Neighbors gathered at the Su family home and talked about Su Chen’s work at the Dragon Science Institute, his mecha, and his national science and technology award.

Su Chen and Yan Bingxue greeted their enthusiastic neighbors, who praised the couple and their children and competed to host the family for dinner. Su Haoqian decided they would eat at home, but Auntie Wang and the others later arrived with food to share.

• Su Chen led Yan Bingxue out to meet the neighbors, and Yan Bingxue introduced herself as his wife.
• Auntie Wang, Aunt Qin, and the other neighbors praised Su Chen and Yan Bingxue, then greeted Tuantuan and Lele and admired the children.
• The neighbors competed to invite Su Chen's family to dinner, but Su Haoqian politely chose to have everyone eat at home.
• After the neighbors went home, Auntie Wang and the others returned with food, and Auntie Wang brought them chicken from her household.

Su Chen and Yan Bingxue enjoyed a snowy walk through his hometown while Lin Xiu looked after the children. After they returned, the family gathered to learn how to cut New Year's window decorations, and Yan Bingxue proudly finished her first one.

• Aunt Wang, Aunt Qin, and Aunt Zhou brought food for the family, and everyone enjoyed dinner as snow began to fall.
• Su Chen and Yan Bingxue walked through town hand in hand, and he explained why his parents had chosen to live there.
• Tuantuan and Lele prepared to look for their parents, but Su Chen and Yan Bingxue returned and lifted them up playfully.
• Lin Xiu brought out colored paper to make New Year's window decorations, and Yan Bingxue and the children joined her and Su Chen.
• The family finished their decorations, and Lin Xiu praised Yan Bingxue's first piece and promised to put it in her and Su Chen's room.

Su Chen made a family paper-cut portrait and gave Yan Bingxue a portrait of herself as an early New Year's Day gift. The next day, the family prepared for the town's long-table feast and Su Chen explained the tradition to Tuantuan.

• Su Chen showed Tuantuan and Lele a paper-cut portrait of their family, including their grandparents and Qiuqiu.
• Su Chen gave Yan Bingxue a small paper-cut portrait of her, and she thanked him happily.
• Su Chen checked that Tuantuan and Lele were sleeping soundly, then dried Yan Bingxue's hair and told her she was the one he had always searched for.
• On New Year's Day, Su Chen, Yan Bingxue, and the family prepared ingredients for the neighborhood's long-table feast.
• Su Chen explained to Tuantuan that neighbors would join their tables and benches in the street to eat together.

Tuantuan and Lele joined the town children playing with spinning tops, and Lele befriended a boy who admired Su Chen for building the world's first mecha. At the town banquet, Su Chen politely yielded the seat of honor, and he and Yan Bingxue joined the locals in their traditional rice-wine toast.

• Tuantuan and Lele went to the long street and watched the children compete with spinning tops.
• Lele told the winning boy that his father was Su Chen, and the boy asked to visit Su Chen because he admired his mecha.
• The boy taught Lele how to spin a top, and Lele quickly learned.
• Su Chen declined the seat of honor at the banquet, so Uncle Wang took it instead.
• Su Chen and Yan Bingxue took part in the town's traditional rice-wine toast, and Yan Bingxue praised the homemade wine.

Yan Bingxue got drunk after a banquet, and Su Chen cared for her while enjoying her unusually affectionate behavior. The next morning, she worried she had embarrassed herself, but Su Chen reassured her and asked her not to drink with anyone else.

• After the banquet, Yan Bingxue drunkenly flirted with Su Chen, who helped her drink water and carried her to bed.
• Su Chen told Tuantuan and Lele that their mother was drunk and would be fine after resting.
• The next morning, Yan Bingxue woke with a headache and asked Su Chen what she had done while drunk.
• Su Chen teased Yan Bingxue about being adorable, then asked her to promise she would only drink with him.
• Yan Bingxue agreed and messaged Gu Yuxin about getting drunk and Su Chen's request.

Yan Bingxue spent a cheerful morning with her family, then Su Chen took her, Tuantuan, Lele, and Qiuqiu to visit his old elementary school. After reconnecting with his former teacher, Su Chen taught the children to play soccer on the school’s playground.

• Yan Bingxue woke after drinking too much the night before and reassured Lin Xiu and Tuantuan that she felt fine.
• After lunch, Su Chen brought Yan Bingxue, Tuantuan, Lele, and Qiuqiu to Crescent Elementary School, where he had studied.
• Su Chen recognized his former teacher, Teacher Yu, and introduced him to Yan Bingxue, Tuantuan, and Lele.
• Su Chen borrowed a soccer ball from Teacher Yu and demonstrated a curved kick for Tuantuan and Lele.
• Tuantuan and Lele asked to learn soccer, and Lele said he also wanted to learn how to build mechas.

Su Chen taught Lele and Tuantuan to play soccer, while Fang Qi and Gu Yuxin prepared dinner together. A video call with Fang's Mom unexpectedly brought Gu Yuxin face-to-face with Fang Qi's mother for their first greeting.

• Su Chen taught Lele how to kick a soccer ball, and Lele scored after following his advice.
• Lele and Su Chen helped Tuantuan play soccer before Su Chen took the children home as evening arrived.
• Gu Yuxin and Fang Qi shopped for ingredients and cooked dinner together at her home.
• Gu Yuxin answered Fang Qi's video call from Fang's Mom and tried to keep herself off camera.
• The camera switched to Gu Yuxin, who greeted Fang's Mom, and Fang's Mom responded warmly.

Fang Qi’s parents were delighted after Fang’s Mom accidentally saw Gu Yuxin on a video call, and they visited Su Chen and Yan Bingxue to thank them for bringing the couple together. Gu Yuxin learned that Fang Qi’s parents approved of her, while she and Fang Qi shared a tender moment about their future.

• Fang’s Mom accidentally saw Gu Yuxin during a video call with Fang Qi and reassured her that she had made a good impression.
• Fang’s Mom told Fang’s Father about Gu Yuxin, then the couple visited Su Chen and Yan Bingxue to thank them for connecting Fang Qi and Gu Yuxin.
• Fang’s Mom invited Su Chen’s family to dinner the next night, and Su Chen accepted.
• Yan Bingxue told Gu Yuxin that Fang Qi’s parents were satisfied with her, calming Gu Yuxin’s worries.
• Gu Yuxin told Fang Qi about his parents’ approval, and Fang Qi promised he would never let her down.
• Su Chen and Yan Bingxue celebrated their friends’ relationship and looked forward to witnessing their happiest moments.

Su Haoqian taught Lele and Tuantuan brush calligraphy while Su Chen and Yan Bingxue played Dou Dizhu with Lin Xiu. Lin Xiu won the most rounds, and she ended the evening happily as Su Chen and Yan Bingxue let her win.

• Su Haoqian showed Lele and Tuantuan the Four Treasures of the Study and taught them to write with brushes.
• Lin Xiu found a deck of cards, and Su Chen invited her and Yan Bingxue to play Dou Dizhu.
• Lin Xiu became landlord in the first round and won after Su Chen and Yan Bingxue held back stronger cards.
• Su Chen and Yan Bingxue let Lin Xiu win most of the later rounds, and she enjoyed the evening.

Su Chen took his family to a town park, where they watched a Kunqu Opera performance and learned the story of The Peony Pavilion. Afterward, the children enjoyed cotton candy and picked out fragrant sachets to wear.

• Su Chen brought his family to a small park and led them to watch performers stage an excerpt from The Peony Pavilion.
• Su Chen explained the story of Du Liniang and Liu Mengmei to Tuantuan and Lele, and Yan Bingxue agreed that their family should cherish their happy life.
• Su Chen bought Tuantuan and Lele colorful cotton candy after the children spotted a stall.
• Tuantuan found an elderly woman's sachet stall, and Su Chen let Tuantuan and Lele each choose a sachet.

Su Chen took Yan Bingxue and the family to a local restaurant, where she enjoyed his hometown dishes and warm welcome. Back at home, Yan Bingxue and the children helped Lin Xiu tend the potted plants, and Lin Xiu fondly reflected on her life with Su Haoqian.

• Su Chen invited Yan Bingxue, Tuantuan, and Lele to a local restaurant, where Su Haoqian and Lin Xiu were recognized by the proprietress.
• Su Chen introduced Yan Bingxue to hometown dishes, and she praised the food, scenery, and friendly neighbors.
• Lin Xiu began tending the courtyard plants, and Yan Bingxue, Tuantuan, and Lele joined in to help.
• Lin Xiu explained the plants to the children while Yan Bingxue loosened soil and added fertilizer.
• Yan Bingxue admired Su Haoqian's Dwarf Pine bonsai and joked that he had pursued Lin Xiu just as determinedly; Lin Xiu smiled and said life with him was interesting.

Su Chen's family shared a celebratory dinner at the Fang residence, where Tuantuan and Lele helped serve rice and were spoiled by Fang's Mom and Fang's Father. After dinner, Su Chen lit a Fire Basin, and the family gathered around its warmth in the courtyard.

• Fang's Mom and Fang's Father prepared an eight-dish dinner for Su Chen's family at the Fang residence.
• Tuantuan and Lele carried rice bowls to the family and received chicken drumsticks from Fang's Mom.
• Fang's Father opened his saved Maotai Liquor, and he, Su Haoqian, and Su Chen drank together to celebrate.
• Su Chen explained the Fire Basin to Yan Bingxue, then volunteered to light one with her and the children.
• Su Chen built a large fire, and the family gathered around it as Tuantuan and Lele happily enjoyed the warmth.