Chapter Summaries

Su Chen, Yan Bingxue, and their family shared a bonfire evening with songs and dancing. The night ended with Tuantuan and Lele asking to dance around the fire again next time, and Su Chen promising the family would join them.

• Tuantuan and Lele sang the nursery rhyme adapted from Meng Haoran’s “Spring Dawn” while Su Chen and Yan Bingxue recorded them.
• After Tuantuan and Lele asked him to sing, Su Chen activated his new Level 1 Singing Skill and performed “The World Is Closely Linked with You” with Fang's Father's guitar.
• Fang's Father sang a local folk song with his horsetail fiddle, and Su Chen explained its meaning to Yan Bingxue.
• Tuantuan and Lele invited Su Chen and Yan Bingxue to dance around the bonfire, then asked the grandparents to join them.
• After the family returned home, Tuantuan and Lele asked to dance around the bonfire again next time, and Su Chen promised they would.

Su Chen brought his family back to Zhonghai after their New Year visit to his hometown, where Tuantuan and Lele had enjoyed many activities. Yan Bingxue’s parents visited, and the family discussed the children’s stories, upcoming work, and plans for lunch.

• Su Chen drove Yan Bingxue, Tuantuan, and Lele home to Zhonghai, where the children demonstrated Qiuqiu’s obedience.
• Yan Dad and Yan Mom arrived, and Tuantuan and Lele excitedly recounted their hometown adventures, including making window decorations, attending a long-table feast, spinning a top, and playing soccer.
• Yan Bingxue told her parents that she and Su Chen had work to handle and asked them to help care for the children.
• Tuantuan and Lele lamented that their parents would be busy, then promised to study hard so they could someday help their mother and become like their father.
• Yan Bingxue gave Yan Dad and Yan Mom local specialties from the hometown, and Lin Xiu invited them to stay for lunch.

Yan Bingxue sent Tuantuan and Lele to collect a surprise package, and the family opened it together at home. The children discovered that their new animal book could stand up and speak, and they eagerly began exploring it.

• Yan Bingxue told Tuantuan and Lele that her package had arrived, and they drove their Toy Car with Qiuqiu to the Cainiao pickup station.
• A young delivery worker recognized Tuantuan and Lele, found their package, and carried it to their Toy Car.
• Tuantuan and Lele brought the heavy package home, where Su Chen carried it inside and Yan Bingxue opened it.
• Tuantuan and Lele found an interactive animal book that stood upright and played animal names when they tapped its buttons.
• Tuantuan tapped an unfamiliar animal and heard the book identify it as a raccoon, then called the book their treasure chest.

Yan Bingxue surprised Tuantuan and Lele with a Lego set modeled after Su Chen’s First Generation Mecha, and the family began building it together. When Lele made a mistake, Su Chen encouraged him to keep trying, leaving Lele ready to rebuild the part.

• Yan Bingxue revealed that she had ordered Tuantuan and Lele a Lego set based on Su Chen’s First Generation Mecha.
• Su Chen and Yan Bingxue agreed to build the mecha with the children, and the family studied the instructions together.
• Su Chen and Lele started on the mecha’s head while Yan Bingxue and Tuantuan worked on its arm.
• Tuantuan and Lele struggled at first but became more confident as Su Chen encouraged them to work patiently.
• Su Chen pointed out that Lele had placed a piece incorrectly and told him how the Dragon Science Institute team had learned from failures.
• Lele regained his determination and agreed to take the part apart and build it again.

Su Chen and Yan Bingxue prepared dinner together while the twins played nearby, and Yan Bingxue learned cooking from him. They left the dishes ready to serve as they enjoyed working together in the kitchen.

• Su Chen and Yan Bingxue decided to cook dinner for their parents together and planned several dishes from the ingredients they had.
• Yan Bingxue asked Su Chen to teach her cooking, and he joked that she would become his final disciple.
• Yan Bingxue became distracted watching Su Chen wash vegetables, and he stopped her from cutting them so she would not hurt her hands.
• Su Chen showed off his knife skills while Yan Bingxue beat eggs and revealed that she had once studied cooking with a chef.
• Su Chen invited Yan Bingxue to stir-fry a dish, then helped her plate it after it smelled and looked delicious.

Yan Bingxue overcame her nervousness and cooked scallion eggs with Su Chen’s encouragement, then joined the family for dinner. As everyone enjoyed the meal, they discussed Gu Yuxin’s relationship with Fang Qi and left Yan Mom reassured about the match.

• Yan Bingxue cooked scallion eggs while Su Chen encouraged her and praised the finished dish.
• Yan Bingxue and Su Chen brought dinner to the table, and Tuantuan and Lele washed their hands and handed out rice bowls to the family.
• Tuantuan correctly guessed that Yan Bingxue had made the scallion eggs and explained that it was a simple dish.
• Yan Mom asked Lin Xiu and the others about Gu Yuxin and Fang Qi, and Su Chen, Yan Bingxue, and Lin Xiu praised Fang Qi and his family.
• Yan Mom felt reassured about Gu Yuxin’s relationship with Fang Qi, and the family began eating together.

Tang Shuyun hosted Yuan Lishu for afternoon tea and encouraged her to accept Gu Yuxin’s livestreaming career. She also told Yuan Lishu that Gu Yuxin was dating Fang Qi, leaving Yuan Lishu curious and eager to meet him before considering marriage.

• Yan Mom invited Gu Mom over for afternoon tea, and Tang Shuyun listened as Yuan Lishu worried about Gu Yuxin’s career and future.
• Tang Shuyun showed Yuan Lishu a video of Gu Yuxin livestreaming, and Yuan Lishu saw her daughter’s confidence and skill.
• Tang Shuyun persuaded Yuan Lishu to respect Gu Yuxin’s career choice, and Yuan Lishu began to accept it.
• Tang Shuyun revealed that Gu Yuxin was dating Fang Qi, a childhood friend of Su Chen whom Yan Bingxue and Su Chen had helped introduce.
• Yuan Lishu felt reassured by Fang Qi’s connection to Su Chen but insisted on meeting him before agreeing to any marriage.

Yuan Lishu and Gu Qingtian learned that Gu Yuxin was dating Fang Qi, investigated his background, and decided to let the relationship develop. They visited Gu Yuxin’s villa with dinner and discovered someone cooking in the kitchen, leaving Gu Yuxin afraid her relationship would be exposed.

• Yuan Lishu told Gu Qingtian that Gu Yuxin was dating Fang Qi, a childhood friend of Su Chen whom Su Chen and Gu Bing Xue knew.
• Yuan Lishu and Gu Qingtian had Xiao Liu investigate Fang Qi and were pleased with his background.
• Yuan Lishu and Gu Qingtian decided to let Gu Yuxin date without interfering and went to visit her with chicken soup.
• Gu Yuxin opened the door to find her parents, who entered the villa and heard a spatula moving in the kitchen while Fang Qi cooked.

Gu Yuxin introduced Fang Qi as her boyfriend to her parents, who already knew about him and watched the couple prepare dinner. Fang Qi met Gu Qingtian and Yuan Lishu earnestly, while they reserved judgment and planned to test him further.

• Yuan Lishu and Gu Qingtian arrived and saw Fang Qi cooking in Gu Yuxin's kitchen.
• Gu Yuxin told her parents that Fang Qi was her boyfriend, and Gu Qingtian said he already knew.
• Fang Qi finished cooking and reassured a nervous Gu Yuxin that he was ready to meet her parents.
• Gu Qingtian and Yuan Lishu watched Fang Qi and Gu Yuxin work together and agreed to test him properly.
• Fang Qi introduced himself and sincerely told Gu Qingtian and Yuan Lishu that he truly liked Gu Yuxin.
• Gu Qingtian said he and Yuan Lishu did not interfere much in young people's relationships, leaving Gu Yuxin surprised by her father's attitude.

At dinner, Gu Qingtian and Yuan Lishu questioned Fang Qi about his work and family while assessing his relationship with Gu Yuxin. Later, Yan Bingxue, Su Chen, Tuantuan, and Lele visited Gu Yuxin, who welcomed them as reinforcements against her parents’ questioning.

• Gu Qingtian and Yuan Lishu praised Fang Qi’s manners and asked about his career, hometown, and parents as Gu Yuxin tried to steer them back to dinner.
• Yan Bingxue and Su Chen agreed to take Tuantuan and Lele to visit Gu Yuxin, and Yan Bingxue brought along a gift for her.
• Gu Yuxin told Yan Bingxue and Su Chen that her parents were questioning Fang Qi like investigators, and they joked that they had arrived to rescue her.
• Gu Yuxin led Tuantuan and Lele inside, where the children paused in surprise at how lively her house was.

Su Chen and Yan Bingxue visited Gu Yuxin’s family and saw Gu Qingtian and Yuan Lishu warmly accept Fang Qi as Yuxin’s partner. Yan Bingxue and Yuxin chatted about their relationship and future plans before Su Chen and Yan Bingxue took the tired children home.

• Tuantuan and Lele greeted Gu Qingtian, Yuan Lishu, and Fang Qi, then went to play with Gu Yuxin.
• Su Chen and Yan Bingxue joined the adults, and Su Chen vouched for Fang Qi’s character as Fang Qi promised to take good care of Yuxin.
• Fang Qi asked Su Chen about his parents, and Su Chen said they were well and happy about Fang Qi and Yuxin.
• Yan Bingxue joined Gu Yuxin upstairs, and Yuxin said she felt happy and safe with Fang Qi while they discussed taking their relationship further.
• After two hours of visiting, Tuantuan and Lele grew tired, so Su Chen and Yan Bingxue took them home to sleep.

Yuan Lishu apologized to Gu Yuxin for doubting her livestreaming career and promised to support her, while Gu Yuxin reassured her mother that she and Fang Qi respected their boundaries. Later, Su Chen told Tuantuan and Lele the story of the Monkey King until they fell asleep, then joined Yan Bingxue for bed.

• Fang Qi said goodbye to Gu Yuxin's family, and Gu Yuxin walked him out and kissed him goodnight.
• Yuan Lishu sent Gu Qingtian to the convenience store and asked Gu Yuxin how long she and Fang Qi had been together and whether they had crossed any boundaries.
• Gu Yuxin told Yuan Lishu that she and Fang Qi had been together for about three months and would not act recklessly before marriage.
• Yuan Lishu apologized for not supporting Gu Yuxin's livestreaming and said she was proud of her; Gu Yuxin hugged her mother and cried with happiness.
• Su Chen told Tuantuan and Lele the story of the Monkey King until both children fell asleep, then left their room and went to bed with Yan Bingxue.

After a heavy snowfall, Tuantuan and Lele persuaded Yan Bingxue and Su Chen to take them outside to build a snowman. The family headed to the park, where the children began rolling a small snowball into a larger one.

• Tuantuan and Lele spotted the snow outside and asked Yan Bingxue if they could build a snowman after breakfast.
• Yan Bingxue agreed on the condition that the children got ready and ate well, and Su Chen happily joined the plan.
• Tuantuan and Lele finished their breakfast, then went outside with their parents and Qiuqiu.
• Su Chen gave Yan Bingxue his scarf when she felt cold, and the family walked together to the park.
• Su Chen showed Tuantuan and Lele how to start a snowman, and they pushed a small snowball until it grew bigger.

Su Chen, Yan Bingxue, Tuantuan, and Lele built a snowman together, with Qiuqiu helping by bringing branches for its arms. After taking photos with the finished snowman, Tuantuan worried it would be cold, and Su Chen reassured her that its snow was its natural coat.

• Tuantuan and Lele rolled a large snowball and a smaller one, and Su Chen stacked them to form the snowman.
• Su Chen revealed longans and a carrot from his pocket, and Tuantuan and Lele used them for the snowman’s eyes and nose.
• Su Chen drew the snowman a smile, then realized it needed arms, and Qiuqiu brought over two branches.
• Tuantuan and Lele placed the branches on the snowman, and Su Chen took photos of the family and Qiuqiu with it.
• Lele promised to visit the snowman, and Tuantuan asked if it would be cold without clothes, so Su Chen said its snow was its natural coat.

After taking Tuantuan and Lele home from playing in the snow, Yan Bingxue tried making Fried Milk while Su Chen helped the children with their homework. The family watched Boonie Bears together, and Yan Bingxue prepared to fry the chilled milk mixture, asking Su Chen to check her work.

• Su Chen brought Tuantuan and Lele home from the snow, and they told Lin Xiu about their snowman and planned to build a mech with their parents.
• Yan Bingxue followed a video recipe and made a milk, cornstarch, and sugar mixture, then chilled it in the refrigerator.
• Yan Bingxue suggested a movie while the mixture chilled, and Su Chen helped Tuantuan and Lele finish their homework.
• The family watched Boonie Bears together, and Yan Bingxue's alarm went off when the movie ended.
• Yan Bingxue announced she was making Fried Milk and asked Su Chen to check the frozen mixture before she coated and fried it.

Yan Bingxue made Fried Milk for her family, who praised her cooking and encouraged her. After Su Chen shared a photo in the family group chat, Yan Bingxue promised to make some for her mother next time.

• Yan Bingxue learned from Su Chen how to coat the milk jelly in egg and breadcrumbs, then fried it into Fried Milk.
• Tuantuan and Lele tasted the Fried Milk and told Yan Bingxue they loved it.
• Su Chen tried the snack, praised Yan Bingxue's cooking, and shared a piece with her.
• Lin Xiu and Su Haoqian tasted the Fried Milk and praised it, making Yan Bingxue feel happy.
• Su Chen sent a photo of the snack to the family group chat, and Tang Shuyun complained that she had not gotten to try it.
• Yan Zhenwei told Yan Bingxue that Tang Shuyun was jealous, and Yan Bingxue promised to bring her a portion next time.

After Yan Bingxue worked late, she and Su Chen discovered that Tuantuan and Lele had high fevers. They cared for the children through the night, and the twins’ temperatures began to fall.

• Yan Bingxue worked until after midnight, and Su Chen brought her wontons and kept her company.
• Yan Bingxue and Su Chen checked on Tuantuan and Lele and found that both children had fevers around 39°C.
• Su Chen and Yan Bingxue gave the twins Meilin and cooling patches, then stayed beside them as they slept.
• After an hour, Su Chen measured Lele’s temperature at 38°C and Tuantuan’s at 37.9°C.
• Yan Bingxue and Su Chen changed the twins into dry clothes, and Su Chen urged Yan Bingxue to rest while he watched over them.

Su Chen and Yan Bingxue kept watch as Tuantuan and Lele's fevers broke, then cared for them at home the next morning. Yan Bingxue left for work while Su Chen stayed with the recovering children.

• Su Chen checked Tuantuan and Lele's temperatures at three in the morning and found both had returned to normal.
• Su Chen carried the exhausted Yan Bingxue to bed and stayed awake watching the children through the night.
• Yan Bingxue woke and found Su Chen asleep after he had continued checking the children; he told her their temperatures were stable and that he had taken the day off to care for them.
• Lin Xiu served the family pork porridge and reproached Su Chen and Yan Bingxue gently for not waking her during the night.
• Yan Bingxue left for work after Tuantuan and Lele asked her to come home early, and Su Chen coaxed the children to eat before putting on Super Mario.

Yan Bingxue left work early to join Su Chen and the children, then Tuantuan and Lele recovered from being sick. Su Chen kept his promise and took the family to Pizza Hut that weekend, where the children eagerly headed inside.

• Yan Bingxue finished assigning work and hurried home to watch cartoons with Su Chen, Tuantuan, and Lele.
• Tuantuan decided she no longer wanted to be sick after Su Chen reminded her that illness meant missing playtime and favorite foods, and he and Yan Bingxue promised a feast once the children recovered.
• Tuantuan and Lele recovered, ate Su Chen's fried eggs and meat patties for breakfast, and went to school.
• That weekend, Su Chen took the family to Pizza Hut, where Tuantuan excitedly talked about the food and Lele reminded her that children should only eat it occasionally.
• Tuantuan and Lele spotted the Pizza Hut sign at the mall and eagerly led the way inside.

Yan Bingxue treated Su Chen and their family to a meal at Pizza Hut, where everyone enjoyed the food and shared a happy family moment. They had a family photo taken, and Lele asked to display it on the photo wall in his room.

• Yan Bingxue ordered food for Su Haoqian and Lin Xiu first, then let Tuantuan and Lele choose dishes before Su Chen agreed to her selections.
• Tuantuan and Lele eagerly enjoyed the meal and shared ketchup-dipped fries with their parents and grandparents.
• The family toasted with French fries, and Yan Bingxue served pizza to Su Haoqian and Lin Xiu while Su Chen offered Yan Bingxue a piece of steak.
• A waiter offered to take a complimentary family photo, and Su Chen, Yan Bingxue, Tuantuan, Lele, Lin Xiu, and Su Haoqian posed together.
• Tuantuan admired the developed photo, and Lele asked Su Chen if he could put it on the photo wall in his room; Su Chen agreed.