Recaps

At Xingnan University, Zhang Shuo and Zheng Qiu rejected a company’s attempt to take control of their voice AI, while Jiang Linyuan promised to keep funding its research without seeking profits. Afterward, Jiang turned his attention to recruiting researchers for Haile Bio and decided to approach Haji Yao’s academic circle.

• A suited company representative urged Zheng Qiu to discuss taking the voice AI to market, but Zheng said Zhang Shuo and their investor, Jiang Linyuan, had to agree.
• Zhang Shuo told Zheng that he would not cooperate unless Jiang agreed, and Zheng said he shared that position.
• Jiang told the representative that funding was not a concern and that he would leave the AI’s research and development to Zheng and Zhang without meddling or pursuing profits.
• After the representative left, Zheng explained that the AI had originally been developed to recreate his daughter’s voice, and Zhang encouraged him to thank Jiang in person.
• Jiang reviewed research-team leader résumés from Zhang Zhu for Haile Bio, found them unsatisfactory, and decided to recruit from Haji Yao’s research circle.

Jiang Linyuan arranged for Gao Ting to join Haile Bio, hoping the company could help her find a treatment for her daughter, Wanwan. He then took Jiang Zhiyao to the new house he had bought and showed her the room he had set aside for her.

• Gao Ting told Zheng Qiu she planned to leave the research institute and work for Haile Bio to pursue treatment for Wanwan.
• Gao Ting and Zheng Qiu learned that Jiang Linyuan had recruited her and was also behind Zheng Qiu's voice AI project.
• Jiang Linyuan drove Jiang Zhiyao to his newly purchased house and gave her access to a room there.
• Jiang Zhiyao teased and scolded Jiang Linyuan over his joke about a room for his future child, then went to cook dinner with him.

Jiang Linyuan visited Su Muzhi in the hospital, where they fed each other cherries, and the vice principal invited him to appear in Xingnan University's anniversary video. Back at school, the Student Union began planning the video, and a campus romance idea sparked a jealous objection from Lin Yilin.

• Jiang Linyuan brought flowers to Su Muzhi at the hospital, and they playfully fed each other cherries while the vice principal watched.
• The vice principal advised Jiang Linyuan about Su Muzhi's personality and marriage, then invited him to appear in the school anniversary promotional video.
• The vice principal told Jiang Linyuan that Su Muzhi could leave the hospital for the anniversary events if she wanted to.
• The Student Union gathered to plan the anniversary gala and a short film, and Lin Yilin suggested a protagonist traveling through Xingnan University's history.
• A Saint of Thieves suggested making the short film a campus romance and proposed that Jiang Linyuan play the male lead opposite her.
• Lin Yilin objected to the Saint of Thieves's proposal, determined to keep an eye on Jiang Linyuan while Su Muzhi was unwell.

The Student Union planned an anniversary short film, and Jiang Linyuan teased Shen Wanyu into considering a lead role. The casting remained unsettled after they learned Su Muzhi was away for a hospital checkup.

• Yu Songsong argued with Lin Yilin over who should play opposite Jiang Linyuan, while Shen Wanyu told Yu not to make trouble by confessing her feelings.
• Jiang Linyuan teased Lin Yilin about secretly calling him Jiang Puppy, and she grew embarrassed when he seemed to know what she had thought.
• The Student Union chose a story about a student from a hundred years ago arriving at modern Xingnan University and began discussing the two lead roles.
• The Student Union president rejected Yu Songsong as the female lead because he thought she was too lively, and Lin Yilin suggested Shen Wanyu instead.
• Jiang Linyuan provoked Shen Wanyu about acting with him, but she asked whether Su Muzhi could take the role and learned that Su was away getting a hospital checkup.
• Jiang Linyuan left the casting undecided and asked whether Shen Wanyu planned to visit Su Muzhi, but Shen dismissed the idea.

Shen Wanyu and Jiang Linyuan rehearsed their short film around Xingnan University, trading jokes as they acted out the scene at the school gate. Their rehearsal reminded them that they had first met at the same gate, and Shen Wanyu said her impression of Jiang Linyuan was still bad.

• Shen Wanyu and Jiang Linyuan met by the artificial lake and rehearsed their lines while teasing each other.
• Jiang Linyuan suggested rehearsing at the script's locations, and Shen Wanyu joked about his character dying at the school gate.
• The two went to Xingnan University's main gate and performed the short film's opening scene about a confused time traveler.
• Shen Wanyu remembered that she and Jiang Linyuan had first met at the school gate, and she told him his first impression was still bad.

Jiang Linyuan and Shen Wanyu continued filming their school anniversary short film, visiting the observatory after touring the campus. Their teasing turned to Jiang Linyuan’s feelings for Shen Wanyu and her promise to tell Su Muzhi, while their visit to Su Muzhi remained unresolved.

• Shen Wanyu gave Jiang Linyuan a bottle of water, and they discussed whether to visit Su Muzhi together that night.
• Jiang Linyuan and Shen Wanyu climbed to the observatory, where he lent her his coat after she sneezed in the cold.
• At the observatory, Shen Wanyu asked Jiang Linyuan whether he liked her, and he said that he did.
• Shen Wanyu said she would tell Su Muzhi about Jiang Linyuan’s confession, and he suggested they visit her together.
• Jiang Linyuan wondered aloud why Shen Wanyu had rejected his past pursuit, and she called him unbelievable.

Jiang Linyuan and Shen Wanyu wrapped up a scene at the observatory and walked back downhill together, teasing each other along the way. When a stray cat approached, Jiang Linyuan discovered that Shen Wanyu feared cats because one had ambushed her as a child.

• At the observatory, Jiang Linyuan and Shen Wanyu finished their work for the day and prepared to leave.
• Shen Wanyu offered Jiang Linyuan tissues to clean his dusty pants, and they shared her bag strap as they carefully walked downhill.
• Jiang Linyuan and Shen Wanyu traded teasing remarks after a stray cat darted across their path.
• When the cat approached, Shen Wanyu asked Jiang Linyuan to scare it away, and he chased it off with a shout.
• Jiang Linyuan learned that a cat had ambushed Shen Wanyu when she was young, and she said she would throw away her bag when they got back.

After a campus walk, Jiang Linyuan told Shen Wanyu about his complicated relationship with Yu Songsong and said he would not leave Su Muzhi. Shen Wanyu teased him about a possible future together, then decided to visit Su Muzhi and help turn him from a scumbag into a normal person.

• Jiang Linyuan asked whether Shen Wanyu had enjoyed their walk, and she said having him with her made the familiar campus feel different.
• Shen Wanyu asked about Lin Yilin and Yu Songsong, and Jiang Linyuan admitted he could not let Yu Songsong go because she had no one else.
• Jiang Linyuan said he would not break up with Su Muzhi, while Shen Wanyu pressed him on whether he would ever choose her and cut off contact with everyone else.
• Shen Wanyu joked that Jiang Linyuan should beg her to be his girlfriend, and he teased her by imitating a stray cat.
• Shen Wanyu decided to go see Su Muzhi and laugh at her, and Jiang Linyuan followed her toward the school gate.

Jiang Linyuan drove Shen Wanyu toward the hospital, but they stopped at a flower shop to buy flowers for Little Su. After Jiang Linyuan picked a roadside flower and was called a flower thief by a child’s mother, he and Shen Wanyu continued to Little Su’s hospital.

• Jiang Linyuan drove Shen Wanyu from the school gates and stopped at a pedestrian street so they could buy flowers for Little Su.
• Shen Wanyu chose several red Chinese roses after asking Jiang Linyuan which flowers he liked.
• Jiang Linyuan secretly picked a white flower from a roadside flowerbed while Shen Wanyu waited with the roses.
• A girl’s mother described Jiang Linyuan as a flower thief, and the girl recited a bizarre fairy tale about Prince Charming and Sleeping Beauty.
• Jiang Linyuan returned to Shen Wanyu with the wildflower, and they drove to Little Su’s hospital carrying their different flowers.

Jiang Linyuan brought Shen Wanyu to visit Su Muzhi in the hospital, where the two women traded insults while he tried to keep the peace. Their argument resurfaced their broken childhood friendship, and it ended with Su Muzhi threatening Jiang Linyuan after he asked what it meant to “cut ties.”

• Jiang Linyuan arrived at Su Muzhi’s hospital room with Shen Wanyu, and Su Muzhi greeted Shen Wanyu as an unwelcome guest.
• Su Muzhi and Shen Wanyu argued while Jiang Linyuan silently arranged flowers and offered them strawberries.
• Su Muzhi bit Jiang Linyuan’s neck, then used his closeness to tell Shen Wanyu that he was her boyfriend.
• Shen Wanyu said she wanted to stop Su Muzhi from ruining her life, and Su Muzhi accused her of betraying her after they had been close as children.
• Shen Wanyu admitted she had never truly hated Su Muzhi but said they would never be friends again, and Jiang Linyuan asked what part of the body “cut ties” referred to.
• Su Muzhi threatened to show Jiang Linyuan exactly what it meant.

At Su Muzhi’s hospital room, Shen Wanyu confronted Jiang Linyuan about his tangled relationships and urged him to become a normal person, while Su Muzhi made clear she would not give him up. After Shen left, Su Muzhi and Jiang Linyuan reconciled and discussed her childhood jealousy of Shen and the stray cat she had left in Shen’s care.

• Shen Wanyu told Su Muzhi that she wanted Jiang Linyuan to become a normal person and cut off his messy relationships, and Su Muzhi dismissed her interference.
• Su Muzhi offered Jiang Linyuan money to stay with her, then Shen Wanyu asked for her belongings from his car and left with his keys.
• Su Muzhi climbed onto Jiang Linyuan’s back, accused him of bringing another woman to visit, and kissed him after he explained Shen’s visit.
• Jiang Linyuan told Su Muzhi about rehearsing a school-anniversary short film with Shen, and Su Muzhi said Shen would never accept his current life with her.
• Su Muzhi admitted she had left a stray cat with Shen out of jealousy and wanted the cat to cause trouble, though she had not expected it to scratch Shen.
• Su Muzhi asked Jiang Linyuan not to hate her and said Shen could only be his friend, while Jiang Linyuan accepted that their relationship would not change.

Su Muzhi spent the morning with Jiang Linyuan and then spoke privately with her mother, who discussed Jiang’s AI venture and investment in Haile Bio. Su Muzhi said she was happy he was looking for treatment options for her and sent him on his way before the mother-daughter conversation continued.

• Jiang Linyuan and Su Muzhi woke up together in the hospital, joked affectionately, and were interrupted by Mother Su arriving with breakfast.
• Mother Su asked Su Muzhi about Shen Wanyu’s visit, and Su Muzhi teased her before Mother Su left the room.
• Su Muzhi asked Jiang Linyuan to leave so she could speak with Mother Su alone, then joked with him before he went.
• Mother Su returned and asked why Su Muzhi had left Jiang’s roses beside the bed; Su Muzhi said they were props meant to irritate people.
• Mother Su told Su Muzhi that Shen Pingyan had introduced Jiang’s AI venture and that Jiang had become a shareholder in Haile Bio.
• Su Muzhi said Jiang was free to spend his own money seeking treatment options for her, while Mother Su urged her to tell him not to trouble himself.

Jiang Linyuan, Shen Wanyu, Mu Mei, and Zhang Juntang began filming their student short film, completing the opening scenes at Xingnan University’s gate. The crew then prepared to move to the famous figures’ statues for the daytime outdoor scenes, with Jiang carrying Zhang’s equipment.

• Jiang Linyuan arrived early and met Shen Wanyu at the school gate before Zhang Juntang and Mu Mei joined them.
• Zhang Juntang set up her extensive camera equipment, which she had bought to film Jiang Linyuan.
• Mu Mei directed Jiang and Shen through the scene of their characters meeting, and Zhang gave them filming instructions.
• The crew finished the scene at the school gate and decided to film the daytime outdoor scenes by the famous figures’ statues.
• Jiang took some of Zhang’s equipment to carry, prompting Mu Mei to tease him about treating Shen and her differently.

Jiang Linyuan filmed a scene at the statue while Yu Songsong openly pursued him and Shen Wanyu showed her own concern for him. Mu Mei told Zhang Juntang about her long-ago crush, leaving Zhang to wonder whether Jiang might be secretly preparing to date someone too.

• Yu Songsong greeted Jiang Linyuan, grabbed his hand, and asked to meet him after class, while Huang Taoyan mocked her advances.
• Shen Wanyu straightened Jiang Linyuan's cuffs before the group filmed their scene by the statue.
• Yu Songsong offered Jiang Linyuan an opened bottle of water, but Shen Wanyu gave him an unopened one instead.
• Mu Mei struck up a conversation with Zhang Juntang and admitted she had secretly liked someone for three years.
• Mu Mei explained that her crush returned the money for a game after seeing her retrieve a cake from a trash can, then later got a girlfriend.
• Zhang Juntang wondered whether Jiang Linyuan might also be preparing himself to date someone.

Mu Mei encouraged Zhang Juntang to pursue her crush on Jiang Linyuan boldly, and Huang Taoyan urged her to be more direct while apologizing for failing to notice her past bullying. Zhang Juntang resolved to act braver, then took a photo of Jiang Linyuan as Mu Mei prepared to continue their photography session at the library.

• Mu Mei advised Zhang Juntang to persist in her secret crush and promised to share her collected simp advice over WeChat.
• Huang Taoyan pulled Zhang Juntang away from Mu Mei and warned her against following the senior’s advice, but Zhang Juntang defended it.
• Huang Taoyan apologized for not noticing Zhang Juntang’s past bullying, and Zhang Juntang said she had been too timid to speak up.
• Jiang Linyuan approached Zhang Juntang, who took his photo and admitted that she thought he looked good.
• Mu Mei said they had rested enough and suggested walking around the library to take indoor shots.

Jiang Linyuan and Shen Wanyu filmed a quiet library scene together while Yu Songsong gave Jiang Linyuan a jacket and Zhang Juntang secretly filmed him. The chapter ended with Zhang Juntang watching the pair through her camera from the shadows.

• Yu Songsong gave Jiang Linyuan a jacket and asked him to hug her, then left after he agreed to talk with her later.
• Shen Wanyu teased Jiang Linyuan as the group headed to Xingnan University's library to film.
• Jiang Linyuan noticed Zhang Juntang's camera and suspected she had secretly filmed him before.
• Jiang Linyuan and Shen Wanyu posed together among the library bookshelves, then filmed a scene at a reading table.
• Zhang Juntang watched Jiang Linyuan and Shen Wanyu through her camera as sunlight fell across them.

Jiang Linyuan and Shen Wanyu filmed by the lake at sunset, where their teasing turned into a flustered exchange after he grabbed her shoe. As the two headed toward the observatory for the final scene, Mu Mei and Zhang Juntang secretly recorded them as bonus footage.

• Zhang Juntang filmed Jiang Linyuan and Shen Wanyu by the lake, while Mu Mei teased her about praising Jiang Linyuan.
• Jiang Linyuan and Shen Wanyu joked about ghost marriages before Shen Wanyu claimed she was helping him overcome his addiction to sex.
• Jiang Linyuan grabbed Shen Wanyu's shoe when she kicked him, making her blush and retreat to the other end of the bench.
• Shen Wanyu told Jiang Linyuan he could walk beside her while holding her shoe, then hurried toward the observatory for the final scene.
• Mu Mei and Zhang Juntang decided to keep their recording of the pair as surprise bonus footage and followed them.

At the observatory, Jiang Linyuan and his group ran into Fang Yu, who insisted that Jiang had once pursued her. Their teasing and flirtatious exchanges left Fang Yu baffled as the group continued filming the school anniversary short.

• Jiang Linyuan's group arrived at the observatory during an Astronomy Association stargazing event, where Fang Yu eagerly asked Zhang Juntang to film her.
• Fang Yu recognized Jiang Linyuan and began to insult Shen Wanyu, but Zhang Juntang and Shen Wanyu grabbed her shoulders to stop her.
• Fang Yu complained that Jiang had never bought her milk tea when he was supposedly pursuing her, and Zhang Juntang challenged her claim.
• Fang Yu insisted Jiang had confessed to her and believed his later confessions to others were attempts to find her substitute, prompting Jiang and Shen Wanyu to tease her.
• Mu Mei asked Fang Yu whether she had secretly liked someone, while Fang Yu grew exasperated at the group's odd behavior.

Fang Yu explained her plans to grow her livestream account, while Jiang Linyuan told Shen Wanyu how he had driven Fang Yu’s friends away from her. As the group filmed their astronomy-club short film beneath the stars, Jiang Linyuan and Shen Wanyu shared a close moment before returning to their teasing banter.

• Fang Yu told Mu Mei that she wanted to become a major blogger and keep complaining about Jiang Linyuan, but said she had no intention of pursuing him again.
• Jiang Linyuan told Shen Wanyu that he had turned Fang Yu’s friends against her after she showed off their messages, and promised he would not do something like that again.
• Mu Mei began filming the short film, and Shen Wanyu demonstrated how to use a telescope while Jiang Linyuan leaned in beside her.
• Shen Wanyu and Jiang Linyuan avoided bumping heads on the second take and exchanged a close look beneath the moon and stars.
• After filming, Jiang Linyuan joked that men could be lifelong bachelors because older generations did not know airplanes existed, and Shen Wanyu told him to shut up.

After the short film shoot, Jiang Linyuan walked with Zhang Juntang before meeting Yu Songsong for lamb spine hotpot. Yu Songsong confessed how afraid she was of being abandoned, and Jiang Linyuan reassured her that he would stay alive.

• After the shoot, Shen Wanyu and Mu Mei headed to the dorms while Zhang Juntang left campus with Jiang Linyuan.
• Zhang Juntang silently walked with Jiang Linyuan to the school gate, then regretted not speaking to him.
• Jiang Linyuan messaged Yu Songsong, who ran to meet him and held his hand.
• Jiang Linyuan took Yu Songsong to eat lamb spine hotpot, where she told him she feared he would abandon her for someone else.
• Yu Songsong accepted Jiang Linyuan's relationships with other girls but said she would kill him and herself if he abandoned her.
• Jiang Linyuan said it was better to stay alive, and Yu Songsong insisted that he would live well.

Jiang Linyuan spent the evening with Yu Songsong before visiting Su Muzhi in the hospital and confessing what had happened. Su Muzhi confronted him about hiding things from her and warned that if he did it a third time, he would be buried with her.

• Yu Songsong kissed Jiang Linyuan and asked him to stay with her, but he said to wait until this period was over.
• Jiang Linyuan took Yu Songsong back to her dormitory, then stole crabapple blossoms from a park and was fined.
• Jiang Linyuan brought the flowers to Su Muzhi at the hospital, where she questioned him about Yu Songsong and the scent on him.
• Jiang Linyuan told Su Muzhi about his evening with Yu Songsong and admitted he would want Su Muzhi to kill him if Yu Songsong abandoned him.
• Su Muzhi said this was the second time Jiang Linyuan had hidden something from her and warned that a third time would mean he would be buried with her.

Zhang Juntang learned that Jiang Linyuan had helped her mother’s company and was now a major shareholder, then hoped she could use the debt of gratitude as an excuse to grow closer to him. Zhang Zhu asked Zhao Xueyun about Jiang Linyuan and Shen Wanyu, who said she and Jiang Linyuan would handle their relationship themselves.

• Jiang Linyuan and Su Muzhi joked together in the hospital room as rain fell outside.
• Zhang Zhu told Zhang Juntang that Jiang Linyuan had helped her company and become a major shareholder, and Zhang Juntang offered to help repay his favor.
• Zhang Zhu mentioned Jiang Linyuan’s girlfriend, and Zhang Juntang privately decided she could now approach him more openly while calling it filial duty.
• Zhang Juntang exchanged teasing messages with her cousin while editing a video, and Zhang Zhu asked Zhao Xueyun for advice about reconnecting with her daughter.
• Zhao Xueyun called Shen Wanyu to ask whether Jiang Linyuan was dating a Su Family girl, and Shen Wanyu said she and Jiang Linyuan would handle their own affairs.

With the school anniversary approaching, Jiang Linyuan attended the official promotional video shoot and met the vice principal’s old contacts. He later joined the Student Union preparations, where Lin Yilin watched leaked footage of him filming with Shen Wanyu and learned that Su Muzhi would attend the anniversary celebration too.

• Jiang Linyuan woke beside Su Muzhi at the hospital, and she urged him to attend the school’s official promotional video shoot.
• Jiang Linyuan met the vice principal and several of his old friends, then agreed to complete the proper procedures for staying overnight with Su Muzhi.
• Jiang Linyuan arrived at the Student Union meeting room and found Lin Yilin watching a rough cut of the student short film on her tablet.
• Lin Yilin asked whether Su Muzhi knew about Jiang Linyuan’s filming with Shen Wanyu, and Jiang Linyuan said Su Muzhi would join them at the anniversary celebration.

Jiang Linyuan teased Lin Yilin as they watched the promotional short, then arranged to help Zhang Juntang edit it at her home. Zhang Zhu received messages from both of them about the visit and work matters, leaving her unsure how to handle the situation.

• Lin Yilin blushed while thinking about kissing Jiang Linyuan, and she grew jealous when she remembered Senior Sister Su.
• Jiang Linyuan teased Lin Yilin, who pressed her forehead against his before hurriedly hiding beside Shen Wanyu.
• Shen Wanyu hit Jiang Linyuan with a rolled-up poster and told him to check on the short film's progress.
• Jiang Linyuan asked Zhang Juntang in the group chat whether she needed help editing, and Zhang Juntang invited him to her home.
• Jiang Linyuan agreed to go to Zhang Juntang's home, planning to discuss the report with Zhang Zhu.
• Zhang Juntang asked her mother to come home later, while Jiang Linyuan messaged Zhang Zhu about visiting and discussing work; Zhang Zhu sighed over the messages.

Zhang Juntang prepared nervously for Jiang Linyuan’s visit and welcomed him into her home, while Zhang Zhu and Zhao Xueyun discussed their daughters, marriage, and the visit. The chapter left Jiang Linyuan uneasy as Zhang Juntang watched him drink yogurt.

• Zhang Juntang cleaned her home, hid a framed photo, and asked her cousin and Senior Mu how to act when Jiang Linyuan visited.
• Zhao Xueyun urged Zhang Zhu to check on her daughter, while Zhang Zhu explained why she would let Juntang make her own choices about love and marriage.
• Zhao Xueyun told Zhang Zhu that Juntang was the female lead in a short film starring Jiang Linyuan, and Zhang Zhu realized her daughter was helping edit a video for someone she liked.
• Jiang Linyuan messaged Zhang Juntang from the residential complex entrance, and she hurried out with an umbrella to meet him.
• Zhang Juntang welcomed Jiang Linyuan, offered him yogurt, and watched him drink it, making him wonder why she was staring.