Arc 12Lanterns, Journeys, and Surgery
Jiang Linyuan navigated his tangled relationships as he spent time with Lin Yilin, Zhang Juntang, and Shen Wanyu, while Su Muzhi faced a risky heart operation. Su Muzhi’s surgery succeeded, and three months later she and the others reunited with Jiang Linyuan in the spring sunshine.
- Jiang Linyuan spent the Lantern Festival with the group, and Lin Yilin admitted she was hurt that he had been intimate with others but not with her.
- Jiang Linyuan and Lin Yilin became intimate, and Lin Yilin invited Zhang Juntang to share their bed after seeing Jiang comfort her.
- Shen Pingyan urged Jiang Linyuan to marry Shen Wanyu, but Shen Wanyu rejected marriage, and Zhao Xueyun accepted that they could stay together without marrying.
- Jiang Linyuan visited Lin Yilin’s parents in Minnan, then traveled west with Shen Wanyu, where they confessed their enduring love for each other.
- Zhang Juntang grew jealous and drew Jiang Linyuan close, while Su Muzhi prepared for heart surgery after Haile Bio’s operations succeeded for other patients.
- Fearing the surgery might fail, Su Muzhi took wedding photos with Jiang Linyuan and asked him to remember her as the mother of their future children.
- Jiang Linyuan accompanied Su Muzhi to surgery, and Shen Wanyu told him her mother had terminal cancer while they waited for the operation to end successfully.
- Three months later, Su Muzhi walked through a park with Jiang Linyuan, and Yu Songsong, Lin Yilin, Zhang Juntang, and Shen Wanyu joined them.