Recaps

At the banquet, Jiang Linyuan endured a crowd of well-wishers until Su Muzhi pulled him away to dance, while Shen Wanyu arrived and reunited with Shen Guoguo. The vice principal and Shen Pingyan discussed their daughters’ romantic prospects and agreed not to interfere.

• Jiang Linyuan greeted the banquet guests while Shen Guoguo tugged at his pants, urging him to go eat.
• Su Muzhi teased Jiang Linyuan, then linked arms with him and told him that having her was enough.
• Shen Guoguo ran to Shen Wanyu, and Jiang Linyuan asked the Department Head for a hug.
• Su Muzhi stopped Jiang Linyuan from hugging Shen Wanyu and led him onto the dance floor, leaving Shen Guoguo upset.
• The vice principal asked Shen Pingyan whether Shen Wanyu had suitors, and Shen Pingyan said he approved of Jiang Linyuan but would not interfere.

Su Muzhi and Jiang Linyuan shared a charged tango at the ball, where Su Muzhi kissed him and challenged him to make her fall in love with him—or to fall in love with her. They slipped away before the partner-swapping dance, teasing each other as they left.

• Su Muzhi revealed she had requested that everyone else wear white so her black gown would stand out, then danced tango with Jiang Linyuan.
• As they danced, Su Muzhi asked what his presence at the ball meant, and Jiang Linyuan said he had come to dance with a beautiful friend.
• Su Muzhi invited Jiang Linyuan to kiss her, but he only held her; after the dance ended, she pulled him close and kissed him, drawing blood from his lip.
• Su Muzhi told Jiang Linyuan to try to make her fall in love with him, or to make him fall in love with her.
• Su Muzhi and Jiang Linyuan left before the partner-swapping dance and teased each other about whether their kiss counted as a first kiss.

Jiang Linyuan reassured Shen Guoguo about his relationship with Shen Wanyu after she saw him kiss Su Muzhi, while Shen Wanyu warned him to take responsibility for the consequences of his entanglement with Su Muzhi. The three left the conversation on affectionate terms, as Shen Guoguo held both their hands and recalled that the Little Prince left the fox to find his rose.

• Shen Guoguo confronted Jiang Linyuan about kissing Su Muzhi, and he reassured her that he loved Shen Wanyu.
• Shen Wanyu warned Jiang Linyuan that he and Su Muzhi would have to face the outcome of their relationship and alluded to the risks surrounding Yu Songsong.
• Jiang Linyuan joked about being understood by a girl who could read his mind, then made a crude boast after covering Shen Guoguo's ears.
• Shen Wanyu told Jiang Linyuan to consider how he would deal with Su Muzhi's parents, while he insisted he would remain himself.
• Jiang Linyuan shared cake with Shen Guoguo, who held his and Shen Wanyu's hands and said the Little Prince left the fox to find his rose.

Jiang Linyuan, Shen Wanyu, and Shen Guoguo met Shen Pingyan and Su Muzhi’s family, where the adults argued over the younger generation’s relationships. The adults left the four young people together, and Jiang Linyuan ended the exchange with a joke about love and money.

• A server brought Jiang Linyuan, Shen Wanyu, and Shen Guoguo upstairs to meet Shen Pingyan and Su Muzhi’s family.
• Shen Guoguo resisted her mother’s summons until Shen Wanyu led her over to sit with her.
• Shen Pingyan said he would not interfere with the young people but challenged Su Muzhi not to pressure them either.
• Su Muzhi and Shen Pingyan left with the vice principal and Guoguo's Mother, leaving Jiang Linyuan, Shen Wanyu, Shen Guoguo, and Su Muzhi together.
• Su Muzhi teased Jiang Linyuan about Shen Wanyu competing for him, and Shen Wanyu denied it.
• Jiang Linyuan weighed Shen Pingyan’s advice about desire and marriage, then joked that love with money could get someone arrested.

After the banquet, Jiang Linyuan accompanied Shen Wanyu from Shanghai back to Jinling, teasing her while she traveled. He agreed to see her home, and she accepted his company as they parted from the station.

• Su Muzhi told Jiang Linyuan to keep Shen Wanyu company and win her over, while warning him not to fall for anyone else before her.
• Jiang Linyuan joined Shen Wanyu on her midnight train to Jinling after learning she had come to the banquet partly for him.
• On the ride, Shen Wanyu said she preferred plain rice and lighter food, then fell asleep against Jiang Linyuan's shoulder.
• After they reached Jinling the next day, Jiang Linyuan offered Shen Wanyu his coat and asked to see her home.
• Shen Wanyu agreed to let Jiang Linyuan accompany her, joking that having a wild man beside her would make her feel safer.

Jiang Linyuan accompanied Shen Wanyu home and met her playful mother, learning more about the complicated feelings between Shen Wanyu’s mother and Uncle Da Yue. The chapter ended with Jiang Linyuan dancing with Shen Wanyu in the villa.

• Shen Wanyu invited Jiang Linyuan inside to wait while she looked for the car keys, and her mother mistook him for a burglar.
• Shen Wanyu introduced Jiang Linyuan to her mother, who recognized him and teased him before Shen Wanyu handed him the keys and told him to leave.
• Jiang Linyuan stayed for hot water, and Shen Wanyu explained that her mother still loved Uncle Da Yue despite his divorce and remarriage.
• Shen Wanyu let Jiang Linyuan keep the car, and he offered to teach her to drive and dance.
• Jiang Linyuan took Shen Wanyu’s hand and danced with her, and they joked about each other looking like kelp.

Jiang Linyuan agreed to consider funding Zhang Shuo’s voice-cloning AI project and then sought help managing Yu Songsong’s attention. His little sister Jiang Zhiyao refused to get involved, leaving him to handle the situation himself.

• Jiang Linyuan recognized his childhood friend Zhang Shuo, who asked him to help fund a voice-cloning AI project stalled by a lack of departmental funding.
• Jiang Linyuan asked Zhang Shuo for his professor’s contact information and decided to evaluate the project as a potential private investment.
• Jiang Linyuan read Yu Songsong’s many unanswered messages and decided to spend time with her while keeping a third person present.
• Jiang Linyuan asked Jiang Zhiyao to join them, but she told him that Yu Songsong was his problem.

Jiang Zhiyao remembered how Jiang Linyuan had become her brother and helped her feel special, then reflected on how painful it was to watch him grow close to other women. With no reply from Jiang Linyuan, she turned off her phone and felt as lost as the child whose kite string had snapped.

• When Jiang Zhiyao lost her summer homework, Jiang Linyuan gave her his own and took the blame for not submitting it.
• Jiang Zhiyao called Jiang Linyuan her brother for the first time, and he told her to come to him whenever she needed help.
• Jiang Zhiyao tried to imitate Jiang Linyuan so adults would praise her, but he told her she was special as herself and carried her after she fell.
• Jiang Zhiyao remembered seeing Jiang Linyuan grow close to Yu Songsong, Su Muzhi, and Lin Yilin, and realized she could not keep them away.
• After Jiang Linyuan did not reply, Jiang Zhiyao turned off her phone and felt lost.

Jiang Zhiyao worried that she was drifting away from Jiang Linyuan and feared losing the boy she had grown up with. After he came to find her, they talked and joked together, leaving her holding his hand and willing to wait for the future.

• Jiang Linyuan went to the classroom to find Jiang Zhiyao after she gave him a troubling reply on WeChat.
• Jiang Linyuan teased Jiang Zhiyao about bodily functions, and she scolded him as they walked together.
• Jiang Zhiyao explained that she feared losing Jiang Linyuan, recalling how frightened she had been when he came home bruised after a fight.
• Jiang Linyuan reassured Jiang Zhiyao through their familiar banter, and they continued walking hand in hand.
• Jiang Zhiyao decided she could wait, hoping the closeness between them would remain part of her future.

Jiang Linyuan took Jiang Zhiyao out with Yu Songsong, hoping to manage the Saint of Thieves’s advances while keeping his sister company. After Yu Songsong secretly flirted with him during their walk, they encountered Qian Yan at the school gate, who recognized Jiang Linyuan from a banquet.

• Jiang Linyuan invited Yu Songsong to go out with him and Jiang Zhiyao, and Yu Songsong eagerly agreed despite realizing that Jiang Zhiyao might be there to discourage her.
• Jiang Linyuan, Jiang Zhiyao, and Yu Songsong met at the school gate and walked out together.
• Yu Songsong opened her down jacket and pressed Jiang Linyuan’s hand against herself, but he pulled away when Jiang Zhiyao turned around.
• Jiang Zhiyao noticed a scent on Jiang Linyuan and brought him to walk beside her, while Yu Songsong zipped up her jacket and kept quiet.
• The trio came upon a crowd gathered around a luxury sports car, where the owner, Qian Yan, recognized Jiang Linyuan from a banquet in Shanghai.

Jiang Linyuan rejected Qian Yan’s persistent sexual advances, and she offered to buy him anything in exchange for being her boyfriend. Little Su arrived and opposed Qian Yan, leaving Jiang Linyuan wary of her smile.

• Qian Yan approached Jiang Linyuan and asked to exchange contact information, but Yu Songsong stepped in to block her.
• Qian Yan tried to provoke Yu Songsong by claiming Jiang Linyuan was close to a rich young lady, but Yu Songsong dismissed her and left with Jiang Linyuan and Jiang Zhiyao.
• Qian Yan offered Jiang Linyuan her sports car for one night together, and Jiang Linyuan refused and slapped her when she continued insulting him.
• Qian Yan offered to buy Jiang Linyuan anything if he would be her boyfriend for a month and satisfy her needs, but he rejected her again.
• Little Su arrived and said she disagreed with Qian Yan, while Jiang Linyuan saw her smile as a poisonous scorpion’s warning.

Su Muzhi visited Jiang Linyuan and traded barbs with Qian Yan before probing the tense relationships between Jiang Zhiyao and Yu Songsong. After Su Muzhi left, Jiang Zhiyao claimed her period had started and excused herself, while Yu Songsong eagerly agreed to go out with Jiang Linyuan.

• Su Muzhi arrived to see Jiang Linyuan and taunted Qian Yan, who left after Su hinted that she would soon have bigger problems.
• Jiang Zhiyao asked whether Qian Yan had approached Jiang Linyuan because of Su Muzhi, and Jiang Linyuan brushed off the question.
• Su Muzhi teased Yu Songsong about their past encounter and suggested that she and Jiang Linyuan go out alone another time.
• Jiang Zhiyao said her period had started and left, prompting Jiang Linyuan to tell her to drink hot water.
• Yu Songsong eagerly said she was ready to go out, and Jiang Linyuan joked that he was not on his period either.

Jiang Linyuan and Yu Songsong spent the day together, where she kissed him and asked whether he would ever hate her. Their conversation ended with Jiang Linyuan proposing a game in which he confessed to her and she rejected him.

• Jiang Linyuan wandered through the shopping district with Yu Songsong after Jiang Zhiyao left with Su Muzhi.
• At a dessert shop, Jiang Linyuan told Yu Songsong to value herself rather than keep accommodating someone she loved.
• Yu Songsong took the cherry from Jiang Linyuan's cake, then kissed him to make his heart flutter.
• Jiang Linyuan said Yu Songsong was one of a kind, and she told him she would study hard to become an amazing doctor.
• Jiang Linyuan proposed that he confess his feelings to Yu Songsong and she reject him, but she refused.

Jiang Zhiyao questioned Su Muzhi about her feelings for Jiang Linyuan, and Su Muzhi offered to introduce her to Shen Wanyu. As winter break approached, Jiang Linyuan learned that officials wanted to partner with his AI venture, while Shen Wanyu planned to visit her mother's hometown and Jiang prepared to spend New Year with his sister.

• Jiang Zhiyao confronted Su Muzhi, who admitted she liked Jiang Linyuan and offered to arrange a meeting between Jiang Zhiyao and Shen Wanyu.
• As finals approached, Jiang Linyuan focused on studying and considered investing in Zhang Shuo's unfinished AI model.
• After the External Relations Department meeting, Shen Wanyu told Jiang Linyuan that Su Muzhi had brought Jiang Zhiyao to meet her and that they had discussed their relationship.
• Shen Wanyu relayed Shen Pingyan's message that the government planned to regulate voice-cloning AI and wanted Jiang Linyuan's company to partner with them.
• Shen Wanyu said she would visit her mother's hometown over winter break, while Jiang Linyuan planned to spend New Year in his hometown with Ha Jiyao.

Jiang Linyuan and Jiang Zhiyao aired their blankets and drove to the supermarket, joking about a fox spirit and discussing Shen Wanyu and Jiang Linyuan’s relationships. The chapter ended with Jiang Zhiyao privately reminding herself that Jiang Linyuan was not her real brother.

• Jiang Zhiyao woke Jiang Linyuan and told him to take the blankets downstairs to air.
• Jiang Linyuan teased Jiang Zhiyao with a story about a male fox repaying a farmer with porridge, and she chased him in anger.
• Jiang Linyuan took the car keys Department Head had given him, and he and Jiang Zhiyao drove to the supermarket.
• Jiang Zhiyao said Shen Wanyu had told her that she and Jiang Linyuan were close friends with no interest in becoming more than friends.
• Jiang Zhiyao said Su Muzhi had claimed to like Jiang Linyuan, and he dismissed her as a liar before boasting that many people liked him.
• Jiang Zhiyao muttered that Jiang Linyuan was not her real brother.

Jiang Linyuan and Jiang Zhiyao shopped for groceries and snacks, then ran into Huang Taoyan, who joined them at checkout and discussed their winter-break plans. Huang Taoyan planned to visit Jiang Linyuan’s family for New Year and privately decided to bring her cousin Juntang along.

• Jiang Linyuan and Jiang Zhiyao filled a shopping cart with snacks, fruit, and ingredients before heading to the checkout.
• Jiang Linyuan and Jiang Zhiyao ran into Huang Taoyan, who joked with Jiang Linyuan and asked to combine her purchases with theirs for the supermarket promotion.
• Jiang Zhiyao said Jiang Linyuan would spend the New Year with her family, and Huang Taoyan arranged to visit them on the fourth day of the New Year.
• Huang Taoyan privately decided to bring her cousin Juntang along when she visited Jiang Linyuan’s family.

Jiang Linyuan and Jiang Zhiyao returned home after shopping, joked about gifts, and cooked dinner together. Their parents noticed how close the siblings were, and Mother Jiang worried that Jiang Zhiyao was keeping other girls away from Jiang Linyuan.

• Huang Taoyan admired Jiang Linyuan and Jiang Zhiyao’s lucky-draw prizes and asked about their expensive Audi, which Jiang Zhiyao said a friend had lent him.
• Jiang Zhiyao worried that Jiang Linyuan might damage the borrowed car and offered to help buy him one, while he offered to get her a New Year’s gift.
• Jiang Linyuan teased Jiang Zhiyao about Chanel making men’s luxury goods, and she scolded him for his crude joke.
• Jiang Linyuan tied Jiang Zhiyao’s hair, and the two siblings cooked dinner together after arriving home.
• Mother Jiang told Father Jiang that Jiang Zhiyao had turned away girls who wanted to visit, and worried that she was preventing Jiang Linyuan from dating.

Jiang Linyuan ate dinner with his family, where Mother Jiang questioned him about the girl who lent him a car and urged him to meet a match for his cousin. After he visited Jiang Zhiyao in her room, she was left thinking about their childhood memories and wanting something more unique.

• Mother Jiang asked Jiang Linyuan about the expensive car and suggested he invite the girl who lent it to their home, while Jiang Zhiyao reacted tensely.
• Jiang Zhiyao left dinner, and Jiang Linyuan avoided eating her leftovers as Mother Jiang pressed him about dating and told him to help his cousin assess a matchmaking prospect.
• Jiang Linyuan went to Jiang Zhiyao's room after lunch, where they joked about his possible date and looked at a childhood photograph from Disneyland.
• Jiang Linyuan told Jiang Zhiyao they could make many more memories, then left to return the car as she stared at the photograph and wished for something more unique.

Jiang Linyuan visited Shen Wanyu to return the car and bring New Year gifts, then teased her about his mother arranging a blind date and confessed that he liked her. After he left, Shen Wanyu wondered whether she should ask him to accompany her to Yanjing.

• Jiang Linyuan brought gifts to Shen Wanyu's house and learned that she and her mother rarely received New Year's visitors.
• Jiang Linyuan told Shen Wanyu that his mother wanted him to go on a blind date, and Shen Wanyu listed several women he could pursue before he named her.
• Shen Wanyu explained that she was holding back her Mind Reading ability to avoid sensing hostility before the New Year in Yanjing.
• Jiang Linyuan asked Shen Wanyu to be his girlfriend, but she told him to return after the New Year with a less stale proposal and asked for the car keys.
• Shen Wanyu's mother, Zhao Xueyun, encouraged her to pursue a relationship with Jiang Linyuan, and Shen Wanyu wondered whether he would go with her to Yanjing.

Jiang Linyuan returned home with gifts for Jiang Zhiyao, who gave him a scarf she had knitted herself. Their exchange brought Jiang Zhiyao’s unspoken feelings to the surface, but they agreed to leave things as they were.

• Jiang Linyuan bought a car and new phones and electronic devices for his family and Haji Yao.
• Jiang Zhiyao accepted her New Year’s gifts from Jiang Linyuan and warned him not to take excessive risks in the stock market.
• Jiang Zhiyao gave Jiang Linyuan a scarf she had knitted, and he told her he would never forget a gift from his little sister.
• Jiang Zhiyao angrily told Jiang Linyuan to leave with his gifts, then wondered whether she had gone too far.
• Jiang Linyuan reassured Jiang Zhiyao that she was the one beside him now, and they agreed to leave their relationship as it was for the time being.

Jiang Linyuan returned to his rural hometown with his family and chatted with Shen Wanyu and Lin Yilin. His call with Lin Yilin accidentally reached her father, who suspected Jiang Linyuan was her boyfriend and asked her about him.

• Jiang Linyuan told Father Jiang he had bought a car with money from stock trading, then drove with Jiang Zhiyao to their hometown.
• Jiang Linyuan and his family arrived at the old house, where Uncle Yang came over to help them clean and stayed for dinner.
• Jiang Linyuan sent photos of the old house to Shen Wanyu and Lin Yilin, and he chatted with Shen Wanyu about visiting Yanjing after New Year's.
• Lin Yilin video-called Jiang Linyuan, and Father Lin overheard him address her father after she accidentally turned up the volume.
• Father Lin asked whether Jiang Linyuan was Lin Yilin's boyfriend, and Lin Yilin denied it while describing her senior at length.

Jiang Linyuan and his family were interrupted at dinner by Auntie Ma, who tried to arrange matches for the siblings and clashed with Jiang Linyuan and Uncle Yang. Later, Mother Jiang discussed Jiang Zhiyao’s decision to remain single, and reluctantly told her to make her own choices.

• Auntie Ma visited the Jiang family during dinner and criticized Jiang Linyuan and Jiang Zhiyao for being unmarried.
• Jiang Linyuan mocked Auntie Ma’s matchmaking, and she insisted she would bring a suitable girl to meet him during the New Year.
• Uncle Yang lost his temper after Auntie Ma insulted him and threw a stool at her, prompting her to leave.
• Jiang Linyuan drove away after dinner while Mother Jiang and Jiang Zhiyao cleared the dishes and talked about marriage.
• Jiang Zhiyao said she intended to stay single her whole life, and Mother Jiang eventually told her to make her own decisions.

After Jiang Zhiyao realized she loved Jiang Linyuan, he set off fireworks for her, and the two shared a tender moment before fleeing angry villagers. Jiang Zhiyao told him to confess to her in the morning, promising she would go with him.

• Jiang Zhiyao messaged Jiang Linyuan and learned he had bought fireworks and sparklers.
• Jiang Zhiyao wondered whether Jiang Linyuan liked her more than his friends and resolved to compete for his affection.
• Jiang Linyuan called Jiang Zhiyao outside and set off fireworks he had bought just for her.
• Jiang Zhiyao draped her coat over Jiang Linyuan, held his hand, and realized she loved him.
• Jiang Linyuan and Jiang Zhiyao hurried inside when villagers came out angrily over the fireworks.
• Jiang Zhiyao told Jiang Linyuan to confess in the morning and said she would go with him.

Jiang Linyuan helped Jiang Zhiyao catch a mouse and stayed with her in the dark, where she unexpectedly kissed his cheek. After Jiang Linyuan left her room, he ran into Mother Jiang and explained why he was still awake.

• Jiang Zhiyao claimed there was a mouse in her room and persuaded Jiang Linyuan to stay and catch it.
• Jiang Linyuan set glue traps, then used a racket to drive a mouse onto one and showed the trapped mouse to Jiang Zhiyao.
• Jiang Linyuan and Jiang Zhiyao waited in the dark for more mice, and Jiang Linyuan teased her by pretending to spot one.
• When another mouse made a noise, Jiang Zhiyao leaned against Jiang Linyuan and kissed his cheek, leaving him surprised.
• Jiang Linyuan noticed Jiang Zhiyao's bad-girl-ness level had reached A, then told Mother Jiang he had been catching a mouse for her.

Jiang Linyuan spent the day with Jiang Zhiyao and called Yu Songsong while buying New Year's supplies, learning that she would spend the holiday alone at school. He returned home and suggested making extra chive-and-egg dumplings, the filling Yu Songsong liked.

• Jiang Zhiyao brought Jiang Linyuan breakfast in bed and told him to eat it while it was hot.
• Mother Jiang sent Jiang Linyuan to town to buy New Year's supplies, while Jiang Zhiyao stayed home to help prepare lunch.
• Jiang Linyuan video-called Yu Songsong, who said she would stay at school for New Year's and asked him to call her on New Year's Eve.
• Yu Songsong offered to make Jiang Linyuan hand-wrapped chive-and-egg dumplings and told him she had a New Year's gift for him.
• Jiang Linyuan returned home with chives and eggs and suggested that his family make extra dumplings with that filling.