Recaps

Jiang Linyuan spent the winter enjoying an easy routine and arranged for Su Muzhi to visit on New Year’s Day. On New Year’s Eve, Auntie Ma brought a prospective match to the Jiang family, and Jiang Zhiyao went with Jiang Linyuan to face the awkward meeting.

• Jiang Linyuan teased Su Muzhi during their video call, and she told him she planned to visit on the first day of the New Year.
• Su Muzhi said her mother had investigated Jiang Linyuan’s family, while Jiang Linyuan said that was not why he had become friends with her.
• On New Year’s Eve, Auntie Ma arrived at the Jiang home with a middle-aged couple and their daughter, intending to introduce the girl to Jiang Linyuan.
• Jiang Linyuan tried to retreat indoors, but Mother Jiang told Jiang Zhiyao to go with him to meet the visitors.
• Jiang Zhiyao secretly took Jiang Linyuan’s hand, and he did not object.

On New Year’s Eve, Jiang Linyuan and Jiang Zhiyao met Wu Zhiyun for a blind date that quickly turned into a conversation about her failed matches and her teaching job. Wu Zhiyun’s story about a student’s confession revealed a connection to Little Su, leaving Jiang Linyuan curious about what had really happened.

• Auntie Ma brought Wu Zhiyun to meet Jiang Linyuan, while Mother Wu urged her daughter to pursue the handsome college student.
• Jiang Linyuan rejected the match, and Wu Zhiyun explained that this was her thirteenth failed blind date of the year.
• Jiang Linyuan and Jiang Zhiyao listened as Wu Zhiyun described her dating troubles and her work at an elite high school in Shanghai.
• Wu Zhiyun recounted how a girl had confessed to a female classmate surnamed Su, who was then transferred after her family intervened.
• Jiang Linyuan realized the story involved Little Su and decided to ask her about it when she came the next day.

Jiang Linyuan told his family that Su Muzhi would visit on New Year’s Eve, prompting Jiang Zhiyao to admit she would stay by his side despite her jealousy. As evening came, he prepared dumplings to take to Saint of Thieves and received a cryptic message from Huang Taoyan about a surprise.

• After Wu Zhiyun left, Jiang Linyuan told Mother Jiang and Jiang Zhiyao that Su Muzhi would visit on New Year’s Eve.
• Mother Jiang worried about Su Muzhi’s relationship with Jiang Linyuan, while Jiang Zhiyao objected to her visiting and asked him to spend the next day with her.
• Jiang Zhiyao told Jiang Linyuan she would always stay by his side, though she warned she might snap at Su Muzhi the next day.
• Jiang Linyuan prepared dumplings to take to Saint of Thieves before the New Year’s Eve dinner.
• Huang Taoyan messaged Jiang Linyuan that she had a big surprise planned, and he left with the dumplings to find Saint of Thieves.

Jiang Linyuan encountered Yu Songsong on a snowy New Year's Eve while he was delivering dumplings to the Saint of Thieves. She reunited with him, gave him handmade gloves, and he drove her home to meet his family, leaving them together as the snow grew heavier.

• Jiang Linyuan found Yu Songsong blocking the village road and froze when she recognized him and hugged him.
• Yu Songsong said she had missed Jiang Linyuan, explained that Huang Taoyan had told her where he lived, and gave him the gloves she had knitted.
• Jiang Linyuan parked Yu Songsong's rental car and let her ride with him, where she spotted the dumplings he had packed.
• Yu Songsong kissed Jiang Linyuan and confessed that she loved him, while he told her not to distract him as he drove.
• Jiang Linyuan said Yu Songsong would meet his parents, and they continued home together through the heavy snow.

Jiang Linyuan brought Yu Songsong home for New Year's Eve, where his parents mistook her visit for a sign that their relationship was becoming official. Yu Songsong bonded with Jiang Zhiyao in the kitchen, while Mother Jiang worried about both girls and considered blaming Jiang Linyuan for the situation.

• Jiang Linyuan returned home with Yu Songsong and introduced her to Mother Jiang as a friend.
• Father Jiang gave Yu Songsong a red envelope, and Jiang Linyuan told his father he would try to make her his girlfriend while insisting his other good friends were involved.
• Mother Jiang and Yu Songsong went to help Jiang Zhiyao prepare dinner, and Yu Songsong said she did not mind being away from her family for New Year's Eve.
• Jiang Zhiyao's irritation toward Yu Songsong faded as they cooked together and discussed Jiang Linyuan's preferences.
• Mother Jiang admired Yu Songsong but worried that both she and Jiang Zhiyao might be hurt, and she wondered if the family should get rid of Jiang Linyuan.

Jiang Linyuan spent New Year’s Eve with his family and called Shen Wanyu, arranging to visit her and Shen Guoguo in Yanjing on the second day of the new year. As midnight approached, he received New Year’s greetings from several friends, while the chapter closed on the weight of past regrets and Ma Yan’s inability to face her father.

• Jiang Linyuan stayed out of the kitchen to give Jiang Zhiyao and Yu Songsong time together, then called Shen Wanyu while his family watched the Spring Festival Gala.
• Shen Wanyu and Shen Guoguo spoke with Jiang Linyuan, and they arranged for him to visit them in Yanjing on the second day of the new year.
• Su Muzhi listened to her Music Box and exchanged New Year’s messages with Jiang Linyuan.
• Lin Yilin and Zhang Juntang each sent Jiang Linyuan New Year’s greetings, and he prepared to answer calls at midnight.
• As the year turned, the narration reflected on passing time and noted that Ma Yan would never dare to look her father in the eye.

Jiang Linyuan welcomed the New Year with Jiang Zhiyao and Yu Songsong, then exchanged greetings with Shen Guoguo, Shen Wanyu, Su Muzhi, and Lin Yilin. Afterward, Yu Songsong admitted to Jiang Zhiyao that she still liked him, even though she knew he was stringing her along.

• Jiang Linyuan set off fireworks with Jiang Zhiyao and Yu Songsong as the New Year began.
• Shen Guoguo called Jiang Linyuan using Shen Wanyu's account, and he exchanged New Year's greetings with both of them.
• Su Muzhi called Jiang Linyuan, complained that he had spoken to Shen Wanyu before her, and warned him she would get revenge when they met.
• Shen Wanyu heard Jiang Linyuan's calls and hung up after teasing him about being busy, then Lin Yilin called and exchanged greetings with him.
• Jiang Zhiyao confronted Yu Songsong about still liking Jiang Linyuan, and Yu Songsong said she was willing to be strung along.

On New Year's Eve, Yu Songsong sneaked into Jiang Linyuan's bed, but Jiang Zhiyao caught her and sent her away. Jiang Zhiyao then shared the bed with Jiang Linyuan, kissed him, and left him wide awake as they anticipated Su Muzhi's visit the next day.

• Yu Songsong crept into Jiang Linyuan's room and pressed against him in bed, but Jiang Zhiyao's voice outside interrupted them.
• Jiang Zhiyao entered the room, discovered Yu Songsong beneath Jiang Linyuan's covers, and ordered her to leave.
• Jiang Zhiyao brought a second quilt and lay beside Jiang Linyuan, warning him to think carefully about pursuing relationships.
• Jiang Zhiyao told Jiang Linyuan to move closer, mentioned Su Muzhi's visit the next day, and kissed him before hiding under her quilt.

Jiang Linyuan spent New Year’s Eve sharing a room with Jiang Zhiyao, then welcomed Yu Songsong and his parents the next morning. Su Muzhi arrived unexpectedly and kissed him in front of the family, leaving the story with Yu Songsong and Jiang Zhiyao facing her arrival.

• Jiang Linyuan tried to sneak out to the bathroom, but Jiang Zhiyao caught him and agreed to keep watch while he went.
• Jiang Linyuan woke early on New Year’s Day and joined Yu Songsong for breakfast while Jiang Zhiyao stayed in his room.
• Jiang Linyuan’s father asked when Su Muzhi would arrive, and Yu Songsong grew jealous when Jiang Linyuan said she was coming.
• Jiang Zhiyao crept out of Jiang Linyuan’s room after lunch while Jiang Linyuan and his parents went about their day.
• Su Muzhi arrived with gifts, hugged Jiang Linyuan, and bit his ear as she greeted Jiang’s mother.
• Su Muzhi saw Yu Songsong, accused Jiang Linyuan of preparing another surprise, and bit his lips.

Su Muzhi visited Jiang Linyuan’s family for New Year and clashed with Yu Songsong and Jiang Zhiyao over who belonged in his life. After Jiang Linyuan said he planned to visit Shen Wanyu in Yanjing, Su Muzhi announced that she was going there too.

• Su Muzhi kissed Jiang Linyuan in front of Jiang Zhiyao and Yu Songsong, then dismissed their protests as a joke between friends.
• Jiang Linyuan brought Su Muzhi inside, where Father Jiang told him to give her the red envelope in his coat pocket.
• Su Muzhi and Yu Songsong argued about whether Yu counted as an outsider in Jiang Linyuan’s family.
• Su Muzhi asked where Yu had slept, and Jiang Zhiyao said Yu had shared her room.
• Jiang Linyuan said he would travel to Yanjing the next day to see Shen Wanyu, but refused to bring Jiang Zhiyao and Yu Songsong.
• Su Muzhi said she was also going to Yanjing.

Su Muzhi confronted Jiang Linyuan about her resentment toward Shen Wanyu and struggled to understand her feelings for him. After he kissed her and asked her not to come to Yanjing, she left, deeply hurt.

• Su Muzhi pulled Jiang Linyuan indoors and questioned him about the story of a girl who had confessed to her in high school.
• Su Muzhi blamed Shen Wanyu for knowing the girl planned to confess publicly and for not stopping her, then recalled feeling betrayed when Shen Wanyu had let her cat run off.
• Jiang Linyuan asked whether Su Muzhi had truly regarded Shen Wanyu as a friend or merely as an entertaining toy, and Su Muzhi insisted she would not forgive her.
• Jiang Linyuan kissed Su Muzhi, and she asked him to confess to her again, but she rejected his words and realized his indifference made them feel sickening.
• Jiang Linyuan asked Su Muzhi not to come to Yanjing when he went to spend time with Shen Wanyu, and Su Muzhi walked out hurt.

Jiang Linyuan followed Su Muzhi after she left his family’s home and joined her in the car to Yanjing. Su Muzhi then taunted Shen Wanyu by taking Jiang Linyuan there while threatening to keep him from seeing her.

• Su Muzhi left the Jiang family home, and Jiang Linyuan caught up with her at her car.
• Jiang Linyuan climbed into Su Muzhi’s car, and she ordered Auntie Yun to drive them to Yanjing.
• Jiang Linyuan messaged his family that he was safe, while Su Muzhi questioned whether he had contacted Shen Wanyu.
• Su Muzhi called Shen Wanyu, who hung up after neither of them spoke, then made Jiang Linyuan call her back.
• Su Muzhi told Shen Wanyu she had brought Jiang Linyuan to Yanjing but would not let him see her, and Shen Wanyu hung up again.

Su Muzhi brought Jiang Linyuan to her villa in Yanjing and maneuvered him into cooking dinner while she planned their New Year's holiday together. The chapter ended with Su Muzhi challenging him to drink baijiu, leaving Jiang Linyuan expecting a long night.

• Su Muzhi led Jiang Linyuan to her detached villa in Yanjing and said she planned to spend the holiday with him, including visiting Shen Wanyu together.
• Su Muzhi revealed she had come to see a Palace Lantern Festival event and persuaded Jiang Linyuan to cook dinner while she relaxed.
• Jiang Linyuan prepared a meal, and Su Muzhi eagerly ate the spicy dishes despite claiming she preferred mild food.
• Su Muzhi brought out Moutai and poured two glasses, then challenged Jiang Linyuan to drink after he realized she might never have tried baijiu.

Su Muzhi got drunk and confronted Jiang Linyuan about his pursuit of Shen Wanyu, revealing that seeing him with other women made her jealous. She asked whether he wanted to like her, then held him as they slept together, insisting he would eventually fall in love with her.

• Su Muzhi grew intoxicated, mistook the sofa for Jiang Linyuan, and followed him around while he cleaned up.
• Jiang Linyuan asked Su Muzhi what she thought of the Department Head, and she questioned whether he liked her or was only following her instructions.
• Su Muzhi admitted that seeing Jiang Linyuan pursue Shen Wanyu hurt and seeing him with Yu Songsong made her angry, though she also enjoyed watching his romantic entanglements.
• Jiang Linyuan carried Su Muzhi upstairs, and she asked whether he wanted to like her; he told her that liking someone took two people.
• Su Muzhi asked Jiang Linyuan to sleep beside her, and they held each other in bed while she said she would sleep with him if he truly fell in love with her.

Su Muzhi spent the night teasing and kissing Jiang Linyuan before they slept together, and in the morning she acted as if their closeness had changed their relationship. They left in Jiang Linyuan’s car, heading to a destination Su Muzhi entered while she went back to sleep.

• Su Muzhi teased Jiang Linyuan in bed, clung to him, and drew him into the bathroom before sending him out and changing into her pajamas.
• Jiang Linyuan took a cold shower, dried Su Muzhi’s hair, and kissed her after she said she was forcing a kiss.
• Su Muzhi cuddled Jiang Linyuan through the night, then woke briefly in the morning to ask him to make hot chocolate before falling asleep again.
• Jiang Linyuan sent the Department Head a good-morning message and drove Su Muzhi away in her car.
• Su Muzhi entered a destination into the navigation, told Jiang Linyuan the Department Head would be there, and fell asleep as he drove.

Jiang Linyuan and Su Muzhi visited Shen Wanyu in Beijing, where teasing over douzhi and their relationship followed them through a crowded New Year outing. As Shen Wanyu led the way, Jiang tried to hold her hand too, but she repeatedly told him to let go.

• Jiang Linyuan and Su Muzhi parked near Beichizi Street, and he called Shen Wanyu to find her home.
• While waiting at a douzhi stall, Jiang and Su playfully tried to make each other drink the sour beverage.
• Shen Wanyu arrived, drank the extra bowl of douzhi, and argued with Su over who would pay and who was keeping Jiang company.
• Shen Wanyu led the three through the crowded streets, while Su held Jiang's hand and told him to stay close.
• Jiang took Shen Wanyu's hand, claiming he was afraid of getting lost, but she repeatedly ordered him to let go.

Jiang Linyuan visited Shen Wanyu’s courtyard with Su Muzhi for the New Year, where tensions surfaced between Shen Wanyu and Su Muzhi and they met Zhao Qiuluo. Shen Guoguo then arranged for Jiang Linyuan and Shen Wanyu to attend a Lantern Festival together the next day.

• Jiang Linyuan and Shen Wanyu encountered Zhao Qiuluo outside the courtyard, where Zhao left a gift for Shen Wanyu and greeted Su Muzhi and Jiang Linyuan before departing.
• Shen Guoguo welcomed Jiang Linyuan but objected to Su Muzhi’s presence, then argued with Su Muzhi after she reprimanded her.
• Jiang Linyuan changed the subject and learned from Shen Wanyu that Zhao Qiuluo was the daughter of Shen Pingyan’s subordinate and that the courtyard was usually empty outside the New Year.
• Shen Guoguo told Jiang Linyuan that she had booked costumes and a makeup artist for him and Shen Wanyu to attend the Forbidden City Lantern Festival the next day.
• Jiang Linyuan joked about dressing as Satan or a localized Underworld Emperor, while Shen Guoguo insisted on traditional festival outfits.

Jiang Linyuan tried to bring Shen Wanyu and Su Muzhi together to plan for the Lantern Festival, while their rivalry resurfaced. Zhao Qiuluo arrived with food, and Shen Wanyu hinted that Jiang Linyuan had disappointed her and would be punished.

• Shen Wanyu and Su Muzhi traded barbs as Shen Wanyu accused Su Muzhi of wanting to control Jiang Linyuan.
• Jiang Linyuan brought Su Muzhi over to join Shen Wanyu and Shen Guoguo in planning their Lantern Festival outfits.
• Jiang Linyuan persuaded Su Muzhi to stay overnight at Shen Wanyu's house.
• Zhao Qiuluo visited with extra dishes, and Shen Wanyu invited her to join the meal.
• Su Muzhi teased Jiang Linyuan before leaving for her room, while Shen Wanyu told him she would punish him for disappointing her.

Zhao Qiuluo apologized to Jiang Linyuan and spoke with him about Su Muzhi, her engagement, and family backgrounds while Shen Wanyu stayed distant. After Zhao Qiuluo left, Jiang Linyuan noticed that she had found her lost phone beneath the dining table after borrowing his to call it.

• Zhao Qiuluo apologized to Jiang Linyuan for upsetting Su Muzhi and revealed that she was engaged and planned to marry after graduation.
• Shen Guoguo said she did not want to marry because she feared spending less time with Shen Wanyu, and Jiang Linyuan and Zhao Qiuluo reassured her about her height.
• Zhao Qiuluo asked about Jiang Linyuan's knowledge of Su Muzhi's wealthy family and admitted her own family disapproved of her fiancé.
• Shen Wanyu left the table and returned to her room, while Shen Guoguo urged Jiang Linyuan to go cheer her up.
• Zhao Qiuluo helped Jiang Linyuan clear the dishes, then borrowed his phone to call her missing phone and found it ringing beneath the dining table.

Jiang Linyuan discussed Zhao Qiuluo’s suspicious interest with Su Muzhi, who admitted her possessiveness and asked him to hold her while they slept at Shen Wanyu’s house. The next day, Zhao Qiuluo called to discuss the Lantern Festival, and Jiang Linyuan wondered whether she had deliberately made him hear her boyfriend.

• Jiang Linyuan told Su Muzhi that Zhao Qiuluo had given him her phone number, and Su Muzhi said Zhao had seemed too calm.
• Su Muzhi said she was possessive and offered to cut Jiang Linyuan off from Yu Songsong, Lin Yilin, and Zhang Juntang, but Jiang Linyuan told her not to be brutal.
• Su Muzhi said she would try to fall in love with Jiang Linyuan and asked him to hold her while they slept at Shen Wanyu’s house.
• The next day, Zhao Qiuluo called Jiang Linyuan and offered to recommend clothing stores for the Lantern Festival, saying she would attend with her boyfriend.
• Zhao Qiuluo ended the call after a man asked whether she was on the phone, leaving Jiang Linyuan to wonder if she had staged the moment.

Jiang Linyuan and the others went to a costume shop before the Forbidden City Lantern Festival and changed into historical outfits. After Su Muzhi kissed Jiang Linyuan and Shen Wanyu appeared in a Daoist robe, the group traded teasing remarks and prepared to head out.

• Jiang Linyuan left with Shen Wanyu, Su Muzhi, and Shen Guoguo to explore before the Lantern Festival crowds arrived.
• Shen Guoguo took the group to her reserved makeup shop, where a makeup artist dressed and made up Jiang Linyuan.
• Jiang Linyuan praised Shen Guoguo's light-blue outfit, then saw Su Muzhi in a red bridal robe.
• Su Muzhi teased Jiang Linyuan and kissed him twice, while Shen Guoguo tried to separate them and protested.
• Shen Wanyu emerged in a plain white Daoist robe, and she and Su Muzhi exchanged barbs about their outfits and Su Muzhi's figure.

During a festival outing, Jiang Linyuan challenged Su Muzhi to distinguish love from possessiveness and warned that forcing him to accept her would not make them happy. Su Muzhi asked him to court other girls and make her fall for him, then demanded that he control her and make her his.

• Jiang Linyuan and Su Muzhi teased each other while Shen Guoguo urged Shen Wanyu to pay attention to him.
• Su Muzhi offered to let Shen Wanyu hold Jiang Linyuan's other hand, but Shen Wanyu dismissed her and walked ahead.
• The group rested after Little Su tired, and Su Muzhi asked Jiang Linyuan whether he cared about her.
• Jiang Linyuan questioned Su Muzhi's jealousy and told her that possessiveness alone did not make a loving relationship.
• Su Muzhi asked Jiang Linyuan to court other girls so she could fall for him, then told him to make her his possession.

Jiang Linyuan toured with Shen Wanyu and Su Muzhi, while Su Muzhi urged him to hold Shen Wanyu’s hand and tested her own jealousy. They met Zhao Qiuluo, her boyfriend Li Wang, and photographer Xia Tao, who joined their group to take pictures.

• Shen Wanyu returned with candied hawthorns, and Su Muzhi and Jiang Linyuan teased her about their conversation.
• Su Muzhi pushed Jiang Linyuan toward Shen Wanyu, who caught his hand but soon let go.
• Su Muzhi joked about pushing Jiang Linyuan into danger to see whether Shen Wanyu would save him, and Jiang Linyuan edged closer to Shen Wanyu.
• Jiang Linyuan and the others met Xia Tao, who asked to photograph them, and Zhao Qiuluo introduced her alongside Li Wang.
• Xia Tao admitted she had left Zhao Qiuluo and Li Wang because she felt like a third wheel, so Su Muzhi invited her to take their pictures.

Xia Tao photographed Jiang Linyuan, Shen Wanyu, and Su Muzhi during their outing in Yanjing, then posted Jiang’s pictures in a photography chat. The photos reached Huang Taoyan, who learned that Zhang Juntang had missed her chance to visit Jiang and planned to see him later in Minhai instead.

• Xia Tao photographed Jiang Linyuan and Su Muzhi together while Shen Wanyu watched from a milk tea shop, then Shen Wanyu joined them for more pictures.
• Su Muzhi teased Shen Wanyu for fearing regret and urged her to take the initiative with Jiang Linyuan, but Shen Wanyu denied she would regret her choices.
• Xia Tao posted Jiang Linyuan’s pictures in her photography group after getting his permission, and Huang Taoyan recognized him and messaged him.
• Jiang Linyuan blocked Huang Taoyan after she joked with him, and Huang complained to her cousin Zhang Juntang.
• Huang Taoyan discovered Yu Songsong had visited Jiang on New Year’s Eve, while Zhang Juntang said she planned to visit her roommate in Minhai, where Jiang would also go after the New Year.

At a milk tea shop, Xia Tao told Jiang Linyuan, Su Muzhi, and Shen Wanyu how her childhood friend Li Wang had become engaged to Senior Zhao, while their teasing revealed the tangled dynamics among them. Li Wang and Zhao Qiuluo then arrived and began arguing over Xia Tao, leaving the group ready to watch the confrontation.

• Xia Tao told Shen Guoguo that she could not tell which woman Jiang Linyuan liked more, then admitted that her childhood friend Li Wang had become engaged to Senior Zhao.
• Jiang Linyuan paid Xia Tao to hear her story, and Su Muzhi teased her while describing how she would react if someone she loved left her.
• Jiang Linyuan joked with Shen Wanyu about having children, and Shen Wanyu tapped him on the head.
• Zhao Qiuluo and Li Wang entered the shop, and Li Wang insisted they clear up their disagreement face-to-face.
• Su Muzhi and Shen Wanyu moved with Shen Guoguo to a nearby table to watch, while Su Muzhi kept Jiang Linyuan seated.