Recaps

Jiang Linyuan navigated the Music Festival’s tangled relationships, rescued Zhang Xiaoxiao, and brought Su Muzhi out of the sanatorium before confessing to her. He then prepared for Mother Su’s banquet and arrived with Su Muzhi, where Qian Yan provoked her and Jiang Linyuan met Shen Guoguo.

• Jiang Linyuan visited Su Muzhi at the sanatorium, while Huang Taoyan revealed to Jiang Zhiyao that Jiang Linyuan had written the confession line that ruined Huang Taoyan’s first confession.
• At the class reunion, Jiang Linyuan comforted Zhang Juntang and saw her Bad Woman Level settle at D, while Zhang Juntang confronted Zhang Xiaoxiao over her past bullying.
• Bai Yi’s birthday surprise at the Music Festival drove Zhang Xiaoxiao to the lake, where Jiang Linyuan rescued her after she jumped in.
• Jiang Linyuan struck Zhang Xiaoxiao and Bai Yi after the rescue, and the system awarded him a B-Rank Reward Pool Exchange Card for Zhang Xiaoxiao.
• Jiang Linyuan took Su Muzhi to Qixia Mountain, confessed to her, and gave her the handmade paper-strip music box he had planned for the festival.
• Mother Su arranged a banquet to test Jiang Linyuan, and he trained in etiquette and dancing with Yun Qiao before Su Muzhi took him to choose a suit.
• At the banquet, Su Muzhi had Qian Yan removed after she made a crude offer for Jiang Linyuan, and Gu Lian ended her ties with Qian Yan.
• Jiang Linyuan shared lobster with Shen Guoguo, then told her he would dance with his first dance partner.

Jiang Linyuan balanced his tangled relationships with Shen Wanyu, Su Muzhi, Yu Songsong, and Jiang Zhiyao while bringing his family home for the New Year. The arc left Jiang Zhiyao aware of her love for him, while Jiang Linyuan remained close to her and prepared to celebrate with family and friends.

• At the banquet, Su Muzhi danced with Jiang Linyuan, kissed him, and challenged him to make one of them fall in love.
• Jiang Linyuan accompanied Shen Wanyu to Jinling, met her mother, and later learned that Shen Pingyan wanted his company to work with the government on voice-cloning AI.
• Jiang Zhiyao grew afraid of losing Jiang Linyuan, while he reassured her and continued spending time with her and Yu Songsong.
• Jiang Linyuan rejected Qian Yan’s offers and later told Yu Songsong to value herself, but she kissed him and refused his proposal that she reject a confession from him.
• Jiang Linyuan asked Shen Wanyu to be his girlfriend before the New Year, and she told him to return with a better proposal afterward.
• Jiang Linyuan gave Jiang Zhiyao a scarf and reassured her that she was the one beside him, and they agreed to leave their relationship as it was for now.
• Back in their hometown, Jiang Zhiyao realized she loved Jiang Linyuan after he set off fireworks for her, then kissed his cheek while they waited for mice.
• Jiang Linyuan returned from town with chives and eggs after Yu Songsong invited him to call on New Year’s Eve and promised him a gift.

Jiang Linyuan spent the New Year with Yu Songsong and Su Muzhi before traveling to Yanjing, where Su Muzhi and Shen Wanyu continued to vie for his attention. At the Forbidden City Lantern Festival, Jiang Linyuan met Xia Tao and watched Zhao Qiuluo and Li Wang prepare to address their disagreement.

• Jiang Linyuan met Yu Songsong on New Year’s Eve, brought her home, and introduced her to his family as a friend while she grew closer to Jiang Zhiyao.
• Jiang Zhiyao caught Yu Songsong in Jiang Linyuan’s bed, then kissed him herself, and Su Muzhi arrived the next day and kissed him in front of Yu Songsong and Jiang Zhiyao.
• Su Muzhi questioned Jiang Linyuan about Shen Wanyu, then took him to Yanjing, where they shared a meal and spent the night together before meeting Shen Wanyu and Shen Guoguo.
• Su Muzhi and Shen Wanyu traded barbs at Shen Wanyu’s home, while Shen Guoguo arranged Lantern Festival costumes for the group and Zhao Qiuluo visited.
• Jiang Linyuan accompanied Shen Wanyu, Su Muzhi, and Shen Guoguo to the Forbidden City Lantern Festival, where Su Muzhi wore a red bridal robe and Shen Wanyu wore a white Daoist robe.
• Jiang Linyuan and the others met Xia Tao, who photographed them, and Xia Tao later told Shen Guoguo she could not tell which woman Jiang Linyuan liked more.
• Xia Tao revealed that her childhood friend Li Wang was engaged to Senior Zhao, and Su Muzhi and Shen Wanyu watched as Li Wang insisted on discussing his disagreement with Zhao Qiuluo face-to-face.

Jiang Linyuan navigated Zhao Qiuluo’s schemes and his shifting relationships with Su Muzhi and Shen Wanyu, while a glimpse of the future pushed him to reconsider what might happen to the women he cared about. After saying goodbye to Shen Guoguo in Yanjing, he and Su Muzhi traveled to Xiao Yilin’s hometown, where Lin Yilin prepared to receive them.

• Zhao Qiuluo sought Jiang Linyuan’s help with her breakup with Li Wang, but Jiang Linyuan and Su Muzhi exposed her attempt to use him against Su Muzhi.
• Jiang Linyuan took Zhao Qiuluo to an amusement park and presented her with brass knuckles instead of a ring, then Su Muzhi confronted him and he drew the Heart Slave skill.
• Jiang Linyuan used Heart Slave to hear Su Muzhi’s thoughts, admitted he liked her, and insisted he would not give up anyone he cared about, while Su Muzhi refused to be his girlfriend unless she could possess him completely.
• Jiang Linyuan read a future in which Shen Wanyu withdrew and died by suicide, Su Muzhi’s heart condition worsened, and Xiao Yilin suffered heartbreak, so he resolved to change that future.
• Jiang Linyuan kept Shen Wanyu’s Starry Sky Projector and persuaded her to go stargazing with him in summer, then they agreed they could catch up as friends.
• Shen Guoguo told Jiang Linyuan about the Shen family’s conflict over Shen Wanyu and Aunt Xueyun, and Jiang Linyuan promised to return and bought Shen Guoguo a phone.
• Jiang Linyuan and Su Muzhi arrived in Xiao Yilin’s hometown, where Lin Yilin learned Su Muzhi was with him and prepared a guest room while feeling jealous and conflicted.