Chapter Summaries

Jiang Linyuan shared dinner with Shen Wanyu, Su Muzhi, and their family, then received Zhao Xueyun’s plea not to abandon either woman. Outside, he and Shen Wanyu discussed Su Muzhi’s plans and what they would do if Jiang Linyuan died, before Su Muzhi interrupted them from the car.

• Jiang Linyuan ate dinner with the family while Zhao Xueyun recounted childhood stories about Shen Wanyu and Su Muzhi.
• Jiang Linyuan tried to shift blame among the family members, but Shen Wanyu and Su Muzhi repeatedly challenged him.
• Zhao Xueyun privately asked Jiang Linyuan not to make Shen Wanyu or Su Muzhi suffer or abandon them, and he promised he would not give up.
• Jiang Linyuan noticed Zhao Xueyun seemed unwell and messaged Shen Pingyan to take better care of her.
• Shen Wanyu questioned Jiang Linyuan about what he would do if Su Muzhi died and what he would do if he died, then Su Muzhi interrupted their conversation from the car.

Jiang Linyuan, Su Muzhi, and Shen Wanyu watched the school anniversary short film together, trading teasing remarks as Jiang hoped the two women would grow closer. The film ended with Jiang and Shen exchanging satisfied looks, while Su Muzhi kept pinching Jiang’s hand and accusing him of looking at someone else.

• Jiang Linyuan joked with Su Muzhi and Shen Wanyu about his acting debut, drawing teasing and pinches from both women.
• Su Muzhi admitted she liked the lively school anniversary celebration despite finding the crowds overwhelming, and Jiang hoped she and Shen would reconcile.
• Su Muzhi asked whether Jiang would be happy if only Shen stayed with him, and he said he would not; Su then teased Shen about the romantic scenes in the short film.
• The school anniversary short film showed Shen Wanyu in a white dress guiding Jiang Linyuan around campus, and Su teased Shen about watching him closely.
• At the film’s ending, Jiang and Shen exchanged approving looks, and Su Muzhi pinched Jiang’s hand again while joking that his eyes were on someone else.

Su Muzhi, Jiang Linyuan, and Shen Wanyu clarified their tangled feelings during a campus light show, but Shen Wanyu remained uncertain about what she wanted. Later, Su Muzhi took Jiang Linyuan home and reaffirmed that she intended to bind their lives together.

• Su Muzhi invited Shen Wanyu to walk with her and Jiang Linyuan during the anniversary celebration, and the three watched a drone light show.
• Su Muzhi confronted Shen Wanyu about why she had deliberately left her cat with her as a child, while Shen Wanyu admitted she would make the same choice again.
• Jiang Linyuan said he would not leave Su Muzhi, and Shen Wanyu struggled with whether accepting him would make their relationship unequal.
• Su Muzhi said their conversation had only changed their relationship from hatred to indifference, while Jiang Linyuan tried to coax Shen Wanyu into smiling.
• Su Muzhi took Jiang Linyuan home, told him she had stopped being jealous of Shen Wanyu, and demanded that he marry her, raise children with her, and remember her forever.

Jiang Linyuan planned a May Day trip to Xiangyang Ancient City with Shen Wanyu and Su, while Lin Yilin schemed to follow Jiang Linyuan on his trip under the guise of a chance encounter. Yu Songsong hinted that she would meet Lin Yilin during the holiday, leaving Lin Yilin unaware of what she meant.

• Zhao Xueyun and Shen Wanyu teased Jiang Linyuan, and he invited Shen Wanyu on a May Day trip to Xiangyang Ancient City with her and Su.
• Shen Wanyu agreed to contact Jiang Linyuan later about the trip and privately told herself it was repayment for time he had taken from her.
• Lin Yilin planned to turn down Jiang Linyuan's invitation, then secretly travel to wherever he went so she could learn about romance firsthand.
• Lin Yilin invited Zhang Juntang to travel with her, and Zhang Juntang agreed because she hoped Jiang Linyuan would accompany Lin Yilin.
• Lin Yilin declined Jiang Linyuan's invitation but asked for his destination, arrival time, hotel address, video calls, and location sharing.
• Yu Songsong messaged Lin Yilin about meeting during May Day, but Lin Yilin dismissed the idea and focused on her plan to be with Jiang Linyuan.

Jiang Linyuan told Su Muzhi that Yu Songsong planned to follow their May Day trip, while Lin Yilin met Yu Songsong to discuss surprising him. Yu Songsong and Lin Yilin agreed to follow Jiang Linyuan together, with Lin Yilin mentioning that Zhang Juntang would join them too.

• Jiang Linyuan told Su Muzhi that Yu Songsong wanted to tag along on their trip and that he wanted Yu Songsong to keep an eye on Lin Yilin.
• Lin Yilin met Yu Songsong at a milk tea shop, where Yu Songsong admitted she hated Lin Yilin but acknowledged that they both liked Jiang Linyuan.
• Yu Songsong asked Lin Yilin whether she planned to surprise Jiang Linyuan on May Day, and Lin Yilin confirmed that she did.
• Yu Songsong suggested that they follow Jiang Linyuan together and compete on their own merits, and Lin Yilin agreed.
• Lin Yilin told Yu Songsong that her roommate Zhang Juntang would also be coming along.

Jiang Linyuan, Shen Wanyu, and Su Muzhi drove to Xiangyang for a road trip, where their teasing gave way to a quiet conversation about Su Muzhi’s illness and the people who cared for her. The chapter left them continuing their journey, with Jiang Linyuan determined to stop scheming and let Su Muzhi choose what she wanted.

• Jiang Linyuan drove Shen Wanyu and Su Muzhi toward Xiangyang while the two women bickered and watched a cancer film.
• At a midnight rest stop, Shen Wanyu covered the sleeping Su Muzhi with a blanket and recalled how Su Muzhi used to visit her as a child.
• Jiang Linyuan reassured Shen Wanyu that Su Muzhi would recover, then stepped outside and resolved that this would be his last time scheming.
• Su Muzhi woke and asked Shen Wanyu to make Jiang Linyuan rest when he returned from buying food.
• Su Muzhi told Shen Wanyu that a nurse had praised Jiang Linyuan’s devotion, then asked her not to let him cry.
• Jiang Linyuan returned with hot buns, and the three resumed teasing one another before continuing their trip.

Jiang Linyuan reunited with Lin Yilin, Yu Songsong, and Zhang Juntang in the ancient city, then spent an intimate evening with Yu Songsong as she opened up about her feelings and future. After Su Muzhi learned he had stayed away to care for Yu Songsong, she set out to confront him, leaving Jiang Linyuan bracing for trouble.

• Shen Wanyu made Jiang Linyuan book another room, but he left to meet Lin Yilin, Yu Songsong, and Zhang Juntang at the station.
• Jiang Linyuan drove the three women to their hotel, where Lin Yilin discovered Yu Songsong had secretly been in contact with him.
• Yu Songsong kissed Jiang Linyuan outside the hotel, and they later returned to her room, where she confessed her love and shared an intimate evening with him.
• Yu Songsong asked whether she could become a good mother, and Jiang Linyuan reassured her before helping her bathe and settling her to sleep.
• Su Muzhi repeatedly hung up on Jiang Linyuan before demanding his address, while Shen Wanyu also called him and sounded displeased.

Yu Songsong and Su Muzhi confronted the complicated arrangement around Jiang Linyuan, and Shen Wanyu revealed that Su Muzhi had a terminal illness and limited time left. The chapter ended with Su Muzhi and Jiang Linyuan reconciling after she angrily punched a wall, then taking a picture together.

• Yu Songsong teased Jiang Linyuan about explaining their intimacy to Su Muzhi before Su Muzhi and Shen Wanyu arrived.
• Su Muzhi confronted Yu Songsong, while Shen Wanyu challenged her about knowingly becoming Jiang Linyuan's other woman.
• Shen Wanyu told Yu Songsong that Su Muzhi had a terminal illness, might live only a little over a decade, and could not have a child because of her condition.
• Yu Songsong offered to be a surrogate so Su Muzhi could leave Jiang Linyuan with a biological child.
• Su Muzhi accused Jiang Linyuan of bringing the women in his life together, then punched a wall and let him comfort her.
• Su Muzhi and Jiang Linyuan made up, and she asked him to take a picture with her while showing her reddened fist.

During the May Day holiday, Su Muzhi and Jiang Linyuan shopped together, teased their friends with gifts, and visited Lin Yilin after she woke. Su Muzhi agreed to let Lin Yilin spend time alone with Jiang Linyuan the next day, while Lin Yilin grew suspicious of Zhang Juntang and prepared to question her.

• Su Muzhi and Jiang Linyuan ate noodles, discussed her jealousy, and bought gifts for Yu Songsong, Shen Wanyu, and Lin Yilin.
• Su Muzhi gave Yu Songsong a green beret and Shen Wanyu a cat collar bell, while Shen Wanyu accepted the odd gift despite disliking cats.
• Jiang Linyuan and Su Muzhi woke Lin Yilin with Zhang Juntang's help, startled her, and gave her plush charms and Zhang Juntang a photo of Jiang Linyuan pretending to be angry.
• Su Muzhi agreed that Lin Yilin could spend time alone with Jiang Linyuan the next day and warned Zhang Juntang not to follow them.
• After Su Muzhi and Jiang Linyuan left, Lin Yilin confronted Zhang Juntang, puzzled by her excitement over Jiang Linyuan's photo and Su Muzhi's wariness of her.

Lin Yilin confronted Zhang Juntang about her past with Jiang Linyuan and mistakenly concluded that Juntang had secretly slept with him in high school. Still confused about her feelings and the other girls close to him, Lin Yilin asked Shen Wanyu for advice, then grew curious about what Juntang had done.

• Lin Yilin confronted Zhang Juntang, who confessed to doing something selfish and shameful involving Senior Brother in high school.
• Zhang Juntang said Senior Brother had forgiven her, Senior Sister Su knew, and she planned to keep her distance from the two of them.
• Lin Yilin decided that Zhang Juntang had secretly slept with Senior Brother while he was unaware, and asked whether her actions counted as a crime.
• Lin Yilin asked Shen Wanyu for advice about her friend's complicated situation, but Shen Wanyu told her to follow her heart, stay away from the boy, or ask Jiang Linyuan.
• Lin Yilin asked Zhang Juntang whether her secret behavior had felt good, and Juntang admitted she had done it more than once.

Jiang Linyuan and Su Muzhi spent the evening exploring the ancient city, where Su Muzhi refused to give a little girl ice cream and later discussed motherhood and relationships with Shen Wanyu. The chapter left Su Muzhi and Shen Wanyu acknowledging their differences while still caring about each other.

• Su Muzhi took selfies with Jiang Linyuan and sent them to Shen Wanyu while they ate ice cream in the ancient city.
• Su Muzhi stopped another girl from feeding a little girl ice cream, then took Jiang Linyuan’s ice cream and ate it herself.
• The little girl’s mother came to take her away, and Su Muzhi argued with the other girl about why the child had not been given ice cream.
• After Su Muzhi and Jiang Linyuan returned to the hotel, Su Muzhi and Shen Wanyu shared a room while Jiang Linyuan left.
• Su Muzhi asked Shen Wanyu about becoming a mother and urged her to stop treating love as a contest with only one winner.
• Shen Wanyu told Su Muzhi that they had major differences, and Su Muzhi reflected that they could still look out for each other.

Shen Wanyu and Jiang Linyuan spent the morning bantering with Su Muzhi before splitting up to check on their companions. Jiang Linyuan and Shen Wanyu visited Lin Yilin and Zhang Juntang, where Lin Yilin nervously tried to keep Su Muzhi away.

• Shen Wanyu found Jiang Linyuan outside her room, let him tie her hair, and woke Su Muzhi, who pulled Jiang Linyuan under the covers with her.
• After breakfast, Su Muzhi went to check on the Saint of Thieves, while Shen Wanyu and Jiang Linyuan headed to Lin Yilin's room.
• Lin Yilin opened the door looking exhausted and hurried into the bathroom after Jiang Linyuan asked whether she had stayed up late.
• Lin Yilin insisted that Shen Wanyu not call Su Muzhi over, saying Su Muzhi's important business came first.
• Shen Wanyu saw Zhang Juntang sitting upright on the bed, and Zhang Juntang silently resolved to share the surprise she had prepared for Jiang Linyuan with Shen Wanyu too.

Jiang Linyuan, Lin Yilin, Shen Wanyu, and Zhang Juntang visited Tang City Film Base, where Lin Yilin dressed as a heroine and shared a romantic horseback ride with Jiang Linyuan. Shen Wanyu sent a photo of them to Su Muzhi, whose jealousy prompted Yu Songsong to ask where they were so she could join them.

• Jiang Linyuan let Lin Yilin choose between Fantasy Valley Amusement Park and Tang City Film Base, and the group went to Tang City Film Base.
• Lin Yilin dressed in a red martial-artist outfit, while Zhang Juntang wore an ivory costume, and Jiang Linyuan teased them as they showed off their looks.
• Lin Yilin invited Jiang Linyuan to ride a white horse with her, and they shared an embrace and confessed that they liked each other as Zhang Juntang took a photo.
• Shen Wanyu photographed Jiang Linyuan and Lin Yilin on the horse and sent the picture to Su Muzhi.
• Su Muzhi reacted jealously to the photo, then showed it to Yu Songsong, who asked where they were so she could join them.

Jiang Linyuan spent the day sightseeing with Shen Wanyu, Zhang Juntang, and Lin Yilin, teasing Shen Wanyu and joking about who was prettiest. On a boat ride, Lin Yilin explained that she was content with their relationship and kissed him, while Zhang Juntang caught the moment on camera.

• Shen Wanyu kept kicking Jiang Linyuan until Zhang Juntang and Lin Yilin intervened, and she finally agreed to stop before leaving in a huff.
• Jiang Linyuan and the others watched a dance performance, where he jokingly declared himself prettier than all the women.
• The four rode a covered boat, and Lin Yilin told Jiang Linyuan she accepted their situation despite sometimes feeling jealous.
• Lin Yilin kissed Jiang Linyuan on the lips, then turned away in embarrassment as Zhang Juntang aimed her camera at them.

Jiang Linyuan took Shen Wanyu, Lin Yilin, and Zhang Juntang camping at South Peak Grassland, where they hiked, photographed one another, and watched the sunset. Lin Yilin told Shen Wanyu she still loved the fantasies of her youth and would have stayed devoted to Jiang Linyuan even knowing what he was really like.

• Jiang Linyuan scolded Zhang Juntang for secretly taking photos, then drove with the others to South Peak Grassland to camp.
• The group hiked up the grassland, where Lin Yilin excitedly photographed sheep before they stopped to rest.
• Jiang Linyuan and the others took portraits and a group photo, while Zhang Juntang secretly snapped a picture of Jiang Linyuan and Lin Yilin running together.
• Shen Wanyu asked Lin Yilin whether she had considered leaving, and Lin Yilin urged Shen Wanyu to leave with Senior Sister Su instead.
• Lin Yilin told Shen Wanyu she would still have chosen Jiang Linyuan, because the Senior she knew was the fantasy she had cherished since youth.

Jiang Linyuan camped with Shen Wanyu, Lin Yilin, and Zhang Juntang, sharing a starlit conversation with Shen Wanyu before Lin Yilin visited his tent during the night. The chapter ended with Jiang Linyuan agreeing to sleep in Zhang Juntang’s tent after she caught him leaving his own.

• Jiang Linyuan, Shen Wanyu, Lin Yilin, and Zhang Juntang pitched three tents and settled in at the campsite.
• Jiang Linyuan and Shen Wanyu watched the stars, discussed his feelings for her, and talked about his responsibility and indecision.
• Shen Wanyu asked Lin Yilin and Zhang Juntang how much Jiang Linyuan liked her, then went to her tent.
• Lin Yilin, unable to sleep, joined Jiang Linyuan in his tent, and he reassured her that they had plenty of time together before she fell asleep.
• Zhang Juntang saw Lin Yilin enter Jiang Linyuan’s tent and, after he came outside, offered to let him sleep in hers; Jiang Linyuan accepted.

Jiang Linyuan tried to calm Zhang Juntang, who feared he disliked her and confessed that she still loved him despite his warnings. After she forced him to believe she would not be driven away, Shen Wanyu confronted them from outside the tent.

• Jiang Linyuan found Zhang Juntang unable to sleep and discovered that two slime monsters were attached to her.
• Jiang Linyuan teased Zhang Juntang, then ordered her to get back into her sleeping bag and sleep.
• Zhang Juntang asked whether Jiang Linyuan hated her and admitted she still liked him despite his complicated relationships.
• Jiang Linyuan warned Zhang Juntang not to waste her youth on him, but she insisted her feelings would not change.
• Zhang Juntang pounced on Jiang Linyuan and began removing her bra until he promised not to drive her away.
• Shen Wanyu ordered Jiang Linyuan to open the tent, while Zhang Juntang told him to claim she had forced him.

In the Department Head’s tent, Jiang Linyuan teased Shen Wanyu about becoming his mother, then asked whether she cared what Shen Pingyan thought of him. In Yanjing, Zhao Xueyun pleaded with Shen Pingyan to stop interfering in their daughter’s relationship with Jiang Linyuan.

• Shen Wanyu told Jiang Linyuan to sleep and threatened to stab him if he disturbed her.
• Jiang Linyuan called Shen Wanyu his mother and said she needed to take responsibility, but stopped when she threatened him with a utility knife.
• Shen Wanyu asked Jiang Linyuan how he planned to deal with Shen Pingyan, and he said he had nothing to fear if she cared about what Shen Pingyan thought.
• Shen Pingyan told Zhao Xueyun he was considering driving Jiang Linyuan away because he thought Jiang was too sentimental and out of line.
• Zhao Xueyun recalled the gossip and hardship she and Shen Wanyu had endured, then begged Shen Pingyan to let their daughter live happily with Jiang Linyuan.
• Shen Pingyan stayed silent after Zhao Xueyun pleaded with him.

Jiang Linyuan teased Shen Wanyu in her tent, while she warned him to sleep and asked how he planned to deal with Shen Pingyan. In Yanjing, Zhao Xueyun pleaded with Shen Pingyan to stop interfering in Shen Wanyu and Jiang Linyuan’s relationship, leaving him silent.

• Shen Wanyu threatened to stab Jiang Linyuan if he disturbed her sleep or called her his mother, and he eventually agreed to be quiet.
• Shen Wanyu asked Jiang Linyuan whether he had thought about how to deal with Shen Pingyan, and he said he had nothing to fear if she did not care what Shen Pingyan thought.
• Shen Pingyan told Zhao Xueyun that Jiang Linyuan had become too bold and considered driving him away.
• Zhao Xueyun recalled how Shen Wanyu had endured gossip about her birth and begged Shen Pingyan to let her daughter live happily with Jiang Linyuan.
• Shen Pingyan remained silent after Zhao Xueyun’s plea.

Shen Wanyu and Jiang Linyuan discussed their uncertain future and the possibility that Su Muzhi might recover, leaving Jiang Linyuan asking whether he could marry and divorce Shen Wanyu repeatedly.

• Jiang Linyuan braided Shen Wanyu’s hair, gave her a wildflower, and told her he had a way to keep Shen Pingyan from interfering with them.
• Shen Wanyu said she could not imagine having a child call someone else Father and declared that she would be a single mother if she ever had a child.
• Jiang Linyuan asked what would happen if medical advances cured Su Muzhi, and Shen Wanyu said Su Muzhi would not kill him but might drive away the people around him.
• Shen Wanyu offered to protect Jiang Linyuan if he divorced Su Muzhi and married her, while Jiang Linyuan worried about what Su Muzhi would do if she learned he had concealed a treatment.
• Shen Wanyu told Jiang Linyuan to divorce Su Muzhi and beg her to marry him if that day came, and he asked whether repeated remarriage was illegal.