Chapter Summaries

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.

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.