Recaps

Lin Tian proposed turning Grandpa Gan’s abandoned coffee shop into a music and filming base for himself and Gan Yan Yu, then sought advice on choosing among advertising offers for their popular Douyin account. The chapter left him preparing to contact Su Ran, whom Xu Yong said understood Douyin promotions.

• Gan Yan Yu said she did not want Grandpa Gan’s coffee shop to remain abandoned, and Lin Tian suggested converting it into a filming studio and music base.
• Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu discussed preserving Grandpa Gan’s belongings while remodeling the shop, and Gan Yan Yu warmed to the idea despite worrying about the expense.
• Lin Tian estimated that renovations and equipment would cost tens of thousands of yuan, then showed Gan Yan Yu eight advertising offers sent after their videos gained 320,000 followers.
• Gan Yan Yu said she knew little about Douyin promotions, so Lin Tian called Xu Yong to ask how to choose an advertiser.
• Xu Yong said he did not know much about ad deals himself but recommended Su Ran, who had nearly 100,000 Douyin followers, and offered to send Lin Tian her contact.

Lin Tian asked Su Ran about Douyin advertising rates, then reviewed sponsor offers with Gan Yan Yu and considered choosing an instrument advertisement that would not disrupt their musical videos. He had not yet decided which advertisement to accept.

• Lin Tian added Su Ran on WeChat and discovered her cosplay Douyin account, prompting her to explain that her videos were character performances.
• Su Ran explained common CPM and CPC payment models and estimated that creators under one million followers could charge about six cents per follower.
• Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu reviewed eight advertising offers, including a Zhuan Zhuan ad that required interrupting a song at its climax.
• Gan Yan Yu advised choosing an advertisement that would not interfere with their musical performances, and Lin Tian considered Letian Musical Instruments' offer to provide instruments for a video.

Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu agreed to inspect Letian Musical Instruments' instrument before deciding whether to accept its advertisement. After Gan Yan Yu invited Lin Tian to have their ensemble practice evaluated by Gao Zhenyang that weekend, Lin Tian spotted students dancing the Kankan Dance and decided he would make Gan Yan Yu learn it.

• Lin Tian discussed Letian Musical Instruments' proposed soft advertisement with Gan Yan Yu, who insisted they check the instrument's quality before agreeing.
• Lin Tian negotiated with Letian Musical Instruments, and they agreed to deliver an instrument from their Qingzhou City branch for inspection without a delivery charge.
• Gan Yan Yu told Lin Tian that Gao Zhenyang wanted to assess their ensemble practice that weekend, and Lin Tian reassured her they would do well.
• At Qingzhou Seventh High School, Lin Tian saw girls filming the popular Kankan Dance and decided to make Gan Yan Yu learn it.
• Xu Yong called the dance boring and criticized its popularity and BGM.

Lin Tian and Xu Yong discussed their university plans after Zhang Juan announced the first mock exam, prompting Lin Tian to question whether he wanted to attend university at all. That night, Gan Yan Yu invited Lin Tian to visit Xingye Music Academy with her the next morning.

• Lin Tian corrected Su Ran’s mistaken belief that Moonlight and Cat were one person, and Xu Yong mocked her before class began.
• Zhang Juan announced that the first mock exam would take place the following week, making the class realize the college entrance exam was approaching.
• Xu Yong said he planned to apply to Chuan Du University to study animation, while Lin Tian admitted he had not chosen a university or found a reason to attend one.
• Lin Tian received a message from Gan Yan Yu inviting him to visit Teacher Gao Zhenyang at Xingye Music Academy the next morning.

Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu visited Xingye Music Academy for a weekend outing, where Gan Yan Yu enjoyed blending in with the college students. The chapter ended with Lin Tian taking a picture of her beside the campus’s musical-note sculpture.

• Gan Yan Yu met Lin Tian downstairs in casual clothes and told him she weighed eighty-six jin as she worked toward returning to school.
• Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu traveled by subway to Xingye Music Academy and entered its public campus.
• Gan Yan Yu nervously asked whether people would realize they were high school students, and Lin Tian reassured her that she looked like a college student.
• At the central plaza, Gan Yan Yu asked Lin Tian to take her picture beside the musical-note sculpture.
• Gan Yan Yu shyly posed with a V sign, and Lin Tian took her picture.

Lin Tian accompanied Gan Yan Yu to Xingye Music Academy, where its trophies and faculty inspired her to imagine a future as a university student. She told Lin Tian she wanted to attend the music conservatory and asked him to apply with her.

• Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu arrived at Gao Zhenyang's School of Music Performance and waited for him to become available.
• Gan Yan Yu excitedly admired the school's trophies and recognized several celebrated teachers among the faculty.
• Gan Yan Yu told Lin Tian that university appealed to her for its community, shared dreams, and opportunities to pursue music with others.
• Gan Yan Yu described the confident student life she envied and imagined sharing with Lin Tian.
• Gan Yan Yu asked Lin Tian to apply with her to the music conservatory.

Lin Tian agreed to take the music conservatory entrance exams with Gan Yan Yu after hearing her describe the campus life she wanted. He urged her to aim for China Conservatory of Music or Shanghai Conservatory of Music and proposed that they tutor each other, but their conversation was overheard by students leaving a nearby classroom.

• Lin Tian weighed the risks of switching to music exams so late and told Gan Yan Yu he had not found much meaning in attending university.
• Gan Yan Yu realized she had selfishly asked Lin Tian to take the exam with her and began to withdraw her request.
• Lin Tian agreed to take the exams because he liked the future Gan Yan Yu had described.
• Lin Tian insisted they aim for China Conservatory of Music or Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and Gan Yan Yu agreed.
• Lin Tian proposed tutoring each other in music and academic subjects, but Gan Yan Yu covered his mouth when students emerged from the neighboring classroom and stared at them.

Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu fled a group of conservatory students after Lin Tian insulted their school, then hid in a piano classroom where they encountered Gao Zhenyang. Gao introduced them as impressive high-school teachers and invited his students to watch them perform.

• Lin Tian grabbed Gan Yan Yu and ran when conservatory students took offense at his insult and chased them.
• Lin Tian led Gan Yan Yu upstairs and hid with her in an empty piano classroom, where the two laughed about their escape.
• Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu discovered Gao Zhenyang and three of his students in the classroom.
• Gao Zhenyang introduced Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu as impressive teachers who were still high school seniors, shocking his students.
• Gao Zhenyang asked his students to stay and watch Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu perform.

Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu impressed Gao Zhenyang and his three students with their polished performance of the “Can-Can.” Gao Zhenyang then tested their readiness for next week’s live performance by giving them seven unfamiliar pieces to sight-read in succession.

• Gao Zhenyang had his three students watch Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu perform the “Can-Can.”
• Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu played the piece with precise timing, strong coordination, and expressive control, leaving the students stunned.
• Gao Zhenyang asked Gao Li to evaluate them, and Gao Li admitted their performance was wonderful.
• Gao Zhenyang praised the pair’s synchronization but warned that one practiced piece could not prove they were ready for a live performance.
• Gao Zhenyang handed Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu seven pieces of sheet music and told them to try sight-reading them all in one go.

Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu attempted to sight-read and perform all seven pieces without stopping, drawing an amazed crowd of university students. By the sixth piece, more than a hundred spectators had gathered around them.

• Lin Tian agreed to play all seven pieces in one go after checking that Gan Yan Yu felt able to continue.
• Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu skimmed the seven scores for two minutes, then began performing Javier's “Concerto No. 2 in E Major” and Elvin's “Concerto No. 6 in C Major” smoothly.
• Gao Li marveled at their performance, and Gao Zhenyang revealed that Lin Tian had written “Can-Can” and was Brother Moonlight.
• Gao Zhenyang told Gao Li to keep Lin Tian's identity secret, and Gao Li agreed.
• Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu continued through the fourth piece as students followed the music into the classroom and hallway.
• More than a hundred university students watched as Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu reached the fifth and sixth pieces without stopping.

Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu impressed the students at Xingye Music Academy by sight-reading seven pieces together. After the performance, Lin Tian announced that they would hold a recital at Qingzhou Concert Hall the following week and invited the students to attend.

• Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu performed seven pieces as a piano-and-cello duet, astonishing the university students who learned they were high school students sight-reading.
• The audience recognized Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu as the pair they had seen earlier and cheered their performance despite their insults toward Xingye.
• Gan Yan Yu coughed after the performance, but she told Lin Tian she would be fine after resting.
• Gao Zhenyang praised the performance and said it would help the pair earn recognition at the concert the following week.
• Lin Tian asked the students not to share recordings and invited them to their recital at Qingzhou Concert Hall.
• Lin Tian offered Gan Yan Yu his hand and called her his partner as they prepared to leave.

Gao Zhenyang advised Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu to build musical resonance by gaining emotional experience, then left them to prepare for next week's concert. When Gan Yan Yu's asthma worsened, Lin Tian insisted on taking her to the hospital, and she admitted she had pushed herself in training to recover sooner and go to school with him.

• Gao Zhenyang praised Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu's performances of cheerful pieces but said their expression of other emotions needed work.
• Gao Zhenyang explained that musicians needed to experience emotions to resonate with music and told them their emotional unity depended especially on Gan Yan Yu.
• Lin Tian considered how they might collect different emotional experiences, then turned to help Gan Yan Yu when she began coughing and struggling to breathe.
• Lin Tian insisted on taking Gan Yan Yu to the hospital, but she said her asthma usually improved with medicine and rest.
• Gan Yan Yu revealed she had increased her training intensity because she wanted to recover sooner and go to school with Lin Tian.

After Gan Yan Yu suffered an asthma attack, Lin Tian took her home, helped her take her medicine, and stayed with her while she recovered. They listened to classical music together and fell asleep, leaving their relationship quietly growing closer.

• Lin Tian took the exhausted Gan Yan Yu home by taxi after she refused to go to the hospital.
• Lin Tian carried Gan Yan Yu up to her sixth-floor apartment when she could not manage the stairs.
• Lin Tian gave Gan Yan Yu water and helped her take her asthma medicine.
• At Gan Yan Yu's request, Lin Tian played a Javier D Major Third Concerto cassette on her old cassette player.
• Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu relaxed to the music and gradually fell asleep.

After Gan Yan Yu woke from sleeping through the day, Lin Tian cooked dinner and learned that her concert was scheduled for the ninth. He invited her to attend a symphony concert with him on Wednesday to help her get familiar with the venue, while her explanation for struggling to perform at home left him doubtful.

• Gan Yan Yu woke at night to find Lin Tian cooking tofu carp soup, and they ate together after going without food all day.
• Gan Yan Yu told Lin Tian that the Resonance of Souls Concert would take place at seven in the evening on the ninth.
• Lin Tian asked Gan Yan Yu why she had performed in the United Kingdom but struggled to perform after returning home, and she avoided answering directly.
• Lin Tian suggested that he and Gan Yan Yu attend a symphony concert at Qingtian Concert Hall on Wednesday to help her get familiar with the venue.

Lin Tian agreed to accompany Gan Yan Yu at her concert, but learned he needed to submit at least three pieces by Monday. After receiving a system task to create a duet video that made viewers feel tense and excited, he chose Mozart’s “Symphony No. 40” as his next piece.

• Lin Tian suggested that Gan Yan Yu attend a concert to help her regain her performance form, and she agreed.
• Gan Yan Yu told Lin Tian that the organizers needed his performance requirements and that they had to submit at least three pieces by Monday.
• Lin Tian realized he needed to compose another original piece quickly and told Gan Yan Yu he had over a hundred musical ideas in his notebook.
• Lin Tian returned home and received a system task to create a duet performance video that gained 500,000 likes and made 50,000 viewers feel tension and excitement.
• Lin Tian considered how to create those emotions and wrote down Mozart’s “Symphony No. 40” as his choice.

Lin Tian wrote down Mozart’s Symphony No. 40’s first movement and renamed it the “Pathetique” Symphony in G minor. When Gan Yan Yu tried the score, its urgent sorrow overwhelmed her, and she told Lin Tian she might not be able to perform it.

• Lin Tian reflected on Mozart’s hardship and wrote down the first movement of Symphony No. 40, renaming it the “Pathetique” Symphony in G minor.
• The next day, Gan Yan Yu arrived at Lin Tian’s home in a new outfit and eagerly picked up the score.
• While Lin Tian went downstairs to collect a delivered instrument, Gan Yan Yu hummed through the score, then began playing it on the cello.
• Gan Yan Yu stopped after a short passage, telling Lin Tian the music’s urgent, sorrowful feeling left her struggling to breathe.
• Lin Tian said the piece came from inspiration in a dream, and Gan Yan Yu wondered whether a lonely musician had entrusted it to him before admitting she might not be able to perform it.

Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu tested a cello from Letian Musical Instruments and discussed a soft advertisement for it. Gan Yan Yu insisted on trying Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 again, and her playing grew so intense that Lin Tian could not keep up.

• Lin Tian explained why playing the first movement of Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 had overwhelmed Gan Yan Yu, then gave her time to rest.
• Lin Tian presented the Letian Musical Instruments YS07 cello, and Gan Yan Yu tested it and commented that its entry-level price was high despite its quality.
• Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu agreed to accept the cello advertisement at a three-yuan CPM and keep the promotion unobtrusive.
• After resting, Gan Yan Yu insisted on performing Symphony No. 40 again, and she and Lin Tian restarted the recording.
• Gan Yan Yu became consumed by the music, her cello surging ahead until Lin Tian could no longer keep up, while her body trembled with agitation and pain.

Lin Tian stopped Gan Yan Yu’s dangerous cello performance and agreed to help her try the piece again under a condition. The chapter ended as they prepared to record a third performance of “Symphony No. 40 in G Minor.”

• Lin Tian grabbed Gan Yan Yu’s wrist when she pushed herself too hard, and she recovered after drinking water.
• Gan Yan Yu told Lin Tian that playing the emotionally intense piece had felt painful but wonderful, and insisted she wanted to perform it again.
• Lin Tian explained that he could not keep up when Gan Yan Yu became fully immersed in the music and proposed adding interactive gestures to keep her grounded.
• Gan Yan Yu accepted Lin Tian’s condition, and he set up the camera and stool for their third performance of “Symphony No. 40 in G Minor.”

Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu completed their recording of “Pathetique Symphony in G Minor” after Lin Tian’s piano skill broke through during their intense performance. They posted the duet, while Lin Tian remained concerned about how to keep Gan Yan Yu focused during the concert.

• Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu performed the piece, but Gan Yan Yu became absorbed in the music and intensified her playing at the climax.
• Lin Tian matched her intensity, reached 100% progress, and advanced his Piano Skill from Silver to Emerald.
• Lin Tian lifted Gan Yan Yu’s chin and pulled out her hair ties, after which the duet shifted into its gentler section and they finished recording without further mishaps.
• Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu watched the video; Gan Yan Yu worried her performance could have been better, while Lin Tian suggested they post it and record another version later.
• Lin Tian posted the duet with an advertisement for Letian Musical Instruments, then remembered that he had a mock exam the next day and had not reviewed.

Lin Tian told Zhang Juan that he planned to pursue music and apply to the China Conservatory of Music, despite having only two months before the arts exam. Zhang Juan eventually agreed to support him on the condition that he keep up with his studies this month, leaving his plan conditionally approved.

• Lin Tian told Zhang Juan he planned to apply to the China Conservatory of Music, and she warned him that preparing for the arts exam so late could jeopardize his future.
• Zhang Juan cited the struggles of music student Gan Yan Yu as she tried to dissuade Lin Tian, but he insisted he could pass the arts exam.
• Xu Yong arrived, heard Lin Tian's plan, and unexpectedly agreed with Lin Tian that he could manage the exam in two months.
• Zhang Juan accepted that Lin Tian was determined and offered to help him take leave next month to find music training, provided he attended classes and maintained his grades this month.

Lin Tian agreed to keep up with his studies while pursuing music and discussed his growing bond with Gan Yan Yu with Xu Yong. After school, Gan Yan Yu rushed to Lin Tian’s home with alarming news: people online believed they were dating.

• Zhang Juan warned Lin Tian that his grades mattered to the school and asked him to understand her concerns, and Lin Tian promised not to let her down.
• Xu Yong realized Gan Yan Yu had inspired Lin Tian to pursue the China Conservatory of Music and suggested that Lin Tian might be in love with her.
• Lin Tian insisted that love was only a small part of life and that more important things came before dating.
• Lin Tian finished the afternoon math exam and returned home, where he found Gan Yan Yu waiting outside his door.
• Gan Yan Yu showed Lin Tian the comments on their video, which said that the two of them were boyfriend and girlfriend.

Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu saw that viewers had mistaken their musical duet for a romantic relationship, and Lin Tian explained that they did not need to clarify the comments. Gan Yan Yu decided to make more everyday videos for viewers to enjoy and suggested posting behind-the-scenes footage from their last performance.

• Lin Tian opened Gan Yan Yu’s phone and saw that their performance video had gained over 210,000 likes and attracted comments shipping them as a couple.
• Gan Yan Yu worried about the comments, and Lin Tian explained that viewers could ship anyone and that the misunderstanding would not affect them.
• Gan Yan Yu considered making cooking videos and practice vlogs with more interactions for viewers to watch.
• Gan Yan Yu suggested posting the behind-the-scenes footage from when they filmed “Can-Can” together.

Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu posted an embarrassing behind-the-scenes video and reflected on how their online performances could gradually draw more people into music. They decided to perform the Symphony in G Minor "Pathétique" as the finale at next week’s concert.

• Gan Yan Yu persuaded Lin Tian to edit and publish footage of them singing "Big Banana" during the "Can-Can" recording.
• Lin Tian added comic warnings and tags to the behind-the-scenes video, published it, and closed the page without checking the comments.
• Lin Tian worried that viewers focused more on romantic moments than on the music, despite the effort he and Gan Yan Yu had put into the Symphony in G Minor "Pathétique."
• Gan Yan Yu explained that they would keep making videos to attract fans and help more people gradually appreciate music.
• Lin Tian agreed to put the Symphony in G Minor "Pathétique" in the finale of next week’s concert and perform it again for the music media.

Gan Yan Yu decided that she and Lin Tian would perform their piece again as the concert finale, then planned to take him shopping for stage clothes. After school, she met Lin Tian at the gates and announced that they were going to a suit shop.

• Gan Yan Yu suggested making their piece the concert finale and asked whether Lin Tian had suitable performance clothes.
• Gan Yan Yu arranged to go shopping with Lin Tian on Wednesday.
• Lin Tian left school with Xu Yong, then met Gan Yan Yu waiting by the gates in her uniform.
• Gan Yan Yu awkwardly asked Xu Yong about the mung bean cakes, and he left the pair in tears.
• Lin Tian asked Gan Yan Yu about her weight and agreed she could return to school after their concert.
• Gan Yan Yu told Lin Tian they were going to a suit shop.

Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu chose a custom suit for his upcoming performance, then visited Qingzhou Concert Hall, where they saw Gan Yan Yu's poster for next week's concert. When two attendees spread rumors about Gan Yan Yu, Lin Tian confronted them and defended her.

• Gan Yan Yu selected a dark blue suit for Lin Tian, who liked it and paid a deposit for a custom-fitted version to wear onstage.
• On their way to Qingzhou Concert Hall, Lin Tian asked what Gan Yan Yu wanted him to wear and suggested she perform in a school uniform.
• At the hall, Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu saw her poster for the upcoming "Resonance of Souls" concert, and Gan Yan Yu wondered how audiences would receive her return to the stage.
• Two girls speculated that Gan Yan Yu had failed to study in the United Kingdom and had used her grandfather's influence to get a place in the concert.
• Lin Tian challenged the girls for judging Gan Yan Yu without attending her concerts, while Gan Yan Yu held his arm and asked him to stop.