Vol. 1Music and Moonlight

Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu built a musical partnership through performances, recordings, and preparations for the conservatory, while Gan Yan Yu worked to return to music despite her asthma and grief. Their recital brought them acclaim, and they ended facing Nana Li’s challenge and a possible offer from Xingye Music Academy.

  • Lin Tian brought Gan Yan Yu home, learned about her asthma, her grandfather’s coma, and her lost musical support, and offered to make music and videos with her.
  • Lin Tian’s piano performance went viral, and Gan Yan Yu arrived with her cello to practice with him.
  • Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu recorded cello and piano performances that became viral hits, and they agreed to communicate openly as they grew closer.
  • Gan Yan Yu cooked dinner for Lin Tian and said she was considering reopening her grandfather’s coffee shop.
  • Lin Tian agreed to pursue a music conservatory with Gan Yan Yu and helped her prepare for the Resonance of Souls concert.
  • Lin Tian challenged two girls who questioned Gan Yan Yu’s place in the concert, and Gan Yan Yu asked him to stop.
  • Lin Tian helped Gan Yan Yu recover from overpractice, and they performed successfully at Qingtian Concert Hall.
  • Gan Yan Yu defeated Nana Li in a cello duel, and Gao Zhenyang later told them Xingye Music Academy was considering direct admission.
Chapters 1–101 Read from Ch. 1

Arc 1A Partner’s New Beginning

Lin Tian bound with Gan Yan Yu and discovered that she had asthma, had lost her musical support, and was grieving over her grandfather’s coma. He encouraged her to keep playing and offered to create music and videos with her, leaving her at his home ready to practice.

  • Lin Tian found Gan Yan Yu at her grandfather’s coffee shop and brought her home, where the system named her as a recommended partner and their overnight stay completed the binding missions.
  • Gan Yan Yu told Lin Tian she had returned to prepare for the college entrance exam, and he learned that she had once studied cello abroad.
  • Lin Tian played piano at SWING, drawing a crowd and catching the interest of music agent Zhong Wei'an, while Gan Yan Yu visited with homemade mung bean cake.
  • Lin Tian took Gan Yan Yu for a foot massage and then to influencer street, where a young cellist recognized her and she ran away after criticizing his playing.
  • At a mountain overlook, Gan Yan Yu told Lin Tian her grandfather was hospitalized in a vegetative state after a car accident, and Lin Tian urged her to keep performing for him.
  • Gan Yan Yu explained that her parents had destroyed her cello belongings and her agency had ended her contract, so Lin Tian offered to compose music and make videos with her.
  • A recording of Lin Tian’s piano performance went viral, and he claimed system rewards before Gan Yan Yu arrived with her cello and asked him to take care of her during practice.
Chapters 1–2525 summaries Read

Arc 2Music and Moonlight

Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu recorded music together, growing closer as their videos found a large audience and drew attention from the music industry. The arc left them sharing dinner as Gan Yan Yu considered reopening her grandfather’s coffee shop.

  • Lin Tian gave Gan Yan Yu the sheet music for “Salut d'Amour,” and she played it for him before agreeing to record it for her grandfather.
  • Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu began a rehabilitation routine, then filmed her cello performance in her school uniform and posted it as Moonlight and Cat.
  • After their video gained attention, Gan Yan Yu told Lin Tian that she would live at her grandfather’s house, and he obtained a piano from Wan Qi.
  • Wan Qi and Gao Zhenyang encouraged Gan Yan Yu to pursue the Kohl Cup and arranged a concert opportunity, while Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu began practicing together.
  • Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu performed “Can-Can” in a playful duet, and their video became a viral hit that inspired a dance challenge.
  • Gan Yan Yu confronted Lin Tian about their growing closeness, and they agreed to communicate openly before she allowed him to call her Yan Yu.
  • Lin Tian refused Feng Miao’s offer to buy “Can-Can,” saying the piece could only be performed by his partner.
  • Gan Yan Yu cooked dinner for Lin Tian and told him she was considering reopening her grandfather’s coffee shop because she did not know what else to do.
Chapters 26–5025 summaries Read

Arc 3The Resonance of Souls

Lin Tian agreed to pursue the music conservatory with Gan Yan Yu and helped her prepare for the Resonance of Souls concert while they developed their online performances. The arc left them facing public doubts about Gan Yan Yu’s return to the stage as they visited Qingzhou Concert Hall.

  • Lin Tian proposed turning Grandpa Gan’s abandoned coffee shop into a filming and music base, then sought advice from Su Ran about selecting advertising offers.
  • Gan Yan Yu asked Lin Tian to apply with her to a music conservatory, and he agreed to aim for the China Conservatory of Music or Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
  • Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu sight-read seven pieces for Gao Zhenyang and his students, impressing an audience of more than a hundred university students.
  • After Gan Yan Yu’s asthma flared from intense practice, Lin Tian took her home, helped her use her medicine, and played music with her while she rested.
  • Lin Tian wrote an arrangement of the first movement of Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, and Gan Yan Yu struggled with its intensity before they recorded it together with interactive gestures.
  • Their duet video gained more than 210,000 likes, and Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu discussed the audience’s romantic comments and how to help viewers appreciate their music.
  • Lin Tian agreed to perform the Symphony in G Minor “Pathétique” as the concert finale, and he and Gan Yan Yu arranged his stage clothes and visited Qingzhou Concert Hall.
  • When two girls questioned Gan Yan Yu’s place in the concert, Lin Tian challenged them, and Gan Yan Yu held his arm and asked him to stop.
Chapters 51–7625 summaries Read

Arc 4The Recital and the Challenge

Lin Tian helped Gan Yan Yu overcome her stage fright and perform successfully at Qingtian Concert Hall, bringing them fame and renewed attention to their music. As they began building a studio and faced Nana Li’s challenge, Gao Zhenyang offered them a possible route into Xingye Music Academy.

  • Lin Tian encouraged Gan Yan Yu through her growing concert anxiety, then discovered she had stayed awake practicing for two days and canceled her rehearsal so she could recover.
  • Gan Yan Yu and Lin Tian performed three pieces at Qingtian Concert Hall, overcoming Lin Tian’s exhaustion to win a standing ovation with their final performance.
  • After the recital, Gan Yan Yu returned to school, while she and Lin Tian exchanged gifts and agreed to act like ordinary friends on campus.
  • Lin Tian adapted “Spanish Bullfight Music” and helped Gan Yan Yu reopen Grandpa Gan’s café as a studio, where Christina Nana Li arrived to challenge her.
  • Gan Yan Yu defeated Nana Li in a cello duel, and Nana Li vowed to beat her at the Parrot Qin Cup preliminaries.
  • Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu released their recital music into growing acclaim, and Tong Tai’s praise helped make Moonlight and Cat a trending topic.
  • Gao Zhenyang praised their recital and proposed the Star Cup, then told Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu that Xingye Music Academy was considering offering them direct admission.
Chapters 77–10125 summaries Read
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