Chapter Summaries

Lin Tian arranged a private dinner with Gan Yan Yu, while Xu Yong and Su Ran secretly prepared a piano-and-roses confession for him. Gan Yan Yu found them in the courtyard, and Xu Yong improvised by asking Su Ran out instead.

• Lin Tian took Gan Yan Yu to a restaurant that Brother Soft had reserved just for them.
• Lin Tian discovered Xu Yong and Su Ran waiting in the courtyard, where they discussed his chances of confessing to Gan Yan Yu.
• Xu Yong revealed a piano and red roses as props for Lin Tian's planned confession, while Su Ran teased him about his choice of flowers.
• Gan Yan Yu arrived, saw Xu Yong holding the roses, and asked who they were for.
• Xu Yong claimed the roses were for Su Ran and knelt to ask her out.

Xu Yong’s elaborate courtyard confession ended with Su Ran accepting, while Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu returned to dinner in silence. When Gan Yan Yu called them the best teammates and said a romantic confession between them would trouble her, Lin Tian took her words as a rejection and left; she later messaged him, “Open that letter.”

• Su Ran accepted Xu Yong’s confession, and Brother Soft arrived with a cake and celebration that Xu Yong had prepared.
• Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu returned to the restaurant and ate quietly as Lin Tian debated whether to confess his feelings.
• Gan Yan Yu wondered what would have happened if they had been the ones confessing in the courtyard, then recalled their shared work and called them the best teammates.
• Lin Tian interpreted Gan Yan Yu’s words as a gentle rejection, left the restaurant, and took a taxi after messaging her that he was going back first.
• Gan Yan Yu replied, telling Lin Tian to open that letter.

Lin Tian read Gan Yan Yu’s seven-page letter and learned that she had loved him for months, while Gan Yan Yu realized her complicated feelings had shaped her music. She proposed marriage, Lin Tian agreed, and their private moment ended with He Zhichen inviting Lin Tian to compete in Tokyo.

• Lin Tian opened the letter Gan Yan Yu had given him and read her confession that she had liked him since losing the Star Cup.
• Gan Yan Yu recalled how her feelings for Lin Tian had caused her to experience happiness, anxiety, sadness, and other emotions, which she poured into her cello performance.
• Lin Tian understood how his and Gan Yan Yu’s different feelings for each other had shaped their music.
• Gan Yan Yu came to Lin Tian’s home and proposed that they get married after achieving their dreams; Lin Tian agreed and promised to keep his word.
• He Zhichen called Lin Tian with an invitation from the Tokyo International Arts Association to compete in the Sakukuni International Piano Competition next month.

After agreeing to compete in Tokyo, Lin Tian realized that Gan Yan Yu’s moonlit invitation might have been a proposal. When Xu Yong and Su Ran asked about their relationship, Lin Tian called Gan Yan Yu his fiancée, leaving them speechless.

• Lin Tian learned that the Sakibo International Piano Competition was prestigious and agreed to participate, with Gan Yan Yu volunteering to accompany him to Tokyo.
• Lin Tian walked Gan Yan Yu home, and she wished him good night at her door.
• The next morning, Lin Tian recalled Gan Yan Yu’s moonlit invitation and wondered if they had gotten engaged.
• Xu Yong and Su Ran called Lin Tian to ask whether he had confessed to Gan Yan Yu.
• Lin Tian said Gan Yan Yu was his fiancée, and the call fell silent.

Lin Tian explained to Xu Yong and Su Ran that he and Gan Yan Yu planned to stay physically restrained until they won the Kohl Cup and then marry. When Gan Yan Yu visited, she proposed changing how they addressed each other and allowing occasional hugs for comfort, leaving Lin Tian to suggest another relaxed boundary.

• Xu Yong and Su Ran reacted in shock when Lin Tian told them he and Gan Yan Yu planned to marry after winning the Kohl Cup.
• Lin Tian explained that he and Gan Yan Yu would avoid dating gestures and physical intimacy until they fulfilled their musical dream.
• Xu Yong praised Lin Tian's commitment, while Su Ran excitedly celebrated their relationship.
• Gan Yan Yu arrived at Lin Tian's home and asked whether they should change what they called each other to remind themselves of their promise.
• Gan Yan Yu proposed that they could hug each other for encouragement when competition made either of them feel down, up to once a month.

Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu discussed affectionate forms of address and agreed that he could massage her feet whenever he wanted. Lin Tian then learned that Moonlight and Cat had reached No. 7 on the China HX-board chart, and he decided to finish a second album within the week to build on the success.

• Lin Tian suggested massaging Gan Yan Yu's feet once a month, and she told him he could do it whenever he wanted.
• Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu tried calling each other "Little Gan" and "Teacher Lin" before moving on to lunch.
• He Zhichen told Lin Tian that Moonlight and Cat had reached No. 7 on the HX-board China chart and that "Rainy Day Wet" had sold 200,000 copies in its first week.
• He Zhichen urged Lin Tian to release another album and suggested he could challenge Pop Music's biggest sellers.
• Lin Tian recalled his ambition to make classical music popular again and said he would finish his second album within the week.

After Lin Tian received more than two million yuan from the duo’s album sales, he asked Gan Yan Yu how they should use their earnings. They agreed to save most of their money in a wedding fund, while a new Producer Task challenged them to release a duet that would gain ten million plays and 100,000 shock emotion points within seven days.

• Lin Tian received 2,190,470.85 yuan in album revenue, and He Zhichen explained the sales breakdown and the studio’s revenue share.
• Lin Tian asked Gan Yan Yu whether she wanted to move or buy something, but she said she liked living across the hall from him and asked for a Pudding Family Bucket.
• Gan Yan Yu proposed that they put most of their earnings into a wedding fund, and Lin Tian agreed.
• The Producer Task required Lin Tian to release a duet with his partner and reach ten million plays and 100,000 shock emotion points within seven days for the reward of Japanese Mastery.

Lin Tian chose Haydn’s “Surprise Symphony” as the model for a piece meant to shock listeners, then adapted its second movement for cello and piano. After rehearsing it with Gan Yan Yu, they planned to record it at the company the next day.

• Lin Tian decided that a surprising, sudden musical effect would suit the system’s request to shock listeners, and settled on Haydn’s “Surprise Symphony.”
• Lin Tian rewrote the second movement as a score centered on cello and piano, with other string instruments planned as accompaniment.
• Gan Yan Yu questioned some unusual notes in the score, but Lin Tian assured her they were intentional.
• Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu performed the piece together in the café and laughed at its playful effect.
• Gan Yan Yu eagerly suggested recording the piece the next day so they could share it with everyone.

Lin Tian recorded a new symphony album with Gan Yan Yu and learned that he had placed second in Qingjiang Province’s music unified examination. He and Gan Yan Yu returned to school for their final examinations, where they found a banner celebrating their Parrot Qin Cup victory.

• Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu recorded the remaining movements of the symphony, and He Zhichen agreed to release it with their earlier pieces as “Moonlight and Cat Collection 2.”
• Lin Tian checked the music examination results and found Gan Yan Yu in first place, himself in second, and Wu Yi in third.
• Realizing the final examinations were approaching, Lin Tian decided to return to school, and Gan Yan Yu said she would go back too to improve her regular academic grades.
• Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu traveled back to school the day before the final examinations and saw a banner congratulating them on winning the Parrot Qin Cup cello competition.

Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu returned to Qingzhou Seventh High School in disguise, only to find themselves celebrated on the alumni board and surrounded by students boasting about encounters with them. Lin Tian reached Class A and overheard Su Ran and Xu Yong arguing before classmates recognized him.

• Lin Tian heard students discussing visits to his seat and gave Gan Yan Yu masks so they could enter campus unnoticed.
• Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu found posters honoring them as famous alumni outside the senior-year building.
• Lin Tian overheard students inventing and exaggerating stories about their encounters with him, so he took Gan Yan Yu upstairs.
• Lin Tian arrived at Class A and heard Su Ran and Xu Yong arguing about her videos and their relationship.
• Two students spotted Lin Tian in the corridor, and one exclaimed that he was there.

Lin Tian returned to school and mediated Xu Yong and Su Ran’s argument over her cosplay videos. After Xu Yong insisted he did not care what she posted, Su Ran asked him to recommend a different video style.

• Two classmates greeted Lin Tian and praised his new album when he arrived at school.
• Lin Tian sat between Xu Yong and Su Ran, then shocked Xu Yong by revealing he had earned over two million yuan but still planned to study.
• Xu Yong asked Lin Tian to judge his argument with Su Ran over her revealing cosplay videos, and Lin Tian said Su Ran’s choices were none of Xu Yong’s business.
• Xu Yong said Su Ran could make whatever videos she wanted, while Lin Tian wondered whether their constant arguments meant they enjoyed being scolded.
• Su Ran turned to Xu Yong and asked him to suggest video ideas because she was willing to change styles.

After Su Ran and Xu Yong reached an understanding about her videos and his insults, Lin Tian endured a day of teachers competing to tutor him. He met Gan Yan Yu after school, and she asked him to spend New Year’s Eve with her and her parents.

• Su Ran agreed to try a new style of video if Xu Yong stopped calling her a “chicken,” and Xu Yong accepted.
• On the self-study day before the final exams, teachers fussed over Lin Tian and offered him special tutoring, which he refused.
• Lin Tian met Gan Yan Yu after school and learned she had agreed to tutoring sessions after the Chinese exam.
• Lin Tian encouraged Gan Yan Yu about her grades and thought about spending New Year’s Eve without Grandpa Gan.
• Gan Yan Yu told Lin Tian that her parents wanted her to spend New Year’s Eve with them and asked him to come along.

Lin Tian declined Gan Yan Yu’s invitation to spend New Year’s with her parents, though he respected her decision to consider going. Meanwhile, Zhang Dong livestreamed his reaction to Moonlight and Cat’s new album, where the startling Surprise Symphony left him wondering if it had been written to torment listeners.

• Lin Tian declined to spend New Year’s at Gan Yan Yu’s parents’ home, and Gan Yan Yu agreed not to rush her answer to them.
• Zhang Dong opened a livestream to listen with his viewers when Moonlight and Cat’s new album was released.
• Zhang Dong bought the album and began playing the new track, Surprise Symphony in G Major.
• The symphony repeatedly interrupted its gentle melody with booming chords that startled Zhang Dong and amused his viewers.
• Zhang Dong interpreted the piece as a story of an ordinary person enduring hardship, but he privately suspected Moonlight and Cat had made it to torment the audience.

Lin Tian’s new album with Moonlight and Cat gained huge attention, and the success of “Surprise Symphony” helped him complete his mission and earn Japanese Mastery. He learned to speak Japanese and received Gan Yan Yu’s message about their departure for Tokyo the next day.

• Lin Tian checked the album’s sales and mission progress, then saw that the new album had sold over 30,000 copies in 24 hours.
• Netizens and bloggers spread discussion of the album, while Zhang Dong’s startled livestream clip brought more listeners to “Surprise Symphony.”
• Tong Tai said the piece chiefly showed off Moonlight’s musical structure and emotional expression, sparking another wave of debate online.
• Lin Tian completed his mission and gained Japanese Mastery, absorbing the language knowledge and trying out a few phrases.
• Gan Yan Yu messaged Lin Tian to ask whether he had packed for their trip to Tokyo and suggested visiting the beach.

Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu prepared to leave early for Tokyo, where they would compete after a company-funded trip around Japan. At the airport, He Zhichen waited with singer Wei Xiaoxiao, who was surprised to learn Moonlight and Cat were high school students.

• Gan Yan Yu persuaded Lin Tian to bring a swimsuit in case they visited the seaside during their Tokyo trip.
• Lin Tian packed for his first trip abroad and realized he needed to buy a spare camera battery.
• Lin Tian bought a battery and headed to Qingtian International Airport ahead of Gan Yan Yu.
• He Zhichen waited at the airport with Wei Xiaoxiao, another Leyun singer traveling to Tokyo for a performance.
• Wei Xiaoxiao reacted with surprise when He Zhichen told her Moonlight and Cat were high school students.

Wei Xiaoxiao met Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu before their trip to Tokyo and found the young classical musicians very different from her expectations. She was struck by their looks and closeness, while He Zhichen admitted that he and millions of fans hoped they would become a couple.

• Wei Xiaoxiao complained to He Zhichen about traveling with two eighteen-year-old classical musicians and revealed her poor impression of the profession.
• Lin Tian arrived, and Wei Xiaoxiao froze at his handsome appearance and was surprised by his relaxed, lightly dressed manner in the cold.
• Gan Yan Yu arrived with her cello and hurried to Lin Tian, explaining that she had brought it so she could play whenever he found inspiration.
• Wei Xiaoxiao wondered whether Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu were dating, and He Zhichen said they were not official but that he and millions of fans hoped they would get together.

Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu traveled to Tokyo for the Sakibo International Piano Competition, where Wei Xiaoxiao suggested visiting a livehouse and asked Lin Tian to perform in her place. Lin Tian said he would consider it and was left unsure whether the venue would suit him and Gan Yan Yu.

• Gan Yan Yu tried to give Lin Tian her coat, then asked him to warm her cold hands, and Lin Tian held and blew on them.
• He Zhichen told Wei Xiaoxiao that Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu liked each other and planned to marry after winning the championship.
• On the flight to Tokyo, Wei Xiaoxiao asked Lin Tian about his plans, and he joked that he and Gan Yan Yu would not take a third person on their outings before having children.
• Wei Xiaoxiao told Lin Tian about Tokyo livehouses and suggested he visit one in Ikebukuro.
• Wei Xiaoxiao asked Lin Tian to take her place performing at a livehouse the next day, and Lin Tian said he would think about it.

After arriving in Tokyo, Lin Tian practiced piano alone in his hotel room while confronting his anxiety about competing without Gan Yan Yu's support. Wei Xiaoxiao heard his lively playing from the hallway, and Gan Yan Yu caught her peeking in.

• Gan Yan Yu agreed to visit a livehouse with Lin Tian, and Wei Xiaoxiao offered to cover their tickets without obligating Gan Yan Yu to perform.
• Lin Tian and the others landed at Haneda Airport and checked into a hotel in Chiyoda Ward, where a piano had been arranged in his room.
• After He Zhichen reminded him of their mission and the hotel's quiet hours, Lin Tian showered and tested the piano.
• Lin Tian reflected on his nerves about competing alone, then practiced several pieces, including "Dream of Snow" and "Dance of the Flowers."
• Wei Xiaoxiao arrived at Lin Tian's door, listened to his music, and hummed along until Gan Yan Yu appeared beside her and asked what she was peeking at.

Wei Xiaoxiao visited Lin Tian to share the location and tickets for the next day's livehouse, while Gan Yan Yu tried to stop them from exchanging WeChat contacts. After they added each other and made a group chat, Lin Tian asked Gan Yan Yu why she had interfered, and she explained that she had followed advice she saw online.

• Gan Yan Yu confronted Wei Xiaoxiao outside Lin Tian's room, then listened as Lin Tian played an unfamiliar piano piece he said might have been improvised.
• Wei Xiaoxiao told Lin Tian she had come to send him the livehouse location, but Gan Yan Yu objected to them adding each other on WeChat.
• Lin Tian suggested that the group add one another and make a group chat, so Wei Xiaoxiao, Gan Yan Yu, and Lin Tian exchanged contacts and Wei Xiaoxiao added He Zhichen.
• Wei Xiaoxiao sent the location and electronic tickets to the group before leaving for the night.
• Lin Tian asked Gan Yan Yu why she had tried to stop him from adding Wei Xiaoxiao, and Gan Yan Yu said she had seen online that intervening might make him happier.

Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu planned a hot-spring trip after she abandoned her idea of visiting the beach in the cold weather. The next day, they went shopping in Ikebukuro, where Gan Yan Yu dressed as a Japanese schoolgirl and playfully role-played skipping class with Lin Tian, before struggling to order ramen in Japanese.

• Gan Yan Yu asked when they would visit the beach, then agreed to soak in hot springs instead, and Lin Tian found an inn outside Tokyo.
• Lin Tian realized Gan Yan Yu might have wanted the beach mainly to wear the swimsuit she had brought.
• Gan Yan Yu wore a school uniform to Ikebukuro and said she wanted to experience dressing like a Japanese student.
• Gan Yan Yu linked arms with Lin Tian and pretended to be a Tokyo high school girl skipping class with a male senior who had led her astray.
• At a ramen shop, Gan Yan Yu could not understand the clerk's Japanese recommendations, so Lin Tian stepped in to order.