Chapter Summaries

Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu practiced their first piano-cello duet, but realized their musical connection fell short because Lin Tian struggled to follow Gan Yan Yu’s commanding performance. Gan Yan Yu moved beside the piano and asked him to try again.

• Lin Tian agreed to let Gan Yan Yu cook at his home the next night and began their concert practice with “Salut d’Amour.”
• Lin Tian set up his phone to record the rehearsal, and Gan Yan Yu stopped their first attempt to correct his tempo.
• Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu practiced the piece repeatedly, adjusting the rhythm and balance until their playing seemed nearly synchronized.
• Gan Yan Yu said their duet still lacked the impact she had expected, and Lin Tian recognized how difficult it was to match her musical presence.
• Gan Yan Yu moved her stool beside Lin Tian’s piano and asked him to play the piece with her again.

Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu struggled to find their musical chemistry until Lin Tian introduced his new piece, “Can-Can.” They ended their energetic duet with their emotions in sync, then watched the recording together, sharing an unspoken closeness.

• Gan Yan Yu sat close beside Lin Tian, but her intense attention made him too uncomfortable to play.
• Lin Tian gave Gan Yan Yu the sheet music for his new piece, “Can-Can,” and got her to sing along with silly lyrics.
• Lin Tian played piano while Gan Yan Yu joined on cello, and their nonsense singing turned into a fast, joyful duet.
• Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu exchanged smiles as they played, their emotions coming into sync by the final note.
• Lin Tian checked the recording, and Gan Yan Yu leaned against him to watch it, their closeness going unnoticed or unspoken.

Lin Tian prepared to post his and Gan Yan Yu’s playful “Can-Can” performance, confident it would win over viewers more quickly than their earlier music video. As they filled in the upload details, Gan Yan Yu questioned Lin Tian’s unrelated tags and stopped him from lifting his shirt to prove he had abs.

• Lin Tian reviewed the growing following and devoted fans of Moonlight and Cat, who continued praising “Salut d’Amour” and waiting for another upload.
• Lin Tian believed the lively “Can-Can” would immediately appeal to viewers because he and Gan Yan Yu had enjoyed performing it together.
• Lin Tian entered the video’s credits and a list of tags, including tags about Daniel Wu and a 185cm height with abs.
• Gan Yan Yu questioned Lin Tian about his unrelated tags and asked whether he really had abs.
• Lin Tian offered to show Gan Yan Yu his abs, but she shut her eyes and pressed down on his hand to stop him.

After recording their piano duet, Lin Tian confronted Gan Yan Yu when she tried to leave, asking why she kept pulling away from him. Cornered, Gan Yan Yu admitted she was afraid of holding him back and said their closeness felt too much like being boyfriend and girlfriend.

• Gan Yan Yu realized Lin Tian had posted the video and worried that it showed her in her sleepwear, but he replayed it to reassure her that her face and revealing details were not visible.
• Gan Yan Yu decided to go home despite Lin Tian asking her to stay and talk.
• Lin Tian blocked the door and asked Gan Yan Yu whether she had something against him because she always left when they had a chance to grow closer.
• Gan Yan Yu explained that she believed partners should avoid actions that could be misunderstood and confessed she feared holding Lin Tian back from dating other girls.
• Pinned by Lin Tian, Gan Yan Yu admitted she had been overly happy when he asked her to be partners and said their relationship felt too much like that of a boyfriend and girlfriend.

Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu discussed what being partners meant and agreed to communicate openly if their time together crossed a boundary. They left the conversation on better terms, with Lin Tian suggesting they change how they addressed each other.

• Lin Tian realized Gan Yan Yu had been keeping her distance because she worried their closeness might trouble him or harm her reputation.
• Lin Tian argued that Gan Yan Yu should not decide on her own what would make him uncomfortable, and she admitted she had been conflicted.
• Lin Tian proposed that either of them could say stop if their interactions crossed a line, while asking Gan Yan Yu not to make excuses to leave without explaining.
• Gan Yan Yu agreed that they should communicate and said their healthy relationship would help their work together.
• Lin Tian asked whether Gan Yan Yu wanted him to stop calling her Teacher Gan, and she told him to call her something else.
• Lin Tian suggested calling her Yan Yu.

Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu grew more comfortable with each other as they settled on how to address one another and arranged to share drinks over dinner the next evening. The next morning, Lin Tian discovered their performance video had gone viral and a music copyright company had offered 200,000 yuan for the song.

• Gan Yan Yu agreed that Lin Tian could call her Yan Yu while they were creating music, and she tried calling him Tian before he asked her to use Lin Tian instead.
• Gan Yan Yu declined to stay for drinks that night but invited Lin Tian to have dinner and drinks with her the following evening.
• Lin Tian woke to find their Can-Can performance video had gained 6.24 million views and 410,000 likes on Douyin.
• Lin Tian reviewed the video and noticed how enthusiastically he and Gan Yan Yu had performed in their damp clothes.
• Lin Tian found a message from Unive Official offering to discuss buying the music copyright for 200,000 yuan.

Lin Tian met with Unive Music Copyright Company to discuss selling “Can-Can,” but rejected its offer after learning the sale would prevent Gan Yan Yu from performing the piece in public. He left the café insisting that only his partner could perform his composition.

• Lin Tian researched Unive Music Copyright Company and arranged to meet its copyright manager, Feng Miao, about “Can-Can.”
• Feng Miao offered 200,000 for the copyright and promised an album release and a share of its proceeds.
• Lin Tian countered with 500,000, and Feng Miao offered to seek approval and pay him a deposit.
• Feng Miao said the partner who played cello with Lin Tian did not matter and that she could perform the piece only in private after the copyright sale.
• Lin Tian returned Feng Miao’s bank card, refused to sell “Can-Can,” and left, saying his piece could only be performed by his partner.

KING’s members Tao Guo, Ye Nai, Cai Yan, and Ren Mei choreographed a playful dance to Moonlight and Cat’s “Can-Can,” turning it into a Douyin challenge that rapidly went viral. As fans asked the original creators to perform the dance, Gan Yan Yu refused to dance for Lin Tian.

• Ye Nai showed Tao Guo a video of Moonlight and Cat performing “Can-Can,” and Tao Guo praised the song’s lively melody.
• Tao Guo, Ye Nai, Cai Yan, and Ren Mei improvised a humorous dance to the song and posted it on KING’s Douyin account.
• KING’s video gained 1.3 million likes in three hours, and influencers began copying the dance as the challenge climbed Douyin’s trending chart.
• Douyin users embraced the cute, nonsuggestive dance, while Moonlight and Cat’s followers grew to 320,000 and fans asked them to dance too.
• Lin Tian looked toward Gan Yan Yu, but she told him she absolutely would not dance.

Lin Tian watched Gan Yan Yu prepare dinner after discussing the difficulties of music copyright and receiving an extra Profit Doubling Card. The chapter left them in the kitchen as she fed him a piece of pineapple and asked whether it was sweet.

• Lin Tian reflected on the Can-Can’s sudden popularity and decided to postpone dealing with music copyright until he and Gan Yan Yu had more influence.
• Lin Tian received a second Profit Doubling Card after completing his music mission with more than double the required capacity.
• Gan Yan Yu offered to cook dinner, and Lin Tian agreed to stay nearby while she worked under her rule that he could only speak after asking permission.
• Gan Yan Yu began making pineapple chicken, and she told Lin Tian that she had been born in Guangxi and had lived in Sichuan-Chongqing as a child.
• After a piece of pineapple flew across the kitchen, Gan Yan Yu fed one to Lin Tian and asked whether it was sweet.

Gan Yan Yu prepared three dishes and her signature coconut sago for Lin Tian, who enjoyed the food. While they ate, she considered reopening her grandfather's coffee shop because her living allowance was not enough.

• Lin Tian praised Gan Yan Yu's pineapple chicken despite its sour pineapple, and she continued cooking sweet and sour pork and stir-fried lettuce.
• Gan Yan Yu made a dessert with sago, coconut cream, watermelon, and banana, naming it Yan Yu Coconut Sago.
• Lin Tian tasted the dishes and found the pineapple chicken and sweet and sour pork delicious.
• Gan Yan Yu told Lin Tian she was thinking about reopening her grandfather's coffee shop because she did not know what else to do at home or how to live on her eight hundred yuan allowance.

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.