Recaps

Cheng Lang balanced his work at White Jade Capital with plans to open a milk tea shop alongside Shen Huaiyu, while helping him investigate the money his uncle had taken. After Meng Tianye quit and Cheng Lang drew Qin Mu’s attention, he brought Shen Huaiyu to confront his uncle at an exhibition.

• Cheng Lang took the stage in Meng Tianye’s place, impressed the bar crowd, and was made White Jade Capital’s star performer, while Qin Mu heard about him.
• Cheng Lang befriended Shen Huaiyu, encouraged him to resist his uncle, and agreed to help him recover money taken from his family.
• Cheng Lang and Shen Huaiyu took over a struggling milk tea shop, and Cheng Lang promoted it online using photos of Shen Huaiyu.
• Cheng Lang’s paid song requests and drinking drew crowds and earned him money, but Han Mingchen restricted the extra charges and drinks during his performances.
• Shen Huaiyu told Cheng Lang that Lu Chengxuan had bought his family home from his uncle for 7.8 million yuan, after Shen had sold it to the uncle for less than three million.
• Cheng Lang helped Shen Huaiyu gather funeral expense records and prepare to challenge his uncle, while Manager Chen arranged drinks for the shop at internal cost.
• General Manager Lü offered Cheng Lang money and a recording contract, but Cheng Lang refused the intimate proposition and sang for the guests, and Meng Tianye declined the recording opportunity and quit.
• Cheng Lang researched Shen Huaiyu’s uncle and brought Shen to the uncle’s exhibition without invitations, where Cheng Lang argued with security that Shen was the artist’s nephew.

Cheng Lang helped Shen Huaiyu recover the money Shen Chengan had withheld, then supported Shen Huaiyu as they developed and promoted a milk tea shop. As Cheng Lang prepared to perform at Old Master Qin’s birthday banquet, he confronted Lu Chengxuan over Shen Huaiyu and drew Qin Mu’s attention.

• Cheng Lang exposed Shen Chengan’s misuse of Shen Huaiyu’s house-sale and funeral money, then secured a 5.6 million yuan check while refusing the additional funeral payment.
• Shen Huaiyu transferred 2.8 million yuan to Cheng Lang, who returned it for his brother’s medical bills, and the two celebrated with barbecue.
• Cheng Lang helped Shen Huaiyu bring Tea Whisking to the milk tea shop, hired Liang Yanyan, and began building a distinctive business around Shen Huaiyu’s tea skills.
• Cheng Lang joked with the Yao brothers and White Jade Capital’s guests, declined General Manager Lü’s offer to join Qin Dynasty Records, and negotiated a 100,000-yuan fee to perform at Old Master Qin’s birthday banquet.
• Cheng Lang brought Shen Huaiyu and his roommates into the milk tea shop’s plans, while Shen Huaiyu began developing Milk Tea Paste and demonstrating Tea Whisking to customers.
• Cheng Lang confronted Lu Chengxuan after Lu boasted that he had used threats to keep Shen Huaiyu in their relationship, and he urged Shen Huaiyu to stop sacrificing himself.
• Cheng Lang promised Chen he would prepare a suitable crosstalk routine for Old Master Qin, then returned downstairs to joke with the White Jade Capital audience.

Cheng Lang performed at Old Master Qin’s birthday banquet, saved Qin Mu from a sabotaged car, and helped Meng Tianye resist a bad entertainment contract while building his milk tea business. Qin Mu offered Cheng Lang gifts and support, and the arc ended with Lu Chengxuan questioning whether Qin Mu liked him.

• Cheng Lang bought a Wuling Hongguang and joked about it during his White Jade Capital performances, then Qin Mu picked him up for Old Master Qin’s birthday banquet.
• At the banquet, Cheng Lang rejected Qin Third’s advice to endure losses, stood up to Qin Mi, and performed a routine that impressed Old Master Qin and earned his praise.
• After the banquet, Cheng Lang took control of Qin Mu’s car when its brakes failed and drove them safely down the snowy mountain road.
• Cheng Lang warned Qin Mu that the failed brakes might have been deliberate, exchanged contact information with him, and returned to school after Han Mingchen and Chu Suiyi thanked him.
• Cheng Lang helped Meng Tianye challenge Star Entertainment Media’s restrictive contract, and Meng Tianye refused to sign despite Brother Zhang’s threats about the talent show.
• Cheng Lang reassured Meng Tianye, offered to fund a music video for his song, and celebrated his birthday as the milk tea shop drew a surge of customers.
• Qin Mu offered Cheng Lang a black card, a house, a car, and a job, while Cheng Lang accepted the card but delayed taking the property and declined the car.
• Lu Chengxuan confronted Cheng Lang about Qin Mu’s gifts, and Qin Mu warned him not to provoke Cheng Lang after overhearing their exchange.

Cheng Lang built a milk tea production business with Shen Huaiyu and Luo Pu while navigating his growing relationship with Qin Mu. A break-in at their factory exposed its connection to tomb raiders, and heavy snow stranded the group at Luo Pu’s tea garden, where Cheng Lang and Qin Mu grew closer.

• Cheng Lang and Shen Huaiyu recruited Luo Pu to help establish a milk tea paste production line, registered Forest Garden Food Processing Factory, and leased an abandoned factory for the plant.
• Cheng Lang offered Meng Tianye regular chances to perform at White Jade Capital, then turned Qin Mu’s question about their relationship into a chance to start dating.
• Cheng Lang and Qin Mu began a relationship, though their first attempt at intimacy was interrupted by a report that someone had broken into the processing plant.
• Boss Jin told the police that tomb raiders had attacked him and his wife at the factory, where Luo Pu and the guards stopped them, and Jin Huaiyuan offered to help appraise the recovered relics.
• Heavy snow kept Cheng Lang, Qin Mu, Shen Huaiyu, Luo Pu, and the others at the tea garden, where Cheng Lang and Qin Mu discussed living together, boundaries, and fidelity.
• Cheng Lang and Qin Mu grew more affectionate as they shared a room, while Jin Huaiyuan proposed selling Suzhou boat pastries through the milk tea shop and seeking cultural and creative industry support.
• Qin Mu handled work during the snowbound stay, and Cheng Lang waited to share lunch with him as Luo Pu prepared a tea-themed banquet.
• With the roads still closed, the group played mahjong at the tea garden, and Mama Jin invited Cheng Lang to her home for New Year.