Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• After Shen Baili’s parent-teacher meeting, Xie Chengyue, Shen Wan, Ji Qi, and Qiao Yi praise her. Baili accepts the compliments cheerfully, showing she is comfortable with her own strengths.
• Baili recommends the school cafeteria’s steamed fish and pork ribs. Her family and friends eat there together, while Meng Jiu’an, Lu Mingqian, and Ji Qi arrive separately and sit at a nearby table.
• At lunch, the parents make sure the girls eat well. Qiao Yi’s parents warmly appreciate their daughter’s friendships and treat Baili’s family naturally, without trying to gain favor from them.
• Xie Chengyue reflects on how different the warm, expressive atmosphere around Shen Wan and Baili is from the Xie family’s traditionally restrained way of showing love.

Character developments

• Shen Baili is increasingly confident and joyful. She is proud of her achievements and secure in her close friendship with Qiao Yi.
• Xie Chengyue shows open affection toward Baili and recognizes how the women’s presence has softened his family’s habits.
• Qiao Yi’s parents demonstrate that they value their daughter’s happiness and friendships above status or advantage.
• The Xie family, though deeply caring, is portrayed as emotionally reserved; their household is gradually becoming warmer.

Character interactions

• Ji Qi teases Baili about being shameless, and she turns the joke back on him; their exchange is playful and affectionate.
• Xie Chengyue backs Baili’s confidence, while Qiao Yi openly calls her her best friend.
• The boys joke among themselves on the way to the cafeteria, especially when Meng Jiu’an climbs onto Lu Mingqian’s back.
• Parents show care through small gestures, such as serving food and encouraging their daughters to eat.

Significant themes

• Praise and self-confidence: Children should be encouraged when they have earned recognition.
• Family affection: Love can be shown through practical care, but open warmth can help a family grow closer.
• Friendship beyond status: Qiao Yi’s parents value genuine relationships rather than social advantage.
• Mutual good fortune: Shen Wan and Baili benefit from joining the Xie family, but their warmth also enriches the family.

Key plot points and events

• After lunch at Shen Baili’s parent-teacher conference, she and Shen Wan head off together, holding hands, while Xie Chengyue waits with their bags.
• Su Bowen spots a woman he believes is Shen Wan. He sends his daughter, Su Yan, off to lunch, then hurries after the figure.
• He finds Shen Wan beneath an ivy-covered wall and calls her name. She gives him a cool, emotionless glance and walks away without responding.
• Shen Bowen whispers an apology, but Shen Wan does not stop or look back. Soon after, Shen Baili runs to her mother, and they continue together hand in hand.

Character developments

• Shen Baili feels grateful for the loving family she has now. Though she once lacked both parents’ affection, her mother’s love—and Xie Chengyue’s presence at the conference—bring her happiness. She lovingly checks on Shen Wan’s health.
• Shen Wan shows how fully she has moved on. She remains composed when she sees Su Bowen and is content with her present work and life.
• Su Bowen is confronted with guilt and regret over abandoning Shen Wan and their daughter. He hopes they are happy, but seeing Shen Wan makes the past feel immediate again.
• Xie Chengyue is warmly involved in family life, sharing the parent-teacher conference and waiting patiently for Shen Wan and Shen Baili.

Significant themes

• Healing and moving forward: Shen Wan continues her life without turning back, while Su Bowen remains caught between remorse and his new life.
• Family and belonging: Everyday moments—sharing lunch, attending a school event, and walking hand in hand—represent the security Shen Baili once lacked.
• The limits of apology: Su Bowen’s regret cannot undo the harm he caused, and Shen Wan offers him no reconciliation.
• Choosing happiness in the present: Shen Baili and Shen Wan value the family and life they have built.

Character interactions

• Shen Baili and Shen Wan share a tender walk, exchanging affectionate concern and reassurance.
• Xie Chengyue and Shen Wan coordinate casually as a couple, while he supports the family event.
• Su Bowen speaks gently with Su Yan, hiding his agitation before going after Shen Wan.
• When Su Bowen and Shen Wan meet, his hesitant apology is met with silence and distance; Shen Baili’s joyful reunion with her mother immediately contrasts with that painful encounter.

• Key events: Shen Wan and Xie Chengyue leave Shen Baili’s school after attending her parent-teacher meeting. In the car, Shen Wan tells Xie that she encountered her ex-husband, Su Bowen, and worries that he and his new family might trouble Baili. She asks Xie to investigate them; he agrees and reassures her that they will protect the girl together. Shen Wan then falls asleep and dreams of her past with Su Bowen.
• Character development: Shen Wan’s affection for Baili is clear, as is her resolve to protect her. She is now happy with Xie, but remains cautious and refuses to forgive Su Bowen. Her dream recalls the loneliness and self-reliance that shaped her: an orphan returned by several adoptive families, she supported herself through university and learned to guard her heart. Xie proves attentive and dependable, responding to her concerns without hesitation.
• Past relationship: Shen Wan first met Su Bowen at university and initially thought little of him. Their repeated encounters and his quiet companionship softened her view, though she remained wary of romance. When she needed surgery, she arranged everything herself; after her caregiver abandoned her, Su Bowen rushed to her side. They later married after graduation and built a stable life together.
• Themes and interactions: The chapter contrasts Shen Wan’s painful past with the warmth of her present family. It emphasizes chosen family, trust, self-reliance, and a mother’s fierce protectiveness. Shen Wan and Xie share gentle intimacy and mutual trust, while her memories complicate the image of Su Bowen: he was once a caring companion, but she now sees him as someone she will not forgive or allow to harm Baili.

Key plot points

• A flashback follows Shen Wan’s shift from career-focused editor to mother. After a difficult pregnancy and severe postpartum bleeding, she chooses to keep her child, Suìsuì, and finds happiness in caring for her.
• Over time, small acts of neglect—such as Suìsuì’s name being recorded incorrectly and Su Bowen repeatedly postponing fixing it—make Shen Wan wonder when her home stopped feeling secure. Suìsuì tries to comfort her.
• Shen Wan wakes alone in a familiar bed and goes to wash, while the chapter shifts to Shen Baili’s final year of school. Her workload is intense; despite ranking first in every exam, her energy reading has barely increased.
• Xie Tingsi returns home after a successful year. His film The Wayfarer wins major awards, though he misses out on Best Actor. Disappointed but determined, he looks forward to seeing his family.
• Finding the house empty, he rests, cooks luosifen, and livestreams. Shen Baili arrives while he is eating, and their warm reunion is briefly audible on the stream. The mention of his sister sparks online attention and trends.

Character developments and interactions

• Shen Wan is devoted to her child and accepts the sacrifices motherhood brings, but the household-register mistake and repeated delays hint at deeper marital disappointment.
• Shen Baili remains a hardworking top student, now noticeably taller. She playfully steps on Tingsi’s foot after he teases her about her height.
• Xie Tingsi is affectionate and openly proud of his sister. Although he is disappointed by missing an acting award, he channels that feeling into renewed ambition. His fans’ interest in Shen Baili shows how public his fame has become.

Significant themes

• Family, love, and belonging: Shen Wan’s happiness as a mother contrasts with her growing sense of hurt; the siblings’ reunion offers a warmer picture of family affection.
• Personal sacrifice: Shen Wan gives up her career plans for her child, while Tingsi balances professional ambition with closeness to family.
• Achievement and perseverance: Baili’s strong results bring little change to her energy level, while Tingsi responds to professional disappointment by looking ahead.
• Privacy and celebrity: Even a few seconds of an unseen family member’s voice can attract intense online attention.

Key plot points and events

• Xie Tingsi’s livestream viewers gush over a photo of his younger sister, Shen Baili. He confirms he feels lucky to have her, then stops discussing her to protect her privacy while she finishes high school.
• Shen Baili and Xie Tingsi share a rare, relaxed moment at home, eating dessert and watching Peppa Pig with Little Orange Cat.
• In March, Shen Baili and Lu Mingqian speak as student representatives at the school’s hundred-day countdown assembly. Taotao secretly photographs Shen, while Su Yan helps keep the dean from noticing.
• By April, Shen Baili’s eighteenth birthday arrives. Her family holds an elaborate banquet at a five-star hotel, where she appears in a bright yellow gown and celebrates alongside her mother, Shen Wan.

Character developments

• Xie Tingsi shows affection for Shen Baili while drawing a firm boundary between her and the pressures of his public life.
• Shen Baili reflects on how quickly senior year has passed. Her birthday marks adulthood, and she values family above lavish celebration. She also hopes to grow strong enough to protect her mother.
• Taotao and Su Yan have become close friends: they coordinate naturally, and Su Yan feels increasingly happy and settled at school.
• Lu Mingqian quietly reflects on his nearly three-year connection with Shen Baili and hopes their time together will continue.

Character interactions

• Xie Tingsi and Shen Baili bond over dessert and a peaceful evening at home.
• Taotao admires Shen Baili and photographs her at the assembly; Su Yan helps her avoid being caught. Shen notices their teamwork.
• Shen Baili and Lu Mingqian share a quiet moment onstage as they consider how fast time has passed.
• At the birthday banquet, Shen Baili and Shen Wan affectionately compare their heights and compliment each other.

Significant themes

• Family and protection: Xie Tingsi shields Shen Baili from unwanted public attention, while Shen Baili dreams of protecting her mother.
• Friendship and belonging: Taotao and Su Yan’s growing closeness makes school life more fulfilling.
• Time and change: The countdown to exams and Shen Baili’s eighteenth birthday underscore how quickly adolescence is passing.
• Milestones and care: Though the birthday celebration is lavish, Shen Baili’s deepest wish is simply to share it with family.

• Key events: At Shen Baili’s birthday banquet, the Xie Family’s care for her is clear in the decorations, the gathering of loved ones, and their thoughtful welcome for her friends. Xie Liuzheng greets the girls and remembers them from the Sports Meet; Shen Baili’s friends joke over who counts as her closest friend. When Shen Baili appears on the grand staircase with Shen Wan and Xie Chengyue, the orchestra plays and the guests welcome her as the family’s “little princess.” The trio descends together as the birthday song begins.
• Character developments: Shen Baili is delighted when Shen Wan says she resembles her mother, and she responds to the family’s affection with a bright, confident smile. Shen Wan and Xie Chengyue show their protectiveness by shielding her from the spotlight and reassuring her that they will always support her. Xie Liuzheng’s warmth and attentiveness reinforce her role as a caring aunt.
• Character interactions: Shen Baili’s friends—including Zhu Zhitao, Ruan Mian, Qiao Yi, Sang Fang, Su Yan, Lu Mingqian, Meng Jiu’an, and Ji Qi—share affectionate, playful banter about their friendship with her. They admire the love her family shows her and affirm that they love her too. Xie Liuzheng welcomes them and encourages them to enjoy the celebration.
• Significant themes: The chapter emphasizes chosen and familial love, belonging, and unconditional support. The flower-lined descent symbolizes wishes for Shen Baili’s future to be peaceful and bright, while the birthday celebration publicly affirms how deeply she is cherished.

Chapter 105 Summary

• A birthday surrounded by love: Suìsuì celebrates her birthday with Shen Wan, the Xie family, and her friends. Their affection moves her to tears, while Ruan Mian feels envious of the loving family she never had. Su Yan, who is loved by her own family, is simply happy for her friend.
• Generous, personal gifts: Xie Chengyue transfers valuable assets to Suìsuì; Xie Liuzheng gives her ruby jewelry, Xie Zhiyu a carefully carved jade pear tree engraved with a blessing, and Xie Tingsi two sports cars. Shen Wan gives her a villa and an apartment bought with her own earnings, hoping to provide Suìsuì with a private haven. Her friends also give heartfelt gifts. Suìsuì feels rich not only in possessions but in love and support.
• A major memory unlock: On her birthday, A-Deng reports that Suìsuì’s Energy Bar has reached 90%, unlocking memories. Suìsuì chooses to view them.
• The past of Zhou Yu: The memories reveal why Zhou Yu fled her family. Despite excelling in school and giving her scholarship money to her parents, she was ordered to marry for a bride price of 600 yuan. When she refused, her parents told her to drop out, believing a well-educated daughter would be harder to control.
• Escape and survival: With help from An’an the giant panda, Zhou Yu evaded villagers searching for her and escaped. From ages fifteen to eighteen, she survived alone in the city—washing dishes, losing wages at an illegal factory, selling goods on the street, and narrowly avoiding assault. Her memories are shown in painful fragments, revealing how much fear and hardship she endured.
• Emotional response: Suìsuì feels the memories as if their pain were her own and curls up, telling Zhou Yu, “You worked so hard.” The orange cat senses her distress and comforts her.

Character and Theme Notes

• Suìsuì is deeply moved by the contrast between her loving present and her lonely, dangerous past. Her wealth and family support represent security she once lacked.
• Shen Wan expresses her love through independence and protection, giving Suìsuì a home that comes from her own work.
• Zhou Yu’s memories reveal her resilience and determination to claim an education and escape forced marriage.
• Themes: The chapter contrasts love and belonging with neglect and coercion; highlights women’s restricted choices, the value of education and self-determination, and survival through hardship. It also shows how family, friendship, and a safe home can offer healing.

Key plot points and events

• Shen Baili asks A-Deng why the system changed her memories. A-Deng suggests either a malfunction during the Space-Time Storm or a psychological defense against overwhelming despair.
• With her memories restored, Shen understands that her former self, Zhou Yu, had been forced to give up school and never stopped yearning for an education. She wonders what happened to Zhou Yu after turning eighteen, but the memories offer no answer.
• Shen celebrates a joyful birthday surrounded by loved ones, then returns to her demanding final year of high school determined to focus on the future.
• The day after her birthday, Xie Tingsi takes her for a coastal drive. They joke about traveling the world, reading widely, and using a car to cover “ten thousand miles.”
• The following day, Shen encounters her estranged father, Su Bowen, outside school. He greets her as his daughter, but she coldly asks who he is.

Character developments

• Shen Baili processes the pain and lost hopes of her former life without letting them derail her present. She resolves to shape the future she can control.
• A-Deng comforts Shen and offers a practical explanation for the altered memories.
• Xie Tingsi encourages Shen’s independence and dreams, playfully imagining future journeys together.
• Su Bowen is confronted with the consequences of his separation from Shen and her mother. He feels guilty and nostalgic, but the narration notes that he regrets neither his choices nor their outcome.

Significant themes

• Memory, trauma, and identity: Shen’s recovered memories reveal how deeply past hardship shaped her.
• Hope and agency: She cannot change what happened to Zhou Yu, but believes she can choose her own future.
• Education and longing: Zhou Yu’s quiet yearning to attend school remains a painful, unresolved part of her past.
• Family and estrangement: Su Bowen remembers their former closeness, while Shen’s apparent rejection shows how completely their relationship has fractured.

Character interactions

• Shen seeks comfort from A-Deng, who responds with both affection and analysis.
• Shen and Xie Tingsi share lighthearted banter during their drive, with his encouragement reinforcing her sense of possibility.
• Su Bowen approaches Shen with guilt and memories of their once-happy family life; Shen’s question, “Who are you?”, sharply rejects the closeness he still imagines.

• Key events: Shen Baili unexpectedly runs into Su Bowen, her estranged father. When he reaches for her and asks whether she hates him, she rejects him and tells him to stay away. A-Deng checks Su Bowen’s affection levels: he feels 60/100 toward Baili, compared with 85/100 toward his stepdaughter, Su Yan. The disparity deepens Baili’s disgust. She asks her driver to take her to the library, where she studies to steady herself.
• Character development: The encounter reveals how strongly Baili’s father’s betrayal still affects her, despite her outward composure. Her memories make clear that she once loved and trusted him, but now regards his remorse as largely insincere. She also reflects on how she and her mother, Shen Wan, eventually rebuilt their lives without him.
• Character interactions: Su Bowen tries to reconnect, but Baili refuses his touch and leaves. From the car, she sees him acting warmly with Su Yan, his stepdaughter. A-Deng offers to check Su Bowen’s feelings, while Baili’s driver, Xiao Lin, calmly follows her request to stop at the library.
• Significant themes: The chapter explores parental abandonment, betrayal, and the lasting force of childhood memories. It contrasts genuine past affection with present-day hypocrisy, and suggests that people can recover and find happiness after painful family upheaval.

Key plot points and events

• After the library closes, Shen Baili is stranded in a heavy nighttime downpour. She has no umbrella, her phone battery dies, and repeated attempts to reach the younger Butler Lin fail.
• With few cars passing and the streetlamp going out, she waits in the dark and rain, unable to contact a ride.
• A-Deng, the orange cat who is actually a system, tries to cheer her up by echoing her playful “bad luck” and “good luck” chants.
• As the rain begins to ease, Shen Baili covers herself and A-Deng with her school jacket and decides to walk through the rain with the cat.

Character developments and interactions

• Shen Baili’s low spirits briefly lift through her affectionate, playful exchange with A-Deng. Despite their predicament, she turns the situation into an adventure.
• A-Deng shows how deeply attached she is to Shen Baili: she says she awakened because of her and will cease to exist when Shen Baili does. Their bond is presented as inseparable and lifelong.
• The two tease and comfort each other, imagining cultivators behind the lightning and wondering whether systems have an afterlife. Their banter contrasts with the storm’s isolation.

Significant themes

• Companionship amid hardship: A-Deng’s presence eases Shen Baili’s loneliness when practical help is unavailable.
• Resilience and optimism: Shen Baili counters a run of bad luck with humor and chooses to face the rain boldly.
• Life shared and intertwined: The chapter emphasizes the system and host’s mutual affection and shared fate.
• Nature’s power and atmosphere: The storm’s darkness, lightning, and driving rain heighten the sense of vulnerability while giving the scene an almost grand, dramatic beauty.

Key events

• Stranded in heavy rain, Shen Baili decides not to wait helplessly. She runs to a convenience store, where she borrows a charger, warms herself with hot water, and waits for her phone to restart.
• Xie Zhiyu arrives in a Maybach to bring her home. She rushes outside to meet him, then urgently pulls him indoors, worried he might be struck by lightning.
• While they wait for the storm to ease, Xie buys supplies: towels, dry socks and slippers, instant noodles, and ginger tea. Shen changes into dry things and drinks the tea despite disliking its taste.
• Shen realizes Xie came all the way to the library specifically to find her. He quietly confirms that he came to take her home.

Character developments and interactions

• Shen shows independence by finding shelter and getting her phone charged, but she is also openly caring: she worries about Xie’s safety and looks after him with a towel and hot milk.
• Xie’s concern appears in his actions rather than words. He comes to retrieve Shen, prepares everything she needs to recover from the rain, and accepts her earnest scolding with gentle amusement.
• Their exchange is affectionate and comfortable. Shen recognizes the thought behind Xie’s gestures, while he conceals how worried he was.

Significant themes

• Care expressed through practical acts: Xie’s supplies and Shen’s concern for him show mutual affection through small, attentive gestures.
• Finding warmth and safety in a storm: The threatening weather contrasts with the comfort of shelter, hot drinks, and their companionship.
• Sincerity matters more than the gesture itself: Shen values Xie’s effort, even when the ginger tea tastes bad or his trip is presented as no big deal.

Key plot points and events

• After Shen Baili goes missing, Xie Zhiyu searches for her and brings her to safety. He doesn’t tell her how worried everyone was, wanting instead to reassure her that she is cared for.
• Shen Baili thanks him and calls him the best; he reminds her they are family. After they eat instant noodles at a convenience store, he carries her home through the rain.
• Later, Shen Wan learns that Su Bowen encountered Shen Baili and said upsetting things to her. When Su Bowen arrives expecting a meeting, Shen Wan throws ice water in his face and orders him to stay away from her and her daughter.
• Su Bowen apologizes, but Shen Wan remains unmoved, slaps him, and warns him of the consequences if he approaches them again. He lets her leave without pursuing her.
• Watching Shen Wan go, Su Bowen notices her expensive designer clothes and rare bracelet, realizing how wealthy and changed she has become.

Character developments

• Shen Baili feels safe and cherished with Xie Zhiyu, openly expressing her trust in him.
• Xie Zhiyu shows his protectiveness through quiet reassurance and practical care, rather than making Shen Baili feel responsible for the trouble she caused.
• Shen Wan is no longer the gentle, heartbroken woman Su Bowen remembers. She is composed, formidable, and resolute in protecting her daughter.
• Su Bowen is forced to confront the damage of his past and recognize that Shen Wan and Shen Baili reject him. His apology does not alter Shen Wan’s judgment of him.

Significant themes

• Family and care: Xie Zhiyu’s actions show that love and loyalty are expressed through dependable support.
• Protection and boundaries: Shen Wan makes clear that Su Bowen has no place in her or Shen Baili’s life.
• Change and consequences: Time has transformed Shen Wan, while Su Bowen’s remorseful manner recalls the hurtful choices he made before.
• Wealth and independence: Shen Wan’s luxury possessions underscore how dramatically her circumstances and status have changed.

Character interactions

• Xie Zhiyu comforts Shen Baili as an older brother, and their affectionate exchange restores her cheer.
• Shen Wan confronts Su Bowen directly, rejecting both his apology and any attempt to reconnect.
• Su Bowen compares the woman Shen Wan is now with the woman he once knew, while recognizing that his past behavior has permanently shaped their relationship.

• Su Bowen reveals that he has seen his biological daughter, Su Li—now Shen Baili—at school. Su Yun realizes this could complicate their family’s connection to Su Yan, who admires Shen Baili.
• Su Bowen reassures Su Yun that he has chosen their family. He says his relationship with Shen Baili is over and that she can consider him dead. Su Yun accepts his reassurance, though she worries about the effect on Su Yan.
• Shen Baili focuses on her studies as the college entrance exam approaches, deliberately distancing herself from Su Yan. She sees this as necessary to change both her mother’s fate and her own.
• Su Yun asks Shen Baili to meet, and the two sit down in a milk-tea shop. Su Yun says she has wanted to meet her for a long time and quietly observes Shen Baili’s resemblance to her mother. Shen Baili, in turn, wonders whether Su Yun hates her and reflects that she blames Su Bowen more than the woman who once took him from her.
  Character developments and interactions: Su Bowen’s resolve to reject his past reassures Su Yun, while Su Yun’s concern for Su Yan prompts her to seek out Shen Baili. Shen Baili remains composed but guarded, carrying resentment toward her father and maintaining distance from Su Yan.
  Themes: Family loyalty and the consequences of past choices; the tension between protecting one’s own child and recognizing another child’s worth; and the determination to shape one’s future despite painful history.

Key plot points and events

• Shen Baili confronts Su Yun, the woman who married her father, Su Bowen, after his betrayal of Shen Baili’s mother, Shen Wan.
• Su Yun apologizes and admits that although she did not initially know about the affair, she later learned the truth and still married Su Bowen.
• She asks Shen Baili not to blame her daughter, Su Yan, who likes Shen Baili and hopes to be friends.
• Shen Baili suspects Su Yun’s apology is not entirely sincere: she believes the Su Family learned of the powerful Xie Family connection through Su Yan’s friendship with her and is now trying to approach her for advantage.
• Shen Baili presses Su Yun on whose request this is—hers, Su Bowen’s, or the Su Family’s. Su Yun’s reaction confirms Shen Baili’s suspicion that the Su Family is behind it.

Character developments

• Shen Baili remains emotionally detached from Su Yun and Su Bowen, but is sharply perceptive and increasingly confident in confronting them. She prioritizes her mother and refuses to be manipulated through Su Yan.
• Su Yun shows guilt and offers an apology, yet her motives are uncertain. Her privileged upbringing and sheltered life help explain her discomfort when challenged, while her concern for Su Yan appears genuine.
• Su Yan is absent, but her affection for Shen Baili makes her the focus of Su Yun’s plea—and potentially a means of access for the Su Family.
• Su Bowen stays out of the confrontation, while his past betrayal remains central to the tension.

Significant themes

• Betrayal and accountability: Su Yun acknowledges that learning the truth and marrying Su Bowen still made her complicit in the harm done to Shen Wan.
• Family loyalty and generational conflict: Shen Baili separates Su Yan from the adults’ wrongdoing, even as she distrusts the use of their friendship.
• Power and self-interest: Shen Baili suspects the apology is tied to the Xie Family’s influence, highlighting how relationships can become tools for advancement.
• Emotional detachment: The former love and hatred have faded, but that does not mean forgiveness or affection.

Character interactions

• Su Yun tries to explain herself, apologize, and protect Su Yan from the fallout.
• Shen Baili challenges the gaps in Su Yun’s account and refuses to accept the apology at face value.
• Their exchange shifts from personal remorse to political calculation as Shen Baili questions who arranged the approach, ultimately identifying the Su Family as the party behind it.

Key plot points

• Shen Baili confronts Su Yun, who admits Su Yan doesn’t know the truth about her parentage and believes Su Bowen is her biological father. Su Yun begs Shen Baili not to harm Su Yan, offering to send her abroad and keep her away.
• Shen Baili refuses to punish Su Yan or disrupt her upcoming university entrance examination, but makes clear she will hold Su Yun and Su Bowen responsible. She reminds Su Yun how hard Su Yan has worked and that Su Yan wants to stay close to her family.
• Upset by the betrayal and the loss of her friendship with Su Yan, Shen Baili is comforted by A-Deng in the car. She then tells her mother and older brother what happened.
• After the confrontation, the Su Family stops contacting Shen Baili. She focuses on preparing for the examination and sees less of Su Yan.

Character developments and interactions

• Shen Baili shows restraint toward Su Yan, whom she believes innocent of deliberate wrongdoing, but draws a firm boundary: she will not pretend their friendship can continue, and she will pursue those she holds responsible.
• Su Yun reveals both her fear of Shen Baili’s influence and her deep love for Su Yan. Rather than accept blame, she decides to fault Su Bowen and seek her brother’s advice.
• A-Deng supports Shen Baili with affection and humor, reinforcing their close friendship.
• Shen Baili turns to her family for protection, confident that they will stand behind her.

Significant themes

• Betrayal and broken friendship: Even when Su Yan may not have known the truth, Shen Baili cannot simply return to their former closeness.
• Accountability and boundaries: Shen Baili distinguishes between sparing Su Yan and forgiving the adults she believes responsible.
• Family and support: Shen Baili’s bond with her mother, brother, and A-Deng helps her face the conflict.
• Examinations and priorities: With the entrance exam near, Shen Baili chooses not to interfere with Su Yan’s studies and puts her own preparation first.

Key events

• Shen Baili remains courteous toward Su Yan but keeps her at a distance. Su Yan notices the change and worries she has upset her, but friends Zhu Zhitao and Sang Fang reassure her that exam stress may be making her overthink. Su Yan eventually accepts this explanation.
• With ten days remaining before the National College Entrance Examination, seniors begin exchanging memory books. Shen Baili declines to fill them out until after the exam, prioritizing study. The Director of Academic Affairs quickly ends the distracting trend.
• Shen Baili’s family watches over her health and emotional well-being. Though the Xie Family could provide other routes to a prestigious university, they respect her determination to earn her own success.
• The Xie Family keeps Su Yun, Su Bowen, and other unwanted people away from Shen Baili. The Su Family, already intimidated by the Xies, stays quiet.

Character developments and interactions

• Shen Baili stays focused and assertive, setting boundaries when a popular distraction threatens her goals. Her drive comes from both her current ambitions and her past life’s experience of education as a way out of poverty.
• Su Yan remains unaware of why Shen Baili has grown distant. She is perceptive about tension around her family but accepts her friends’ reassurance that her worries are caused by exam pressure. Her comparatively relaxed outlook reflects confidence that one exam will not determine her whole future.
• Zhu Zhitao and Sang Fang support Su Yan and try to keep her from dwelling on the friendship change.
• Shen Wan, Xie Liuzheng, and the Xie Family support Shen Baili without pressuring her to follow a particular path. Their influence also keeps the Su Family at bay.

Significant themes

• Education as self-determination: Shen Baili pursues the exam because it represents hard-won independence, not because she lacks other options.
• Boundaries and priorities: She refuses distractions and recognizes that saying no can be necessary.
• Different relationships with pressure: Su Yan sees life as full of chances to recover from mistakes, while Shen Baili’s past makes academic opportunity feel especially precious.
• Support and protection: Shen Baili’s family backs her ambitions while shielding her from interference.

Plot points and events

• As the entrance exam approaches, Shen Baili feels unusually calm and ready after years of preparation; the exam represents a long-awaited goal.
• Her family accompanies her to the test center. Shen Wan comforts her, while Xie Tingsi cheers her on. Xie Liuzheng lightens the mood by joking about taking Baili to a male-model club after the exams.
• The family watches Baili enter the school, reflecting on how much she has grown and how quickly the past three years have gone. They plan to wait nearby until the morning exam ends.
• Afterward, Xie Tingsi criticizes Xie Liuzheng’s proposed outing as a bad influence. She argues that young women should experience the world and learn to protect themselves; Tingsi quickly changes course and asks to join her.

Character developments

• Shen Baili is nervous but confident, drawing strength from her preparation and her family’s support. She steps into the exam determined to face it on her own.
• Shen Wan is deeply proud and protective, and admits she is nearly as anxious as Baili.
• Xie Liuzheng expresses a more independent, pleasure-seeking outlook, shaped by her own past vulnerability. She believes women should be worldly rather than sheltered.
• Xie Tingsi enthusiastically supports Baili and brings humor to the family, though he is easily swayed when the outing is mentioned.
• Xie Zhiyu and Xie Chengyue show their care through their presence and quiet reassurance.

Significant themes

• Family support and growing up: Baili must take the exam alone, but her family’s encouragement surrounds her.
• Preparation and self-belief: Her confidence comes from years of disciplined effort.
• Female independence and worldly experience: Liuzheng argues that seeing more of life can help women avoid being deceived or left helpless.
• Time and change: The family recognizes that Baili’s childhood and familiar school routine are giving way to adulthood.

Character interactions

• Shen Wan comforts Baili with affection and confidence; Tingsi encourages her with playful enthusiasm, and Zhiyu offers a quiet, warm send-off.
• Liuzheng’s teasing proposal eases Baili’s nerves and sparks banter among the family, including jokes about the brothers becoming male models.
• The family waits together after Baili enters, sharing their anxiety and pride before the conversation shifts to Liuzheng’s views on independence and enjoying life.

Plot points and events

• Xie Liuzheng proposes a girls’ outing to a male-host club, prompting her father, Xie Chengyue, to remind her he is still alive. She then suggests he come along, turning the idea into a family trip.
• The family agrees to plan a getaway for after Shen Baili’s exams. They will suggest possible destinations and let her choose. Xie Tingsi also says he can likely make time, since his work schedule is light and he has yet to find a challenging script.
• Meanwhile, Shen Baili sits the national college entrance examination. Despite the pressure, she feels calm and approaches the papers like familiar practice tests. A-Deng and the Little Orange Cat cheer her on from outside, unable to enter the exam room.
• Shen Baili completes the exams confidently. On the final day, heavy rain gives way to sunshine and a rainbow as the students leave.

Character developments and interactions

• Xie Liuzheng is more outspoken and playful than before, teasing her family and freely voicing her plans.
• Xie Chengyue initially objects to the club outing but redirects the conversation toward a family trip.
• Xie Tingsi supports both the outing and the trip, while noting his need to coordinate with his agent. Xie Zhiyu readily agrees and helps turn the discussion into a family plan.
• Shen Baili shows composure and confidence under exam pressure. Qiao Yi keeps her company, and the two share a lighthearted run to the school building in the heat.
• A-Deng worries about distracting Shen Baili and stays outside, trusting her to succeed through her own effort.

Significant themes

• Family closeness: A cheeky suggestion becomes an opportunity for the family to spend time together.
• Self-reliance and perseverance: Shen Baili faces the exams on her own, supported by a year of preparation.
• The passage from youth: The rain is framed as a farewell to high school, while the rainbow at the end lends the moment a hopeful, celebratory feel.

• Key events: After the rain, two rainbows appear over the school as students celebrate the end of exams by throwing shredded papers and books into the air like snow. The group talks about university plans: Shen Baili expects to study in Capital City and is considering Q University or B University; Ruan Mian, Zhu Zhitao, Su Yan, and others hope to go there too. Ji Qi will leave for a prestigious university abroad, while Lu Mingqian may also face pressure from his parents to study overseas. The friends joke about visiting one another, then rush toward the gates at the final dismissal of their high-school years. Shen Baili reaches for Zhu Zhitao’s hand but accidentally takes a large hand instead.
• Character developments: Ruan Mian has grown more confident and found a goal: attending university in Capital City and staying close friends with Shen Baili. Lu Mingqian’s quiet affection for Shen Baili is evident, especially when he removes a scrap of paper from her hair; the moment becomes a treasured memory. Shen Baili remains warm and welcoming, reassuring her friends that they will stay in touch. Ji Qi faces a future abroad that he does not seem to have chosen freely.
• Interactions: The friends share an affectionate, teasing conversation about their futures. Ji Qi and the others joke about handsome men and promise to visit him overseas. Meng Jiu’an watches Shen Baili admiringly, while Lu Mingqian quietly cherishes a brief moment with her. Ruan Mian openly expresses how much Shen Baili means to her.
• Themes: The chapter celebrates youth, friendship, and hopeful new beginnings, while acknowledging the uncertainty and constraints that come with leaving school. The rainbows and paper “snow” symbolize beauty, release, and the end of one stage of life.

• After the exam: The group races out of school together, laughing and holding hands. Their energetic dash toward the gate marks the end of the college entrance exam—and the beginning of their next chapter.
• Suìsuì and Meng Jiu’an: In the rush, Shen Baili accidentally holds Meng Jiu’an’s hand. He is thrilled and flustered, quietly wishing their walk would last longer. When Shen Baili reaches her mother, she realizes the mistake, apologizes, and calls him a good friend. Meng leaves with his feelings still unspoken.
• Family reunion and rising energy: Shen Baili’s energy meter increases by 5% as soon as she steps off campus, bringing it to 95% after being stuck at 90% for months. She is warmly reunited with Shen Wan, who wipes the sweat from her forehead. Shen Baili promises to tell her mother if she ever falls for someone, and they seal the promise with linked little fingers.
• The family’s reactions: Xie Liuzheng and the others notice Meng Jiu’an’s interest in Shen Baili. Xie Tingsi is suspicious of him, while Xie Chengyue observes that Meng is still young and that Shen Baili does not seem to return his feelings. The family chooses not to expose his crush, prioritizing Shen Baili’s happiness.
• What follows: Xie Tingsi begins presenting an itinerary, and Shen Baili listens eagerly.
  Character developments and themes: Meng’s shy affection becomes more apparent, while Shen Baili remains cheerful and clear that she sees him as a friend. The chapter emphasizes youth, friendship, family trust, unspoken love, and the transition from school life to a new future.