Chapter Summaries

Dongfang Minghui and Cyril failed to understand each other after he bowed to her. The exchange left them blinking at one another.

• Cyril bowed to Dongfang Minghui after realizing they had killed his pursuers.
• Dongfang Minghui tried to wave him off, then asked him to take her out of there.
• Dongfang Minghui and Cyril failed to understand each other and blinked at one another.

Dongfang Minghui and Lien reached beastfolk territory, where they learned that Cass had disappeared, while Qian Wanyu fought her way out of General Armand’s residence and headed toward Cass’s tribe. On the road, Dongfang Minghui found the missing Cass badly wounded and poisoned by a python’s lust venom.

• Dongfang Minghui bought an elixir for understanding beastfolk speech from He Ji'an, then gathered a map and news that Cass had vanished after an ambush by Cyril and Hillary.
• Qian Wanyu killed Armand, led Jing Kewei and a group of captives toward Cass’s territory, and waited near the tribe’s border after most of the survivors left.
• Dongfang Minghui and Lien followed the map toward the Cass Tribe, and Lien killed a python and removed its venom sacs.
• Little Lecher brought down a wounded man from the treetop, and Dongfang Minghui recognized him as Cass after shaving off his beard.
• Dongfang Minghui discovered that Cass was poisoned by the python’s lust venom and told Little Lecher to tie him up before it flared.

Dongfang Minghui reunited with Qian Wanyu after helping Cass survive an ambush and reach the Cass Tribe. As Qian Wanyu struggled with unfamiliar feelings and gaps in her memories, Dongfang Minghui cared for her, ending the chapter by teasing her after she woke during a forehead kiss.

• Dongfang Minghui cured Cass's poison and warned him that another ambush might await him on the mountain.
• Cass and Lien fought more than a hundred attackers, and Little White Ball and Qian Wanyu arrived to help Dongfang Minghui turn the battle around.
• Cass returned to the Cass Tribe with Dongfang Minghui, Qian Wanyu, Lien, Jing Kewei, and their companions.
• Dongfang Minghui held Qian Wanyu's hand and prepared a hot bath for her, while Qian Wanyu found herself unusually affected by her closeness.
• Dongfang Minghui kissed Qian Wanyu's forehead as she slept, but Qian Wanyu woke and asked if she was sexually frustrated.

Dongfang Minghui explored the Cass Tribe with Jing Kewei and Lien, cured Old Buka’s poisoned wife, and later fought Milo’s patrol after they attacked her and Qian Wanyu. Qian Wanyu recovered memories of Dongfang Minghui and reclaimed their love tokens, leaving the sisters reconciled as they continued searching for the missing friend and the Inheritance Grounds.

• Dongfang Minghui learned from Jing Kewei how Qian Wanyu had been found unconscious, then joined Karu’s tour of the Cass Tribe while Qian Wanyu stayed behind to cultivate.
• Dongfang Minghui traded for a five-colored flower and cured Old Buka’s poisoned wife, earning the beastfolk’s admiration as a Potion Master.
• Dongfang Minghui tested Qian Wanyu’s soul sea and learned from Qing Mo that Qian Wanyu had temporary memory loss from a head injury in the spatial hurricane.
• Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui toured the tribe, but Milo’s patrol attacked them; they and their spirit beasts defeated the patrol, and Cass ordered Milo punished with fifty lashes.
• Dongfang Minghui suspected Cass knew something about the place they sought, while Qian Wanyu began remembering and confiscated the love tokens from her.
• Qian Wanyu kissed Dongfang Minghui and confirmed she had remembered her, and the sisters embraced happily.

The women discussed how to find Qian Ying’s son, who had been born more than a hundred years earlier. One suspected he might be dead, but another’s encounter with a powerful consciousness while investigating the Cass Tribe suggested an expert was hiding there.

• One woman reassured the other that the child in her arms was safe.
• She wondered how they could find Qian Ying’s son after so many years and asked whether he might already be dead.
• The other woman said she had encountered a powerful consciousness while investigating the Cass Tribe.
• She said Cass had lied, leading her to believe another expert was concealed within the tribe.

Little Minghui and Qian Wanyu investigated a mysterious poisoning in the Cass Tribe and discovered a frozen cavern filled with murdered members of several races. After Little Minghui saved the poisoned beastfolk, Cass recognized a necklace taken from the cavern and reacted with shock, leaving its connection to the tribe’s past unresolved.

• Karu brought Little Minghui to treat six beastfolk who had collapsed after vomiting blood, and she found tiny puncture wounds and signs of poison.
• Cass interrupted Little Minghui’s questions about the victims’ expedition, and she suspected he was concealing the truth; she agreed to investigate the site with Qian Wanyu.
• At the forest, Little Minghui found poisoned Narrow-Eye Grass above a hidden ice cavern, where she and Qian Wanyu discovered people from five races frozen in the walls.
• Karu recognized a beastman’s tag and tried to free the body, but the cavern collapsed; he escaped clutching a necklace.
• Little Minghui used her potion to save all six poisoned beastfolk, then described and sketched the necklace for Cass, who reacted with shock.
• Qian Wanyu asked what Cass had wanted, and Little Minghui began to answer by recalling that Seventh Sister’s consciousness had encountered something.

Tong Yao discovered that Qian Wanyu had secretly been working at the Meet-Up Milk Tea Shop and confirmed that she was Seventh Sister, then helped her negotiate better working conditions and bought her a phone. Qian Wanyu kept working, revealed that she retained her spiritual power, and refused to visit the hospital for a pregnancy checkup.

• Uncle Zhang told Tong Yao that Qian Wanyu had been leaving for work each day, and Tong Yao found her serving drinks at the Meet-Up Milk Tea Shop.
• Tong Yao asked Qian Wanyu about her job, brought her home for dinner, and learned that Qian Wanyu had recognized her as Doctor Jian; Qian Wanyu embraced her and promised she would never leave her alone.
• Tong Yao found Qian Wanyu's photos circulating online, brought her lunch at work, and watched Qian Wanyu kiss her after they practiced using a phone.
• Tong Yao negotiated a higher salary, a daytime schedule ending by five, and a ban on using Qian Wanyu's photos for shop advertising.
• Tong Yao confronted talent scout Zhang Yanqing for secretly photographing Qian Wanyu, then learned Qian Wanyu still had her spiritual power.
• Qian Wanyu refused Tong Yao's request to visit the hospital for a pregnancy checkup, and Tong Yao gave her the smartphone she had bought.

Tong Yao helped Qian Wanyu learn to use a phone and gave her an identity card, which brought back a line she had once tried to decipher from a painting. The chapter ended with Qian Wanyu keeping the card and recalling the words she had later deleted.

• Tong Yao praised Qian Wanyu for learning new things quickly.
• Tong Yao gave Qian Wanyu her phone number and taught her how to call and turn off the phone.
• Tong Yao handed Qian Wanyu an identity card and told her to keep it safe.
• Qian Wanyu recalled a line she had pieced together from books and then deleted because she thought it did not match the painting.

Tong Yao and Qian Wanyu confirmed the baby was healthy, survived a knife attack, and grew closer as Qian Wanyu made money and planned a proposal. Qian Wanyu proposed publicly, and after their engagement went viral, Tong Yao’s mother called in disbelief, leaving Tong Yao facing her family’s reaction.

• Tong Yao persuaded Qian Wanyu to get a color ultrasound, which showed their active fetus was slightly small but otherwise normal.
• A man attacked Tong Yao with a knife in an alley, and Qian Wanyu disarmed him before they let him go.
• Qian Wanyu won about three hundred thousand from lottery tickets, invested it in stocks, and later transferred more than a million into another stock.
• After a doctor was stabbed by the same attacker, Qian Wanyu decided she needed money so she could stay close to Tong Yao and protect her.
• Qian Wanyu proposed to Tong Yao with rings at the hospital, and photos of them embracing spread online.
• Tong Yao’s mother called about the viral video and demanded to know whether Tong Yao had fallen in love with a woman.

• Key events: Tong Yao’s mother urges her to end the situation, warning that she is making repeated mistakes and suggesting it may be retaliation against the family. Tong Yao refuses to back down.
• Character development: Tong Yao states plainly that her love for Seventh Sister is genuine and exclusive.
• Themes: The exchange centers on family pressure, judgment, and the conflict between social expectations and personal love.
• Character interaction: The mother reprimands and warns Tong Yao; Tong Yao answers with a firm declaration of devotion to Seventh Sister.

After Tong Yao and Qian Wanyu’s public coming-out caused workplace gossip and her mother’s disapproval, Tong Yao’s mother gradually accepted their marriage after hearing Qian Wanyu’s commitment and learning how much she had saved for Tong Yao. Once her mother left, Tong Yao prepared a romantic evening for Qian Wanyu, and they began an uninterrupted intimate moment.

• Tong Yao learned from Li Tiantian that Qian Wanyu had asked for help understanding a marriage proposal verse, then went home to find her mother waiting with Qian Wanyu.
• Tong Yao’s mother challenged their relationship, but Qian Wanyu told her she wanted a life with Tong Yao and would cherish her; the two women later spent the day shopping together.
• Qian Wanyu revealed her growing pregnancy to Tong Yao, who accepted the child, and Tong Yao’s mother learned that Qian Wanyu had placed ten million in a gold-card account for Tong Yao.
• Tong Yao’s mother gave the couple her blessing and left, while Tong Yao promised to keep building a life with Qian Wanyu.
• Tong Yao prepared dinner, candles, and music at home, then invited Qian Wanyu to dance; they kissed and began making love.

Qian Wanyu and Tong Yao were alone together in a dark room, where their playful exchange turned intimate. The scene ended as Tong Yao called out to Seventh Sister.

• Tong Yao fell onto the sofa.
• Qian Wanyu warned Tong Yao to be careful of her belly, and Tong Yao told her to worry about herself.
• In the darkness, Qian Wanyu watched Tong Yao intently.
• Tong Yao felt her clothing tear and called out to Seventh Sister.

Tong Yao left the hospital after Director Wang pressured her to resign over the public revelation of her relationship with Qian Wanyu, then devoted herself to drawing their story while the couple prepared for the baby. After Tong Yao met a man who looked like Situ Hao, she and Qian Wanyu encountered him again at a café, where he introduced himself as Situ Xu.

• Director Wang showed Tong Yao anonymous letters and urged her to resign, but Tong Yao negotiated for extra salary and her quarterly bonus before leaving the hospital.
• Tong Yao rescued a young boy injured by glass during a storm and met his brother, Situ Xu, who looked exactly like Situ Hao.
• Tong Yao became ill after being soaked in the rain, and Qian Wanyu stayed with her at the hospital while Tong Yao accompanied her to a prenatal checkup.
• Qian Wanyu quit her job to rest during her pregnancy, while Tong Yao submitted her comic to publishers and chose Guben after receiving interest.
• Tong Yao and Qian Wanyu booked maternity and wedding portrait sessions and bought baby supplies before meeting Situ Xu again at a café.

Tong Yao learned that Xiaobao had lost a lot of blood and had infected wounds, but he was brought to the hospital in time. Mr. Situ then said he had come on Gu Benlai’s behalf to discuss a contract with Tong Yao.

• Mr. Situ told Tong Yao that Xiaobao had lost too much blood and had wounds slightly infected by rainwater and mud.
• Mr. Situ said Xiaobao had been brought in just in time to avoid worse consequences.
• Tong Yao admitted she had thought the situation was a trap set by child traffickers and said she was glad Xiaobao was all right.
• Tong Yao asked Mr. Situ to discuss the matter they had come for.
• Mr. Situ apologized for forgetting the main business and said he was there on Gu Benlai’s behalf to discuss signing a contract with Tong Yao.

Tong Yao and Qian Wanyu prepared for their daughter’s arrival, took maternity and wedding portraits, and waited anxiously past Qian Wanyu’s due date. On Christmas, Qian Wanyu unexpectedly gave birth to a girl, and Tong Yao held the newborn while the couple began discussing her name.

• Tong Yao refused Situ Xu’s offer to buy her comic’s copyright and returned home with Qian Wanyu.
• Tong Yao prepared a nursery, and the two women went shopping, took maternity portraits, and posed together in wedding outfits.
• Tong Yao called the police when two men tried to abduct a child at the shopping district, and officers arrested them.
• After Qian Wanyu’s due date passed, Tong Yao grew anxious while caring for her through the Christmas holiday.
• Qian Wanyu went into labor during a snowy night, and Doctor Chen helped her deliver a girl shortly after Tong Yao stepped out to answer a call.
• Tong Yao held the newborn, and Qian Wanyu asked whether they had chosen a name.

Doctor Chen checked Qian Wanyu and gave her instructions while Tong Yao cared for the newborn, Little Beans. Qian Wanyu finally held the baby, who promptly wet her clothes.

• Doctor Chen checked Qian Wanyu and said a nurse would come to bathe the baby.
• Tong Yao soothed Little Beans and pointed out that the baby had smiled.
• Qian Wanyu watched Little Beans and suspected she would grow into a little menace.
• Tong Yao urged Qian Wanyu to hold the baby, and Qian Wanyu took her into her arms.
• Little Beans wet Qian Wanyu’s clothes, making her scowl.

Tong Yao’s mother learned about Little Bao and came to stay, while Tong Yao and Qian Wanyu settled into life as a family and arranged nearby housing for her. Little Bao repeatedly disrupted danger at the mall and, later, during a walk with Grandma, leaving Tong Yao and Qian Wanyu wondering whether she could sense it in advance.

• Tong Yao’s mother arrived with Charlie, met Little Bao, and angrily confronted Tong Yao for concealing the pregnancy and not knowing who Little Bao’s father was.
• Qian Wanyu decided to buy Tong Yao’s mother an apartment nearby, and Tong Yao’s mother agreed to live close to them.
• Tong Yao and Qian Wanyu began an intimate moment, but Little Bao cried and Tong Yao’s mother interrupted them; she also questioned Tong Yao about not going to work at the hospital.
• Three months later, Tong Yao and Qian Wanyu bought a nearby apartment and went shopping with Little Bao, who cried just before an elevator crashed, keeping them from entering it.
• Mama Tong rushed home after hearing about the elevator accident, and Qian Wanyu wondered whether Little Bao could sense danger in advance.
• A week later, Mama Tong returned frightened after a car drove onto the sidewalk while she was walking with Little Bao, then admitted she had brought a wallet.

A thief snatched the narrator’s wallet, but the narrator stopped to comfort Xiaobao instead of chasing him. The thief was then struck and killed by a truck, which also injured two pedestrians.

• A thief stole the narrator’s wallet and ran toward the sidewalk.
• Xiaobao suddenly began crying, so the narrator worried she had been bumped and did not chase the thief.
• A truck hit the thief, killing him and injuring two pedestrians.

Tong Yao and Qian Wanyu rekindled their intimacy while Le Le began calling Tong Yao “Mom” and Qian Wanyu “Seventh.” Qian Wanyu surprised Tong Yao with a café in her name, but Mother Tong became suspicious that Le Le was Tong Yao’s biological child and secretly collected hair and a nail clipping before leaving.

• Tong Yao and Qian Wanyu struggled to balance their attention between each other and Le Le, who cried when they tried to be intimate and later clearly called Tong Yao “Mom.”
• Qian Wanyu took Tong Yao and Le Le to Love Entwined, a café she had bought and decorated in Tong Yao’s name, and Tong Yao agreed to run it with her.
• Tong Yao promoted the café online, and she and Qian Wanyu resumed their lovemaking at home while Le Le called out for them from the next room.
• Qian Wanyu brought home Le Le’s one-month portraits, and Mother Tong noticed the baby resembled Tong Yao as a child.
• Mother Tong questioned whether Tong Yao had given birth to Le Le, then secretly took strands of Tong Yao’s hair and a clipping from Le Le’s nail before leaving.

Qian Wanyu and Tong Yao went to look at the café, where Tong Yao planned to paint while Qian Wanyu kept her company. Mother Tong submitted Tong Yao’s hair and little Lele’s nail clippings for testing and left the hospital unsettled.

• Qian Wanyu brought Tong Yao’s art supplies to the café and told her she could paint there without being disturbed.
• Tong Yao agreed to paint at the café on the condition that Qian Wanyu kept her company.
• Mother Tong went to a well-known hospital and submitted Tong Yao’s hair and little Lele’s nail clippings.
• A hospital staff member told Mother Tong that the results would be ready in a week, and Mother Tong left feeling she might have gone mad.