Chapter Summaries

Lu Xiaoxiao answered Ji Yunhuai’s question about her favorite romantic setting and explained that her ideas came mostly from books because she had little chance to experience romance growing up. She suspected he might be preparing to confess his feelings, but grew flustered under his attentive gaze and hurried them into the next round.

• Lu Xiaoxiao chose truth after narrowly losing the second round to Ji Yunhuai.
• Ji Yunhuai asked Lu Xiaoxiao what her favorite romantic setting was.
• Lu Xiaoxiao described a Ferris wheel under the stars, a sea of flowers, and a quiet lake, then explained that she had spent much of her childhood at an orphanage and school.
• Lu Xiaoxiao reflected that she preferred the gradual, unspoken understanding she shared with Ji Yunhuai over impatient courtship.
• Ji Yunhuai listened intently as Lu Xiaoxiao spoke, and she became self-conscious under his gaze before calling for the next round.

Lu Xiaoxiao won a round of truth or dare against Ji Yunhuai and asked him to reveal a secret, while Gu Sipei realized Lu Jiaoyue had stopped contacting him and became angry. Assistant Lin suggested that Gu Sipei call her to find out why.

• Lu Xiaoxiao rolled a six, then beat Ji Yunhuai's five and made him choose truth.
• Lu Xiaoxiao asked Ji Yunhuai to share a secret, and he revealed that he had an older half-brother.
• Assistant Lin told Gu Sipei that Lu Jiaoyue had no recent engagements beyond attending Old Master Song's birthday banquet.
• Gu Sipei saw that Lu Jiaoyue had not replied to his message from two days earlier and concluded that she no longer wanted to talk to him.
• Assistant Lin suggested Gu Sipei call Lu Jiaoyue directly to clear up a possible misunderstanding.

Gu Sipei ordered Assistant Lin to accelerate the plan against Gu Sijing but delayed any move to acquire the Lu Corporation. After Ji Yunhuai shared his family secrets, Lu Xiaoxiao decided to lower her guard around him and comforted him by ruffling his hair.

• Gu Sipei told Assistant Lin to accelerate the plan against Gu Sijing and investigate the Lu Corporation's operations.
• Gu Sipei rejected an immediate acquisition of the Lu Corporation and told Assistant Lin to wait.
• Lu Xiaoxiao listened as Ji Yunhuai revealed his family secrets and resolved to tell him about her own past and identity when she could.
• Lu Xiaoxiao realized that two drinks had made her dizzy because the Original Host had a low tolerance for alcohol.
• Lu Xiaoxiao asked Ji Yunhuai to lean closer, ruffled his hair, and told him she was comforting him.

Lu Xiaoxiao drunkenly scolded Ji Yunhuai for treating his own pain as if it did not matter and tried to comfort him. She ended up crying over how miserable his life was while Ji Yunhuai watched in bewilderment.

• Ji Yunhuai was surprised when Lu Xiaoxiao said she wanted to comfort him, and he told her he was not upset about the game.
• Lu Xiaoxiao insisted she was upset because Ji Yunhuai showed no sympathy for himself and called him stupid.
• When Ji Yunhuai asked what he should do to be smart, Lu Xiaoxiao squeezed his cheeks and told him to cry it out.
• Lu Xiaoxiao accused Ji Yunhuai of not knowing how to let people care about him and said his father treated him badly.
• Lu Xiaoxiao began sobbing and lamented that Ji Yunhuai's life was miserable, leaving him bewildered.

After Lu Xiaoxiao cried over Ji Yunhuai’s unhappy childhood, the two played dice and shared secrets, with Lu Xiaoxiao claiming that the world was not real. Ji Yunhuai carried the drunken Lu Xiaoxiao home, and she ended the night by saying that if she were lucky, her birth parents would not have abandoned her.

• Ji Yunhuai comforted Lu Xiaoxiao and explained that he was no longer troubled by Ji Cheng’s failures as a father.
• Lu Xiaoxiao lost a dice round and told Ji Yunhuai her secret: the world was not real.
• On their way out of the bar, Lu Xiaoxiao mistook a puddle for a river and accused Ji Yunhuai of refusing to help her cross.
• Ji Yunhuai carried Lu Xiaoxiao over the puddle while she clung to him and celebrated her dice wins.
• Lu Xiaoxiao said that her supposed bad luck was clear from the fact that her birth parents had abandoned her.

Lu Xiaoxiao confessed her affection to Ji Yunhuai while he carried her home, then told him she was happy they had both survived their hardships. The next morning, she learned Lu Yubai had gone out with Chen Xiwan.

• Lu Xiaoxiao told Ji Yunhuai that she liked him and that he and the Lu Family felt real to her, even if the world was fake.
• Ji Yunhuai assured Lu Xiaoxiao he would not abandon her and carried her to the car.
• Lu Xiaoxiao told Ji Yunhuai she was glad they had both grown up safe and that their bad times were behind them.
• 037 woke Lu Xiaoxiao the next morning and explained that Lu Shiyan had brought her inside after Ji Yunhuai carried her home.
• 037 told Lu Xiaoxiao that Lu Yubai had gone to have fun with Chen Xiwan.

Lu Xiaoxiao found Lu Yubai gaming with Chen Xiwan, who acted meek and tearful when Lu Xiaoxiao spoke to her. Lu Xiaoxiao grew suspicious of Chen Xiwan’s intentions and worried that Lu Yubai trusted her too easily.

• Lu Xiaoxiao came downstairs and saw Lu Yubai enthusiastically playing a game with Chen Xiwan, whom he called his sis-in-law.
• Chen Xiwan nervously apologized to Lu Xiaoxiao for possibly disturbing her, and Lu Xiaoxiao told her the soundproofing made that unlikely.
• Chen Xiwan cried and claimed Lu Xiaoxiao looked down on her, asking her not to interfere with her relationship with Lu Xiaoxiao’s eldest brother or the child she was carrying.
• Lu Yubai won his game, noticed Chen Xiwan looked upset, and asked what had happened.
• Lu Xiaoxiao scolded Lu Yubai for gaming and thought that Chen Xiwan might eventually steal the Lu family’s confidential documents and ruin the family.

Lu Yubai panicked after hearing Lu Xiaoxiao’s thoughts and fled upstairs, while Chen Xiwan tried to make Lu Xiaoxiao appear cruel toward her and her unborn baby. Lu Xiaoxiao rejected Chen Xiwan’s act and warned that the Lu family would accept the child if it was truly her eldest brother’s, but would not tolerate a false claim.

• After hearing Lu Xiaoxiao’s thoughts about Chen Xiwan, Lu Yubai nervously declared he would study and rushed upstairs without his phone.
• Chen Xiwan chased after Lu Yubai with his phone, but he refused it and ran away, leaving her confused and frustrated.
• Chen Xiwan acted hurt and suggested Lu Xiaoxiao wanted her to leave, then gestured toward her lower abdomen and mentioned the baby.
• Lu Xiaoxiao denied mistreating Chen Xiwan and accused her of trying to drive a wedge between her and her eldest brother.
• Lu Xiaoxiao said the Lu family would care for the baby if it was her eldest brother’s, but would reject a false claim, and challenged Chen Xiwan to prove she had nothing to hide.

Lu Xiaoxiao confronted Chen Xiwan about whether her unborn baby was Lu Xunli’s, then hinted that she may have heard something incriminating in the lounge. Chen Xiwan denied any wrongdoing and left to rest, while Lu Xiaoxiao’s suspicions remained unresolved.

• Chen Xiwan accused Lu Xiaoxiao of humiliating her and questioned whether Lu Xunli had sent her to investigate.
• Lu Xiaoxiao said Chen Xiwan should take care of herself and have a paternity test after the baby was born.
• Chen Xiwan insisted Lu Xunli would not abandon her, and Lu Xiaoxiao warned that he valued his partner’s fidelity.
• Lu Xiaoxiao asked Chen Xiwan to guess when she had woken up in the lounge, making Chen Xiwan panic before she regained her composure.
• Chen Xiwan claimed nothing had happened in the lounge, agreed to a future paternity test, and left to rest.

Lu Xiaoxiao discussed her plan to investigate Chen Xiwan with 037 and learned she had drunkenly told Ji Yunhuai that their world was a novel. After receiving Director Wei’s invitation to discuss the revised script for "Spirit Abyss Chronicle," she learned Lu Shiyan had gone to meet his returning dream girl.

• Lu Xiaoxiao decided to wait for Ji Yunhuai’s investigation before confronting Chen Xiwan, while admitting she had threatened her for fun.
• 037 reminded Lu Xiaoxiao that she had told Ji Yunhuai their world was fake while drunk, and explained that he had dismissed it as drunken nonsense.
• 037 claimed Ji Yunhuai had looked at Lu Xiaoxiao tenderly, prompting her to ask why 037 had not recorded it.
• Lu Xiaoxiao read Director Wei’s invitation to meet the new female lead and discuss the revised script for "Spirit Abyss Chronicle," then worried about facing Lu Shiyan after sneaking out.
• 037 told Lu Xiaoxiao that Lu Shiyan was away meeting his returning dream girl, startling her.

Lu Xiaoxiao learned that Lu Shiyan’s first love, Yu Sangning, was returning and went to the airport to intervene in their reunion. Lu Shiyan watched Yu Sangning arrive from a café, but then realized Lu Xiaoxiao had secretly followed him.

• Lu Xiaoxiao learned from 037 that Yu Sangning was returning and headed to the airport to help Lu Shiyan face her.
• 037 explained that Lu Shiyan had tracked Yu Sangning’s return through her Secret account, which she used under the name Green Lime.
• Lu Shiyan waited in disguise at the airport, intending only to see Yu Sangning from a distance.
• Yu Sangning arrived after seven years apart, and Lu Shiyan was overwhelmed but remained seated instead of approaching her.
• Lu Shiyan heard Lu Xiaoxiao’s thoughts and spotted her crouching behind a pillar nearby.

Lu Xiaoxiao spotted Yu Sangning at the airport and resolved to engineer a casual meeting with her and Lu Shiyan, while Lu Shiyan learned that their past breakup had been built on misunderstandings. Yu Sangning, still missing Lu Shiyan, walked into someone as she hurried through the airport.

• Lu Xiaoxiao identified Yu Sangning and planned to help her reunite with Lu Shiyan, while 037 questioned her matchmaking enthusiasm.
• Lu Xiaoxiao's thoughts revealed to Lu Shiyan that Yu Sangning's supposed romantic rival had been a neighbor's bird and that her farewell letter had concealed her feelings for him.
• Lu Shiyan felt hopeful after hearing about the misunderstandings but chose not to approach Yu Sangning in disguise, deciding instead to watch Lu Xiaoxiao's plan.
• Lu Xiaoxiao spotted a shop item she could use as a prop and decided to act.
• Yu Sangning ended a call with Aunt Feng, thought about the person she had left behind, and whispered to Lu Shiyan's poster that she would pretend he had come to meet her.
• Yu Sangning hurried onward with her suitcase and walked straight into someone's arms.

Lu Xiaoxiao staged a clumsy collision to meet Yu Sangning and discovered that Yu still had feelings for Lu Shiyan. After getting Yu’s WeChat under the alias Sang Yu, Lu Xiaoxiao led her toward a quieter area, planning to create an opportunity for Lu Shiyan to approach her.

• Lu Xiaoxiao scattered magazines in a staged collision with Yu Sangning, who recognized her name as Lu Shiyan’s sister.
• Lu Xiaoxiao asked Yu about Lu Shiyan, and Yu admitted she had liked him before and still praised him warmly.
• Lu Xiaoxiao and Yu exchanged WeChat details, but Yu gave her alias, Sang Yu, instead of her real name.
• Lu Xiaoxiao chatted with Yu while steering her away from the busier airport routes, and 037 questioned her plan.
• Lu Xiaoxiao said Lu Shiyan was following them and planned to create a reasonable chance for him to meet Yu in a quiet corner.

Lu Xiaoxiao tricked Yu Sangning into confronting the “stalker” hiding behind a pillar, setting up a dramatic reunion with her second brother, Lu Shiyan. After Yu Sangning recognized him and apologized, Lu Xiaoxiao left them alone together, hoping Lu Shiyan would confess his feelings.

• Lu Xiaoxiao told Yu Sangning that a creepy stalker had followed them and asked her to help expose him.
• Yu Sangning rushed the masked man behind the pillar, but he countered her attack and surrendered when she pinned him there.
• Lu Xiaoxiao filmed and teased the pair while Yu Sangning demanded an explanation from the masked man.
• Lu Shiyan removed his disguise, and Yu Sangning froze in shock before releasing him and apologizing.
• Lu Xiaoxiao teased Lu Shiyan about coming to meet someone special, then hurried away to leave him alone with Yu Sangning.

Yu Sangning reunited with Lu Shiyan, who revealed he had come specifically to see her and asked her to consider becoming his girlfriend. He told her he had never stopped liking her and had kept the Yu Family Old House for her, so she would always have a home if she returned.

• Yu Sangning apologized to Lu Shiyan for their painful past and for mistaking him for a stalker, while he gently stopped her from bowing.
• Lu Shiyan asked Yu Sangning to let him drive her home and explained that he had found her return date through her Secret diary.
• Yu Sangning and Lu Shiyan reminisced about school and talked about his success as a star, while Yu Sangning said she hoped he would remember her as an old classmate.
• Lu Shiyan told Yu Sangning he would eventually forget her if she were only an old classmate, then asked her to consider becoming his girlfriend.
• Lu Shiyan confessed that he had never liked anyone else since Yu Sangning left and revealed that he had bought and kept the Yu Family Old House for her.

Lu Shiyan confessed his feelings to Yu Sangning, and the two made their relationship official. Later, Lu Xiaoxiao went to dinner with Cui Anhe and discovered that Cui Anhe had arranged the meeting to introduce her to Cui Anze, whom she had ordered to pursue and marry Lu Xiaoxiao.

• Lu Shiyan told Yu Sangning that he had bought her family's old house because he liked her, reassured her about her insecurities, and asked to be with her.
• Yu Sangning and Lu Shiyan became a couple, and Yu Sangning apologized to Lu Xiaoxiao for not using her real name when they first became contacts.
• Lu Xiaoxiao spent several peaceful days avoiding Chen Xiwan and tacitly accepted Ji Yunhuai's hand appearing in her Moments photo.
• Cui Anhe invited Lu Xiaoxiao to dinner and booked an elaborate candlelit restaurant, leaving Lu Xiaoxiao confused by the romantic setting.
• Cui Anze arrived at the restaurant and was surprised to find Lu Xiaoxiao there instead of Cui Anhe.
• In a flashback, Cui Anhe told Cui Anze to pursue and marry Lu Xiaoxiao so she could become her sister-in-law and Ji Yunhuai would suffer heartbreak.

Cui Anhe demanded that Cui Anze pursue Lu Xiaoxiao, but he refused because he would not interfere with her feelings for Ji Yunhuai. The argument ended with Cui Anhe vowing to make the two spend more time together until Cui Anze fell for Lu Xiaoxiao.

• Cui Anze considered Cui Anhe's demand unreasonable because Lu Xiaoxiao and Ji Yunhuai clearly had feelings for each other.
• Cui Anze firmly refused to pursue Lu Xiaoxiao, and Cui Anhe angrily demanded to know why he would not help her.
• Cui Anze tried to change the subject by offering to buy Cui Anhe a necklace, but she rejected the offer and said she hated him.
• Cui Anze calmly told Cui Anhe that he would always love her but would not change his mind.
• Cui Anhe vowed to find a way to make Cui Anze and Lu Xiaoxiao spend more time together until he wanted to compete with Ji Yunhuai for her.

Cui Anhe secretly arranged a dinner meeting between Cui Anze and Lu Xiaoxiao, then switched off her phone and left them to deal with the awkward situation. Cui Anze proposed inviting Ji Yunhuai to join them, leaving Lu Xiaoxiao startled by the prospect of an even stranger dinner.

• Cui Anhe stormed back to her room after telling Cui Anze that triangles were stable, then stayed quiet about her plan for several days.
• Cui Anze arrived at the French restaurant and found Lu Xiaoxiao there, realizing Cui Anhe had tricked them into meeting.
• Cui Anze apologized to Lu Xiaoxiao and called Cui Anhe, but her phone was switched off.
• Lu Xiaoxiao suggested they should not waste the food, and Cui Anze proposed inviting Yun Huai to join them.
• Lu Xiaoxiao wondered whether she was about to have a candlelit dinner with Ji Yunhuai and Cui Anze.

Cui Anze invited Ji Yunhuai to join him and Lu Xiaoxiao for dinner, and Ji agreed to bring Jiang Feiwan. Jiang Feiwan revealed that she had come to the Ji Corporation to discuss a project tied to Ji Yunhuai’s illegitimate half-brother, leaving the details for when they met.

• Cui Anze called Ji Yunhuai and invited him to dinner with Lu Xiaoxiao.
• Ji Yunhuai agreed to come but said he would bring someone along.
• Lu Xiaoxiao asked who Ji Yunhuai was bringing, and Jiang Feiwan teased her for checking up on him.
• Jiang Feiwan explained that she was at the Ji Corporation to discuss a project with Ji Yunhuai.
• Jiang Feiwan said the project involved Uncle Ji’s illegitimate son and promised to explain more when they met.

Ji Yunhuai and Jiang Feiwan arrived at the French restaurant, where Lu Xiaoxiao enthusiastically praised Jiang Feiwan’s powerful work look before teasing and bickering with Ji Yunhuai. Jiang Feiwan noticed how close Lu Xiaoxiao and Ji Yunhuai seemed, then asked Cui Anze whether he liked Lu Xiaoxiao.

• Ji Yunhuai and Jiang Feiwan arrived at the French restaurant dressed formally after discussing a business deal.
• Lu Xiaoxiao praised Jiang Feiwan’s work look, and Jiang Feiwan said her position in the company was above that of a CEO.
• Lu Xiaoxiao and Ji Yunhuai traded jokes and insults, with Lu Xiaoxiao moving closer to him as they bickered.
• Jiang Feiwan remarked to Cui Anze that Lu Xiaoxiao and Ji Yunhuai got along well.
• Jiang Feiwan asked Cui Anze whether he liked Lu Xiaoxiao, and he said she had a lovely personality.