Chapter Summaries

The Lu Family traveled with Ji Yunhuai’s group to a resort island for New Year, where Cui Anhe met An Tingxue and spoke openly with Lu Bochen. On the plane, Lu Yubai and He Mingchuan bonded over games and their poor math scores.

• The Ji Family flew the group to the resort island, where Cui Anhe asked An Tingxue how she knew the Lu Family and learned she was Lu Bochen’s psychological counselor.
• Cui Anhe spoke bluntly with Lu Bochen about his paintings, and he calmly said he appreciated her honest opinions.
• Lu Xiaoxiao praised An Tingxue for helping Lu Bochen communicate, while An Tingxue credited Cui Anhe’s friendly manner.
• Lu Yubai and He Mingchuan bonded over games, and He Mingchuan offered to let him use his account.
• He Mingchuan asked Lu Yubai about his math grades and bragged that he had scored even lower at the same age, leaving Shen Yufeng unimpressed.

At the New Year gathering, Cui Anze joined Lu Xunli, Jiang Feiwan, and Lu Shiyan, while Jiang Feiwan introduced Yu Sangning to him. Meanwhile, Ji Yunhuai and Gu Sipei met with Song Zhilan and Lu Yuan, who accepted their relationships with Lu Xiaoxiao and Lu Jiaoyue after hearing their promises to treat the sisters well.

• Cui Anze joined the older siblings and joked with Lu Shiyan about their younger sisters.
• Jiang Feiwan introduced Yu Sangning to Cui Anze, who praised her work and offered Jiang Corporation's support.
• Lu Yuan sat nervously between Ji Yunhuai and Gu Sipei as Lu Jiaoyue worried that her father might disapprove of Gu Sipei.
• Song Zhilan told Ji Yunhuai and Gu Sipei that the family welcomed them as long as they treated Lu Xiaoxiao and Lu Jiaoyue sincerely.
• Ji Yunhuai promised to respect, protect, and support Lu Xiaoxiao, while Gu Sipei pledged to give Lu Jiaoyue his best and invoked the Gu Group's reputation.
• Song Zhilan and Lu Yuan accepted the men’s promises and said that was all they could ask for.

On Vacation Island, the group celebrated New Year's Eve with a beach barbecue and spent a relaxed afternoon together. Lu Xiaoxiao pulled Ji Yunhuai behind a rock and revealed that she could summon 037, leaving him baffled.

• At He Mingchuan's suggestion, the group set up beach grills, and Lu Xiaoxiao guided Ji Yunhuai as he cooked.
• Lu Yubai and Cui Anhe argued over a skewer until Ji Yunhuai offered to grill Cui Anhe a fresh one.
• The group enjoyed the sunset together while Lu Yubai and Cui Anhe made up and planned a sandcastle.
• Lu Xiaoxiao took Ji Yunhuai behind a rock and told him she would show him something like real magic.
• Lu Xiaoxiao snapped her fingers and called for 037 to appear.

Lu Xiaoxiao told Ji Yunhuai that she had transmigrated into a novel and explained why she had kept the truth from the Lu Family; he accepted her secret and promised they would stay together. The family celebrated New Year with a pajama party, and Lu Xiaoxiao ended the night feeling that everyone’s lives were happy and settled.

• Lu Xiaoxiao introduced 037 to Ji Yunhuai and explained her transmigration, mission, and decision to keep the truth from the Lu Family.
• Ji Yunhuai accepted Lu Xiaoxiao’s explanation and comforted her, and she told him she would not leave him.
• Ji Yunhuai suggested that 037 impersonate them so they could travel, prompting 037 to decide to apply to leave the world.
• Cui Anhe proposed a pajama party, and the family played games and shared ghost stories until everyone grew sleepy.
• Lu Xiaoxiao settled into Ji Yunhuai’s embrace and watched the sleeping family by the fireplace, feeling that their story had reached its ending.

Lu Xiaoxiao brought Ji Yunhuai to the real world, where she confronted her former manager, showed Ji Yunhuai her old home and neighborhood, and left lottery winnings for friends. After saying goodbye to the life she had left behind, she took Ji Yunhuai’s hand and returned home with him.

• Lu Xiaoxiao and Ji Yunhuai arrived in the real world, and she took him to confront Manager Wang at her former company.
• Lu Xiaoxiao resigned, rebuked Manager Wang for his mistreatment, and left with Ji Yunhuai after he tried to insult her.
• Lu Xiaoxiao showed Ji Yunhuai her old apartment and a photo of her original appearance, then reassured him that she accepted her new identity and face.
• Lu Xiaoxiao showed Ji Yunhuai around her old neighborhood and bought lottery tickets with her remaining savings.
• Lu Xiaoxiao mailed winning tickets to friends as a final gift, said goodbye to her old life, and left with Ji Yunhuai.

Lu Xiaoxiao found her runaway younger brother Lu Yubai living in a shabby rental after he left home to pursue esports. She offered him a trial at a youth academy under strict conditions, and he agreed to return with her and prove himself.

• Lu Yubai argued with Lu Yuan that he wanted to quit school and become a professional esports player, and Lu Yuan forbade it and confiscated his devices.
• Two days later, Song Zhilan found Lu Yubai gone with a note saying not to look for him, and Lu Xiaoxiao promised to bring him home safely.
• Lu Xiaoxiao used 037 to locate Lu Yubai at a short-term rental and went there with Ji Yunhuai.
• Lu Xiaoxiao found Lu Yubai surviving on instant noodles and milk, then offered him a trial at an esports club's youth academy with conditions about training and finishing school if he failed.
• Lu Yubai accepted the trial and packed his belongings to leave with Lu Xiaoxiao and Ji Yunhuai.

After failing to qualify as a professional gamer, Lu Yubai confided his doubts about being ordinary to Lu Xiaoxiao, who helped him accept that he could take time to discover who he wanted to become. He left the park feeling supported by his family and ready to go home.

• Lu Yubai failed to make the youth training camp’s final selection and felt that he lacked any special talent.
• Lu Xiaoxiao sat with Lu Yubai in a park and encouraged him by pointing out that reaching the final round showed he was a strong amateur player.
• Lu Yubai told Lu Xiaoxiao he felt like a failure because he was poor at school, could not become a professional gamer, and seemed less exceptional than his siblings.
• Lu Xiaoxiao told Lu Yubai that he could be the main character of his own life and take time to figure out what kind of person he wanted to become.
• Lu Xiaoxiao reassured Lu Yubai that his family loved him, advised him to apologize to their parents, and encouraged him to stay in school while he searched for his direction.
• Lu Yubai accepted that his family would support him as he kept searching, then went home with Lu Xiaoxiao, eager to see Lightning.

Cui Anhe grew up spoiled, believing she was a princess destined to be rescued by the perfect knight she chose in Ji Yunhuai. Yan Tangyu’s death shattered the sheltered world around her, and Ji Yunhuai began to change.

• Cui Mingyuan indulged Cui Anhe and taught her fairy tales in which princesses were rescued, leading her to believe she was a princess who deserved a perfect knight.
• Cui Anhe chose Ji Yunhuai as her knight and grew possessively attached to him as their families and friends spent time together.
• Yan Tangyu suggested that Cui Anhe and Ji Yunhuai’s families arrange a childhood betrothal, while their circle of friends played together at family gatherings.
• Yan Tangyu died of illness, breaking Cui Anhe’s sheltered sense of security.
• Cui Anhe saw Ji Yunhuai’s gentle, courteous demeanor begin to crumble after his mother’s death.

Cui Anhe’s attempts to cheer Ji Yunhuai after Yan Tangyu’s death ended in a cruel argument that damaged their friendship, but Lu Xiaoxiao later helped them reconcile. Cui Anhe eventually let go of her romantic fixation on Ji Yunhuai and chose to live confidently on her own terms.

• Cui Anhe attended Yan Tangyu’s funeral and repeatedly tried to draw Ji Yunhuai out of his grief with outings and gifts.
• When Ji Yunhuai told Cui Anhe to leave him alone, she threw a watch and cruelly compared his grief to her own loss of her mother, prompting him to leave.
• Cui Anhe persisted in pursuing Ji Yunhuai and publicized their supposed childhood betrothal, while Ji Yunhuai kept his distance but quietly helped her behind the scenes.
• Cui Anhe met Lu Xiaoxiao, whose boldness and mediation eventually helped Cui Anhe and Ji Yunhuai reconcile.
• Cui Anhe told Cui Anze that she admired Lu Xiaoxiao as a hero but preferred to remain herself, and she accepted that Ji Yunhuai loved Lu Xiaoxiao.
• Cui Anhe gave up searching for a prince, deciding that her family, resources, friendships, and freedom made her life complete with or without love.

The author shared a conversation explaining Cui Anze’s reasons for indulging Cui Anhe and describing his pragmatic approach to family, marriage, and power. The author also clarified that Jiang Feiwan viewed He Mingchuan only as a younger brother and that Xiaoxiao and the young master would be the only couple among their friend group.

• The author explained that Cui Anze would not try to change Cui Anhe unless circumstances became serious, and that her lack of ambition benefited him by leaving him unchallenged for power.
• The author said Cui Anze genuinely loved Cui Anhe and that their father understood how keeping her carefree could benefit the family and Cui Anze’s reputation.
• The author described Cui Anze and Jiang Feiwan as close, mutually admiring friends who sometimes flirted but would not marry because both prioritized power.
• The author said Cui Anze would likely marry a conventional woman from a suitable family, while Jiang Feiwan and He Mingchuan would not become a couple.
• The author clarified that Xiaoxiao and the young master would be the only couple among their friend group.

After Fan Chiran defied Fan Song and left home, the Lu Family sheltered him while he awaited university admissions. He learned his father had secretly changed his major to public administration, and he left the Lu Family in despair, with nowhere to go.

• Fan Chiran refused to change his university choices from computer science, and Fan Song beat him and drove him from home.
• Fan Chiran went to the Lu Family, where Lu Yubai and his family welcomed him and gave him a place to stay.
• Fan Chiran received an admissions call telling him he had been accepted into public administration instead of computer science.
• Teacher Zhu revealed that Fan Song had asked her to verify the major change, and Fan Chiran realized his father had altered his application.
• Fan Chiran told Lu Yubai he was going home, then walked out without explaining and headed toward an unknown destination.

After Fan Chiran learned his father had changed his university application from computer science to public administration, Lu Xiaoxiao and Ji Yunhuai found him wandering in the rain and offered to help him transfer back and support his studies. Fan Chiran accepted their help and went with them to the Lu family home, encouraged to keep pursuing his dream.

• Lu Yubai told Lu Xiaoxiao and Ji Yunhuai that Fan Chiran had left in distress and was no longer answering calls or messages.
• 037 revealed that Fan Chiran’s father had changed his application to public administration, and that Fan Chiran was wandering in the western old district after spending hours in the rain.
• Ji Yunhuai arranged to locate Fan Chiran, and he and Lu Xiaoxiao found him crying in the street after a cyclist knocked him down and berated him.
• Lu Xiaoxiao comforted Fan Chiran beneath her blue-sky umbrella, while Ji Yunhuai explained that the Ji Corporation could support his education and help him transfer into computer science.
• Lu Xiaoxiao encouraged Fan Chiran to stop blaming himself, and Fan Chiran agreed to study hard and work toward joining the Ji Corporation.
• Lu Xiaoxiao invited Fan Chiran to stay at the Lu family home until university began, and he accepted her hand and went with her and Ji Yunhuai.

Ji Yunhuai’s friends mistook Lu Xiaoxiao’s wedding-dress party for an imminent wedding, then learned that Ji and Xiaoxiao planned to stay child-free and that he had booked a vasectomy. The chapter ended with Ji expressing gratitude that Xiaoxiao had chosen to stay in his world, while everyone looked forward to the party.

• He Mingchuan, Jiang Lei, and Shen Yufeng teased Ji Yunhuai about spending most of his time with Lu Xiaoxiao.
• Lu Xiaoxiao told Ji Yunhuai that the women had picked wedding dresses for a party and invited the men to watch the photo shoot.
• He Mingchuan mistakenly thought Ji Yunhuai and Lu Xiaoxiao were getting married and asked whether Jiang Feiwan was marrying Lu Jiaoyue.
• Ji Yunhuai told his friends that he and Xiaoxiao had no plans for children and that he had booked a vasectomy.
• Ji Yunhuai said he would follow Xiaoxiao’s lead about marriage and would not let outside expectations restrict her.
• Ji Yunhuai reflected that Xiaoxiao choosing to stay in his world was the greatest good fortune he could ask for.

Lu Shiyan reflected on how the Lu family had failed to give the original Lu Xiaoxiao the warmth she needed, while choosing to love the changed Xiaoxiao without investigating her origins. He and his family then woke in the past, before Lu Jiaoyue went missing and before Xiaoxiao came home, and resolved to protect Jiaoyue and welcome Xiaoxiao properly.

• Lu Shiyan recalled that the withdrawn Lu Xiaoxiao had seemed utterly different from the bright girl in their home, and suspected her soul had been replaced.
• Lu Shiyan chose to protect the current Lu Xiaoxiao and keep his suspicions quiet, though he regretted how the family had treated the girl who came before her.
• Lu Shiyan woke in his teenage body and realized Lu Jiaoyue had not gone missing and Lu Xiaoxiao had not yet been brought home.
• Lu Yuan, Song Zhilan, Lu Xunli, and Lu Bochen emerged from their rooms, revealing that they had also returned to the past.
• Lu Yuan declared that the family would keep Lu Jiaoyue safe and bring Lu Xiaoxiao home, determined to make her feel like a true member of the family.

037 adjusted to its new host, Ye Qing, while cherishing its permission to visit Lu Xiaoxiao. It left to see Lu Xiaoxiao and promised to bring Ye Qing modern food.

• 037 explained that its superiors had granted it indefinite observation access to Lu Xiaoxiao's world while it guided Ye Qing through a historical romance plot.
• Ye Qing asked about 037's previous host, and 037 described Lu Xiaoxiao's chaotic behavior while insisting that it still liked her.
• When Ye Qing's borrowed tablet vanished, she and 037 mourned their separation from modern comforts and discussed earning more points through a palace-entry plot point.
• Ye Qing suggested that 037 visit Lu Xiaoxiao and bring back food, and 037 agreed before vanishing.