Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yumiao explored Lanqing’s heritage street, abandoned lampworking glass after the system warned him he would get burned, and made a cat-shaped bamboo fan instead. When the guests gathered, Mu Yunzhi was the last to arrive, revealing that Ning Chunchi and An Zhiwan had won the right to invite someone on a date.

• Jiang Yumiao searched Lanqing Intangible Cultural Heritage Street for a craft to try and chose lampworking glass, but the system warned him that the torch would burn his smooth fingers.
• Jiang Yumiao made a bamboo-woven fan shaped like a cat and decorated it with a moon decal.
• Director Yang received the experts’ voting results, and Yu He learned that his Cloisonné Miniature Mirror had not won him an invitation.
• Qin Yuan explained that shop owners’ promotional pitches had kept him from making a craft, while Leng Haiyue said he had simply treated the outing as sightseeing.
• Mu Yunzhi arrived just before the deadline, and Jiang Yumiao realized Ning Chunchi and An Zhiwan had won the right to invite someone on a date.

An Zhiwan won the right to invite someone on a date and chose Mu Yunzhi, hoping to stop avoiding him and make him happy again. After the dance performance, the guests learned their date pairings, and Ning Chunchi prepared to give Jiang Yumiao something atop the Canglin Viewing Tower.

• An Zhiwan learned that his crocheted rose had earned second place, and he resolved to stop avoiding Mu Yunzhi.
• The guests hurried to the Lanqing Arts Center and watched the dance drama Feast of Paradise.
• Mu Yunzhi anxiously wondered whether An Zhiwan would invite him while Jiang Yumiao enjoyed the performance.
• Director Yang announced that Ning Chunchi had invited Jiang Yumiao and An Zhiwan had invited Mu Yunzhi.
• Ning Chunchi waited atop the Canglin Viewing Tower, ready to give Jiang Yumiao what he held in his hands.

Jiang Yumiao reunited with Ning Chunchi atop the Scenic Tower, where Ning gave him a handmade glass ornament of a silver moon and purple grapes. Jiang Yumiao cried at the sight of Ning Chunchi’s burned fingers, and Ning Chunchi realized how deeply his tears hurt him.

• Jiang Yumiao climbed to the top of the Scenic Tower, where Ning Chunchi waited for him.
• Ning Chunchi opened his arms, and Jiang Yumiao rushed into his embrace.
• Ning Chunchi showed Jiang Yumiao the night view over Lanqing, and Jiang Yumiao told him he loved it.
• Ning Chunchi gave Jiang Yumiao a glass ornament depicting a silver moon with purple grapes hanging from it.
• Jiang Yumiao noticed the burn blisters and hardened skin on Ning Chunchi’s fingers and silently began to cry.
• Ning Chunchi’s heart ached at Jiang Yumiao’s tears, and he desperately wanted to kiss them away.

After Jiang Yumiao cried over Ning Chunchi’s burned hands and treasured the glass moon grapes, the two returned to their inn, where Ning Chunchi teased him into washing his hair. Jiang Yumiao discovered Ning Chunchi had hidden burns on his other hand too, and the night ended with Ning Chunchi playfully scaring him out of offering to wash his body.

• Jiang Yumiao cried over Ning Chunchi’s burned hand, and Ning Chunchi caught one of his tears before asking whether he liked the moon grapes.
• Jiang Yumiao called the glass grapes the most precious gift he had ever received, and Ning Chunchi returned to the inn with him.
• Director Yang and Producer Li watched the couple on the monitor, and Director Yang decided to stop asking them to hold back.
• Ning Chunchi persuaded Jiang Yumiao to wash his hair by pretending he had no way to keep his burns dry, and Jiang Yumiao carefully massaged his scalp.
• Jiang Yumiao realized Ning Chunchi had hidden burns on his other hand and offered to help wash his body, but Ning Chunchi’s teasing question sent him blushing out of the bathroom.

Jiang Yumiao watched Ning Chunchi’s livestream and discovered how much effort he had put into making the Moon Grapes, then let Ning Chunchi hold him after admitting he was cold. Ning Chunchi fell asleep content with Jiang Yumiao in his arms.

• Jiang Yumiao admired the Moon Grapes before setting the fragile gift beside his pillow, and Ning Chunchi grew disappointed when he chose to sleep alone.
• Jiang Yumiao thanked Ning Chunchi and resolved to care for him while his hands healed, but said he was warm enough to sleep by himself.
• After Ning Chunchi fell asleep, Jiang Yumiao watched the livestream and saw him learn lampworked glass, refuse the owner’s help, and burn himself while making the grapes.
• Jiang Yumiao sobbed at the footage and accidentally woke Ning Chunchi, who asked whether he was cold.
• Jiang Yumiao softly admitted he was cold, so Ning Chunchi climbed under his covers, gathered him into his arms, and fell asleep contentedly.

Jiang Yumiao worried over Ning Chunchi’s burned hands and met Lin Xu for breakfast before the guests began individual interviews. Director Yang used viewers’ questions to tease the guests, and An Zhiwan ended his interview by identifying the dusty pink flowers he had made as a Manta Rose.

• Jiang Yumiao checked Ning Chunchi’s injured hands, applied medicine, and kept the Bamboo-Woven Kitten Fan he had made rather than giving it to him.
• Jiang Yumiao met Lin Xu at the restaurant, where Lin Xu showed him a dough figurine that reminded Jiang Yumiao of Qin Yuan.
• Director Yang announced individual interviews, and Yu He gave Zion the Cloisonné Painting he had made before heading to his interview.
• Director Yang asked Yu He viewers’ questions about his looks and lack of a ship partner, leaving Yu He indignant about whether people had thought he was unattractive before.
• Lin Xu said he would give his figurine to Qin Yuan if he got the chance, and Qin Yuan said he would not use ellipses next time.
• An Zhiwan explained that he had taken Mu Yunzhi for a night drive around Lanqing and revealed that his dusty pink flowers were a Manta Rose.

During the guests’ interviews, Jiang Yumiao and Ning Chunchi dodged questions about their relationship and private lives. Jiang Yumiao then offered to help Ning Chunchi eat because of his injured hand, but instead of feeding him directly, he served food onto a spoon for him.

• Director Yang asked Jiang Yumiao about dating Ning Chunchi and how he would address him, and Jiang Yumiao answered that he might call him Brother Ning.
• Leng Haiyue and Mu Yunzhi deflected questions about their room and the significance of lamps, while Ning Chunchi said he made a moon-and-grapes glass piece because he liked grapes.
• Jiang Yumiao waited for Ning Chunchi after the interview and turned down Yu He’s invitation so he could keep Ning Chunchi company at lunch.
• Jiang Yumiao offered to help Ning Chunchi eat because his injured hand made using chopsticks difficult.
• Ning Chunchi handed Jiang Yumiao his chopsticks, expecting to be fed, but Jiang Yumiao placed food on a spoon and let him eat it himself.

The guests learned that Lanqing’s Lantern Festival Adventure Night would separate them across the city and challenge them to find the person in their heart. Jiang Yumiao was styled in an elaborate Ming-style robe before the event began, while he and Ning Chunchi remained unable to contact each other.

• Director Yang announced that the guests would be separated across eight directions, lose their communication devices, and have three hours to find someone during the festival.
• Jiang Yumiao and Ning Chunchi exchanged a final look before following separate staff members to be styled.
• Amelia dressed Jiang Yumiao in a gold-woven porcelain-blue Ming-style robe and gave him a Jade Crown.
• Amelia admired Jiang Yumiao’s finished look and thought President Ning would be smitten.

Jiang Yumiao searched for Ning Chunchi at Lanqing’s Lantern Festival but became separated from his crew while watching the Lantern Parade. Ning learned Jiang was missing and demanded to know where he was, leaving the production team facing his anger.

• Jiang Yumiao arrived in the northeast, began exploring the festival, and decided to stay nearby rather than head southwest in case Ning Chunchi came looking for him.
• Jiang Yumiao followed the crowd to watch the Lantern Parade and became separated from Xiao Wu and the cameraman.
• Xiao Wu told Director Yang that Jiang was missing, and Director Yang used the guests’ trackers to locate him and arranged for staff to retrieve him.
• Ning Chunchi learned from the livestream comments that Jiang had not appeared on camera for nearly ten minutes.
• Ning Chunchi confronted Xiao Zhao, who admitted the crew had lost Jiang, and Ning’s expression turned furious.

Jiang Yumiao got separated from the production team during the lantern parade and waited at the Scenic Tower, trusting Ning Chunchi would find him. Ning Chunchi rushed there and found him, his fear and relief giving way to thoughts of punishing him for wandering off.

• Jiang Yumiao lost the PD and cameraman in the lantern parade and, unable to retrace his route, continued on alone without a phone or money.
• Ning Chunchi grew frantic when he learned Jiang Yumiao was missing, then pushed into the crowd to search for him himself.
• Viewers identified Jiang Yumiao near the Scenic Tower, and Director Yang confirmed the tracker’s location but withheld it from Ning Chunchi so he could continue the search.
• Ning Chunchi reasoned that Jiang Yumiao would wait somewhere familiar, spotted the Scenic Tower, and ran there.
• Jiang Yumiao waited at the place where Ning Chunchi had met him the previous night, and Ning Chunchi found him and decided to teach him not to wander off again.

Ning Chunchi found Jiang Yumiao alone at the viewing tower and kissed him, first fiercely and then tenderly, while Jiang Yumiao came to welcome the intimacy. After they left with the crew, the two sat quietly together in the car, holding hands as their feelings for each other deepened.

• Ning Chunchi found Jiang Yumiao at the viewing tower and kissed him forcefully as punishment for bullying Little Grape.
• Jiang Yumiao pushed Ning Chunchi away when he could barely breathe, but relaxed into a second, gentler kiss and held him.
• Xiao Wu and Xiao Zhao reached the tower with the cameramen and found Jiang Yumiao and Ning Chunchi standing together in an unusually quiet atmosphere.
• Ning Chunchi noticed Jiang Yumiao was tired and suggested they head back.
• In the car, Jiang Yumiao replayed the kisses in his mind while Ning Chunchi took his hand, and they secretly played with each other's fingers.

After Jiang Yumiao and Ning Chunchi returned to Cloud River Residence, Jiang Yumiao cared for Ning Chunchi’s injured hand and they took their first selfie together. Jiang Yumiao discovered that rumors about their suspected kiss had topped the trending searches, while Ning Chunchi ordered the smear campaign investigated and arranged an advertisement for Jiang Yumiao.

• Xiao Wu warned Jiang Yumiao to check the trending searches, and the system celebrated how smoothly things were progressing between Jiang Yumiao and Ning Chunchi.
• Ning Chunchi took Jiang Yumiao back to their room, where Jiang Yumiao checked his hand and applied medicine.
• Jiang Yumiao and Ning Chunchi took their first selfie together, and Jiang Yumiao set it as his phone wallpaper.
• Jiang Yumiao saw the top trending search claiming that Ning Chunchi and Jade had kissed, supported by a detailed post analyzing their evening.
• He Yuan told Ning Chunchi that paid commenters were accusing Jiang Yumiao of engineering a private encounter, and Ning Chunchi ordered the posts removed and their source found.
• Ning Chunchi told He Yuan to arrange an advertisement on Love Mailbox, implying that Jiang Yumiao would appear in it.

After the guests returned, Director Yang took their group photo and announced the room assignments. Back in their room, Jiang Yumiao confronted Ning Chunchi about their kiss becoming gossip, then insisted on sleeping separately, though he still granted Ning Chunchi a goodnight kiss.

• Yu He comforted the disappointed An Zhiwan with selfies, and Mu Yunzhi returned looking relieved to see him.
• Director Yang apologized to Jiang Yumiao, gathered the guests for a group photo, and announced that Yu He would room with Mu Yunzhi while Leng Haiyue would room with An Zhiwan.
• Jiang Yumiao showed Ning Chunchi a Weibo essay analyzing their relationship, and Ning Chunchi teased him about kissing too hard.
• Jiang Yumiao refused to share a bed with Ning Chunchi because his lips were swollen and he could not stop thinking about their kiss.
• Ning Chunchi said he needed a goodnight kiss, and Jiang Yumiao allowed one before they went to sleep separately.

Jiang Yumiao was unexpectedly chosen to film a mid-roll ad for a major brand, though he had no idea why the brand wanted him. After arriving at the studio and being styled in a cool, austere look, he prepared nervously to begin filming while the brand’s marketing director mistook his presence for the president’s future spouse.

• Jiang Yumiao woke before Ning Chunchi, left him breakfast with a note, and hurried away after remembering a dream of being pinned against a wall.
• Director Yang told Jiang Yumiao that a major brand had specifically requested him for a mid-roll ad and took him to a studio to film it.
• Tang Zi styled Jiang Yumiao in an all-black look and refused to reveal which brand had hired him.
• Director Qi arrived because Assistant He had told him that President Ning’s spouse would film the ad, and he mistook Jiang Yumiao’s stern demeanor for the president’s imposing presence.
• When Director Qi said they were short on time, Jiang Yumiao grew serious and focused on avoiding mistakes, while Qi privately decided that he and Ning Chunchi were a perfect match.

Jiang Yumiao filmed a polished advertisement for Jingxing’s new phone, unaware that Ning Chunchi had arranged it. At lunch, Ning Chunchi’s answer to Jiang Yumiao’s concern about dating rumors left their relationship poised to become public.

• Jiang Yumiao imitated Ning Chunchi’s stern demeanor while filming a silhouette and phone advertisement, then learned the product was Jingxing’s new JX Ultimate phone.
• Jiang Yumiao realized Jingxing belonged to Ning Chunchi and returned to Cloud River Residence with Director Yang and Tang Zi.
• Jiang Yumiao met Ning Chunchi for lunch, still dressed in his cool black shoot styling, and asked why he had been chosen for the ad.
• Jiang Yumiao worried the advertisement would prompt guesses that he and Ning Chunchi were dating, and Ning Chunchi replied that it would not be a guess.

Jiang Yumiao and Ning Chunchi enjoyed a private, affectionate afternoon before Director Yang took the show’s guests to the National Trend Gala. Director Yang promised the evening would be trouble-free, but the chapter ended as the gala immediately proved him wrong.

• Jiang Yumiao decided he would confess to Ning Chunchi on the dating show's final night, then insisted on feeding him after Director Yang and Tang Zi left.
• Ning Chunchi teased Jiang Yumiao, claimed his hand was better, and later joined him in bed for an afternoon nap.
• Director Yang announced that the guests would attend the National Trend Gala as spectators, and Ning Chunchi woke Jiang Yumiao so they could get ready.
• The guests traveled to the gala, where Director Yang confidently promised that everything had been arranged and nothing would go wrong.
• Director Yang arrived at the venue, and trouble struck before he could even sit down.

After four guests agreed to replace a sick singer and models in a Classic of Mountains and Seas runway show, Jiang Yumiao learned that his system mission required him to express his love for Ning Chunchi onstage. The group finished their styling and rushed through rehearsals, leaving Jiang Yumiao increasingly nervous as the performance approached.

• Director Pang asked Director Yang to find four replacements after the scheduled singer and three models were hospitalized.
• Yu He, Lin Xu, and Mu Yunzhi volunteered, and Jiang Yumiao joined them to help Director Yang.
• The segment director assigned Lin Xu the Merfolk look, Yu He the Nine-Tailed Fox, Mu Yunzhi the Fu Zhu, and Jiang Yumiao the South Sea Butterfly.
• The four guests completed elaborate styling and practiced their simplified runway routes without rehearsing on the stage.
• Jiang Yumiao realized he had to express his love for Ning Chunchi during the show, then received a message from him wishing him luck and saying he would be in the audience.

Jiang Yumiao prepared for the National Trend Gala runway show and overcame his nerves before appearing as the South Sea Butterfly. His entrance captivated the audience, while Ning Chunchi watched from the seats.

• Jiang Yumiao rejected the parasol and chose a small prop that matched his outfit and helped him complete his system task.
• Jiang Yumiao, Yu He, Lin Xu, and Mu Yunzhi prepared backstage as their performance approached, and Mu Yunzhi encouraged Jiang Yumiao to focus on the person he had in mind.
• Lin Xu sang the Merfolk-themed opening, Yu He impressed the audience as a Nine-Tailed Fox, and Mu Yunzhi appeared as a white-haired mythical figure with a jade flute.
• An Zhiwan stared in surprise at Mu Yunzhi's transformed appearance, while Director Yang ordered a close-up of his reaction.
• Jiang Yumiao walked onto the stage as the South Sea Butterfly, and his beauty and presence silenced the audience.

Jiang Yumiao completed his runway performance by kissing the silver moon on his ring, moving Ning Chunchi deeply. After the gala, Ning Chunchi saved photos of the moment, while Jiang Yumiao received the reward for his ninth mission and found it disappointing.

• Jiang Yumiao walked to his mark, raised his hand, and kissed the silver moon on his ring before leaving to the crowd’s cheers.
• Ning Chunchi watched Jiang Yumiao’s gesture and realized how openly he was expressing his love.
• After the gala, Jiang Yumiao ate beside Ning Chunchi, who observed his food preferences and remembered his promise to cook for him at home.
• Ning Chunchi saved photos of Jiang Yumiao kissing the ring from a trending hashtag and made a close-up his phone wallpaper.
• The system told Jiang Yumiao that his ninth mission had succeeded when he kissed the ring and awarded him “Soft, Supple Lips.”

After Jiang Yumiao and Ning Chunchi shared lunch, Ning Chunchi learned that fans had analyzed their relationship and planned to spend the couple's free day with him. Meanwhile, Lin Xu nervously invited Qin Yuan to visit a famous teahouse, and Qin Yuan agreed.

• Ning Chunchi let Jiang Yumiao sleep in, then asked He Yuan to expose Su Cheng's past bullying and other misconduct online.
• He Yuan showed Ning Chunchi a popular fan post analyzing the moon and grapes as symbols of Ning Chunchi and Jiang Yumiao, and Ning Chunchi decided not to remove it.
• Jiang Yumiao joined Ning Chunchi for lunch, happy to share a meal with someone he loved.
• Director Yang announced that the cast's planned activities were canceled and everyone could explore Lanqing freely before writing letters that night.
• Ning Chunchi decided to spend the free day with Jiang Yumiao, while Lin Xu invited Qin Yuan to an old teahouse and Qin Yuan agreed to go.