Chapter Summaries

Shen Cong called Shen Jin and confronted Yun Xiaoran about making her cry in Korea before saying he might visit them in Linshun City. His question about whether Ning Yao would come prompted memories of the family crisis that led to their divorce, while the possibility of a visit remained unsettled.

• Shen Jin answered Shen Cong's call and told him that she and Yun Xiaoran had returned to Linshun City and planned to order takeout.
• Shen Cong demanded to speak with Yun Xiaoran and asked why Shen Jin had cried while he was in Korea.
• Yun Xiaoran admitted that he had failed to comfort Shen Jin, and Shen Jin backed him up by saying her emotions had been unstable.
• Shen Cong said he might visit them in Linshun City and evaded Shen Jin's question about whether Ning Yao would come.
• Shen Cong recalled how industry rivals had damaged his career and how he divorced Ning Yao to protect his family after Shen Jin was stalked.

After Shen Jin became upset over her parents’ divorce, Yun Xiaoran comforted her and agreed to help bring them back together. Later, Shen Jin asked to sleep while holding him, and after he turned her down, she crept toward his room that night.

• Shen Jin’s father ended their call before she could learn whether her parents might reunite, leaving her tearful and discouraged.
• Yun Xiaoran suggested that Shen Jin’s parents could get back together and promised to help, which moved her to tears.
• Shen Jin and Yun Xiaoran ate dinner while discussing her family troubles, and she felt closer to him afterward.
• Shen Jin asked Yun Xiaoran to let her hold him while they slept, but he declined and returned to his room.
• At eleven that night, Shen Jin left her room in pink bunny pajamas and crept toward Yun Xiaoran’s door.

Shen Jin visited Yun Xiaoran's room at night to retrieve Fu Bao but lingered beside the sleeping Yun Xiaoran, overwhelmed by her growing feelings for him. Jealousy pushed her to return to his bedside, where she kissed him and left the story on the stolen kiss.

• Shen Jin found Fu Bao sleeping beside Yun Xiaoran and watched Yun Xiaoran as he slept.
• Shen Jin took Yun Xiaoran's hand, then froze when he unconsciously rested it on her leg before she lifted it away.
• Shen Jin picked up Fu Bao but stopped when she imagined Yun Xiaoran sharing the same intimacy with Li Qingxi.
• Shen Jin set Fu Bao down, returned to Yun Xiaoran, and told him that he belonged to her now.
• Shen Jin gathered her courage, leaned toward Yun Xiaoran, and gently kissed him.

Shen Jin secretly kissed the sleeping Yun Xiaoran, growing bolder as she tried a French kiss. She returned to her room flushed and excited, leaving the night sleepless ahead.

• Shen Jin leaned in and gave Yun Xiaoran her first kiss while he slept.
• Shen Jin kissed Yun Xiaoran again and tried to part his lips with her tongue, but his teeth blocked her.
• Shen Jin clasped Yun Xiaoran's hand and left his room, still hoping he might wake up.
• Shen Jin looked at her flushed reflection in the mirror and crouched against the wall, unable to sleep.

After kissing Yun Xiaoran the night before, Shen Jin woke up giddy and cooked breakfast, while Yun Xiaoran remained unaware of what had happened. At breakfast, Shen Jin noticed her lipstick on his mouth, watched him eat it away with porridge, and indulged in fantasies about kissing him again.

• Shen Jin, still excited about kissing Yun Xiaoran, distractedly poured rice into the sink while making breakfast.
• Yun Xiaoran woke to find Fu Bao resentful after Shen Jin had left her in his room overnight.
• Shen Jin served Yun Xiaoran breakfast and noticed a faint smear of her lipstick beside his mouth.
• Shen Jin watched Yun Xiaoran drink the lipstick away with his porridge and asked whether it tasted good.
• Yun Xiaoran thought Shen Jin meant the food and praised it, while Shen Jin imagined kissing him again when he fell in love with her.

Shen Jin planned to keep sneaking into Yun Xiaoran's room at night, while Yun Xiaoran discovered a lipstick mark and suspected she had been secretly kissing him. He considered pretending to sleep or installing a camera to find out what she would do next.

• Shen Jin decided she could visit Yun Xiaoran's room secretly at night and warned him not to interact with other women.
• Shen Jin refused to let Yun Xiaoran wash her old pillow, which she treasured because it reminded her of him.
• Yun Xiaoran remembered that Shen Jin kept trying to buy the rights to his novel, Wild Rush, through his Lone Cloud identity.
• Yun Xiaoran noticed a faint pink mark beside his lips and concluded that Shen Jin had probably kissed him while he slept.
• Yun Xiaoran considered pretending to sleep or installing a camera to catch Shen Jin sneaking into his room.

After secretly kissing Yun Xiaoran while he slept, Shen Jin struggled to focus at work as Sister Hua questioned her about it. Yun Xiaoran began looking for a way to catch Shen Jin sneaking into his room again, while Shen Jin decided to practice kissing with him at night.

• Yun Xiaoran ordered a tiny camera and considered using surveillance to catch Shen Jin entering his room at night.
• Yun Xiaoran logged into his Lone Cloud account and replied to China Star Entertainment’s repeated messages with a question mark.
• Sister Hua guessed that Shen Jin had kissed Yun Xiaoran, and Shen Jin’s flustered denial revealed that it was true.
• Shen Jin admitted to Sister Hua that she had kissed Yun Xiaoran while he was asleep and described how it felt.
• Sister Hua advised Shen Jin to kiss Yun Xiaoran while he was awake, but Shen Jin decided to take things slowly and practice at night first.

Shen Jin and Sister Hua negotiated with Lone Cloud for song rights and a new composition for Shen Muge. Yun Xiaoran, secretly pleased by his wife's company’s offer, agreed to the deal.

• Shen Jin showed Sister Hua that her daily messages to Lone Cloud had finally earned a reply.
• Shen Jin asked Lone Cloud to sell China Star Entertainment the cover rights to his songs.
• Yun Xiaoran praised Shen Muge and explained that her singing and determination had inspired him to work with her.
• Sister Hua offered Lone Cloud 400,000 to 600,000 for one song's rights and a song written specifically for Shen Muge.
• Yun Xiaoran accepted the offer.

Shen Jin and Sister Hua negotiated with Lone Cloud for a song to anchor Shen Jin’s July album, and Lone Cloud sent them the lyrics to “Those Bygone Years.” Impressed by the lyrics, Shen Jin agreed to buy the song for 550,000 yuan, leaving Sister Hua to draft the contract.

• Shen Jin anxiously waited for Lone Cloud’s reply and learned that he had agreed to write her a song.
• Sister Hua asked Lone Cloud how long the song would take, and Yun Xiaoran said he already had lyrics prepared but no melody.
• At Sister Hua’s request, Yun Xiaoran sent the complete lyrics to “Those Bygone Years.”
• Sister Hua praised the lyrics’ quality, while Shen Jin grew captivated by their mood.
• Shen Jin agreed to buy the song for 550,000 yuan and told Sister Hua to begin drafting the contract.

Yun Xiaoran sold a song to China Star Entertainment for 550,000 yuan on the condition that Shen Muge sing it, then completed the arrangement. As Shen Jin returned home and affectionately hugged him, Yun Xiaoran was left wondering about their future together.

• Yun Xiaoran accepted China Star Entertainment's 550,000-yuan offer, requiring Shen Muge to sing the song, and Sister Hua agreed to the condition.
• Yun Xiaoran and Shen Jin signed their first contract with China Star Entertainment, and the payment raised his bank balance to 810,000 yuan.
• While arranging the song, Yun Xiaoran realized he had grown reluctant to separate from Shen Jin and resolved not to force her to stay if she wanted a divorce.
• Yun Xiaoran finished the arrangement, tried singing it himself, and hid the sheet music beneath his pillow to keep his identity as Lone Cloud secret.
• Shen Jin returned home in a good mood, praised the meal Yun Xiaoran had made, and hugged him, leaving him bewildered.

Shen Jin learned that her divorced parents, Shen Cong and Ning Yao, would both arrive in Linshun City the next morning. She and Yun Xiaoran worried about their parents meeting and agreed to face the situation as it came.

• Yun Xiaoran told Shen Jin that her sudden affection was overwhelming him, so she hugged him tighter in playful revenge.
• Shen Jin received messages from Shen Cong and Ning Yao saying they would both arrive at Linshun City's airport the next morning.
• Shen Jin told Yun Xiaoran that her divorced parents had not arranged their visits together and worried about what would happen when they met.
• Yun Xiaoran worried that Shen Cong would give him a hard time, but Shen Jin reassured him that her father was approachable.
• Yun Xiaoran comforted Shen Jin, and she held his hand to calm herself as they decided to deal with the situation as it came.

Yun Xiaoran kept Fu Bao out of his room, leaving Shen Jin without her usual excuse to visit him, while both of them lay awake thinking about each other. As Shen Jin prepared for her parents’ upcoming visit and planned to enlist their help in pushing her relationship with Yun Xiaoran toward marriage, she decided she might visit his room again that night.

• Yun Xiaoran shut Fu Bao out of his room, and Shen Jin took the cat back to her own room instead of visiting him.
• Yun Xiaoran worried that Shen Jin was only entering his room to look for Fu Bao and stayed half-awake, waiting to see if she would come.
• Shen Jin planned to use her parents’ visit to move her relationship with Yun Xiaoran forward and asked Ning Yao and Shen Cong to help steer them toward marriage.
• Ning Yao agreed to encourage the couple, while Shen Cong agreed to assess Yun Xiaoran again at dinner before making a final decision.
• Unable to sleep and longing to return to Yun Xiaoran’s room, Shen Jin talked herself into considering another late-night visit.

Yun Xiaoran stayed awake to discover why Shen Jin kept visiting his room at night. He learned she wanted to marry him and fell silent as she rested her head on his chest.

• Yun Xiaoran pretended to sleep as Shen Jin entered his room and approached his bed.
• Shen Jin sat beside Yun Xiaoran and quietly said her parents would probably try to arrange their marriage over dinner.
• Shen Jin asked Yun Xiaoran whether he liked her, while Yun Xiaoran silently admitted to himself that he loved her.
• Shen Jin took Yun Xiaoran's hand, pulled back his covers, and rested her head on his chest.

Shen Jin slipped into Yun Xiaoran’s bed while he pretended to be asleep, then cuddled with him until they both briefly embraced. She kissed his cheek before quietly returning to her room, leaving Yun Xiaoran awake and exasperated.

• Shen Jin climbed into Yun Xiaoran’s bed, held his hand, and fell asleep against his chest.
• Shen Jin shifted in her sleep and wrapped herself around Yun Xiaoran, leaving him unable to move comfortably.
• Yun Xiaoran turned Shen Jin over and hugged her back, intending to wake her and make her leave.
• Shen Jin woke and realized Yun Xiaoran was holding her, but believed he was still asleep and enjoyed the embrace.
• Shen Jin climbed out of bed, kissed Yun Xiaoran’s cheek, and quietly closed the door as she left.

Shen Jin and Yun Xiaoran went to the airport to pick up Shen Jin's parents, while they misread each other's thoughts about their relationship and a future meeting between the families. Shen Cong and Ning Yao arrived on the same flight and spotted each other in the arrivals hall, where Ning Yao kept her distance.

• Yun Xiaoran teased Shen Jin about holding him down and licking his face in his sleep, while she pretended not to understand.
• On the drive to the airport, Yun Xiaoran suggested that both sets of parents meet someday, and Shen Jin took it as a sign that he wanted to marry her.
• Shen Jin received messages from Ning Yao and Shen Cong saying they had arrived in Linshun City, and she and Yun Xiaoran went to meet them.
• Shen Cong waited in the arrivals hall and spotted Ning Yao, who had just arrived and sat nearby.
• Ning Yao turned away from Shen Cong, and he guessed that Shen Jin had arranged for them to come at the same time.

Shen Jin reunited with her estranged parents, Shen Cong and Ning Yao, and brought them together with Yun Xiaoran. Their distance and unresolved scandal left Yun Xiaoran intent on finding the right moment to learn what had happened.

• Shen Jin greeted Shen Cong and Ning Yao, who had come to visit her but kept their distance from each other.
• Shen Cong questioned Yun Xiaoran about living with Shen Jin, and Yun Xiaoran said they got along well despite occasional disagreements.
• Ning Yao said she would stay at a hotel, then asked Yun Xiaoran whether Shen Jin had caused him trouble; he reassured her that their recent friction had passed.
• Yun Xiaoran wondered whether Shen Cong had really abused his position with two actresses, but kept his questions to himself.
• Shen Jin drove the group home, with Ning Yao in the front passenger seat and Shen Cong and Yun Xiaoran sitting apart in the back.

Shen Jin told Shen Cong and Ning Yao she planned to marry Yun Xiaoran, and Ning Yao supported an early wedding despite Shen Cong’s concerns about her career. Shen Jin and Yun Xiaoran went to cook lunch together, while Shen Cong and Ning Yao remained distant.

• At home, Shen Cong asked Shen Jin about her future with Yun Xiaoran, and she firmly said they would marry.
• Shen Cong agreed to the marriage but urged them to postpone the wedding until Shen Jin’s career had advanced further.
• Ning Yao supported Shen Jin marrying soon and said she should not repeat her mother’s mistake of trusting the wrong person.
• Shen Cong went to the bathroom to smoke while Ning Yao and Shen Jin settled on the general plan.
• Shen Jin joined Yun Xiaoran in the kitchen to prepare lunch, and Shen Cong returned to ask Ning Yao where their daughter was.

While cooking with Yun Xiaoran, Shen Jin worried that her parents’ failed marriage meant he might someday betray her too. Yun Xiaoran promised he would not, and they embraced, while he reflected on how deeply she loved him.

• Shen Jin and Yun Xiaoran went to the kitchen and prepared vegetables together.
• Shen Jin worried about her parents’ broken relationship and asked Yun Xiaoran whether he might someday leave her for another woman.
• Yun Xiaoran solemnly promised that if he married Shen Jin, he would not betray her.
• Shen Jin embraced Yun Xiaoran and asked him not to lie to her, and he comforted her with another promise.
• Yun Xiaoran realized Shen Jin might quietly leave rather than confront him if he hurt her, and thought of Ning Yao.

Shen Jin and Yun Xiaoran hosted Shen Cong and Ning Yao, who discussed their reasons for visiting Linshun City and asked Yun Xiaoran about his work and music. Yun Xiaoran brought out the guitar he used as Lone Cloud and prepared to perform “Sunny Day,” leaving Shen Jin wondering whether he was really Lone Cloud.

• Yun Xiaoran and Shen Jin served a lavish meal, and Shen Cong warmed to Yun Xiaoran while bonding with his daughter.
• Ning Yao said she had come to check on the company she built and see how Shen Jin was caring for it, while Shen Cong said he wanted to see how his apprentice's new movie was progressing.
• After dinner, Shen Cong asked Yun Xiaoran about his novels, VA Station account, and the gold bracelet he had bought Shen Jin.
• Ning Yao asked Yun Xiaoran to play a song, and Shen Jin admitted she had hardly listened to his music.
• Yun Xiaoran fetched the guitar he used as Lone Cloud and announced he would play “Sunny Day,” making Shen Jin question whether he was Lone Cloud.

Yun Xiaoran sang his original song for Shen Jin and her parents, but Shen Jin noticed how closely his guitar-playing resembled Lone Cloud’s videos. She tested her suspicion by asking him to improvise a melody for lyrics he had sent her, leaving him caught between revealing his identity and refusing just before his scheduled score arrived.

• Yun Xiaoran performed “Those Bygone Years” for Shen Jin, Shen Cong, and Ning Yao, impressing them with his voice and guitar.
• Shen Jin recorded Yun Xiaoran and cropped his head out of the frame, realizing his guitar-playing looked like Lone Cloud’s videos.
• Shen Jin wondered whether Yun Xiaoran was Lone Cloud and decided to test him with unfinished lyrics he had sent her.
• After Yun Xiaoran finished singing, Shen Jin showed him the lyrics and asked him to improvise a melody.
• Yun Xiaoran panicked because singing could expose his secret, while refusing could look suspicious when his scheduled score reached Shen Jin later that afternoon.