Chapter Summaries

Pu Yu and Yuan Su spent the night holding hands, finding comfort in each other, then shared breakfast at the morning market. When Pu Yu asked to visit Auntie Lu, Yuan Su refused because she would soon have to return to Dongzhou for school, leaving her hurt and him trying to cheer her up.

• Pu Yu reached for Yuan Su's hand, and they recalled holding hands during their night in South Hua City before falling asleep without letting go.
• Yuan Su woke early beside Pu Yu and took her to the morning market for breakfast, making sure she was warmly dressed against Rinzhou's cold.
• Pu Yu asked to visit Auntie Lu, but Yuan Su said they should wait because Auntie Lu might become dependent on her and Pu Yu had to return to Dongzhou for school.
• Pu Yu complained that the red bean bun tasted bitter, and Yuan Su explained to the shop owner that she was upset with him.

Yuan Su took Pu Yu to his auto repair shop and introduced her as his little sister to keep the workers from making inappropriate remarks. In private, he reassured her that he had never thought of her as a little sister, leaving their feelings openly charged but unnamed.

• Yuan Su took Pu Yu to Suyuan Auto Repair after breakfast and shielded her from the workers' curious stares.
• Yuan Su introduced Pu Yu as his little sister, leaving her hurt by the label.
• Pu Yu asked Yuan Su when she had become his little sister and insisted she did not want to be one.
• Yuan Su explained that he had used the label as a shield to protect her from the workers' crude jokes.
• Yuan Su told Pu Yu that he had never thought of her as a little sister and never would.

Pu Yu waited in Yuan Su’s office, discovered he had kept her old photo as his computer wallpaper, and organized his messy receipts. Yuan Su returned with snacks and strawberry milk, and the chapter ended with him holding her wet hands beneath the running water.

• Yuan Su left Pu Yu in his office after telling her the computer password and offering her snacks while he helped Nie Yang and the others.
• Pu Yu unlocked Yuan Su’s computer with her birthday and recognized a photo she had sent him years earlier as his wallpaper.
• Pu Yu sorted Yuan Su’s receipts and shipment records into a neat ledger while she waited.
• Yuan Su returned with strawberry milk and snacks, praised Pu Yu’s organized accounts, and noticed her dirty hands.
• Yuan Su led Pu Yu to the sink, and after she began washing her hands, he clasped them in his own.

Yuan Su took Pu Yu out for lunch, learned that her finals began the day after tomorrow, and booked her an expensive soft-sleeper ticket back to campus. As he urged her to eat, Pu Yu asked how much money he still owed.

• Yuan Su took Pu Yu from the office to a Rinzhou restaurant for lunch.
• When Pu Yu's academic adviser called, Yuan Su learned that her finals started the day after tomorrow and she had not booked a ticket.
• Yuan Su booked Pu Yu a soft-sleeper berth for ten the next morning and told her he was happy to spend his money on her.
• Yuan Su messaged Pu Yu's adviser to confirm she would return in time for the exam.
• Pu Yu stopped eating and quietly asked Yuan Su how much he still owed.

Pu Yu tried to help Yuan Su pay off his family’s debt, but he refused and the two fought. After an uneasy evening of silence and coaxing, Pu Yu confronted him again about shutting her out, ending the chapter in tears and anger.

• Pu Yu asked Yuan Su how much debt remained and offered her writing income and scholarship money to help pay it off.
• Yuan Su refused her money, insisting that his father’s debt was his family’s responsibility and that Pu Yu should keep her earnings for herself.
• Pu Yu went quiet after their argument, and Yuan Su followed her through the snow and cared for her when they returned to their room.
• Yuan Su tried to comfort Pu Yu by drying her hair and asking to hold hands, but she refused to speak to him.
• Pu Yu told Yuan Su that he always carried his burdens alone and left her in the dark, then angrily called him the worst.

Pu Yu learned that Yuan Su could return to school and retake the college entrance exam, easing her guilt about his future. When Yuan Su refused to share her bed, Pu Yu pulled him down onto it with her.

• Yuan Su reassured Pu Yu that his factory could repay his debts and promised she could decide whether they returned to Nanhua or stayed in Dongzhou.
• Yuan Su revealed that his enrollment at Town Middle School was still active and that Teacher Cheng had arranged for him to return when he was ready.
• Pu Yu felt relieved that Yuan Su could study again, then told him that she wanted him.
• Pu Yu asked Yuan Su not to sleep on the cold floor and invited him to share her bed, but he firmly refused.
• Pu Yu wrapped her arms around Yuan Su's neck and pulled him down onto the bed with her.

Pu Yu and Yuan Su confessed how much they had missed each other and promised not to part again, though Yuan Su remained determined not to take advantage of her. During the night, he held her with barely restrained longing, leaving their reunion charged with tension.

• Yuan Su resisted Pu Yu's closeness until she told him she trusted him to be good to her, and he lay beside her holding her instead.
• Pu Yu asked whether Yuan Su had missed her, and he recalled missing her in Rinzhou, especially when he received his pay.
• Pu Yu told Yuan Su she had missed him too and asked them never to be apart again, and he promised they would not be.
• Pu Yu chatted about her school and life in Dongzhou until she fell asleep in Yuan Su's arms.
• Pu Yu woke to find Yuan Su holding her tightly with his face buried against her neck, breathing heavily while restraining himself.

Yuan Su packed Pu Yu’s things and took her to the train station, while both struggled with her impending departure. He saw her to the soft-sleeper carriage, and with ten minutes before the train left, he told her to get on.

• Pu Yu asked to change her ticket so she could stay longer, but Yuan Su refused because the later trains only had standing tickets.
• Yuan Su carefully packed Pu Yu’s clothes and belongings, blushing when he had to pack her underwear.
• Pu Yu embraced Yuan Su and told him she did not want to leave, and he said he knew.
• Yuan Su checked that Pu Yu had her essentials, then accompanied her to the station as she slowly ate breakfast and fought back tears.
• Yuan Su bought a platform ticket, carried Pu Yu’s luggage onto the train, and returned to tell her to get on.

At the train platform, Pu Yu confronted Yuan Su over his silence during their two years apart and demanded he stay in touch. When Yuan Su could not bring himself to kiss her, she took the initiative, and their farewell left him overwhelmed by her brief touch.

• Pu Yu told Yuan Su she would stop messaging him unless he began replying, then made him promise to contact her every day and never disappear again.
• As the boarding whistle sounded, Pu Yu told Yuan Su to kiss her or she would leave, but he froze, unable to act.
• Pu Yu stepped forward, pulled Yuan Su down by his collar, and kissed his cheek, accidentally brushing the corner of his mouth.
• Yuan Su stood stunned as the fleeting contact set his heart racing and left his soul trembling.

Pu Yu kissed Yuan Su goodbye at the train station, then claimed him as her boyfriend over the phone. Yuan Su answered with a confession that he had only ever loved her.

• Pu Yu accidentally brushed a kiss against Yuan Su's lips before boarding the train, and he watched her leave through the snow.
• Yuan Su called Pu Yu as the train departed and asked what the kiss meant.
• Pu Yu told Yuan Su, "You're mine," and said she had put her stamp on him.
• When Yuan Su asked if he was her puppy, Pu Yu called him her boyfriend.
• Yuan Su told Pu Yu he had only ever loved her.

Yuan Su confessed that he had loved Pu Yu since their last year of high school, and Pu Yu told him his feelings were precious because he was the one and only Yuan Su. After Pu Yu continued her journey, Yuan Su returned to the factory, visibly flustered by their new relationship.

• Yuan Su told Pu Yu over the phone that he had loved her since their last year of high school and had been afraid she would think he did not care.
• Pu Yu reassured Yuan Su that she loved him for who he was and called him the one and only Yuan Su in the world.
• After ending the call, Pu Yu delighted in the fact that Yuan Su was her boyfriend, but deleted several affectionate messages before sending them.
• Yuan Su returned to the factory and took over shoveling snow from Nie Yang, who noticed his red face and ears.
• Nie Yang watched Yuan Su shovel the same pile of snow back and forth three times and concluded that he was lovestruck.

After reuniting with Yuan Su, Pu Yu returned to Dongzhou and settled into their new relationship with a late-night video call. Back at her dorm, she told her roommates she had found the person she had written about for years, and they celebrated her happiness.

• Pu Yu arrived in Dongzhou and discovered that Yuan Su had booked and paid for her hotel room in advance.
• Pu Yu video-called Yuan Su, showed him that she had locked her hotel door, and fell asleep while they stayed on the call.
• Pu Yu returned to her dorm the next morning and reassured her worried roommates that she was fine.
• Lin Jia guessed that Pu Yu had found the person from her writing, and Pu Yu quietly confirmed it.
• Pu Yu told her roommates that Yuan Su was wonderful, and they congratulated her on finally finding happiness with him.

Pu Yu and Yuan Su missed each other while she studied for finals and he worked away from Dongzhou. On Pu Yu’s birthday, Yuan Su offered to grant her a wish, and his words hinted that he might be about to appear beside her.

• Pu Yu and Yuan Su shared quiet video calls, and Yuan Su admitted that he missed her every day.
• Yuan Su told Pu Yu he had to leave for work before New Year’s Eve, and she refused the birthday money he sent, asking him to save it and come to Dongzhou sooner.
• On her birthday, Pu Yu waited for Yuan Su to contact her while shopping with her roommates.
• Yuan Su called Pu Yu at the mall and offered to grant her one wish.
• Pu Yu wished Yuan Su would appear beside her, and he told her to turn around and see whether her wish had come true.

Yuan Su drove through the night to surprise Pu Yu in Dongzhou and reunite with her beneath the mall’s Christmas tree. After meeting Pu Yu’s roommates, he asked to borrow her for some time, and they encouraged the couple to enjoy their reunion.

• Yuan Su appeared beneath the Christmas tree with roses, and Pu Yu ran into his arms.
• Yuan Su explained that he had driven all night from Rinzhou to see Pu Yu, while Nie Yang and the others handled the rest of the urgent shipment.
• Pu Yu introduced Yuan Su to her roommates Lin Jia, Ming Xin, and Chen Sisi as her boyfriend.
• Yuan Su offered to reimburse the roommates for their movie tickets and asked if he could borrow Pu Yu for a while.
• Lin Jia and the other roommates let Pu Yu go with Yuan Su and joked that she could stay out late.

On New Year's Eve, Yuan Su and Pu Yu spent the evening together, celebrating the new year and Yuan Su's birthday. When Pu Yu pretended she might be stranded outside her locked dorm, Yuan Su revealed he had booked one hotel room and asked whether she would come with him.

• Yuan Su took Pu Yu shopping, bought her plush toys and journals, and joined her in a photo booth for a couples' picture.
• Yuan Su led Pu Yu to the riverside, where they watched the New Year's fireworks and he kissed her forehead after she wished him a happy birthday.
• As they walked back, Pu Yu told Yuan Su her dorm was locked and teased that she might have to climb the wall or sleep outside.
• Yuan Su offered to book hotel rooms, but Pu Yu pretended she would return to the dorm, prompting him to catch her wrist and say he had booked one room.
• Yuan Su pulled Pu Yu into his arms and asked her if she was coming to the hotel with him.

Pu Yu went with Yuan Su to a luxury hotel after he invited her away from the cold, then realized he had booked a room in advance and prepared a mint. They rode the elevator together, where Yuan Su cut off her teasing when he pointed out the camera.

• Yuan Su invited Pu Yu to his place, and she agreed to leave the cold riverfront with him.
• Yuan Su checked them into a river-view hotel room he had booked three days earlier, then collected his backpack and ate a mint from the lobby candy dish.
• Pu Yu noticed the advance booking and the mint, and suspected Yuan Su had arranged the room with romantic intentions.
• In the elevator, Pu Yu teased Yuan Su about eating the mint before kissing her, but he warned her that a camera was recording them.

Pu Yu confronted Yuan Su about arranging their hotel stay for her birthday, and he admitted his intentions through a passionate kiss. The chapter ended with Yuan Su asking her to call him A Su and leaving a mark on her neck.

• Pu Yu held on to the key card and questioned Yuan Su about booking the river-view room and arranging for them to stay together.
• Yuan Su guided Pu Yu into the dark hotel room, kissed her, and admitted that her suspicions were right.
• Pu Yu clung to Yuan Su as he kissed her, then called him A Su when he asked her to repeat his name.
• Yuan Su praised Pu Yu and left a mark on her neck.

Pu Yu and Yuan Su shared a tender, intimate reunion at the hotel after his sudden return. As they kissed, Pu Yu felt an uneven ridge across Yuan Su’s back near his left shoulder blade, leaving her to discover the scar beneath his shirt.

• Pu Yu exchanged teasing messages with Xu Suiran and her roommates about Yuan Su’s return.
• Yuan Su finished showering and approached Pu Yu on the bed.
• Yuan Su kissed Pu Yu gently, and she wrapped her arms around his neck.
• Pu Yu felt a hard, uneven ridge beneath Yuan Su’s shirt near his left shoulder blade.

Pu Yu discovered the long scar on Yuan Su’s shoulder and demanded to know how he got it. Yuan Su remembered risking his life in a truck accident while earning money for Pu Yu, and the chapter left him explaining that he wanted to give her money he had earned himself.

• Pu Yu felt Yuan Su’s shoulder scar and pressed him to explain the serious injury.
• Yuan Su recalled taking a dangerous mountain delivery job because he needed money for Pu Yu’s university expenses.
• Yuan Su survived a truck crash after twisting to protect the red cord Pu Yu had tied around his wrist, but a rock struck his shoulder.
• Song Jinnian confronted Yuan Su in the hospital for risking his life, and Yuan Su said the money was for Pu Yu and he wanted to earn it honestly.

Song Jinnian confronted Yuan Su about hiding the blood money he had earned for Pu Yu, but eventually agreed not to tell her after Yuan Su threatened to disappear. In the hotel room, Pu Yu confronted Yuan Su about his scar and sacrifice, and he answered with a kiss instead of explaining further.

• Song Jinnian tried to call Pu Yu and reveal that Yuan Su had nearly died earning money for her, but Yuan Su begged him not to tell her.
• Yuan Su told Song Jinnian that Pu Yu deserved to pursue her future without guilt and threatened to disappear if Song Jinnian revealed the truth.
• Song Jinnian put away his phone and agreed to keep Yuan Su's secret, despite warning that Pu Yu might discover it one day.
• In the hotel room, Pu Yu challenged Yuan Su's claim that his scar was only a flesh wound and asked whether he had nearly died for her.
• Yuan Su admitted that he could not bear to leave yet, and Pu Yu cried as she understood he had risked his life for her.
• Yuan Su urged Pu Yu to look at him, then kissed her to stop her questions and comfort her.