Chapter Summaries

Pu Yu and Yuan Su learned that a real police officer named Li Youlin had asked Yuan Su to meet him, echoing the lie Pu Yu had told three years earlier to protect him. They realized justice had finally come, and the memory of that rainy day gave way to relief and hope.

• A nurse told Yuan Su that Officer Li Youlin wanted him to come see him after checking the injury assessment report.
• Pu Yu recognized the message as the exact bluff she had used three years earlier and began to cry with relief.
• Pu Yu squeezed Yuan Su's hand and told him there really was an Officer Li.
• Yuan Su remembered Pu Yu standing in the rain in Wind Chime Alley and understood how much courage she had shown.
• Yuan Su realized the people who had hurt them had been brought to justice, and the painful years finally felt as though they had ended.

Pu Yu gave police her account of infiltrating Grand Prosperity Manor and helping expose Yuan Hongzheng’s crimes, while Yuan Su stayed by her side. As she recovered from her shoulder injury, she reassured Yuan Su that the wound was a medal of courage and proof of her love.

• Li Youlin and another officer questioned Pu Yu about how she entered Grand Prosperity Manor, confronted Boss Zhao, obtained information from Yuan Hongzheng, and called the police.
• Li Youlin praised Pu Yu’s courage and warned Yuan Su not to use violence again, and Yuan Su promised to treat her well.
• On the third day of Pu Yu’s hospital stay, a nurse changed the dressing on her healing shoulder wound while Yuan Su watched anxiously.
• Yuan Su worried that Pu Yu would be scarred, but Pu Yu reminded him that they had called his old wound proof of her love.
• Pu Yu called her own wound a medal of courage, and Yuan Su kissed her bandaged shoulder.

On Lunar New Year’s Eve, Pu Yu’s friends visited her in the hospital and shared a meal, while Yuan Su struggled with whether to leave Nanhua to settle matters in Rinzhou. Song Jinnian urged him to rebuild his former strength so he could protect Pu Yu, leaving Yuan Su facing the choice of reclaiming what once made him proud.

• Xu Suiran tearfully scolded Pu Yu for risking herself, thanked her for trusting her with the loan, and brought dumplings her mother had made.
• Pu Yu, Yuan Su, Song Jinnian, and Xu Suiran each found lucky coins in their dumplings, then laughed when they learned Xu Suiran’s mother had put more than twenty coins inside.
• Yuan Su received calls about legal matters and his factory in Rinzhou, and worried about leaving Pu Yu before she was discharged.
• Song Jinnian told Yuan Su that he and Xu Suiran could care for Pu Yu and urged him to handle his affairs so he could protect her in the future.
• Song Jinnian reminded Yuan Su of his former brilliance and asked whether he would reclaim what had once made him proud for Pu Yu’s sake.

Song Jinnian asked Yuan Su to join his logistics automation project, and Yuan Su agreed to give it a try. At Pu Yu’s hospital bedside, Yuan Su admitted he did not want to leave her, then kissed her as she tried to book his ticket back to Rinzhou.

• Song Jinnian explained that his team needed Yuan Su’s physics intuition to solve problems in automated parcel sorting, and Yuan Su agreed to review the project materials.
• Xu Suiran entertained Pu Yu with jokes until the laughter hurt her wound, then Song Jinnian and Xu Suiran left the hospital room.
• Yuan Su told Pu Yu that Lawyer Zhou wanted him to return to Rinzhou to handle legal paperwork about debts and accounts.
• Pu Yu urged Yuan Su to go back and reminded him of the eighty-thousand-yuan debt he had promised to help pay off, and Yuan Su promised to earn the money.
• Pu Yu tried to find a ticket for Yuan Su during the Spring Festival rush, but Yuan Su covered her hand, ate the orange segment he had been holding, and kissed her.

Pu Yu and Yuan Su shared a tender first kiss in her hospital room, then teased each other about sharing her bed despite her shoulder injury. A nurse interrupted them and told them to wait until Pu Yu had healed, leaving them both to accept the delay.

• Yuan Su kissed Pu Yu and stopped when he noticed she was trembling and short of breath.
• Pu Yu asked whether Yuan Su would sleep on the folding bed, then hinted that the hospital bed was large enough for them to share.
• Yuan Su refused to share the bed because Pu Yu's shoulder was injured and teased her about getting handsy.
• A nurse interrupted the couple while they were leaning close and reminded them that Pu Yu needed to heal before exerting herself.
• Yuan Su agreed to wait until Pu Yu had healed, while Pu Yu hid in embarrassment beneath the quilt.

Pu Yu returned to Small Town after being discharged, while Yuan Su left for the train station after she urged him to go. At home, Li Suhua uncovered Pu Yu’s bandaged shoulder and feared her birth parents had forced her into donor matching, leaving Pu Yu confused.

• Yuan Su told Pu Yu his waitlisted train ticket had come through, and she asked him to remember to miss her as he left for the station.
• Song Jinnian and Xu Suiran drove Pu Yu back to Small Town and rehearsed a false story about her injury for Li Suhua.
• Xu Suiran and Song Jinnian told Li Suhua that Pu Yu had hurt herself in a hiking accident, and Li Suhua served them a large meal without asking many questions.
• After Xu Suiran and Song Jinnian left, Li Suhua made Pu Yu remove her coat and examined the bandage on her shoulder.
• Li Suhua asked whether Pu Yu’s birth parents had made her undergo donor matching, and Pu Yu asked what surgery she meant.

Pu Yu learned why Li Suhua had kept Pu Zhiming from his biological parents, who wanted him as a backup donor for their sick younger son. After Pu Yu told her grandmother how Yuan Hongzheng had accidentally injured her, she spoke with Yuan Su by video call and heard that he missed her.

• Li Suhua revealed that Pu Zhiming's biological parents had sought him out as a backup donor, and she had kept him from them to protect him.
• Pu Yu realized this was why Pu Zhiming hated Li Suhua and comforted her grandmother.
• Li Suhua asked who had injured Pu Yu, and Pu Yu explained that Yuan Hongzheng had accidentally hurt her while police were arresting him.
• Li Suhua expressed concern for Yuan Su and asked when he would return from Rinzhou.
• Yuan Su called Pu Yu from his rented room, checked her wound, and teased her about missing him before telling her he missed her.

Pu Yu continued writing for money in Small Town while Yuan Su studied physics and programming in Rinzhou, staying in touch with her through WeChat. After joining Song Jinnian’s physics modeling group, Yuan Su overcame the others’ doubts by identifying a deformation factor that corrected their struggling simulation.

• Pu Yu wrote stories by hand and sent Yuan Su photos of roasted tangerines and her ink-stained fingers.
• Yuan Su repaired computers at the Speedy internet café, studied technical books, and replied warmly to Pu Yu’s message.
• After winter break, Pu Yu returned to Dongzhou while Yuan Su remained in Rinzhou and joined Song Jinnian’s Beili physics group.
• Yuan Su quietly studied the group’s files as its members doubted his abilities because he lacked a university education.
• When the group’s simulation failed, Yuan Su proposed adding a deformation coefficient, reducing the model’s deviation to 0.03%.

After earning money from his projects, Yuan Su sent his entire first payment to Pu Yu to help repay her debts. Though he had planned to wait until he earned enough to clear everything, he realized he could not bear to miss another spring with her and left to visit her.

• Yuan Su received a twenty-thousand-yuan share from the project's first phase and agreed to take on more modeling projects.
• Yuan Su transferred all twenty thousand yuan to Pu Yu and told her to use it to repay her debts instead of writing gossip articles for money.
• Yuan Su earned another thirty thousand yuan from project work and considered waiting until he had paid off Pu Yu's full eighty-thousand-yuan debt before visiting her.
• Yuan Su recognized that his longing for Pu Yu had become an excuse to keep postponing their reunion.
• Yuan Su told Lu Zhen he was going to see Pu Yu and left to visit her in the spring.

Yuan Su surprised Pu Yu by arriving at her university, and they spent the day together before going to his hotel. The chapter ended with Yuan Su kissing her passionately and calling himself her puppy.

• Yuan Su appeared beneath the cherry blossoms and reunited with Pu Yu, who ran into his arms.
• Yuan Su and Pu Yu walked around campus hand in hand, then ate dinner together.
• Yuan Su told Pu Yu he would stay nearby for a few days and invited her to his hotel to drop off his luggage.
• At the hotel, Yuan Su kissed Pu Yu urgently, carried her to the bed, and called himself her puppy.

After more than two months apart, Yuan Su and Pu Yu reunited and gave themselves to each other. Yuan Su confessed his love, Pu Yu returned it, and they spent the night together.

• Yuan Su tried to pull away, but Pu Yu held his drawstring and made clear she would not regret being with him.
• Yuan Su noticed Pu Yu's surgical scar, kissed it tenderly, and told her he loved her.
• Pu Yu told Yuan Su that she loved him too.
• Yuan Su teased Pu Yu as they spent the night together while spring rain fell over Dongzhou.

Yuan Su spent three intense days with Pu Yu in Dongzhou before leaving for the station, while Pu Yu recovered from their exhausting reunion. Their goodbye ended affectionately after Yuan Su showed her the RMB 30,000 transfer he had sent.

• Yuan Su and Pu Yu stayed in their hotel room for three days, rarely going out and repeatedly giving in to their desire for each other.
• Pu Yu asked Yuan Su to take her to a new dessert shop, but he delayed until night, then brought mango pomelo sago slush back to her.
• On the afternoon Yuan Su was due to leave, Pu Yu stayed in bed while he told her he had extended the room booking and asked her to check her bank transfer.
• Yuan Su showed Pu Yu a notification confirming he had transferred RMB 30,000, and Pu Yu teased him that it felt like payment after sleeping with her.
• Pu Yu kissed Yuan Su before he left, and he promised to visit whenever he had time.

Yuan Su worked relentlessly to earn money for a future with Pu Yu, while Pu Yu learned the independent college entrance exam process from Cheng Siyi. When Pu Yu planned to travel back to Rinzhou, Yuan Su booked her a flight so he could see her sooner, recalling the day he had flown to rescue her.

• Yuan Su told his project group he needed money and privately said to Song Jinnian that what he had earned was not enough for his future plans with Pu Yu.
• Pu Yu and Xu Suiran visited Cheng Siyi, who explained the independent exam registration, documents, medical examination, and challenges of studying outside school.
• Pu Yu told Yuan Su she would arrive in Rinzhou the next night, and he booked her a flight despite her protests about the expense.
• Yuan Su explained how to prepare for the flight and said he had flown once to reach Pu Yu quickly when they caught Yuan Hongzheng.
• Pu Yu reassured Yuan Su that she would fly to him like a little bird coming to rescue him.

Pu Yu arrived in Rinzhou to reunite with Yuan Su and brought him a suitcase packed with study materials to help him prepare for the college entrance exam. Yuan Su’s eagerness to welcome her turned into a passionate reunion, while Pu Yu suspected her summer study plans might not go as intended.

• Pu Yu flew from Nanhua to Rinzhou, where Yuan Su greeted her with roses and took her heavy suitcase.
• At Yuan Su’s apartment, he kissed Pu Yu eagerly, but she interrupted him to reveal what she had brought.
• Pu Yu opened the suitcase and showed Yuan Su the study guides and schedule she had prepared for his college entrance exam.
• Yuan Su kissed Pu Yu again and carried her to the bed, where she discovered a drawer full of condoms he had bought after she told him she was coming.
• Yuan Su joked that the supplies were enough for the whole summer, leaving Pu Yu wondering whether she would have time to help him study.

Yuan Su prepared to leave Rinzhou and return to Nanhua to take the College Entrance Examination, planning to reunite with Pu Yu in Dongzhou. After entrusting his shop and friends to others, he left Rinzhou ready to reclaim the future he had lost.

• Pu Yu asked Lu Zhen to watch over Yuan Su as he prepared to take the College Entrance Examination, and Lu Zhen tearfully promised to support him.
• After Pu Yu returned to Dongzhou, Yuan Su sold his auto repair shop to Mr. Lu for a price twenty percent above his expectation, and they agreed to work together if their businesses crossed paths.
• Yuan Su hosted a farewell dinner for his friends and entrusted the shop to Nie Yang, who urged him to go to Dongzhou and build a life with Pu Yu.
• After midnight, Yuan Su walked through Rinzhou and reflected on the hardships he had survived and the future he intended to reclaim.

Two months after leaving Rinzhou, Yuan Su and Pu Yu began a new life together in Dongzhou, exchanging gifts at the New Year and planning to bring Grandma to live nearby. Months later, Yuan Su registered as an independent candidate for the college entrance exam, and Pu Yu saw him off at the exam site with their painful past finally behind them.

• Yuan Su and Pu Yu rented an apartment near Dongzhou University, where Pu Yu chose the home for its good feng shui.
• At New Year, Yuan Su gave Pu Yu the deed to a lakeside villa in her name, and Pu Yu gave Yuan Su a silver ring engraved with “Pursuing Light.”
• Yuan Su completed his in-person college entrance exam registration in South Hua City as an independent candidate.
• At the exam site, Pu Yu remembered their painful separation beneath the camphor tree, and Yuan Su promised he would never leave her again.
• Yuan Su entered the exam hall, promising Pu Yu he would bring her back first place.

Yuan Su learned that his exam score ranked among the province’s top fifty, drawing offers from elite universities. He chose Dongzhou University in all three application slots, explaining to Pu Yu that she had given his life direction and that staying with her was his own choice.

• Song Jinnian and Xu Suiran gathered with Yuan Su and Pu Yu to check the exam results, which showed that Yuan Su ranked among the province’s top fifty and that his scores were withheld.
• Pu Yu celebrated by hugging Yuan Su, while admissions offices from top universities called to recruit him.
• Yuan Su received persistent offers from elite universities, including scholarships, integrated programs, and help arranging medical care for his mother.
• Yuan Su submitted Dongzhou University as his first, second, and third choice despite Pu Yu worrying that he was turning down better schools for her.
• Yuan Su told Pu Yu that she had made life worth striving for and promised he would never leave her again.

Pu Yu and Yuan Su reunited as senior and freshman at Dongzhou, where their affectionate exchange sparked a campus forum rumor that her roommates quickly corrected. Yuan Su agreed to give the freshman representative speech after seeing Pu Yu, and asked her to cheer him on at the opening ceremony.

• Pu Yu welcomed Yuan Su at the registration desk, and he teased her before kissing her wrist.
• A student posted a photo of them on the campus forum, where Pu Yu's roommates clarified that Yuan Su was her boyfriend and had retaken the entrance exam to attend Dongzhou.
• Yuan Su helped new students find their way around campus while Pu Yu watched him take over her duties.
• A physics professor invited Yuan Su to speak at the opening ceremony, and Yuan Su agreed after looking at Pu Yu.
• Yuan Su told Pu Yu to come cheer her boyfriend on at the opening ceremony.

At Dongzhou University's opening ceremony, Yuan Su spoke about how Pu Yu had helped him recover from despair and publicly thanked her. His speech ended to thunderous applause as the two looked toward a future together.

• Yuan Su prepared to speak as Dongzhou University's freshman representative while the crowd and Pu Yu awaited him.
• Yuan Su described how he had once abandoned physics, education, and hope after falling into despair.
• Yuan Su recalled how Pu Yu had repeatedly reached him, supported him, and helped him rebuild his life.
• Yuan Su thanked Pu Yu by name and said her love had made him whole again.
• The audience applauded as Yuan Su and Pu Yu met each other's gaze beneath the clear sky.

Lin Qian recalled how Lu Zhen’s kindness helped her imagine a life beyond her oppressive marriage and how, before dying from Pu Zhiming’s abuse, she sent Little Rain toward the refuge in Wind Chime Alley. Years later, Little Rain reached Lu Zhen’s home and met Yuan Su, leaving Lin Qian at peace that their children had found each other.

• Lin Qian visited Li Suhua in Wind Chime Alley, where Lu Zhen sheltered her from the rain and affirmed the beauty and worth of her name.
• Lin Qian and Lu Zhen discovered their children’s birthdays were a day apart and promised that Little Rain and A Su might meet.
• Inspired by Lu Zhen, Lin Qian secretly saved money and planned to leave Pu Zhiming with Little Rain.
• Pu Zhiming beat Lin Qian after finding her savings, and Lin Qian collapsed at work after cleaning up and preparing food for Little Rain.
• As she lay dying, Lin Qian gave Little Rain a letter bearing the Wind Chime Alley address and urged her to seek help from Li Suhua and Lu Zhen.
• After Little Rain escaped her home in a storm, she reached Lu Zhen’s courtyard and met the injured Yuan Su, while Lin Qian watched with relief.