Chapter Summaries

Yuan Su recalled how Pu Yu first entered his bleak life in Whitebank Town, where he quietly protected and guided her despite trying to keep his distance. He reflected on their reunion in the northern snow, realizing that he had been the one waiting to be found.

• Yuan Su worked at a repair shop and returned home to find Scarface and other thugs threatening him over his father's debt.
• Pu Yu frightened the thugs with a clumsy lie about Officer Li, and Yuan Su helped her reach the hard-of-hearing Grandma Li next door.
• Pu Yu became Yuan Su's deskmate, and he began noticing her quiet efforts to adapt to life in town.
• Yuan Su spotted Pu Yu lost in the alleys after school and silently led her home, letting her follow him without explaining.
• After Pu Yu thanked him, Yuan Su kept his distance while secretly wishing she would remain nearby.
• Yuan Su recalled meeting Pu Yu again in the northern wind and snow and realized he had been waiting for her to find him.

Yuan Su and Pu Yu furnished their lakeside villa, discussed his reasons for not wanting children, and moved into their new home. The chapter ended with them christening the carefully chosen bed, though Pu Yu found its bounce exhausting.

• Yuan Su took Pu Yu furniture shopping, chose the most expensive bed, and teased her about their future marriage and trying it together.
• At the supermarket, Yuan Su added contraceptives to their cart and joked about whether the bed could be returned if Pu Yu disliked it.
• After the beds were installed, Yuan Su explained that he did not want children because childbirth could harm Pu Yu and he wanted her love to remain solely his; Pu Yu told him she only wanted him too.
• In early October, Yuan Su and Pu Yu moved into the lakeside villa and planned to celebrate with Grandma and Lu Zhen after Grandma arrived.
• Yuan Su carried Pu Yu onto their new bed and teased her before they became intimate, leaving Yuan Su satisfied with the mattress and Pu Yu dizzy from its bouncing.

Yuan Su traveled to Whitebank Town to persuade Li Suhua to move to Dongzhou, explaining that Pu Zhiming’s terminal cancer could bring trouble to her and Pu Yu. Li Suhua agreed to leave at once, and Yuan Su’s next step was to take her to Dongzhou.

• Pu Yu worried that Li Suhua refused to move to Dongzhou, so Yuan Su promised to persuade her in exchange for a reward.
• Yuan Su returned to Nanhua and found Li Suhua picking persimmons; she refused to go to Dongzhou despite his efforts.
• Yuan Su told Li Suhua that Pu Yu would keep worrying and traveling between Dongzhou and Nanhua if her grandmother stayed behind.
• Yuan Su revealed that Pu Zhiming had terminal cancer and might turn to Li Suhua or Pu Yu for help.
• Li Suhua realized Pu Zhiming could come looking for them and angrily decided to pack and leave with Yuan Su.

Yuan Su told Li Suhua that Pu Zhiming had failed to seek compensation after Lin’s fatal workplace accident, and promised to reclaim Xiaoyu’s share of the family house. Before leaving, Li Suhua visited Pu Zhiming in the hospital and revealed that she had hidden his wealthy birth parents from him, leaving him devastated.

• Li Suhua asked Yuan Su to move her old sewing machine, then questioned why he had investigated Pu Zhiming.
• Yuan Su explained that Pu Zhiming had not sought compensation after Lin died in a workplace accident and said he would secure Xiaoyu’s share of the house.
• Li Suhua decided to confront Pu Zhiming before leaving, and Yuan Su accompanied her to the hospital.
• Pu Zhiming begged Li Suhua to save him, but she told him that his birth parents had once returned with wealth and wanted to take him away.
• Li Suhua admitted she had lied to his birth parents and kept Pu Zhiming with her, and he coughed up blood as they left the ward.

Li Suhua reunited with Pu Yu and settled into Yuan Su and Pu Yu’s home, where she planned a vegetable garden. When Lu Zhen came home from the care facility, she remembered Pu Yu’s late mother, Lin Qian, and spoke of her with affection, leaving Pu Yu wondering how Lu Zhen had known her.

• Li Suhua asked Yuan Su to protect Pu Yu’s house and teased him about riding a “big iron bird” to Dongzhou.
• Pu Yu greeted Li Suhua at the airport, then showed her the villa and offered her the empty yard for planting vegetables.
• Yuan Su and Pu Yu brought Lu Zhen home after the doctor reported that her condition had improved.
• Lu Zhen set out five places at the table and asked when Pu Yu’s mother, Qianqian, would visit.
• Pu Yu said her mother would return after looking at the stars, and Lu Zhen recalled that she and Lin Qian had loved Pu Yu.

At university, Yuan Su balanced physics research with building Su Yu Technology, while Professor Dai urged him to focus on a direct-entry PhD. He agreed to play in the department’s basketball game after Pu Yu asked to watch, and chose her birth month for his jersey number.

• Professor Dai asked Yuan Su to consider a direct-entry PhD, but Yuan Su said he was busy with Su Yu Technology and needed to make money as well as do research.
• Yuan Su left the laboratory and messaged Pu Yu, then refused Lin Hao’s plea to play in Saturday’s basketball game so he could take Pu Yu on a date.
• Pu Yu told Yuan Su she wanted to watch him play, and he agreed after she kissed him and promised to cheer him on.
• Yuan Su messaged Lin Hao that he would play at two on Saturday and requested jersey number 12 because it was Pu Yu’s birth month.

Yuan Su led Dongzhou University’s physics department to a decisive basketball victory over the sports college, then celebrated with Pu Yu in front of the crowd. Pu Yu realized that her love had helped him reclaim the freedom to enjoy his youth.

• Yuan Su opened the game with a three-pointer and gave the physics department a twenty-point halftime lead.
• Yuan Su spotted Pu Yu in the stands, smiled at her, and asked whether he had impressed her when she brought him water.
• Yuan Su dominated the second half, leading the physics department to a landslide victory.
• Yuan Su avoided his teammates’ celebration, vaulted into the stands, and spun Pu Yu in his arms while asking for a reward.
• Pu Yu kissed Yuan Su’s cheek as the gym cheered, realizing that her love had helped him feel free to pursue what he wanted.

The school forum buzzed about Yuan Su, Number 12, after he dominated a basketball game and celebrated by spinning his girlfriend Pu Yu around. The thread ended with Yuan Su posting “Su Yu 99,” turning the forum’s chant into a playful romantic gesture.

• Students praised Yuan Su’s basketball performance and gossiped about his affectionate celebration with Pu Yu.
• Yuan Su’s roommate said he had only agreed to play because Pu Yu wanted to watch, prompting students to call him a devoted boyfriend.
• Forum users chanted “99” for Su Yu, and Yuan Su posted “Su Yu 99” under the username “yusu.”
• Yuan Su told the forum that Pu Yu was reading the thread beside him, while the sports department’s center and captain joked about being overwhelmed by him.
• After the forum began another “99” chant, Yuan Su posted “Su Yu 99” again as the final reply.

Pu Yu celebrated the publication of her first book, Letters in the Rain, with a signing attended by friends and readers. Yuan Su arrived as her final reader, and she dedicated the book to the boy she loved.

• Pu Yu received sample copies of Letters in the Rain and teased Yuan Su that he would have to buy his own copy.
• After the book sold well, Pu Yu agreed to hold a signing at the Dongzhou Cultural Arts Center.
• Xu Suiran arrived first with ticket No. 001 and received a heartfelt dedication from Pu Yu.
• Pu Yu signed books for her readers and chatted with them throughout the event.
• Yuan Su came to the signing as the last reader, and Pu Yu wrote him a declaration of love in his copy.

The author reflected on Yuan Su and Pu Yu’s story of surviving hardship and finding each other, and explained how key moments emerged as the characters’ lives seemed to unfold on their own. The author thanked readers, shared plans for possible extras and publication updates, and closed with a message about the story’s ending.

• The author described how Yuan Su and Pu Yu helped each other keep living and loving through their separation and reunion.
• The author recalled Yuan Su’s first words to Pu Yu after their reunion and his quiet confession before the college entrance examination.
• The author said the story ended with Yuan Su and Pu Yu’s youth and school days at their most spirited, and wished readers resilience and good fortune.
• The author mentioned possible extras, a Weibo giveaway, and hopes for a print edition, then thanked readers and signed off as Su Yu.