Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu struggled to finish designing Firefly’s livestream avatar, then worried after she asked whether she really existed. The next morning, he took her grocery shopping and taught her his market skills.

• Lin Yu played Honkai: Star Rail and learned that Firefly had reached the ice-and-snow planet in the story.
• Firefly asked Lin Yu whether she really existed, leaving him troubled after she hid her sadness behind a smile.
• Lin Yu stayed awake until four in the morning drawing, then got up early to make breakfast and take Firefly shopping.
• Firefly praised Lin Yu’s cooking and asked if there was anything he could not do, prompting him to dodge the question.
• Lin Yu tied Firefly’s hair into a ponytail, put a hat on her, and taught her how to choose fresh food and bargain at the market.

Lin Yu met his college friend Zhang Zeyang for barbecue on the eve of classes, where they talked about their futures and Lin Yu admitted he might still be unable to let go of something from his past. The night ended with Zhang teasing Lin Yu about his new phone, while Firefly stayed home watching livestreams.

• Lin Yu accepted Zhang Zeyang's invitation to meet for barbecue after classes began the next day.
• Lin Yu returned home to change, spoke with Firefly as she watched livestreams, and reminded her to be careful online.
• Lin Yu and Zhang Zeyang ordered barbecue and beer, then caught up over stories from the break.
• Zhang Zeyang asked Lin Yu about his plans after graduation and whether he still could not let go; Lin Yu said he might not be able to.
• Zhang Zeyang invited Lin Yu to work for the Zhang Group, and Lin Yu joked that Zhang had been waiting to recruit him.
• As they finished eating late at night, Zhang asked about Lin Yu's new phone, and Lin Yu stopped him from turning the conversation into an advertisement.

Lin Yu agreed to intern at Zhang Zeyang’s company after Zhang Zeyang pleaded with him, then returned home late with fried noodles for Firefly. As they shared the food, Lin Yu asked if she wanted to tour his campus before his final year began.

• Zhang Zeyang offered Lin Yu an internship at his company, and Lin Yu agreed to apply after taking some time to rest.
• Zhang Zeyang admitted his father had told him to recruit Lin Yu, and he begged Lin Yu not to withdraw so he could earn his father’s approval and rewards.
• Lin Yu bought Old Place fried noodles, left the drunk Zhang Zeyang with Uncle Li, and took a taxi home.
• Lin Yu found Firefly watching a horror movie in the dark and shared the fried noodles with her.
• Lin Yu reflected on the start of his final university year and asked Firefly if she wanted to look around campus.

Lin Yu invited Firefly to visit his university, and she agreed after learning he had already taken the college entrance exam. The next morning, Firefly dressed in a school uniform and Lin Yu warned her not to lift her skirt in front of anyone.

• Lin Yu invited Firefly to experience campus life, and she worried that she might distract him from studying.
• Lin Yu explained that he was a university student who had already taken the college entrance exam, then told Firefly he had scored 698.
• Firefly accepted Lin Yu's invitation to visit campus the next day, and she reflected that she had become more ordinary since meeting him.
• Lin Yu fell asleep after their late-night snack and woke from a strange, forgotten dream when his phone alarm rang.
• Firefly greeted Lin Yu in the school uniform he had bought her, and he nervously agreed that he had chosen it for their campus visit.
• After Firefly lifted her skirt to show her safety shorts, Lin Yu told her never to lift her skirt in front of anyone, including him.

Lin Yu took Firefly on an electric scooter to Jiangcheng University, where she explored campus and joined him for his class meeting. Afterward, counselor Su Qingyan reminded Lin Yu that Professor Zhou was giving him a month to decide about an opportunity he had been considering.

• Lin Yu took a photo with Firefly, startled her by speeding off, and brought her to campus on his scooter.
• Lin Yu showed Firefly the campus and explained that the freshmen were doing military training, then invited her to experience being a student for a day.
• Lin Yu and Firefly attended his Computer Science Class One meeting, where counselor Su Qingyan addressed the fourth-year students.
• Su Qingyan asked Lin Yu to stay after the meeting and met Firefly, whom Lin Yu introduced as his friend.
• Su Qingyan told Lin Yu that Professor Zhou still hoped he would accept an opportunity and had given him a month to decide.

Lin Yu took Firefly to the cafeteria, where she noticed his roommates secretly following them. Lin Yu confronted Zhang Zeyang, Wang Haonan, and Li Wei after they watched him and Firefly share food and gossiped about their relationship.

• Firefly guessed that Professor Zhou wanted Lin Yu as a disciple, and Lin Yu admitted Professor Zhou had asked him to become one.
• Lin Yu and Firefly went to the cafeteria, where Firefly noticed three men following them but said nothing at first.
• Zhang Zeyang, Wang Haonan, and Li Wei revealed themselves as Lin Yu's roommates and followed the pair into the cafeteria to investigate their relationship.
• Lin Yu and Firefly shared their food while Wang Haonan complained about being surrounded by their romantic behavior.
• Firefly identified the three men as Lin Yu's roommates, and Lin Yu walked over to confront them after Wang Haonan praised Firefly's looks.

Lin Yu reunited with his dormmates, declined their invitation to eat, and began considering his feelings for Firefly. He and Firefly continued their campus visit, where he reassured her that he had turned down the gathering to stay with her, leaving her feeling warm and happy.

• Lin Yu confronted Wang Haonan, Zhang Zeyang, and Li Wei for following him and Firefly, then forgave them and learned they had come to invite him to a dorm gathering.
• Wang Haonan and Zhang Zeyang asked whether Lin Yu and Firefly were a couple, and Lin Yu thanked his friends for their support while deciding to examine his feelings for Firefly.
• Lin Yu returned to Firefly, finished his noodles, and walked with her along the campus avenue.
• Firefly asked why Lin Yu had declined his friends' invitation, and he told her he had done so because of her.
• Lin Yu reassured Firefly that she should cherish her first campus visit and called her the female lead, leaving her feeling deeply happy and warmed by his company.

Lin Yu and Firefly rested in the library, where Firefly decided she wanted him included in the memories she shared with Su Qingxiao. As they took their first photo together, Lin Yu wondered whether Firefly could truly become part of this world and what his feelings for her meant.

• Lin Yu took Firefly to the library to rest and look through university textbooks.
• Firefly received photos from Su Qingxiao, who told her that the semester had started.
• Firefly began replying that her semester had started too, but stopped because she wanted photos of herself to send.
• Lin Yu sent Firefly photos he had taken around campus, and she insisted he join her in a picture because she wanted him in her memories.
• Firefly sent the photos to Su Qingxiao, while Lin Yu wondered if she would leave if she became part of the world and whether he cared for her out of pity or selfishness.

Lin Yu took Firefly to a university class, where she grew bored, then spent the afternoon with her and the campus cat, Senior. After carrying Firefly home and taking her out for hot pot, he showed her the virtual avatar designed for her streaming debut, and his mother called.

• Lin Yu took Firefly to a university class, but she struggled to understand the lesson and grew tired.
• Firefly met Senior, the campus cat, and fell asleep on Lin Yu's shoulder while they waited for the cat to wake.
• Firefly's legs went numb, so Lin Yu carried her across campus and took her to a hot pot restaurant before bringing her home.
• Lin Yu showed Firefly the virtual avatar designed for her streaming debut, and she enthusiastically approved it.
• Lin Yu received a phone call from Mom.

Lin Yu spoke with his mother, An Shuqing, who supported his choice not to become Professor Zhou’s apprentice but demanded that he bring home a girlfriend. After Firefly embarrassed herself trying to eavesdrop, Lin Yu prepared to edit her gameplay footage and work on her virtual avatar.

• An Shuqing told Lin Yu that Professor Zhou had asked his parents to persuade him to become his apprentice, but she had left the decision to Lin Yu because she knew he would not be happy doing it.
• An Shuqing reassured Lin Yu that she and Lin Chengting would support his choices, then ordered him to bring home a girlfriend and hung up.
• Firefly tried to eavesdrop on Lin Yu’s call, fell when he opened the door, and hurried into the bathroom after claiming she had only been going there.
• Firefly hid in her room out of embarrassment but sent Lin Yu the gameplay footage he requested.
• Lin Yu made coffee and began preparing for a late night editing Firefly’s footage and working on her virtual avatar.

After working through the night, Lin Yu delivered two paintings to the café manager and worked an extended shift before getting caught in a downpour on his way home. He uploaded Firefly’s video and discussed her plans to stream, then woke the next morning weak, dizzy, and coughing with a fever.

• Lin Yu brought the café manager two oil paintings, which the manager praised and hung in the café.
• Lin Yu covered a coworker’s shift and left the café after Tang Mumu arrived to take over.
• Lin Yu rode home without an umbrella, got soaked in the rain, and returned home shivering despite having no fever at first.
• Lin Yu uploaded Firefly’s video and told her they would wait to see how it performed before planning her livestreams and teaching her to edit.
• Lin Yu went to bed early, then woke the next morning weak and dizzy with a sore throat, a violent cough, and a fever.

Lin Yu fell ill with a fever, and Firefly insisted on accompanying him to the hospital and caring for him at home. While shopping for food to make him, Firefly talked with Auntie Liu, who helped her realize she might like Lin Yu.

• Lin Yu tried to go to the hospital alone, but Firefly insisted on accompanying him and helped him get there.
• The doctor diagnosed Lin Yu with a mild fever and respiratory tract infection caused by poor sleep and getting caught in the rain, then prescribed medicine and rest.
• Firefly brought Lin Yu home, made him promise to tell her whenever he was sick, and went to buy ingredients for several nourishing dishes.
• Firefly met Auntie Liu on the way home and told her how angry and worried she had been when Lin Yu tried to go alone.
• Auntie Liu explained that Firefly's concern suggested she liked Lin Yu, and Firefly began wondering if that was true.

Firefly cared for Lin Yu while he recovered from a fever, and Auntie Liu’s advice kept her wondering whether she had fallen for him. After Lin Yu got better, Firefly stayed up reading romance novels and became absorbed in her first experience of the genre.

• Firefly returned home thinking about whether she liked Lin Yu, cooked congee and soup for him, and gently wiped the sweat from his forehead before waking him.
• Firefly fed Lin Yu and gave him his medicine, then ate instant noodles after realizing she had forgotten to make food for herself.
• Lin Yu’s fever broke, and he covered the sleeping Firefly with a blanket before cooking dinner; they ate together and agreed she could make him steamed egg custard another time.
• Firefly insisted that Lin Yu sleep in the bedroom while he recovered, and both struggled to fall asleep that night.
• Firefly searched online for explanations of love, discovered webnovels, and became engrossed in her first romance novel.

Lin Yu taught Firefly video editing while she grew flustered thinking about their relationship, then checked her new account’s strong view counts and made a video for his own fans. He promised the fans a livestream collab soon but kept his partner’s identity secret.

• Lin Yu showed Firefly how to use video-editing programs, but she got distracted and embarrassed while he helped her.
• Lin Yu checked Firefly’s new account and found that her videos had gained tens of thousands of views and earned a little money.
• Lin Yu made and posted a new video using drawings inspired by his outings with Firefly.
• Lin Yu announced a giveaway in his fan group and said he would livestream soon in a collaboration with another streamer, without naming them.

Lin Yu helped Firefly prepare for her first livestream and supported her as she overcame her nerves. Their joint stream drew attention to Firefly, though Lin Yu's viewers suspected the two were more than friends.

• Firefly accepted Lin Yu's plan to help launch her streaming career, despite feeling indebted to him and determined to become independent.
• On stream night, Lin Yu encouraged Firefly by message, and she calmed herself before going live.
• Lin Yu began his own stream and teased viewers about an upcoming collaboration without revealing who it was.
• Lin Yu introduced the new creator Flying Firefly, and viewers reacted to her cute, timid voice and began following her stream.
• Lin Yu denied that he and Firefly were anything but friends, while viewers privately speculated about their relationship and sent her followers.

After Firefly's first livestream earned her more than five hundred, Lin Yu celebrated her success with a dinner and a homemade Oak Cake Roll. Firefly enjoyed the cake, and the two ended the evening sharing a warm moment.

• Firefly and Lin Yu played Human: Fall Flat on stream, with Firefly carrying Lin Yu through the levels as viewers recognized her voice as Firefly from Honkai: Star Rail.
• After their streams ended, Firefly rushed to show Lin Yu that she had earned more than five hundred; she hugged him, then pulled away bashfully.
• Firefly told Lin Yu that a viewer called [I Am Flying Firefly's Servant] had supplied two-thirds of her earnings with gifts.
• The next day, Lin Yu borrowed the café kitchen and made Firefly a cake for a surprise celebration dinner.
• After dinner, Firefly tasted Lin Yu's Oak Cake Roll and admitted she had expected it to taste bitter like the tree-bark cake from the game, but said she liked it.

Lin Yu declined Professor Zhou’s offer to become his apprentice, then visited Old Wang and Li Wei in their dorm. Back at home, Firefly opened the door to a glasses-wearing girl who had apparently come looking for Lin Yu’s brother.

• Lin Yu watched Firefly’s growing stream audience and kept an eye on a devoted viewer who sent her large gifts.
• Lin Yu met Professor Zhou at Jiang University and declined his offer, explaining that he lacked the passion to pursue computer science further.
• Professor Zhou told Su Qingyan he had hoped to train Lin Yu, whom he considered an unusually promising student.
• Lin Yu went to Room 515 to visit Old Wang and Li Wei, finding them cooking together with a small electric cooker.
• Firefly opened the door to a girl who had come looking for her brother, and the girl was startled to find Firefly instead.

Lin Yu visited Wang Haonan and Li Wei in their dorm, where he told them about Professor Zhou’s offer and heard that Zhang Zeyang was seeing a girl. Back home, he found his younger sister Lin Yuyou eating lunch with Firefly, who had invited her in after she came looking for him.

• Lin Yu joined Wang Haonan and Li Wei for hot pot and told them about Professor Zhou’s offer.
• Wang Haonan explained that Zhang Zeyang had been told to pick up a girl who was coming to see him.
• Lin Yuyou arrived at Lin Yu’s home, introduced herself to Firefly, and learned that Lin Yu lived there.
• Firefly invited Lin Yuyou to lunch, and the two sat together nervously while Lin Yuyou wondered about Firefly’s relationship with her brother.
• Lin Yu returned home and found Lin Yuyou beside Firefly, greeting him mischievously.

Lin Yu brought Lin Yuyou into his room to question her about visiting, while Yuyou used the chance to assess whether Firefly was a good match for her brother. After learning she could stay for the Mid-Autumn Festival, Yuyou grew more determined to help Firefly become her sister-in-law and devised a plan to find out whether Firefly liked Lin Yu.

• Lin Yu rushed Lin Yuyou into his room after finding her hugging Firefly, leaving Firefly alone in the living room.
• Firefly reflected on giving up her search for a way home and decided to build a life in this world.
• Lin Yuyou questioned Lin Yu about Firefly and threatened to tell their mother until he shared what he could about her.
• Lin Yu learned that their mother had sent Yuyou to stay with him for the Mid-Autumn Festival break.
• Lin Yuyou pretended Lin Yu had hit her too hard, then revealed she was acting and decided to find out whether Firefly liked him.

Lin Yuyou took Firefly shopping and tried to learn how she felt about Lin Yu while helping her find him a gift. Firefly admitted she would say yes if Lin Yu confessed to her, leaving the two embarrassed as they hurried away from the mall crowd.

• Lin Yuyou persuaded Firefly to go shopping, and Lin Yu quietly warned Firefly to be careful not to reveal anything to his crafty sister.
• On the way to the mall, Lin Yuyou asked what Lin Yu had whispered, but Firefly concealed the conversation.
• Firefly decided to buy Lin Yu a gift with her livestream earnings and asked Lin Yuyou what he liked.
• Lin Yuyou teased Firefly about giving herself to Lin Yu, then asked what Firefly thought of him and whether she liked him.
• When Lin Yuyou asked whether Firefly would accept if Lin Yu confessed, Firefly shouted that she would, drawing attention from nearby shoppers.