Chapter Summaries

Shen Luolun, a wealthy writer reincarnated into Teyvat, found an unconscious, badly injured woman on his way home and debated whether helping her would bring trouble. He carried her to his home, put her in bed, and decided to leave her there until morning while continuing with his plans for the night.

• Shen Luolun celebrated receiving ten million Mora in royalties and planned to eat at Xiangling’s, hear Yun Jin sing, and meet Sister Ying'er.
• Shen Luolun tripped over an unconscious woman with black silk stockings and a Staff of Homa, then confirmed that she was alive.
• Shen Luolun weighed the risks of rescuing the mysterious woman against his reluctance to leave her helpless and chose to save her.
• Shen Luolun carried the woman to his home, laid her on his bed, and covered her with a blanket.
• Shen Luolun decided to leave the woman to rest and deal with her the next day, keeping his plans for the evening.

Shen Luolun teased Guoba at Wanmin Restaurant, escaped his flames, and appeased him with a food offering. A Snezhnayan merchant then confronted Shen Luolun for giving away his dish and demanded public humiliation, leaving their dispute unresolved.

• Shen Luolun ate his favorite chicken wrap at Wanmin Restaurant and asked Xiangling to prepare ten Adeptus' Temptations.
• After Shen Luolun called Guoba a round lump, Guoba breathed fire at him until Xiangling ordered him to stop.
• Shen Luolun offered Guoba a spicy meat cornbread bun, and Guoba accepted it happily.
• A middle-aged Snezhnayan merchant accused Shen Luolun of taking his dish and threatened to report him.
• Shen Luolun apologized and offered full compensation, but the merchant demanded that he shout an apology to Mr. Tsarevich a hundred times and avoid him in the future.

Shen Luolun and Guoba caused trouble at Wanmin Restaurant before helping Xiangling clean, where Shen heard reports of strange phenomena across Teyvat linked to the Traveler's arrival in Snezhnaya. Xiangling served Shen Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, and his advice about restaurant rules ended with her punching him for his nonsense.

• Shen Luolun confronted Tsarevich after he demanded an apology, while Xiangling refused to intervene because no one had been hit.
• Xiangling scolded Shen Luolun and Guoba for causing trouble, then ordered them to clean the tables.
• Shen Luolun overheard guests discussing strange phenomena in the Chasm, Sumeru, Inazuma, and Natlan, and wondered if they were connected to Lumine and Paimon in Snezhnaya.
• Shen Luolun and Guoba finished cleaning, and Xiangling brought him Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.
• Shen Luolun suggested that Xiangling establish rules for Wanmin Restaurant, and she punched him for his advice.

Shen Luolun met Zhongli while seeking a place to hear Yun Jin’s opera and asked him about strange phenomena in The Chasm and other nations. Zhongli identified the cause as the Skyfrost Nail, leaving Shen Luolun frightened but hopeful that Lumine could save the world.

• Shen Luolun arrived too late to get a seat at the Yun-Han Opera Troupe and accepted Zhongli’s invitation to sit with him outside Heyu Teahouse.
• Shen Luolun ordered Chenyu Vale tea, and he and Zhongli discussed the tea and the new opera piece.
• Shen Luolun asked Zhongli about strange phenomena in The Chasm and other nations, explaining that he had stayed home to finish a manuscript.
• Zhongli told Shen Luolun that the Skyfrost Nail was behind the phenomena, prompting Shen Luolun to fear that the Heavenly Principles were preparing to destroy the world.
• Zhongli reassured Shen Luolun that the child of man might work a miracle, and Shen Luolun realized Lumine could still save the world.
• Shen Luolun asked Zhongli for inside information, but Zhongli quietly sipped his tea without revealing any secrets.

Shen Luolun learned that Lumine and her allies had defeated the Sovereign of Death, then enjoyed Yun Jin’s performance with Zhongli. The evening ended with Zhongli disappearing and leaving Shen Luolun to pay an enormous bill for the tea he had consumed.

• Zhongli told Shen Luolun that Lumine had helped defeat the Sovereign of Death, whose authority Celestia later reclaimed.
• Shen Luolun asked for more details, but Zhongli said Lumine would return in a few days and could explain what happened.
• Shen Luolun and Zhongli watched Yun Jin perform at the teahouse, and Shen Luolun was moved to tears by the opera.
• As Shen Luolun prepared to leave, Zhongli admitted he had forgotten his money and asked whether Shen Luolun could pay.
• The waiter charged Shen Luolun 1,730,000 Mora for Zhongli’s tea, and Shen Luolun discovered Zhongli had vanished.

After Shen Luolun paid an enormous bill at Heyu Teahouse, he visited Sister Yuan'er, where an accidental kiss became his first kiss. He returned home to find Yelan waiting and tried to explain the handprint on his face.

• Shen Luolun left Heyu Teahouse furious at Zhongli after paying 1.73 million Mora for their tea.
• Shen Luolun visited Sister Yuan'er, who teased him about being alone together before stumbling and accidentally kissing him.
• Sister Yuan'er blamed Shen Luolun for the kiss, then threw a cushion at him after he complimented her lips and kicked him out.
• Shen Luolun returned home and found Yelan waiting in the living room.
• Shen Luolun claimed that he had saved an innocent girl who mistook him for a pervert and slapped him, while Yelan doubted his story and told him to stop touching her thigh.

Yelan stayed at Shen Luolun’s home before heading to the Chasm, but her plans to sleep in the west wing threatened to expose the woman he was hiding there. Shen Luolun forced her to the east wing, where she deduced he had brought home a woman—and he began having lustful thoughts about Yelan.

• Yelan told Shen Luolun she would investigate the Abyss in the Chasm the next day and planned to sleep in the west wing.
• Shen Luolun tried several excuses to keep Yelan out of the west wing, but she insisted on going.
• Shen Luolun carried Yelan to the east wing, spanked her when she struggled, and wrapped her in a quilt on the bed.
• Shen Luolun admitted someone was staying in the west wing, and Yelan guessed he had picked up a woman.
• Yelan warned Shen Luolun about his increasingly criminal behavior, while he became distracted by her appearance and fragrance.

Yelan questioned Shen Luolun about bringing an injured woman home, then swiftly subdued him when he challenged her. She revealed that she had been holding back their entire relationship and was far stronger than he had assumed.

• Yelan untied herself and demanded that Shen Luolun explain why he had brought an injured woman to the west wing.
• Shen Luolun said he had found the unconscious woman bleeding near Chihu Rock and carried her home before going out for entertainment.
• Yelan pressed Shen Luolun about his flirtation with a young lady, while he insisted that he was innocent.
• Shen Luolun accused Yelan of coveting his savings and charged at her, but she bound him with Hydro threads in one move.
• Shen Luolun blamed Yelan's victory on her secretly unlocking C6, and Yelan told him she had always been much stronger and had merely played along.

Yelan confronted Shen Luolun over rescuing a mysterious woman, but the woman vanished before they could meet her. Yelan realized the injured white-haired woman was still hiding nearby and told Shen Luolun to stay at her place for safety.

• Yelan subdued Shen Luolun, accepted his apology, and had him lead her to see the woman he had rescued.
• Yelan and Shen Luolun found the west wing bedroom empty, and Yelan dragged him outside, accusing him of lying.
• After they left, the injured white-haired woman emerged from a blood-red rift and wondered where she could go after losing her authority and home.
• Yelan told Shen Luolun that the mysterious woman had evaded her inspection and was probably still in the room, having hidden herself when they arrived.
• Yelan used the lingering warmth in the bedding to infer that the woman had only recently awakened, then told Shen Luolun to stay at her place.

Shen Luolun sneaked into Yelan’s courtyard with her, and their teasing turned into an argument over who would sleep on the floor. Yelan lay down first, and Shen Luolun joined her in bed, leaving her blushing as he settled beside her.

• Shen Luolun and Yelan climbed over the wall and slipped into her courtyard, where he playfully touched her and she knocked him unconscious.
• Yelan sent the guards away, then scolded Shen Luolun when he came to and insisted he had only been helping her relax.
• Shen Luolun and Yelan washed up and changed into pajamas, then argued over who should sleep on the floor.
• Yelan lay down on the bed, and Shen Luolun chose to share it rather than sleep on the cold floor.
• Yelan blushed quietly as Shen Luolun settled beside her.

Madam Xiao discovered Yelan and Shen Luolun sleeping together and assumed they had become lovers. After Yelan and Shen Luolun woke, bickered, and fought, Yelan learned her mother had seen them and took Shen Luolun to the morning hall.

• Madam Xiao entered Yelan's room, found her sleeping beside Shen Luolun, and left without waking them, pleased by what she assumed had happened.
• Yelan woke late and scolded Shen Luolun for pawing at her in his sleep, then pinned him when he called them bros.
• Shen Luolun kept provoking Yelan while they washed up, and she punished him again.
• A maid told Yelan that Madam Xiao had seen Shen Luolun in her room and wanted them at the morning hall.
• Yelan carried Shen Luolun out of the room and took him to see her mother.

Yelan and Shen Luolun bickered through breakfast while Madam Xiao teased them as though they were a young couple. Afterward, Madam Xiao asked about Shen Luolun’s writing plans and books, and the chapter ended with Yelan accusing him of writing sad stories for his own amusement.

• Yelan and Shen Luolun joined Madam Xiao for breakfast, where her teasing embarrassed Yelan and Shen Luolun misunderstood her remarks as a reprimand.
• Shen Luolun teased Yelan and stuffed a steamed bun into her mouth while Madam Xiao watched them fondly.
• Madam Xiao insisted Yelan and Shen Luolun stay for tea after breakfast and asked Shen Luolun about his plans.
• Shen Luolun said he had finished a book and planned to travel for relaxation and inspiration before starting another.
• Madam Xiao praised Shen Luolun’s writing but noted that his stories often had heartbreaking endings.
• Yelan called Shen Luolun heartless and accused him of writing sad stories to make readers cry, prompting him to deny it guiltily.

Yelan kept Shen Luolun at the Ye residence while she investigated the mysterious woman who had helped him. In Snezhnaya, Lumine and Paimon accepted Xiangling’s invitation to Liyue’s Cuisine Machine Test, while a stranger tracked down retired chef Tang Hao and showed him something that moved him.

• Yelan placed Shen Luolun on indefinite leave, sealed his house, and told him to stay at the Ye residence until she investigated the mysterious woman.
• Lumine received Xiangling’s letter inviting her and Paimon to the Moonchase Festival’s Cuisine Machine Test.
• Lumine warned Paimon that the competition might feature dark cuisine, but Paimon decided to join her anyway.
• A stranger entered a shabby food stall and identified its cook as the thirty-eighth-generation inheritor of Tang Family Cuisine, Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao refused the stranger’s request to come out of retirement, but the stranger showed him something that made his eyes redden.

Tsarevich forced Tang Hao into an alliance to win the Cuisine Machine Test and revive his dangerous Emotion-Forsaking Beef Noodles. Meanwhile, Shen Luolun remained confined at the Ye Residence, where his chess game with Madam Xiao ended in an argument.

• Tsarevich introduced himself to Tang Hao and ordered him to win the Cuisine Machine Test for the Sea Overlord Restaurant, using knowledge about Tang Hao's loved ones as leverage.
• Tang Hao agreed to do his best in the contest but demanded that Tsarevich reveal what he knew about them, and Tsarevich accepted the risk.
• Tsarevich insisted Tang Hao bring back the Emotion-Forsaking Beef Noodles, and Tang Hao warned that they could attract the Ministry of Civil Affairs' attention.
• Tang Hao demanded full control over the noodles' ingredients, costs, and prices, while Tsarevich reserved the right to supervise him; they formally agreed to work together.
• Three days later, Shen Luolun complained to Madam Xiao that he was bored and wanted to leave the Ye Residence.
• Madam Xiao made an illegal chess move, and Shen Luolun told her to practice more, making her furious.

Shen Luolun followed Lan Yan’s paper figure out of the Ye residence and reunited with her outside the wall. He learned the Moonchase Festival and Cuisine Machine Test were coming soon, and realized he had nearly forgotten to support Xiangling.

• Shen Luolun received a message from Lan Yan’s paper figure and followed it to a wall, where someone outside tossed him a rope.
• Shen Luolun climbed over the wall and jumped into Lan Yan’s arms, causing them both to fall; he then pinched her cheek as she blushed.
• Lan Yan explained that she had sought Shen Luolun because the Moonchase Festival and the Cuisine Machine Test at Yilong Wharf were approaching.
• Shen Luolun remembered that Xiangling had asked him to attend the Cuisine Machine Test and realized he had nearly missed the festival.

Shen Luolun got permission from Madam Xiao to leave the Ye Residence with Lan Yan and headed to Yilong Wharf to cheer Xiangling on at the Cuisine Machine Test. After learning that Tsarevich had opened Sea Overlord beside Wanmin Restaurant and hired a suspiciously familiar noodle chef, Master Mao asked Shen Luolun to investigate.

• Shen Luolun explained the mysterious woman in black stockings to Lan Yan, and the two decided to tell Madam Xiao before leaving.
• Madam Xiao revealed she had been watching for Lan Yan and let Shen Luolun go, trusting Lan Yan to keep him safe.
• At Wanmin Restaurant, Master Mao told Shen Luolun that Xiangling had gone to the Cuisine Machine Test at Yilong Wharf and warned him not to forget to cheer her on.
• Master Mao explained that Tsarevich had opened Sea Overlord next door and vowed to overtake Wanmin Restaurant after a dispute with Shen Luolun.
• Master Mao asked Shen Luolun to investigate Sea Overlord's rumored master chef, whose addictive noodles and familiar reputation concerned him.

Shen Luolun and Lan Yan traveled by merchant ship from Liyue Harbor toward Chenyu Vale, passing the time with comics and writing. After teasing Lan Yan awake and making peace by promising her more chapters of “Will of Fire,” they went out to admire the sunset as the ship reached Bishui Plain.

• Shen Luolun and Lan Yan boarded a tea merchant ship bound for Chenyu Vale after agreeing on a fare with its captain.
• Lan Yan read the latest chapters of “Will of Fire” that Shen Luolun drew for her while he worked on his novel.
• Shen Luolun teased the sleeping Lan Yan with a fake surgery announcement, and she woke up and grabbed him by the throat before realizing he was joking.
• Shen Luolun promised Lan Yan three more volumes of “Will of Fire” to appease her, while privately thinking he had hundreds of chapters in reserve.
• Shen Luolun and Lan Yan went outside as the ship reached Bishui Plain, admired the sunset, and argued over whether the birds overhead were swallows or wild geese.

Shen Luolun and Lan Yan heard Su Qing’s account of how a disguised Treasure Hoarder stole his boat, then continued their carefree journey toward Chenyu Vale. The woman who tricked Su Qing watched their ship from a distance and ordered her crew to deliver a shipment for her master’s plan.

• Su Qing told the captain and passengers that a woman he rescued had secretly killed his crew and helped Treasure Hoarders seize his boat.
• The captain had Su Qing taken below, while Lan Yan warned Shen Luolun to beware of the increasingly active Treasure Hoarders.
• Lan Yan said her uncle believed the Treasure Hoarders were gathering something, but Shen Luolun chose not to investigate.
• The captain ordered the ship’s crew to keep watch as Shen Luolun and Lan Yan played at the bow and nearly lost their balance.
• A woman in black watched the merchant ship through a telescope, revealed herself as the woman who had deceived Su Qing, and ordered the Treasure Hoarders to rush a shipment to Chenyu Vale for her master’s plan.

Shen Luolun and Lan Yan reached Yilong Wharf and found its residents, including Paimon, behaving strangely after eating Forget-Me-Not Beef Noodles. They learned Xiangling was still inside the suspicious restaurant and rushed to save her.

• Shen Luolun and Lan Yan arrived at Yilong Wharf and learned that nearly everyone had gone to eat Forget-Me-Not Beef Noodles.
• Shen Luolun and Lan Yan found crowds singing and acting intoxicated after eating the noodles.
• Lumine struggled to pull Paimon away from the noodles, and Shen Luolun and Lan Yan helped her restrain Paimon.
• Lumine explained that Paimon had become uncontrollably hungry after one bite and that the Millelith had also fallen victim to the noodles.
• Lumine revealed Xiangling was still inside the restaurant, so Shen Luolun, Lan Yan, and Lumine hurried to rescue her.

Lumine reached the restaurant and found Xiangling in the middle of a cooking contest with Tang Hao, after mistaking the Emotion-Forsaking Beef Noodles for a scheme. Xiangling insisted on continuing the contest and vowed to defeat Tang Hao with her cooking.

• Lumine crossed the crowd and entered the restaurant, where she found Xiangling struggling to resist eating more of the beef noodles.
• Tsarevich and Tang Hao explained that Xiangling had agreed to a cooking contest after debating whether the noodles’ ingredients and effects were acceptable.
• Lumine demanded an antidote for the affected residents, but Tsarevich said there was none and claimed the noodles were harmless.
• Tang Hao asked Lumine to let the contest continue, and Xiangling refused Lumine’s offer to stop it.
• Xiangling told Lumine to trust her and declared that she would defeat Tang Hao with her cooking.