Chapter Summaries

Wen Cishu and Bo Yiming enjoyed the show’s warm group dinner before Bo Yiming visited Xingxing for a bedtime chat. Their conversation left Xingxing reflecting on how parents and children could have both good and bad moments.

• Bo Yiming tried candied hawthorns with Wen Cishu, then saved the sour treat for Big Dad.
• Online viewers investigated Bo Yiming’s surname and speculated that his Big Dad was a tall, green-eyed mixed-race man from the wealthy Bo family.
• Zhou Xu suggested dinner in the courtyard, where the eight guests gathered around the table and shared a cheerful meal.
• Wen Cishu let Bo Yiming go to Xingxing’s room to play, and Bo Yiming brought his watch along.
• Bo Yiming told Xingxing about his Big Dad’s dark green eyes, his doctor father, and how he had recently grown closer to Little Dad.
• When Xingxing wondered whether adults could stay the same forever, Bo Yiming said everyone could be nice at times and not nice at others, prompting Xingxing to consider his family differently.

Bo Yiming, Wen Cishu, and Xiao Qi bonded over stories and plans to buy a farm, while Wen Cishu helped calm Bo Tingyuan from afar with madeleines and a bedtime message. The chapter ended with a tourist photo appearing online that seemed to show a masked man from the show arriving at the hotel with assistants and large suitcases.

• Bo Yiming told Xingxing a French story about a unicorn exploring a forest.
• Wen Cishu cuddled Xiao Qi, remembered how illness had once kept him from getting close to children, and joined the boys in discussing buying a farm.
• Auntie Zhong delivered Wen Cishu's madeleines and note to Bo Tingyuan, who ate one and received Wen Cishu's message telling him to get into bed.
• Bo Tingyuan sent Wen Cishu a photo of the book he was reading, and Wen Cishu recognized the French verse on its page.
• A tourist posted a photo online that appeared to show a masked man arriving at the hotel with several assistants and three large suitcases.

Bo Tingyuan woke from a nightmare and became preoccupied with replacing the creased poetry collection associated with Wen Cishu. On the show, Wen Cishu and Bo Yiming shared a playful morning before Bo Tingyuan’s message sent them off to get ready for breakfast.

• Bo Tingyuan woke from a nightmare, noticed he had creased the poetry collection, and asked Albert to find an identical copy.
• Albert told Bo Tingyuan that the book was out of print, and Bo Tingyuan asked him to settle the farm matter that day.
• Bo Yiming asked Wen Cishu for daily good-morning and good-night kisses, then teased him about photos of him dancing with Bo Tingyuan.
• Wen Cishu declined to look through Bo Yiming’s watch at first, but Bo Yiming insisted he see the photos.
• Bo Tingyuan messaged Bo Yiming to have breakfast with Wen Cishu, and both of them got up to prepare.

Wen Cishu and the other adults kept the teahouse running, sending the children to find tea leaves while Wen Cishu earned money by writing a tourist a couplet. Bo Tingyuan noticed Wen Cishu scratching his neck and arranged for a doctor to prepare treatment, while the children reached a tea shop and learned they would need to work for the leaves.

• Zhu Wei discovered the teahouse had run out of tea leaves, and the adults sent Bo Yiming, Xingxing, Rongrong, and Xiao Qi to fetch more.
• Wen Cishu wrote a couplet for a tourist, and Zhou Xu charged thirty-eight for it.
• Wen Cishu's neck became increasingly itchy as Bo Tingyuan watched the broadcast and asked Bo Yiming to check on him.
• Bo Tingyuan called Uncle Xu, who asked Doctor Lin to prepare ointments in case Wen Cishu had a skin allergy.
• The four children reached the nearest tea shop, where the owner said they had to do something for the shop to earn tea leaves.

Bo Yiming helped the children earn tea by cleaning a tea shop and translating for foreign customers, then returned to the teahouse to help open its stall. After his big dad messaged to check on Wen Cishu, Bo Yiming discovered Wen Cishu had a rash on his neck, and the production director brought him ointment.

• Bo Yiming entertained customers with Xiao Qi, then organized Xiao Qi and Xingxing to clean the tea shop's dusty second floor with Rongrong.
• The owner gave the children tea for their work, and Bo Yiming translated for three foreign tourists buying Jin Jun Mei, earning an extra bag of tea.
• The children returned to the teahouse, where Wen Cishu praised and hugged Bo Yiming before the adults prepared to sell tea.
• Bo Yiming noticed a message from his big dad asking about Wen Cishu's health, and Wen Cishu showed him an itchy red patch on the back of his neck.
• The production director brought Bo Yiming ointment, and Bo Yiming took Wen Cishu to apply it.

After the filming wrapped, Wen Cishu reunited with Bo Tingyuan, who brought a farm transfer agreement for Bo Yiming to review. The chapter left Bo Yiming asking whether the farm would belong to him alone and whether he would bear its risks.

• Wen Cishu and the others shared lunch and agreed to arrange a hot pot outing after the show ended.
• Wen Cishu took photos of the children, and the group posed together before Bo Yiming announced that the next episode would film at their homes.
• Wen Cishu left the set with Bo Yiming and noticed that the ointment on the back of his neck was wearing off.
• Wen Cishu got into the van and found Bo Tingyuan waiting; Bo Tingyuan took his hand and said they would switch cars to discuss something.
• Bo Tingyuan gave Bo Yiming a farm transfer agreement, and Bo Yiming asked whether the farm would be his alone and whether its losses would be his responsibility.

Bo Tingyuan cared for Wen Cishu’s neck allergy during a private car ride and told him he wanted to hear a story that night. After the show’s second episode aired, Wen Cishu arranged food gifts for the other guests while Bo Yiming discussed a farm contract with his father.

• Bo Tingyuan switched cars with Wen Cishu, leaving Bo Yiming to study the farm agreement with Albert.
• Bo Tingyuan reapplied ointment to Wen Cishu’s neck, and Wen Cishu comforted him after he admitted he had not slept well.
• Bo Tingyuan told Wen Cishu that he wanted to hear him tell a story that night.
• The show’s official Weibo posted photos from filming, and fans praised Wen Cishu and the children in the pictures.
• Bo Yiming questioned Bo Tingyuan about the farm contract in the study while Wen Cishu planned food gifts with Uncle Xu.

Wen Cishu rested at home with Bo Yiming, who applied ointment to his rash and read him a bedtime story. Bo Tingyuan joined them, and the chapter ended with him holding Wen Cishu’s hand beneath the blanket as Yiming read.

• Auntie Zhong teased Wen Cishu that Bo Tingyuan had missed him so much he could not sleep, leaving Wen Cishu embarrassed and cheerful.
• After his shower, Wen Cishu found Bo Yiming waiting with the ointment, and the boy applied it while apologizing for his allergy.
• Bo Yiming cuddled with Wen Cishu and planned a hot-pot outing, agreeing to wait until Bo Tingyuan finished his work.
• Bo Tingyuan returned after his shower and joined Wen Cishu and Bo Yiming in bed for a fairy tale.
• As Bo Yiming read, Bo Tingyuan interlaced his fingers with Wen Cishu’s under the blanket, making Wen Cishu nervous.

Wen Cishu and Bo Tingyuan shared an intimate night after Bo Tingyuan carried Bo Yiming back to his room, and the next morning Bo Tingyuan cared for Wen Cishu before leaving for work. Bo Yiming woke alone, complained to Wen Cishu, and was given an explanation before Wen Cishu asked him to take on another task.

• Bo Tingyuan carried the sleeping Bo Yiming back to his room, then returned to bed and guided Wen Cishu's hand to his neck before calling Wen Cishu's story beautiful.
• The next morning, Bo Tingyuan applied medicine to Wen Cishu's back and left for the office.
• Bo Yiming woke alone, wrote an angry diary entry about losing time with Wen Cishu, and ran to find his father.
• After learning Bo Tingyuan had gone to work, Bo Yiming rushed to Wen Cishu and complained that his father had taken him away without permission.
• Wen Cishu explained that Bo Tingyuan had wanted to talk with him and had moved Bo Yiming so he could sleep, then asked Bo Yiming to take on another task.

Wen Cishu and Bo Yiming planted potatoes, bargained over a visit to a filming set, and made incense together at home. Bo Yiming noticed that the incense smelled like Bo Tingyuan, leaving Wen Cishu considering a talk with his husband about carrying their son so often.

• Bo Yiming agreed to ask Bo Tingyuan to join an episode of the show, then persuaded Wen Cishu to promise to visit a filming set with him.
• Wen Cishu helped Bo Yiming transplant their sprouted potatoes and sent Bo Tingyuan a photo of them; Bo Tingyuan told him to rest and later said he would be home late.
• Bo Yiming forwarded Wen Cishu photos of him dancing with Bo Tingyuan and arranged a visit to the filming set, while Wen Cishu grew annoyed at Bo Tingyuan's brief reply about the photos.
• Wen Cishu and Bo Yiming prepared incense seals and burned incense in rose quartz burners left by Old Master Bo.
• Bo Yiming said the incense smelled like Bo Tingyuan, and Wen Cishu considered asking Bo Tingyuan not to carry him around so much.