Chapter Summaries

Wen Ce helped Luo Lianqing put her sock and shoe back on, and their flirtatious moment left them both flustered. As they headed toward the residential complex, Zhou Chi watched them, teased Wen Ce by message, and tried to persuade him to play basketball.

• Wen Ce put Luo Lianqing's sock and shoe back on while she blushed and worried that he might find her foot disgusting.
• Wen Ce asked Luo Lianqing to buy him water, and she nearly brushed her legs against his nose as she stood up.
• Zhou Chi watched from a nearby milk tea shop, messaged Wen Ce flirting advice, and sent him a photo of Luo Lianqing tying up his shoe.
• Luo Lianqing returned with ice water, and she and Wen Ce walked together toward the residential complex.
• Zhou Chi took another photo of them and told his friends to stop talking suggestively about Luo Lianqing.

Wen Ce and Luo Lianqing went to the wet market together, where their growing closeness led to an accidental forehead kiss and a brief embrace. After Wen Ce asked whether she had been happy abroad, Luo Lianqing was shaken by the question and asked why he wanted to know.

• Wen Ce took Luo Lianqing’s hand as they entered the crowded wet market, and he bought groceries while thinking she might like him.
• Wen Ce pulled Luo Lianqing away from a tricycle splashing through a puddle and shielded her, accidentally brushing his lips against her forehead.
• Luo Lianqing briefly hugged Wen Ce, and they left the market laughing about his wet clothes and her filthy shoes.
• Wen Ce asked Luo Lianqing whether she had been happy abroad, and she reflected on how his unhurried companionship had entered her life.
• Luo Lianqing was unsettled by Wen Ce’s question and asked him why he had asked it.

After a charged morning together, Wen Ce and Luo Lianqing tentatively acknowledged their feelings without clarifying them outright. Wen Ce decided he wanted to ask her to be his girlfriend and sought Zhou Chi's advice about buying flowers.

• Wen Ce asked Luo Lianqing about her past, and she said someone very important would be allowed to know it.
• Wen Ce asked whether he could learn about her past, and Luo Lianqing replied that her words might mean what he thought they meant before going inside.
• Luo Lianqing admitted to Egg Yolk that she had been brave and wondered whether Wen Ce had feelings for her too.
• Wen Ce thought about how much he wanted Luo Lianqing and planned to ask her to be his girlfriend after lunch.
• Wen Ce messaged Zhou Chi to ask whether he should buy flowers when asking a girl out for the first time.

Wen Ce prepared flowers, dessert, and dinner for Luo Lianqing, who visited with Egg Yolk. As they grew closer over the meal preparations, Wen Ce asked Zhou Chi whether he could kiss Luo Lianqing after confessing.

• Wen Ce ordered purple lilacs and dessert, then prepared ingredients for dinner while Zhou Chi urged him to play ball.
• Luo Lianqing arrived carrying Egg Yolk, and Wen Ce gently scolded the cat for scratching her before telling Luo Lianqing he favored her.
• Wen Ce invited Luo Lianqing to visit more often, and she accepted after noticing the lilacs he had arranged for her.
• Luo Lianqing looked up the meaning of purple lilacs and realized they represented first love, then decided they were her favorite flowers.
• Wen Ce asked Zhou Chi whether kissing after a first confession would be too forward, and Zhou Chi advised him to start with holding hands and hugging.

Wen Ce cooked dinner for Luo Lianqing, and their affectionate exchange made her realize how happy his attention made her. The chapter left Luo Lianqing wondering if she was experiencing first love.

• Wen Ce invited Luo Lianqing to taste the freshly cooked beef, and she ate it despite it being hot.
• Luo Lianqing chose Wen Ce's favorite brand of mineral water and ordered a case for herself.
• Wen Ce called Luo Lianqing “Luoluo” after she agreed they were friends, and she blushed at his affectionate tone.
• Wen Ce praised Luo Lianqing's name, leaving her feeling giddy and wondering if this was what first love felt like.

Wen Ce and Luo Lianqing shared a meal, grew more comfortable with each other, and agreed to watch a movie together. After Luo Lianqing finished a freelance job, she accidentally opened an attachment that made her computer display explicit images.

• Wen Ce and Luo Lianqing ate together while he thought about confessing his feelings to her.
• Wen Ce invited Luo Lianqing to watch a movie, and she agreed after finishing a freelance task.
• Wen Ce stayed with Egg Yolk while Luo Lianqing returned home to revise and send a client’s graphics file.
• Luo Lianqing accidentally opened an email attachment, and explicit images appeared on her computer screen.

Wen Ce went to Luo Lianqing’s apartment to remove a virus from her computer, hoping to impress her with his skills. He cleared the explicit images from the screen, then noticed web addresses that made Luo Lianqing blush.

• Wen Ce prepared to confess to Luo Lianqing, but she knocked on his door and asked him to fix her computer.
• Luo Lianqing led Wen Ce into her studio and explained that explicit images had appeared after she clicked something in an email.
• Wen Ce used the keyboard to clear the images and work on the computer, impressing Luo Lianqing.
• Wen Ce asked Luo Lianqing whether she had visited certain websites, and she turned scarlet.

Wen Ce repaired Luo Lianqing’s computer, and their conversation about her past and future left them sharing an intimate moment before she asked about his family’s plans for his internship.

• Wen Ce removed viruses from Luo Lianqing’s computer and reassured her that her files were safe.
• Luo Lianqing explained that Miaomiao had given her adult websites after her father tasked her with designing something for his import-export business.
• Luo Lianqing discovered a recent search about the difference between infantry and cavalry and hurriedly closed the page while Wen Ce noticed her reaction.
• Wen Ce stopped Luo Lianqing’s spinning chair, and she blushed at how close they were before changing the subject.
• Luo Lianqing asked whether Wen Ce’s family expected him to return home for his internship, and he had not yet answered.

Wen Ce and Luo Lianqing returned to his apartment, where she and Egg Yolk bickered over the cat’s confinement and Wen Ce teased them both. As they settled in to watch a movie, Wen Ce reassured Luo Lianqing that he was on her side.

• Wen Ce joked that his parents sold breakfast and promised Luo Lianqing he would not go back, then patted her head as they left to watch a movie.
• Luo Lianqing tried to convince Egg Yolk that she had shut it inside for its own safety, but Wen Ce refused to back up her story.
• Egg Yolk clung to Wen Ce, and Luo Lianqing warned that the cat might stay with him that night; Wen Ce welcomed the idea of her staying too.
• Wen Ce and Luo Lianqing prepared snacks and a movie, while Egg Yolk stayed in Wen Ce’s lap and Luo Lianqing grew jealous of the cat.
• Luo Lianqing asked whether Wen Ce was on her or Egg Yolk’s side, and he told her he favored her and was naturally on her side.

During a horror movie, Wen Ce and Luo Lianqing held hands, and Luo Lianqing confessed that she liked him and asked him to like her back. The chapter ended with her tearfully waiting for Wen Ce's answer.

• Luo Lianqing reflected that Wen Ce had become one of her few friends and worried he might think she was strange.
• Egg Yolk left the room during the horror movie, and Wen Ce caught Luo Lianqing's wrist when she tried to follow her.
• Wen Ce held Luo Lianqing's wrist through the movie, then took her hand when she asked him to hold her palm.
• Luo Lianqing interlocked their fingers and told Wen Ce that she did not hold hands with other people.
• Luo Lianqing confessed that she liked Wen Ce, asked whether he would like her back, and offered to learn to cook.