Chapter Summaries

Chu Yu introduced Secluded Orchid toner during her livestream as national media publicized the brand’s Monde Selection Gold Award. The resulting patriotic buying surge sold out the livestream’s domestic products, and Chu Yu promised viewers more chances to shop.

• Chu Yu presented Secluded Orchid toner, and viewers learned that the brand’s repair cream had won the Monde Selection Gold Award.
• CCTV People’s Daily Online and other major media accounts publicized Secluded Orchid’s award, and Weibo pushed the news onto trending searches.
• Netizens learned that Secluded Orchid was only being sold through Chu Yu and her younger brother’s livestream, then rushed in to place orders.
• Secluded Orchid’s toner sold out in under two minutes, and viewers also bought other domestic products in the livestream.
• A staff member told Chu Yu that every listed product had sold out, and she reassured viewers while they demanded more shopping links.

Chu Yu’s livestream on Stockpile Shopping Network was overwhelmed by netizens rapidly buying domestic products, prompting Jiang Taolin and Secluded Orchid founder Zhang Xiaodong to urge restraint. Their warnings failed, and orders continued to soar as Chu Yu moved on to Secluded Orchid’s repair cream.

• After a sudden influx of viewers, Chu Yu learned what had drawn them and continued presenting products, which sold out within seconds of their links going live.
• Jiang Taolin paused Chu Yu’s presentation and urged viewers to buy only what they needed, but the commenters ignored his appeal and demanded more links.
• Zhang Xiaodong appeared to thank viewers for supporting Secluded Orchid and described the brand’s difficult path from its founding.
• Zhang Xiaodong asked viewers not to place large impulse orders, but they responded by pledging to buy out Secluded Orchid’s products.
• Chu Yu presented Secluded Orchid’s award-winning repair cream while orders continued to skyrocket.

Shen Zhuo’s livestream faltered as viewers flocked to Chu Yu’s stream to support domestic products, and his attempt to partner with Secluded Orchid failed after Zhang Xiaodong rejected him. Meanwhile, Chu Yu’s livestream broke industry sales records, and she announced the upcoming GI Magazine presale.

• Viewers left Shen Zhuo’s livestream for Chu Yu’s, while overseas skincare brands went unsold and criticism forced Shen Zhuo to suspend his stream.
• Shen Zhuo learned that Secluded Orchid was the domestic brand he had previously rejected and told his assistant to seek a partnership.
• Zhang Xiaodong refused the assistant’s offer, and Shen Zhuo blamed his staff after hearing Secluded Orchid was not interested.
• Chu Yu’s livestream passed two million viewers, sold out every listed product, and set a new industry sales record.
• Chu Yu announced that the GI Magazine presale would be the next offering.

After the livestream festival ended, Chu Yu escaped a flurry of collaboration offers and told Chu Chen to choose his school subjects according to his own interests. Back at the villa, Chu Chen decided to study hard as he prepared to choose between humanities and science.

• The GI Magazine preorder link sold out almost immediately, and Chu Yu ended the livestream festival.
• Jiang Taolin, Zhang Xiaodong, and Xu Ruiqiu each asked Chu Yu to work with them again, but Chu Chen pulled her away.
• Chu Chen asked Chu Yu whether he should choose humanities or science, and she told him to follow his own wishes instead of worrying about the group.
• Chu Chen returned to the villa and began an intensive review of his high school lessons.
• Lu Haoming called Chu Chen and supported his decision to study hard.

Chu Yu and Chu Chen joined the final episode of Sisters and Brothers Charge Ahead, where the sibling teams were tasked with starting businesses and could invite outside helpers. Chu Yu planned to ask Gu Jinhuai about their past breakup, while the episode began with the guests boarding the bus and learning the rules.

• Chu Yu learned that Gu Jinhuai would judge the final entrepreneurship episode and decided to ask him why he had broken up with her.
• Chu Yu and Chu Chen arrived first for the final livestream, and Chu Yu gave Chu Chen the itinerary to study.
• Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi boarded the bus and exchanged greetings with Chu Yu.
• An Ya and her brother joined the other guests, and the director explained that each sibling team would open a shop and could seek outside assistance twice.
• Chu Yu asked whether she could invite her parents to help, and the director cautiously discouraged her from bringing President Chu and Mrs. Chu onto the show.

The director announced a startup challenge in which the three pairs would use 1,000 yuan to make a profit at Guomao Wholesale Market, with the winners choosing their shop type first. Chu Yu took Chu Chen to a sausage-grill stall, beginning her plan to buy something with strong demand.

• The director introduced three possible shops and announced that a market-shopping challenge would determine the order in which the groups chose them.
• Each group received 1,000 yuan, while Wen Zhixin revealed confidence because Meng Fuyu had secretly obtained the challenge details in advance and helped her prepare a plan.
• The three pairs arrived at Guomao Wholesale Market and were given one hour to make purchases.
• Chu Yu led Chu Chen through the market, prioritizing demand over profit margin as she considered what could sell.
• Chu Yu approached a stall and asked the owner how much a sausage grill cost.

Chu Yu, Chu Chen, An Ya, and her brother bought supplies for their sales challenge, while Wen Zhixin followed Meng Fuyu’s plan and invested in jewelry to resell. The teams set up their stalls in Nanluoguxiang, where a film crew was taking a break nearby.

• Chu Yu bargained down the price of a sausage grill to 199 yuan, then had Chu Chen pay and searched for sausages to sell.
• Wen Zhixin went to a jewelry shop and bought bracelets, necklaces, and earrings to resell at a markup.
• An Ya and her brother bought ingredients for milk tea and a vending cart, while the production team recorded each pair’s costs.
• The production team brought the three pairs to Nanluoguxiang, where the crew of “Legend of Ancient Love” was filming.
• Chu Yu and An Ya set up stalls selling grilled sausages and cold drinks, while Wen Zhixin opened her jewelry stall farther along the street.

Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi struggled to sell jewelry after discovering they had paid far too much for their stock, while Chu Yu and An Ya’s stalls began earning money. The chapter ended with two young fans watching Chu Chen with interest.

• Wen Zhixin explained the show to neighboring vendors and tourists, drawing a crowd to her jewelry stall.
• Wen Zhixin priced earrings at twenty-nine yuan a pair or two pairs for fifty, but tourists chose the neighboring vendors’ nine-ninety jewelry instead.
• A neighboring vendor told Wen Zhixin that her jewelry had cost far more than its usual wholesale price, and Wen Tianqi angrily blamed the sellers.
• Chu Yu’s grilled sausages and An Ya’s cold drinks sold steadily, and Chu Chen’s first batch of sausages sold out.
• Two little fangirls watched Chu Chen with interest.

Chu Yu and An Ya made steady profits selling snacks and drinks during the business challenge, while Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi struggled to sell jewelry. Brother Li arrived with the Legend of Ancient Love crew and placed a large order from Chu Yu’s and An Ya’s stalls, leaving Wen Zhixin and her brother with only a small jewelry sale.

• Chu Chen turned down two girls who asked to add him on WeChat, and Chu Yu teased him as he continued grilling sausages.
• Chu Yu and An Ya’s stalls made steady sales, while Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi struggled to sell overpriced jewelry before rallying to pitch it again.
• Brother Li arrived with the Legend of Ancient Love crew, recognized Chu Yu, and learned that she and An Ya were selling food and drinks for a show challenge.
• Brother Li ordered two hundred sausages and two hundred drinks, earning Chu Yu’s and An Ya’s teams eight hundred yuan each.
• Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi managed to sell ten pairs of jewelry after promoting their goods.

Wen Zhixin, Chu Yu, and An Ya counted their morning profits, with Chu Yu and An Ya’s teams earning far more than the Wen siblings. Chu Yu and An Ya took their younger brothers to lunch, while Wen Zhixin stayed to sell, and the chapter ended with Chu Yu putting the meal on Chu Chen’s tab.

• Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi earned over eleven hundred yuan in takings and more than three hundred yuan in net profit from selling accessories.
• Chu Chen and Chu Yu’s team counted over seventeen hundred yuan in takings and at least thirteen hundred yuan in net profit from sausages.
• An Ya and An Yu’s cold-drink stall took in over seventeen hundred yuan and made around nine hundred yuan in net profit.
• Chu Yu and An Ya took their younger brothers to lunch, while Wen Zhixin declined the production crew’s invitation so she could keep selling.
• Chu Yu, An Ya, Chu Chen, and the others sat down at an Old Beijing roast duck restaurant, where Chu Yu announced that Chu Chen would pay for the meal.

At Nanluoguxiang, Chu Yu and Chu Chen sold out their grilled sausages and calculated a net profit of 1,400 yuan. Meanwhile, Gu Jinhuai agreed only vaguely to meet Chu Group shareholder Huang Yinian and headed to film the show, where his unusually careful grooming left his driver thinking he was preparing for a blind date.

• Huang Yinian invited Gu Jinhuai to dinner after his plan at Chu Group’s shareholders’ meeting failed, and Gu Jinhuai told his assistant to ask when he wanted to meet.
• Gu Jinhuai put off confirming a meeting with Huang Yinian because he had to film the show, and Huang Yinian grew angry at the vague reply.
• On the way to filming, Gu Jinhuai checked his reflection, smoothed his hair, and adjusted his tie, making his driver wonder why he seemed so unusual.
• After lunch, Chu Yu, Chu Chen, An Ya, and Wen Zhixin returned to their stalls and resumed selling to the crowds of tourists.
• Chu Yu and An Ya sold out of their food and drinks, and Chu Chen calculated that Chu Yu’s team had made 1,400 yuan in net profit.

After earning only a little over twelve hundred from their sales, Chu Yu and An Ya returned to the bus while Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi kept selling jewelry until Wen Zhixin suffered heatstroke. Chu Yu then took Chu Chen to sell their sausage grill, where the shopkeeper recognized her as an actress but could not remember her role.

• An Ya calculated that she and Chu Yu had earned only a little over twelve hundred after their initial costs.
• Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi continued selling jewelry until Wen Zhixin collapsed from heatstroke, and the production team took the siblings back to the RV to recover.
• Chu Yu asked a staff member where to sell secondhand appliances, then brought Chu Chen and their sausage grill to a nearby shop.
• The shopkeeper recognized Chu Yu as a celebrity but could only describe her past role as a really evil character.

Chu Yu’s team won the day’s business task, while Wen Zhixin was taken to the hospital after collapsing from heatstroke. With first choice for the upcoming venture, Chu Yu let Chu Chen decide which shop to run, and he suggested a milk tea shop.

• Chu Yu sold the sausage grill for 150 yuan, then learned that Wen Zhixin had suffered heatstroke and been taken to rest.
• The director addressed safety concerns and announced the teams’ profits: Chu Yu’s team earned 1,450 yuan, An Ya’s team 1,230 yuan, and Wen Zhixin’s team 600 yuan.
• The director offered the teams a choice among a milk tea shop, a clothing store, and a bookstore, explaining the challenges of each business.
• Chu Yu gave Chu Chen the first choice, hoping to help him develop business sense, and he tentatively chose the milk tea shop.

Chu Yu chose the bookstore for her team despite its apparent risks, then won first place and discovered Gu Jinhuai waiting at the hotel with flowers. She accepted a bouquet of her favorite Blue Enchantress roses, though she initially thought they were meant only as a prize for the winning team.

• Chu Yu insisted that her team choose the bookstore, while An Ya chose the clothing store for her second-place team and Wen Zhixin's team received the milk tea shop.
• The show bus arrived at the hotel, where Chu Yu spotted Gu Jinhuai waiting with a bouquet of blue roses.
• An Ya told An Yu that Gu Jinhuai was the main investor in the show's current installment.
• The director explained that Chu Yu's team had taken first place, and Gu Jinhuai congratulated her.
• Chu Yu accepted the bouquet and recognized the roses as her favorite Blue Enchantress roses.

After Chu Yu won the task competition, Gu Jinhuai gave her blue roses and said he believed in her, stirring questions about why he had ended their relationship. Once the guests checked into the hotel and the livestream ended, Chu Yu finished getting ready and went to the glass viewing room.

• Chu Yu received blue roses from Gu Jinhuai after winning the competition, while Chu Chen wondered why he had not received a bouquet too.
• Gu Jinhuai told Chu Yu he had chosen blue roses because they were her favorite and had believed she would win, prompting her to reconsider why he had broken up with her.
• Chu Yu and Gu Jinhuai checked into neighboring hotel rooms, and Chu Yu tried to listen through the adjoining wall before unpacking.
• Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi returned to the hotel after Wen Zhixin received medical attention for heatstroke, and the director ended the livestream.
• Chu Yu took a bath, dried her hair, changed into casual clothes, and left her room for the glass viewing room.

Chu Yu and Gu Jinhuai tried to discuss why they had broken up, but Chu Chen interrupted them and revealed that Gu Jinhuai had admitted he liked Chu Yu. The conversation ended before they could resolve their feelings, and Chu Chen demanded that Chu Yu explain what was going on.

• Chu Yu met Gu Jinhuai in the hotel's glass observation room, where he asked why they had broken up years earlier.
• Chu Chen caught them together and challenged them about their relationship, citing Gu Jinhuai's confession that he liked Chu Yu and his help at the Chu Group shareholders' meeting.
• A hotel security guard checked on the commotion, interrupting Chu Chen's questioning.
• Chu Chen pulled Chu Yu from the room and warned Gu Jinhuai that they would talk after filming the next day.
• Chu Chen brought Chu Yu to her room and threatened to tell their parents unless she revealed their secret.

Chu Yu admitted to Chu Chen that she and Gu Jinhuai used to date, and both she and Gu Jinhuai stayed awake thinking about their feelings. The next morning, the guests gathered to travel to the shops prepared for the livestream, with Chu Yu and Gu Jinhuai last in line to board.

• Chu Yu told Chu Chen that she and Gu Jinhuai used to date, and Chu Chen threatened to tell their parents before the two siblings wrestled noisily in their hotel room.
• Chu Yu and Gu Jinhuai both lay awake thinking about the possibility that he still liked her.
• After sleeping only three hours, Chu Yu covered her dark circles with heavy makeup and caught the production staff's attention when she left her room.
• Gu Jinhuai came out next door, and the staff told him the day's livestream would focus on opening the guests' shops.
• The guests assembled for the livestream, and Wen Zhixin had spent the previous evening reassuring Meng Fuyu not to visit after learning she had suffered heatstroke.
• The staff directed the three sibling pairs to board a bus for Nanluoguxiang, with Gu Jinhuai and Chu Yu at the end of the line.

On the coach ride to Nanluoguxiang, Gu Jinhuai suffered from motion sickness, and Chu Yu recognized his symptoms and helped him. Her familiarity with his condition revealed a trace of their past closeness, while Gu Jinhuai remained conscious as the coach stopped and help was arranged.

• Chu Chen stepped between Chu Yu and Gu Jinhuai as they exchanged glances, then sat beside Chu Yu on the coach while Gu Jinhuai took a single seat.
• Gu Jinhuai became increasingly dizzy and broke into a cold sweat as the coach jolted along the road.
• Chu Yu remembered Gu Jinhuai's motion sickness and sent Chu Chen to check on him.
• The director stopped the coach, called an ambulance, and notified Gu Jinhuai's assistant after Gu Jinhuai said he was motion sick.
• Chu Yu gave Gu Jinhuai motion sickness medicine and water, then explained that she carried the medicine out of habit.

Gu Jinhuai became carsick during the ride, and his unexpected grip on Chu Yu's wrist startled the guests and viewers. After Chu Chen questioned him about his breakup with Chu Yu, the group arrived at Nanluoguxiang, where fans gathered to greet her.

• Chu Yu offered Gu Jinhuai motion sickness pills, and he grabbed her wrist before Chu Chen pulled them apart and gave him the medicine.
• Gu Jinhuai told the director to cancel the ambulance and rode to Nanluoguxiang in his business van with Chu Chen.
• Chu Chen asked why Gu Jinhuai had broken up with Chu Yu, and Gu Jinhuai said Chu Yu had asked to end their relationship.
• Chu Chen wondered why Chu Yu still cared about Gu Jinhuai if she had initiated the breakup, while both men fell silent during the ride.
• The group arrived at Nanluoguxiang, where orderly fans gathered, and Chu Yu stepped off the bus to cheers while looking for Gu Jinhuai's vehicle.

Chu Yu and the other guests arrived at the new commercial street for their shop-opening ceremony, where fans and tourists gathered to watch. Director Jiang Luwen appeared as the first mystery guest, and Wen Zhixin approached him to introduce herself.

• Chu Yu realized the crowd was largely made up of her fans, smiled, and waved to them as the other guests joined her.
• The director explained the ceremony plans and reminded the guests to prioritize their health and safety.
• Chu Yu and Wen Zhixin greeted their fans as the group arrived at the new commercial street, where tourists and fans gathered around the shops.
• Jiang Luwen arrived as the first mystery guest, and Wen Zhixin went over to introduce herself and praise his work.