Chapter Summaries

At the shop-opening ceremony, Meng Fuyu arrived as a mystery guest hoping to see Wen Zhixin, while Chu Yu suspected their secret romance and invited Lin Qian to join the show. The ceremony began with speeches, and Meng Fuyu stepped forward to address the crowd.

• Wen Zhixin introduced herself to Director Jiang Luwen, who encouraged her to take acting classes if she wanted to pursue acting.
• Meng Fuyu arrived as a mystery guest to check on Wen Zhixin after she had fainted from heatstroke, and fans criticized him over his recent breakup with Lin Qian.
• Chu Yu suspected Meng Fuyu had come for Wen Zhixin and texted Lin Qian, who asked to join the show as a support guest and expose him.
• Chu Yu told Lin Qian that each guest group could invite two support guests, and Lin Qian asked to be invited and cleared her schedule.
• The ribbon-cutting ceremony began, and Jiang Luwen praised Chu Yu's help to his production crew in his speech.
• Wen Zhixin acted indifferent toward Meng Fuyu, who felt slighted but stepped forward to give his speech.

At the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Gu Jinhuai grew jealous when Chu Yu watched Meng Fuyu, then revealed that he had an ex-girlfriend he had loved for a long time. His confession stunned the livestream audience and overshadowed the ceremony.

• Meng Fuyu received a lukewarm welcome and said he would help the guests prepare their shops as the mystery guest.
• Chu Yu watched Meng Fuyu, prompting Gu Jinhuai to grow jealous while Chu Chen teased him about a romantic rival.
• Gu Jinhuai took the microphone and began sharing a personal experience instead of giving a formal speech.
• Gu Jinhuai said he had not dated because he had an ex-girlfriend he had loved deeply for a long time.
• Viewers flooded the livestream with shocked comments, causing it to lag as the director stared at Gu Jinhuai.

Gu Jinhuai hinted at a deeply loved former girlfriend during his speech, leaving Chu Yu and the livestream audience stunned and eager to identify her. After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the three shops opened, and Chu Yu’s fans flocked to the bookstore to see her.

• Gu Jinhuai said he would wish his former girlfriend well, then ended his speech without revealing who she was.
• Chu Yu watched Gu Jinhuai, while Chu Chen, Meng Fuyu, and Wen Zhixin reacted with surprise to his revelation.
• Chu Chen, Wen Tianqi, and An Ya cut the ribbons for their teams’ shops, officially opening the competition.
• Netizens spread the news and began investigating Gu Jinhuai’s high school and university acquaintances to identify his ex-girlfriend.
• Customers crowded the milk tea and clothing shops, while Chu Yu’s fans headed to the bookstore and found her at the counter.

Chu Yu and the other guests’ shops drew supportive fans, while Meng Fuyu and Gu Jinhuai stayed at the shopping street and grew wary of each other over Wen Zhixin. Gu Jinhuai visited Wen Zhixin’s milk tea shop, where his assistant arrived with a special container of porridge he had ordered.

• Chu Yu recommended books to her fans, who bought from her reading list, while she and Chu Chen ran their shop.
• The director brought lunch to Meng Fuyu and Gu Jinhuai, who were glaring at each other under the production canopy.
• Gu Jinhuai arranged extra food for the production staff and left to inspect the shops, prompting Meng Fuyu to follow him because he suspected Gu Jinhuai was seeking Wen Zhixin.
• Gu Jinhuai entered Wen Zhixin and her younger brother’s milk tea shop, where Meng Fuyu questioned why he had come before eating.
• Gu Jinhuai’s assistant arrived carrying the specially prepared porridge that Gu Jinhuai had requested.

Gu Jinhuai delivered hot congee to the three shops, and Chu Yu realized the nourishing congee might have been prepared with her stomach trouble in mind. Meng Fuyu tried to provoke jealousy by acting familiar with Chu Yu, but Chu Chen rebuffed him, and Meng Fuyu left while Chu Yu tasted Gu Jinhuai’s congee.

• Gu Jinhuai sent his assistant to share hot congee with Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi, and Wen Zhixin thanked Gu Jinhuai while ignoring Meng Fuyu.
• Gu Jinhuai and his assistant delivered more congee to An Ya and her brother, while Meng Fuyu followed them in a foul mood.
• Gu Jinhuai entered Chu Yu and Chu Chen’s bookstore, where Chu Chen asked how he knew Chu Yu had stomach trouble.
• Meng Fuyu called Chu Yu “Xiao Yu” and complimented her, prompting Gu Jinhuai’s jealousy and Chu Chen’s sharp rebuke.
• Chu Yu pretended to scold Chu Chen and politely checked on Meng Fuyu, who swallowed his anger and left.
• Chu Yu tasted the hot nourishing congee and felt warmed by it.

Chu Yu reflected on Gu Jinhuai’s breakup claim while planning how to keep her bookstore operating without relying on celebrity fans. As the afternoon rules restricted celebrity-based customer attraction, Chu Yu sought help, and the chapter left Meng Fuyu watching Wen Zhixin greet customers at the busy milk tea shop.

• After Gu Jinhuai and his assistant left, Chu Chen asked Chu Yu about Gu Jinhuai’s on-camera declaration, and Chu Yu said Gu Jinhuai had been the one to ask for their breakup.
• Chu Chen realized Gu Jinhuai had told him that Chu Yu ended the relationship, then angrily chased after Gu Jinhuai and asked him to stay for a discussion that evening.
• Chu Yu considered how the bookstore could survive after filming, since relying on the guests’ fans would not sustain the shops long term.
• The director announced that guests could no longer attract customers with photos, autographs, or similar methods, and Chu Yu’s bookstore business quickly stalled.
• Chu Yu called her friends for help while Chu Chen worried about the afternoon’s sales; meanwhile, An Ya and her brother’s clothing shop also struggled against the milk tea shop’s steady tourist queue.
• With Gu Jinhuai away at a video conference, Meng Fuyu watched Wen Zhixin warmly greet customers and felt his resentment toward her ease.

Lin Qian arrived at the shopping street, where her ex-boyfriend Meng Fuyu watched her pass before Wen Zhixin drew him away. At Chu Yu’s bookstore, Lin Qian learned she would help sell books through a livestream, and the group finished preparing to go live.

• Lin Qian arrived on the shopping street, surprising Meng Fuyu and the livestream viewers after their recent breakup.
• Lin Qian ignored Meng Fuyu and went into Chu Yu’s bookstore, while Wen Zhixin invited Meng Fuyu into her shop.
• Lin Qian introduced herself to Chu Chen as the supporting guest Chu Yu had invited.
• Chu Yu explained her plan to sell books through a livestream, and Lin Qian and Chu Chen agreed the idea could help the bookstore.
• Chu Yu, Lin Qian, and Chu Chen prepared the livestream with help from the production staff and Jiang Taolin, then Chu Yu invited Lin Qian to start it.

Chu Yu began a literary classics sales livestream with Lin Qian, drawing viewers’ attention to Lin Qian’s recent breakup with Meng Fuyu. The chapter ended with netizens scrutinizing Meng Fuyu’s persistent focus on Wen Zhixin in the neighboring shop.

• Chu Yu and Lin Qian started a bookstore sales livestream that quickly gained viewers through featured recommendations.
• Lin Qian introduced herself as Chu Yu’s supporter, while netizens speculated about her recent breakup with Meng Fuyu.
• Chu Yu presented literary classics in a calm, low-pressure manner, and viewers praised her knowledge and approach.
• Gu Jinhuai watched Chu Yu briefly from the shop entrance, then left without disturbing the livestream.
• Lin Qian spoke about enriching oneself, prompting netizens to question whether Meng Fuyu had wronged her.
• Netizens switched to Wen Zhixin’s livestream and noticed Meng Fuyu repeatedly watching her and lingering in her shop.

Lin Qian began investigating Meng Fuyu as fans suspected their breakup was not genuine, while Chu Yu’s book livestream set a sales record and the teams tallied their profits. The chapter ended with Meng Fuyu and Wen Zhixin appearing close in the rain, prompting fans to speculate about their relationship.

• Lin Qian’s fans turned against Meng Fuyu and supported Lin Qian’s investigation after suspecting their breakup was a facade.
• Chu Yu’s book-focused livestream broke the platform’s record for streams of its type, and her team counted more than 8,000 online orders and over 200 in-store orders for a net profit of 21,790 yuan.
• An Ya’s clothing team made over 5,700 yuan in profit, while Wen Zhixin’s milk tea team made over 13,000 yuan.
• The teams closed their shops and gathered under the canopy as light rain began falling.
• Meng Fuyu offered Wen Zhixin an umbrella, and fans watching the livestream speculated that he had broken up with Lin Qian because he had fallen for Wen Zhixin.

Chu Yu’s bookstore team won first place on the trial-opening day with over twenty thousand in net profit, surprising Wen Zhixin and An Ya. After watching Chu Yu’s livestream video, National Library director Zhao Yiping decided to contact his subordinates about her as a possible reading ambassador.

• Meng Fuyu offered to share his umbrella with Wen Zhixin, but she chose to walk with Wen Tianqi, so Meng gave them the umbrella and went through the rain alone.
• Chu Chen planned to settle his score with Gu Jinhuai after the sales figures were announced.
• Zhao Yiping watched a video of Chu Yu presenting books and, considering her background and knowledge, called his subordinates about the National Library’s reading ambassador search.
• The director announced that Chu Yu’s team had earned over twenty thousand in net profit and taken first place, leaving Wen Zhixin and An Ya astonished.
• Chu Yu credited her result to livestreaming, and Wen Zhixin and An Ya resolved to livestream the next day to improve their sales.

After Chu Chen confronted Gu Jinhuai about their breakup, they discovered that Chu Yu and Gu Jinhuai each believed the other had ended their relationship. Unable to resolve the contradiction, Gu Jinhuai went to speak with Chu Yu and knocked on her door late at night.

• Chu Chen stopped Gu Jinhuai in the elevator and demanded to know why he had broken up with Chu Yu.
• Chu Chen said Chu Yu had told him Gu Jinhuai initiated the breakup, while Gu Jinhuai remembered Chu Yu ending it by text.
• A cleaner entered the elevator and misunderstood the tense scene between Chu Chen and Gu Jinhuai.
• In Chu Chen's room, Gu Jinhuai explained that each of them believed the other had initiated the breakup, but Chu Chen doubted his explanation.
• Gu Jinhuai went to Chu Yu's room and knocked; Chu Yu, wearing a face mask, asked what he needed.

Chu Yu and Gu Jinhuai discovered that neither had initiated their breakup and that both had sent messages the other never received. They agreed to investigate who caused the misunderstanding, but Chu Yu left, unsure that uncovering the truth could undo the distance between them.

• Gu Jinhuai told Chu Yu that Chu Chen had said she believed Gu Jinhuai had asked to break up, and Gu Jinhuai revealed he had thought Chu Yu ended the relationship.
• Chu Chen urged them to investigate, and Chu Yu and Gu Jinhuai agreed that someone must have fabricated the breakup texts.
• Gu Jinhuai asked whether Chu Yu had received his messages from the day they broke up, and Chu Yu said she had not received them and had sent him messages he never got either.
• Gu Jinhuai said he would have someone investigate, while Chu Chen began to suggest what the discovery might mean for them.
• Chu Yu left for bed, believing that resolving the misunderstanding would not erase the years they had spent apart, while Gu Jinhuai watched her go and feared they would become strangers.

Gu Jinhuai and Chu Yu began investigating the misunderstanding that had caused their breakup years earlier, while Chu Yu suspected her dream might have changed reality. The chapter ended with Gu Jinhuai pulling her back into his room and asking whether she still had feelings for him.

• Gu Jinhuai asked Chu Yu whether they could return to how things used to be, and she said they should talk after uncovering the truth.
• Gu Jinhuai sent his subordinates to investigate their old messages and communication records, while Chu Yu considered who might have sabotaged their relationship.
• Chu Yu recalled that her dream had portrayed Gu Jinhuai breaking up with her and wondered whether the dream had altered reality.
• Chu Yu went to Gu Jinhuai and asked whether he trusted her; he said he did, but she postponed explaining her guess.
• Gu Jinhuai stopped Chu Yu from leaving, brought her back into his room, and asked whether she still had feelings for him.

Chu Yu told Gu Jinhuai they could not return to their old relationship, but offered to start over with who they were now without agreeing to get back together. The next morning, Chu Chen saw Gu Jinhuai looking unusually happy and confronted him, suspecting something had happened between him and Chu Yu.

• Chu Yu told Gu Jinhuai that they had changed too much to go back to how things were, but said they could start over if he accepted who she was now.
• Gu Jinhuai immediately said he was willing, and Chu Yu clarified that starting over did not mean she had agreed to reunite with him.
• Chu Yu returned to her room, leaving Gu Jinhuai confused about what she meant.
• Chu Chen went downstairs the next morning and found Gu Jinhuai working in the hotel lobby, looking delighted.
• Chu Chen suspected Gu Jinhuai and Chu Yu had been alone together the previous night and demanded to know what had happened.

Chu Chen confronted Gu Jinhuai about secretly visiting Chu Yu, but Chu Yu interrupted them before the argument could continue. As the guests began the day’s livestream and sales, National Library director Zhao Yiping followed Chu Yu in disguise to assess her as a potential book promotion ambassador.

• Chu Chen demanded to know whether Gu Jinhuai had visited Chu Yu the previous night, and Gu Jinhuai admitted that he had.
• Chu Yu found Chu Chen and Gu Jinhuai standing close together, and Gu Jinhuai claimed they had been discussing something; Chu Yu then called Chu Chen to prepare for the livestream.
• Zhao Yiping told the director he would pose as a cleaner while assessing whether Chu Yu was suitable to promote books for the National Library.
• The guests arrived at Nanluoguxiang, where the director announced the day’s business rules, and Zhao Yiping followed Chu Yu with a broom.
• Chu Yu told Chu Chen to stay out of her relationship with Gu Jinhuai, then opened the shop and began the sales livestream with Lin Qian.

Zhao Yiping observed Chu Yu and decided she was a suitable candidate to become the National Library’s promotional ambassador. Meanwhile, Chu Yu helped Lin Qian plan how to expose Meng Fuyu and Wen Zhixin without bringing the Lin Family into a direct feud with the Meng Family.

• Zhao Yiping watched Chu Yu at her bookstore, then asked the director about her and revealed that he was considering her for the National Library’s promotional ambassador.
• Lin Qian told Chu Yu that surveillance footage showed Meng Fuyu had been with Wen Zhixin the night before he announced their breakup.
• Chu Yu warned Lin Qian that publicly confronting Meng Fuyu could draw the Meng Family’s anger onto the Lin Family.
• Chu Yu proposed provoking Meng Fuyu and Wen Zhixin into exposing themselves, and Lin Qian agreed to consider another way to handle them.
• At lunch, Meng Fuyu and Wen Zhixin exchanged flirtatious glances while cameras were not pointed at them, and Wen Tianqi noticed their suspicious behavior.

A leaked scoop revealed that Chu Yu and Meng Fuyu had once been engaged, alarming Wen Zhixin and angering Meng Fuyu. When he confronted Chu Yu, she pretended to blame him and the Meng Family, leaving him bewildered.

• Wen Zhixin and Meng Fuyu saw an online scoop claiming the Chu and Meng families had arranged a childhood betrothal between Chu Yu and Meng Fuyu.
• Wen Zhixin felt jealous and threatened, while Meng Fuyu worried the story would damage his standing with her.
• Meng Fuyu stormed into Chu Yu's bookstore and demanded to know who had leaked the engagement story.
• Chu Yu feigned anger and accused Meng Fuyu and his family of exposing the secret, leaving him unable to answer.

Chu Yu drove Meng Fuyu away after he confronted her over the leaked engagement news, while Gu Jinhuai also treated Meng Fuyu coldly. The shops resumed livestream sales, and the teams finished the day before Zhao Yiping went to meet Chu Yu.

• Chu Yu angrily threw a cushion at Meng Fuyu and ordered him to leave, then assured Chu Chen and Lin Qian that she was fine.
• Wen Tianqi brought livestream equipment to Wen Zhixin’s shop, while Gu Jinhuai saw the leaked news and ignored Meng Fuyu when they crossed paths.
• Chu Yu and Lin Qian resumed livestream sales, An Ya and her brother focused on their shop, and Wen Zhixin’s distraction hurt her attention to business.
• Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi ended their livestream early; their shop sold just over seven hundred milk tea discount vouchers, while An Ya’s clothing shop saw stronger sales.
• After the teams finished calculating the day’s profits, Zhao Yiping told the director he would go meet Chu Yu.

Zhao Yiping, director of the National Library, met Chu Yu to tell her she had been selected as the library’s promotional ambassador. At the canopy, the director revealed Zhao Yiping’s identity to the livestream audience, leaving Wen Zhixin regretful that she had dismissed him as a cleaner.

• Zhao Yiping left the canopy and encountered Wen Zhixin, who failed to recognize him and gave him an impatient glance.
• Zhao Yiping introduced himself to Chu Yu and explained that he had come to select a promotional ambassador for the National Library.
• Chu Yu learned she had been chosen as the library’s promotional ambassador and walked with Zhao Yiping toward the canopy.
• Wen Zhixin searched for Meng Fuyu at the canopy but could not find him, while viewers waited for the day’s sales results.
• The director introduced Zhao Yiping to the livestream audience as the National Library’s director, and Wen Zhixin regretted not treating him more warmly.

Chu Yu’s team retained first place in the store competition, and Zhao Yiping hinted that the National Library would collaborate with her. Gu Jinhuai told Chu Yu that someone had blocked their breakup-day texts, while Meng Fuyu reassured Wen Zhixin about his past engagement to Chu Yu.

• Zhao Yiping said he had come to meet Chu Yu and hinted at an upcoming collaboration with the library.
• The director announced that Chu Yu’s team ranked first, An Ya’s second, and Wen Zhixin’s third in the day’s profits.
• After speaking privately with Zhao Yiping, Chu Yu returned to the hotel and learned from Gu Jinhuai that someone had blocked their text messages on the day they broke up.
• Meng Fuyu visited Wen Zhixin and explained that his engagement to Chu Yu had ended long ago.
• Wen Zhixin accepted Meng Fuyu’s reassurance but remained wary of Chu Yu.