Chapter Summaries

Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo shared breakfast, agreed to have lunch with his family, and rode his scooter toward school. The ride ended near a milk tea shop, where Xu Zhuoyue saw Xia Yunuo getting off the back of Song Yunshen’s scooter and reacted in shock.

• Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo ate breakfast with his uncle and aunt, and Ruan Zheng invited them to lunch at her home.
• Xia Yunuo agreed to have lunch with Song Yunshen’s family after he explained that accepting their kindness did not mean she was taking advantage of them.
• Song Yunshen put a helmet on Xia Yunuo and gave her a scooter ride to school, while she blushed and held on to his uniform.
• Xia Yunuo asked Song Yunshen to stop before the school gates so their teachers would not see them arrive together.
• Xu Zhuoyue came out of the milk tea shop and was stunned to see Xia Yunuo get off Song Yunshen’s scooter.

Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo stopped at a milk tea shop with Xu Zhuoyue and discovered that Song Yunshen’s sister, Song Jiayao, was secretly working there to avoid her mother’s matchmaking pressure. After they left with drinks, Xia Yunuo’s shy thoughts about Song Yunshen’s Adam’s apple left him wondering if his sister had put something in the milk tea.

• Xu Zhuoyue ran into Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo arriving at school together on an electric scooter and complained that they had made him jealous.
• Song Yunshen brought Xu Zhuoyue and Xia Yunuo into a milk tea shop, where he discovered Song Jiayao working behind the counter.
• Song Jiayao admitted she had taken the job after moving nearby with a friend to escape her mother’s marriage pressure and losing most of her spending money.
• Song Jiayao explained that a Song relative had arranged the job at the shop, and Song Yunshen promised not to tell their mother.
• Song Yunshen treated Xu Zhuoyue and Xia Yunuo to signature milk teas, then left with them after Song Jiayao warned him not to reveal her secret.
• Xia Yunuo secretly admired Song Yunshen’s Adam’s apple, and Song Yunshen heard her thoughts and wondered if the milk tea had been tampered with.

Song Yunshen signed up for extra math tutoring, then visited Xia Yunuo’s physics class and openly ruffled her hair. His affectionate gesture left their classmates shocked and seemed to crush Fan Hongjian’s hopes of getting close to her.

• Song Yunshen and Xu Zhuoyue walked Xia Yunuo to her classroom, then headed upstairs for their own classes.
• Song Yunshen paid Zhang Zhidong to add him to the math tutoring class, while Xu Zhuoyue teased him about wanting to study alongside Xia Yunuo.
• Song Yunshen visited Xia Yunuo in Class Two and learned that she was sitting with Kang Ping for physics.
• Song Yunshen ruffled Xia Yunuo’s hair in front of the class and asked Kang Ping to help her study, leaving Xia Yunuo blushing and the other students stunned.
• Fan Hongjian watched Song Yunshen’s gesture, then turned toward the window as his hopes of getting close to Xia Yunuo faded.

Song Yunshen chatted with Xu Zhuoyue, exchanged teasing messages with Xia Kening, and attended English lessons before joining Xia Yunuo for class. The chapter ended with Song Yunshen startling Xia Yunuo after catching her secretly watching him, while Song Minggui reminded them to follow classroom rules.

• Song Yunshen told Xu Zhuoyue about his new computer and agreed to let him help assemble it, but refused to let him play on it.
• Song Yunshen teased Xia Kening over WeChat until she sent photos to prove she was at the library.
• Xu Zhuoyue mistook a photo on Song Yunshen's phone for a beauty's selfie, and Song Yunshen said it was his younger cousin before jokingly pretending to share her contact.
• Song Yunshen found his English test easier after Xia Jinshu's lessons, while Jiang Wenpei repeatedly called on Xu Zhuoyue and scolded him for wrong answers.
• Song Yunshen saved Xia Yunuo a seat in class, finished Song Minggui's assigned questions quickly, and went to sleep.
• Xia Yunuo secretly watched Song Yunshen while he slept, and he opened his eyes and leaned close, startling her into crying out; Song Minggui told them to mind the classroom rules.

Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo shared a ride home after he helped her with difficult math problems, while Xia Kening made a bet with him about her exam ranking. At his uncle’s apartment, Song Yunshen recruited Xia Yunuo to give Yingying a pony ride, prompting Ruan Zheng to rush in and scold them.

• Song Yunshen and Xia Kening bet that she would either make the top fifty at the start-of-school exam or have to call him Daddy, while he would call her Mommy if she won.
• Song Yunshen explained difficult test questions to Xia Yunuo, then rode with her to his uncle’s apartment as Song Jiayao secretly filmed them and sent the video to Song Jiaxuan.
• Xia Yunuo heard Song Yunshen’s thoughts about her appearance and blushed during the ride, then wondered what his help and kindness meant.
• At the apartment, Song Yunshen played with Yingying and carried her around on his shoulders, but refused when she demanded a pony ride.
• Song Yunshen asked Xia Yunuo to let Yingying ride on her back, and Ruan Zheng came out of the kitchen and ordered Yingying to get down.

Xia Yunuo spent the afternoon teaching Yingying through games and then joined her and Song Yunshen in playing pony. Their playful closeness left Xia Yunuo feeling comfortable enough to act spoiled, but Zhao Zeheng walked in and caught them crawling around with Yingying on their backs.

• Ruan Zheng left after lunch, leaving Yingying with Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo.
• Xia Yunuo taught Yingying addition, subtraction, her name, and several English words through games.
• Yingying asked Xia Yunuo and Song Yunshen to play pony, then persuaded Xia Yunuo to ride Song Yunshen.
• Xia Yunuo heard Song Yunshen's thoughts, climbed onto his back, and learned that he wanted to help her gain weight.
• Zhao Zeheng came out of the bedroom and found Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo playing pony with Yingying.

Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo finished Yingying’s lesson after a playful pony-ride mishap, and Xia Yunuo mistakenly thought she was the girlfriend Song Yunshen’s grandfather had invited to dinner. Later, Song Yunshen and Xia Jinshu went shopping, agreed to visit a fishpond together, and Song Yunshen learned that Xia Kening had joined his aunt’s tutoring class.

• Xia Yunuo jumped off Song Yunshen when Zhao Zeheng arrived, and Song Yunshen explained that Yingying had asked Xia Yunuo to ride him like a pony.
• Song Yunshen teased Xia Yunuo about his grandfather’s invitation to bring his little girlfriend, and she blushed and declined, not knowing he meant Xia Jinshu.
• Xia Yunuo gave Song Yunshen her completed English homework to copy and accepted snacks before he saw her downstairs.
• Xia Jinshu found a long hair on Song Yunshen’s helmet, then agreed to visit the fishpond with him after he called them friends.
• Song Yunshen read Xia Kening’s messages about joining Teacher Ruan’s math class and reminded her of their bet.

Song Yunshen studied English with Xia Jinshu, who cooked dinner for him and wrestled with her growing attraction to him despite telling herself she was only checking him out for Xia Kening. After Xia Jinshu left, Xia Kening came over to play games with Song Yunshen, and he uploaded their first gaming video.

• Song Yunshen impressed Xia Jinshu with his focus during their English lesson, and she sent him a memorization assignment for later.
• Song Yunshen turned on the kitchen air conditioning and helped Xia Jinshu cook; while preparing dinner, Xia Jinshu imagined the possibility of dating him, then reminded herself she was supposed to vet him for Xia Kening.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Jinshu ate dinner together, and he gave her snacks to take home for her younger sisters.
• Song Yunshen finished editing the first video of their gaming series, then uploaded it to Bilibili and Douyin after Xia Kening approved it.
• Xia Kening played a game and traded teasing remarks with Song Yunshen, who opened her chips and coaxed her to call him big brother.

Song Yunshen and Xia Kening said goodbye after their gaming session, and he realized he felt jealous at the thought of other boys noticing her. At home, Xia Kening received snacks from her sisters, while Xia Yunuo spotted a familiar kitty doodle in her homework.

• Song Yunshen told Xia Kening that Xu Zhuoyue would visit the next evening to help assemble his new computer, then felt uneasy imagining Xu Zhuoyue becoming interested in her.
• Xia Kening returned home, where Yan Zhenxia said she had earned a bonus from her new short-drama screenwriting job and had quit her restaurant evening job.
• Xia Jinshu and Xia Yunuo gave Xia Kening snacks from their tutoring families, and Xia Yunuo also passed along snacks she had received from Song Yunshen.
• Xia Yunuo checked Xia Kening's math homework and noticed a cute kitty drawn beside a problem, finding it strangely familiar.

Xia Yunuo connected the cat drawn in Xia Kening’s exercise book to a drawing on Song Yunshen’s math exam, leaving her suspicious about how close the two had become. After Yingying fell ill and her lesson was canceled, Song Yunshen took Xia Yunuo to his aunt’s braised chicken restaurant, where he caught Xiao Wu trying to photograph them.

• Xia Jinshu read Song Yunshen’s diary, reacted to his closeness with Xia Yunuo and his private nickname for her, and wondered who the “little brat” he called his good daughter was.
• Song Yunshen messaged Xia Yunuo, Xia Kening, and Xia Jinshu, then ate breakfast with Xia Yunuo and gave her a ride to school.
• Song Yunshen invited Xu Zhuoyue to help build his computer, and later saved a seat beside him for Xia Yunuo, who blushed when he teased her about being concerned for him.
• Xia Yunuo remembered that Xia Kening’s cat drawing resembled one on Song Yunshen’s math final exam paper and wondered how Kening had gotten it.
• Ruan Zheng told Song Yunshen that Yingying had a fever and would miss her lesson, so Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo went to his aunt’s braised chicken restaurant for lunch.
• Song Yunshen caught Xiao Wu preparing to photograph him and Xia Yunuo and joked that their meal should be free.

Song Wantang visited her braised chicken shop when Song Yunshen was eating there with Xia Yunuo, then explained that she had urged Song Jiayao to date while she was still in school, not to get married. After lunch, Song Yunshen teased Xia Yunuo about wanting to visit his home before inviting her over.

• Song Wantang arrived at her shop and met Xia Yunuo, whom Song Yunshen introduced as his classmate and Yingying's tutor.
• Song Wantang told Song Yunshen she had encouraged Song Jiayao to find someone she liked at college, and Song Yunshen agreed to ask his sister if she liked anyone.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo discussed dating during school, and he joked that Song Jiayao's standards were high because of him.
• Song Yunshen teased Xia Yunuo after hearing her thoughts about visiting his home, then invited her over after lunch, and she eagerly accepted.

Song Yunshen invited Xia Yunuo to his home to watch a movie, and their shared evening grew increasingly intimate. They settled against each other on the sofa as they watched About Time.

• Song Yunshen brought Xia Yunuo to his home, where she learned that his new computer parts had cost tens of thousands of yuan.
• Song Yunshen switched the living room to movie mode and asked Xia Yunuo to choose a film while he washed grapes.
• Xia Yunuo picked About Time, and Song Yunshen fed her a grape before asking her to feed him one in return.
• Song Yunshen deliberately bit Xia Yunuo's finger when she offered him a grape, making her blush and suspect his mischief.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo independently wished to sit closer, edged toward each other, and ended up watching the movie with her shoulder against his arm.

After watching a movie with Xia Yunuo, Song Yunshen reflected on his past and his mysterious Future Diary while the two grew closer. He later met Xia Jinshu and arranged to visit his grandparents’ fishpond with her next Sunday, July 20.

• Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo watched a movie, and Song Yunshen gently wiped away Xia Yunuo’s tears as they discussed what they would change about the past and future.
• Song Yunshen revealed that he wished he had never learned piano, and Xia Yunuo heard his thought that his mother might not have died if he had not learned.
• Xia Yunuo told Song Yunshen that she had struggled to join her classmates for meals because she lacked money, and he encouraged her to order more food now that she earned money tutoring.
• Song Yunshen walked Xia Yunuo downstairs, then rode his scooter to meet Xia Jinshu and take her to the market.
• At Zhao Lisong’s market stall, Song Yunshen and Xia Jinshu agreed to visit the fishpond the following Sunday after Zhao Lisong explained that this Sunday was already booked for medical checkups.
• Song Yunshen checked the date and noticed that their planned visit, July 20, coincided with a date in his Future Diary.

Song Yunshen decorated his study with anime posters while Xia Jinshu learned about Shenhe and tried to dismiss her growing fascination with the character. Later, Xu Zhuoyue arrived with his cousin Xu Lingcheng, and Xia Kening showed up to find Xu Lingcheng there, calling out to Song Yunshen in a deliberately sweet voice.

• Song Yunshen pasted anime character posters on the study cabinet, and Xia Jinshu recognized Shenhe from her diary reading and secretly looked up the character and her music.
• Yan Zhenxia asked Xia Jinshu to take her birthday off for a family outing, but Xia Jinshu remembered she had promised to go out with a classmate and declined the plan.
• Xia Kening and Xia Yunuo discussed birthday presents with Xia Jinshu, who tried to suppress her thoughts about wearing Shenhe’s qipao.
• Xu Zhuoyue arrived to build a PC with Song Yunshen and introduced his cousin Xu Lingcheng, whom Song Yunshen recognized as the boy who had confessed to him.
• Xia Kening arrived and found Xu Lingcheng at Song Yunshen’s home, then called out sweetly to Song Yunshen, startling him and Xu Zhuoyue.

Xia Kening pretended to be Song Yunshen’s girlfriend to discourage Xu Lingcheng, then explained her act and spent the afternoon with Song Yunshen while he built a PC. After the computer was finished, she discovered that his progression video seemed to have gone viral.

• Xia Kening clung to Song Yunshen and claimed he had bathed her and should take responsibility, shocking Xu Lingcheng and Xu Zhuoyue.
• Song Yunshen sent Xia Kening to play on the computer, and Xu Lingcheng left feeling dejected.
• Song Yunshen explained to Xu Zhuoyue that Xia Kening had only acted that way to stop Xu Lingcheng from pursuing her, and Xu Zhuoyue went home.
• Song Yunshen confronted Xia Kening, who said she had improvised the act to keep Xu Lingcheng from bothering her.
• Song Yunshen finished building the PC before eight that evening, and Xia Kening noticed that his progression video seemed to have gone viral.

Song Yunshen celebrated the strong response to Xia Kening’s Genshin Impact video and turned down viewers’ requests for her to cosplay, while she teased him about wearing a costume just for him. Later, he considered new ways to use the Future Diary, and Xia Jinshu read his latest entry, leaving her curious about his video account and unexpectedly open to cosplaying Shenhe.

• Song Yunshen and Xia Kening read the video comments, where viewers nicknamed her Little Lemon and him Little Lemon’s Brother, and he told her to ignore hostile remarks.
• Xia Kening suggested cosplaying for the audience, but Song Yunshen refused and she teased him about wearing a costume only for him before he sent her home.
• Song Yunshen checked the Future Diary and realized he might be able to read Xia Jinshu’s entries from the next few days as the timeline changed.
• Xia Jinshu read Song Yunshen’s diary entry about Xia Yunuo, the Shenhe posters, Xu Lingcheng, and the successful video, then wondered how to find his account.
• After blow-drying Xia Yunuo’s hair, Xia Jinshu decided to wash her own hair too, partly after thinking about Song Yunshen calling her Mama.

Song Yunshen finished editing and uploaded his second Genshin Impact video, then read a new Future Diary entry describing his future wedding. The entry revealed that his ex-girlfriend Xia Jinshu would be a bridesmaid at his wedding to her younger sister, leading Song Yunshen to realize his future bride was probably Xia Yunuo.

• Xia Kening persuaded Song Yunshen to let her come over early on weekends, and he agreed on the condition that she wake him and have breakfast with him first.
• Song Yunshen finished his second exploration video and uploaded it to Bilibili and Douyin.
• Song Yunshen opened the updated Future Diary and read Xia Jinshu's account of attending his wedding as a bridesmaid.
• The diary described Xia Jinshu's grief as Song Yunshen married her younger sister, while the bride remained unaware of their past relationship.
• Song Yunshen realized Xia Jinshu's younger sister was likely Xia Yunuo, and concluded that Xia Yunuo would be his future wife.

Song Yunshen reconsidered the clues about his future relationships, set the next Future Diary entry for July 20, 2025, and spent the evening chatting with Xia Yunuo, Xia Kening, and Xia Jinshu. The chapter ended with Xia Jinshu replying to the first good-night message Song Yunshen had ever sent her.

• Song Yunshen wrote down theories about his past relationships with Xia Jinshu and Xia Yunuo, then chose July 20, 2025, for the next Future Diary entry so he could observe Xia Jinshu on her birthday.
• Song Yunshen flirted with Xia Yunuo over WeChat, and Xia Yunuo secretly took and sent him a photo with her wet hair.
• Xia Kening asked Song Yunshen to let her into his apartment early the next morning, and they teased each other about waking him up and his male friends.
• Song Yunshen tried flirting with Xia Jinshu, but she asked whether he had memorized his vocabulary, and he wondered how his future self had won her over.
• Song Yunshen sent all three girls good-night messages, and Xia Jinshu eventually replied, “Mm, good night.”

Xia Kening secretly got ready to meet Song Yunshen and went to his apartment before the agreed time, pleased that her special birthday code worked while Xia Yunuo’s did not. After Song Yunshen’s door opened, Zhao Zeheng and Ruan Zheng spotted her and were surprised to see her there.

• Xia Kening got dressed quietly and told Yan Zhenxia she was going to the library with Kong Xi and others.
• Xia Kening left home early and walked to Song Yunshen’s apartment, deciding to surprise him instead of messaging him.
• Xia Kening tried Xia Yunuo’s birthday code and found that it did not work, then waited until six thirty to enter her own code.
• Zhao Zeheng and Ruan Zheng came out of apartment 1802 and saw Xia Kening opening Song Yunshen’s door.
• Ruan Zheng recognized Xia Kening and asked why she was there.

Xia Kening went to wake Song Yunshen and was caught by his aunt and uncle, who suspected he was becoming too close to her and her sister. After they left, Xia Kening sneaked into Song Yunshen’s bedroom and used her stocking-clad feet to wake him, prompting a playful scuffle that left her blushing outside his door.

• Xia Kening ran into Ruan Zheng and Zhao Zeheng outside Song Yunshen’s apartment and explained that he had invited her to wake him.
• Ruan Zheng worried that Song Yunshen was getting involved with Xia Kening and her older sister, while Zhao Zeheng defended his nephew.
• Xia Kening entered Song Yunshen’s bedroom, photographed him sleeping, and touched his face as she watched him.
• Xia Kening poked Song Yunshen’s face with her stocking-covered feet until he woke and grabbed her ankle.
• Song Yunshen pulled Xia Kening onto the bed and teased her before she left his room, blushing as she listened to him change.