Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu spent the afternoon at her café with her friends and Chen Lüli, the longtime friend she secretly loved, while they discussed her new blind date. As Chen Lüli rested in the café, Lin Yu recalled his close bond with his childhood sweetheart Ming Yu, leaving her feelings for him unspoken.

• Jiang Zao and Ye Xi asked Lin Yu about her blind date, and Chen Lüli arrived at the café to order a latte.
• Jiang Zao told Chen Lüli that Lin Yu was no longer single and showed him a picture of Li Yin; Chen Lüli called him all right.
• Lin Yu offered Chen Lüli the break room, then covered him with her red scarf when he chose to rest in a quiet corner.
• Ye Xi asked whether Chen Lüli had a girlfriend, and Lin Yu explained that he had a childhood sweetheart, Ming Yu, whom he had known since high school.
• Lin Yu remembered secretly watching Chen Lüli and Ming Yu in high school and how Jiang Zao had helped her become friends with them.
• Chen Lüli woke at sunset, saw Lin Yu talking with a customer, recognized her scarf, and lay back down to rest.

Lin Yu cared for Chen Lüli’s cat, Xiao Diu, while Chen Lüli worked late, and he learned that Lin Yu had a new boyfriend, Li Yin. As Lin Yu tried to settle into her new relationship, she saw Chen Lüli online with Ming Yu and logged out rather than disturb them.

• Chen Lüli left the shop for overtime and asked Lin Yu to feed Xiao Diu, while Lin Yu told a customer they were former classmates from Huaqing.
• Lin Yu fed Xiao Diu at Chen Lüli’s home and sent him pictures, which he viewed at work with his partner Jiang Yingshan.
• Lin Yu ordered coffee for Li Yin and his coworkers, and Chen Lüli recognized Li Yin as Lin Yu’s new boyfriend.
• Lin Yu joked with her friends in a group chat about dating Li Yin while Chen Lüli and Ming Yu made plans to play a game.
• Li Yin called Lin Yu “wifey,” and Lin Yu reflected on their new relationship and her effort to move on from Chen Lüli.
• Lin Yu opened Dream Fiend, saw Ming Yu and CLL online, and logged off so she would not disturb them.

Lin Yu played Mengsha with Chen Lüli and Ming Yu, who helped her collect skins and complete a competitive quest. The next morning, Lin Yu went to deliver Chen Lüli’s order at Genesis Tower and discovered that Li Yin’s company was on the same floor.

• Ming Yu invited Lin Yu to join a party with Chen Lüli, and Chen Lüli gifted Lin Yu enough coins to obtain an ice and snow skin.
• Lin Yu teamed up with Chen Lüli and a random player for a competitive map; Chen Lüli protected her, defeated opponents, and secured the fire coins she needed.
• Lin Yu logged off and reflected that Chen Lüli had protected her before, but she believed Ming Yu was the person he would always protect.
• Li Yin messaged Lin Yu to arrange a date that evening, and Lin Yu agreed.
• The store manager asked Lin Yu to deliver Chen Lüli’s order to Genesis Tower, where Lin Yu realized Li Yin’s company was on the same floor as Chen Lüli’s company.

Lin Yu brought breakfast to Chen Lüli at the office, then spent the evening with Li Yin, whose thoughtful coffee-shop review delighted her. Seeing Chen Lüli with Jiang Yingshan brought back Lin Yu’s memories of how she first fell for Chen Lüli and later learned Ming Yu was by his side; she left those memories behind as Li Yin checked whether she was warm in the car.

• Lin Yu found Chen Lüli asleep at his desk, brought him breakfast, and agreed to feed Xiao Diu if he worked late again.
• Lin Yu worked at her shop, then picked up Li Yin after his meetings and gave him a new drink to try.
• Li Yin showed Lin Yu his coffee-shop summary, which praised her shop’s coffee, and they chose a restaurant for dinner.
• Jiang Yingshan and Chen Lüli saw Lin Yu and Li Yin together outside Genesis Tower, and Lin Yu only vaguely noticed Chen Lüli as she left.
• On the drive to dinner, Lin Yu recalled meeting Chen Lüli on a rainy bus, learning his name, and discovering that Ming Yu was close to him.
• Li Yin brought Lin Yu back from her memories by asking if she was cold, and she told him she was dressed warmly.

Lin Yu went on a date with Li Yin, but his work repeatedly interrupted their evening and he took her home early. She then trimmed Xiao Diu’s claws at Chen Lüli’s apartment, where Chen Lüli watched her and Jiang Yingshan arrived, curious about their connection.

• Li Yin treated Lin Yu considerately at dinner, but kept answering work messages and left to return to the office after the meal.
• Lin Yu went to Chen Lüli’s apartment to feed Xiao Diu and trim his claws, and Chen Lüli saw Li Yin driving out of the underground garage.
• Chen Lüli found Lin Yu trimming Xiao Diu’s claws in the hallway and learned that Li Yin was her boyfriend.
• Chen Lüli remembered knowing Lin Yu since high school and invited her in for tea, but she declined and left after finishing Xiao Diu’s claws.
• Jiang Yingshan arrived, saw Lin Yu with Chen Lüli, and asked Chen Lüli to introduce them; Chen Lüli asked what he planned to do afterward.

Lin Yu settled into dating Li Yin while learning that his demanding work schedule could disrupt their plans, and she spent time with the exhausted Jiang Zao at her shop. Seeing Ming Yu’s latest photo led Lin Yu and Jiang Zao to reflect on Ming Yu and Chen Lüli’s past closeness, leaving their future together uncertain.

• Jiang Yingshan told Chen Lüli he believed Lin Yu would break up with Li Yin, and Chen Lüli told him to close the door and change his shoes.
• Lin Yu received a late-night meal from Li Yin, chatted with him about their canceled date, and privately received a late-night snack offer from Chen Lüli.
• Qin Jialan reprimanded Li Yin for using his phone at work and reminded him that a project’s follow-up work mattered.
• Lin Yu suggested an aquarium for her next date with Li Yin, and he agreed in a message sent after midnight.
• Jiang Zao visited Lin Yu’s shop exhausted from long livestreams, rested with her, and asked how Lin Yu’s date with Li Yin had gone.
• After seeing Ming Yu’s photo, Jiang Zao asked whether Ming Yu and Chen Lüli would end up together, and Lin Yu said she supposed they would.

Lin Yu brought Chen Lüli his dinner and discovered that he had a high fever, so she cared for him and stayed at his home with Xiao Diu. After Chen Lüli went to bed, Lin Yu began making millet congee for him to have in the morning.

• Jiang Zao left Lin Yu’s shop in the rain after spending the afternoon there.
• Chen Lüli ordered coffee and a sandwich from Lin Yu’s shop, and Lin Yu delivered them to his home.
• Lin Yu noticed Chen Lüli was feverish, measured his temperature at 38.9 degrees, and gave him ibuprofen with warm water.
• Chen Lüli went to the master bedroom, telling Lin Yu to lock the door when she left.
• Lin Yu found millet in Chen Lüli’s kitchen and set a pot of congee to finish cooking in the morning.

Lin Yu stayed with Chen Lüli while his fever persisted, cooling him with a damp towel until his temperature fell. The next morning, Chen Lüli found her note and realized she had cared for him overnight.

• Lin Yu stayed at Chen Lüli’s home to watch over him and checked his temperature after his coughing worsened.
• Lin Yu cooled Chen Lüli with a damp towel until his temperature dropped to 37.2 degrees, then tucked him in and left him a note about the congee and seeking medical care if he remained ill.
• The next morning, Chen Lüli woke with his fever gone and learned from Xiao Diu that Lin Yu had visited.
• Chen Lüli found Lin Yu’s note by the kitchen and went inside to look for the congee.

Lin Yu welcomed her boyfriend Li Yin to her shop, where he met her friend Chen Lüli. As Li Yin planned a date with Lin Yu, Chen Lüli watched them and claimed in a group chat that he had worked overtime the night before, prompting Lin Yu to notice his lie.

• Lin Yu handled a delayed tableware delivery, filled orders, and brought Jiang Zao a warm drink.
• Li Yin visited Lin Yu's shop with yellow roses, met the staff, and told Lin Yu he had taken the afternoon off after working overtime.
• Chen Lüli arrived, met Li Yin, and accepted grapefruit and snow pear juice from Lin Yu instead of the cold latte he requested.
• Li Yin showed Lin Yu three itineraries for their planned visit to the Donghua Oceanarium while Chen Lüli watched them together.
• Ming Yu asked Chen Lüli in a WeChat group whether he had worked overtime the previous night, and Chen Lüli said he had; Lin Yu recognized the claim was false and received a private message.

Lin Yu spent the day at Xiaoyu Restaurant with Li Yin, then went with him to watch the stars. As they parted, she checked that Chen Lüli was home and learned he had recovered.

• Lin Yu agreed to meet Li Yin on Saturday, and Chen Lüli left the restaurant after asking her not to tell Ming Yu about the previous night.
• Lin Yu worked while Li Yin waited at Xiaoyu Restaurant, where his coworkers noticed his interest in her and gossiped about them.
• Lin Yu and Li Yin ate dinner, and a group of students celebrating a birthday reminded Lin Yu of Ming Yu's birthday in high school.
• Lin Yu and Li Yin went to Culture Park to watch the stars, held hands, and shared tanghulu on their way back.
• Lin Yu messaged Chen Lüli to ask if he was home and feeling better; he confirmed he was fine and asked if she was on a date.

Lin Yu and Li Yin went on a date to Donghua Ocean Park and a campsite restaurant, while Chen Lüli traveled to Nan City for business and arranged for Jiang Zao to feed Xiao Diu. The chapter ended with Chen Lüli returning to Li City after a drinking meeting, tired and thinking about the trip home.

• Li Yin kissed Lin Yu on the forehead and watched her enter her residential complex before driving away.
• Lin Yu posted a photo of the stars to Moments, and Chen Lüli noticed it while at home with Xiao Diu.
• Lin Yu and Li Yin spent Saturday together at Donghua Ocean Park, where Lin Yu felt disappointed by the mermaid play's story.
• At dinner, Lin Yu learned Chen Lüli was in Nan City and arranged for Jiang Zao to feed Xiao Diu that night.
• Chen Lüli and Jiang Yingshan left their meeting with President Zhang after securing a cooperation agreement, and Chen Lüli rested in the car on the way back to Li City.

Chen Lüli returned home to find Jiang Zao feeding Xiao Diu, then saw a photo of Lin Yu on a date with Li Yin and stared at it. Lin Yu kissed Li Yin good night, reflected on her lingering feelings for Chen Lüli, and later met Li Yin in Dream Fiend, where Ming Yu joined them.

• Chen Lüli came home and found Jiang Zao feeding Xiao Diu after arriving two hours late.
• Chen Lüli read the group chat and studied a photo of Lin Yu with Li Yin at a campsite restaurant.
• Li Yin drove Lin Yu home, and Lin Yu kissed him on the cheek before going inside.
• Lin Yu looked at an old photo that included Chen Lüli and told her mother she was giving her relationship with Li Yin a chance.
• Lin Yu accepted Li Yin's friend request in Dream Fiend, and Ming Yu joined them and asked Lin Yu to introduce him.

Lin Yu and Li Yin played arena matches in the game, where Chen Lüli abruptly logged off after Lin Yu helped defeat him and Ming Yu. The next day, Li Yin ran into Chen Lüli and Jiang Yingshan at Genesis Tower, and Jiang Yingshan began asking how he and Lin Yu had met.

• Lin Yu and Li Yin fought Chen Lüli and Ming Yu in a 2v2 arena; Li Yin was defeated, revived, and helped Lin Yu take down Chen Lüli, but Ming Yu won the match.
• Chen Lüli logged off, while Lin Yu and Li Yin continued playing, earned points, and exchanged a white knight skin for Li Yin.
• Li Yin promised Lin Yu he would practice, and they said good night after playing past two in the morning.
• The next day, Li Yin entered an elevator at Genesis Tower with Chen Lüli and Jiang Yingshan, greeted Chen Lüli, and received no response.
• Jiang Yingshan asked Li Yin about the coffee Lin Yu had ordered him and how the couple had met; Li Yin said their families had introduced them.

Lin Yu met her friends at Wenxing Tower after Li Yin had to cancel because of a work emergency. Jiang Yan'an teased her about arriving without her boyfriend, while Chen Lüli remained distant as the group reunited.

• Lin Yu invited Li Yin to meet her close friends after Jiang Yan'an announced he was back in Li City.
• Lin Yu and the gardener decided to plant trumpet vines inside the shop's garden wall.
• Li Yin apologized that a data error required him to work late, so Lin Yu went to meet her friends alone.
• Jiang Yan'an welcomed Lin Yu at the Star and Moon Card Room and asked why she had not brought her boyfriend.
• Jiang Yan'an and Jiang Zao bickered as the group settled in, and Chen Lüli poured tea for everyone before switching on the mahjong table.

Lin Yu played mahjong with Chen Lüli, Jiang Zao, and Jiang Yan'an, trading paper-strip penalties before they shared hot pot. The conversation turned to Lin Yu’s boyfriend Li Yin, and Chen Lüli said he had never dealt with him and did not know what he was like.

• Jiang Yan'an brought out paper strips for the mahjong penalties, and Lin Yu lost early hands, receiving strips on her forehead and nose.
• Lin Yu won a hand by taking Chen Lüli’s discarded tile, then stuck a strip over his eyebrow after he briefly caught her wrist.
• Lin Yu and Jiang Yan'an added strips to Jiang Zao and Jiang Yan'an, while Chen Lüli gave Jiang Yan'an five strips, leaving him with the most.
• Chen Lüli arranged for individual hot pots and ingredients to be served, and Lin Yu shared her fatty beef with the others.
• Jiang Zao and Jiang Yan'an discussed Li Yin, and Chen Lüli said he had never dealt with him and did not know him.

After Chen Lüli returned Lin Yu’s forgotten scarf, he unexpectedly told her to break up with her boyfriend, Li Yin. Lin Yu asked why, but Chen Lüli did not answer, leaving her waiting for an explanation.

• Jiang Yan'an and Chen Lüli stayed at the Star and Moon Card Room to work on their program after Lin Yu and Jiang Zao left.
• Chen Lüli found Lin Yu’s scarf and brought it to her apartment, where he learned she was speaking with Li Yin.
• After Chen Lüli left, he messaged Lin Yu, telling her to break up with Li Yin.
• Lin Yu asked whom he meant and then asked why, but Chen Lüli stopped replying.
• Lin Yu waited for his response until Jiang Yan'an messaged her in the group chat to ask why she had not said she was home.

Ming Yu spoke with Chen Lüli over a video call and later discussed New Year's Eve plans, while Lin Yu wondered whether Chen Lüli's silence was connected to Li Yin. The next morning, Li Yin apologized to Lin Yu, and Chen Lüli's behavior toward him drew Jiang Yingshan's attention, ending with Jiang Yingshan finding a photo of Lin Yu on Chen Lüli's tablet.

• Ming Yu video-called Chen Lüli, asked whether he had been in a bad mood, and discussed spending New Year's Eve together after she returned.
• Lin Yu read Ming Yu's group-chat messages and suspected Chen Lüli had been upset that Li Yin missed the gathering; she hoped Li Yin would keep his promise next time.
• Li Yin brought Lin Yu breakfast at her shop, apologized for missing the gathering, and promised to attend the next one.
• Chen Lüli did not respond when Li Yin greeted him in the elevator, and Jiang Yingshan questioned why he was acting unusually indifferent toward Lin Yu's boyfriend.
• Chen Lüli recalled wanting Lin Yu to break up with Li Yin, while Jiang Yingshan accidentally opened Chen Lüli's photo album and recognized Lin Yu in a picture with Chen Lüli's cat.

Lin Yu arranged for her friends to spend New Year’s Eve at her shop while Li Yin attended an industry banquet, where Qin Jialan repeatedly got him drunk. Chen Lüli took Li Yin out of the banquet and later sent Lin Yu a photo of Xiao Diu, leaving her to reflect on their old friendship and the unanswered message urging her to break up with Li Yin.

• Lin Yu agreed in the group chat to host New Year’s Eve at her shop, and she and Li Yin planned to see a movie after his work banquet.
• At the banquet, Jiang Yingshan and Chen Lüli noticed Qin Jialan using introductions to make Li Yin drink, and Chen Lüli eventually carried the drunk Li Yin out and sent him home.
• Lin Yu finished work early and returned to her apartment, where Chen Lüli sent her a photo of Xiao Diu after its haircut.
• Lin Yu saved the photo and looked again at Chen Lüli’s unanswered message telling her to break up with Li Yin.
• Lin Yu remembered how she and Chen Lüli had become friends and how their familiarity had gradually grown during university.

Lin Yu learned that Chen Lüli had helped Li Yin after he got drunk at a business banquet, while Chen Lüli’s jealousy remained unspoken. The next morning, photos showed Li Yin with his superior, Qin Jialan, leaving Lin Yu stunned and unsure how widely the images had spread.

• Chen Lüli remembered how he had once cared for Lin Yu, then asked what she liked about Li Yin; she described Li Yin as gentle, refined, and considerate.
• Jiang Yingshan spotted Chen Lüli’s message to Lin Yu and called his jealousy sour, while Chen Lüli stayed silent.
• Li Yin told Lin Yu that Chen Lüli had arranged a car to take him home, and Lin Yu thanked Chen Lüli and ordered hangover medicine for Li Yin.
• Li Yin told Lin Yu he was leaving for a three-day business trip to East City with his team, unaware of what had happened at the banquet with Qin Jialan.
• At the shop, Xiao Li, Xiao Cao, and the store manager showed Lin Yu photos of Li Yin with Qin Jialan, who had touched his collar and sat beside him while he was drunk.
• Lin Yu asked whether many people had seen the photos, and the store manager said Qin Jialan had kept Li Yin close and introduced him to industry figures at the banquet.

Lin Yu worried about Li Yin’s behavior at a business banquet but postponed confronting him while he worked through an emergency project in East City. After Chen Lüli called and told her he was taking her there, Lin Yu decided to go see the situation for herself.

• Xiao Li and Xiao Cao questioned Lin Yu about Li Yin after Jiang Zao sent photos from the banquet, while Lin Yu tried to believe he had only been drunk.
• Li Yin told Lin Yu he was still traveling to East City and then spent two days working through a serious project crisis with Qin Jialan and his team.
• Lin Yu barely slept as she waited for Li Yin to return and ask him about the banquet.
• Chen Lüli called Lin Yu at the shop and told her to set aside two hours so he could take her to East City.
• Lin Yu told the shop manager she was going to East City and decided to find out what was happening with Li Yin for herself.