Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu and Chen Lüli agreed to date privately for three months, with the possibility of making their relationship public afterward. Lin Yu joined Jiang Zao and the others for breakfast, where Chen Lüli concealed that he had spent the night with her.

• Lin Yu kissed Chen Lüli and proposed that they date privately for three months while she adjusted to becoming his lover.
• Chen Lüli accepted her terms and said they would make the relationship public if they were still together after three months.
• When Jiang Zao called for Lin Yu, Lin Yu dressed and left Chen Lüli's room without revealing he was inside.
• Lin Yu joined Jiang Zao for breakfast and tried to act as though nothing unusual had happened.
• Chen Lüli told Jiang Yan'an that he had gone to bed early, and Jiang Yan'an clarified that he had only meant chatting by phone.

Lin Yu left Chen Lüli’s villa after their intimate night and returned home, where her mother noticed Chen Lüli’s message but did not press her for details. As Lin Yu savored her happiness, she remembered an embarrassing dream about him from her first year at university.

• Lin Yu and Jiang Zao said goodbye to their hosts, and Jiang Zao covered the hickeys on Lin Yu’s neck while Lin Yu claimed mosquitoes had bitten her.
• Jiang Yingshan pulled Jiang Yan'an away before he could inspect Lin Yu’s neck, then promised to help him transfer back from Jing City to Li City.
• Lin Yu drove home and replied to Chen Lüli that she had arrived; Jiang Zao and Jiang Yingshan followed after taking photos by the coast.
• Lin Yu greeted her father’s visiting colleagues, and Zhong Lixin noticed Chen Lüli had messaged to check whether Lin Yu was home.
• Lin Yu returned to her room, delighted by her feelings for Chen Lüli, and recalled avoiding him after an erotic dream about him during her first year at university.

Lin Yu spent New Year’s Day thinking about Chen Lüli and agreed to go out with him. He picked her up, kissed her in the car, and brought her to Genesis Tower, where they held hands as they entered the elevator.

• Lin Yu sent Jiang Zao a photo of the High-Hanging Moon plants and agreed to keep them until Jiang Zao finished redecorating.
• Lin Yu revisited keepsakes from her student days, then spent the afternoon building Lego with Zhong Lixin, who advised her not to rush into expanding her shop.
• Chen Lüli messaged Lin Yu to ask her out, and she eagerly agreed to meet him the next day.
• Chen Lüli picked Lin Yu up, kissed her in the car, and teased her about how she had responded to the kiss.
• Chen Lüli drove Lin Yu to Genesis Tower, took her hand, and asked if they could hold hands while the office was quiet.

Lin Yu and Chen Lüli tested Star Rise’s unfinished holographic survival game, where they linked as a couple and fought a black bear together. After their session, Jiang Yingshan found them, and Lin Yu explained that Chen Lüli had brought her to try the technology.

• Chen Lüli took Lin Yu to Star Rise’s holographic testing room and helped her put on the VR equipment.
• Chen Lüli launched a snowy wilderness scenario, and Lin Yu accepted his in-game invitation to become his lover, receiving a matching bracelet.
• Chen Lüli protected Lin Yu from a charging black bear, and Lin Yu killed it with three shots after he encouraged her to aim carefully.
• Lin Yu and Chen Lüli continued through the survival game until night, then removed their headsets when someone knocked at the door.
• Jiang Yingshan found them in the locked room, and Lin Yu told him Chen Lüli had brought her to try the company’s holographic technology.

Lin Yu and Chen Lüli left the holographic space and had lunch together, narrowly avoiding revealing their relationship when they ran into Tan You. Afterward, they went to the pet shop to pick up Xiao Diu, where the exhausted cat was being groomed.

• Chen Lüli ended Jiang Yingshan's invitation to play together and took Lin Yu to lunch at a private kitchen.
• Lin Yu and Chen Lüli ran into Tan You and her two companions; Tan You warmly greeted Lin Yu and invited her to walk with them.
• Tan You's friends wondered whether Chen Lüli had feelings for Lin Yu after seeing how gently he treated her.
• Lin Yu and Chen Lüli ate together, and Chen Lüli recalled bringing her seafood noodles from the restaurant the previous summer.
• Chen Lüli and Lin Yu went to the pet shop to pick up Xiao Diu, who had worn himself out during his bath and grooming.

Lin Yu and Chen Lüli brought Xiao Diu home after a bath, then kissed and became intimate in the bedroom. Xiao Diu later woke and tried to get their attention, but they remained together in the bathroom.

• Lin Yu reunited with Xiao Diu at the pet store, and Chen Lüli dried the cat’s fur while she held it.
• Chen Lüli drove Lin Yu and Xiao Diu home, where Tray greeted them and showed off its new sweeping brushes.
• After asking whether Lin Yu had to go home that night, Chen Lüli kissed her, and they went into the bedroom together.
• Chen Lüli and Lin Yu continued their intimacy for much of the afternoon while Jiang Yan'an messaged Chen Lüli about the two of them being too close.
• Xiao Diu woke and meowed outside the master bedroom, but Chen Lüli carried Lin Yu into the bathroom, where she kissed him.

After spending the afternoon together, Chen Lüli and Lin Yu ate congee before leaving his apartment. They shared a kiss while waiting for the elevator, and Chen Lüli glared at a man who stared at Lin Yu.

• Lin Yu fell asleep in Chen Lüli's arms, and he got up to feed Xiao Diu and give water to Tray.
• Lin Yu asked for congee from Huangsheng Congee Shop, and Chen Lüli ordered it while asking why she wasn't wearing the necklace he had given her.
• Lin Yu got dressed, used the toiletries Chen Lüli had set aside for her, and ate congee with him while Xiao Diu rested on her lap.
• After the meal, Chen Lüli took Xiao Diu away from Lin Yu and led her out of the apartment, where she said goodbye to Xiao Diu and Tray.
• Chen Lüli kissed Lin Yu while they waited for the elevator, and they continued kissing briefly inside until a man and woman arrived at the first floor.
• As the man looked back at Lin Yu, Chen Lüli gave him a cold glare, and the man's girlfriend told him to stop pushing her.

Lin Yu and Chen Lüli shared an affectionate evening before returning to their family homes, where their relationships drew attention from their parents. The chapter ended with Xiao Xi asking Chen Lüli about the woman he had met for lunch.

• Chen Lüli teased Lin Yu about the marks he left on her neck, and she kissed him before leaving the car near her family's compound.
• Lin Yu returned home, where Zhong Lixin defended her against Lin Zhenghe's insistence that she stay home and rest.
• Chen Lüli changed course to return home after Tan You told him Tan Hui wanted to see him.
• Chen Songlin offered to arrange a match between Chen Lüli and Ming Yu, but Ming Yu refused, and Ming Huaixian said the families should not interfere.
• Chen Lüli joined Tan You, Xiao Xi, and Tan Hui upstairs, where Xiao Xi asked about his history with Lin Yu.

Chen Lüli spoke with Tan Hui about his game and family while the New Year gathering wound down, and Lin Yu prepared for her shop to reopen. Their late-night video call turned intimate before Tan You interrupted with gifts for Chen Lüli.

• Chen Lüli told Tan Hui that his game’s hologram technology was still in the trial stage, and Xiao Xi compared his relationship with Lin Yu to Tan Yucheng and Ji Ting’s friendship-turned-romance.
• Ming Huai prepared to send Ming Yu back to school, and Chen Songlin saw the visitors out as the gathering ended.
• Lin Yu checked that her shop employees would return on time, then went to bed thinking about her afternoon with Chen Lüli.
• Chen Lüli called Lin Yu, chatted about her shop and his family, and asked whether she liked him or his body more; Lin Yu admitted she liked both quite a lot.
• Tan You knocked to give Chen Lüli two pairs of motorcycle gloves from Ming Yu and Li Wenqing, and Chen Lüli told her to return them.
• After Tan You left, Chen Lüli returned to the video call and found Lin Yu lying face-down with her face covered.

Lin Yu spent the day shopping with Jiang Zao while Chen Lüli arranged dinner and a movie for them. Chen Lüli bought bags for both women, and the chapter ended as Lin Yu and Jiang Zao arrived at the restaurant and spotted him waiting.

• Lin Yu fell asleep during a video call with Chen Lüli, who stayed on the call until his phone nearly ran out of battery.
• Lin Yu brought her High-Hanging Moon plants to Jiang Zao's newly decorated apartment, and the two went shopping at MixC Bay.
• Chen Lüli called Lin Yu and invited her to dinner and a movie, and Jiang Zao told him to pick up the bill while he was there.
• Chen Lüli arranged for the store to charge him for Jiang Zao's purchases and sent Lin Yu a handbag as well.
• Lin Yu and Jiang Zao finished shopping and went to the restaurant on the top floor, where they saw Chen Lüli waiting in a corner.