Chapter Summaries

Baichen spent the day with Ei and Makoto at Tenshukaku, caught between the sisters’ affection and rivalry. After Makoto asked him to keep loving them both, Ei reaffirmed her possessiveness and ended the night with Baichen in her arms.

• Baichen woke between Ei and Makoto, and Ei declared that she had decided he was her fiancé.
• Makoto helped Baichen prepare breakfast, then the sisters argued over how he would spend the day and agreed that he would assist Ei in the morning and accompany Makoto in the afternoon.
• Makoto showed Baichen around Tenshukaku and shared memories of Ei’s childhood before asking him to keep loving both sisters.
• Ei interrupted Makoto’s intimate moment with Baichen, and later admitted that she loved everything about him.
• Makoto joined Baichen in the hot spring to hear about Ei’s past, but Ei carried him away and told Makoto to leave.
• Baichen promised to stay with Ei and Makoto, and Ei kissed him and gained the Deep Mark status.

Baichen spent the day helping Makoto prepare a birthday celebration for Ei, who surprised him with sword training and a protective jade pendant. The evening ended with Ei celebrating possessively with Baichen, while Makoto and their guests joined the birthday festivities.

• Makoto showed Baichen an old drawing of herself and Ei, and the sisters tussled over it until they both fell on him.
• Makoto dressed Baichen in a lace dress for a tea party, where Ei kissed him after winning a dare and Makoto teased her for getting embarrassed.
• Makoto told Baichen that it was Ei's birthday and enlisted him, Kujou Sara, and Tenryou Commission officers to prepare a feast; Ei discovered their plans and accepted Makoto's birthday wishes.
• Ei kissed Baichen after Makoto wiped cream from his mouth, then took him alone to practice swordsmanship and gave him a protective jade pendant.
• Makoto, Miko, Kujou, and the others celebrated Ei at an evening banquet, where Ei wished for things to stay as they were and later took Baichen back to their room.

Baichen woke to find Ei and Makoto gone, then discovered they were shopping with Miko in Inazuma City. After spending the day with them, he went to sleep in Ei and Makoto’s embrace, with the three planning to visit the Thunder Sakura Festival together the next day.

• Baichen woke alone in the Tenshukaku, checked in to obtain an Elemental Tracking Talisman, and searched the residence in alarm.
• Baichen found Ei, Makoto, and Miko shopping in Inazuma City, where Makoto caught him secretly following them and invited him along to carry their purchases.
• At Uyuu Restaurant, Ei showed jealousy when Makoto fed Baichen, and the group later walked and played together at the beach.
• Back at the Tenshukaku, Makoto secretly joined Baichen in the hot spring, teased him during a massage, and Ei followed to continue it.
• Baichen fell asleep between Ei and Makoto, who told him they would go to the Thunder Sakura Festival together the next day.

Baichen spent a day with Ei, Makoto, and Yae Miko as they prepared for and attended the Thunder Sakura Festival warm-up. After Makoto’s affection reached 100%, the group watched the first fireworks together.

• Baichen pretended to fear Ei would throw him out of bed, and Ei comforted him while Makoto watched.
• At Uyuu Restaurant, Baichen acted spoiled until Ei agreed to let Yae Miko join them at the festival.
• Ei and Makoto chose a pale silver yukata for Baichen after rejecting Miko’s pink outfit suggestion.
• At the festival warm-up, Baichen picked matching amethyst hairpins for Ei and Makoto, raising Makoto’s affection to 100%.
• Baichen enjoyed the festival with Ei, Makoto, and Miko, who won him prizes and gave him a fox mask.
• The group watched the first fireworks as Ei and Makoto focused their attention on Baichen.

Baichen used his reward to resurrect Kitsune Saiguu in the Sacred Sakura Courtyard, reuniting her with Ei and Makoto. Saiguu agreed to keep her return secret and joined their household, while playfully teasing Baichen and the sisters.

• After the festival, Baichen fell asleep in Ei and Makoto’s care and received a Little White Fox Resurrection Ball as his affection reward.
• Baichen pretended to be sleepy so Ei and Makoto would leave him alone, then sneaked to the Sacred Sakura Courtyard and broke the Resurrection Ball.
• Kitsune Saiguu appeared and recognized Makoto’s voice when Ei and Makoto arrived in the courtyard.
• Makoto embraced Saiguu, and Ei thanked Baichen for bringing her back after he blamed the resurrection on the Thunder Sakura tree.
• Saiguu learned that five hundred years had passed and that Miko had become Guuji; Ei asked her to keep her return secret.
• Saiguu joined the group in the bedchamber and teased Baichen about winning over Ei and Makoto.

Baichen spent the night surrounded by Ei, Makoto, Miko, and Kitsune Saiguu, then joined them at a private hot spring where his system’s essential oils enhanced their elemental powers. After returning to Tenshukaku, Ei kept Baichen beside her and claimed him as hers while he slept.

• Baichen fell asleep while Kitsune Saiguu told stories, and Ei laid his head in her lap as Makoto, Miko, and Kitsune Saiguu gathered around him.
• The five slept together at Tenshukaku, and Baichen woke to find Ei, Makoto, Miko, and Kitsune Saiguu embracing him.
• Miko left for the Grand Narukami Shrine, and Ei reassured Baichen that she was not angry about his reviving Kitsune Saiguu before sharing a kiss with him.
• The group ate at Uyuu Restaurant and went to the Thunder Sakura Bath, where Baichen used his system’s essential oils to strengthen everyone’s elemental affinity.
• Baichen fell asleep during the hot spring soak, and Ei carried him out while Makoto, Miko, and Kitsune Saiguu helped prepare him for bed.
• Ei sent the others away after they returned to Tenshukaku, then held Baichen close and softly declared that he was hers.

Baichen planned a trip to Liyue after the system warned him that he had stayed too close to Ei and Makoto, while a charm effect made women increasingly attracted to him. Lumine agreed to travel with him in three days, but Baichen returned to Tenshukaku under Kujou Sara’s escort and faced Ei’s jealous attention.

• The system warned Baichen that his limited activity had raised his addiction index and temporarily increased his charm, causing Kujou Sara to become flustered and more favorable toward him.
• Ei refused Baichen’s request to visit Liyue before the festival, then agreed to consider it if he waited until afterward and traveled with Lumine.
• Baichen met Lumine and Paimon, and Lumine agreed to accompany him to Liyue after finishing her Inazuma commissions in about three days.
• The charm effect intensified as Baichen returned to Tenshukaku, drawing stares from women and prompting Kujou Sara and female soldiers to escort him.
• Ei greeted Baichen in the courtyard with a jealous remark about his popularity, leaving him worried about what would happen that night.

Baichen secretly left Inazuma with Lumine and Paimon to travel to Liyue, leaving Ei and Makoto a letter and a message. After discovering his departure, Ei set out to follow him while Makoto stayed behind.

• Baichen decided to leave for Liyue and left Ei and Makoto a letter and a recording on a doll before slipping out of Tenshukaku.
• Baichen met Lumine and Paimon at the Adventurers' Guild, and they agreed to help him leave Inazuma.
• Hu Tao offered Baichen, Lumine, and Paimon passage aboard the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor cargo ship bound for Liyue.
• Ei awoke, found Baichen's letter and doll, and decided to follow him in secret while Makoto remained in Tenshukaku.

Baichen returned to Liyue with Hu Tao, Lumine, and Paimon, where Ei was waiting and welcomed him with affection despite his leaving without telling her. Ei took him around Liyue Harbor, then said she would take him to meet Ningguang the next day, while an unseen pair of golden eyes watched them from afar.

• During the voyage to Liyue, repeated lightning strikes alarmed Baichen, and the system said Ei was following him in jealousy.
• Ei waited at Liyue Harbor and embraced Baichen, telling him she was glad he was safe before taking him to the Heyu Teahouse.
• Ei admitted she was angry but had been more worried, then took Baichen sightseeing and shared a meal with him at Wanmin Restaurant.
• Baichen and Ei met Ganyu at Third-Round Knockout, where Ganyu invited them to a banquet welcoming a Mondstadt delegation.
• Back at the inn, Ei told Baichen she would take him to meet Ningguang the next day, as golden eyes watched the Heyu Teahouse from somewhere above.

Baichen and Ei spent a day in Liyue Harbor with Zhongli, who hinted that true eternity depended on choice and drew Ei’s jealousy with his attention to Baichen. After Ei and Baichen reaffirmed their bond, they sensed someone following them and prepared to meet Ningguang the next day.

• Baichen received Eternal Physique, which would preserve his current age and appearance, along with a cooking skill bonus.
• Ei and Baichen met Zhongli over breakfast, where he noticed Baichen’s affinity with Liyue and gained his attention.
• Zhongli showed them around Liyue and took them to the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, where he spoke cryptically about eternity and choice.
• Ei told Baichen he was free to choose, and Baichen chose her, prompting an Eternal Oath.
• Ei and Baichen spotted Ningguang arriving by ship and sensed someone following them on their way back to the Heyu Teahouse.
• Baichen worried that Ei might tire of him if he never grew up, and Ei assured him that he was her eternity.