Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling and the others continued their trip to the Great Wall, excited about their upcoming seaside vacation in Qiongzhou. After Xiao Ling explained the beacon tower and the wall’s history, the group took a photo to close their Great Wall trip.

• Aemeath eagerly discussed the seaside activities and swimsuit she was looking forward to, then kissed Xiao Ling after he teased that his favorite swimsuit was her.
• Carlotta offered to reserve a private beach, but Xiao Ling explained that his family had already arranged a seaside villa and the beach in front of it for the group.
• Xiao Ling led the women up a beacon tower and explained how soldiers used signal fires and how the Great Wall protected people from Xiongnu invasions.
• Sigrika provided a tripod, and the group arranged themselves for a Great Wall photograph with Xiao Ling beside Aemeath.
• Xiao Ling counted down, and everyone shouted “Cheese!” for the group photo.

Xiao Ling prepared to leave the Imperial Capital with the girls, sharing affectionate farewells with Xiao Xue and his mother, Xiao Yue. He set out for Qiongzhou with the group, carrying two extra red strings for a secret purpose and planning to catch the tail end of midsummer.

• Xiao Xue helped Xiao Ling pack, urged him to treat the girls well, and made him promise to bring them home for Spring Festival.
• Xiao Ling told Yangyang they had to wait until they reached Qiongzhou for him to explain how he and Xiao Xue became close.
• Lynae showed Yangyang the red strings Xiao Yue had tied on the girls’ wrists for their safety and happiness.
• Xiao Yue gave Dania a second red string and said she wished she could have given strings to two other girls who had visited.
• Xiao Ling asked Xiao Yue for two more red strings, then said goodbye to his mother and joined the girls.
• Xiao Ling rallied the girls in the vehicle, and they set off to catch the tail end of midsummer.

Phoebe and Xiao Ling enjoyed the sea breeze on the yacht while recalling their time fishing together, and the others passed the voyage with snacks and games. As the yacht neared Qiongzhou, Heartfox disrupted a card game and invited the group to play one of her own.

• Phoebe stood on deck with Xiao Ling, and they talked about the sea breeze, their past fishing trip, and helping Encore with seasickness.
• Heartfox repeatedly snatched pastries from Qingxiao, then joined Lynae, Dania, and Sigrika as they played Fight the Landlord.
• Lynae accused someone of changing her cards after her apparent straight became a non-straight, and Roccia revealed Heartfox had altered what the players saw.
• Heartfox invited Lynae, Dania, and Sigrika to play her own game, and the yacht gradually approached the shore.

Jiyan, Qiuyuan, and Jing Ran spent the day fishing off Yalong Bay and returned to shore with a plentiful catch. After learning Roccia had gone to meet an old friend, they set out to join her and reunite with him.

• Qiuyuan caught several fish while sea-fishing with Jiyan and offered to teach him.
• Qiuyuan and Jiyan struggled to reel in a powerful fish, but their fishing line snapped.
• Jing Ran surfaced beside the boat with a large unconscious fish and asked Jiyan and Qiuyuan to help haul him aboard.
• The group returned to the beach with their catch, where Brant told them Roccia had gone to see an old friend.
• Jing Ran, Qiuyuan, and Jiyan followed to meet Roccia and her old friend.

Xiao Ling watched the Solaris girls enjoy a beach trip in Qiongzhou, where water-gun antics and seaside activities filled the day. Suisui and Liang Yu brought a shy Yangyang to show Xiao Ling her swimsuit, and he flirted with all three before Liang Yu called him a lecher.

• Xiao Ling watched the girls play on the beach as Lynae, Aemeath, Dania, Sigrika, and Chisa turned a water-gun fight into a chaotic free-for-all.
• The students accidentally soaked Roccia and her cold drink, so Roccia retaliated with a Gatling water gun while Crimson Snow froze some of her water shots.
• Lupa and Mia attempted a diving contest before Shorekeeper stopped them, while the other girls relaxed, built sand structures, collected shells, fished, and sunbathed.
• Suisui and Liang Yu brought an embarrassed Yangyang to Xiao Ling, who admired her dark blue bikini and complimented her figure.
• Xiao Ling also teased Suisui and Liang Yu about their figures, prompting Liang Yu to call him a lecher.

Hajiling accidentally grabbed Roccia while half-asleep, and a video of the incident led the girls to confront him. Brant watched the recording, decided Hajiling’s act looked criminal, and attacked him after asking to speak with him alone.

• Hajiling woke up and realized he had grabbed Roccia’s front armor, then apologized as Roccia blushed and stepped away.
• Heartfox accidentally sent a recording of the incident to the group chat while the girls gathered around Hajiling.
• Brant arrived with Jing Ran, Jiyan, and Qiuyuan, spoke with Roccia, and secretly eavesdropped on the girls questioning Hajiling.
• Luosela called Brant out and showed him the video, prompting him to ask the girls to let him speak with Rover alone.
• The girls tossed Hajiling out of their circle, and Brant charged at him, shouting that he would face punishment.

After Xiao Ling punished Heartfox for sharing a video of his accident, Jing Ran caught them in an intimate moment and photographed them. Heartfox transformed into her true Sentinel form and forced Jing Ran to delete the picture, then attacked him anyway.

• Xiao Ling scolded Heartfox for sharing the video and spanked her, then grabbed her sensitive tail when she tried to retaliate.
• Heartfox tried to escape by biting Xiao Ling's hand, but Jing Ran appeared and revealed he had photographed them.
• Heartfox transformed into her true form and demanded that Jing Ran delete the photo or be deleted himself.
• Jing Ran tried to flee, but Heartfox dropped a house in his path and blasted him away.
• Jing Ran deleted the photo, but Heartfox said it was too late and continued after him.

Jing Ran woke after Xiao Ling’s prank and defended his two-month writing hiatus, then agreed to help Suisui bring Xiao Ling and Yangyang closer in exchange for material about Xiao Ling. He ended the chapter ready to gather information for his new romance novel.

• Jing Ran woke and learned that Xiao Ling had been joking about turning him into a girl, then admitted he had kept the photo.
• Xiao Ling teased Jing Ran about neglecting his novel on Tomato for two months, while Jing Ran made excuses for his lack of updates and new ideas.
• Dumpling secretly recorded Jing Ran and Xiao Ling’s conversation before flying away.
• Jing Ran left to seek material for a book starring Hajiling and ran into Suisui, who offered him a business proposition.
• Suisui asked Jing Ran to help bring Yangyang and Xiao Ling together, and Jing Ran agreed to consider it in exchange for information about Xiao Ling.

On their first night in Qiongzhou, Xiao Ling and Heartfox prepared liangpi and dressed beef for their tired companions. The refreshing meal restored everyone’s appetite, and they ended the evening eating and chatting together.

• Xiao Ling worried that the exhausted girls would have little appetite, so Heartfox suggested making liangpi and offered to help.
• Heartfox skillfully prepared liangpi while Xiao Ling made dressed beef, and he brushed flour from her nose.
• Dania sampled the plain liangpi, then tried it with seasoning and praised how appetizing it was.
• Dania called the others down to dinner, where Iuno, Lynae, and Aemeath enjoyed the liangpi and dressed beef.
• Qingxiao asked when Heartfox had learned to make liangpi, but Heartfox kept it secret as everyone continued their meal.

Lynae sneaked Xiao Ling out for a midnight ride, taking him to the Yalong Bay night market for snacks, barbecue, and cocktails. After drinking too much, Lynae fell asleep at the table, and Xiao Ling carried her back.

• Lynae used their agreed shooting-game signal to summon Xiao Ling from his room and persuaded him to go for a ride.
• Lynae drove Xiao Ling on her electric scooter along the seaside and to the Yalong Bay night market.
• Xiao Ling treated Lynae to snacks and barbecue, and they shared food while joking together.
• Lynae drank most of their cocktails and became more affectionate with Xiao Ling.
• Lynae fell asleep at the barbecue table, so Xiao Ling paid the bill and helped carry her back.

Xiao Ling carried the drunk Lynae home, but she woke up and confronted him about treating her like a brother, then kissed him and pushed their relationship forward. By four in the morning, Dania found the barbecue Xiao Ling had left outside her room and guessed he had gone off somewhere to fool around.

• Xiao Ling brought Lynae back to her bedroom and tucked her into bed, but she woke and grabbed his wrist.
• Lynae pulled Xiao Ling under the covers, kissed him, and demanded to know whether he had feelings for her.
• Xiao Ling admitted he was attracted to Lynae but tried to slow things down; Lynae kissed him again and began undressing him.
• Xiao Ling turned the tables and pinned Lynae beneath him, and the encounter continued.
• Dania found warm barbecue outside her room, noticed Xiao Ling was gone, and returned to enjoy the food without investigating further.

After waking up naked beside Xiao Ling, Lynae struggled to remember their drunken night and felt unsure about how it changed their relationship. Roccia reassured her that Xiao Ling’s other partners would accept her and that she could decide how to proceed at her own pace.

• Lynae woke with Xiao Ling beside her, and he teased her about having been forward and demanding the night before.
• Lynae kicked Xiao Ling out of bed and threw things at him until he fled her room.
• Dania photographed Xiao Ling as he emerged from Lynae’s room, but he carried her off to his bedroom before she could use the picture against him.
• Lynae tried to piece together the night and worried about facing Xiao Ling and his other partners after their relationship changed.
• Roccia reassured Lynae that Dania and the others would accept her, and advised her to let her relationship with Xiao Ling develop in whatever way felt comfortable.

At the villa’s pool party, Lynae joined her friends for water basketball after telling them she and Xiao Ling had gotten together. Meanwhile, Yangyang and Liang Yu’s plan to prank Suisui turned into an intimate ambush with Xiao Ling, ending with Suisui slapping him into the pool.

• Lynae told Dania and the others that she and Xiao Ling had gotten together, and they welcomed her before joining a water basketball game.
• Roccia, Crimson Snow, Iuno, and Augusta arrived, and the girls agreed to play in pairs before a four-on-four match, with dark cuisine as the losing team’s punishment.
• Suisui relaxed on a floating mat while thinking over her plan to help Yangyang win Xiao Ling’s heart.
• Yangyang and Liang Yu plotted to prank Suisui, and Xiao Ling joined them and devised an underwater approach.
• The trio flipped Suisui’s mat, and Xiao Ling caught her from behind and teased her about her weight.
• Suisui formed a hand from the water and slapped Xiao Ling into the pool.

At the pool, Xiao Ling returned drenched after Suisui punished him, then dodged Heartfox’s question about whose figure was better before giving her a massage with sunscreen. Changli and other girls soon joined the queue for massages, turning Xiao Ling’s relaxing afternoon into a busy stall.

• Heartfox teased Xiao Ling about Suisui’s figure, and he refused to choose between them, narrowly satisfying her.
• Heartfox asked Xiao Ling to apply sunscreen to her back, and he gave her a massage until she fell asleep.
• Changli arrived and asked Xiao Ling for a massage, praising his technique afterward.
• Several other girls gathered and lined up for massages, while Xiao Ling agreed to serve them.

Xiao Ling organized a floating-platform competition for the pool party, where teams battled to keep players on a central platform. The Lahai-Roi Squad won when Sigrika knocked Jinhsi into the water, and the party ended amid laughter.

• Xiao Ling proposed a team game in which players crossed floating bridges and fought to remain on a platform.
• The Lahai-Roi Squad chose Little Ai to enter first as the teams planned their order.
• Aemeath, Augusta, Camellya, Heartfox, and later contestants fought across the crowded platform as players were eliminated.
• Carlotta slipped off a floating bridge before reaching the platform and drifted in the pool.
• Sigrika faced Jinhsi as the final two players and sent her flying into the water.
• The Lahai-Roi Squad won the competition, bringing the pool party to a cheerful close.

The group prepared a barbecue party while Suisui learned that Xiao Ling had feelings for Yangyang. At the indoor bar, Cartethyia served drinks and readied her secret plan to get the Righteous One drunk and use a potion to bring their relationship closer.

• Dania complained that she was hungry, and Suisui washed soot from her hands after Xiao Ling drew whiskers on her cheek.
• Suisui asked Xiao Ling how he felt about Yangyang, and he admitted he had feelings for her.
• Cartethyia mixed drinks for Lupa, adjusted a recipe to suit her taste, and made several more for her to sample.
• Cartethyia revealed that she had obtained a special potion from Cantarella and planned to use it on the Righteous One after the barbecue.
• Cartethyia touched the sealed vial in her pocket, worried that the Righteous One might be angry, then resolved to go ahead with her plan.

Cartethyia secretly spiked Xiao Ling’s special drink, but accidentally switched the drink meant for him with an untainted one before he drank it. She got drunk at the barbecue and kissed Xiao Ling, leaving Yangyang wondering whether she should have joined Cartethyia’s plan.

• Cartethyia added Cantarella’s secret drug to a special drink for Xiao Ling, but Aemeath nearly took it before Cartethyia stopped her.
• Cartethyia asked Sigrika to help carry the cold drinks to the backyard, unaware that her drink for Xiao Ling had been switched.
• Xiao Ling drank the special drink and ate with the others as the barbecue party began.
• Cartethyia drank fruit wine and became drunk, while Xiao Ling questioned who had given her alcohol.
• Cartethyia amused the guests by reminiscing, role-playing with Aemeath, and dancing with Sigrika, Lynae, Roccia, and Crimson Snow.
• Cartethyia wrapped her arms around Xiao Ling and kissed him, while Yangyang watched and regretted not joining her plan.

Cartethyia pretended to be unconscious after the party so she could sneak into Xiao Ling’s room and use a sedative to take advantage of him. Xiao Ling woke before she could go further, learned what she had planned, and carried her back to her room after punishing her.

• Xiao Ling carried the apparently drunken Cartethyia to her room and tucked her into bed.
• After Xiao Ling left, Cartethyia revealed she had faked being unconscious and waited for a sedative to take effect.
• Aemeath told Xiao Ling that Rover had refused to let her visit, and Xiao Ling suggested asking her again the next day.
• In the middle of the night, Cartethyia entered Xiao Ling’s room and began kissing him, believing the sedative had left him asleep.
• Xiao Ling woke and caught Cartethyia before she could go further, and she confessed that Cantarella had supplied the sedative for her plan.
• Xiao Ling punished Cartethyia, wrapped her in a blanket, and carried her back to her room.

Rover accidentally drank Cartethyia’s drugged drink and, unable to endure its effects, went to Hajiling for help while he slept. He caught her kissing him, and the chapter ended as he kissed her back and her reason began to fail.

• Rover drank Cartethyia’s special cold drink at the barbecue and later became lightheaded and overheated.
• Rover realized the drink had caused her symptoms, showered to cool down, and hid her condition from Aemeath.
• After Hajiling fell asleep, Rover slipped into his bed and kissed him, hoping it would ease her discomfort.
• Hajiling woke, caught Rover, and recognized that Cantarella’s concoction had caused her condition.
• Hajiling offered to help Rover, then kissed her before she could respond.

Xiao Ling and the others celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival with mooncakes and a night out, while Heartfox remembered her lost friend. A song led Heartfox to Xuanqing, who had been reborn, and the two reunited beneath the full moon.

• Dania ate most of the mooncakes, but the others defended her and she shared the remaining ones with the rooftop guests.
• Xiao Ling brought Heartfox a lotus-paste mooncake and encouraged her to hold on to hope of meeting her old friends again.
• Iuno welcomed Phrolova and Funuo Nuo into the villa, and Phrolova playfully made Xiao Ling eat her five-nut mooncake.
• Xiao Ling and Heartfox explored festival stalls together, but Heartfox admitted she was thinking of her friend who had died saving her.
• Heartfox heard a familiar song and ran through the crowd, where she found Xuanqing alive and reunited with her beneath the full moon.