Recaps

Chen Lu ended his seven-year pursuit of Mo Yuqing and grew closer to Liang Zhirou as he supported her through work and her family’s hardship. The arc left Chen Lu arranging for Liang Zhirou to tutor his younger sister, with Liang Zhirou agreeing to try.

• Chen Lu confessed to Mo Yuqing, accepted her rejection, and told Jiang Chao he would stop chasing her.
• Chen Lu met Liang Zhirou after helping her with a burn, learned she was saving for her mother's surgery, and began spending time with her.
• Mo Yuqing confronted Chen Lu about Liang Zhirou, but Chen Lu told her he had stopped liking her after years of rejection and neglect.
• Chen Lu supported Liang Zhirou at the drama club, encouraged her to value herself, and promised to stay by her side while Mo Yuqing realized she missed his care.
• Chen Lu went home for the May Day holiday, where his parents left him responsible for finding a tutor for his younger sister, Chen Mo.
• Chen Lu met Liang Zhirou after her shift, then invited her to tutor Chen Mo, and Liang Zhirou overcame her nerves and agreed to charge two hundred yuan an hour.

Chen Lu ended his hopes of returning to Mo Yuqing and grew closer to Liang Zhirou, while encouraging Jiang Chao to pursue game development and beginning to study programming himself. The arc left Liang Zhirou’s recent behavior puzzling Chen Lu, as Mo Yuqing began taking responsibility for the work he had once done for her.

• Chen Lu brought Liang Zhirou into his family’s home, where they welcomed her and she began tutoring Chen Mo.
• Chen Lu drove Liang Zhirou home, met her mother Xiao Xunfang, and was stunned when Liang Zhirou admitted she could not bear to see him leave.
• Chen Lu encouraged Jiang Chao to pursue his dream of making games, while Jiang Chao considered starting a studio and Li Sinian planned to take the civil service exam.
• At the school anniversary gala, Mo Yuqing performed and publicly thanked Chen Lu, but he left with Liang Zhirou and later refused Mo Yuqing’s plea to love her again.
• Chen Lu reassured Liang Zhirou that he would stay by her, and took her shopping, bought her a dress, and encouraged her to express her feelings.
• Chen Lu met Qin Wenxi at dinner with Li Sinian, then warned Li Sinian that his pursuit of Liang Zhirou was unequal and not love.
• Chen Lu began studying business and C++ while reflecting on how he had set aside his interests for Mo Yuqing, and learned Liang Zhirou had started working part-time.
• Mo Yuqing handled employment paperwork herself, regretted how she had relied on Chen Lu, and vowed to repay his kindness.