Chapter Summaries

Mo Yuqing began to realize how much she cared for Chen Lu and tried to hint at her feelings, but she could not bring herself to contact him directly. Chen Lu left for home without seeing her, and Mo Yuqing fell asleep waiting for a response that never came.

• Mo Yuqing joined her classmates' performance practice but kept thinking about Chen Lu and how their relationship had changed.
• Chen Lu returned to the dorm, rejected Li Sinian's theory that Mo Yuqing had deliberately made a mistake to summon him, and packed to go home for the May Day holiday.
• Mo Yuqing recognized that Chen Lu's constant care came from how deeply he valued her and posted a message about cherishing what she loved before losing it.
• Mo Yuqing remembered the thirty-three paper roses Chen Lu had made for her birthday and watched her Moments post fill with comments from admirers.
• Mo Yuqing waited for Chen Lu to like or reply to her post, saw that he had changed his Moments background from her picture to Pikachu, and eventually fell asleep without hearing from him.

On May Day, Chen Lu called Liang Zhirou and reassured her about her confidence before returning home, where he was drawn into an awkward visit with his second aunt. The chapter left Chen Lu sitting with his family and relatives as his aunt complained about young people using phones and games.

• Chen Lu learned that Li Sinian and Zheng Haoyu had left town, while Jiang Chao planned to travel with Liu Yan later that day.
• Chen Lu called Liang Zhirou on his way to work and encouraged her to build her confidence gradually, telling her, “I've got you.”
• Chen Lu arrived home and found Chen Guanglin, Wang Xiaoxia, and Chen Mo listening to a visiting relative he recognized as his second aunt.
• Chen Lu sat beside Chen Mo and noticed his quiet younger cousin, then checked his phone while Chen Mo watched remix videos.
• Chen Lu told Chen Mo to bring her phone to the trial, and his second aunt criticized phones and video games as harmful to children.

Chen Lu and Chen Mo dealt with their relatives’ lectures and their parents’ sudden decision to leave on a trip without them. Chen Lu arranged for a female friend to tutor Chen Mo, and Wang Xiaoxia began to suspect the friend was a girl.

• Second Aunt praised her son’s strict phone rules and university admission, then urged Chen Lu and Chen Mo to follow his example.
• Chen Mo tried to blackmail Chen Lu into paying for a movie by threatening to reveal his past pursuit of Mo Yuqing, but he said he had given up.
• Chen Guanglin and Wang Xiaoxia left for a couple’s trip, leaving Chen Lu and Chen Mo at home and telling Chen Lu to find her a tutor.
• Chen Lu suggested that his female friend take the tutoring job, and Wang Xiaoxia agreed to pay her the market rate while deducting the cost from his allowance.
• At the hotel, Wang Xiaoxia suddenly wondered whether Chen Lu’s friend was a girl.

Chen Lu spent the day shopping with Chen Mo before meeting Liang Zhirou after her shift to discuss an easier part-time job. Their meeting ended with Liang Zhirou shyly giving him milk tea and watching him smile.

• Chen Lu arranged to meet Liang Zhirou after work and took Chen Mo shopping at Guomao Shopping Mall.
• Chen Mo persuaded Chen Lu to buy her a pearl necklace, leaving him exhausted from shopping.
• After her shift, Liang Zhirou used her nearly drained phone to arrange a meeting with Chen Lu.
• Chen Lu waited for Liang Zhirou in a café and noticed that she had worn her hair down as he liked.
• Liang Zhirou gave Chen Lu milk tea, and he told her he loved it while she watched him smile.

Chen Lu asked Liang Zhirou to tutor his younger sister, but she hesitated and tried to lower the hourly rate because she doubted her own ability. He reassured her and agreed to pay her two hundred yuan an hour.

• Lin Miaomiao called Chen Lu because she could not reach Liang Zhirou, and Chen Lu explained that Liang Zhirou's phone had run out of battery.
• Chen Lu invited Liang Zhirou to tutor his younger sister, and she initially refused because she was nervous about teaching.
• Liang Zhirou remembered her agreement with Chen Lu and agreed to try a lesson.
• Chen Lu offered Liang Zhirou three hundred yuan an hour, but she said it was too much and bargained the rate down to two hundred yuan.
• When Liang Zhirou offered to tutor for free, Chen Lu rubbed her head and finally accepted the rate of two hundred yuan an hour.

Chen Lu asked Liang Zhirou to tutor his biological younger sister, and their conversation was interrupted when his mother called and spoke with Liang Zhirou by mistake. Afterward, Chen Lu urged Liang Zhirou to focus on tutoring so she could leave her exhausting jobs, and she realized how much he wanted to protect her.

• Liang Zhirou asked about Chen Lu's sister and shyly praised how capable and helpful he was.
• Chen Lu dodged Lin Miaomiao's calls, then left Liang Zhirou with his phone when he went to the bathroom.
• Wang Xiaoxia called Chen Lu's phone, and Liang Zhirou nervously introduced herself and explained that she was meeting Chen Lu at a café.
• Chen Lu returned, learned that Liang Zhirou had spoken with his mother, and asked her what they had discussed.
• Chen Lu told Liang Zhirou to take time off from handing out flyers to prepare for tutoring and promised to help her find better work.

Chen Lu welcomed Liang Zhirou to his home for her first tutoring lesson, where Wang Xiaoxia quickly took a liking to the shy girl. Liang Zhirou was moved by the family’s warmth, and Chen Mo took her to her room so the lesson could begin.

• Chen Lu warned his family that Liang Zhirou was very introverted and asked them not to overwhelm her with questions.
• Wang Xiaoxia revealed that she had known Chen Lu used to like Mo Yuqing, and Chen Lu told Chen Mo that Mo Yuqing had rejected his confession.
• Chen Mo eagerly greeted Liang Zhirou at the door and pulled her inside to meet the family.
• Liang Zhirou nervously introduced herself, and Wang Xiaoxia welcomed her warmly and offered her food and dinner.
• Chen Lu noticed Liang Zhirou felt sad about the family’s closeness and gave her a piece of watermelon to comfort her.
• Wang Xiaoxia sent Chen Mo to take Liang Zhirou to her room so the tutoring could begin.

Liang Zhirou tutored Chen Mo at the Chen family home, winning over the family with her teaching and warmth. As Chen Lu took her home, she worried about not bringing a gift and told him Chen Mo had made her chat before studying.

• Wang Xiaoxia learned about Liang Zhirou's difficult family circumstances and warned Chen Lu not to bully her.
• Chen Mo finished her lesson and enthusiastically praised Liang Zhirou's English.
• Wang Xiaoxia offered Liang Zhirou dinner, but Liang Zhirou declined, so Chen Lu prepared to take her home.
• Chen Mo clung to Liang Zhirou and joked that she would rescue her if Chen Lu threatened her.
• Liang Zhirou told Chen Lu she had worried about arriving without a gift, and he teased her about wanting to marry into his family.
• Chen Lu asked whether Chen Mo had misbehaved, and Liang Zhirou said Chen Mo had chatted with her before agreeing to study.

Chen Lu drove Liang Zhirou to the supermarket and walked her home, where he met her mother, Xiao Xunfang. When Chen Lu teased Liang Zhirou for not wanting him to leave, she quietly admitted that she did not.

• Chen Lu asked Liang Zhirou what she and another girl had discussed, then told her she did not have to reveal anything she wanted to keep private.
• Chen Lu drove Liang Zhirou to a supermarket, where they bought groceries together.
• Liang Zhirou gave Chen Lu a room-temperature Pepsi-Cola because she remembered his favorite brand and his sensitive stomach.
• Chen Lu walked Liang Zhirou to her apartment building and met her mother, Xiao Xunfang.
• As Chen Lu started to leave, Liang Zhirou admitted she could not bear to see him go, leaving him stunned.

Chen Lu joked with Lin Miaomiao and Liang Zhirou at breakfast before returning to the dorm and helping the drunken Jiang Chao think through how to pursue his dream of making games. Jiang Chao became interested in starting with WeChat minigames.

• Chen Lu joined Liang Zhirou and Lin Miaomiao for breakfast, where Lin complained about her mother and Chen shared that his parents had left on a trip without him.
• Chen Lu asked Liang Zhirou to comfort him, but Lin Miaomiao slapped his hand away and teased the pair.
• Chen Lu attended an entrepreneurship course before returning to the dorm that evening.
• Li Sinian told Chen Lu that Jiang Chao was drunk because his father had pressured him to change his college application choices again.
• Chen Lu asked Jiang Chao about his dream, then suggested he start a game studio with WeChat minigames.
• Jiang Chao sat up and grew more animated as Chen Lu explained the short development cycle, quick returns, and low investment.

Jiang Chao asked Chen Lu to join him in making a roguelike game, but Chen Lu hesitated to accept the offer. After Jiang Chao rushed off to take the first step, Chen Lu reflected that he would soon have to make choices about his own future.

• Chen Lu suggested that Jiang Chao make a roguelike game because it could be fun without requiring much investment or work.
• Jiang Chao offered Chen Lu equity and urged him to join the project, saying he would sell his car and pursue his dream of making a game.
• Chen Lu refused to commit, warning that Jiang Chao might be taking his advice too seriously and saying he would think about it.
• Jiang Chao left to take the first step, and Li Sinian told Chen Lu that Jiang Chao had been looking into game development for days.
• Li Sinian said he planned to take the civil service exam, while Chen Lu lay down and thought about his own future choices.

Chen Lu ended his relationship with Mo Yuqing after she reached out too late, while Liang Zhirou’s thoughtful message comforted him. Jiang Chao returned to the dorm the next morning to find Chen Lu had finished his beer.

• Liu Yan encouraged Jiang Chao to pursue his ambitions, and he admitted he feared losing his family’s support and everything he owned.
• Jiang Chao explained how Chen Lu had met Liang Zhirou, while Mo Yuqing listened and realized Chen Lu had grown close to someone else.
• Mo Yuqing messaged Chen Lu after more than ten days of silence, but he told her they should let each other go and that he wanted to forget her.
• Chen Lu later received Liang Zhirou’s apology and offer to make him different food, and he replied, “Okay.”
• Jiang Chao returned to the dorm sober the next morning and learned Chen Lu had drunk all the remaining beer.

After Jiang Chao urged Chen Lu to join his venture, Chen Lu considered his own abilities while watching Liang Zhirou and the drama club prepare for the school anniversary. Liang Zhirou affirmed that he had many good qualities, leaving him with her earnest admiration.

• Chen Lu and Jiang Chao discussed Jiang Chao's proposal to work together, and Jiang Chao insisted that he trusted Chen Lu's abilities.
• Chen Lu ignored Mo Yuqing's good-morning message and exchanged messages with Liang Zhirou before heading to the drama club's rehearsal.
• Liang Zhirou gave Chen Lu breakfast and shyly asked him to drink less; he agreed.
• The scriptwriter thanked Chen Lu for helping improve the play's historical details, and Chen Lu agreed to watch the performance.
• Chen Lu asked Liang Zhirou whether he had good qualities, and she earnestly told him that he had lots of them.

Chen Lu brought Liang Zhirou to tutor Chen Mo and continued teasing her, while Chen Mo devised a way to get Liang Zhirou to invite her to the school anniversary gala. The gala arrived the next day, leaving Chen Mo poised to attend and Chen Lu still looking into Jiang Chao’s gaming-industry proposal.

• Chen Lu arranged to drive Liang Zhirou to tutor Chen Mo, teased her about being too timid to talk back, and then researched gaming-industry news at home.
• Liang Zhirou diligently taught Chen Mo, who tried to distract her by asking about the school anniversary gala.
• Chen Mo revealed that her father headed Yuhang University’s political science department and asked to attend the gala.
• Liang Zhirou agreed that Chen Mo could come if she completed more than her usual assigned work.
• The school anniversary gala arrived as scheduled.

Chen Lu secured a place at the school anniversary celebration so he could accompany Liang Zhirou and watch the drama club perform. The chapter ended when Jiang Chao pointed out that Mo Yuqing was onstage.

• Liang Zhirou worried when Chen Lu's class seats for the evening show were full, but Chen Lu got his counselor to add him to the list.
• Chen Lu teased Lin Miaomiao and Liang Zhirou after the counselor warned him to be faithful, prompting Lin Miaomiao to shout at him.
• Chen Lu and Liang Zhirou attended the crowded celebration at Jiannan Great Hall, where they sat with Jiang Chao and Liu Yan.
• Chen Lu fell asleep during the officials' performances, then woke when Jiang Chao pointed out that Li Sinian was hosting.
• The drama club performed to an enthusiastic audience, and Jiang Chao suddenly told Chen Lu that Mo Yuqing was onstage.

At the college performance, Mo Yuqing danced and publicly apologized to Chen Lu, asking him to stay by her side through graduation. Chen Lu left with Liang Zhirou, while Mo Yuqing cried backstage but still hoped he would change his mind.

• Mo Yuqing performed with the dance club while Chen Lu watched with Liang Zhirou and Liu Yan.
• Chen Mo joined the group, joked with Liang Zhirou, and eased the awkwardness after the performance.
• During the onstage interview, Mo Yuqing thanked Chen Lu for his years of support and asked to see him beside her at the graduation party.
• Chen Lu calmly dismissed Liu Yan's concerns and left with Liang Zhirou as the crowd reacted angrily to Mo Yuqing's confession.
• Backstage, Mo Yuqing told Liu Yan she felt clearheaded, then cried and hoped Chen Lu would change his mind.

Chen Lu took Liang Zhirou home after Mo Yuqing’s public apology, then reassured her when she feared he might leave her. The chapter ended with him calling out that he would always be behind her as she walked through the alley.

• Liang Zhirou stood beside Chen Lu after Mo Yuqing’s apology, and Jiang Chao lent Chen Lu his car to take her home.
• Chen Lu received calls from Mo Wenjun and Chen Guanglin, who both asked about his disagreement with Mo Yuqing and urged him to treat her well.
• Chen Guanglin and Wang Xiaoxia discussed Chen Lu’s relationship with Mo Yuqing and Liang Zhirou after he hung up.
• Chen Lu drove Liang Zhirou home and let her feed him oden, while she remained distracted and subdued.
• Liang Zhirou walked alone through the alley, crying because she feared Chen Lu would leave her.
• Chen Lu called to Liang Zhirou that he would always be behind her, and she finally raised her head.

After deciding to move on from Mo Yuqing and focus on Liang Zhirou, Chen Lu returned to campus and was surprised when Mo Yuqing came to meet him. The chapter ended with Mo Yuqing nervously asking whether he was still angry with her.

• Chen Lu decided to leave his past with Mo Yuqing behind and take responsibility for Liang Zhirou, who secretly watched him before texting him to hurry back.
• Chen Lu returned to his empty dorm, joked with Li Sinian and Zheng Haoyu about being fed dinner by a girl, and then went downstairs after Jiang Chao urgently summoned him.
• Chen Lu found Mo Yuqing waiting outside the men's dorm and wondered whether Jiang Chao had arranged their meeting.
• Mo Yuqing explained that Liu Yan had helped her meet Chen Lu after Jiang Chao got drunk, and she admitted she had come because she missed him.
• Mo Yuqing saw Chen Lu's distant manner, recalled her regret over losing his attention, and asked whether he was still angry with her.

Chen Lu rejected Mo Yuqing’s pleas to rekindle their relationship, explaining that her past treatment had worn down his love long before she turned down his confession. After they took one final photograph together, he left, and Mo Yuqing broke down with Liu Yan outside the dormitory.

• Mo Yuqing begged Chen Lu to love her again, but he refused and said he no longer wanted to return to her side.
• Chen Lu explained that his love had been damaged over time and that accepting his confession would not have restored their relationship.
• Mo Yuqing asked Chen Lu to take one last photograph with her, and he agreed to have a young woman photograph them beneath a streetlamp.
• Chen Lu left without taking the photo for Mo Yuqing, while she kept the image of him turning toward her as she cried.
• Liu Yan found Mo Yuqing crouching outside the dormitory, and Mo Yuqing sobbed that she knew she had been wrong but could no longer reach Chen Lu.

Mo Yuqing regretted taking Chen Lu’s kindness for granted after he left her, while Chen Lu encouraged Liang Zhirou to speak up about what she wanted and learned that she planned to treat him to dinner. After telling Jiang Chao how Mo Yuqing had mistaken him for Jiang, Chen Lu left their dorm to meet Liang Zhirou.

• Mo Yuqing told Liu Yan she had only realized how well Chen Lu had treated her after he was gone, then stayed awake listening to the rain until morning.
• Chen Lu asked Liang Zhirou whether she wanted to attend the drama club dinner, and she admitted she did not want to be surrounded by strangers.
• Liang Zhirou gathered her courage to invite Chen Lu to a meal with just the two of them, and they arranged to meet that afternoon.
• Liang Zhirou told Chen Lu that Lin Miaomiao had moved the celebration dinner to the next day and wanted to treat them both that night, and Chen Lu agreed.
• Chen Lu woke Jiang Chao and explained how Mo Yuqing had mistaken him for Jiang Chao the previous night; Jiang congratulated him on breaking free.