Yuan Mei (袁枚) states in Volume 7 of Continuations to Sui Garden Poetic Commentaries (《随园诗话补遗》) that he had never met Zeng Yu (曾燠). However, a closer examination of their poetry collections reveals extensive interaction between the two. They not only exchanged complimentary poems but also explicitly recorded mutual visits—Yuan Mei visited Zeng Yu’s Tijin Villa (题襟馆) in Yangzhou （扬州）, and Zeng Yu visited Yuan Mei at Sui Garden. Despite Yuan Mei’s illness, the two engaged in discussions on poetics. Zeng Yu’s Collected Works of Hanshang Tijin Villa (《邗上题襟集》) even includes a now-lost poem by Yuan Mei titled Inscription on Zeng Yu’s Painting of Fisherman-Hermit on the West Stream (《题宾谷先生西溪渔隐图》). By analyzing these exchanges, this study also corrects errors in Zeng Yu’s birth and death dates found in Bao Shichen’s (包世臣) Biography of Minister Zeng (《曾抚部别传》). The publication of Continuations to Sui Garden Poetic Commentaries was an evolving process, with the original editions engraved as new material became available. The work was finalized after the second year of Jiaqing (1797), comprising ten volumes. Yuan Mei’s claim that he had “never met Zeng Yu” in Volume 7 reflects the timeline—at that point, they had not yet met. Their later interactions, driven by Yuan Mei’s request for assistance from Zeng Yu, reflect a rich and literarily significant connection between the scholar and official, mediated through poetry.