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Xi Jin confirmed to Jiang Yu that he and Nan Xingyu had been together since childhood and intended to marry, while keeping their relationship secret from his father. After days apart, Xi Jin resumed messaging Nan Xingyu, and her new roommate Jiang Yuexi brought her to a restaurant where Xi Jin was waiting and began walking toward her.

• Xi Jin told Jiang Yu that he and Nan Xingyu had known each other since they were seven, revealed she was the gardener’s daughter, and said he planned to marry her despite his father’s opposition.
• Xi Jin secretly touched Nan Xingyu’s hand as they got into the car, while Lin Piaopiao continued trying to set Nan Xingyu up with Jiang Yu.
• Nan Xingyu worried when Xi Jin stayed away for several days, then exchanged messages and photos with him after he asked whether she missed him.
• Jiang Yuexi arrived as an exchange student and shared expensive chocolates with Nan Xingyu, Lin Piaopiao, and Li Ziyan before inviting them to dinner.
• Jiang Yuexi drove the roommates to her uncle’s restaurant, where Nan Xingyu spotted Xi Jin with Xi Kun and several suited men; Xi Jin walked toward her.

Nan Xingyu grew anxious when she saw Xi Jin with Jiang Yuexi and was later pulled aside by him to have her hands washed after a stranger steadied her. Their intimacy that night reminded her of the time at eighteen when she feared she was pregnant, leaving her recalling an awkward newborn-care lesson with Xi Jin.

• Nan Xingyu saw Xi Jin meet Jiang Yuexi and wondered whether Jiang Yuexi was his arranged marriage partner.
• Nan Xingyu tripped by the waterside pavilion, and Song Shuchen caught her; Jiang Yuexi teased her uncle about taking a fancy to Nan Xingyu.
• Xi Jin summoned Nan Xingyu to the restroom and repeatedly washed her hands, then watched as she helped soothe a baby in the mother-and-baby room.
• Nan Xingyu and Xi Jin spent an intimate night together, and she remembered that her period had once failed to come when they were eighteen.
• Nan Xingyu recalled Xi Jin taking her to the hospital and their accidentally knocking the head off a newborn-care practice doll.

Nan Xingyu was relieved to learn she was not pregnant, while Xi Jin told her he only wanted her, with or without a child. After Xi Jin left on a business trip, Nan Xingyu went out with her roommates and ended up accepting Song Shuchen’s coat after Lin Piaopiao got sick in his car.

• Nan Xingyu learned her blood test showed she was not pregnant, and Xi Jin assured her that he only wanted her, whether or not they had a child.
• Nan Xingyu told Liu Meili she planned to take the postgraduate entrance exam and find work near home, intending to leave Jingzhou and Xi Jin.
• Xi Jin came to Liu Meili’s apartment with a story that Lin Piaopiao was drunk and needed help, then drove Nan Xingyu away and told her he would return Friday.
• Nan Xingyu joined Jiang Yuexi, Lin Piaopiao, and Li Ziyan for skewers, where Lin Piaopiao drank heavily over a heartbreak.
• Song Shuchen drove the roommates toward school, but Lin Piaopiao vomited in the car, so they took her to the hospital.
• When Nan Xingyu removed her soiled coat, Song Shuchen offered her his own coat to keep warm.

Nan Xingyu spent Christmas Eve celebrating with her roommates while Xi Jin rushed back to Jingzhou, expecting to find her at home. When he discovered her transfer application to a southern university, he realized she planned to leave him.

• Song Shuchen lent Nan Xingyu his coat and arranged to have her dirty clothes cleaned, while Jiang Yuexi teased him about liking her.
• Nan Xingyu learned Xi Jin would be away on Christmas Eve and excitedly made plans to celebrate with her roommates.
• Xi Jin caught the last flight to Jingzhou and texted Nan Xingyu, who said she was at home and claimed she missed him.
• Xi Jin returned to an empty home, assumed Nan Xingyu had gone out, and prepared a candlelit dinner for her.
• Xi Jin accidentally opened Nan Xingyu's laptop and found a transfer application to a southern university dated the previous week.

Nan Xingyu confronted Xi Jin about her plan to transfer schools, but he forced her to stay and continued controlling her choices. Later, after Xi Jin became jealous over a jacket returned by Song Shuchen, Jiang Yuexi suspected Nan Xingyu’s phone might be tapped.

• Xi Jin confronted Nan Xingyu after finding her transfer application and demanded she stay with him, then forced her to eat with him after threatening to make her kill him.
• Xi Jin withdrew Nan Xingyu’s transfer application, and she spent several miserable days while he gave her some space.
• At a dinner party, Xi Jin noticed Song Shuchen returning Nan Xingyu’s handmade jacket and learned it belonged to her.
• Xi Jin ordered Nan Xingyu to throw away the jacket, and she argued that he was controlling her whereabouts and clothes before he left.
• Jiang Yuexi borrowed Nan Xingyu’s phone and noticed its screen flickered during calls and messages, then wrote that it might be tapped.

After Song Shuchen found a bug and tracker in Nan Xingyu’s phone, she told Jiang Yuexi she wanted to transfer schools to escape Xi Jin’s control. When Xi Jin confronted her, their argument escalated into a near-fatal drive toward the river, ending with him stopping the car and warning her never to leave him again.

• Song Shuchen found a bug and tracker in Nan Xingyu’s phone and told Jiang Yuexi he suspected someone close to her had installed them.
• Jiang Yuexi offered to help Nan Xingyu, who said she wanted to transfer schools.
• Xi Jin confronted Nan Xingyu about removing the devices, and they argued over his surveillance, her lies, and their relationship.
• Nan Xingyu said she never wanted to be with Xi Jin again, and he seized her by the throat before driving toward the river.
• Nan Xingyu begged Xi Jin to stop and promised not to leave, so he braked at the river’s edge and embraced her.
• Xi Jin warned Nan Xingyu not to threaten to leave again and told her he would love her even if she did not love him.

Nan Xingyu remained afraid of Xi Jin and planned to leave Jingzhou, while Xi Jin struggled to keep her close and defied Xi Kun for their supposed future. After Xi Jin accidentally cut his finger and saw Nan Xingyu worry over him, he begged her to teach him how to love her, but she resolved to transfer schools and leave after the new year.

• Jiang Yuexi told Nan Xingyu that the school was reviewing her request and asked whether she wanted to leave Jingzhou because of a pursuer, but Nan Xingyu refused to identify Xi Jin.
• Xi Jin tried to kiss Nan Xingyu, but her tears made him ask whether she loved him before he left the bedroom.
• Xi Jin messaged Nan Xingyu about picking her up and making dinner, then drove her home and cooked while she worked on her paper.
• Xi Kun berated Xi Jin for skipping an important meeting, and Xi Jin argued that Xi Kun had used an innocent person to force him to submit.
• Nan Xingyu tried to tell Xi Jin not to sacrifice things for her, but he insisted he would never give up and accidentally cut his finger while cooking.
• Nan Xingyu bandaged Xi Jin's finger, and he pulled her close and promised to change, while she resolved to transfer schools and leave after the new year.

Xi Jin joined a teachers-versus-students basketball game and impressed the crowd while drawing Nan Xingyu’s attention. Later, Nan Xingyu recognized the tattoo on his ribs as her name, and Xi Jin asked whether she liked it.

• Xi Jin accepted Jiang Yu’s invitation to substitute in the basketball game and secretly held Nan Xingyu’s hand beneath his jacket.
• Xi Jin dominated the court with a series of baskets and blocked a ball with his back to protect Nan Xingyu.
• Jiang Yuexi saw Xi Jin’s protective gesture, while the crowd noticed the faint tattoo on his ribs after the game.
• Nan Xingyu realized the tattoo’s lettering stood for her name while she and Xi Jin were intimate.
• Xi Jin guided Nan Xingyu’s fingers over the tattoo and asked whether she liked it.

Nan Xingyu accepted an overseas transfer arranged with Jiang Yuexi’s help and went to a resort with her roommates for winter break. At the resort, Song Shuchen showed interest in Nan Xingyu, while Xi Jin arrived and grew jealous of his closeness with Jiang Yuexi.

• Nan Xingyu accepted her transfer documents from Jiang Yuexi and asked her to keep the move secret from Lin Piaopiao and the others.
• Jiang Yuexi and Song Shuchen discussed how he had secretly helped arrange Nan Xingyu’s transfer.
• Jiang Yuexi invited Nan Xingyu and their roommates to her uncle’s resort, and Xi Jin agreed to let Nan Xingyu enjoy the outing before he picked her up.
• At Cloudtop Manor, Song Shuchen caught Nan Xingyu when she stumbled, asked to call her Xiaoyu, and secretly took a photo of her.
• Xi Jin arrived at the resort, saw Song Shuchen leaving, and questioned Jiang Yuexi about their closeness, making her suspect he was jealous.

Nan Xingyu tried to avoid Xi Jin at Jiang Yuexi’s campsite, but he sat beside her and challenged Song Shuchen’s closeness to her. During a truth-or-dare game, Nan Xingyu denied liking anyone, then was forced to ask Song Shuchen whether he loved her, and he answered that he did.

• Nan Xingyu hid from Xi Jin when he arrived, then pulled her hand free when he grabbed it as the group walked to dinner.
• At the campsite, Xi Jin sat beside Nan Xingyu while Song Shuchen took the seat on her other side, and Xi Jin sharply questioned how close Song Shuchen was to her.
• Xi Jin brought Nan Xingyu orange juice, and she told Song Shuchen that she and Xi Jin had known each other for a while.
• Lin Piaopiao picked Nan Xingyu for truth or dare, and Nan Xingyu denied having someone she liked.
• Nan Xingyu was picked again and had to ask Song Shuchen, “Do you love me?”; Song Shuchen answered, “I do.”

At a party, Xi Jin kissed Nan Xingyu during a dare, then confronted her by the lake and threatened that she could never escape him. Song Shuchen intervened and tried to persuade Xi Jin to release her, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Xi Jin kissed Nan Xingyu for ten seconds during a party game, and they left separately as the others speculated about their relationship.
• By the lake, Xi Jin accused Nan Xingyu of playing games with Song Shuchen and cornered her against a tree.
• Nan Xingyu told Xi Jin she would rather die than be controlled by him, and he threatened to follow her even in death.
• Xi Jin grabbed Nan Xingyu and pulled her against him when Song Shuchen arrived and demanded that he let her go.
• Song Shuchen warned Xi Jin that his behavior would make Nan Xingyu more afraid and more determined to leave him.

Xi Jin and Nan Xingyu argued after he accused her of wanting Song Shuchen, and she slapped him. When Nan Xingyu learned her mother had been injured, Xi Jin took her to the hospital and helped arrange surgery, then held her close and told her the slap still hurt.

• Xi Jin accused Nan Xingyu of choosing Song Shuchen, and she slapped him.
• Nan Xingyu received a call from the Xi Family's butler saying Liu Meili had fallen and was in the hospital, so Xi Jin took her there with Song Shuchen driving.
• A doctor said Liu Meili had a minor spinal fracture and needed minimally invasive surgery, which Xi Jin arranged that night.
• After the surgery, Liu Qing left, while Xi Jin stayed at the hospital and Nan Xingyu thanked him as he walked her out.
• Xi Jin pulled Nan Xingyu into his arms and told her that the place where she had hit him still hurt.

Nan Xingyu returned to Xi Family Manor with Xi Jin, then apologized to Jiang Yuexi for concealing her relationship with him. When Nan Xingyu said she did not like Xi Jin, he overheard her from around the corner.

• Xi Jin stayed beside Nan Xingyu overnight at the hospital and took her back to Xi Family Manor through the front gate.
• Xi Jin arranged for Liu Meili to travel home by private plane with two caregivers.
• Jiang Yuexi visited Liu Meili, and Nan Xingyu apologized to her in the hospital lobby.
• Jiang Yuexi asked about Nan Xingyu and Xi Jin's secret relationship, and Nan Xingyu said they had been together since she was eighteen.
• Nan Xingyu told Jiang Yuexi that she did not like Xi Jin, and Xi Jin overheard her.

Nan Xingyu told Jiang Yuexi she did not like Xi Jin, while Xi Jin insisted that they would marry on February 14, the day she planned to go abroad. After accompanying her mother home with Xi Jin, Nan Xingyu resisted his demand to tell her parents about their relationship, leaving him to suspect she was stalling.

• Nan Xingyu admitted to Jiang Yuexi that she did not like Xi Jin, and Jiang Yuexi wondered whether Xi Jin's controlling behavior came from insecurity.
• Xi Jin visited Liu Meili in the hospital, then took Nan Xingyu to Guanlan Shengshi and declared that they would register their marriage on February 14.
• A few days later, Nan Xingyu and Liu Meili returned to their hometown on the Xi Family's private plane, with Xi Jin accompanying them.
• Nan Zhiping and Liu Meili discussed Xi Jin's kindness and wealth, while Nan Zhiping remarked that he and Nan Xingyu looked like a good match.
• At the hotel, Xi Jin asked Nan Xingyu when she would tell her parents; she asked to wait, refused his suggestion to marry abroad, and he asked whether she was stalling for time.

Nan Xingyu tried to keep Xi Jin at a distance while he refused to leave Jiangzhou, and she worried about him spending New Year alone. On New Year's Eve, Xi Jin arrived at her family home, leaving her stunned.

• Nan Xingyu refused to tell her parents about her relationship with Xi Jin, and he accused her of making excuses to avoid being with him.
• Xi Jin told Nan Xingyu he would stay in Jiangzhou for New Year and spend it with her, but she insisted she had to be with her family.
• Nan Xingyu learned from Liu Meili that Xi Jin often spent New Year alone, but Liu Meili discouraged inviting him because their family lived so differently from his.
• On New Year's Eve, Nan Xingyu worried about Xi Jin as she prepared Spring Festival couplets with Nan Zhiping.
• Nan Zhiping brought Xi Jin into the courtyard with gifts, and Xi Jin greeted the stunned Nan Xingyu with a quiet, teasing “Surprise.”

Xi Jin visited Nan Xingyu’s family for New Year and ingratiated himself with Nan Zhiping while teasing Nan Xingyu and pretending they were close. After he kissed her in the kitchen, Nan Xingyu remained furious, and the chapter ended with Xi Jin asking for the strawberry in her mouth.

• Xi Jin visited Nan Xingyu’s home, where Nan Zhiping praised him and told Nan Xingyu to learn from him.
• Xi Jin teased Nan Xingyu by claiming he had told her father that she had slept with him, then followed Nan Zhiping into the kitchen to help cook.
• Xi Jin said he was making drunken giant river prawns because Nan Xingyu liked them, while Nan Xingyu insisted they were not close.
• Xi Jin told Nan Zhiping he had a girlfriend, then pulled Nan Xingyu close and kissed her while they were alone in the kitchen.
• Nan Xingyu threatened Xi Jin with a kitchen knife, but he laughed and continued helping with the meal.
• After Nan Xingyu returned to the kitchen with strawberries, Xi Jin asked for the one in her mouth.

Xi Jin spent New Year's Eve with Nan Xingyu and her family, teasing her and helping with the celebrations. At the lakeside, he revealed that his wish was Nan Xingyu, who asked what he would do if she left him.

• Xi Jin teased Nan Xingyu in the kitchen, but stopped when Nan Zhiping returned.
• Xi Jin caught Nan Xingyu when she fell from a stool while putting up couplets, and she reluctantly thanked him.
• Nan Zhiping and Liu Meili hosted Xi Jin for dinner, where they thanked him for bringing and cooking giant river prawns for Nan Xingyu.
• Nan Zhiping asked Nan Xingyu to take Xi Jin for a walk by the lake after dinner.
• Nan Xingyu wrote a wish for her family and friends on a sky lantern, while Xi Jin showed her one bearing only her name and said his wish was her.
• Nan Xingyu asked Xi Jin what would happen if she left him someday.

Xi Jin insisted that Nan Xingyu marry him on February 14 and travel with him on February 10, while she refused and accused him of forcing her. After he threatened her and she struck him, Xi Jin confessed that he feared she would leave and asked why she tormented him.

• Xi Jin told Nan Xingyu he had canceled her school transfer application and planned to move south with her after graduation.
• After they had sex, Xi Jin said they would get their marriage certificate on February 14 and demanded she travel with him on February 10.
• Nan Xingyu refused, and Xi Jin threatened to take her by force and warned her not to involve her parents.
• Nan Xingyu slapped and pounded on Xi Jin, who grabbed her wrists and briefly lifted her by the neck.
• Xi Jin admitted that he feared Nan Xingyu would leave or fall for someone else, then let her go and asked why she tormented him.

After Xi Jin and Nan Xingyu reunited at a snowy lakeside, he pressed her for a declaration of love before leaving for work in Shenzhen. Xi Jin’s family conflict intensified, and the chapter ended with Nan Xingyu learning that his grandfather had died.

• Xi Jin teased Nan Xingyu at the lake, pulled her into the car, and asked whether she loved him; she said she did, and he told her he loved her too.
• Xi Kun ordered Xi Jin to return to Jingzhou amid a struggle over the Xi Family’s succession and insisted he marry Jiang Yuexi.
• Xi Jin refused to let his father dictate his private life, defended Nan Xingyu, and told Zhang Zhe to stop putting Xi Kun’s calls through.
• During the New Year holiday, Nan Xingyu waited for Xi Jin to contact her while he was in Shenzhen, but he did not call that day.
• Liu Meili told Nan Xingyu that Xi Jin’s grandfather had died in Jingzhou that morning.

At his grandfather’s funeral, Xi Jin faced accusations from Xi Zhan and learned that Xi Kun still suspected him of killing Xi Song and possibly his grandfather. After Nan Xingyu called to check on him, Xi Jin’s estranged mother Hua Jinfang appeared at the mourning hall, holding a fruit knife.

• Xi Jin represented the grandchildren at the memorial, while Xi Zhan accused him of being involved in the deaths of Xi Song and his grandfather.
• Xi Jin threatened Xi Zhan, and Xi Kun defended Xi Jin’s inheritance but admitted he might have killed their father if he had known about the will.
• Xi Jin told Nan Xingyu he missed her and asked her to come to Jingzhou the next day; she agreed.
• Hua Jinfang approached Xi Jin at the mourning hall, gave him a plate of apple pieces, and continued holding the fruit knife.

Xi Jin remembered feeling overlooked by Hua Jinfang as he mourned his grandfather, while Nan Xingyu left home and arrived in Jingzhou to be with him. After Xi Jin brought her to Guanlan Shengshi and they were intimate, Xi Zhan and Xi Hao confronted him at the door and threatened to expose his private life.

• Xi Jin recalled how Hua Jinfang favored Xi Song and left his childhood wish for her to read The Little Prince unanswered.
• Nan Xingyu said goodbye to Liu Meili and Nan Zhiping, flew to Jingzhou, and reunited with Xi Jin, telling him her grandpa had died.
• Xi Jin teased Nan Xingyu about keeping vigil with him, then took her to Guanlan Shengshi, where they were intimate.
• Xi Zhan and Xi Hao arrived at Xi Jin's door, accused him of secretly seeing a woman during mourning and ahead of a marriage alliance with the Jiang Family, and threatened to call reporters.

Xi Jin comforted Nan Xingyu after having her disruptive father and brother removed, then planned to make their relationship public after his grandfather’s funeral. At the hotel, Xi Zhan hinted to Xi Kun that Xi Jin might be unable to continue the Xi Family bloodline, while Hua Jinyao disparaged Nan Xingyu in front of Xi Jin and Jiang Yuexi.

• Xi Jin had his people remove Nan Xingyu’s father and brother, then comforted Nan Xingyu and promised that they would no longer have to hide their relationship.
• After the funeral, Xi Zhan showed Xi Kun photos of Xi Jin with Nan Xingyu and warned that their relationship could threaten the marriage alliance with the Jiang Family.
• Xi Kun dismissed Xi Zhan’s warning and mocked him for his past, prompting Xi Zhan to hint that Xi Jin might be infertile and offer to explain what he had learned from a hospital friend.
• Xi Jin video-called Nan Xingyu while driving to the hotel, and she complained that he was keeping her awake and acting annoyingly affectionate.
• At the hotel, Xi Jin overheard Hua Jinyao insult Nan Xingyu, then entered an elevator with Hua Jinyao and Jiang Yuexi as Hua praised Jiang Yuexi as Xi Jin’s future match and disparaged girls seeking to marry into wealthy families.

Xi Jin beat Hua Jinyao after he insulted Nan Xingyu, then defied Xi Kun’s demands to leave her and marry for the Xi Family’s inheritance. He insisted Nan Xingyu was the only woman he wanted and ended by declaring she was his life.

• Hua Jinyao insulted Nan Xingyu, and Xi Jin kicked him down and beat him until hotel staff restrained him.
• Jiang Yuexi tried to stop Xi Jin, but he flung her aside, and she realized Nan Xingyu mattered deeply to him.
• Hua Jinyao passed out after claiming he was dying, and Xi Jin later wiped his blood from his hand in the hotel suite.
• Xi Kun reprimanded Xi Jin for attacking Hua Jinyao in front of Jiang Yuexi and warned him not to harm the Xi Family’s interests.
• Xi Kun questioned whether Xi Jin knew Nan Xingyu had a fertility problem and invoked the family requirement that Xi Jin marry before inheriting its business.
• Xi Jin rejected Xi Kun’s demands to abandon Nan Xingyu and declared that she was his life.

Xi Jin remembered how Nan Xingyu’s fertility problems had been discovered after she suffered severe bleeding, and why he had kept the diagnosis from her. The memory ended with him hiding his grief behind claims that he hated children.

• Xi Jin recalled Nan Xingyu wondering whether she might want a child after she mistakenly thought she was pregnant.
• After Xi Jin returned from overseas, Nan Xingyu took a contraceptive pill and began bleeding heavily the next day.
• Xi Jin rushed Nan Xingyu to the hospital, cried in front of her, and waited while she underwent surgery.
• A doctor told Xi Jin that Nan Xingyu’s chances of becoming pregnant were nearly zero, so Xi Jin secretly confirmed he was fertile and concealed the diagnosis from her.
• When Nan Xingyu helped a mother with her baby on a train, Xi Jin pretended to dislike children, despite remembering her hopes for a family.

As her departure approached, Nan Xingyu resisted Xi Jin’s controlling demands and refused his proposal to marry abroad, deciding she had to leave his luxurious home and find herself. The next day, she met Song Shuchen in secret and confirmed she wanted to transfer schools, accepting his plan to get her away safely.

• Xi Jin demanded Nan Xingyu send him her location, then asked her to marry him abroad on February 14, but she refused because his grandfather had just died.
• Xi Jin accused Nan Xingyu of never loving him and ended the call, while she reflected that their home felt like an exquisite cage and resolved to leave.
• Nan Xingyu met Song Shuchen in disguise, and he told her Yuexi had asked him to handle her school transfer.
• Nan Xingyu confirmed she wanted to transfer schools, and Song Shuchen showed her the new school he had arranged instead of the decoy transfer notice.