Recaps

Xi Yan returned from the bidding event and handled an apology from the father of the man who had offended him and Bai Le. Back at the hotel, Xi Yan and a sleeping Bai Le ended up in an awkwardly intimate position, leaving Bai Le embarrassed when he woke.

• Xi Yan learned from Secretary Xing that Bai Le had eaten lunch and encountered the father of the man who had offended them.
• The man apologized and asked Xi Yan to overlook his son's offense, but Xi Yan made clear the offender should take responsibility and said Bai Le disliked being called his wife.
• Xi Yan returned to the hotel and found Bai Le asleep, then rested beside him.
• Bai Le shifted in his sleep and accidentally placed his hand in an awkward spot on Xi Yan, who watched him while trying to restrain himself.
• Bai Le woke, pulled his hand away, and offered Xi Yan water while both avoided discussing what had happened.

On his birthday, Xi Yan took Bai Le to a snowy mountain resort for a private getaway. While Xi Yan was away in the lobby, a glamorous woman recognized Bai Le, though he did not recognize her.

• Xi Yan woke Bai Le on his birthday and drove him to a ski resort in the mountains.
• Bai Le realized Xi Yan had remembered how much he liked snow, and the two walked hand in hand to the resort.
• Xi Yan arranged for them to spend the birthday alone, bringing only a doctor and leaving Secretary Xing and the bodyguards behind.
• Bai Le waited in the lobby while Xi Yan went to take care of something, then a woman approached and recognized him.
• Bai Le asked the woman who she was, and she expressed surprise that he did not recognize her.

Bai Le encountered Xie Yu, a woman he had pursued in college, and Xi Yan grew jealous of his past romantic confessions. On Bai Le’s birthday, Xi Yan offered to take him outside to watch people skiing, though Bai Le would only be able to watch.

• Xie Yu questioned Bai Le about his pregnancy and recalled that he had pursued her in college.
• Xi Yan returned with milk, told Xie Yu she was sitting in his seat, and drove her away.
• Xi Yan asked Bai Le how many people he had told he liked them, and Bai Le tried to appease him with an orange.
• On his birthday, Bai Le watched people skiing outside and envied them.
• Xi Yan offered to take Bai Le out for a little while, and Bai Le agreed to watch him ski.

Bai Le and Xi Yan went skiing together, and Bai Le began seriously considering his feelings for Xi Yan. Their quiet outing ended when a knife-wielding man attacked Bai Le and Xi Yan pulled him to safety.

• Bai Le and Xi Yan bought ski equipment and rode the cableway, where Xi Yan comforted Bai Le through his fear of heights.
• At a secluded slope, Bai Le enjoyed the snow while Xi Yan skied briefly and then stopped.
• Xi Yan suggested they live somewhere snowy together when they were old, prompting Bai Le to consider what he felt for Xi Yan.
• While Bai Le waited alone, a masked man approached and tried to stab him with a knife.
• Xi Yan seized Bai Le and pulled him out of danger, and Bai Le recognized the attacker as the man who had been lurking near his home.

Li Jing attacked Xi Yan, but Bai Le knocked him unconscious with a rock. As Xi Yan comforted Bai Le in a nearby temple, Bai Le began having severe abdominal pain and lost consciousness, apparently going into labor.

• Li Jing confronted Xi Yan and threatened Bai Le, then attacked Xi Yan with a dagger.
• When Li Jing stabbed Xi Yan in the shoulder, Bai Le struck Li Jing on the head with a rock and knocked him unconscious.
• Bai Le called for help and brought the bleeding Xi Yan to a nearby mountain god temple for shelter.
• Xi Yan asked to hear Bai Le say he liked him, and Bai Le confessed that he only liked Xi Yan.
• Bai Le felt pain in his lower abdomen, and Xi Yan hurried to pick him up as he appeared to go into labor.
• Bai Le lost consciousness during a wave of pain.

Bai Le woke in the hospital after giving birth prematurely and was relieved to find Xi Yan and their healthy baby safe. Still recovering, he learned the baby was in an incubator and had to wait before seeing him, while Xi Yan promised to deal with the attacker.

• Bai Le regained consciousness in the hospital and found Xi Yan beside him after fearing he had died and left him behind.
• Xi Yan reassured Bai Le that their premature baby was healthy but being cared for in an incubator because of his low weight.
• Bai Le asked to see the baby, and Xi Yan told him to wait until his body had recovered.
• Bai Le asked about Xi Yan's shoulder wound, scolded him for lying about it, and blushed when Xi Yan brought up Bai Le's earlier words.
• Bai Le asked what had happened to the attacker, and Xi Yan said he would handle it.

After recovering from childbirth, Bai Le held his son for the first time and named him Xi Mubai. He and Xi Yan brought the baby home to S City, where Xi Yan had prepared a nursery.

• Xi Yan left Bai Le to take care of something, while Bai Le guessed he was dealing with Li Jing and Xi Defeng.
• On the eve of his discharge, Bai Le held the baby, and Wu Xueying and Bai Huizhang visited to see their grandson.
• Bai Le named the baby Xi Mubai and told him he was their child.
• After the baby's condition stabilized and Bai Le recovered, they completed the discharge procedures and returned to S City.
• Bai Le placed Xi Mubai in the nursery crib, and the baby began to cry.

Bai Le and Xi Yan welcomed their baby, named him Mu Mu, and discovered that the infant quieted when Xi Yan held him after Bai Le had soothed him. Later, Bai Le teased Xi Yan about asking Secretary Xing how to bond with a child, and the chapter ended with Xi Yan pulling Bai Le close and whispering suggestively in his ear.

• Bai Le soothed the crying baby, and Xi Yan found the infant cried less when he held him after Bai Le had carried him.
• Bai Le suggested the nickname Mu Mu for Xi Mubai, and Xi Yan agreed.
• Bai Le overheard Secretary Xing tell Xi Yan that he did not know how to get close to a child.
• Bai Le laughed at Xi Yan and teased him about his conversation with Secretary Xing, while Xi Yan claimed they had discussed work.
• Xi Yan pulled Bai Le into his arms, and Bai Le froze when Xi Yan's breath tickled his ear and he asked what Xi Yan intended to do.

Bai Le and Xi Yan tried to spend an intimate night together, but Mu Mu’s crying interrupted them. At Mu Mu’s first-birthday banquet, the family watched him begin the object-picking ceremony, and Bai Le anxiously hoped he would choose a book.

• Bai Le stopped Xi Yan from getting intimate when Mu Mu cried, then went to check on the baby.
• Bai Le doted on Mu Mu as he grew, while Xi Yan and Bai Le learned to care for him, including changing his diapers.
• Old Master Xi held a grand banquet for Mu Mu’s first birthday, where Bai Yin and Wu Hua praised the baby and Wu Hua nearly remarked on his resemblance to Xi Yan.
• Bai Le noted that Xi Defeng had lost his authority in the company after angering Old Master Xi, leaving Xi Yan in control of the Xi Family.
• During Mu Mu’s object-picking ceremony, he examined several items and picked up a stethoscope while Bai Le urged him to choose a book.

Bai Le and Xi Yan visited a welfare home with Mu Mu, where Bai Le planned to donate money to repair the building. Xi Yan was overwhelmed when the children gathered around him.

• Mu Mu chose money during a game, and Old Master Xi laughed that he seemed like a member of the Xi Family.
• After Mu Mu turned one, Bai Le took him out for strolls, and Xi Yan partly closed the car window to keep the breeze off them both.
• Bai Le and Xi Yan arrived at the welfare home, where the director welcomed them and introduced Bai Le to the children.
• Tongtong recognized Bai Le from his previous visit and called him the big brother who had come before.
• Tongtong approached Xi Yan first, and the other children followed, leaving Xi Yan frozen and unsure what to do.

Bai Le visited Mu Mu at the classroom and learned that a couple planned to adopt him, then returned to work and found Xi Yan waiting for him. Xi Yan stayed while Bai Le worked late and asked his assistant whether the office had hot milk.

• Bai Le brought the baby to see Mu Mu, who called him his little brother and gave him a drawing as a present.
• Bai Le learned from the director that Mu Mu had a congenital heart condition but that a couple was beginning the adoption process.
• Bai Le found Xi Yan surrounded by children after Xi Yan had told them a story, and Tongtong praised Xi Yan's storytelling.
• After Mu Mu grew older and Bai Le recovered, Bai Le returned to work and heard Ye Xiaosi report that Ye Feifei was rising in the entertainment industry and Fang Rong was preparing to act.
• Xi Yan came to Bai Le's office and waited while Bai Le worked overtime, then asked the special assistant if there was hot milk in the pantry.

Bai Le went out to dinner with Xi Yan, where he asked Xi Yan to make Fang Rong the spokesperson for his company’s new phone series. Fang Rong unexpectedly appeared with a woman he claimed was his older sister, and Xi Yan watched him with sudden interest.

• Xi Yan made Bai Le drink warm milk and took him out to dinner after work.
• At the restaurant, Bai Le teased Xi Yan and then asked him to choose Fang Rong as the spokesperson for the new phone series.
• Xi Yan asked what Fang Rong was like, and Bai Le began to answer before spotting him nearby with a woman.
• Fang Rong greeted Bai Le and introduced the woman as his older sister, while Xi Yan studied him and narrowed his eyes.

Bai Le introduced Xi Yan as his son's father when Fang Rong visited, then drank too much after realizing Fang Rong had been seeing a woman. Xi Yan carried the drunk Bai Le home and was bathing him when Auntie Wu brought hangover soup.

• Fang Rong asked about Xi Yan, and Bai Le indirectly introduced him as his son's father.
• Bai Le asked about the woman with Fang Rong, who claimed she was his older cousin, before Xi Yan's cold manner prompted Fang Rong to leave.
• Bai Le admitted he had been wrong, then drank extra champagne and became unsteady.
• Xi Yan carried the sleeping Bai Le home and began bathing him after Auntie Wu offered to make hangover soup.
• Bai Le mumbled that Mu Mu was hungry, and Xi Yan reassured him before Auntie Wu arrived with the soup.

Xi Yan cared for a drunken Bai Le, kissed him when Bai Le complained that his mouth tasted bitter, and left him with marks on his neck. The next morning, Bai Le found Xi Yan gone and spent time with Mu Mu before heading to work.

• Auntie Wu delivered hangover soup, and Xi Yan questioned her about calling Bai Le young master.
• Xi Yan dressed Bai Le, fed him the soup, and kissed him after Bai Le said his mouth tasted bitter.
• Bai Le woke after nine, noticed red marks on his neck, and realized what had happened.
• Bai Le found that Xi Yan had gone to work, then fed Mu Mu and tried to teach him to say Daddy.

Bai Le learned that Xi Yan had arranged a phone endorsement for Fang Rong, then warned Fang Rong to keep his private life from causing trouble. At home, Bai Le thanked Xi Yan, who explained the endorsement fee would benefit Bai Le’s company, while Mu Mu reached for him.

• Bai Le received news that a phone brand under the Xi Family had offered Fang Rong an endorsement and let Fang Rong's team decide whether to accept it.
• Fang Rong suspected Bai Le had secured the deal for him and felt uncomfortable when someone insinuated he had a sugar daddy.
• Bai Le warned Fang Rong to clean up his private affairs and behave, and Fang Rong later grew irritated after noticing the kiss marks on Bai Le's neck.
• Bai Le found Xi Yan playing with Mu Mu in the nursery and thanked him for arranging Fang Rong's endorsement.
• Xi Yan told Bai Le the endorsement fee would ultimately go to his company, then took Mu Mu when the baby reached for him.

Bai Le and Xi Yan took Mu Mu to a dinner arranged by their families, where Bai Le shared a photo of their son and jokingly demanded red envelopes from his friends. Xi Yan teased Bai Le about having another child, and they reached the private room before the other guests arrived.

• Bai Le and Xi Yan dressed Mu Mu in the bright red and green romper Xi Yan had picked out and headed to the hotel for dinner.
• Bai Le photographed Mu Mu smiling on Xi Yan's shoulder and sent the picture to the group chat, where friends remarked that Mu Mu resembled Xi Yan.
• Bai Le teased his friends about missing red envelopes for Mu Mu, and Xi Yan pulled him away from a passing food cart before warning him not to use his phone while walking.
• Xi Yan noticed the group chat's mention of godfathers and suggested having another child, leaving Bai Le flustered.
• Bai Le and Xi Yan arrived at the private room before the others, and Bai Le asked a waiter to bring a high chair for Mu Mu.

Bai Le and Xi Yan attended a family gathering with Mu Mu, where their relatives fussed over the baby and traded gossip. Old Master Xi arrived with an extravagant jade toy for his grandson, and Bai Le’s casual question about him left Xi Yan in an awkward position.

• Mu Mu banged a spoon against a bowl before gnawing on Xi Yan’s hand, and Bai Le joked that he was hungry.
• Wu Xueying doted on Mu Mu when the Bai family arrived, while Chen Suqiu scolded Bai Yin and gossiped about Xie Qizhi until Bai Huizhang stopped her.
• Bai Yin pressed Bai Le about whether Ye Feifei had a financial backer, causing him to choke on a melon seed shell before Xi Yan helped him drink water.
• Old Master Xi arrived with a jade child figurine as a gift for Mu Mu and insisted that the baby play with it, so Mu Mu began gnawing on it.
• Bai Le asked Xi Yan whether Old Master Xi had always been so indulgent, then regretted his question because Xi Yan had not received such care growing up.

Bai Le and Xi Yan spent a family dinner together before walking Mu Mu along the riverside, where Bai Le helped him take his first steps. Later, Xi Yan brought Mu Mu to meet Bai Le after work on a sweltering summer day.

• Xi Yan reassured Bai Le that nothing was wrong while secretly holding and teasing his hand under the dinner table.
• Bai Le and Xi Yan walked along the river after dinner, and Bai Le patiently taught Mu Mu to walk.
• Mu Mu took several unsteady steps, and Bai Le caught him and excitedly told Xi Yan he could walk.
• Xi Yan waited outside Bai Le's company with Mu Mu under an umbrella to shield him from the sun.
• Mu Mu greeted Bai Le by calling him "Dada," and Bai Le corrected him to say "Daddy."

Bai Le, Xi Yan, and Mu Mu spent time together at a revolving restaurant and Ocean Park, where Xi Yan cared for Mu Mu and Bai Le. The day ended with the family watching a beluga show at the aquarium.

• Xi Yan took Bai Le and Mu Mu to lunch at the Dingyu Building, where Mu Mu fell asleep in Xi Yan's arms.
• Bai Le took Mu Mu and Xi Yan to Ocean Park on Saturday and photographed Xi Yan holding Mu Mu by a whale statue.
• Xi Yan bought ice cream for Bai Le instead of Mu Mu, who cried until they bought him a dinosaur balloon.
• Xi Yan wiped ice cream from Bai Le's face and hand, making Bai Le blush.
• Bai Le found that Mu Mu preferred sharks and strange fish to colorful sea creatures, and the family watched a beluga leap during a show.

At the aquarium, Bai Le and Mu Mu shared a cheerful encounter with a beluga whale, and a photo of them made Bai Le realize how much Xi Yan treasured him. Bai Le finally initiated a kiss with Xi Yan, and the chapter ended the next morning with Bai Le sore and Mu Mu calling him “Daddy.”

• At the aquarium, Bai Le carried Mu Mu to kiss a beluga whale, and Mu Mu eagerly touched it too.
• Bai Le saw a photo of himself and Mu Mu on Xi Yan’s phone and reflected on how much Xi Yan gave to him.
• That night, Bai Le cautiously kissed Xi Yan’s cheek, but Xi Yan opened his eyes and looked at him.
• Xi Yan kissed Bai Le, and Bai Le gradually returned his kisses as they spent the night together.
• The next morning, Bai Le woke sore and found Mu Mu in the hallway; Mu Mu called him “Daddy” and tried to climb onto him.

Bai Le and Xi Yan took Mu Mu shopping, where Tan Lianxin confronted Xi Yan and begged him to spare Li Jing from prison. Xi Yan rejected her pleas and ordered her to stay away from his family, leaving Tan Lianxin to wonder what decision he had made in the past.

• Bai Le told Mu Mu that he could not carry him because he was feeling unwell, and Xi Yan took Mu Mu onto his lap.
• Bai Le and Xi Yan brought Mu Mu to the mall, then headed to the underground parking garage with his new toy airplane.
• Tan Lianxin rushed up to Xi Yan and begged him to help Li Jing, claiming Xi Defeng had put Li Jing up to his crime.
• Tan Lianxin tried to approach Mu Mu and call herself his grandmother, but Mu Mu hid in Bai Le's arms and said he already had a grandma.
• Xi Yan sent Bai Le and Mu Mu to the car, then told Tan Lianxin to stay away from his family and warned her not to make him regret his past decision.

Bai Le suspected he was pregnant again and told Xi Yan that Mu Mu might have a little brother or sister. Xi Yan froze at the news, leaving the couple without knowing whether Bai Le was truly expecting.

• Xi Yan told Tan Lianxin that he did not hate her, but was only doing what he had to do, then drove away with Bai Le.
• Bai Le comforted Xi Yan, who showed no signs of distress over the following days.
• Bai Le noticed Mu Mu's remarkable memory, language skills, and ability to recognize colors and count.
• Bai Le felt sick at work and suspected he might be pregnant again.
• Bai Le asked Mu Mu whether he wanted a little brother or sister, and Mu Mu chose a little sister.
• Bai Le told Xi Yan that Mu Mu might soon have a sibling, and Xi Yan froze in surprise.

Bai Le’s hospital examination confirmed that he was pregnant, and he and Xi Yan welcomed the news while discussing their family’s future. At Old Master Xie’s birthday banquet, Bai Le spotted the boy from the orphanage who looked just like Mu Mu.

• Xi Yan embraced Bai Le and promised to accompany him to the hospital after Bai Le said he might be pregnant.
• Xi Yan cleared his schedule to take Bai Le to the doctor, and the examination confirmed the pregnancy.
• Bai Le and Xi Yan agreed they would love the baby regardless of its sex, while Bai Le asked Mu Mu if he wanted to be a big brother.
• Old Master Xie celebrated the news, and Bai Le’s family began preparing for the baby while keeping the pregnancy private.
• At Old Master Xie’s birthday banquet, Bai Le recognized the quiet child hiding behind an adult as the boy from the orphanage who looked like Mu Mu.

Bai Le and Xi Yan encountered Xie Qizhi and her adopted son, Lin Xu, who had once lived at the orphanage with Bai Le. After Lin Xu warmed to little Mu Mu, the two boys went to play together, while Xie Qizhi confided that Lin Xu still feared being abandoned.

• Bai Le recognized Xie Qizhi and realized that her adopted son was the boy he had known as Mu Mu at the orphanage.
• Lin Xu recognized Bai Le and shyly greeted him, and Xie Qizhi introduced him by his new name.
• Lin Xu smiled at the lipstick marks on little Mu Mu’s face, and Xi Yan wiped them clean.
• Bai Le introduced little Mu Mu to Lin Xu, who answered when the toddler called him big brother.
• Little Mu Mu took Lin Xu’s hand and led him to the toys, while Xie Qizhi told Bai Le that Lin Xu was sensitive and afraid of being abandoned.
• Xi Yan signaled Bai Le to leave, but Bai Le asked him to wait while Xie Qizhi was still there.

Bai Le spent time at home with Xi Yan and watched Mu Mu and Lin Xu grow close through play. He later took the children to a park, where Xi Yan arrived after Bai Le had wondered whether he would come.

• Xie Qizhi left Bai Le and Xi Yan alone, and Xi Yan reminded Bai Le to take care during his pregnancy.
• Mu Mu repeatedly knocked down Lin Xu’s block castle, and Lin Xu patiently rebuilt it and defended Mu Mu when Bai Le corrected him.
• Xie Qizhi began bringing Lin Xu to the Xi Family home, while Wu Xueying called Bai Le to offer pregnancy advice and sent supplies.
• Bai Le took Mu Mu and Lin Xu to the park to enjoy the sunny weather and watched them fly a kite.
• Bai Le read his brief but prompt message exchanges with Xi Yan and wondered if Xi Yan would come, then Xi Yan appeared beside him.