Chapter Summaries

At a summer festival in Japan, Bai Le tried to find Xi Yan a birthday gift after claiming an astrology book had told him what Xi Yan liked. Bai Le and Xi Yan got separated from Saito, won prizes at a shooting stall, and Bai Le spotted a goldfish-scooping game that might reveal Xi Yan’s preferences.

• Bai Le claimed he had learned Xi Yan’s birthday from an astrology book and promised that Xi Yan would discover his gift later.
• Saito invited Bai Le and Xi Yan to a nearby festival, where the two wore yukata and Bai Le bought a mask.
• Bai Le suggested Xi Yan stop using his wheelchair, but Xi Yan told Bai Le to push him instead, and they lost sight of Saito in the crowd.
• Bai Le won a Mount Fuji keychain at a shooting stall and gave it to Xi Yan, who then hit every target and won a giant Doraemon.
• Bai Le accepted Xi Yan’s prize and suggested they try goldfish scooping after thinking he had discovered what Xi Yan liked.

At the fireworks festival in Japan, Bai Le gave Xi Yan goldfish as a birthday present, and Xi Yan’s guarded feelings began to stir. After returning home, Bai Le went to S University to discuss Bai Yin’s absences and failed courses, where he heard about a donation ceremony for a successful former student.

• Bai Le caught several goldfish and gave them to Xi Yan as a birthday present, moving Xi Yan as fireworks burst overhead.
• After returning home, Bai Le shared a photo of Xi Yan in the group chat and later saw Xi Yan’s reply that he did not like Ye Feifei.
• Bai Yin’s class adviser contacted Bai Le about her skipped classes and failed courses, so Bai Le agreed to meet at S University despite Ye Xiaosi’s objections.
• Bai Le arrived at S University alone and was mistaken for a student by several girls.
• The girls asked Bai Le if he was attending a donation ceremony for a handsome, successful former student.

Bai Le persuaded Bai Yin’s counselor to reconsider expelling her, then found her at a university donation ceremony where Xi Yan was the guest speaker. The host selected Bai Le to ask the final question, and he stood with a microphone as Bai Yin quietly suggested what he could ask.

• Bai Le pleaded with Bai Yin’s counselor to reconsider expelling her and promised to discipline her.
• Bai Le felt sick on his way to the auditorium, where he found Bai Yin and suspended her spending money except for living expenses.
• Xi Yan appeared at the donation ceremony in his wheelchair and briefly addressed the students before answering their questions.
• The host picked Bai Le to ask the final question, and Bai Yin quietly offered him a suggestion when he could not think of one.

After Xi Yan named honesty as his most important quality in a future partner, he found Bai Le feeling unwell and asked whether someone had bullied him. Their conversation turned to Ye Feifei, and Bai Yin warned Bai Le that Ye Feifei repeatedly discarded men for wealthier prospects.

• Bai Le repeated the question about Xi Yan’s future partner, and Xi Yan said he wanted someone who did not lie to him.
• Bai Le crouched by a flower bed feeling nauseated, and Xi Yan found him and asked if he had been crying or bullied.
• Xi Yan asked whether Bai Le cared about Ye Feifei, and Bai Le admitted that he cared about both Ye Feifei and Xi Yan.
• Bai Yin returned with water, and Xi Yan left after greeting her.
• Bai Yin warned Bai Le that Ye Feifei had repeatedly abandoned men for wealthier prospects and taken advantage of men from ordinary families.

Bai Le considered whether he had transmigrated into a parallel world after hearing that the female lead manipulated men for social advancement. Meanwhile, Xi Yan managed a public-relations response to Xi Defeng’s attack, then learned that Old Master Xi knew more about the family’s past and wanted him to choose a wife at an upcoming birthday celebration.

• Bai Le heard that the female lead had strung along boys at school and wondered whether he had entered a parallel world.
• Xi Yan told Secretary Xing to delay releasing footage of him and arrange other trending news to repair his company’s public image.
• Secretary Xing asked whether anyone else knew about Xi Yan’s legs, and Xi Yan said he would handle the matter himself.
• Xi Sheng accused Xi Yan of letting his father die, denied that Xi Defeng had made progress investigating the matter, and ordered Xi Yan to consider a match from the Xie or Bai family.
• Xi Yan’s brow twitched when Xi Sheng mentioned the Bai family and the daughter who attended his university.
• Secretary Xing realized Xi Sheng might know that Xi Defeng had caused Xi Yan’s car accident.

Bai Le warned Ye Xiaosi against investing in a drama, then took charge when Xiao Yang was accused of cheating online. After the crisis was contained, Bai Le suspected someone had arranged the scandal, while Bai Huizhang began treating him more warmly.

• Bai Le told Ye Xiaosi not to invest in a drama, claiming he had received a warning in a dream, then felt nauseous during Ye Xiaosi's lecture.
• Bai Le saw Xiao Yang trending for suspected cheating and called an emergency meeting with the company's staff.
• Bai Le learned that Xiao Yang's team had faked his romance with Shu Mei to promote their drama, while Xiao Yang's real girlfriend was portrayed as a mistress.
• Bai Le ordered the PR team to remove the trending topic, had Shu Mei clarify that she and Xiao Yang had broken up, and arranged for Xiao Yang to post an apology.
• Bai Le told Ye Xiaosi to have Xiao Yang take a break and suspected someone had orchestrated the scandal.
• Bai Huizhang became less hostile toward Bai Le, while Wu Hua and the others began tagging Bai Le in their group chat again.

Bai Le met Wu Hua at a café and unexpectedly encountered Xi Yan, who invited them to sit with him. As they talked, Xi Yan reacted strangely when Bai Le complained about someone targeting his company, while snow began falling outside.

• Bai Le told Wu Hua he was being watched and reminded their group to vote for Mu Bai’s trainees, especially Fang Rong.
• Bai Le and Wu Hua met at a café on Wutong Road and found Xi Yan sitting by the window with his attendant.
• Xi Yan initially ignored Bai Le’s offered handshake, then called him back and invited both men to sit.
• Xi Yan mentioned receiving Bai Le’s payment for the car accident, and Bai Le joked about getting a friends’ discount.
• Bai Le complained that someone had arranged for a person from his company to trend online, and Xi Yan reacted strangely before denying anything was wrong.
• Wu Hua teased Bai Le as they ate, and the men noticed snow falling outside.

Bai Le went downstairs to help Ye Feifei when several girls attacked her, then learned she valued money over romance and had no interest in Xi Yan. Xi Yan watched them from the café as Bai Le realized the story’s expected romantic pairing would not happen.

• Bai Le saw several girls attack Ye Feifei, but Xi Yan stayed seated and watched him leave.
• Bai Le broke up the fight, and the attackers left after the lead girl threatened Ye Feifei.
• Ye Feifei showed Bai Le two kittens she had rescued and explained she had been stood up by a man who lied about being single.
• Ye Feifei told Bai Le she liked money more than love and denied having feelings for Fourth Master Xi.
• Ye Feifei said goodbye to Bai Le, then felt an icy gaze fixed on her.

Ye Feifei warned Bai Le to stay away from the Xi Family, while Xi Yan left the café without explaining his anger. Bai Le was forced to attend the Xi Family banquet, where he and his family arrived to find guests gathered outdoors in the cold.

• Ye Feifei hugged Bai Le goodbye, warned him that the Xi Family’s affairs were dangerous, and left him puzzled.
• Xi Yan had Secretary Xing take him away from the café, leaving Bai Le and Wu Hua wondering why he was angry.
• Bai Huizhang insisted that Bai Le attend the Xi Family banquet, and Bai Yin refused to go unless her brother came too.
• Bai Le was dressed up and escorted to the Xi residence, where he arrived with Bai Huizhang, Chen Suqiu, and Bai Yin.
• Bai Le and Bai Yin saw the lavishly dressed guests socializing outside and wondered why the Xi Family had left them in the cold.

At the Xi family banquet, Bai Huizhang realized that Bai Yin and a girl from the Xie Family were being considered as possible wives for Xi Yan, leaving Bai Le shocked by the thought that Xi Yan might become his brother-in-law. The guests entered the hall, where Xi Yan appeared in a wheelchair and explained that taking his medicine had delayed him.

• Xi Defeng studied Bai Yin and then showed greater warmth toward a girl from the Xie Family, prompting Bai Huizhang to suspect the Xi family was choosing between the two women as Xi Yan's future wife.
• Bai Le realized Xi Yan might become Bai Yin's husband and felt uneasy because he had previously slept with Xi Yan.
• Bai Le reunited with Xiaozhouzi and Wu Hua, teased Wu Hua about his flashy perm, and warned him that someone had already set his sights on Bai Yin.
• Bai Le entered the banquet hall with the guests after noticing Bai Yin shivering outside.
• Xi Yan was wheeled out before the guests and said taking his medicine had delayed him, while Xi Defeng expressed concern for his health.

At Old Master Xi’s birthday gathering, Bai Le watched the Xi and Bai families maneuver around Xi Yan and Xie Qizhi before slipping away from an awkward conversation. He discovered an aquarium holding three goldfish like the ones he had given Xi Yan, then encountered the man emerging from the shadows in a wheelchair.

• Old Master Xi arrived late and told the young guests to enjoy themselves at his birthday celebration.
• Bai Le and Wu Hua discussed the party’s matchmaking prospects, and Wu Hua showed interest in a girl from the Xie Family.
• Xi Yan brought up Bai Le, prompting Bai Huizhang to introduce him to Old Master Xi.
• Xi Defeng and Xie Qizhi joined the conversation, while Chen Suqiu awkwardly tried to draw attention to Bai Yin and Xi Yan.
• Bai Le slipped away to the second-floor bathroom, then noticed an aquarium with exactly three goldfish resembling the ones he had given Xi Yan.
• A man in a wheelchair emerged from the shadows and asked Bai Le what he was doing.

Bai Le was caught looking into Xi Yan’s room and then accompanied him downstairs, where Xi Defeng discussed possible marriage matches and his schemes involving Ye Feifei and Xie Qizhi. After feeling nauseated from eating dessert, Bai Le went home to rest and saw that his company’s trainee had made the final boy group.

• Bai Le admitted that he had seen Xi Yan’s birthday present, and Xi Yan told him to come downstairs.
• Bai Le asked how Xi Yan had brought the fish back and guessed that he had used a private plane.
• Old Master Xi told Xi Defeng that he preferred the Bai family girl as a match for Xi Yan, while Xi Defeng considered how to use Xie Qizhi after his plans involving Ye Feifei faltered.
• Bai Le pushed Xi Yan downstairs, tried desserts Wu Hua brought him, and began retching and feeling unwell.
• Bai Le went home to rest and later saw that a trainee from his company had earned a place in the boy group.

Bai Le learned that Bai Yin had been chosen as the empress, while Chen Suqiu pushed Bai Yin to marry Xi Yan despite her objections. At the Xi residence, Xi Yan confronted his abusive mother and kept his plans in motion, but his questions about the pastries hinted at a new suspicion.

• Bai Le told his WeChat group that Bai Yin had been chosen as the empress and joked that they should call him the imperial brother-in-law.
• Chen Suqiu urged Bai Yin to marry Xi Yan for his wealth and status, but Bai Yin insisted she did not want to marry him.
• Bai Huizhang found Bai Le playing on his phone and threw a pillow at him for pretending to be sick, before Bai Yin and Chen Suqiu calmed him down.
• Secretary Xing reported that Tan Lianxin had been released from her room, but she rushed at Xi Yan and cursed him before Secretary Xing restrained her.
• Xi Yan told Secretary Xing to keep the plan unchanged, then asked who had made the pastries and ordered that person dismissed.

Bai Le learned that the drama he had warned the company against had run into trouble, then attended Wu Hua’s family wedding with Bai Yin. At the reception, Xi Yan arrived looking unwell, while Wu Hua explained that his father had forced his second brother to marry the college student he had gotten pregnant.

• Ye Xiaosi told Bai Le that the drama Bai Le had warned against had run into trouble, and Bai Le credited his prediction to metaphysics.
• Bai Le remembered Bai Yin pointing out that he had gained weight and considered starting to exercise.
• Wu Hua invited Bai Le and Bai Yin to his second brother’s wedding, which was arranged after the groom tried to abandon the pregnant college student.
• Bai Le explained to Bai Yin why Xi Yan was called Fourth Master and learned that Xi Yan’s older brother had died and his two older sisters lived abroad.
• Wu Hua brought Bai Le to the main table, where the Wu family greeted Xi Yan as he arrived looking pale and hoarse.
• Wu Hua told Bai Le that his father had forced his second brother to marry to prevent the college student from exposing the scandal.

At a wedding, Bai Le learned that men could become pregnant and began to fear that his own rounded belly meant he was pregnant. As the ceremony and banquet continued, he grew increasingly anxious while Xi Yan noticed his distress.

• Bai Le learned from Wu Hua that his second brother had married a man, then saw the pregnant groom and was reminded of his own rounded belly.
• Wu Hua explained that men could rarely become pregnant, leaving Bai Le to wonder whether the same had happened to him.
• Bai Le watched Xi Yan during the wedding ceremony and grew pale as he recalled his recent behavior and a night with Xi Yan.
• Bai Le barely ate, and Xi Yan noticed his tense, unsettled expression.
• The newlyweds toasted Xi Yan, and he picked up his wineglass despite Secretary Xing's concern for his health.

After Xi Yan offered Bai Le a ride home, he teased him in the car and asked why he had felt unwell at the wedding banquet. Bai Le avoided answering and later rushed out to the pharmacy, convinced he needed something urgent.

• Xi Yan congratulated the newlyweds, surprising the Wu family, while Wu Hua speculated that Xi Yan was thinking about his own upcoming marriage.
• Bai Le left the hotel in the drizzle, and Xi Yan insisted on driving him home.
• In the car, Xi Yan ordered Bai Le closer, then asked whether he had been feeling unwell and who he had seen.
• Bai Le got out at his villa without answering Xi Yan's question and hurried inside.
• Bai Le disguised himself with a hat, sunglasses, and scarf, then told Bai Yin he was going to the pharmacy for something that could decide whether he lived or died.

Bai Le secretly bought a pregnancy test and narrowly avoided being seen by Xi Yan after Secretary Xing recognized him at the pharmacy. Back home, Bai Le took the test in the bathroom while Bai Yin waited outside.

• Xi Yan allowed Secretary Xing ten minutes to buy medicine for his daughter, while Bai Le stopped at the same pharmacy to buy a pregnancy test.
• Bai Le tried to conceal his identity, but Secretary Xing recognized him by his clothes as he reached for the test.
• Secretary Xing promised not to tell anyone he had seen Bai Le, then returned to Xi Yan without mentioning the encounter.
• Bai Le waited until Xi Yan's car had left before heading home with the test.
• Bai Le began taking the test in the bathroom and sent Bai Yin to use another bathroom when Bai Yin urgently knocked.

After discovering his positive pregnancy test, Bai Le struggled to accept that he was pregnant with Xi Yan’s child. A hospital ultrasound confirmed an early singleton pregnancy, leaving him to face the reality as the doctor asked about his habits during pregnancy.

• Bai Le discovered two red lines on his pregnancy test and realized he was pregnant.
• Bai Le returned to his room, wondered whether to end the pregnancy or give birth, and went downstairs to dinner with his family.
• Bai Le clung to the hope that the test was wrong and went to the hospital for an examination the next day.
• The doctor showed Bai Le an ultrasound report confirming an early singleton pregnancy and explained that the fetus was in its first three months.
• The doctor asked Bai Le whether he had drunk alcohol or smoked during the pregnancy.

Bai Le learned he was pregnant but remained unsure whether to keep the baby, then wandered into a bookstore to buy books that might dissuade him from having an abortion. There he ran into Ye Feifei, who said she planned to pursue a career in entertainment.

• Bai Le told the doctor he had not decided whether to keep the baby, and the doctor urged him to discuss the decision with the baby's father.
• Bai Le left the hospital and wandered the streets, telling girls who approached him that he had a child.
• Bai Le went to a bookstore and bought books about abortion's harms and awakening fatherly love.
• Bai Le bumped into Ye Feifei and claimed the childcare books were gifts for a friend's baby.
• Ye Feifei told Bai Le she planned to interview at one of his companies and enter the entertainment industry as an artist.

Bai Le struggled with the news that he might be pregnant and dreaded telling Xi Yan, then attended a charity visit to an orphanage. Mu Mu’s plea that Bai Le take him home unsettled him, and the director explained that Mu Mu had been abandoned by his father as a baby.

• Bai Le tore up his test report, hid his book, and lay awake most of the night worrying about whether to keep the child and tell Xi Yan.
• At the company, Bai Le reacted angrily to hearing the Xi family’s name and learned he had to attend a scheduled orphanage visit.
• Bai Le visited the orphanage, played with the children, and grew especially close to Mu Mu, who asked him to take him home.
• Bai Le promised Mu Mu he would visit again, and the director told him Mu Mu had nearly died after his father abandoned him as a baby.