Chapter Summaries

The parents prepared outfits for the children’s fashion show, while Su Huaiming and Sun Siyuan appeared to put little effort into the task. The show began with several strange outfits and Ning Lei’s well-made sweater, leaving Su Huaiming’s creation still to be revealed.

• Fu Jingfan ended his call with Su Huaiming after they agreed Su Huaiming would return home in three days.
• The production team assigned the parents to make outfits, and Sun Siyuan was told to create one for himself despite having no child partner.
• Su Huaiming bought vivid light green fabric for Fu Xiaoxiao, while Ning Lei chose yarn to knit Jameel a sweater.
• Ning Lei worked through the night on his sweater as the other parents prepared their outfits, while Su Huaiming and Sun Siyuan kept to their usual routines.
• Sun Siyuan opened the fashion show wearing a black cape made by draping fabric over his clothes, and he accepted last place.
• Yu Xuanxuan walked out covered in white fabric, Ji Youyou appeared wrapped in pink strips, and Jameel modeled the black sweater Ning Lei had knitted for him.

Su Huaiming’s outfit for Fu Xiaoxiao impressed everyone, and Fu Xiaoxiao tried to persuade him to make Fu Jingfan matching light-green accessories. Su Huaiming eventually agreed, then took Fu Xiaoxiao to a courtyard where they met Little Black’s elegant elderly owner.

• Fu Xiaoxiao modeled Su Huaiming’s sophisticated light-green outfit, earning praise from Ji Mingzhe, Yu Ruicheng, and the livestream viewers.
• Fu Xiaoxiao asked Su Huaiming to make Fu Jingfan a light-green hat, then insisted on adding underwear and socks until Su Huaiming reluctantly agreed.
• Fu Xiaoxiao followed Su Huaiming through the mountains to a traditional courtyard and discovered that Little Black lived there.
• An elegant elderly woman welcomed Su Huaiming and Fu Xiaoxiao, and she affectionately returned Fu Xiaoxiao’s greeting.

Su Huaiming visited an elegant old lady with Fu Xiaoxiao, borrowed her sewing machine, and secretly made gifts for Fu Jingfan from precious fabric. After the old lady helped clear online accusations against Su Huaiming, he tried to thank her, then returned home with Fu Xiaoxiao and reunited with Fu Jingfan.

• The old lady welcomed Su Huaiming and Fu Xiaoxiao, and Su Huaiming borrowed her antique sewing machine after admiring her Gambiered Silk.
• While the old lady was away, Su Huaiming secretly made a hat, underwear, and socks from tender green fabric for Fu Jingfan.
• Online commenters attacked Su Huaiming's outfit and Fu Xiaoxiao, but a respected designer praised Su Huaiming's talent and criticized the outfit's unfinished details.
• The production team released Su Huaiming's design sketch and making-of footage after the old lady contacted them to dispel rumors that he had cheated.
• Su Huaiming and Fu Xiaoxiao left gifts and his contact information at the old lady's closed door, then finished filming and returned home.
• Fu Xiaoxiao ran into Fu Jingfan's arms at the greenhouse, and Fu Jingfan gently patted his head before turning to Su Huaiming.

Su Huaiming returned from filming and tried to pass off an opened bottle of mineral water as Fu Jingfan’s gift, but Fu Xiaoxiao exposed the green handmade clothes Su Huaiming had brought for him. That evening, Su Huaiming delivered Fu Jingfan a late-night snack in an enormous bowl and eagerly served himself some soup.

• Su Huaiming reported that filming the secluded-cabin episode had gone smoothly, then gave Fu Jingfan an opened bottle of mineral water as his gift.
• Fu Xiaoxiao rummaged through Su Huaiming’s suitcase and tossed out a green hat, revealing the handmade clothes and accessories they had brought for Fu Jingfan.
• Fu Xiaoxiao claimed the gift was his idea and said Su Huaiming had made the items; Fu Jingfan accepted the gift without putting on the hat.
• Fu Jingfan teased Su Huaiming about wanting to see him wear the green outfit, then asked him to bring a late-night snack that evening.
• Su Huaiming brought Fu Jingfan one enormous bowl of soup to the study and immediately ladled himself a small serving.

Su Huaiming shared a late-night snack with Fu Jingfan, who teased him about his eating habits and the green hat, underwear, and socks he had given him. After Su Huaiming said he would be home for about half a month, Fu Jingfan told him to rest, but the next morning Su Huaiming learned he had to travel to City A to shoot a commercial.

• Su Huaiming ate several bowls of glutinous rice balls in fermented rice soup while Fu Jingfan watched, then Fu Jingfan served himself a bowl.
• Su Huaiming urged Fu Jingfan to look after his health, and Fu Jingfan teased him about exercising and having meals brought to his room.
• Fu Jingfan asked why Su Huaiming had given him a green hat, underwear, and socks, then joked that he had not been green enough.
• Su Huaiming told Fu Jingfan he could stay home for about half a month, and Fu Jingfan told him to get some rest.
• The next morning, Su Huaiming learned he had to go to neighboring City A to shoot a commercial.

Su Huaiming traveled to a neighboring city to shoot a jewelry commercial, impressing the crew with how naturally he fit the elaborate set and outfits. After the shoot, the crew took publicity photos while he was zoning out and thinking about dinner, then prepared him for a new look in a studio.

• Su Huaiming accepted the butler's arrangements and traveled with five assistants to the neighboring city for a jewelry commercial.
• The makeup artists prepared Su Huaiming in an ornate European-style outfit, and the director explained that he should blend naturally into the jewelry store setting.
• Su Huaiming performed so convincingly in three lavish outfits that the director praised him and decided to take additional publicity photos.
• The photographer captured Su Huaiming zoning out as he thought about dinner and mistook his vacant expression for sophisticated modeling.
• Su Huaiming told the makeup artists the truth about the photo, and they changed his makeup and dressed him in a casual outfit for a new studio shoot.

Su Huaiming filmed a Qixi advertisement built around a warm, lived-in home and the impression that he was loved by Fu Jingfan. When he discovered the director planned to use Fu Jingfan’s standee as his partner, Su Huaiming mistook it for the real Fu Jingfan, and the director agreed to replace its shadow with a generic one.

• Su Huaiming filmed a relaxed morning scene, and the director praised how naturally he seemed to show off his love for Fu Jingfan.
• The director gave Su Huaiming custom matching rings and explained that he would run to embrace someone during a countryside scene.
• Su Huaiming spotted a figure that looked like Fu Jingfan, but discovered it was a life-size standee.
• The director apologized for using Fu Jingfan’s image without permission, while Su Huaiming explained that he had mistaken the standee for Fu Jingfan in the dim light.
• Su Huaiming suggested replacing the standee with a generic shadow, and the director agreed.

Su Huaiming finished filming, where a staged scene with Fu Jingfan’s standee convinced the crew that the two were deeply in love. On returning home, he learned it might be Fu Jingfan’s birthday and found a gift box in Fu Jingfan’s study, but he still did not know how to ask him about it.

• Su Huaiming acted through the filming scenes with Fu Jingfan’s standee and accidentally appeared to embrace it, prompting the crew to believe he and Fu Jingfan were affectionate newlyweds.
• Su Huaiming declined the director’s dinner invitation, signed autographs for two makeup artists, and headed to the airport.
• The butler told Su Huaiming that Fu Jingfan’s birthday was on the fourth, and Su Huaiming realized that the date was that very day.
• After landing, Su Huaiming could not reach the butler or find Fu Jingfan’s birthday online, so he returned to the villa late that night.
• Su Huaiming found Fu Jingfan working in his study and noticed a gift box with a red ribbon, making him wonder whether it was Fu Jingfan’s birthday.
• Fu Jingfan joined Su Huaiming on the small sofa, appearing exhausted as Su Huaiming continued to search for a way to ask about the gift.

Su Huaiming went to Fu Jingfan’s study to wish him a happy birthday, and Fu Jingfan turned him into a makeshift present. Su Huaiming agreed to be Fu Jingfan’s present for a day, provided Fu Jingfan followed his rules.

• Su Huaiming asked Fu Jingfan whether he took breaks on special days, then pointed to the gift box and asked if it was his birthday.
• Fu Jingfan confirmed it was his birthday and asked Su Huaiming for a present.
• Fu Jingfan tied the box’s red ribbon around Su Huaiming’s neck and declared him the present he had chosen.
• Su Huaiming agreed to be Fu Jingfan’s present for a day, but said Fu Jingfan did not own him.
• Su Huaiming gave Fu Jingfan the right to use him, on the condition that Fu Jingfan obeyed his rules, beginning with not making him do anything illegal or harmful to others.

Su Huaiming laid down conditions for being Fu Jingfan’s birthday gift, but Fu Jingfan decided where he would sleep and took him on an overnight drive to an undisclosed destination. As the car traveled, Su Huaiming slept beside Fu Jingfan, who made room for him when his foot repeatedly pressed against his thigh.

• Su Huaiming listed demands about exercise, meals, sleep, work, and the number of times he could refuse Fu Jingfan, and Fu Jingfan agreed to them.
• Fu Jingfan told Su Huaiming that he would decide where Su Huaiming slept, then took him to a car and said they would arrive the next morning.
• Su Huaiming fell asleep under a blanket in the back seat while Fu Jingfan reviewed documents during the drive.
• Su Huaiming stretched in his sleep and repeatedly pressed his foot against Fu Jingfan’s thigh, so Fu Jingfan moved closer to the window to give him room.
• At dawn, the butler woke and hit his arm against the car roof, startling the driver.

Su Huaiming woke on the yacht after spending the night beside Fu Jingfan, then met Fu Jingfan’s friend Song Hanyu and learned that Fu’s birthday was on the tenth, not the fourth. The butler revealed Fu disappeared for a day around this time every year, leaving Su Huaiming to wonder why Fu had let him celebrate the wrong birthday.

• Su Huaiming woke in the car and discovered Fu Jingfan had stayed awake all night while being squeezed against the door by Su’s restless sleeping.
• Fu Jingfan brought Su Huaiming to a yacht, where Song Hanyu warmly greeted Su and told him how he had invested in Fu’s overseas business.
• Su Huaiming exchanged WeChat details with Song Hanyu, then followed Fu onto the yacht and went to change after Fu warned him about the sea wind.
• The butler told Su Huaiming that Fu Jingfan’s birthday was on the tenth, prompting Su to question why Fu had accepted his birthday celebration on the fourth.
• The butler said Fu disappeared for a day around this time every year and that this was the first time he had learned Fu went to the yacht.

Su Huaiming learned that Fu Jingfan usually spent his birthday alone at sea, then tried to understand why Fu Jingfan had brought him along this year. Fu Jingfan revealed it had been a whim, and the two continued their bickering aboard the yacht.

• The butler accidentally revealed that Fu Jingfan went out to sea every year on the day he disappeared, leading Su Huaiming to suspect the day was Fu Jingfan's real birthday.
• Fu Jingfan told Su Huaiming he had handed his work to Secretary Zhou and brought neither his phone nor documents on the yacht.
• Su Huaiming tried to evoke a romantic moment by mentioning Titanic, but worried about falling into the sea, and the pair's conversation turned into morbid teasing.
• Su Huaiming realized that Fu Jingfan's provocations made him unusually quick to argue, then asked why Fu Jingfan had brought him aboard this year.
• Fu Jingfan explained that he had gone to sea alone in previous years, but on a whim brought Su Huaiming along as a birthday gift to amuse himself and quiet Song Hanyu.

Su Huaiming and Fu Jingfan spent a peaceful day and night aboard a yacht, where Su Huaiming avoided learning the truth about Fu Jingfan’s birthday. After waking with a painful stiff neck, Su Huaiming left the yacht with Fu Jingfan and tried to hide his awkward posture from everyone.

• Su Huaiming asked Fu Jingfan why he had let everyone celebrate his birthday on the wrong date, then quickly refused to hear the explanation.
• Su Huaiming and Fu Jingfan enjoyed a quiet day on the yacht, and Su Huaiming told the butler that Fu Jingfan had finished his work early so he could relax.
• Fu Jingfan watched Su Huaiming sleep and eventually fell asleep beside him through the night.
• Su Huaiming woke with a painful stiff neck, and Fu Jingfan called the butler to help as the yacht staff crowded around him.
• After the yacht docked, Fu Jingfan teased Su Huaiming about his tilted head, while Su Huaiming tried to conceal his stiff neck from Song Hanyu.
• Fu Jingfan called Su Huaiming away from Song Hanyu, and Su Huaiming followed him into the car.

Su Huaiming got treatment for his stiff neck, then returned to the villa and found a puppy waiting in the greenhouse. He was teasing the puppy when Fu Xiaoxiao arrived and tried to take it from him.

• Fu Jingfan took Su Huaiming to a traditional Chinese medicine clinic, where an old doctor massaged his neck until he could straighten it again.
• Fu Jingfan gave Su Huaiming mints to comfort him, and Su Huaiming reluctantly ate them on the drive home.
• The butler told Su Huaiming that a guest was waiting in the glass greenhouse, but Su Huaiming found only a small yellow puppy there.
• Su Huaiming picked up and teased the puppy, joking about adding it on WeChat and wondering whether it understood him.
• Fu Xiaoxiao ran up, saw the puppy in Su Huaiming's hands, and reached for it but could not reach it.

Su Huaiming reunited with Madam Li, who asked for his help refining her clothing designs, and the two quickly connected through their shared creative interests. Fu Jingfan revealed plans for a luxury brand and urged Su Huaiming to join as chief designer; Su Huaiming agreed only to think it over, and Madam Li left after promising to visit Fu Xiaoxiao again.

• Fu Xiaoxiao told Su Huaiming that Grandma had brought Little Black and his puppies, and Su Huaiming found Madam Li waiting in the villa.
• Madam Li asked Su Huaiming to suggest improvements to her Gambiered Silk designs, and they worked together on distinctive details inspired by local clothing.
• Madam Li encouraged Su Huaiming to trust his talent and break free from conventions, and the two finished discussing the designs together.
• Fu Jingfan arrived and explained that he had invited Madam Li to become chief designer for his planned luxury brand.
• Fu Jingfan asked Su Huaiming to join the brand, and Su Huaiming, reluctant to commit, said he would think about it.
• Madam Li prepared to leave after a call from her husband, and Fu Xiaoxiao hugged her leg and asked if she was going home.

Fu Xiaoxiao and Su Huaiming named the two puppies Da Qiang and Xiao Mei. Later, Fu Jingfan explained why he wanted Su Huaiming to become chief designer, and Su Huaiming negotiated conditions before asking whether Fu Jingfan could accept his different style.

• The old madam entrusted Little Black's puppies to Fu Xiaoxiao and Su Huaiming, and Little Black said goodbye before following her.
• Fu Xiaoxiao named the yellow puppy Da Qiang, and Su Huaiming named the white puppy Xiao Mei.
• Su Huaiming kept the late-night snack for himself instead of taking it to Fu Jingfan, who later came to his room to ask why.
• Fu Jingfan explained that he wanted Su Huaiming to work as chief designer without pressure or restrictions, and offered to include Su Huaiming's conditions in a contract.
• Su Huaiming asked to be allowed to step down after four months and to create without assignments or interference, and Fu Jingfan agreed.
• Su Huaiming asked Fu Jingfan whether he could tolerate a design style completely different from his own.

Su Huaiming agreed to work with Madam Li, while Fu Jingfan realized he could only fall asleep while looking at Su Huaiming’s sleeping face. After Su Huaiming’s jewelry advertisement drew attention online, he discovered that he had lost the ring featured in it, and the search ended without finding it.

• Su Huaiming agreed to work with Madam Li after Fu Jingfan persuaded him, then shared the remaining snow fungus soup with Fu Jingfan and wished him sweet dreams.
• Fu Jingfan went to bed early but could not sleep, realizing he could only fall asleep while looking at Su Huaiming’s sleeping face.
• The jewelry brand posted Su Huaiming’s Qixi promotional photos and video, and viewers speculated about the identity of the shadow in the advertisement.
• The butler asked Su Huaiming who had appeared opposite him in the shoot, and Su Huaiming explained that the shadow had been added in post-production.
• The butler asked whether Su Huaiming had given Fu Jingfan the ring from the advertisement, and Su Huaiming realized he had lost it.
• Su Huaiming and the household staff searched the villa for the ring but failed to find it; the ring box remained beneath a cabinet in Fu Jingfan’s study.

Su Huaiming released a wake-up recording that got his fans out of bed, then left with Fu Xiaoxiao to film the variety show while Fu Jingfan realized he struggled with Su Huaiming’s absence. At the filming location, the group learned Sun Siyuan would temporarily care for Jameel with a new trainee parent, Zhou Hanyan, whose arrival immediately sparked a confrontation with Sun Siyuan.

• Su Huaiming posted a gentle-sounding wake-up recording that scolded listeners for sleeping at their age, sending them scrambling out of bed.
• Su Huaiming persuaded Fu Xiaoxiao to leave Da Qiang and Xiao Mei at home by promising to use their earnings to buy them food.
• Su Huaiming and Fu Xiaoxiao left early for the variety show, and Fu Jingfan realized the villa felt empty without Su Huaiming and that he was finding his absence hard to adjust to.
• Su Huaiming’s group arrived at the filming location and learned that Sun Siyuan had replaced Ning Lei as Jameel’s temporary parent, with a second trainee parent joining him.
• Zhou Hanyan arrived, and Sun Siyuan confronted him by asking why he had come.

Zhou Hanyan joined the childcare variety show intending to expose Su Huaiming, but he discovered Sun Siyuan was a regular guest and was shocked by Sun Siyuan’s changed behavior toward Su Huaiming. After Su Huaiming deleted Zhou Hanyan’s messages, the group gathered for hot pot, where Fu Xiaoxiao tried the spicy broth and got overwhelmed by the heat.

• Zhou Hanyan learned that Sun Siyuan was a regular guest and argued with him over who was better suited to care for a child.
• Sun Siyuan carried Su Huaiming’s suitcase upstairs, prompting Zhou Hanyan to look up clips showing Sun’s considerate behavior toward Su Huaiming.
• Zhou Hanyan planned to pose as Su Huaiming’s devoted fan, but Su Huaiming deleted him after he sent a string of messages under a new profile.
• The guests gathered for hot pot, and Fu Xiaoxiao eagerly tried a piece of meat from the spicy broth.
• Fu Xiaoxiao’s face turned red from the spice, so Su Huaiming gave him tissues and water.

After dinner, Su Huaiming and the other adults played a team game, where he rescued Zhou Hanyan and scored a penta kill. Zhou Hanyan was shaken by the thrilling save but decided Su Huaiming had staged it to make amends for deleting him.

• Fu Xiaoxiao refused more spicy broth and obediently ate food cooked in the clear and tomato broths.
• Su Huaiming, Sun Siyuan, Yu Ruicheng, Ji Mingzhe, and Zhou Hanyan started a game together, with Ji Mingzhe teaching Zhou Hanyan how to play support.
• Zhou Hanyan and Sun Siyuan argued while struggling in the bottom lane, and the opposing team ambushed them.
• Su Huaiming rescued Zhou Hanyan from the enemy team, then returned to the fight and defeated three opponents for a penta kill before falling.
• Zhou Hanyan felt thrilled by Su Huaiming's rescue, then suspected Su Huaiming had saved him to make up for deleting him.