Chapter Summaries

After Qi Si and Bo Yanqi left, Bai Hanzhou pinned down the blind Li An and teased him until Li An reluctantly promised not to hit him. Bai Hanzhou then kissed Li An and said he could not hold back anymore, leaving Li An shocked and struggling to understand what was happening.

• After Qi Si and Bo Yanqi left, Li An sprawled on the sofa, and Bai Hanzhou squeezed in beside him.
• Bai Hanzhou dodged Li An's attacks, grabbed both his ankles, and pinned his arms while Li An cursed and threatened him.
• Li An sensed something was wrong and promised not to hit Bai Hanzhou if he let him go.
• Bai Hanzhou asked whether Li An would refrain from hitting him no matter what he did, then stared at him as Li An hesitated.
• Bai Hanzhou kissed Li An before he could finish cursing and whispered that he could not hold back anymore.

Bai Hanzhou acted on his long-suppressed desire for Li An, but Li An’s confusion about love gave him pause. The chapter ended with Bai Hanzhou wrapping Li An in a blanket and holding him gently instead of continuing.

• Bai Hanzhou carried Li An from the sofa to the bedroom as Li An remained conflicted and did not resist.
• Bai Hanzhou asked Li An whether he loved him, but Li An questioned what love meant and whether living together counted.
• Bai Hanzhou reflected on years of staying by Li An’s side and admitted to himself that jealousy over Bo Yanqi and Qi Si had made his restraint falter.
• Li An called out to Bai Hanzhou when he could not see or understand what was happening.
• Bai Hanzhou wrapped Li An in a blanket, held him, and gently patted his back.

Bai Hanzhou questioned Li An about his feelings and whether intimacy could be shared with anyone, forcing Li An to confront his jealousy and attachment. Li An admitted that only Bai Hanzhou could touch him that way, while Bai Hanzhou endured another painful tug on his hair.

• Bai Hanzhou stopped and asked Li An whether intimacy could be done with just anyone, prompting an argument that ended with them biting and teasing each other.
• Bai Hanzhou asked whether Li An understood love and who mattered more to him, but Li An angrily insisted that Third Master could not be compared.
• Bai Hanzhou asked what Li An would do if he fell in love with someone else and made that person his closest companion, and Li An realized he could not bear the thought.
• Bai Hanzhou asked again whether intimacy could be shared with anyone, and Li An realized that only Bai Hanzhou was acceptable to him.
• Li An told Bai Hanzhou that other people would not do and grabbed his hair as Bai Hanzhou pressed him for an explanation.

Li An woke to find his eyesight had returned and excitedly told Bai Hanzhou, who arranged a hospital examination. They planned to meet Qi Si and Bo Yanqi at the hospital, while Li An struggled with soreness from the night before.

• Li An woke up and discovered he could see his hands and the bedroom again.
• Li An ran to Bai Hanzhou and told him his eyesight had returned.
• Bai Hanzhou arranged a comprehensive checkup and realized Qi Si had overheard Li An's excited announcement on the phone.
• Bo Yanqi said he and Qi Si were also going to the hospital, and Bai Hanzhou agreed to meet them there.
• Li An's legs gave out from soreness, and Bai Hanzhou carried him as Li An tugged his hair.

Li An and Bai Hanzhou went to the hospital for Li An’s examination while Qi Si and Bo Yanqi headed to visit Jiang Zhijie. Qi Si teased Bo Yanqi about seeming indifferent, and a whispered endearment stopped Bo Yanqi from dragging him away for ten seconds, leaving them still together in the elevator.

• Qi Si and Bo Yanqi noticed that Li An had recovered, while Qi Si also observed the new intimacy between Li An and Bai Hanzhou.
• Bai Hanzhou questioned Qi Si’s decision to meet Jiang Zhijie, but Qi Si said he needed answers and would not explain further yet.
• Bai Hanzhou took Li An to his examination, and Qi Si and Bo Yanqi went to Jiang Zhijie’s room on the top floor.
• Qi Si told Bo Yanqi that his calmness made it seem as if he did not care whether Qi Si lived or died, provoking Bo Yanqi to grab him and drag him toward the elevator.
• Qi Si called Bo Yanqi “Honey” and apologized, making Bo Yanqi freeze until the elevator doors closed again.

Qi Si admitted that he was afraid Jiang Zhijie’s hidden suggestions might be triggered, and Bo Yanqi gave him space to explain what he had been hiding. Qi Si began describing why Jiang Zhijie considered him the perfect test subject, but had not yet explained what made him different.

• Bo Yanqi confronted Qi Si about using jokes to conceal his real thoughts, and Qi Si asked whether Bo Yanqi had been curious about the questions he asked in the elevator.
• Qi Si admitted he had not known how to discuss his fear that meeting Jiang Zhijie could trigger suggestions planted in his memories.
• Bo Yanqi led Qi Si into a stairwell and told him they could delay seeing Jiang Zhijie while Qi Si sorted out his thoughts.
• Bo Yanqi joked with Qi Si until the tension eased, and Qi Si explained that keeping his secret would eventually become unbearable.
• Qi Si described Jiang Zhijie's experiments to create and make multiple personalities coexist within children, then said he had been the exception to the other failed subjects.

Qi Si told Bo Yanqi that he had cooperated with Jiang Zhijie’s experiments to protect the other children, then revealed that he was not originally from their world. He explained that the experiments might have replaced a child’s original personality, leaving Bo Yanqi to absorb the truth about Qi Si’s identity and memories.

• Qi Si explained that Jiang Zhijie’s experiments worked poorly on children and that Qi Si became his most difficult subject because he resisted.
• Qi Si told Bo Yanqi that he had chosen to cooperate with Jiang Zhijie in exchange for the other children’s safety.
• Bo Yanqi comforted Qi Si and regretted that he had not investigated sooner, while Qi Si insisted the suffering was not his fault.
• Qi Si explained that the experiments could replace a child’s original personality and questioned whether he would still have been himself if he had truly been a child.
• Qi Si confessed to Bo Yanqi that he was not from this world and recalled waking in a hospital delivery room with memories of his previous life.

Qi Si told Bo Yanqi that he had died young from an illness in his past life, and Bo Yanqi comforted him over the hardships he had endured. Qi Si blamed himself for his parents’ deaths in this life, but Bo Yanqi said the chain of events ultimately traced back to him and his mother.

• Qi Si revealed that he had died during surgery after falling ill in his past life.
• Bo Yanqi mourned that Qi Si had died young and suffered further misfortune in this life because of Jiang Zhijie.
• Qi Si said meeting Bo Yanqi and having Qi Wang as his brother were the greatest fortunes across both his lives, though he still felt responsible for his parents’ deaths.
• Bo Yanqi told Qi Si not to blame himself and said Jiang Zhijie had caused the events that led to the Qi parents’ deaths.
• Bo Yanqi said the source of the whole matter was himself and his mother, leaving Qi Si surprised.

Bo Yanqi reassured Qi Si that the tragedies at Morning Light Orphanage were not his fault and praised him for saving the children. Qi Si explained that Jiang Zhijie had left a clue about his previous life in his memories, and he and Bo Yanqi agreed to confront Jiang Zhijie together.

• Bo Yanqi told Qi Si that Jiang Zhijie had caused the orphanage tragedies and that Qi Si had saved many children.
• Qi Si recalled how he had repeatedly submitted to Jiang Zhijie's experiments to protect the children, despite the danger to himself.
• Bo Yanqi realized Qi Si wanted to question Jiang Zhijie about his previous life.
• Qi Si explained that Jiang Zhijie had left a hidden hint in his memories, which he discovered after dreaming of Jiang Zhijie's death.
• Qi Si said he feared Jiang Zhijie might reveal his secret or plant suggestions in others, so he needed to meet him.
• Bo Yanqi insisted on accompanying Qi Si, and Qi Si agreed.

Qi Si and Bo Yanqi visited the dying Jiang Zhijie, who warned Qi Si against trusting love based on Jiang Honghu’s betrayal of his mother and Zhong Xinyao. Qi Si rejected the warning and challenged Jiang Zhijie’s motives, leaving their conversation unresolved.

• Bo Yanqi and Qi Si held hands as they met Bai Hanzhou and Li An outside Jiang Zhijie's room.
• Bai Hanzhou stopped Li An from following Qi Si and Bo Yanqi inside, and Li An agreed to stand guard outside.
• Qi Si and Bo Yanqi entered Jiang Zhijie's room, where Jiang Zhijie asked whether Qi Si had told Bo Yanqi everything.
• Qi Si said he trusted Bo Yanqi as his lover, and Jiang Zhijie warned that young people could be blinded by love.
• Jiang Zhijie described how Jiang Honghu had deceived Zhong Xinyao and abandoned his mother, then urged Qi Si not to trust love or those around him.
• Qi Si dismissed Jiang Zhijie's warning and asked why he was talking about love when they both knew why Qi Si had come.

Qi Si confronted Jiang Zhijie at the hospital about the message he had left in Qi Si’s memories. Jiang Zhijie revealed that he knew Qi Si was not from this world and asked whether Qi Si could take him to the other world.

• Qi Si accused Jiang Zhijie of using his parents’ selfish relationship to lecture him about love, and Jiang Zhijie’s condition worsened until doctors treated him.
• Bo Yanqi said Qi Si had already voiced his thoughts, while the doctors warned them not to provoke Jiang Zhijie again.
• Qi Si returned to Jiang Zhijie’s bedside and demanded to know what the message in his memories meant and why Jiang Zhijie had lured him there.
• Jiang Zhijie claimed he knew Qi Si came from another world and asked whether Qi Si knew how to get there, alarming Qi Si and darkening Bo Yanqi’s expression.

Bo Yanqi threatened Jiang Zhijie with extracting his consciousness and keeping it in a container, revealing that he had been researching how to preserve consciousness beyond the body. Qi Si took comfort in Bo Yanqi’s protection but was left shaken by doubts about whether his memories and identity were real.

• Qi Si questioned why Jiang Zhijie wanted to know how to return to his original world, and Bo Yanqi shielded Qi Si when Jiang Zhijie seemed dangerous.
• Bo Yanqi warned Jiang Zhijie that he could make him beg for death, then revealed his research into preserving human consciousness after bodily death.
• Qi Si grew anxious that his own memories might be fabricated, but Bo Yanqi took his hand and reassured him.
• Jiang Zhijie asked whether Bo Yanqi had confirmed the existence of souls and captured them, and Bo Yanqi said he could extract Jiang Zhijie’s consciousness and control it in a prepared container.
• Bo Yanqi offered to apply to the higher-ups immediately, claiming Jiang Zhijie’s status as a death-row inmate made him suitable for the experiment.

Bo Yanqi reassured Qi Si that the world was real and that his love was his own choice, not a programmed command. After a doctor said Jiang Zhijie's condition was worsening, Bo Yanqi took Qi Si out of the room, where they found Li An and Bai Hanzhou arguing.

• Bo Yanqi admitted that he had only been bluffing about technology that could transfer and preserve consciousness, and Qi Si confessed that the idea had made him doubt whether his world was real.
• Bo Yanqi reassured Qi Si that he, Qi Wang, and the people around him were real, and told Qi Si that his love was a choice rather than a program command.
• Qi Si reflected on how his former personality had acted as if it loved Lin Weiwei without truly feeling love, and Bo Yanqi told him that his sense of self stood above any command or design.
• A doctor told Bo Yanqi and Qi Si that Jiang Zhijie's condition was not optimistic and that their visit had to end.
• Bo Yanqi led Qi Si out of the room, where they saw Li An arguing with Bai Hanzhou.

Qi Si and Bo Yanqi left the hospital while Bai Hanzhou and Li An bickered, then reunited with them and traveled to the Zhong Family residence. Bai Hanzhou feared he would be punished for betraying the Jiang Family, but they entered without trouble, and Li An’s kick nearly sent him crashing into Zhong Nantian.

• Li An grabbed Bai Hanzhou by the hair for his teasing, and Qi Si and Bo Yanqi left them arguing.
• Bai Hanzhou and Li An caught up with Qi Si and Bo Yanqi in the parking lot, then agreed to accompany them to Zhong Nantian’s residence.
• Bo Yanqi brought up Bai Hanzhou’s betrayal of the Jiang Family, while Li An’s loyalty remained solely to Bo Yanqi.
• Bai Hanzhou worried that Zhong Nantian’s people would reject or attack him, but his car passed through the Zhong Family gates without hindrance.
• Li An kicked Bai Hanzhou forward, and Bai Hanzhou twisted aside to avoid Zhong Nantian’s raised foot.

Li An and Bai Hanzhou joined Bo Yanqi and Qi Si at Zhong Nantian’s home, where they discussed Jiang Zhijie’s failing health and the likelihood that he would die before his trial. The conversation revealed that Bo Yanqi had invested in medical research after Li An showed interest in medicine.

• Bai Hanzhou nearly collided with Zhong Nantian after Li An’s kick sent him stumbling, then awkwardly claimed he had been excited to see him.
• Bo Yanqi told Zhong Nantian that Jiang Zhijie was unlikely to survive long enough to see his trial verdict, and Qi Si accepted that his wish might go unfulfilled.
• Li An suggested giving Jiang Zhijie an expensive drug that could briefly restore his ability to act, then rejected the idea because Jiang did not deserve the expense.
• Zhong Nantian revealed that Bo Yanqi had invested in a medical research institute, and Bo Yanqi explained that Li An’s interest in medicine had influenced his decision.
• Bo Yanqi said he had initially invested in a research team to help lower medicine prices.

Bai Hanzhou pressed Bo Yanqi about the supposed Consciousness Extraction, prompting a group to laugh over the idea. Bo Yanqi explained that he had used the notion of pulling a soul from a body to scare Jiang Zhijie, leaving Bai Hanzhou speechless when Qi Si pointed out he might have invented it from science-fiction movies.

• Zhong Nantian asked whether Bo Yanqi had resolved things with Jiang Zhijie, and Bai Hanzhou asked about Consciousness Extraction.
• Li An covered Bai Hanzhou's mouth when his dramatic complaints annoyed Qi Si, then let him go after warning him.
• Bo Yanqi called Consciousness Extraction unscientific, but Li An's serious question made Qi Si laugh, and the others soon joined in.
• Bo Yanqi explained that Consciousness Extraction meant pulling a person's soul from their body and that some people genuinely believed in it.
• Qi Si suggested Bo Yanqi had made up the idea from science-fiction movies to scare Jiang Zhijie, leaving Bai Hanzhou speechless.

Bo Yanqi explained how he had fooled Jiang Zhijie with a fabricated story about extracting consciousness, amusing Zhong Nantian and the others. Qi Si said he no longer cared if Jiang Zhijie died before his verdict, since the fear Bo Yanqi had planted would make him restless even in death.

• Bo Yanqi admitted that his advanced AI story to Jiang Zhijie was mostly invented, and Bai Hanzhou described how badly it had frightened him.
• Bai Hanzhou blamed Bo Yanqi’s storytelling for making people believe the lie, prompting Zhong Nantian and Qi Si to tease Bo Yanqi.
• Bo Yanqi suggested that technologies now dismissed as fiction might someday become real, and Qi Si agreed.
• Zhong Nantian asked whether Bo Yanqi had frightened Jiang Zhijie to death, and Qi Si said he no longer cared if Jiang Zhijie died before receiving a verdict.

Qi Si and Bo Yanqi visited Jiang Zhijie as he lay dying in the hospital, where Qi Si decided not to use an injection that could prolong his life for only a few hours. Qi Si went to whisper something to Jiang Zhijie, and the bedside monitors immediately blared an alarm.

• Zhong Nantian asked why Qi Si had visited Jiang Zhijie, and Bo Yanqi gave a vague answer to protect Qi Si's secret.
• Zhong Nantian warned that Jiang Zhijie might not survive the next few days, and the hospital called Qi Si and Bo Yanqi the following day to say he was near death.
• Bo Yanqi and Qi Si arrived at the hospital with Bai Hanzhou and Li An and learned Jiang Zhijie was unlikely to survive until trial.
• Bo Yanqi offered to use Li An's injection to keep Jiang Zhijie alive for a few more hours, but Qi Si declined and chose to speak to him instead.
• Qi Si whispered into Jiang Zhijie's ear, and the monitors beside the bed immediately sounded a shrill alarm.

Qi Si taunted Jiang Zhijie with news that Bo Yanqi's application had been approved, and Jiang Zhijie died despite the doctors' efforts to resuscitate him. Afterward, Qi Si visited Jiang Honghu to tell him about his son's death and leave him furious and grieving.

• Qi Si told Jiang Zhijie that Bo Yanqi's application had been approved, and the news left Jiang Zhijie so agitated that medical staff struggled to revive him.
• The doctors declared Jiang Zhijie dead, and Qi Si regretted that he would not get to see him suffer through a miserable life.
• Qi Si asked Bo Yanqi to take him to visit Yang Jiali and Jiang Honghu, who were both surprised to see him.
• Qi Si told Jiang Honghu that Jiang Zhijie had died, and guards restrained Jiang Honghu when he angrily rejected the news.
• Qi Si mocked Jiang Honghu for being unable to arrange his son's funeral and left while Jiang Honghu remained conscious.

Bo Yanqi questioned Yang Jiali about the kidnapping of Zhong Xinyao’s son and revealed that the kidnappers had been ordered to kill the hostage. Yang Jiali realized she had not known what happened afterward, and Bo Yanqi left her questioning Jiang Honghu’s role.

• Bo Yanqi told Yang Jiali that Jiang Zhijie was dead and challenged her belief that turning on Jiang Honghu would spare her and her son.
• Bo Yanqi asked whether Yang Jiali alone had planned the kidnapping or had taken the blame for Jiang Honghu.
• Yang Jiali insisted she had only ordered the child abducted to pressure Zhong Xinyao, not killed.
• Bo Yanqi said the kidnappers testified that they had been ordered to kill the hostage and claimed he had evidence linking Yang Jiali to efforts to silence them.
• Yang Jiali reacted with shock to the claim that the kidnappers had been silenced, while Bo Yanqi questioned how she had failed to recognize Jiang Honghu’s true nature.