Chapter Summaries

Bo Yanqi took Qi Si shopping for a gift for Qi Wang before their formal meeting, but Qi Si could not recall his brother’s preferences. A model in a store stirred Qi Si’s hazy memories of an older brother from before he entered the orphanage, leaving him wondering whether Qi Wang might like it.

• Qi Si asked Bo Yanqi whether he was angry, and Bo Yanqi apologized for his frightening expression.
• Bo Yanqi brought Qi Si to a mall to choose gifts for Qi Wang, explaining that he wanted to make a good impression.
• Qi Si admitted he did not know what Qi Wang liked, so Bo Yanqi prepared to choose a gift without guidance.
• Qi Si stopped at a store and stared at a discontinued model that was not for sale.
• Qi Si remembered a blurry scene of an older brother who had wanted the same model, though he could not tell whether the memory was real.

Qi Si and Bo Yanqi bought a discontinued figure from Bo Shengan, who knew them both, and then continued choosing gifts before heading to the Brocade Deep Pavilion. Qi Wang received Qi Si’s message and left work early to meet them.

• Qi Si recalled his regret over a model from his memories, and Bo Yanqi asked the shop assistant to contact the owner about buying it.
• Bo Yanqi spoke with the owner, who agreed to sell the figure at its original price, and revealed that the owner was Bo Shengan, Qi Si’s acquaintance and Bo Yanqi’s grandnephew.
• Qi Si teased Bo Yanqi about having a grandnephew, then asked whether Bo Shengan resented him over Bo Lin’s stroke; Bo Yanqi said Bo Lin had brought his defeat on himself.
• Qi Si and Bo Yanqi chose more gifts and drove to the Brocade Deep Pavilion after Qi Si sent Qi Wang the address and time.
• Qi Wang finished his documents, left the company early, and sparked another round of workplace discussion.

Qi Si and Bo Yanqi met Qi Wang for dinner so Qi Wang could assess their relationship. Qi Wang remained convinced Bo Yanqi was a poor match for his younger brother, while Bo Yanqi and Qi Si left the evening still teasing each other.

• Qi Si asked Bo Yanqi what they should call each other, and Bo Yanqi teased him about choosing a name.
• Qi Wang arrived at Brocade Deep Pavilion and greeted Bo Yanqi coldly before agreeing to order dinner with Qi Si.
• Qi Wang and Bo Yanqi traded pointed remarks about the restaurant and its chef, while Qi Si complained that they were scheming over a meal.
• Qi Wang watched Bo Yanqi’s affectionate attention toward Qi Si and privately questioned whether Bo Yanqi could be trusted with his much younger brother.
• Bo Yanqi later asked Qi Si whether he was a decent man, and Qi Si questioned him back.

Bo Yanqi met Qi Wang as Qi Si’s boyfriend and gave him a rare figure that Qi Wang had wanted since childhood. Their conversation revealed that Qi Si’s memories overlapped with Qi Wang’s account of their childhood, leaving Qi Si shaken as they sat down to eat.

• Bo Yanqi presented gifts to Qi Wang and introduced himself as Qi Si’s boyfriend, making Qi Wang’s expression darken.
• Qi Si showed Qi Wang the discontinued figure Bo Yanqi had bought, and Qi Wang recognized it as one he had wanted as a child.
• Qi Wang recalled trying to borrow Qi Si’s pocket money to buy the figure and being punished when Qi Si refused.
• Qi Si realized that Qi Wang’s childhood story matched a memory of his own and panicked over how their memories could overlap.
• Bo Yanqi interrupted the brothers’ conversation, and Qi Si urged everyone to begin eating.

Qi Wang confronted Bo Yanqi over his relationship with Qi Si and threatened to fight him if he hurt his younger brother. Bo Yanqi insisted that he genuinely liked Qi Si and gave Qi Wang a document, leaving its contents unknown.

• Qi Si left the private room, and Qi Wang and Bo Yanqi began speaking frankly about Qi Si.
• Qi Wang demanded that Bo Yanqi stay away from Qi Si, while Bo Yanqi refused and admitted he liked him.
• Qi Wang threatened to stake Qi Corporation against Bo Yanqi if he harmed Qi Si.
• Bo Yanqi explained that he had considered Qi Wang’s concerns before accepting Qi Si’s pursuit and handed him a document.
• Qi Wang picked up the document to see what Bo Yanqi had prepared.

Bo Yanqi gave Qi Wang an unconditional agreement to transfer half his shares to Qi Si, convincing Qi Wang that his feelings were sincere. Meanwhile, Qi Si questioned whether he had transmigrated into a novel after discovering that his memories overlapped with Qi Wang’s, and he began searching for an orphanage from his past.

• Bo Yanqi presented Qi Wang with an agreement transferring half his shares to Qi Si as proof of his commitment.
• Qi Wang checked the agreement for hidden conditions, then suggested adding a clause requiring Qi Si to return some shares if he changed his heart.
• Bo Yanqi refused to add the clause, saying he would accept the shares as the price of a lesson if Qi Si ever left him.
• In the restroom, Qi Si wondered why his memories overlapped with Qi Wang’s and questioned whether he had transmigrated into a novel.
• Qi Si considered whether the world was a parallel version of reality and searched online for the orphanage where he had once lived.

Qi Si investigated the orphanage from his childhood and planned to visit the one in A City that matched his memories. When he returned, Qi Wang and Bo Yanqi had reconciled, and Qi Si discovered that Bo Yanqi had transferred half his shares to him.

• Qi Si searched for Morning Light Orphanage in A City, found a likely match in the northern suburbs, and noted its address.
• Qi Si returned to the private room and was startled to find Qi Wang and Bo Yanqi chatting amicably.
• Qi Wang had Qi Si sign a document before revealing what he and Bo Yanqi had discussed.
• Qi Si read the document and learned that Bo Yanqi had given him half of his shares.
• Qi Si questioned Bo Yanqi's motives, stunned that he would hand over such valuable control.

After dinner, Qi Si confronted Bo Yanqi about giving him half his shares and learned how the agreement worked. Qi Si left with Qi Wang, while Bo Yanqi watched them go, and Qi Wang silently judged his younger brother.

• Qi Wang took Bo Yanqi's document with him, preventing Qi Si from returning it after dinner.
• Qi Si called Bo Yanqi an idiot for giving him half his fortune, and Bo Yanqi insisted their relationship would not end at Qi Si's discretion.
• Qi Si realized the shares would compensate him if Bo Yanqi ended their relationship, while Bo Yanqi would retain the initiative if they stayed together.
• Qi Si warned Bo Yanqi not to let Qi Wang learn about their agreement, then punched Bo Yanqi after he denied calling Qi Si stupid.
• Qi Wang arrived by car, and Qi Si said goodbye to Bo Yanqi before leaving with his brother.

Qi Si kept the contract Bo Yanqi had given him and discovered that Bo Yanqi secretly controlled Bo Corporation. Bo Yanqi revealed that he had given Qi Si all of its shares, leaving Qi Si stunned by the scale of the gift.

• Qi Wang returned the contract to Qi Si and told him to keep it and accept responsibility for his own choices.
• Qi Si examined the contract and realized it covered only part of Bo Yanqi’s assets, though it included the Bo Household.
• Qi Si called Bo Yanqi to ask why Bo Corporation appeared in the contract.
• Bo Yanqi revealed that he was Bo Corporation’s controlling shareholder, though only Bo Yonghao knew about it.
• Bo Yanqi told Qi Si that the contract gave him all of Bo Corporation’s shares and that Bo Yanqi’s people would manage the company for him.

Bo Yanqi reassured Qi Si that he would protect him from Bo Fuyu, and Qi Si later dreamed vividly about his difficult childhood at Morning Light Orphanage. He woke remembering a familiar face from the dream and wondering how he could have met that person before.

• Bo Yanqi told Qi Si he knew about his wariness toward Bo Fuyu and said he would make Qi Si feel safe.
• Qi Si praised Bo Yanqi and confessed that he was starting to love him, then went to bed at his usual time.
• Qi Si dreamed about growing up at Morning Light Orphanage, where poor conditions and neglect had left him seriously ill as a child.
• Qi Si remembered that after compulsory education he had entered the entertainment industry and sent money to support the orphanage and other children.
• Qi Si woke with unusually vivid memories of the orphanage and wondered how he had previously met a face from his dream.

Qi Si visited the abandoned Morning Light Orphanage, hoping to uncover clues about his past, but found only decaying rooms and memories he could not fully recall. As he stood before the locked director's office, Shen Shuyu called to invite him to dinner, making him suspect she knew what he was doing.

• Qi Si drove to Morning Light Orphanage and found it silent, abandoned, and overgrown.
• Qi Si searched the rooms and remembered a noisy boy who had slept beside him, but could not recall the boy's name.
• Qi Si found the director's office locked from the inside and wondered why the orphanage had been abandoned in such a hurry.
• Shen Shuyu called Qi Si to invite him to dinner while he stood outside the director's office.
• Qi Si connected Shen Shuyu's call to his dream and wondered if she could observe his movements.

Qi Si confronted Shen Shuyu about her suspiciously urgent dinner invitation after realizing she knew he was at the abandoned Morning Light Orphanage. He told her he had dreamed of someone from his childhood, and Shen Shuyu fell silent.

• Shen Shuyu asked Qi Si to have dinner with her after her schedule, saying she wanted to thank him before leaving to film a movie under closed conditions.
• Qi Si questioned why dinner had to happen that day and grew suspicious when Shen Shuyu urged him to leave immediately.
• While looking at a strangely vibrant tree at the abandoned orphanage, Qi Si realized Shen Shuyu's urgency seemed connected to his location.
• Qi Si asked Shen Shuyu how she knew he was at Morning Light Orphanage and told her to stop pretending after she denied knowing what he meant.
• Qi Si said he had dreamed about his childhood and asked Shen Shuyu to guess whom he had seen; she fell silent.

Qi Si demanded that Shen Shuyu prove she could be trusted, then entered the locked director's office despite her cryptic warning. Inside, he found an orphanage list that linked Shen Shuyu, Bo Fuyu, and Lin Weiwei to his possible childhood there, leaving him shaken by a sudden headache.

• Qi Si told Shen Shuyu to prove she would not hurt him and ended their call.
• Shen Shuyu warned Qi Si that opening Pandora's Box would turn the world upside down, but he kicked open the director's office door anyway.
• Qi Si searched the dark, dusty office and found a folder containing a list of names.
• Qi Si recognized Shen Shuyu, Bo Fuyu, and Lin Weiwei among the names in parentheses, then felt a stabbing pain in his head.

Qi Si discovered that the orphanage held a list and photograph linking him, Bo Fuyu, and Lin Weiwei to its children, while Shen Shuyu claimed the director’s office had been empty when he visited. The chapter ended with Qi Si questioning whether his memories had been altered and whether Shen Shuyu had arranged the clues.

• Qi Si questioned Shen Shuyu about their names on the orphanage list, and Shen Shuyu said he had found nothing when he visited the director’s office.
• Qi Si compared photos of the director’s office and confirmed that Shen Shuyu’s image showed an empty room, unlike the office Qi Si could see.
• Qi Si searched the desk drawers and found a group photograph of the orphanage children.
• Qi Si recognized child versions of Bo Fuyu and Lin Weiwei in the photograph, standing close together.
• Qi Si spotted his own childhood face in the photograph and wondered whether his memories had been altered and Bo Fuyu knew his origins.
• Qi Si questioned why he had found the clues when Shen Shuyu had not, and suspected Shen Shuyu might have arranged them.

After discovering that Morning Light Orphanage might connect to his uncertain memories, Qi Si hired a private detective to investigate it. The detective warned Qi Wang, who feared Qi Si would remember his past, while Qi Si headed to meet Bo Yanqi and was stopped by company security.

• Qi Si called Xiao Chou for a private detective and asked the detective to investigate Morning Light Orphanage and every child there.
• Yu Zhen told Qi Wang about Qi Si's request, and Qi Wang insisted Qi Si could not remember his past but allowed her to investigate while keeping certain information from him.
• Qi Wang told Yu Zhen he had worked hard to make Qi Si forget, while Yu Zhen feared the truth would eventually surface.
• Bo Yanqi invited Qi Si to an auction, and Qi Si drove to Bo Yanqi's company to meet him.
• A security guard stopped Qi Si at the entrance because he could not provide an employee ID or appointment proof.

Qi Si visited Bo Yanqi at work, where Bo Yanqi arranged his entry and explained that coffee made him sleepy. After Qi Si nodded off, Bo Yanqi woke him with tea passed through a kiss, leaving Qi Si flustered but pleased.

• Qi Si video-called Bo Yanqi to prove to the security guard that he was the CEO's guest, and Bo Yanqi promised the guard a raise for doing his job well.
• Qi Si used Bo Yanqi's private elevator to reach the top floor, while the receptionist speculated that the two men were close.
• Bo Yanqi stopped Zhong Ming from serving Qi Si coffee until Qi Si insisted, then asked him to bring both coffee and strong tea.
• Qi Si drank the coffee, grew increasingly sleepy, and fell asleep on the sofa while Bo Yanqi finished working.
• Bo Yanqi woke Qi Si by kissing tea into his mouth, and Qi Si asked if that was how he woke people.

Qi Si attended a yacht auction with Bo Yanqi and learned that bidders were seeking favor with Jiang Honghu through his daughter’s final painting. There, Qi Si ran into his brother Qi Wang and met Yu Zhen, Qi Wang’s glamorous “closest friend,” whose teasing quickly put him at ease.

• Qi Si asked Bo Yanqi about the yacht auction and learned that its prized painting was the final work of Jiang Honghu’s daughter, drawing people hoping to curry favor with Jiang Honghu.
• Bo Yanqi told Qi Si about Jiang Honghu’s rise to power and his devoted marriage, though he did not explain how he knew private details about the family.
• Qi Si and Bo Yanqi boarded the yacht and spotted Qi Wang with an unfamiliar woman, whom Qi Wang introduced as Yu Zhen.
• Qi Si pressed Qi Wang about whether Yu Zhen was his girlfriend, and Yu Zhen laughed while Qi Wang glared at her indulgently.
• Yu Zhen introduced herself as Qi Wang’s closest friend and said he had refused to let her meet Qi Si because he feared she would bully him, easing Qi Si’s discomfort.

Qi Si, Bo Yanqi, Qi Wang, and Yu Zhen attended an auction where wealthy figures hoped to gain Old Master Jiang’s favor and enter G City’s market. Bo Yanqi said he had brought Qi Si to relax and buy him something, and Qi Si became interested when Old Master Jiang’s daughter’s painting appeared.

• Qi Si analyzed why bidders wanted Old Master Jiang’s painting, and Bo Yanqi explained that the Jiang Family’s influence could help businesses enter G City.
• Qi Wang praised Qi Si for using his brain, while Yu Zhen watched their exchange with fondness.
• Bo Yanqi took Qi Si’s hand and led the group to the auction hall, where Qi Si sat between Bo Yanqi and Yu Zhen, with Qi Wang beside Yu Zhen.
• Qi Si asked whether Bo Yanqi could win the painting, but Bo Yanqi said he did not need it and had mainly brought Qi Si to relax and buy him something.
• Qi Si showed little interest in the early auction lots, then straightened up when the featured painting was brought out.

At the auction, Qi Si learned that the painting’s creator, Sun Jiajia, was Old Master Jiang’s lost daughter, Jiang Nansi. When the painting was unveiled, Qi Si recognized it as Morning Light Orphanage and reacted with horror, leaving Bo Yanqi shielding his eyes as Qi Wang and Yu Zhen stared at the painting.

• Qi Si spotted Bo Fuyu at the auction with Lin Weiwei and teased Bo Yanqi while they watched Qi Wang and Yu Zhen talk closely.
• The auctioneer announced that the painting, The Gardener, was created by Sun Jiajia, and Bo Yanqi explained that she had been Jiang Nansi before being found by the Jiang Family.
• Lin Weiwei and Bo Fuyu questioned the painting’s identity until the auctioneer revealed that Sun Jiajia was Jiang Nansi, who had lived in an orphanage as a child.
• The auctioneer unveiled the painting, and Qi Si stood in horror after recognizing Morning Light Orphanage.
• Bo Yanqi pulled Qi Si close and covered his eyes while Qi Wang and Yu Zhen stared at the painting.

Qi Si recovered after seeing the auction painting but chose not to bid, and Zhou Linzhe ultimately bought it. After leaving the auction, Qi Si reflected on how relaxed Qi Wang seemed with Yu Zhen and accepted that they suited each other.

• Qi Si calmed down and declined Bo Yanqi's offer to bid on the painting connected to Morning Light Orphanage.
• Qi Wang also abandoned his plan to bid, and Zhou Linzhe won the painting.
• Qi Si spotted Zhou Linzhe exchanging angry looks with Bo Fuyu and Lin Weiwei, then joked with Yu Zhen about who had stolen whom.
• Qi Si, Bo Yanqi, Qi Wang, and Yu Zhen left the auction and wandered around the yacht.
• On deck, Qi Si told Bo Yanqi he was glad Qi Wang could relax with Yu Zhen and said he thought they were good together.