Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating into a novel, Jiang Qiao decided to avoid Fu Zhilan and instead pursue a well-paid bodyguard job by seeking out Shi Junyi. He arrived at the bar where Shi Junyi was about to be cornered.

• Jiang Qiao secretly watched Fu Zhilan kiss another male student on the rooftop, then played a song to scare them off.
• Jiang Qiao recalled how the original Jiang Qiao had sacrificed everything for Fu Zhilan and died protecting him.
• Jiang Qiao decided to avoid Fu Zhilan and take the bodyguard job with its million-yuan annual salary.
• Jiang Qiao rode to the bar where the original Jiang Qiao had encountered Shi Junyi and entered.

Jiang Qiao waited out a bar fight in the alley, then beat back the thugs pursuing a man and helped him escape. The man asked Jiang Qiao to take him away, and Jiang Qiao was stunned by his striking appearance.

• Jiang Qiao heard a gunshot and watched a man in a black suit fall from the third floor, then slipped through the panicking crowd into the kitchen.
• Jiang Qiao took a fruit knife and waited in the alley, where a scar-faced bodyguard hurried past with a man whose face was hidden.
• Jiang Qiao blocked five or six thugs pursuing the pair and fought them after their leader crushed his leopard keychain and threw money at him.
• The gang leader drew a gun, and Jiang Qiao let the thugs pass before knocking on the bar's back door.
• The pursued man pressed a knife to Jiang Qiao's throat, asked whose man he was, and told him to take him away.
• Jiang Qiao turned to face the man and was struck by how handsome he was.

Jiang Qiao rescued Shi Junyi from a police pursuit, then returned to the dorm and rejected Fu Zhilan’s attempts to use him to get close to Shi Junyi. He left Fu Zhilan wondering whether Jiang Qiao’s feelings and behavior toward him had changed.

• Jiang Qiao recognized that the man being guarded was a decoy and led Shi Junyi away on his motorcycle.
• At an abandoned gas station, Shi Junyi asked whose man Jiang Qiao was, heard Jiang Qiao’s thought that Shi Junyi would eventually be his, and called for a ride.
• Jiang Qiao returned to school, climbed into his dorm room, and found Fu Zhilan wearing a facial mask.
• Fu Zhilan hinted that he wanted Jiang Qiao to buy him expensive shirts and asked whether Jiang Qiao had made progress getting close to Shi Junyi; Jiang Qiao refused and said no.
• Fu Zhilan asked why Jiang Qiao had been avoiding him, and Jiang Qiao teased him by asking whether he knew what Jiang Qiao thought of him.
• Fu Zhilan pretended not to understand and said he regarded Jiang Qiao as his best friend and a doting older brother.

Jiang Qiao kept training at the fighting ring and rejected Jiang Zhenhai’s attempt to leave him an inheritance, saying he planned to join the Shi family. After he was kidnapped at night, he discovered Shi Junyi had taken him and meekly complained that his hands hurt.

• Jiang Qiao told Jiang Zhenhai to leave the estate to Jiang Ci and said he wanted to join the Shi family.
• Jiang Qiao fought a powerful Russian fighter at the ring while Shi Xiao'an watched and praised his skills.
• Jiang Zhenhai asked Shi Xiao'an to let Jiang Qiao work by Shi Junyi’s side.
• Jiang Qiao spent half a month at the ring, then submitted overdue school assignments after Jiang Zhenhai drove him out.
• Three people kidnapped Jiang Qiao at gunpoint as he walked home from school.
• The kidnappers brought Jiang Qiao to Shi Junyi, and he sat down and said his hands hurt.

Shi Junyi brought Jiang Qiao to his estate and recruited him as a bodyguard, testing him by having guards dunk his head into a shark tank. Jiang Qiao survived the stunt and was introduced to the bodyguards’ facilities, where he learned he would be cut off from the outside world during his six-month work cycle.

• Shi Junyi offered Jiang Qiao a place at a banquet as his male bodyguard, then ordered his guards to dunk Jiang Qiao’s head into the shark tank.
• Jiang Qiao broke free, shoved Chris into the tank, pulled him back before the shark could bite, and shut the glass panel.
• Jiang Qiao introduced himself to Chen Sheng and Chris, then dislocated Chen Sheng’s wrist when they shook hands.
• Shi Junyi watched the incident on surveillance during a meeting and laughed while the finance director was presenting.
• Chen Sheng took Jiang Qiao to the bodyguards’ quarters and explained the work cycle, communication restrictions, and routine security procedures.
• Chen Sheng gave Jiang Qiao a room and a spare black suit with a protective vest and a blade hidden in one shoe.

Jiang Qiao met his roommate Shen Guiyi and joined a bodyguard detail assigned to accompany Shi Junyi. After drawing the marked lot, he chose to ride beside Shi Junyi, where their flirtatious exchange ended with Shi Junyi warning him not to drink before a mission.

• Jiang Qiao met Shen Guiyi, who explained that she worked for Shi Jiao and that Jiang Qiao was likely assigned by Shi Junyi.
• Chen Sheng gave Jiang Qiao a Glock and escorted him to the Shi family garden for a mission.
• Jiang Qiao drew the marked lot that assigned one bodyguard to ride with Shi Junyi, while Chen Sheng drew the unmarked stick.
• Jiang Qiao introduced himself to Sang Ye, then took the seat beside Shi Junyi in the Maybach.
• Shi Junyi touched Jiang Qiao's face as they traded flirtatious remarks, then warned him against drinking before a mission.

At the Shi family banquet, Jiang Qiao secretly drugged Sang Ye’s orange juice with three laxatives to retaliate for being assigned to guard the restroom. Sang Ye drank it and had to rush to the restroom, leaving Jiang Qiao to take his place beside Shi Junyi.

• Sang Ye assigned Chen Sheng and Chris to guard the entrances and sent Jiang Qiao to the restroom corridor.
• Jiang Qiao asked waiters to buy magnesium sulfate, senna leaves, and phenolphthalein, then mixed them into orange juice at double dosage.
• Jiang Qiao arranged with Miss Luo to offer the spiked juice to Sang Ye, who accepted and drank it.
• After Sang Ye began clutching his stomach, Jiang Qiao pretended his earpiece was failing and delayed switching posts.
• Sang Ye ordered Jiang Qiao to take his place for the night and hurried to the restroom, while Jiang Qiao took up the post beside Shi Junyi.

After Shi Junyi left the banquet, armed attackers ambushed his convoy, and Jiang Qiao helped him escape by jumping from the car and stealing a motorcycle. Jiang Qiao drew the pursuers away from Chen Sheng and Chris, leaving them to flee as he rode off with Shi Junyi.

• Shi Junyi left Sang Ye behind for failing to return from the restroom and warned Jiang Qiao to accept punishment for neglecting his duty at the banquet.
• Attackers pursued Shi Junyi's two cars, and Jiang Qiao tried to defend him before Shi Junyi took the Glock and shot several attackers.
• Jiang Qiao pulled Shi Junyi from the moving car and rolled with him into roadside bushes to escape the gunfire.
• Jiang Qiao found a crashed motorcycle, took its rider's earpiece, and rode away with Shi Junyi holding his waist.
• Jiang Qiao insulted the pursuers over their earpieces, fired a shot to draw them away from Chen Sheng and Chris, and sped off with Shi Junyi.

After escaping together, Jiang Qiao brought Shi Junyi to his villa, where they ran into Fu Zhilan. Jiang Qiao hid Shi Junyi from Fu Zhilan and sent Fu Zhilan away, then asked Shi Junyi to help treat his wound.

• Jiang Qiao and Shi Junyi abandoned their motorcycle and took a taxi toward Jiang Qiao’s villa after Shi Junyi refused to stay at a cheap inn.
• Jiang Qiao could not remember the villa’s keypad code, but Fu Zhilan arrived and opened the door using his birthday.
• Jiang Qiao hid Shi Junyi in a bedroom, then let Fu Zhilan inside and tried to avoid his attempts to treat Jiang Qiao’s cut.
• Shi Junyi opened the bedroom door while Fu Zhilan had fallen into Jiang Qiao’s arms, so Jiang Qiao hurriedly sent Fu Zhilan away.
• Jiang Qiao tried to clean the scrape on his arm himself, then asked Shi Junyi to help because it hurt.

After Jiang Qiao protected Shi Junyi, Shi Junyi treated his wound and confronted him about drugging Sang Ye. Jiang Qiao secretly soaked the master bedroom bed so he and Shi Junyi would share the smaller guest bed, where they settled in close together for the night.

• Shi Junyi treated Jiang Qiao’s arm and warned him not to drug his companion again.
• Shi Junyi shared his milk with Jiang Qiao, who drank it and looked around the villa.
• Jiang Qiao soaked the master bedroom bed, then offered Shi Junyi clean pajamas and towels.
• After showering, Jiang Qiao got into the guest bed and pretended to be asleep.
• Shi Junyi found the master bed wet and joined Jiang Qiao in the guest bed, suspecting he had arranged it on purpose.

Jiang Qiao and Shi Junyi wrestled in bed until Shi Junyi angrily kicked Jiang Qiao out, but the next morning Shi Junyi developed a fever and Jiang Qiao took care of him. Shi Junyi refused to return to the Shi family and stayed with Jiang Qiao, who remained attracted to him despite his threats.

• Shi Junyi questioned Jiang Qiao's motives and choked him, but Jiang Qiao broke free and the two wrestled for control.
• After Jiang Qiao teased Shi Junyi about having sex, Shi Junyi ordered him out of the bedroom, and Jiang Qiao slept on the sofa.
• The next morning, Shi Junyi kicked Jiang Qiao off the sofa and revealed that he had a fever of 38.8 degrees Celsius.
• Jiang Qiao gave Shi Junyi hot water and medicine, then asked if he wanted to return to the Shi family.
• Shi Junyi refused to leave and threatened to kill Jiang Qiao if he tried anything, while Jiang Qiao admitted to himself that the threats excited him.

Jiang Qiao cared for the feverish Shi Junyi, who woke to find him making porridge and was moved by the unfamiliar sight. After a tense exchange over the food, Shi Junyi stayed at Jiang Qiao’s home without asking to return to the Shi residence.

• Jiang Qiao carried Shi Junyi back to bed, then went to a convenience store for ingredients and brandy, throwing away Fu Zhilan’s shoes on the way.
• Jiang Qiao cooked vegetable porridge while Shi Junyi slept, and Shi Junyi later woke with his fever gone.
• Shi Junyi questioned whether the porridge was poisoned, so Jiang Qiao took it away until Shi Junyi ordered him to bring it back.
• Jiang Qiao went upstairs to drink brandy and smoke while Shi Junyi watched him from outside the balcony door.
• Shi Junyi stayed in his pajamas at Jiang Qiao’s home, and Jiang Qiao watched a movie alone.

After disappearing for a day, Shi Junyi arranged to return to the Shi family but spent the night at Jiang Qiao’s house. When Jiang Qiao got scared watching a horror movie, Shi Junyi helped him and eventually let him sleep in the bedroom, though they kept their distance in bed.

• Shi Jiao told Chen Sheng and Chris not to worry about Shi Junyi and predicted they would hear from him that night.
• Shi Junyi texted Chen Sheng to pick him up the next morning after finishing his work at Jiang Qiao’s house.
• Shi Junyi found Jiang Qiao frightened by a paused horror movie and helped him downstairs to the sofa.
• Shi Junyi could not sleep while Jiang Qiao stayed quietly on the sofa, so Jiang Qiao waited there until Shi Junyi returned.
• Shi Junyi told Jiang Qiao to come to bed, and Jiang Qiao followed him into the bedroom and lay down fully clothed.

Shi Junyi struggled to sleep beside Jiang Qiao, who drove off a noisy couple in the alley with threats and gunfire. After Shi Junyi praised him as a puppy relying on his master, Jiang Qiao left him to rest and went to finish a movie.

• Jiang Qiao took off his pants beneath the covers, but put them back on when Shi Junyi refused to share the blanket otherwise.
• After Jiang Qiao repeatedly disturbed him, Shi Junyi pointed a Glock at his head and ordered him to get up.
• Jiang Qiao mistook Shi Junyi’s order for a warning about an intruder, took the gun, and shielded Shi Junyi.
• Jiang Qiao yelled at a couple making noise in the alley, then fired near the man after he threatened Jiang Qiao’s family.
• Shi Junyi praised Jiang Qiao as a puppy who relied on his master, and Jiang Qiao licked his hand and barked.
• Jiang Qiao checked that Shi Junyi’s fever had not returned, then went to the screening room and finished his movie.

Shi Junyi mistook a pair of underwear in Jiang Qiao’s closet for evidence that he had been playing with him and ordered him to get lost. Still determined to stay with the Shi family, Jiang Qiao followed Chen Sheng to the estate, where he met Shi Jiao and Shen Guiyi in a disturbing operating room.

• Shi Junyi found unfamiliar boys’ underwear in Jiang Qiao’s closet, got angry, and left without him.
• Shi Junyi told Chen Sheng to take a taxi back and ordered Jiang Qiao to get lost.
• Jiang Qiao refused to give up on staying with the Shi family, and Chen Sheng brought him to the family estate.
• Chen Sheng introduced Jiang Qiao to Shi Jiao, who was working over a draped body in an operating room.
• Shen Guiyi emerged from a hidden door carrying an incubator and teased Jiang Qiao about switching sides.

Jiang Qiao agreed to help Shi Jiao kill Ma Wen, who had stolen her shipment and murdered two of her men. With Shen Guiyi guiding him remotely, Jiang Qiao infiltrated Ma Wen’s guarded estate and reached the ventilation duct beneath his bedroom.

• Shi Jiao introduced Jiang Qiao to the two lion cubs she had helped deliver and explained that his adoptive father had once helped her family.
• Jiang Qiao admitted that he had approached the Shi family because he wanted to pursue Shi Junyi.
• Shi Jiao asked Jiang Qiao to kill Ma Wen, the owner of Paramount, after he stole her shipment and killed two of her men.
• Jiang Qiao entered Ma Wen’s estate by hiding beneath a van, then evaded cameras and guards with Shen Guiyi’s help.
• Jiang Qiao crawled through the ventilation ducts and found an alloy grille beneath Ma Wen’s bedroom.

Jiang Qiao infiltrated Ma Wen’s room through the pipes and tried to capture him quietly, but Ma Wen discovered him and his bodyguards opened fire. Shen Guiyi rescued Jiang Qiao in an SUV, and he began shooting back as they escaped.

• Jiang Qiao entered Ma Wen’s bathroom through the ventilation pipe and waited while Ma Wen was in the bedroom with a woman.
• Jiang Qiao took the woman hostage and made her persuade Ma Wen to blindfold himself, but Ma Wen ambushed him with a gun.
• Jiang Qiao dodged Ma Wen’s shot and killed him by throwing a dagger into his forehead as bodyguards stormed the room.
• Jiang Qiao escaped through the bathroom window, ran from Ma Wen’s bodyguards, and threw a grenade to slow them down.
• Shen Guiyi drove an SUV through the estate wall, picked up Jiang Qiao, and handed him an FN FAL Automatic Rifle.
• Jiang Qiao fired at the pursuing bodyguards and hit the man who had nearly shot him.

After escaping the attack on Shi Junyi, Jiang Qiao learned that the delicate idol Yan Wei was visiting the Shi family and became jealous at the thought of him. Meanwhile, Shi Junyi traced the attack to rivals in the CBD land bidding, then admitted to himself that he could not stand sharing a bed with anyone who was not as attractive as Jiang Qiao and ordered a pretty male model or artist brought to him that night.

• Jiang Qiao and Shen Guiyi escaped the estate after completing their mission, and Shen Guiyi explained that the boy they saw was Yan Wei, an idol visiting the eldest young master's quarters.
• Jiang Qiao grew jealous as Shen Guiyi praised Yan Wei's delicate looks and asked who people liked more, him or Yan Wei.
• Shi Junyi discovered that a contractor who lost the CBD land bid had arranged the attack, likely with help from someone inside the Shi family group.
• Shi Junyi ordered Chen Sheng to shower and sleep with him, but sent him away when the thought of sharing a bed with him felt unbearable.
• Shi Junyi recalled sharing a bed with Jiang Qiao and ordered Chen Sheng to transfer a fair, delicate, pretty male model or artist to him immediately.

Shi Junyi dismissed Yan Wei after testing his acting, then discovered Jiang Qiao had returned after killing Ma Wen on a dangerous assignment. Jiang Qiao sought comfort and insisted he liked Shi Junyi, but Shi Junyi ordered him out, leaving Jiang Qiao worried about how the disrupted story might unfold.

• Yan Wei tried to win Shi Junyi’s favor, but Shi Junyi had him perform a scene and then sent him away when he tried to undress.
• After Yan Wei left, someone entered Shi Junyi’s bedroom through a window, and Shi Junyi recognized the intruder as Jiang Qiao.
• Jiang Qiao told Shi Junyi he had killed Ma Wen and nearly died, explaining that Shi Jiao had promised to let him return to Shi Junyi if he completed the assignment.
• Jiang Qiao said he liked Shi Junyi and swore he had no other lovers, but Shi Junyi told him to leave.
• Jiang Qiao asked whether Shi Junyi liked Yan Wei, and Shi Junyi warned him to know his place, prompting Jiang Qiao to get dressed and worry about changes to the original story.

After Jiang Qiao left Shi Junyi in anger, Shi Junyi sent word that nothing had happened with Yan Wei and summoned Jiang Qiao for training. Jiang Qiao took the explanation as a sign that Shi Junyi cared about him, then arrived at the second basement level and discovered it was far larger than he expected.

• Jiang Qiao argued with Shi Junyi over his involvement with Yan Wei, then jumped out the window and returned to the dormitory.
• Chen Sheng told Jiang Qiao that Shi Junyi had said nothing happened between him and Yan Wei, and that Jiang Qiao should report to the second basement level at three for clothing measurements, a gun, and training.
• Jiang Qiao teased Chen Sheng by claiming Shi Junyi needed him, then joked with Shen Guiyi before leaving.
• Jiang Qiao called Jiang Zhenhai, assured his father he was safe, and ended the call after promising to check in again.
• Jiang Qiao went to the second basement level and was surprised by its size and layout.