Chapter Summaries

Ye Nanxun asked Yan Beiyou for permission to pursue him, and Yan Beiyou agreed. Ye Nanxun explained that he would respect Yan Beiyou’s boundaries and accept any outcome, while Yan Beiyou revealed that Ye Nanxun could win him over easily.

• Yan Beiyou’s plan to confess using the meaning of white hyacinths was interrupted when Ye Nanxun asked if he could pursue him.
• Yan Beiyou agreed and asked whether Ye Nanxun understood what pursuing someone meant.
• Ye Nanxun explained that he would pursue Yan Beiyou only with his consent and would stop if Yan Beiyou became uncomfortable or asked him to.
• Ye Nanxun said he would accept the outcome without blaming Yan Beiyou or himself, even if Yan Beiyou never answered him.
• Yan Beiyou said he was difficult for others to pursue but that Ye Nanxun could win him over easily.

Ye Nanxun reunited with his parents after their trip and told them he was pursuing Yan Beiyou. As his parents waited for an explanation, he revealed that their house had been burglarized, leaving the details unresolved.

• Ye Nanxun woke at home to Mushroom Egg and Little Yellow Dog playing beside his bed and wondered whether Mushroom Egg had helped him communicate during the signal jamming.
• Ye Nanxun reunited with Chen Mingzhu and Ye Xiangsong, who had returned early from their trip and brought him gifts.
• The family ate together, and Ye Nanxun declined wine because he still felt dizzy from drinking the night before.
• Ye Xiangsong pointed out signs that someone else had been staying in the house, including used kitchenware and oversized slippers.
• Ye Nanxun told his parents he was pursuing Mr. Yan and then revealed that their house had been burglarized.

Ye Nanxun heard that Jiang Ying had been attacked by his student Zhang Ming, then planned to bake butter cookies for Mr. Yan. After his mother encouraged him to invite Mr. Yan over, he received a message asking him to have lunch the next day.

• Ye Nanxun listened as teachers discussed Jiang Ying’s serious head injury and learned that Zhang Ming had attacked him at a welcome-back banquet.
• Ye Nanxun watched a butter-cookie recipe video and decided to bake cookies for Mr. Yan.
• Ye Nanxun returned home and learned from Chen Mingzhu that the estate’s security system was being upgraded after a break-in.
• Chen Mingzhu encouraged Ye Nanxun to invite Mr. Yan over and ask whether he liked him, but Ye Nanxun said it was different and went upstairs.
• Mr. Yan messaged Ye Nanxun to ask if he was free for lunch the next day.

Ye Nanxun met Yan Beiyou for lunch and joined him in exploring the institute’s crowded snack street. As Yan Beiyou reminisced about sneaking out of school with Ji Yunqi, Ye Nanxun revealed that he had attended school only through first grade.

• Ye Nanxun called Yan Beiyou after work and hurried to meet him at the institute’s east gate.
• Yan Beiyou took Little Yellow Dog’s leash and asked Ye Nanxun to choose somewhere nearby to eat.
• Ye Nanxun and Yan Beiyou went to the snack street, where the packed shops and food smells welcomed them.
• Yan Beiyou recalled sneaking out of school with Ji Yunqi and others to buy street food.
• Ye Nanxun told Yan Beiyou that he had attended school only through first grade and remembered almost nothing about it.

Ye Nanxun confided in Yan Beiyou about the childhood pheromone accident that had driven him from his home planet, and the two shared a relaxed outing over milk tea and food. Yan Beiyou teased Ye Nanxun about pursuing him, leaving Ye Nanxun to choose how to address him and continue making his feelings known.

• Ye Nanxun told Yan Beiyou that he had accidentally awakened his beast form and pheromones in first grade, causing nearby classmates to pass out and forcing him to leave his hometown.
• Yan Beiyou shared that he had also awakened his abilities in first grade, then noticed their matching trench coats and invited Ye Nanxun to get milk tea and sit down.
• Yan Beiyou bought hot, lightly sweetened milk tea while Ye Nanxun considered what to call him, and the two chose a rice noodle shop.
• Yan Beiyou opened Ye Nanxun's milk tea and teased him for being good at pursuing someone after Ye Nanxun asked if he could call him Brother Yan.
• Ye Nanxun laughed and said he would take his time because Yan Beiyou had told him to pursue him more.

Ye Nanxun and Yan Beiyou shared lunch at a snack shop, where Ye Nanxun tried fried sausage for the first time and enjoyed the new experience with Yan beside him. As they parted for the afternoon, Yan asked Ye Nanxun to request something in return for lunch, and Ye Nanxun asked him to tell stories about skipping class when they met again.

• Ye Nanxun ordered braised pork rice noodles and asked the shop owner if he could bring in fried sausage from next door.
• Ye Nanxun bought two fried sausages and shared one with Yan Beiyou, while the shop owners mistook them for a couple and gave them fried potato strips.
• Ye Nanxun savored his first snack-shop meal and asked Yan Beiyou whether he had enjoyed these foods when he was young.
• Yan Beiyou walked Ye Nanxun toward the research institute and said he might not be able to visit the next day.
• Yan Beiyou urged Ye Nanxun to ask for something in return for lunch, and Ye Nanxun requested stories about Yan's class-skipping days.

Yan Beiyou returned with a dispirited Little Yellow Dog and told Song Ren it had withdrawal symptoms, while Song Ren learned that Mo Ning wanted to pursue him. Ye Nanxun continued secretly messaging Yan Beiyou during an emergency meeting, leaving Professor Zhang surprised to learn that Ye was still pursuing him.

• Yan Beiyou returned with a Mushroom Egg and his wilted Little Yellow Dog, then told Song Ren the dog had withdrawal symptoms.
• Song Ren told Secretary Mo that he liked alphas, and Mo Ning asked to add him as a friend.
• Mo Ning told Yan Beiyou that he liked Song Ren and wanted to pursue him.
• Ye Nanxun exchanged messages with Yan Beiyou while attending an emergency meeting about Jiang Ying's inability to serve as a student adviser.
• Professor Zhang asked whether Ye Nanxun was messaging his boyfriend, and Ye said he was still pursuing him.

Zhu Yucheng and Jiang Yuenian discussed celebrating their tenth wedding anniversary, while Zhu Yucheng prepared to deal with misconduct in the Zhu Household. After an emergency meeting, Ye Nanxun ran into Cao Xi, who asked to become his student.

• Zhu Yucheng urged Jiang Yuenian to hold a grand tenth-anniversary banquet and show off their relationship.
• Zhu Yucheng told Jiang Yuenian that Zhu Shixin had caused a scandal and that His Majesty had assigned the case to his people.
• Jiang Yuenian connected Zhu Shixin to He Lanxue and recalled Ye Nanxun, then suggested inviting His Majesty to their anniversary banquet.
• Ye Nanxun quietly left the research institute after the emergency meeting while colleagues speculated that he was pursuing someone.
• Cao Xi met Ye Nanxun by the roadside and asked to become his student.

Cao Xi asked Ye Nanxun to become his supervisor, and Ye encouraged him to apply through the institute’s official process while privately worrying about his health readings. Yan Beiyou came to meet Ye, and their evening ended with Ye asking him to teach her to drive.

• Ye Nanxun reviewed Cao Xi’s medical report, advised him to submit an application to change supervisors, and hoped to see it in his inbox that week.
• Cao Xi thanked Ye Nanxun and left, while Ye remained concerned that something seemed unusual in Cao Xi’s pheromone indicators.
• Yan Beiyou arrived with hot milk tea, and he and Ye Nanxun decided to eat at Muli Restaurant near his apartment.
• During the drive, Ye Nanxun told Yan Beiyou that she had passed the theory test but felt nervous about learning with strangers.
• Ye Nanxun asked Yan Beiyou to teach her to drive, and he offered to teach her driving and help her get a spacecraft license too.

Yan Beiyou took Ye Nanxun to the mall and reassured him that he was willing to make their relationship public and let it become whatever Ye Nanxun wanted. As they arrived at a restaurant, a server told Ye Nanxun that the attacker who beat the security guard had been caught and that the guard wanted to thank him.

• Yan Beiyou and Ye Nanxun arrived at the mall and discussed why milk tea confessions had once been popular at Yan Beiyou's school.
• Yan Beiyou took Ye Nanxun's hand and led him to a private elevator, explaining that he had kept their relationship private because he wanted to protect Ye Nanxun and wait until he was ready.
• Yan Beiyou told Ye Nanxun that he did not mind others knowing about them and that their relationship could be whatever Ye Nanxun wanted, from friends to husbands.
• Yan Beiyou asked for a quiet private room at the restaurant, where a server told Ye Nanxun that the attacker who beat the security guard had been caught and the guard wanted to thank him.

Ye Nanxun and Yan Beiyou shared a meal after discussing how Ye Nanxun had helped the police investigate the attack on a mall security guard. As they held hands, Yan Beiyou told Ye Nanxun he wanted to date him with marriage as the goal, and Ye Nanxun agreed to take things slowly.

• Ye Nanxun asked the server to pass a message to the injured security guard and learned that the attacker was a rich heir surnamed Ye.
• Ye Nanxun told Yan Beiyou he had given Officer Zhuang's number to help with the security guard's case.
• Yan Beiyou carefully wiped Ye Nanxun's hands, then invited him to feed fish at sea and learn to drive that weekend.
• Ye Nanxun asked Yan Beiyou what kind of relationship they had, and Yan Beiyou said he wanted to date him with marriage as the goal.
• Ye Nanxun agreed to take things slowly, and Yan Beiyou asked him not to make him wait too long.

Yan Beiyou and Ye Nanxun grew closer as they talked about staying over, holding hands, and kissing, while Ye Nanxun brought Yan Beiyou homemade cookies. Yan Beiyou revealed he had imagined sharing his first kiss in the sky and asked Ye Nanxun if he was afraid of heights.

• Yan Beiyou invited Ye Nanxun to spend the night at his apartment, but Ye Nanxun worried that the invitation meant they would kiss and do more.
• Yan Beiyou asked whether Ye Nanxun disliked being held by the hand, and Ye Nanxun said he did not before clasping Yan Beiyou's hand as they walked through the mall.
• Yan Beiyou asked if Ye Nanxun was afraid of kissing him, and Ye Nanxun quietly admitted that he would not feel repulsed or find it unpleasant.
• Yan Beiyou told Ye Nanxun that he could fly in his half-beast form, and Ye Nanxun returned with a jar of homemade butter cookies for him.
• Yan Beiyou said he hoped to share his first kiss in the sky someday and asked Ye Nanxun if he was afraid of heights.

Ye Nanxun returned home after spending an intimate evening with Yan and privately wondered whether they would start dating. When he logged into his old game, Big White Mushroom unexpectedly defeated Big Black Dragon, leaving the players in an uproar after Ye Nanxun reported the apparent bug and went to sleep.

• Chen Mingzhu and Ye Xiangsong secretly watched Yan bring Ye Nanxun home, and Chen Mingzhu checked on her son after Yan left.
• Ye Nanxun returned to his room, replayed their hand-holding and his thoughts about dating Yan, then logged into his long-abandoned game.
• Big White Mushroom challenged Big Black Dragon and mused about holding hands, hugging, and kissing Yan while waiting to be defeated.
• Big White Mushroom struck Big Black Dragon twice, and the supposedly unbeatable boss collapsed, triggering a server-wide victory announcement for Poison Mushroom.
• Ye Nanxun took a screenshot, reported the apparent bug to customer service, and logged out, while players debated how Big Black Dragon had been defeated.

Yan Beiyou savored the butter cookies Ye Nanxun had made and invited him to a wedding anniversary celebration, while Ye Nanxun investigated a suspicious message identifying Gu Pingsheng. Ye Nanxun left for the lab in Yan Beiyou’s expensive hovercar, whose price shocked his parents.

• Yan Beiyou refused to share Ye Nanxun’s butter cookies with Zhu Yucheng, who invited him to his tenth wedding anniversary celebration and urged him to bring his special someone.
• Yan Beiyou arranged a sea outing with Song Ren and sent Ye Nanxun a photo of the cookies and warm milk.
• Ye Nanxun received an anonymous email listing the number six and several surnames, matched Gu Pingsheng to the message, and put Jiang Ying’s student roster back in the study safe.
• Ye Nanxun drove Yan Beiyou’s hovercar to the lab while his parents looked up its price and were stunned by how many zeros it had.

Cao Xi obtained Ye Nanxun’s approval to transfer to him as a mentor. Gu Pingsheng also applied to join Ye Nanxun’s laboratory, where Ye offered him a blocking patch and set expectations for his work.

• Cao Xi visited Ye Nanxun and received a signed mentor-transfer application.
• Cao Xi told institute staff that Ye Nanxun had agreed to be his mentor and headed to submit the form.
• Gu Pingsheng arrived to apply to Ye Nanxun, who recognized him from his file and past-life knowledge.
• Ye Nanxun noticed Gu Pingsheng’s pheromones leaking and gave him an unmarked blocking patch he had developed.
• Ye Nanxun told Gu Pingsheng to work in the laboratory at least three days a week and participate seriously in a project, and Gu agreed.

Ye Nanxun took in Cao Xi and Gu Pingsheng as students and treated Gu Pingsheng’s repeated lateness with concern rather than the abuse he expected. Ye Nanxun’s good mood faded when he left the laboratory building and found Ye Zhineng waiting for him.

• Ye Nanxun asked Cao Xi what time it was, and Cao Xi said it was 9:53.
• Gu Pingsheng arrived late again, and Cao Xi questioned him about his hoarse voice and why he still went to a certain place while Jiang Ying remained hospitalized.
• Ye Nanxun dismissed Cao Xi for lunch, then asked Gu Pingsheng whether he was unwell and told him to rest over the weekend and request leave if his susceptible period came.
• Gu Pingsheng left after Ye Nanxun reassured him that he could simply send a message if he needed anything.
• Ye Nanxun read Yan Beiyou’s message as he left the laboratory, then saw Ye Zhineng waiting below the steps.

Ye Nanxun rejected Ye Zhineng’s attempts to apologize and buy his forgiveness, warning him to leave or face security. When Ye Zhineng lunged to stop him from calling, an unseen force sent him crashing to the ground.

• Ye Nanxun ignored Ye Zhineng’s greeting and told him to get lost when he kept pressing for forgiveness.
• Ye Zhineng recalled how Ye Xiangsong had defended Ye Nanxun and how his own influence in Dream City had collapsed after he assaulted a security guard.
• Ye Zhineng offered Ye Nanxun gifts, money, and luxury goods, but Ye Nanxun refused and threatened to call security.
• Ye Zhineng lunged for Ye Nanxun’s phone, but an immense force hurled him backward onto the ground.

Ye Nanxun was confronted by his cousin Ye Zhineng, but Yan Beiyou struck him down and took Ye Nanxun away. After lunch, Yan Beiyou offered to let Ye Nanxun rest aboard a small spaceship.

• Ye Zhineng tried to take Ye Nanxun's phone, but Yan Beiyou kicked him down before Ye Nanxun could fight back.
• Yan Beiyou comforted Ye Nanxun and led him out of the research institute as government officers took Ye Zhineng away.
• Ye Nanxun told Yan Beiyou that Ye Zhineng was his distant cousin and a bad person, and Yan Beiyou promised he would not bother him again.
• Ye Nanxun explained that he could not rest in the lab's shared break room now that Cao Xi and Gu Pingsheng worked there.
• Yan Beiyou led Ye Nanxun to a small spaceship and said they could rest in a room aboard it.

Yan Beiyou brought Ye Nanxun to his spacecraft so he could rest in privacy, and Ye Nanxun later came out when he could not sleep. With both of them free for the afternoon, Yan Beiyou suggested they go to outer space.

• Yan Beiyou took Ye Nanxun aboard his spacecraft and explained that his secretary was in the cockpit.
• Yan Beiyou showed Ye Nanxun the suite, where Ye Nanxun washed up, changed, and tried to nap.
• Ye Nanxun could not fall asleep, so he left the suite and found Yan Beiyou with Secretary Mo.
• Ye Nanxun told Cao Xi and Gu Pingsheng he would not return to the laboratory and let them finish work early.
• Yan Beiyou asked whether Ye Nanxun planned to go to the laboratory, then suggested they go to outer space.

Yan Beiyou took Ye Nanxun on a trip through space, where Ye Nanxun admired the stars before falling asleep beside him. After waking, Ye Nanxun cuddled close to Yan Beiyou, who was already awake but pretended to sleep.

• Yan Beiyou invited Ye Nanxun to lie beside him as their spacecraft turned transparent and revealed the surrounding universe.
• Ye Nanxun marveled at the stars, and Yan Beiyou offered to take him anywhere in space on Black Dragon.
• Yan Beiyou began telling Ye Nanxun about skipping class and awakening his Companion Beast, but Ye Nanxun fell asleep against his shoulder.
• Ye Nanxun woke beside Yan Beiyou, turned toward him, and embraced him while Yan Beiyou secretly stayed awake.