Chapter Summaries

On Feng Tingfan’s birthday, Bai Yunsheng emerged from hiding and was cornered by Feng Tingfan and his friends. Feng Tingfan demanded that Bai Yunsheng give him Falling Rain.

• Zhang Cheng arrived at Feng Tingfan’s birthday celebration and learned that Feng Tingfan planned to find Bai Yunsheng for entertainment.
• Bai Yunsheng left the old house where he had been hiding and returned to the main house, hoping to avoid trouble.
• Zhang Cheng seized Bai Yunsheng and dragged him before Feng Tingfan while the guests mocked him.
• Feng Tingfan asked Bai Yunsheng for a birthday present, and Bai Yunsheng nodded when threatened into agreeing.
• Feng Tingfan demanded that Bai Yunsheng give him Falling Rain.

Bai Yunsheng tried to protect the necklace his mother left him, but Feng Tingfan’s cruelty led to his death in the pool. Afterward, Bai Yunsheng watched his father show no grief and order the servants to remove his body.

• Feng Tingfan kicked Bai Yunsheng unconscious, searched his room, and mocked Falling Rain before refusing to return it.
• Bai Yunsheng chased Feng Tingfan and the others to the pool, where Feng Tingfan threw the necklace into the water.
• Bai Yunsheng retrieved the necklace, but someone held him underwater until he drowned.
• Bai Yunsheng’s spirit rose above the pool and saw his own corpse as Feng Yanshan scolded the servants and ordered them to carry it away.

After dying, Bai Yunsheng learned that his family had covered up his death and that his stepmother and half-brother had welcomed it. A mysterious man mourned him at his grave until Bai Yunsheng’s spirit began to find peace, but a sudden burst of pain struck before he disappeared.

• Feng Yanshan berated Feng Tingfan for causing Bai Yunsheng’s death and for endangering the Feng family’s reputation, while Feng Zhiyou’s deleted surveillance footage had helped conceal the truth.
• After Feng Yanshan left, Jiang Li and Feng Tingfan mocked Bai Yunsheng’s death and discussed how his death would benefit Feng Tingfan.
• Bai Yunsheng’s ashes were buried, and he remained at his gravestone, unable to find peace.
• A mysterious man visited Bai Yunsheng’s grave with a belated birthday present, apologized for arriving too late, and vowed to punish everyone who had hurt him.
• The man returned daily to tell Bai Yunsheng what had happened, then broke down in tears and said how much he missed him.
• Bai Yunsheng began to disappear as he reached toward the grieving man, but agonizing pain suddenly struck before his spirit could pass on.

Bai Yunsheng awakened reborn shortly before his death and returned to the pool incident where Feng Tingfan had thrown his necklace into the water. After fighting back against the man who tried to drown him, Bai Yunsheng stood his ground before Feng Tingfan and Zhang Cheng.

• Bai Yunsheng woke in his ransacked room and realized he had been reborn shortly before his death.
• Feng Tingfan threw Bai Yunsheng’s necklace into the pool, and Bai Yunsheng retrieved it without confronting him.
• A man pinned Bai Yunsheng underwater, so Bai Yunsheng cut his wrist with a folding knife and dragged him into the pool.
• Bai Yunsheng released the injured man and climbed safely ashore as others rushed to help.
• Feng Tingfan called Bai Yunsheng insane, and Bai Yunsheng replied that the man had wanted him dead.
• Zhang Cheng stared at Bai Yunsheng’s changed appearance, but Bai Yunsheng regarded him as insignificant.

After nearly drowning at Feng Tingfan’s birthday banquet, Bai Yunsheng persuaded Feng Yanshan to review the pool footage, which showed Bai Yunsheng acting in self-defense. The Feng Household avoided blame, but Feng Yanshan still ordered Bai Yunsheng taken to the basement as punishment.

• Bai Yunsheng told Feng Yanshan that he had nearly drowned and asked him to check the pool cameras, saying Feng Tingfan had been there.
• Feng Yanshan brought Bai Yunsheng to the hall and rebuked Feng Tingfan for taking his friends to the backyard.
• The retrieved footage showed someone holding Bai Yunsheng underwater and supported his claim that he had acted in self-defense.
• Bai Yunsheng and Feng Yanshan convinced the injured boy’s parents not to pursue the matter, and the couple left without challenging the Feng Household.
• Feng Yanshan praised Bai Yunsheng’s handling of the incident but ordered him taken to the basement, while Feng Tingfan watched smugly.

Bai Yunsheng entered the basement for another four-day punishment and recalled how the Feng Household had mistreated him since he arrived. As he resolved to take revenge, he remembered the history of his parents’ marriage and how the family had wrongly branded him an illegitimate child.

• Bai Yunsheng entered the basement and thanked his escort before the door was locked for four days.
• Feng Tingfan taunted Bai Yunsheng outside the door and threatened to keep him from belonging to the Feng Household.
• Bai Yunsheng vowed to destroy what Feng Tingfan and the rest of the family cared about.
• Bai Yunsheng recalled how Bai Zhi had married Feng Yanshan, then divorced him after discovering his affair with Jiang Li.
• Bai Zhi brought Bai Yunsheng to the Feng Household when he was ten, where the family blamed him for the circumstances surrounding Feng Tingfan’s birth.

After being denied food for four days, Bai Yunsheng forced the Feng Household kitchen servants to make him porridge by calling Jiang Li for help. He ate and went back to bed to recover, having made the servants acknowledge him as the young master.

• After two days without food or water, Bai Yunsheng went to the kitchen and asked the servants to make vegetable porridge, but they ignored him.
• Bai Yunsheng called Jiang Li, who scolded the servants over the phone and ordered them to prepare his porridge.
• Bai Yunsheng told the servants to bring him two bowls, then warned them that he was Feng Yanshan's biological son and could have them punished.
• The frightened servants set down the porridge and gave Bai Yunsheng a spoon, addressing him respectfully as young master.
• Bai Yunsheng ate the porridge, felt better, and lay down to catch up on sleep.

As the Feng Household prepared for a banquet with an important guest, Bai Yunsheng received expensive clothes and warned Feng Tingfan not to provoke him. Feng Zhiyou stopped Feng Tingfan from attacking and urged him to leave Bai Yunsheng alone, while Bai Yunsheng departed without explaining his changed demeanor.

• At dinner, Feng Yanshan warned Bai Yunsheng and Feng Tingfan not to cause trouble at the next day's banquet.
• Uncle Feng delivered expensive banquet clothes to Bai Yunsheng and repeated Feng Yanshan's order not to disgrace the Feng Household.
• At breakfast, Feng Tingfan mocked Bai Yunsheng over the clothes, and Bai Yunsheng warned him not to provoke him that night.
• Feng Tingfan grabbed Bai Yunsheng and nearly struck him, but Feng Zhiyou ordered him to let go because the whole family, including Bai Yunsheng, would attend the banquet.
• After Bai Yunsheng left, Feng Zhiyou told Feng Tingfan that Feng Yanshan's unusual attention to Bai Yunsheng meant he should not be provoked.

Bai Yunsheng attended the banquet in a striking new appearance, confronted Zhang Cheng, and was warned by Feng Zhiyou not to provoke Feng Tingfan. In the rainy backyard, he recognized a familiar man by his brooch, who told him to go back.

• Bai Yunsheng cut his hair, put on Feng Yanshan's suit, and entered the banquet, drawing attention from the guests.
• Zhang Cheng and his companion recognized Bai Yunsheng, and Bai Yunsheng taunted Zhang Cheng about his brother Zhang Heng before threatening him not to provoke him again.
• Feng Zhiyou stopped Bai Yunsheng from approaching Feng Yanshan and warned him not to provoke Feng Tingfan before Meng Shangzhi arrived.
• Bai Yunsheng went to the backyard and sat alone until the rain began.
• A man with a black umbrella approached Bai Yunsheng, who recognized the thorn-and-bird brooch as the man said, "It's raining. Let's go back."

Bai Yunsheng met Meng Shangzhi in the rain and returned with him to the banquet, where guests mocked Bai as an illegitimate child. Meng defended him and showed unusual affection, while Bai tested Meng by refusing his offer to enter his room.

• Meng Shangzhi sheltered Bai Yunsheng from the rain and brought him back toward the banquet hall.
• Feng Yanshan reprimanded Bai for being absent, while Feng Tingfan and other guests drew attention to Bai's status as an illegitimate child.
• Meng Shangzhi silenced the guests by revealing that he was also an illegitimate child, then asked Bai whether he had gotten wet.
• Meng criticized the Feng Household servants for letting Bai's hair get wet and offered to change in Bai's room.
• Bai refused to let Meng enter his room, and Meng accepted the refusal before warning the guests to watch their mouths.

Bai Yunsheng struck back when Feng Tingfan tried to hit him, and a man sent by Meng Shangzhi rescued him from being thrown against the stairs. Meng Shangzhi heard Feng Tingfan’s insults and ended his cooperation with Feng Yanshan, saying he had a better candidate.

• Meng Shangzhi arranged dry clothes for Bai Yunsheng and sent a man to deliver them.
• Feng Tingfan confronted Bai Yunsheng on the stairs and raised his hand, so Bai Yunsheng caught his wrist and slapped him.
• Feng Tingfan lunged at Bai Yunsheng, but Meng Shangzhi’s man pulled Bai Yunsheng to safety and forced Feng Tingfan to his knees.
• Feng Tingfan continued cursing Bai Yunsheng, and Meng Shangzhi stopped Feng Yanshan from intervening.
• Meng Shangzhi told Feng Yanshan he had a better candidate for the cooperation.

Bai Yunsheng thanked Meng Shangzhi for helping him but remained confused about Meng’s reason. After returning to the Feng Household’s living room, he watched Feng Yanshan reprimand Feng Tingfan and then questioned whether Meng Shangzhi had said anything before leaving.

• Feng Yanshan asked Bai Yunsheng to see Meng Shangzhi out, and Bai Yunsheng thanked Meng for helping him at the banquet.
• Bai Yunsheng asked Meng Shangzhi whether they had met before and why he helped; Meng said it was because Bai Yunsheng was good-looking.
• Bai Yunsheng returned to the living room and found Feng Tingfan injured, Jiang Li supporting him, and Feng Yanshan and Feng Zhiyou present.
• Feng Tingfan accused Bai Yunsheng of slapping him, but Feng Yanshan blamed Feng Tingfan for ruining his attempt to build ties with Meng Shangzhi.
• Feng Tingfan explained what had happened and identified Zheng Long as someone who had helped Bai Yunsheng; Feng Yanshan told Feng Tingfan to return to his room.
• Feng Yanshan asked Bai Yunsheng whether Meng Shangzhi had said anything before leaving, and Bai Yunsheng answered no.

Bai Yunsheng dismissed Feng Yanshan’s demand for Meng Shangzhi’s contact information, then encountered Meng Shangzhi on his way to Yalan Academy and exchanged numbers with him. At the academy gates, Zhang Cheng questioned Bai Yunsheng about his relationship with Meng Shangzhi, and Bai Yunsheng teased him about having fallen for him.

• Feng Zhiyou warned Bai Yunsheng to stop provoking Feng Tingfan before leaving the living room.
• Bai Yunsheng insisted that Meng Shangzhi would seek him out, and Feng Yanshan had him thrown out of the living room.
• At a bus stop, Bai Yunsheng threatened Zhang Cheng, who cursed and drove away.
• Meng Shangzhi offered Bai Yunsheng a ride to Yalan Academy, and they exchanged contact information after Bai Yunsheng suggested treating him to a meal.
• At Yalan Academy, Zhang Cheng asked about Bai Yunsheng’s relationship with Meng Shangzhi, and Bai Yunsheng teased him about being in love with him.

Bai Yunsheng astonished Teacher Jiang with his piano playing, and she offered to connect him with the renowned Wu Shanye. Later, he turned Liang Yuan’s attempt to splash him with dirty water against Liang Yuan, then poured another bucket over him.

• Bai Yunsheng played with professional skill for Teacher Jiang, who offered to introduce him to her junior fellow student, Wu Shanye.
• Bai Yunsheng left the lesson and encountered Liang Yuan, who planned to splash dirty water on him.
• Bai Yunsheng dodged and pushed Liang Yuan’s hand, causing the dirty water to spill over Liang Yuan instead.
• Liang Yuan and his companions accused Bai Yunsheng and demanded payment, an apology, and that he lick up the water.
• Bai Yunsheng took a bucket from one of Liang Yuan’s companions and poured the water over Liang Yuan’s head, asking if it tasted good.

After Bai Yunsheng fought Liang Yuan and his two lackeys, Feng Zhiyou refused to help him and left the punishment to Principal Li. Meng Shangzhi arrived to take Bai Yunsheng home and proposed making Yalan go bankrupt, leaving President Feng to answer.

• Bai Yunsheng admitted pouring water on Liang Yuan and fighting the three boys, while Principal Li favored them and delayed treating Bai Yunsheng's injuries.
• The boys' parents arrived and demanded an explanation, and Feng Zhiyou told Bai Yunsheng that the Feng Household would not help him.
• Bai Yunsheng refused to apologize and said he would hit the boys even harder if given another chance.
• Meng Shangzhi arrived, checked Bai Yunsheng's injuries, and pulled him onto a sofa.
• Feng Zhiyou deferred to Meng Shangzhi, who proposed making Yalan go bankrupt.

Meng Shangzhi rescued Bai Yunsheng from trouble at school, and an old memory revealed that they had met as children. After Bai Yunsheng returned to the Feng Household, Feng Zhiyou questioned his connection to Meng Shangzhi and prepared to punish him.

• Meng Shangzhi took Bai Yunsheng away from the principal's office and drove him home, telling him he liked his face.
• Bai Yunsheng thanked Meng Shangzhi for helping him, prompting Meng Shangzhi to remember their childhood meeting, when Bai Yunsheng had defended him from people who insulted them as illegitimate sons.
• Bai Yunsheng watched Meng Shangzhi's car leave, then admitted to himself that he was using Meng Shangzhi's affection to seek revenge.
• Feng Zhiyou confronted Bai Yunsheng about his relationship with Meng Shangzhi, and Bai Yunsheng challenged him for blaming him without knowing what happened at school.
• Feng Zhiyou had Bai Yunsheng forced to his knees, took a whip, and claimed an elder brother had the authority of a father.

Feng Zhiyou whipped Bai Yunsheng, but Bai Yunsheng confronted him with the childhood choice that had left Feng Zhiyou resentful of his mother. Feng Zhiyou left shaken, and Bai Yunsheng received treatment from Zhang Luoluo, telling her that his older brother had caused the injury.

• Feng Zhiyou whipped Bai Yunsheng and warned him not to use Tingfan as a target for practice.
• Bai Yunsheng accused Feng Zhiyou of resenting their mother and reminded him that he had chosen their father when she asked whether he preferred buns or cake, a small house or a big house, and one parent.
• Feng Zhiyou denied that his current family had treated him badly, then left Bai Yunsheng's room with his people.
• Bai Yunsheng called for Doctor Luoluo, and Zhang Luoluo treated his wound and instructed him to keep it dry and avoid certain foods.
• Zhang Luoluo hinted that she knew Chairman Feng was away, and Bai Yunsheng told her that his older brother had injured him.

Bai Yunsheng deliberately worsened his injury to appear frail before Wu Shanye, who had come to hear him play the piano. As Bai Yunsheng performed on his mother’s piano in the Feng Household music room, blood ran from his back onto the floor.

• Bai Yunsheng learned that Wu Shanye had arrived to see him and slammed his wounded back against a wall to make himself look more injured.
• Feng Yanshan introduced Bai Yunsheng to Wu Shanye, who asked him to play after praising the video of his piano performance.
• Bai Yunsheng followed Feng Yanshan and Wu Shanye to the second-floor music room, where he recognized the piano as his mother’s.
• Bai Yunsheng played with overwhelming emotion as Wu Shanye watched, and blood ran down his back onto the white-tiled floor.

Bai Yunsheng became Wu Shanye’s student after impressing him with his piano playing, but Wu Shanye discovered his serious back injury and challenged Feng Yanshan to explain it. After Wu Shanye left, Bai Yunsheng told Feng Yanshan what had happened, and Feng Yanshan promised to address it and let him use Tingfan’s piano room.

• Wu Shanye offered Bai Yunsheng a place as his student, then discovered blood from Bai Yunsheng’s back wound when he patted him.
• Bai Yunsheng woke with Wu Shanye, Feng Yanshan, and Doctor Luoluo beside him, and Wu Shanye insisted Feng Yanshan explain the injury.
• After Wu Shanye left, Bai Yunsheng ate breakfast in bed and told Feng Yanshan how he had been hurt, leaving out Meng Shangzhi’s involvement.
• Feng Yanshan promised Bai Yunsheng an explanation and told him to rest in the Feng Household.
• Feng Yanshan told Bai Yunsheng he could use Tingfan’s piano room, insisting that he made the decisions in the house.

Bai Yunsheng outmaneuvered Feng Tingfan after Feng Tingfan confronted him about taking the piano room, and Feng Yanshan punished Feng Tingfan for trying to attack him. Bai Yunsheng redirected Feng Yanshan’s attention by mentioning Chairman Meng’s invitation, then joined his father for dinner while Feng Zhiyou sat apart and Jiang Li arrived asking where Tingfan was.

• Feng Tingfan barged into Bai Yunsheng’s room and accused him of touching things in the piano room, but Bai Yunsheng’s calm response made him hesitate.
• Feng Tingfan grabbed Bai Yunsheng’s wrist and tried to strike him, but a servant intervened and Bai Yunsheng reminded him not to anger their father.
• Feng Yanshan arrived, ordered the servants to take Feng Tingfan to the basement, and dismissed his pleas.
• Bai Yunsheng told Feng Yanshan that Chairman Meng had invited the family to lunch, and Feng Yanshan began discussing what they should bring.
• At dinner, Feng Yanshan served Bai Yunsheng while Feng Zhiyou sat apart, and Jiang Li arrived and asked where Feng Tingfan was.