Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo left the university after realizing he had angered Fifth Master Lu, while Lu Chengze took Bai Jin to meet Xu City's medical professors. Their conversation turned to the unsolved murders, and Bai Jin learned the killer had left few clues.

• Chen Mo woke as classmates carried him out, paid them, and left campus to warn his family about offending Fifth Master Lu.
• Black Wolf called Bai Jin to ask whether the Bai Family had bullied him, but Bai Jin denied it and ended the call.
• Lu Chengze picked Bai Jin up from the laboratory and explained that he had arranged a lunch gathering with medical professors to introduce him to them.
• Bai Jin told Lu Chengze he already had a teacher from his time studying abroad, and Lu Chengze said the gathering would still help him get acquainted with the professors.
• Lu Chengze told Bai Jin that investigators had not found the murderer in the drug lord case, and Bai Jin remarked that the killer seemed impressive.

Bai Jin accompanied Lu Chengze to lunch with Elder Ai and several professors, who welcomed him after learning he already had a master. Afterward, Lu Chengze pretended to be drunk and leaned suggestively on Bai Jin, leaving him embarrassed as they departed.

• Lu Chengze and Bai Jin arrived at Xilai Grand Hotel, where Elder Ai and several professors were waiting for them.
• Elder Ai introduced the professors to Bai Jin, and they praised his talent while hoping to become his master.
• Lu Chengze explained that Bai Jin already had a master but invited the professors to guide him, and Bai Jin joined their academic discussion group.
• After the meal, Lu Chengze pretended to be dizzy and leaned heavily against Bai Jin as they walked out of the hotel.
• Bai Jin heard the hotel manager tell Huo Jinnian that Lu Chengze was leaving with his little boyfriend, then hurried into the car and shut the window.
• Lu Jin laughed at Bai Jin's embarrassment, and Lu Chengze glared at him until he drove off.

Lu Chengze took Bai Jin home instead of back to school, then kissed him in the car until Bai Jin bit his lip and escaped. Lu Chengze interpreted Bai Jin’s teasing as a sign of interest and headed to his villa to show off to Huo Jinnian and Ming Junqing.

• Lu Jin drove Lu Chengze and Bai Jin to Bai Jin’s building, where Bai Jin realized Lu Chengze had kept him from returning to school.
• Lu Chengze held Bai Jin down and kissed him in the car, and Bai Jin bit his lip to make him let go.
• Lu Chengze tried to explain away his curse as a confession of affection, while Bai Jin teased him about being desired by many people and then left for school.
• Lu Chengze told Lu Jin he believed Bai Jin had not rejected the idea of being with him, then ordered him to drive to the villa.
• Lu Chengze called Huo Jinnian and Ming Junqing to boast about Bai Jin biting his bleeding lip, and Huo Jinnian hung up.

Lu Chengze asked Huo Jinnian and Ming Junqing to pay the Hacker Alliance to investigate Bai Jin’s missing overseas records. Bai Jin suspected Lu Chengze had placed the order, but the War Wolf group’s teasing message left him confused about what they thought had happened between them.

• Lu Chengze asked Huo Jinnian and Ming Junqing to hire the Hacker Alliance to investigate Bai Jin’s untraceable years abroad, and they agreed.
• Huo Jinnian and Ming Junqing placed a fifty-million order with the Hacker Alliance to investigate Bai Jin’s blank records.
• Bai Jin saw the War Wolf group’s warning that the investigation could expose his identity and guessed Lu Chengze had ordered it.
• Black Wolf claimed Lu Chengze had already eaten Bai Jin clean, and Bai Jin asked when that had happened before the group fell silent.

Bai Jin tried to avoid Lu Chengze after school, but Lu Chengze chased him home and kissed him passionately. The chapter ended with Bai Jin saying his legs had gone weak and he could not walk.

• Bai Jin ordered the three mercenaries to remove every surveillance camera that could capture his home.
• Bai Jin saw Lu Chengze waiting outside the school and tried to avoid him by running away.
• Lu Chengze caught up with Bai Jin, and the two ran home together while Lu Jin secretly recorded them.
• Bai Jin brought Lu Chengze inside and closed the door, leaving Lu Jin outside.
• Lu Chengze pressed Bai Jin against the shoe cabinet and kissed him until he was dizzy.
• Bai Jin clutched Lu Chengze's clothes and said his legs had gone weak and he could not walk.

After Lu Chengze left to deal with a group of foreign assassins who had crossed the border, Bai Jin learned that twelve notorious assassins were hunting the person who killed the drug lord. Lou Sheng sent Bai Jin their identities, while Lu Chengze received the same list from Lu Mu as he prepared to investigate.

• Lu Chengze received an urgent report that foreign assassins had crossed the border and left Bai Jin to deal with the threat.
• Bai Jin contacted Lou Sheng through War Wolf Base's chatroom and learned that Lou Sheng was investigating the assassins.
• Chi Chuan teased Bai Jin about his relationship with Lu Chengze, and Bai Jin ended the chat without answering.
• Lou Sheng sent Bai Jin a list of twelve notorious assassins, and Bai Jin decided that none of them would leave alive.
• Bai Jin told Lu Chengze to stay safe, and Lu Chengze reminded him to eat on time while Lu Mu handed over the assassins' list.

Lu Chengze suspected the twelve assassins pursuing the drug lord’s killer had been sent for a reason beyond the drug lord’s death, and ordered Lu Jin to find out who employed them. Bai Jin went to a private racing club to investigate one assassin, where he unexpectedly encountered Chen Mo and Bai Jianian.

• Lu Chengze told Lu Jin to have Lu Shui investigate who the twelve assassins worked for.
• Bai Jin left Eight-Star Residential Community and headed to Huo Hongbao’s racing club to track an assassin posing as a retired international race car driver.
• Bai Jin registered to race, chose the club’s number four car, and waited in the competitors’ lounge.
• Bai Jin spotted Chen Mo and Bai Jianian together in the stands on the race broadcast.
• When Bai Jin was called to the preparation area, Chen Mo appeared with Bai Jianian supporting him, and Bai Jianian asked why Bai Jin was there.

Bai Jin rejected Bai Jianian and Chen Mo, then entered a race to confront the killer he had tracked down. As the countdown began, Huo Hongbao told Huo Jinnian he had found another guy he liked.

• Bai Jin mocked Bai Jianian and Chen Mo, warned them to stay away, and left with the valet.
• Bai Jianian and Chen Mo assumed Bai Jin had come to the club to get Chen Mo's attention, then headed toward the race zone.
• Bai Jin drove car Number 4 toward the track after spotting the retired racer he believed was a killer in the club's Number 1 car.
• Chen Mo saw Bai Jin glance toward him and mistook it for flirtation, while Bai Jin cursed his bad luck at seeing him.
• Huo Hongbao told Huo Jinnian that he had discovered a new guy who was exactly his type.

Huo Hongbao watched his favorite racer, No. 4, compete against professional racer No. 1 at his club, but No. 1 crashed and plunged off a cliff. Huo Jinnian took his worried brother to the scene and notified the local authorities.

• Huo Jinnian teased Huo Hongbao about his many pretty-boy crushes and warned him that someone might take advantage of him.
• Huo Hongbao pointed out racer No. 4 as his favorite, and Huo Jinnian offered to recruit him if he showed promise.
• No. 4 and No. 1 led the race, with No. 1 holding the advantage as they reached the second-to-last turn.
• A loud crash sounded, and No. 4 crossed the finish line while No. 1 disappeared from the track.
• The rescue team found flames on the cliff where a race car had plunged, and Huo Jinnian took Huo Hongbao to the scene and contacted local authorities.

Bai Jin won the race, beat Bai Jianian after he accused him of causing the crash, and then threw himself into Lu Chengze’s arms claiming he was being bullied. Lu Chengze comforted him, unaware that Bai Jin was preparing to explain why he had been out late.

• Huo Hongbao spotted Bai Jin and told Huo Jinnian he wanted to make him his brother-in-law, but Huo Jinnian warned him off and dragged him away.
• Bai Jianian accused Bai Jin of causing the No. 1 car’s crash, and Bai Jin took a baseball bat from his car.
• Bai Jin struck Bai Jianian several times, knocking out two of his teeth, while Chen Mo called for him to stop.
• Bai Jin kicked Bai Jianian into Chen Mo, aggravating Chen Mo’s broken ribs.
• Lu Chengze arrived, and Bai Jin dropped the bat, embraced him, and claimed that they were bullying him.

Bai Jin claimed Bai Jianian and Shen Mo had insulted him, and Lu Chengze took his side, humiliating them and sending Lu Jin after them. Afterward, Bai Jin and Lu Chengze flirted until Huo Jinnian and Huo Hongbao arrived, where Huo Hongbao mistook Bai Jin for Lu Chengze’s lover.

• Bai Jin told Lu Chengze that Bai Jianian and Shen Mo had called his mother a mistress and him a bastard, and Lu Chengze defended him without hesitation.
• Lu Chengze reminded Bai Jianian that his mother had not been publicly recognized as Bai Deye’s wife, and Bai Jianian and Shen Mo fled while Lu Jin followed them.
• Bai Jin apologized for crying on Lu Chengze’s clothes, and Lu Chengze promised to back him up if anyone bullied him.
• Bai Jin hugged Lu Chengze again, and Lu Chengze became flustered by the exposed skin at the back of his neck.
• Huo Jinnian and Huo Hongbao arrived, and Huo Hongbao mistook Bai Jin for Lu Chengze’s lover before Lu Chengze warned him not to pursue Bai Jin.

After Bai Jin won the race, he invited Lu Chengze, Huo Jinnian, and Huo Hongbao to a late-night meal, using the outing to keep Lu Chengze from questioning his whereabouts. On the drive, Huo Hongbao befriended Bai Jin and invited him to join the racing club, but Lu Chengze refused and then asked why the club’s professional racers had been so poor.

• Lu Chengze chased Huo Hongbao for teasing him, while Bai Jin watched the brothers joke around and felt envious of Huo Hongbao’s carefree life.
• Bai Jin offered to treat Lu Chengze, Huo Jinnian, and Huo Hongbao to a late-night meal, and they left together in Lu Chengze’s car.
• Huo Hongbao asked Bai Jin about his motorcycle and invited him to join the racing club, but Lu Chengze said Bai Jin was not interested.
• Bai Jin exchanged WeChat contacts with Huo Hongbao and said he could help at the club if needed, while Lu Chengze misread his comment about his driving skills.
• Lu Chengze asked Huo Hongbao why the club’s professional racers were so lousy, and Huo Hongbao complained that one had crashed on the small track and wrecked his custom race car.

After Bai Jin suggested the suspicious racer might be an impostor, Lu Chengze and Huo Jinnian arranged an investigation and learned that twelve foreign assassins had entered Xu City. At a hotel dinner, Lu Chengze tried to get Bai Jin drunk, but Bai Jin slipped into the restroom and immediately lost his drunken haze once the door was locked.

• Bai Jin warned that he had never heard of the racer, prompting Huo Jinnian and Lu Chengze to suspect the man was an impostor with ulterior motives.
• Lu Chengze called for the racer to be investigated, while he told Huo Jinnian that twelve foreign assassins had entered Xu City and gone into hiding.
• Bai Jin pretended to fear that the assassins would target him, and Lu Chengze reassured him while holding his hand.
• Lu Chengze ordered four cases of beer for dinner and eagerly fed Bai Jin, who pretended to have a low tolerance for alcohol.
• Bai Jin drank a can of beer, acted drunk, and went into the restroom alone; once the door locked, his eyes cleared immediately.

Bai Jin secretly deleted surveillance footage linked to the motorcycle, then learned that his warning had helped Lu Chengze’s group identify a suspicious retired racer. After the others left to assist the police, Lu Chengze took the drunken Bai Jin home and kissed him in the car.

• Bai Jin erased surveillance footage that might have captured the motorcycle, leaving only tonight’s footage.
• Lu Chengze helped Bai Jin free his zipper, then led him out of the restroom and explained that Huo Jinnian had taken Huo Hongbao to speak with the police about the suspicious retired racer.
• Lu Chengze told Bai Jin that his warning had helped and that the racer might be one of the twelve killers they were investigating.
• After their late-night meal, Lu Chengze carried the drunken Bai Jin to the car while Lu Jin messaged their group chat and Old Master Lu, who doubled his year-end bonus.
• Lu Chengze kissed and stroked Bai Jin in the back seat for over an hour before they reached Eight-Star Residential Community.

Bai Jin returned home with Lu Chengze, who tried to coax him into a shared bath before letting him sleep. After drying Bai Jin’s hair, Lu Chengze climbed into his blanket, leaving Bai Jin shocked and embarrassed.

• Lu Chengze carried Bai Jin home while Lu Jin and Lu Mu joked about the Lu family’s tradition of being henpecked and stayed on watch outside.
• Lu Chengze urged Bai Jin to bathe with him, tore Bai Jin’s T-shirt, and washed him in the bathtub.
• Bai Jin pleaded that he was sleepy, and Lu Chengze finished washing him and let him go to bed.
• Lu Chengze dried Bai Jin’s hair while Bai Jin stayed wrapped in a blanket, then climbed under the blanket with him.

After a tender night with Lu Chengze, Bai Jin realized he had begun to fear losing the first person he had chosen to love. Lu Chengze woke before him and quietly arranged breakfast, while keeping Lu Jin and Lu Mu from asking about the night.

• Lu Chengze comforted Bai Jin after their intimate night, and Bai Jin fell asleep in his arms.
• Once Lu Chengze was asleep, Bai Jin watched him and silently begged him not to abandon him like the people he had lost.
• At dawn, Lu Chengze shielded Bai Jin from the sunlight, then slipped out of bed and left his pillow in Bai Jin's arms.
• Lu Chengze let the hotel manager, Lu Jin, and Lu Mu bring in breakfast and told them to be quiet.
• When Lu Jin tried to ask about the previous night, Lu Chengze smacked him and told him not to ask what he shouldn't.

Bai Jin received an international research project from Jiang Hongfeng and Zhan Zhou, while uncovering hostility within his laboratory group. Pei Shuangshuang warned him that Li Yue planned to block his way after work.

• Lu Chengze drove Bai Jin to the laboratory after Bai Jin said his mentor had called him in.
• Bai Jin learned that Li Yue had tried to tamper with his experimental records, while Cao Longtao overheard Zhu Chaohong and Li Yue arguing about him.
• Zhan Zhou gave Bai Jin an international project from Jiang Hongfeng and Old Ai, assigning him to complete it alone within a week.
• Bai Jin noticed Zhu Chaohong leaving after eavesdropping outside the office and wondered why he resented him so strongly.
• Pei Shuangshuang warned Bai Jin that someone planned to block his way, and Bai Jin guessed that Li Yue was responsible.

Bai Jin joined Lu Chengze, the Huo brothers, and Lu Jin for a seafood feast before walking home alone. Three thugs ambushed him on Li Yue's orders, but Bai Jin defeated two and learned Li Yue had paid them to break his arm.

• Lu Chengze picked Bai Jin up from the university, and Bai Jin joined him, Huo Hongbao, and Huo Jinnian for a seafood feast on a yacht.
• Lu Chengze received a police call about progress tracking down the assassin and let Bai Jin walk the short distance home alone.
• Three thugs confronted Bai Jin in Eight-Star Residential Community and demanded that he kneel and apologize.
• Bai Jin knocked out two thugs with kicks, and their leader revealed that Li Yue had paid them thirty thousand yuan to break one of Bai Jin's arms.
• Bai Jin offered the leader three thousand yuan to break one of Li Yue's arms.

After Li Yue and three thugs were found dead, Bai Jin went to the police station with Lu Chengze to answer questions about his number on one victim’s phone. The city bureau officers began questioning him, and the chapter ended as they pressed him to explain why the victim had his number.

• Bai Jin gave the lead thug thirty yuan and sent the three injured thugs away.
• Lu Chengze told Bai Jin that Li Yue and three thugs had been found dead and that one victim’s phone had an undialed call to him.
• Bai Jin concealed anything at home that could reveal his identity, then left with Lu Shui for the police station.
• Lu Chengze met Bai Jin at the station and accompanied him into a meeting with city bureau officers.
• Bai Jin confirmed the phone number was his and said he had no relationship with the victim, prompting an officer to question why the victim had saved his number.

Bai Jin told Lu Chengze and the National Security Bureau officers how he had fought three thugs and sent them after Li Yue, while Lu Chengze defended and comforted him. The officers let Bai Jin leave but remained suspicious of him and ordered continued surveillance.

• Bai Jin recounted that Li Yue had paid three thugs to attack him and that he had turned them against Li Yue.
• Lu Chengze reassured Bai Jin and scolded the young officers for frightening him.
• The officers questioned Bai Jin gently and concluded that he was psychologically resilient and handled pressure well.
• Bai Jin suspected the National Security Bureau was probing gaps in his background, but Lu Chengze took him home.
• After Lu Chengze and Bai Jin left, an unseen voice ordered the officers to keep someone watching Bai Jin.