Chapter Summaries

Shen Ranxin pretended to cooperate with Cheng Cheng and Shen Qi while secretly weakening his restraints and planning an escape. He set the bathroom on fire to trigger the villa’s emergency system, then slipped away as the others rushed in to find him.

• Shen Ranxin refused food from Shen Qi and demanded a cigarette from Cheng Cheng.
• Shen Ranxin took a lighter from Cheng Cheng and used its flame to burn through the rope around his hands.
• Shen Ranxin set fire to the bathroom to trigger the villa’s alarms and open its emergency exits.
• Cheng Cheng and Shen Qi rushed into the burning bathroom, while Shen Ranxin escaped past them with his feet still shackled.
• Shen Ziqing cursed Cheng Cheng and Shen Qi over the earpiece as the fire spread through the villa.

As Shen Ranxin struggled through the burning villa, memories returned of the fire five years earlier, when Lu Zhi saved him but could not save his mother. Shen Ranxin reached the point of collapse longing to see Lu Zhi again, and Lu Zhi found him and kissed him.

• Shen Qi rejected Shen Ziqing's orders and ran after Cheng Cheng into the burning corridor, declaring that he wanted Shen Ranxin.
• Shen Ranxin, trapped by his shackles and weakened by smoke and heat, remembered the fire five years earlier, when Shen Ziqing's mother had begged him to help Shen Ziqing escape.
• Shen Ranxin's mother refused to leave until Shen Ziqing's abandonment shattered her faith in him, and Shen Ranxin carried her toward the locked exit.
• A burning beam pinned Shen Ranxin, and Lu Zhi arrived injured, rescued Shen Ranxin, then returned to the collapsing building after leaving him outside.
• Shen Ranxin recalled that Lu Zhi had survived the fire but remained detained and protected at the Anomaly Management Center for five years, while Cheng Cheng saved Shen Ranxin's legs.
• Shen Ranxin struggled onward, wanting to apologize to Lu Zhi, and Lu Zhi found him in the villa and kissed him.

Lu Zhi rescued Shen Ranxin from Shen Qi’s men, but Shen Ranxin injured his fragile gland to free Lu Zhi’s pheromones and help him fight back. As they escaped the bomb-rigged villa, Lu Zhi revealed he was going back for Cheng Cheng, leaving Shen Ranxin to understand the danger they still faced.

• Lu Zhi carried Shen Ranxin into a corridor blocked by Cheng Cheng, Shen Qi, and Shen Qi’s men, who demanded that Lu Zhi surrender Shen Ranxin.
• Shen Ranxin offered Cheng Cheng a deal and asked him to unlock his shackles, while Shen Qi ordered his men to attack Lu Zhi.
• When Lu Zhi was wounded and overwhelmed, Shen Ranxin cut his own fragile gland to break the pheromone pressure and told Lu Zhi to stop holding back.
• Shen Ranxin used Cheng Cheng’s key to remove his shackles as Lu Zhi unleashed his pheromones, defeated Shen Qi’s men, and knocked Shen Qi down.
• Badly wounded, Lu Zhi and Shen Ranxin struggled toward the exit, where Lu Yeshan warned them that Shen Ziqing had planted bombs beneath the villa.
• Near the exit, Lu Zhi told Shen Ranxin he was returning for Cheng Cheng, who was still inside.

After the villa explosions, Shen Ranxin woke from a two-week coma and learned that Lu Zhi had survived but was being held while his pheromones remained out of control. Shen Ranxin recovered enough to leave the medical pod, learned Shen Qi had died, and gave the unfinished diamond Shen Qi left behind to the director while asking him to keep it from Lu Zhi.

• Lu Zhi returned to warn Cheng Cheng that explosives beneath the house could detonate, then left him to choose whether to destroy his gland and escape.
• Explosions struck as Shen Ranxin was carried away, and he lost consciousness after receiving an anesthetic injection.
• Shen Ranxin woke in a medical pod, and Lu Yeshan told him Lu Zhi had survived but had gone berserk after his gland lost control.
• The Anomaly Control Bureau calmed Lu Zhi with Shen Ranxin's pheromone scent and confined him in a cell with carefully controlled suppressants and sedatives.
• After recovering his voice, Shen Ranxin asked to visit Lu Zhi but was sent home to rest instead.
• The director returned Shen Qi's unfinished diamond to Shen Ranxin and told him Shen Qi had died in the explosion; Shen Ranxin gave the diamond to the director and asked him not to tell Lu Zhi.

After recovering, Shen Ranxin learned that Lu Zhi’s condition was unstable and went to bring him clothes carrying his scent. At home, he discovered the talisman from Marriage Temple burst into flames, and he suspected it had saved Lu Zhi from the explosion before arriving at the Anomaly Management Center.

• Shen Ranxin gave the director the diamond and warned him to say he had found it if Lu Zhi asked.
• A week later, Lu Yeshan and the director told Shen Ranxin that Lu Zhi was restless and that his scent or clothing might calm him.
• Shen Ranxin canceled his afternoon work and packed close-fitting clothes and worn underwear to take to Lu Zhi.
• Shen Ranxin found the talisman among Lu Zhi’s bloodstained clothes, and it burst into flames when he reached for it.
• Shen Ranxin arrived at the Anomaly Management Center and found a row of people waiting at the entrance.

Shen Ranxin visited Lu Zhi in the Anomaly Control Bureau’s luxurious holding room, where the two reunited with kisses and teasing. Lu Zhi then confronted him about giving Shen Qi a diamond ring.

• An Anomaly Control Bureau staff member escorted Shen Ranxin to Lu Zhi’s holding room, where seven senior agents were still recovering from Lu Zhi’s pheromones.
• Shen Ranxin found the holding room to be a spacious, well-equipped two-story suite and discovered Lu Zhi sitting beside its swimming pool.
• Lu Zhi mistook Shen Ranxin for someone wearing his clothes, then froze when he saw Shen Ranxin himself.
• Shen Ranxin teased Lu Zhi and kissed him, and Lu Zhi pulled him into the pool and repeatedly kissed him.
• Shen Ranxin explained that he had brought clothes he had worn, and Lu Zhi asked him to stay with him.
• Lu Zhi asked Shen Ranxin to explain why he had given Shen Qi a diamond ring.

Lu Zhi confronted Shen Ranxin about the ring he had left for Shen Qi and grew jealous of their past. Shen Ranxin tried to reassure Lu Zhi, who admitted he felt unworthy and demanded to be comforted.

• Lu Zhi pressed Shen Ranxin to respond about the gift he had given Shen Qi and accused him of keeping Shen Qi in his heart.
• Shen Ranxin explained that Shen Qi had been like family to him and urged Lu Zhi to stop talking about dying for him.
• Lu Zhi clasped Shen Ranxin’s hand and lamented that he had missed out on many of Shen Ranxin’s firsts, including his first ring.
• Shen Ranxin tried to swim away, but Lu Zhi pulled him back and kissed him, insisting Shen Ranxin was his.
• Lu Zhi confessed that he believed no one, not even himself, was worthy of Shen Ranxin, then pinned him against the stone wall and demanded that he be coaxed.

Shen Ranxin reunited with Lu Zhi after spending three days in the detention room, where his pheromones had helped calm Lu Zhi. After learning the director had deliberately used the ring to get him to soothe Lu Zhi and was considering drawing his glandular fluid, Shen Ranxin attacked him.

• Shen Ranxin reassured Lu Zhi that he had come back, and Lu Zhi held him and cried.
• Shen Ranxin reflected that his damaged gland had left him with faint pheromones and greatly reduced stamina.
• The director told staff that Shen Ranxin’s pheromones had stabilized Lu Zhi and proposed drawing glandular fluid for research.
• Shen Ranxin revealed he had overheard the director discussing the plan and confronted him about exploiting him.
• The director claimed Lu Zhi’s inducing pheromones might help Shen Ranxin’s damaged gland, and Shen Ranxin grabbed him by the neck and shook him.

After leaving the Anomaly Management Center, Shen Ranxin returned to work and spent a month filming alongside Fang Yu, while Lu Zhi remained in detention as his glands were monitored. The chapter ended with Shen Ranxin taking Fang Yu to dinner before heading back to the Center, where Fang Yu repeatedly vomited.

• Shen Ranxin asked the director whether Lu Zhi could return to society once his glands stabilized, and the director said he believed in Lu Zhi but could not guarantee it.
• Shen Ranxin went back to the production team, where Fang Yu thanked him for joining the drama and asked about his relationship with Lu Zhi; Shen Ranxin teased Fang Yu about Little Jiang Captain.
• After filming for about a month, Shen Ranxin wrapped up, and the director offered him a major supporting role in another drama.
• Fang Yu took time off to see Shen Ranxin off, so Shen Ranxin agreed to have a meal with him before visiting the Anomaly Management Center.
• Shen Ranxin ordered an expensive meal and charged it to Lu Yeshan, while Fang Yu repeatedly went to the restroom to vomit.

Shen Ranxin visited the Anomaly Management Center and learned that Lu Zhi’s unstable gland could only be controlled by removing it, though the surgery was not available. When Lu Zhi embraced Shen Ranxin during a pheromone outbreak, he suddenly realized Shen Ranxin smelled like an omega.

• Shen Ranxin noticed Fang Yu’s unusually strong cherry pheromones and accompanied him to the hospital before going to the Anomaly Management Center.
• The director told Shen Ranxin that Lu Zhi’s outbreaks had become uncontrollable and that removing his gland was the only known way to stabilize him.
• Shen Ranxin entered Lu Zhi’s detention room without protective gear and was knocked onto the sofa by Lu Zhi, who kissed him and clung to his scent.
• Lu Zhi abruptly recoiled from Shen Ranxin and told him that he smelled like an omega.

Shen Ranxin suspected he might be pregnant after Lu Zhi detected an unfamiliar scent, but a doctor confirmed he was a complete Alpha. Realizing Fang Yu might be pregnant, Shen Ranxin confronted him, and Fang Yu asked him for help while refusing to tell Jiang Ye.

• Lu Zhi sensed an unfamiliar pheromone on Shen Ranxin and sent him out of the detention room while suffering a pheromone surge.
• Shen Ranxin told the director that he had eaten with Fang Yu and might have brought Fang Yu's pheromone scent back to Lu Zhi.
• A doctor told Shen Ranxin that his examination confirmed he was a complete Alpha, prompting him to suspect Fang Yu was pregnant.
• Shen Ranxin found Fang Yu leaving the hospital with his agent and rushed him into a van to question him.
• Fang Yu said Jiang Ye did not need to know and asked Shen Ranxin to help him.

Shen Ranxin learned that Fang Yu was not pregnant and returned to the Anomaly Management Center, where he watched Lu Zhi endure a destructive pheromone episode. Lu Zhi calmed enough for Shen Ranxin to enter, and Shen found him clinging to his clothes for comfort.

• The director diagnosed Fang Yu with pheromone dysregulation rather than pregnancy and explained that Jiang Ye’s soothing pheromones could treat it.
• Fang Yu declined to seek Jiang Ye, while Shen Ranxin left with the director and returned to the Anomaly Management Center.
• Shen Ranxin watched Lu Zhi smash the holding room and learned that the Center had no effective treatment for his genetically determined condition, though Shen Ziqing’s research might help.
• Lu Zhi threw a hand gripper at the observation-room glass, cracking it, before the director judged him calm enough for Shen Ranxin to approach.
• Shen Ranxin entered Lu Zhi’s bedroom and found him clutching and sniffing Shen Ranxin’s clothes for comfort.

Shen Ranxin reunited with Lu Zhi, who believed Shen Ranxin was pregnant and had planned a vasectomy to prevent it. As Lu Zhi fussed over him and arranged food, he apologized for the supposed pregnancy, leaving Shen Ranxin to face his continued misunderstanding.

• Shen Ranxin found Lu Zhi hiding in bed and learned that he planned to have a vasectomy because he was ashamed to face him.
• Shen Ranxin laughed at Lu Zhi's plan, then explained that the pheromone scent Lu Zhi had noticed was not his.
• Lu Zhi kissed Shen Ranxin but became certain he could feel and hear a baby inside him.
• Lu Zhi summoned the director to send food after realizing he had wrecked the kitchen, and staff cleaned and refurnished the living room.
• Lu Zhi inspected the dishes and stopped Shen Ranxin from eating seafood, then apologized for his supposed mistake and worried about his genes.

Shen Ranxin comforted Lu Zhi and promised to help free him from the detention room, while Lu Zhi tried to keep him close. The chapter ended with Shen Ranxin learning how many injuries Lu Zhi had suffered and agreeing to hear about them again if he ever stopped liking him.

• Shen Ranxin explained the pheromone misunderstanding, and Lu Zhi clung to him and asked him to stay for three days.
• Shen Ranxin promised Lu Zhi that he would help get him out of the detention room, and Lu Zhi said they would go home together.
• The director asked to activate the detectors and surveillance, while Lu Zhi repeatedly hit the red button to interrupt him.
• After the director reported Lu Zhi's bleeding wounds, Shen Ranxin told him to let the doctors treat him, and the medical staff examined him.
• A young doctor told Shen Ranxin that Lu Zhi had endured serious injuries in the past, and Lu Zhi complained that the doctor had ruined his plan to use them for sympathy.
• Lu Zhi admitted he had planned to use his injuries to keep Shen Ranxin's affection, and Shen Ranxin promised he could tell him about them later.

Shen Ranxin stayed with Lu Zhi in the holding room, keeping him company as he recovered and trying to reassure him that he would not leave without warning. The chapter ended with Lu Zhi teasing Shen Ranxin after a bath, while Shen Ranxin admitted to himself that he wanted Lu Zhi’s body.

• Lu Zhi asked Shen Ranxin to tell him before leaving, and Shen Ranxin agreed while explaining that his previous departure had been urgent.
• Shen Ranxin watched acting lessons while Lu Zhi stayed beside him, then they ate dinner together after surveillance was restored.
• Lu Zhi waited on Shen Ranxin during dinner and smashed the camera’s “Get Lost” button after the director teased him.
• Shen Ranxin prepared to shower, and Lu Zhi changed the bedding and wiped the floor to remove the smell of blood.
• Shen Ranxin offered to help Lu Zhi bathe, but Lu Zhi suspected he was being tempted and went into the bathroom alone.
• After Lu Zhi came out in a loose bathrobe, he teased Shen Ranxin for looking like he wanted to eat him.

Lu Zhi struggled to restrain his desire for Shen Ranxin, who revealed that he was willing and reassured Lu Zhi that no one could force him. Their intimate conversation ended with Shen Ranxin telling Lu Zhi that desire made love real.

• Lu Zhi lay beside Shen Ranxin and secretly kissed him while believing he was asleep.
• Shen Ranxin revealed he had been awake and asked why Lu Zhi had not spoken honestly with him.
• Lu Zhi admitted he wanted Shen Ranxin but held back because he thought restraint was part of love.
• Shen Ranxin told Lu Zhi that he was willing and that no one could force him.
• Shen Ranxin explained that desire could make love real, and Lu Zhi agreed.

Shen Ranxin left Lu Zhi sleeping in their holding room and was approached by Anomaly Control Bureau officers who wanted to know how he kept Lu Zhi calm. After the encounter, a doctor told Shen Ranxin that Cheng Cheng had woken and asked whether he wanted to visit him.

• Lu Zhi cared for Shen Ranxin while he recovered, resisted having his glandular fluid drawn, and secretly ordered condoms.
• Shen Ranxin slipped out while Lu Zhi pretended to sleep and found Anomaly Control Bureau officers waiting outside.
• The officers questioned Shen Ranxin about Lu Zhi's obedience and aggressive pheromones, then argued among themselves about their history with Lu Zhi.
• Anomaly Management Center staff led the officers away, and a doctor explained their reputation to Shen Ranxin.
• The doctor told Shen Ranxin that Cheng Cheng had woken and asked whether he wanted to visit him.

Shen Ranxin confronted Cheng Cheng about Lu Yeshan’s care for him and learned that only Shen Ziqing could perform the gland transplant Lu Zhi needed. The chapter left Shen Ranxin planning to draw Shen Ziqing out while he returned to Lu Zhi.

• Shen Ranxin told Cheng Cheng that Lu Yeshan had prepared cultivated organs for him since birth, but Cheng Cheng doubted his father’s love and Shen Ranxin slapped him.
• Cheng Cheng asked Shen Ranxin to stay, then admitted he had erased Shen Ranxin’s memories and hidden him after believing Shen Ziqing and Lu Zhi were dead.
• Cheng Cheng confessed his jealousy of Lu Zhi and explained that Shen Ziqing had known Lu Zhi’s unstable glands would eventually make him a pheromone-controlled madman without a transplant.
• Cheng Cheng said he understood the gland transplant in theory but could not perform it, so Shen Ranxin concluded they needed to find Shen Ziqing.
• Shen Ranxin decided to make Shen Ziqing come to him and left to return to the detention room, where Lu Zhi was waking up.

Shen Ranxin found Lu Zhi trying to freeze his gland with nitrogen in the detention room and rushed to stop him. The director confirmed Lu Zhi was unharmed but warned that eliminating the gland’s instability was more complicated than simply damaging it.

• Shen Ranxin returned to the detention room, found it freezing cold, and realized Lu Zhi was missing.
• Shen Ranxin searched the basement and found Lu Zhi in a nitrogen chamber, attempting to make his gland necrose.
• Lu Zhi told Shen Ranxin that the treatment had hurt but had not damaged his cold-resistant gland.
• Shen Ranxin confronted the director about suggesting the dangerous method, and the director hurried to the detention room with others.
• The director confirmed Lu Zhi had not been exposed long enough to suffer necrosis and warned that further reckless attempts could kill him.

Shen Ranxin comforted Lu Zhi after his dangerous attempt to get out of detention, and the two discussed investigating Shen Ziqing’s past to find leverage for Lu Zhi’s surgery. They uncovered a possible link to Wei Huizhi and planned to start with the director, Lu Yeshan, and Cheng Cheng.

• Shen Ranxin asked the director to monitor Lu Zhi and encourage him to accept psychological counseling.
• Lu Yeshan visited the center but went to Cheng Cheng’s hospital room instead of entering Lu Zhi’s observation room.
• Shen Ranxin confronted Lu Zhi about his dangerous actions, and Lu Zhi admitted he had feared Shen Ranxin would leave and wanted to escape sooner.
• Shen Ranxin proposed investigating the forbidden room at the Shen family manor, while Lu Zhi revealed that Wei Huizhi’s execution may have changed Shen Ziqing.
• Lu Zhi said Shen Ziqing, Lu Yeshan, Wei Huizhi, and the director had shared a Military Academy dormitory, and that Wei Huizhi’s records had been erased.
• Shen Ranxin said Cheng Cheng might help them investigate, and Lu Zhi reacted with surprise that Shen Ranxin had visited him.