Chapter Summaries

Shen Ranxin and Lu Zhi questioned Cheng Cheng about Wei Huizhi, and Cheng Cheng suggested that Wei Huizhi's hidden reason for entering the military academy might be connected to Lu Yeshan. The chapter left them with a new lead to investigate.

• Shen Ranxin suggested asking Cheng Cheng what he knew about Wei Huizhi, and Lu Zhi ordered him brought to the holding room.
• Lu Yeshan carried the weak Cheng Cheng to Lu Zhi after Cheng Cheng refused to go on his own.
• Lu Zhi asked Cheng Cheng to explain what he knew about Wei Huizhi, and they traded insults before Shen Ranxin intervened.
• Cheng Cheng said Wei Huizhi had suffered abuse beyond what his sentence warranted, while the Federation and military kept quiet about it.
• Cheng Cheng secretly indicated that Wei Huizhi had another reason for hiding his gender to enter the military academy, possibly connected to Lu Yeshan.

Lu Zhi lost control in the detention room, but Shen Ranxin’s kiss redirected his aggression into possessive affection. After Cheng Cheng was safely removed, Lu Zhi licked Shen Ranxin’s face, leaving the observers stunned.

• Lu Zhi unleashed aggressive pheromones at Cheng Cheng, and Shen Ranxin realized his damaged gland was accepting Lu Zhi’s pheromones again.
• Shen Ranxin kissed Lu Zhi to calm him, but Lu Zhi pulled him into his arms and smacked his backside while Cheng Cheng remained trapped nearby.
• The director ordered two Anomaly Control Bureau officers to carry Cheng Cheng out, and Lu Zhi let them leave without attacking.
• After Lu Zhi loosened his hold, Shen Ranxin slapped him, but Lu Zhi caged him in his arms and licked his face.

As Lu Zhi remained unstable for three days, Shen Ranxin learned from Cheng Cheng that Shen Ziqing was seeking a gene sequence tied to Lu Yeshan’s creation of an immortal AI. The chapter left Shen Ranxin facing a new lead in the hunt for Shen Ziqing while Lu Zhi’s condition remained unresolved.

• The director stopped the Bureau’s surveillance as Lu Zhi kissed Shen Ranxin, and the staff realized Lu Zhi’s behavior resembled Alpha courtship rather than an attack.
• Lu Zhi bit Shen Ranxin’s shoulder, called him “Mine,” and remained unstable for three days before Shen Ranxin emerged from the detention room.
• Shen Ranxin asked the director about Lu Zhi’s condition and learned that Lu Zhi might need gland removal, while Shen Ziqing remained uncaught.
• Shen Ranxin promised Cheng Cheng one day of company each month in exchange for information about Shen Ziqing.
• Cheng Cheng revealed that Shen Ziqing had arranged Shen Qi’s escape and entry into the Anomaly Management Center, and that Shen Ziqing wanted a gene sequence Lu Yeshan had used to create an immortal AI.

Shen Ranxin calmed Lu Zhi during another violent loss of control, then recruited Cheng Cheng to help him find Wei Huizhi’s AI. The two prepared to sneak into the Anomaly Management Center using the director’s and Lu Yeshan’s iris lenses.

• A young doctor told Shen Ranxin that Lu Zhi might not recover without finding Shen Ziqing, so Shen Ranxin hurried to the holding room.
• Lu Zhi attacked Shen Ranxin when he entered, then recognized him and clung to him after Shen Ranxin asked him to come and hug him.
• The director and Lu Yeshan discussed Shen Ziqing, Lu Zhi, and whether Shen Ranxin might be able to help Lu Zhi.
• After Lu Zhi fell asleep, Shen Ranxin visited Cheng Cheng and asked where Wei Huizhi’s AI was being kept.
• Shen Ranxin gave Cheng Cheng iris lenses belonging to the director and Lu Yeshan, and Cheng Cheng agreed to join him and record their attempt to reach the AI.

Shen Ranxin and Cheng Cheng infiltrated the Anomaly Management Center to reach the AI created from Wei Huizhi’s genetic sequence, while Lu Zhi escaped confinement and joined Shen Ranxin. After extracting code linked to Wei Huizhi’s memories, Shen Ranxin activated the AI’s self-destruct program.

• Shen Ranxin and Cheng Cheng split up to sneak into the core area and reach Room 7092, using Lu Yeshan’s iris data to get past security.
• Cheng Cheng lured the patrolling officers away, while Lu Zhi grabbed Shen Ranxin near Room 7092 and Shen Ranxin dragged him inside.
• Shen Ranxin treated Lu Zhi’s wounds, learned he had broken out of the holding room, and agreed to take him home after finishing his task.
• Shen Ranxin met Wei Huizhi, the AI housed in Room 7092, and learned that it missed Shen Ziqing.
• Shen Ranxin searched Wei Huizhi’s source code, copied code related to its memories, then activated the AI’s self-destruct program.

Shen Ranxin returned to the detention room with Lu Zhi, Wei Huizhi’s genetic material, and a drive of his memories after destroying the AI that imitated him. He refused to surrender the material to the director and declared that no AI could replace Lu Zhi, leaving the director to consider the cost of preserving Wei Huizhi as data.

• The Anomaly Control Bureau found Cheng Cheng, who denied taking Lu Zhi and said he had gone for a walk in the Core Zone.
• The director learned that Lu Zhi had returned with Shen Ranxin, but Wei Huizhi’s AI and special genetic code were missing from the Core Zone.
• Shen Ranxin brought Lu Zhi back to the detention room, kept a vial of Wei Huizhi’s genetic material, and began reviewing memories from a USB drive while Lu Zhi slept beside him.
• The director confronted Shen Ranxin about entering the Core Zone and destroying Wei Huizhi’s AI, then asked him to surrender the genetic material.
• Shen Ranxin argued that Wei Huizhi should not have been confined as an AI and said he would never create a substitute for Lu Zhi, who would exist only in his memories.

Shen Ranxin asked the director to bring equipment so he could read the memories stored on a USB drive, while Lu Zhi stayed close to him. The director later spoke with Lu Yeshan, who revealed that he wanted Shen Ranxin to destroy the AI he had spent half his life training.

• The director realized Shen Ranxin had given his tenderness to Lu Zhi and would not return to Shen Qi.
• Shen Ranxin asked the director to bring memory-reading equipment to the holding cell.
• Lu Zhi carried Shen Ranxin to bed and tucked him under the covers so they could sleep together.
• The director confronted Lu Yeshan about helping Shen Ranxin enter the restricted area.
• Lu Yeshan admitted he could not bear to destroy the AI himself and had arranged for Shen Ranxin to do it.

Shen Ranxin entered Wei Huizhi’s memory and saw a younger, seemingly normal Shen Ziqing waking Wei Huizhi for class and teasing him about his exam. The memory left Shen Ranxin reflecting on how much his father had changed before deciding he would send the old madman to see Wei Huizhi.

• Lu Zhi clung to Shen Ranxin in bed and playfully bit his collarbone before letting him get up.
• Shen Ranxin put on the memory device and entered Wei Huizhi’s memory.
• Shen Ranxin found himself watching through Wei Huizhi’s eyes as Shen Ziqing woke him for an eight a.m. class.
• Wei Huizhi complained about class and tried to get Shen Ziqing to let him copy his military theory assessment.
• Shen Ziqing teased Wei Huizhi by claiming Pei Zhao would break his leg in an hour, and Wei Huizhi called him a lunatic before leaving the dorm.
• Shen Ranxin thought about how Shen Ziqing had once been handsome and normal, then resolved to send the old madman to see Wei Huizhi.

Shen Ranxin relived Wei Huizhi’s memories, from his ordinary school days with Shen Ziqing, Pei Zhao, and Lu Yeshan to the revelation that Wei Huizhi was an omega and a star pirate. After military officials tortured him and tried to force him to submit through Alpha pheromones, Shen Ziqing and Lu Yeshan arrived too late, and Wei Huizhi died by his own hand with Shen Ziqing’s gun.

• Shen Ziqing gave Wei Huizhi breakfast and study notes, while Pei Zhao told him that Lu Yeshan had run three kilometers to buy him food.
• During mecha operation class, a training pod malfunctioned and badly damaged Wei Huizhi’s mental state, and he woke in a military interrogation room with his omega identity exposed.
• The military interrogated Wei Huizhi about his origins and star pirate secrets, but he repeatedly said he did not know, and the Royal Family ordered his release within three days.
• That night, thirteen military officials entered Wei Huizhi’s detention room and decided to exploit his omega status and Alpha pheromones to make him talk.
• Shen Ziqing and Lu Yeshan arrived after the officials had tortured Wei Huizhi, and Shen Ziqing shot all thirteen generals.
• Wei Huizhi asked Shen Ziqing to leave him a bullet, then used Shen Ziqing’s gun to end his life in Shen Ziqing’s arms.

After reliving Wei Huizhi’s suffering, Shen Ranxin told Lu Yeshan and the dean that he would not judge Shen Ziqing’s past, but would do whatever it took to save Lu Zhi. He used the genetic sequence to threaten Shen Ziqing into meeting him within three days, then left to buy breakfast for Lu Zhi.

• Shen Ranxin woke from the memory of Wei Huizhi’s suffering and vomited while Lu Zhi comforted him.
• Shen Ranxin told Lu Yeshan and the dean that he could understand Shen Ziqing’s madness but would not accept responsibility for Wei Huizhi’s death.
• Shen Ranxin said he wanted Shen Ziqing dead because he had harmed him and Lu Zhi, and that he would go mad to keep his lover alive.
• Shen Ranxin threatened to destroy the genetic sequence unless Shen Ziqing met him within three days, and Lu Yeshan agreed to deliver the message.
• Shen Ranxin left the Anomaly Management Center to buy breakfast for Lu Zhi, while Lu Yeshan and the dean discussed how dangerous he could become if Lu Zhi died.

Shen Ranxin tried to cheer up the beastified Lu Zhi with seafood congee, but Lu Zhi sulked because he thought Shen Ranxin had gone hunting for him. The Dean explained Lu Zhi saw the food as a sign that he was useless, leaving Shen Ranxin to ask for a book on animal behavior.

• Shen Ranxin brought seafood congee to Lu Zhi, who first clung to him and then became upset when Shen Ranxin mentioned not knowing what food he liked.
• Lu Zhi hid beneath the curtains and silently cried, while Shen Ranxin tried to coax him and messaged the Dean for advice.
• The Dean hung up after Shen Ranxin asked to borrow a book about comforting a boyfriend with a nine-year-old's intelligence.
• The Dean analyzed Lu Zhi's pheromones and told Shen Ranxin that Lu Zhi thought he had gone hunting for him, making the food seem like an accusation of uselessness.
• Shen Ranxin asked the Dean to send him a copy of Animal Behavior and Analysis.

Shen Ranxin’s playful attempt to tease Lu Zhi led to an exhausting encounter, after which he met his father, Shen Ziqing, at the Anomaly Management Center to negotiate Lu Zhi’s survival. Shen Ziqing refused to save Lu Zhi unless the entire Federation was destroyed, leaving Shen Ranxin’s leverage over him uncertain.

• Shen Ranxin slapped Lu Zhi’s butt while he slept, and Lu Zhi retaliated by dragging him into an encounter that left him exhausted.
• Shen Ranxin left to buy food, then shared a taxi back to the Anomaly Management Center with Shen Ziqing.
• Shen Ranxin brought Shen Ziqing into a private room and offered him Wei Huizhi’s genes in exchange for helping Lu Zhi.
• Shen Ziqing demanded that the entire Federation be destroyed and warned that Lu Zhi’s regression would soon kill him without help.
• Shen Ranxin ordered Shen Ziqing to leave, but Shen Ziqing said Wei Huizhi’s genetic sequence could not be destroyed and therefore could not be used to threaten him.

Shen Ziqing revealed that replacing Lu Zhi’s body with a replicant could save his life, but the method raised serious ethical and personal questions. Shen Ranxin was left to decide whether a replicated body would still be Lu Zhi.

• Lu Yeshan arrived at the Anomaly Management Center and learned that Shen Ziqing was speaking with Shen Ranxin.
• Shen Ziqing told Shen Ranxin that he had cultivated human replicants from his own cells and proposed using one as a replacement body for Lu Zhi.
• Shen Ziqing explained that a replicant body could last at most twenty-seven years, and potentially less if Lu Zhi’s gland recovered.
• Lu Yeshan arrested Shen Ziqing as he left the negotiation room.
• Shen Ranxin hesitated to tell Pei Zhao what Shen Ziqing had proposed, and Lu Yeshan warned that the saved Lu Zhi might not truly be Lu Zhi.

Shen Ranxin struggled with whether to use Shen Ziqing's method, knowing it would make Lu Zhi a target of the Federation. Unable to bear breaking his promise to take Lu Zhi out, he broke down beside him, and Lu Zhi woke to taste his tears.

• Shen Ranxin realized that using Shen Ziqing's method would leave Lu Zhi rejected by society and hunted by the Federation.
• Shen Ranxin entered the holding cell, where Lu Zhi comforted him, and asked whether Lu Zhi would blame him.
• After more than ten days in the holding cell, Shen Ranxin asked Sister Zhao for another week away from work.
• Shen Ranxin called Pei Zhao and asked to take Lu Zhi out, offering to let the Anomaly Control Bureau monitor or restrain him.
• Shen Ranxin wept as he told Pei Zhao he had promised Lu Zhi they would leave, and Lu Zhi woke and tasted one of his tears.

Shen Ranxin brought the deteriorating Lu Zhi to their former estate and gave him a handmade jade ring, which broke and led them to uncover Liang Mei’s old recordings. The recordings revealed the history of Shen Ziqing’s research and Liang Mei’s role in it, leaving Shen Ranxin facing evidence about his parents’ past.

• Shen Ranxin took Lu Zhi to the abandoned Shen family estate and showed him places from their shared past.
• Shen Ranxin put a handmade jade ring on Lu Zhi’s finger, but it fell and broke when Lu Zhi pulled away.
• While searching beneath the bed for the missing ring piece, Shen Ranxin found an old smart terminal that began playing Liang Mei’s recordings.
• Liang Mei’s recordings showed her relationship with Shen Ziqing deteriorating as he pursued research on curing anomalous glands and conducted secret human experiments.
• The final recordings revealed that Shen Ziqing killed their mentor, the research project was suspended, and Liang Mei no longer wanted to love him.

Shen Ranxin brought evidence of Liang Mei’s experiment to the Anomaly Management Center, where Pei Zhao concluded Lu Zhi might be saved and began an immediate operation. As Lu Zhi went into surgery, Shen Ranxin learned Shen Ziqing was destined to die and asked whether he could beat him to death.

• Shen Ranxin found half of a jade pendant beneath the basement bed and hurried back to the Anomaly Management Center with Lu Zhi.
• Shen Ranxin showed the experiment video to the director and Lu Yeshan, who connected it to research at the Star Science Institute and Teacher Xiao’s death.
• Pei Zhao said Liang Mei’s research might save Lu Zhi and proposed operating immediately despite the risks.
• Shen Ranxin injected Lu Zhi with anesthetic, and the director had him taken away for surgery.
• Lu Yeshan told Shen Ranxin that Shen Ziqing would die, and Shen Ranxin asked if he could beat him to death.

Shen Ranxin beat Shen Ziqing and destroyed his last hope of reviving Wei Huizhi before waiting seven days for Lu Zhi to wake from surgery. Lu Zhi woke up, but failed to recognize Shen Ranxin.

• Shen Ranxin confronted Shen Ziqing in the detention room, blamed him for ruining his family and harming countless people, and beat him severely.
• Shen Ranxin gave Shen Ziqing a bottle of synthesized genetic material containing Wei Huizhi's sequence among hundreds of billions of others, making revival impossible.
• Shen Ranxin left Shen Ziqing and waited outside the operating room, then went to shower while Lu Zhi's surgery continued.
• After seven days and seven nights, Lu Zhi woke in the medical pod, and Lu Yeshan opened it so Shen Ranxin could speak with him.
• Shen Ranxin greeted Lu Zhi with a hesitant "Good morning," but Lu Zhi asked who he was.

Lu Zhi’s treatment temporarily erased his memories, leaving Shen Ranxin exhausted and furious as he waited for them to return. After Shen Ranxin finally slept, Lu Zhi remembered him and woke him with an affectionate greeting.

• The director explained that the blocking agent had temporarily affected Lu Zhi’s memory and that it should return over the next week.
• Shen Ranxin left to shower and sleep after Lu Zhi failed to recognize him, while Cheng Cheng teased Lu Zhi about winning him back.
• Shen Ranxin slept for a long time, waking only once to eat before returning to bed.
• Lu Zhi approached Shen Ranxin in his sleep and called him his wife, showing that his memories had returned.
• Shen Ranxin kicked Lu Zhi off the bed and scolded him, but Lu Zhi apologized and said he had missed him.

Shen Ranxin reunited with Lu Zhi after eight days apart and teased him before forgiving him for not recognizing him when he woke. Lu Zhi asked about his promised ring, and Shen Ranxin left tooth marks on his finger as a makeshift one before welcoming him home; the author then announced plans for bonus chapters.

• Shen Ranxin woke Lu Zhi at 2:50 a.m. and teased him for forgetting who he was after waking.
• Lu Zhi apologized and said he had missed Shen Ranxin during their eight days apart.
• Lu Zhi asked Shen Ranxin where his repaired ring was, and Shen Ranxin bit a circle of marks around Lu Zhi’s finger as a replacement.
• Lu Zhi said he would get the tooth-mark ring tattooed, and Shen Ranxin kissed his finger and welcomed him home.
• The author announced plans for bonus chapters and invited readers to vote on which everyday romance to read first.

After Lu Zhi was released from detention, Shen Ranxin’s name was cleared and the two continued their long-distance relationship while he worked on a secret production. Lu Zhi rushed to meet Shen Ranxin during a variety-show recording, leaving the show banned and the entertainment industry with a new rule about staying away from him.

• The dean released Lu Zhi after confirming his gland was stable and placed him under three years of observation.
• Shen Ziqing agreed to work for the Federation if it publicly revealed the truth about Wei Huizhi, and Lu Yeshan and Pei Zhao helped secure the Federation’s agreement.
• The Federation cleared Shen Ranxin’s name in the old film-set fire case, and the evidence sparked a major reversal in public opinion.
• Lu Zhi spent his time in the Lu Group office sighing over missing Shen Ranxin and showering Shen Ranxin’s livestream with gifts from two accounts.
• During a variety-show game, Shen Ranxin called Lu Zhi, who pleaded for him to come home and then revealed he was already downstairs.
• Shen Ranxin persuaded the director to give him the afternoon off, and the show was banned after Lu Zhi’s call disrupted the recording.