Chapter Summaries

After the dating show ended, Jiang Ye took care of a drunken Fang Yu, who kissed him and drew him into a passionate night. Fang Yu left the next morning without drinking Jiang Ye’s soup or answering his call, while Jiang Ye still expected him to return.

• Jiang Ye brought Fang Yu home after the dating show ended and helped him wash, change, and take hangover medicine.
• Jiang Ye fought his attraction to the drunk Fang Yu, then made soup for him while waiting in the living room.
• Fang Yu came out barefoot and asked Jiang Ye whether he smelled of alcohol and whether Jiang Ye found him unpleasant.
• Fang Yu took the initiative with Jiang Ye, and they spent a passionate night together.
• Fang Yu left the next morning after turning off the soup, and Jiang Ye found it untouched and got no answer when he called him.

After Jiang Ye was forced to return to the team base, Fang Yu tried to end their relationship because of their age gap and his insecurity, but he kept Jiang Ye’s number and watched for his calls. Near the end of the year, Fang Yu woke in heat and cried when Jiang Ye’s daily call did not come.

• Jiang Ye searched for Fang Yu, bought a villa in his gated community, and camped outside Fang Yu’s door until his coach dragged him back to the base.
• Fang Yu’s manager warned him that his Pheromone Dysregulation Disorder made removing Jiang Ye’s mark dangerous, while Fang Yu explained that he wanted to spare nineteen-year-old Jiang Ye from an age-gap relationship.
• Fang Yu found Jiang Ye’s note with his phone number and base address, threw it into the garden, then searched for it and kept it.
• Jiang Ye gradually reduced his calls to Fang Yu from more than ten a day to once or twice a day.
• Near the end of the year, Fang Yu woke with unbearable heat, sat on his balcony in the winter cold, and cried when Jiang Ye’s phone call did not come.

Fang Yu went to a New Year's dinner where he evaded President Wang's advances and secretly recorded him. Two teenage soldiers recognized Fang Yu as the captain's favorite and decided to tell their captain that they had found him.

• Fang Yu's manager bundled him up, warned him about President Wang, and arranged for his assistants to wait outside the dinner room.
• Fang Yu thought about Jiang Ye and resolved to retire after the busy season so he could remove the mark and recover from his disorder.
• At dinner, President Wang grabbed Fang Yu and demanded that he follow unspoken rules, but Fang Yu toasted him and left for the restroom.
• Fang Yu turned on a recording pen, then passed two teenagers in the hallway as he returned to the private room.
• The teenagers recognized Fang Yu as the captain's favorite and hurried off to tell the captain they had found him.

Fang Yu escaped President Wang’s advances, but Jiang Ye burst in and attacked Wang before taking Fang Yu to the car. There, Jiang Ye confronted Fang Yu for leaving him and begged him not to leave again.

• Fang Yu refused President Wang’s advances and broke his wrist when Wang tried to force him to stay.
• Jiang Ye stormed into the room and punched President Wang after hearing him insult Fang Yu.
• At his teammate’s request, Fang Yu took Jiang Ye away in his van.
• Jiang Ye pinned Fang Yu in the back seat and kissed him repeatedly, then angrily called him by his full name.
• Jiang Ye demanded to know why Fang Yu had left without a word and, crying, begged him not to leave again.

After Fang Yu reunited with Jiang Ye, Jiang Ye clung to him and insisted he would never leave him again. Fang Yu took him home, where Jiang Ye asked for soothing pheromones and marked him once more.

• Jiang Ye hugged Fang Yu tightly, and Fang Yu added Jiang Ye’s team manager on WeChat and sent over a recording of President Wang’s harassment.
• Jiang Ye told Fang Yu he had missed him and wanted to be with him for life, while Fang Yu questioned whether they were right for each other.
• Jiang Ye revealed that he had bought a villa in the neighborhood behind Fang Yu’s house and followed him home.
• Fang Yu changed into pajamas and went to bed, and Jiang Ye changed clothes before joining him.
• Jiang Ye asked Fang Yu for soothing pheromones, then bit his shoulder and called him by name.

Fang Yu woke beside Jiang Ye, who had chained their wrists together and begged him not to leave. After Jiang Ye confessed his love and offered Fang Yu all his assets for life, Fang Yu accepted him but refused to sign the agreement, leaving them time to rebuild their trust.

• Fang Yu woke to find a matching silver bracelet linking his wrist to Jiang Ye’s, and Jiang Ye panicked when Fang Yu tried to leave the bed.
• Jiang Ye took care of Fang Yu’s stomachache by feeding him soup and explained that he understood why Fang Yu had left and wanted time to prove his love.
• Jiang Ye showed Fang Yu an electronic agreement transferring all his assets, past and future, to Fang Yu as a plea for security.
• Fang Yu cried and kissed Jiang Ye, then agreed to take him back for now but refused to sign the agreement.
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