Chapter Summaries

Chapter 181 Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Tang Mingxi hides in a cheap, unlicensed hotel after obtaining a small amount of money and forging documents to escape Ye Heng. He plans to leave Ningcheng, fearing Ye Heng’s reaction if he discovers that Tang is alive.
• Typhoon Butterfly hits Ningcheng, trapping Tang in the hotel for several days. The poor conditions, damp bedding, terrible soundproofing, and noisy neighboring couple make him miserable.
• Tang’s pregnancy becomes increasingly difficult. His pheromone instability causes severe cravings for Alpha pheromones and prevents him from sleeping.
• Although he initially intends to leave Ningcheng quickly, procrastination keeps him there for weeks. Eventually, he rents a room in a shared apartment in the distant suburban Poplar District, believing the distance will make it harder for Ye Heng to find him.
• Tang begins his life as a pregnant runaway, carefully managing his money because he had only planned financially for himself, not for the baby.
• Summer arrives after the typhoon, worsening Tang’s morning sickness. He vomits frequently and struggles to eat, especially greasy takeout.
• Lacking cooking skills, Tang’s male omega roommate helps prepare food. They establish a practical arrangement: Tang buys groceries while the roommate cooks.
• Their peaceful routine is disrupted when the roommate’s boyfriend visits. The boyfriend criticizes the apartment and expects Tang to buy beef ribs and other groceries for their lunch, despite Tang having already said he would not eat with them.
• Irritated, Tang ignores the request and sleeps through the day. When he wakes, he finds the couple still in the apartment and notices his roommate acting colder toward him, while the boyfriend shows immediate interest in Tang’s striking appearance.

Character Developments

• Tang Mingxi: Becomes more independent, though still spoiled, dramatic, and unfamiliar with ordinary domestic life. His pregnancy forces him to budget, tolerate uncomfortable living conditions, and attempt tasks such as grocery shopping and cooking. Beneath his complaints, he shows growing concern for the baby and a reluctant longing for Ye Heng.
• Ye Heng: Does not appear directly, but remains central to Tang’s thoughts. Tang assumes Ye Heng is searching for his body at Azure Luo Bay and fears the consequences if he learns that Tang survived.
• Tang’s roommate: Initially quiet but kind and helpful, taking over the cooking and forming a cooperative household arrangement with Tang. His attitude changes after Tang refuses to buy groceries for his boyfriend.
• The roommate’s boyfriend: Comes across as demanding and critical, immediately judging the apartment and treating Tang as someone who should accommodate him. His interest is piqued by Tang’s beauty when they finally meet.

Significant Themes

• Escaping and survival: Tang attempts to build a new life while hiding his identity and avoiding Ye Heng.
• Pregnancy and vulnerability: His physical suffering, unstable pheromones, and limited finances make escape much harder, forcing him to prioritize both his own welfare and the unborn child’s.
• Class and lifestyle adjustment: Accustomed to luxury, Tang struggles with cheap housing, basic cooking, budgeting, and shared living.
• Loneliness and lingering attachment: Despite trying to flee, Tang misses Ye Heng and instinctively thinks of calling him when he wakes hungry, revealing that his emotional connection has not disappeared.
• Domestic relationships and boundaries: Tang and his roommate develop a mutually beneficial routine, but the boyfriend’s arrival exposes tensions over expectations, obligation, and personal space.

Character Interactions

• Tang and his roommate begin with minimal conversation but gradually form a cooperative relationship through cooking and grocery shopping.
• Tang rejects the roommate’s unreasonable request to shop for lunch, creating tension between them.
• The roommate’s boyfriend’s critical behavior and apparent attraction to Tang introduce a new source of conflict and potentially threaten Tang’s quiet, hidden life.

Chapter 182 Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Tang Mingxi returns to the apartment and encounters his roommate’s Alpha boyfriend. The Alpha’s pheromones make him intensely uncomfortable, so Tang Mingxi avoids interacting with him.
• The couple’s loud sexual activity wakes Tang Mingxi during the night. Furious, he later coldly reminds his roommate that the apartment’s walls have poor soundproofing.
• Tang Mingxi’s pregnancy-related morning sickness is severe, and he dislikes the greasy, fishy meals his roommate prepares. When his roommate becomes resentful after Tang stops buying groceries, Tang simply decides to eat elsewhere.
• Instead of relying on his roommate, Tang hires a five-star chef to prepare his meals. The chef delivers the food directly to Tang’s bedroom, leaving the roommate and his boyfriend without any, which humiliates and angers the roommate.
• The roommate complains that the chef’s frequent presence is inappropriate and potentially unsafe. Tang dismisses the concern by telling him to regard the chef as his “son,” leaving the chef bewildered.
• The chef’s pregnancy-appropriate cooking greatly improves Tang’s morning sickness. Tang increasingly isolates himself in his spacious bedroom and spends time on its balcony.
• The roommate’s boyfriend repeatedly contacts Tang through WeChat with increasingly personal, casual messages, including greetings, concern over an injury, a cat comparison, and an offer of milk tea.

Character Developments

• Tang Mingxi: Remains aloof, blunt, and uninterested in maintaining relationships with people he considers unimportant. His pregnancy makes him especially sensitive to smells, noise, and unsuitable food, but he solves problems through wealth and independence rather than compromise. His actions also reveal a growing desire for privacy and control.
• The roommate: Becomes jealous and resentful after his boyfriend repeatedly notices Tang and after Tang stops participating in their shared meals. He feels unappreciated for having cooked previously and interprets Tang’s hiring of a chef as deliberate mockery.
• The roommate’s boyfriend: Displays repeated interest in Tang, despite Tang’s lack of reciprocation. His attention contributes to the roommate’s insecurity, while his private messages suggest he is attempting to cultivate a closer relationship.
• The chef: Provides attentive, pregnancy-conscious care and helps alleviate Tang’s morning sickness. He is humorously caught off guard when Tang calls him his “son.”
• The unborn child: Is unusually calm at the beginning of the chapter, though Tang’s pregnancy continues to shape his physical discomfort and daily decisions.

Significant Themes

• Class and wealth: Tang’s ability to hire a private chef highlights the economic gap between him and his roommate and allows him to avoid dependence on others.
• Privacy and boundaries: Tang reacts strongly to noise, unwanted attention, intrusive pheromones, and his roommate’s boyfriend’s behavior, emphasizing his need for personal space.
• Jealousy and insecurity: The roommate’s resentment grows as his boyfriend notices Tang and as Tang’s wealth makes him appear more desirable and independent.
• Pregnancy and bodily sensitivity: Food, scents, pheromones, exhaustion, and morning sickness shape Tang’s interactions and emphasize the physical demands of his pregnancy.
• Emotional detachment versus unwanted intimacy: Tang remains indifferent, while the boyfriend’s repeated messages suggest growing interest and create tension within the household.

Character Interactions

• Tang avoids greeting the roommate’s boyfriend and later reprimands the roommate for their nighttime disturbance.
• He rejects the roommate’s meal arrangements and withdraws from shared domestic life.
• The roommate and his boyfriend mock and resent Tang’s private chef, while Tang remains unaware and unconcerned.
• When the roommate objects to the chef’s presence, Tang responds with dry, dismissive humor.
• The boyfriend’s repeated WeChat messages establish a developing, one-sided attempt at familiarity with Tang and intensify the roommate’s jealousy.

Chapter 183 Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Tang Mingxi ignores and then blocks his roommate’s boyfriend, Wang Yaojie, after receiving a series of overly familiar messages. Wang attempts to contact him through another account, but Tang remains uninterested.
• A week later, Tang’s GA calming agent is becoming less effective, and he begins missing Ye Heng. He privately decides that Ye Heng has three days to find and coax him home, or Tang will terminate the pregnancy.
• Tang’s roommate, Ding Ding, and Wang Yaojie—both recent university graduates—are involved in Mingheng’s autumn recruitment. Ding Ding’s résumé is rejected, while Wang advances to the third interview.
• Under stress about Wang’s interview and Tang’s apparent closeness with him, Ding Ding starts an argument with Wang in the apartment. Tang wakes up and asks them to keep quiet, prompting Ding Ding to insult him.
• Tang intimidates Ding Ding into silence, but Wang continues trying to explain the misunderstanding. Tang angrily tells Wang to leave his life, and Wang departs.
• Ding Ding later vents to a friend and hears Tang retching through the wall. His friend suggests that Tang may be pregnant and possibly an undisclosed GA rather than a Beta.
• Suspicious and resentful, Ding Ding considers exposing Tang through the “My Terrible Friend”/“Terrible Roommate Bot” account. The chapter ends with Ding Ding’s online complaint beginning to describe Tang as a spoiled, temperamental, and inconsiderate roommate who may be interfering with his relationship.

Character Developments

• Tang Mingxi: Remains sharp-tongued, proud, and easily irritated, but his longing for Ye Heng reveals growing emotional dependence on him. His pregnancy symptoms become increasingly difficult to hide. He firmly rejects Wang’s attention and refuses to be drawn into the couple’s conflict.
• Ye Heng: Absent from the chapter, but Tang’s thoughts show that he still expects Ye Heng to search for him and come after him. Tang’s frustration masks his desire to be found and cared for.
• Ding Ding: His jealousy and insecurity intensify. He becomes convinced that Tang is interested in Wang and lashes out without evidence. After learning Tang may be pregnant, he begins searching for outside validation and a way to publicly retaliate.
• Wang Yaojie: Tries to defend Tang and downplay their conversations as ordinary friendship, but his attempts to mediate only worsen Ding Ding’s jealousy. His upcoming Mingheng interview takes priority over comforting Ding Ding.
• Ding Ding’s friend: Encourages his suspicions and suggests publicly submitting a complaint, helping push the conflict toward possible exposure.

Significant Themes

• Jealousy and miscommunication: Ding Ding interprets harmless interactions as romantic betrayal, while Wang’s explanations fail because trust between them has deteriorated.
• Pregnancy and concealed identity: Tang’s pregnancy and possible GA status remain secret, creating increasing tension as his physical symptoms become noticeable.
• Pride versus longing: Tang insists he does not care about Ye Heng, yet privately waits for him to find and retrieve him.
• Social exposure and revenge: Ding Ding’s plan to post online reflects how private resentment can become public accusation, especially when fueled by incomplete information.
• Emotional immaturity: The argument between Ding Ding and Wang shows how insecurity, possessiveness, and poor communication damage their relationship.

Character Interactions

• Tang rejects Wang’s repeated messages and later coldly dismisses him in person.
• Ding Ding attacks Tang verbally, then redirects his anger toward Wang when Wang defends him.
• Wang attempts to explain that he and Tang are only friends, but his defense makes Ding Ding more suspicious.
• Ding Ding confides in a friend, who encourages him to believe Tang is pregnant and maliciously pursuing Wang.
• The emerging conflict places Tang’s secret pregnancy and identity at risk of being discovered.

Plot points and events

• Ding Ding posts an anonymous Zhihu confession portraying Tang Mingxi as a terrible roommate who supposedly pursued Ding Ding’s boyfriend. He omits inconvenient details and supplies chat screenshots, but commenters question his account and point out that the boyfriend—not Tang Mingxi—sent the messages. Encouraged by a friend, Ding Ding adds details until more readers take his side.
• Tang Mingxi, fed up with the shared apartment, finds a private place to move into. He worries it is too close to downtown and that he might encounter Ye Heng, but decides to go to Ningcheng Municipal Hospital to see his older brother, Tang Yun.
• Before visiting the inpatient ward, Tang Mingxi undergoes a prenatal checkup. The ultrasound confirms his pregnancy, leaving him shocked and distressed.
• Tang Yun’s room is guarded, so Tang Mingxi cannot see him. At the hospital, he unexpectedly spots Ye Heng and Tang Nuo arriving in an elevator and quickly hides. Ye Heng looks profoundly gloomy and lifeless, and the sight unsettles Tang Mingxi.
• The next day, Tang Mingxi starts packing for his move. Meanwhile, Ding Ding is exposed: a former classmate identifies him as Wang Yaojie, a prominent student at Ning University of Technology, and his photo begins spreading online.

Character development and interactions

• Tang Mingxi remains anxious about his pregnancy and about being seen by Ye Heng, but visiting Tang Yun shows his concern for his brother and his wish to make up for past regrets. Seeing Ye Heng also reveals that he still feels strongly affected by him.
• Ding Ding/Wang Yaojie tries to control the story by casting himself as blameless, but his evasions and selective evidence weaken his credibility. His former classmate’s identification turns his anonymous complaint into a public problem.
• Tang Mingxi and Ye Heng do not speak, but their brief encounter is emotionally significant: Mingxi is frightened by Ye Heng’s changed appearance, while the glimpse leaves him troubled.
• Tang Mingxi and Tang Yun are separated by the hospital’s security, underscoring Mingxi’s inability to reach his brother despite his effort to visit.

Significant themes

• Deception and public judgment: Ding Ding’s edited account wins some sympathy, but skeptical readers and his eventual identification expose the risks of manipulating an online audience.
• Regret and second chances: Tang Mingxi’s return to the past gives him an opportunity to visit his brother and confront unresolved feelings.
• Vulnerability and isolation: His unexpected pregnancy, inability to see Tang Yun, and avoidance of Ye Heng leave Tang Mingxi emotionally unsettled.

Chapter 185 Summary

• Ding Ding’s online complaint about his roommate is reposted and tagged to Ning University of Technology, exposing Wang Yaojie as the student union vice president accused of cheating and flirting with another man. Wang immediately confronts Ding Ding, blaming him for allowing the post to spread and worrying that it will damage his newly secured internship at Mingheng.
• To protect himself, Wang pressures Ding Ding to post a clarification claiming that Wang never cheated and that the roommate seduced him, became pregnant, and was trying to force someone to take responsibility for the child. Ding Ding reluctantly publishes the statement, but its absurdity convinces few people. Online commenters mock the explanation, question Ding Ding’s pattern of conflicts with former roommates, and criticize both men.
• Netizens discover that Wang is scheduled to intern at Mingheng and begin sending complaints to the company’s official Weibo account. Xiao Hui from the Publicity Department forwards the information to Human Resources. After confirming that Wang is among the accepted interns, Mingheng cancels his internship and permanently rejects future applications to protect its reputation.
• Wang is devastated by the rejection and suffers humiliation within his social circle. He and Ding Ding break up, and Wang decides that the only way to repair his situation is to make Tang Mingxi publicly clarify the truth.
• Meanwhile, Tang Mingxi has moved out of the shared apartment. Because he is a pregnant Omega and is no longer receiving regular Alpha pheromonal comfort, the move severely affects his health. He faints and is taken to Ningcheng Municipal Hospital. The nurses reprimand him for neglecting himself and criticize his absent “husband.”
• Tang Mingxi becomes increasingly exhausted and homesick for his villa, while also resentfully wondering why Ye Heng has still not found him. Following medical advice, he begins taking better care of the pregnancy, drinking nourishing soup despite his dislike of it, using comfort agents, and trying to stabilize his condition.
• On the third day of his hospitalization, Wang Yaojie finds him—not Ye Heng. Wang has already tried repeatedly to appeal Mingheng’s decision and persuade the school to clear his name. Through Ding Ding’s aunt’s connection in Mingheng’s Secretariat Department, he learns that Tang Nuo, Mingheng’s executive president, often visits the municipal hospital, creating a possible route for Wang to seek help directly.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Wang Yaojie becomes desperate and increasingly self-serving. Rather than accepting responsibility, he forces Ding Ding to shift the blame onto Tang Mingxi and later seeks Tang Mingxi’s intervention to recover his career.
• Ding Ding is frightened and remorseful but lacks the courage to resist Wang. His attempt to protect their relationship only worsens the scandal, and the two eventually separate.
• Tang Mingxi remains spoiled, emotionally dependent, and sarcastic, but his pregnancy forces him to become more cautious and obedient about his health. His longing for Ye Heng reveals that, beneath his complaints, he strongly wants to be found and cared for.
• The chapter highlights the manipulative relationship between Wang and Ding Ding, as well as the contrast between Wang’s frantic attempts to save his reputation and Tang Mingxi’s vulnerable condition in the hospital.

Significant Themes

• Consequences of online gossip and false accusations: A careless complaint escalates through reposts and screenshots, damaging Wang’s reputation and career even after he attempts a dishonest clarification.
• Accountability and reputation: Mingheng prioritizes its public image and rejects Wang based on his demonstrated character, showing how personal misconduct can affect professional opportunities.
• Vulnerability and dependence: Tang Mingxi’s pregnancy exposes the physical and emotional dangers of being separated from his Alpha, while his isolation intensifies his longing for Ye Heng.
• Manipulation and scapegoating: Wang and Ding Ding attempt to protect themselves by blaming Tang Mingxi, but their implausible story only attracts further ridicule and suspicion.

Chapter 186 Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Wang Yaojie waits outside the city hospital to confront Tang Nuo about being fired from Mingheng because of unsubstantiated online rumors. He threatens to report the company for violating his labor contract.
• When Tang Nuo arrives with Ye Heng, Wang stops him and explains his situation. Tang Nuo directs him to speak with Human Resources and orders an investigation into who leaked his schedule.
• Tang Mingxi unexpectedly encounters Tang Nuo and Ye Heng in the hospital lobby after going downstairs to pay his medical fees.
• Ye Heng’s Alpha pheromones trigger an intense false heat in Tang Mingxi, whose own pheromones begin responding because of their pregnancy bond and prolonged separation.
• Wang Yaojie, unaware of Tang Mingxi’s true identity, asks him to help prove that the rumors about him are false. He then realizes Tang Mingxi is a ga and is overwhelmed by the pheromone reaction.
• Ye Heng detects Tang Mingxi’s familiar scent and realizes that he may still be alive. He returns to the lobby, grabs Tang Mingxi’s wrist, and confronts him in shock.
• Ye Heng notices Tang Mingxi’s prenatal examination report and asks whether he is pregnant. Wang Yaojie awkwardly insists that he is not the father.
• Tang Mingxi confirms that the child’s father is Ye Heng, publicly revealing both his survival and their relationship. The hospital lobby falls into stunned silence.

Character Developments

• Wang Yaojie: Desperate and emboldened by the need to defend his job, he confronts Tang Nuo and later tries to enlist Tang Mingxi’s help. His misunderstandings provide comic relief during the tense reunion.
• Tang Nuo: Acts cautiously and authoritatively, agreeing to investigate Wang’s dismissal while also protecting company security. He remains conscious of Ye Heng’s hostility and the painful circumstances surrounding Tang Mingxi’s presumed death.
• Ye Heng: Experiences a violent emotional upheaval upon sensing Tang Mingxi’s pheromones. His disbelief, grief, anger, relief, and resentment collide when he discovers that Tang Mingxi is alive—and pregnant.
• Tang Mingxi: Suffers an intense false heat but remains sarcastic and emotionally guarded. Rather than hiding the truth once Ye Heng discovers him, he bluntly identifies Ye Heng as the child’s father, forcing a confrontation.

Significant Themes

• Reunion and unresolved grief: Ye Heng’s long-held belief that Tang Mingxi died collapses instantly, bringing buried grief and anger to the surface.
• Truth versus rumor: Wang Yaojie’s unfair dismissal reflects the danger of baseless public speculation, while Tang Mingxi’s survival overturns the false story that he had died.
• Fated bonds and pheromones: The characters’ Alpha–ga connection operates as a powerful physical and emotional force, allowing Ye Heng and Tang Mingxi to recognize each other before words are spoken.
• Pregnancy and responsibility: Tang Mingxi’s pregnancy transforms the reunion, adding immediate emotional and moral stakes to Ye Heng’s discovery.
• Humor amid tension: Wang Yaojie’s sincere but wildly mistaken declaration that he is not the father cuts through the chapter’s intense emotional atmosphere.

Character Interactions

• Wang Yaojie and Tang Nuo: Wang challenges Tang Nuo over his dismissal; Tang Nuo responds with restrained authority and refers him to HR.
• Tang Nuo and Ye Heng: Tang Nuo remains wary of Ye Heng’s emotional state, recognizing his potential resentment over Tang Mingxi’s presumed death.
• Wang Yaojie and Tang Mingxi: Wang asks Tang Mingxi for help, unaware that Mingxi is experiencing a pheromone-induced false heat. He then mistakenly assumes Mingxi’s pregnancy may involve him.
• Ye Heng and Tang Mingxi: Their unexpected reunion is the chapter’s central event. Ye Heng physically stops Mingxi, overwhelmed by disbelief and anger, while Mingxi coolly confirms that Ye Heng is the unborn child’s father.

Chapter 187 Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Tang Mingxi encounters Ye Heng and Tang Nuo in the inpatient department lobby. Ye Heng is stunned to see him alive, while Tang Nuo is shocked that Tang Mingxi survived his apparent jump into the sea—and even more shocked to realize that he is pregnant.
• Tang Mingxi’s body is already weakened by pregnancy and false-heat symptoms. After being exposed to Ye Heng’s Alpha pheromones, his fever worsens, and he collapses before he can explain anything.
• He wakes later in a VIP hospital room, where Ye Heng has remained beside him throughout his unconsciousness. Ye Heng’s pheromones have helped calm Tang Mingxi’s physical discomfort, making him realize how much an Alpha’s presence can benefit an Omega during pregnancy.
• Tang Mingxi observes Ye Heng sleeping beside him and recognizes that, despite their separation, he has missed him. When Ye Heng wakes, Tang Mingxi pretends to be asleep, hoping Ye Heng might kiss him, but Ye Heng instead directly asks whether he is awake.
• Ye Heng embraces Tang Mingxi and asks him to look at him more. His trembling voice and near tears reveal how deeply traumatized and afraid he has been since Tang Mingxi disappeared.
• Tang Mingxi apologizes but immediately tries to defend himself, arguing that Ye Heng was also at fault and that his pregnancy justified his actions. He exaggerates the hardships he supposedly endured while alone, presenting his suffering as a reason Ye Heng should not criticize him.
• The chapter ends with Ye Heng interrupting him sharply after hearing Tang Mingxi’s explanation, creating tension over what he truly feels and what he intends to ask.

Character Development

• Tang Mingxi: Though physically vulnerable and feverish, Tang Mingxi remains proud, mischievous, and self-protective. He misses Ye Heng but hides his emotions behind teasing, excuses, and exaggerated complaints. His insistence that pregnancy should excuse his actions shows both his guilt and his desire to be forgiven without fully surrendering control.
• Ye Heng: Ye Heng is overwhelmed by Tang Mingxi’s return and terrified of losing him again. His sleepless vigil, constant physical contact, emotional vulnerability, and near tears demonstrate how deeply he regrets the past and how attached he has become. He is more openly affectionate and fragile than before.
• Tang Nuo: Tang Nuo reacts with disbelief to Tang Mingxi’s survival and pregnancy. His confusion also emphasizes how impossible and unexpected Tang Mingxi’s return appears to everyone else.

Significant Themes

• Regret and second chances: Ye Heng has been haunted by Tang Mingxi’s apparent death and views his survival as a chance to repair their relationship.
• Reconciliation and blame: Both men recognize that their separation resulted from mistakes on both sides. Tang Mingxi apologizes but still tries to shift responsibility, suggesting that reconciliation will require confronting their mutual faults.
• Emotional dependence: Ye Heng’s pheromones soothe Tang Mingxi physically, while Tang Mingxi’s presence is essential to Ye Heng emotionally. Their bond is portrayed as both biological and deeply psychological.
• Pregnancy and vulnerability: Tang Mingxi’s pregnancy intensifies his physical suffering and changes the balance between the characters, giving him a reason to demand care while also making him more dependent on Ye Heng.
• Humor amid emotional pain: Tang Mingxi’s sarcastic inner commentary and self-serving excuses lighten an otherwise traumatic reunion.

Character Interactions

• Tang Mingxi and Ye Heng: Their reunion shifts quickly from shock and physical desperation to tenderness and emotional confrontation. Ye Heng clings to Tang Mingxi, while Tang Mingxi tests his affection through teasing, pretending to sleep, apologizing, and demanding forgiveness.
• Tang Mingxi and Tang Nuo: Tang Mingxi’s disbelief at seeing Tang Nuo alive reflects his own memories of the past, while Tang Nuo is bewildered by Tang Mingxi’s survival and pregnancy.
• Tang Mingxi and his unborn child: The pregnancy is central to Tang Mingxi’s reasoning and vulnerability. He uses the baby’s existence to justify his actions and to insist that his needs should take priority.

Chapter 188 Summary

• Reconciliation remains uncertain: Ye Heng promises Tang Mingxi that he will never give up on him again, expressing how deeply he feared losing him. Tang Mingxi is secretly pleased and hopes this means they have reconciled, but nineteen-year-old Ye Heng’s guarded behavior makes their relationship difficult to interpret.
• Tang Mingxi returns to the Tang family: The next morning, Tang Mingxi visits Tang Yun and convinces him that he truly survived. He also undergoes a complete medical examination. The examination confirms that, aside from severe morning sickness, both Tang Mingxi and the pregnancy appear healthy.
• Ye Heng’s concern and protectiveness: Ye Heng waits anxiously outside during the examination, only recently recognizing that he may soon become a father. Though he appears calm, he is extremely worried about Tang Mingxi’s health. He also hides the pregnancy from the outside world to protect Tang Mingxi and the child.
• Restoration of Tang Mingxi’s former life: Mingxi Residence and the Tang family remain largely unchanged, and no one questions his sudden return from his supposed overseas recuperation. Mingheng also returns to Tang Mingxi’s control, though Tang Nuo continues managing the company’s daily affairs.
• Punishment of those who harmed Tang Nuo: Tang Nuo dismisses Ding Ding’s aunt for leaking his whereabouts. Ding Ding’s online posts and popular roommate-reporting account are erased, while Wang Yaojie and Ding Ding face professional repercussions. Their résumés are rejected by companies across the industry, making it clear that they have provoked the Tang family’s retaliation.
• Emotional distance between the couple: Although Ye Heng carefully prepares meals and takes meticulous care of Tang Mingxi, he sleeps separately and keeps a wide physical distance from him. Tang Mingxi is confused and frustrated, especially because pregnant omegas supposedly need an Alpha’s pheromones. He feels that their relationship has returned to its original, awkward state.
• Tang Mingxi’s jealousy and insecurity: While watching a television drama in which a pregnant wife is neglected by her adulterous husband, Tang Mingxi begins to worry that Ye Heng may similarly be losing interest in him. Ye Heng’s distant behavior is actually rooted in guilt and fear: he remembers Tang Mingxi’s hatred and despair, and worries that Tang Mingxi returned only because of the pregnancy rather than because of him.
• Playful confrontation: When Ye Heng brings him fruit but sits far away, Tang Mingxi deliberately claims that various parts of his body hurt in order to make Ye Heng approach and care for him. Ye Heng eventually realizes that Tang Mingxi is throwing a tantrum. Despite his cold expression, his concern and tenderness toward Tang Mingxi remain evident.

Themes and Character Development

The chapter explores miscommunication, unresolved trauma, fear of abandonment, and the difficulty of rebuilding trust. Tang Mingxi wants reassurance and affection but expresses it through jealousy and childish testing, while Ye Heng genuinely cares for him yet holds back because of guilt and uncertainty about Tang Mingxi’s feelings. Their interactions show that affection has returned, but emotional reconciliation is still incomplete.

Chapter 189 Summary

• Plot and events: Tang Mingxi, upset after Ye Heng fails to comfort him or ask him to stay, retreats to the bedroom and spirals into anxious thoughts about Ye Heng’s feelings. He worries that Ye Heng only cares for him out of obligation, may dislike the pregnancy, or sees him merely as someone to maintain. Unable to sleep, he later discovers Ye Heng awake in the living room studying a lengthy guide on caring for an omega during pregnancy. This reveals that Ye Heng has been quietly preparing to look after him rather than neglecting him.
• Character developments: Tang Mingxi’s anger is largely driven by insecurity and pregnancy-related emotional sensitivity. Although he initially interprets Ye Heng’s detached behavior negatively, his resentment softens when he realizes Ye Heng hired a nutritionist and is researching pregnancy care. He returns to his playful, demanding behavior, effectively treating their conversation as the end of their cold war and reclaiming physical closeness. Ye Heng remains awkward and emotionally restrained, but his actions demonstrate concern and responsibility. He is still uncertain whether Tang Mingxi genuinely wants him, given Tang Mingxi’s past rejection and apparent suicide attempt.
• Character interactions: Tang Mingxi secretly tries to inspect Ye Heng’s laptop with binoculars, then openly approaches him after discovering the pregnancy-care document. He teasingly interrogates Ye Heng about hiring outside help and directly asks whether he is worried about him. Tang Mingxi settles against Ye Heng, forcing him to abandon the laptop and eventually touch Tang Mingxi’s abdomen, though he jokingly demands payment. Their exchange about the baby’s sex—based on Tang Mingxi’s preference for sour food—adds humor and shows Ye Heng’s hopeful investment in the pregnancy. Tang Mingxi also becomes suspicious that Ye Heng may have looked through his lost phone and embarrassing private posts, while Ye Heng awkwardly denies it.
• Themes: The chapter explores miscommunication, insecurity, and the contrast between emotional expression and practical care. Tang Mingxi craves verbal reassurance and romantic gestures, while Ye Heng expresses affection indirectly through preparation, food, research, and concern for the pregnancy. Pregnancy intensifies Tang Mingxi’s anxiety but also begins to draw the estranged pair back into intimacy. Their banter and physical closeness suggest the gradual end of their conflict, even though both still misunderstand the other’s feelings.

Chapter 190 Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Tang Mingxi realizes that his older brother, Tang Yun, still does not know about the pregnancy. Ye Heng admits he assumed Mingxi had told him, leading to a joking discussion about who would get beaten first.
• As Tang Yun recovers in the hospital, Mingxi’s three-month pregnancy becomes increasingly difficult to hide. His growing belly and unusual attentiveness make Tang Yun suspicious.
• Mingxi awkwardly tries to raise the subject by pretending that an engaged woman he knows may be pregnant. After an advertisement about contraception plays in the background, Tang Yun directly asks whether Mingxi is pregnant.
• Mingxi panics and warns Tang Yun not to hit him, even claiming that Ye Heng would have to be defeated first. Ye Heng arrives at that exact moment and hears himself being declared “dead.”
• Contrary to Mingxi’s expectations, Tang Yun does not become angry. Though initially shocked, he is secretly pleased about becoming an uncle and gently tells Mingxi to sit somewhere more comfortable.
• Mingxi is surprised by his brother’s forgiveness and even suggests that Tang Yun beat Ye Heng instead. While Mingxi naps, Tang Yun and Ye Heng speak privately, though the content of their conversation is not revealed.
• After waking, Mingxi checks Ye Heng’s clothes to see whether Tang Yun attacked him. Ye Heng teases him by implying that Mingxi was taking advantage of him, restoring their familiar playful dynamic.
• In the fourth month of the pregnancy, Jun Bai publicly announces the news once the pregnancy is stable.
• Wang Min is upset that Mingxi kept the pregnancy secret and sends him a series of exaggerated, heartbroken messages. Mingxi tries to appease her by ordering luxury handbags.
• Ye Heng catches him using his phone, which he restricts because of concerns about radiation affecting the fetus. Seeing Wang Min ask whether she is still Mingxi’s “most beloved little baby,” Ye Heng replies, “No,” prompting Wang Min’s confusion.
• Ye Heng begins to suspect that Mingxi’s recent behavior is connected to a secret he has been keeping.

Character Development

• Tang Mingxi: Becomes increasingly anxious and guilty about revealing his pregnancy, especially because he expects Tang Yun to punish him. Despite his fear, he remains dramatic, mischievous, and dependent on humor to manage stressful situations. He also embraces his pregnancy-related status jokingly, acting as though he is now “the boss.”
• Ye Heng: Shows practical, if somewhat ruthless, problem-solving by suggesting Tang Yun be told before he fully recovers. He is protective and controlling about Mingxi’s health, limiting his phone use, but continues to tease and flirt with him.
• Tang Yun: Initially shocked by the revelation, but responds with patience and affection rather than anger. His concern for Mingxi’s comfort demonstrates his protective nature, while his happiness about becoming an uncle reveals his softer side.
• Wang Min: Displays her close friendship with Mingxi through exaggerated complaints and emotional messages. Her anger is ultimately affectionate, reflecting how hurt she feels at being excluded from such important news.

Significant Themes

• Family acceptance and forgiveness: Mingxi expects punishment, but Tang Yun responds with love and concern, showing that familial affection outweighs disappointment.
• Pregnancy and responsibility: The pregnancy changes how the characters behave toward Mingxi, especially Ye Heng’s strict attention to his health and safety.
• Secrets and delayed revelations: Mingxi repeatedly postpones difficult conversations, creating comic tension as the pregnancy becomes impossible to conceal.
• Humor as emotional defense: Mingxi uses exaggeration, self-deprecation, and jokes about being beaten to cope with fear and guilt.
• Possessiveness and changing relationships: Ye Heng’s reply to Wang Min hints at his growing possessiveness over Mingxi and the shifting dynamics caused by the pregnancy.

Character Interactions

• Mingxi and Ye Heng joke about Tang Yun beating them, with Ye Heng calmly accepting that revealing the pregnancy may lead to punishment.
• Mingxi and Tang Yun have a tense but ultimately affectionate reveal, ending with Tang Yun comforting rather than condemning him.
• Ye Heng and Mingxi continue their teasing relationship, particularly when Mingxi checks whether Tang Yun injured Ye Heng.
• Wang Min’s emotional messages show her close bond with Mingxi, while Ye Heng’s blunt response—“No”—creates a humorous hint of jealousy and rivalry.

Chapter 191 Summary

Key plot points and events

Ye Heng secretly deletes his WeChat messages with Wang Min after making an embarrassing joke about men being “limbs” and sisters being “clothes.” Tang Mingxi becomes determined to uncover the deleted messages and later confiscates Wang Min’s phone when she visits. He discovers Ye Heng’s overly affectionate, “tacky” messages and is mortified that Wang Min might think they are showing off their relationship.
Wang Min focuses more on becoming the unborn child’s godmother than on comforting Tang Mingxi. She invites him to a party, but Ye Heng immediately refuses on his behalf, prioritizing his pregnancy and safety. Feeling trapped after a month of staying home, Tang Mingxi complains to Wang Min, who jokes about his “imprisonment” and sends him melodramatic romance novel recommendations, prompting him to block her.
Ye Heng has assembled a large team of elite nutritionists, caregivers, nannies, and prenatal educators to oversee every aspect of Tang Mingxi’s pregnancy. During a prenatal music lesson, a famous violinist plays serious classical pieces until Tang Mingxi falls asleep, then switches to childish songs when asked for something simpler. Tang Mingxi feels insulted by the repetitive “Little Crocodile” song and is exhausted when Ye Heng returns. Ye Heng reveals that the lesson cost five million for eleven classes and insists the prenatal education is necessary. When Tang Mingxi argues that four months is too early and the child may not be musical, Ye Heng explains that the curriculum will soon expand to subjects such as Olympiad mathematics and poetry.

Character developments

• Tang Mingxi remains curious, vain, socially active, and easily bored by confinement. His dramatic complaints highlight how difficult pregnancy restrictions are for him, though he also shows respect for accomplished artists and teachers.
• Ye Heng becomes increasingly protective and controlling, carefully managing Tang Mingxi’s activities and prenatal care. He also displays a mischievous side by deleting messages and lying about them, while demonstrating his willingness to spend enormous sums on the baby’s development.
• Wang Min remains playful and irreverent. She is excited about becoming a godmother but offers little sympathy for Tang Mingxi’s boredom, instead teasing him and recommending ridiculous romance novels.

Significant themes

The chapter emphasizes overprotective love, pregnancy as a form of luxurious confinement, and the clash between Tang Mingxi’s desire for freedom and Ye Heng’s obsession with safety and preparation. It also satirizes wealthy families’ extravagant treatment of unborn children, extreme prenatal education, and the belief that money can solve every problem. Humor comes from the characters’ exaggerated affection, competitive teasing, and the absurdity of teaching an unborn baby advanced subjects.

Character interactions

Tang Mingxi and Ye Heng bicker over deleted messages, phone use, social outings, and prenatal classes, with Ye Heng consistently taking control. Tang Mingxi and Wang Min share a teasing friendship, though Tang Mingxi becomes annoyed by her lack of empathy and blocks her after receiving romance novel recommendations. The prenatal instructor’s interaction with Tang Mingxi is unintentionally comedic: the professor treats the fetus as a serious student, while Tang Mingxi questions whether the unborn child can understand anything at all.

Chapter 192 Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• During Tang Mingxi’s pregnancy, Ye Heng takes prenatal education very seriously, planning to expose the baby to stories, foreign languages, and other forms of learning. Tang Mingxi finds this excessive but gradually becomes more dependent on Ye Heng.
• Tang Mingxi grows unusually clingy because of his pregnancy and pheromonal changes. He begins spending increasing amounts of time beside Ye Heng and eventually moves all his belongings into Ye Heng’s room.
• Although Ye Heng continues restraining himself because of concerns about Tang Mingxi’s health and their difficult first sexual experience, Tang Mingxi deliberately teases him one morning. His provocation backfires, and Ye Heng overwhelms him sexually. Tang Mingxi spends the rest of the morning recovering and angrily regrets provoking him.
• The baby’s movements begin early and are unusually energetic, leading Tang Mingxi to suspect that she has inherited his personality. At six months, the baby is officially named Ye Tang, with the nickname Sugar or Ye Xiaotang. The nickname also fulfills Tang Yun’s old wish to use the childhood nickname Tang Mingxi once rejected.
• Sugar remains overdue and refuses to be born on schedule, making even the normally calm Ye Heng anxious. Four days after the due date, Tang Mingxi finally goes into labor.
• The Tang Family’s private hospital is closed to outside patients while the entire family gathers. After several hours of labor, Tang Mingxi gives birth to a six-pound, two-ounce baby girl.
• Tang Mingxi considers childbirth nearly fatal and develops an even greater respect for women. He threatens Ye Heng never to make him have another child, joking that he would take their daughter and jump into a river.
• Ye Heng rushes to Tang Mingxi rather than immediately seeing the baby, showing that Tang Mingxi remains his first priority.
• When Tang Mingxi finally sees Sugar, he is horrified by the baby’s appearance and refuses to acknowledge that she is his child. Tang Yun, however, is completely enchanted and insists that the baby resembles Tang Mingxi.
• Ye Heng awkwardly holds his daughter, clearly terrified of hurting her. He also believes she looks like Tang Mingxi but wisely keeps that opinion to himself.

Character Development

• Tang Mingxi: Becomes more physically and emotionally dependent on Ye Heng during pregnancy while retaining his dramatic, vain, mischievous personality. His teasing nature leads him into trouble, but childbirth forces him to confront the physical cost of pregnancy and deepens his respect for mothers.
• Ye Heng: Demonstrates patience, restraint, protectiveness, and increasing anxiety over Tang Mingxi’s health and the baby’s delayed birth. His immediate concern after delivery is Tang Mingxi rather than the newborn, emphasizing his devotion.
• Tang Yun: Shows his sentimental side by selecting the baby’s name and using the naming process to compensate for not being able to call Tang Mingxi by his childhood nickname. He is instantly and unconditionally fond of Sugar.
• Ye Xiaotang/Sugar: Even before birth, she is characterized as energetic, troublesome, and possibly similar to Tang Mingxi.

Significant Themes

• Pregnancy and parenthood: The chapter humorously depicts the physical strain, emotional changes, and anxiety surrounding pregnancy, labor, and newborn care.
• Love expressed through care: Ye Heng’s restraint, prenatal preparation, and concern for Tang Mingxi reveal the depth of his love.
• Family bonds: Both families gather to support Tang Mingxi, while Tang Yun’s choice of name connects the new baby to Tang Mingxi’s childhood.
• Inherited personality and identity: The family speculates whether Sugar will resemble Tang Mingxi or Ye Heng, with her energetic behavior suggesting she has inherited Tang Mingxi’s temperament.
• Comedy through vanity and reversal: Tang Mingxi’s arrogance and habit of provoking Ye Heng repeatedly lead to humorous consequences, especially when childbirth and parenthood undermine his confidence.

Character Interactions

• Tang Mingxi and Ye Heng’s relationship is affectionate but playful and sexually charged, with Tang Mingxi provoking Ye Heng and Ye Heng responding with controlled intensity.
• Ye Heng prioritizes Tang Mingxi during labor and recovery, while Tang Mingxi responds with dramatic threats and complaints.
• Tang Yun enthusiastically praises Sugar’s resemblance to Tang Mingxi, prompting Tang Mingxi’s sarcastic denial.
• The chapter closes with the family meeting the baby, with Ye Heng’s nervous handling and Tang Mingxi’s horrified reaction contrasting with Tang Yun’s immediate adoration.

Chapter 193 Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• One month after her birth, Ye Xiaotang grows rapidly and becomes the beloved “number-one beauty” of the Tang Family’s private hospital. Tang Mingxi initially ignores her because she is not yet attractive enough, but finally agrees to hold her once she becomes prettier.
• Tang Yun recalls that Tang Mingxi behaved similarly as a child: he would only allow attractive people to hold him and would cry when handled by anyone he considered ugly. His vain, spoiled, and domineering personality has remained unchanged.
• After Tang Mingxi’s two-month recovery period, Ye Heng forces him to “repay” the debt from his pregnancy. Tang Mingxi experiences his first genuine omega heat since transmigrating and discovers that it is far more intense than his previous false heats.
• Ye Heng attempts to help him recover from dehydration with sugar water, but the situation instead triggers another wave of heat. Tang Mingxi eventually loses consciousness amid the prolonged ordeal.
• When he wakes, Tang Mingxi believes he has returned to his original world and that his pregnancy, Ye Xiaotang, and life with Ye Heng were all a dream. He realizes, however, that he is still in the former bedroom at Cloudwater Lake, with Ye Heng beside him.
• Tang Mingxi tells Ye Heng about dreaming that they had a cute daughter. Ye Heng teases him by suggesting they should have a child, while Tang Mingxi angrily points out that Ye Heng already behaves as though he is trying to achieve that every time.
• The chapter’s extra follows Ye Heng years later as the successful head of Jingyu Group. He learns that Tang Nuo wants to visit the Tang Family Manor one final time before its demolition.
• Ye Heng agrees but orders that Tang Nuo be watched so he cannot commit suicide. The request brings back painful memories of the Tang Family’s destruction and Ye Heng’s mistreatment there.
• That night, Ye Heng dreams of his past suffering: the stable, Ye Yue’s hospitalization, and kneeling in the snow. The Tang Family appears as faceless figures surrounding a mysterious man he cannot clearly see. He wakes exhausted and relies on an increasingly ineffective supply of pills.

Character Developments

• Tang Mingxi: His vanity and spoiled temperament remain intact, even as a parent. His experience of a true heat leaves him physically and emotionally overwhelmed. His dreamlike confusion reveals how deeply attached he has become to Ye Xiaotang and his current family life.
• Ye Heng: He remains dominant and teasing in his relationship with Tang Mingxi, but the extra section reveals a much darker, traumatized side. Although he has destroyed the Tang Family, his memories continue to haunt him, suggesting unresolved psychological pain.
• Tang Yun: He provides a humorous connection between Tang Mingxi’s childhood behavior and his present personality.
• Tang Nuo: His request to see the manor before its demolition emphasizes his survival and lingering connection to the fallen Tang Family.
• Ye Xiaotang: Though still an infant, she becomes an important emotional presence for Tang Mingxi and is clearly someone he already loves deeply.

Significant Themes

• Continuity of personality: Tang Mingxi’s childhood vanity mirrors his adult behavior, suggesting that his core nature has remained consistent despite transmigration and parenthood.
• Family and attachment: Tang Mingxi’s imagined loss of Ye Xiaotang reveals how quickly he has become emotionally invested in his daughter.
• Trauma and memory: Ye Heng’s flashbacks show that escaping the Tang Family did not erase the psychological damage it caused.
• Power and revenge: The Tang Family’s collapse reflects Ye Heng’s revenge, while the planned demolition of the manor symbolizes the final destruction of that past.
• Reality and dreams: Tang Mingxi’s uncertainty about whether his current life is real highlights the instability of his transmigration experience and the emotional realism of his new family.

Character Interactions

• Tang Mingxi and Ye Xiaotang share a comic but meaningful father-daughter moment, with Tang Mingxi reluctantly holding her once she meets his standards of beauty.
• Tang Yun teases Tang Mingxi by recalling his similarly demanding childhood behavior.
• Ye Heng cares for Tang Mingxi during his heat but also deliberately provokes and teases him, reinforcing their intimate yet combative relationship.
• Ye Heng and He Wenfang interact in a relationship built on trust and long familiarity, though He Wenfang is nervous about mentioning the Tang Family.
• Ye Heng’s reaction to Tang Nuo demonstrates both lingering resentment toward the Tang Family and a limited willingness to show mercy.

Chapter 194 Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ye Heng arrives in snow-covered Ningcheng for a business meeting with the chairman of Jiancheng.
• During a post-meeting drinking session, someone mentions Ye Heng’s past connection to the Tang Family and Tang Mingxi. Ye Heng’s icy reaction silences the room, revealing how painful and unresolved those memories remain.
• After a busy afternoon of meetings and a project inspection, Ye Heng’s stomach condition worsens. He realizes he has attended several meals without eating anything.
• Unable to tolerate the Western food arranged at his hotel, Ye Heng goes out in search of congee. His drive unintentionally takes him toward Mingxi Residence, where he once lived.
• He encounters Wang Min, the new owner of the former Tang Family residence. She invites him inside to avoid the heavy snow, and he accepts despite usually keeping his distance.
• Inside the house, Ye Heng is overwhelmed by memories of his former room and Tang Mingxi’s final, tragic condition. He leaves without saying goodbye.
• Outside, Ye Heng experiences a strange moment in which the snow seems to erase all sound and reality. When the scene returns to normal, Wang Min arrives again in her Ferrari.
• Wang Min is simultaneously messaging Tang Mingxi and suddenly realizes that Ye Heng’s presence may mean he has returned unexpectedly—possibly catching Tang Mingxi in the middle of his carefree activities.

Character Developments

• Ye Heng: His physical illness and emotional distress continue to deteriorate. He remains outwardly controlled and intimidating, but his unconscious return to Mingxi Residence shows that he is still deeply trapped in memories of Tang Mingxi and the Tang Family. His inability to eat, reliance on painkillers, and possible hallucination suggest both physical exhaustion and psychological instability.
• Wang Min: She is presented as a polished, socially trained heiress whose father is striving to replace the former Tang Family as Ningcheng’s wealthiest family. Although initially cautious around Ye Heng, she behaves graciously and invites him into her home. Her messages at the end reveal her familiarity and closeness with Tang Mingxi.
• Tang Mingxi: Though absent from the present events, he dominates Ye Heng’s thoughts and memories. The chapter also implies that he is still alive in the apparent alternate or past timeline and is spending time with Wang Min and their friends.

Significant Themes

• Unresolved grief and guilt: Ye Heng’s return to Mingxi Residence demonstrates that the past continues to control him, despite his success and emotional restraint.
• Contrasts between wealth and emptiness: Business success, luxury cars, expensive homes, and elaborate meals surround Ye Heng, yet he remains isolated, sick, and unable to enjoy any of them.
• Memory and reality: The strange distortion in the snowfall suggests a possible transition between timelines, memories, or realities, blurring Ye Heng’s present with the period before Tang Mingxi’s death.
• Social change and replacement: Wang Min’s family now occupies the former Tang Family residence, symbolizing the Tang Family’s collapse and the rise of a new wealthy power in Ningcheng.

Character Interactions

• Ye Heng’s cold reaction to the mention of Tang Mingxi frightens the business guests and establishes his lingering hostility and pain.
• His interaction with Wang Min is formal and distant, but she shows consideration by inviting him inside.
• Wang Min’s conversation with Tang Mingxi through WeChat creates tension: she realizes Ye Heng may have returned and suspects he could be coming to confront or “catch” Tang Mingxi.

Chapter 195 Summary

Ye Heng notices that Wang Min has unexpectedly changed into a dressed-up outfit and suspects that something is wrong. His suspicions intensify when Tang Mingxi appears at the residence in casual loungewear, clearly alive and apparently living there. Ye Heng is stunned because, in his memories, he personally pushed Tang Mingxi into shark-infested waters and believed him to be dead.
Unable to reconcile the scene with reality, Ye Heng wonders whether he is dreaming, hallucinating, or has somehow entered a parallel world. His shock turns to disgust and alarm when Tang Mingxi reaches for his hand; Ye Heng instinctively recoils from his touch, leaving Tang Mingxi confused and hurt. Tang Mingxi assumes Ye Heng is angry because he broke his promise to return home on time, rather than realizing that Ye Heng believes he is seeing someone who died years ago.
Wang Min quickly abandons her original plan to take Tang Mingxi out and pretends that she came only to deliver something. Tang Mingxi supports the lie, but struggles to explain why Wang Min is so dressed up. He sends her upstairs while he brings Ye Heng inside, worried that Ye Heng’s pale, icy appearance indicates another bout of stomach trouble. Ye Heng remains mentally overwhelmed as he recognizes that the house looks exactly as it did six years earlier.
While Tang Mingxi retrieves hot water and medicine, Wang Min awkwardly tries to explain herself to Ye Heng. She confesses that she really had intended to invite Tang Mingxi out, but insists their outings are harmless and do not involve attractive young men or celebrities. She also advises Ye Heng not to control Tang Mingxi so strictly or keep him under constant watch, arguing that Tang Mingxi is young and needs personal freedom. Ye Heng is bewildered by her words, unable to imagine how anyone could believe that he spoils or controls Tang Mingxi. Wang Min then flees before she has to face further questioning.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Ye Heng is emotionally destabilized by Tang Mingxi’s apparent resurrection. Memories of Tang Mingxi’s death, including the violence Ye Heng himself inflicted, resurface alongside confusion about this altered reality. His instinctive withdrawal from Tang Mingxi reveals lingering guilt, hostility, and trauma.
• Tang Mingxi remains affectionate and concerned about Ye Heng, immediately interpreting his behavior as anger or illness rather than recognizing the deeper reason for his shock. He tries to protect Wang Min by maintaining her cover story.
• Wang Min shifts from lively accomplice to nervous improviser, attempting to keep herself safe while defending her friendship with Tang Mingxi. Her comments imply that this version of Ye Heng is unusually possessive and indulgent toward Tang Mingxi.
• The interaction between Ye Heng and Wang Min highlights the contrast between Ye Heng’s grim memories and the apparently ordinary, intimate life Tang Mingxi now leads with him.
• Tang Mingxi’s caring actions—holding Ye Heng’s hand, bringing him inside, and preparing medicine—conflict sharply with Ye Heng’s memories of killing him.

Significant Themes

• Alternate realities and lost timelines: Ye Heng suspects he has entered a parallel world where Tang Mingxi survived and their lives developed differently.
• Guilt and trauma: Ye Heng’s reaction is shaped by his memory of Tang Mingxi’s death and his own role in it.
• Miscommunication and mistaken assumptions: Tang Mingxi mistakes Ye Heng’s shock for anger, while Wang Min’s explanations only deepen Ye Heng’s confusion.
• Possessiveness versus care: Wang Min’s criticism raises questions about whether Ye Heng’s devotion to Tang Mingxi is loving protection or controlling obsession.
• Reversal of past relationships: The cruel, isolated Tang Mingxi from Ye Heng’s memories is replaced by a socially connected, cared-for young man living in a seemingly affectionate household.

Chapter 196 Summary

• Key events: Ye Heng remains suspicious and hostile after finding himself in an unfamiliar version of Mingxi Residence. Tang Mingxi tends to his stomachache by giving him medicine, arranging porridge, and massaging his stomach. Ye Heng is deeply unsettled by Tang Mingxi’s unexpected tenderness, especially because the Tang Mingxi he remembers is dead and had treated him cruelly.
• Ye Heng initially reacts defensively to Tang Mingxi’s touch, suspecting ulterior motives, but eventually allows him to massage his stomach. Tang Mingxi scolds him for neglecting his health and says Ye Heng must properly make it up to him after recovering.
• When they go upstairs, Ye Heng instinctively heads toward the maid’s room, reflecting his memories of being forced to live in poor conditions. Tang Mingxi stops him and reveals that, in this world, they share the master bedroom as a married couple. The room contains obvious signs of their shared life, including matching personal items and clothing.
• Unable to tolerate sleeping beside Tang Mingxi, Ye Heng says he will sleep in another room. Tang Mingxi becomes hurt and angry, privately complaining that Ye Heng is acting strangely and may already be tired of him. Ye Heng then claims he has a cold and does not want to infect Tang Mingxi, prompting Tang Mingxi to worry about him again.

Character development

• Ye Heng struggles to maintain composure while investigating what appears to be a parallel world or supernatural situation. He is forced to confront a version of Tang Mingxi who is affectionate, attentive, and apparently married to him, contradicting his traumatic memories. Though still guarded, Ye Heng begins adapting to the situation and concealing his confusion.
• Tang Mingxi displays genuine concern and domestic familiarity toward Ye Heng, caring for him despite being angry. His private thoughts reveal emotional vulnerability, jealousy, and fear that Ye Heng no longer wants him.
• Themes: The chapter emphasizes the contrast between memory and reality, the possibility of alternate lives, and the emotional disorientation caused by encountering a radically different version of someone familiar. It also explores intimacy, mistrust, unresolved trauma, and the irony of Ye Heng discovering the loving relationship he was denied in his own memories.
• Character interaction: Their exchanges alternate between Tang Mingxi’s affectionate caretaking and Ye Heng’s wary resistance. Tang Mingxi interprets Ye Heng’s confusion as anger or emotional distance, while Ye Heng sees ordinary gestures of concern as suspicious because of their history.

Chapter 197 Summary

Plot Points and Events

• Tang Mingxi discovers that Ye Heng is extremely ill, suffering from a fever-like condition and stomach pain. Despite being angry with him, Mingxi becomes worried and helps him upstairs to bed.
• Mingxi gives Ye Heng medicine, checks his forehead, and stays by his side. Ye Heng is deeply unsettled by this tenderness because it contrasts sharply with his memories of the cruel Tang Mingxi from his own timeline.
• Ye Heng reflects on the strange possibility that Mingxi’s concern is directed toward the version of himself belonging to this timeline, rather than toward him personally.
• After leaving the bedroom to get porridge, Tang Mingxi receives a call from Ye Heng. The conversation reveals that the person upstairs cannot be the real Ye Heng: the real Ye Heng says he is still in Cloud Capital and will not return until the next morning.
• Horrified, Mingxi concludes that he has encountered a ghost—or some kind of supernatural impersonator—who looks exactly like Ye Heng.
• Mingxi tells the real Ye Heng everything. Although Ye Heng does not believe in ghosts, he suspects the intruder may be an ordinary person using an extraordinarily realistic human-skin mask.
• Ye Heng orders Mingxi to contact Tang Yun and have him go immediately to Belai Impression. He remains on the phone with Mingxi during the journey home, worried about his safety.
• Tang Yun arrives at Mingxi Residence with bodyguards, checks Mingxi for injuries, and asks where the fake Ye Heng is. Mingxi admits that the intruder is still upstairs—or may already have disappeared.

Character Development

• Tang Mingxi: His anger gives way to genuine concern when he sees Ye Heng’s apparent illness. He acts protectively and tenderly, even while insisting he is still angry. Once he realizes there are two Ye Hengs, his confidence collapses into fear and comic panic, though he becomes braver when supported by Tang Yun and the bodyguards.
• Ye Heng: He remains suspicious and emotionally conflicted toward Mingxi. Mingxi’s unexpected kindness reminds him of how long it has been since anyone cared for him, complicating his hatred and resentment. Despite his skepticism about ghosts, he reacts rationally and protectively by arranging help and ensuring Mingxi stays on the phone with him.
• Tang Yun: He responds immediately to Mingxi’s late-night emergency, abandoning his work to protect him. His concern is shown through physically checking Mingxi and bringing reinforcements.

Significant Themes

• Identity and alternate timelines: Ye Heng struggles to distinguish between the Tang Mingxi he remembers and the kinder version before him, while the appearance of two identical Ye Hengs intensifies questions about identity and reality.
• Unresolved resentment and unexpected tenderness: Ye Heng’s hatred is challenged by Mingxi’s sincere care, creating emotional confusion and suggesting that their relationship may develop differently in this timeline.
• Fear versus rational explanation: Mingxi interprets the double as a ghost, while Ye Heng searches for a realistic explanation involving disguise and impersonation.
• Protection and trust: Both men show concern for each other despite their strained relationship. Ye Heng trusts Mingxi enough to believe his unbelievable story, while Mingxi relies on Ye Heng and Tang Yun for protection.

Character Interactions

• Mingxi physically supports the ill-looking Ye Heng and cares for him while continuing to scold him.
• Ye Heng observes Mingxi’s gentleness with disbelief, questioning whether it is truly meant for him.
• Their phone conversation creates a dramatic revelation: the real Ye Heng is elsewhere, proving that the person upstairs is an impostor or supernatural double.
• Ye Heng gives Mingxi instructions and stays connected to reassure him.
• Tang Mingxi turns to Tang Yun for help, and Tang Yun responds protectively, preparing to confront the mysterious figure upstairs.

Chapter 198 Summary

Key plot points and events

• Ye Heng unexpectedly appears inside Mingxi Residence, despite the estate’s advanced security and his supposed presence in Cloud Capital.
• Tang Yun protects Tang Mingxi and orders the bodyguards to subdue the intruder. Ye Heng, weakened by illness and stomach trouble, is quickly overpowered.
• The bodyguards search Ye Heng’s face for a disguise but find nothing. Tang Mingxi confirms that the man is physically identical to Ye Heng.
• Little Ye then returns from Cloud Capital, revealing that there are now two identical Ye Hengs.
• After being untied, the intruder explains that he comes from another world—specifically, the original novel The City’s Ultimate Live-in Son-in-Law.

Character developments

• Tang Mingxi shifts from suspicion and hostility to shock and terror. He realizes the intruder is the ruthless, psychopathic version of Ye Heng from the original novel, in which Tang Mingxi was a despised cannon-fodder first wife.
• Little Ye remains wary of the newcomer and is confused by his presence, while also showing concern for Tang Mingxi’s reaction.
• Original Ye Heng is physically weakened but remains observant and intimidating. He notices Tang Mingxi’s unusual fear and begins to suspect that something about him has changed.
• Tang Yun acts protectively and decisively, using the bodyguards to secure the situation.

Significant themes

• Parallel worlds and identity: The appearance of a second Ye Heng forces the characters to confront alternate versions of themselves and the possibility that identity is shaped by circumstance.
• Fear of destiny: Tang Mingxi is terrified that the original novel’s plot—and his own tragic fate within it—may resurface.
• Appearance versus character: The two Ye Hengs look identical, yet their personalities and histories are radically different.
• Suspicion and self-preservation: Tang Mingxi worries that Original Ye Heng may discover he is no longer the same person described in the novel.

Character interactions

• Tang Mingxi and Tang Yun initially treat the intruder as a dangerous trespasser.
• The intruder insists he is Tang Mingxi’s husband, provoking Tang Mingxi’s anger.
• Tang Mingxi physically verifies that the man is not wearing a mask, increasing the mystery.
• The two Ye Hengs confront one another, creating an unsettling mirror image.
• Tang Mingxi clings to Little Ye for security but fears that Original Ye Heng may see through his behavior, leaving him trapped between the husband he knows and the dangerous version from the novel.

Chapter 199 Summary

• Tang Yun and both Ye Hengs conclude that Original Ye Heng is genuinely the same person as Little Ye from another world. Unsure how to return him home, Tang Yun leaves the problem to them and says Tang Mingxi can stay with him if necessary.
• Tang Mingxi tries to escape responsibility for hosting Original Ye Heng, but Little Ye pulls him back and insists they must deal with the situation. The two Ye Hengs immediately reject the idea of sharing Tang Mingxi, trading silent, competitive disdain.
• Because Original Ye Heng is ill and injured, Tang Mingxi provides medicine, porridge, and iodine, though he remains wary and resentful. Little Ye pointedly reminds Original Ye Heng to thank Tang Mingxi. Original Ye Heng objects that Tang Mingxi’s people caused his injuries, but eventually offers a stiff, reluctant “thank you.”
• When Original Ye Heng collapses, Tang Mingxi instinctively moves to help. Little Ye stops him, jealous despite the fact that his rival is another version of himself. Tang Mingxi has Wang Ma carry Original Ye Heng to a distant guest room rather than care for him personally.
• Afterward, Little Ye kisses Tang Mingxi with unusual intensity and possessiveness. Tang Mingxi recognizes the jealousy as absurd but welcomes the intimacy after a week apart. The next morning, he is exhausted, while Little Ye remains energetic.

Character developments and interactions

Tang Mingxi accepts that the impossible situation is real but stays guarded toward Original Ye Heng, balancing basic concern for his injuries with his usual sharp sarcasm. Little Ye reveals a childish, possessive side, competing with his alternate self and becoming jealous of Tang Mingxi’s attention. Original Ye Heng remains proud and suspicious, but his illness and precarious position force him to cooperate—albeit resentfully.

Significant themes

The chapter plays the absurdity of meeting one’s alternate self for comedy, especially through the two Ye Hengs’ rivalry and shared contempt. It also explores jealousy, possessiveness, and care: Tang Mingxi’s practical help is genuine but limited, while Little Ye treats even small gestures toward his counterpart as a threat.

Chapter 200 Summary

• Morning intimacy: Tang Mingxi wakes to Ye Heng getting out of bed, his body covered in bruises and marks from the previous night. Despite his germophobia and reluctance to get up, he clings to Ye Heng and playfully refuses to let him kiss him before brushing his teeth.
• Applying medicine: Ye Heng insists on applying ointment to Mingxi’s sore body. Mingxi complains and tries to hide under a pillow, while Ye Heng deliberately tickles him during the process. Mingxi retaliates by stepping on Ye Heng and teasing him, but Ye Heng quickly regains control and turns the medicine application into another intimate encounter. By the end, Mingxi is exhausted but still refuses to leave bed before breakfast.
• Ye Heng’s domestic care: Ye Heng goes downstairs to prepare breakfast, as he routinely does for Mingxi. He carefully creates an elaborate, romantic meal—heart-shaped fried eggs, heart-shaped sausages, and bear-shaped custard buns—revealing how devoted and attentive he has become toward Mingxi.
• Original Ye Heng’s reaction: The alternate/original Ye Heng, who has recently recovered from his fever and learned that he has transmigrated, witnesses this domestic scene. He is stunned and embarrassed by how affectionate and “househusband-like” his counterpart is. His memories of Tang Mingxi involve cruelty and humiliation, including an incident in which Mingxi poured scalding porridge over his hands, so he cannot understand why this version of Ye Heng treats him with such tenderness.
• Question about Tang Mingxi: Original Ye Heng asks why his counterpart did not kill Tang Mingxi, pointing out that Mingxi has the same blood type as Ye Yue and implying that Mingxi’s blood may have been relevant to Ye Yue’s condition.
• Cliffhanger: The chapter ends with Original Ye Heng abruptly asking how Ye Yue is, shifting the focus from the couple’s playful intimacy to the unresolved connection between Tang Mingxi, Ye Yue, and the two versions of Ye Heng.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Tang Mingxi remains spoiled, playful, and stubborn, but his teasing behavior demonstrates his comfort and emotional security with Ye Heng. His refusal to get out of bed contrasts with his evident acceptance of Ye Heng’s care.
• Ye Heng is portrayed as deeply affectionate, domestic, and physically attentive. His actions sharply contrast with Original Ye Heng’s expectations and expose how profoundly his relationship with Mingxi has changed him.
• Original Ye Heng becomes increasingly shocked and conflicted. He views his counterpart’s devotion as humiliating and unbelievable, while his memories of the past make him suspicious that Tang Mingxi’s apparent transformation cannot be genuine.
• The interactions between the two Ye Hengs highlight the difference between their lives and personalities: one is loving and openly devoted, while the other is guarded, resentful, and shaped by past mistreatment.

Significant Themes

• Transformation through love: Ye Heng’s behavior shows how his relationship with Tang Mingxi has changed him from a solitary, hardened figure into a caring partner.
• Contrasting timelines and identities: The chapter emphasizes the divergence between the two Ye Hengs and raises questions about whether people are shaped more by circumstance or by their inherent nature.
• Domestic intimacy: Cooking, applying medicine, teasing, and lingering in bed present affection through ordinary routines rather than grand declarations.
• Past trauma versus present reality: Original Ye Heng’s painful memories of Mingxi conflict with the affectionate relationship he witnesses, creating uncertainty about what caused the change.
• Foreshadowing and unresolved motives: The mention of Ye Yue and Mingxi’s blood type suggests a larger medical or familial conflict that may explain Original Ye Heng’s actions and the alternate Ye Heng’s decision to spare Mingxi.