Chapter Summaries

After Yan Wen drunkenly confessed that he liked Mo Chengzhou, Mo Chengzhou reminded him of the confession the next morning and made him admit it again. Yan Wen and Mo Chengzhou prepared to check out together, while Mu Xu Ye and Qi Shu Yu spent the night at the guesthouse.

• Mo Chengzhou recorded Yan Wen confessing that he liked him, then gave him hangover medicine and put him to bed.
• Mu Xu Ye stopped a woman from flirting with Qi Shu Yu, then took Qi Shu Yu back to their room to rest.
• Yan Wen woke beside Mo Chengzhou and learned that he had confessed his feelings while drunk.
• Mo Chengzhou told Yan Wen he took the confession seriously, and Yan Wen admitted that he liked him again.
• Mo Chengzhou and Yan Wen washed up and prepared to check out while Mo Chengzhou's assistant packed their things.

Yan Wen returned home after confessing his feelings to Mo Chengzhou, and his family reacted with alarm when they learned they were dating. Xiao Qi told Yan Wen about Mo Chengzhou’s achievements and violent family history, but Yan Wen trusted him and remained confident he could stand up for himself.

• Mu Xu Ye took Qi Shu Yu home and asked him to let him know before visiting his parents so he could prepare gifts.
• Mo Chengzhou told Yan Wen he would return to Yan Jing soon and invited him to meet his family, but Yan Wen said he was not ready.
• Yan Wen told Mu Xu Xi that he had confessed to Mo Chengzhou and showed her their matching bracelets.
• Mu Xu Xi told Xie Yunshu that Yan Wen was dating Mo Chengzhou, and Yan Wen confirmed their feelings were mutual.
• Xiao Qi explained Mo Chengzhou’s accomplishments and how he had survived an attempt on his life, while Yan Wen said he trusted him and could protect himself.

Qi Shu Yu brought Mu Xu Ye home to meet Bai Yuezhen, while Qi Ji and Qi Jiawang disapproved of their relationship. After Mu Xu Ye defended Shu Yu, Qi Ji and Jiawang secretly plotted to have Jiawang impersonate Shu Yu and win Mu Xu Ye over.

• Bai Yuezhen warmly welcomed Qi Shu Yu and Mu Xu Ye, but Qi Ji objected to their relationship and Qi Jiawang showed resentment.
• Mu Xu Ye introduced himself as a member of the powerful Mu Family and said he planned to take Shu Yu abroad at the end of the year; Bai Yuezhen supported their decision.
• When Qi Jiawang questioned their sharing a room, Qi Shu Yu argued with him and Qi Ji, and Mu Xu Ye warned Qi Ji to keep Jiawang in line.
• After Shu Yu and Mu Xu Ye went upstairs, Qi Jiawang asked Qi Ji why Mu Xu Ye had chosen Shu Yu.
• Qi Ji suggested Jiawang could impersonate Shu Yu, and Jiawang agreed to try to make Mu Xu Ye fall for him.

Qi Shu Yu and Mu Xu Ye spent the night together before their planned trip, while Yan Wen went to the airport to see Mo Chengzhou off and gave him a handmade ring. Mo Chengzhou boarded his flight with Yan Wen's gift and promise to meet again during the October holiday.

• Mu Xu Ye teased Qi Shu Yu about his sensitive ears, then persuaded him to stay awake with him until dawn.
• Yan Wen woke early to see Mo Chengzhou off and hurried to the airport, where he found Mo Chengzhou waiting.
• Yan Wen gave Mo Chengzhou a gift and asked him to call and video-call while they were apart.
• Mo Chengzhou boarded his flight and opened Yan Wen's gift, finding a handmade stone ring and a note about getting matching silver rings when they met again.

Qi Shu Yu and Mu Xu Ye confronted Qi Ji and Qi Jiawang during dinner at the Qi Family home, while Bai Yuezhen urged her son to stay away and consider whether she should keep enduring her marriage. Elsewhere, Yan Wen learned that Jiang Tang had exposed Wen Junchi's stalking and looked forward to the Jiang Family's upcoming birthday banquet.

• Mu Xu Ye carried Qi Shu Yu to wash up, then warned Qi Ji and Qi Jiawang to behave during dinner.
• Qi Jiawang tried to serve Mu Xu Ye sea cucumber, but Mu Xu Ye rejected the dish and had Qi Shu Yu bring him a fresh bowl of rice.
• Mu Xu Ye demanded that Qi Ji apologize to Qi Shu Yu, and Qi Ji reluctantly did so to protect the Qi Family's business.
• Bai Yuezhen told Qi Shu Yu to avoid returning home and heard him question why she continued to endure her marriage to Qi Ji.
• Yan Wen learned that Jiang Tang had canceled her arranged marriage with Wen Junchi and sent the Wen Family evidence that he had stalked her.
• Yan Wen planned to ask his mother to take him to Granny Jiang's seventieth birthday celebration in a week.

Qi Shu Yu and Mu Xu Ye left the Qi Family home, while Yan Wen visited Yan Lin and then went to Star Entertainment Game City, where his archery skills drew attention. Yan Wen invited Mo Chengzhou to visit the game city with him on a future date, and Mo Chengzhou happily agreed.

• Qi Shu Yu noticed Qi Jiawang looking greedily at Mu Xu Ye as they said goodbye to Bai Yuezhen and left the Qi Family home.
• Yan Wen visited Yan Lin, brought him strawberries, and told him he had ranked first in his year and been approved to study at home.
• After leaving Yan Lin’s villa, Yan Wen asked Uncle He to take him to Star Entertainment Game City.
• Yan Wen shot an arrow into the eight ring and then the nine ring, impressing a crowd and attracting a middle-aged man who invited him to try shooting a gun.
• Mo Chengzhou finished a meeting and replied to Yan Wen, who apologized for missing his message and suggested they go on a date at the game city.

Yan Wen attended Old Madam Jiang’s seventieth birthday banquet, where Xiao Qi revealed secrets about the Jiang family and Jiang Xinyao’s relationship with Wen Junchi. Jiang Tang planned to investigate the unknown son serving as Old Madam Jiang’s aide after learning that neither knew they were mother and son.

• Yan Wen arrived at the banquet with Mu Xingfeng, Xie Yunshu, and his siblings, then greeted Jiang Tang and Old Madam Jiang.
• Xiao Qi revealed that Old Madam Jiang’s staff member was her long-lost biological son, who had joined the Jiang Family to pay for his sick son’s heart treatment.
• Jiang Tang heard the revelation and decided to investigate after the banquet.
• Jiang Jun brought Yang Mei and Jiang Xinyao, and Old Madam Jiang rebuked him and rejected Yang Mei’s claim to belong to the Jiang Family.
• Xiao Qi told Yan Wen that Jiang Xinyao had become involved with Wen Junchi, who had turned to her after Jiang Tang ignored him.

At the Jiang Family banquet, Yan Wen learned several shocking secrets, including that Yang Mei had been secretly poisoning Jiang Yaoli. Granny Jiang then asked Jiang Tang to arrange a DNA test and secure a physician for Yaoli, revealing that she had started hearing the young master's thoughts.

• Jiang Tang stopped trying to warn Jiang Xinyao about Wen Junchi after Jiang Xinyao accused her of jealousy.
• Yan Wen heard Xiao Qi reveal that Mr. Feng was cheating with a male server and that the Xiang family's son had been switched at birth.
• Xiao Qi told Yan Wen that Yang Mei had arranged to drug Jiang Yaoli for nearly a year, worsening the damage to his legs.
• Granny Jiang asked Jiang Tang to secretly arrange a DNA test between her and a subordinate and to contact a physician about treating Yaoli.
• Granny Jiang told Jiang Tang that she had been able to hear the young master's thoughts since he mentioned Jiang Xinyao and Wen Junchi.

Yan Wen traveled with the Mu family to the Mu Family Old Residence and met his grandfather and relatives. As he eagerly listened to Xiao Qi’s gossip about Mu Lifang, he failed to notice everyone else’s strange expressions.

• Yan Wen asked Mo Chengzhou to visit Shengyuan for dates, and Mo Chengzhou agreed to come next month.
• Mu Xingfeng announced that the family would leave early for the old residence, and Mu Xu Ci had to wake Yan Wen repeatedly before they set off.
• The family reached the Mu Family Old Residence after four in the afternoon and greeted Mu Gensheng and his relatives.
• Mu Gensheng asked Yan Wen about his age, school, and hobbies, then invited him to play chess after dinner.
• Xiao Qi told Yan Wen that Mu Lifang had been cheated on, while the others reacted strangely around them.

Yan Wen learned about his relatives’ troubles and explored the Mu family garden with Mu Gensheng. The chapter ended as Yan Wen prepared to play Chinese chess, admitting he had never won a game.

• Yan Wen learned that Mu Lifang’s younger boyfriend was cheating on her and using her money while planning to marry a pregnant employee.
• Xiao Qi revealed that Mu Chenxuan would be smeared and drugged after offending a director, and Mu Haiwen resolved to call his son and reconsider his opposition to acting.
• Mu Weidong and Ye Yufen stopped Yan Wen from hearing more gossip about their daughters, then invited him to meet his cousins the next day.
• Mu Haiwen promised Yan Wen a new remote-control car, and Yan Wen joined Mu Gensheng and the others for a walk through the garden.
• Mu Gensheng invited Yan Wen to play Chinese chess, and Yan Wen admitted inwardly that he had never won a game.

Yan Wen learned the hidden histories of his cousins Mu Qinghuan and Mu Qingyan during dinner at Mu Residence. He discovered that Mu Qingyan’s fiancé, Sima Xian, planned to use their marriage to bring another woman into his family, leaving Yan Wen angered by his scheme.

• Mu Gensheng welcomed Yan Wen and asked why his eldest grandson had not come to visit.
• Xiao Qi told Yan Wen that Mu Qingyan had exposed and gotten a harassing supervisor fired, while Mu Qinghuan had been mischievous as a child and stood up for other girls.
• Xiao Qi recounted how Mu Qinghuan challenged an unfair teacher, went to the principal for leave to visit her hospitalized mother, and later saw the teacher suspended for misconduct.
• Xiao Qi revealed that Mu Qingyan was engaged to Sima Xian, who planned to marry her before bringing home the woman he loved and expecting Mu Qingyan to divorce him.
• Yan Wen condemned Sima Xian for scheming against Mu Qingyan to preserve his wealthy family status.

Mu Qingyan learned that Sima Xian planned to use their marriage to be with Sun Mian, while Yan Wen and Mo Chengzhou spoke affectionately and discovered that their grandfathers had once been rivals. The chapter ended with Yan Wen and Mo Chengzhou affirming their love.

• Xiao Qi told Yan Wen that Sima Xian had fallen for Sun Mian after she mistakenly threw away food at the hotel, and Mu Qingyan resolved not to let Sima Xian use her.
• Yan Wen exchanged messages with Mo Chengzhou during dinner, and Mu Gensheng learned that Yan Wen was dating him but could not object to Yan Wen's first-place grades.
• Yan Wen video-called Mo Chengzhou and met Mo Qingguo, who checked that Yan Wen was eighteen and asked whether he had chosen the relationship freely.
• Mo Qingguo recognized Mu Gensheng as his old military rival and recalled that Mu Gensheng had once carried him down a mountain and saved his life.
• Yan Wen and Mo Chengzhou talked about their favorite restaurant and agreed they could not imagine a life in which they stopped loving each other.

Yan Wen learned why the Ouyang Family had visited the Mu Residence and uncovered the disgraceful situation between Ouyang Lingheng, Shen Yueli, and Shen Yueying. The Mu Family grew contemptuous of Ouyang Lingheng, while Mu Gensheng asked Yan Wen to find out what kind of man Ouyang Hua was.

• Yan Wen joined Mu Qinghuan and Mu Xu Xi for breakfast and learned that a family was visiting the Mu Residence.
• Ouyang Hua arrived with Ouyang Lingheng and Shen Yueli to pay respects to Mu Gensheng.
• Xiao Qi told Yan Wen that Ouyang Lingheng had been forced to marry Shen Yueli instead of the woman he loved, Shen Yueying, and had treated Shen Yueli as a scapegoat ever since.
• Yan Wen learned that Ouyang Lingheng had moved Shen Yueying into his marital home and that both Shen Yueli and Shen Yueying were pregnant.
• Mu Gensheng became displeased with Ouyang Hua and asked Yan Wen to investigate his character.

Yan Wen heard Xiao Qi recount Ouyang Lingheng’s cruel future treatment of Shen Yueli and their daughter, leaving Shen Yueli resolved to end her pregnancy. The Mu family’s younger members left the meeting, while Mo Chengzhou discussed Yan Wen and the Mu family’s connection with his father.

• Mu Gensheng accepted Ouyang Hua’s proposal for cooperation and asked about Ouyang Lingheng and Shen Yueli having children.
• Xiao Qi told Yan Wen that Ouyang Lingheng would abandon Shen Yueli, endanger her during childbirth, and later cause both daughters’ deaths through his actions.
• Shen Yueli decided to have an abortion after hearing what Ouyang Lingheng would do to their child.
• Yan Wen and the Mu family’s younger members left the gathering, and Mu Gensheng prepared to return to business with Ouyang Hua.
• Mo Bei urged Mo Chengzhou to take responsibility for Yan Wen, and Mo Chengzhou told him that Mu Gensheng had seemed unhappy after learning Mo Bei’s father’s identity.

During dinner at the Mu Residence, Yan Wen learned how Ouyang Lingheng mistreated Shen Yueli after her abortion appointment and asked Xiao Qi to inform Old Madam Ouyang about his affair with Shen Yueying. Xiao Qi then showed Yan Wen Mu Xu Ye and Qi Shu Yu growing closer at home, leaving Yan Wen delighted that their wedding banquet might be near.

• Yan Wen joked with Xiao Qi about cilantro and heard that Ouyang Lingheng had accused Shen Yueli of stalking him at the hospital.
• Xiao Qi told Yan Wen that Ouyang Lingheng had dragged the weakened Shen Yueli home and made her kneel after learning she planned to abort their child.
• Yan Wen asked Xiao Qi to let Old Madam Ouyang learn that Ouyang Lingheng had cheated with Shen Yueying, and Xiao Qi agreed.
• Xiao Qi showed Yan Wen Mu Xu Ye and Qi Shu Yu sharing dinner, where Mu Xu Ye teased Qi Shu Yu and fed him noodles while keeping him on his lap.
• Yan Wen praised Mu Xu Ye's affection toward Qi Shu Yu and said their wedding banquet seemed close.

Old Madam Ouyang discovered Ouyang Lingheng at a women and children's hospital with Shen Yueying, while Shen Yueli was there to abort her pregnancy. After stopping Lingheng from strangling his wife, Old Madam Ouyang heard Yueli explain why she no longer wanted to remain married and went inside to investigate.

• Old Madam Ouyang received a video of Ouyang Lingheng supporting Shen Yueying outside a women and children's hospital and went there to see what was happening.
• At the hospital, Shen Yueying and Ouyang Lingheng discussed her pregnancy and his intention to divorce Shen Yueli and marry her.
• Ouyang Lingheng saw Shen Yueli entering the observation room for an abortion, dragged her outside, and began strangling her.
• Old Madam Ouyang arrived, slapped Ouyang Lingheng, and ordered servants to help Shen Yueli.
• Shen Yueli told Old Madam Ouyang she wanted the abortion because Lingheng mistreated her and she believed their marriage could not last now that Shen Yueying had returned.
• Old Madam Ouyang ordered the young madam taken home and went inside to investigate.

Yan Wen discussed the Ouyang Family’s decline and caught up on Mu Xu Ye and Qi Shu Yu while having dinner with his family. Tang Yun told him she and Mo Chengzhou would visit Weicheng next week, and Yan Wen was delighted that Mo Chengzhou had remembered his wish to meet again.

• Yan Wen and Xiao Qi discussed Shen Yueli’s divorce from Ouyang Lingheng, the Ouyang Family’s succession, and how Ouyang Lingheng later married Shen Yueying.
• Yan Wen joined Xie Yunshu, Mu Xu Ci, and Mu Xu Xi for dinner and asked about his father and Mu Xu Ye.
• Xiao Qi told Yan Wen that Mu Xu Ye had hired a chef for himself and Qi Shu Yu and planned to take Qi Shu Yu abroad.
• Tang Yun called Yan Wen and said she would visit Weicheng next week with Mo Chengzhou, bringing him cherries and durians.
• Yan Wen realized that Mo Chengzhou had remembered his wish to meet again, while Mu Xu Ci and Mu Xu Xi worried that their little brother would be swept away from the family.

Yan Wen welcomed Tang Yun and Mo Chengzhou to the city, where Mu Xu Ci tried to assess Mo Chengzhou over a meal. In the restaurant restroom, Yan Wen surprised Mo Chengzhou with a kiss, leaving Mu Xu Ci dismayed that his brother had made the first move again.

• Yan Wen and Mu Xu Ci met Tang Yun and Mo Chengzhou at the airport and brought them to a restaurant.
• Mu Xu Ci tried to act like a protective older brother while welcoming Mo Chengzhou, and Tang Yun chose dishes while warning everyone about Yan Wen’s cream allergy.
• Yan Wen teased Mo Chengzhou in the restroom, then kissed him and hurried back to the table.
• Yan Wen blushed and celebrated inwardly that he had stolen Mo Chengzhou’s first kiss, while Mo Chengzhou returned to the table.
• Mu Xu Ci resented that Yan Wen had initiated the kiss, but Mo Chengzhou ignored his stare and resolved to pursue Yan Wen despite any opposition from the Mu Family.

Yan Wen and Mo Chengzhou grew closer over dinner, while Yan Wen worried about how Tang Yun would react to dating his uncle. Mo Chengzhou agreed to stay at Yan Wen’s house, where Xie Yunshu and Mu Xu Xi planned to test his sincerity.

• Yan Wen learned that Mo Chengzhou would remain in Weicheng for an extended stay, and he looked forward to spending more time with him.
• Yan Wen realized Tang Yun did not know he was dating Mo Chengzhou, Tang Yun’s uncle, and wondered if he would have to call Tang Yun his nephew.
• Mo Chengzhou served Yan Wen soup and food, prompting Tang Yun to notice their unusual closeness.
• Yan Wen invited Mo Chengzhou and Tang Yun to stay at his house, and Mo Chengzhou accepted so he could meet Yan Wen’s parents.
• Xie Yunshu and Mu Xu Xi discussed their concern for Yan Wen and devised a way to test Mo Chengzhou’s sincerity.

Yan Wen and Mo Chengzhou stayed overnight at the Mu Family home, where Mo Chengzhou won Xie Yunshu over with a gift and offered Mu Xu Ci a business collaboration. After Mo Chengzhou kissed Yan Wen good night, Yan Wen decided to sneak into his room, and Mo Chengzhou heard the plan through Yan Wen’s thoughts.

• Yan Wen, Tang Yun, and Mo Chengzhou arrived at the Mu Family villa, where Xie Yunshu welcomed them and accepted gifts from Tang Yun and Mo Chengzhou.
• Tang Yun gave Mu Xu Xi cosmetics, while Mo Chengzhou proposed a collaboration between their companies to Mu Xu Ci, who accepted despite his reluctance to help a suitor pursue Yan Wen.
• The group settled into their rooms, and Yan Wen told Xiao Qi he wanted to sleep with Mo Chengzhou that night.
• Mo Chengzhou pulled Yan Wen close and kissed him good night, leaving Yan Wen flustered as he hurried back to his room.
• Mo Chengzhou told Mo Bei that he was staying at Yan Wen’s house, and Mo Bei encouraged him to bring Yan Wen home to meet the family.
• As Mo Chengzhou went to bed, he heard Yan Wen think that he planned to sneak into his room that night.