Chapter Summaries

Ji Yanzhi and Ji Ting traveled to Maple Spring Cloud Manor for a private getaway, where Ji Yanzhi planned to give Ji Ting a massage himself. The chapter ended as Ji Yanzhi introduced himself as Ji Ting’s massage therapist and asked him to lie down.

• Ji Ting and Ji Yanzhi teased each other in bed, and Ji Ting threatened to cancel their hot springs trip as Ji Yanzhi’s punishment.
• Ji Yanzhi arranged for the manor staff to take leave and asked the Confidentiality Bureau officers to inspect the property before departing with Ji Ting.
• Ji Yanzhi drove Ji Ting to Maple Spring Cloud Manor on Mount Hualu, where they explored the grounds together.
• Ji Yanzhi suggested hydrotherapy, then arranged to meet Ji Ting in a massage room after they changed.
• Ji Yanzhi entered carrying a wooden tray, called himself massage therapist number one, and told Ji Ting to remove his clothes and lie flat.

Ji Yanzhi posed as Ji Ting’s masseur, but the massage stirred an unfamiliar heat in Ji Ting and left Ji Yanzhi flustered. After they went to eat, Ji Yanzhi teased Ji Ting by saying he would reveal what he wanted to eat once they were soaking in the hot spring.

• Ji Yanzhi claimed he had learned Thai massage and persuaded Ji Ting to lie down while he warmed peach-scented oil.
• Ji Yanzhi massaged Ji Ting’s back, and Ji Ting began feeling an unfamiliar, restless heat as Ji Yanzhi touched him.
• Ji Ting tried to ask Ji Yanzhi whether he felt something too, but Ji Yanzhi abruptly left and shut himself in the bathroom.
• Afterward, Ji Yanzhi suggested they soak in the hot spring, but Ji Ting insisted they eat first for health reasons.
• At the Dining Room, Ji Yanzhi asked Ji Ting to feed him fruit and said he would reveal what he really wanted to eat in the hot spring.

Ji Ting and Ji Yanzhi spent the day at the resort, where Ji Ting revealed his supposed table tennis credentials before the two tried bowling. That night, they soaked in a hot spring and shared a kiss.

• Ji Ting told Ji Yanzhi he did not know his true birthday because his birth certificate listed the date of registration, February thirteenth.
• Ji Ting claimed he had been runner-up in a Chinese Research Base table tennis tournament, and he and Ji Yanzhi went to find a place to play.
• Unable to find a table tennis table, Ji Ting and Ji Yanzhi went bowling, where Ji Ting repeatedly sent the ball into the gutter or past the pins.
• Ji Yanzhi promised to bowl with Ji Ting on future days off and offered to have a bowling alley installed in the East Building.
• Ji Ting and Ji Yanzhi soaked in the hot spring with plum juice, and Ji Yanzhi kissed Ji Ting after giving him a drink.

Ji Yanzhi and Ji Ting became physically intimate, and Ji Ting realized Ji Yanzhi had lied about having a condition. Ji Ting agreed to spend his month off making it up to him.

• Ji Yanzhi teased Ji Ting in the hot spring and brought him back to their room.
• Ji Yanzhi became intimate with Ji Ting, who later asked whether he disliked such contact because of his cleanliness.
• Ji Yanzhi told Ji Ting he had wanted to be close to him and was happy, and Ji Ting admitted he had liked it.
• Ji Ting realized Ji Yanzhi had never had anything wrong with him and asked why he had acted distant before.
• Ji Yanzhi explained that Ji Ting had been too busy, and Ji Ting promised to make it up to him during his month off.

Ji Ting and Ji Yanzhi returned from their hot spring trip after Shili’s board approved a proposal, and Ji Ting asked to attend the upcoming shareholders’ meeting. At the Old Residence, Ji Yanzhi’s uncle Jiang Shuoyuan confronted Ji Ting about his relationship with Ji Yanzhi, and Ji Ting confirmed he was Ji Yanzhi’s boyfriend.

• Ji Yanzhi told Ji Ting that Shili’s shareholders’ meeting would take place in two days, so they returned to the Old Residence.
• Ji Ting asked Ji Yanzhi if he could attend the shareholders’ meeting, and Ji Yanzhi told him that Shili belonged to them both.
• Uncle Yang tried to hide Ji Ting when Jiang Shuoyuan arrived, but Ji Ting introduced himself and agreed to speak with Ji Yanzhi’s uncle alone.
• Jiang Shuoyuan asked whether Ji Ting had accompanied Ji Yanzhi when he met Cheng Yingyu, and Ji Ting said Ji Yanzhi had gone alone before Ji Ting arrived afterward.
• Ji Ting inferred that Cheng Yingyu had told Jiang Shuoyuan about their intimacy and confirmed that he was the boyfriend people said Ji Yanzhi had.

Ji Ting restrained Jiang Shuoyuan and tried to explain that he and Ji Yanzhi were not related by blood. After Jiang Shuoyuan remained opposed to their relationship, Ji Ting took him to meet Ji Yanzhi’s family, bringing gifts for his first visit.

• Jiang Shuoyuan became furious after Ji Ting intervened, but Ji Ting questioned whether he should trust what Ji Ting had said without hearing more.
• Ji Ting had the Confidentiality Bureau officers put Jiang Shuoyuan in the car and drove him away from Ji Yanzhi.
• Ji Ting told Jiang Shuoyuan that he was not Ji Shize’s son and sent him the paternity test results through Pork Knuckle.
• Jiang Shuoyuan still opposed Ji Ting and Ji Yanzhi’s relationship, saying his family would never accept them together.
• Ji Ting stopped at a supermarket to buy gifts for Ji Yanzhi’s relatives before returning to the car.

Ji Ting accompanied Jiang Shuoyuan to the Jiang family home to insist that he would stay with Ji Yanzhi, despite the family's objections. The family reacted with hostility to Ji Ting’s arrival, and Jiang Shuoyuan prepared his father for the fact that Ji Ting had brought gifts for everyone.

• Ji Ting told Jiang Shuoyuan that he had to be with Ji Yanzhi because they had already had every argument they would ever have in their lifetime.
• Ji Ting explained that he had Asperger syndrome, and Pork Knuckle sent Jiang Shuoyuan information about it.
• At the Jiang family villa, Ji Ting refused to leave the gifts behind and told Jiang Shuoyuan that Ji Yanzhi’s acceptance was enough for now.
• Cao Yingying initially welcomed Ji Ting, but dropped his gift when Jiang Shuoyuan revealed that Ji Ting was from the Ji Family and demanded that he leave.
• Jiang Shuoyuan’s father, Jiang Mingde, asked if Ji Ting had left, and Jiang Shuoyuan said he was still in the living room with gifts for the family.

Ji Ting faced the Jiang family’s attempt to pay him to leave Ji Yanzhi and calmly defended their relationship. He told Jiang Mingde that although their feelings might someday change, Ji Yanzhi remained the one desire he could never satisfy.

• Cao Yingying offered Ji Ting money to leave Ji Yanzhi, and Ji Ting explained that Ji Yanzhi had already spent six billion on him that year.
• Jiang Shuoyuan warned Ji Ting that their relationship would attract public criticism, but Ji Ting said neither he nor Ji Yanzhi would care.
• Ji Ting used assortative mating to explain why he believed Ji Yanzhi would choose him despite social judgment.
• Jiang Mingde joined the conversation and asked whether Ji Ting could promise their feelings would never fade; Ji Ting said he could not.
• Ji Ting explained that Ji Yanzhi had once broken up with him, but seeing him cry made Ji Ting realize he was the one desire he could never satisfy.

Ji Ting defended his relationship with Ji Yanzhi against Jiang Mingde, insisting that he had a duty to protect his lover and challenging the Jiang family to justify its opposition. Meanwhile, Ji Yanzhi returned to the Old Residence and learned that Ji Ting had argued with his uncle.

• Ji Ting told Jiang Mingde that he and Ji Yanzhi were not brothers and argued that their relationship should be accepted.
• When Jiang Mingde questioned Ji Ting’s value to Ji Yanzhi, Ji Ting said Ji Yanzhi should define his own life and choose for himself.
• Ji Ting challenged Jiang Mingde to convince him that their relationship would harm Ji Yanzhi, saying he had a duty to protect his lover.
• Ji Yanzhi returned to the Old Residence, learned that Jiang Shuoyuan’s uncle had argued with Ji Ting, and urgently asked where Ji Ting was.

Ji Ting confronted Jiang Mingde about Ji Yanzhi’s painful upbringing and persuaded him to give their relationship a chance. After promising to leave Ji Yanzhi if he could not help him improve within a year, Ji Ting went to speak with Jiang Mingde alone, while Ji Yanzhi rushed to the Jiang residence demanding to know where he was.

• Ji Yanzhi learned from Zhang Jian that Ji Ting was at the Jiang residence and that Jiang Mingde had discovered their relationship.
• Ji Ting told Jiang Mingde how Ji Yanzhi had been abused by Ji Shize and manipulated by Ji Zhenting, and explained how Jiang Mingde’s earlier failure to persist had left Ji Yanzhi abandoned.
• Jiang Mingde recognized Ji Ting’s point that rejecting Ji Yanzhi now could mean abandoning him again, and Ji Ting promised he would not leave Ji Yanzhi.
• Ji Ting offered to leave Ji Yanzhi of his own accord if he could not help him become better within a year, and Jiang Mingde took him aside for a private conversation.
• Jiang Shuoyuan answered the door to find Ji Yanzhi demanding to know where Ji Ting was.

Ji Yanzhi rushed to his grandfather’s villa, convinced Ji Ting was being forced to break up with him, but learned Ji Ting had chosen to visit and had only been told to leave after beating Jiang Mingde at chess. Ji Ting reassured Ji Yanzhi that he had gone to face the family himself for their relationship.

• Ji Yanzhi insisted to Jiang Shuoyuan that he had forced Ji Ting into their relationship, while Zhang Jian identified himself as a National Confidentiality Bureau agent and explained that the six billion was research and development funding.
• Ji Yanzhi rushed upstairs after hearing Jiang Mingde shout and accused his grandfather of mistreating Ji Ting and pressuring him to end the relationship.
• Ji Ting explained that Jiang Mingde had told him to leave because he had lost at chess, not because he opposed their relationship.
• Ji Ting told Ji Yanzhi he had bought gifts and visited the family willingly to resolve their concerns about the relationship.
• Ji Ting reassured Ji Yanzhi that, as his warrior, he was willing to face the family for him.

Ji Yanzhi confronted Jiang Mingde after Ji Ting agreed to give him a year to become a better man, and he panicked at the thought of losing Ji Ting. The Jiang family learned that Ji Ting had helped Ji Yanzhi secure Shili and created major technologies, leaving Jiang Mingde stunned by Ji Ting’s achievements.

• Ji Yanzhi apologized to Jiang Mingde and defended Ji Ting, while Jiang Mingde explained how Ji Ting had learned chess quickly and beaten him.
• Jiang Mingde said he would stop interfering with Ji Yanzhi and Ji Ting’s relationship because Ji Ting had promised they would break up if Ji Yanzhi did not improve within a year.
• Ji Yanzhi erupted in anger over the promise, insisting that Ji Ting had already done enough for him by helping him obtain Shili.
• Ji Yanzhi rushed downstairs, clutched Ji Ting’s wrist, and pleaded that he would never break up with him.
• Jiang Shuoyuan revealed that Ji Ting had used Ji Yanzhi’s six billion to build a miniature lithography machine, and Zhang Jian added that Ji Ting had also worked on major missile and radar technologies.
• Jiang Mingde stared at Ji Ting in shock as he learned about Ji Ting’s research achievements.

Ji Yanzhi brought Jiang Mingde to Shili to prove his claims, while Ji Ting met Director Chang from the 13th Institute about an urgent request. Director Chang revealed that Ji Ting’s request had been approved, then asked whether his marriage had to happen immediately.

• Jiang Mingde questioned why Ji Ting wanted to be with Ji Yanzhi, and Ji Yanzhi invited him to Shili’s shareholders’ meeting to see proof of their claims.
• Ji Yanzhi tried to hide his desire for Ji Ting during breakfast, but Ji Ting asked about his unusual behavior the night before.
• Ji Yanzhi, Ji Ting, and Jiang Mingde drove to Shili, where Jiang Mingde toured the headquarters while they waited for the meeting.
• Fang Jie announced Director Chang’s arrival from the 13th Institute, and Ji Ting welcomed him into the President’s Office.
• Director Chang told Ji Ting that the higher-ups had approved his request, then asked whether his marriage had to happen right now.

Ji Ting discussed legalizing his marriage with Director Chang and argued with Jiang Mingde over whether he should be cautious about his partner. When Ji Zhenting offered him three-quarters of his shares to take charge of Shili, Ji Ting agreed only so he could transfer them to Ji Yanzhi.

• Ji Ting learned he could register his marriage with his partner once he reached the legal marriage age, and Jiang Mingde defended the partner against Director Chang's warnings.
• Jiang Mingde and Director Chang argued over Ji Ting, then hid in the Lounge when Fang Jie announced Ji Zhenting had come to see him.
• Ji Ting told Ji Zhenting he would lose his position as Shili's chairman after the shareholders' meeting and asked what he wanted to say about Ji Yanzhi.
• Ji Zhenting offered Ji Ting three-quarters of his shares if Ji Ting would take charge of Shili, and Ji Ting agreed on the condition that he could dispose of them freely.
• Ji Ting said he would transfer the shares to Ji Yanzhi and proposed having the directors vote on the transfer that day.

Ji Zhenting tried to bribe and threaten Ji Ting into leaving Ji Yanzhi, but Ji Ting stayed loyal and Jiang Mingde defended him. Ji Zhenting then attempted to expose Ji Ting and Ji Yanzhi’s relationship to Jiang Mingde, only for Jiang Mingde to reveal he already knew they were dating.

• Ji Ting rejected Ji Zhenting’s efforts to buy him off and said Ji Yanzhi had given him a home.
• Ji Zhenting warned Ji Ting that Ji Yanzhi might abandon him, but Jiang Mingde burst in and fiercely defended Ji Ting.
• Ji Ting asked whether Ji Zhenting still planned to give him shares, and Ji Zhenting left in anger.
• Ji Yanzhi met Ji Zhenting outside the lounge and admitted he could not live without Ji Ting.
• Ji Zhenting threatened to reveal their relationship to Jiang Mingde, but Jiang Mingde said he already knew they were dating.

Ji Zhenting learned that Ji Ting was not biologically related to the Ji family and collapsed, while Jiang Mingde and Director Chang discovered Ji Ting and Ji Yanzhi’s relationship. At Shili’s shareholders’ meeting, the directors proposed making Ji Ting the company’s Supreme Scientist.

• Jiang Mingde told Ji Zhenting that Ji Ting was unrelated to Ji Shize and supported Ji Ting and Ji Yanzhi being together, causing Ji Zhenting to pass out.
• Ji Yanzhi confirmed to Director Chang that he and Ji Ting had been dating and intended to marry.
• Jiang Mingde asked Ji Ting for an expensive chessboard as a first-visit gift, then left after Ji Yanzhi defended Ji Ting.
• Ji Yanzhi, Ji Ting, and Jiang Mingde attended Shili’s shareholders’ meeting, where Ji Yanzhi was set to chair the proceedings.
• Sun Biqing presented the directors’ proposal to appoint Ji Ting as Shili’s Supreme Scientist, a new rank above all executives except the Chairman.

At Shili’s board meeting, Ji Yanzhi rejected the directors’ attempt to appoint Ji Ting Supreme Scientist and refused to let them use Ji Ting’s position as leverage. As the Chairman vote began, Ji Ting agreed to meet Lu Yanchu the next morning, when Ji Yanzhi would probably be away.

• Wang Mian objected to Ji Ting becoming Supreme Scientist and threatened that the Chief Scientists would resign if Ji Ting joined Shili.
• Ji Yanzhi said he would not become Chairman if that meant Ji Ting had to join Shili, and the directors proceeded to vote without making further proposals.
• Jiang Mingde told Ji Ting that Ji Yanzhi had found his true attachment in him, and Ji Ting promised to give Jiang Mingde a chessboard as a first-meeting gift to his family.
• Lu Yanchu asked Ji Ting to meet the next day, and Ji Ting invited him over in the morning when Ji Yanzhi would probably be away.

Ji Yanzhi became chairman, while Ji Ting agreed to show his former research team the completed Laboratory. The next day, Lu Yanchu visited Ji Ting with cookies and a case of design files as Jiang Mingde secretly watched them, convinced a handsome rival had appeared.

• Ji Yanzhi won the chairman vote, and Ji Ting agreed to take Wang Bin, Wang Mian, and the others to the Laboratory.
• Jiang Mingde asked Ji Yanzhi whether any handsome young men were close to Ji Ting, then warned him to treasure Ji Ting.
• Ji Yanzhi teased Ji Ting the next morning about Jiang Mingde's worries, and Ji Ting reassured him that nobody would make him leave.
• Lu Yanchu arrived at the Ji Family Old Residence with cookies and design files, which Ji Ting reviewed on his computer.
• Jiang Mingde watched Lu Yanchu through binoculars as Lu Yanchu struck a peacock-like pose and Ji Ting appeared to approve.

Lu Yanchu and Ji Ting reviewed the film effects, and Lu Yanchu grew more aware of his feelings when he learned Ji Ting had watched one of his movies. Jiang Mingde spotted Lu Yanchu gazing at Ji Ting and called Ji Yanzhi to come back immediately.

• Lu Yanchu praised the effects work as Ji Ting reviewed the footage and identified a factual error in an explosion scene.
• Lu Yanchu learned Ji Ting had watched Splendid Journey and was delighted that Ji Ting knew it was highly rated.
• Ji Ting explained how the effects team could improve the fluid simulation, while Lu Yanchu watched him intently.
• Jiang Mingde saw Lu Yanchu gazing at Ji Ting through binoculars and asked the butler who he was.
• Jiang Mingde called Ji Yanzhi and ordered him to return before Lu Yanchu melted Ji Ting with his gaze.

Ji Yanzhi grew jealous after learning that Lu Yanchu had visited Ji Ting, while Jiang Mingde secretly watched them with binoculars. When Jiang Mingde finally met Lu Yanchu, he abruptly asked whether Lu was fond of Ji Ting.

• Jiang Mingde told Ji Yanzhi that Lu Yanchu had visited Ji Ting and urged him to hurry home, but Ji Yanzhi stayed at work and called Ji Ting instead.
• Ji Yanzhi learned that Ji Ting was reviewing files from Lu Yanchu's Special Effects Studio, then demanded to speak with Lu Yanchu and argued with him over the call.
• Ji Ting went outside to greet Jiang Mingde and discovered him watching the living room through binoculars.
• Jiang Mingde startled when Ji Ting appeared, then introduced himself to Lu Yanchu as Ji Ting's grandfather too.
• Jiang Mingde shook Lu Yanchu's hand and asked whether he was very fond of Ji Ting.