Chapter Summaries

Pei Hang took Qin Buran shopping after they opened blind boxes, helping him choose clothes and encouraging him to try brighter styles. Qin Buran ended up buying a large pile of clothes, while Pei Hang enjoyed dressing him up.

• Pei Hang hugged Qin Buran to share his good luck after Qin Buran opened the blind boxes.
• Pei Hang took Qin Buran to a clothing store and showed him that he could politely decline a sales assistant’s help.
• Qin Buran admitted Pei Hang was the first person to make him cry out of anger, and Pei Hang offered to buy him whatever he wanted.
• Pei Hang chose an off-white sweater and a trench coat for Qin Buran to try on, praising how they looked.
• Pei Hang coaxed Qin Buran into trying several more outfits, and they left with a large pile of clothes.

After Qin Buran told Pei Hang that spending the day with him had made him happy, Qin Father called to pressure him into returning home and securing money from the Pei Family. Pei Hang tried to lift Qin Buran’s spirits with a reckless drive, leaving Qin Buran frightened and calling him insane.

• Qin Buran told Pei Hang he wished the day had been yesterday because he could now answer that something had made him happy.
• Qin Father called Qin Buran, pressed him to visit the family, and implied that they expected money from the Pei Family; Qin Buran ended the call.
• Qin Father complained about Qin Buran to Qin Mother, while Qin Zeyu decided to find a chance to get close to Pei Hang.
• Qin Buran grew distracted after the call, and Pei Hang drove him along an empty country road in his sports car.
• Pei Hang accelerated with the roof down and drifted around a bend, frightening Qin Buran, who called him insane.

Pei Hang’s reckless drive with Qin Buran ended with both of them detained overnight, and after returning home, Pei Hang cared for Qin Buran and reassured him that he was no burden. Qin Buran reflected on Pei Hang’s kindness and drew him driving, adding a chibi version of Pei Hang promising not to speed again.

• Pei Hang sped until officers stopped him, and he and Qin Buran were detained for testing and road safety education.
• Pei Hang lost his license, had his car impounded, and received twelve penalty points; he and Qin Buran laughed about the night as they walked home at dawn.
• Pei Hang cooked breakfast for Qin Buran and gently kissed his eyelid before they returned home.
• Qin Buran worried that he was a burden, but Pei Hang told him that caring for him was his own choice and that he was pursuing him.
• Qin Buran drew Pei Hang driving and added a chibi figure of him promising never to speed again.

Pei Hang watched Qin Buran sleep and remembered how painful their previous life had been before Qin Buran finally found rest. After Qin Father’s cruel call drove Qin Buran to take pills, Pei Hang invited him to a midnight movie, unaware of what the medicine was.

• Pei Hang saw Qin Buran sleeping peacefully and recalled staying by his side through his illness in their previous life, until he promised to let him go.
• Qin Father called Qin Buran, insulted Pei Hang and Xiao Chen, demanded that Qin Buran come home, and provoked him into agreeing to return the next day.
• After the call, Qin Buran took several pills and tried to hide them when Pei Hang entered the room.
• Pei Hang invited Qin Buran to a midnight horror movie, and Qin Buran agreed to get dressed.
• When Pei Hang casually asked what he had taken, Qin Buran claimed it was anti-inflammatory medicine for his throat, and Pei Hang left.

Pei Hang feared that Qin Buran’s illness would end as tragically as it had in his previous life, so he secretly contacted Qin Buran’s doctor. He went to City Central Hospital to learn about Qin Buran’s condition, while Qin Buran woke to a message from his father telling him to come over early.

• After watching a movie about a man traveling back in time to save his lover, Pei Hang asked Qin Buran whether someone could save the person they loved and then kissed him.
• Pei Hang secretly checked Qin Buran’s WeChat messages with Doctor Bai and copied the doctor’s contact details.
• Qin Buran hugged Pei Hang at home and told him to be happy, and Pei Hang promised he would be.
• Pei Hang showed Doctor Bai their marriage certificate and learned that Qin Buran’s condition had worsened after he first sought treatment three months earlier.
• Pei Hang arranged to meet Doctor Bai at City Central Hospital before nine in the morning and left after making breakfast for Qin Buran.
• Qin Buran woke to Pei Hang’s message about breakfast and a message from his father telling him to come over early.

Pei Hang learned from Dr. Bai that Qin Buran was improving, but rushed to the Qin Family home after Qin Mother told him Qin Buran had returned. He found Qin Buran isolated in a tiny room, comforted him, and began looking through his old drawings.

• Dr. Bai told Pei Hang that Qin Buran's condition was moderate and improving, and suggested helping him distance himself from his family.
• Qin Mother called Pei Hang to say Qin Buran had returned home, and Pei Hang hurried to the Qin Family's house.
• Qin Zeyu revealed that a contract was ready, while Qin Father and Qin Mother complained that Pei Hang had ignored them.
• Pei Hang found Qin Buran in a small, messy room, and Qin Buran admitted he had not wanted to return but did not know why he had come back.
• Pei Hang picked up one of Qin Buran's old drawings, and Qin Buran invited him to guess what it showed.

Pei Hang and Qin Buran shared a playful, intimate morning before joining the Qin Family for lunch, where Pei Hang openly rejected Qin Yuze’s attempt to toast him. The meal ended with Pei Hang challenging Qin Yuze’s right to offer the toast and signaling that Qin Father should do it instead.

• Pei Hang misread Qin Buran’s painting of a pig and a dog as an allegory, making Qin Buran laugh when he revealed what the animals were.
• Pei Hang and Qin Buran talked about cooking and Pei Hang’s past, then Pei Hang warmed Qin Buran’s cold hands as they lay together.
• Qin Yuze called Pei Hang and Qin Buran downstairs for lunch, where Pei Hang peeled shrimp for Qin Buran while Qin Father waited for a toast.
• Qin Yuze offered Pei Hang a toast, but Pei Hang covered his glass and questioned what gave Qin Yuze the standing to toast him, hinting that Qin Father should do it.

At dinner, Qin Father tried to secure Pei Hang’s support for Qin Yuze’s project, but Pei Hang rejected the proposal and Qin Buran told him not to sign it. Qin Buran confronted his family about years of favoritism and ended by asking why they had him if they could not treat their sons equally.

• Qin Father swallowed his anger and toasted Pei Hang, asking him to look after Qin Buran and help with the contract.
• Pei Hang criticized Qin Yuze’s project as unoriginal and without prospects, while Qin Father tried to persuade him to seek the Pei Family’s backing.
• Qin Yuze insulted Pei Hang, and Qin Father urged Qin Buran to talk Pei Hang into helping.
• Qin Buran told Pei Hang not to sign the project contract, regardless of what his parents said.
• Qin Buran challenged Qin Yuze and his parents over their lifelong favoritism, then asked why they had him if they could not treat their sons equally.

Qin Buran confronted Qin Father and Qin Mother about their mistreatment of him, then left the Qin Family with Pei Hang. Outside, Qin Buran accepted Pei Hang’s love and agreed to be with him.

• Qin Buran told Qin Father and Qin Mother how they had made him call them Uncle and Auntie and forced him to give way to Qin Yuze.
• Qin Father insisted Qin Buran owed the family and said he could not disown them, so Qin Buran held a shard of glass to his neck and offered to give back the life Qin Father had given him.
• Qin Father declared Qin Buran was no longer a child of the Qin Family, and Qin Buran dropped the glass and left with Pei Hang.
• Pei Hang embraced Qin Buran outside and admitted how terrified he had been, while Qin Buran thanked him and asked whether he still liked him without the Qin surname.
• Pei Hang told Qin Buran he loved him for who he was and asked him to spend his life with him, and Qin Buran agreed.

After Qin Buran recovered and Pei Hang changed both his personal and professional life, Qin Buran completed the painting that would anchor his upcoming exhibition. The painting brought their shared past and promise of salvation to mind, and they ended the story together, happily married.

• Pei Hang moved Qin Buran into his home, became openly affectionate, and transformed the Pei Group’s business under his leadership.
• Qin Buran returned to his studies after recovering, earned his doctorate, and prepared an art exhibition while struggling to finish its defining painting.
• After seeing a confession post featuring Qin Buran, Pei Hang submitted a post of his own before bringing him flowers at the studio.
• Qin Buran revealed a painting inspired by their intertwined lives and Pei Hang’s question about returning to the past to save someone he loved.
• Qin Buran asked what Pei Hang would do if he killed himself, and Pei Hang promised to let him go and keep living before kissing him.
• The art school confession page posted photos of Pei Hang and Qin Buran smiling together and wearing matching wedding rings.