Chapter Summaries

Ji Chi went to Alpha Private Hospital believing he was in rut, but tests revealed that he was an Alpha experiencing heat after being marked by an Omega. The doctor said only that person’s pheromones could soothe him, so Ji Chi ordered his driver to find the Omega who had bitten him at Lingxin Bar a month earlier.

• Ji Chi arrived at the hospital with severe symptoms that did not respond to suppressants and refused the doctor’s offer of Omega pheromones or isolation.
• The emergency test showed that Ji Chi’s pheromone concentration and glandular blood ketones were unusually high.
• The doctor diagnosed Ji Chi with heat rather than rut and explained that he had been marked and needed the marking Omega’s pheromones.
• Ji Chi remembered an Omega biting him at Lingxin Bar a month earlier and told his driver to find out who the Omega was and where they were.

Ji Chi’s pheromone crisis drove him to track down the tall Omega who had bitten him, despite his pride and his father’s orders. He reached the Omega’s home and asked him for pheromones, but the chapter ended before the man’s response.

• Ji Chi learned that no specific medicine could treat his symptoms and ordered the driver to find the Omega from Lingxin Bar.
• The driver obtained the Omega’s address while Ji Shengming demanded that Ji Chi return home.
• Ji Chi’s condition worsened during the drive to a remote shared rental house, and he struggled against his need for the Omega’s pheromones.
• Ji Chi knocked on the Omega’s door until it opened, then stumbled against a solid chest and asked for pheromones.

Ji Chi, suffering through a dangerous rut, demanded pheromones from the tall Omega who had marked him and tried to force a kiss. When their lips met, Ji Chi finally smelled the Omega’s cool, red-sandalwood pheromones.

• Ji Chi clung to the Omega and demanded his pheromones, but the man said he had none.
• Ji Chi suspected the Omega had a pheromone disorder and realized kissing might let him obtain pheromones.
• As his condition worsened, Ji Chi asked the Omega to have sex with him and claimed he would take responsibility.
• Ji Chi lunged forward and kissed the Omega, then smelled his cool, red-sandalwood pheromones.

Ji Chi woke after three days with Huo Jin, smashed up their shared apartment, and prepared an agreement to sever all ties. Huo Jin warned that his pheromones remained on Ji Chi’s gland and that Ji Chi would seek him out again during his next heat, prompting Ji Chi to demand that Huo Jin move out.

• Ji Chi woke in the shared apartment, found Huo Jin’s note and new clothes, and smashed the room’s furnishings with a hammer.
• Ji Chi cried over what had happened, then called for his driver to bring documents and resolved to deny the encounter.
• Huo Jin returned from work, and Ji Chi presented an agreement demanding they cut all ties and keep the encounter secret.
• Huo Jin warned Ji Chi that his pheromones remained on his gland and that Ji Chi would come back during his next heat.
• Ji Chi angrily demanded that Huo Jin move out of the apartment.

Ji Chi demanded that Huo Jin sign an agreement ending their relationship and leave, while insisting he would have his mark removed. Huo Jin refused to accept the terms and gave Ji Chi his number, leaving their future contact unresolved as Ji Chi departed.

• Ji Chi ordered Huo Jin to sign a contract, cut ties, and move away while Ji Chi had his mark removed.
• Huo Jin said he should take responsibility for Ji Chi, but Ji Chi rejected him and threatened him if he approached again.
• Huo Jin introduced himself by name, and Ji Chi reacted warily when Huo Jin's pheromones did not affect him.
• Huo Jin wrote his phone number on Ji Chi's palm and said Ji Chi could call if he wanted to see him.
• Ji Chi warned Huo Jin not to use their past together against him, threatened to destroy his life, and left.

Ji Chi went to a private hospital with Song Lin to remove the mark Huo Jin had left on him. The doctor identified Huo Jin as an Enigma and revealed that an Enigma’s mark lasted until death, leaving Ji Chi stunned in the doorway.

• Ji Chi asked his childhood friend Song Lin to take him to the hospital after telling him he had been marked.
• Song Lin rushed Ji Chi to a private hospital, where a doctor began assessing the mark and ordered pheromone tests.
• After Ji Chi left the room, Song Lin asked whether Huo Jin was an Enigma, and the doctor confirmed it.
• The doctor revealed that Song Lin had spent years trying to become an Enigma so he could mark Ji Chi, but Huo Jin had reached him first.
• Song Lin insisted Ji Chi would have the mark removed, but the doctor said an Enigma’s mark lasted until death.
• Ji Chi returned to the doorway and overheard the doctor and Song Lin’s entire conversation.

Ji Chi learned that Huo Jin had given him an Enigma’s temporary mark, which could last at least three years, and broke down over the thought of being bound to him. Huo Jin found him and promised to move away while remaining available to help, but Ji Chi was torn between pushing him away and craving his pheromones.

• Ji Chi realized that Huo Jin was an Enigma and that his mark could cause an Alpha to develop heats.
• Ji Chi smoked several cigarettes, searched for how long an Enigma’s temporary mark lasted, and smashed his phone when he learned it lasted at least three years.
• Ji Chi collapsed in the restroom and cried until Huo Jin’s red sandalwood pheromones soothed him.
• Huo Jin found Ji Chi, wiped his tears, and promised to move out and help him for as long as the mark remained.
• Ji Chi asked Huo Jin to let him go but recognized that, despite wanting to push him away, he craved Huo Jin’s scent and wanted to stay near him.

Ji Chi tried to push Huo Jin and Song Lin away, then used a staged encounter with an Omega to make Song Lin believe he had moved on. He drove Yan Le to the CE Research Institute, where he discovered that Huo Jin was there.

• Ji Chi rejected Huo Jin and Song Lin at the hospital, while Huo Jin overpowered Song Lin and warned him that Ji Chi was his.
• Three days later, Ji Chi took Song Lin to an Omega bar, chose Yan Le, and arranged for him to claim they had slept together.
• Ji Chi drove Yan Le to his home and then to the CE Research Institute after Yan Le said he was delivering a potted plant.
• Yan Le brought jingbo stones to Chief Adjudicator Huo's office, and Ji Chi recognized Huo Jin's voice when he answered.

Ji Chi ran into Huo Jin at the CE Research Center and learned that Huo Jin was its chief adjudicator, a position Ji Chi admired. As Ji Chi tried to leave with Yan Le, Yan Le dropped Ji Chi’s Golden Imperial Hotel VIP room key, leaving Ji Chi flustered in front of Huo Jin.

• Ji Chi recognized Huo Jin in the Supreme Authority’s data control center and tried to back away, while Yan Le reassured him and brought him into the office.
• Yan Le introduced Ji Chi to Chief Adjudicator Huo and claimed Ji Chi had always dreamed of visiting the CE Experimental Institute.
• Huo Jin said he and Ji Chi knew each other and offered to introduce himself again as chief adjudicator of the CE Research Center.
• Ji Chi was stunned by Huo Jin’s position, shook his hand, then nervously tried to leave with Yan Le.
• Yan Le’s phone call was interrupted when Ji Chi’s Golden Imperial Hotel VIP room key fell to the floor.

Ji Chi pretended Yan Le was his boyfriend to provoke Huo Jin, but Huo Jin gave them Commemorative Rabbits carrying his soothing pheromones. Ji Chi relied on the rabbit to sleep and spent the next month thinking about Huo Jin before Lin Jun asked whether he knew him.

• Ji Chi claimed Yan Le was his type, while Huo Jin warned him against getting a boyfriend in his current physical condition.
• Huo Jin gave Yan Le two Commemorative Rabbits, and Ji Chi chose the one scented with Huo Jin's pheromones.
• Ji Chi slept soundly while holding the rabbit and refused to let the housekeeper wash it.
• For the next month, Ji Chi held the rabbit at night and repeatedly punched it while remembering Huo Jin.
• Lin Jun asked Ji Chi whether he knew Huo Jin, and Ji Chi denied it while coughing and trembling.

Ji Chi learned that Boshen Group was facing a serious scandal over contaminated Omega suppressants and that his father needed Huo Jin’s help. He went to the office to look into the crisis, despite wanting to avoid Huo Jin.

• Lin Jun questioned Ji Chi about whether he knew Huo Jin, and Ji Chi admitted he was not close to him.
• Lin Jun told Ji Chi that an Omega suppressant sold by a company Boshen had recently acquired contained a hallucinogen, triggering a boycott and a steep drop in Boshen’s stock.
• Ji Chi reviewed the documents and suggested requesting an investigation by the Supreme Authority, but Lin Jun explained that the process would take at least six months.
• Lin Jun said Ji Shengming had been trying for half a month to reach Huo Jin and wanted to invite him to dinner because Huo Jin had influence in Jiang City.
• Ji Chi left to visit the office, knowing his father was still seeking a chance to meet Huo Jin.

Ji Chi visited Boshen Group and, after learning Ji Shengming could not contact Huo Jin through official channels, decided to call the private number Huo Jin had given him. Huo Jin answered, leaving Ji Chi facing the first direct contact since they agreed to stay apart.

• Ji Chi listened as Ji Shengming angrily rejected the teams' proposals during a Boshen Group meeting.
• Ji Chi considered whether Huo Jin would help with Ji Shengming's efforts to reach him, while worrying that contacting him would break their agreement.
• Ji Shengming's assistant reported that Huo Jin's number was confidential and that his office required requests through proper channels.
• Ji Chi told Ji Shengming he had Huo Jin's number and entered it from memory, claiming Huo Jin had forced it on him.
• Huo Jin answered Ji Chi's call after Ji Chi said his name.

Ji Chi asked Huo Jin to help Boshen obtain clarification from the Supreme Authority, and Huo Jin agreed to meet him for dinner after Ji Chi invited him as his Alpha. Ji Chi arranged a private dinner for the next evening, then grew uneasy after seeing Huo Jin’s intimidating WeChat posts; the chapter ended with Huo Jin messaging him.

• Ji Chi asked Huo Jin to help with a business matter, but Huo Jin refused a business dinner and asked whether they were friends.
• Huo Jin told Ji Chi to invite him as his Alpha, and Ji Chi avoided answering before asking again to treat him to dinner.
• Huo Jin relented and told Ji Chi to add him on WeChat and send the time and address, giving Ji Shengming hope that he would meet with the company.
• Ji Chi arranged dinner with Huo Jin for eight the next evening, and Huo Jin suggested that Ji Chi come alone.
• Ji Chi read Huo Jin’s Moments, found a series of official enforcement notices intimidating, and later received a WeChat message from Huo Jin.

Ji Chi dressed in the sweet outfit Lin Jun chose for his meeting with Huo Jin and waited for him at the CE Experimental Institute. When Ji Chi agreed to let an omega add him on WeChat, someone abruptly took his phone.

• Ji Chi read Huo Jin's good-night message and fell asleep without replying.
• Lin Jun dressed Ji Chi in a gentle, well-behaved outfit and urged him to keep his temper during his talk with Huo Jin.
• Ji Chi drove to the CE Experimental Institute and waited outside for Huo Jin to finish work.
• Several omegas admired Ji Chi, and one asked to add him on WeChat.
• Ji Chi opened his friend QR code, but a pair of hands covered it and took his phone away.

Ji Chi drove Huo Jin to dinner while trying to hide how flustered Huo Jin’s attention made him. When Ji Chi realized he had chosen a restaurant for couples, Huo Jin insisted they stay.

• Huo Jin arrived and took Ji Chi’s phone, then warned him not to let strangers scan his QR code so casually.
• Ji Chi drove Huo Jin and protested when Huo Jin called him cute, while Huo Jin secretly admired him.
• Ji Chi brought Huo Jin to a restaurant decorated for couples, complete with roses and an intimate private room.
• Ji Chi tried to leave for a different restaurant, but Huo Jin said they were staying.

Ji Chi asked Huo Jin to help Boshen Group respond to a scandal involving its Omega Suppressants, but Huo Jin insisted Boshen take responsibility and follow the rules. Just as Ji Chi thought Huo Jin had refused, Huo Jin told him to bring a more detailed report to the CE Laboratory the next day so he could review it.

• Ji Chi took Huo Jin to a couples' restaurant and tried to ask him for a favor during their meal.
• Ji Chi explained that a hallucinogen had been found in Boshen Group's Omega Suppressants and asked the CE Experimental Institute to clarify the products' safety.
• Ji Chi said Boshen had recalled affected products and compensated victims, but the usual six-month verification process could destroy the company.
• Huo Jin said Boshen could not evade responsibility or expect exceptions, then told Ji Chi his meeting was about to start.
• As Ji Chi prepared to leave, Huo Jin called the documents too basic and asked him to bring a clearer report to the CE Laboratory the next day.

Ji Chi fled after Huo Jin soothed him with pheromones, then encountered a Boshen Group employee suppressing his Omega partner and beat him. The chapter left Ji Chi injured after he intervened.

• Ji Chi asked Huo Jin to reconsider Boshen Group’s case, and Huo Jin released soothing pheromones that Ji Chi struggled to resist.
• Ji Chi ran from Huo Jin, replied that he was home, and promised to bring the documents the next day.
• Ji Chi saw Boshen Group employee Bai Yao use pheromones to suppress his pregnant Omega partner and deny him a choice about the baby.
• Ji Chi identified Bai Yao, declared him fired, and beat him without using his own pheromones.
• Ji Chi stopped when he noticed Bai Yao’s ring had scraped his cheekbone.

Ji Chi searched frantically for the stuffed rabbit Huo Jin had given him, learned his young cousin had taken it, and eventually brought it to bed after trying to reject it. The next morning, he covered a scrape from a fight and went to the CE Experimental Institute to see Huo Jin.

• Ji Chi beat Bai Yao after learning Bai Yao had mistreated an Omega, then offered the Omega help from the Boshen Group.
• At home, Ji Chi searched his room for the missing rabbit and told Lin Jun that Huo Jin had given it to him.
• Lin Jun discovered Ji Chi's five-year-old cousin had taken the rabbit and brought it back to Ji Chi.
• Ji Chi threw the rabbit away, but later picked it up and held it in bed when he could not sleep without it.
• The next morning, Ji Chi covered the scrape on his cheek, took detailed documents, and went to the CE Experimental Institute to message Huo Jin.

Ji Chi visited Huo Jin at the Research Institute to ask him to review documents for Boshen, but Huo Jin treated his facial scrape and told him to wait while he finished work. Ji Chi explored Huo Jin’s laboratory, then fell asleep on the office sofa, and Huo Jin approached him.

• Huo Jin took Ji Chi’s cigarettes away and told him not to smoke in front of him again.
• Huo Jin removed Ji Chi’s bandage, treated his scrape, and explained that the skin was showing an allergic reaction.
• Ji Chi gave Huo Jin the documents and explored the laboratory while Huo Jin worked.
• Ji Chi took photos of the laboratory and accidentally photographed Huo Jin, then deleted the picture.
• Ji Chi sat on the sofa, grew drowsy from Huo Jin’s pheromones, and fell asleep.
• Huo Jin finished with the documents, saw Ji Chi sleeping, and walked toward him.

Huo Jin cared for Ji Chi while he slept in his office, then struggled with Ji Chi’s sleepy rejection of rabbits. After Ji Chi woke and overheard Huo Jin reprimanding his staff, Zhou Qi asked about rumors that Ji Chi was Huo Jin’s wife, and Huo Jin confirmed it.

• Huo Jin kissed the sleeping Ji Chi, soothed him with pheromones, and carried him to the private lounge bed.
• Ji Chi mistook Huo Jin for his rabbit and mumbled that he hated rabbits, leaving Huo Jin hurt before Huo Jin refilled the room with pheromones and left.
• Ji Chi woke at 5:23 p.m. and heard Huo Jin order testing staff to redo their reports to international standards.
• Zhou Qi teased Huo Jin about bringing a pretty Alpha to the institute and asked whether the rumors that Ji Chi was his wife were true.
• Huo Jin told Zhou Qi that Ji Chi was his wife.