Chapter Summaries

Zhou Qi teased Huo Jin about the rumors linking him to Ji Chi, but Huo Jin revealed little while signing Boshen Group’s drug-testing applications himself. After Ji Chi thanked him, Huo Jin pressed him to choose a personal reward and cornered him, asking whether he was afraid.

• Zhou Qi questioned Huo Jin about the rumors, noticed Boshen Group’s application documents, and joked about Huo Jin winning Ji Chi over.
• Huo Jin warned Zhou Qi not to spread the rumors and assigned him to clean the office for a week.
• Huo Jin signed all twenty-six of Boshen Group’s drug-testing applications.
• Ji Chi left the lounge, saw Huo Jin had approved the applications, and thanked him.
• Huo Jin asked Ji Chi what he would give him in return, moved close, and caught his wrist when Ji Chi tried to turn away.
• Huo Jin asked Ji Chi if he was afraid of him.

Ji Chi and Huo Jin ate together after Huo Jin helped expedite Boshen’s testing application, then walked home while struggling with their attraction and the boundaries between them. Huo Jin ended the walk by revealing that he had been fully lucid when he marked Ji Chi.

• Ji Chi changed the tense conversation with Huo Jin by admitting he was hungry, and Huo Jin took him to eat.
• Huo Jin told Ji Chi that he had signed Boshen’s testing application and that the results could arrive in three days.
• Ji Chi thanked Huo Jin and offered to walk him home, while Huo Jin teased him about flirting and admitted his heart was not calm.
• On the way, Ji Chi asked to return to how things had been before and said he would not bother Huo Jin again.
• Huo Jin told Ji Chi that he was still his until the mark faded, then clarified that the marking had not been Ji Chi’s mistake because Huo Jin had been fully lucid.

Ji Chi confronted Huo Jin about the old marking and insisted he would keep his distance once the Boshen Group matter was resolved. After Ji Chi rejected Huo Jin’s help and shouted that he hated him, Huo Jin kissed him forcefully, and Ji Chi slapped him before Huo Jin walked away.

• Ji Chi recalled that Huo Jin had marked him at Lingxin Bar and told him the past made no difference to their agreed ground rules.
• Huo Jin asked whether Ji Chi would still avoid him after the Boshen Group matter ended, and Ji Chi firmly said yes.
• Ji Chi told Huo Jin to withdraw his help if it was motivated by him, refused to reciprocate, and shouted that he hated Huo Jin.
• Huo Jin promised to give Ji Chi the test results and clear his name, then demanded a thank-you gift and forcibly kissed him.
• Ji Chi slapped Huo Jin and asked whether he should strip naked to satisfy him; Huo Jin said nothing and walked away.

After Huo Jin left, Ji Chi struggled with his feelings and tried to numb himself with sleeping pills, cigarettes, and liquor. A doctor warned that Ji Chi’s heat was approaching, and Ji Chi asked Lin Jun whether he knew about enigmas.

• Ji Chi went home after Huo Jin left, ignored Gu Baizhou’s messages, and took two sleeping pills.
• Ji Chi woke the next afternoon, smoked heavily, and drank liquor until Lin Jun confronted him.
• Ji Chi asked Lin Jun what it meant when an alpha liked an omega but did not suppress him with pheromones, and Lin Jun said it could mean respect or deep affection.
• Gu Baizhou called Ji Chi and urged him to come to the hospital because his heat was approaching.
• Ji Chi asked Lin Jun, whom he called Dad, whether he knew about enigmas.

Ji Chi told Lin Jun that Huo Jin had marked him and struggled with whether pheromone-driven desire could be love. After trying to start a relationship with Li Qing, Ji Chi could not kiss him, blocked Huo Jin, and returned home to find his rabbit tucked into his bed.

• Ji Chi confessed to Lin Jun that Huo Jin had marked him two months earlier, and Lin Jun comforted him while urging him to choose by the outcome rather than hesitation.
• Ji Chi argued that pheromones could not make people love one another, then apologized for snapping at Lin Jun and swept the courtyard as punishment.
• Ji Shengming secretly saved food for Ji Chi, but after hearing that Ji Chi had snapped at Lin Jun, ordered him to sweep upstairs too.
• Ji Chi attended an entertainment banquet, took Li Qing to a hotel, and agreed to be with him, but shoved him away when he imagined kissing Huo Jin.
• Li Qing left after receiving an urgent call, Huo Jin apologized by message, and Ji Chi blocked him.
• Ji Chi returned to his bedroom and found that someone had picked up his rabbit and tucked it into his bed.

After Huo Jin helped clear Boshen Group’s name, Ji Chi delivered the company’s thanks but continued refusing the pheromones his body craved. As his heat approached, he rejected Huo Jin and began his second heat alone, locking himself in his room to endure it.

• The Supreme Authority cleared Boshen Group of wrongdoing, and Ji Shengming asked Ji Chi to write and deliver a handwritten thank-you letter and gifts to Huo Jin.
• Ji Chi left the gifts at the CE Experimental Institute’s security office, then continued relying on sleeping pills until Gu Baizhou warned that his heat was imminent and that he needed Huo Jin’s pheromones.
• Ji Chi defended Li Qing from scandalous rumors, and Li Qing ended their relationship while admitting he hoped Ji Chi might seek him out someday.
• Ji Chi encountered Huo Jin backstage at the Crane Flower Award ceremony, rejected his offer of help, and fled after their pheromones mingled.
• A week later, Ji Chi entered his second heat since being marked, locked himself in his room, and resolved to endure it for three days.

Ji Chi’s Suppressant-fueled distress overwhelmed him as he collapsed in his wrecked room, clutching the rabbit he had searched for. Unable to reach water or anyone else, he called Gu Baizhou, whose voice calmed him as the chapter ended with Ji Chi lying helpless on the floor.

• Ji Chi huddled in his wrecked room with the rabbit and three spent Suppressant syringes after suppressing his emotions too heavily.
• Ji Chi recalled Gu Baizhou’s warnings about the effects of being marked by an Enigma as his consciousness grew hazy.
• Ji Chi tried to get water but lacked the strength, then struggled to unlock his phone and call Gu Baizhou.
• Gu Baizhou answered, and his gentle voice soothed Ji Chi as he lay curled on the floor.

During a painful heat, Ji Chi called Huo Jin by mistake and mistook him for Dr. Gu. Huo Jin concealed his identity, tried to comfort him over the phone, and heard Ji Chi confess that he wanted to have sex with Huo Jin.

• Ji Chi called Huo Jin, believing he had reached Dr. Gu, and said his Suppressant was not working.
• Huo Jin learned Ji Chi had injected three doses and asked where his rabbit was.
• Ji Chi clutched the rabbit and insisted that it belonged to him, while Huo Jin reassured him that no one would take it.
• Huo Jin continued to comfort Ji Chi without revealing who he was.
• Ji Chi told Dr. Gu that he wanted to have sex with Huo Jin.

During his heat, Ji Chi followed Huo Jin’s instructions to retrieve and bite through a Springstone hidden in Little Bunny, releasing Huo Jin’s pheromones and easing his distress. When Huo Jin asked what he wanted, Ji Chi said he wanted Huo Jin.

• Ji Chi said he wanted sex and asked whether he could find an Omega, but Huo Jin refused.
• Huo Jin guided Ji Chi to open Little Bunny’s ribbon and take the bracelet hidden in its ear.
• Ji Chi bit through the teardrop-shaped Springstone, releasing a powerful wave of Huo Jin’s pheromones.
• The pheromones soothed Ji Chi and restored some of his strength.
• Huo Jin asked what Ji Chi wanted to do, and Ji Chi answered that he wanted Huo Jin.

Huo Jin stayed on the phone with Ji Chi through his heat, soothing him with embarrassing stories until he fell asleep. After finding Ji Chi’s letter and a piece of candy, Huo Jin remained uncertain about whether to approach him, while Ji Chi woke and set out instinctively to find him.

• Huo Jin coaxed Ji Chi onto the bed and kept him company by telling him embarrassing stories about Huo Jin.
• Ji Chi fell asleep holding the little rabbit, and Huo Jin left the Research Institute while keeping the call connected.
• Huo Jin took Ji Chi’s letter from a security guard and found a fruit candy inside the envelope.
• Huo Jin read Ji Chi’s perfunctory letter, pocketed the candy, and hesitated over whether to go to the Ji family villa.
• When the pheromones faded and his heat returned, Ji Chi woke and stumbled out to search for Huo Jin.

Ji Chi wandered away during his heat and was mocked by a crowd before Huo Jin found and rescued him. Ji Chi clung to Huo Jin, relieved but afraid of being abandoned, and told him he couldn't find him.

• Ji Chi ran out of the Ji family villa in a confused, distressed state, searching for Huo Jin.
• Huo Jin drove through the area looking for Ji Chi and asked Zhou Qi to investigate.
• Huo Jin found Ji Chi surrounded by alphas mocking him and beat the group until they fled.
• Huo Jin covered Ji Chi with his coat, soothed him with his pheromones, and apologized.
• Ji Chi tentatively embraced Huo Jin, cried against his neck, and said he couldn't find him.

Huo Jin comforted Ji Chi after finding him frightened and clinging to him, and Ji Chi kissed him, afraid he would leave. Huo Jin promised to take him home, but as he drove, Ji Chi reached for his throat.

• Ji Chi told Huo Jin he had panicked because he could not find him, and Huo Jin soothed him.
• Ji Chi kissed Huo Jin and said he wanted to kiss him so it would not hurt anymore.
• Huo Jin promised not to leave and carried Ji Chi to the car.
• Ji Chi resisted sitting alone, but Huo Jin eventually coaxed him into the passenger seat and fastened his seat belt.
• Huo Jin offered Ji Chi candy while driving, and Ji Chi touched Huo Jin's Adam's apple.

Huo Jin took Ji Chi, overwhelmed by heat, to his home and cared for him while resisting his repeated demands for sex. After Ji Chi kissed him, Huo Jin gave in to a passionate kiss, but the chapter ended with Ji Chi waking from a brief sleep and asking him to go further.

• Huo Jin drove Ji Chi to his quiet, sparsely furnished home and carried him inside when Ji Chi refused to let go.
• Huo Jin gave Ji Chi water, treated the scratches and needle marks on his wrist, and helped him bathe while Ji Chi repeatedly asked for a kiss.
• Ji Chi kissed Huo Jin, and Huo Jin seized him and kissed him passionately beneath the running shower.
• Huo Jin dressed Ji Chi and carried him back to the sofa, where Ji Chi said Huo Jin was pitiful and that his heart hurt for him.
• Ji Chi fell asleep clinging to Huo Jin, then woke and straddled him, asking him to kiss him and do more right away.

Huo Jin restrained himself from taking advantage of Ji Chi while he was affected by suppressants and instead comforted him. Ji Chi playfully applied a dressing to Huo Jin’s neck and declared that he had marked him, and Huo Jin told him he was hard to get rid of.

• Ji Chi clung to Huo Jin and touched his neck, but Huo Jin pulled him away when he realized he was losing control.
• Huo Jin explained that Ji Chi had taken suppressants and refused to let him regret anything later.
• Huo Jin asked Ji Chi what he wanted to eat, but Ji Chi said he wanted to be held, so Huo Jin drew him close again.
• Huo Jin placed a cooling patch on Ji Chi’s forehead, and Ji Chi kept it on after Huo Jin called him cute.
• Ji Chi found an antibacterial dressing, stuck it to Huo Jin’s neck, and smugly announced that he had marked him.
• Huo Jin told Ji Chi he would have to take responsibility and said he was hard to get rid of.

During Ji Chi’s heat, he pursued Huo Jin, who eventually gave in and stayed with him. When Ji Chi woke and found Huo Jin gone, he panicked until Huo Jin returned with groceries, and Ji Chi clung to him, angry that he had left.

• Ji Chi tried to kiss Huo Jin, but Huo Jin held him close and told him to sleep while his suppressant was still working.
• After the suppressant wore off, Ji Chi urged Huo Jin to take him, and Huo Jin kissed him and reassured him that he was there.
• Ji Chi woke to find Huo Jin gone and searched the house before curling up on the floor with Huo Jin’s jacket.
• Huo Jin returned with groceries and found Ji Chi clutching his jacket on the floor.
• Huo Jin lifted Ji Chi and apologized for leaving him alone, while Ji Chi accused him of being wrong and said he would never talk to him again.

Huo Jin coaxed Ji Chi after leaving him home alone, then cooked for him while Ji Chi took photos and clung to him. After dinner, Ji Chi embraced Huo Jin from behind, and Huo Jin realized he had underestimated him.

• Huo Jin apologized for leaving without telling Ji Chi and soothed him with kisses.
• Ji Chi watched Huo Jin cook, took photos of him and himself, and set one of his selfies as Huo Jin's lock screen.
• Huo Jin found Ji Chi's intimate photos, marked several private, and told him not to take pictures like that again.
• Huo Jin carried Ji Chi to the table and fed him his favorite dishes, and Ji Chi made him promise to cook only for him.
• After dinner, Ji Chi wrapped his arms around Huo Jin from behind, leaving Huo Jin overwhelmed by the scent of plum wine.

Ji Chi clung to Huo Jin, disrupting his work and demanding his attention until Huo Jin carried him to the bedroom. After putting Ji Chi to bed, Huo Jin returned to work, but Ji Chi came back out barefoot, leaving Huo Jin overwhelmed by his alpha’s clinginess.

• Ji Chi kissed Huo Jin in the kitchen and persuaded him to make another meal, while Huo Jin asked for a reward.
• Huo Jin served Ji Chi a sandwich and milk, then cleaned him up and changed his clothes after Ji Chi spilled milk on himself.
• Huo Jin tried to work beside Ji Chi, but Ji Chi climbed onto his lap and complained that Huo Jin was too far away.
• Ji Chi shut Huo Jin's laptop and called him a bad enigma, prompting Huo Jin to carry him into the bedroom.
• After midnight, Huo Jin returned to work once Ji Chi had fallen asleep, but Ji Chi soon emerged from the bedroom barefoot.

After three days of following Huo Jin under the influence of heat, Ji Chi woke with his memories intact and blamed Huo Jin for his loss of control. He confronted Huo Jin in the kitchen, where Huo Jin was making breakfast, but neither had yet said what they were thinking.

• Huo Jin cared for Ji Chi through the night and thanked him while he slept.
• Ji Chi woke and remembered the past three days, becoming angry and ashamed of how he had acted under the influence of pheromones.
• Ji Chi convinced himself that Huo Jin had caused what happened and that he had been seduced.
• Ji Chi left the bedroom and walked into the kitchen, where Huo Jin greeted him while preparing breakfast for two.

Ji Chi rejected Huo Jin’s feelings and destroyed the phone holding their explicit photos before fleeing Huo Jin’s home. Huo Jin was left alone with his heartbreak, retreating to his study to write calligraphy as his pheromones overwhelmed the room.

• Ji Chi told Huo Jin that their recent intimacy meant nothing and insisted he could never like him.
• Ji Chi took Huo Jin’s phone and smashed it against the floor to destroy the explicit photos.
• Ji Chi warned Huo Jin that neither of them would get to have it easy, then fled the home.
• Huo Jin picked up the shattered phone, turned off the stove, and carried the phone to his study.
• Huo Jin wrote page after page of calligraphy while his cool sandalwood pheromones surged through the room.

After realizing he would keep needing Huo Jin’s pheromones, Ji Chi decided to move in with him despite his resentment. He reached Huo Jin’s house with a suitcase and pounded on the door, leaving their reunion about to begin.

• Ji Chi tracked down and beat the Alphas who had insulted him, then called Gu Baizhou, who asked him to come to the hospital with his father about a form.
• Ji Chi accepted that his instincts would keep drawing him to Huo Jin and packed a suitcase, while Ji Shengming mistakenly thought he was going to find a wife.
• Ji Chi told Ji Shengming he was going to find his boyfriend, then left with money from his father.
• Song Lin encountered Ji Chi on the street, and Ji Chi said he was dating the Enigma from the hospital before declaring that anyone who wanted to mark him would earn his hatred.
• Ji Chi walked for three hours to Huo Jin’s house and pounded on the door with his suitcase beside him.