Chapter Summaries

Fang Ci confessed his feelings to Yang Xiaomian aboard the plane, while Cai Hao protested that everyone was pairing off. After the group landed on W Island, Ye Ruan was taken to a testing room, where Xu Chu said he could save him and began explaining Li Tuantuan’s test results.

• Fang Ci asked Yang Xiaomian to be with him, and Yang Xiaomian tearfully agreed.
• Cai Hao accused Gu Cheng of turning the people under him gay, while Jiang Qing and Si Ning traded teasing threats.
• The plane landed at W Island, where Gu Cheng carried the gravely ill Ye Ruan to meet Ye Qingman.
• Ye Qingman broke down at the sight of Ye Ruan, so Yu Jingjing knocked her unconscious and Tang Tang helped carry her.
• Xu Chu took Ye Ruan and Gu Cheng to a testing room, said Li Tuantuan was a developing Dragon Special Person, and assured Gu Cheng he could save Ye Ruan.

Xu Chu proposed an experimental treatment for Ye Ruan with a fifty percent chance of success, and Gu Cheng agreed after Fang Ci reminded him of Ye Qingman. Ye Ruan’s reaction to Gu Cheng suggested he could still recognize him, leaving Xu Chu hopeful that his case might lead to a breakthrough.

• Xu Chu told Lu Yao and Gu Cheng that treating Ye Ruan would require experiments that could take months or years, and Gu Cheng reluctantly agreed to the fifty-percent-chance treatment.
• Ye Qingman woke and encouraged everyone to believe Ye Ruan would recover, while Xu Chu said Ye Ruan needed an exchange transfusion and asked for matching blood donors.
• Yang Xiaomian offered to donate, and Fang Ci went with others to find more people with Ye Ruan’s blood type.
• Ye Ruan woke and struggled violently, so Xu Chu gave him a Tranquilizer while Gu Cheng held him down and called to him.
• Gu Cheng saw Ye Ruan silently mouth his name, and Xu Chu said Ye Ruan’s response could mark a turning point.
• Commander Li arrived with Li Tuantuan and Ren Fei'er, and Gu Cheng reassured the children as they visited Ye Ruan.

Gu Cheng proposed to the unconscious Ye Ruan and put a ring on his finger while researchers used Li Tuantuan’s blood in an effort to develop a vaccine. After they found that her blood could resist the virus, Commander Li ordered the top-ranked special people to prepare for a month-long mission to the Arctic to obtain an Inuit elder’s research, leaving Gu Cheng torn between the mission and Ye Ruan’s bedside.

• Gu Cheng proposed to Ye Ruan in the Testing Room, placed a ring on his finger, and promised to love him forever.
• Nan Han offered to donate blood to help Ye Ruan, but Ye Qingman blamed him for the past decision to abandon special people and sent him away.
• Xu Chu announced that Li Tuantuan’s blood contained a component that could resist the virus and might help researchers develop a vaccine within a month.
• Lu Yao revealed that Commander Li planned to send the top ten special people on a month-long Arctic mission to retrieve an Inuit elder’s research on the virus.
• Gu Cheng realized he would have to go, while Xu Chu promised to care for Ye Ruan and Gu Cheng insisted that Xu Chu call him his brother-in-law.

Gu Cheng departed on a mission to find information about the Inuit Research Team, leaving Ye Ruan asleep while Xu Chu and Lu Yao continued developing a vaccine. As the team neared its return, Ye Ruan remained unconscious despite recovering, and Bai En escaped the base with stolen equipment.

• Commander Li assigned Yang Xiaomian and Si Ning to Gu Cheng's mission and promoted Gu Cheng to deputy commander-in-chief.
• Xu Chu explained that Bai En demanded release and reinstatement in exchange for the Arctic base coordinates, but Gu Cheng refused to give in and left to seek information on the mission.
• Gu Cheng spent the night talking to Ye Ruan before departing with the ten-person team; Ye Ruan's fingers twitched as Gu Cheng left.
• Nearly a month later, Xu Chu and Lu Yao confirmed Ye Ruan's virus had cleared, and Lu Yao realized his extra-strength tranquilizer might explain the prolonged sleep.
• Xu Chu injected Ye Ruan with an Awakening Agent, then Bai En escaped, taking a large amount of electronic equipment.

After Ren Fei'er told Ye Qingman that Gu Cheng had gone missing under the control of Bai En’s chip controller, Ye Ruan finally woke from his month-long coma. Meanwhile, Gu Cheng and his companions remained stranded in an Arctic blizzard, and Gu Cheng woke in human form hungry.

• Ren Fei'er overheard Commander Li’s meeting and learned that Bai En had used Gu Cheng’s chip to control him, while Gu Cheng and the search party were missing in the Arctic.
• Ren Fei'er rushed to Ye Ruan’s bedside and told Ye Qingman that Gu Cheng was in trouble; prompted by his mother’s words, Ye Ruan opened his eyes and called her Mom.
• Fang Ci, Li Rang, Lou Yu, and Lu Jiayi struggled to restrain the rampaging wolf-form Gu Cheng in an igloo as a blizzard kept them from returning to the base.
• Fang Ci explained that killing Bai En and destroying the controller could stop Gu Cheng’s attacks, but the group had no communications equipment and had to wait out the storm.
• The men roasted polar bear meat and shared it, then Gu Cheng woke, returned to human form, and asked for food.

After recovering, Ye Ruan killed Bai En and left W Island with Lu Yao to search for Gu Cheng and Fox. They reached Murmansk and found Yu Jingjing and the others waiting at an outpost.

• Ye Ruan ignored Xu Chu's warning, confirmed Bai En was the deranged man behind the controls, and killed him when Headquarters failed to act.
• Lu Yao drove Ye Ruan away from the guards and proposed they travel together to find Gu Cheng and Fox.
• At the airport, Ye Ruan said goodbye to Ye Qingman and refused Nan Han's help, though Lu Yao took the supplies Nan Han had prepared.
• Ye Ruan and Lu Yao flew to Murmansk, where the cold had frozen many zombies outside the well-defended base city.
• After traveling through the snow to an outpost, Ye Ruan and Lu Yao found Yu Jingjing and the others waiting in the courtyard.

Ye Ruan recovered and led a search party to find Gu Cheng and the others, while Gu Cheng woke with his memories scrambled and no recollection of Ye Ruan or their engagement. Gu Cheng turned into a wolf and ran toward Ye Ruan, who joined Fang Ci and Li Rang in tying him up.

• Ye Ruan reunited with Yu Jingjing, Yang Xiaomian, and He Zhou, then learned from Cai Hao that he would lead the search-and-rescue team.
• Gu Cheng woke and failed to recognize his wedding ring, Ye Ruan, or their relationship, though he remembered Bai En and learned the Chip might have scrambled his memories.
• Gu Cheng transformed into a giant wolf and ran from the snow shelter, with Fang Ci and the others chasing after him.
• Ye Ruan spotted Gu Cheng running toward him, but Gu Cheng dodged past him and kept fleeing.
• He Zhou tackled Gu Cheng, and Ye Ruan, Fang Ci, and Li Rang tied up the giant wolf.

Ye Ruan and the others restrained the memory-scrambled Gu Cheng and brought him back to camp, where Ye Ruan confronted his confused husband and finally embraced him. The chapter ended with Ye Ruan holding Gu Cheng close in their room while Gu Cheng protested that the affection was harassment.

• Fang Ci explained that the Chip’s aftereffects had scrambled Gu Cheng’s memories and made him aggressive, and Ye Ruan said he had already killed Bai En.
• Fang Ci reunited with Yang Xiaomian, and Lu Yao passionately welcomed Lou Yu back.
• He Zhou held Gu Cheng still so Ye Ruan could hug him, and the group carried the bound wolf back to camp on a sapling.
• When Gu Cheng briefly turned human, he questioned whether Ye Ruan was his wife, and they argued over who would be the wife in a contest that night.
• Fang Ci and Li Rang tied Gu Cheng to a chair, and Ye Ruan took him into his room, hugged and kissed him, and told him to call the police if he objected.

Ye Ruan restrained and cared for Gu Cheng, whose memories were clouded by Bai En’s control, while the two bickered and fought over their relationship. Ye Ruan put a ring back on Gu Cheng’s finger, and outside the room Lu Yao carried Lou Yu away from the eavesdropping.

• Gu Cheng shouted for help and claimed Ye Ruan was molesting him, while Ye Ruan held him and comforted him about his missing memories.
• Ye Ruan dragged the tied-up Gu Cheng into the bathroom, washed him, and dressed him in pajamas.
• Gu Cheng broke his promise after Ye Ruan untied him, but Ye Ruan overpowered him and tied him to the bed again.
• Ye Ruan forced Gu Cheng’s ring back onto his finger and threatened to make him kneel on a washboard twice when he recovered.
• Yu Jingjing and Lou Yu eavesdropped outside the room until Lu Yao carried Lou Yu back to their room.

Ye Ruan and Gu Cheng spent the night together, and Gu Cheng chose not to leave despite his missing memories. As bad weather forced the team to remain in Murmansk, Ye Ruan learned Gu Cheng’s memory-chip aftereffects had once made him kill several people, then began drawing the forgetful Gu Cheng closer to him.

• Ye Ruan reminded Gu Cheng of their past connection and confessed his love before they fell asleep together.
• Gu Cheng stayed beside Ye Ruan the next morning, while Cai Hao announced that snow and bad weather would delay the team’s departure by a week.
• Fang Ci told Ye Ruan that repeated use of Gu Cheng’s chip worsened its aftereffects and revealed that, at age ten, Gu Cheng had killed several of Bai En’s assistants during an earlier episode.
• Ye Ruan decided to watch Gu Cheng closely as the team prepared to go skiing after the snow stopped.
• Ye Ruan pretended he could not reach his coat, prompting Gu Cheng to fetch it and help him put it on; Gu Cheng was pleased when Ye Ruan called him “big brother.”

Ye Ruan used Gu Cheng’s concern and his supposed skiing mishap to keep the amnesiac wolf close, while their friends watched and teased them. After Gu Cheng carried him down the slope and tried to flirt behind a tree, Ye Ruan covered his mouth before he could bring up what happened the previous night.

• Ye Ruan deliberately lost control of his ski board and called for Gu Cheng, who transformed into a wolf and caught him.
• Ye Ruan pretended to have hurt his ankle, prompting Gu Cheng to carry him back up the slope and ski with him again.
• Yang Xiaomian realized Ye Ruan was pretending not to know how to ski, while Fang Ci and the others recognized his ploy.
• Lu Yao tried to persuade Lou Yu to ski with him, but Lou Yu refused and let Lu Yao warm his hands instead.
• When Ye Ruan sneezed and coughed, Gu Cheng put away his cigarettes, and Ye Ruan offered him an orange lollipop.
• Gu Cheng pulled Ye Ruan behind a tree and began asking about being called his wife, but Ye Ruan covered his mouth before he could finish.

Ye Ruan flirted with Gu Cheng, then helped him escape a Level Three Avian Monster and shot it down. At dinner, Ye Ruan tended to the still-sulking Gu Cheng, who announced he would sleep in the unheated room next door.

• Ye Ruan teased and kissed Gu Cheng, then pulled away when Gu Cheng wanted more and insisted they should keep their distance because he had forgotten her.
• A Level Three Avian Monster dived at Ye Ruan, but Gu Cheng grabbed him and they slid down the slope together as Ye Ruan shot the monster.
• Gu Cheng realized Ye Ruan had been pretending to have a twisted ankle and sulked, while Lou Yu, Lu Yao, and the others identified the monster as a bald eagle and headed back before a blizzard.
• At dinner, Ye Ruan served Gu Cheng food and milk tea, and Gu Cheng secretly drank from the spot Ye Ruan had touched.
• Gu Cheng said he had tidied the room next door and would sleep there that night, despite it being colder.

Ye Ruan used his burn to make Gu Cheng feel guilty, and Gu Cheng cared for him through dinner. The group celebrated New Year’s Day with sparklers, where Ye Ruan teased Gu Cheng by asking whether they would marry once he recovered, leaving Gu Cheng worried that he had upset him.

• Ye Ruan and Yu Jingjing staged concern over Ye Ruan’s burn, prompting Gu Cheng to fetch ice, apply medicine, and fuss over him.
• Gu Cheng cooked for Ye Ruan, wiped sauce from his ring, and flirted with him as they ate.
• Cai Hao noticed it was New Year’s Day, and Ye Ruan brought out sparklers and a cake he had stocked in his Wristband.
• The group went outside to celebrate with sparklers, while Cai Hao stayed behind because he disliked the cold.
• Ye Ruan wished for Gu Cheng to recover and casually asked whether they would get married afterward; Gu Cheng froze and mistook Ye Ruan’s turned-away expression for disappointment.

Ye Ruan and Gu Cheng joined their friends for a night of games, and Ye Ruan used a forced chocolate-sharing dare to tease Gu Cheng. Gu Cheng’s desire surged, but Ye Ruan pulled away and left him flustered as the group continued playing.

• Ye Ruan reassured Gu Cheng that he was not angry, and the group gathered around the heater after setting off fireworks.
• Lou Yu suggested the king’s game, and Yu Jingjing’s first dare paired Li Rang and Fang Ci; Fang Ci drank instead, while Li Rang complained about being single.
• Lu Yao became king and ordered numbers eight and four to eat chocolate mouth to mouth, pairing Ye Ruan with Gu Cheng.
• Ye Ruan drew Gu Cheng close by the neck, and Gu Cheng ate the chocolate while rubbing their lips together before Ye Ruan pulled away.
• Ye Ruan teased Gu Cheng about biting the corner of his mouth, and Gu Cheng accidentally drank Ye Ruan’s liquor; the two remained close with their knees touching.

A drinking game left Gu Cheng jealous after Ye Ruan hinted that he had a first love and then teased him about his first time. The next morning, Ye Ruan found Gu Cheng exhausted and crying, and Gu Cheng still clung to him as Ye Ruan apologized.

• Li Rang asked Lou Yu and Ye Ruan about their first loves, and Ye Ruan refused to reveal his.
• Yu Jingjing asked Ye Ruan when he had first had sex, and he dodged the question with a penalty drink while Gu Cheng listened anxiously.
• After the game, a drunk Ye Ruan tried to kiss Gu Cheng, but Gu Cheng turned away and sulked over Ye Ruan's mysterious first love.
• Gu Cheng kept Ye Ruan busy through the night, then stayed awake watching him sleep and obsessing over his first love.
• In the morning, Ye Ruan found Gu Cheng exhausted, hugged him under the quilt, and apologized as Gu Cheng cried into his shoulder.

Ye Ruan and Gu Cheng reminisced about their childhood connection and reconciled as Gu Cheng’s memories remained scrambled. After a chaotic snowball fight, the group warmed up together and shared food while joking about relationships.

• Ye Ruan reminded Gu Cheng that he had listened to him play piano as a child and confessed that Gu Cheng had been his first love, while Gu Cheng hoped surgery to remove the Chip would restore his memories.
• Gu Cheng and Ye Ruan joined the others outside for a snowball fight, where Gu Cheng ambushed Lu Jiayi and Ye Ruan battled Lou Yu and Yu Jingjing.
• Gu Cheng called Yu Jingjing his sister-in-law, briefly confusing the group, and Ye Ruan reassured him that help would come once the blizzard eased.
• The group changed into dry clothes, showered, and gathered around food from Ye Ruan’s Wristband while Gu Cheng dried Ye Ruan’s hair and offered to make ginger soup.
• Li Rang said he wanted to find someone to date when they returned, and Yu Jingjing teased him about staying single.

After dinner, the teams gathered around the fire and Lou Yu entertained them with a ghost story about a supposedly deserted villa. The story left everyone curious about the First Team’s own strange mission encounters, and Gu Cheng admitted one had nearly made him wet himself.

• Ye Ruan gave Cai Hao a tureen of chicken soup made by his mother, and Cai Hao was moved as he remembered Ye Qingman leaving with young Ye Ruan.
• Lou Yu suggested telling supernatural stories, then recounted a mission in America where lights came on in an abandoned villa and figures appeared in its window.
• Ye Ruan and Lou Yu shared a knowing smile because Ye Ruan remembered Lou Yu had run away screaming when crows burst from the woods.
• Fang Ci offered to tell a strange story from the First Team, and Gu Cheng admitted he vividly remembered an incident so terrifying he had nearly wet himself.

As Ye Ruan developed a high fever, Gu Cheng and their teammates cared for him. Before falling asleep, Ye Ruan urged Gu Cheng to remember their past and take him home, and Gu Cheng promised to leave the next day.

• Fang Ci told the group a ghost story about a mission in Thailand, while Gu Cheng recalled how he and his teammates had fled their haunted room.
• Ye Ruan felt chilled and weak, and Gu Cheng realized he had a fever and carried him to rest.
• He Zhou brought a thermometer and medicine, and the reading showed Ye Ruan had a fever of 39.5 degrees.
• After Ye Ruan took medicine, Gu Cheng carried him to their room and tended the stove while Ye Ruan watched him.
• Ye Ruan called Gu Cheng a sly wolf and asked him to remember their past, and Gu Cheng promised to take him home the next day.

Gu Cheng learned that the injection he had received was causing his suppressed problems to return, and his attempts to recover his sealed memories brought on severe pain. He took the feverish Ye Ruan home, and as they reached the base, Cai Hao ordered an operation to remove the Chip from Gu Cheng's brain.

• Lu Yao told Gu Cheng that the injection had brought back the problems suppressed before, while Ye Ruan's fever should subside in a few days.
• Gu Cheng slammed his head against a wall trying to force his memories back, but Ye Ruan calmed him and urged him to stop thinking about them.
• Ye Ruan told Gu Cheng he loved him and wanted to stay together in their next life, and Gu Cheng agreed to marry him.
• Gu Cheng carried Ye Ruan out and led the group home; they traveled by foot and plane, reaching the base the following day.
• Cai Hao arranged for Ye Ruan to receive treatment and contacted Xu Chu to operate on Gu Cheng and remove the Chip from his brain.

After returning to W Island, Ye Ruan recovered from his fever while Gu Cheng went to the Research Institute to have his Chip removed. Ye Qingman told Ye Ruan that forced marriages and special-person embryo transfers had been stopped, and that his younger siblings could come home.

• Headquarters docked Ye Ruan and Lu Yao six months' pay for going to the Arctic without permission.
• Gu Cheng left Ye Ruan in He Zhou and Yu Jingjing's care before following Xu Chu to the Research Institute for the Chip removal.
• Lu Yao reassured Fang Ci and Yu Jingjing that the Chip removal carried a low risk, then went home with Lou Yu.
• Ye Qingman cared for Ye Ruan through the night until his fever began to subside.
• Ye Qingman told Ye Ruan that Nan Han had helped end forced marriages and suspend special-person embryo transfers, and Ye Ruan agreed to bring his younger siblings home.
• Ye Qingman explained that Li Tuantuan only needed regular blood draws while Xu Chu's Preliminary Vaccine protected her until the Booster Shot was ready.