Chapter Summaries

Pei Yang lured Feng Wanting to a hotel suite, where Feng Wanting admitted to Lin Wen that he liked Pei Yang. Pei Yang then kissed Feng Wanting at midnight and asked if the racing heartbeat was what he had meant.

• Pei Yang slipped Feng Wanting a room key before leaving the ballroom.
• Lin Wen confronted Feng Wanting about his closeness with Pei Yang, and Feng Wanting admitted that he liked Pei Yang.
• Feng Wanting went to the suite and found Pei Yang waiting for him.
• Pei Yang explained that he had not planned for Feng Wanting to read his revised proposal, and they discussed Lin Wen's proposal.
• Pei Yang straddled Feng Wanting, kissed him, and asked if his racing heart was what Feng Wanting had meant.

Pei Yang and Feng Wanting spent the night together, and Feng Wanting chose Pei Yang when asked to choose between him and Lin Wen. The next day, Pei Yang went to FK hoping to see Lin Wen's reaction, but Lin Wen had not come to work.

• Feng Wanting chose Pei Yang, and they went to the bedroom and spent the night together.
• Wei Ziyun called Feng Wanting at three in the morning, begging him to come home because Feng Chuxun would not go to sleep.
• Feng Wanting refused to return home and stayed with Pei Yang, then persuaded him into another round.
• On Monday morning, Feng Wanting told Pei Yang he had arranged leave for him, but Pei Yang went to the company anyway to see Lin Wen's expression.
• Pei Yang arrived at FK and discovered that Lin Wen had not come to work.

Pei Yang’s proposal won the board’s approval, and he planned to use the project’s success to help Yin Sufang find a job at headquarters. Meanwhile, Lin Wen visited Gu Shiqiao and asked him to help destroy Feng Wanting.

• Feng Wanting announced that the board had chosen Pei Yang’s team’s exhibition proposal, and Pei Yang endured the workday despite his injuries.
• Pei Yang invited Yin Sufang to dinner and promised to ask Feng Wanting for help getting him a position at headquarters if the project went well.
• Gu Shiqiao returned to the Gu residence and learned that Lin Wen had been waiting for him there.
• Gu Shiqiao welcomed Lin Wen into his room and asked why he had come to South Continent.
• Lin Wen told Gu Shiqiao that he wanted to destroy Feng Wanting.

Lin Wen asked Gu Shiqiao to help him take revenge on Feng Wanting, offering his sister Lin You as payment before agreeing to Gu Shiqiao’s personal terms. The chapter ended when Gu Shiqiao revealed his kink by summoning the trembling attendant who had polished his shoes.

• Lin Wen told Gu Shiqiao he wanted to destroy Feng Wanting, and Gu Shiqiao doubted they could overcome the Feng Family’s power.
• Lin Wen explained that Feng Wanting had exposed Lin You’s affair to cancel their arranged engagement, worsening relations between the Lin and Feng families.
• When Gu Shiqiao asked what he would gain, Lin Wen offered to marry Lin You to him, but Gu Shiqiao rejected the proposal and said he wanted Lin Wen instead.
• Gu Shiqiao promised he could trip Feng Wanting up, though bringing down the Feng Family was unrealistic, and Lin Wen agreed to his terms.
• Gu Shiqiao warned Lin Wen that he had a kink, then called in the trembling male attendant who had polished his shoes.

Feng Chuxun celebrated his fifth birthday with Feng Wanting and Pei Yang, whose handmade gift and warm welcome made Pei Yang feel that he had finally found a home. The evening ended with Pei Yang and Feng Chuxun laughing upstairs while Feng Wanting was left out.

• Feng Chuxun decorated the house and called Pei Yang, who promised to come for his birthday and asked whether he should bring anything.
• Pei Yang arrived to a red carpet and a confetti welcome arranged by Feng Chuxun, while Feng Wanting protested that the spectacle was not his idea.
• Feng Chuxun, Pei Yang, and Feng Wanting ate a birthday dinner, and Feng Chuxun revealed that Feng Wanting could not cook.
• Pei Yang gave Feng Chuxun a detailed miniature exhibition sculpture and promised to make him a full-sized version someday.
• Feng Wanting took a work call, then found the dining room empty as Pei Yang and Feng Chuxun laughed upstairs without him.

Feng Wanting joined Pei Yang and Feng Chuxun in bed, feeling the warmth of having a family waiting at home. After Feng Chuxun fell asleep, Feng Wanting cuddled and teased Pei Yang, ending by asking if he wanted to have sex.

• Feng Wanting went upstairs, found Feng Chuxun waiting while Pei Yang showered, and tried to enter the bathroom before Pei Yang came out.
• Pei Yang read Feng Chuxun a fairy tale in bed, and Feng Wanting reflected on how meaningful it felt to come home to people he loved.
• Pei Yang tucked Feng Chuxun in, and Feng Wanting joined them in bed as Pei Yang promised Feng Chuxun he could visit again another day.
• After Feng Chuxun fell asleep, Feng Wanting moved behind Pei Yang, hugged him, and touched his waist beneath his pajamas.
• Pei Yang told Feng Wanting to behave, but Feng Wanting ignored him and asked, “Want to do it?”

Pei Yang and Feng Wanting sneaked away from Xile to spend the night together, but their son woke to find them gone and locked himself in his room in anger. As the couple tried to comfort him, Feng Wanting raised the prospect of returning to work and acting like strangers again, just as the lock clicked open.

• Feng Wanting carried Pei Yang into the next room, where they kissed and spent the night together while Xile slept alone.
• The next morning, Xile woke crying and found Pei Yang and Feng Wanting emerging from the same room.
• Xile accused them of abandoning him on his birthday, rejected Feng Wanting's excuse about unfinished work, and locked himself in his room.
• Pei Yang blamed Feng Wanting for their choice to sneak away, and Feng Wanting said he had feared they would have no more chances before returning to work.
• Feng Wanting asked whether Pei Yang would resume pretending they barely knew each other, and the door lock clicked before Pei Yang could answer.

Feng Chuxun tried to make Pei Yang move in with him and Feng Wanting, but Pei Yang agreed to stay only one week. At work, Gu Xin revealed that her eldest brother had returned and asked Pei Yang to pretend to be her boyfriend to avoid being forced into a marriage.

• Feng Chuxun refused to forgive Pei Yang and Feng Wanting until they recognized their mistakes, then demanded that Pei Yang move in with them.
• Pei Yang agreed to stay at Feng Wanting's house for one week before leaving for work.
• Pei Yang worked overtime on the newly launched project and learned that Gu Xin's brother had returned from the South Continent.
• After work, Gu Xin asked Pei Yang to pretend to be her boyfriend at dinner because she feared her eldest brother would arrange a marriage for her.

Pei Yang agreed to pretend to be Gu Xin’s boyfriend at dinner with her brother, while Feng Wanting watched them leave and reacted by banning office romances. Gu Shiqiao met Pei Yang and showed an immediate, unsettling interest in him.

• Pei Yang agreed to accompany Gu Xin to dinner as her pretend boyfriend and became annoyed when he realized he could not contact Feng Wanting.
• Feng Wanting encountered Pei Yang and Gu Xin leaving together, heard them claim they had just started dating, and ordered Wu Rui to add a ban on office romances.
• Pei Yang rode with Gu Xin to an extravagant restaurant, where she warned him that Gu Shiqiao might give her boyfriend a hard time.
• Gu Shiqiao arrived, met Pei Yang, and held his hand longer than necessary before sniffing it and saying it smelled good.

Gu Xin brought Pei Yang to meet her brother Gu Shiqiao and pretended they were a serious couple, but Gu Shiqiao saw through the act and insisted she attend a marriage banquet. The chapter left Gu Xin in tears after Gu Shiqiao asserted control over the Gu Family and threatened to reclaim the Northern Continent companies.

• Gu Xin warned Gu Shiqiao to stop staring at Pei Yang, then pretended to be affectionate with him as Gu Shiqiao questioned their relationship.
• Gu Xin claimed she and Pei Yang had slept together and planned to marry, while Pei Yang quietly urged her not to overdo the story.
• Gu Shiqiao dismissed Pei Yang as unsuitable for marriage and ordered Gu Xin to attend a banquet with him on Wednesday.
• Pei Yang challenged Gu Shiqiao's view of arranged marriage and argued that Gu Xin should be free to choose her own future.
• Gu Shiqiao revealed that he knew Pei Yang was gay and had seen through their act, then insisted he would pick Gu Xin up on Wednesday.
• Gu Shiqiao told Gu Xin he controlled the Gu Family and would reclaim the Northern Continent companies, leaving her crying as Pei Yang watched helplessly.

After comforting Gu Xin, Pei Yang resolved to enjoy one more week with Feng Wanting before ending their undefined relationship. He returned to Feng Wanting’s home, where their kiss left Pei Yang in tears, and learned that Xile had been sent back to the family estate.

• Gu Xin cried over her family’s plans for an arranged marriage, and Pei Yang tried to comfort her.
• Pei Yang realized he had become emotionally attached to Feng Wanting and decided to give himself one more week before pulling away.
• Pei Yang returned to Feng Wanting’s villa, where Feng Wanting teased him about having dinner with his girlfriend and carried him to the sofa.
• Feng Wanting kissed Pei Yang until he began to cry, and Pei Yang told him that he had hurt him.
• Pei Yang asked where Xile was and learned that Feng Wanting had sent him back to the family estate; Pei Yang said he had only agreed to stay because of Xile.

Feng Wanting tried to make noodles for Pei Yang, but a kitchen explosion and a disastrous meal left them laughing together. The chapter ended with Feng Wanting tasting his own cooking and realizing how awful it was.

• Pei Yang teased Feng Wanting about his jealousy over Gu Xin and challenged him to see who could hold out overnight.
• Feng Wanting went to make Pei Yang noodles while Pei Yang watched fondly from outside the kitchen.
• An explosion came from the kitchen, but Feng Wanting told Pei Yang to stay out and insisted he was fine.
• Feng Wanting brought out a soot-smudged face and a bowl of black, greasy noodles, making Pei Yang laugh.
• Pei Yang noticed the noodles resembled nothing like the photo he had saved, then tried a bite and called them okay.
• Feng Wanting tasted the noodles, spat them out, and asked Pei Yang what they were.

Pei Yang and Feng Wanting prepared to bike to a roadside food stall, and Pei Yang discovered old childhood photos in Feng Wanting’s attic. Feng Wanting reacted with visible distress when Pei Yang opened the album, leaving Pei Yang apologizing for looking through it.

• Pei Yang asked Feng Wanting to take him to eat roadside food and suggested they travel by bicycle instead of car.
• Feng Wanting found his old bicycle in the attic and installed a rear seat for Pei Yang.
• While Feng Wanting worked, Pei Yang wiped sweat from his brow and browsed the attic’s trophies and belongings.
• Pei Yang opened a box and found photo albums showing Feng Wanting as a child with another boy.
• Feng Wanting took the album from Pei Yang, turned pale, and demanded to know where he had found it.
• Pei Yang apologized, explaining that he thought Feng Wanting had given him permission to look at everything.

Feng Wanting took Pei Yang on a bicycle ride to a barbecue stall, where they shared a warm evening and Feng Wanting asked whether Pei Yang had ever considered getting a boyfriend. Pei Yang froze, sensing what Feng Wanting might say next.

• Feng Wanting told Pei Yang that the person in the photo was his older brother, then cycled him to the food street.
• Pei Yang held Feng Wanting around the waist and wished that time could stay in that moment, and Feng Wanting promised there would be more moments worth treasuring.
• At the barbecue stall, Feng Wanting admitted it was his first time there and gave Pei Yang his expensive watch to hold.
• Feng Wanting tried a lamb skewer Pei Yang offered him, then asked whether Pei Yang had ever considered getting a boyfriend.
• Pei Yang stiffened and waited tensely for Feng Wanting to continue.

Pei Yang rejected Feng Wanting’s attempt to define their relationship, explaining that he feared the pressures of Feng’s family and a future separation. Feng Wanting ended their no-label flirtation, and the two were left unable to pay their restaurant bill because neither had brought a phone.

• Pei Yang told Feng Wanting he was not ready for a boyfriend and evaded Feng’s question about what they were.
• Feng Wanting pressed Pei Yang for an answer, and Pei Yang said they were not right for each other because he could not face Feng’s family or risk another painful separation.
• Feng Wanting said he would no longer continue their no-strings flirting, and Pei Yang confirmed he would move out in a week as planned.
• Pei Yang and Feng Wanting discovered at the register that neither had brought a phone, so Pei Yang borrowed the cashier’s phone for Feng Wanting to call a friend.

Wei Ziyun rescued Feng Wanting and Pei Yang from the barbecue stall, then tried to get Pei Yang to set him up with Yin Sufang. After Pei Yang and Feng Wanting agreed to sleep in separate rooms, both struggled with their feelings, and Pei Yang discovered that Feng Wanting had staged the cooking photo Xile sent him.

• Wei Ziyun paid the barbecue bill and drove Feng Wanting and Pei Yang home, teasing them about living together.
• Wei Ziyun asked Pei Yang for Yin Sufang's WeChat, but Pei Yang refused and mocked him before he left in anger.
• Pei Yang told Feng Wanting he would sleep in the other room until Xile returned, and Feng Wanting agreed.
• Feng Wanting worried that Pei Yang might leave him, while Pei Yang lay awake in pain over their relationship.
• Pei Yang spoke with Tian Yun in the kitchen and learned that Feng Wanting never cooked; Tian Yun identified Xile's cooking photo as staged.

Feng Wanting’s loneliness and frustration deepened as he introduced a ban on office romances, while Lu Yu and Wu Rui discussed her treatment plan involving Pei Yang. Pei Yang learned he would have to attend the company anniversary celebration and went to cool off at a neighboring exhibition after inspecting the venue.

• Feng Wanting woke alone, missed Pei Yang, and faced Lu Yu’s scheduled therapy visit at work.
• Wu Rui told Lu Yu that Feng Wanting had banned office romances, and Lu Yu revealed that her treatment plan depended on Pei Yang.
• Lu Yu asked Wu Rui to get her an admission ticket to the company anniversary celebration so she could meet Pei Yang privately.
• Pei Yang learned from a colleague that attendance at the anniversary celebration was effectively compulsory because of the sign-in requirement.
• Pei Yang inspected the exhibition venue, then bought a ticket to the neighboring exhibition with his colleague to escape the heat.

Pei Yang overheard Lin Wen and Gu Shiqiao in the exhibition hall restroom discussing evidence against Feng Wanting, then learned Gu Shiqiao called him his brother-in-law. That night, Pei Yang and Feng Wanting lay awake with private thoughts while Feng Chuxun played with them.

• Pei Yang entered the restroom and overheard Lin Wen and Gu Shiqiao together in a stall.
• Pei Yang heard Gu Shiqiao say he was gathering evidence for Lin Wen and had returned from the South Continent, while his stepmother had people following him.
• Gu Shiqiao came out and called Pei Yang his brother-in-law, and Lin Wen grew jealous when he realized they knew each other.
• Pei Yang told Lin Wen he had heard everything and complimented his moans, leaving Lin Wen embarrassed and furious.
• Gu Shiqiao learned Feng Wanting liked Pei Yang and said the situation had become more interesting.
• That night, Feng Chuxun played with toys on the bed while Pei Yang and Feng Wanting kept their thoughts to themselves.

Pei Yang warned Feng Wanting that Lin Wen and Gu Shiqiao might be conspiring against him, but Feng Wanting dismissed the danger and revealed his belief that hatred could keep someone remembered. At the anniversary celebration, Pei Yang learned Gu Shiqiao had another reason for returning to the Northern Continent, then someone grabbed him from behind.

• Pei Yang told Feng Wanting that Lin Wen and Gu Shiqiao seemed to be involved and might be plotting against him.
• Feng Wanting said hatred lasted longer than love and suggested he would make someone hate him if they could not have a future together.
• Feng Chuxun held Pei Yang and Feng Wanting's hands and begged them to stop fighting, and Pei Yang cried silently after they comforted him.
• At the anniversary celebration, Gu Xin told Pei Yang that Gu Shiqiao had returned to the Northern Continent for reasons beyond arranging her blind dates.
• As Pei Yang tried to tell Gu Xin about Lin Wen and Gu Shiqiao, someone grabbed his shirt and called his name in a hoarse voice.

Pei Yang mistook Lu Yu, Feng Wanting’s psychologist, for a romantic rival and tried to explain his relationship with Feng Wanting. Lu Yu revealed that Feng Wanting had a serious psychological disorder causing sexual frigidity, leaving Pei Yang stunned because he had experienced otherwise with Feng Wanting.

• Lu Yu found Pei Yang in the Dance Hall and asked him to talk, while Gu Xin fled after sensing trouble.
• Lu Yu led Pei Yang to a table where Wu Rui briefly joined them before leaving.
• Pei Yang assumed Lu Yu was Feng Wanting’s lover and told her he and Feng Wanting had slept together but were not in a relationship.
• Lu Yu explained that she was Feng Wanting’s psychologist, not his lover, and said Feng Wanting had suffered from psychological sexual frigidity for over a decade.
• Pei Yang rejected Lu Yu’s claim that Feng Wanting could not get an erection, insisting that Feng Wanting was a normal man.