Chapter Summaries

Lu Yu told Pei Yang that Feng Wanting had a long-standing psychological barrier around sex and could respond only to him, forcing Pei Yang to reconsider their relationship. He also learned that Xile was Feng Wanting’s nephew, adopted after the deaths of Xile’s parents.

• Lu Yu showed Pei Yang treatment records indicating Feng Wanting’s condition had not improved and that Pei Yang was the only person who could trigger a response in him.
• Pei Yang learned that Feng Wanting’s sexual difficulties began during puberty and likely stemmed from a psychological barrier.
• Lu Yu confirmed that Feng Wanting had only ever had sex with Pei Yang, prompting Pei Yang to ask how Feng Chuxun could be his son.
• Lu Yu explained that Xile was Feng Wanting’s nephew, the son of Feng Wanting’s elder brother, and that he called Feng Wanting Dad because Feng Wanting adopted him.
• Lu Yu told Pei Yang that Xile’s father died in a car accident while rushing to the hospital, and Xile’s mother died the day after giving birth.
• Lu Yu said Feng Wanting’s father arranged for him to adopt Xile because his condition would otherwise prevent him from marrying or having children.

Pei Yang agreed to help Lu Yu treat Feng Wanting, though he feared recovery would eventually separate them. He then won the company raffle’s first prize, which turned out to be a chance to hug one of the thirteen directors, and deliberately passed Feng Wanting as he chose.

• Lu Yu explained Feng Wanting’s painful past and said Pei Yang could be the catalyst for his treatment.
• Pei Yang agreed to cooperate with Feng Wanting’s treatment and asked Lu Yu for a small favor instead of a reward.
• Gu Xin told Pei Yang he had won first prize in the company raffle.
• Pei Yang learned that the prize was choosing one of thirteen directors to hug, and he walked past Feng Wanting while pretending to choose.

At FK’s anniversary banquet, Pei Yang chose Feng Wanting for the first-prize embrace, and the crowd and photographers mistook their closeness for a company-unity moment. After Feng Wanting drove the tipsy Pei Yang home, Pei Yang confronted him about staging photos to provoke him and left him with a teasing question.

• Pei Yang teased Feng Wanting about wanting an embrace, and Feng Wanting pulled him into his arms onstage.
• Pei Yang wrapped an arm around Feng Wanting’s waist before the host ended the prize segment and presented their embrace as a symbol of workplace unity.
• After the banquet, Feng Wanting stopped Pei Yang from arranging a designated driver and brought him along in his car.
• Pei Yang asked Feng Wanting whether he had rigged the prize and accused him of staging photos and having Xile send them.
• Feng Wanting blamed Xile, while Pei Yang said Feng Wanting’s reaction had given him away and asked why he was so scheming.

Feng Wanting admitted he had rigged the anniversary prize so Pei Yang would win, and Pei Yang kissed him before saying he would think about Feng Wanting’s plea to stop stringing him along. The next day, Pei Yang woke to find his estranged father Pei Zhi in Feng Wanting’s villa and furiously demanded to know how he had gotten inside.

• Feng Wanting confessed that he had arranged for Pei Yang to win first prize because he wanted him to feel luckier, though he had not known what the prize would be.
• Pei Yang kissed Feng Wanting in the car, then said he would think about Feng Wanting’s request for a clear answer.
• Pei Yang and Feng Wanting returned home, kept the kiss to themselves, and went to their separate rooms for the night.
• Pei Yang woke at noon and found Pei Zhi waiting in the living room with his belongings.
• Pei Yang threw Pei Zhi’s bag to the floor, ordered him out, and demanded that Tian Yun explain how she had brought him into the villa.
• Tian Yun said she had found Pei Zhi at the guard booth with Pei Yang’s photo and brought him inside after he said he urgently needed to see his son.

Pei Yang confronted his newly released father, Pei Zhi, who had tracked him to Feng Wanting’s villa and demanded money. Pei Yang refused to support him and ordered him out, but Pei Zhi stayed behind to threaten a scene when the chairman returned.

• Pei Yang asked Tian Yun to leave him alone with Pei Zhi after she let him into Feng Wanting’s house.
• Pei Zhi revealed that he had been released from prison a few days earlier and had followed Pei Yang to the villa.
• Pei Yang recalled Pei Zhi’s neglect and abuse, and said repaying his father’s debts was enough repayment for being raised.
• Pei Zhi begged Pei Yang for three million, then one million, claiming he had nowhere to live.
• Pei Yang refused to give Pei Zhi money and told him to get out.
• Pei Zhi threw himself on the floor and threatened to wait for the chairman to return and expose Pei Yang.

Pei Yang forced Pei Zhi to leave Feng Wanting’s home and asked Tian Yun to keep the visit secret. Overwhelmed by memories and despair, Pei Yang nearly drowned in the basement pool before Feng Wanting rescued him, and the chapter ended with Pei Yang teasing him.

• Pei Yang gave Pei Zhi the key to his rented place and warned him not to return to Feng Wanting’s home.
• After Pei Zhi left, Pei Yang told Tian Yun to keep his visit from Feng Wanting and reprimanded her for letting him inside.
• Pei Yang went to the basement pool and held his breath underwater while dwelling on his painful ties to Pei Zhi.
• Feng Wanting jumped into the pool, pulled Pei Yang out, and wrapped him in a towel.
• Pei Yang embraced Feng Wanting, then dried him off and suggested they try it in the water.

Pei Yang became Feng Wanting’s helper in Lu Yu’s new treatment plan, and the two discussed Feng Wanting’s condition and his family’s plans for him. The chapter ended with Feng Wanting asking Pei Yang what his father would do if he recovered.

• Pei Yang teased Feng Wanting by the pool, but Feng Wanting refused to touch him before they officially became a couple.
• Lu Yu visited Feng Wanting’s office with a new treatment plan and revealed that she had recruited a helper.
• Pei Yang entered and agreed to help Feng Wanting, while Lu Yu handed him the official treatment plan and left them alone.
• Pei Yang told Feng Wanting that Lu Yu had explained his condition and Xile’s parentage, then apologized for his misunderstanding.
• Feng Wanting explained that his father wanted him to marry and have children, had arranged an engagement with the Lin Family, and asked Pei Yang what his father would do if he recovered.

Pei Yang carried out Lu Yu’s first set of treatment guidelines on Feng Wanting, but Feng Wanting reported no reaction to any of them. After the session, Feng Wanting brought Pei Yang to the chairman’s Executive Elevator and began registering his face.

• Pei Yang read Lu Yu’s treatment guidelines and tried to arouse Feng Wanting by looking at him seductively and lowering his shirt, but Feng Wanting showed no reaction.
• Pei Yang stroked Feng Wanting’s thigh and straddled his waist, but Feng Wanting again reported no reaction and suggested Pei Yang force a kiss; Pei Yang refused.
• Pei Yang ended the session and left Feng Wanting’s office, saying he would wait to hear from Dr. Lu about the next stage.
• Feng Wanting caught up with Pei Yang, led him into the chairman’s Executive Elevator, and began registering Pei Yang’s face.

Pei Yang faced Lu Yu’s suspicions about his relationship with Feng Wanting and worried about the class divide and scrutiny they would face. As their trial stay together expired, he began packing to leave Feng Wanting’s home, uncertain whether their relationship had a future.

• Lu Yu questioned Pei Yang about his relationship with Feng Wanting and warned him that the Feng Family would not accept him easily.
• Pei Yang rejected Lu Yu’s insinuation that he wanted money or status and threatened to stop the treatment if she distrusted him.
• Pei Yang returned to work and struggled with whether to risk pursuing Feng Wanting despite the social pressure surrounding them.
• Pei Yang rode home with Feng Wanting in silence as their trial period of living together came to an end.
• Pei Yang began packing his few belongings, reluctant to leave Feng Wanting’s home and return to his rented apartment.

Pei Yang and Feng Wanting struggled to fulfill Feng Chuxun’s demand that they call each other hubby and wifey. At FK Headquarters, Lu Yu brought Yin Sufang to be Feng Wanting’s temporary assistant, and Wei Ziyun unexpectedly began dating him.

• Feng Chuxun asked Pei Yang and Feng Wanting to call each other hubby and wifey, and Feng Wanting promised to make Pei Yang do it in private.
• Lu Yu brought Yin Sufang to Feng Wanting’s office as a temporary assistant, saying Pei Yang had requested it.
• Wei Ziyun arrived with a suitcase, saw Yin Sufang, and admitted he liked him.
• Yin Sufang casually agreed to date Wei Ziyun and told him to remember his number: 122.

Yin Sufang quickly became Wei Ziyun’s boyfriend, while Feng Wanting sent them away so he could press Pei Yang to make their relationship official. When Pei Yang asked how Feng Wanting’s parents would react, Feng Wanting began explaining the cause of his illness and prepared to reveal a painful part of his past.

• Yin Sufang declared that Wei Ziyun was his boyfriend and introduced him to Pei Yang.
• Feng Wanting assigned Yin Sufang to help Wei Ziyun move a box into the lounge, then warned them not to use the lounge bed.
• Pei Yang told Feng Wanting that Yin Sufang’s relationships rarely lasted, and Feng Wanting admitted he had sent the pair away because he missed Pei Yang.
• Feng Wanting kissed Pei Yang and asked when he would make their relationship official.
• Pei Yang asked how Feng Wanting’s parents would react to their relationship, and Feng Wanting began describing the origins of his illness.

Feng Wanting told Pei Yang how witnessing his father’s orgy had left him unable to tolerate intimacy, and Pei Yang comforted him and reconsidered their relationship. Pei Yang still said he had something to resolve before they could date, and their teasing exchange was interrupted by a knock at the office door.

• Feng Wanting recounted how he had discovered his father with several naked men and women, an experience that led to his aversion to physical intimacy.
• Feng Wanting told Pei Yang that his parents’ marriage had been only for appearances and urged him not to worry about their opinions of their relationship.
• Pei Yang admitted he needed to deal with Pei Zhi before he could commit to Feng Wanting, but said he could handle it himself.
• Pei Yang offered Feng Wanting permission to do what he wanted while he waited, and Feng Wanting asked him to obey his wishes and use a pet name.
• Feng Wanting called Pei Yang “Baby,” and Pei Yang began to call him “Hub...” before someone knocked on the office door.

Pei Yang escaped Feng Wanting’s advances when Wu Rui interrupted them, then told Yin Sufang that he and Feng Wanting were more than friends. Yin Sufang revealed he had already broken up with Wei Ziyun over an argument, while Pei Yang reflected on his own hesitation to define his relationship with Feng Wanting.

• Feng Wanting pressed Pei Yang to say what he felt, but Wu Rui’s knocking interrupted them and Pei Yang left the lounge.
• Feng Wanting threatened Wu Rui with an extended vacation for interrupting him.
• Pei Yang told Yin Sufang that he had arranged Yin’s job at FK through a favor for Lu Yu.
• Pei Yang admitted that he and Feng Wanting were more than friends, and Yin Sufang reacted with surprise.
• Pei Yang revealed that Wei Ziyun’s family owned Qingwei Technology, but Yin Sufang said he had already broken up with Wei over their disagreement about who had splashed ink on him.
• Yin Sufang asked why Pei Yang and Feng Wanting had not made their relationship official, and Pei Yang said they had already seen through each other.

Pei Yang reflected on how to deal with Pei Zhi, then returned to find his apartment trashed and his belongings stolen, with Pei Zhi missing. Three nights earlier, Song Yixiao argued with Xia Jingmo over the phone about staying away from home, and Pei Yang was left facing an unexpected visitor.

• Yin Sufang noticed Pei Yang had grown softer, teased him for being “like a wife,” and wished him happiness with Feng Wanting.
• Pei Yang wondered how to stop Pei Zhi from returning after wasting any money he might give him.
• Pei Yang returned home to find rubbish everywhere, valuables and cash missing, and Pei Zhi gone.
• Song Yixiao answered Xia Jingmo’s repeated calls from his office and argued with him about not coming home for three days.
• Song Yixiao promised to return after work, then hung up when Xia Jingmo threatened to come to the office.
• Pei Yang opened his apartment door and found Song Yixiao standing outside.

Song Yixiao tracked down Pei Yang’s address, hoping to reconcile, but found Pei Zhi there instead. Pei Zhi claimed Pei Yang was living in a villa and had rented the run-down apartment to mislead him.

• Song Yixiao learned that Pei Yang had returned to his apartment and hurried there after getting the address from an underling.
• Song Yixiao arrived at the apartment and found Pei Zhi, who had recently been released from prison, at the door.
• Song Yixiao entered the filthy apartment and asked whether Pei Yang was home.
• Pei Zhi blamed Pei Yang for their quarrel and claimed he was living in a huge villa while using the apartment to throw Song Yixiao off.

Song Yixiao learned that Pei Yang lived in a lavish mansion and suspected he had left for a wealthy benefactor, so he asked Pei Zhi to contact him when he returned. Two days later, Song brought Pei Zhi to his home after the older man feigned an injury, where Xia Jingmo angrily confronted him.

• Song Yixiao questioned Pei Zhi about Pei Yang’s luxurious home and asked him to call when Pei Yang returned so they could talk.
• Song Yixiao gave Pei Zhi over two thousand yuan after Pei Zhi complained that he had no money.
• Two days later, Pei Zhi called Song Yixiao and claimed he had twisted his ankle, so Song took him to the hospital.
• After the tests showed Pei Zhi was healthy, Song Yixiao refused to take him back to his filthy apartment and brought him home instead.
• Xia Jingmo saw Pei Zhi sprawled on the sofa and demanded to know who the filthy stranger was.

Song Yixiao brought Pei Zhi, Pei Yang’s father, home despite Xia Jingmo’s objections, and their argument exposed the bitterness in their relationship. When Pei Yang returned, Song Yixiao begged him for another chance, but Pei Yang revealed he had slept with someone else after seeing Song Yixiao cheat and rejected his claim that his love was special.

• Song Yixiao told Xia Jingmo that Pei Zhi, Pei Yang’s father, was staying with them while his ankle healed, and Xia Jingmo urged him to throw Pei Zhi out.
• Xia Jingmo accused Song Yixiao of still having feelings for Pei Yang, then slapped him after Song Yixiao dismissed the money Xia Jingmo had given him.
• Song Yixiao mocked Xia Jingmo’s request to be repaid, kissed him, and left him in the bedroom with Pei Zhi.
• Song Yixiao brought cleaners to Pei Yang’s home that evening and found Pei Yang there, asking him why he had not been told Pei Zhi was out of prison.
• Song Yixiao begged Pei Yang to give him another chance, but Pei Yang said he had slept with someone else after Song Yixiao carried Lin You into a hotel and insisted that Song Yixiao’s love was not special.

Pei Yang confronted Song Yixiao and retrieved Pei Zhi from their former apartment, where Xia Jingmo was also staying. Song Yixiao accused Pei Yang of being a rich man’s lover after spotting his watch, while Pei Yang hid the watch’s value from Pei Zhi; meanwhile, a search topic about the Feng family and FK Group began trending.

• Song Yixiao begged Pei Yang to reconcile, but Pei Yang said he had a boyfriend and demanded to know where Pei Zhi was.
• Song Yixiao told Pei Yang that Pei Zhi was at their old apartment, where Xia Jingmo was also present.
• Pei Yang found Pei Zhi asleep, then dragged him out despite Pei Zhi’s complaints about his injured ankle.
• Song Yixiao spotted Pei Yang’s diamond watch and accused him of being one of a rich man’s lovers, and Pei Yang accepted the insult rather than explain.
• Pei Zhi eyed Pei Yang’s watch during the drive home, but Pei Yang claimed its diamonds were fake and slapped away Pei Zhi’s reaching hand.
• A search topic about Northern Continent Feng Family FK Group embezzlement began rising in the trending searches.

Pei Yang refused to give Pei Zhi money and offered him a modest job and housing back in their hometown instead. Pei Zhi hesitated over the offer and decided he still wanted to seek out the chairman who indulged Pei Yang.

• Pei Zhi demanded money from Pei Yang, who refused and reminded him of the debts and abuse he had endured.
• Pei Yang offered to arrange Pei Zhi a job, rent, and a ticket home, but Pei Zhi demanded a share of the wealth he thought Pei Yang had.
• Pei Yang offered Pei Zhi his watch in exchange for giving up the other arrangements and staying away, but Pei Zhi declined.
• Pei Yang said Pei Zhi could instead live with him under strict conditions, and Pei Zhi asked for a few days to consider the hometown job.
• After Pei Yang locked himself in his bedroom, Pei Zhi lay awake and resolved to find the chairman who indulged Pei Yang.

Pei Yang discovered that FK Group was under public attack over alleged embezzlement and learned that Feng Wanting would cooperate with an investigation. Feng told him the inquiry could keep him away for six months to a year, leaving Pei Yang shaken as Feng prepared to leave.

• Pei Yang arrived at FK Group and saw reporters and livestreamers covering a trending embezzlement scandal.
• Pei Yang rushed to Feng Wanting's office, where Feng and several directors had just finished discussing the crisis.
• Feng told Pei Yang that FK Group had discovered and punished problems in a charity project the previous year, and that someone had revived the allegations to stir up trouble.
• Pei Yang suspected Lin Wen and Gu Shiqiao had orchestrated the attack, and Feng agreed they probably had.
• Feng explained that he would cooperate with the disciplinary commission's investigation, which might take six months to a year, and asked Pei Yang to check on Xile while he was away.