Chapter Summaries

Feng Wanting was taken away by the Discipline Inspection Commission for an investigation, and Pei Yang struggled with fear and regret after promising to wait for him and become his boyfriend. Left with no clear way to help, Pei Yang called Yin Sufang for help.

• Feng Wanting asked Pei Yang for a kiss before investigators forced open the door and took him away.
• Pei Yang promised to wait for Feng Wanting and be his boyfriend when he returned, then watched the elevator doors close between them.
• Wu Rui reassured Pei Yang that Feng Wanting could endure the investigation and told him to keep it confidential.
• Pei Yang asked Gu Xin for Gu Shiqiao's contact information, wondering if he could persuade him to help Feng Wanting.
• After everyone left the office, Pei Yang thought of another person who might help and urgently called Yin Sufang.

Pei Yang told Yin Sufang that Feng Wanting had been taken away by the Discipline Inspection Commission and asked him to contact Wei Ziyun. They went to a gay bar to find Wei Ziyun, where Yin Sufang’s provocative dance finally drew him onto the stage.

• Pei Yang told Yin Sufang that Feng Wanting had been taken away by the Discipline Inspection Commission and insisted that Feng was innocent.
• Yin Sufang messaged Wei Ziyun, who replied by telling them to come to a gay bar.
• Yin Sufang drove Pei Yang to the bar and called Wei Ziyun, but Wei told him to find him if he wanted forgiveness.
• Yin Sufang climbed onto the dance stage and danced provocatively to catch Wei Ziyun’s attention.
• Wei Ziyun pushed through the crowd, climbed onto the stage, and hauled Yin Sufang off by his waistband.

Pei Yang sought Wei Ziyun’s help after the Discipline Inspection Commission took Feng Wanting away, but Wei said he could not intervene. He pointed Pei toward Feng Wanting’s father, Uncle Feng, while warning that Uncle Feng had apparently chosen not to get involved.

• Wei Ziyun dragged Yin Sufang off the stage, and Pei Yang joined them outside the bar to discuss Feng Wanting.
• Pei Yang told Wei Ziyun that the Discipline Inspection Commission had taken Feng Wanting away that morning.
• Wei Ziyun said the investigation was normal and that he had no power to get Feng Wanting released.
• Pei Yang feared Feng Wanting could be framed and left feeling helpless when Wei seemed unwilling to help.
• Wei Ziyun called Pei Yang back and suggested asking Uncle Feng, but explained that Uncle Feng likely knew about the case and had chosen not to intervene.
• Pei Yang questioned why Uncle Feng would leave his own son to be framed when he had the power to help.

Pei Yang and Wei Ziyun sought a way to persuade Feng Wanting’s family to help him, and Wei Ziyun brought Pei Yang to visit Liu Ke at the Feng Family Manor. Liu Ke mistook Pei Yang for Wei Ziyun’s new boyfriend.

• Wei Ziyun explained that Feng Wanting’s father was unlikely to help, but said he could approach Liu Ke and ask her to persuade him.
• Pei Yang returned home, sent Feng Wanting a friend request, and received no response.
• After two more days without news, Wei Ziyun contacted Pei Yang and took him to the Feng Family Manor to visit Liu Ke.
• Liu Ke warmly greeted Wei Ziyun, noticed Pei Yang, and asked whether he was Wei Ziyun’s new boyfriend.

Pei Yang met Liu Ke, who confronted him about his relationship with Feng Wanting after recognizing Wanting’s precious watch. Their conversation revealed Liu Ke’s grief and helplessness over her family and Feng Wanting’s detention, and she insisted Pei Yang keep the watch as he left to find another way to help him.

• Liu Ke sent Wei Ziyun outside so she could speak privately with Pei Yang, then asked about his relationship with Feng Wanting and the watch on his wrist.
• Pei Yang admitted he worked for FK and explained that Feng Wanting had asked him to hold the watch, while Liu Ke described its rare diamond and family history.
• Liu Ke concluded that Feng Wanting had given Pei Yang the watch and accused him of being gay, prompting Pei Yang to challenge her apparent acceptance of Wei Ziyun’s sexuality.
• Pei Yang asked why Liu Ke and Feng Wanting’s father had not helped Feng Wanting after the Discipline Inspection Commission detained him, and Liu Ke broke down over her helplessness and family losses.
• Pei Yang said he would find another way to help Feng Wanting, but Liu Ke ordered him to take the watch because Wanting had given it to him.

Pei Yang learned that Madam Liu was too mentally unwell to help Feng Wanting, then approached Gu Shiqiao to ask him to stop sabotaging Feng Wanting. Gu Shiqiao forced Pei Yang into his car and propositioned him, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Pei Yang left Liu Ke after she asked her housekeeper to investigate his background, and learned from Wei Ziyun that Madam Liu had already tried and failed to persuade Uncle Feng to help Feng Wanting.
• Pei Yang spent two days debating whether to contact Gu Shiqiao before Gu Shiqiao approached him outside the group headquarters.
• Pei Yang admitted he wanted Gu Shiqiao's contact information so he could ask him to stop sabotaging Feng Wanting and interfering with the Discipline Inspection Commission investigation.
• Gu Shiqiao seized Pei Yang and forced him into his car, explaining that he was continuing the sabotage partly because Lin Wen had changed his mind.
• Gu Shiqiao began unbuttoning Pei Yang's shirt and said Pei Yang could beg with his body, but Pei Yang slapped him.

Gu Shiqiao restrained Pei Yang in his private residence, but a police raid interrupted him and led to his arrest over the Gu Group’s campaign against the FK Group. As Gu Shiqiao taunted Feng Wanting about Pei Yang, Feng Wanting heard faint knocking from inside the house.

• Gu Shiqiao bound and gagged Pei Yang, then began cutting open his trousers with a knife.
• A phone call and approaching officers interrupted Gu Shiqiao, who left Pei Yang in the bedroom.
• Police arrested Gu Shiqiao after Lin Wen cooperated with their investigation into the Gu Group’s misconduct against the FK Group.
• Feng Wanting confronted Gu Shiqiao, who claimed he had hurt Pei Yang and provoked Feng Wanting into grabbing him.
• As officers separated them and escorted Gu Shiqiao away, Feng Wanting heard faint knocking from inside the house.

Pei Yang was rescued from Gu Shiqiao by Feng Wanting, then confronted him about hiding the truth and making him worry. They confessed their insecurities and reaffirmed their relationship, but their ride to Feng Wanting’s villa was stopped by a man calling for the Chairman.

• Pei Yang toppled his chair and crawled to the door, where Feng Wanting found and untied him.
• Pei Yang realized Feng Wanting’s release and the rescue had been part of a plan, and accused him of lying and testing his feelings.
• Feng Wanting apologized and explained that he had wanted to reassure Pei Yang by handling the situation before seeing him.
• Pei Yang confessed his fears and asked Feng Wanting to accept him as his boyfriend, and Feng Wanting kissed him and agreed.
• Pei Yang fell asleep in Feng Wanting’s arms on the drive to the villa, but the driver stopped because a man was blocking the car and calling for the Chairman.

Pei Yang confronted his father, Pei Zhi, after he tried to beg Feng Wanting for money, then learned Pei Zhi believed Feng Wanting resembled a man who died five years earlier. Pei Yang collapsed in shock after Pei Zhi said the dead man was also named Feng.

• Pei Yang asked Feng Wanting to let him deal with Pei Zhi alone, and Feng Wanting agreed while offering to help if needed.
• Pei Zhi tried to persuade Feng Wanting to give him money to leave, but fled when Feng Wanting lowered the car window during a flash of lightning.
• Pei Yang chased Pei Zhi and found him trembling in a flower bed, where Pei Zhi claimed he had seen a ghost and insisted the man in the car resembled someone who died five years earlier.
• Pei Zhi told Pei Yang that the dead man was named Feng, and Pei Yang collapsed in shock.

Pei Yang remembered that his father, Pei Zhi, had caused Feng Xun’s death in a staged accident, leaving Feng Wanting’s family devastated. After nearly strangling Pei Zhi in a rage, Pei Yang agreed to take him home the day after tomorrow and told Feng Wanting he was going to bed.

• Pei Yang recalled how Pei Zhi and five drunken friends had rushed Feng Xun’s car to stage an accident, causing Feng Xun to die and his pregnant wife to die from the shock.
• Pei Yang remembered that Pei Zhi’s debts and crime had also burdened him and connected Feng Xun’s death to the suffering of Feng Wanting’s family and Xile.
• Pei Zhi pleaded to leave, but Pei Yang grabbed him by the neck and accused him of destroying multiple lives.
• Feng Wanting’s voice call interrupted Pei Yang, and Pei Zhi escaped his grasp and begged to be sent home.
• Pei Yang told Pei Zhi he would take him home the day after tomorrow, then messaged Feng Wanting that he was home and sleepy.

Pei Yang struggled with the revelation about his blood tie to Pei Zhi and feared Feng Wanting would learn the truth, but Feng Wanting’s affection renewed his hope. After FK was officially cleared, the two shared a secret kiss at work.

• Pei Yang broke down after reading Feng Wanting’s good-night message and feared their blood tie would destroy his relationship with Feng Wanting and Xile.
• The authorities confirmed that an FK employee had acted unlawfully in last year’s charity project, clearing FK’s name, and Feng Wanting led a company-wide meeting.
• Pei Yang attended the meeting on behalf of his department, avoided Feng Wanting’s gaze, and saw their embrace displayed in the company corridor.
• Feng Wanting noticed Pei Yang’s red eyes and offered to help with his father, but Pei Yang said he hated the man.
• Feng Wanting announced an afternoon cleanup and told Pei Yang to meet him upstairs for a secret affair, and Pei Yang pulled him down for a kiss.

Pei Yang spent the day stealing moments with Feng Wanting, then spoke to Yin Sufang as though saying goodbye before going home with Feng Wanting. The chapter ended with Pei Yang calling Feng Wanting “Hubby” as they entered the master bedroom.

• Yin Sufang interrupted Pei Yang and Feng Wanting kissing at work, and Feng Wanting warned him that reporting them could lead to early retirement.
• After a company cleanup, Pei Yang asked to sleep at Feng Wanting’s home because he missed Xile, and Feng Wanting told him that what was his belonged to Pei Yang too.
• Pei Yang thanked Yin Sufang, urged him to find a boyfriend who would take good care of him, and warned him against Wei Ziyun.
• Pei Yang had a subdued dinner with Feng Wanting and Feng Chuxun, then sent Feng Chuxun to his own room for the night.
• Feng Wanting took Pei Yang into the master bedroom, where Pei Yang shyly called him “Hubby.”

Pei Yang revealed his abusive upbringing to Feng Wanting, who asked him to move in and marry him. Pei Yang hid his despair and explained that kissing might cure Feng Wanting’s condition.

• Pei Yang and Feng Wanting were intimate, and Pei Yang cried because midnight had passed and he had to take Pei Zhi back to their hometown.
• Pei Yang told Feng Wanting that Pei Zhi had abused him and forced him to pay off debts, and that he feared Feng Wanting would judge him by his father.
• Feng Wanting comforted Pei Yang, asked him to move in, and proposed that they get married.
• Pei Yang said he had figured out how to cure Feng Wanting’s condition: kissing made sex feel like a normal response between people attracted to each other.

Pei Yang feared that Feng Wanting would learn the truth about their relationship, but Liu Ke summoned Feng Wanting to the family home before Pei Yang could prepare himself. Feng Wanting admitted to his parents that he was dating Pei Yang and that he could only be intimate with him.

• Pei Yang avoided promising to marry Feng Wanting, and Feng Wanting took back the watch to use its diamonds for a wedding ring.
• Liu Ke called Feng Wanting and urgently ordered him to return to the family home, asking whether he was with Pei Yang.
• Feng Wanting left, and Pei Yang insisted that he would wait for him to come back.
• At the family home, Feng Wanting confirmed to Liu Ke and Feng Gui that he was dating someone.
• Liu Ke revealed that Feng Wanting's partner was a man, and Feng Wanting told Feng Gui that he could only be intimate with Pei Yang.

Liu Ke revealed that Pei Yang’s father had been one of the six people responsible for Feng Wanting’s brother’s death, and she begged Feng Wanting to end their relationship. Feng Wanting defended Pei Yang, but Liu Ke’s memories of losing both her son and daughter-in-law left him in tears as Feng Gui ordered the nanny to take Liu Ke to her room.

• Liu Ke told Feng Wanting that Pei Yang’s father had helped cause his older brother’s death five years earlier.
• Feng Wanting said Pei Yang was not responsible for his father’s crimes and refused to give him up.
• Liu Ke seized Feng Wanting’s collar and pleaded with him to break up with Pei Yang.
• Liu Ke recalled how Feng Wanting’s brother died in a car fire and how the news led Chu Chu to hemorrhage and die.
• Feng Wanting broke down in tears, and Feng Gui told the nanny to take Liu Ke back to her room.

Feng Wanting chose not to break up with Pei Yang after Feng Gui confessed his regrets and urged him to make his own decisions. While Feng Wanting slept, Pei Yang left, believing he could not marry him in this life.

• Liu Ke left in tears, apologizing to Feng Xun and Chu Chu, while Feng Wanting struggled with his family's grief and Pei Yang's innocence.
• Feng Gui admitted his past infidelity and neglect, blamed himself for Feng Xun's death, and told Feng Wanting to choose his own path.
• Feng Wanting said he loved Pei Yang and did not want to break up, then went home to the man waiting for him.
• At three in the morning, Feng Wanting comforted Pei Yang and led him back to bed without revealing what his mother had said.
• After Feng Wanting fell asleep, Pei Yang quietly left, saying he could not marry Feng Wanting in this life.

Pei Yang left Feng Wanting’s home with a knife, believing he had to answer for his father’s crimes, while Feng Chuxun alerted Feng Wanting. Feng Wanting raced after him as Pei Yang confronted Pei Zhi with the knife.

• Pei Yang said goodbye to Feng Chuxun and asked whether he could forgive him for something his father had done.
• Feng Chuxun secretly followed Pei Yang and saw him take a knife from the kitchen before leaving.
• Feng Chuxun woke Feng Wanting and told him Pei Yang had taken a knife.
• Feng Wanting hurried after Pei Yang and called Wu Rui to find Pei Yang’s apartment address.
• Pei Yang entered Pei Zhi’s room and drew a boning knife, frightening Pei Zhi.

Pei Yang tried to kill Pei Zhi for abusing him and destroying Feng Wanting’s family, but Feng Wanting stopped him and urged him to come home. Pei Yang then turned the knife on himself, leaving Feng Wanting catching him as blood stained his clothes.

• Pei Yang attacked Pei Zhi with a knife, accusing him of abuse and of causing two deaths.
• Feng Wanting arrived and restrained Pei Yang, telling him he knew the truth and that it was not Pei Yang’s fault.
• Pei Yang kicked Pei Zhi back when he tried to escape, then said he wanted to repay Feng Wanting with his life.
• Pei Yang shoved Feng Wanting away, forced Pei Zhi’s hand onto the knife handle, and lunged onto the blade.
• Feng Wanting caught Pei Yang as he fell and cried out his name.

Pei Yang was critically wounded after Pei Zhi stabbed him, and Feng Wanting rushed him to the hospital as Pei Yang urged him to call the police. The doctors fought to save Pei Yang while Feng Wanting identified himself as his partner and called Liu Ke for help.

• Pei Zhi dropped the bloodied knife, denied stabbing Pei Yang, and tried to wipe his fingerprints from the handle.
• Feng Wanting carried the bleeding Pei Yang down the stairs and hurried him to the hospital while Pei Yang asked him to call the police and not save him.
• Pei Yang told Feng Wanting that he had lacked the courage to kill Pei Zhi and had done something stupid instead.
• Doctors took Pei Yang into the resuscitation room, and a nurse told Feng Wanting that the wound had nearly pierced his heart.
• Feng Wanting signed the critical condition notice as Pei Yang's partner, then called Liu Ke and asked her to come to the hospital.

Feng Wanting confronted Liu Ke about Pei Yang’s suffering and defended his decision to stay with him. Pei Yang survived surgery but remained unconscious, and Feng Wanting kept vigil after transferring him to a private hospital.

• Liu Ke arrived at the hospital and learned that the blood on Feng Wanting belonged to Pei Yang, who had stabbed himself after deciding he could not kill his father.
• Feng Wanting told Liu Ke that Pei Yang had acted out of unbearable pain and urged her to stop blaming him for his father’s crimes.
• After more than four hours of surgery, the doctor said Pei Yang had been saved but remained in critical condition and needed intensive care.
• Liu Ke paid Pei Yang’s hospital bill and left without speaking as Feng Wanting followed him to the Intensive Care Unit.
• Two days later, Feng Wanting transferred Pei Yang to a private hospital in the Northern Continent, where Pei Yang remained unconscious and Feng Wanting kept watch.
• Wei Ziyun visited with fruit and was startled by how haggard Feng Wanting had become.