Chapter Summaries

Richie died in the Spy x Family world after Little Cloud restored it and erased everyone’s memories of him, then returned to his own world. The Forgers mourned and buried him, while the Evan Family later welcomed a new young master who resembled the deceased Sian Evan.

• Richie’s soul left his body, and Little Cloud told him the world was repaired and everyone’s memories of him had been erased.
• Richie returned to his bedroom, bought a membership, and resolved to keep living despite being the only one who remembered his time with the Forgers.
• Twilight, Yor, and Anya found Richie’s body in a park, brought him home, and buried him after Franky could find no information about the boy.
• The Evan Family learned that Sian Evan had died inexplicably, and Chairman Ivan gave no response to the news.
• The Evan Family gained a new young master who resembled Sian, and the old butler took the child into his care.

Si Ang recounted how he used his hidden astral projection ability to reach Richie's world, survived as a homeless child, and rose to inherit a company. At twenty-one, he moved to China and began searching for Richie, believing they would meet again.

• Si Ang secretly memorized Richie's name, address, and appearance before pretending to lose his memories, then used his one-time astral projection to leave his world after Richie departed.
• Si Ang's soul entered a six-year-old boy's body in the United States, where he struggled to survive on the streets and fought a vicious dog for food.
• An old man took Si Ang in after witnessing his fight, raised him as an heir, and Si Ang studied and worked until he took charge of the company at twenty-one.
• Si Ang visited Richie's home once at eighteen but failed to find him, then returned to the United States to fulfill his responsibilities.
• Si Ang moved to China, became an honorary professor at Trade and Economics University, and began searching for Richie, whom he believed was eighteen and starting university.

After hearing a popular song credited to him and Si Ang, Richie remembered the boy he had met in Spy x Family and wondered whether Si Ang had come to his world. Meanwhile, Si Ang Sanderson stood onstage before a packed university auditorium, where Richie had chosen not to attend the lecture.

• Richie’s parents divorced, and he took his mother’s surname, becoming Sikong Richie.
• Richie received acceptance to Trade and Economics University and later began his first year there.
• After military training, Richie’s roommates invited him to an entrepreneur’s lecture, but he stayed behind when a familiar melody played.
• Richie recognized the song as one he had composed and saw that Si Ang had written the lyrics.
• Richie remembered Si Ang keeping a portrait he had drawn and wondered whether Si Ang had crossed into his world.
• Si Ang Sanderson stood onstage before nearly a thousand students at the university auditorium.

Richie enrolled in Si Ang Anderson’s class and went to the library, where Si Ang briefly glimpsed him and believed he had found the person he had searched for over a decade. Si Ang waited outside Richie’s dormitory, but when someone emerged carrying the book, it was Richie’s roommate Cui Yang.

• Richie discovered that his roommates had enrolled him in Professor Si Ang Anderson’s Monday morning class, and the name Si Ang stirred memories of someone from his past.
• Si Ang went to the library to compare two editions of Management, while Richie studied there and later went to retrieve the older edition for his roommate.
• Si Ang saw Richie take the book and chased him from the library, convinced the young man was the person he had searched for over a decade.
• Richie returned to the dormitory and gave the book to his roommate, then chose to stay inside for the afternoon while Cui Yang went to return it.
• Si Ang waited outside the dormitory, and Cui Yang emerged carrying Management, looking much like Richie from a distance.

Si Ang Anderson mistook Cui Yang for Richie, then discovered in class that his student Sikong Richie was absent with diarrhea. Cui Yang falsely answered attendance for him and was caught, leaving himself marked absent without leave.

• Si Ang Anderson stopped Cui Yang outside the dorm, borrowed his management textbook, and was disappointed when he realized Cui Yang was not Richie.
• Richie stayed in bed after repeated bouts of diarrhea and asked Cui Yang to request leave for him.
• Cui Yang and his roommates rushed to Si Ang Anderson's class, where Si Ang saw Sikong Richie at the top of the attendance list.
• Cui Yang answered attendance for Sikong Richie, then answered again under his own name.
• Si Ang confronted Cui Yang, who falsely claimed to be Sikong Richie, and marked Cui Yang absent without leave.

Richie and Cui Yang tried to explain Richie's absence to Professor Anderson, but he was away for a week. On a rainy morning, Si Ang finally recognized Richie and reunited with him, and Richie accepted his offer to be his little sidekick.

• Richie apologized to Cui Yang for causing him to be marked absent and promised to explain the situation to Professor Anderson.
• Richie and Cui Yang went to Professor Anderson's office, learned he was away, and Richie asked a neighboring teacher to alert him when Professor Anderson returned.
• A week later, Richie and his roommates set off for class in the rain and shared one umbrella, making them a campus spectacle.
• Si Ang spotted Richie shielding his face with a textbook and recognized him by his familiar chin and lips.
• Richie bumped into Si Ang, heard his familiar offer to become his little sidekick, and accepted.

Si Ang caught Richie after he fled at the mall and brought him back to their apartment, where he told him to read books and consider their relationship. Richie remained unsure of his feelings, while Si Ang locked him in the bedroom and waited for him to decide.

• Si Ang found Richie hiding in the underground parking garage, tied his wrists with his tie, and carried him back to their apartment.
• Si Ang placed books beside Richie and told him to read them and think about their relationship before leaving the bedroom.
• Richie recalled how Si Ang had found a love letter, given him a ring, confessed his feelings, and kissed him at lunch.
• Richie had fled after lunch, skipped classes for two days, and was caught by Si Ang outside the teaching building on the third day.
• After a few days of behaving meekly, Richie went shopping with Si Ang and escaped at the mall, where Si Ang caught him again.

Richie accepted Si Ang’s proposal to be together and told him he wanted to take the lead in their intimacy. Si Ang agreed, and they spent the night together.

• Richie reflected on how much Si Ang cared for him and admitted to himself that he liked him.
• After reading Si Ang’s book, Richie agreed to be with him over dinner.
• Richie told Si Ang his condition was that he wanted to top.
• Si Ang agreed, carried Richie to the bedroom, and they spent the night together.

Richie and Si Ang returned to the Spy x Family world as six-year-olds and visited the Forger home, where Anya, Twilight, and Yor joyfully recognized Richie. Richie welcomed Si Ang into the family, then wondered why the Forgers still remembered him.

• Richie and Si Ang found themselves outside Richie's old home as children, and Si Ang comforted Richie until he knocked on the door.
• Anya opened the door once, mistook Richie for a dream, and shut it, but recognized him when he knocked again and hugged him.
• Twilight and Yor came to the door, and Twilight embraced Richie while Yor cried with happiness.
• Richie explained how Si Ang had come to this world and told Twilight that Si Ang had nowhere else to go, so Twilight accepted him.
• Anya asked about Richie's changed hair and eyes, heard his thoughts for the first time, and hid her surprise.
• Richie wondered why the Forgers still remembered him.

Twilight regained his memories of Richie, and Yor and Anya remembered him too. After learning from Little Cloud that Richie was alive in another time and space, Twilight stopped searching and waited for his child to come home.

• Twilight recovered the memories Richie had sealed away and mourned at Richie's grave.
• Twilight asked Yor and Anya if they remembered Richie, and they regained their memories and grieved with him.
• The family visited Richie's grave and returned home to stare at his former bedroom.
• Twilight investigated Richie's disappearance, but found no evidence that Richie had ever existed in their world.
• Little Cloud told Twilight that Richie was alive in another time and space and offered to arrange a visit.
• Twilight returned to reality, stopped searching, and waited for Richie to come home.