Recaps

Fu Yanli cornered Jiang Xun in a stairwell, insisting Jiang Xun trusted and liked him before kissing him despite his protests. The encounter ended with Jiang Xun flushed, unsteady, and angry, telling Fu Yanli that he was annoying.

• Fu Yanli pointed out that Jiang Xun had instinctively turned to him for help and claimed Jiang Xun liked him.
• Jiang Xun threatened to expose Fu Yanli, but Fu Yanli pulled him back when he tried to flee and declared that they had mutual affection.
• Fu Yanli kissed Jiang Xun, who struggled, bit his hand, and stamped on his shoe while insisting Fu Yanli stop.
• Fu Yanli released Jiang Xun, caught him when his legs buckled, and noticed his reddened, teary eyes.
• Jiang Xun glared at Fu Yanli and finally managed to call him annoying.

Jiang Xun accompanied Fu Yanli to the hospital, where Ye Jing's mother died after asking Fu Yanli to keep Ye Jing happy. Fu Yanli said he had something to tell Jiang Xun when they got home, but Jiang Xun left in a taxi, unsettled by his growing attachment to the people in the fictional world.

• Fu Yanli received Ye Jing's call that her mother was near death and drove to the hospital with Jiang Xun.
• Ye Jing's mother asked Fu Yanli to stay happy with Ye Jing, then died as Ye Jing and her family grieved.
• Fu Yanli found Jiang Xun in the corridor and said he had something to tell him when they returned home, but Jiang Xun refused a ride and left.
• Jiang Xun questioned why he was becoming emotionally invested in fictional characters and distracted his taxi driver by inventing a story about having a husband and baby.

Jiang Xun moved out of Fu Yanli’s apartment and returned to the Jiang family home, while Six-Six-Six warned him about the punishment for failing his side mission. Fu Yanli discovered Jiang Xun had left and watched the surveillance footage of him packing, leaving their relationship unresolved.

• Jiang Xun asked Six-Six-Six what would happen if he failed his side mission and learned he would receive a random punishment, though the system advised him to submit to Fu Yanli.
• Fu Yanli returned home, learned Jiang Xun had moved out, and found his bedroom completely empty.
• Fu Yanli watched surveillance footage of Jiang Xun packing and leaving, then sighed over the empty room.
• Jiang Xun arrived at the Jiang family villa with his luggage, making Jiang Huaijin carry it inside.
• Jiang Xun told his family he had returned because he missed them and denied having a disagreement with Chu Xingye.

After finals, Jiang Xun learned that he had failed two courses while Jiang Zixing excelled, and he decided to use a recording to influence his family’s changing attitude toward his younger brother. He pretended to be ignorant of music around Jiang Zixing, then confronted Jiang Huaijin about the lavish practice room he had given Zixing.

• Jiang Xun learned that Ji Ming had lost an arm and a leg in a drunk-driving accident and suspected Ji Yuntian was involved.
• Jiang Xun discovered that he had failed two courses, while Jiang Zixing had placed third in his class.
• Jiang Xun noticed his parents warming toward Jiang Zixing again and decided the recording he had saved might be useful.
• Jiang Zixing invited Jiang Xun to his piano competition and encouraged him to try playing; Jiang Xun deliberately produced a jumble of notes.
• Jiang Xun told Jiang Huaijin that Zixing’s beautiful practice room had been a thoughtful birthday present, then complained that he had been left with nothing.

Jiang Xun attended Jiang Zixing’s piano competition, where Fu Yanli also appeared, and anonymously sent Jiang Huaijin a recording about Jiang Zixing. After Jiang Xun left early, Jiang Huaijin opened the recording to learn what secret it contained.

• Jiang Huaijin offered to set Jiang Xun up with a company, but Jiang Xun rejected the idea and complained that he hated him.
• At Jiang Zixing’s competition, Jiang Xun switched seats to sit beside his mother and greeted Fu Yanli as his maternal uncle.
• Jiang Zixing performed well, won first place in the Domestic Division, and believed Fu Yanli had come to watch him.
• While the family celebrated Jiang Zixing’s win, Jiang Xun secretly emailed Jiang Huaijin an anonymous recording about Jiang Zixing and left the venue.
• Jiang Huaijin opened the email and went to a quiet corner to listen to the recording.

Fu Yanli pressed Jiang Xun to accept his proposal, but Jiang Xun refused and rushed away after Bai Lian called for help. Jiang Xun and Fu Yanli found Bai Lian injured near A University, where he claimed debt collectors had beaten him.

• Fu Yanli asked Jiang Xun to be with him, but Jiang Xun became tearful and begged him to stop pushing.
• Bai Lian paid off his fifty-thousand debt and retrieved his IOU from the debt collectors.
• Bai Lian asked the debt collectors to beat him, and they agreed.
• Bai Lian called Jiang Xun, who left with Fu Yanli to find him.
• Jiang Xun found Bai Lian sitting in an alley with a sprained ankle and helped him up.

Fu Yanli treated Bai Lian’s injuries while insisting that Jiang Xun liked him and would be his lifelong partner. He later showed Jiang Xun his divorce certificate and explained that he had married Ye Jing to appease her mother, leaving Jiang Xun to learn that Fu Yanli’s marriage had ended two years earlier.

• Fu Yanli carried the injured Bai Lian upstairs, then treated his wounds after Jiang Xun went to buy medicine.
• Bai Lian told Fu Yanli to stop pursuing Jiang Xun because he was married, but Fu Yanli said Jiang Xun liked him and would be his partner for life.
• Fu Yanli took Jiang Xun’s phone, ended Jiang Huaijin’s call, and led Jiang Xun to his car.
• Fu Yanli showed Jiang Xun his divorce certificate from Ye Jing, dated two years earlier.
• Fu Yanli explained that he had married Ye Jing three years earlier to appease her mother and help Ye Jing remain with Song Yan.

Fu Yanli asked Jiang Xun to start a relationship openly after his divorce from Ye Jing, and Jiang Xun agreed to decide within a day. Jiang Xun returned home after sending his family an anonymous recording, while Jiang Huaijin’s reaction to that recording revealed his growing suspicion of Jiang Zixing.

• Fu Yanli told Jiang Xun he would announce his divorce from Ye Jing and tried to persuade Jiang Xun to be with him, even offering to let him inspect his abs.
• Jiang Xun stopped Fu Yanli from taking off his sweater, then agreed to give him an answer about their relationship within one day.
• Jiang Xun received a call from Jiang Huaijin and explained that he had anonymously emailed his brother the recording from before.
• Fu Yanli drove Jiang Xun home, and Jiang Xun privately felt relieved that Fu Yanli’s marriage to Ye Jing had been a sham.
• After the piano competition, Jiang Huaijin repeatedly listened to the recording of Jiang Yongqiang discussing Jiang Zixing’s origins, then looked at Jiang Zixing with new suspicion.

Jiang Huaijin confronted Jiang Zixing about hiding that he knew his parentage, then played a recording that confirmed it to the Jiang parents. Jiang Xun and Fu Yanli arrived at the tense family home as Jiang Zixing denied the recording and sought sympathy.

• Jiang Huaijin questioned Jiang Zixing about whether Zhou Xiulan had visited him before the previous year, and Jiang Zixing's panicked reaction deepened his suspicions.
• Jiang Huaijin took the family home and played a recording of Jiang Yongqiang saying that Jiang Zixing had learned his parentage three years earlier and rejected his birth parents.
• Jiang Shiyuan, Deng Shu, and Jiang Huaijin were shocked by the recording, while Jiang Zixing insisted it was fake and pleaded for them to believe him.
• Jiang Xun arrived at the Jiang villa with Fu Yanli and entered the living room as Jiang Zixing tried to attract Fu Yanli's attention.

Fu Yanli exposed Jiang Zixing’s three-year deception by admitting he sent the recording and showing the family a video of Jiang Yongqiang confirming the truth. Jiang Shiyuan confronted Jiang Zixing while Jiang Xun tried to put the matter aside, and the chapter ended with someone secretly leaving the Jiang Family villa at six in the morning.

• Jiang Zixing accused Jiang Xun of fabricating the recording, but Fu Yanli shoved him away when he grabbed Jiang Xun and then admitted he had sent it.
• Fu Yanli showed Jiang Shiyuan a video of Jiang Yongqiang confirming that Jiang Zixing had learned his identity three years earlier.
• Jiang Shiyuan slapped Jiang Zixing and berated him for hiding the truth, while Deng Shu and Jiang Huaijin did not defend him.
• Fu Yanli left, and Jiang Xun asked his parents to stop arguing so the family could eat before he went back to his room.
• After a restless night, Jiang Xun decided to keep playing it cool, and a furtive figure slipped out of the Jiang Family villa at six in the morning.

Jiang Xun rushed to Fu Yanli’s apartment and mischievously climbed into his bed, where Fu Yanli revealed he had been awake and waiting. Jiang Xun agreed to be with Fu Yanli, then invited him to kiss, and Fu Yanli kissed him.

• Jiang Xun left the Jiang Family home before dawn and told his taxi driver he was eloping with his older partner.
• Jiang Xun arrived at Fu Yanli’s apartment, woke Sangbiao with enthusiastic cuddles, and sneaked into Fu Yanli’s bedroom.
• Jiang Xun climbed into bed and undid Fu Yanli’s clothes, but Fu Yanli caught his wrist and pulled him close.
• Fu Yanli admitted he had noticed Jiang Xun from the moment he entered and asked whether he had made up his mind.
• Jiang Xun agreed to be with Fu Yanli and asked if he wanted to kiss.
• Fu Yanli clasped Jiang Xun’s neck and kissed him passionately.

Jiang Xun stayed at Fu Yanli’s apartment, where Fu Yanli made him breakfast and gave him a puppy bracelet. Meanwhile, Deng Shu rejected Jiang Zixing’s apology, and the chapter ended with Fu Yanli warning Jiang Xun that his teasing could lead him to blame Fu Yanli for bullying him again.

• Deng Shu spoke with Jiang Xun and felt guilty as she thought about how the family had treated him; she then cut off Jiang Zixing’s excuses and left him alone.
• Jiang Zixing regretted hiding the truth but blamed Fu Yanli for exposing his secret and wondered whether he had done it for Jiang Xun.
• Fu Yanli made breakfast for Jiang Xun, who shared toast with him and fed him the cherry tomatoes he did not want.
• Sangbiao stole Jiang Xun’s slipper, and Fu Yanli caught Jiang Xun as he chased the puppy, put oversized slippers on him, and warned him not to run barefoot.
• Fu Yanli gave Jiang Xun a silver bracelet with a puppy charm, and Jiang Xun kissed and teased him until Fu Yanli warned that Jiang Xun would blame him for bullying him again.

Jiang Xun pressed Fu Yanli for stories about people who had pursued him, and Fu Yanli recounted a secretary’s brazen attempt to seduce him. Jiang Xun also asked about a lipstick mark on Fu Yanli’s collar, and Fu Yanli assured him that Ye Jing had drawn it on and that Jiang Xun had been his first kiss.

• Jiang Xun asked Fu Yanli why he had delayed sending the violent recording, and Fu Yanli said he had worried it would frighten him.
• Jiang Xun teased Fu Yanli about Jiang Zixing liking him, then coaxed him to tell stories about other people who had pursued him.
• Fu Yanli described a male secretary who had taken off his clothes in Fu Yanli’s office and praised his hands; Fu Yanli said security threw the secretary out.
• Jiang Xun asked about the lipstick mark on Fu Yanli’s collar, and Fu Yanli explained that Ye Jing had deliberately drawn it on.
• Fu Yanli told Jiang Xun that Jiang Xun had been his first kiss and that every kiss from then on would be his.

Jiang Zixing was sent away from the Jiang Family, while Jiang Huaijin went to bring Jiang Xun home from Fu Yanli's apartment. Jiang Xun agreed to leave after Fu Yanli gave him desserts, and Jiang Huaijin reaffirmed that he would not let his younger brother suffer again.

• Jiang Huaijin told Jiang Zixing that he was no longer worth getting angry over, and Jiang Zixing waited downstairs as the family prepared to confront him.
• Jiang Shiyuan told Jiang Zixing to move into a family apartment near his school and have his household registration transferred out of the Jiang Family.
• Jiang Zixing left the family home that afternoon, and Jiang Huaijin had his belongings moved out before resolving to bring Jiang Xun home.
• Jiang Xun received a mission-completion reward of five thousand points and a Leg-Stretching Eye-Roll Pill that could heal severe injuries.
• Jiang Huaijin found Jiang Xun at Fu Yanli's apartment and told him that Jiang Zixing had moved out and would not return.
• Fu Yanli came home with flowers and desserts, and Jiang Xun agreed to leave with Jiang Huaijin after Fu Yanli handed him the food bag.

Jiang Xun returned to the Jiang Family villa with Jiang Huaijin, who noticed a hickey-like mark on his neck and suspected he was secretly dating someone. After reassuring his parents about Jiang Zixing moving out, Jiang Xun took Fu Yanli’s video call and began changing for a shower while the call was still on.

• Jiang Huaijin questioned Jiang Xun about wearing Fu Yanli’s clothes, and Jiang Xun said he had stopped liking Chu Xingye.
• Jiang Huaijin refused to visit Jiang Zixing after hearing that he had fainted, then drove Jiang Xun home.
• Jiang Huaijin spotted a red mark on Jiang Xun’s neck, and Jiang Xun joked that some man had sucked it there.
• Jiang Xun learned Jiang Zixing had moved out, then let Deng Shu and Jiang Huaijin reassure him that Zixing would not return.
• Fu Yanli called Jiang Xun, noticed his reddened eyes, and asked him to turn on video; Jiang Xun began undressing to change while the call remained connected.

Jiang Xun teased Fu Yanli during a video call, while Fu Yanli wondered about Jiang Xun’s identity. Chu Xingye asked Jiang Xun to see a movie, but Jiang Xun did not reply, leaving Chu Xingye to seek advice from his mother.

• Jiang Xun undressed in front of Fu Yanli during their video call, then ended it before taking a bath.
• Jiang Xun joked with Six-Six-Six about keeping Fu Yanli wanting more and complained that Fu Yanli had lied about letting him touch him.
• Jiang Zixing waited for his family to visit him in the hospital, then decided he would no longer appear before the Jiang family.
• Chu Xingye invited Jiang Xun to a movie, but Jiang Xun put off replying because he was now together with Fu Yanli.
• Chu Xingye grew angry when Jiang Xun still had not replied by morning and asked Fu Sang for advice about his supposed friend’s admirer.
• Fu Sang told Chu Xingye that his dismissive behavior could make someone else win Jiang Xun over.

Jiang Xun told Chu Xingye he no longer liked him and wanted to call off their engagement, prompting Chu Xingye to seek advice from his father and decide to win him back. Before Chu Xingye could act, Jiang Xun prepared to leave abroad for surgery and visited Fu Yanli at work, where he eagerly began feeling Fu Yanli’s abs.

• Jiang Xun stopped Fu Yanli from confronting Chu Xingye and said he would handle the situation gradually.
• Chu Xingye confronted Jiang Xun about his ignored messages, and Jiang Xun admitted he had ignored them on purpose before proposing they call off the engagement and running away.
• Chu Xingye told his father that Jiang Xun wanted to end their engagement, and his father advised him to pursue Jiang Xun instead of talking tough.
• Chu Xingye resolved to win Jiang Xun back, but learned that Jiang Xun would go abroad for surgery in two days.
• Jiang Xun visited Fu Yanli at Zhongyu Group, sat on his lap, and reached under his shirt to feel his abs.

Jiang Xun stayed in Fu Yanli’s office and hid behind his chair to watch Jiang Zixing visit and confess his feelings to Fu Yanli. When Jiang Zixing tried to seduce Fu Yanli, Jiang Xun stood up and revealed himself.

• Fu Yanli refused Jiang Zixing’s request to meet, but Jiang Xun persuaded him to call Jiang Zixing back.
• Jiang Xun hid behind Fu Yanli’s chair as Jiang Zixing entered and asked whether Fu Yanli had exposed his secret to help Jiang Xun.
• Jiang Zixing confessed that he had loved Fu Yanli for years and offered to become his lover despite knowing he was married.
• Fu Yanli rejected Jiang Zixing, who began undressing and begged him to give their relationship a chance.
• Jiang Zixing spotted someone behind Fu Yanli’s chair, and Jiang Xun stood up and greeted him as little brother Zixing.

Jiang Xun caught Jiang Zixing trying to seduce Fu Yanli and made clear that Fu Yanli was with him, while Fu Yanli teased him about making the accusation true. At dinner with the Fu and Chu families, Fu Yanli announced that he and Ye Jing were divorced and would not have children, leaving his family to assume he had an intimate health problem.

• Jiang Xun interrupted Jiang Zixing as he tried to seduce Fu Yanli, told him to wait his turn, and sent him fleeing in tears.
• Jiang Zixing hid outside the company and decided he needed photographic evidence before telling the Jiang Family about Jiang Xun and Fu Yanli.
• Fu Yanli walked Jiang Xun out of the company, then returned inside after Jiang Xun drove away.
• At dinner, Old Mr. Fu and Old Mrs. Fu pressed Fu Yanli about having children, and Fu Yanli said he and Ye Jing would not have any.
• Fu Yanli told the family that he and Ye Jing were already divorced, prompting Old Mrs. Fu to wonder whether Ye Jing had left because of an intimate health problem.

Jiang Xun traveled to Country E for surgery, with Fu Yanli secretly joining him at the hospital. The operation was successful, and Jiang Xun woke from anesthesia babbling nonsense while revealing an intimate moment with Fu Yanli.

• Fu Yanli told the Fu family that his marriage to Ye Jing had been fake, angering his parents, then promised he would have a wife in the future.
• Jiang Xun traveled to Country E with Jiang Huaijin and exchanged messages with Fu Yanli, who arrived at the hospital on the day of the surgery.
• Jiang Xun's surgery lasted about three hours, and the specialist said it had gone successfully, though his hearing recovery remained uncertain.
• After waking from anesthesia, Jiang Xun called out to Yan Zi while holding Fu Yanli's hand, prompting the Jiang family to wonder who he meant.
• Jiang Xun continued babbling about catching fish and being arrested, then worried aloud about what had happened to his voice.

Jiang Xun struggled with pain after surgery, and Fu Yanli stayed with him, comforted him, and helped him eat. By the next day Jiang Xun had recovered only a little, and Fu Yanli visited with flowers while Jiang Huaijin questioned whether he should be at work.

• Jiang Xun woke after the anesthesia wore off and complained of severe pain while Deng Shu and Jiang Huaijin tried to comfort and distract him.
• Fu Yanli stayed with Jiang Xun after the Jiang Family left, let him touch his abs, and patiently fed him until the others returned.
• Jiang Huaijin stayed overnight with Jiang Xun, who slept poorly and woke him by pinching his nose.
• Jiang Xun ate breakfast himself when Jiang Shiyuan and Deng Shu brought it to the hospital.
• Fu Yanli visited with a bouquet he had chosen and arranged, and Jiang Huaijin asked whether he was not busy with work.

After recovering from surgery, Jiang Xun returned to City A and surprised Fu Yanli at his apartment with roses, where their flirtation grew more intimate. He hid his visit from Jiang Huaijin, who grew suspicious and warned him not to run off with a random man.

• Fu Yanli visited Jiang Xun in the hospital while Jiang Xun recovered, and the doctor said his left-ear hearing might return to around fifty percent.
• Fu Yanli said goodbye before flying back to City A, and Jiang Xun was discharged the next day.
• Jiang Xun toured abroad with his family, returned to City A, and got a buzz cut to hide the shaved patch behind his ear.
• Jiang Xun surprised Fu Yanli at his apartment with roses, and Fu Yanli praised his new look before teasingly undressing in front of him.
• Jiang Huaijin called to ask where Jiang Xun was, and Jiang Xun lied that he was watching a movie with Lin Jian before calling Lin Jian to coordinate their story.

Jiang Xun and Fu Yanli spent New Year together before Fu Yanli took him grocery shopping and publicly held his hand. Jiang Huaijin caught them, confronted Fu Yanli about secretly dating his little brother, and demanded an explanation.

• Jiang Xun clung to Fu Yanli after his shower, and they spent more than an hour together at the apartment.
• Fu Yanli gave Jiang Xun a bank card as New Year's money, with the PIN set to the date Jiang Xun first kissed him.
• Fu Yanli and Jiang Xun went out to buy groceries, and Fu Yanli held and kissed Jiang Xun's hand while saying he and Ye Jing would soon announce their divorce.
• Jiang Huaijin emerged from a car and confronted Fu Yanli after witnessing the pair together, while Jiang Xun hid behind a tree.
• Jiang Huaijin accused Fu Yanli of getting involved with his little brother, and Fu Yanli asked him to go upstairs so they could talk.

Jiang Huaijin discovered Jiang Xun’s relationship with Fu Yanli, learned that Fu Yanli and Ye Jing had divorced two years earlier, and reluctantly accepted the couple. A few days later, Fu Yanli and Ye Jing publicly announced their divorce, sparking widespread speculation and renewed interest in Madam Fu’s position.

• Jiang Huaijin confronted Jiang Xun and Fu Yanli after catching them together, then learned from the divorce certificate that Fu Yanli and Ye Jing had divorced two years earlier.
• Fu Yanli admitted that he had seduced Jiang Xun, while Jiang Huaijin warned him to resolve the situation with his nephew and parents and not hurt Jiang Xun.
• Jiang Huaijin reluctantly accepted their relationship, took Jiang Xun out to eat, and heard him insist that Deng Shu’s approval was what mattered.
• Jiang Xun asked Jiang Huaijin to keep the relationship secret from their parents until he was ready to tell them.
• Fu Yanli and Ye Jing publicly announced their divorce, setting off an uproar and speculation about why their apparently happy marriage had been a sham.

Jiang Xun tried to convince Chu Xingye that he had fallen for someone else, then blamed Fu Yanli for turning him into a fickle scumbag. Chu Xingye secretly tracked Jiang Xun, only to learn that his mysterious meeting was a beauty gathering with wealthy young women.

• Chu Xingye confronted Jiang Xun for ignoring his calls, and Jiang Xun insisted he no longer liked him and had fallen for someone else.
• Jiang Huaijin found Jiang Xun brooding after Chu Xingye left, but Jiang Xun went back to sleep without guilt.
• Jiang Xun called Fu Yanli to blame him for making him fickle, then explained that Chu Xingye had visited and seemed heartbroken.
• Chu Xingye told Fu Sang and Chairman Chu that Jiang Xun liked someone else, and Fu Sang suggested he keep watch on Jiang Xun.
• Chu Xingye hired lackeys to follow Jiang Xun, who stayed home for three days before going to a café to meet wealthy young women for a beauty gathering.