Arc 7Chapters 152–172

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Ch. 152Break both his legs

Ji Yuntian came to the warehouse to rescue Jiang Xun and Lin Jian, but Ji Ming forced him to endure a beating while holding Jiang Xun at knifepoint. Jiang Xun turned the tables with help from Fu Yanli’s bodyguards, and Ji Yuntian collapsed after reaching him.

  • Ji Yuntian arrived at the warehouse, and Ji Ming threatened Jiang Xun and Lin Jian with a knife, forcing Ji Yuntian to slap himself ten times.
  • Ji Ming ordered his men to beat Ji Yuntian and break both his legs while he held a knife to Jiang Xun’s neck.
  • Jiang Xun bit Ji Ming, freed his hands with a system-shop knife, and held Ji Ming at knifepoint.
  • Fu Yanli’s men stormed the warehouse and subdued the kidnappers, while Jiang Xun ordered them to untie Lin Jian.
  • Jiang Xun beat Ji Ming until he passed out, then Ji Yuntian reached him and collapsed in his arms.

Ch. 153Car accident

After Jiang Xun escaped Ji Ming’s kidnapping, he learned that Fu Yanli’s car had crashed while Fu Yanli was on his way to him. Jiang Xun rushed to the hospital, where Fu Yanli and another passenger were undergoing emergency treatment.

  • Fu Yanli’s bodyguards arrived at the warehouse, and Jiang Xun called Fu Yanli to reassure him that he was safe.
  • Jiang Xun told Fu Yanli what had happened, but their call ended abruptly after a loud crash, and Fu Yanli’s phone became unreachable.
  • Jiang Xun and Lin Jian rushed to the accident scene, where they learned that a drunk van driver had hit Fu Yanli’s overturned Maybach and that its occupants had been taken to the hospital.
  • Jiang Xun asked the system whether his Leg-Stretching Eye-Roll Pill could save someone near death, and the system said it could if they still had a breath left.
  • After traffic delayed their car, Jiang Xun ran to the hospital and learned that the crash victims were receiving emergency treatment.

Ch. 154A vegetative state

After Fu Yanli suffered severe injuries in a car accident, doctors warned he might never wake up, but Jiang Xun secretly gave him a system pill that restored his consciousness and rapidly healed his brain. Fu Yanli recovered enough to move to a regular ward, where his family gathered around him.

  • Jiang Xun waited anxiously through Fu Yanli’s surgery and learned the doctors feared he might remain in a vegetative state.
  • Jiang Xun spent a thousand points on a pill from Six-Six-Six and slipped it to Fu Yanli while he was unconscious in the ICU.
  • Fu Yanli woke up that night, and specialists discovered his brain damage was healing at an astonishing rate.
  • Fu Yanli was transferred to a regular ward the next morning, where he comforted Jiang Xun as he cried and apologized for frightening him.
  • Chu Xingye rushed to Fu Yanli’s bedside, while Fu Sang pulled him away and Grandmother Fu tearfully held Fu Yanli’s hand.

Ch. 155I'm a fox spirit

After Fu Yanli recovered from his suspiciously severe car-crash injuries at an impossible speed, he and Jiang Xun discussed the crash and Ji Yuntian's role in the kidnapping. Jiang Xun stormed off to confront Ji Yuntian, only to find him changing clothes.

  • Fu Yanli recovered from his fractures and other injuries within ten days, while doctors were baffled and he kept the recovery secret from the public.
  • Fu Yanli told Jiang Xun that his investigation had found no clear evidence that the drunk-driving crash was anything but an accident, though he intended to keep investigating.
  • Ji Yuntian called Jiang Xun, claimed he had been injured saving him, and complained that Jiang Xun had not visited him.
  • Fu Yanli revealed that Ji Ming had confessed Ji Yuntian ordered the kidnapping so he could play the hero and win Jiang Xun's affection.
  • Jiang Xun angrily went to Ji Yuntian's hospital room to confront him, but stopped when he found Ji Yuntian changing clothes.

Ch. 156From day to night

Jiang Xun confronted Ji Yuntian over his schemes and later learned that Fu Yanli’s car crash had been arranged by Shi Gaojie, not Ji Yuntian. As Jiang Xun struggled with the thought that his mission would eventually force him to leave, Fu Yanli’s investigation uncovered the motive behind the attack.

  • Jiang Xun accused Ji Yuntian of orchestrating his kidnapping and threatened him with a fruit knife, then gave him a shallow chest wound before leaving.
  • Two days later, Fu Yanli had Ji Yuntian abducted and beaten, breaking his left leg.
  • After Fu Yanli recovered and returned home, Jiang Xun woke from a nightmare and confided that he feared losing him.
  • Jiang Xun asked the system whether he could stay forever if he never completed his mission, and learned that he would die when its five-year deadline arrived.
  • Fu Yanli’s investigation revealed that Shi Gaojie had arranged the car crash to avenge his parents, whose company collapsed after Fu Yanli exposed their sale of substandard materials.

Ch. 157Three years later

Over three years, Jiang Xun transferred to A University's Music Department and became an internationally acclaimed piano prodigy. At his graduation, his family gathered to celebrate while Fu Yanli was still absent, prompting Chu Xingye to take another opportunity to court Jiang Xun.

  • Jiang Xun impressed piano master Guan Nan with his skill, earned a place as his student, and tried unsuccessfully to get his tuition waived.
  • Jiang Xun convinced Jiang Shiyuan and Deng Shu that he had secretly loved music for years, though Jiang Huaijin doubted his story.
  • Jiang Xun won piano competitions and the International Piano Competition, becoming a celebrated musical genius while Jiang Huaijin proudly bragged about him.
  • Jiang Xun's family and Fu's family gathered at A University for his graduation photos, where Jiang Huaijin photographed students with him.
  • Old Mr. Fu complained that Fu Yanli was late, and Chu Xingye told Jiang Shiyuan that he would put Jiang Xun ahead of work if he were with him.

Ch. 158Still Sprucing Himself Up at His Age

Jiang Xun celebrated his graduation with Fu Yanli and their families while Bai Lian, Chu Xingye, and Ji Yuntian brought flowers and stirred up jealousy. At the hotel, Jiang Zixing unexpectedly encountered his estranged family and was left pleading for them to care about how he had been doing.

  • Jiang Xun politely refused a classmate's request to hold his arm for a photo, saying his partner would get jealous.
  • Bai Lian arrived with a graduation bouquet, but Chu Xingye accused him of pursuing Jiang Xun before Bai Lian left.
  • Fu Yanli arrived with flowers, joined Jiang Xun for photos, and asked Chu Xingye to take them.
  • Ji Yuntian offered Jiang Xun a large bouquet of roses, but Jiang Xun rejected him, and Ji handed the flowers to Chu Xingye instead.
  • At the celebratory dinner, Jiang Xun and his family ran into Jiang Zixing, who tearfully asked whether they wanted to know how he had been doing.

Ch. 159Kitty outfit

After Jiang Xun’s side mission failed, the system ordered him to wear a Catboy Outfit and get intimate with Fu Yanli in his office. Jiang Xun arrived at Zhongyu Group and dressed for the task, and the chapter ended just after Fu Yanli finished his online meeting.

  • Jiang Zixing was pushed into a private room after a young man threatened him, while he felt jealous of Jiang Xun and his family.
  • Jiang Xun told the Jiang Family he might stay home after graduation, then received the system’s penalty for failing to win Chu Xingye’s love and get engaged before graduation.
  • Jiang Xun drove to Zhongyu Group, bought a Catboy Outfit through the System Shop, and changed into it in Fu Yanli’s lounge.
  • Jiang Xun walked into Fu Yanli’s view while Fu Yanli was in an online meeting, and Fu Yanli ended the meeting after seeing him.

Ch. 160Something new

Jiang Xun and Fu Yanli spent the night together in Fu Yanli’s office, then returned to the Jiang Family home after Fu Yanli cared for the exhausted Jiang Xun. The chapter left them relaxing together in a bath and planning to go camping in the mountains the next day.

  • Jiang Xun invited Fu Yanli to try something new in the office, and they stayed together until dawn.
  • Jiang Xun woke the next afternoon and told Jiang Huaijin he had been working overtime with Fu Yanli; Jiang Huaijin asked what Lin Jian liked for his birthday.
  • Fu Yanli brought Jiang Xun a warm meal, finished his meeting, and took him home after work.
  • Fu Yanli went with Jiang Xun to the Jiang Family home, where Jiang Shiyuan glared at him over the marks on Jiang Xun’s neck.
  • Fu Yanli suggested camping in the mountains the next day while he and Jiang Xun relaxed in the bath, and Jiang Xun agreed before getting sleepy.

Ch. 161Main quest complete / Death

Jiang Xun and Fu Yanli went camping with Jiang Huaijin and Lin Jian, and Jiang Xun teased his brother about Lin Jian while arranging to share a tent with him. After the system announced that Jiang Xun had completed the main quest and earned resurrection, it told him his current body would die and he would leave this world within a year.

  • Jiang Huaijin joined Jiang Xun and Fu Yanli’s camping trip and brought Lin Jian, his assistant, along.
  • Jiang Xun invited Lin Jian to share a tent, making Jiang Huaijin jealous, but Jiang Huaijin later switched places with Jiang Xun so he could sleep beside Lin Jian.
  • Jiang Xun asked Fu Yanli what he would do if Jiang Xun died, and Fu Yanli told him not to speak that way.
  • The system announced that the novel plot collapse had reached one hundred percent and awarded Jiang Xun resurrection.
  • Jiang Xun learned from Six-Six-Six that his current body would die when he was resurrected and that he would leave this world within a year.

Ch. 162Signs of illness

Jiang Xun began showing signs of an illness he believed could not be cured, but he hid his symptoms from Fu Yanli and continued his music career. The chapter left him performing in Country Y despite developing a fever, with Fu Yanli watching from the audience.

  • Jiang Xun learned that Jiang Huaijin and Lin Jian had started dating, and Jiang Huaijin introduced Lin Jian as his younger brother’s sister-in-law.
  • Jiang Xun spent more time at home with Fu Yanli, then suffered a nosebleed and began hiding recurring nosebleeds, weakness, and fatigue from him.
  • Jiang Xun completed a commissioned puzzle showing himself and Fu Yanli on a yacht, then shared an intimate moment with Fu Yanli while Sangbiao interrupted them.
  • Fu Yanli noticed bruises on Jiang Xun’s legs and left to get medicine, blaming Sangbiao for them and threatening to withhold his canned food.
  • Jiang Xun traveled with Fu Yanli to Country Y for a performance, developed a low fever on the day, and went onstage while Fu Yanli watched from the audience.

Ch. 163Diagnosed with leukemia

After Jiang Xun’s performance abroad, a persistent nosebleed and bruising led Fu Yanli to take him back to City A, where tests diagnosed him with high-risk acute myeloid leukemia M2. Jiang Xun began treatment in the hospital and comforted Fu Yanli and his grieving family.

  • Jiang Xun completed his piano performance, then became feverish in the car, but refused Fu Yanli’s suggestion to go to the hospital.
  • The next morning, Jiang Xun developed a prolonged nosebleed, and Fu Yanli noticed that his leg bruises had worsened.
  • Fu Yanli took Jiang Xun on the earliest flight to City A, where blood tests raised the possibility of leukemia and a bone marrow aspiration confirmed high-risk acute myeloid leukemia M2.
  • Jiang Xun agreed to begin treatment, while Fu Yanli held him and promised that the disease could be cured.
  • The Jiang Family hurried to the hospital, where Deng Shu cried and Jiang Xun comforted her; Jiang Huaijin and Jiang Shiyuan left the ward with red eyes.

Ch. 164Tormented by illness

Jiang Xun began chemotherapy for his illness, and Fu Yanli stayed by his side as the treatment left him weak and sick. As Jiang Xun faced the people who visited him, he tried to endure the treatment and asked Fu Yanli when his hair would fall out.

  • After Jiang Xun silently cried in the hospital room, Fu Yanli comforted him and promised he would not let anything happen to him.
  • Jiang Huaijin proved to be the best bone marrow match, and Jiang Xun began chemotherapy on his third day in the hospital.
  • Chemotherapy left Jiang Xun nauseated, exhausted, unable to eat, and noticeably thinner, while Fu Yanli and the Jiang Family cared for him.
  • Chu Xingye, Bai Lian, and other visitors came to see Jiang Xun, while Fu Yanli initially barred Ji Yuntian from entering.
  • Jiang Xun allowed Ji Yuntian to visit, and Ji Yuntian wished him well before leaving.
  • Fu Yanli carefully trimmed Jiang Xun's nails, and Jiang Xun asked when his hair would fall out.

Ch. 165Bald Jiang Xun

Jiang Xun endured chemotherapy, lost his hair, and returned home after his first cycle showed promising results. Surrounded by loved ones who shaved their heads in solidarity, he struggled with his bland recovery diet and longed for spicy food.

  • Fu Yanli stayed beside Jiang Xun as he slept through the first difficult days of chemotherapy, and Jiang Xun murmured that he missed Sangbiao.
  • Jiang Xun's appetite improved during treatment, but his hair fell out until he was completely bald.
  • Jiang Huaijin and Lin Jian shaved their heads to support Jiang Xun, and Chu Xingye shaved his the next day; Fu Yanli considered doing the same but stopped when Jiang Xun forbade it.
  • After the first chemotherapy cycle, Jiang Xun's test results improved and he was discharged to the Jiang Family home, where Fu Yanli stayed to care for him.
  • Jiang Xun craved spicy malatang but reluctantly ate the bland meal Jiang Huaijin brought him, crying as he watched food videos.

Ch. 166Baby, you did so well

Jiang Xun endured his second and third rounds of chemotherapy while Fu Yanli cared for him and struggled with fear for his health. As Jiang Xun prepared to enter a sterile room for a bone marrow transplant, he refused to let his family or Fu Yanli stay with him and video-called Sangbiao.

  • Jiang Xun cried over craving malatang, and Fu Yanli promised to take him to eat it once he recovered.
  • Jiang Xun returned to the hospital for his second consolidation chemotherapy, endured a painful lumbar puncture, and reluctantly used a bottle when he could not leave bed.
  • Jiang Xun completed his second and third chemotherapy rounds, while Fu Yanli lost weight and repeatedly checked that he was still breathing at night.
  • Jiang Xun refused to let his parents or Fu Yanli stay with him during his upcoming bone marrow transplant, urging Fu Yanli to rest instead.
  • Jiang Xun asked to see Sangbiao, and the dog excitedly pawed at the phone screen during a video call with Grandmother Fu.

Ch. 167An ordeal

Jiang Xun endured a painful bone marrow transplant and began recovering after it succeeded, while Fu Yanli and the Jiang family supported him. He left the hospital to recuperate with Fu Yanli and Deng Shu, and three months later his health had improved, though he still needed medication and checkups.

  • Jiang Xun spent thirty-five days in isolation undergoing conditioning chemotherapy and a successful bone marrow transplant, while Fu Yanli and his family watched over him from outside.
  • After Jiang Xun left isolation, Fu Yanli comforted him, and the family acknowledged that complications and relapse remained possible despite the transplant's success.
  • Jiang Xun's appetite and strength improved in the hospital, and Fu Yanli took him outside in a wheelchair for fresh air and sunshine.
  • Once his test results stabilized, Jiang Xun was discharged, and he and Fu Yanli moved into a villa near Zhongyu Group, where Deng Shu joined them.
  • Over the next three months, Jiang Xun recovered faster than expected with little rejection and no infections, though he still needed weekly checkups and medication, and his hair had not grown back.

Ch. 168New Year

As Jiang Xun recovered, his hair began to grow back, and he celebrated Lunar New Year with the Jiang family and Fu Yanli. The chapter ended with Jiang Xun and Fu Yanli making wishes beneath the fireworks, with Fu Yanli wishing for Jiang Xun's health and happiness.

  • Jiang Xun chased Jiang Huaijin with scissors, but Fu Yanli stopped him and promised him malatang, which Jiang Xun ate despite it having no chili oil.
  • Jiang Xun discovered his hair was growing back and eagerly tracked its growth as Spring Festival approached.
  • Jiang Xun collected red envelopes from his family and teased Lin Jian and Jiang Huaijin about their relationship, while Lin Jian blushingly gave red envelopes to Jiang Xun and Fu Yanli.
  • Jiang Xun received New Year money from the Fu family and sent Chu Xingye a red envelope, prompting Chu Xingye to call him Auntie.
  • Fu Yanli stayed with Jiang Xun at the Jiang Family home, kissed his cheek beneath the fireworks, and wished for him to recover and live a peaceful life.

Ch. 169Critically ill

Jiang Xun celebrated Fu Yanli’s birthday with their family and secretly enjoyed extra cake despite his illness. Fu Yanli then took him to watch the sunrise he had wanted to see, where Jiang Xun lost consciousness in his arms.

  • Jiang Xun asked Fu Yanli to take him up a mountain for his birthday to watch the sunrise, but Fu Yanli initially refused because of the cold and Jiang Xun’s illness.
  • Jiang Xun made Fu Yanli a birthday cake, and the family gathered at home to celebrate Fu Yanli’s thirty-third birthday.
  • Jiang Xun secretly took extra cake, and Fu Yanli eventually allowed him one more bite after Chu Xingye pleaded for him.
  • Fu Yanli woke Jiang Xun before dawn and carried him to the car so they could reach the mountain in time for sunrise.
  • Jiang Xun watched the sunrise with Fu Yanli, then closed his eyes and collapsed as a tear slipped down his face.

Ch. 170Fate's verdict

Jiang Xun's leukemia relapsed and rapidly worsened, leaving him critically ill while Fu Yanli and the Jiang Family waited in despair. After Jiang Xun briefly woke and comforted Fu Yanli, Fu Yanli left for Qingshan Temple and began climbing its 999 steps.

  • Fu Yanli rushed the feverish, unconscious Jiang Xun to the hospital, where the Jiang Family joined him as Jiang Xun woke briefly.
  • Examinations revealed that Jiang Xun's leukemia had relapsed, and the Jiang Family admitted him for treatment.
  • Jiang Xun's condition rapidly deteriorated, and doctors warned Fu Yanli and the Jiang Family to prepare for the worst.
  • Jiang Xun woke in the night, told Fu Yanli not to be sad, and then lost consciousness again.
  • After Jiang Xun asked where Fu Yanli was, Fu Yanli arrived alone at Qingshan Temple and began climbing the 999 steps to its Buddhist hall.

Ch. 171Passing away

Fu Yanli prayed at Qingshan Temple for Jiang Xun to recover, but Jiang Xun’s condition continued to worsen. After saying goodbye to his family and Fu Yanli, Jiang Xun closed his eyes and stopped breathing as medical staff rushed to resuscitate him.

  • Fu Yanli climbed the steps of Qingshan Temple with a prostration every three steps and prayed to give half his lifespan to Jiang Xun in exchange for his health.
  • Fu Yanli returned to the hospital, where Jiang Xun noticed his swollen forehead and asked him about it.
  • Jiang Xun survived another critical episode, and Chu Xingye, Bai Lian, Ji Yuntian, and Ye Jing visited him.
  • Jiang Xun told Deng Shu, Jiang Huaijin, and Jiang Shiyuan that he might leave, then asked them to care for one another.
  • Jiang Xun asked Fu Yanli not to smoke or neglect himself and kissed him before closing his eyes; the heart monitor flattened as medical staff began resuscitation.

Ch. 172A new lease on life

After Jiang Xun was declared dead, he suddenly revived, and doctors discovered that his cancer had vanished and his health was normal. He chose to remain in this world with his family, Fu Yanli, and his friends, beginning a new life as Six-Six-Six said goodbye.

  • Jiang Xun's family, Lin Jian, and Fu Yanli grieved after doctors failed to resuscitate him.
  • Fu Yanli noticed Jiang Xun's eyelids move, and the cardiac monitor began showing a weak heartbeat as Jiang Xun opened his eyes and sat up.
  • Jiang Xun reassured Fu Yanli that he would not leave again, while his family and Lin Jian celebrated his return.
  • Doctors examined Jiang Xun and found that his cancer cells had disappeared and his health indicators were normal.
  • Jiang Xun revealed that the system had let him choose between returning to the real world and staying, and that he chose to stay with his new family and loved ones.
  • Jiang Xun thanked Six-Six-Six and said goodbye as the system wished him a happy life.
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