Chapter Summaries

After Jiang Xun left the Jiang house, his family learned that he had not pushed Jiang Zixing down the stairs and brought him back home. The chapter ended with Jiang Shiyuan showing Jiang Xun unexpected consideration at breakfast, while Jiang Zixing remained unaware of the family’s discovery.

• Deng Shu and Jiang Huaijin questioned Uncle Wang, who confirmed that Jiang Zixing had fallen down the stairs himself and Jiang Xun had tried to explain it before.
• Jiang Huaijin drove after Jiang Xun and brought him home while Jiang Xun ate stinky tofu in the car and insisted he was an orphan.
• Deng Shu apologized to Jiang Xun when he returned, and Jiang Xun realized the family had learned he was innocent.
• Jiang Zixing stayed in his room, unaware of what had happened, and dreamed that Fu Yanli favored Jiang Xun.
• At breakfast the next morning, Jiang Shiyuan placed a shrimp dumpling on Jiang Xun’s plate.

Jiang Xun shared an awkward breakfast with the Jiang family before returning to Fu Yanli’s home, where he noticed a bloodstain on Fu Yanli’s shirt and found Ye Jing waiting. The chapter ended with Ye Jing, Chu Xingye, Jiang Xun, and Fu Yanli gathering around a late-night feast.

• Jiang Xun joked that he was allergic to shrimp, then ate a shrimp dumpling and pointed out that his family did not know his allergies.
• Jiang Huaijin drove Jiang Xun back to Fu Yanli’s apartment, and Jiang Xun gave him two paper cranes and some candy.
• Jiang Xun met Fu Yanli at the building and noticed a faint smell of blood and a bloodstain on his shirt.
• Jiang Xun found Ye Jing at home, and she welcomed him while Fu Yanli went to change his shirt.
• Chu Xingye returned, and Ye Jing explained that she and Fu Yanli were doing fine before the delivery arrived.
• Jiang Xun and the others ate burgers, fried chicken, and fries, and Jiang Xun invited Fu Yanli to join them.

Jiang Xun worried about his height and wondered whether Fu Yanli and Ye Jing were truly in love, but Chu Xingye assured him they were devoted to each other. The chapter ended with Jiang Xun bringing Fu Yanli warm milk before focusing on his skincare routine.

• Ye Jing left after dinner, and Jiang Xun fretted that he was too short while Chu Xingye and Fu Yanli offered little comfort.
• Jiang Xun noticed Ye Jing seemed to have no belongings in Fu Yanli’s house and wondered whether their marriage was affectionate.
• Chu Xingye told Jiang Xun that Fu Yanli had returned from walking Ye Jing to the door with her lipstick on his collar, proving his devotion to her.
• Jiang Xun joked about wanting a romance like theirs, and Chu Xingye rejected the idea of one with him.
• Jiang Xun brought Fu Yanli warm milk while he worked, then returned to his room to apply skincare products and shop for a hand mask.

Jiang Xun took a café job to keep watch over Lin Jian and came face to face with Ji Yuntian, who acted as though their hostile past did not exist. After serving Ji Yuntian wasabi-spiked coffee, Jiang Xun wheeled him outside and kicked his wheelchair toward a surprise of his own.

• Jiang Xun rejected Jiang Huaijin's offer of money and continued working at the café where Lin Jian was employed.
• Ji Yuntian arrived in a wheelchair, brought Lin Jian a cake, and pretended he and Jiang Xun had met on friendly terms.
• Jiang Xun served Ji Yuntian coffee spiked with wasabi and topped with his poop-pattern latte art.
• Ji Yuntian warned Jiang Xun to stay away from Lin Jian and hinted at another surprise as Jiang Xun wheeled him outside.
• Jiang Xun told Ji Yuntian it was his turn to give a surprise, then kicked the wheelchair's backrest hard.

Jiang Xun fled after knocking Ji Yuntian from his wheelchair and unexpectedly encountered Fu Yanli outside Zhongyu Group. Back at the café, he warned Lin Jian against Ji Yuntian, then faced Chu Xingye, who accused him of spreading rumors about him.

• Jiang Xun ran from Ji Yuntian, who told his bodyguards not to pursue him.
• Fu Yanli met Jiang Xun outside Zhongyu Group and remarked that his eyesight was poor.
• Jiang Xun learned that Lin Jian had met Ji Yuntian as a child and later reunited with him by chance.
• Jiang Xun told Lin Jian that Ji Yuntian was cruel and dangerous, persuading him to stay away.
• Chu Xingye overheard Jiang Xun's conversation, and after Lin Jian left, he asked whether Jiang Xun had spread rumors about him too.

Jiang Xun manipulated Chu Xingye into believing Ji Yuntian had abused him, and rumors soon ruined Ji Yuntian’s reputation. As Chu Xingye struggled with Jiang Xun’s attention and sought advice from Fu Yanli, Jiang Zixing unexpectedly found Jiang Xun working at a café and said their parents missed him.

• Jiang Xun convinced Chu Xingye that Ji Yuntian had locked him up with snakes, prompting Chu Xingye to leave and blame Ji Yuntian.
• Rumors spread through City A’s upper circles that Ji Yuntian was a cruel, animal-abusing pervert, while Chu Xingye privately kept quiet about his role in spreading them.
• Chu Xingye accused Jiang Xun of clinging to him, then fled to Fu Yanli for help getting rid of him; Fu Yanli told him to figure it out himself.
• Jiang Xun worked a weekend café shift with Lin Jian and encountered Jiang Zixing, who said their parents missed him and invited him to return home.
• Jiang Xun agreed to go home the next day and offered Jiang Zixing a drink, while Jiang Zixing concealed that he had been trying to find Fu Yanli.

Jiang Xun delivered coffee to Zhongyu Group with Jiang Zixing and unexpectedly met Fu Yanli, who arranged to drive him home after work. On the way, Jiang Xun bought bubble tea and pointed out a man in black who had offered him a drink.

• Jiang Zixing volunteered to accompany Jiang Xun on a coffee delivery to Fu Yanli's company, hoping to see his maternal uncle.
• Fu Yanli came down to the lobby, addressed Jiang Xun, and arranged to give him a ride home after work, leaving Jiang Zixing hurt that Fu had approached for Jiang Xun.
• Jiang Zixing asked whether Jiang Xun and Fu Yanli were close, but Jiang Xun did not hear him.
• At seven, Jiang Xun messaged Fu Yanli, and Fu picked him up outside the café five minutes later.
• Jiang Xun stopped to buy bubble tea and told Fu Yanli that a man in black had first asked him for a drink, then offered him one after he refused.

Jiang Xun tried to make Fu Yanli laugh to complete a random mission, then realized a man had been flirting with him and received reassurance from Fu Yanli. As they returned to the apartment, Jiang Xun asked when Ye Jing would come back, but Fu Yanli did not answer.

• Six-Six-Six gave Jiang Xun a mission to make Fu Yanli laugh within five minutes, and Jiang Xun tried jokes and funny faces.
• Jiang Xun completed the mission and earned five hundred points when Fu Yanli smiled faintly, though he barely saw it.
• On the drive back, Jiang Xun realized the man they had encountered had been trying to hit on him.
• Fu Yanli told Jiang Xun he was perfectly fine and should not worry about what other people said.
• Jiang Xun asked Fu Yanli when Ye Jing would return, but Fu Yanli responded only with a questioning look.

Jiang Xun returned to the Jiang Family home with a rescued puppy and saw his family favor Jiang Zixing when they objected to keeping it. That evening, a car ran a red light and Jiang Xun threw himself over Jiang Huaijin to shield him from the collision.

• Jiang Xun stopped to rescue a stray puppy, took it to a veterinary clinic, and brought it home to the Jiang Family.
• Liu Ma tried to stop Jiang Xun from bringing the puppy inside, but he ignored her and entered the house.
• Jiang Shiyuan, Deng Shu, Jiang Zixing, and Jiang Huaijin objected to the puppy because Jiang Zixing was allergic, and Jiang Xun said he would find it another owner while keeping it in his room for now.
• Jiang Xun noticed Jiang Shiyuan wearing the watch he had given him, then went upstairs and prepared a bed for the puppy.
• Deng Shu visited Jiang Xun in his room, apologized about the puppy, and joined him in playing with it.
• On the way to dinner with Jiang Huaijin, Jiang Xun saw a sedan run a red light and shielded Jiang Huaijin with his body.

Jiang Xun protected Jiang Huaijin when a drunk driver ran a red light and hit their car, then injured his head after slipping on a discarded watermelon rind. In the hospital, Jiang Huaijin learned that Jiang Xun had pretended to remain unconscious and asked why he had shielded him; Jiang Xun answered that it was because they were brothers.

• A drunk driver ran a red light and crashed into Jiang Huaijin’s Maybach, and Jiang Xun instinctively shielded Jiang Huaijin from the impact.
• Jiang Huaijin called the police, while Jiang Xun got out of the car, slipped on a watermelon rind, struck his head, and passed out.
• Jiang Huaijin took Jiang Xun to the hospital, where their parents and Jiang Zixing heard that Jiang Xun had protected his brother in the crash.
• After the family left, Jiang Xun revealed to Jiang Huaijin that he had been pretending to sleep, then ate the porridge Jiang Huaijin brought him.
• Jiang Huaijin asked why Jiang Xun had protected him, and Jiang Xun replied that it was because Jiang Huaijin was his brother.

After Jiang Xun was injured, his family and several visitors came to see him in the hospital. When Ji Yuntian frightened him with a snake, Fu Yanli arrived and became his refuge, leaving Jiang Xun safe but embarrassed.

• Jiang Huaijin stayed overnight with Jiang Xun and urged him to remain in the hospital for observation the next day.
• Jiang Xun bought a discounted Peach Face Mask from Six-Six-Six, then Chu Xingye visited and claimed he had come to laugh at him.
• Ji Yuntian arrived with a fruit basket and revealed a little black snake, terrifying Jiang Xun.
• Jiang Xun pressed the nurse call button, then hid behind Fu Yanli when he arrived and begged his uncle to save him.
• Ji Yuntian put the snake away and left, and Fu Yanli caught Jiang Xun when he stumbled before asking whether he was afraid of snakes.

After remembering that Lin Jian was due to meet Bai Lian, Jiang Xun rushed to keep Lin Jian away from the alley where the encounter was meant to happen. A random mission then ordered Jiang Xun to rescue Bai Lian from debt collectors, and he hurried into the alley to find him.

• Fu Yanli and Ye Jing visited the injured Jiang Xun, then left together.
• After Six-Six-Six reminded him of the main mission, Jiang Xun realized Lin Jian was about to meet Bai Lian and rushed to A University.
• Fu Yanli drove Jiang Xun to campus, where Jiang Xun found Lin Jian at his restaurant job.
• Jiang Xun took Lin Jian to Lin's Pastry Shop, keeping him away from the alley where he would have met Bai Lian.
• Six-Six-Six assigned Jiang Xun a timed mission to rescue Bai Lian from debt collectors and take him home.
• Jiang Xun ran to the alley, heard a commotion, and cautiously peered around a corner.

Jiang Xun tried to save Bai Lian from debt collectors, but Fu Yanli intervened and beat the men before leaving. Jiang Xun helped Bai Lian wake up and pursued him to take him home, but Bai Lian remained wary and walked away.

• Jiang Xun spotted three debt collectors beating Bai Lian in an alley and prepared to call out for help.
• Fu Yanli appeared behind Jiang Xun, told him to stay hidden, and attacked the debt collectors with a brick and a steel pipe.
• Fu Yanli drove the men away, then left after telling Jiang Xun to come to him if he needed anything.
• Jiang Xun checked on the unconscious Bai Lian, helped him sit up, and woke him.
• Bai Lian brushed Jiang Xun away and staggered out of the alley, so Jiang Xun chased after him and offered to take him home.

Jiang Xun helped the injured Bai Lian get home, treated his wounds, and secretly left him money, but learned that Fu Yanli had been credited with rescuing him. The system declared Jiang Xun’s random mission a failure and made him spin a wheel to determine his punishment, which began with calling the fourth contact on his WeChat list.

• Jiang Xun carried the injured Bai Lian to his apartment and helped him climb to the sixth floor.
• Jiang Xun treated Bai Lian’s injuries, bought medicine, and left thirty thousand yuan hidden in the medicine bag before departing.
• Bai Lian found the money and realized Jiang Xun had left it for him.
• Jiang Xun received a system reward for progress on the main mission, but Six-Six-Six told him he had failed the random mission because Fu Yanli had rescued Bai Lian.
• Jiang Xun spun the punishment wheel and nearly fainted when he saw it required him to call the fourth contact in his WeChat list.

Jiang Xun completed the system’s embarrassing punishment by asking Fu Yanli what color underwear he was wearing, then returned to the apartment and found Fu Yanli watching him grow closer to Chu Xingye. A call from Jiang Huaijin revealed that the puppy Jiang Xun had brought home had been kicked and killed after it ran to Jiang Zixing, who was allergic to animal fur.

• Jiang Xun asked Fu Yanli what color underwear he was wearing to fulfill the system’s punishment, and Fu Yanli answered that it was black.
• Fu Yanli saved Jiang Xun’s contact under the name “Little Coal Ball.”
• Jiang Xun stayed on campus until late, then returned to the apartment after Fu Yanli called to ask where he was.
• Chu Xingye denied worrying about Jiang Xun, but Jiang Xun teased him about being handsome while Fu Yanli watched them together.
• Jiang Huaijin called Jiang Xun and told him that Liu Ma had accidentally killed the puppy after it ran to the allergic Jiang Zixing.

After Jiang Xun returned to the Jiang Family home, he found the puppy dead and suspected that its death was no accident. He confronted Liu Ma by claiming the puppy had revealed that she deliberately killed it.

• Jiang Huaijin told Jiang Xun that the puppy had died, and Jiang Xun said he would return home.
• Fu Yanli drove Jiang Xun and Chu Xingye to the Jiang Family home, where the family was waiting beside the puppy's body.
• Jiang Zixing apologized, while Liu Ma said she had kicked the puppy in a panic and blamed its escape from Jiang Xun's room.
• Jiang Shiyuan defended Liu Ma and told Jiang Xun he could not keep another dog at home, prompting Chu Xingye to criticize his favoritism.
• Jiang Xun picked up the puppy and claimed it had opened its eyes and told him Liu Ma had deliberately kicked it to death.

Jiang Xun exposed Liu Ma’s deliberate role in the puppy’s death by frightening her into confessing, and the Jiang family decided to fire her. Before Liu Ma left, Fu Yanli pressed her to reveal that Jiang Zixing had known about the plan and was meant to encounter the puppy.

• Jiang Xun pretended to hear the dead puppy speak and threatened Liu Ma with a fruit knife until she admitted deliberately letting the puppy out and kicking it to death.
• Jiang Xun confronted Liu Ma for hurting the puppy out of spite toward him, and Jiang Huaijin demanded that the family fire her.
• Deng Shu ordered Liu Ma to leave the Jiang family the next day, while Jiang Zixing stayed silent when Liu Ma begged him to plead for her.
• Fu Yanli stopped Liu Ma from leaving and asked what else she was hiding.
• Liu Ma confessed that she had told Jiang Zixing about her plan and instructed him to pass the puppy in the hallway; Jiang Zixing began to cry.

After Liu Ma admitted she had let the puppy out, Jiang Zixing cried and denied responsibility, while the Jiang Family comforted him and Jiang Xun mourned the puppy. Jiang Xun left with Fu Yanli for the night, and his family began considering how to make amends as Jiang Zixing silently resented the attention he received.

• Fu Yanli's intervention prompted Liu Ma to admit she had told Jiang Zixing about letting the puppy out, and Jiang Zixing claimed he had refused her plan.
• Jiang Xun stroked the puppy's body before arranging for its cremation, while Fu Yanli praised him as sensible and Jiang Huaijin checked on his wound.
• Jiang Xun asked to return to Fu Yanli's home because it was closer to school, and Fu Yanli agreed to take him.
• After the car left, Jiang Shiyuan promised Deng Shu he would treat Jiang Xun better, while Jiang Huaijin looked for a gift and Jiang Zixing quietly resented their concern for Jiang Xun.

Jiang Xun rode home with Fu Yanli and Chu Xingye after a draining night, teasing Chu Xingye before falling asleep in the car. He woke after leaning against Fu Yanli and retreated awkwardly, and the three returned to the apartment.

• Chu Xingye tried to comfort Jiang Xun, who hugged him and then frightened him with a ghost story and threats about chopping people up.
• Jiang Xun fell asleep, and Chu Xingye struggled with whether to let him rest against his shoulder.
• Fu Yanli switched places with Chu Xingye and let the sleeping Jiang Xun lean against his shoulder during the drive.
• Chu Xingye noticed Jiang Xun leaning on Fu Yanli and complained that Fu Yanli was spoiling him.
• Chu Xingye braked sharply, waking Jiang Xun, who apologized to Fu Yanli for leaning on him.
• Fu Yanli told Chu Xingye to drive more smoothly, and the three arrived at the apartment and went to rest.

Jiang Xun’s morning with Fu Yanli turned awkward after Fu Yanli caught him bowing to the watch he had given him, and Fu Yanli asked him to keep his lost wedding ring a secret. Later, Jiang Xun delivered coffee to Zhongyu Group and entered Fu Yanli’s office, where he found him working.

• Jiang Xun placed chocolates beside Fu Yanli’s watch and bowed to it, but Fu Yanli appeared in his doorway and caught him.
• Fu Yanli drove Jiang Xun to the café, joked about Jiang Xun bowing to him, and asked him to message when his shift ended.
• Jiang Xun asked why Fu Yanli was not wearing his wedding ring, and Fu Yanli said it had fallen down a drain and asked Jiang Xun to keep it secret.
• At the café, Jiang Xun and Lin Jian avoided Ji Yuntian, who stayed in a corner watching the staff.
• Jiang Xun delivered a coffee order to Zhongyu Group, and a secretary asked him to take another cup to the president’s office.
• Jiang Xun entered the office and found Fu Yanli working at his desk.