Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xun shared lunch with Fu Yanli, who showed him unexpected closeness, before Ye Jing arrived and Jiang Xun left. Later, Jiang Huaijin picked Jiang Xun up, gave him money to stop working part-time, and agreed to take him for hotpot.

• Fu Yanli invited Jiang Xun to share lunch and personally wiped a grain of rice from the corner of his mouth, leaving Jiang Xun puzzled by his closeness.
• Ye Jing arrived to ask Fu Yanli to visit her mother and remarked on how handsome Jiang Xun had become, so Jiang Xun quickly excused himself.
• Fu Yanli reflected that Jiang Xun had grown popular at school, with several people pursuing him.
• Jiang Huaijin picked Jiang Xun up, and Jiang Xun teased him about whether Little Zixing would be jealous.
• Jiang Huaijin offered Jiang Xun money so he would stop working part-time and transferred him two hundred thousand; Jiang Xun accepted and chose hotpot for dinner.

Jiang Xun grew closer to Jiang Huaijin over dinner, while Jiang Zixing struggled with sharing his family. Fu Yanli helped Ye Jing maintain appearances at the hospital, then discovered Jiang Xun had lied about taking a cab; days later, Jiang Xun felt someone following him and turned around to confront them.

• Jiang Huaijin took Jiang Xun to dinner, and Jiang Zixing felt that he was losing his brother and parents to Jiang Xun.
• Jiang Huaijin drove Jiang Xun home and gave him hand cream, stirring the original owner's lingering emotions in Jiang Xun.
• Fu Yanli accompanied Ye Jing to visit her gravely ill mother, then returned to work and messaged Jiang Xun.
• Jiang Xun told Fu Yanli he had taken a cab, but Fu Yanli saw him riding a shared electric bike and realized he was avoiding him.
• Jiang Xun increasingly felt watched over the following days and suddenly turned around after leaving class at A University.

Jiang Xun reunited with Bai Lian, who had been following him to repay the money he had lent him, but Bai Lian continued trailing him after he refused payment. Chu Xingye saw a photo of them together, rushed to confront Jiang Xun, and left with him while Bai Lian watched from behind; a black Bentley waited across from the campus gates.

• Jiang Xun discovered Bai Lian hiding behind a tree and learned he had been looking for him to repay twenty thousand of the money Jiang Xun had lent him.
• Jiang Xun told Bai Lian to keep the money, but Bai Lian followed him and eventually asked his name.
• Bai Lian revealed that he had found Jiang Xun after recovering from his injury and had learned about Jiang Xun’s wealthy-family background while watching him.
• Chu Xingye’s friend showed him a photo of Jiang Xun with Bai Lian, prompting Chu Xingye to hurry back toward the Third Teaching Building.
• Chu Xingye confronted Jiang Xun with a jealous remark, then left while Jiang Xun followed him and Bai Lian remained behind.
• A black Bentley with a license plate ending in 11111 waited across from the campus entrance.

Chu Xingye invited Jiang Xun into Fu Yanli’s car, where Jiang Xun teased him while Fu Yanli drove him home. That evening, Fu Yanli brought Jiang Xun desserts and showed him unexpected closeness, leaving Jiang Xun wondering whether his uncle had noticed something unusual about him.

• Chu Xingye invited Jiang Xun to join him on the drive to his grandparents’ house, then asked Fu Yanli to drop Jiang Xun at the apartment first.
• Jiang Xun flirted with Chu Xingye in the car, making him blush, while Fu Yanli listened in silence.
• After dropping Jiang Xun off, Fu Yanli drove Chu Xingye away and told him to be quiet when he complained about Jiang Xun.
• Jiang Xun worked on the original owner’s diary, planning to let the Jiang Family find it, when Fu Yanli came to his room with desserts from Fu Sang.
• Fu Yanli asked whether Jiang Xun was settling in, stood close to him, and brushed his cat-ear headband before leaving.
• Jiang Xun noticed Fu Yanli had touched the headband and wondered whether he was testing him.

At a birthday party, Jiang Xun spotted Ye Jing kissing another man outside a hotel and concluded that she was cheating on Fu Yanli. Drunk and shaken, he agreed to let Fu Yanli come pick him up, while Fu Yanli set out after getting Jiang Xun’s location.

• Jiang Tian coaxed Jiang Xun into drinking beer at his birthday party, and Jiang Xun hurried out before the alcohol took effect.
• Jiang Xun saw Ye Jing leave a hotel hand in hand with a young man, watched them kiss, and secretly photographed them.
• Jiang Xun examined the photos and concluded that Ye Jing had a lover behind Fu Yanli’s back.
• After the beer made him dizzy, Jiang Xun answered Fu Yanli’s call and agreed to wait for him to come get him.
• Fu Yanli asked Chu Xingye to send Jiang Xun’s location and left immediately.

After finding Jiang Xun drunk and waiting outside the club, Bai Lian kept him from hurting himself and watched Fu Yanli take him home. On the drive, Jiang Xun wondered whether Fu Yanli had a secret medical problem, then fell asleep before Fu Yanli found Chu Xingye's messages on his phone.

• Jiang Xun waited outside the club for Fu Yanli, while Bai Lian stopped him from knocking his forehead against a pillar and urged him to come inside.
• Jiang Xun refused to leave without Fu Yanli, mistook Bai Lian for a drinking companion, and gave him all his remaining money as advice to focus on school.
• Fu Yanli arrived in his Bentley, and Jiang Xun silently withheld his warning that Fu Yanli was being cheated on before leaving with him.
• Bai Lian recognized Fu Yanli as the head of Zhongyu Group, pocketed Jiang Xun's money, and returned to work.
• In the car, Jiang Xun wondered whether Fu Yanli had a secret medical problem, hid the photos he had taken, and fell asleep without replying to Chu Xingye.
• Fu Yanli covered the sleeping Jiang Xun with his overcoat and picked up his phone as another message from Chu Xingye arrived.

Fu Yanli brought the drunk Jiang Xun home, where Jiang Xun unexpectedly revealed his exceptional piano skills and left Chu Xingye baffled. After tending to him, Fu Yanli reflected on Jiang Xun’s secrets and restrained his growing feelings.

• Fu Yanli carried the unsteady Jiang Xun into the apartment, surprising Chu Xingye.
• Jiang Xun insisted on playing the piano and performed Canon at remarkable speed, astonishing Chu Xingye and capturing Fu Yanli’s attention.
• Jiang Xun grew tired and collapsed onto the piano, so Fu Yanli carried him to bed while Chu Xingye followed and questioned his uncle’s attentiveness.
• Fu Yanli tucked Jiang Xun in and wiped his face and hands; Jiang Xun held his wrist, nuzzled it, and called him “Dad.”
• Fu Yanli considered Jiang Xun’s secrets, leaned close to his sleeping face, then pulled back and gently ruffled his hair.

After Jiang Xun woke with a fever, Fu Yanli cared for him at home, including calling a doctor and feeding him congee. As Jiang Xun asked about Fu Yanli’s absent wife and missing wedding ring, Fu Yanli asked why their relationship mattered so much to him.

• Jiang Xun discovered Fu Yanli’s expensive watch on his wrist and learned from Chu Xingye that Fu Yanli had carried him home after he got drunk and played the piano.
• Fu Yanli found Jiang Xun feverish, measured his temperature at thirty-nine degrees, and arranged for his doctor to visit while Jiang Xun took the day off.
• Jiang Xun returned Fu Yanli’s watch, but Fu Yanli told him to keep it and said Jiang Xun had done nothing else unusual.
• Fu Yanli’s doctor treated Jiang Xun, and Fu Yanli made mushroom and shredded chicken congee and fed it to him.
• Jiang Xun asked why Fu Yanli had not replaced his wedding ring and whether he and his wife still had a good relationship, and Fu Yanli asked whether that mattered so much to him.

Jiang Xun recovered from his fever at Fu Yanli’s apartment, where Fu Yanli seemed to discover a secret about him. Jiang Xun returned to the Jiang family home with his parents and brother, still wondering why Fu Yanli and Ye Jing’s marriage was so distant.

• Fu Yanli cared for the sleeping Jiang Xun and quietly spoke into both of his ears, leaving Jiang Xun to wonder if his left ear had felt wet.
• Jiang Huaijin learned Jiang Xun had a fever, and he, Deng Shu, and Jiang Shiyuan went to bring him home.
• Jiang Zixing learned that his parents and eldest brother had gone to pick up Jiang Xun and worried about his second brother.
• Jiang Xun said goodbye to Fu Yanli, who teased him about looking inside his bedroom, and then left with his family.
• Jiang Xun reflected on Fu Yanli and Ye Jing’s distant marriage and wondered if Fu Yanli had a hidden condition.

Jiang Xun returned to the Jiang Family home with his family after Jiang Zixing sprained his ankle, then tried to hint to Fu Yanli that someone was being cheated on by sending him an all-green outfit photo. Fu Yanli missed the hint and focused on Jiang Xun’s medicine and shorts, but secretly saved the photo.

• Jiang Shiyuan’s family went to the hospital after Sister Wu reported that Jiang Zixing had sprained his ankle, and Jiang Huaijin carried the sick Jiang Xun through the lobby.
• Jiang Xun told Deng Shu that Fu Yanli had cared for him while he was sick, leaving out that Fu Yanli had personally fed him porridge.
• After dinner, Jiang Xun researched how to tell someone they were being cheated on and made notes while Jiang Huaijin carried Jiang Zixing upstairs.
• Jiang Xun dressed in green clothes and sent Fu Yanli a mirror selfie, hoping the outfit would hint that Fu Yanli was being cheated on.
• Fu Yanli praised the outfit, asked whether Jiang Xun had taken his medicine, and told him not to wear shorts in the cold; he then saved the photo and admired it.

After recovering from his fever, Jiang Xun teased Jiang Zixing and sent Fu Yanli a playful photo with the neighbor’s child. While hiding during a game of hide-and-seek, he overheard Jiang Zixing arguing with Jiang Yongqiang, revealing that Jiang Zixing had secretly been sending him money.

• Jiang Xun woke feeling better and exchanged barbed remarks with Jiang Zixing, while Jiang Huaijin advised Jiang Zixing to keep his distance from him.
• Jiang Xun teased Ryan with a lollipop, then sent Fu Yanli a photo of them together and received a warm reply.
• Jiang Xun hid behind a flower bed while Ryan counted, and saw Jiang Zixing arrive in a wheelchair.
• Jiang Zixing angrily told Jiang Yongqiang that he had already transferred him fifty thousand and demanded to know why he kept asking for money.
• Jiang Zixing threatened Jiang Yongqiang not to tell his parents about their secret arrangement, while Jiang Xun listened from behind the flower bed.

Jiang Xun overheard Jiang Zixing being blackmailed by Jiang Yongqiang, then returned to Fu Yanli’s apartment with Jiang Huaijin. After Jiang Huaijin found and read Jiang Xun’s childhood diary, he learned about the abuse and neglect Jiang Xun had endured and was left overwhelmed with grief.

• Jiang Xun hid in the flower bed and overheard Jiang Zixing paying Jiang Yongqiang to keep a secret from Jiang Shiyuan and Deng Shu.
• Jiang Zixing lamented his biological father and said he missed Uncle Fu before leaving, and Jiang Xun let Ryan find him while they played hide-and-seek.
• Jiang Xun spent lunch writing in the original owner’s diary and researching how to hint that someone was being cheated on, while considering hiring a private investigator to follow Jiang Yongqiang.
• Jiang Huaijin drove Jiang Xun back to Fu Yanli’s apartment and offered to buy him an apartment, but Jiang Xun said he wanted to live there with Chu Xingye.
• Jiang Huaijin found Jiang Xun’s diary under the passenger seat and read entries describing years of abuse, hunger, hearing loss, and his struggle to feel accepted by his biological family.
• Jiang Huaijin finished the diary in tears and wanted to find Jiang Xun and hold him.

After reading Jiang Xun’s diary, Jiang Huaijin left without facing him, while Jiang Xun realized the Jiang Family now knew about his suffering. Later, Jiang Xun helped a seemingly drunk Fu Yanli to bed, where an intimate mishap left him flustered, and Chu Xingye caught him coming out of Fu Yanli’s room.

• Jiang Huaijin read Jiang Xun’s diary, felt guilty about how he had treated him, and drove away without returning it.
• Jiang Xun watched Jiang Huaijin leave and received 2,000 points from Six-Six-Six.
• Fu Yanli came home after meeting friends, and Jiang Xun massaged his shoulders while professing his wish to get engaged to Chu Xingye.
• Fu Yanli asked Jiang Xun to play the piano, then let Jiang Xun help him to his bedroom after appearing drunk.
• Fu Yanli fell on top of Jiang Xun, and Jiang Xun hurried out after their faces and bodies pressed close; Fu Yanli secretly smiled after he left.
• Chu Xingye caught Jiang Xun leaving Fu Yanli’s room and questioned him, but Jiang Xun insisted he had only helped his uncle to bed.

Jiang Huaijin struggled with how to treat Jiang Zixing after reading Jiang Xun’s diary and learning more about his past. At Fu Yanli’s home, Jiang Xun tried to hide his feelings about Fu Yanli’s affectionate gestures toward him, then overheard Ye Jing say she missed someone and called Fu Yanli boring.

• Jiang Huaijin returned home late with Jiang Xun’s diary, concealed his distress from Deng Shu, and stayed up rereading it.
• Jiang Huaijin declined to take Jiang Zixing to school, while Jiang Zixing sensed that his brother was acting strangely.
• Fu Yanli admitted he remembered Jiang Xun caring for him while he was drunk, then casually wiped soy milk from Jiang Xun’s mouth and startled Chu Xingye.
• Ye Jing visited Fu Yanli’s house, teased Jiang Xun and Chu Xingye about their engagement, and stayed for dinner.
• Jiang Xun overheard Ye Jing tell someone on the phone that she missed them and that Fu Yanli was boring.

Jiang Xun overheard Ye Jing speaking affectionately to someone on the phone and assumed she was cheating on Fu Yanli. A system task forced him to feed Fu Yanli at dinner, but he missed the deadline by 0.01 seconds and received a humiliating new punishment.

• Jiang Xun overheard Ye Jing's sweet phone conversation and concluded that she had a lover on the side.
• At dinner, Six-Six-Six ordered Jiang Xun to feed Fu Yanli within three minutes, so Jiang Xun offered him a rib in front of Ye Jing and Chu Xingye.
• Jiang Xun fed Ye Jing and Chu Xingye as well, but Six-Six-Six declared that he had failed by 0.01 seconds.
• The punishment wheel assigned Jiang Xun to pretend to fall into Fu Yanli's arms, feel his chest, and compliment his physique.
• Fu Yanli walked Ye Jing to the elevator, where she remarked that Jiang Xun and Chu Xingye seemed closer and predicted their wedding was coming soon.

Jiang Xun carried out a system punishment by deliberately falling into Fu Yanli’s arms, touching his chest, and complimenting his figure. Fu Yanli suspected the fall was intentional but let Jiang Xun leave after he denied it.

• Fu Yanli returned to the apartment in a bad mood, and Chu Xingye retreated to his room to do homework.
• Jiang Xun brought Fu Yanli warm milk and entered his bedroom under the pretense of asking about investment.
• Jiang Xun tripped into Fu Yanli’s arms, touched his chest, and complimented his physique to fulfill the system’s punishment.
• Fu Yanli stopped Jiang Xun from leaving and asked whether Chu Xingye knew his fiancé had deliberately fallen into his uncle’s arms.
• Jiang Xun denied doing it on purpose, and Fu Yanli said he must have been mistaken before letting him go.

Jiang Huaijin called Jiang Xun after reading his diary, apologized, and sent him money. He then showed the diary to Jiang Father and Jiang Mother, who learned about Jiang Xun’s years of abuse and his hearing loss, and were left overwhelmed with guilt and grief.

• Jiang Huaijin apologized to Jiang Xun over the phone, transferred him money, and reminded him to take care of himself.
• Jiang Zixing brought Jiang Huaijin a bowl of wontons, and Jiang Huaijin reflected on how unfairly he had treated Jiang Xun.
• Jiang Huaijin brought Jiang Father and Jiang Mother Jiang Xun’s diary and urged them to read it.
• Jiang Father and Jiang Mother read entries describing Jiang Xun’s hunger, cold, beatings, and abuse by his adoptive family.
• Jiang Father and Jiang Mother learned that Jiang Xun’s adoptive father had slapped him deaf in his left ear, and Deng Shu confronted Jiang Shiyuan over how he had judged their son.

Jiang Xun overslept, avoided Fu Yanli at breakfast, and rushed to class, while Jiang Huaijin told Jiang Zixing and their parents about the abuse Jiang Xun had suffered. The chapter ended when Jiang Xun recognized the familiar voice of the student sitting beside him in class.

• Jiang Xun dreamed that Fu Yanli wanted him to become his lover, then woke late and hurried past Fu Yanli without eating breakfast.
• Fu Yanli watched Jiang Xun flee and realized that he was avoiding him again.
• Jiang Shiyuan and Deng Shu told Jiang Zixing that Jiang Xun's diary revealed years of abuse by his adoptive parents, and Jiang Huaijin said he had arranged specialists to examine Jiang Xun's ear.
• Jiang Zixing blamed himself for Jiang Xun's suffering and pleaded to remain with the Jiang family, while his parents and Jiang Huaijin comforted him.
• Jiang Xun slipped into class late, sat beside a male student, and recognized the familiar voice when the student spoke.

Jiang Xun tried to keep Lin Jian wary of Ji Yuntian, who secretly recorded their conversation and became intrigued by Jiang Xun’s scheming. At lunch, Jiang Xun ran into Bai Lian, who asked for his WeChat, and Jiang Xun challenged the way he asked.

• Ji Yuntian confronted Jiang Xun in class about spreading rumors and used a small snake to frighten him until Jiang Xun admitted telling Lin Jian truths about him.
• A professor threw chalk at Ji Yuntian and Jiang Xun for whispering, and Jiang Xun later warned Lin Jian to stay away from Ji Yuntian.
• Ji Yuntian watched a secret recording of Jiang Xun warning Lin Jian and decided Jiang Xun’s discord-sowing was entertaining.
• Jiang Xun and Lin Jian went to a hot pot restaurant, where Bai Lian served their food.
• Bai Lian held out his phone and asked Jiang Xun to add his WeChat, and Jiang Xun told him that was not how to ask.

At a hot pot restaurant, Jiang Xun added Bai Lian on WeChat and tried to keep Lin Jian away from him, but Ji Yuntian arrived and joined their table. When Bai Lian intervened as Ji Yuntian reached toward Jiang Xun, Jiang Xun invited Bai Lian to sit and eat with them.

• Bai Lian asked Jiang Xun to add him on WeChat so he could repay the money Jiang Xun had lent him, and Jiang Xun accepted his request.
• Jiang Xun warned Lin Jian to keep his distance from Bai Lian, then saw Ji Yuntian arrive with bodyguards and join their table beside Lin Jian.
• Jiang Xun made Ji Yuntian a dipping sauce loaded with chili and mustard while Ji Yuntian questioned Lin Jian about avoiding him and denied being a pervert.
• After Lin Jian left, Ji Yuntian asked Jiang Xun why he had spread rumors, and Jiang Xun claimed he liked him and wanted him to stay away from others.
• Ji Yuntian tried to wipe Jiang Xun's mouth, but Bai Lian caught his wrist; Jiang Xun invited Bai Lian to sit and filled his bowl with food.