Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.