Recaps

Xiao Cheng learned the true identities of Jiang Chiyan’s siblings before attending Jiang Shun’s birthday reception, where Song Qiao tried to humiliate him. Jiang Shun publicly welcomed Xiao Cheng as family, and Jiang Chiyan made clear how precious Xiao Cheng was to him.

• Jiang Chiyan revealed that Jiang Shun, Jiang Zhuo, Jiang Yu, and Jiang Yao were his siblings, leaving Xiao Cheng unable to sleep from nerves.
• Song Qiao attended Jiang Shun’s birthday reception as his date, posted suggestive photos online, and let her fans claim she was his girlfriend.
• Song Qiao dropped her handbag in front of Xiao Cheng and demanded he pick up her belongings, but Xiao Cheng walked over the bag and refused to leave when she challenged his lack of an invitation.
• Jiang Shun recognized Xiao Cheng, told him to call him third brother, and declared that he was a friend; he also denied that he had a third sister-in-law.
• Song Qiao claimed Jiang Shun had given her an expensive necklace, but Jiang Chiyan explained that she was only a date and called Xiao Cheng his little ancestor.

At a party, Jiang Shun learned Xiao Cheng feared making his relationship with Jiang Chiyan official because of his possessive inner demons. Xiao Cheng read Jiang Chiyan’s private posts spanning six years, realized Jiang Chiyan willingly accepted his dark impulses, and brought him to a hotel to prepare a romantic evening.

• Jiang Shun privately asked Xiao Cheng why he and Jiang Chiyan had not made their relationship official, and Xiao Cheng admitted he feared hurting Jiang Chiyan with his desire to control and imprison him.
• Xiao Cheng mentioned actress Shen Yunxing after seeing the engraving on Jiang Shun’s ring, and Jiang Shun searched her name online, visibly shaken by the result.
• When Jiang Chiyan’s five-minute timer rang, Xiao Cheng unlocked his spare phone and read six years of private WeChat posts about his love for Xiao Cheng.
• Jiang Chiyan called to ask where Xiao Cheng was, and Xiao Cheng sent him to a nearby five-star hotel.
• Xiao Cheng reserved the presidential suite and requested roses, red wine, Western food, and a bathtub large enough for two.

Jiang Chiyan and Xiao Cheng reunited and agreed to pursue a relationship, then explored Xiao Cheng’s fantasies with restraints. The chapter ended with Xiao Cheng asking permission to put an ankle cuff on Jiang Chiyan.

• Xiao Cheng told Jiang Chiyan they could make their relationship public if they were photographed, then asked him to date or get back together.
• Jiang Chiyan kissed Xiao Cheng and teased him about the romantic plans and restraints he had prepared.
• Jiang Chiyan gave Xiao Cheng a pair of engraved handcuffs and invited him to use them.
• When Jiang Chiyan pretended to leave, Xiao Cheng stopped him and cuffed his wrists to the bedpost.
• Xiao Cheng pinned Jiang Chiyan’s ankle and asked permission to put on a silver ankle cuff.

After Lu Ting told Xiao Cheng that Shen Yunxing had been accused of killing an elderly man while driving drunk, Jiang Chiyan defended Xiao Cheng against online attacks and decided to represent Shen Yunxing. The couple left their flirtation behind as Jiang Chiyan prepared to go to the police station, determined to balance his career with their relationship.

• Xiao Cheng and Jiang Chiyan were interrupted by a call from Lu Ting, who reported that Shen Yunxing had been accused of killing an elderly man after taking him to the hospital.
• Xiao Cheng checked Weibo and found Shen Yunxing facing a wave of abuse and fabricated claims linking him to the alleged crime.
• Jiang Chiyan freed his wrists and argued online against people insulting Xiao Cheng, then told his assistant to sue eighty-two accounts.
• Jiang Chiyan decided to visit Shen Yunxing at the police station as her lawyer, and Xiao Cheng unlocked his ankle cuff.
• Jiang Chiyan told Xiao Cheng that he would pursue both his legal career and their relationship.

Jiang Chiyan investigated Shen Yunxing’s suspected fatal hit-and-run and concluded that she had been targeted in a staged extortion scheme. After reviewing evidence through the night, he found a key lead, but Su Jing’s scream signaled new trouble.

• Jiang Chiyan went to the police station and learned that Jiang Shun had posted bail for Shen Yunxing.
• Shen Yunxing told Jiang Chiyan she had stopped to help an injured old woman, whose son then demanded ten million yuan.
• Jiang Chiyan examined Shen Yunxing’s car and identified formalin in the bloodied back seat, concluding the old woman had already been dead when Shen Yunxing found her.
• Jiang Chiyan took Shen Yunxing, her assistant, and Su Jing to his law firm, where Shen Yunxing reacted strongly against having Jiang Shun called.
• Jiang Chiyan reviewed surveillance footage and case files through the night, found key evidence, and heard Su Jing scream outside his office.

Jiang Chiyan found a threatening package at his office and hurried to check on Xiao Cheng, who was defending him from online attacks and dishonest employees. After Jiang Chiyan fell asleep in Xiao Cheng’s arms, a voice message from Nan Qiao woke him, and he teasingly accused Xiao Cheng of cheating.

• Jiang Chiyan found a package containing razor blades and bloody photographs, reassured Su Jing, and went to check on Xiao Cheng.
• Xiao Cheng asked Lu Ting to remove trending topics attacking Jiang Chiyan, then deleted smear posts himself.
• Xiao Cheng threatened two employees who planned to leak false gossip about him and Shen Yunxing, and Jiang Chiyan arrived at the studio.
• Jiang Chiyan pulled Xiao Cheng onto his lap, admitted he was exhausted, and fell asleep while holding him.
• Xiao Cheng accepted Nan Qiao’s invitation to bring Jiang Chiyan onto a legal variety show, and Jiang Chiyan woke after hearing her voice message and jokingly accused Xiao Cheng of cheating.

Xiao Cheng hid Jiang Chiyan under his desk when Lu Ting and the studio staff entered, then tried to conceal their intimacy while discussing work. After the meeting, Lu Ting invited Xiao Cheng and Jiang Chiyan to appear together on The Warmth of the Law, and the chapter ended with Xiao Cheng kissing Jiang Chiyan beneath the desk.

• Xiao Cheng unlocked his phone for Jiang Chiyan and called him "husband" before the studio staff arrived.
• Xiao Cheng shoved Jiang Chiyan beneath his desk and told Lu Ting he was playing with a dog while Jiang Chiyan secretly kissed and teased him.
• Lu Ting discussed the studio's response to the Shen Yunxing scandal and asked Xiao Cheng to contact Lawyer Jiang about taking the case.
• Lu Ting gave Xiao Cheng invitations for him and Jiang Chiyan to appear on The Warmth of the Law and suggested they play up being a couple.
• As Lu Ting continued talking, Jiang Chiyan touched Xiao Cheng beneath the desk, and Xiao Cheng bent down to kiss him while picking up a fallen folder.

Jiang Chiyan and Xiao Cheng flirted, agreed to attend the variety show The Warmth of the Law, and went out to eat together. At the restaurant, Jiang Chiyan overheard Xiao Cheng telling his college friend Yin Xiaomo that he was only dating for fun, leaving their relationship tense.

• Xiao Cheng kissed Jiang Chiyan to stop him from teasing while Lu Ting was nearby, then Jiang Chiyan agreed to attend The Warmth of the Law with him.
• Jiang Chiyan stopped Xiao Cheng from making a weight-loss meal and took him to a restaurant, where Xiao Cheng slept in the car while Jiang Chiyan worked.
• A fan recognized Xiao Cheng and asked for a photo, but Jiang Chiyan covered Xiao Cheng's face with an emoji and deleted the originals.
• Xiao Cheng ran into his college friend Yin Xiaomo, who lectured him about relationships and Song Qiao.
• Xiao Cheng told Yin Xiaomo he was dating only for novelty and would dump his partner when he got bored, and Jiang Chiyan confronted him after overhearing.

Jiang Chiyan confronted Xiao Cheng over his admirers, but Xiao Cheng turned the tables by tying him up and tattooing matching roses on their collarbones. The chapter ended with Xiao Cheng demanding Jiang Chiyan beg before he would untie him.

• Jiang Chiyan found Xiao Cheng and accused him of dumping people and attracting admirers.
• Yin Xiaomo tried to defend Xiao Cheng by describing their close college friendship, making Jiang Chiyan jealous.
• Jiang Chiyan carried Xiao Cheng back to the private room and questioned him about his admirers.
• Xiao Cheng tied Jiang Chiyan to a chair, blindfolded him, and tattooed Louis XIV Roses with their initials on both their collarbones.
• Xiao Cheng refused to untie Jiang Chiyan until he begged and clarified who was the husband and who was the wife.

Xiao Cheng teased the bound Jiang Chiyan until he begged to be freed, then left him frustrated by pointing out he had a commercial shoot soon. While using Xiao Cheng’s phone, Jiang Chiyan accidentally exposed their closeness to Xiao Cheng’s fan group, whose members began shipping them.

• Xiao Cheng teased Jiang Chiyan while his wrists and eyes were bound, and Jiang Chiyan finally begged him to untie him.
• Xiao Cheng freed Jiang Chiyan, then said he had to leave for a commercial shoot in fifteen minutes, frustrating Jiang Chiyan.
• Jiang Chiyan used Xiao Cheng’s phone and accidentally sent a voice message to Xiao Cheng’s Weibo fan group from his account.
• Xiao Cheng tried to explain that Jiang Chiyan had picked up the wrong phone, but the fans became more convinced the two were together.
• Jiang Chiyan asked the fans what their slogans meant, and they joked that he and Xiao Cheng should stay together and exercise restraint.

Jiang Chiyan refused his father’s demand to become the Jiang Family heir and threatened him after he implied Xiao Cheng might suffer an accident. His father ordered an investigation into Xiao Cheng, while Jiang Chiyan received a panicked call from Shen Yunxing.

• After learning that Lu Ting was Su Jing’s boyfriend, Jiang Chiyan returned home and found his father waiting for him.
• Jiang Chiyan rejected his father’s offer of political power, choosing his life with Xiao Cheng instead.
• His father threatened that Xiao Cheng could have an accident, and Jiang Chiyan warned that any harm to Xiao Cheng would bring consequences for his father.
• Jiang Chiyan’s father left the villa and ordered his secretary to investigate Xiao Cheng.
• Shen Yunxing called Jiang Chiyan, pleading for help.

Jiang Chiyan rescued Shen Yunxing from Jiang Shun and earned an instant healing ability, but accidentally revealed a humiliating desire to Xiao Cheng while testing it. Xiao Cheng took Jiang Chiyan’s words seriously and began asking what kind of collar he would like.

• Shen Yunxing called Jiang Chiyan for help after Jiang Shun drugged her and locked her in his villa.
• Jiang Chiyan accepted the system’s rescue mission, went to Jiang Shun’s villa, knocked Jiang Shun down, and took Shen Yunxing away.
• A stalker fan photographed Jiang Chiyan leaving with Shen Yunxing, prompting several Weibo topics about their relationship.
• The system rewarded Jiang Chiyan with an instant healing ability, which he tested by cutting his arm and reciting the required incantation aloud.
• Xiao Cheng heard Jiang Chiyan’s incantation over their connected call and asked what kind of collar he wanted to wear.

Jiang Chiyan retaliated against Chu Luo for mistreating Xiao Cheng, then used evidence of Chu Luo’s vandalism to leave the police station without trouble. Xiao Cheng rushed back to Demon Capital, insisting he would take responsibility and protect Jiang Chiyan.

• Jiang Chiyan learned that Chu Luo had repeatedly stolen Xiao Cheng’s opportunities and gone to Xiao Cheng’s office to cause trouble.
• Jiang Chiyan found Xiao Cheng’s office trashed, kicked Chu Luo out, and stopped Su Jing from chasing after him.
• That evening, Jiang Chiyan lured Chu Luo into an alley, beat him, and left him in a dumpster with hundreds of mosquitoes.
• At the police station, Jiang Chiyan gave Chief Meng surveillance footage of Chu Luo vandalizing the studio and asked him to open a case, then walked out free.
• Xiao Cheng called Jiang Chiyan in a panic, and when he heard what had happened, he said he was returning to Demon Capital to take the blame and protect him.

Jiang Chiyan reassured Xiao Cheng that Chu Luo had survived and explained how he had turned the incident into a case against him. Their flirtatious video call and matching rose tattoos led Jiang Chiyan to post Xiao Cheng’s collarbone photo online, leaving fans to suspect their relationship; the next morning, Jiang Chiyan arrived at the law firm and encountered another major incident.

• Xiao Cheng offered to take the blame for Jiang Chiyan, but Jiang Chiyan revealed he had not seriously injured Chu Luo.
• Jiang Chiyan video-called Xiao Cheng, reassured him that Chu Luo was alive, and said Chu Luo would face a case for damaging Xiao Cheng’s office and robbery.
• Xiao Cheng showed Jiang Chiyan his matching rose tattoo with the initials JCY, then sent him photos of his chest.
• Jiang Chiyan saved Xiao Cheng’s photos and posted a collarbone picture marked JCY on Weibo with the caption “Mine.”
• Xiao Cheng liked Jiang Chiyan’s post and briefly commented “Go to sleep,” prompting fans to speculate about their relationship.
• The next morning, Jiang Chiyan arrived at the law firm, where another major incident awaited him.

Jiang Chiyan was arrested on fabricated charges and endured forty-eight hours of deprivation rather than confess, intending to expose Chu Luo’s father for abusing his power. Xiao Cheng returned to the Demon Capital and prepared to break Jiang Chiyan out, but Jiang Chiyan’s father, Jiang Yun, summoned him first.

• Jiang Chiyan was taken to the police station, where officers accused him of assaulting a female judge and blackmailing her to influence his cases.
• Director Chu confronted Jiang Chiyan, demanded a false confession, and threatened him with torture when he refused.
• Director Chu ordered Jiang Chiyan to be kept awake and without food for forty-eight hours, while Jiang Chiyan planned to build a case against him.
• Xiao Cheng flew back to the Demon Capital, logged into an account named Kill, and began composing a request for help breaking Jiang Chiyan out.
• A man approached Xiao Cheng and said Jiang Yun wanted to see him.

Xiao Cheng confronted Jiang Yun about his relationship with Jiang Chiyan, then set out to rescue him without asking the Jiang Family for help. After Jiang Chiyan escaped detention with Su Jing, Xiao Cheng reunited with him and bit his neck, calling his blood sweet.

• Xiao Cheng told Jiang Yun that he wanted to enter Jiang Chiyan’s life, not the Jiang Family, and left without begging for help.
• Jiang Yun refused to authorize anyone to rescue Jiang Chiyan, believing his son could handle Minister Chu himself.
• Minister Chu threatened Su Jing, so Jiang Chiyan attacked him and revealed damaging secrets about him and his son, Chu Luo.
• Su Jing and Jiang Chiyan left the interrogation room, and Xiao Cheng took Su Jing to the hospital before rejoining Jiang Chiyan in the car.
• Xiao Cheng bit Jiang Chiyan’s neck and told him that his blood was sweet.

After drinking Jiang Chiyan’s blood, Xiao Cheng became clingy and possessive, forcing Jiang Chiyan to restrain himself from indulging him in the car. Jiang Chiyan drove them home with their wrists handcuffed together, while a phone call left Jiang Yun and Xiang Xinlan misunderstanding what the couple was doing.

• Xiao Cheng bit Jiang Chiyan’s neck, fed him candy by kissing him, and pinned him in the car while saying Jiang Chiyan smelled good.
• Xiao Cheng worried Jiang Chiyan would run away, so he tied Jiang Chiyan’s wrists with a seat belt and insisted on keeping him close.
• When Xiao Cheng couldn’t reach the steering wheel, Jiang Chiyan offered to drive with his right wrist handcuffed to Xiao Cheng’s left wrist.
• Xiao Cheng kept cuddling and sucking at Jiang Chiyan’s neck as Jiang Chiyan drove them home.
• Jiang Yun called Jiang Chiyan, heard Xiao Cheng’s breathy voice and rustling through the phone, then hung up and told Xiang Xinlan they seemed to be doing something in the car.
• Xiang Xinlan misunderstood Jiang Yun’s clapping explanation and thought the couple were fighting and hitting each other in the car.

Jiang Chiyan brought a dazed Xiao Cheng to his villa, where they remained handcuffed together overnight. The next morning, Jiang Chiyan asked to take responsibility for Xiao Cheng, but Xiao Cheng’s memories of their breakup six years earlier made him hesitate before admitting he had visited Uncle Jiang.

• Xiang Xinlan told Jiang Yun that fans shipped Jiang Yuan and Xiao Cheng as the Gunpowder Smoke CP, and Jiang Yun learned Xiao Cheng had called Jiang Yuan “hubby.”
• Jiang Chiyan carried a drunken, handcuffed Xiao Cheng into his villa, cooked noodles, and took him to the bedroom.
• Xiao Cheng woke in Jiang Chiyan’s arms, unlocked their handcuffs, and heard that he had touched Jiang Chiyan and asked to keep him for himself the night before.
• Jiang Chiyan asked to take responsibility for Xiao Cheng, but Xiao Cheng refused as he recalled Jiang Yun’s threats that had driven them apart six years earlier.
• Jiang Chiyan suspected someone had influenced Xiao Cheng and threatened to punish them, so Xiao Cheng admitted he had gone to see Uncle Jiang.

Jiang Chiyan reassured Xiao Cheng that he accepted his blood-drinking symptoms and let him rest against him before visiting Su Jing at the hospital. There, Su Jing confronted Chu Luo, and Jiang Chiyan turned Minister Chu’s insult about his parents back on Jiang Yun, who had arrived nearby.

• Xiao Cheng told Jiang Chiyan he only liked his blood, and Jiang Chiyan promised to keep letting him drink it and called him someone he treasured.
• After Jiang Chiyan fell asleep against him, Xiao Cheng covered him with a blanket and stayed still until he woke three hours later.
• Jiang Chiyan went to visit Su Jing at the hospital, while Lu Ting called Xiao Cheng away because of his packed schedule.
• Chu Luo harassed Su Jing, who twisted his wrist, and he called Minister Chu for help.
• Jiang Chiyan arrived, and Minister Chu insulted him for having no parents to teach him manners.
• Jiang Chiyan pointed out Jiang Yun nearby and told Minister Chu that he had insulted the Vice President’s son.

Jiang Chiyan helped Jiang Yun deal with Minister Chu and later reunited with Su Jing after her hospital stay. After two months apart while Xiao Cheng filmed in Hengdian, Xiao Cheng returned to surprise Jiang Chiyan but found him at a café with a young woman.

• Jiang Yun rebuked Jiang Chiyan for his conduct and told him to seek punishment from his grandfather, while Minister Chu realized the consequences of offending the family.
• Jiang Chiyan told Minister Chu he had reported his illegal conduct and submitted seventy-six pieces of evidence.
• Jiang Chiyan and Jiang Yun left with Su Jing, and Jiang Yun remarked that Jiang Chiyan spoiled Xiao Cheng.
• Su Jing was discharged on the eighth day of her hospital stay, and Jiang Chiyan won several lawsuits in September, including Shen Yunxing's staged-accident case.
• Xiao Cheng spent September and October filming in Hengdian and video-called Jiang Chiyan each night before flying back to the Demon Capital after filming wrapped.
• Xiao Cheng tracked Jiang Chiyan to a café and saw him sharing dessert with a young woman and retrieving tissues from her handbag.

Jiang Chiyan met his childhood friend Fu Man at a café, where Xiao Cheng disguised himself as a server and made him drink terrible coffee out of jealousy. Jiang Chiyan introduced Xiao Cheng as his boyfriend and said he wanted his closest friends to know him, then suggested they take wedding photos the next day.

• Fu Man asked Jiang Chiyan whether the Gunpowder Smoke CP was real, and he confirmed it.
• Xiao Cheng, disguised as a café server, served Jiang Chiyan coffee mixed with soy sauce, vinegar, and wasabi, then ordered him to finish it.
• Fu Man laughed at how afraid Jiang Chiyan seemed of his partner, and Jiang Chiyan introduced Xiao Cheng as his man and Fu Man as his childhood friend.
• Fu Man revealed that she was the devoted fan Gunpowder Smoke Rose, easing Xiao Cheng's jealousy; Jiang Chiyan stopped them from shaking hands and pulled Xiao Cheng close.
• Fu Man left to meet Xi Hanchu, and Jiang Chiyan explained that he wanted his closest friends to know Xiao Cheng despite their relationship not being public.
• Jiang Chiyan offered Xiao Cheng dessert and suggested they take wedding photos the next day.

Xiao Cheng reunited with Jiang Chiyan after months apart, and the two flirted before joining Jiang Chiyan’s friends, where Xi Hanchu asked him to investigate the hacker Kill. After Xiao Cheng drove Jiang Chiyan to his villa, he discovered his car had been sabotaged; Jiang Chiyan had arranged it so Xiao Cheng would have to stay the night.

• Jiang Chiyan teased Xiao Cheng, kissed him, and said he wanted to make up for their time apart.
• Fu Man told Xiao Cheng an embarrassing story about Jiang Chiyan drunkenly declaring that he had a wife, and Jiang Chiyan affirmed that he really did.
• Xi Hanchu asked Jiang Chiyan to investigate the hacker Kill on the President’s orders, startling Xiao Cheng.
• Fu Man discussed the popularity of The Warmth of the Law, where Xiao Cheng and Jiang Chiyan were scheduled to appear together.
• Jiang Chiyan persuaded Xiao Cheng to drive him home, then pretended to be drunk and clung to him.
• Xiao Cheng found three wheels missing from his car and its fuel tank removed, while Jiang Chiyan revealed he had arranged the sabotage to keep Xiao Cheng at the villa.

Xiao Cheng stayed overnight at Jiang Chiyan’s home while Jiang prepared for and taught a popular legal exam livestream. The class ended with Xiao Cheng unknowingly interrupting the livestream to tell Jiang Chiyan that his sensitivity to cold might mean he had a kidney problem.

• Xiao Cheng asked to stay the night, and Jiang Chiyan insisted he sleep in the master bedroom.
• Jiang Chiyan gave Xiao Cheng his tablet while he prepared for his legal exam livestream, and Xiao Cheng saw Jiang’s profile picture declaring he was taken and afraid of his spouse.
• Jiang Chiyan suggested they use matching couple profile pictures, but Xiao Cheng crumpled up his handwritten note and threw it at him.
• Jiang Chiyan repeatedly raised the air conditioner temperature until Xiao Cheng got too hot and asked to shower, then lent him washed pajamas.
• Jiang Chiyan taught a popular legal exam livestream to 2.85 million viewers and smiled when asked whether Gunpowder Smoke CP was real.
• Xiao Cheng entered the bedroom without realizing Jiang was livestreaming and told him that Lady Du said his sensitivity to cold might mean he had a kidney problem.

After Xiao Cheng deliberately appeared in Jiang Chiyan’s livestream, the two decided to turn the scandal into publicity for a drama rather than deny their closeness. They admitted they had each acted on purpose, and Xiao Cheng told Jiang Chiyan he loved him.

• Xiao Cheng entered Jiang Chiyan’s livestream in pajamas, prompting viewers and Lu Ting to panic about the pair’s relationship.
• Jiang Chiyan told Lu Ting not to issue a clarification and proposed that he and Xiao Cheng star as a couple in an original drama.
• Lu Ting learned that thirteen media platforms had crashed under the traffic generated by the livestream.
• Xiao Cheng confessed that he had entered the livestream deliberately because he wanted to announce their relationship and stop others from coveting Jiang Chiyan.
• Jiang Chiyan revealed that he had long been jealous of Xiao Cheng’s romantic scenes with actresses and had also wanted to flaunt their relationship.
• Xiao Cheng told Jiang Chiyan, “I love you.”

After spending the night with Xiao Cheng, Jiang Chiyan tried to make him breakfast and discovered how little he knew about cooking. When Xiao Cheng cried out in his sleep about being hit by his mother, Jiang Chiyan answered a call from the woman listed as Mom on Xiao Cheng’s phone.

• Jiang Chiyan silenced the flood of messages about his relationship with Xiao Cheng by switching his phone to airplane mode.
• Jiang Chiyan searched for breakfast recipes, burned himself while cooking, and brought Xiao Cheng an imperfect meal three hours later.
• Jiang Chiyan heard Xiao Cheng plead in his sleep for his mother to stop hitting him and comforted him.
• Jiang Chiyan turned on Xiao Cheng’s phone, answered a call from Mom, and heard her say she had something to tell Xiao Cheng.