Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chiyan followed Xiao Cheng to the set after seeing a vision of him kissing Song Qiao, only to discover the production had added numerous intimate scenes. Xiao Cheng refused to film the kiss, leaving the production’s next move uncertain.

• Jiang Chiyan learned from the system that Xiao Cheng rejected romantic relationships, then saw a vision of Xiao Cheng kissing a woman the next morning.
• Jiang Chiyan postponed his business trip and accompanied Xiao Cheng to Studio B, where he learned Song Qiao had joined the cast as the female lead.
• Liao Xian revealed a revised script featuring a real kiss, and Xiao Cheng rebuffed Song Qiao’s flirtatious remarks.
• Xiao Wu showed Xiao Cheng trending posts about his planned kissing scenes with Song Qiao, while Jiang Chiyan prepared to buy the series.
• Xiao Cheng told Song Qiao that he minded filming the kiss.

Jiang Chiyan got Song Qiao to quit the production by sabotaging the noodles she had to eat on camera, making her breach her contract. Back at the hotel, he reminded Xiao Cheng of his promise to give him anything in return and asked what he wanted.

• Xiao Cheng tried to quit the production over Song Qiao's demand for romantic scenes, but Jiang Chiyan persuaded him to keep filming and promised to make Song Qiao leave first.
• Xiao Cheng agreed to give Jiang Chiyan anything he wanted if he could get Song Qiao to quit, and Jiang Chiyan arranged for Xiao Wu to add stinky foods to the noodles.
• Xiao Cheng filmed the noodle-cooking scene successfully, while Song Qiao struggled through repeated takes of eating the foul-smelling noodles.
• After eating five bowls, Song Qiao vomited and declared that she would no longer film the drama, throwing the set into chaos.
• Jiang Chiyan played Xiao Cheng a recording of his promise at the hotel and asked what he wanted in return.

Xiao Cheng livestreamed while Jiang Chiyan watched and publicly asked to join Xiao Cheng’s solo fan group. Song Qiao followed her manager’s plan to create dating rumors by entering Xiao Cheng’s room in a revealing dress, and the livestream captured her; her next remark shocked viewers and cost her five hundred thousand followers.

• Xiao Cheng admitted that his kiss with Jiang Chiyan had been his first, and Jiang Chiyan told him all his firsts had been with him.
• Xiao Cheng answered fans’ questions during a livestream, and Jiang Chiyan entered the room while dining with a client.
• Jiang Chiyan asked to join Xiao Cheng’s solo fan group, while Song Qiao’s manager urged her to stir up dating rumors with Xiao Cheng.
• Song Qiao went to Xiao Cheng’s room in a revealing dress, entered despite his cool reception, and was caught on the livestream camera.
• Song Qiao made a remark that shocked the livestream viewers and caused her to lose five hundred thousand followers that night.

Song Qiao tried to frame Xiao Cheng, but his livestream exposed her scheme and led him to threaten legal action. After Jiang Chiyan defended Xiao Cheng online, Song Qiao's studio threatened to publish a secret photo of the two kissing unless he removed her negative news.

• Song Qiao tried to seduce Xiao Cheng and set up reporters to catch them together, but Xiao Cheng revealed he had livestreamed the encounter to millions of viewers.
• Xiao Cheng rejected Song Qiao's framing, said he would report her to the police and pursue legal action, and left for Xiao Wu's room.
• The incident went viral, Song Qiao lost millions of fans, and Jiang Chiyan replied to fans who mocked her and supported Xiao Cheng.
• Song Qiao's studio sent Jiang Chiyan a secret photo of him kissing Xiao Cheng and demanded that he take down Song Qiao's negative news within twelve hours.

Jiang Chiyan used Song Qiao’s incriminating secrets to force her to stay away from Xiao Cheng, but Song Qiao sought help from Jiang Shun. At Jiang Shun’s birthday banquet, Song Qiao saw Jiang Chiyan and Xiao Cheng arrive together.

• Jiang Chiyan told Jiang Zhuo that someone had threatened him, then explained he had become a lawyer partly because he felt sorry for Xiao Cheng.
• Jiang Chiyan discovered Song Qiao’s intimate photo with Jiang Shun and called his third brother, who said Jiang Chiyan could do whatever he wanted to her.
• After Su Jing traced Song Qiao’s threatening alternate account to her, Jiang Chiyan sent her compromising photos, recordings, and videos and warned her to stay away from Xiao Cheng.
• Song Qiao threatened to drive Xiao Cheng out of the entertainment industry, but backed down when Jiang Chiyan said he could take Xiao Cheng abroad to marry him.
• Song Qiao called Jiang Shun for help and arranged to attend his birthday banquet, hoping he would help her deal with Jiang Chiyan.
• At Jiang Shun’s birthday banquet, Song Qiao saw Jiang Chiyan arrive with Xiao Cheng.

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.