Chapter Summaries

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.