Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chiyan woke chained on Xiao Cheng’s secluded island, but he calmly accepted Xiao Cheng’s captivity and teased him while Xiao Cheng cared for his injured wrist. Xiao Cheng told Jiang Yun he would never give Jiang Chiyan up, then returned to find Jiang Chiyan had written down his songs and romantic lines; the chapter ended with Jiang Chiyan pinning Xiao Cheng’s wrists and insisting he would be on top.

• Jiang Chiyan woke in chains and told Xiao Cheng that the watch he had given him could be used to track them.
• Xiao Cheng treated Jiang Chiyan’s wrist, showed him a strict daily timetable, and shackled his ankles before carrying him to dinner.
• Xiao Cheng contacted Lu Yanzhi and Jiang Yun, revealed that he had hidden Jiang Chiyan on an island, and accused Jiang Yun of contributing to his past depression.
• Jiang Yun’s computer experts failed to trace Xiao Cheng, and Jiang Yun refused to take Xiao Cheng’s parents hostage, saying he would deal with the couple after the election.
• Xiao Cheng found that Jiang Chiyan had written down his songs and romantic lines, then turned off the lights and moved to pick him up.
• Jiang Chiyan grabbed Xiao Cheng’s wrists, pinned them down, and declared that he would be on top.

Xiao Cheng kidnapped Jiang Chiyan to marry him, but Jiang Chiyan willingly accepted and reassured him that he loved him. When Jiang Yun arrived with a force to arrest Xiao Cheng, Jiang Chiyan defended him, and the two declared their commitment to face the world together.

• Xiao Cheng threatened to confine Jiang Chiyan, then confronted Jiang Yu when he intruded on the island; Jiang Chiyan stopped Xiao Cheng from shooting his Fourth Brother.
• Jiang Chiyan comforted Xiao Cheng about his depression and agreed to let him chain him up, but Xiao Cheng secretly drugged him and carried him away.
• Jiang Chiyan woke at a foreign office and consented to marry Xiao Cheng, and the two obtained marriage certificates.
• Jiang Yun arrived at the island with hundreds of armed people to arrest Xiao Cheng, but Jiang Chiyan said he had chosen the relationship and presented their marriage certificates.
• Xiao Cheng stood beside Jiang Chiyan and said they had reached for each other willingly, and he asked that they never turn their backs on one another.

A few months after marrying, Jiang Chiyan and Xiao Cheng prepared for their wedding while balancing filming, hypnotherapy, and work. After Jiang Chiyan got drunk and caused chaos during Xiao Cheng’s cooking livestream, Xiao Cheng entered their bedroom and froze at what he saw.

• Jiang Chiyan comforted Xiao Cheng after hypnotherapy with tiramisu, and the two kissed before discussing their upcoming wedding.
• During a pre-wedding interview, Jiang Chiyan teased Xiao Cheng about their arguments, and Xiao Cheng announced new songs named after Gunpowder Smoke.
• Xiao Cheng began a cooking livestream, and Jiang Chiyan returned home drunk after viewers asked to see him learn to cook.
• Jiang Chiyan spilled rice, nearly cooked it over a gas flame, and went to shower after Xiao Cheng sent him away from the kitchen.
• Jiang Chiyan screamed after a fish bit his finger and jumped into the toilet, so Xiao Cheng treated his wound and continued the livestream.
• After finishing the stream and showering, Xiao Cheng entered the bedroom and froze at the sight of Jiang Chiyan.

Jiang Chiyan prepared for his wedding to Xiao Cheng by asking his father to deliver the betrothal gifts and arranging powerful friends to stand with Xiao Cheng at the ceremony. He returned home with a child, and the couple continued teasing each other as they ate breakfast.

• Jiang Chiyan asked Jiang Yun to visit Xiao Cheng's parents with betrothal gifts, and Jiang Yun agreed after hearing that Xiao Cheng no longer blamed him.
• Jiang Chiyan told Lu Yanzhi, Xi Hanchu, and Fu Man that they would stand as Xiao Cheng's wedding party so no one would look down on Xiao Cheng's background.
• Jiang Chiyan said he would take Xiao Cheng's side in any future arguments and kicked Lu Yanzhi out of the group chat after their joking exchange.
• Jiang Chiyan returned to the villa carrying a child, and Xiao Cheng asked if the child was his son.
• Jiang Chiyan reassured Xiao Cheng that he would never want him to give birth because it would hurt his body, then teased him about choking on toast and bedtime milk.

Xiao Cheng and Jiang Chiyan celebrated their wedding, while Jiang Yao used the occasion to abduct Lu Yanzhi and force him to wear an electronic collar. Lu Yanzhi remained trapped with Jiang Yao as their side story began.

• Jiang Chiyan told Xiao Cheng that he was raising his nephew Jiang Jinyu as the Jiang Family's heir and that he had no regrets about their life together.
• Jiang Chiyan and Xiao Cheng reviewed their wedding guest list and married in a ceremony on the island where Xiao Cheng had once imprisoned Jiang Chiyan.
• At the wedding, Jiang Yao lured Lu Yanzhi away by holding onto his payroll card and reminding him of his written pledge.
• Jiang Yao took Lu Yanzhi's wallet and ID, fastened an electronic collar around his neck, and warned that it would alarm if he went more than five meters away.
• After the collar sounded its warning, Lu Yanzhi returned to Jiang Yao, who demanded that he call him something other than Second Brother and declared that he needed a wife.

At Jiang Chiyan and Xiao Cheng’s wedding, Jiang Yao put a wedding ring on Lu Yanzhi and kept him close, while Lu Yanzhi remained terrified of him because he believed Jiang Yao had once been involved with the gang that kidnapped him. Jiang Yao revealed he had actually saved Lu Yanzhi undercover, but before he could answer Lu Yanzhi’s question about his feelings, the airport plunged into darkness and a figure approached with a knife.

• Jiang Yao teased Lu Yanzhi at the wedding, gave him a bottle of water after he vomited, and set rules for him while threatening to keep his electronic collar on.
• Jiang Yao slipped a tight wedding ring onto Lu Yanzhi’s finger, brought him to his room, and tied his wrists with red silk before asking why he feared him.
• Lu Yanzhi told Xiao Cheng that he had been kidnapped at age ten and believed Jiang Yao had celebrated with the organ-trafficking gang that held him captive.
• Jiang Yao told Jiang Chiyan that he had saved Lu Yanzhi undercover, but Lu Yanzhi still did not know the truth.
• At the airport, Lu Yanzhi asked Jiang Yao whether he truly liked him or only wanted his body, then the lights went out and an armed figure crept toward him.

Jiang Yao protected Lu Yanzhi from an attacker at the airport, then took him to the hospital. After learning the attacker’s identity, Jiang Yao sought revenge, but when he entered Lu Yanzhi’s ward, he was shocked by what he saw.

• Jiang Yao pulled Lu Yanzhi out of the attacker’s path, but Lu Yanzhi took a knife wound while shielding him.
• Jiang Yao began choking the attacker with a laptop charger, then stopped when Lu Yanzhi cried out in pain.
• Jiang Yao took Lu Yanzhi to the hospital and stayed nearby while the doctor treated his wound.
• Jiang Yao learned that Wang Shen had stabbed Lu Yanzhi because Jiang Yao had ignored his plea after he was disqualified for cheating.
• Jiang Yao asked his assistant to bring Wang Shen to him, then entered Lu Yanzhi’s ward and turned pale at what he saw.

Jiang Yao entered Lu Yanzhi’s nightmare about the kidnapping that had left him terrified of a “Jiang Yao,” then tried to reassure him that he had not been responsible. Lu Yanzhi began to question his assumptions, and Jiang Yao confessed that he liked him as a person and loved everything about him.

• Jiang Yao discovered that Lu Yanzhi had a fever and heard him plead not to be killed.
• Jiang Yao entered Lu Yanzhi’s dream and witnessed the young Lu Yanzhi suffer abuse at the hands of a boy called “Jiang Yao.”
• Jiang Yao woke in the hospital room and realized Lu Yanzhi’s fear of him might stem from the kidnapping fifteen years earlier.
• Jiang Yao removed Lu Yanzhi’s IV needle and kissed him to wake him, but Lu Yanzhi demanded that he leave and stop talking about the kidnapping.
• Jiang Yao heard Lu Yanzhi wonder whether he had blamed him wrongly, then kissed him and confessed, “Lu Yanzhi, I like you.”

Lu Yanzhi learned that Jiang Yao had saved him from the kidnapping fifteen years earlier, and the two confessed their feelings. After Lu Yanzhi’s parents mistreated him and Jiang Yao took him away, Jiang Yao had Lu Chenxi detained as the old kidnapping case was reopened.

• Lu Chenxi accused Jiang Yao of helping kidnap Lu Yanzhi, but Jiang Yao challenged her story and revealed that he had saved Lu Yanzhi.
• Lu Yanzhi broke down over having blamed Jiang Yao and trusted Lu Chenxi, then told Jiang Yao he wanted to be with him for love rather than gratitude.
• After Lu Yanzhi’s injury healed, Jiang Yao returned with him to the Lu family home on New Year’s Eve.
• Lu Yanzhi’s parents ordered him to break up with Jiang Yao and insulted him, and his father threw an ashtray that cut his face.
• Jiang Yao arrived, took Lu Yanzhi’s hand, and declared that he would be his family; he then had Lu Chenxi detained as the kidnapping case was reopened.

Jiang Yao comforted Lu Yanzhi after the Lu family was arrested, brought him home, and celebrated his birthday with him. The chapter ended with Jiang Yao carrying Lu Yanzhi to the bedroom and pinning him down.

• Jiang Yao revealed that Lu Yanzhi's parents knew about the Lu Group's drug dealing and that the group's restaurants served addictive poppy-laced food; police took Lu Yanzhi's parents and Lu Chenxi away.
• Jiang Yao reassured Lu Yanzhi, treated the cut on his face, and promised to handle the Lu family and the Lu Group for him.
• Jiang Yao showed Lu Yanzhi that their names were both on the deed to his villa and said he had made it their home.
• At midnight, Jiang Yao wished Lu Yanzhi a happy birthday and gave him dozens of presents and cakes to make up for the birthdays his family had ignored.
• Jiang Yao cooked crab roe noodles for Lu Yanzhi, then carried him to the bedroom and restrained him with his belt.

Lu Yanzhi rejected his father's attempt to use him against Jiang Yao, and the couple reconciled after Jiang Yao mistook his laptop request for betrayal. The chapter ended with Jiang Yao kneeling before Lu Yanzhi and holding one of their matching diamond rings.

• During the university exam, Jiang Yao publicly declared that Lu Yanzhi was his partner and grew jealous when Wang Wei gave Lu gifts.
• After the exam, Lu Yanzhi visited Lu Father, who offered him the Lu Group in exchange for using a USB drive to steal secrets from Jiang Yao's laptop.
• Jiang Yao overheard Lu Father's plan and feared Lu Yanzhi would betray him when Lu Yanzhi asked to borrow his computer.
• Lu Yanzhi explained that he had given the USB drive to the police and had only used Jiang Yao's laptop to post a couple wallpaper and defend their relationship online.
• Jiang Yao thanked Lu Yanzhi, then opened his final birthday present with him and went down on one knee with a diamond ring.

Rong Yuheng rescued Rong Che, the Rong Kingdom’s crown prince, from captivity and brought him home, where Rong Che learned his father had arranged his marriage. When Rong Che came to see Rong Yuheng, the prince regent ordered his men to bring him back by force if necessary.

• Rong Yuheng shattered Rong Che’s cage, sealed his martial arts, and rescued him from two masked attackers who shot poisoned bolts at him.
• Rong Yuheng’s soldiers arrived and revealed that the Rong Kingdom had won the war, and he took Rong Che home after admitting he had known his identity all along.
• Rong Che returned to the capital and reunited with his mother, Empress Ning Shujin, before Emperor Rong Chen ordered him to marry Lin Fei.
• After hearing that Rong Che had agreed to the marriage, Rong Yuheng broke his writing brush and ordered his subordinate to bring the crown prince back by force.
• Rong Yuheng’s steward announced that Rong Che had come to see him, just as Rong Yuheng vowed to teach him a lesson for taking a crown princess.

Rong Yuheng confronted Rong Che about sacrificing fifty years of his life for revenge, then revealed that his nightly “antidote” was medicine protecting his heart meridians. At the palace, Rong Che learned the emperor planned to kill Rong Yuheng and that an imperial decree ordered him to marry Lin Fei, just as Rong Yuheng arrived.

• Rong Yuheng welcomed Rong Che at his residence, teased him, and forced him to acknowledge their master-disciple relationship in front of Rong Chi.
• In the carriage, Rong Yuheng demanded to know how long Rong Che had to live, and Rong Che admitted he had traded fifty years of his life for martial arts to avenge the Rong Kingdom.
• Rong Yuheng struck Rong Che’s hand for treating his life as a tool, but stopped when Rong Che coughed up blood, apologized, and kissed him.
• Rong Yuheng told Rong Che that his nightly medicine protected his heart meridians and that he had lied about it being an antidote to poison.
• At the palace, Lin Fei told Rong Che that the emperor had mobilized five thousand Imperial Guards to kill Rong Yuheng and ordered Rong Che to marry her as Crown Princess.
• Rong Che promised Lin Fei the marriage would not happen, but Rong Yuheng arrived before she could tell him whom she loved.

Rong Yuheng confronted Rong Che over Lin Fei, then offered the emperor his military tally in exchange for annulling Rong Che’s betrothal and letting him choose his own consort. After the banquet, Rong Chen summoned Rong Che and questioned his relationship with Rong Yuheng.

• Rong Yuheng found Rong Che with Lin Fei and accused him of indulging her, while Rong Che wondered whether his uncle was jealous.
• Rong Yuheng asked whether Rong Che liked Lin Fei, and Rong Che said he regarded her only as a younger sister and would handle the betrothal decree.
• Rong Yuheng asked Rong Chen to annul Rong Che’s betrothal and let him choose his future consort and concubines, offering to surrender his half of the military tally.
• Rong Chen accepted the offer, and Rong Che stared at Rong Yuheng in disbelief.
• After the banquet, Rong Chen summoned Rong Che and coldly asked what relationship he had with Rong Yuheng.

Rong Che refused Emperor Rong Chen’s order to kill Rong Yuheng and was brutally beaten, but Rong Yuheng arrived in time to save him. At the Prince Regent’s residence, Rong Yuheng revealed that Rong Che’s life was nearly spent and treated him in a medicinal hot spring, where their flirtation turned intimate.

• Rong Chen ordered Rong Che to get close to Rong Yuheng and find a chance to kill him, but Rong Che refused and vowed to protect him.
• Rong Chen struck Rong Che and threatened him with a sword until Rong Yuheng caught the blade, broke it, and rescued Rong Che.
• Rong Che collapsed, and Rong Yuheng carried him away, telling Rong Chen that Rong Che had sacrificed fifty years of his life and was near death.
• Rong Yuheng brought Rong Che to his residence and prepared a medicinal hot spring, then insisted on treating him himself.
• Rong Che woke as Rong Yuheng undressed him, and Rong Yuheng revealed that his legs were not crippled before carrying him into the spring.
• Rong Che invited Rong Yuheng to bathe with him, and Rong Yuheng kissed and embraced him in the hot spring.

Rong Yuheng healed Rong Che and transferred half his internal energy to him, and Rong Che agreed to marry him and call him husband. Their private moment ended when Empress Ning Shujin appeared at the doorway and caught them together.

• Rong Yuheng soothed Rong Che in a medicinal hot spring, then rebuked Xie Rong for reporting their relationship and causing Rong Che to be beaten.
• Xie Rong presented a group of young women as potential consorts for Rong Yuheng, who tossed a peony that landed inside Rong Che’s robe.
• Rong Yuheng transferred half his internal energy to Rong Che, risking his own strength, and reassured him that his life was devoted to him.
• Rong Che agreed not to resist Rong Yuheng, called him husband, and accepted his proposal of marriage.
• Rong Che said he wanted to return Rong Yuheng’s internal energy, but Rong Yuheng noticed Empress Ning Shujin watching them from the doorway.

Ning Shujin confronted Rong Yuheng over his treatment of Rong Che, but learned he had risked his life to save her son and accepted their relationship. After Rong Che and his mother reunited, Xie Rong used incense to probe Rong Che’s feelings, and Rong Yuheng overheard him deny loving him.

• Ning Shujin accused Rong Yuheng of forcing himself on Rong Che, and Rong Yuheng admitted his actions while taking the blame.
• Rong Yuheng detected a life-swapping gu in Ning Shujin’s medicine, stopping her attempt to sacrifice herself to cure Rong Che.
• Rong Che called Ning Shujin “Mama,” reassured her that he was recovering, and promised to stay by her side.
• Ning Shujin apologized to Rong Yuheng and accepted him, while Rong Yuheng said he would support Rong Che’s path to the throne.
• Rong Che pardoned Xie Rong for reporting his closeness with Rong Yuheng, then followed him to inspect a new incense blend.
• Under the incense’s influence, Rong Che recalled painful memories and said he disliked Rong Yuheng and his touch, just as Rong Yuheng entered the room and heard him.

Rong Yuheng confronted Rong Che about his feelings, then faced Emperor Rong Chen and exposed the truth about his past and the Xiao Family massacre. After Rong Yuheng drove Rong Chen away, Ning Shujin discovered that Rong Che had vanished from the bedroom.

• Rong Yuheng smashed the Enchanted Incense burner, restrained Xie Rong, and carried the sleeping Rong Che back to his bedroom.
• Rong Yuheng shackled Rong Che and challenged his claims that he disliked being touched, while Rong Che insisted he wanted Rong Yuheng to stay safe.
• Rong Yuheng vowed not to marry anyone else unless Rong Che married him, and Rong Che agreed to stay by his side.
• Rong Chen arrived with an imperial edict ordering Rong Yuheng to marry a brothel woman, but Ning Shujin threw him down and presented him with a divorce letter.
• Rong Yuheng revealed that his legs were not crippled and accused Rong Chen of poisoning the twenty-one members of the Xiao Family before knocking him unconscious.
• Ning Shujin went to check on Rong Che and found the bedroom empty; Rong Che was gone.

Rong Yuheng gave Rong Che a month to confront his feelings, then abducted him on his wedding day and made him his Princess Consort. The chapter ended with Rong Yuheng carrying Rong Che into their bridal chamber to consummate the marriage.

• Rong Yuheng discovered Rong Che had escaped and pursued him to meet Lin Fei, where he caught Rong Che and kissed him in front of her.
• Rong Che told Rong Yuheng they should part, and Rong Yuheng said he would welcome a Princess Consort the following month without revealing that he meant Rong Che.
• A month later, Rong Che heard Rong Yuheng's wedding procession and regretted letting him go, but Rong Yuheng drugged him and dressed him in a wedding gown.
• Rong Yuheng carried Rong Che to the Prince Regent's residence in the bridal sedan and revealed that Rong Che was the Princess Consort he intended to marry.
• Rong Yuheng and Rong Che completed the wedding bows before Ning Shujin, and Rong Yuheng carried Rong Che into their bridal chamber.

After Rong Che endured the aftermath of his wedding night with Rong Yuheng, a mob led by Rong Chi accused him of bringing ruin to the kingdom and he was imprisoned for murder. Lin Fei tried to save him but was tricked into bringing poison to the Heavenly Prison, where Rong Chi revealed an ambush with Rong Che apparently unable to defend himself.

• Rong Che woke sore and embarrassed, then learned Rong Yuheng had left to handle trouble at Dongfeng Tower; the steward gave him remedies, displayed Rong Yuheng's teasing wedding gift, and presented the Regent's Palace's wealth as betrothal gifts.
• When a hostile crowd gathered outside the palace, Rong Che confronted Rong Chi, rejected the demand that he die, and disarmed him; Rong Chi's subordinate killed two commoners and blamed Rong Che, leading to his arrest and imprisonment.
• Lin Fei defied her brother and pleaded outside Emperor Rong Chen's hall, but Rong Chen let her kneel; Rong Chi offered her access to Rong Che in exchange for helping him seize the crown prince's position.
• Rong Chi gave Lin Fei two bottles he claimed contained love gu, but they actually held Crane's Crown Red; he arranged for her to visit Rong Che in the Heavenly Prison with poisoned soup.
• Rong Che recognized the poison by its smell, and Lin Fei confessed that Rong Chi had deceived her; Rong Chi appeared with armed men and ordered them to kill Rong Che, who could not fight because his pipa bones had been pierced.