Recaps

Ding Ding kept Bai Congming close while secretly drawing Wang Lao'er deeper into a scheme involving the nursery, accepting money and delaying his replies. The chapter ended with Ding Ding calling Wang Lao'er back after ignoring his messages, as Wang Lao'er anxiously demanded an explanation.

• Wang Lao'er won a large card game, promised Brother Dong he would repay his debts, and waited for a response from Ding Ding.
• Ding Ding pretended to be sick to keep Bai Congming home, though he had already recovered and planned to avoid the nursery after receiving Wang Lao'er's 100,000-yuan transfer.
• Ding Ding received another four-figure transfer from Wang Lao'er, who asked him to put in a good word for the nursery's order.
• Ding Ding went shopping, returned to Bai Congming waiting outside without his keys, and warned him to avoid the man he had fought with.
• Ding Ding hugged Bai Congming before he left for work, then called Wang Lao'er back after ignoring his messages until the afternoon.

After losing everything gambling, Wang Lao'er learned that Ding Ding had failed to secure the nursery deal and tried to flee after attacking a fellow gambler. The police arrested him for stealing Granny Sun’s Shimpaku juniper, and with Granny Sun refusing to forgive him, he faced criminal prosecution.

• Wang Lao'er lost all his money at the gambling den, and Ding Ding told him the nursery had chosen another supplier after he sent the money too late.
• Wang Lao'er tried to escape his gambling debts, attacked a man who blocked the door, and ran home to gather his family’s belongings.
• Wang Lao'er left his mother and Xiao Hua behind, but police arrested him as he fled his home over the nursery theft.
• The police told Granny Sun and the manager that Wang Lao'er had sold the Shimpaku juniper and transferred 100,000 yuan to Ding Ding, whose transfer remained unaccepted.
• Granny Sun refused to forgive Wang Lao'er, leaving him facing prosecution for the theft and his assault at the gambling den.

Bai Congming delivered plants to Sun Xiangxiang’s shop and invited her to dinner with Ding Ding. Ding Ding agreed, and as he closed his stall, he told two customers that his partner’s surname was Bai.

• Granny Sun sent Bai Congming on a nursery delivery, and the driver took him to Sun Xiangxiang’s flower shop.
• Bai Congming and Sun Xiangxiang greeted each other, and she invited him to dinner and offered to share a new comic.
• Bai Congming called Ding Ding to ask if Sun Xiangxiang could join them for dinner, and Ding Ding agreed.
• Sun Xiangxiang eagerly accepted the invitation, while Bai Congming left with the delivery driver.
• Ding Ding packed up his stall early and sold coats to two girls before clarifying that his partner, not he, had the surname Bai.

Sun Xiangxiang visited Ding Ding and Bai Congming, shared dinner with them, and got closer to the two. After Ding Ding followed her to her uncle’s clinic, he unexpectedly encountered someone familiar there.

• Sun Xiangxiang arrived at Ding Ding’s home with gifts and gave Bai Congming a comic to read on his own.
• Ding Ding cooked a large dinner, and Sun Xiangxiang ate enthusiastically with him and Bai Congming.
• Ding Ding objected to Sun Xiangxiang sharing comics with Bai Congming, then followed her outside to see her safely toward the street entrance.
• Sun Xiangxiang stopped at her uncle’s traditional Chinese medicine clinic to get digestive pills, and Ding Ding went in to get some for Bai Congming.
• Someone came out of the back room and asked Ding Ding to head back together, leaving him stunned by the familiar person.

Ding Shu told Ding Ding about her growing relationship with Sun Chang'an, while Ding Ding built a profitable clothing business and kept it secret from Bai Congming. As winter set in, Bai Congming felt cared for and praised Ding Ding as a good wife, prompting Ding Ding to take his words as an invitation to intimacy.

• Ding Shu told Ding Ding to call Sun Chang'an brother, and Sun Chang'an charged Ding Ding eight hundred yuan for twenty digestion pills on credit.
• Ding Shu recalled how her romance with Sun Chang'an had developed naturally, leading her to stay in M City and move in with him.
• Ding Ding sold clothing stock through local shops and his stall, building a network of nearly six hundred customers and five WeChat groups while keeping the work from Bai Congming.
• Ding Ding bundled Bai Congming up against the winter cold and served him lamb soup, while Bai Congming remembered how cold and lonely winters had been before.
• Bai Congming called Ding Ding a good wife, and Ding Ding took the praise as an invitation to intimacy that night.

Ding Ding and Bai Congming found a stray kitten outside the nursery and decided to bring it home. The kitten recovered after a vet visit, and Bai Congming agreed to move with Ding Ding to a larger home.

• Ding Ding reflected on his estrangement from his family and felt that he might want to call home someday, though he needed more time.
• Ding Ding found Bai Congming feeding a weak kitten outside the nursery and asked whether he wanted to keep it.
• Bai Congming agreed to take the kitten home, and Ding Ding asked Ding Shu to take it to the vet while he prepared a bed and ordered supplies.
• Ding Ding suggested moving to a larger home, and Bai Congming agreed after thinking about how home was wherever Ding Ding was.
• Ding Shu returned with the healthy, lively kitten, which settled onto Bai Congming's lap.

Ding Ding and Bai Congming asked Auntie Zhou how to celebrate the New Year, and she explained the customs and revealed that Bai Congming’s mother had died just before New Year. As Ding Ding learned about Bai Congming’s lonely childhood and grief, he agreed to accompany him to visit her grave.

• Ding Ding and Bai Congming visited Auntie Zhou to ask for advice about celebrating the New Year.
• Auntie Zhou explained the holiday customs, and Ding Ding recorded her instructions.
• Auntie Zhou told Ding Ding that she planned to take Bai Congming to visit his mother’s grave on the twenty-eighth.
• Auntie Zhou recounted how Bai Congming had spent several nights at his mother’s grave after she died, until the police brought him home.
• Auntie Zhou explained that Bai Congming later said his mother had moved into the bougainvillea.

After learning about Bai Congming’s lonely past, Ding Ding tried to give him comfort and make their life together feel more secure. The chapter ended with them visiting Bai Congming’s mother’s grave, where Bai Congming told her he had missed her.

• Ding Ding bought expensive candy for the Kitchen God and a small cake after Bai Congming admired the display, then reassured him that he loved him.
• Ding Ding and Bai Congming offered candy to the Kitchen God, while their lively, picky kitten Gouzai made Ding Ding even more determined to find them a home with a courtyard.
• Ding Ding searched for properties through Xiao Li but found none that suited their needs or budget, then prepared for the New Year with Bai Congming according to local customs.
• Auntie Zhou took Ding Ding and Bai Congming to the cemetery, where Bai Congming became carsick and Ding Ding cared for him.
• At his mother’s headstone, Bai Congming pressed his cheek against it and said, “Mom... Little Bai missed you.”

Ding Ding and Bai Congming celebrated New Year's Eve together with a homemade feast and affectionate kisses. On New Year's Day, Ding Shu arrived with holiday goods and found Ding Ding reluctant to let her inside because Bai Congming was still asleep.

• Bai Congming spoke sincerely to Bougainvillea's gravestone, while Ding Ding asked her to rest assured.
• Ding Ding prepared meatballs and braised meats, then cooked a large New Year's Eve dinner as Bai Congming played with Gouzai.
• Bai Congming enjoyed the feast, and he and Ding Ding fed each other before sharing kisses as the new year began.
• Ding Ding and Bai Congming went back to sleep after firecrackers woke them, then Ding Shu's pounding and phone call finally roused Ding Ding.
• Ding Shu arrived with New Year goods and, after carrying them over herself, angrily confronted Ding Ding when he refused to let her in while Bai Congming slept.

On New Year's Day, Ding Shu gave Bai Congming a red envelope and a flower before leaving for work, while Ding Ding and Bai Congming delivered her food and made plans to visit a temple fair and hot springs. After meeting Sun Chang'an, Ding Ding explained that he and Bai Congming were dating, and he reflected on how their life together had begun by chance.

• Ding Shu gave Bai Congming a New Year red envelope, and he picked a sasanqua blossom for her before she left to work overtime.
• Ding Shu gave Ding Ding her car keys and the address to her home, then offered him and Bai Congming a stay at a mountain hot spring hotel.
• Ding Ding and Bai Congming carried the packed food to Ding Shu's home and planned to visit a temple fair and hot springs with Gouzai.
• Ding Ding went upstairs for help and returned with Sun Chang'an, whom Bai Congming recognized as a doctor.
• Ding Ding told Bai Congming that Sun Chang'an and Ding Shu were dating, then compared their relationship to his and Bai Congming's.
• Ding Ding reflected that he and Bai Congming had reached happiness by chance and felt he should make up for the ticket he owed.

Ding Ding took Bai Congming to the Matchmaker Shrine, where they hung a red cord and ate a temple meal. A white-haired woman named Zheng Xixi approached them, wished them happiness, and left after Bai Congming said he did not know her.

• Ding Ding and Bai Congming visited the crowded Matchmaker Shrine and hung a red cord on a tree.
• Ding Ding suggested a temple meal after Bai Congming wanted ice cream, and Zheng Xixi told him the meal was ordinary food.
• Bai Congming noticed Zheng Xixi watching them as they ate, and she eventually came over and asked whether they were a couple.
• Zheng Xixi introduced herself and asked to call him Little Bai, but Bai Congming said he did not know her.
• Zheng Xixi said they would get to know each other and left, while Ding Ding wondered what was wrong with her.

Ding Ding took Bai Congming to a hot spring hotel, where he comforted Bai Congming’s longing for his mother with a dried bougainvillea blossom and entertained him through the evening. As they returned to their room, Ding Ding kissed Bai Congming and asked if he was ready.

• Ding Ding fed Gouzai and gave Bai Congming a dried bougainvillea blossom, cheering him after he missed his mother.
• Ding Ding drove Bai Congming and Gouzai to a mountain hot spring hotel booked by Ding Shu for three days and two nights.
• Ding Ding and Bai Congming explored the private courtyard and hot spring, then went upstairs to eat seafood, which Bai Congming enjoyed.
• Ding Ding took Bai Congming through the hotel’s entertainment facilities and pulled him out of a movie before it ended.
• Ding Ding reassured Bai Congming that Gouzai had been fed, then kissed him at their room door and asked if he was ready.

Ding Ding tried to confess to Bai Congming with a ring, but Bai Congming’s misunderstanding of kneeling turned the moment into an awkward, heartfelt exchange. After they promised to stay together, Gouzai interrupted them, and the couple later woke up late and resumed their intimacy.

• Ding Ding brought Bai Congming into a brightly decorated room and was relieved when Bai Congming admired the decorations.
• Ding Ding knelt to offer Bai Congming a ring, but Bai Congming knelt too because he associated kneeling with punishment.
• Bai Congming reassured Ding Ding that he could fix his mistakes, and Ding Ding put a gold ring on Bai Congming’s middle finger and asked him to stay together.
• Bai Congming made a pinky promise and said he only wanted Ding Ding, but Gouzai knocked over a flowerpot and disrupted them.
• Ding Ding rescued Gouzai, and he and Bai Congming showered and fell asleep before waking close to one o’clock.
• Ding Ding slipped back into bed with minty breath and teased Bai Congming.

After Bai Congming made peace with Ding Ding, the two returned home in a little green electric car that Bai Congming adored. Ding Shu revealed she had bought the car for him, then told Ding Ding their father was gravely ill; Ding Ding decided to go back and asked her to look after Bai Congming.

• Ding Ding coaxed Bai Congming into forgiving him, and they left the hotel after learning Ding Shu had taken her car.
• Ding Ding drove Sun Chang'an's small green electric car home, and Bai Congming delighted in the ride.
• When the nursery reopened, Bai Congming eagerly climbed into the electric car, and Ding Ding went to a dealership considering buying one for him.
• Ding Shu told Ding Ding she had bought the electric car because she knew Bai Congming would like it.
• Ding Shu told Ding Ding their father was gravely ill, and Ding Ding said he would return to see him and asked her to watch Bai Congming.

Ding Ding struggled to tell Bai Congming he had to leave for a few days to face his past, then arranged for others to look after him. As Ding Ding departed for his trip, Bai Congming asked him to come back.

• Ding Ding decided he owed his family an explanation, but delayed telling Bai Congming because he worried about leaving him alone.
• Ding Ding told Bai Congming he would be away for at most five days and could not take him; Bai Congming agreed, though his eyes were swollen the next morning.
• Ding Ding called Ding Shu and arranged for Sun Chang'an to have dinner with Bai Congming, sending detailed instructions and 8,888 yuan.
• Ding Ding reminded Bai Congming and Auntie Zhou to look after him, and messaged Sun Xiangxiang to ask her to keep him company.
• Ding Ding left for his trip after Bai Congming asked him to come back and they shared a goodbye kiss.

Bai Congming struggled with loneliness and doubts after Ding Ding left, but Ding Ding reassured him by phone before flying back to his hometown. There, Ding Ding reunited with Ding Pan Di, who introduced him to a hostile child as his older brother.

• Bai Congming worried that his differences made him difficult to love, then felt comforted when Ding Ding called and promised to return.
• Ding Ding called Bai Congming from the airport and plane, reassuring him and asking him to wait for his return.
• After a long journey, Ding Ding reached his childhood home and hesitated before knocking on the door.
• Ding Pan Di recognized Ding Ding as Yaozu, and the siblings tearfully reunited.
• The child accused Ding Ding of returning to claim their dying father's inheritance and tried to make Ding Pan Di shut the door on him.

Ding Ding visited his family and learned more about how Ding Changyuan had controlled Ding Pan Di’s life. While waiting to visit his father in the hospital, Ding Ding called Bai Congming, helped him get ready and eat breakfast, and promised to return in four days.

• Ding Ding went to Ding Pan Di’s home, but left without eating after learning their mother was at the hospital with their father.
• Ding Ding recalled how Ding Changyuan had arranged Ding Pan Di’s marriages and taken the money she received after her divorce.
• Ding Ding called Bai Congming while eating wontons and watched him get dressed, joking when he pretended to put on air instead of long johns.
• Ding Ding guided Bai Congming through making breakfast and watched him heat and eat dumplings.
• Ding Ding told Bai Congming he missed him, and promised to come back in four days.

Ding Ding traveled to the hospital town and called Bai Congming before visiting his estranged parents. He gave Ding Changyuan money for Xiao Xianzong’s education, while his mother worried that he might later demand it back.

• After arriving in town, Ding Ding called Bai Congming and watched him eat lunch and prepare for his nap.
• Ding Ding bought fruit and nutritional supplements, then went to see Ding Changyuan in the hospital’s oncology ward.
• Ding Ding greeted his mother and told his parents he had come to see them.
• Ding Ding offered his parents a thick stack of cash, but his mother refused because they were no longer on the same household register.
• Ding Changyuan told Ding Ding to leave the money for Xiao Xianzong’s college expenses, and Ding Ding offered to put in writing that he would not ask for it back.

Ding Ding confronted his parents, gave them money, and invited them to his wedding abroad, then left without looking back. As he prepared to leave F City, a call from his second sister brought an apology and a resigned answer about the resentment between them.

• Ding Ding signed a gift agreement for his parents and asked whether they had been right to reject him for liking men; they denied he was their son.
• Ding Ding told his parents he planned to marry his male partner abroad and left the hospital after taunting them about their treatment of him.
• Ding Ding tried to change his ticket but could only waitlist for a direct flight because of the Lunar New Year travel rush.
• Ding Nian Di called Ding Ding and asked why he was not coming home; he said he was leaving the next day.
• Ding Ding asked whether Ding Nian Di resented him, and after she replied that it was all fate, he apologized.

Ding Nian Di and Ding Ding reconnected, and she agreed to welcome him home despite his having a male partner. Meanwhile, Bai Congming shared dinner with Ding Shu and Sun Chang'an, who began to treat him more like family.

• Ding Nian Di and Ding Ding spoke by phone, and she invited him home and agreed to make chestnut cake for him and his partner.
• Ding Ding called Bai Congming after work and learned that Ding Shu had taken him to dinner with Sun Chang'an.
• Ding Ding objected to the meal and told Bai Congming to eat more before ending the call.
• Sun Chang'an reflected on the cruel things people had said about Bai Congming, then offered him stuffed lotus root and a free pulse check.

Ding Ding reunited with his sisters and happily told them about Little Bai, but the visit stirred up old hurt and left him exhausted. He asked Ding Pan Di to leave the fishing village with him, but she refused, choosing to stay and care for their parents and younger brother.

• Ding Ding excitedly told his three sisters how wonderful Little Bai was and invited them to eat out, but his sisters urged him to save his money after hearing he had gone bankrupt.
• Ding Ding went to his untouched childhood room and found an old exam paper, which crumbled in his hands as he showed the room to Bai Congming over a video call.
• Bai Congming noticed Ding Ding was unhappy, and Ding Ding admitted he was tired before finding comfort in Bai Congming's encouragement to rest.
• Ding Ding returned downstairs and asked Ding Pan Di why she had kept his room untouched, and she said she had always expected him to come back.
• Ding Ding asked Ding Pan Di to leave for M City with him, but she refused, saying caring for their parents and younger brother was the path she wanted to follow.

Ding Ding missed Bai Congming while celebrating New Year with his sisters and nieces and nephews, while Bai Congming accepted Sun Xiangxiang’s invitation to a barbecue and asked to bring two others. Sun Xiangxiang and Sun Chang'an waited outside the flower nursery to pick people up, but the people they were waiting for had not yet appeared.

• Ding Ding realized he missed home when he saw Bai Congming getting ready, then sent him a voice message reminding him to dress warmly and eat.
• Sun Xiangxiang invited Bai Congming to a barbecue, and he asked permission to bring two more people.
• Auntie Zhou encouraged Bai Congming to stop working and get ready, but said she would only visit later because she had to feed Little Moon and Uncle Liu.
• Bai Congming learned that the lisianthus blooms were being selected for wedding invitations and compared each one with the sample.
• Sun Xiangxiang and Sun Chang'an waited in her car outside the flower nursery, trading remarks as they waited for the people they had come to pick up.

Bai Congming invited Ding Shu and Sun Chang'an to a barbecue, accidentally setting off a misunderstanding when Sun Xiangxiang mistook Ding Shu’s offer of money for a serious attempt to separate them. The gathering ended happily, and Ding Ding saw Bai Congming surrounded by familiar people on a video call.

• Sun Chang'an and Sun Xiangxiang waited anxiously for Bai Congming, who apologized for coming out late and explained that he had something to do.
• Bai Congming invited Sun Chang'an and Ding Shu to dinner with handmade invitations, and Sun Chang'an told Ding Shu that Bai Congming might be getting married.
• Ding Shu arrived at Bai Congming’s home and offered Sun Xiangxiang five hundred thousand to leave him, misunderstanding the situation.
• Bai Congming clarified that he had invited everyone for barbecue, and Sun Chang'an introduced Sun Xiangxiang to Ding Shu as his niece.
• Bai Congming introduced his guests and happily declared that he and everyone else were well.
• Ding Ding panicked when Bai Congming was missing from their room, then saw him safe and cheerful with the group during a video call.

Bai Congming saved a pomelo for Ding Ding and explained how a fruit-shop owner had once tricked him into buying a coconut instead. After Auntie Zhou confronted the shop owner, Bai Congming called Ding Ding and showed him the pomelo, then admitted the barbecue had been less enjoyable without him.

• Bai Congming refused to share Auntie Zhou's pomelo because he wanted to save it for Ding Ding.
• Bai Congming explained that he had once tried to buy Ding Ding a pomelo but came home with a coconut after the fruit-shop owner confirmed the wrong fruit.
• Auntie Zhou reassured Bai Congming that he had done nothing wrong, then returned to the shop and urged the owner to run his business honestly.
• After everyone left, Bai Congming showered and video-called Ding Ding to show him the pomelo.
• Bai Congming told Ding Ding the barbecue had been good but was not as enjoyable without him.

Bai Congming prepared round tangyuan to bring home for Ding Ding while the nursery workers worried about Granny Sun’s upcoming surgery. Ding Ding left his sisters and their children, flew back to M City, and secretly returned money to Eldest Older Sister, leaving the family to discover thirty thousand yuan in Third Older Sister’s car.

• Auntie Zhou invited Bai Congming to make tangyuan, and he chose the roundest ones to save for Ding Ding.
• Bai Congming spoke with Ding Ding by phone, then went to bed looking forward to seeing him the next day.
• Ding Ding said goodbye to his sisters and their children at the airport, and Eldest Older Sister gave him ten thousand yuan for his new life with Zhaodi.
• Ding Ding texted Eldest Older Sister that he had returned her money and hidden extra cash in Third Older Sister’s car.
• Eldest Older Sister found an envelope containing thirty thousand yuan under the car seat, and Third Older Sister suggested they divide it among the three sisters.