Chapter Summaries

After Bai Congming feared that Ding Ding would die and join his mother in the Bougainvillea, Ding Ding comforted him and took him home. Bai Congming’s distress passed, and he insisted on taking care of himself despite Ding Ding’s fussing.

• Bai Congming pulled Ding Ding into a dark alley and hugged him, saying he wanted to go to the Bougainvillea too if Ding Ding and his mother were there.
• Ding Ding held Bai Congming and reassured him that he was there, while silently grappling with the depth of Bai Congming’s affection.
• Bai Congming asked Ding Ding to take him home, and Ding Ding agreed, pointing out that the rain had stopped.
• Ding Ding and Bai Congming joked together on the walk home and decided to warm up the cold sweet potato.
• Ding Ding tried to help Bai Congming bathe, but Bai Congming insisted he could wash himself and ordered Ding Ding out of the bathroom.

Ding Ding received Zheng Xixi and Zheng Wang at his home, where Zheng Xixi apologized and tried to give him her possessions because he reminded her of someone she had lost. Ding Ding refused the gift but agreed to accept an investment, then urged Zheng Xixi to keep living and seek happiness herself.

• Ding Ding brought Bai Congming to the Flower Nursery, then returned home and found Zheng Xixi and Zheng Wang waiting outside.
• Ding Ding welcomed the siblings into his courtyard, where Zheng Xixi apologized for their earlier behavior and said he reminded her of someone she had known.
• Zheng Xixi offered Ding Ding her possessions, but he refused and suggested she invest in his business instead.
• Zheng Xixi agreed to invest and asked Ding Ding to look after Zheng Wang, but Ding Ding refused and urged her not to give up on life.

Zheng Xixi moved with Zheng Wang into the courtyard house near Ding Ding, while Ding Ding used her investment to launch a new company and pursue business. As spring arrived, he and Bai Congming settled into their routine, and Zheng Xixi came to their home for dinner.

• Zheng Wang suggested that Zheng Xixi move into a nearby courtyard house, and she agreed to move there with him.
• Ding Ding brought Bai Congming home from the nursery, then privately considered how Zheng Xixi’s investment could help him rebuild his business and provide security for Little Bai.
• Ding Ding registered a new company, negotiated investment terms, and contacted former clients for development orders while continuing to eat with Bai Congming each evening.
• Ding Ding saw Zheng Xixi and Zheng Wang renovating their new home and invited them to eat, but Zheng Xixi declined because a colleague had invited them over.
• Bai Congming told Ding Ding that someone was coming for dinner, and Zheng Xixi arrived carrying a fruit basket with Zheng Wang behind her.

Zheng Xixi joined the Flower Nursery to get closer to Ding Ding and Bai Congming, then shared a meal with them and began telling Ding Ding about her past love. She recalled her childhood bond and secret romance with Yang Xian, ending with the day they were discovered.

• Zheng Xixi started working at the Flower Nursery and invited Bai Congming and Ding Ding to dinner.
• Zheng Xixi and Zheng Wang visited Ding Ding’s home, where the siblings shared a meal and Zheng Wang asked Bai Congming about the flowers.
• Zheng Xixi asked Ding Ding about his life and apologized for comparing him to someone else.
• Zheng Xixi told Ding Ding that the person she had mentioned was a girl named Yang Xian, whom she had known since childhood.
• Zheng Xixi recalled how she and Yang Xian began dating in secret and traveled together before they were found out.

Zheng Xixi told Ding Ding how Yang Xian died in the Zheng family fire and explained why she had tried to help him and Bai Congming. After Ding Ding invited her to visit his textile company, she left with Zheng Wang, while the group’s cheerful bickering eased her grief for a moment.

• Zheng Xixi recounted how Yang Xian returned wealthy to ask for her hand, then died rushing into the burning Zheng family villa to save her family.
• Zheng Xixi explained that she had lost her parents and Yang Xian, given the family assets to Zheng Wang, and hoped Ding Ding and Bai Congming would have an easier path together.
• Ding Ding invited Zheng Xixi to visit for a meal and offered her Gouzai’s company, but Zheng Xixi said she needed to work and was glad simply to witness other people’s happiness.
• Bai Congming and Zheng Wang argued over whether the succulents were called butt flowers or living stones, and their noisy debate left Zheng Xixi looking more relaxed.
• Ding Ding invited Zheng Wang to visit his textile company, then proudly revealed its name: White Gardenia Textile Co., Ltd.

Ding Ding ran White Gardenia Textiles as a small startup while spending his days looking forward to being with Bai Congming. He told Bai Congming he would take him on a five-day business trip, and Bai Congming agreed after learning they could earn money to buy Ding Ding a purple flower.

• Ding Ding reflected on turning thirty-one and the nearly year he had spent with Bai Congming while preparing chicken for Gouzai.
• Ding Ding checked on fabric samples and staff at White Gardenia Textiles, a small company he had started with Zheng Xixi's investment.
• Ding Ding picked Bai Congming up from the Flower Nursery and told Auntie Zhou he wanted five days off for a business trip so Bai Congming could come along.
• Bai Congming worried about losing pay during the trip, but Ding Ding promised they would earn money together.
• Bai Congming eagerly agreed to go after saying he wanted to buy Ding Ding a purple flower, then admitted he had spent all his own money and the full piggy bank belonged to Ding Ding.

Ding Ding realized Bai Congming had not understood that the money and belongings Ding Ding gave him were his, and he apologized and reassured him. As they packed for their trip, Ding Ding prepared to take Bai Congming along to meet foreign customers, while promising that he was loved just as he was.

• Ding Ding discovered Bai Congming thought the cash in his piggy bank belonged to Ding Ding because it was newer than his own money, and he scolded him.
• Ding Ding bit Bai Congming's cheek, then explained that the house, the money, and Ding Ding himself belonged to Bai Congming.
• Ding Ding told Bai Congming he would take him to watch him talk with foreign customers, and Bai Congming complained about their perfume-smelling scent.
• Ding Ding collected about four hundred hook samples and packed for the trip with Bai Congming, who chose colorful clothes and two hats.
• Ding Shu visited to pick up the cat, mocked Ding Ding's hat choices, then reassured Bai Congming that both hats looked good.
• Ding Ding kissed Bai Congming and told him that he was already liked by many people and that Ding Ding liked him best.

Ding Ding took Bai Congming on his first plane trip to S City, guiding him through the airport and comforting him when he became nervous. Bai Congming overheard Ding Ding’s private recordings and worried he was not a little flower fairy, but Ding Ding reassured him before they flew above the clouds.

• Bai Congming learned that he and Ding Ding would fly to S City and grew nervous at the crowded airport.
• Ding Ding gave Bai Congming earphones and guided him through security and the flight preparations.
• Bai Congming mistook Ding Ding’s saved recordings for the phone telling him secrets and heard Ding Ding call him a little flower fairy.
• Bai Congming worried that he could not grow wings, and Ding Ding promised to be his wings.
• Bai Congming admired the sky from the plane and showed the view to his mother through the cloth pouch.

Ding Ding took Bai Congming to the textile exhibition in S City, where they set up his booth and encountered Li Hao. Afterward, Ding Ding showed Bai Congming the city and took him on a nighttime sightseeing bus along the Huangpu River.

• Ding Ding brought Bai Congming to the exhibition hall and set up his booth with him.
• Li Hao visited Ding Ding’s booth, and Ding Ding asked him to send someone over to mop the floor.
• Bai Congming helped sort and hang the fabric swatches and said he was not afraid of the crowds expected at the exhibition.
• Ding Ding took Bai Congming around the old street, shared yogurt and pan-fried buns with him, and later brought him on a sightseeing bus.
• Ding Ding photographed Bai Congming smiling beneath the lights along the Huangpu River.

Ding Ding negotiated a large fabric order with Manager Liu while looking after Bai Congming at their exhibition booth. Li Hao arrived and learned that Ding Ding had also kept Jeff’s polar fleece business, leaving him to conceal his frustration.

• Ding Ding brought Bai Congming to the exhibition hall and set up a snack-filled booth, where he taught him a game and made him a cushion from fabric samples.
• Manager Liu visited Ding Ding’s booth, offered a large rayon spandex order, and agreed to discuss the price and receive a contract later.
• Bai Congming fetched hot water for Ding Ding and Manager Liu, and Ding Ding checked that he was safe before thanking him.
• Ding Ding returned from buying cups, tea, and coffee to find Li Hao at the booth, and he teased him about his free time.
• Li Hao asked whether Ding Ding was making Jeff’s polar fleece, and Ding Ding revealed that Jeff had chosen him despite Li Hao offering a lower price.

Ding Ding took Bai Congming to lunch, then returned to the booth and met Jeff, who had arrived early with Li Hao. Bai Congming misunderstood Ding Ding calling him “husband” in English, but Ding Ding comforted him and explained before they resumed serving coffee.

• Ding Ding took Bai Congming out for rice noodles and found Li Hao waiting with Jeff when they returned to the exhibition hall.
• Ding Ding introduced Bai Congming to Jeff as his husband, and Bai Congming misheard the word as an insult and began crying.
• Jeff rejected Li Hao and told him to leave because he and Ding Ding had business to discuss.
• Ding Ding explained to Bai Congming that “husband” was an English word and reassured him that he wanted to be Ding Ding’s wife.
• Bai Congming made coffee for Jeff and greeted him with “Gibberish,” a line he had picked up from watching Minions.

At the textile exhibition, Jeff praised Ding Ding’s work and encouraged him not to blame himself for Li Hao’s betrayal. Bai Congming protected Ding Ding from Li Hao, and the chapter ended with him promising to take Ding Ding to “Paradise” after the exhibition.

• Jeff visited Ding Ding’s booth, called Bai Congming a flower fairy, and helped keep visitors quiet while he slept.
• Ding Ding left the exhibition early, explaining that he had met the three-day target in one day with Bai Congming’s help.
• Jeff told Ding Ding that Li Hao was responsible for his own betrayal and asked whether Ding Ding would take a future yarn order.
• The next day, Bai Congming blocked Li Hao from entering the booth and called him a bad person, delighting Ding Ding.
• Ding Ding asked Bai Congming about visiting an amusement park after the exhibition, but Bai Congming said he would take him to Paradise.

Bai Congming secretly planned a day at Jinjiang Amusement Park for himself and Ding Ding, where they enjoyed the rides and shared a kiss atop the Ferris wheel. They left the park hand in hand, with Ding Ding telling Bai Congming he was more than happy.

• Bai Congming followed Sun Xiangxiang’s directions and surprised Ding Ding by taking him to Jinjiang Amusement Park.
• Bai Congming bought their tickets using Ding Ding’s ID card and led him to the Ferris wheel.
• As they reached the top of the Ferris wheel, Bai Congming kissed Ding Ding, and Ding Ding deepened the kiss.
• Bai Congming and Ding Ding rode the park’s attractions, and they shouted that they loved each other on the roller coaster.
• At dusk, Ding Ding kissed Bai Congming’s hand and told him he was more than happy.

Ding Ding struggled to care for Bai Congming while work kept him busy, and Bai Congming learned that Granny Sun had died and the Flower Nursery might be sold. The chapter left Bai Congming preparing to attend Granny Sun’s funeral and hoping she could rest beside his mother.

• Ding Ding came home late from loading a shipment, carried the sleepy Bai Congming home, and urged him to eat properly.
• Ding Ding cooked wontons for Bai Congming and later hid the potatoes so he would not keep relying on them for meals.
• At the Flower Nursery, Bai Congming overheard workers say it might be sold and turned into a photography base instead of growing flowers.
• Auntie Zhou told Bai Congming that Granny Sun had died, and he remembered his mother’s funeral and burial.
• Bai Congming asked Auntie Zhou whether he should bring money to Granny Sun’s funeral, and she told him to prepare two hundred yuan.

After Granny Sun’s funeral, her son told Auntie Zhou that the Flower Nursery had been sold, leaving Bai Congming and the workers facing an uncertain future. Auntie Zhou took Bai Congming home, intending to tell Ding Ding what had happened.

• Bai Congming placed two eggs in Granny Sun’s coffin, but her son removed them and angrily drove him away.
• Auntie Zhou defended Bai Congming, and Granny Sun’s son told her the Flower Nursery had been sold and its new owner would decide what happened to the workers.
• The Flower Nursery manager paid the workers their wages, with Auntie Zhou receiving Bai Congming’s payment for him.
• Bai Congming heard the workers worry about losing their jobs and became anxious that he would no longer be able to earn money for Ding Ding.
• Auntie Zhou led Bai Congming away from the Flower Nursery after telling him he did not need to work there anymore, and said she needed to speak with Ding Ding.

After Granny Sun’s death, Bai Congming lost the home he rented from her, so Ding Ding promised to buy him a townhouse and safeguard the money Bai Fang had left. Zheng Xixi then wrote a playful marriage certificate for Ding Ding and Bai Congming, and Bai Congming eagerly prepared to sign it.

• Zheng Xixi and Auntie Zhou told Bai Congming that Granny Sun’s family had sold the Flower Nursery and would soon need him to vacate his home.
• Ding Ding arrived, learned the situation, and agreed to move Bai Congming out within a few days.
• Auntie Zhou gave Ding Ding Bai Fang’s bankbook after he wrote and fingerprinted a pledge to care for Bai Congming for life.
• Ding Ding said he would buy a townhouse as a betrothal gift and put it in Bai Congming’s name.
• Zheng Xixi called Ding Ding’s pledge a marriage certificate and wrote a more formal one for Bai Congming to sign.

Ding Ding learned that Bai Congming had kept the Flower Nursery's impending closure from him because he did not want to add to Ding Ding's exhaustion. After Bai Congming proposed marriage, Ding Ding asked him to share important news and offered him a job at his company, which Bai Congming eagerly accepted.

• Ding Ding returned home feeling guilty about how distant he and Bai Congming had become, and found Bai Congming happily holding a paper.
• Bai Congming showed Ding Ding a marriage certificate and asked him to get married.
• Ding Ding asked why Bai Congming had not told him the Flower Nursery was closing, and Bai Congming explained that he thought Ding Ding was too tired.
• Ding Ding asked Bai Congming to tell him when things happened and offered him a job serving tea and refreshments at the company.
• Bai Congming excitedly accepted the job, knocking over the fruit plate beside the cabinet holding their marriage paper.

Ding Ding bought a townhouse with Bai Congming and prepared to move them into a home of their own. As they left Hongfang Street, Bai Congming realized he was happy and looked forward to an even brighter future with Ding Ding.

• Ding Ding showed Bai Congming a townhouse, bought it after Bai Congming approved, and had him sign the paperwork to make it their home.
• Ding Ding made an eighty-percent down payment, while Xiao Li arranged movers and Ding Shu agreed to look after Gouzai during the move.
• Ding Ding and Bai Congming packed their belongings and said goodbye to their old home, deciding to leave the bougainvillea behind and plant new ones.
• Auntie Zhou and Zheng Xixi came to see them off, and Ding Ding gave Zheng Xixi his business card and invited her to visit Bai Congming at the office.
• As they drove away from Hongfang Street, Bai Congming held Ding Ding's hand, cried, and told him he was happy.

Bai Congming dreamed of his mother, Bai Fang, who asked him to thank Ding Ding and have more spirit money burned for her. After waking, Bai Congming relayed her message, and the chapter ended with the couple celebrating their new home with friends.

• Bai Congming met Bai Fang beneath a Silk Tree in a dream, and she told him to thank Ding Ding and ask Auntie Zhou to burn her more spirit money.
• Ding Ding woke when Bai Congming cried, comforted him, and promised to burn spirit money for Bai Fang.
• Ding Ding hired help to finish setting up their new home, while Ding Shu added smart appliances and Sun Chang'an installed them.
• Auntie Zhou, Zheng Xixi, Zheng Xixi's younger brother, and others came to the housewarming with pastries.
• Bai Congming compared Zheng Xixi to a camellia, Sun Xiangxiang to a sunflower, and Ding Shu and Sun Chang'an to a magnolia flower and tree.
• Bai Congming called Ding Ding a cactus, saying he hurt a little but was soft, and Sun Xiangxiang laughed at the remark.

Ding Ding hosted a lively dinner where Sun Xiangxiang realized she had misunderstood the roles in the couple she shipped and resolved to stop giving Bai Congming comics. After the guests left, Ding Ding cared for the drunken Bai Congming, and they ended the night sharing an intimate moment.

• Auntie Zhou stepped outside, crushed a new bougainvillea shoot, and reflected on how much easier Bai Congming's life had become.
• Sun Xiangxiang shared her fiction-inspired advice with Bai Congming, while Ding Ding tried to keep her from filling his head with nonsense.
• Sun Xiangxiang discovered that she had reversed Ding Ding and Bai Congming's roles in her favorite pairing, then asked Bai Congming to stop reading her comics.
• Ding Ding carried the sleeping Bai Congming to the sofa, where he fell and cried after mistaking an eye mask for the loss of his eyes.
• Ding Ding helped Bai Congming get ready for bed, then kissed him and told him to get on top.