Chapter Summaries

Chu Xinghui agreed to be Pei Hanmo’s boyfriend to stop him crying, though he doubted Pei Hanmo’s feelings and worried they were only brothers. Pei Hanmo asked for cake, stopped Chu Xinghui from drinking, and asked if they could now share a bed.

• Chu Xinghui questioned Pei Hanmo’s confession, then agreed to be with him when Pei Hanmo cried.
• Pei Hanmo clung to Chu Xinghui and said he did not want him to leave.
• Pei Hanmo asked for cake instead of the kiss he secretly wanted.
• Chu Xinghui served Pei Hanmo food and opened another bottle of alcohol.
• Pei Hanmo took the bottle away, reminded Chu Xinghui of his drunken antics, and asked if they could sleep in the same bed as boyfriends.

Chu Xinghui tried to keep Pei Hanmo focused on studying, but worried that he had upset him by refusing his embrace. He comforted Pei Hanmo with his fox ears, and Pei Hanmo turned the moment into an intimate encounter, leaving Chu Xinghui embarrassed and questioning what couples normally did.

• Pei Hanmo clung to Chu Xinghui in bed and said he had completed his assigned work and extra practice papers.
• Chu Xinghui got up to make breakfast and offered to buy fish, while Pei Hanmo sat quietly and seemed upset.
• Chu Xinghui let Pei Hanmo touch his fox ears to cheer him up, and Pei Hanmo carried him to the sofa and nuzzled him.
• Pei Hanmo kissed Chu Xinghui and touched him, delaying their meal until it went cold.
• Chu Xinghui reheated the food and scolded Pei Hanmo, who asked whether such intimacy was normal between a couple.

After Pei Hanmo finished his college entrance exams, Chu Xinghui took him out to celebrate, where a wealthy woman claimed to be Pei Hanmo’s mother. Pei Hanmo rejected her attempt to take him home and left with Chu Xinghui after making clear that Chu Xinghui was his boyfriend.

• Chu Xinghui waited for Pei Hanmo after his exams and took him to a luxurious hotel for a celebratory meal.
• A waiter delivered a business card from a woman who said she was Pei Hanmo’s mother and wanted to meet him.
• Chu Xinghui encouraged Pei Hanmo to hear the woman out, and Pei Hanmo asked Chu Xinghui to go with him.
• The woman embraced Pei Hanmo and said she wanted to take him home and make up for the past.
• Pei Hanmo told the woman that Chu Xinghui was his boyfriend, then took Chu Xinghui’s hand and left.

Pei Hanmo rejected Zuo Ying'an’s attempt to reconnect, while Chu Xinghui learned that she had abandoned him as a child and was now pursuing him because he might inherit Pei Holdings. Pei Hanmo led Chu Xinghui away from her followers and resolved to give him a better life.

• Pei Hanmo told Chu Xinghui that he was his only family and threw Zuo Ying'an’s business card into a garbage truck.
• Zuo Ying'an’s assistant caught up with them and persuaded Chu Xinghui to add her as a contact.
• Zuo Ying'an told Chu Xinghui that Pei Hanmo was the son of the president of Pei Holdings and a contender to inherit the company.
• Pei Hanmo pulled Chu Xinghui away and warned him to delete Zuo Ying'an, then took him through a food street to evade the people following them.
• Pei Hanmo bought Chu Xinghui his favorite skewers and vowed to give him a comfortable life in a villa.

Pei Hanmo started university after earning enough from two summer jobs to cover his tuition and living expenses, while Chu Xinghui worried he was becoming independent. Zuo Ying'an asked Chu Xinghui to persuade Pei Hanmo to return and inherit his father’s estate, and Chu Xinghui asked for two years because he could not bear to be apart from him.

• Pei Hanmo took two summer jobs despite Chu Xinghui’s attempts to dissuade him and earned enough to pay his tuition and living expenses.
• On the day university began, Pei Hanmo refused Chu Xinghui’s offer to help him settle in and kissed his cheek before sending him home.
• Chu Xinghui accepted Zuo Ying'an’s invitation to meet and discuss Pei Hanmo.
• Zuo Ying'an told Chu Xinghui that she wanted Pei Hanmo to return and inherit his father’s estate, and asked him to persuade Pei Hanmo.
• Zuo Ying'an suggested Chu Xinghui’s place beside Pei Hanmo might be awkward, making Chu Xinghui worry Pei Hanmo would be mocked or bullied because of him.
• Chu Xinghui admitted he could not do without Pei Hanmo and asked Zuo Ying'an for two years.

Two years later, Chu Xinghui ended his relationship with Pei Hanmo so Pei Hanmo could join Zuo Ying'an, despite Pei Hanmo begging him to stay. After Pei Hanmo left, Chu Xinghui accepted an invitation to apply to an entertainment company, hoping success might make him worthy of Pei Hanmo.

• Pei Hanmo showed Chu Xinghui that their song had become popular, while Chu Xinghui worried about the approaching deadline set by Zuo Ying'an.
• Chu Xinghui asked Pei Hanmo whether he had agreed to go to Zuo Ying'an, and Pei Hanmo confirmed that he had.
• Chu Xinghui told Pei Hanmo to pack for the move and broke up with him, but Pei Hanmo begged him not to leave.
• Zuo Ying'an arrived, and Chu Xinghui pushed Pei Hanmo out, shut the door, and blocked him.
• Gu Kai invited Chu Xinghui to apply to an entertainment company, and Chu Xinghui accepted.