Chapter Summaries

After Wen Yanyu’s distressing livestream incident, viewers condemned the production team and speculated about his past, while Fu Hanchuan insisted he did not care. Gu Fengyao and Shen Huainan discussed Fu’s history and his apparent feelings for Wen, leaving Gu worried about what might happen if Wen died.

• Viewers discussed Wen Yanyu’s panic, scars, medication, and apparent loneliness, and accused the production team of secretly filming his suffering.
• The incident sent three topics trending, drawing widespread sympathy for Wen Yanyu and anger at the production team, though some viewers still criticized his past fixation on Fu Hanchuan.
• In a group chat, Shen Huainan and Gu Fengyao urged Fu Hanchuan to visit Wen, but Fu said he did not care.
• Gu Fengyao and Shen Huainan discussed how Fu’s uncle’s love for Fu’s father had led to the deaths of Fu’s parents and Fu’s years of retaliation.
• Gu Fengyao recalled Fu Hanchuan once abandoning a ten-billion project and urgently gathering doctors after Wen attempted suicide, while Shen Huainan joked that Fu would understand his feelings only after Wen was gone.

After waking from a fever, Wen Yanyu remembered injuring Lu Mingxu and reassured everyone that he would make amends for the harm he had caused. He rejected Fu Hanchuan’s call and asked him to stop investigating his private affairs, while Fu Hanchuan angrily warned him not to die.

• Wen Yanyu woke after his fever broke, and Jiang Wanrou, Lu Mingxu, and Jiang Keyan checked on him.
• Wen Yanyu apologized to Lu Mingxu for cutting him the night before, and Lu Mingxu told him not to do it again.
• After eating porridge, Wen Yanyu checked his phone and found more than two hundred missed calls and messages from Fu Hanchuan.
• Wen Yanyu rejected Fu Hanchuan’s call and texted that he would make amends but wanted Fu Hanchuan to stop investigating his private business.
• Fu Hanchuan shattered a glass during a meeting, then texted Wen Yanyu that he would drag him back from hell if he dared to die before resuming the meeting.

Wen Yanyu recovered enough to see the children, but his infected hand wound and a painful injury to his waist worried the others. The chapter ended after Duan Mufeng, Jiang Keyan, and Lu Mingxu finished treating his hand while Wen Yanyu insisted he felt no pain.

• Wen Yanyu reassured the children that he had recovered, and Wang Decai knelt to thank him for saving Little Tiger and offered him baskets of fruit.
• Wang Youdao explained that Yu Sheng had taken Little Tiger out and lost him, and Lu Mingxu demanded an explanation while Jiang Keyan accepted Wang Youdao's apology.
• Jiang Keyan hugged Wen Yanyu, prompting Jiang Wanrou to intervene when she worried the contact might hurt his injured waist.
• Duan Mufeng, Jiang Keyan, and Lu Mingxu treated Wen Yanyu's inflamed hand wound while he ate liquor-filled chocolates and claimed it did not hurt.

Wen Yanyu got tipsy on liqueur chocolates and happily let Jiang Wanrou, Jiang Keyan, and Duan Mufeng pet his freshly washed hair while Duan Mufeng told him a story. Lu Mingxu grew increasingly jealous of their closeness and interrupted them, but Duan Mufeng told him to leave if he was tired.

• Jiang Wanrou and Jiang Keyan fed Wen Yanyu and stroked his hair until Lu Mingxu noticed he had eaten a box of liqueur chocolates.
• Jiang Wanrou realized Wen Yanyu was drunk and moved the remaining liqueur chocolates away as Duan Mufeng joined in petting his head.
• Duan Mufeng told Wen Yanyu and Jiang Keyan a fairy tale, teasing Wen Yanyu by pausing the story to ask for more head-petting.
• Lu Mingxu watched Duan Mufeng and Jiang Keyan grow close to Wen Yanyu and felt jealous when Wen Yanyu shared his peach with Duan Mufeng.
• Lu Mingxu stood and suggested everyone go rest, but Duan Mufeng scoffed and told him to go inside alone if he was sleepy.

Lu Mingxu took the sleepy Wen Yanyu inside and talked with him about their childhood, then questioned him about Fu Hanchuan and whether he liked anyone now. Wen Yanyu fell asleep before answering, and Lu Mingxu admitted to himself that he was jealous while Duan Mufeng watched him with hostility.

• Lu Mingxu took Wen Yanyu away from the others, despite Duan Mufeng objecting, and brought him to bed.
• Lu Mingxu reminisced about his past with Wen Yanyu and told him not to share food he had already half eaten.
• Lu Mingxu asked Wen Yanyu who said he smelled nice, and Wen Yanyu listed his friends, Duan Mufeng, Jiang Keyan, and Fu Hanchuan.
• Lu Mingxu asked whether Fu Hanchuan was Wen Yanyu’s lover and whether Wen Yanyu still liked him; Wen Yanyu said he did not.
• Wen Yanyu fell asleep before answering whether he liked anyone now, while Lu Mingxu and Duan Mufeng shared the bed with him between them.
• Lu Mingxu admitted to himself that he was jealous.

As the variety show ended, Wen Yanyu said goodbye to the people and children who had cared for him, while confronting his uncertain future and declining health. After promising the children he would visit next spring, he was caught by Fu Hanchuan, who arrived to take him away himself.

• Wen Yanyu shared a final meal with the cast and villagers, and agreed to visit Jiang Wanrou, Duan Mufeng, Lu Mingxu, and Jiang Keyan after the show.
• The production team departed, and Wen Yanyu told the village children he could not stay, while Wang Little Tiger apologized and thanked him for saving his life.
• Li Qianhua gave Wen Yanyu her candies to comfort him, and the children promised to wait for him or find him when they grew up.
• Wen Yanyu asked the children not to wait for him, but their words moved him to promise he would return next spring.
• Fu Hanchuan arrived, draped his coat over Wen Yanyu, wiped away his tear, and carried him away as Wan Haihui watched.

Fu Hanchuan forced Wen Yanyu to reveal who had inflicted the scars on his arms, then recounted the hidden history of his family and the revenge that led him to choose death in a car crash. He ended by telling Wen Yanyu that he had been waiting to die until Wen Yanyu came into his life.

• Fu Hanchuan exposed the scars on Wen Yanyu's arms and demanded to know who had hurt him, but Wen Yanyu said he could not tell him.
• Fu Hanchuan confessed that he had planned his car crash as the ending he wanted after completing his revenge.
• Fu Hanchuan described how his mother and younger brother died in a fire, how his father and Fu Wenyuan had driven his mother to despair, and how he manipulated Fu Wenyuan into killing his father.
• Fu Hanchuan revealed that he had welcomed the car crash because he felt no one wanted him alive and he wanted to die.
• Fu Hanchuan told Wen Yanyu that he had thought his chosen ending was acceptable until Wen Yanyu came.

Fu Hanchuan recounted how he became attached to Wen Yanyu after Wen Yanyu saved his life, then accused him of betraying him by publicly confessing his love before blocking him and avoiding him. The chapter ended with Fu Hanchuan demanding to know what he meant to Wen Yanyu and shouting at him in anguish.

• Fu Hanchuan recalled that Wen Yanyu had rescued him from a car accident and cried while pleading for him to live.
• Fu Hanchuan explained that he had tried to bind Wen Yanyu to his side with money, career support, and affection, and eventually came to want a lasting life together.
• Fu Hanchuan described how their time together eased his nightmares and how he had come to think of their shared home and friendship as family.
• Fu Hanchuan accused Wen Yanyu of betraying him by telling the media he loved him, then blocking him and taking engagements at venues that kept Fu Hanchuan away.
• Fu Hanchuan demanded to know what he was to Wen Yanyu and shouted at him for treating him that way.

Fu Hanchuan confronted Wen Yanyu over his attempted departure, revealing that he had saved him and accusing him of abandoning him. After Fu Hanchuan nearly strangled him, Wen Yanyu comforted him, and Fu Hanchuan kissed him before recoiling in horror at what he had done.

• Fu Hanchuan raged at Wen Yanyu for hiding his feelings and trying to leave, then told him how he had begged for help and saved him after his emergency hospitalization.
• Wen Yanyu apologized and explained that he could no longer endure living without freedom or control of his body.
• Fu Hanchuan, overwhelmed by his repressed demons, grabbed Wen Yanyu by the throat and accused him of abandoning him despite all he had done to protect him.
• Wen Yanyu struggled for air, then pried open Fu Hanchuan's bloodied hand and told him he would accept revenge but begged him not to hurt himself.
• Fu Hanchuan regained control and kissed Wen Yanyu roughly while he was still weak and gasping.
• Fu Hanchuan abruptly pulled away and backed toward the door, while Wen Yanyu collapsed on the bed with bruises around his throat and blood on his lips.

After cutting and dyeing his hair, Wen Yanyu accepted Jiang Wanrou’s invitation to lunch in Xinghai City, where Fu Hanchuan had told him to stay. At the door, he recognized the man who opened it as the doctor from the day Fu Hanchuan nearly strangled him.

• Wen Yanyu reflected on his tangled past with Fu Hanchuan and the agreements they had made after the incident.
• Wen Yanyu cut his long hair short, dyed it black, and regretted the result.
• Jiang Wanrou invited Wen Yanyu to visit her family in Xinghai City, and he agreed to come for lunch the next day.
• Wen Yanyu arrived at Jiang Wanrou’s home and found the doctor from the incident opening the door.

Wen Yanyu visited Jiang Wanrou and Qin Chengzhi, who welcomed him warmly while noticing the marks on his neck and probing into his past. The evening ended when Fu Hanchuan called, leaving Wen Yanyu’s reunion with Li Qianhua and his hosts’ questions unresolved.

• Ji Shenhuai let Wen Yanyu into the family home, where Wen noticed the two rabbits in their cage.
• Jiang Wanrou warmly welcomed Wen Yanyu, and he met Qin Chengzhi and Ji Shenhuai.
• Jiang Wanrou and Qin Chengzhi saw hand-shaped marks on Wen Yanyu’s neck, but he claimed they came from pulling off a stuck necklace.
• Qin Chengzhi asked Wen Yanyu about his training, housing, education, and friends, and Wen said he had stopped studying after something happened.
• Qin Chengzhi told Wen Yanyu that Jiang Wanrou had adopted Li Qianhua and that the girl’s eyesight was improving.
• Fu Hanchuan’s name appeared on the ringing phone, interrupting the conversation.

Wen Yanyu stayed overnight at Jiang Wanrou’s home, while Fu Hanchuan secretly searched and bugged Wen Yanyu’s apartment. As Wen Yanyu finally slept peacefully, Ji Shenhuai and Qin Chengzhi continued investigating the old scar on his abdomen.

• Wen Yanyu told Fu Hanchuan that he was staying at Jiang Wanrou’s home, and Fu Hanchuan said he was waiting outside Wen Yanyu’s apartment before telling him to enjoy the evening.
• Fu Hanchuan photographed Wen Yanyu’s medications, planted thirteen tracking devices around the apartment, and tagged five of Wen Yanyu’s clothes.
• Jiang Wanrou surrounded Wen Yanyu’s bed with plush toys and soothed him until he fell asleep peacefully.
• Ji Shenhuai told Qin Chengzhi that Wen Yanyu’s abdominal scar was at least five years old, then demonstrated a crooked path through a peach with a knife.

Ji Shenhuai revealed the severity of Wen Yanyu’s old injuries, and Qin Chengzhi recalled the childhood tragedy that still haunted him. After three days, Wen Yanyu left Jiang Wanrou with her heartfelt promises of family and protection, while she watched him go and began to cry without understanding why.

• Ji Shenhuai told Jiang Wanrou and Qin Chengzhi that Wen Yanyu had a through-and-through abdominal wound, severe stomach damage, and recent-looking cigarette burns on his back.
• Qin Chengzhi recalled finding Wen Yanyu as a child crawling from a burning scene with severe injuries, and remembered failing to bring him justice for the fire.
• Qin Chengzhi remembered meeting Fu Hanchuan years later at his mother’s gravestone and hearing him ask whether he had been wrong.
• Three days later, Jiang Wanrou gave Wen Yanyu a rabbit-eared scarf and invited him to visit, celebrate New Year, and rely on her and Qin Chengzhi for protection.
• Wen Yanyu told Jiang Wanrou that he loved her too, then left in a car as she watched him disappear and found herself weeping.

At a charity gala, Wen Yanyu met Lin Yu, who claimed to be Fu Hanchuan’s childhood friend and threatened him for pursuing Fu Hanchuan. Wen Yanyu stayed calm and laughed at something he remembered, leaving Lin Yu’s warning unanswered.

• Wen Yanyu attended the gala in a casual sweater after the promised formal outfit was not provided, and focused on eating cake despite the guests’ curious looks.
• Lin Yu introduced himself as Fu Hanchuan’s childhood friend who had recently returned from abroad and said he and Fu Hanchuan had always been together.
• Lin Yu brought up Wen Yanyu’s past behavior toward Fu Hanchuan and warned that his attempts to pursue him would fail.
• Lin Yu threatened to use his family’s connections to damage Wen Yanyu’s career if he kept reaching for Fu Hanchuan.
• Wen Yanyu asked whether Lin Yu was threatening him, then smiled and said he had thought of something funny.

Wen Yanyu thwarted Lin Yu’s attempt to threaten him into leaving Fu Hanchuan, while Lin Yu realized how close Wen Yanyu and Fu Hanchuan had become. At the seventh-floor banquet, Wen Yanyu froze when Jun Changmo entered, recognizing the man who haunted him with terror.

• Wen Yanyu saw through Lin Yu’s plan to pressure him into leaving Fu Hanchuan and warned him not to push someone with nothing to lose.
• Lin Yu returned to Ji Yuyin, who angrily urged him to fight for Fu Hanchuan, but Lin Yu stayed silent as he realized Wen Yanyu’s bond with Hanchuan was closer than he had thought.
• Fu Hanchuan drank a glass of hard liquor, grew suspicious, and left the top-floor banquet through the back.
• Wen Yanyu finished eating at the seventh-floor banquet as Lin Yu departed to greet Fu Hanchuan.
• Jun Changmo entered the hall, and Wen Yanyu recognized him and went pale with terror.

Wen Yanyu fled the banquet hall after seeing Jun Changmo, but encountered drugged Fu Hanchuan, who assaulted him while delirious. At dawn, Wen Yanyu left after erasing his traces, convinced Jun Changmo’s return put Fu Hanchuan in danger.

• Jun Changmo glanced at Wen Yanyu, who panicked and hurried out of the banquet hall.
• Fu Hanchuan caught Wen Yanyu in the corridor and, impaired by a potent drug, took him to his reserved room and assaulted him.
• As Fu Hanchuan drifted between hatred and desperate declarations of love, Wen Yanyu endured the night in tears.
• At dawn, Wen Yanyu remembered that Jun Changmo was alive and feared his return would endanger Fu Hanchuan.
• Wen Yanyu used gray mist on Fu Hanchuan’s temple, erased his traces, and staggered out of the room.

Wen Yanyu collapsed on the road after escaping with severe injuries, and Shen Huainan and Gu Fengyao found him and took him to Gu Fengyao’s family hospital. They discovered signs of abuse and a terrible old wound, and decided to call Wan Haihui before telling Fu Hanchuan.

• Wen Yanyu struggled toward his apartment in pain, then collapsed in the rain after being struck by a car.
• Shen Huainan and Gu Fengyao recognized Wen Yanyu and carried him into their car, changing their destination from City Central Hospital to Gu Fengyao’s family hospital.
• Gu Fengyao examined Wen Yanyu’s injuries and covered him with Shen Huainan’s jacket while they chose not to contact Fu Hanchuan yet.
• Gu Fengyao and Shen Huainan discovered a hideous scar on Wen Yanyu’s waist and were shaken by how severe the wound was.
• Gu Fengyao said they should call Old Wan, and Shen Huainan texted Wan Haihui.

Fu Hanchuan woke with fragmented memories while Wen Yanyu remained unconscious in a hospital after suffering severe injuries. As his friends tried to hide Wen Yanyu’s condition from him, Fu Hanchuan arrived and demanded to know what they were keeping from him.

• Fu Hanchuan woke in a hotel suite with a headache and vague memories of drinking, avoiding someone, and returning to his room.
• A doctor told Shen Huainan, Wan Haihui, and Gu Fengyao to protect Wen Yanyu’s injured hand and follow his treatment instructions, then warned them about the injuries she found.
• Shen Huainan speculated that Wen Yanyu might have been threatened or abused, while the three friends agreed to wait for him to wake before telling Fu Hanchuan.
• When Fu Hanchuan called Wen Yanyu, Shen Huainan answered through Wen Yanyu’s phone and tried to impersonate him, but Fu Hanchuan recognized that the texter was not Wen Yanyu.
• Wan Haihui removed the SIM card and arranged to move Wen Yanyu to another hospital, but after six hours Wen Yanyu still had not woken.
• Fu Hanchuan entered the hospital room angrily and demanded to know what they were keeping from him.

Fu Hanchuan found Wen Yanyu unconscious and badly injured in the hospital, then learned his friends had hidden the news from him. His anger gave way to a confession about his traumatic past and how Wen Yanyu had become the only reason he wanted to live.

• Fu Hanchuan entered the hospital room and saw Wen Yanyu's injuries beneath the blanket.
• Fu Hanchuan demanded to know who had hurt Wen Yanyu, but Wan Haihui and Shen Huainan explained that they had found him unconscious and knew nothing about what happened.
• Fu Hanchuan berated Wan Haihui, Shen Huainan, and Gu Fengyao for hiding Wen Yanyu's condition and removing his SIM card.
• Fu Hanchuan revealed that he had watched his mother and little brother die in a fire, had allowed a car crash in hopes of dying, and had been tormented by nightmares for years.
• Fu Hanchuan said Wen Yanyu had saved him and was all he had, while the others fell silent and Shen Huainan apologized.

After Jun Changmo reappeared, Wen Yanyu sought comfort from the Border Collie, who told him to trust Fu Hanchuan and stay by his side. Wen Yanyu woke in the hospital with Fu Hanchuan holding his hand, overwhelmed by guilt he could not bring himself to explain.

• Wen Yanyu clung to the Border Collie and panicked about Jun Changmo finding him and possibly harming Fu Hanchuan.
• The Border Collie explained that Jun Changmo had only sent a weakened projection into Fu Hanchuan's world and urged Wen Yanyu to trust Fu Hanchuan for protection.
• Wen Yanyu doubted Fu Hanchuan would believe or forgive him, while the Border Collie apologized and asked him to try trusting Fu Hanchuan once.
• Wen Yanyu lost consciousness and later woke in the hospital with Fu Hanchuan holding his hand.
• Fu Hanchuan told Wen Yanyu he had done nothing wrong, while Wen Yanyu silently blamed himself for hurting him and erasing his memories.