Chapter Summaries

On a Ferris wheel, Fu Xiuyuan kissed Gu Nian'an, leaving him unsure how to face the man afterward. When Fu Xiuyuan told him he did not need to return his feelings, Gu Nian'an apologized and asked for time, while Fu Xiuyuan comforted him and concealed his possessiveness.

• As the Ferris wheel rose, Gu Nian'an felt detached from the world, and Fu Xiuyuan asked him to stay by his side.
• At the wheel’s highest point, Fu Xiuyuan pulled Gu Nian'an close and kissed him, then carried him off after the ride stopped.
• In the days afterward, Gu Nian'an felt awkward about the kiss, while Fu Xiuyuan acted as usual and privately resolved to uncover Gu Nian'an’s reservations.
• Over breakfast, Fu Xiuyuan said Gu Nian'an did not have to respond to his feelings or feel responsible for them.
• Gu Nian'an embraced Fu Xiuyuan, apologized, and asked for time, and Fu Xiuyuan agreed while hiding his possessiveness.

Gu Nian'an accepted an invitation to appear on Encountering Interview and joined newcomer Yu Meng on the live show. After answering questions about his debut and the support he received from fans, he was asked whether his parents had died or he had been lost, and whether he had ever searched for them.

• Lin Shuxue told Gu Nian'an that Encountering Interview had invited him to appear alongside newcomer Yu Meng, and he accepted.
• Gu Nian'an told Fu Xiuyuan he would be filming the next afternoon, and Fu Xiuyuan offered to pick him up afterward.
• Lin Shuxue drove Gu Nian'an to the studio, where he met Yu Meng and host Yang Manhua before the live show began.
• Yang Manhua asked Gu Nian'an how he felt about the talent show where he debuted, and he called it an unexpected opportunity that brought him friends.
• Gu Nian'an said he respected differing opinions and thanked the fans who had supported him, prompting emotional reactions from viewers.
• Yang Manhua asked Gu Nian'an whether his parents had died or he had been lost, and whether he had tried to find them.

Gu Nian'an answered Yang Manhua's questions about his lost memories and joined a borrowing-money challenge that revealed Mr. Fu's generosity and their close friendship. After the show ended, Gu Nian'an waited for Fu Xiuyuan outside the studio, then turned when someone tapped his shoulder.

• Yang Manhua asked Gu Nian'an about his parents, and he explained that a fever had left him unable to remember them.
• Yang Manhua challenged the group to borrow a hundred thousand yuan from the last person they had called, and Yu Meng's agent quickly transferred the money.
• Gu Nian'an texted Mr. Fu and received one million yuan, then told the others that Mr. Fu had supported him and become a good friend.
• Yang Manhua steered the conversation toward amusing and controversial topics before the show ended.
• Gu Nian'an waited alone outside the studio for Fu Xiuyuan, then turned around when someone tapped his shoulder.

After Fu Xiuyuan picked Gu Nian'an up, Gu Nian'an struggled with his feelings for him and had a nightmare about his mother blaming and choking him. He woke in Fu Xiuyuan's arms, shaken and crying as he clung to him.

• Yang Manhua apologized to Gu Nian'an, then realized his friend Fu Xiuyuan was the newly appointed head of the Fu Family.
• Fu Xiuyuan took Gu Nian'an home, offered him a meat pie, and gently wiped grease from the corner of his mouth.
• Gu Nian'an bathed and thought anxiously about how to face Fu Xiuyuan.
• Gu Nian'an dreamed that his mother blamed him for leaving and strangled him, reviving painful memories from his past.
• Fu Xiuyuan woke Gu Nian'an and held him as Gu Nian'an recognized him, clung to him, and cried.

After Gu Nian'an broke down and kissed Fu Xiuyuan, he woke with a fever and agreed to attend the Wan family's banquet with him. When Fu Xiuyuan asked whether the kiss had been Gu Nian'an's answer about his feelings, Gu Nian'an asked for a week to decide.

• Gu Nian'an sobbed in Fu Xiuyuan's arms, then kissed him, and they fell asleep together after kissing.
• Fu Xiuyuan discovered that Gu Nian'an had a fever, gave him medicine, and massaged his aching legs as the young man recovered.
• Fu Xiuyuan invited Gu Nian'an to attend Wan Xufeng's birthday banquet as his partner, and Gu Nian'an agreed.
• Fu Xiuyuan asked whether Gu Nian'an's kiss meant he had feelings for him, and Gu Nian'an embraced him and asked for a week to give an answer.

Fu Xiuyuan and Gu Nian'an attended Wan Xufeng's birthday banquet, where Wan Xufeng introduced Fu as the new head of the Fu Family and promoted their plans to develop projects together. Fu revealed that he and Gu had registered their marriage the previous year, then sent Gu to rest while he continued meeting guests.

• Wan Xufeng welcomed Fu Xiuyuan and Gu Nian'an and warned Fu that Fu Shirui and other Fu Family members were at the banquet.
• Wan Xufeng introduced Fu Xiuyuan as the new head of the Fu Family and invited guests with business ideas to approach him about projects with the Wan Family.
• Guests recognized Gu Nian'an and praised his appearance as Fu Xiuyuan kept holding his hand.
• A guest asked when Fu Xiuyuan planned to marry Gu Nian'an, and Fu revealed that they had registered their marriage last year but postponed the wedding.
• Fu Xiuyuan sent Gu Nian'an to the rear hall to rest while he continued talking with the guests.

Gu Nian'an met Yu Songqing's younger brother Mu Niansheng in the garden and encouraged him not to give up after his accident left him unable to walk. Mu Niansheng thanked him and left with Yu Songqing, whose jealousy over their conversation deepened.

• Gu Nian'an found Mu Niansheng alone in a pavilion and recognized him as Yu Songqing's younger brother.
• Mu Niansheng described his repeated failed attempts at rehabilitation, and Gu Nian'an shared his own recovery from severe leg injuries and urged him to face the future.
• Yu Songqing arrived to take Mu Niansheng home and watched Gu Nian'an remove petals from his hair.
• Mu Niansheng gave Gu Nian'an his jeweled brooch as thanks, and Gu Nian'an wished him well.
• Yu Songqing privately resented Mu Niansheng's closeness with Gu Nian'an, then left after Gu Nian'an asked why he was lingering.

At the Wan Family’s birthday banquet, Fu Xiuyuan publicly revealed to Ji Baiwei that he and Gu Nian'an were married, then became drunk. Gu Nian'an took Fu Xiuyuan upstairs to rest while Wan Xufeng joked about his newly married friend.

• Gu Nian'an sat alone in the rear lounge, reflecting on his feelings for Fu Xiuyuan and his uncertainty about their future.
• Ji Baiwei found Gu Nian'an and learned that Fu Xiuyuan had brought him to the banquet but left him waiting alone.
• Fu Xiuyuan arrived, kissed Gu Nian'an's forehead, and told Ji Baiwei that he was Gu Nian'an's husband and they had married the previous year.
• Fu Xiuyuan held Gu Nian'an close, and Gu Nian'an realized from his flushed face and breath that he was drunk.
• Gu Nian'an asked Wan Xufeng for help, and Wan Xufeng directed him to take Fu Xiuyuan to the fifth floor to rest.
• Gu Nian'an helped Fu Xiuyuan upstairs, while Wan Xufeng teased the people with him about Fu Xiuyuan getting drunk after marriage.

After Fu Xiuyuan drunkenly clung to and kissed Gu Nian'an, Gu Nian'an comforted him and decided he would stay by his side. The next morning, Gu Nian'an fell asleep in Fu Xiuyuan's arms again, while Fu Xiuyuan watched over him with clear eyes.

• Gu Nian'an helped the drunken Fu Xiuyuan to bed, and Fu Xiuyuan pulled him close, kissed him, and begged him not to leave.
• Gu Nian'an soothed Fu Xiuyuan with promises to stay, and they eventually fell asleep in each other's arms.
• Ji Baiwei heard guests speculate that Fu Xiuyuan had married Gu Nian'an for his inheritance and wondered whether Gu Nian'an was truly willing to be with him.
• At dawn, Gu Nian'an remembered Fu Xiuyuan's tears and resolved to remain with him and face their unknown future together.
• Gu Nian'an nestled back into Fu Xiuyuan's arms and fell asleep, and Fu Xiuyuan later woke and tenderly kissed him.

Gu Nian'an agreed to meet Li Zhuwan after learning that Fu Xiuyuan's mother had left a memento hidden by the Fu Family. Li Zhuwan and Fu Shirui secretly planned to use the meeting to abduct Gu Nian'an and provoke Fu Xiuyuan.

• Gu Nian'an worried about confessing his feelings to Fu Xiuyuan and telling him that he was not the original Gu Nian'an.
• Li Zhuwan contacted Gu Nian'an, apologized for his behavior at the banquet, and told him that Fu Xiuyuan's mother had left a memento in the Fu Family's possession.
• Li Zhuwan said he had overheard Fu Wensheng reveal where the memento was kept and proposed meeting Gu Nian'an to discuss it.
• After Gu Nian'an accepted, Li Zhuwan handed his phone to Fu Shirui, who sent him an address and ordered a man to lure him away.
• Li Zhuwan agreed to help Fu Shirui abduct Gu Nian'an in exchange for shares in the Li Family, while Fu Shirui planned to use the abduction to provoke Fu Xiuyuan and blame the Li Family.

Gu Nian'an was kidnapped by Li Zhuwan and held in an abandoned building by men hired to record videos of him. After learning his name and circumstances, Du Zhongyuan began to recognize that his captive was not the rich young master the employer had described.

• Gu Nian'an entered a private room, where Li Zhuwan and five men trapped him and knocked him unconscious with a pungent smell.
• Gu Nian'an woke tied to a pillar in a suburban building, and one of his captors warned him not to try to escape.
• Du Zhongyuan returned with food and said the employer had ordered them to wait three days and record videos of Gu Nian'an.
• Gu Nian'an persuaded Du Zhongyuan to untie his hands so he could eat, then asked him his name.
• Du Zhongyuan learned that his captive was Gu Nian'an and realized the employer had misled them about who he was.

After Du Zhongyuan freed Gu Nian'an from his kidnappers, Gu Nian'an fell into a pond while fleeing and nearly drowned. Fu Xiuyuan rescued him, and Gu Nian'an confessed that he liked him before losing consciousness; Fu Xiuyuan rushed him to the hospital.

• Du Zhongyuan realized Gu Nian'an had been abducted as a warning to Fu Xiuyuan, then cut his ropes and told him how to escape.
• Gu Nian'an ran through the woods, slipped into a concealed pond, and struggled underwater as he remembered falling into water as a child.
• As he began to drown, Gu Nian'an realized he still wanted to tell Fu Xiuyuan that he liked him.
• Fu Xiuyuan found Gu Nian'an in the pond and carried him to shore, where Gu Nian'an confessed his feelings before passing out.
• Fu Xiuyuan rushed Gu Nian'an to the hospital, and Wan Xufeng and Li Jiyuan arrived to find him waiting outside the emergency room in distress.

Fu Xiuyuan learned that Fu Shirui had helped Li Zhuwan orchestrate the kidnapping and vowed to dismantle the Li Family. Gu Nian'an dreamed of his childhood and remembered how his gambling father died and his aunt abandoned him in the snow.

• Wan Xufeng told Fu Xiuyuan that Li Zhuwan was behind the kidnapping, and Fu Xiuyuan ordered them to prepare to carve up the Li Family.
• Li Jiyuan suspected someone else was involved, and Fu Xiuyuan identified Fu Shirui as the other mastermind.
• Gu Nian'an dreamed that his father Yunzhou scolded him for asking about his mother and grew affectionate toward a woman instead.
• Gu Nian'an witnessed Yunzhou's gambling losses turn him violent, while Yunzhou promised to earn money for him.
• After Yunzhou was killed by a car, Gu Nian'an's aunt left him waiting in the snow, and he nearly froze while longing for his parents.
• Gu Nian'an's dream ended, and he remembered that he was Gu Nian'an.

After Gu Nian'an confessed his feelings to Fu Xiuyuan, the two moved to Fu Xiuyuan’s heavily secured private estate. Gu Nian'an continued to struggle with painful, confusing memories from both lives, finding comfort in Fu Xiuyuan’s embrace.

• Gu Nian'an kissed Fu Xiuyuan and told him he liked him and would stay as long as they still needed and loved each other.
• Fu Xiuyuan asked Gu Nian'an to move somewhere safer, and Gu Nian'an agreed.
• Fu Xiuyuan told Gu Nian'an he had found him by checking surveillance footage, though a shadow flickered through his eyes.
• Fu Xiuyuan brought Gu Nian'an to his expansive private estate, where security, medical facilities, and a helicopter were available.
• Gu Nian'an reflected on his painful, recurring memories and curled into Fu Xiuyuan for comfort.

Fu Xiuyuan and Gu Nian'an grew closer as Fu Xiuyuan cared for him through illness and recurring nightmares. After Gu Nian'an named their kitten Renata, he dreamed of his mother and woke frightened in Fu Xiuyuan's arms.

• Fu Xiuyuan reflected on his possessive feelings for Gu Nian'an, then shared an intimate night with him.
• Fu Xiuyuan cared for Gu Nian'an the next morning, and Li Changyu later warned him to show restraint after Gu Nian'an developed a fever.
• After Gu Nian'an recovered, he named the kitten Renata, and Fu Xiuyuan recognized the name's meaning as rebirth.
• Gu Nian'an dreamed of his mother calling for him, woke in distress, and clung to Fu Xiuyuan, who comforted him without asking questions.

Gu Nian'an received an invitation from director Ai Mingzhu to star in a film, and the script’s familiar experiences left him shaken. After he accepted on the condition that he meet the director, Fu Xiuyuan found him distressed and later read the script to understand what had upset him.

• Lin Shuxue told Gu Nian'an that Ai Mingzhu had specifically invited him to lead her film, but Gu Nian'an initially hesitated because he could not act.
• Lin Shuxue sent Gu Nian'an the script, and its familiar experiences left him stunned and trembling.
• Gu Nian'an agreed to take the role but asked to meet Ai Mingzhu first, and Lin Shuxue arranged a weekend meeting.
• Fu Xiuyuan hurried home after seeing Gu Nian'an sitting motionless through the surveillance feed and found him dazed and distressed.
• Gu Nian'an initiated an intense encounter with Fu Xiuyuan, who held him afterward as he fell asleep.
• Fu Xiuyuan noticed the script Lin Shuxue had sent and began reading it to learn what had shaken Gu Nian'an.

The chapter recounted Gu An’s lonely childhood, his mother Zhao Yingfang’s damaging pressure, and his eventual death from late-stage stomach cancer. After reading the story, Gu Nian'an woke distressed and uncertain whether his memories of another life were real, while Fu Xiuyuan comforted him.

• Zhao Yingfang raised Gu An alone, isolated him from friends, and pushed him to excel in piano competitions to spite Gu Fengyuan.
• Gu An secretly brought home a rescued kitten, but after his grades fell and Gu Fengyuan criticized her, Zhao Yingfang killed the kitten, worsening her relationship with her son.
• Gu An hid his declining health from his overworked mother and was diagnosed with late-stage stomach cancer after collapsing at a competition.
• As he neared death, Gu An gave Zhao Yingfang his savings and asked an acquaintance to look after her, then died in her arms despite her efforts to save him.
• After reading the story, Fu Xiuyuan held the grief-stricken Gu Nian'an; the next morning, Gu Nian'an woke frightened and questioned whether his memories of his previous life were real.
• Fu Xiuyuan came to Gu Nian'an, held him close, and gently wiped his tears as Gu Nian'an clung to him for reassurance.

Gu Nian'an broke down in fear that Fu Xiuyuan would leave him, then coughed up blood and was treated by a doctor. After waking, he promised to tell Fu Xiuyuan everything after filming a movie, and the two reaffirmed their love and spent the night together.

• Gu Nian'an sobbed in Fu Xiuyuan's arms, begged him not to leave, and coughed up blood as Fu Xiuyuan pressed the emergency button.
• Gu Nian'an woke at dusk, and Fu Xiuyuan told him the doctor had blamed the bleeding on distress and emotional agitation.
• Gu Nian'an apologized for keeping things from Fu Xiuyuan, then promised to explain everything after filming a movie and speaking with director Ai Mingzhu.
• Gu Nian'an decided to stay in this world with Fu Xiuyuan, whether it was real or a dream, and the two embraced.
• Gu Nian'an kissed Fu Xiuyuan and called it compensation; Fu Xiuyuan restrained himself, cared for him, and fell asleep holding him.

Gu Nian'an met director Ai Mingzhu to ask why she had chosen him for her film. Ai explained that the script came from recurring dreams of a boy named Gu An, and ended by asking whether Gu Nian'an had decided to take the role.

• Gu Nian'an visited Ai Mingzhu and asked why she wanted him to act in her film.
• Ai Mingzhu said Gu Nian'an closely resembled Gu An, the boy in her script, even sharing his red mole.
• Gu Nian'an asked where Ai Mingzhu had gotten the script, saying its coincidences had been on his mind.
• Ai Mingzhu recounted how recurring dreams over a year showed her Gu An's life, including his difficult relationship with his mother and his death.
• Ai Mingzhu explained that she wanted the film to explore family wounds and emotional care, then asked Gu Nian'an whether he had decided to act in it.

Gu Nian'an accepted Ai Mingzhu's offer to play Gu An, then revisited painful memories of his mother and his previous life. Fu Xiuyuan panicked that Gu Nian'an might leave him, and the two spent the night together; Gu Nian'an woke sore and embarrassed, wondering what had come over Fu Xiuyuan.

• Gu Nian'an agreed to play Gu An in Ai Mingzhu's film and confirmed the filming arrangements.
• Gu Nian'an remembered his sick childhood, his mother's changed behavior after his father had an affair, and his final wait for her before he died.
• Fu Xiuyuan came home, sensed Gu Nian'an's sadness, and held him while admitting he feared Gu Nian'an would leave him.
• Gu Nian'an comforted Fu Xiuyuan with a kiss, and the two spent the night together.
• Gu Nian'an woke late the next night with a sore body and recalled Fu Xiuyuan repeatedly demanding reassurance that he would never leave.