Chapter Summaries

Wei Zisu confronted his fiancé, Sun Liang, and demanded to end their engagement after discovering Sun Liang was dating Yuan Zizhen. Sun Liang refused to believe Yuan Zizhen had deceived him, while Wei Zisu stood firm on breaking things off.

• Sun Liang warned Wei Zisu that ending their engagement could leave him subject to a state-arranged match when he turned twenty-seven.
• Wei Zisu told Sun Liang that his relationship with Yuan Zizhen meant they had no reason to stay engaged.
• Wei Zisu showed Sun Liang photos of him kissing Yuan Zizhen, explaining that Yuan Zizhen had deliberately let him discover the affair.
• Sun Liang accused Wei Zisu of taking the photos from Yuan Zizhen’s phone and insisted Yuan Zizhen was too pure to lie.
• Wei Zisu angrily rejected Sun Liang’s accusations and declared that he would rather accept a state-assigned match than remain with him.

Wei Zisu rejected Sun Liang’s attempts to excuse his affair with Yuan Zizhen and insisted on ending their engagement. Sun Liang finally agreed to meet him at the civil affairs bureau the next day, leaving Wei Zisu free of his fiancée’s control if Sun Liang showed up.

• Sun Liang insulted Wei Zisu and offered him money or a car to overlook his relationship with Yuan Zizhen.
• Wei Zisu explained that they had to amend their engagement record at the civil affairs bureau to officially separate.
• Sun Liang mistook Wei Zisu’s questions about Yuan Zizhen for jealousy and said he would end that relationship and marry Wei Zisu.
• Wei Zisu revealed he had heard Sun Liang describe an omega celebrity as useful for sex and earning money, then urged Sun Liang to marry Yuan Zizhen instead.
• Sun Liang angrily agreed to meet Wei Zisu at the civil affairs bureau the next day, and Wei Zisu welcomed the decision.

Wei Zisu went to the Civil Affairs Bureau to end his engagement to Sun Liang, whose cheating and failure to help find Wei Zisu’s missing brother had made him give up on the relationship. After they dissolved the engagement, Sun Liang insulted Wei Zisu and his brother, and Wei Zisu punched him.

• Wei Zisu waited outside the Civil Affairs Bureau with Sun Liang’s heirloom jade bracelet, determined to end their engagement after Sun Liang’s neglect of the search for his brother and his infidelity.
• Sun Liang arrived late and tried to persuade Wei Zisu to stay by offering him a child with inheritance rights, but Wei Zisu rejected the offer.
• Sun Liang angrily agreed to end the engagement, and the two signed the forms in three minutes.
• Sun Liang threatened to stop sending orders to Wei Zisu’s parents’ factory, but Wei Zisu said they would rely on their own abilities.
• Sun Liang praised Yuan Zizhen and mocked Wei Zisu, then insulted his missing brother; Wei Zisu turned back and punched Sun Liang in the face.

Wei Zisu beat Sun Liang after Sun Liang insulted his missing younger brother, then went to the Sun family residence to return the jade bangle and tell Grandma about Sun Liang’s betrayal. Grandma supported Wei Zisu’s decision to end the engagement but worried he might be randomly matched with an alpha.

• Wei Zisu knocked Sun Liang into a trash can and beat him until security arrived, then ignored Sun Liang’s threat and left.
• Wei Zisu went to the Sun family residence to return the jade bangle and met Sun Zhe outside.
• Wei Zisu told Grandma about Sun Liang and Yuan Zizhen, and Grandma condemned Sun Liang and backed the broken engagement.
• Grandma asked Wei Zisu what he would do if he were randomly matched with an alpha.

Wei Zisu accepted Grandma’s jade bracelet and parted from Sun Zhe as a friend, then struggled to raise enough money for his fine. After his mother took his savings and his agent dismissed his chances of finding work, he was left broke and desperate for paid acting jobs.

• Grandma insisted that Wei Zisu accept her Wang family jade bracelet, and Sun Zhe encouraged him to take it.
• Sun Zhe walked Wei Zisu partway home, reaffirmed their friendship, and promised to help him whenever he asked.
• Wei Zisu went to his mother for money, but she blamed him for ending the engagement and took all the savings he had brought to pay his fine.
• Unable to raise the fine, Wei Zisu called Sister Qian and asked for any paid acting or variety-show work.
• Sister Qian said Wei Zisu’s reputation as a jinx made him unlikely to get work and suggested his fiancé pay for roles before hanging up.

After breaking off his engagement to Sun Liang, Wei Zisu learned from Cui Xiangxiang how the state’s alpha-matching process worked and prepared for his twenty-seventh birthday. The Civil Affairs Bureau showed him his first batch of matches, and he asked to meet all four at once.

• Wei Zisu decided not to tell Sister Qian yet that he and Sun Liang had broken off their engagement.
• Cui Xiangxiang scolded Wei Zisu for ending the engagement, explained the state’s matching process, and warned him about his own unhappy marriages.
• Wei Zisu celebrated his twenty-seventh birthday with Cui Xiangxiang and received small gifts from Sun Zhe.
• The next day, a Civil Affairs Bureau worker showed Wei Zisu the information for his first four alpha matches.
• Wei Zisu asked whether he could meet all four alphas at once.

Wei Zisu arranged to meet four alphas at once, while Sun Liang stayed at Yuan Zizhen’s home after ending his engagement and began questioning whether he wanted to marry him. Yuan Zizhen remained determined to marry into the Sun family, and Sun Liang still believed he was more sincere than Wei Zisu.

• Wei Zisu asked a young woman to arrange simultaneous blind dates with four alphas for eight the next morning.
• Sun Liang avoided his family home after breaking his engagement with Wei Zisu and stayed with Yuan Zizhen while recovering from his injuries.
• Yuan Zizhen brought Sun Liang soup and asked whether he could marry him, but Sun Liang put him off and sent him away to work.
• Yuan Zizhen privately vowed to find a way to marry into the Sun family, despite Sun Liang’s reluctance to commit.
• Sun Liang wondered if he had treated Yuan Zizhen too harshly, then concluded that Yuan was more innocent and pure than Wei Zisu.

Wei Zisu met three alphas at the Civil Affairs Bureau for a state-arranged marriage match and rejected the fat, arrogant man who tried to dictate how he should live. The meeting continued with the two remaining alphas still in the room.

• Wei Zisu arrived at the Civil Affairs Bureau and learned that one of the four scheduled alphas had declined to meet him.
• Wei Zisu introduced himself to the two alphas already waiting, then the late-arriving fat man joined them and flaunted his BMW keys.
• The fat man criticized Wei Zisu's acting career and demanded that he either stay home and care for his family or surrender his acting pay and avoid romantic scenes.
• Wei Zisu rejected the fat man's demands, mocked his appearance, and told him they were not a match.
• The fat man stormed toward the door and insulted Wei Zisu, who retorted that he was not looking to adopt a son.

Wei Zisu rejected two unsuitable marriage candidates before finding Yin Zhengchuan unexpectedly decent and agreeing to record their engagement. The chapter ended with Yin Zhengchuan nervously asking to skip the engagement and register their marriage directly.

• After the blond candidate proposed keeping his boyfriend and using Wei Zisu as cover, Wei Zisu rejected him and sent him away.
• Yin Zhengchuan introduced himself nervously and explained that he had traveled from Shandong after receiving a call from the civil affairs bureau.
• Yin Zhengchuan said he did not mind Wei Zisu's broken engagement, age, or filming work, and Wei Zisu suggested they record their engagement information that day.
• Yin Zhengchuan stunned Wei Zisu by asking to skip the engagement and register their marriage directly.

Yin Zhengchuan surprised Wei Zisu by proposing they skip the engagement and marry immediately, and Wei Zisu agreed. After registering their marriage, they shared a meal, exchanged phone numbers, and Yin Zhengchuan called his father to announce that he had gotten hitched.

• Yin Zhengchuan slipped into his hometown dialect while asking Wei Zisu to marry him straight away, and Wei Zisu agreed.
• Yin Zhengchuan and Wei Zisu completed their marriage registration and collected their certificates.
• Wei Zisu and Yin Zhengchuan ate together, discussed their plans to leave, and learned that Yin Zhengchuan helped his family grow vegetables.
• Yin Zhengchuan had already paid for the meal and had booked a hotel, so Wei Zisu offered to stay in touch before leaving by taxi.
• Yin Zhengchuan asked for Wei Zisu's phone number, exchanged contact details with him, and celebrated after Wei Zisu left.
• Yin Zhengchuan called his father and announced that he had gotten hitched, saying they would discuss the wedding banquet later.

Wei Zisu prepared to return for reshoots that could finally let his stalled TV series air, while reflecting on his career and his unsatisfying relationship with his agent. After telling Cui Xiangxiang that he had registered his marriage to Yin Zhengchuan less than an hour after meeting him, Wei Zisu exchanged greetings with his new husband on WeChat and noticed his display name had changed to “I'm married.”

• Wei Zisu packed for the reshoots after learning that the Director had cast Wu Hao to replace the imprisoned lead and needed the cast to film scenes opposite him again.
• Cui Xiangxiang called to ask about Wei Zisu's meetings, and Wei Zisu revealed that he had registered his marriage to Yin Zhengchuan after meeting him for about an hour.
• Cui Xiangxiang questioned Wei Zisu's rushed marriage and Yin Zhengchuan's work and family, while Wei Zisu said Yin Zhengchuan grew and sold vegetables and that he had not met his family.
• Wei Zisu reviewed Sister Qian's warning that the reshoots would bring no extra pay and considered his strained agency relationship and expiring contract.
• Yin Zhengchuan asked to add Wei Zisu on WeChat, and Wei Zisu saw that Yin Zhengchuan's display name was “I'm married.”

Wei Zisu resumed filming his role as the Marquis's youngest son and noticed hostility from Wu Hao despite their polite first meeting. While waiting for makeup, he reflected on his strained work situation and messaged his new husband, Yin Zhengchuan, who kept typing without sending anything.

• Wei Zisu prepared for his scenes by studying the original novel and its readers' interpretations, determined to portray the young master well despite criticism from fans.
• Wei Zisu met Wu Hao on set and filmed carefree scenes of the brothers at the flourishing Marquis's Residence.
• Wei Zisu noticed Wu Hao repeatedly watching him with hostility, though he could not think of a reason for it.
• After three days of filming, Wei Zisu waited for the crew to prepare the ruined residence scenes without an assistant or a place to rest.
• Wei Zisu read his messages, saw Yin Zhengchuan typing and deleting a message, and asked whether a chicken had pecked his keyboard.

Yin Zhengchuan excitedly messaged his newlywed husband, Wei Zisu, and arranged to visit him on the Hengdian set. After Wei Zisu returned to work, Yuan Zizhen approached him and mocked him as a beggar.

• Yin Zhengchuan's father, Qin Qin, teased him for eagerly awaiting a message from Wei Zisu and asked him to invite Wei to visit Shandong.
• Yin Zhengchuan and Wei Zisu chatted, and Wei promised to visit Yin's father after filming wrapped early next month.
• Yin Zhengchuan asked to visit Wei on set, and Wei agreed to send him the location when he arrived in Hengdian.
• Yin Zhengchuan celebrated the invitation and changed his WeChat nickname, prompting his parents to tease him.
• Wei Zisu left to get his makeup changed, then Yuan Zizhen approached and insulted him as a beggar.

Wei Zisu confronted Yuan Zizhen on set and publicly exposed his relationship with Sun Liang, then Sun Zhe arrived and showed that he still cared for Wei Zisu despite the broken engagement. Yuan Zizhen left resentfully, planning to complain to Sun Liang about Sun Zhe’s kindness toward Wei Zisu.

• Wei Zisu taunted Yuan Zizhen about Sun Liang refusing to make their relationship public and revealed that he was married, not engaged.
• Wei Zisu posted photos of Yuan Zizhen with Sun Liang on Weibo, tagging them and insulting them in the caption.
• Yuan Zizhen flew into a rage, threw his phone at Wei Zisu, and tried to attack him with an umbrella, but Wei Zisu held him off with a prop sword.
• Sun Zhe arrived, ignored Yuan Zizhen, and brought snacks and drinks for Wei Zisu and the crew while assuring Wei Zisu he would always support him.
• Yuan Zizhen left resentfully and resolved to exaggerate what happened when he next spoke to Sun Liang.

Wei Zisu began filming in a darker look after ending his engagement to Sun Liang, while Sun Zhe promised to protect him and privately ordered a frightened Omega to grow his hair into a high ponytail. As Wei Zisu’s Weibo post drew both support and accusations online, Yin Zhengchuan grew angry and attacked his critics from another account.

• Sun Zhe met Director Zhang, then praised Wei Zisu’s new appearance and promised Sun Liang would not cause him trouble.
• Director Zhang assigned Xiao Pan to assist Wei Zisu, who asked him to disinfect his sword hilt with alcohol.
• The director scolded crew members gossiping about Wei Zisu’s broken engagement and told Wei Zisu to focus on acting.
• Sun Zhe went to his private home at Golden Bay Waterside Pavilion and told a gauze-faced Omega to grow his hair out so he could see him in a high ponytail.
• Yin Zhengchuan read Wei Zisu’s post, became furious at people defending Yuan Zizhen, and attacked them online using another account.

Yin Zhengchuan told his younger sister, Yin Baozhu, that he had married Wei Zisu, devastating her because she had long adored him. After their parents comforted Baozhu, she warned her brother not to mistreat Wei Zisu, and Yin Zhengchuan ran off after tying her hands.

• Yin Zhengchuan argued online with people criticizing Wei Zisu and then picked up his sister, Yin Baozhu, from the training center.
• Yin Zhengchuan showed Baozhu his marriage certificate and told her that he had married Wei Zisu, prompting her to hit him with her backpack.
• Baozhu arrived home crying, and Qin Qin and Yin Changjun scolded Yin Zhengchuan before learning that Baozhu had loved Wei Zisu for years.
• Qin Qin comforted Baozhu by explaining that she could now live with Wei Zisu and see him often because Yin Zhengchuan had married him.
• Baozhu warned Yin Zhengchuan that she would steal Wei Zisu if he treated him badly, and Yin Zhengchuan tied her hands and fled as Yin Changjun threatened him.

Wei Zisu and Director Zhang discussed reshooting the young lord’s death scene, while Sun Liang faced Grandma’s anger over breaking off his engagement to Wei Zisu. Sun Liang and Yuan Zizhen decided to make their relationship public and deny that it began before the engagement ended.

• Director Zhang told Wei Zisu the young lord’s death scene needed a reshoot, and they agreed that a smile of release would make the ending more affecting.
• Grandma summoned Sun Liang to the family home, scolded him for hurting Wei Zisu, and ordered him and Yuan Zizhen to stay away from him.
• Sun Liang wondered whether Sun Zhe had approached Wei Zisu for his own advantage, but Grandma avoided explaining what she meant.
• Sun Liang and his mother decided he should publicly announce his relationship with Yuan Zizhen while claiming they met only after the engagement ended.
• Yuan Zizhen welcomed the plan, seeing it as a step toward marrying into the Sun family.

Wei Zisu met his newlywed husband, Yin Zhengchuan, on set and agreed to attend a wedding banquet with him next month, while Yin tried to grow closer to him. Yuan Zizhen learned about the marriage and planned to humiliate Wei Zisu, but the chapter ended with Yin arranging dinner for the whole crew.

• Wei Zisu welcomed Yin Zhengchuan to the Hengdian set and invited him to look around while he waited between scenes.
• Wei Zisu and Yin discussed holding a wedding banquet next month, though Wei treated himself as a guest and said he did not mind if Yin skipped it.
• Xiao Pan overheard their conversation and messaged Yuan Zizhen that Wei Zisu had married a vegetable farmer and would hold a banquet next month.
• Yuan Zizhen gloated over Wei Zisu's marriage and decided to leave work early so he could go humiliate him.
• Wei Zisu later found Yin Zhengchuan near the director, where Yin told him he had arranged to treat the crew to dinner.

Yin Zhengchuan treated Wei Zisu’s film crew to an elaborate roast lamb feast, surprising everyone with the scale of his generosity. Yuan Zizhen mocked him and Wei Zisu, but Yin Zhengchuan turned the insult around and left Yuan furious.

• Wei Zisu worried that Yin Zhengchuan had promised to pay for a meal for the crew, but Yin Zhengchuan explained that his younger sister had urged him to treat them.
• A team of chefs arrived at the set to prepare a whole roast lamb feast, and the crew hurried to finish work after hearing about it.
• Yuan Zizhen arrived from another set, learned that Wei Zisu’s husband was paying for the feast, and accused him of borrowing money to show off.
• Wei Zisu mocked Yuan Zizhen for coming to their set to beg for roast lamb, and Yuan Zizhen denied wanting any.
• Yin Zhengchuan called Yuan Zizhen an auntie, teased him about his nose, and told him his ugliness was real.

Wei Zisu announced that he and Yin Zhengchuan had registered their marriage, and the news spread online. After Yin Zhengchuan stayed late on set, Wei Zisu recalled Sun Liang’s past attempt to take advantage of him in a luxury van, before Yin Zhengchuan offered him a van of his own to rest in.

• Wei Zisu told the crew that he and Yin Zhengchuan had recently registered their marriage, and everyone congratulated them.
• News of Wei Zisu’s marriage became a trending topic, prompting online speculation about his unknown husband.
• Yin Zhengchuan stayed on set late and bonded with Director Zhang over their shared Shandong hometown.
• Wei Zisu remembered how Sun Liang had tried to touch and kiss him in a luxury van, and how he had ended their engagement after learning Sun Liang was cheating with Yuan Zizhen.
• Yin Zhengchuan told Wei Zisu that he had prepared a luxury van so Wei Zisu could rest.