Recaps

At the billiards tables, He Qinghuan coached Gu Wang in a close embrace, while Gu Wang insisted they were only friends and remained unaware of He Qinghuan’s feelings. After Gu Wang left with Shen Zhao to watch fireworks, Yue Feng found a room key card marked 601 on the floor.

• A man hit on Gu Wang at the restaurant, and He Qinghuan arrived and acted possessively toward him.
• Gu Wang told Song Zhiyan and Shen Zhao that he and He Qinghuan were friends because he no longer liked him, while He Qinghuan overheard.
• Yue Feng led Song Zhiyan and Shen Zhao to another billiards table so He Qinghuan and Gu Wang could be alone.
• He Qinghuan guided Gu Wang’s hands and stance while they played, and Gu Wang accidentally brushed his lips against He Qinghuan’s cheek.
• Shen Zhao persuaded Gu Wang to leave for the fireworks, and He Qinghuan’s final shot sent two balls off the table.
• Yue Feng found a gold room key card marked 601 near the billiards table and asked the staff member whether they had been the first guests to use it.

Gu Wang lost his room key card and went to He Qinghuan to retrieve it, where He Qinghuan flirted with him and accepted candy as thanks. The next morning, someone pounded on Gu Wang's door before the chapter cut off.

• Yue Feng found Gu Wang's key card in the billiards room and gave it to He Qinghuan.
• Gu Wang watched the fireworks with Shen Zhao and Song Zhiyan, then realized his key card was missing and couldn't get into his room.
• He Qinghuan called Gu Wang and told him to come collect the key card.
• He Qinghuan held onto Gu Wang's fingers and asked how he would thank him, so Gu Wang gave him candies from his hoodie pocket before returning to his room.
• He Qinghuan learned the candies were cheap mints from the front desk but carefully saved them in his schoolbag.
• Someone pounded on Gu Wang's door early the next morning, waking him.

Gu Wang avoided He Qinghuan’s attempt to get close, then met Mei Li, who returned and claimed they had once been together. He Qinghuan sheltered Gu Wang from the rain before Gu Wang left with the others, while Yue Feng wondered how He Qinghuan would react to Mei Li.

• Gu Wang woke to He Qinghuan’s messages and opened the door, but escaped inside when Shen Zhao called for him, leaving He Qinghuan’s breakfast behind.
• Gu Wang told Gu Dazhi he would return home that afternoon, then waited with Shen Zhao for Song Zhiyan to bring the car around.
• Mei Li jumped out of Song Zhiyan’s car and embraced Gu Wang, who pretended not to know her; she said she was Mei Li and asked whether he was still angry.
• He Qinghuan held an umbrella over Gu Wang as he got into the car, getting his own sleeve wet, and Gu Wang quietly thanked him.
• After Gu Wang’s car drove away, Yue Feng asked He Qinghuan what he thought, but He Qinghuan gave no answer.

Gu Wang reunited with his affectionate relatives and discovered a box of keepsakes the original Gu Wang had collected about He Qinghuan. At school, Gu Wang voted for He Qinghuan’s academic award and won the progress award alongside Song Zhiyan.

• Yue Feng warned He Qinghuan to keep his feelings in check, and He Qinghuan said he knew where to draw the line.
• Mei Li pressed Gu Wang’s friends about whether he liked someone else, then asked Gu Wang if he still liked her; Gu Wang told her to stop asking.
• Gu Wang greeted his relatives and felt moved by how much they cared for him, especially his five-year-old cousin Zhang Jiajia.
• Zhang Jiajia showed Gu Wang a box of keepsakes about He Qinghuan, including an ID photo and a workbook, and asked whether Gu Wang had won him over.
• Gu Wang voted for He Qinghuan for Special Academic Excellence, and the class unanimously gave He Qinghuan the award.
• Gu Wang and Song Zhiyan won the Academic Progress Award, prompting Song Zhiyan to celebrate loudly.

Gu Wang learned that his classmates valued his small acts of kindness, then heard He Qinghuan secretly change the school oath to say he would be faithful to Gu Wang. Worried by He Qinghuan’s feelings, Gu Wang changed seats and warned him to stop, while He Qinghuan recalled how he had rejected Gu Wang’s earlier devotion.

• Gu Wang received nearly thirty votes in the class nominations, and Wen Ting explained that his everyday kindness had earned his classmates’ support.
• During the school oath, He Qinghuan quietly said, “I will always be faithful to you,” and Gu Wang heard him.
• Gu Wang asked Li Shuya to change his seat, then moved to the front row; when He Qinghuan confronted him, Gu Wang slipped him a note saying, “Know when to stop.”
• He Qinghuan read the note and remembered how Gu Wang had once given him a note changing the oath, offered him candy, and sought his ID photo.
• He Qinghuan recalled dismissing Gu Wang’s affection and saw that Gu Wang’s feelings had once been unmistakable.

He Qinghuan admitted he did not know how to pursue Gu Wang and asked Shen Zhao what Gu Wang liked, while Gu Wang dreamed of the original owner's fatal crash and resolved to give him a different future. When He Qinghuan asked for another chance in the crowded corridor, Gu Wang told him he had already given him one.

• He Qinghuan told Yue Feng that he did not know how to pursue Gu Wang, and Yue Feng warned him not to force Gu Wang.
• He Qinghuan asked Shen Zhao what Gu Wang liked and said he wanted to pursue him; Shen Zhao rejected the idea and informed Gu Wang and Song Zhiyan.
• Zhou Hu confiscated Gu Wang's phone and announced that Gu Wang's class would host the next flag-raising ceremony.
• Gu Wang dreamed of the original owner dying in a truck crash after denying that he had drugged He Qinghuan, then woke in tears and resolved to give the original owner a future apart from He Qinghuan.
• He Qinghuan caught Gu Wang's wrist in the corridor and asked him for a chance, but Gu Wang replied that he had already given him one.

Gu Wang refused He Qinghuan’s confession, then told Shen Zhao and Song Zhiyan that he had turned him down. At the flag-raising ceremony, Gu Wang wore He Qinghuan’s jacket after a girl accidentally spilled something on his uniform, and Zhou Hu began inspecting the assembled classes.

• Gu Wang told Shen Zhao and Song Zhiyan that He Qinghuan had confessed and that he had said no.
• Shen Zhao and Song Zhiyan supported Gu Wang’s decision and urged him to value himself.
• Li Shuya announced that He Qinghuan would host the flag-raising ceremony and Gu Wang would carry the flag.
• A girl accidentally spilled something on Gu Wang’s uniform, and He Qinghuan offered him his jacket.
• He Qinghuan gave Gu Wang his jacket and took Yue Feng’s instead.
• Zhou Hu began checking students’ uniforms as the flag-raising ceremony was about to start.

Gu Wang served as flag raiser while He Qinghuan watched him and resolved not to force him into accepting his feelings. During PE, He Qinghuan partnered with Gu Wang for sit-ups and helped him cheat, leaving them to switch positions as He Qinghuan began his turn.

• Yue Feng was punished for the bloody marks on his shirt and realized He Qinghuan had set him up.
• He Qinghuan hosted the flag-raising ceremony and watched Gu Wang raise the flag, deciding he would not pressure Gu Wang unless necessary.
• Gu Wang's class held PE indoors after their regular teacher returned, and He Qinghuan asked Gu Wang whether he hated him.
• Gu Wang and He Qinghuan were paired for sit-ups, and He Qinghuan pulled the exhausted Gu Wang into his arms to help him reach the required count.
• Old Li called out He Qinghuan for breaking the rules to help Gu Wang, then He Qinghuan told Gu Wang it was his turn to hold He Qinghuan's legs.

Gu Wang played badminton against He Qinghuan, whose deliberate loss left him with a bloody scratch, while fragments of He Qinghuan’s past defense of Gu Wang surfaced in his mind. Back in class, Gu Wang rejected Lin Meng’s confession after she unexpectedly kissed his cheek.

• He Qinghuan teased Gu Wang during the sit-up test, and Gu Wang reported that he had completed seventy-five.
• Gu Wang and Song Zhiyan joined Shen Zhao at the badminton hall, where Gu Wang later faced He Qinghuan in a fierce match.
• Gu Wang recalled He Qinghuan injuring a lewd classmate who had spoken crudely about Gu Wang and threatened to pursue him.
• He Qinghuan let Gu Wang win their match and praised him after the shuttlecock scratched his jaw.
• Lin Meng confessed to Gu Wang in the classroom corridor, kissed his cheek when he tried to turn her down, and heard him say he was not looking to date anyone.

He Qinghuan tried to draw closer to Gu Wang, while Gu Wang struggled with feelings he believed might belong to the original owner. As Shen Zhao planned his birthday celebration and the class prepared for the sports meet, Gu Wang was signed up for the three-thousand-meter race.

• He Qinghuan wiped the place where Lin Meng had kissed Gu Wang and admitted that he kept forgetting Gu Wang was free.
• Shen Zhao asked Gu Wang to play guitar at his birthday gathering, which Yue Feng also planned to attend.
• Yue Feng brought Gu Wang milk tea from He Qinghuan and told him about He Qinghuan’s troubled childhood, leaving Gu Wang in tears.
• He Qinghuan wiped Gu Wang’s tears, but Gu Wang later threw away the milk tea in front of him.
• Li Shuya announced the upcoming Autumn Sports Meet, and the Physical Education Representative signed Gu Wang up for the three-thousand-meter race.

Gu Wang avoided He Qinghuan after the other boy signed up for the five-thousand-meter race and trapped him in the dark classroom. He later visited his hospitalized grandmother, who warned him that He Qinghuan was beyond his reach.

• Zeng Xiao volunteered for the high jump, and He Qinghuan entered the five-thousand-meter race, saying he would win chocolate for Gu Wang.
• After evening study, Gu Wang tried to leave by the back door, but He Qinghuan pulled him into an embrace in the dark classroom.
• Gu Wang rejected He Qinghuan's offer of chocolate, and He Qinghuan pushed him away and told him to go home before it was too late.
• Gu Dazhi told Gu Wang that Grandma Gu had been hospitalized after drinking rice wine despite her asthma, and asked whether he still wanted to study abroad.
• Worried, Gu Wang secretly visited Grandma Gu at the hospital, where she revealed her connection to He Qinghuan's grandmother and warned Gu Wang that He Qinghuan was beyond his reach.

Gu Wang visited Grandma Gu, then encountered He Qinghuan after a song brought back memories of the original owner’s feelings for him. He Qinghuan took Gu Wang home and confessed his devotion, but Gu Wang rejected him and returned to his family, while He Qinghuan remained outside with a call from He Zhiyan.

• Gu Wang stopped Grandma Gu from leaving the hospital and agreed when she suggested finding a way for him and He Qinghuan to be together.
• Gu Wang heard a busker sing “Seeing Off the Gentleman” and recalled the original owner performing it for He Qinghuan, who had called it average.
• Yue Feng saw He Qinghuan leave to find Gu Wang and sent him a warning message, but Gu Wang deleted it after his phone flagged the number as telemarketing.
• He Qinghuan embraced Gu Wang in a taxi and took him home, admitting internally that he had considered taking Gu Wang away but could not bring himself to harm him.
• He Qinghuan asked Gu Wang to be with him and promised the He Family, himself, and a place at Gu Wang’s university; Gu Wang pulled free and refused.
• Gu Dazhi and Du Liping greeted Gu Wang when he returned home, while He Qinghuan stayed outside and received a call from He Zhiyan.

Shen Zhao celebrated his birthday with Gu Wang, He Qinghuan, and their classmates, while He Qinghuan continued pursuing Gu Wang. The celebration ended with Gu Wang singing a song he had written, and Shen Zhao embracing him onstage.

• He Qinghuan agreed to review company documents and write proposals, and Gu Wang watched him leave with relief.
• Yue Feng gave Shen Zhao a birthday cake, and He Qinghuan arrived with sunflowers before helping Gu Wang and Song Zhiyan finish their homework.
• Shen Zhao and his friends went to You Bar, where Shen Zhao made birthday wishes and received presents, including a jacket from Gu Wang.
• Gu Wang went downstairs and sang a song he had written, while He Qinghuan watched from the private room.
• Shen Zhao rushed onto the stage, hugged Gu Wang, and told him he loved him.

Gu Wang and He Qinghuan were caught in a street fight with Du Zhou and his gang, then taken to the police station. He Qinghuan used a call to his father to secure his and Yue Feng’s release, while Gu Wang and the others remained in custody awaiting bail.

• A street singer returned Gu Wang’s revised song, “Seeing Off the Gentleman,” and Gu Wang tore up the paper without reading its final line.
• Du Zhou confronted Gu Wang and He Qinghuan outside, and He Qinghuan struck first before the fight spread to their friends.
• Gu Wang joined the fight to protect Yue Feng, while He Qinghuan and the others struggled against Du Zhou’s larger group.
• When Du Zhou had Gu Wang pinned, He Qinghuan threw rebar into Du Zhou’s shoulder and then checked Gu Wang for injuries.
• Police arrested both groups, and surveillance footage showed the fight’s progression.
• He Qinghuan called He Zhiyan, who persuaded the officer to release He Qinghuan and Yue Feng while Gu Wang, Shen Zhao, and Song Zhiyan waited for bail.

After He Qinghuan took Gu Wang, Shen Zhao, Song Zhiyan, and Yue Feng home, Gu Wang learned that He Qinghuan had been sent to spend the night in a windowless dark room as punishment. Worried, Gu Wang entered the room, where He Qinghuan caught him and pinned him against the wall.

• Shen Zhao and Song Zhiyan claimed to be He Qinghuan's family, and He Qinghuan took both of them from the police station with Gu Wang and Yue Feng.
• Gu Wang treated He Qinghuan's injuries, then went with the others to He Qinghuan's house and befriended Xiao Liu.
• He Zhiyan told He Qinghuan he knew the rules, and Yue Feng explained that He Qinghuan would spend the night in the dark room as punishment for getting caught in the fight.
• Gu Wang went upstairs to check on He Qinghuan, entered the dark room, and was pulled inside and pinned against the wall.
• He Qinghuan asked Gu Wang if he was afraid, then released him and asked whether Yue Feng had told him about the punishment.

Gu Wang dreamed that the original owner of his body had survived the car accident and was living with He Qinghuan, leaving him unsettled about his future. After the group returned to school bruised from a fight, He Qinghuan cared for Gu Wang’s injured hand, while Song Zhiyan’s attempt to sneak back into class earned him another period standing outside.

• Gu Wang dreamed that the original owner had survived the car accident and that Xiao Liu warned him not to give in to He Qinghuan.
• He Qinghuan took all of Xiao Liu’s candy, and Gu Wang secretly gave her more before He Qinghuan fed Gu Wang milk at breakfast.
• Gu Wang, He Qinghuan, and Song Zhiyan were summoned by Li Shuya over the fight, and she sent them to stand in the corridor.
• He Qinghuan applied ointment to Gu Wang’s scraped hand and told him that the injury hurt him.
• Song Zhiyan tried to slip into class, but Li Shuya caught him and ordered him to stand outside for the next period.

Gu Wang reflected on his growing feelings for He Qinghuan and his uncertainty about their future as the class prepared for sports day. At the opening ceremony, He Qinghuan tied Gu Wang’s sweatband and showed his care openly, while Gu Wang accepted it without resistance.

• Song Zhiyan asked Gu Wang how to help Meng Ou with her cramps, and Gu Wang suggested hot water and brown sugar water.
• Gu Wang realized He Qinghuan’s protection had made him fall for him, while wondering why He Qinghuan had let the Original Host suffer in the novel.
• The class prepared for sports day, and He Qinghuan tied Gu Wang’s sweatband after Gu Wang struggled with it.
• He Qinghuan left for the podium, and Shen Zhao praised his looks while Yue Feng tried to impress Shen Zhao.
• Gu Wang carried the Year 2, Class 3 sign as He Qinghuan smiled toward him from the podium.

At the sports meet, Gu Wang reflected on He Qinghuan’s intense feelings and grew closer to him as He Qinghuan quietly cared for him. After the meet, He Qinghuan arranged fruit for Gu Wang’s class and took Gu Wang and their friends to hot pot, where he ordered Gu Wang’s favorite foods.

• Song Zhiyan questioned whether He Qinghuan’s feelings for Gu Wang were sincere, and Gu Wang wondered what it meant to like someone.
• Gu Wang remembered that He Qinghuan had once taken the original Gu Wang from the hospital and concealed his fate from his family.
• He Qinghuan stopped Shen Zhao from lunging at Gu Wang, offered to pay for hot pot, and opened water bottles for Gu Wang.
• At the girls’ two-hundred-meter race, He Qinghuan felt jealous when Gu Wang watched Meng Ou but could not bring himself to scold him.
• After the sports meet, Gu Wang’s class received prepared fruit, and Gu Wang guessed that He Qinghuan had bought it.
• He Qinghuan ordered Gu Wang’s favorite hot-pot dishes as the group began their meal.

At dinner, He Qinghuan shielded Gu Wang from a basin of boiling hot pot broth and was scalded. After receiving treatment, He Qinghuan rode home alone with Gu Wang and asked him to blow on the injury to make it stop hurting.

• Gu Wang said he was considering A University or S University to study filmmaking, and Yue Feng suggested He Qinghuan tutor him.
• A server slipped and sent boiling broth toward Gu Wang, but He Qinghuan shielded him and took the spill across his back.
• Gu Wang and his friends took He Qinghuan to the hospital, where doctors treated his scald.
• After their friends left, Gu Wang and He Qinghuan rode together, and He Qinghuan asked Gu Wang to blow on his injury.

Gu Wang and He Qinghuan grew closer after He Qinghuan was hurt protecting him, while Gu Wang began experiencing the original owner's memories. The memories ended with He Qinghuan once again leaving the original owner behind, and Gu Wang saw He Qinghuan's conflicted expression.

• He Qinghuan teased Gu Wang in the taxi, then returned home and told He Zhiyan little about the evening.
• He Qinghuan let Xiao Liu apply medicine to his back, frightened her by threatening to pull out her teeth, then gently wiped her tears.
• Gu Wang sent He Qinghuan a voice message blowing on his injury, and He Qinghuan saved it to his favorites.
• Gu Dazhi raised the temperature of Gu Wang's air conditioner and took away the remote, after which Gu Wang dreamed of the original owner's memories.
• In the memories, He Qinghuan repeatedly delayed taking the original owner out, and when he finally agreed, a company call interrupted their trip.
• The original owner offered to go to the square alone with Auntie Zhang, and Gu Wang saw He Qinghuan's face as he remained silent.

Gu Wang confronted the possibility that He Qinghuan might become controlling, then went to the sports meet determined to beat Jiang Chi in the distance race. At the meet, He Qinghuan openly praised Gu Wang, while Shen Zhao arrived with his pants soaked by spilled soda.

• The Original Host wanted to leave home to visit Old Gu, but He Qinghuan ordered the driver to take them home and insisted he stay by his side.
• Gu Wang woke from the Original Host’s fear, wondered whether their lives were connected, and resolved not to let He Qinghuan imprison him.
• Gu Wang ran into Jiang Chi on the bus, learned they were both entered in the three-thousand-meter race, and challenged him at Jinyang High School.
• At the sports meet, Song Zhiyan wrote an extravagant cheer message for Gu Wang, and He Qinghuan declared that its praise was the truth.
• Shen Zhao arrived at the neighboring canopy with soda that had soaked his pants, and Gu Wang tried to warn him before Song Zhiyan held him back.

Gu Wang competed in the Second-Year Group’s three-thousand-meter race while Jiang Chi arranged for runners to obstruct him. Gu Wang won, and He Qinghuan caught him at the finish line as he nearly collapsed from exhaustion.

• Shen Zhao discovered his pants were wet, while Gu Wang noticed Jiang Chi gathering people near the flower bed.
• Before the race, Shen Zhao worried Jiang Chi would trip Gu Wang again, and Gu Wang said he knew what he was doing.
• During the race, Gu Wang avoided one runner’s attempt to block him and knocked another off balance when he stepped on the boy’s ankle.
• Gu Wang caught up with Jiang Chi on the final straightaway, and Jiang Chi tripped himself while trying to cut into Gu Wang’s lane.
• Gu Wang crossed the finish line and nearly fell, but He Qinghuan caught him and praised him.
• Song Zhiyan brought glucose and water, then handed the glucose to He Qinghuan because Gu Wang’s hands were unsteady.

Gu Wang won the race and learned that Jiang Chi had fractured his leg, then recalled the original owner's captivity under He Qinghuan and recognized a possible connection between their lives. As the sports events ended, Gu Wang shared bread with He Qinghuan and agreed to keep studying at school.

• Gu Wang recovered after winning the race, and Song Zhiyan told him that Jiang Chi had fractured his leg while trying to trip him.
• Gu Wang recalled how He Qinghuan had imprisoned the original owner, concealed his supposed death from his family, and insisted that he had no choice but to stay.
• Gu Wang connected the original owner's forced chocolate-eating to his own lifelong hatred of chocolate, though he remained unsure whether he was the original owner.
• He Qinghuan approached Gu Wang, who offered him a bread roll and thought that the current He Qinghuan seemed unlike the obsessive man from the book's ending.
• Gu Wang agreed with Shen Zhao that they would stay at school to study until nine thirty, then gave He Qinghuan his Spicy Pork Floss bread.
• The broadcast announced that the day's events had ended and called for the equipment, tables, chairs, and stools to be carried back.

After Zhou Hu sent Shen Zhao, Song Zhiyan, and Yue Feng to move things, He Qinghuan wiped cream from the corner of Gu Wang’s eye, leaving Gu Wang too embarrassed to answer his quiet offer to help. Later, Jiang Yuan confessed that she would wait for He Qinghuan if things did not work out with Gu Wang, and the chapter ended with He Qinghuan offering to help Gu Wang with a geometry problem during evening study.

• Zhou Hu ordered Shen Zhao, Song Zhiyan, and Yue Feng to help move things after refusing Shen Zhao’s request to bring Gu Wang and He Qinghuan along.
• He Qinghuan touched the cream at the corner of Gu Wang’s eye and said he had wanted to help him, leaving Gu Wang flustered.
• When the group returned, Gu Wang pretended he had fallen asleep, and Shen Zhao took back the snack he had given He Qinghuan.
• Jiang Yuan told He Qinghuan she would consider being with him if things did not work out with Gu Wang; He Qinghuan questioned why Gu Wang would reject him and then declined her suggestion.
• Gu Wang tutored Shen Zhao during evening study, and He Qinghuan joined them; when Gu Wang pointed to a geometry problem, He Qinghuan asked whether he had a ruler.

Gu Wang studied with He Qinghuan, received snacks and a letter from Mei Li, and later applied ointment to He Qinghuan’s burn. The chapter ended with Gu Wang reaching for a paper towel after washing his hands, unaware that Shen Zhao and Song Zhiyan were gossiping outside.

• He Qinghuan caught Gu Wang staring at him while explaining a math problem and quietly told him he could look openly if he wanted.
• A boy delivered snacks and a letter from Mei Li, who asked Gu Wang to introduce her to Song Zhiyan; Song Zhiyan refused, and Gu Wang declined to help her pursue him.
• He Qinghuan said he liked someone and turned down the snacks, leaving Gu Wang flustered.
• Song Zhiyan complained about his Chinese test, then fought playfully with Shen Zhao while Gu Wang watched.
• He Qinghuan asked Gu Wang to apply ointment to his burn, and Gu Wang saw how badly his back had been scalded.
• Shen Zhao and Song Zhiyan waited outside the restroom and gossiped about Gu Wang and He Qinghuan while Gu Wang reached for a paper towel after washing his hands.