Chapter Summaries

Gu Wang and He Qinghuan exchanged declarations of love as they prepared to celebrate Gu Wang’s birthday and visited the Gu family for dinner. Gu Dazhi nervously tried to make a good impression on He Qinghuan, then handed him a black box.

• He Qinghuan remembered how he had first noticed Gu Wang and felt relieved that Gu Wang was lively and happy again.
• Gu Wang agreed with Wen Ting to celebrate his birthday with a meal and received his certificate for tying with He Qinghuan in a competition.
• Gu Wang invited He Qinghuan to dinner at his home and told him he would have the driver take him back afterward.
• Gu Wang told He Qinghuan, “I love you,” and He Qinghuan replied that he loved Gu Wang too.
• At the Gu house, Gu Dazhi worried about welcoming He Qinghuan and asked Gu Wang whether he liked spicy food.
• Gu Wang brought He Qinghuan to meet his family, and Gu Dazhi tossed a black square box in front of him.

He Qinghuan gave Gu Wang’s family an advance warning that he wanted to make things official with Gu Wang, while Gu Dazhi put off discussing it. As finals approached, Gu Wang helped classmates with their studies, and He Qinghuan began thinking about Gu Wang’s upcoming birthday.

• He Qinghuan opened Gu Dazhi’s gift and found a watch chosen to suit him.
• After dinner, He Qinghuan told Gu Dazhi he wanted to make things official with Gu Wang, but Gu Dazhi said they would discuss it later.
• He Qinghuan explained to Gu Wang that he had been giving everyone time to prepare, then kissed him goodbye; Gu Dazhi saw them at the gate.
• As finals approached, Gu Wang helped Shen Zhao with problems, and Shen Zhao admitted he had made up with Yue Feng without understanding why Yue Feng had been angry.
• When snow began falling, Gu Wang told He Qinghuan he would spend New Year in the countryside and celebrate his birthday after returning.
• He Qinghuan lifted Gu Wang’s chin with a pen and congratulated him on soon becoming an adult.

Gu Wang learned that Meng Ou planned to transfer schools and faced the question of whether to tell Song Zhiyan, while he and He Qinghuan grew closer during exam season and winter break. After returning to Gu Grandma’s hometown with his family, Gu Wang spent his days watching children and speaking with He Qinghuan by phone; the chapter ended as a bus pulled away from the stop near his home.

• Meng Ou told Gu Wang she was transferring schools after exams and explained that her stepmother was Song Zhiyan’s cousin, leaving her unwilling to pursue Song Zhiyan.
• Gu Wang told He Qinghuan about Meng Ou’s plans, and He Qinghuan urged him to tell Song Zhiyan so Meng Ou’s plans would not fall through.
• He Qinghuan wrote that he liked Gu Wang on the classroom window, and Gu Wang added that he had permission to like him.
• Gu Wang returned to Gu Grandma’s hometown for winter break while He Qinghuan stayed busy with work and called him, telling him he missed him.
• Gu Dazhi teased Gu Wang about talking to He Qinghuan, and Gu Wang encountered the neighbors who had gathered at Gu Grandma’s house.
• Gu Wang went out for a walk and saw a bus stop at the station across from the house before it drove away.

He Qinghuan secretly traveled to see Gu Wang and reunited with him at the bus stop, then Gu Wang discovered his diary full of longing. On Gu Wang’s seventeenth birthday, his family gave him a company to manage and a German Shepherd, leaving him with a future to look forward to.

• He Qinghuan arrived by coach and kissed Gu Wang, explaining that he had missed him and had secretly left after finishing his work.
• Gu Grandma, Du Liping, and Gu Dazhi welcomed He Qinghuan, and Gu Wang found his diary entries about wanting to see and kiss him.
• Gu Wang celebrated his seventeenth birthday with his family, who gave him documents transferring a subsidiary to him.
• Gu Grandma presented Gu Wang with a German Shepherd, and he left for a restaurant feeling hopeful about the future.

At Gu Wang’s birthday celebration, He Qinghuan took him to the countryside and set off fireworks for him, celebrating his return to the original world. The story then moved into summer, as Li Shuya warned the class about the demands of their final year of high school.

• Song Zhiyan sent Gu Wang a birthday gift and flew to Meng Ou’s city after learning about her family situation and regretting his misunderstandings.
• He Qinghuan led Gu Wang away from the birthday party and took him to watch fireworks in the fields.
• He Qinghuan wished Gu Wang a happy birthday, and Gu Wang understood that he was celebrating his return to the original world and to He Qinghuan.
• As summer arrived, Li Shuya told the class about the upcoming final-year rally and parent meeting and warned them about the year’s workload.

On the last day of the school year, Gu Wang and He Qinghuan left school with Shen Zhao and Yue Feng before summer vacation began. Later, at a school gathering for seniors, Gu Wang watched He Qinghuan on the podium and reflected on how he had learned to love him.

• Li Shuya asked He Qinghuan and Gu Wang to share their plans for the college entrance exam, and they gave brief answers before Wen Ting offered a methodical response.
• After summer vacation began, Gu Wang learned that He Qinghuan would take him home because Gu Dazhi had asked him to.
• Shen Zhao joined Gu Wang and He Qinghuan, then embarrassed He Qinghuan and Yue Feng by checking their leg hair and teasing them.
• At a later school gathering, He Qinghuan went to host from the podium while Gu Wang sat with Shen Zhao and admired how much He Qinghuan had changed.
• Gu Wang remembered Shen Zhao's unchanged generosity and how Shen Zhao and Song Zhiyan always gave him the best they could.

Gu Wang and He Qinghuan drew attention at Jinyang’s motivational assembly while their fathers discussed the boys’ relationship with their teacher. The chapter left the final-year students entering their intense exam-preparation period, with Song Zhiyan hoping to attend B University for Meng Ou.

• Gu Wang leaned against Shen Zhao as they watched He Qinghuan onstage, while Gu Dazhi and He Zhiyan traded barbs in the spectator stands.
• He Zhiyan recalled publicly calling the Gu Corporation his in-laws, and he and Gu Dazhi went to speak with Li Shuya about their sons.
• Li Shuya praised Gu Wang and He Qinghuan, then asked their fathers to have them act more like ordinary classmates; Gu Dazhi agreed, but He Zhiyan argued they would attract attention even if they were single.
• Shen Zhao told Gu Wang that He Qinghuan kept a close watch on him, while He Qinghuan watched them whisper and resolved to indulge Gu Wang’s wish to enjoy himself before settling down.
• Gu Wang delivered a speech at the motivational assembly, and Song Zhiyan told him Meng Ou would date him if he got into B University.
• After the assembly, Jinyang’s final-year students began their home stretch of classes and exam preparation.

Gu Wang agreed to join He Qinghuan and their fathers for dinner, then teased He Qinghuan about past relationships until He Qinghuan turned the flirtation physical in the classroom. The chapter leaves Gu Wang protesting as He Qinghuan puts a hand inside his uniform trousers.

• He Qinghuan told Gu Wang that their fathers had arranged dinner together, and Gu Wang agreed to go.
• Gu Wang told He Qinghuan he wanted guaranteed admission instead of taking the entrance exam for A University, then joked that he had startled him.
• Two first-year girls secretly watched Gu Wang and He Qinghuan kiss before leaving the rooftop terrace.
• Shen Zhao told Gu Wang that Yue Feng had bitten his face, and Gu Wang advised him to stop arguing with Yue Feng.
• Gu Wang teased He Qinghuan by listing supposed exes and discussing kissing, prompting He Qinghuan to undo his waistband and slide a hand inside his trousers.

Gu Wang and He Qinghuan’s relationship became harder to hide at school, where Gu Wang openly discouraged a girl from confessing to He Qinghuan. After He Qinghuan broke up a fight involving Shen Zhao, he and Gu Wang left with He Zhiyan for dinner at Gu Wang’s house, where He Zhiyan warmly called Gu Wang “Dad.”

• He Qinghuan teased Gu Wang during evening self-study until Gu Wang admitted he had never dated or kissed anyone, then affectionately retied his drawstring.
• When a first-year girl confessed to He Qinghuan, Gu Wang pointed out that their matching clothes meant they were a couple, revealing their relationship to her.
• Gu Wang told Lin Yuzhi he was fed up with people pursuing He Qinghuan, showing how strongly he cared about their relationship.
• Gu Wang found Shen Zhao fighting classmates after Yue Feng had been knocked unconscious, and He Qinghuan intervened before Gu Wang questioned Shen Zhao about the fight.
• He Qinghuan told Gu Wang that He Zhiyan was taking them to dinner at Gu Wang’s house, and He Zhiyan greeted Gu Wang warmly by asking him to call him Dad.

As graduation approached, Gu Wang and He Qinghuan filled out their university choices, while Shen Zhao revealed that he wanted to study music abroad. Their class said goodbye before the college entrance exams, and Gu Wang and He Qinghuan left together, openly holding hands as their story reached its ending.

• Shen Zhao told Gu Wang that he wanted to study singing at a music conservatory abroad, and Gu Wang encouraged him to tell Yue Feng.
• Gu Wang and He Qinghuan filled out their university choices, though both had already received guaranteed admission to A University.
• Li Shuya gathered the students’ forms and gave the class a tearful farewell before the college entrance exams.
• Gu Wang found a blank test paper bearing the words “Fuck this graduation” and realized his classmates were sad to part despite their cheerful goodbyes.
• He Qinghuan took Gu Wang’s hand and promised to buy him the most expensive ice cream as they left school together.
• The chapter ended with a flashback to their first year, recalling how He Qinghuan had always liked Gu Wang and would walk any distance to be with him.

Gu Wang started university and became the center of attention after giving the freshman representative speech, while He Qinghuan watched from a meeting and felt proud of him. During lunch, Gu Wang fended off people asking for his contact information until He Qinghuan returned and surprised him.

• Gu Dazhi and Du Liping took Gu Wang to enroll at A University, where he met his three roommates.
• He Qinghuan missed enrollment and the freshman ceremony because He Zhiyan had called him to a meeting in a neighboring city.
• Gu Wang wore glasses and gave the freshman representative speech, drawing widespread attention online and in the auditorium.
• Gu Wang rejected several students who asked for his contact information during lunch.
• He Qinghuan appeared behind Gu Wang in the cafeteria and asked who had upset him.