Chapter Summaries

Cheng Kaiyu’s blind date with Gu Jiazi ended after he realized she disliked pets, while Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen suspected the meeting was part of a Gu-Cheng marriage alliance. Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen planned a Saturday movie date, leaving Mocha behind at home.

• Gu Jiazi recoiled when Heimi ran toward her, and Cheng Kaiyu ended their blind date after realizing she had pretended to like pets.
• Gu Bai learned from Chu Zeshen that Cheng Kaiyu’s family planned to relocate its business to China and that the Cheng Group operated in the same industry as the Gu Corporation.
• Gu Bai concluded Gu Jiazi had agreed to the blind date to pursue a marriage alliance that could improve her chances of gaining Gu Corporation shares.
• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen joked about their relationship as they rode home, but Chu Zeshen could not get Gu Bai to explain what made him the most capable partner.
• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen left for their Saturday movie date without Mocha, who watched their car from the doorway.

Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen abandoned their first date to join the Gu family at the hospital after Gu Haisheng fell down the stairs. The family waited anxiously until doctors stabilized him, and Gu Haisheng was wheeled out of emergency treatment.

• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen turned back on their way to their date after Gu Haisheng's assistant called to say he had been hospitalized.
• Gu Jiazi told the family that Gu Haisheng had fallen down the stairs and that the butler had found him.
• The Gu family waited at the hospital, each privately fearing what Gu Haisheng's condition could mean for his will and shares.
• Chu Zeshen warmed Gu Bai's hands with his own and then gave him a cup of warm water.
• A doctor announced that Gu Haisheng's condition had stabilized, and a nurse wheeled him out of the emergency room with an oxygen mask on.

After Gu Haisheng collapsed from a heart problem, doctors stabilized him, but he remained unconscious in the ICU and might need another operation. At the hospital, Director Lin and the shareholders pressured Gu Jiazi and Gu Ruilin to reveal who would take charge of Gu Corporation, leaving the family facing renewed corporate turmoil.

• Doctors moved Gu Haisheng to the ICU after stabilizing him and said he might need another operation to remove blood in his head once he woke up.
• Zhao Xinran urged the exhausted family to eat and change, while Gu Jiazi went to address the shareholders gathered at the hospital.
• Gu Jiazi told the shareholders that Gu Haisheng was fine and that she and Gu Ruilin would handle company affairs, but a shareholder argued that Gu Haisheng's chosen heir should take charge.
• Director Lin challenged Gu Jiazi and Gu Ruilin to identify the heir, prompting the shareholders to question Gu Haisheng's condition and grow anxious.
• Gu Jiazi realized Director Lin's group knew something unexpected had happened and that they needed to stabilize Gu Corporation under Gu Haisheng's instructions, while Gu Ruilin prepared to force the shareholders to submit.

Gu Jiazi and Gu Ruilin faced directors demanding a rightful heir to lead the Gu Corporation, and Chu Zeshen arrived to announce that Gu Bai had been chosen. The directors left after Chu Zeshen rebuffed them, while Gu Jiazi and Gu Ruilin resolved to wait for a chance to reclaim control.

• Gu Jiazi told Gu Ruilin to bring in the heir, and he left the reception room after she whispered to him.
• Chu Zeshen entered and introduced himself as Gu Bai's husband, saying he would meet the directors because Gu Bai was unwell.
• Chu Zeshen confirmed that Gu Bai was President Gu's chosen heir and said the succession documents had been finalized.
• When a director demanded to meet Gu Bai, Chu Zeshen challenged the directors' need for his approval and asserted his right to speak as the future heir's husband.
• The directors left, and Gu Jiazi thanked Chu Zeshen before he went to avoid disturbing President Gu.
• Gu Ruilin asked Gu Jiazi if they would let Gu Bai take the company, and she told him to be patient and wait for their moment.

With Gu Haisheng unconscious, Gu Bai avoided a meeting with the Gu Corporation’s directors and let Chu Zeshen represent him. He arranged for Gu Jiazi to handle the company’s daily affairs and Gu Ruilin to look after their father, while keeping authority over important decisions.

• Gu Bai pretended to be too tired to face the directors, so Chu Zeshen went to the meeting in his place.
• After Chu Zeshen returned, Gu Bai thanked him affectionately, and the two left the lounge holding hands.
• In the elevator, Gu Bai challenged Gu Jiazi and Gu Ruilin to prove their concern for Gu Haisheng by taking on family responsibilities.
• Gu Jiazi agreed to manage company affairs, and Gu Ruilin agreed to care for Gu Haisheng while Gu Bai made the important decisions.
• Chu Zeshen asked why Gu Bai had suddenly shown his claws, and Gu Bai dropped his act and looked radiant.

After Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen returned from the hospital, Gu Bai ate the meal Uncle Li had prepared. Elder Chu called to ask about Gu Haisheng and urged Chu Zeshen to support Gu Bai amid the upheaval in the Gu Family, then Chu Zeshen handed the phone to Gu Bai.

• Gu Bai explained that he had refused to take on more responsibilities to make Gu Jiazi and Gu Ruilin underestimate him, while Chu Zeshen said he had met with them for him.
• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen returned home, where Uncle Li served them fish congee, wontons, and soup after learning they had spent the afternoon at the hospital.
• Chu Zeshen told Uncle Li that Gu Haisheng had fallen down the stairs after becoming dizzy, but was out of immediate danger in the ICU.
• Elder Chu called Chu Zeshen, asked about Gu Haisheng, and said the Gu Family's upheaval could affect Gu Bai, so Chu Zeshen needed to support him.
• Chu Zeshen handed the phone to Gu Bai, who greeted Elder Chu.

Gu Bai learned that his father was out of danger but would need surgery and a long recovery. As Gu Corporation faced possible upheaval, Chu Zeshen promised to help protect Gu Bai while Gu Bai insisted he needed to take part himself.

• Elder Chu reassured Gu Bai about his father's recovery and promised to ask the hospital director to take extra care of him.
• Chu Zeshen told Gu Bai that Elder Chu had warned him of turmoil at Gu Corporation and asked him to keep Gu Bai from getting caught up in it.
• Gu Bai felt moved that Elder Chu already regarded him as family, and Chu Zeshen affirmed that they were partners and family.
• Gu Bai said he wanted to handle matters himself because he was a Gu and did not want Chu Zeshen to overwork himself.
• Gu Bai claimed that a CEO only needed to sign documents, and Chu Zeshen played along.

Gu Bai arranged to keep control of his company decisions with Chu Zeshen checking documents, then spent a tender day with him while Gu Haisheng remained hospitalized. Gu Bai stayed home instead of attending a shareholders’ meeting, and Gu Jiazi sent him a stack of papers to review.

• Gu Bai planned to have Chu Zeshen examine every document Gu Jiazi brought him so he would not be tricked into approving a losing project.
• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen shared pear and kissed after Chu Zeshen said everyone else had left through the back door.
• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen visited Gu Haisheng in the hospital, where they could only see him through the glass as he slept.
• Gu Bai stayed home the next morning and hung up on Gu Ruilin, so Chu Zeshen told him that Gu Bai was unwell and would review important documents at the Chu Family home.
• Gu Jiazi sent important documents to Gu Bai that afternoon, but Gu Bai had not touched the thick stack by the time Chu Zeshen returned from work.

Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen spent the evening reviewing documents, with Gu Bai rejecting most of Chu Zeshen’s proposals before finding one worth revising. Meanwhile, Gu Bai maintained the appearance of being too ill to leave home until he finally joined the Gu family at Gu Haisheng’s hospital room the day before surgery.

• Chu Zeshen told Gu Bai to read his documents before playing games, but Gu Bai persuaded him to read Gu Bai’s documents first while he relaxed.
• After Uncle Li took Mocha for a walk, Gu Bai played a game while Chu Zeshen reviewed the documents.
• Gu Bai read Chu Zeshen’s proposals and tossed aside most of them, but kept the final one because it had only minor problems.
• Gu Bai grew tired and fell asleep on Chu Zeshen’s lap, and Chu Zeshen carried him to bed.
• Gu Bai stayed out of sight while the Gu family delivered and collected his signed documents, preserving the impression that he was ill.
• The day before Gu Haisheng’s surgery, Gu Bai joined the other members of the Gu family in the hospital’s guarded VIP ward.

Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen arrived at the hospital before the rest of the family, where Gu Haisheng was well enough to talk with his children. Zhao Xinran wanted Gu Yi to stay for what she believed would be an inheritance discussion, but Gu Haisheng agreed with Gu Bai that Gu Yi should return to school after lunch.

• Zhao Xinran brought Gu Yi home from boarding school, and Gu Yi learned her mother had summoned her despite the joint exam she thought was approaching.
• Gu Ruilin arrived to find Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen already chatting with Gu Haisheng, and Gu Jiazi stepped in front of him to hide his reaction.
• The Gu family gathered around Gu Haisheng, who asked Gu Yi about her studies and learned she planned to return to school after lunch.
• Zhao Xinran urged Gu Yi to stay through dinner, but Gu Bai said she should return to school after lunch so she would not disturb their father.
• Gu Haisheng backed Gu Bai, and Gu Yi felt grateful to her third brother while Zhao Xinran accepted the decision.

Gu Haisheng discussed the Gu Corporation with his children and signaled that he intended Gu Bai to inherit it, while telling Gu Bai to stay away from the company because of his health. Gu Bai recognized that the restriction could leave his position as heir empty, and the chapter ended with Gu Jiazi and Gu Ruilin suppressing their resentment.

• Gu Jiazi and Gu Ruilin cared for Gu Haisheng in the hospital, and Gu Bai noticed Gu Ruilin's disgust as he discarded a tissue.
• Gu Jiazi told Gu Haisheng that the directors had demanded someone take charge and that she and Gu Ruilin had arranged for Gu Bai to acknowledge his status as heir.
• Gu Bai explained that Chu Zeshen had stepped forward for him, and Gu Haisheng thanked Chu Zeshen and asked him to help Gu Bai in the future.
• Gu Haisheng told Gu Jiazi and Gu Ruilin to support Gu Bai in the business, leaving them resentful.
• Gu Bai claimed he was still unwell, and Chu Zeshen promised to care for him.
• Gu Haisheng told Gu Bai to stay home and let Gu Jiazi and Gu Ruilin handle the company, while Gu Bai understood that the instruction could make his inheritance an empty title.

Gu Bai realized his shares might be at risk as the Gu family gathered around Gu Haisheng in the hospital, where their concern proved largely performative. After leaving with Chu Zeshen, Gu Bai wondered why his father had brought up the cold weather on his birth and reflected on how distant his mother had always been.

• Gu Bai accepted Gu Haisheng's suggestion that he stay home to recover, while Chu Zeshen reassured him by holding his hand.
• Chu Zeshen told Gu Haisheng that his grandfather was well and had sent his regards, then advised that people should let go of their responsibilities when age demanded it.
• Gu Jiazi and Gu Ruilin left the hospital room, and Zhao Xinran took Gu Yi back to school.
• As Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen prepared to leave, Gu Haisheng asked about Gu Bai's birthday and recalled that it had been very cold the year he was born.
• Chu Zeshen suggested Gu Haisheng might have been thinking of Gu Bai's mother, prompting Gu Bai to reflect on her estrangement from both him and his father.

Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen talked about their childhood connection before picking Mocha up from the pet shop. Mocha eagerly chose a treat after being the last dog collected.

• Chu Zeshen told Gu Bai that their mothers had been close and that he had seen Gu Bai as a baby, though he could not clearly remember him.
• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen went to the pet shop to collect Mocha after his bath and joked about which of them was Mocha’s mommy or daddy.
• The employee brought out Mocha, who hurried to Gu Bai and leaned against him while Chu Zeshen watched.
• Gu Bai apologized for arriving late and offered Mocha a treat, so Mocha headed toward the treat section.

Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen visited Gu Haisheng in the hospital, while Chu Zeshen explained to Elder Chu why the Gu family had sent him supplements. As Gu Haisheng recovered and the Gu Corporation’s leadership remained undecided, Gu Bai watched the resort hotel opening from its presidential suite.

• Mocha grabbed an air-dried beef leg at the pet store, and Chu Zeshen paid for it.
• Chu Zeshen told Elder Chu that Gu Haisheng had sent the supplements after hearing about his supposed leg trouble, and Gu Bai admitted that his own illness had also been made up.
• Gu Bai signed collaborative-project documents at home without reviewing them, while Gu Jiazi and Gu Ruilin avoided giving him major company decisions to approve.
• Gu Haisheng recovered from successful surgery, and the Gu Corporation issued a clarification after news of his hospitalization spread.
• Gu Jiazi and Gu Ruilin attended the Gu Corporation resort hotel's opening together, leaving the public uncertain about the successor.
• Gu Bai watched the opening ceremony from the hotel's presidential suite while Mocha watched the lion dance through the glass.

Gu Bai stayed at his resort hotel with Mocha while waiting for Chu Zeshen to return from a business trip. After Mocha answered Chu Zeshen’s video call, the two talked until hotel staff arrived with breakfast, and Gu Bai ended the call.

• Gu Bai declined Gu Jiazi’s invitation to the resort hotel’s ribbon-cutting ceremony and stayed in a presidential suite with Mocha.
• Mocha answered Chu Zeshen’s video call while Gu Bai was washing up, and Chu Zeshen explained that Mocha had hidden the phone under his belly.
• Chu Zeshen told Gu Bai that his flight would land two hours after departing at one thirty, and Gu Bai said he would wait for him at the hotel.
• Chu Zeshen explained that Mocha was angry because he had left on his business trip without him, then promised to bring treats and play Frisbee with him.
• When breakfast arrived, Gu Bai said goodbye and ended the call, while Chu Zeshen told Assistant Feng they would eat on the plane.
• Gu Bai enjoyed the small breakfast portions and tried a little of several dishes.

Gu Bai prepared for the Gu Family banquet while waiting for Chu Zeshen to return from his business trip. After a delayed flight and a missed call caused by his dead phone, Chu Zeshen reached him, and Gu Bai learned he would be boarding soon.

• Gu Ruilin insisted that Gu Bai attend the evening banquet and sent over an old formal outfit from Gu Bai’s room.
• Gu Bai realized the outfit from his coming-of-age ceremony would not fit and asked Uncle Li to deliver a suitable outfit and one of Chu Zeshen’s black coats.
• Gu Bai took a nap with Mocha, hoping Chu Zeshen would be home when he woke up, but woke to find the room dark and Chu Zeshen still away.
• Gu Bai charged his dead phone and answered Chu Zeshen’s call, learning that weather had delayed the flight.
• Gu Bai told Chu Zeshen he wanted to hold him while he slept, and Assistant Feng announced that boarding could begin.
• Gu Bai woke Mocha and let Chu Zeshen hear the dog’s whines over the phone, then asked what Chu Zeshen had heard.

Gu Bai waited at the Gu Family’s K Resort Hotel opening banquet while Chu Zeshen’s flight was delayed, wearing Chu Zeshen’s coat and counting the time until they could meet. When Gu Jiazi and Gu Ruilin asked why Chu Zeshen was absent, Gu Bai explained that he could not arrive in time.

• Chu Zeshen called Gu Bai from the airport, and Gu Bai said he wanted to tell him something in person when he returned.
• Gu Bai put on Chu Zeshen’s coat, then sent Mocha to the hotel’s pet park while he went to the banquet.
• Gu Bai took a glass of wine and waited in a corner as Gu Jiazi and Gu Ruilin spoke at the opening ceremony.
• Gu Jiazi and Gu Ruilin approached Gu Bai, who said he had missed Gu Ruilin’s call because he was speaking with Chu Zeshen.
• Gu Bai told Gu Jiazi and Gu Ruilin that Chu Zeshen’s flight was delayed and he could not make it to the banquet in time.

Gu Bai attended the Gu Corporation banquet without Chu Zeshen and surprised Gu Jiazi by handling the guests with ease. After pretending to get drunk, he avoided a drugged drink and messaged Chu Zeshen, leaving the plot with the purpose of the attempted drugging unknown.

• Gu Jiazi brought Gu Bai to meet the banquet guests, and he impressed them with his polished manners.
• Gu Jiazi believed Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen were working together to strengthen his position as the Gu Corporation's heir.
• After Gu Bai drank several glasses, Gu Jiazi led him to the lounge, where he pretended to be drunk.
• A waiter brought Gu Bai honey water that Gu Jiazi had supposedly requested, but Gu Bai sent him away and realized the drink was likely drugged.
• Gu Bai poured the honey water into a potted plant and sent Chu Zeshen a message.

Gu Bai discovered Gu Ruilin and Jiang Yi’s plan to drug him and stage an encounter with Chu Zeshen to secure Gu Corporation shares. Chu Zeshen arrived at the banquet, but the scheme turned against Gu Ruilin, who was knocked unconscious by Kong Shuyi’s men.

• Gu Ruilin and Jiang Yi checked that Gu Bai appeared unconscious and discussed using Jiang Yi to frame Chu Zeshen in exchange for a place in the Gu Family.
• Gu Bai realized Gu Ruilin had drugged him to strip him of his right to receive shares in the Gu Corporation.
• Chu Zeshen arrived at the Resort Hotel, and Gu Ruilin told him that Gu Bai was sleeping in a lounge before handing him a glass of drugged juice.
• Gu Jiazi stopped Gu Ruilin from drinking more, and Gu Ruilin noticed that Chu Zeshen seemed affected by the drug.
• As Gu Ruilin approached Chu Zeshen in the restroom, Kong Shuyi’s men subdued Gu Ruilin and left him unconscious.
• Kong Shuyi spoke with Chu Zeshen about the Kong Family’s past turmoil and asked how Gu Ruilin’s scheme would have proceeded if Chu Zeshen had not attended the banquet.

Chu Zeshen and Gu Bai reunited in the lounge after Chu Zeshen arranged to expose Gu Ruilin, while Gu Jiazi's plan to photograph Gu Ruilin was disrupted. The reporters instead burst into a lounge where two celebrities were hiding, leaving Gu Jiazi to realize that Gu Ruilin's relationship had been exposed.

• Chu Zeshen arranged for the Eldest Young Master of the Kong Family to get Gu Ruilin drunk and send him to a lounge for reporters to photograph.
• Gu Bai welcomed Chu Zeshen, and they embraced and talked about Chu Zeshen's crooked tie and how much they had missed each other.
• Gu Jiazi brought two reporters to the lounge where she believed Gu Ruilin had been taken, but she spotted Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen elsewhere in the corridor.
• A group of entertainment reporters rushed past Gu Jiazi and entered the lounge, where they found two celebrities instead of Gu Ruilin.
• Gu Jiazi realized that Gu Ruilin's relationship had been exposed, a scandal that could infuriate Gu Haisheng while he was in the hospital.