Chapter Summaries

Mocha and Brandy met at the Chu Family home, where Xie Wen and the others watched them become attached to each other. Brandy warmed quickly to Gu Bai and fell asleep on Mocha’s mat, while Xie Wen tried to make Mocha’s scent rub off on him.

• Xie Wen teased Chu Zeshen about Mocha and Brandy meeting, and Chu Zeshen told him the dog could stay while he should leave.
• After breakfast, Xie Wen asked Uncle Li to take a commemorative photo and then coached Brandy to kiss Mocha.
• Mocha showed Brandy around the house and brought her his favorite toys, while Lu Shengfan and Gu Bai watched.
• Brandy approached Gu Bai, let him pet her belly, and fell asleep on Mocha’s mat after he carried her there.
• Xie Wen complained that Brandy treated Gu Bai more like her owner, then pressed Mocha against himself to get the dog’s scent on his clothes.

Brandy’s first meeting with Mocha went well, and Xie Wen left the Chu Family home after joking with Chu Zeshen about betrothal gifts. On Sunday, Assistant Liu alerted Chu Zeshen to a coordinated online attack exposing Gu Corporation’s tactics and the marriage alliance, and Chu Zeshen began investigating who was behind it.

• Brandy woke at lunchtime, ate goat-milk-soaked dog food, and charmed the people watching him.
• Mocha accepted Brandy and escorted him and Xie Wen to the car when they left the Chu Family home.
• Xie Wen teased Chu Zeshen about betrothal gifts, and Chu Zeshen replied that he should wait and see.
• Assistant Liu called to report that an online article had exposed Gu Haisheng’s business tactics and the marriage alliance, drawing attacks against both companies’ official Weibo accounts.
• Chu Zeshen told Assistant Liu to reduce the article’s visibility while he investigated who was behind it.

Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen rushed to the Gu Corporation to contain an attack targeting both the Gu and Chu Corporations. They suspected Gu Ruilin was behind it, while Gu Jiazi arrived late and pointed them toward the Zhou Corporation, leaving Gu Bai to suspect she was deliberately misleading them.

• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen left home before dawn after receiving urgent calls, and Assistant Liu briefed them at the Gu Corporation headquarters.
• The Gu and Chu teams agreed to deny the article’s claims and redirect public attention while keeping it focused on the two companies.
• Chu Zeshen told Gu Bai that Chu Peiwen had flown to F Country with his pregnant wife, where Gu Ruilin had been transferred.
• Gu Bai wondered whether Gu Jiazi had been involved, while Chu Zeshen promised to handle the crisis and comforted him.
• Gu Jiazi arrived at ten, claimed she had been drinking at a friend’s birthday party, and blamed the Zhou Corporation for the attack.
• Gu Bai realized Gu Jiazi knew about the matter and was likely giving them a false lead.

Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen confronted Gu Haisheng with evidence that Gu Ruilin and Gu Jiazi had plotted against them, while Gu Bai demanded full control of the Gu Corporation. The next day, the Gu and Chu Corporations pursued legal action and used the idea of a rival’s frame-up to redirect public opinion.

• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen told Gu Haisheng that Gu Ruilin was behind the online rumors, and Gu Bai demanded that he take over the Gu Corporation completely.
• Gu Haisheng questioned Gu Bai about Gu Jiazi, and Gu Bai said she had known about Second Brother’s actions.
• Chu Zeshen revealed that Gu Ruilin had planned to drug him at the Resort Hotel opening, and Gu Bai added that Gu Jiazi had helped by bringing reporters to the rest lounge.
• Gu Haisheng realized that Gu Bai considered him a failed father who could not be relied upon.
• The next day, the Gu Corporation and the Chu Corporation pursued legal action against rumor spreaders and considered claiming a rival had framed them.

Gu Bai formally took over as president of Gu Corporation and launched an investigation into Zhao Xinran’s people and relatives placed in the company through connections. He stayed home claiming to be ill, avoiding visits from the directors as he rested with Mocha and Assistant Liu checked on him.

• After the online controversy died down, Gu Corporation announced Gu Haisheng was stepping down and Gu Bai would formally take over as president.
• Gu Bai received Gu Haisheng’s signed document, signed the equity agreement, and won the directors’ unanimous approval at a board meeting.
• Gu Bai ordered a thorough investigation into Zhao Xinran’s people and employees placed in the company through senior executives’ influence.
• Gu Bai stayed home, where Mocha gave him a massage, while Assistant Liu called to ask when he would return to the office.
• Gu Bai discouraged a visit from the directors by saying Chu Zeshen had caught his cold too.

Gu Bai teased Chu Zeshen about being frail, and Chu Zeshen kissed him while keeping up the pretense that Gu Bai had given him a cold. Later, Gu Bai visited Gu Jiazi at the now-deserted Gu family home after she demanded to meet him, and she greeted him with unexpected composure.

• Gu Bai decided he needed to find a CFO so he could become a hands-off president.
• Chu Zeshen overheard Gu Bai call him frail, pulled him onto his lap, and kissed him while claiming he needed to act as if he had caught Gu Bai's nonexistent cold.
• After Gu Bai hired a CEO from abroad, Gu Jiazi insisted on meeting him, and the butler eventually passed along her request.
• Gu Bai returned alone to the Gu family home and found Gu Haisheng's guards stationed throughout the property, while Zhao Xinran and Gu Ruilin had moved out.
• Gu Jiazi descended in a black dress, explained that she had dismissed most of the household staff, poured tea for Gu Bai, and stared at him.

Gu Bai defended his decision to let an outsider manage the Gu Corporation and rejected Gu Jiazi’s claim to influence its operations. He revealed that he had deliberately hidden his business knowledge from his family, leaving Gu Jiazi shaken and unsure what else he had concealed.

• Gu Bai refused to drink the tea Gu Jiazi offered and told her that only Chu Zeshen was not a stranger to him.
• Gu Jiazi urged Gu Bai to value his family and challenged his decision to let an outsider manage the Gu Corporation.
• Gu Bai argued that the corporation needed change and said that his authority as its highest-ranking executive allowed him to hire help without her approval.
• Gu Jiazi criticized Gu Bai’s lack of business experience and warned that his management plan could endanger the corporation.
• Gu Bai reminded Gu Jiazi that he had pretended not to understand business terms at their father’s funeral, revealing that he had deliberately misled her and Gu Ruilin.
• Gu Jiazi realized Gu Bai had concealed his abilities and could only stare at him in shock.

Gu Bai left the Gu residence after refusing Gu Jiazi’s offer to trade Gu Ruilin’s hiding place for her position as director. Chu Zeshen picked him up and explained that they already knew where Gu Ruilin was; meanwhile, Gu Jiazi warned Wu Hui, who realized their hiding place might not be secure.

• Gu Jiazi offered to reveal Gu Ruilin’s location if Gu Bai restored her position as director, but Gu Bai refused and said they already knew where Gu Ruilin was.
• Chu Zeshen picked Gu Bai up, and Gu Bai told him about his conversation with Gu Jiazi.
• Gu Bai explained that Gu Ruilin had fled to F Country with help from Wu Hui and her current husband, but Chu Zeshen had already found his hiding place through an overseas contact.
• Gu Jiazi called Wu Hui and reported that Gu Bai knew where Gu Ruilin was hiding, prompting Wu Hui to question how that was possible.
• David woke beside Wu Hui and asked who was calling.

Gu Jiazi learned that men in black had taken Gu Ruilin, while Gu Bai escaped his directors’ demands and went to Chu Zeshen’s office, where he ended up doing work. The chapter left Gu Bai questioning Chu Zeshen’s attempt to recruit him to Chu Corporation.

• David answered a call and Wu Hui told Gu Jiazi that men in black had broken into the villa and taken Ruilin.
• Gu Jiazi realized Gu Bai was behind the events and smashed her phone in anger.
• The directors confronted Assistant Liu at Gu Bai’s empty office, and Michael summoned them to a meeting on Gu Bai’s behalf.
• Gu Bai went to Chu Zeshen’s office to escape the directors, but Chu Zeshen put him to work reviewing documents.
• Chu Zeshen offered Gu Bai a position at Chu Corporation, and Gu Bai questioned why he would leave his own company.

Gu Bai turned down Chu Zeshen’s offer to join Chu Corporation, but secured double the penalty for their old prenuptial contract. As his twenty-third birthday approached, he arranged for Brandy to visit so Mocha could meet her in person.

• Gu Bai rejected Chu Zeshen’s invitation to work at Chu Corporation and demanded double the contract penalty after learning their prenuptial agreement no longer applied.
• Chu Zeshen paid the penalty and continued working while Gu Bai relaxed at his side; over the following weeks, Gu Bai visited Chu Corporation for afternoon tea and helped with documents.
• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen spent their evenings at home, where Mocha video-called Brandy while Xie Wen was away on a business trip.
• Gu Bai suggested bringing Brandy over for his birthday so Mocha could see her, and Chu Zeshen asked Xie Wen for permission.
• Xie Wen agreed and encouraged Gu Bai to pick up Brandy himself in the future.

On Gu Bai’s twenty-third birthday, Chu Zeshen gave him a necklace he had designed himself, and Gu Bai told him he was the person he loved most. Brandy returned to stay with Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen for a few days, where it could keep Mocha company and learn from him.

• Gu Bai found the necklace Chu Zeshen had designed and apologized for having criticized his drawing.
• Chu Zeshen asked whether Gu Bai liked the necklace, and Gu Bai said he loved Chu Zeshen most.
• Gu Bai brought Brandy home, and Brandy and Mocha excitedly reunited.
• Gu Bai read Xie Wen’s birthday card, which asked them to care for Brandy for a few more days.
• Chu Zeshen joked about Xie Wen’s birthday wishes, and Gu Bai teased him for caring about their age difference.

Brandy stayed at the Chu Family home and learned new commands alongside Mocha, while Chu Zeshen grew jealous of the dogs’ competition for Gu Bai’s affection. The chapter ended with Gu Bai teasing Chu Zeshen and proposing they try something new on the sofa.

• Chu Zeshen arranged for Gu Bai to have his birthday off, then spent the day at home with him and the dogs.
• Brandy demonstrated his training, and he and Mocha both ran to Gu Bai when he patted his thigh.
• Chu Zeshen pulled Gu Bai onto the sofa and sent Brandy down, letting Mocha lead the puppy away.
• Gu Bai teased Chu Zeshen for being jealous, and Chu Zeshen said they needed time alone together.
• Gu Bai bit Chu Zeshen’s Adam’s apple and suggested that Chu Zeshen lie down while he took the lead on the sofa.

Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen teased each other before making up while playing with Mocha and Brandy. On Gu Bai’s birthday, he received thoughtful gifts and shared a celebratory meal with Chu Zeshen and Uncle Li, while Elder Chu sent him a custom daybed.

• Chu Zeshen teased Gu Bai about being on top, and Gu Bai eventually shoved him away to play with Mocha and Brandy.
• Chu Zeshen coaxed Gu Bai back into a good mood, agreeing to play games with him for a week.
• Gu Bai received a game from Xie Wen and liquor from Lu Shengfan, thanked them in the group chat, and invited them to visit.
• Uncle Li prepared thirteen dishes for Gu Bai’s first birthday with the Chu Family, and Chu Zeshen and Gu Bai persuaded him to eat with them.
• Elder Chu sent Gu Bai a custom rosewood daybed after a cold kept him from visiting, and the three ate together while Mocha waited for Brandy to finish his meal.
• When Uncle Li kept serving Gu Bai food, Chu Zeshen asked about the soup, prompting Uncle Li to remember it and go to the kitchen.

On Gu Bai’s twenty-fourth birthday, Chu Zeshen indulged him at lunch and took him to a café he had booked, where he served Gu Bai himself. The playful role-play ended with Gu Bai pretending they were strangers who had met too late, prompting Chu Zeshen to call out the implausible scenario.

• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen shared food and soup at lunch, and Chu Zeshen agreed to finish whatever Gu Bai could not eat.
• Gu Bai postponed Uncle Li’s homemade afternoon tea until the next day so he could go out with Chu Zeshen.
• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen emerged in similar outfits, then took Mocha and Brandy with them.
• Chu Zeshen took Gu Bai to a café he had booked and changed into a café uniform to serve him.
• Gu Bai ordered coffee and pet cream, then flirted with Chu Zeshen as if they were strangers, claiming he was nearly thirty and wishing they had met sooner.

Chu Zeshen surprised Gu Bai with a café he had prepared as a birthday present, decorated with his necklace design. Gu Bai was deeply moved by Chu Zeshen’s care, and the chapter ended with them embracing.

• Gu Bai teased Chu Zeshen during their café role-play, then asked him to choose some desserts.
• Chu Zeshen served Gu Bai a cream puff and a chocolate lava egg tart at The Love, whose decorations featured his necklace design.
• Chu Zeshen revealed that he had spent over a month preparing the café and that it had opened that day as Gu Bai’s birthday present.
• Gu Bai realized Chu Zeshen had learned baking while pretending to go to work and hugged him tightly.
• Chu Zeshen told Gu Bai that he was his husband and the only person he treated so well.

Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen spent the afternoon at their café before Chu took Gu Bai to the hotel where he had first seen Mocha for another part of Gu Bai’s birthday celebration. The chapter left them heading to their reserved restaurant on the hotel’s top floor with Mocha and Brandy.

• Gu Bai hugged Chu Zeshen and promised to stop making him eat desserts for a while before the two shared afternoon tea at the café.
• Two girls entered during the trial opening, and Gu Bai introduced Chu Zeshen as his partner and a co-owner of The Love.
• Chu Zeshen made Gu Bai a birthday cake while Gu Bai playfully stole fruit and chocolate to share with him.
• At six, Chu Zeshen took Gu Bai and the dogs to the hotel where he had first seen Mocha, and Gu Bai told him that celebrating together mattered more than the location.
• The hotel manager greeted Gu Bai as President Gu and guided him and Chu Zeshen toward their reservation at the top-floor restaurant.

For Gu Bai’s birthday, Chu Zeshen prepared a private dinner, sang to him, and took him to the presidential suite for the night. The chapter ended with Chu Zeshen carrying Gu Bai into the bedroom, where Gu Bai told him to call him “husband.”

• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen went to the top-floor restaurant, where Chu Zeshen cooked and served Gu Bai a private dinner.
• Chu Zeshen sang Gu Bai a birthday song, and Gu Bai made a wish before cutting the cake Chu Zeshen had made.
• After dinner, Gu Bai learned Chu Zeshen had arranged for Mocha to go home and that they would stay in the presidential suite.
• Chu Zeshen undressed and bathed Gu Bai before carrying him to the bedroom.
• As Chu Zeshen addressed him as “wife,” Gu Bai told him to call him “husband.”

After spending his birthday weekend in the presidential suite with Chu Zeshen, Gu Bai woke sore and exhausted, then teased Chu Zeshen while he massaged his back. They returned home on Sunday, where Mocha greeted Gu Bai with excitement and a hint of grievance.

• Gu Bai woke in Chu Zeshen's arms, remembered their night together, and accepted warm water from him.
• Chu Zeshen rubbed Gu Bai's sore lower back while Gu Bai called him "Hubby" to tease him.
• Gu Bai fell asleep against Chu Zeshen's shoulder, and Chu Zeshen tucked him beneath the covers and kissed his forehead.
• Gu Bai spent two days and two nights recovering in the presidential suite and missed The Love café's opening day while Chu Zeshen left its affairs to the manager.
• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen returned home on Sunday, and Mocha circled Gu Bai, whining after their weekend apart.

Gu Bai returned home after several days of recovering from his time with Chu Zeshen, while Mocha behaved strangely around him and Brandy. Xie Wen arrived to take Brandy home, and Mocha’s unusual actions remained unexplained.

• Mocha complained to Gu Bai when he came home, and Gu Bai apologized for leaving the dogs behind while he and Chu Zeshen handled something.
• Gu Bai rested through Sunday and returned to work on Monday, then came home early to find Mocha and Brandy waiting for him.
• Mocha repeatedly blocked Gu Bai from carrying Brandy but allowed him to pet the puppy, leaving Gu Bai puzzled.
• Mocha barked whenever Gu Bai tried to open an upper kitchen cupboard, though Uncle Li checked it and found nothing wrong.
• Xie Wen arrived with local specialties to collect Brandy, greeted Gu Bai as his fellow in-law, and quickly packed the puppy’s belongings.

Mocha repeatedly stopped Gu Bai from carrying heavy luggage, prompting Xie Wen to joke that Gu Bai might be pregnant and leaving Chu Zeshen visibly unsettled by the suggestion. Later, Uncle Li recounted Mocha barking when Gu Bai tried to get a coffee cup, and Chu Zeshen heard that the cupboard had been fine.

• Mocha barked at Gu Bai and blocked him from carrying things, but carried Xie Wen’s duffel bag to the car himself.
• Xie Wen suggested that Mocha was protecting Gu Bai because he was pregnant, and Gu Bai replied that he was a man.
• Chu Zeshen returned home, heard Xie Wen’s teasing claim, and looked at Gu Bai’s stomach before helping load the luggage.
• Mocha blocked Gu Bai from approaching Chu Zeshen with the heavy bags, and Xie Wen left with his household.
• Gu Bai asked Mocha why he was acting protectively, then told Chu Zeshen he was tired and his lower back still hurt.
• At dinner, Uncle Li told Chu Zeshen that Mocha had barked when Gu Bai reached for a coffee cup, though nothing was wrong with the cupboard.