Chapter Summaries

Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen discussed Mocha’s unusual protectiveness, then Gu Bai realized it had begun after Chu Zeshen told the dog he was tired. The conversation ended with Chu Zeshen teasing Gu Bai about pregnancy while massaging his lower back.

• Chu Zeshen asked Gu Bai why Mocha had barked at him, and Uncle Li suggested a health problem might explain the dog’s behavior.
• Gu Bai said he had recently had a clean medical checkup and planned to take Mocha to the vet the next day.
• While Chu Zeshen massaged Gu Bai’s lower back, Mocha tried to pull his hand away and urge Gu Bai off his lap.
• Gu Bai connected Mocha’s behavior to Chu Zeshen telling the dog that Gu Bai was tired and should not be jumped on.
• Chu Zeshen asked whether Gu Bai was pregnant, and Gu Bai insisted he could not be before teasing that Chu Zeshen would be the one to get pregnant.

Gu Bai tried to keep Chu Zeshen out of his room for the night, but Chu Zeshen later sneaked in with Mocha’s help and joined him in bed. As the year-end preparations began, Gu Bai’s success at work helped quiet the company elders’ objections.

• Gu Bai returned to his room with Mocha and insisted he was fine despite his sore back, while Mocha followed him around anxiously.
• Chu Zeshen unlocked Gu Bai’s door after Gu Bai fell asleep, persuaded Mocha not to bark with a promise of treats, and slipped into bed beside Gu Bai.
• The next day, Gu Bai learned Chu Zeshen had rewarded Mocha with extra food for staying quiet and realized they had worked together to get into his room.
• As the end of the year approached, Uncle Li prepared New Year supplies while Gu Bai dealt with company business.
• Michael managed the company well and secured an international partnership, helping Gu Bai persuade the company elders to accept his plans.

Gu Haisheng rejected the directors’ complaints about Gu Bai and supported his son’s management, while Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen’s joint banquet appearances drew attention to their marriage. Elder Chu celebrated the change in his grandson’s life by teasing his friends about their unmarried grandsons.

• The directors complained to Gu Haisheng that Gu Bai ignored them and rejected their suggestions, but Gu Haisheng reminded them that Gu Bai had praised their help and defended his son’s decisions.
• Gu Haisheng said Gu Bai should keep pace with Chu Zeshen, and the directors abandoned their complaints and praised Gu Bai instead.
• Gu Bai avoided unnecessary meetings and banquets, spending spare time at Chu Zeshen’s office, while the pair attended events together when invited as partners.
• People began inviting Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen together to secure their attendance, but the pair stopped appearing once the invitations became too frequent.
• Elder Chu heard about their affectionate marriage and teased his friends in a voice message about their grandsons who still had not settled down.

Elder Chu prepared the Old Residence for Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen’s New Year’s Eve visit, while Mocha arrived early and kept him company. When Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen arrived, the family shared dinner, and Chu Zeshen happily found himself ranked below Mocha.

• Elder Chu told his old friends that Ze Shen had won Xiao Bai’s heart through good fortune, then ordered The Butler to lock the guest room so Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen would share a room.
• Mocha arrived at the Old Residence with the luggage, and Elder Chu welcomed it and spent the afternoon in its company.
• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen arrived that evening, and Mocha rushed out to greet them before they went inside with it.
• Elder Chu praised Gu Bai’s improved complexion and arranged for him to take more tonics, while Chu Zeshen claimed the tonics helped Gu Bai sleep soundly.
• Elder Chu, Gu Bai, Chu Zeshen, and Mocha sat down to the New Year’s Eve meal, with Mocha taking the seat beside Elder Chu.

Elder Chu entrusted Gu Bai with caring for Chu Zeshen, and Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen welcomed the New Year together with Mocha, exchanging declarations of love. A side story then showed how the families arranged Chu Zeshen and Gu Bai’s childhood betrothal and how little Chu Zeshen eagerly awaited the birth of his “little sister.”

• Elder Chu clasped Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen’s hands together and entrusted his grandson to Gu Bai, who promised to treat Chu Zeshen well.
• Gu Bai, Chu Zeshen, and Mocha took sparklers into the yard, where Chu Zeshen lit sparklers for Gu Bai.
• As the New Year arrived, Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen confessed their love and embraced.
• Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Chu recorded a childhood betrothal for their children, and baby Chu Zeshen stamped the paper with his footprint.
• Five years later, little Chu Zeshen spoke tenderly to Mrs. Gu’s unborn baby, believing she was his little sister.
• Little Chu Zeshen rushed to the Gu Family after kindergarten, but found the front door shut and called for Auntie Gu to let him in.

Mrs. Gu gave birth to a healthy boy, surprising the family who had expected a girl, and she and the baby went home after five days. While the Chu Family cared for Elder Chu, Chu Zeshen missed his little sister so much that he cried himself sick under the covers.

• Mrs. Chu tried to take Chu Zeshen home, but he insisted on seeing his little sister, and Mr. Chu promised to bring him to the hospital once he could visit.
• Mr. Gu waited anxiously as Mrs. Gu gave birth, then learned from a nurse that their baby was a boy.
• Mr. Gu reassured the exhausted Mrs. Gu that their baby was precious regardless of whether it was a boy or girl, and she fell asleep.
• Mrs. Gu and the baby stayed healthy and went home after five days in the hospital.
• As the Chu Family cared for Elder Chu, Chu Zeshen quietly missed his little sister and cried beneath the covers until Mrs. Chu found him sobbing.

Little Chu Zeshen worried that his little sister might find a better big brother, and Mrs. Chu reassured him without telling him the baby was actually a boy. When the family visited the Gu family, he learned the truth and ran back to Mrs. Chu in tears, still insisting he wanted a little sister.

• Little Chu Zeshen asked Mrs. Chu whether his little sister would have other big brothers, and she promised he would be her only big brother.
• Little Chu Zeshen worried that his sister might meet a better big brother at kindergarten, and Mrs. Chu reassured him that he would always be the best.
• Mrs. Chu forgot to tell Little Chu Zeshen that the baby was a boy.
• At the Gu family home, Mrs. Gu and Mr. Gu told Little Chu Zeshen that the baby in pink was a little brother, not a little sister.
• Little Chu Zeshen ran to Mrs. Chu and cried that he wanted a little sister.