Chapter Summaries

Gu Bai agreed to have dinner with his former college friends the next evening, while Chu Zeshen planned to spend the National Day holiday at home with him. Xie Wen sobered up after overhearing them and turned his attention to Mocha.

• Lin Li invited Gu Bai to dinner with Mu Shuang and Brother Wen, and Gu Bai accepted.
• Chu Zeshen asked Gu Bai about his former college friends and showed displeasure that Gu Bai would meet them the next evening.
• Gu Bai said Uncle Li had asked him to stay home and keep Chu Zeshen company during the holiday.
• Xie Wen overheard them, complained about being alone, and hugged Mocha in sympathy.
• Gu Bai pointed out that Mocha was neutered, and Xie Wen released him.

Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen spent National Day preparing to stay at the Old Residence, where Gu Bai planned to relax while Chu Zeshen looked after him. After packing food, clothes, and Mocha’s belongings, they set off to drop Gu Bai at work before heading to the Old Residence.

• Chu Zeshen drove Xie Wen home, then told Gu Bai that Grandfather would be away from the Old Residence during National Day.
• On National Day, Chu Zeshen made an elaborate breakfast for Gu Bai, who noticed he had bought new coffee beans.
• Chu Zeshen told Gu Bai they would pack that afternoon, drop him off at the restaurant, and take Mocha to the Old Residence; Gu Bai agreed to stay as long as he liked.
• Chu Zeshen cooked a simple lunch while Gu Bai mostly waited in the living room.
• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen packed a few clothes and food, while Mocha filled his travel bag with toys and treats.
• Gu Bai tried to help Chu Zeshen pack the ingredients but repeatedly made him stop to ask whether each item should come along.

Gu Bai met his roommates Chen Mushuang and Zhang Wenzhen at the restaurant after Chu Zeshen drove him there. Zhang Wenzhen’s familiarity with Gu Bai and Mocha raised Gu Bai’s suspicions, while Lin Li privately wondered how Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen were related.

• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen packed ingredients for their trip, then drove to the restaurant where Gu Bai’s roommates were waiting.
• Gu Bai stopped Mocha from jumping out of the car, and Chu Zeshen told him to message before driving away.
• Chen Mushuang admired Chu Zeshen’s car, while Zhang Wenzhen recognized Mocha as the dog Gu Bai had kept during university.
• Gu Bai and Chen Mushuang were surprised when Zhang Wenzhen said he had run into Gu Bai off campus several times.
• Lin Li saw a photo of Chu Zeshen’s car and privately wondered whether Chu Zeshen and Gu Bai were husbands or cousins before the group ordered food.

Gu Bai joined Lin Li, Zhang Wenzhen, and Chen Mushuang for dinner, where Zhang Wenzhen repeatedly showed unusual knowledge and concern about Gu Bai. As the group discussed exploring S City, Zhang Wenzhen rejected Gu Bai’s offer to hire them a guide, leaving his intentions unclear.

• Chen Mushuang chose hot and sour fish and suggested ordering beer, while Zhang Wenzhen twice brought up Gu Bai’s tastes and limits.
• Lin Li poured drinks, and Zhang Wenzhen revealed that he had taken Gu Bai to dinner on the night he received his graduate admission recommendation.
• Lin Li welcomed Chen Mushuang and Zhang Wenzhen to S City and offered to show them around, though he admitted he barely knew the city.
• Zhang Wenzhen suggested that Gu Bai knew S City well, and Gu Bai offered to hire them a tour guide for seven days.
• Chen Mushuang accepted the offer, but Zhang Wenzhen interrupted and said they should explore on their own rather than have a stranger with them.

Gu Bai resisted Chen Mushuang’s pressure to drink and declined a National Day trip, explaining that he wanted to spend the holiday with his family. He then challenged his former roommates’ assumptions about their friendship, leaving Chen Mushuang stammering as he tried to defend their invitation.

• Chen Mushuang urged Gu Bai to finish his beer, but Gu Bai refused while Lin Li and Zhang Wenzhen backed off.
• Chen Mushuang proposed a belated graduation trip, and Lin Li agreed while Gu Bai said he had already traveled in August and wanted to stay with his family.
• Zhang Wenzhen compared family travel with traveling with him, and Gu Bai said his family mattered more than former roommates he had merely crossed paths with.
• Lin Li asked what Gu Bai meant, and Gu Bai clarified that he did not consider their relationship especially close.
• Chen Mushuang asked whether Gu Bai considered them friends, and Gu Bai told him to answer that question for himself, prompting Chen Mushuang to insist they did.

Gu Bai confronted his former classmates over using his graduate survey and pretending to reconnect out of concern. After leaving the meal, he heard Zhang Wenzhen confess that he had come to like him after rejecting his past confession, leaving Gu Bai to consider the original owner's history.

• Gu Bai realized Chen Mushuang had revealed that the group contacted him because of his graduate survey, and he said the survey's claims about his job were false.
• Zhang Wenzhen admitted he had told the others about the survey and asked Lin Li to keep Gu Bai company, but Gu Bai objected that he already had family in S City.
• Gu Bai received Chu Zeshen's message that he was nearly at the restaurant, then left the private room; Lin Li told Chen Mushuang their insincerity had made Gu Bai wary.
• Zhang Wenzhen followed Gu Bai, grabbed his hand, and asked to talk; Gu Bai pulled away and listened as Zhang recalled Gu Bai's old confession and giving up his recommendation for exam-free postgraduate admission.
• Zhang Wenzhen said he had only realized after graduation that he liked Gu Bai, then confessed his feelings; Gu Bai quickly reviewed the timeline of the original owner's past.

Gu Bai rejected Zhang Wenzhen’s renewed advances and told him they would have no further contact. When Chu Zeshen arrived, Gu Bai identified him as his husband and affirmed that he was the only person who belonged by his side.

• Gu Bai denied giving up his graduate recommendation for Zhang Wenzhen and rejected his claim that he wanted to pursue him.
• Gu Bai told Zhang Wenzhen he did not accept his feelings and left, but Zhang Wenzhen followed and tried to grab him.
• Chu Zeshen stopped Zhang Wenzhen, explained that he had come because Gu Bai had not answered his message, and led him toward the elevator.
• When Zhang Wenzhen asked for another chance, Chu Zeshen called Gu Bai his husband, and Gu Bai confirmed that they were family and spouses.
• After Zhang Wenzhen asked whether accepting Gu Bai’s old confession would have put him at Chu Zeshen’s side, Gu Bai interlaced fingers with Chu Zeshen and said only his husband belonged beside him.

Gu Bai explained his past confession to Zhang Wenzhen while Chu Zeshen questioned him during their hand-in-hand walk. Chu Zeshen seemed reassured by Gu Bai’s explanation, and Gu Bai learned that Chu Zeshen had listed him as a management team leader and accidentally added a zero to his salary.

• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen left the restaurant holding hands, and Chu Zeshen asked whether Gu Bai had confessed to Zhang Wenzhen.
• Gu Bai admitted he had confessed a year earlier but said the feelings may have been childish and not genuine love.
• Chu Zeshen asked why Gu Bai had confessed, and Gu Bai explained that Zhang Wenzhen had approached him after seeing his employment questionnaire and that their group had an agenda.
• Gu Bai asked what Chu Zeshen had written on his questionnaire, and Chu Zeshen said he had listed a management team leader position and accidentally added a zero to the salary.

Gu Bai noticed Chu Zeshen was unhappy about their marriage contract and took him to a portrait stall to cheer him up. They left with a framed family portrait of themselves and Mocha, plus a second drawing of just the two of them.

• Gu Bai asked Chu Zeshen if he was unhappy, and Chu Zeshen admitted that he was.
• Gu Bai led Chu Zeshen through the crowded street and chose a stall that drew cartoon portraits.
• Gu Bai asked the artist to draw him, Chu Zeshen, and Mocha together, calling them a family of three.
• Gu Bai said he wanted to hang Chu Zeshen's calligraphy in his room, and Chu Zeshen's mood lifted.
• The artist finished and framed their portrait, then gave them an extra drawing of Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen as a couple.

Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen returned from their outing, where Mocha reacted to the drawings they brought home, and Gu Bai stayed in the guest room while Mocha settled into Chu Zeshen’s bedroom. The next day, Lin Li apologized for approaching Gu Bai after reading his employment survey, and Gu Bai told Chu Zeshen he had already suspected the group had an ulterior purpose.

• Chu Zeshen admitted he had lost track of where they parked, and Gu Bai followed him back to the car despite being tired.
• At home, Gu Bai showed Mocha the drawings; Mocha rejected its portrait and eagerly tried to grab the other one.
• Chu Zeshen gave Gu Bai honey water and explained that he had left Mocha a bone to keep it occupied.
• Gu Bai chose the guest room instead of Chu Zeshen’s bedroom, while Mocha made itself comfortable in the master bedroom.
• Lin Li messaged Gu Bai to apologize for the group’s original ulterior motive and Xiao Chen’s behavior at dinner.
• Gu Bai told Chu Zeshen that Lin Li had admitted they read his employment survey before approaching him.

Gu Bai discovered that Chu Zeshen had listed him as Chu Corporation’s executive president on its official website and confronted him about it. Chu Zeshen admitted he had added the title to match Gu Bai’s employment survey, while Gu Bai remained relieved that it did not mean he had to work.

• Gu Bai asked Lin Li about the survey, and Lin Li said Chu Corporation’s official website listed an executive president with the surname Gu.
• Gu Bai found the profile and showed it to Chu Zeshen, asking what he had done behind his back.
• Chu Zeshen admitted he had added the executive president title to the website to match the position on Gu Bai’s employment survey.
• Gu Bai questioned the sudden promotion, but Chu Zeshen said it was his company and he could decide.
• Chu Zeshen asked whether Gu Bai would work from home, and Gu Bai insisted that would still count as work.
• Gu Bai tried to use Elder Chu’s treasured tea cake to threaten Chu Zeshen, who pointed out that Gu Bai had watched him take it.

Gu Bai teased Chu Zeshen about drinking Elder Chu’s treasured betrothal tea, then the couple prepared for Elder Chu’s return from his trip. Elder Chu came home early and concealed the reason, leaving Chu Zeshen suspicious that something had happened in his hometown.

• Gu Bai threatened to tell Elder Chu that Chu Zeshen had brewed his treasured tea, but Chu Zeshen explained it was the wife tea saved as his betrothal gift, and Gu Bai had drunk it as his spouse.
• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen spent the rest of the holiday at the Old Residence, then moved their luggage into Chu Zeshen’s room as they prepared to share a bed again.
• Chu Zeshen received word that Elder Chu had boarded an earlier flight home, and the couple waited for the villa to be cleaned before returning.
• Elder Chu arrived home, fussed over Gu Bai, and announced that he had arranged for the chef to cook dinner.
• Chu Zeshen asked why Elder Chu had returned early, but Elder Chu changed the subject, and the butler signaled that something had happened in his hometown.

Chu Zeshen and Gu Bai agreed to take a family portrait with Elder Chu and Mocha, then realized Elder Chu’s unusual mood might be connected to Second Uncle and Second Aunt. The chapter ended with Elder Chu insisting Gu Bai drink nourishing soup while Gu Bai pointed out that Chu Zeshen needed it too.

• Elder Chu recognized Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen in a cartoon picture and agreed to join them for a family portrait with Mocha.
• After Elder Chu returned to his room to rest, Gu Bai suggested someone may have spoken to him during his hometown visit.
• Chu Zeshen discovered that Second Uncle and Second Aunt had left T City on the third and went to deal with the matter.
• Gu Bai and Mocha lounged on the wooden daybed while Chu Zeshen handled the situation.
• At dinner, Elder Chu told Gu Bai to drink his nourishing soup, and Gu Bai reminded him that Chu Zeshen also needed proper nourishment.

Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen joined Elder Chu for dinner and watched dramas with him, then returned to Chu Zeshen’s bedroom together so Elder Chu would believe they shared a room. Gu Bai played games while Chu Zeshen worked, and as the hour grew late, Gu Bai looked over at him.

• The Butler brought out more stewing pots, and Gu Bai finished two portions of tonic soup with Chu Zeshen.
• Gu Bai watched three episodes of a war drama with Elder Chu while Chu Zeshen handled work on his tablet.
• Elder Chu urged Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen to go to bed early, and Chu Zeshen agreed.
• Gu Bai took Chu Zeshen’s hand and led him into the master bedroom, satisfying Elder Chu that they were sharing a room.
• Gu Bai played games on the sofa while Chu Zeshen worked, and at eleven Gu Bai looked over at him.

Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen spent the evening sharing a room, and a mix-up left Gu Bai wearing Chu Zeshen’s pajamas. The chapter ended with Chu Zeshen watching Gu Bai emerge from the bathroom in them.

• Gu Bai went to shower while Chu Zeshen stayed in the bedroom and promised Mocha a game of Frisbee the next day.
• Gu Bai realized he had taken Chu Zeshen’s pajamas and called out for his own, but Chu Zeshen could not find them.
• Chu Zeshen told Gu Bai to wear his pajamas, and Gu Bai reluctantly put them on, leaving the last two buttons undone.
• Gu Bai came out of the bathroom, and Chu Zeshen looked at him in his pajamas.

Gu Bai spent the night sharing his bed with Chu Zeshen and Mocha, growing comfortable with their presence before falling asleep. In the morning, Chu Zeshen offered to massage Gu Bai’s aching shoulder after Mocha had slept on his arm.

• Chu Zeshen explained that Mocha had worried Gu Bai was in danger in the bathroom, and Gu Bai felt touched by the dog’s concern.
• Chu Zeshen and Gu Bai went to bed in the same room, where Gu Bai noticed Chu Zeshen’s scent on his pajamas.
• Mocha climbed onto the bed and settled between Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen despite Chu Zeshen inviting him to sleep at the edge.
• Gu Bai fell asleep with Mocha in his arms, while Chu Zeshen turned off the bedside lamp.
• Gu Bai woke early with a numb, aching shoulder, and Chu Zeshen offered to massage it after explaining Mocha had rested his head on Gu Bai’s arm.

Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen shared a warm morning at the Old Residence, where Chu Zeshen gave Gu Bai a massage before they joined Elder Chu for breakfast. After lunch, they packed to leave, and Mocha picked out toys to take home.

• Chu Zeshen massaged Gu Bai's shoulders and neck, and Gu Bai laughed when Mocha woke up and stumbled off the bed.
• Gu Bai joined Chu Zeshen and Elder Chu for breakfast, where Elder Chu asked whether he had slept well and considered replacing his bed.
• Elder Chu learned that Mocha had slept on the bed between Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen, then said nothing more.
• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen packed their suitcases and Mocha's carrier after lunch, preparing to return home.
• Elder Chu brought out gifts for Mocha, who chose two toys he liked.

After returning home from the Old Residence, Gu Bai relaxed while Chu Zeshen massaged his sore back and shoulders. Uncle Li later returned from his hometown with several bags of belongings.

• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen left the Old Residence, and Elder Chu asked Gu Bai to message him when they got home.
• Elder Chu and the butler discussed Chu Zeshen's inexperience at courting Gu Bai and hoped he would make progress.
• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen arrived home after a long drive, and Gu Bai relaxed on the sofa while Mocha settled into its bed.
• Chu Zeshen massaged Gu Bai's back and shoulders, and Gu Bai agreed not to let Mocha sleep in his room for the next few nights.
• Uncle Li returned from his hometown, bringing an extra suitcase and a bulging plastic bag.

Uncle Li returned from his hometown with food and fussed over Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen, while Gu Bai enjoyed his comfortable routine. As autumn arrived in S City, Mocha brought a filthy puppy through the gate, and Gu Bai prepared to help it.

• Uncle Li returned with local specialties and promised to cook a nourishing meal for Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen.
• Uncle Li fussed over Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen, and Chu Zeshen shared his chicken with Gu Bai at dinner.
• After National Day, Chu Zeshen became busy again, and Gu Bai's cheeks gradually returned to their sharp jawline.
• As the weather cooled, Gu Bai relaxed in the front yard while Mocha lazed in the sunshine.
• Mocha ran to the gate after hearing a dog bark and brought a filthy puppy to Gu Bai.
• Mocha nudged the hesitant puppy toward Gu Bai, who told Mocha to bring it over.

Gu Bai and Mocha helped the lost puppy Mimi reunite with its owner, Jiang Yi. Jiang Yi explained that Mimi had vanished while they were camping, leaving the circumstances of its disappearance unresolved.

• Mocha brought goat's milk and water for the hungry puppy, and Gu Bai checked its tag and learned its name was Mimi.
• Gu Bai scanned Mimi's tag, contacted its owner, Jiang Yi, and sent him the address.
• Uncle Li bathed Mimi, and Mocha stayed close to the puppy while they waited.
• Jiang Yi arrived, reunited with Mimi, and thanked Gu Bai and Mocha for finding it.
• Jiang Yi told Gu Bai and Uncle Li that Mimi had gone missing while he was camping after he left it briefly to get treats.