Chapter Summaries

After Lu Xingchen recovered some memories, he and Huo Chuyun discussed the online rumors and agreed to explain their relationship publicly. Huo Group’s official account then posted a legal notice about the paparazzo who spread the rumors.

• Lu Xingchen told Huo Chuyun he had remembered a little and recalled their intimate night together.
• Huo Chuyun said Huo Corporation’s legal and PR departments were handling the rumors, and Lu Xingchen agreed they should go public.
• Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun remembered past dates, while Huo Chuyun carried him to the balcony for porridge and milk.
• Lu Xingchen told Huo Chuyun that Han Lu had alerted Brother Fei and helped keep the paparazzi photos from circulating.
• Huo Group’s official Weibo account posted that its legal department had sent a notice to the paparazzo for exposing the couple’s relationship and accusing Lu Xingchen of two-timing.

Lu Xingchen publicly confirmed his relationship with Huo Chuyun through a family photo, and Huo Chuyun’s relatives urged them to visit the Song family. The chapter ended with Lu Xingchen offering Huo Chuyun one kiss.

• Online commenters reacted to Huo Group’s legal action against a paparazzo and Lu Xingchen’s footage of Song Anran stopping a drunk man from harassing Cheng Zitao.
• Lu Xingchen posted a family photo with Huo Chuyun, their kitten, and their puppy, confirming their relationship and drawing congratulations from friends and celebrities.
• After waking, Huo Chuyun took a call from Song Zhiyan, who said the Song grandparents had learned about the relationship and wanted to meet Lu Xingchen.
• Huo Chuyun told Song Zhiyan and the grandparents that he would ask Lu Xingchen before arranging a visit, and they agreed to wait.
• Lu Xingchen prepared dinner and offered Huo Chuyun one kiss after teasing him about wanting cola.

Huo Chuyun and Lu Xingchen discussed a nightmare that had foretold an attempted kidnapping, then Huo Chuyun proposed with sunflowers and rings. Lu Xingchen accepted, and Huo Chuyun asked him to put the other ring on his finger.

• Huo Chuyun asked Lu Xingchen about the nightmare he had during his fever, and Lu Xingchen described Song Zhihua threatening Huo Chuyun after capturing them both.
• Huo Chuyun explained that Song Zhihua and Lu Yize had attempted to kidnap them, but his precautions and Lu Xingchen's actions had kept them safe.
• Lu Xingchen forgave Huo Chuyun for secretly tracking his phone, and Huo Chuyun invited him to return to the Song Family Old Residence together.
• After a brief power outage, Huo Chuyun appeared in a suit with sunflowers and proposed to Lu Xingchen, offering him rings and revealing that he had transferred his company shares to him.
• Lu Xingchen accepted Huo Chuyun's proposal and let him place a ring on his finger, while Huo Chuyun asked him to put the other ring on Huo Chuyun.

Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun celebrated their engagement, while Lu Xingchen later ran into Gu Zichu, Gu Lingchuan, Pei Xuan, and Pei Ye at a basketball gym. The group reshuffled into teams for a game with a wager, leaving Lu Xingchen and Cheng Zitao to join them.

• Lu Xingchen found his initials inside Huo Chuyun's ring, and Huo Chuyun explained that he had bought thirty-three sunflowers for him; they kissed after Lu Xingchen asked him to.
• Huo Chuyun posted a photo of their rings on Weibo with a declaration of love, prompting fans to celebrate their engagement and ask about their wedding.
• Lu Xingchen told Cheng Zitao that Huo Chuyun had proposed, and Cheng Zitao shared how he had met Assistant Lin as a child.
• Lu Xingchen and Cheng Zitao went to a basketball gym, where Lu Xingchen spotted Gu Zichu, Gu Lingchuan, Pei Xuan, and Pei Ye playing.
• Gu Zichu introduced Pei Ye to Lu Xingchen, while Gu Lingchuan and Pei Xuan argued over their teams and Pei Ye refused to switch sides.
• Gu Zichu proposed reshuffling the six players into teams for a half-court game, with the losers owing the winners one request.

Lu Xingchen, Gu Zichu, and Cheng Zitao took an early lead against Pei Xuan, Pei Ye, and Gu Lingchuan in their three-on-three basketball game. Pei Xuan grew angry and distracted by Gu Zichu, while blue extended its lead to 3-0.

• Lu Xingchen, Gu Zichu, and Cheng Zitao formed one team, while Pei Xuan, Pei Ye, and Gu Lingchuan ended up together on the other.
• Lu Xingchen made the opening free throw, while Pei Xuan missed, giving blue possession.
• Gu Zichu and Cheng Zitao set up Lu Xingchen for a basket, then Pei Xuan grabbed Gu Lingchuan by the collar for failing to guard Cheng Zitao until Pei Ye intervened.
• Lu Xingchen stole the ball from Pei Xuan and passed it to Gu Zichu, who scored a three-pointer to make the score 3-0 for blue.

After winning the basketball bet, Gu Zichu asked Pei Xuan to stay away from him until New Year, and Pei Ye took Pei Xuan back to the Pei family’s old residence. In the car, Pei Ye revealed how he had built an independent life to defend his right to choose whom he loved, while secretly concealing that he had liked Gu Zichu all along.

• The blue team won the basketball game with Gu Zichu’s three-pointer, and Gu Zichu asked Pei Xuan to stop disrupting his life until New Year.
• Pei Xuan protested the request, but Pei Ye made him honor the bet and took him away from the court.
• In the car, Pei Xuan accused Pei Ye of pursuing Gu Zichu and insisted that Gu Zichu belonged to him because they had slept together.
• Pei Ye rebuked Pei Xuan for treating Gu Zichu as property and questioned whether Pei Xuan could stand up to his parents’ opposition.
• Pei Ye explained that he had given up the Pei family’s support, built his own career, and gained the freedom to choose whom he loved.
• Pei Xuan asked whether Pei Ye had liked Gu Zichu back then, and Pei Ye denied it despite secretly having done so.

Pei Ye recalled realizing he liked men, quietly falling for Gu Zichu, and rebuilding his life after his family rejected him; meeting Gu Zichu again had stirred his feelings anew. Meanwhile, Lu Xingchen and Cheng Zitao treated Han Lu to dinner and gave her and Cheng Zitao gifts before Cheng left for a date and Lu Xingchen answered a call with a smile.

• Pei Ye realized he was attracted to men and became quietly drawn to Gu Zichu, though he never spoke to him because of his closeness with Pei Xuan.
• Pei Ye's brother rejected his sexual orientation, so Pei Ye resolved to support himself and spent high school working and studying without taking money from his brother.
• After university, Pei Ye enlisted, studied and started a business in Country A, and later met Gu Zichu again in the Capital, finding himself attracted to him once more.
• Lu Xingchen and Cheng Zitao took Han Lu to Spring Banquet Garden, where Lu Xingchen thanked her for helping suppress the photos and Cheng Zitao offered to style her for free.
• Lu Xingchen gave Han Lu and Cheng Zitao Dior scarves from himself and Huo, and Han Lu wished Lu Xingchen and Best Actor Huo a lifetime of happiness together.
• Cheng Zitao left to meet his partner for a date, and Lu Xingchen answered a ringing phone with a sweet smile.

Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun prepared for a visit to Huo Chuyun’s grandparents, choosing gifts and clothes. As they cuddled before leaving, Lu Xingchen worried that his blue hair would make a poor impression, and Huo Chuyun reassured him that he loved it.

• Huo Chuyun picked Lu Xingchen up from Spring Banquet Garden and brought him bubble tea, then they went home to eat together.
• Lu Xingchen worried about gifts for Huo Chuyun’s family, so Huo Chuyun suggested presents for his grandparents, aunts, uncle, and cousins.
• The next morning, Lu Xingchen searched for a suitable outfit for the family visit, and Huo Chuyun bundled him in warm clothes and admitted he had feared Lu Xingchen was gone when he woke up.
• Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun exchanged loving words and kissed before deciding to sleep a little longer.
• Lu Xingchen asked whether he should dye his blue hair black for the visit, and Huo Chuyun told him to keep it blue.

Song Heng and Wen Yu eagerly awaited Huo Chuyun and Lu Xingchen, then welcomed Lu Xingchen warmly when they arrived with gifts. Song Heng praised Lu Xingchen’s kindness, quick thinking, and courage after watching his variety show, leaving Lu Xingchen sheepish about his on-screen behavior.

• Song Heng complained that he had not met his grandson-in-law yet, while Wen Yu and the family teased him about watching Lu Xingchen’s variety show.
• Song Heng rushed outside after hearing a car arrive, but Wen Yu reached the courtyard first and left him sulking in the cold.
• Lu Xingchen gave Wen Yu a footbath and explained that he had heard about her aching legs, and Wen Yu reassured him that she liked his blue hair.
• Huo Chuyun teased Song Heng about being broad-minded, and Song Heng welcomed Lu Xingchen and praised his sweet, sensible appearance.
• Song Heng told Lu Xingchen that the variety show had shown him to be kindhearted, quick-witted, and courageous, while Lu Xingchen worried that he had sworn too much.

Lu Xingchen visited the Song family, bonded with the children, and reassured Song Han’s parents that her introverted nature was not a flaw. As the family gathered, Huo Chuyun and Shen Jiahong discussed rumors about a planned special economic zone and the risks tied to South City.

• Song Heng enthusiastically told Lu Xingchen battlefield stories before Huo Chuyun introduced him to the Song family.
• Lu Xingchen gave Song Yang and Song Han gifts, then encouraged Song Yao and He Jie to accept Song Han’s quiet personality.
• Lu Xingchen played Chinese chess with Song Heng and won all ten games despite trying to go easy on him.
• Song Anran praised the skincare set Lu Xingchen had given her and asked Huo Chuyun for its link.
• Shen Jiahong questioned Huo Chuyun about the rumored special economic zone, and Huo Chuyun said Huo Corporation was focused on mobile phone chip research instead.
• Shen Jiahong warned that South City was contaminated by war debris, while Huo Chuyun hinted that the future could change its prospects.

Song Heng shared his worries about Huo Chuyun and Lu Xingchen, then gave Lu Xingchen his treasured old handgun. Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun returned to their playful affection, while Song Heng invited them to celebrate the New Year and take a new family portrait.

• Song Heng urged Huo Chuyun to treat Lu Xingchen well, and Huo Chuyun told him about Lu Xingchen surviving a kidnapping and promised the Lu family would soon face consequences.
• Song Heng recalled Huo Chuyun's painful past with his mother, and Huo Chuyun said he had made peace with it and was grateful for his grandparents and Lu Xingchen.
• Song Heng gave Lu Xingchen his old handgun, and Lu Xingchen accepted it and promised to treasure it.
• Song Heng invited Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun to celebrate the New Year at the old house and take a new family portrait.
• Huo Chuyun grew jealous when Lu Xingchen focused on the gun, so Lu Xingchen teased and then reassured him that he was still number one in his heart.

Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun reminisced about childhood and Huo Chuyun’s grandparents before learning why Song Han had called Huo Chuyun about a school fight. The family reassured Wen Yu that the boy had apologized and the school would address his harassment.

• Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun shared childhood reading memories, and Lu Xingchen let Huo Chuyun handle his treasured pistol.
• Huo Chuyun explained that his grandmother had decorated his childhood room with cartoons because she thought he liked them, and Lu Xingchen suggested bringing Tofu and Xiao Huang to the Song family for New Year's.
• Wen Yu tried to rush out after hearing Song Han had been bullied, and Huo Chuyun explained that he had gone to the school after Hanhan called him.
• Song Han told Lu Xingchen that a boy repeatedly snapped her undershirt straps despite her asking him to stop, so she fought him and got him to promise to stop.
• Song Han explained that she had called Huo Chuyun rather than her parents or great-grandparents because she did not want to burden them, and Huo Chuyun reassured Wen Yu that the boy and his parent had apologized and the teachers would address the behavior.

At the Lu family banquet, Lu Yize basked in the family’s success and tried to court Pei Ye and Gu Zichu, while Pei Ye revealed his feelings for Gu Zichu. The banquet was interrupted by the arrival of the Huo family’s head, an award-winning actor.

• Lu Yize rebuffed Mr. Wang and redirected a marriage proposal toward Zhou Fenglan as guests praised the Lu family’s South City bid.
• Lu Yize congratulated Pei Ye and Gu Zichu and hinted that his family wanted their newly released phones, but Gu Zichu declined to offer any.
• Pei Ye dismissed Lu Yize, then told Gu Zichu he had attended because he wanted to see him.
• Gu Zichu sensed Pei Ye’s feelings but held back from starting a new relationship, and Pei Ye gave him space.
• Guests exclaimed as the head of the Huo family arrived, recognizing him as both a wealthy business leader and an award-winning actor.

Huo Chuyun and Lu Xingchen arrived together at the Lu family banquet, where Huo publicly rebuffed Lu Yize and warned the family not to celebrate their special economic zone bid too soon. He then confronted Zhou Fenglan about the family’s adopted son as Lu Xingchen watched from across the hall.

• Huo Chuyun and Lu Xingchen made a dramatic entrance at the Lu family banquet, drawing the attention of the guests and angering Lu Yize.
• Huo Chuyun rejected Lu Yize’s attempt to thank him for caring for Lu Xingchen and called out his public insults.
• Lu Wenshan welcomed Huo Chuyun and asked whether he had come to congratulate the Lu Corporation on its bid; Huo warned him not to celebrate before the results were announced.
• Lu Yize challenged Huo Chuyun, who asserted that he could make Lu Yize pay and said he had come to see the bid results.
• Zhou Fenglan pleaded for Lu Xingchen to return to the family, and Huo Chuyun confronted her about the family’s adopted son.
• Gu Zichu asked Lu Xingchen whether he wanted to help Huo Chuyun as Huo faced the Lu family alone.

At a family gathering, Lu Xingchen confronted Lu Yichen and Lu Yihao, then dodged Lu Yichen’s attempt to shove him and sent both brothers into the pool. As Zhou Fenglan arrived to blame him, Huo Chuyun hurried over and shielded Lu Xingchen.

• Lu Xingchen told Gu Zichu and Pei Ye to move away, then faced Lu Yichen and Lu Yihao as they demanded he get Huo Chuyun to help Lu Corporation.
• Lu Xingchen mocked Lu Yichen’s marriage plans and suggested that Lu Yichen might be Zhou Fenglan’s biological son.
• Lu Yichen tried to push Lu Xingchen from the balcony, but Lu Xingchen dodged and shoved him into the pool.
• Lu Yihao grabbed Lu Xingchen, who pushed him into the pool as well; Lu Yihao then helped Lu Yichen stand and heard him complain about Lu Xingchen.
• Lu Yichen accused Lu Xingchen of pushing them both, and Lu Yihao did not correct him.
• Zhou Fenglan arrived to scold Lu Xingchen, but Huo Chuyun reached him first and shielded him.

At the Lu family banquet, Wang Yong exposed that Lu Yichen was his and Zhou Fenglan’s son, revealing Zhou’s long-running deception and affair to Lu Wenshan. Lu Wenshan was humiliated and began doubting whether his other sons were biologically his.

• Zhou Fenglan claimed Lu Xingchen deserved discipline while Huo Chuyun comforted him and the guests turned their attention to the pool.
• Wang Yong appeared and called Lu Yichen his son, but Lu Yichen denied knowing him as Lu Yihao questioned him.
• Wang Yong recognized Zhou Fenglan and revealed that she had promised to raise their son in a wealthy family while secretly visiting him each year.
• Lu Wenshan confronted Zhou Fenglan, whose guilty reaction confirmed Wang Yong’s story and exposed how she had arranged for Lu Yichen to replace Lu Xingchen in the family.
• Lu Yichen denied Wang Yong was his father, while Wang Yong demanded money to pay his gambling debts and Zhou accused him of exploiting them.
• Lu Wenshan, remembering that Zhou had tampered with a paternity test, began to doubt whether his other three sons were biologically his.

After Wang Yong exposed Lu Yichen’s parentage at the Lu family banquet, the family abandoned Lu Yichen and paid Wang Yong to leave. Lu Xingchen learned that the original owner had come from an orphanage, then joined Huo Chuyun to eat while they waited for the banquet’s main event.

• Lu Wenshan ordered Lu Yize to remove Wang Yong, while Lu Yichen pleaded for help and Lu Yihao stopped when his father called him back.
• Zhou Fenglan begged Lu Wenshan’s forgiveness, but he vowed to order paternity tests for her other sons.
• Guests gossiped about the Lu family as Lu Wenshan had Lu Yize pay Wang Yong to leave the banquet.
• Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun discussed why the Lu family had abandoned Lu Yichen and how the original owner had longed for their affection.
• Huo Chuyun told Lu Xingchen that Zhou Fenglan had brought the original owner from an orphanage, then invited him to eat as they awaited the main event.

Shen Jiahong announced that none of the rumored areas would become a special economic zone, leaving Lu Yize and Lu Wenshan to realize they had wasted Lu Group’s money on unusable land. As Lu Xingchen left the banquet with Huo Chuyun, he learned Grandpa Lu had known he was not his biological grandson and had still chosen to leave him shares.

• Shen Jiahong denied plans to establish a special economic zone in North City, South City, or West City and explained why none was suitable.
• Shen Jiahong praised the Banana Phone and voiced support for private enterprises, prompting applause at the banquet.
• Lu Yize smashed the projection screen in disbelief, while Lu Wenshan realized their one-billion investment in South City had ruined Lu Group.
• Lu Xingchen laughed at the Lu family’s misfortune and left the banquet with Huo Chuyun to get hot pot.
• Huo Chuyun told Lu Xingchen that Grandpa Lu had known he was not his biological grandson but had still left him shares, bringing Lu Xingchen to tears as he remembered their childhood together.

Lu Xingchen recalled how Lu Yize and Zhou Fenglan had arranged his disappearance and later sought his inheritance, while Grandpa Lu had left him twenty percent of the Lu Corporation to protect him. A month after Huo Chuyun helped expose the Lu family's crimes, the corporation went bankrupt and its members faced arrest and heavy compensation, while Lu Xingchen rested with Huo Chuyun as the snow fell.

• As a child, Lu Xingchen overheard Grandpa Lu refuse Lu Wenshan's demand to take over the Lu Group, then learned that Grandpa planned to leave him twenty percent of the company's shares.
• Before dying, Grandpa Lu told Lu Xingchen that the shares and trusted helpers would protect him; afterward, Lu Yize and Zhou Fenglan exploited the grieving boy's trust to make him disappear.
• Lu Wenshan's search for Lu Xingchen failed, and the family only found him years later when Grandpa Lu's estate lawyer required his return for him to receive the shares.
• Huo Chuyun comforted Lu Xingchen and promised to make Lu Yize and Zhou Fenglan pay, while the lawyer confirmed that Grandpa Lu had knowingly left the shares to his non-biological grandson.
• A month later, the Lu Group went bankrupt, most of the Lu family were arrested for gray-market activity involving human organ trafficking, and Lu Yixuan and Lu Yihao faced enormous compensation claims.
• Huo Zhiyuan, Huo Junchi, and Zhou Fenghe received life sentences for drug trafficking, and Huo Chuyun explained the cases to Lu Xingchen, who thanked him before falling asleep.

Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun traveled to the Song Family Old Residence for Chinese New Year with Tofu and Xiao Huang, where their grandparents warmly welcomed the pets. After teasing each other, Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun slipped upstairs, leaving the family waiting for them to come down for dumplings.

• The Huo Group's legal department proved that Lu Xingchen was not related by blood to the Lu family and warned online haters with a lawyer's letter.
• On Chinese New Year's Eve, Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun packed supplies for Tofu and Xiao Huang and set off for the Song Family Old Residence.
• Song Heng and Wen Yu eagerly welcomed Xiao Huang and Tofu, while Lu Xingchen joked that the grandparents had forgotten about him and Huo Chuyun.
• Huo Chuyun carried Lu Xingchen upstairs after their flirtatious teasing, and Song Heng, Shen Jiahong, Song Zhiyun, and Wen Yu reacted in the living room.
• In Huo Chuyun's room, Lu Xingchen protested that they should go downstairs for dumplings, but Huo Chuyun kissed him and pinned his hands above his head.