Chapter Summaries

Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun spent New Year’s Eve with their family, where Huo Chuyun took care of Lu Xingchen and cooked dumplings for him. Song Han asked whether the couple kissed at home and requested a photo of them kissing, but Huo Chuyun refused before Lu Xingchen’s coughing distracted him.

• Lu Xingchen woke up sore, got dressed, and went downstairs with Huo Chuyun to join the family making dumplings.
• Huo Chuyun explained that he had turned down a New Year’s Eve gala invitation and offered to watch his upcoming movie with Lu Xingchen at home.
• Huo Chuyun cooked dumplings and brought Lu Xingchen peeled fruit and hot milk while the family teased the couple about their closeness.
• Song Han asked Lu Xingchen whether he and Huo Chuyun kissed at home, and Lu Xingchen said they kissed and hugged to show their love.
• Song Han asked for a photo of the couple kissing, but Huo Chuyun refused; when Lu Xingchen choked on his milk, Huo Chuyun rushed to help him.

Lu Xingchen celebrated the New Year with Huo Chuyun and the Song family, enjoying a festive meal and collecting the promise of red envelopes. The chapter ended with Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun watching fireworks together outside.

• Lu Xingchen teased Huo Chuyun and watched Tofu and Xiao Huang play in the snow until He Jie took Song Yang inside for a hot shower.
• Song Heng and Shen Jiahong showed Lu Xingchen the small door they had built so Tofu and Xiao Huang could come and go freely.
• Huo Chuyun, Shen Jiahong, and Song Yao prepared a lavish New Year's Eve dinner, and Song Heng welcomed Lu Xingchen into the family.
• Lu Xingchen agreed to stay up for the red envelopes and joked affectionately with Huo Chuyun during dinner.
• Song Heng invited everyone outside to set off fireworks, and Huo Chuyun bundled Lu Xingchen warmly before joining him.
• Lu Xingchen lit a red semicircular firework and watched it spray sparks while Huo Chuyun told him he was even more beautiful.

Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun celebrated New Year with the Song family, sharing fireworks, hot pot, and affectionate promises. After the countdown, Huo Chuyun surprised Lu Xingchen with fireworks, and Lu Xingchen discovered that his red envelopes contained bank cards.

• Lu Xingchen asked Huo Chuyun to register their marriage after the New Year, and Huo Chuyun agreed.
• Huo Chuyun lit fireworks with Song Han before Wen Yu called everyone inside to bathe and eat hot pot.
• Lu Xingchen told Huo Chuyun he loved the lively atmosphere at the old family home, and they discussed staying longer.
• Song Heng tried to sneak hot pot balls from the spicy broth, but Grandma caught him before he could eat any.
• At midnight, Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun exchanged New Year wishes, and Huo Chuyun arranged blue-and-white fireworks for him.
• Lu Xingchen collected red envelopes from the family and found that they all contained bank cards.

Lu Xingchen accepted a property deed from Wen Yu, who promised that the family would back him up if Huo Chuyun ever bullied him. The couple shared a tender night, and the next morning Lu Xingchen posted Huo Chuyun’s festive fireworks photos, delighting his fans.

• Wen Yu gave Lu Xingchen a property deed as a New Year’s gift and assured him that his grandparents would support him if Huo Chuyun mistreated him.
• Lu Xingchen joked that he could move into the property and have its security guards throw Huo Chuyun out, and Huo Chuyun promised to keep him happy.
• Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun went to bed together, with Huo Chuyun gently soothing Lu Xingchen to sleep.
• The next morning, Lu Xingchen saw Shen Jiahong shoveling snow with Song Yao and Song Yang before visitors arrived at the Old Residence.
• Lu Xingchen posted Huo Chuyun’s photos of him playing with sparklers, and the Moonlights enthusiastically praised the pictures and noticed his ring.

Lu Xingchen and Cheng Zitao discussed their relationships while playing a game, then Lu Xingchen went downstairs with Huo Chuyun to greet visiting relatives. Fang Lin saw them holding hands and condemned their relationship, leaving the gathering tense.

• Lu Xingchen and Cheng Zitao won their game with three escapes while discussing marriage plans, Cheng Zitao’s parents’ acceptance of Lin Yufan, and Lu Xingchen’s family history.
• Cheng Zitao worried that Lin Yufan was working too much, and Lu Xingchen guessed he might be earning extra money to propose sooner.
• Huo Chuyun told Lu Xingchen that Uncle Gu’s and Uncle Pei’s families had come to visit, and that Zichu was asking for him.
• Lu Xingchen rushed downstairs to see Zichu, put on his shoes after Huo Chuyun stopped him, and went with him hand in hand.
• Fang Lin saw Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun holding hands and denounced them, upsetting everyone present.

Fang Lin and Pei Zheng insulted Lu Xingchen at the Song Family Old Residence, but the Song family defended him and had them removed. After learning that Gu Zichu was outside with Pei Ye and Pei Xuan, Lu Xingchen worried about the situation and prepared to go find them with Huo Chuyun.

• Wen Yu, Shen Jiahong, and Huo Chuyun defended Lu Xingchen after Fang Lin called him a seductive fox and insulted the Song family home.
• Pei Zheng tried to excuse Fang Lin's remarks by claiming she was joking and explaining her resentment toward Pei Ye.
• Lu Xingchen mocked Fang Lin and Pei Zheng for their insults, and Song Heng rebuked them for their behavior.
• Song Heng ordered Fang Lin and Pei Zheng to leave, and Huo Chuyun called the guards to escort them out.
• Song Zhiyun, Su Qin, and Gu Lei discussed Fang Lin and Pei Zheng's past treatment of Pei Ye.
• After Su Qin said Gu Zichu was outside with Pei Ye and Pei Xuan, Lu Xingchen told Huo Chuyun he wanted to find Zichu, and they went to change before heading out.

Pei Xuan saw Gu Zichu and Pei Ye together and, overcome with jealousy, attacked Pei Ye before fighting him on the frozen lake. After Pei Ye embraced a distressed Gu Zichu, Pei Xuan admitted that he loved him and had been wrong about his feelings.

• Gu Lingchuan alerted Huo Chuyun and Lu Xingchen that Pei Xuan and Pei Ye were fighting and that he had sprained his ankle trying to intervene.
• Huo Chuyun and Lu Xingchen found Pei Ye beating Pei Xuan while Gu Zichu sat injured on the ice, and they pulled Pei Ye away.
• Pei Ye embraced Gu Zichu and apologized for frightening him, while Gu Zichu comforted him.
• Pei Xuan recalled following Gu Zichu and Pei Ye to the lakeside pavilion, where he mistook them for kissing and punched Pei Ye.
• Pei Xuan accused Pei Ye of taking Gu Zichu from him, but Pei Ye rebuked him for treating Gu Zichu as his possession.
• Pei Xuan tried to reach Gu Zichu, who stepped away, and confessed that he had fallen in love with him.

Gu Zichu learned that Pei Xuan had mocked their past relationship to his friends, prompting Pei Ye to attack him. After the fight, Pei Ye carried the injured Gu Zichu inside, while Gu Lingchuan protested that he should be the one carrying his brother.

• Pei Xuan apologized to Gu Zichu for overlooking the paper cranes, but a phone call revealed that he had mocked sleeping with Gu Zichu to his friends.
• Pei Ye smashed Pei Xuan's phone and attacked him, and Gu Zichu injured his ankle trying to break up the fight.
• Gu Lingchuan tried to separate Pei Ye and Pei Xuan, got struck in the chaos, and went to fetch Huo Chuyun and Lu Xingchen.
• Huo Chuyun called security to take the bloodied Pei Xuan to the hospital, while Lu Xingchen arranged for servants to clean the blood.
• Pei Ye carried the injured Gu Zichu inside, and Gu Lingchuan complained that he should have carried his brother instead.

Pei Ye brought the injured Gu Zichu to the Gu family home after fighting Pei Xuan, and the two families treated their wounds. While tending to Gu Zichu’s ankle, Pei Ye explained the conflict with his family and admitted he had shared his troubles to make Gu Zichu feel for him.

• Pei Ye told Su Qin and Gu Lei that Pei Xuan and he had fought and Gu Zichu had twisted his ankle trying to stop them.
• Gu Zichu treated Pei Ye’s facial injuries, while Gu Lingchuan insisted that Gu Zichu treat his own bruises too.
• Pei Ye carried Gu Zichu upstairs and used ice to ease his swollen ankle.
• Gu Zichu worried that Pei Ye’s family would be angry about the fight, and Pei Ye explained their pressure on him to marry a woman and have children.
• Pei Ye told Gu Zichu he had shared the painful story to make him feel for him, leaving Gu Zichu stunned.

Pei Ye and Gu Zichu agreed to try a relationship, and Pei Ye later confronted Pei Zheng and Fang Lin over their demands that he apologize to Pei Xuan. After breaking with the Pei family, Pei Ye returned to caring for Gu Zichu and encountered Lu Xingchen.

• Pei Ye asked Gu Zichu whether his concern meant he had feelings for him, and Gu Zichu agreed to give their relationship a try before falling asleep.
• Pei Ye treated Gu Zichu's injured foot and answered Fang Lin's call demanding that he visit Pei Xuan in the hospital.
• Pei Ye told Pei Zheng that he knew he had been raised only because of an inheritance condition and refused to apologize to Pei Xuan.
• Pei Zheng and Fang Lin disowned Pei Ye, and Pei Ye felt relieved to leave the Pei family behind.
• Pei Ye arranged plain congee for Gu Zichu, then put away his cigarette when Lu Xingchen warned him not to smoke indoors.

Gu Zichu woke from a long rest and joined the Song family for New Year’s dinner, where he and Pei Ye grew closer as a couple. After seeing Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun’s affectionate relationship, Gu Zichu hoped he and Pei Ye would be happy together too.

• Pei Ye helped Gu Zichu downstairs after his ankle improved and told him that Gu Zichu’s parents had agreed to stay for dinner at the Song family’s home.
• Pei Ye said his parents had kicked him out of the Pei family, so Gu Zichu offered to take him to the Gu family home for the New Year.
• Gu Lei told Gu Zichu to call Pei Ye “Uncle,” but Su Qin defended Pei Ye and let Gu Zichu address him as he wished.
• Lu Xingchen asked Gu Zichu about his relationship with Pei Ye, and Gu Zichu said he had agreed to give their relationship a try.
• At dinner, Gu Zichu watched Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun care for each other, and Pei Ye held his hand under the table and promised they would be happy too.
• Song Anran noticed Gu Zichu and Pei Ye secretly holding hands and delighted in their new pairing.

Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun celebrated the New Year together and went to register their marriage as soon as the holiday ended. They received their marriage licenses and left happily, with Huo Chuyun securing the booklets and the couple planning to buy coffee.

• Lu Xingchen showed Tofu and Xiao Huang their places in the family portrait, and he and Huo Chuyun teased each other before wishing each other a happy New Year.
• Wen Yu and other family members reminded Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun to get their marriage licenses, and the couple left after breakfast under the family's expectant gazes.
• Huo Chuyun suggested buying coffee before registering, but Lu Xingchen insisted they get their marriage licenses first and made Huo Chuyun apologize with a kiss.
• Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun submitted their forms, signed autographs for an excited staff member, and posed for a wedding photo that captured them gazing affectionately at each other.
• The staff member stamped their documents and handed them their marriage licenses; Huo Chuyun put both booklets in his care, and the couple kissed before heading out to buy coffee.

Gu Zichu told Gu Lei that he and Pei Ye were dating, and Gu Lei accepted that Gu Zichu had moved on from Pei Xuan, though he stopped short of saying he approved. The conversation ended with Gu Zichu learning that Pei Zheng had withheld the inheritance left to Pei Ye, leaving him angry at the Pei family.

• Gu Zichu offered to help Pei Ye find a studio near Gu Corporation, and Pei Ye suggested moving in with him so they could spend more time together.
• Gu Lei interrupted their late-night conversation with warm milk, and Pei Ye left after promising to let Gu Zichu rest.
• Gu Lei asked Gu Zichu what had happened with Pei Xuan, and Gu Zichu said he had moved on and was dating Pei Ye because he liked him.
• Gu Lei said Pei Ye was a good partner for Gu Zichu and asked whether Pei Ye's estrangement from the Pei family had become serious.
• Gu Zichu said Pei Ye had beaten Pei Xuan, and Gu Lei revealed that Pei Zheng had withheld the inheritance left to Pei Ye; Gu Zichu angrily demanded to know what gave them the right.

Pei Ye comforted Gu Zichu after Gu Zichu's father criticized his work habits, and the two settled into living together after New Year. Pei Ye continued looking after Gu Zichu's health, while Gu Zichu kept a nearly finished project secret and promised they would take a trip afterward.

• Pei Ye held Gu Zichu and agreed with Uncle Gu that Gu Zichu needed to take better care of his health; Gu Zichu asked Pei Ye to take him to the gym.
• Gu Zichu asked Pei Ye for a kiss as forgiveness, and Pei Ye kissed him before tucking him in for the night.
• After New Year, Pei Ye moved his company into the building beside Gu Corporation and moved into Gu Zichu's home.
• Pei Ye brought Gu Zichu lunch at the office, stopped him from ordering black coffee, and kissed him before insisting he eat his home-cooked meal.
• Pei Ye asked what had kept Gu Zichu busy, but Gu Zichu only said his new project was almost finished and promised to arrange leave for a trip.
• As Pei Ye napped, Gu Zichu smoothed his furrowed brow and told him to wait a little longer.

Gu Zichu met Pei Xuan to exchange a business project for the ten percent of Pei Corporation shares that belonged to Pei Ye. After exposing Pei Xuan’s attempt to deceive him, Gu Zichu secured the Share Transfer Agreement and left to reunite with Pei Ye, while Pei Xuan watched them embrace.

• Gu Zichu waited for Pei Xuan at a café, where they discussed exchanging Gu Zichu’s project materials for Pei Ye’s shares in Pei Corporation.
• Pei Xuan tried to pass off a blank document as the Share Transfer Agreement and pleaded with Gu Zichu to give their relationship another chance.
• Gu Zichu showed Pei Xuan photographs of him in bed with other men and used them to force him to hand over the real agreement.
• Pei Xuan gave Gu Zichu the Share Transfer Agreement, and Gu Zichu checked it before leaving with it.
• Pei Xuan called after Gu Zichu and watched Pei Ye embrace him beside a car outside the café.

Pei Ye confessed that he had injured his hands while helping Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun punish the men who had mocked Gu Zichu. Gu Zichu revealed that he had traded his three-month project for Pei Ye’s shares in Pei Corporation, leaving Pei Ye overwhelmed as Gu assured him he was worth it.

• Gu Zichu noticed Pei Ye smelled of blood and discovered his hands were badly bruised and wounded.
• Pei Ye explained that he had joined Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun in beating and threatening the men who had mocked Gu Zichu, then deleting the surveillance footage.
• Gu Zichu tended to Pei Ye’s wounds and admitted he had wondered why Pei Ye was absent when he reached for him early that morning.
• Gu Zichu gave Pei Ye the Share Transfer Agreement and explained that he had traded his three-month project to Pei Xuan for Pei Ye’s shares.
• Pei Ye worried that Gu Zichu had sacrificed too much, but Gu Zichu told him he was worth it.

Pei Ye and Gu Zichu shared a meal and affectionate evening after Gu Zichu revealed that his parents supported their relationship and Pei Ye’s claim to the shares. After Gu Zichu fell asleep in the bathtub, Pei Ye woke him in the shower and took him up on his promise to indulge him.

• Gu Zichu told Pei Ye that his parents knew about their relationship and supported him, and Pei Ye thanked him.
• Pei Ye gave Gu Zichu roses, and they kissed passionately in the car before agreeing to continue at home.
• Pei Ye cooked dinner while Gu Zichu watched Crayon Shin-chan, and they ate together.
• Pei Ye found Gu Zichu asleep in the bathtub and carried him into the shower.
• Gu Zichu woke to find Pei Ye kissing him in the shower, and Pei Ye insisted on one last time before they returned to the bedroom.

Pei Ye brought the exhausted Gu Zichu to the Gu family’s Old Residence, where Gu Lei and Su Qin welcomed him and approved of his plans for the shares and new tablets. At lunch, the family noticed Gu Lingchuan’s swollen cheek, but he refused to explain how he had been slapped and insisted Pei Ye leave the other man alone.

• Pei Ye carried the sleeping Gu Zichu upstairs at the Old Residence and told Su Qin that Gu Zichu had worked all night.
• Pei Ye told Gu Lei and Su Qin he planned to sell the shares from the Share Transfer Agreement and described the upcoming Banana Series tablets.
• Gu Lingchuan arrived with a red handprint on his cheek and refused to tell Su Qin what had happened.
• Gu Zichu and Gu Lei teased Gu Lingchuan, guessing that he had been slapped after making an unwanted advance.
• Gu Lingchuan warned Pei Ye not to send anyone after the man who slapped him, while Gu Zichu choked on his rice.

Shen Qinglan realized he had misunderstood Gu Lingchuan’s intentions after learning that Gu had taken him to the hospital rather than taken advantage of him, and he decided he owed him an apology. When Shen went looking for Gu on set, Lu Xingchen spotted Gu hiding behind a pillar.

• Fang Yi accused Shen Qinglan of getting the third male lead through Gu Lingchuan and reminded him that Gu was an investor in the drama.
• Shen recalled waking in the hospital and angrily ordering Gu out, then learned from a nurse that his bruises came from falling down the stairs.
• Shen realized Gu had taken him to the hospital and left him untouched, and he resolved to thank Gu and apologize for his rudeness.
• Shen asked Lu Xingchen where Gu was while Huo Chuyun and Lu discussed Huo’s filming schedule.
• Lu noticed Gu Lingchuan hiding behind a pillar and pointed him out to Shen.

Shen Qinglan apologized to Gu Lingchuan, and Gu Lingchuan recalled how he had first seen Shen Qinglan at the Nightfall Bar three years earlier and later helped him audition for Fu Xue. As Shen Qinglan returned to filming, he overheard that the second male lead had been recast.

• Shen Qinglan apologized for misunderstanding Gu Lingchuan and thanked him for giving him another chance to audition.
• Gu Lingchuan remembered meeting Shen Qinglan at the Nightfall Bar, where Shen Qinglan threw a drink at a wealthy young man who tried to pay him for company.
• Gu Lingchuan recalled becoming enamored with Shen Qinglan and later helping him secure an audition for Fu Xue while concealing his identity.
• Director Wu told Shen Qinglan that his scenes with the second male lead had been postponed until the next day.
• Shen Qinglan overheard crew members say the second male lead had been replaced at the investors' request because Fang Yi's acting was poor.