Chapter Summaries

After an embarrassing intimate encounter with Ji Shang, An Yubei secretly timed himself and became fixated on his one-minute-and-thirty-six-second record. He made plans with classmates for the holiday and a shopping trip, then discovered his anonymous medical question had been shared in the university gossip group.

• After Ji Shang helped An Yubei in the bathtub, An Yubei worried that he had finished too quickly and persuaded Ji Shang to try again the next morning, secretly timing himself at one minute and thirty-six seconds.
• During Monday’s class, Zhao Fei invited An Yubei and Ji Shang to hike over the National Day holiday and asked An Yubei to join a Wednesday clothes-shopping trip.
• An Yubei agreed to go shopping, told Ji Shang about the plans, and felt happy at the thought of watching a movie with him.
• An Yubei anonymously asked an online doctor whether one minute and thirty-six seconds was a problem, but received only general reassurance.
• Zhao Fei shared gossip about a medical student’s online consultation, and An Yubei recognized his own question in the posted image.

An Yubei went shopping with Ji Shang and their friends to buy suits, trying to hide how much he missed Ji Shang and feeling embarrassed about their affection in public. After Ji Shang helped him tie his tie, Ji Shang asked why An Yubei had stopped calling him hubby, leaving An Yubei mortified about how forward he had been while drunk.

• An Yubei started keeping a healthy schedule after rumors about the one-minute-thirty-six-second student faded, and Zhao Fei admired his lack of dark circles.
• An Yubei, Zhao Fei, Wang Meng, and Sun Ruochu went to the mall to buy suits and met Ji Shang there.
• Wang Meng offered to pay for Zhao Fei's suit with money his mother had given him, and the group joked about their past mushroom poisoning.
• Ji Shang fed An Yubei cake, then persuaded him to try on a navy suit despite An Yubei already having one made by his father.
• Ji Shang tied An Yubei's tie, then asked why An Yubei no longer called him hubby and teased him about being more forward when drunk.

After a movie date, An Yubei and Ji Shang returned home, where Ji Shang told him he would leave on a business trip the next day. As they prepared to part, An Yubei decided to make good on his promise to redeem himself that night.

• Zhao Fei left the shopping trip to return to the dorm, and Wang Meng, Sun Ruochu, Ji Shang, and An Yubei went to the movies.
• At the snack counter, Ji Shang called An Yubei "wifey" and shielded him from two girls who admired the couple.
• An Yubei shared his milk tea with Ji Shang, and Ji Shang teased him during the movie about being too shy to call him "hubby" in public.
• An Yubei and Ji Shang went home, ordered takeout, and postponed discussing when An Yubei would move in until the school break.
• Ji Shang told An Yubei he would be away for a couple of days and asked him to look after the three little ones.
• An Yubei kissed Ji Shang and began undressing him, saying he would redeem himself that night.

An Yubei endured Zhao Fei’s teasing about his intimate life with Ji Shang, then learned his counselor wanted him to give a speech at the university anniversary celebration. Zhao Fei secured him two days of leave, and An Yubei called Ji Shang to arrange a visit, where Ji Shang told him he had been thinking about his wife.

• An Yubei remembered losing to Ji Shang in their intimate encounter, and Zhao Fei teased him about his red mouth and their relationship.
• An Yubei told Zhao Fei he could not visit Ji Shang because Ji Shang was away on business, and explained that he had not been able to get leave to join him.
• An Yubei and Zhao Fei went to the counselor’s office, where she chose An Yubei to give a speech at the university anniversary celebration.
• Zhao Fei told the counselor that An Yubei needed two days off to care for his injured father, and she approved the leave.
• Zhao Fei urged An Yubei to call Ji Shang about traveling to see him, and Ji Shang answered that he was thinking about his wife.

An Yubei traveled to the neighboring city to see Ji Shang, then accidentally discovered a bag of sex toys in his backpack. Ji Shang returned just as An Yubei was examining one, leaving him mortified.

• An Yubei took a car to the neighboring city and waited at Ji Shang's hotel while Ji Shang entertained business associates.
• An Yubei ordered malatang and rejected a wealthy woman who tried to buy his company, then learned that Ji Group owned the hotel.
• An Yubei spilled red oil on his shirt and searched his backpack for toiletries, only to find it full of sex toys.
• An Yubei examined a realistic toy when Ji Shang came through the door and caught him holding it.

An Yubei panicked when Ji Shang found the intimate items Ji Dongsheng had packed in his suitcase, but Ji Shang reassured him and kept them. After enduring Ji Dongsheng’s unsolicited sex advice, An Yubei entered the bathroom and offered to help Ji Shang.

• An Yubei explained that the contraceptives and toys had been packed in his suitcase without his knowledge, and Ji Shang said he believed him.
• Ji Shang gathered the toys and told An Yubei they could use them later, making An Yubei nervous before he went to shower.
• An Yubei called Ji Dongsheng, who admitted packing the items and gave him more than ten minutes of sex advice while Lao Wang objected.
• After ending the call, An Yubei worried that Ji Shang had been in the bathroom too long, heard a muffled gasp, and went inside offering to help.

An Yubei reluctantly accompanied Ji Shang to a financial summit to face his fear of crowds, but ran into Lu Jincheng, who taunted him about his relationships and insulted him. An Yubei slapped Lu Jincheng, and Ji Shang intervened by dislocating his arm.

• An Yubei told Ji Shang that he was afraid to give a speech at his school's anniversary celebration, so Ji Shang took him to a financial summit to help him build courage.
• Ji Shang promised not to touch An Yubei for a week if he came, and An Yubei agreed before feeling overwhelmed by the summit's guests and slipping away to the terrace.
• Lu Jincheng confronted An Yubei and made crude accusations about his relationships with Ji Shang and Lu Jinsheng.
• An Yubei slapped Lu Jincheng after he insulted him, and Lu Jincheng raised his hand to hit back.
• Ji Shang stopped Lu Jincheng and dislocated his arm, warning him for bullying someone of his.

After Ji Shang defended An Yubei from Lu Jincheng, he revealed that he had known An Yubei’s thoughts since the car accident. At the banquet, An Yubei overheard Lu Jincheng plotting to use pollen to trigger Lu Jinsheng’s allergy and ruin his attendance at a birthday banquet.

• Ji Shang dislocated Lu Jincheng’s arm and made him apologize to An Yubei, who refused to forgive him and cried in Ji Shang’s arms.
• An Yubei worried Ji Dongsheng would reject him, and Ji Shang reassured him before An Yubei realized Ji Shang could read his mind and learned he had known since the car accident.
• Ji Shang kissed An Yubei to make peace, then brought him to the financial summit banquet, where he continued to humiliate Lu Jincheng.
• An Yubei hid in a restroom under repair to play games and overheard Lu Jincheng complain about Ji Shang and plan to make Lu Jinsheng miss a birthday banquet by putting pollen in his wine.
• Lu Jincheng agreed to go coax An Yubei, while An Yubei stayed hidden and reflected that the restroom was not a safe place for secrets.

An Yubei warned Lu Jinsheng that Lu Jincheng planned to poison his drink with pollen, but Lu Jinsheng still drank it at the birthday banquet and collapsed. Ji Shang explained that Lu Jinsheng had deliberately exposed Lu Jincheng’s scheme to win Old Master Lu’s lasting disappointment in him.

• Lu Jincheng apologized to An Yubei at dinner, but An Yubei rejected his apology and left with Ji Shang.
• An Yubei called Lu Jinsheng and warned him that Lu Jincheng planned to put pollen in his drink at the birthday banquet.
• At Old Master Lu’s birthday banquet, Lu Jinsheng drank from a glass handed to him by Lu Jincheng and collapsed with a severe allergic reaction.
• Lu Jincheng admitted that he had put pollen in Lu Jinsheng’s drink, and Old Master Lu called him an idiot before Lu Jinsheng was taken to the hospital.
• Ji Shang told An Yubei that Lu Jinsheng had knowingly used the attack to expose Lu Jincheng and settle the rivalry with him.

An Yubei and Ji Shang spent the night together, with Ji Shang teasing and overwhelming him before caring for him afterward. The next morning, An Yubei discovered Ji Shang could no longer hear his thoughts.

• Ji Shang kissed An Yubei, read his unspoken thoughts, and teased him into asking for intimacy.
• Ji Shang and An Yubei slept together, and Ji Shang later carried him to the bath and cared for him.
• An Yubei slept until noon and realized they were still on holiday when Ji Shang held him in bed.
• An Yubei tried to tell Ji Shang through his thoughts that he needed the bathroom, then confirmed Ji Shang's Mind-Reading Technique had stopped working.

An Yubei stayed home from a hike because he was sore after the previous night, while Lao Wang resigned after confessing that he had loved Ji Dongsheng since childhood. Ji Dongsheng gradually realized he might love Lao Wang too, but when he went to share the realization, he overheard An Yubei and Ji Shang being intimate and was furious.

• An Yubei told Zhao Fei he could not join the hike, and Ji Shang took him home after learning Lao Wang planned to resign.
• Lao Wang confessed his long-held love for Ji Dongsheng, then left despite Ji Dongsheng's protests.
• Ji Dongsheng grew miserable without Lao Wang, and An Yubei learned that Ji Dongsheng's life and marriage had largely been arranged for him.
• An Yubei urged Ji Dongsheng to consider his feelings, and Ji Dongsheng realized he might love Lao Wang and decided to find him.
• Ji Dongsheng went to Ji Shang's room to tell An Yubei what he had realized, but heard An Yubei and Ji Shang being intimate and became angry.

Ji Dongsheng caught Ji Shang and An Yubei together, attacked Ji Shang, and forbade them from seeing each other. An Yubei later told Ji Dongsheng that he loved Ji Shang and could not explain why, leaving Ji Dongsheng to decide whether he would accept their relationship.

• Ji Dongsheng stormed into Ji Shang's room with a golf club, but blamed Ji Shang for seducing An Yubei when he saw them together.
• Ji Dongsheng beat Ji Shang while An Yubei tried to stop him, then accused Ji Shang of pursuing An Yubei for his shares.
• Ji Shang declared that he wanted to be with An Yubei, and An Yubei said he loved Ji Shang too.
• Ji Dongsheng rejected their relationship, took An Yubei to his courtyard house, and drove Ji Shang away whenever he visited.
• An Yubei asked Ji Dongsheng what it would take for him to approve, then explained that he loved Ji Shang without needing a reason.

Ji Dongsheng tested Ji Shang by demanding he choose between waiting four years to be with An Yubei or giving up everything tied to the Ji family. Ji Shang chose An Yubei, and the two ended the snowy night together after Ji Dongsheng left to stop Lao Wang's supposed wedding.

• Ji Dongsheng told Ji Shang he did not trust him and offered him two choices: stay apart from An Yubei for four years or give up everything belonging to the Ji family.
• Ji Shang immediately signed away his claim to the Ji family's assets and told Ji Dongsheng that his success came from his own ability.
• Ji Dongsheng left with the document, and An Yubei revealed that he had overheard their conversation before embracing Ji Shang and promising to support him.
• Ji Shang told An Yubei that Lao Wang's wedding was a trick to make Ji Dongsheng jealous, and Ji Dongsheng left to try to steal Lao Wang back.
• An Yubei and Ji Shang watched the first snowfall, confessed their love, and kissed.

Ji Dongsheng stayed with Lao Wang over the New Year to pursue him, while An Yubei and Ji Shang settled into life together. After Wang Meng was badly beaten protecting Sun Ruochu at a bar, An Yubei and his friends planned to expose the bar, but their first approach failed and Zhao Fei proposed sending An Yubei inside instead.

• Ji Dongsheng complained to An Yubei about pursuing Lao Wang, while An Yubei and Ji Shang made a home together.
• Wang Meng and Sun Ruochu registered their marriage, and An Yubei envied their marriage certificates.
• Wang Meng was beaten while protecting Sun Ruochu from harassment at a bar, and Zhao Fei called An Yubei to help plan revenge.
• An Yubei suggested hacking the bar’s system after connecting to its network, so Zhao Fei tried to enter in disguise when the bar reopened.
• The security guard turned Zhao Fei away, and Zhao Fei suggested that An Yubei go inside as the “great beauty An.”

An Yubei disguised himself as a schoolgirl to infiltrate a bar, gather evidence against its owner, and help rescue another victim. After the police arrested the owner, An Yubei returned home still dressed in disguise, where Ji Shang confronted him for putting himself in danger.

• Zhao Fei dressed An Yubei in a schoolgirl uniform and wig, and An Yubei entered the bar while the others waited outside.
• An Yubei persuaded the owner to give him Wi-Fi and a computer, then secretly broke into the bar's system and downloaded evidence.
• An Yubei discovered the bar's staff were targeting another victim, sent the evidence to his companions, and summoned the police.
• The police arrested the owner, who still believed An Yubei was a woman until An Yubei spoke in his natural voice.
• An Yubei returned to the apartment after midnight without changing, and Ji Shang stopped him at the door and demanded to know where he had been.
• An Yubei admitted that he had disguised himself and gone into danger, then apologized to Ji Shang.

An Yubei apologized to Ji Shang for keeping his troubles from him, then discovered Ji Shang had returned early to propose on An Yubei’s birthday. After An Yubei graduated, they planned to marry, and the chapter ended with Ji Shang taking him to bed in the bunny outfit Ji Dongsheng had given him.

• An Yubei admitted he had been wrong to keep an important matter from Ji Shang, and Ji Shang reminded him that it was his birthday.
• Ji Shang proposed to An Yubei, who asked him to propose properly and then accepted; they planned to register their marriage in Las Vegas after graduation and hold a wedding.
• Ji Shang tore An Yubei’s schoolgirl uniform during an intimate night together.
• Ji Shang celebrated An Yubei’s graduation, and they visited Ji Dongsheng and Lao Wang, who were living happily together again.
• Ji Dongsheng gave An Yubei a bunny outfit, which An Yubei put on at home and showed Ji Shang.
• Ji Shang tied An Yubei’s wrists with his tie and carried him to bed.