Chapter Summaries

At his engagement banquet, Su Cimu exposed Shen Kezhou’s affair with Liang Xi and ended their engagement. He then pointed to Shen Yannian, Shen Kezhou’s powerful uncle, and asked him to become his fiancé instead.

• Su Cimu slapped Shen Kezhou, took the microphone, and presented evidence that Shen Kezhou had been cheating on him with Liang Xi.
• Shen Kezhou called the evidence fake, but Su Cimu explained that the photos, surveillance footage, and financial records were genuine.
• Su Huaiyuan and Su Yunchao supported Su Cimu and called off his engagement to Shen Kezhou, while Liang Zhen confronted and slapped Liang Xi.
• Su Cimu told his parents that the banquet would continue with a different fiancé, then pointed to Shen Yannian as he entered.
• Su Cimu introduced himself to Shen Yannian and asked him to have an engagement banquet with him on the spot.

Su Cimu impulsively became engaged to Shen Yannian, Shen Kezhou’s uncle, after calling off his planned engagement to Shen Kezhou. The Su family worried about the match, while Shen Yannian insisted it was real and tied it to a ten-billion joint venture between the families, leaving Su Cimu shocked to learn about the deal.

• Su Cimu insisted he wanted to get engaged to Shen Yannian, and Shen Yannian accepted while the guests watched.
• Shen Yannian introduced himself as Su Cimu’s fiancé, and Su Cimu eventually recognized him as Shen Kezhou’s uncle.
• Su Cimu noticed the guests’ reverence for Shen Yannian but decided he would not back out of the engagement.
• Su Huaiyuan and Su Yunchao tried to dismiss the engagement as a joke, but Shen Yannian said it was real and cited the families’ ten-billion joint venture.
• Su Cimu demanded to know why his family had not told him about the joint venture and accused Su Huaiyuan of selling him.

At the engagement banquet, Shen Yannian took over the joint Su-Shen project and reassured Su Cimu that he would give him the wedding he wanted. After the families left, Su Cimu challenged Shen Yannian about his motives, then agreed to stand by him while teasing him about his smile.

• Su Huaiyuan argued with Su Cimu over the engagement, and Su Cimu apologized reluctantly after Liang Zhen urged him to.
• Shen Yannian said he had long admired Su Cimu, while Su Yunchao demanded that Shen Kezhou be removed from the joint project; Shen Yannian agreed to take charge himself.
• Shen Yannian promised Su Cimu a grand wedding, and Su Cimu left with him to visit his residence.
• After Wan Ke departed, Su Cimu confronted Shen Yannian about his motives, but Shen Yannian pulled him into his lap and said he found him interesting.
• Su Cimu accepted the engagement without regret, boasted that he would protect Shen Yannian, and called his smile perverted.

Shen Yannian brought Su Cimu home and insisted they share a room, while Su Cimu protested and accused him of being a pervert. After restraining and threatening him, Shen Yannian coaxed Su Cimu into agreeing to try their relationship, then carried him toward the bathroom.

• Shen Yannian introduced Su Cimu to Butler Shen as his fiancé, correcting the butler’s assumption that Su Cimu was engaged to Shen Kezhou.
• Shen Yannian said Su Cimu would sleep in his room, and Su Cimu argued that they had only met that day.
• Su Cimu charged at Shen Yannian, but Shen Yannian restrained him and carried him into the bedroom.
• Shen Yannian threatened to take Su Cimu that night and invoked the Su Family’s interests, then released him and argued that their engagement entitled him to intimacy.
• Su Cimu agreed to try the relationship after Shen Yannian promised to cherish him and stop threatening him.
• Shen Yannian called Su Cimu “sweetheart,” picked him up, and carried him toward the bathroom.

After a night of passion, Shen Yannian took Su Cimu to visit the Su family, where he formally introduced himself as their son-in-law. Su Cimu went to his room to sleep, but Shen Yannian followed him in and locked the door.

• Shen Yannian checked that Su Cimu had no fever after their night together, then prepared to wake him for their visit to the Su house.
• Su Cimu insisted on eating in the car, and Shen Yannian indulged him as they arrived at the Su house in the afternoon.
• Su Huaiyuan, Su Yunchao, and Su Cimu's mother worried about his late arrival until Su Cimu returned with Shen Yannian.
• Su Cimu urged Shen Yannian to greet his family, and Shen Yannian calmly called them his in-laws.
• Su Cimu went upstairs to sleep, and Shen Yannian followed him into his bedroom, locked the door, and approached the bed.

Su Cimu slept beside Shen Yannian, then left for his monthly exhibition race despite Shen Yannian’s surprise at his dangerous hobby. At the racetrack, Su Cimu prepared to race his modified red supercar, but an unfamiliar eighth car appeared on the starting line.

• Shen Yannian woke beside Su Cimu, and the two teased each other before joining the Su family for dinner.
• Su Cimu left after dinner for his monthly exhibition race, and Su Yunchao told Shen Yannian where he had gone.
• Liang Tian greeted Su Cimu at the racetrack and helped him change into his racing suit before he unveiled his modified red supercar.
• Su Cimu lined up in lane one, then asked Liang Tian about the unfamiliar car in lane eight, which Liang Tian had not expected to see.

Su Cimu won an exhibition race, only to discover that Shen Yannian had entered as his closest rival and come to take him home. After Liang Tian revealed their engagement to the crowd, Shen Yannian accompanied Su Cimu and Liang Tian to their late-night hangout, where he warned Su Cimu against eating spicy food after their intimacy the night before.

• Su Cimu took the lead in the exhibition race, but a white supercar driven by Shen Yannian challenged him; Su Cimu won by half a car length.
• Liang Tian announced that Shen Yannian was Su Cimu's husband, embarrassing Su Cimu in front of the crowd.
• Shen Yannian helped Su Cimu out of his car and held his hand, while Su Cimu protested that he had done nothing wrong.
• Liang Tian introduced himself as Su Cimu's older cousin, and onlookers discussed Su Cimu and Shen Yannian's engagement.
• Liang Tian invited Su Cimu and Shen Yannian for a late-night meal; Shen Yannian took Su Cimu in his car and arranged for Su Cimu's car to be driven home.
• At Liang Tian's secret hangout, Shen Yannian told Su Cimu to avoid spicy crayfish because they had been intimate the night before, prompting Liang Tian to question what they were whispering about.

Su Cimu and Shen Yannian shared a tense meal with Liang Tian, then reconciled after Shen Yannian apologized and shelled crayfish for him. After the group returned to Huaishan Manor, Shen Yannian bathed Su Cimu, who gradually sobered up and realized they were sharing a bath.

• Shen Yannian ordered plain crayfish because Su Cimu could not eat spicy food, and Liang Tian realized the couple had been intimate the night before.
• Liang Tian toasted Su Cimu's first-place finish and Shen Yannian's second-place finish, while Su Cimu and Shen Yannian argued over their engagement and the possibility of breaking it off.
• Shen Yannian shelled crayfish for Su Cimu, apologized for speaking harshly, and promised not to lecture him again.
• After Liang Tian got drunk, Shen Yannian took him and Su Cimu to Huaishan Manor, where Butler Shen helped settle Liang Tian in.
• Shen Yannian carried a drunken Su Cimu to the bathroom and bathed with him; Su Cimu sobered up and realized what was happening.

Shen Yannian indulged his newly engaged fiancé, Su Cimu, and brought him to the company so he could keep him close while working. The chapter ended when Su Cimu saw something in the gossip news, cursed, and caught Shen Yannian’s attention.

• Shen Yannian teased Su Cimu after his drunken outburst, then let him leave the bath and had Butler Shen bring him hangover soup.
• Shen Yannian agreed to give Su Cimu time to adjust to their intimacy, and Su Cimu fell asleep in his arms.
• The next morning, Shen Yannian brought the still-sleeping Su Cimu to the company and introduced him as his fiancé, giving him access to the building and his office.
• Shen Yannian arranged games, snacks, and drinks for Su Cimu while he worked, and Su Cimu later ordered lunch for them using Shen Yannian’s phone.
• Su Cimu suddenly cursed while reading gossip news, and Shen Yannian asked what had upset him.

After seeing a rumor that Shen Kezhou had implied he cheated, Su Cimu asked Shen Yannian to bring him to headquarters so he could confront him. Shen Kezhou denied leaking the story, and Su Cimu realized he had attacked the wrong person, while Shen Yannian’s teasing earned him Su Cimu’s next glare.

• Su Cimu showed Shen Yannian a gossip post implying he had cheated and angrily accused Shen Kezhou of spreading it.
• Shen Yannian called Shen Kezhou from the branch to headquarters while Su Cimu ate lunch and joked with his fiancé.
• When Shen Kezhou arrived, Su Cimu grabbed him by the collar and demanded to know why he had spread rumors.
• Shen Kezhou denied speaking to reporters, and Su Cimu released him after realizing he had mistaken him for the source.
• Shen Yannian told Shen Kezhou to listen to his second aunt, prompting Su Cimu to glare at him as if he wanted to hit him too.

Su Cimu and Shen Yannian shared affectionate moments at Shen Yannian’s office before going to dinner at the Su family home. Shen Yannian was welcomed into the family’s cheerful household and saw a warmth he had never known in the Shen family.

• After Shen Kezhou left, Su Cimu threw himself at Shen Yannian, and they kissed until Wan Ke briefly walked in on them.
• Liang Zhen invited Su Cimu and Shen Yannian home for dinner, so Shen Yannian canceled his evening engagements despite Su Cimu’s offer to go alone.
• Su Cimu and Shen Yannian shared the lounge bed at the office before heading home together after work.
• At the Su home, Su Huaiyuan awkwardly welcomed Shen Yannian, who asked him to call him by name because he and Su Cimu were engaged.
• Liang Zhen served a dinner tailored to Su Cimu’s tastes, and the family teased one another affectionately while Shen Yannian watched their warm atmosphere.

Shen Yannian returned to the Shen estate and defended his engagement to Su Cimu, exposing Shen Kezhou’s role in the failed engagement banquet and admitting that he had removed him from the joint project. Later, Shen Yannian and Su Cimu spoke by video call, where Su Cimu forgave him for threatening the Su family when they got engaged.

• Shen Yannian went to the Shen estate, where Shen Chuannan, Shen Zhongyuan, Hao Mei, and Shen Kezhou confronted him about his engagement to Su Cimu.
• Shen Yannian revealed that Shen Kezhou had cheated on Su Cimu with Liang Xi, and that the affair had ruined Shen Kezhou’s engagement banquet.
• Shen Yannian explained that he had removed Shen Kezhou from the joint project because Shen Kezhou had humiliated the Su family; Shen Kezhou admitted his mistake and promised not to repeat it.
• Shen Yannian returned to his room and called Su Cimu, who had just showered and wanted to play a game.
• After gaming with Liang Tian, Su Cimu received another video call from Shen Yannian and reminded him that he had threatened the Su family when they got engaged.
• Shen Yannian apologized and promised not to threaten Su Cimu with his family again, and Su Cimu forgave him.

Shen Yannian persuaded Su Cimu to accompany him to work, then picked him up from the Su residence the next morning. Su Yunchao felt his younger brother had been stolen away, while their parents accepted the arrangement and he insisted he could teach Su Cimu better himself.

• Su Cimu reluctantly agreed to go to Shen Yannian's office after Shen Yannian asked him to keep him company.
• Shen Chuannan asked Shen Yannian to bring Su Cimu home, but Shen Yannian said he would do so only if Su Cimu wanted to come.
• Shen Yannian arrived at the Su residence early and woke Su Cimu, who kept his promise and went with him to the office.
• Su Yunchao watched Shen Yannian leave with Su Cimu and complained to Su Huaiyuan and Liang Zhen that his brother had been abducted.
• Su Huaiyuan said Su Cimu could learn at Shen Yannian's office, but Su Yunchao argued that he should teach his younger brother at the family company.

Su Cimu met his uncle Liang Jia for lunch, where their family confronted Liang Xi over her involvement with Shen Kezhou. Liang Jia took responsibility for his daughter’s actions and left the decision about her punishment to Su Cimu, while Liang Xi protested that her father was siding with an outsider.

• Su Cimu left Shen Yannian’s office to meet Liang Jia, who invited him to lunch and gave him a rare collectible CD.
• Liang Jia brought Su Cimu to a private room where Su Huaiyuan, Liang Zhen, Su Yunchao, Liang Tian, and Liang Xi were waiting.
• Liang Jia apologized for Liang Xi’s actions and angrily scolded her for pursuing her cousin’s boyfriend.
• Liang Jia said he would move his overseas businesses back to the country to supervise Liang Tian and Liang Xi.
• Liang Zhen and Liang Jia left Liang Xi’s punishment to Su Cimu, and Liang Xi accused her father of choosing an outsider over his own daughter.

Liang Xi admitted that she had secretly dated Shen Kezhou before he got together with Su Cimu and explained why she had sabotaged their relationship. Su Cimu accepted her apology but refused to forgive the betrayal, then chose to be alone instead of going to the Shen Group.

• Liang Xi accused her family of favoring Su Cimu, while Su Yunchao and Liang Tian called out her treatment of him.
• Liang Jia defended how he had treated Liang Xi, and Su Cimu explained that he had envied Liang Xi because his poor health had kept him away from his family as a child.
• Liang Xi apologized for taking Su Cimu's fiancé and revealed that she and Shen Kezhou had been together before Shen Kezhou fell for Su Cimu.
• Su Cimu accepted Liang Xi's apology but said he would not forgive her or Shen Kezhou for betraying him.
• After the family finished eating, Su Cimu declined a ride to the Shen Group and stayed by the roadside, wanting time alone.

Su Cimu avoided Shen Yannian’s calls and went shopping, where he ran into Xu Ke and a group of young heirs. He joined them at a karaoke club after learning it had male models, leaving Shen Yannian unable to find him.

• Su Cimu hung up on Shen Yannian, switched off his phone, and wandered around while Shen Yannian wondered why he had been ignored.
• Wan Ke suggested Su Cimu might have run out of battery, but Shen Yannian denied that the call had involved his sweetheart.
• Shen Yannian called Su Yunchao, who said Su Cimu had left after their meal to walk around or shop.
• Su Cimu browsed a mall and encountered Xu Ke and other heirs he knew from car racing.
• Su Cimu accepted Xu Ke’s invitation to visit a karaoke club after hearing it had male models.
• Su Cimu entered a spacious private room with the group, where a row of handsome men and beautiful women stood before them.

Su Cimu rescued Su Xiaoke from debt bondage at a KTV and agreed to fund his education in exchange for ten years of work at the Su family company. After Su Cimu returned to Huaishan Manor, Shen Yannian rushed home and kissed him awake in a jealous frenzy.

• Su Cimu chose Su Xiaoke, an eighteen-year-old host, and learned that his father had sold him to work off a 200,000 debt and that he had been accepted into University A's law program.
• Su Cimu paid off Su Xiaoke's debt and offered to sponsor his education in exchange for ten years of work at the Su family company after graduation.
• Su Cimu took Su Xiaoke to the KTV owner, settled the debt, and told him to cut ties with his family and come to the Su family home within three days.
• Shen Yannian arrived at the KTV after Su Cimu had left with Su Xiaoke, and Xu Ke failed to calm his jealousy.
• Su Cimu returned to Huaishan Manor and fell asleep, then Shen Yannian rushed home and kissed him awake.

Shen Yannian confronted Su Cimu about taking a male escort away from karaoke, and Su Cimu explained that he had paid off Su Xiaoke’s debts and arranged a job for him. Shen Yannian apologized, bought Su Cimu a twenty-million car, and left Su Cimu wondering why he treated him so well.

• Shen Yannian questioned Su Cimu about hiring and taking a male escort away from karaoke, and Su Cimu insisted nothing had happened with Su Xiaoke.
• Su Cimu explained that he had paid off Su Xiaoke’s debts and arranged for the law student to work at Su Group.
• Shen Yannian admitted he was wrong to doubt Su Cimu and offered to accept any punishment.
• Su Cimu traded the punishment for a limited-edition car, and Shen Yannian arranged for Wan Ke to have it airfreighted within a week.
• Su Cimu forgave Shen Yannian and asked why he treated him so well, but Shen Yannian only said he protected what was his.

Su Cimu surprised Shen Yannian with a red sports car and 99 roses, then drove him away from work for a date. Shen Yannian proudly shared the flowers on Moments before realizing Su Cimu was taking him somewhere other than Huaishan Manor.

• A week after Shen Yannian bought Su Cimu a limited-edition sports car, Su Cimu excitedly drove it and arranged to pick Shen Yannian up from work.
• Su Cimu bought 99 red roses and waited outside the Shen Group, where employees speculated about the couple’s romantic gesture.
• Su Cimu gave Shen Yannian the roses and invited him to ride in the car’s passenger seat for the first time.
• Shen Yannian posted a photo of the roses on Moments, proudly calling them a gift from his Guaiguai.
• Shen Yannian noticed Su Cimu was driving away from Huaishan Manor, and Su Cimu said he was taking him on a date.

Shen Yannian took Su Cimu on a date, moved dinner to a hotel after learning Su Cimu was afraid of heights, and brought him to the suite for the night. The next morning, Su Cimu scolded Shen Yannian for overdoing it and demanded they set limits in writing.

• Su Cimu took Shen Yannian to a restaurant suspended high above the ground, but Shen Yannian admitted he was afraid of heights, so Su Cimu led him out.
• Shen Yannian took Su Cimu to a five-star hotel for dinner, where Su Cimu grew jealous over Shen Yannian's private suite.
• Shen Yannian brought Su Cimu into the suite, and they spent the night together until Su Cimu slapped him and told him to stop.
• The next morning, Su Cimu complained about his sore waist and scolded Shen Yannian for ignoring his limits.
• Su Cimu demanded a written agreement limiting them to three times a week and no more than an hour each time.