Chapter Summaries

Chi Yining dominated the gaming match, crushing the opposing red team across three rounds. The chapter ended with the defeated players shaken by how terrifyingly strong he was.

• Yan Guiyun caught Wang Xinyang off guard in top lane and killed him, while Chi Yining promised to help Wang Xinyang.
• Li Qingmi used Monkey King to take down Jia Mingchuan, as Chi Yining roamed between lanes and built a sixteen-kill lead.
• Wang Xinyang and Hu Bing helped ambush Bai Chongxuan, then the blue team pushed through the red team's mid lane.
• Chi Yining's team won the first match after destroying the red team's towers and repeatedly killing its players.
• Chi Yining continued to dominate the second and third rounds, until the red team began fleeing whenever he appeared.

Chi Yining won the right to choose an afternoon date and chose Yan Guiyun at the Little Blue House. After filming ended on Friday, he prepared to return to the Capital and told Yan Guiyun he was leaving.

• Chi Yining earned the date choice by getting 30 kills across the three games and selected Yan Guiyun and the Little Blue House.
• Chen Shiyu grieved over Chi Yining's choice, while Gu Chengyuan felt reassured that Chi Yining was not singling him out.
• After receiving Hongxing's payment, Chi Yining paid off his debts and planned to buy a car before returning to the Capital.
• Chi Yining packed after Friday's filming and went to tell Yan Guiyun he was going back to the Capital.

Chi Yining returned to the Capital and went car shopping with Yan Guiyun’s driver, Xiao Wu. After test-driving several cars, he bought a black supercar and arranged to collect it the following Sunday.

• Chi Yining told Yan Guiyun he wanted to buy a car, and Yan Guiyun arranged for Xiao Wu to take him shopping after they returned to the Capital.
• Xiao Wu accompanied Chi Yining into a dealership because Yan Guiyun was concerned fans might recognize him.
• Chi Yining browsed and test-drove cars with a sales consultant for more than two hours.
• Chi Yining chose a black supercar and paid nearly 4.5 million for the car and associated costs.
• The dealership completed the paperwork and told Chi Yining he could pick up the imported car the following Sunday.

Ruan Dongchen teased Yan Guiyun about his pursuit of Chi Yining, while Yan insisted that Chi was his only friend and hinted their relationship was going smoothly. When Chi arrived at Yan’s office and spotted Ruan, Yan quickly minimized their connection and offered to delete him from WeChat.

• Ruan Dongchen visited Yan Guiyun’s office, and Yan told him to knock before entering and said they were only elementary school classmates, not friends.
• Ruan Dongchen teased Yan about changing his mind after the dating show, but Yan said things with Chi Yining were going smoothly even if Chi had not realized it yet.
• Ruan Dongchen joked that he would warn Chi about Yan’s personality, and Yan replied that Chi would not believe him.
• Chi Yining arrived at Yan’s office and noticed Ruan Dongchen sitting on the sofa.
• Yan introduced Ruan as an elementary school classmate and client, then offered to delete him from WeChat if Chi did not like seeing him.

Chi Yining misunderstood Yan Guiyun and Ruan Dongchen’s relationship, then joined Yan Guiyun in his office as they planned dinner. Yan Guiyun’s affection left Chi Yining wondering what dating felt like, while he remained unaware of Yan Guiyun’s pent-up feelings.

• Chi Yining apologized to Yan Guiyun after realizing he had misunderstood his relationship with Ruan Dongchen.
• Yan Guiyun sent Ruan Dongchen away and asked Chi Yining what he wanted for dinner.
• Yan Guiyun pulled Chi Yining onto his lap and asked to hug him, while Chi Yining suggested they make barbecue at home.
• Chi Yining teased Yan Guiyun about his red ears and changed his preferred barbecue meat from beef to pork belly.
• Yan Guiyun joked that Chi Yining could not act that way in a relationship, and Chi Yining privately wondered whether love was both bitter and sweet.

After finishing the system for Zhongling Group, Chi Yining offered to inspect Yan Guiyun’s company system in exchange for the chance to earn more money. Yan Guiyun agreed to take him to the company the next day, though Chi Yining believed the maintenance would not take long.

• Chi Yining handed Yan Guiyun the system commissioned by Zhongling and saw that Wu Xiu had shared an arrogant post praising Mr. Swallow as Tomorrow Hongxing’s protector.
• Wu Xiu apologized for doubting Chi Yining and said Zhongling would test the system the next day before paying him; he also asked whether Chi Yining was the famous programmer.
• Chi Yining considered the money he would receive and offered to inspect Yan Guiyun’s company system.
• Yan Guiyun offered to pay Chi Yining the usual rate, but Chi Yining initially said he would do it as thanks for Yan Guiyun’s care.
• Yan Guiyun persuaded Chi Yining to treat the work as paid business, and Chi Yining asked to visit the company the next day, saying the maintenance should not take long.
• Yan Guiyun realized the task was substantial because his company’s system faced frequent attacks and normally required maintenance every few days.

Yan Guiyun brought Chi Yining to work with him and told him that public opinion had begun to turn in his favor. Chi Yining was touched when he realized Yan Guiyun trusted him enough to bring him into the company’s secure department.

• Yan Guiyun invited Chi Yining to accompany him to the office, and Chi Yining agreed after hearing there was fast internet and a lounge.
• The next morning, Chi Yining arrived at the company holding Yan Guiyun’s hand, while employees recognized him and whispered about their closeness.
• Yan Guiyun’s icy gaze silenced the employees, and Chi Yining asked why people no longer seemed to insult him.
• Yan Guiyun explained that Chi Yining’s online image had improved and that many accounts had apologized, while keeping the lawsuits on his behalf to himself.
• Yan Guiyun used an iris scanner to let Chi Yining into the secure Systems and Network Operations Management Department Headquarters, and Chi Yining felt moved by his trust.

Chi Yining repaired and strengthened Yan Guiyun’s corporate data center systems, astonishing the staff with his computer skills. Yan Guiyun then ordered an investigation into Lin Kai, exposing him as a foreign spy and having him detained.

• Yan Guiyun brought Chi Yining to the corporate headquarters’ central control room, where Lin Kai watched them with disdain.
• Chi Yining took over the main computer and fixed every system bug, reinforced the firewall, and added further protections.
• The department head and researchers were stunned by Chi Yining’s speed and skill, while Yan Guiyun watched him work.
• Yan Guiyun ordered an investigation into Lin Kai and instructed the department head to discipline him, blacklist him, and hand him over to the police.
• Lin Kai realized his spying had been uncovered and collapsed as bodyguards surrounded him.

Chi Yining showed Yan Guiyun the new office furniture and revealed that his firewall could infect and crash systems that attacked it. After learning Chi Yining had investigated him too, Yan Guiyun offered to reward him, and Chi Yining asked for an apartment near Yan’s so he could sometimes come over for meals.

• Yan Guiyun invited Chi Yining into his office, where Chi admired the new beige sofa and gaming chair.
• Chi Yining told Yan Guiyun he had added a counterattack mechanism to the firewall, which would infect and crash attacking systems.
• Chi Yining explained that he had investigated Yan Guiyun and the others after they investigated him.
• Yan Guiyun told Chi Yining that his work had saved the group several billion and asked what reward he wanted.
• Chi Yining asked Yan Guiyun to buy him an apartment above or below his, adding that he wanted to visit for meals because he was struggling with being alone and disliked takeout.
• Yan Guiyun wondered whether Chi Yining understood how intimate his request sounded and concealed his delight.

Yan Guiyun offered Chi Yining a furnished apartment and let him stay in his office while he worked, where the assistants kept bringing Chi snacks and drinks. After Chi asked permission to accept Chen Shiyu’s WeChat request, Chen Shiyu began typing but left him waiting without sending a message.

• Yan Guiyun offered Chi Yining his renovated apartment and said they could handle the ownership transfer later.
• Chi Yining agreed to stay at Yan Guiyun’s place and rested on the sofa while Yan Guiyun returned to work.
• Yan Guiyun scolded his assistants for repeatedly bringing Chi food and drinks, but Chi kept enjoying them while gaming.
• Chi Yining received a WeChat friend request from Chen Shiyu and asked Yan Guiyun if he could accept it.
• Chi accepted Chen Shiyu’s request, but Chen Shiyu kept typing without sending a message.

Chen Shiyu apologized to Chi Yining and invited him to his concert, and Chi Yining agreed to go with Yan Guiyun. After they decided to attend, Chi Yining went with Yan Guiyun to nap at his home and discovered yet another pair of cat slippers.

• Chen Shiyu sent Chi Yining an apology, two concert tickets, and directions to the venue.
• Chi Yining accepted the invitation and asked Yan Guiyun to attend the concert with him.
• Chi Yining suggested they go to Yan Guiyun's home for dinner and choose a bouquet before the concert.
• Chi Yining grew sleepy, so Yan Guiyun took him to the bedroom in the lounge for a nap.
• Yan Guiyun brought out another pair of cat slippers, and Chi Yining asked if he was in the slipper wholesale business.

Chi Yining and Yan Guiyun joked about Yan becoming Chi’s butler before attending Chen Shiyu’s concert. Afterward, Yan was startled when Chi called the violinist “Shiyu,” but agreed to let him deliver their flowers backstage.

• Yan Guiyun helped Chi Yining change his shoes, and they joked about Yan becoming the head steward of the Chi household.
• Chi Yining and Yan Guiyun went to Chen Shiyu’s concert, where Chen performed as the first violinist.
• Chi Yining listened attentively throughout the concert, while Yan Guiyun eventually focused on playing with Chi’s hand.
• After the concert, Chi Yining proposed waiting for the crowd to thin before bringing flowers to Shiyu backstage.
• Yan Guiyun questioned Chi Yining’s familiar way of addressing Chen Shiyu, then handed him the flowers to give to the musician.

After Chen Shiyu’s recital, Chi Yining and Yan Guiyun congratulated him, and Chi Yining let him hug him after recognizing his familiar gardenia scent. Yan Guiyun worried that Chi Yining preferred Chen Shiyu, but Chi Yining reassured him before noticing a bulky, masked person passing in the corridor.

• Chen Shiyu welcomed Chi Yining and Yan Guiyun backstage after his recital and received a bouquet of pink lilies.
• Yan Guiyun relayed Chi Yining’s praise and well wishes to Chen Shiyu, who happily hugged Chi Yining.
• Chi Yining recognized the gardenia scent on Chen Shiyu and left the recital reminded of his grandmother.
• Yan Guiyun asked whether Chi Yining liked men like Chen Shiyu, and Chi Yining said he was straight and had only hugged Chen Shiyu because of his scent.
• Chi Yining praised Yan Guiyun’s cedar scent, then noticed a bulky person in black clothing, a cap, and a mask passing by.

Chen Shiyu was trapped backstage by a masked man who claimed to have watched him since middle school. The man stunned Chen Shiyu unconscious, leaving his fate unknown.

• Yan Guiyun noticed Chi Yining spacing out and suggested they head back because it was almost ten.
• Chen Shiyu stayed backstage to put away the instruments and sheet music after his fellow performer left.
• A man in black locked the backstage door and revealed rope and a stun baton, frightening Chen Shiyu.
• Chen Shiyu tried to defend himself with a violin, but the man caught it and smashed it on the floor.
• The man caught Chen Shiyu's kick and used a stun baton to knock him unconscious.

Chen Shiyu was bound and nearly injected by a man in black until Chi Yining arrived and attacked the assailant. Yan Guiyun and several police officers intervened as Chi Yining lost control, while Chen Shiyu remained trapped in the backstage room.

• Chen Shiyu woke bound and watched the man in black prepare to inject him with a syringe.
• Chi Yining burst in, kicked the man in black down, and demanded to know where Chen Shiyu was and whether he had been injected.
• The man in black could not answer as Chi Yining continued beating him.
• Chen Shiyu called out to Chi Yining from inside the room, but Chi Yining did not hear him.
• Yan Guiyun arrived with police officers and pulled Chi Yining away before he could kick the man again.

Chi Yining recovered from a traumatic reaction to seeing a syringe after Yan Guiyun comforted him, and the police handled the aftermath of the fight. Back home, Yan Guiyun checked Chi Yining’s scraped toes, and Chi Yining awkwardly blamed his foot when it landed on Yan Guiyun’s chest.

• Chi Yining recalled being abducted as a child and forcibly injected with a gene-destroying agent, then came out of his daze in Yan Guiyun’s arms.
• Chen Shiyu struggled to the doorway, called out to Chi Yining, and asked a police officer to untie him.
• Chen Shiyu noticed the attacker’s swollen, bruised face and worried whether Chi Yining had hurt his hands or feet while defending him.
• Chen Shiyu called his father and said their lawyer would handle the matter because they had acted in self-defense.
• At home, Yan Guiyun examined Chi Yining’s scraped toes and put a slipper on his foot.
• Chi Yining planted his bare foot against Yan Guiyun’s chest, then apologized and said his foot had acted on its own.

Yan Guiyun made Chi Yining a late-night meal, and the next morning Chi struggled through a visit from the mothers of Li Qingmi and Chen Shiyu. Lin Ya ended the visit by jokingly offering Chen Shiyu to Chi Yining.

• Yan Guiyun noticed Chi Yining was hungry and made him clam pasta and skewers with passion fruit drinks.
• The next morning, Luo Ye and Lin Ya visited Chi Yining to thank him for helping Chen Shiyu, while Chen Shiyu and Li Qingmi stayed beside him.
• Luo Ye offered to give Chi Yining more houses, but he politely declined and tried to get help from Li Qingmi.
• Li Qingmi mistakenly asked whether Chi Yining felt unwell, prompting the two women to bombard him with concerned questions.
• Chi Yining explained that Chen Shiyu had given him the ticket that brought him to No. 7 Music Hall, and Lin Ya jokingly offered Chen Shiyu to him.

Chi Yining served tea to Luo Ye and the other visitors after realizing he had forgotten his manners. Li Qingmi explained that he had investigated Chi Yining’s address so their families could thank him, and he suddenly felt his heart race while watching Chi Yining make tea.

• Chi Yining choked while listening, and Luo Ye sternly told Li Qingmi to get him water.
• Chi Yining apologized to the guests and went to make tea with Li Qingmi.
• Chi Yining asked Li Qingmi whether he had arranged the visit, and Li Qingmi admitted he had paid to find their address.
• Li Qingmi explained that both families wanted to repay Chi Yining for saving them, and urged him to accept their gifts.
• Li Qingmi’s heart started racing as he watched Chi Yining prepare tea, so he excused himself to get fruit.

Chi Yining tried to avoid questions from Luo Ye and Lin Ya by making tea and fruit, but Luo Ye drew him into a conversation about why he kept refusing their gifts. He explained that he already had a house, a car, and money, while Chen Shiyu grew even more admiring of him.

• Chi Yining brewed tea and cut fruit while Li Qingmi and Chen Shiyu sat with their mothers, Luo Ye and Lin Ya.
• Luo Ye and Lin Ya praised Chi Yining's tea, and Chen Shiyu admired him while Li Qingmi questioned his own growing feelings for Chi Yining.
• After Chi Yining brought out the fruit, Luo Ye pulled him beside her and asked whether something was upsetting him.
• Chi Yining denied being upset, then told Luo Ye he refused their gifts because he already had a house, a car, and money.
• Li Qingmi lamented being the only one without such success, while Chen Shiyu imagined a happy future living in Chi Yining's home.

After Chi Yining declined the Chen family’s offered gifts, Luo Ye and Lin Ya promised to repay him with a favor whenever he needed one. At the dating show’s third-week calligraphy contest, the guests learned the competition allowed interference, and Yan Guiyun drew Chi Yining aside to tell him something.

• Chi Yining asked Luo Ye and Lin Ya to help him in the future instead of accepting their gifts, and they agreed that the Chen family owed him a favor.
• At the Little Blue House on Monday, Chen Shiyu eagerly approached Chi Yining, but Yan Guiyun stopped him.
• The staff announced a calligraphy contest in which guests would copy ten poems while interfering with opponents, with a deluxe date package and a date with the runner-up as prizes.
• Shao Chongsi made Bai Chongxuan promise not to drag him into the interference, and Bai Chongxuan agreed.
• Chi Yining encouraged Yan Guiyun to do his best, and Yan Guiyun beckoned him closer to share something privately.