Chapter Summaries

After the Rose Base scandal became public, the government freed Omegas and introduced laws to protect them. Shang Shujue carried the unconscious Shen Lanting across the grassland to meet Song Yanqing, but collapsed shortly after their reunion.

• News of Rose Base’s abuses and the deaths of half its Omegas spread nationwide, prompting public outrage.
• The government blocked the Lin Family from imprisoning the remaining Omegas and established the Omega Protection Association with new protections and penalties.
• Shang Shujue carried Shen Lanting across the grassland after his transport talisman and vehicle ran out of power.
• Song Yanqing arrived with his clansmen, dismounted, and embraced Shang Shujue while ordering others to help Shen Lanting.
• Shang Shujue reassured Song Yanqing that he was fine, then fainted into his arms.

Shang Shujue recovered and reunited with Song Yanqing in the tribe’s temporary camp, while Shen Lanting remained safely under an Omega’s care. After Song Yanqing left to find food, Shang Shujue discussed monitoring the Lin Family and planning their return to S City.

• Shang Shujue woke feeling fully recovered and teased Song Yanqing, who refused to be intimate with him because the tribe’s Alphas might react to his pheromones.
• Song Yanqing told Shang Shujue that Shen Lanting was safe in the Omega tent and being cared for by an older Omega.
• Shang Shujue said he was hungry, and Song Yanqing wrapped him in blankets before leaving to prepare food.
• Nuomi emerged from the System Space and assured Shang Shujue that Shen Lanting would sleep safely until the morning of the third day.
• Shang Shujue asked Nuomi to monitor the Lin Family’s movements and began considering how to bring the family down while planning their return to S City.

Song Yanqing promised his Omega grandfather that he would love and respect Shang Shujue, and his grandfather approved of their relationship and urged the family to prepare betrothal gifts. After sharing food and an affectionate night together, Song Yanqing and Shang Shujue woke and planned to check on Shen Lanting and explain their backgrounds to the tribe.

• Song Yanqing swore to his Omega grandfather that he would love and respect Shang Shujue, and his grandfather accepted their relationship and suggested preparing betrothal gifts.
• Song Yanqing brought steamed buns and goat's milk tea back to Shang Shujue, who ate before they returned to sleep together.
• Shang Shujue asked Song Yanqing about Alpha and Omega marking, but Song Yanqing postponed explaining until another time.
• Song Yanqing and Shang Shujue woke the next morning, kissed, and decided to check on Shen Lanting and tell the tribespeople about their backgrounds.

Song Yanqing introduced Shang Shujue to his cousin Lu Liuru and the young Lu Xingzhi, who welcomed him warmly into the family. After returning to the tents with Lu Xingzhi and the injured lamb, they found Qin Yu examining Shen Lanting while a crowd of unmarried Alphas and Betas waited outside, eager to meet him.

• Song Yanqing brought Shang Shujue to meet Lu Liuru and Lu Xingzhi, and Lu Liuru welcomed Shang into the family.
• Lu Xingzhi greeted Shang as his auntie, and Song Yanqing gently reminded the boy not to stare at someone else's wife.
• Song Yanqing told Lu Xingzhi to stay with Great-Grandpa while he delivered hay, then took Shang, Lu Xingzhi, and the injured lamb back to their temporary tent.
• The three collected gifts from people along the way before going to Shen Lanting's tent, where Qin Yu examined Shen Lanting's pregnancy.
• Song Yanqing drew Shang closer and warned him to keep away from the eager bachelors gathered outside Shen Lanting's tent.

Shen Lanting awoke after three days in the grassland tribe and learned that Shang Shujue had settled in and grown close to Song Yanqing. After hearing Shang Shujue explain their supposed online romance, Shen Lanting saw how healthy and happy his younger brother had become.

• Shen Lanting woke in Qin Yu's tent and learned he had slept for three days while the baby in his belly used up his nutrients.
• Shen Lanting worried when Qin Yu said Shang Shujue had an Alpha, but Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing entered before he could ask more.
• Song Yanqing took Qin Yu away to give the brothers time alone, and Shang Shujue told Shen Lanting they had dated online before meeting in person.
• Shen Lanting gently scolded Shang Shujue for hiding the relationship, then noticed his younger brother looked healthy and heard how much he enjoyed life in the tribe.

Shen Lanting and Shang Shujue settled into the tribe, where Shen Lanting befriended the children and Lu Xingzhi vowed to protect him and his unborn baby. After Song Yanqing formally proposed to Shang Shujue and the tribe celebrated their engagement, Lu Liuru brought Shen Lanting soup to thank him for caring for Lu Xingzhi.

• Shang Shujue asked Shen Lanting to live in the tribe with him, and Shen Lanting agreed as they moved into a shared yurt.
• Lu Xingzhi chose to stay beside Shen Lanting, declaring that he would protect Shen Lanting and the baby he believed was a little brother.
• After half a month, Song Yanqing presented betrothal gifts and formally proposed to Shang Shujue, who accepted.
• The tribe celebrated Song Yanqing and Shang Shujue's engagement with a feast and bonfire.
• Lu Liuru brought Shen Lanting skimmed corn and pork rib soup and thanked him for helping Lu Xingzhi become more talkative; Shen Lanting accepted the soup and thought Lu Liuru was a good person.

Lu Liuru cared for Lu Xingzhi and quietly thought of Shen Lanting, while Shen Lanting focused on his unborn child and remained devoted to his late beloved. Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing shared an affectionate evening together and fell asleep in each other’s arms.

• Lu Xingzhi returned with ginger candy from Shen Lanting, and Lu Liuru gave him a few pieces before taking him to bed.
• Lu Liuru tasted Shen Lanting’s ginger candy and later approached his yurt, but turned away when the light went out.
• Shen Lanting spoke to his unborn child about waiting for its safe arrival and fell asleep.
• Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing made love, after which Shang Shujue asked Song Yanqing to prepare food.
• Song Yanqing brought Shang Shujue lamb rice noodles, then insisted on washing the dishes while Shang Shujue helped rinse them.
• Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing finished the dishes and fell asleep in each other’s arms.

Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing visited Shen Lanting, where they shared a meal with Lu Liuru and Lu Xingzhi and saw how gently Shen Lanting cared for the child. Seeing Shen Lanting’s kindness strengthened Shang Shujue’s resolve to change his fate, and he and Song Yanqing planned to start a business.

• Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing visited Shen Lanting and helped prepare a meal with Little Azhi.
• Lu Xingzhi watched Song Yanqing care for Shang Shujue and remembered that people should treat someone they liked well.
• Lu Liuru gave Shen Lanting raisins to help with his nausea, and Shen Lanting offered Lu Xingzhi more ginger crisp candy.
• Lu Xingzhi fell asleep against Shen Lanting’s lap, and Shen Lanting covered him with a blanket and soothed him.
• Shang Shujue told Song Yanqing he wanted to change Shen Lanting’s fate, and they agreed to start a business.

Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing planned to leave the grasslands and build careers, but Shen Lanting’s fear of the entertainment industry led Shang Shujue to promise he would only seek ordinary work. After secretly arranging a home in S City, Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing agreed to start an entertainment company together.

• Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing told their family they planned to leave and make a life for themselves, prompting Shen Lanting to worry that acting would put Shang Shujue in danger.
• Shang Shujue comforted Shen Lanting and promised not to become an actor, while Song Yanqing agreed to wait until after the New Year to leave.
• Song Yanqing’s mother offered the couple money, and his father asked them to stay until Shen Lanting had his baby and the family shared a New Year reunion.
• Shang Shujue secretly used points to buy a small home in S City and arranged for Nuomi to help him acquire a nearby company.
• Song Yanqing proposed that they register an entertainment company, sign artists, and make films, and Shang Shujue agreed.

Shen Liyan was born safely on Lunar New Year's Eve, and his family welcomed him home after Shen Lanting recovered from childbirth. Lu Liuru's devoted feelings for Shen Lanting remained unspoken, while Lu Xingzhi promised to protect the baby.

• Shen Lanting gave birth to Shen Liyan, and Lu Liuru held the baby while waiting anxiously for Shen Lanting to leave the operating room.
• The family celebrated that both Shen Lanting and Shen Liyan were safe, and Shen Lanting reunited with his baby and younger brother, Shang Shujue.
• Shang Shujue learned about Omega nursing and heard from Nuomi that the World Law would not allow him and Song Yanqing to have a biological child together.
• Shen Lanting recognized Lu Liuru's steadfast feelings but remained uncertain how to respond, since he could not return them and did not want another Alpha.
• After half a month in the hospital, Shen Lanting and Shen Liyan went home, where Lu Xingzhi met the baby and vowed to protect him for life.

Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing returned to S City, settled into their new home, and planned to acquire an entertainment company and develop short videos. After months of work, they completed the acquisition and renamed the company Qing Shu Yi Yan Entertainment Co., Ltd.

• Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing traveled to S City and settled into the home Nuomi had prepared for them.
• Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing got new phones and discussed using short videos to build their entertainment business.
• Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing met Zhang Yan to negotiate the purchase of Jiajili Entertainment.
• Zhang Yan sold Jiajili Entertainment to them, and Nuomi spent nearly three months handling the handover and resolving hidden company problems.
• Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing renamed the company Qing Shu Yi Yan Entertainment Co., Ltd.

Nuomi and Shang Shujue built Qing Shu Yi Yan into a hit-making short-drama company, while Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing moved on to a theatrical film that became a sensation. Lin Datian grew furious over his losses and went to investigate the company, leaving Lin Xinhe with the butler.

• Nuomi reported that intelligent robots had taken over Qing Shu Yi Yan's departments, and Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing agreed to act together.
• Qing Shu Yi Yan's historical short drama "A Brief Indulgence in Pleasure" became a huge online hit, boosting the company and its cast.
• Qing Shu Yi Yan released three more short dramas, drawing millions of followers and sparking wider investment in the short-drama industry.
• Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing stopped acting in short dramas, announced a theatrical movie, and became a sensation after its release.
• Lin Datian angrily blamed Qing Shu Yi Yan for his company's losses, then left to investigate while the butler looked after Lin Xinhe.

Qing Shu Yi Yan grew into a powerful, protective entertainment company, while Shang Shujue spoke with Shen Lanting about coming home for New Year and learned that Lu Liuru was courting him. Nuomi stayed behind to finish work, then heard an unfamiliar person enter the office and hid himself.

• Qing Shu Yi Yan became a major force in the entertainment industry, and its mysterious owner’s power deterred anyone from challenging it.
• Shang Shujue promised Shen Lanting that he and Song Yanqing would come home for New Year, and Shen Lanting said he missed them.
• Shen Lanting ended the call after Lu Liuru brought him flowers, and Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing discussed Lu Liuru’s devotion to him.
• Shang Shujue offered Nuomi fruit, but Nuomi refused to stop working on a troublesome data point.
• Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing left Nuomi to finish his calculations, and Nuomi heard unfamiliar footsteps after completing the work, so he secured the files and turned invisible.

Nuomi stopped a disguised intruder from breaking into the company office, then joined Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing for skewers. After learning the Lin Family was behind the attempted intrusion, he revealed that he had already sent bodyguards to infiltrate them.

• Nuomi exposed a disguised Beta man who had entered the office with the passcode and had him taken away by the intelligent bodyguards.
• Nuomi added more bodyguards, changed the office passcode, and left the company as its artists praised the improved working conditions.
• Nuomi met Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing at a skewer stall, where he reminded Shang Shujue not to eat too much spicy food.
• Nuomi told Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing about the intruder and said the evidence pointed to the Lin Family.
• Nuomi said he had sent two bodyguards disguised as ordinary people to infiltrate the Lin Family.

Shen Liyan chose to leave the tribe and attend school in S City, where he reunited with Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing and settled in with Lu Xingzhi. The group spent time sightseeing before the boys’ school terms began.

• Shen Lanting encouraged Shen Liyan to follow Lu Xingzhi to S City, promising he would be fine on his own.
• Shen Liyan flew to S City beside Lu Xingzhi, who cared for him throughout the trip and asked him not to call anyone else big brother.
• Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing met the boys at the airport, and Shen Liyan greeted his uncle excitedly.
• Shen Liyan and Lu Xingzhi moved into adjoining rooms at the villa and shared dinner with Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing.
• Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing took Shen Liyan and Lu Xingzhi sightseeing while they waited for school to start.

As Shen Liyan prepared for school, Lu Xingzhi accompanied Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing to his academy for an Alpha fitness assessment. After a female Omega named Yilan asked to get to know him, Lu Xingzhi cluelessly introduced himself and left, unaware that he had become a topic on the campus forum.

• Shang Shujue told Shen Liyan to rest before school and arranged for a driver, while Lu Xingzhi promised to go with him.
• Shang Shujue asked Lu Xingzhi to complete his academy's Alpha fitness assessment, and Shen Liyan decided to watch a movie at home with the staff.
• Lu Xingzhi completed the assessment with five other Alphas, keeping to himself despite the attention from watching students.
• Yilan approached Lu Xingzhi to get to know him, but he introduced himself and left without realizing she was asking for his contact details.
• Students laughed at Lu Xingzhi's clueless response and made him go viral on the campus forum, while he went to buy little cakes for Shen Liyan.

Shang Shujue arranged for Shen Liyan to attend Imperial Waves Noble Academy, where Lin Xinhe might encounter him, while promising to protect him from the academy’s dangers. After Song Yanqing rejected an outrageous collaboration proposal from the Lin Family, he and Shang Shujue left for a film production, and Lu Xingzhi stayed with Shen Liyan as he studied at home.

• Shang Shujue recalled why he had first ruled out Imperial Waves Noble Academy, but enrolled Shen Liyan there because Nuomi said he had to meet Lin Xinhe to preserve the worldline.
• Shang Shujue worried Lin Xinhe might take an interest in Shen Liyan, while Nuomi reassured him that Shen Liyan understood love and would not be easily deceived.
• Song Yanqing showed Shang Shujue and Nuomi the Lin Family’s insulting film collaboration proposal, and rejected it outright.
• Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing left for the airport to join a production, asking Nuomi to watch over Shen Liyan when school began.
• Lu Xingzhi fed Shen Liyan grapes as they studied, and explained how to pronounce an unfamiliar character.

Shen Liyan began his first day at Imperial Waves Noble Academy, where Lu Xingzhi brought him warm milk and saw him into school. Afterward, Lu Xingzhi asked Uncle Liu to drive him to S University, while Uncle Liu reflected on how grateful he was for his job.

• Shen Liyan dressed for his first day at Imperial Waves Noble Academy and video-called Shen Lanting on the way to school.
• Lu Xingzhi gave Shen Liyan warm milk, and Shen Liyan asked him to bring more the next day and pick him up after school.
• Shen Liyan thanked Uncle Liu and went into the school with Lu Xingzhi, who then returned to the car.
• Uncle Liu remembered how Shang Shujue had hired him after he shielded Shang Shujue from falling sulfuric acid and reflected on his improved life.
• Lu Xingzhi asked Uncle Liu to take him to S University, and Uncle Liu drove there without asking questions.

Shen Liyan felt nervous arriving at his new school without an attendant, but his family reassured him that they would support him and sent Lu Xingzhi and Luo Mi to join him. Their arrival revealed his connection to Qing Shu Yi Yan, stunning the classmates who had assumed he was alone.

• Shen Liyan noticed that every other student in Class 7 had someone accompanying them and messaged Shang Shujue about feeling out of place.
• Shang Shujue told Shen Liyan that Lu Xingzhi and Luo Mi were coming to keep him company.
• Gu Mingyu arrived with three Imperial Legion guards, noticed Shen Liyan sitting alone, and decided not to investigate him.
• Luo Mi and Lu Xingzhi arrived with the principal and homeroom teacher, and Shen Liyan ran over to greet them.
• Luo Mi apologized to Shen Liyan for leaving him alone, startling the classmates who learned he was connected to Qing Shu Yi Yan.

Shen Liyan’s family connections made him famous at the aristocratic academy, where he won over classmates like Gu Mingyu. Meanwhile, ninth-grader Lin Xinhe dismissed Shen Liyan’s company but decided he might be worth pursuing as a potential Omega.

• After the class meeting, Luo and Lu Xingzhi left with Shen Liyan, while rumors about their identities spread through the academy.
• Song Yanqing and Shang Shujue discussed how Shen Liyan and Lu Xingzhi might handle the attention, and Song Yanqing described Shen Liyan as secretly possessive of Azhi.
• Shen Liyan became popular at school, and Gu Mingyu came to admire his principles and ideas and considered encouraging him to enter government service.
• When someone asked Lin Xinhe about Shen Liyan, Lin Xinhe mocked his company but privately decided to meet him because he thought Shen Liyan might be an Omega.