Chapter Summaries

During a horror escape-room episode, Jin Shi grew closer to the frightened Jian Yuanjia, then later confessed by message and waited anxiously for his answer. Jian Yuanjia objected to receiving a confession over the phone, leaving Jin Shi hopeful but without a clear response.

• Jian Yuanjia clung to Jin Shi in the escape room, and Jin Shi carried him through while enjoying his dependence.
• Jin Shi teased Jian Yuanjia in their room, kissed him, and carried him back after Jian Yuanjia tried to leave.
• Jin Shi stole Jian Yuanjia’s phone long enough to add himself as a friend, earning a Foshan shadowless kick.
• After returning to the Imperial Capital, Jin Shi messaged Jian Yuanjia regularly, though Jian Yuanjia rarely replied.
• Jin Shi asked Jian Yuanjia if he wanted to date and what he thought of him, and Jian Yuanjia later replied that people did not confess over the phone.

Jin Shi confessed to Jian Yuanjia in person, and Jian Yuanjia accepted him as his boyfriend. Two days later, Jin Shi took Jian Yuanjia motorcycle racing and then to his horse ranch, where they met Jian Yuanjia’s new foal, Ergou.

• Jin Shi arrived at Jian Yuanjia’s building with gardenias and rings, confessed, and Jian Yuanjia accepted and kissed him.
• Jin Shi took Jian Yuanjia home, arranged to pick him up two days later, and sent him a good-night message.
• Jin Shi picked up Jian Yuanjia and took him to a motorcycle race, where they rode together and Jin Shi won first place.
• Jin Shi transferred the prize money to Jian Yuanjia and jokingly called him his wife when a boy asked to add him on WeChat.
• Jian Yuanjia took Jin Shi to his horse ranch, where they met his new platinum Akhal-Teke foal, Ergou.

Jin Shi reflected on Xia Hong’s trust in him during his undercover mission and on how he had protected Jian Yuanjia from danger. After Jian Yuanjia’s family accepted him, the two married and went on a honeymoon, where their life together continued happily.

• Jin Shi recalled that Xia Hong had trusted him enough to order him to kidnap Jian Yuanjia, without suspecting that he was undercover.
• Jian Yuanjia took Jin Shi home to meet his family, and they accepted him without giving him a hard time.
• Jian Yuanjia and Jin Shi got their marriage certificate, and Jian Yuanjia posted a photo of it on Weibo before turning off his phone.
• Jin Shi took Jian Yuanjia to an island abroad for their honeymoon, where they spent an intimate day together.
• Jian Yuanjia woke near evening sore and angry, while Jin Shi apologized, brought him water, and massaged his back.

On the Qiang Kingdom emperor’s birthday, Ji Nanshu received a black sword named Mo and discovered that a handsome man lived inside it. After Mo agreed to stay with him, Ji Nanshu took him shopping and fought Jiao Yuan, then led him into the city for food.

• The Qiang Kingdom emperor gave Ji Nanshu a solid-black sword, and Ji Nanshu named it Mo.
• While Ji Nanshu bathed with the sword, Mo appeared as a man and revealed that he lived inside it.
• The old State Preceptor reassured Ji Nanshu that Mo was not a monster, and Mo said he would stay with Ji Nanshu because he had drawn the sword.
• Ji Nanshu named Mo A-Mo and bought him more than a dozen outfits the next morning.
• Jiao Yuan confronted Ji Nanshu, who beat him and sent him running before taking Chu Mo to find food in the south of the city.

Ji Nanshu learned that Chu Mo had to protect him until he became a powerful fangshi, and that Chu Mo would leave after five years. After they reaffirmed their friendship, a New Year outing and a drunken night brought their relationship to a kiss, leaving Ji Nanshu embarrassed and fleeing the next morning.

• Chu Mo explained that Ji Nanshu had to survive and grow into a formidable fangshi to prevent a catastrophe, and said his mission would last five years.
• Ji Nanshu asked the Old Grand Preceptor whether he should befriend someone who would eventually leave, and the Old Grand Preceptor advised him to cherish their time together.
• Ji Nanshu told Chu Mo he regarded him as his best friend, and Chu Mo agreed; nearly a year later, they went into the imperial city to shop for New Year goods.
• After Ji Nanshu secretly drank too much at the New Year meal, Chu Mo carried him to the hot spring, where they kissed after Ji Nanshu said he liked Chu Mo's physique.
• The next morning, Ji Nanshu remembered the kiss, panicked, and fled when Chu Mo pulled him close, while Chu Mo watched him go without anger.

After the old state preceptor and his wife were killed on their mission to Nanze, Ji Nanshu mourned them, succeeded as state preceptor, and pursued vengeance against the Blood God Cult. A year later, he traveled to Nanze with Chu Mo, where the Nanze state preceptor died and the cult’s forces were nearly destroyed.

• Ji Nanshu learned that enemies had ambushed and killed his master, his master's wife, and their delegation, and Chu Mo comforted him as he grieved.
• After arranging their funeral, Ji Nanshu resumed eating, promised to avenge them, and prepared to succeed his master as state preceptor.
• Ji Nanshu beat Jiao Yuan for insulting the old state preceptor, then defended his actions before the emperor; the Marquis of Nan'an was punished instead.
• Over the next year, Ji Nanshu attacked the Blood God Cult's forces in Nanze, while the old emperor supported him and Chu Mo remained by his side.
• On Ji Nanshu's seventeenth birthday, he and Chu Mo kissed and became intimate after he invited Chu Mo into the hot spring.
• A year later, Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo went to Nanze as envoys; three months afterward, Nanze's state preceptor died, and the Blood God Cult's forces there were largely wiped out.

Bai Nanyu traveled to the Imperial Capital to confront Ji Nanshu, but Chu Mo’s aide forced him to return to Hai City. After Bai Nanyu killed He Jingyi, the police arrested him, while Bai Lin lost the Bai family fortune and died after learning his youngest son was not biologically his.

• Bai Nanyu resented Ji Nanshu’s happiness and went to the Imperial Capital, but Yun Sheng warned him on Chu Mo’s behalf and escorted him back to Hai City.
• He Jingyi summoned Bai Nanyu and tortured him with whips and other implements.
• Bai Nanyu smothered He Jingyi while he slept, then planned to pretend he had just discovered the death; police uncovered the truth within two days and imprisoned him.
• Bai Lin sent a lawyer and money to Bai Nanyu but otherwise did little to help him.
• Bai Lin’s mismanagement brought the Bai Group near bankruptcy, and his mistress fled with the money he had transferred to her son.
• Bai Lin learned that the boy was not his biological son, suffered a stroke, and died in the hospital.