Chapter Summaries

Shen Xingcan furnished the lounge at Xie Linchuan’s office and went with him to have lunch with Xie Qingshan and Qin Su. On the way, Shen Xingcan teased Xie Linchuan about eating food he disliked, and Xie Linchuan called him out for copying his way of speaking.

• Shen Xingcan asked Xie Linchuan if he could redecorate the bare lounge, and Xie Linchuan told him to do as he liked.
• Shen Xingcan had his assistant bring furnishings and supplies from his villa to the Xie Group campus, while his manager began preparing a PR statement.
• Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan went to Zone A to have lunch with Xie Qingshan and Qin Su.
• As they walked past employees, Shen Xingcan joked that he would put food he disliked into Xie Linchuan’s bowl, and Xie Linchuan asked if Shen Xingcan was copying him.

Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan joked together at the Xie Group, delighting nearby coworkers who posted about them online. They went to the cafeteria to meet Xie Qingshan and Qin Su, where Shen Xingcan greeted them as “Dad” and “Mom,” leaving onlookers stunned.

• Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan teased each other about sharing a phrase, and nearby coworkers overheard them.
• A coworker posted their exchange in the Galaxy Super Topic, where fans enthusiastically celebrated the pair.
• Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan discussed the company cafeterias and agreed to eat in the tech zone the next day.
• Shen Xingcan ordered food for himself and Xie Linchuan while they waited for Xie Qingshan and Qin Su.
• When Xie Qingshan and Qin Su arrived, Shen Xingcan called out to them as “Dad” and “Mom,” surprising the people nearby.

Shen Xingcan spent lunch with Qin Su and Xie Qingshan, while Xie Linchuan insisted he honor their assistant contract and teased him over his behavior. After returning to Xie Linchuan’s lounge, Shen Xingcan showed him the colorful redecorating and filled wardrobe, leaving their starkly different tastes together in the same space.

• Qin Su invited Shen Xingcan to leave with her after lunch, but Xie Linchuan invoked Shen Xingcan’s eleven-day assistant contract and threatened to display it publicly if he broke his promise.
• Shen Xingcan called Qin Su and Xie Qingshan Mom and Dad, and Xie Linchuan told him to stop reading melodramatic novels about real and fake young masters.
• At lunch, Shen Xingcan served Qin Su and Xie Qingshan meat, then mischievously filled Xie Linchuan’s bowl with celery while the others laughed.
• Employees watched Shen Xingcan as he returned to the technology park with Xie Linchuan, and group chats buzzed over his closeness with the Xie family.
• Shen Xingcan showed Xie Linchuan the lounge he had redecorated with colorful furnishings, warm bedding, plants, books, and his own clothes.

Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan tried to nap together in the lounge, but their teasing turned into Xie Linchuan punishing Shen Xingcan for his earlier behavior. Shen Xingcan ended the scene furious and threatening to expose Xie Linchuan as a pervert.

• Shen Xingcan told Xie Linchuan to change into pajamas and keep him company during his nap.
• Shen Xingcan cuddled Xie Linchuan and kissed him after Xie Linchuan asked for a reward.
• Xie Linchuan caught Shen Xingcan when he tried to escape and demanded they settle the score from lunch.
• Shen Xingcan admitted he had acted green tea, but Xie Linchuan insisted on giving the Evil Ragdoll kitty an appropriate punishment.
• Xie Linchuan spanked Shen Xingcan over his lap, and Shen Xingcan yelled that he would call the police and expose him as a pervert.

Shen Xingcan woke to roses from Xie Linchuan, shared affectionate moments with him, and prepared with Qin Su for a charity banquet. The chapter left them drawing media attention as they arrived together at the event.

• Shen Xingcan teased Xie Linchuan about their relationship before admitting he liked him more than a tiny bit.
• Shen Xingcan found Xie Linchuan's roses and a kitten-drawn card, posted about them, and replaced the tulips in the office with the roses.
• Shen Xingcan kissed Xie Linchuan and asked whether he would accompany him and Qin Su to the banquet; Xie Linchuan agreed.
• Qin Su took Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan to get styled for the charity banquet.
• Shen Xingcan and Qin Su arrived in matching moon-white outfits, and the waiting media rapidly photographed them.

At a banquet, Qin Su introduced Shen Xingcan as her younger son, and Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan later reunited over barbecue and spent the night together. The chapter ended with Xie Linchuan admitting he had been going crazy missing Shen Xingcan.

• Qin Su introduced Shen Xingcan as her younger son at the banquet, and news of their relationship spread across social media.
• Shen Xingcan invited Xie Linchuan to eat barbecue with him after the banquet, and they visited their old favorite stall.
• Li Qian recognized Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan, took a photo with them, and other patrons soon asked for photos and autographs.
• Shen Xingcan stayed with Xie Linchuan and chose to return to his apartment rather than sleep apart from him.
• Xie Linchuan dried Shen Xingcan's hair, and Shen Xingcan teased him for keeping his room clean while they were apart.
• Xie Linchuan admitted he had been going crazy missing Shen Xingcan.

Shen Xingcan reunited with Xie Linchuan and learned that Xie Linchuan had been staying in his room and dreaming about him. They kissed passionately before Shen Xingcan stopped them, worried about going to work with swollen lips.

• Shen Xingcan reproached Xie Linchuan for not visiting him, and Xie Linchuan admitted he had thought Shen Xingcan did not want to see him.
• Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan made up, and Shen Xingcan took him to inspect his room.
• Shen Xingcan realized Xie Linchuan had been staying in his room and teased him about his dreams and his use of Shen Xingcan's clothes.
• Xie Linchuan kissed Shen Xingcan passionately until Shen Xingcan began to struggle, then let him go.
• Shen Xingcan refused another kiss because he had work, and Xie Linchuan suggested kissing him the next day instead.

Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan flirted at home before settling into their workday routine at the company, where Shen Xingcan wrote songs beside Xie Linchuan. After teasing each other about making Shen Xingcan an assistant, they went to the supermarket together to buy hot pot ingredients and snacks.

• Xie Linchuan teased Shen Xingcan about wanting to hide him away, then kissed him after Shen Xingcan playfully provoked him.
• Shen Xingcan suggested spending workdays in the company lounge, and Xie Linchuan agreed to arrange an empty office where he could write songs.
• Shen Xingcan found another bouquet of white roses with a cat drawn on it and posted about it online before going to the company with Xie Linchuan.
• Xie Linchuan explained that the tech division's cafeteria would be empty that afternoon, then joked that Shen Xingcan could work as his assistant and handle his everyday needs.
• Shen Xingcan bit Xie Linchuan's hand and insisted on buying snacks and hot pot ingredients, so they changed into casual clothes and headed to the supermarket together.

Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan made hot pot at home, then spent the afternoon together as Xie Linchuan looked after Shen Xingcan. In Xie Linchuan’s study, Shen Xingcan stopped at the collection room and asked whether he could still go inside.

• Shen Xingcan filled the shopping cart with snacks and ice cream while he and Xie Linchuan bought hot pot ingredients.
• Shen Xingcan posted a photo of their hot pot setup, and commenters teased him about showing off his relationship with Xie Linchuan.
• Xie Linchuan had Shen Xingcan drink some chicken congee before eating, then stopped him from lying down right after the meal.
• Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan showered, walked on the terrace, and Xie Linchuan carried the sleepy Shen Xingcan back to bed.
• Shen Xingcan followed Xie Linchuan to his study and asked whether he could still enter the collection room.

Shen Xingcan found the four birthday presents Xie Linchuan had prepared during their four years apart and learned that they had both misunderstood each other’s feelings. He began opening the gifts, ending with a pair of watches that revealed Xie Linchuan’s romantic intentions.

• Shen Xingcan entered Xie Linchuan’s collection room and discovered that Xie Linchuan had preserved his childhood gifts, including a star-shaped stone.
• Shen Xingcan found four presents and letters Xie Linchuan had prepared for his nineteenth through twenty-second birthdays while they were apart.
• Xie Linchuan admitted he had thought Shen Xingcan found him disgusting, and Shen Xingcan explained that he had lashed out because he thought Xie Linchuan was distancing himself despite knowing he liked him.
• Xie Linchuan comforted the tearful Shen Xingcan, carried him out of the collection room, and gave him the presents.
• Shen Xingcan opened the gifts and found a diamond choker, a ruby flame brooch, and two matching Patek Philippe watches, which he recognized as couple’s watches.

On Shen Xingcan’s twenty-second birthday, Xie Linchuan gave him a handmade ragdoll cat and a purple Bugatti La Voiture Noire, while promising to give him a ring in the future. Shen Xingcan showed off the gifts online and to his friends, leaving their relationship the subject of teasing and speculation.

• Shen Xingcan hoped his last birthday gift from Xie Linchuan was a pair of rings, but Xie Linchuan said he would give him one in the future.
• Shen Xingcan unwrapped a felt ragdoll cat made by Xie Linchuan and found a car key beneath it.
• Xie Linchuan confirmed the key was for a purple Bugatti La Voiture Noire, which Shen Xingcan had wanted after using his purchase slot on another car.
• Shen Xingcan posted about the gifts and letters on Weibo, where followers celebrated and wondered about his husband.
• Shen Xingcan shared photos of the gifts on Moments, where his friends admired the car and teased him about becoming Xie Linchuan’s wife.

Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan grew closer after reconciling, and Xie Linchuan arranged his schedule to reassure Shen Xingcan. Before leaving for France to film One Fruit, Shen Xingcan admitted he had deliberately tried to seduce Xie Linchuan on Chongshan Island, and their packing night turned into an intensely affectionate encounter.

• Shen Xingcan drove Xie Linchuan on his birthday, and they kissed beneath the moon before Xie Linchuan posted a moon photo on Weibo.
• Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan spent the next two days together in public, then settled into a routine of working, relaxing, and going out together.
• After consulting a psychologist, Xie Linchuan gave Shen Xingcan a copy of his schedule, which made Shen Xingcan happy because he could track Xie Linchuan's plans.
• While packing for France, Shen Xingcan confessed that he had deliberately left his bathrobe untied, touched Xie Linchuan's abs, and fallen on Chongshan Island to seduce him.
• Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan kissed and became intimate despite Shen Xingcan's request to stop kissing, then continued teasing each other as Xie Linchuan carried him toward the shower.

Shen Xingcan packed for the trip to Paris while Xie Linchuan helped, but the hickeys Xie Linchuan had left on his neck complicated his outfit choices. After discussing working out and refusing Xie Linchuan’s attempts to kiss him, Shen Xingcan went back to bed with him.

• Shen Xingcan packed his suitcase, and Xie Linchuan made him add a thicker jacket for the colder weather in Paris.
• Shen Xingcan noticed the hickeys around his neck and complained that they prevented him from wearing a wide neckline; Xie Linchuan suggested concealer, and Shen Xingcan decided to look for high-necked clothes too.
• Shen Xingcan stepped on Xie Linchuan’s foot and grumbled that his neck marks were Xie Linchuan’s fault.
• Shen Xingcan proposed working out together after filming the show because he worried he would run out of stamina while singing onstage.
• Xie Linchuan called Shen Xingcan cute and tried to kiss him, but Shen Xingcan refused and told him to stop.
• Xie Linchuan pulled Shen Xingcan close and kissed his cheek before suggesting they go back to bed.

The guests gathered at the airport for the France season of A Fruit, where Jiang Yifeng revealed that Shen Xingcan had put Xie Linchuan on his blacklist. Shen Xingcan arrived after Xie Linchuan, wearing an extravagant diamond choker, while Xie Linchuan remained unaware that his number had been blocked.

• Xie Linchuan woke Shen Xingcan early, and Shen Xingcan covered the hickeys on his neck with a high-necked shirt before they left for the airport.
• The France season of A Fruit began livestreaming as Song Tiantian welcomed the guests arriving at the airport.
• Bai Lin privately resolved to expose Shen Xingcan's supposed vanity and materialism during the trip to France.
• Jiang Yifeng told the group that Shen Xingcan had posted about putting Xie Linchuan on his blacklist, and Xie Linchuan discovered that Shen Xingcan had blocked his number.
• Shen Xingcan arrived after Xie Linchuan wearing a lavish diamond feather choker, which the guests admired.

Shen Xingcan showed off the diamond choker Xie Linchuan had given him, then boarded a private jet with the other guests and discovered that his suitcase was actually Xie Linchuan’s. The group was headed to France, where Shen Xingcan planned to take photos at his house.

• Bai Lin mistook Shen Xingcan’s answer about the choker’s price as confirmation that it was fake, and Shen Xingcan revealed that Xie Linchuan had given it to him.
• Bai Lin apologized after Shen Xingcan explained that he had spent nothing on the gift.
• Song Tiantian led the guests onto Xie Linchuan’s private jet, where Shen Xingcan found a bouquet of pink roses and posted about it on Weibo.
• Song Tiantian asked the guests to introduce the luggage they had brought for the trip to France, and Jiang Yifeng and Ye Ran showed what they had packed.
• When it was Shen Xingcan’s turn, he froze after spotting a suitcase labeled with his name and recognizing it as Xie Linchuan’s.

Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan discovered they had taken each other’s suitcases, then teased each other about their relationship and the marks hidden beneath Shen Xingcan’s high collar. Xie Linchuan warned Shen Xingcan that tattling to Qin Su could backfire because Ms. Shen was nearby in France.

• Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan opened the suitcases their staff had switched, revealing that one held jackets and the other snacks.
• Song Tiantian refused to reveal the identities of the three surprise guests, and Shen Xingcan tried to guess who they were.
• Shen Xingcan learned Jiang Yifeng had told Xie Linchuan that Shen Xingcan had blocked him, and Jiang explained he hoped the two would reconcile.
• Xie Linchuan said he had made Shen Xingcan unable to wear low-necked clothes, while Jiang Yifeng and Ye Ran joked that mosquitoes were to blame for the marks.
• Shen Xingcan threatened to throw Xie Linchuan off the plane and began messaging Qin Su, but Xie Linchuan warned that Ms. Shen could hear about it and reach them within two hours.

On the plane, Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan teased each other while trying to keep their relationship and private antics from the cameras. When the crew began a game of truth or dare, Shen Xingcan tried to distance himself from Xie Linchuan, who began to expose what Shen Xingcan had been looking at online.

• Shen Xingcan agreed not to tell on Xie Linchuan, then lost his coffee to Xie Linchuan, who reminded him that he was only allowed one cup every five days.
• Shen Xingcan browsed fan art of himself and Xie Linchuan, and Xie Linchuan asked him to send the artist’s ID for future reference.
• Shen Xingcan ignored Xie Linchuan until Xie Linchuan poked him to get his attention, then fell into his arms when Xie Linchuan tripped him as he walked past.
• Shen Xingcan covered Xie Linchuan’s mouth to stop him from revealing what he had seen online, and Xie Linchuan licked his palm in front of the cameras.
• Song Tiantian explained the truth-or-dare rules, and Shen Xingcan sat beside Jiang Yifeng to avoid sitting with Xie Linchuan.
• Xie Linchuan challenged Shen Xingcan to sit beside him and began to reveal that Shen Xingcan had secretly looked at their ship online.

During a truth-or-dare game, Shen Xingcan named Xie Linchuan as the free guest for his next concert, then eagerly dared him to do squats. Xie Linchuan lifted Shen Xingcan into his arms to do the squats with him, leaving Shen Xingcan unable to resist.

• Shen Xingcan agreed to sit with Xie Linchuan so he would not reveal what he had been secretly viewing.
• Song Tiantian began a round of truth or dare, and Shen Xingcan said he had chosen Xie Linchuan as his next concert guest because he worked for free.
• Xie Linchuan called Shen Xingcan out for blocking him, and Shen Xingcan promised to unblock him for the concert.
• Shen Xingcan spun the pointer, which landed on Xie Linchuan, and dared him to do twenty squats.
• Xie Linchuan offered to do the squats while holding Shen Xingcan, then scooped him into his arms despite Shen Xingcan's refusal.

During a livestream truth-or-dare game, Bai Lin criticized Shen Xingcan for giving Xie Linchuan inexpensive gifts, but Xie Linchuan insisted that everything Shen gave him was priceless. Shen Xingcan then turned the game back on Bai Lin by questioning why he was so proud of his family background.

• Xie Linchuan carried Shen Xingcan while doing squats, and Shen Xingcan helped count before pinching Xie Linchuan's thigh when he was put down.
• Xie Linchuan asked Song Tiantian what she enjoyed, and she said she liked reading novels and shipping couples; Jiang Yifeng encouraged her to ship Xie Linchuan and Shen Xingcan.
• Bai Lin asked Shen Xingcan what gifts he had given Xie Linchuan, and Shen listed fish, a stone, and paintings he had made himself.
• Bai Lin criticized Shen Xingcan for giving inexpensive gifts, but Xie Linchuan said he treasured whatever Shen gave him, including a stone that remained in his private collection.
• Bai Lin implied Shen Xingcan came from a poor family, and Shen pretended to be wounded while Xie Linchuan laughed silently.
• When the pointer landed on Bai Lin, Shen Xingcan asked why he did not wear a sign identifying him as the young master of his family's group.

During a game of truth or dare, Bai Lin’s remarks about Shen Xingcan backfired, and Jiang Yifeng defended his captain by recalling how Shen had helped his mother. The pointer then landed on Xie Linchuan, who revealed that he liked someone and was pursuing him.

• Bai Lin mocked Shen Xingcan, but Shen answered that Bai Lin could wear a sign advertising his family background, and Jiang Yifeng backed him up.
• Bai Lin spun the pointer to Jiang Yifeng, who chose truth and said he always stood by Shen because Shen had arranged expert treatment for his sick mother four years earlier.
• Jiang Yifeng jokingly declared himself Shen Xingcan’s best little lackey, and Shen gave him a tissue box before moving his chair away when he tried to lean closer.
• The pointer landed on Xie Linchuan, who chose truth and admitted that he liked someone and was pursuing him.