Chapter Summaries

Shen Xingcan video-called Qin Su, who scolded Xie Linchuan for teasing him, but Xie Linchuan retaliated after the call. Shen Xingcan fell asleep from exhaustion after their ensuing struggle and three baths.

• Xie Linchuan teased Shen Xingcan in bed, prompting Shen Xingcan to beat him with a pillow and change into duck pajamas.
• Shen Xingcan called Qin Su, spoke with her about visiting home, and asked for a calming soup recipe for Xie Linchuan.
• While Shen Xingcan spoke to Qin Su, Xie Linchuan groped and kissed him, then answered Qin Su's call as she reprimanded him for teasing Shen Xingcan.
• After the call, Shen Xingcan laughed at Xie Linchuan, who punished him by spanking him and provoking another struggle.
• Shen Xingcan took three baths and fell asleep from exhaustion as Xie Linchuan carried him out of the bathroom.

Shu Yan explored the rooms Nuowente had prepared for him, then welcomed him home and received a violin brooch while longing for a deeper commitment. The chapter ended the next morning with Shen Xingcan waking in Xie Linchuan’s arms and indignantly declaring that washing his underwear was Xie Linchuan’s honor.

• Xie Linchuan tucked Shen Xingcan into bed, teased him for pretending to sleep, and reassured him before they fell asleep together.
• Shu Yan discovered that his bedroom, a professional music room, and an empty walk-in closet had been arranged to suit him, including many rabbit decorations and violins.
• Nuowente returned with champagne roses, told Shu Yan he was special, and gave him a violin brooch while saying he would design a ring for him later.
• Shu Yan and Nuowente shared an intimate night together after Shu Yan invited him to be gentle.
• Shen Xingcan woke up naked beside the dressed Xie Linchuan, learned that Xie Linchuan had hand-washed his underwear, and insisted that doing so was Xie Linchuan’s honor.

Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan bickered after an intimate morning before joining the filming crew, where Shen Xingcan learned that Nuowente planned to give his future partner a pink-diamond ring. The chapter ended with Shen Xingcan asking what gift to prepare for his second sister-in-law, and Nuowente suggesting four priceless violins.

• Shen Xingcan complained about Xie Linchuan's appetite for intimacy and tried to negotiate a once-a-year schedule, but Xie Linchuan turned the proposal into a joke.
• Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan got dressed and joined the other guests in the castle hall, where they teased Jiang Yifeng and noticed Shu Yan's high-collared outfit.
• Nuowente joined the guests for breakfast and said he planned to design a ring with a fancy vivid pink diamond for his future partner.
• Shen Xingcan teased Nuowente about falling in love and asked when he could meet his second sister-in-law.
• When Shen Xingcan asked what gift to give Nuowente's partner, Nuowente suggested four rare violins made by Aosefu.

Shen Xingcan and Nuowente’s teasing conversation strengthened the hints that Shu Yan was Nuowente’s partner, while the group prepared for a final banquet and performances. Shen Xingcan negotiated a collaboration with Xie Linchuan through private messages, unaware that Xie had left room to exploit their agreement, as the group arrived in Avignon.

• Shen Xingcan discussed Shu Yan’s room and the violin he planned to send to France, while Nuowente called Shu Yan his partner and made him blush.
• Shen Xingcan teased Xie Linchuan with celery, and Xie ate it while claiming it tasted good because Shen had served it.
• Song Tiantian read the production team’s banquet task: each guest had to prepare two gifts, a solo performance, and a collaboration for the next evening.
• Shen Xingcan agreed with Shu Yan to perform a violin-and-piano duet and tried to recruit Xie Linchuan for another collaboration.
• Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan negotiated the terms of an office-themed performance by WeChat, and Shen agreed to Xie’s proposal without noticing its loophole.
• The group set off for Avignon, Provence’s City of Popes.

Shen Xingcan and the group toured Avignon and Arles before returning to the castle, where he devised a plan to escape Xie Linchuan for the night. He dressed in Xie Linchuan’s buttonless shirt and oversized suit, then confronted him when Xie Linchuan laughed at his sagging trousers.

• Shen Xingcan guided the group through the Palace of the Popes, while he, Xie Linchuan, Shu Yan, and Nuowente rested at a café as the others climbed the tower.
• Shen Xingcan teased Nuowente about being jealous of his charm, and Nuowente comforted Shu Yan after he choked while laughing.
• The group visited Avignon Cathedral and local shops, then traveled to Arles to see its historic sites and the Van Gogh Art Centre.
• After the livestream ended, Shen Xingcan planned to distract Xie Linchuan by calling him “hubby” so he could escape to his second sister-in-law.
• Shen Xingcan found a buttonless white shirt and an oversized suit laid out for him, struggled to hold up the trousers, and snapped at Xie Linchuan when he laughed.

Shen Xingcan teased Xie Linchuan by seducing him, then escaped to his locked bedroom before Xie Linchuan returned with the butler’s key. Xie Linchuan caught him and brought him back to bed, where they made up; afterward, Shen Xingcan proposed being knocked unconscious if they ever went further, but Xie Linchuan dismissed the idea as they prepared to film the show the next day.

• Shen Xingcan dropped his trousers and staged a seductive secretary routine to provoke Xie Linchuan.
• Shen Xingcan called Xie Linchuan “Husband,” threw him off, and ran into the bedroom, locking the door behind him.
• Xie Linchuan returned with the butler, who opened the bedroom door, and said Shen Xingcan would sleep with him that night.
• Shen Xingcan charmed Xie Linchuan into carrying him back to the bedroom, but Xie Linchuan kissed him and continued their intimacy.
• Afterward, Shen Xingcan worried about the pain of going further and suggested Xie Linchuan knock him unconscious, but Xie Linchuan said the plan was not feasible.

Shen Xingcan revealed that he had been reborn after dying in a car accident, and Xie Linchuan learned that they had not been together in their past life. As they comforted each other, Shen Xingcan admitted that jealousy over reports linking Xie Linchuan with an actress had contributed to his distress before the accident.

• Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan teased each other about taking their relationship further, then Xie Linchuan explained that he joined the variety show because it was being filmed in a mango orchard and he hoped Shen Xingcan would come.
• Shen Xingcan cried as he confessed that he had not come to Xie Linchuan in their past life, and Xie Linchuan comforted him before showing him a crystal bouquet.
• Shen Xingcan told Xie Linchuan he had been reborn, and he confirmed that they had not been together in their past life because he had died before turning twenty-five.
• Xie Linchuan asked how Shen Xingcan had died, and Shen Xingcan revealed that he had driven off a cliff while in a poor mental state.
• Shen Xingcan admitted that reports about Xie Linchuan getting close to a supporting actress had made him miserable, and Xie Linchuan began crying as he apologized.

Shen Xingcan told Xie Linchuan about his afterlife as a ghost and the grief Xie Linchuan endured before Shen Xingcan was reborn. The couple's accidental romantic posts stirred up Weibo, and the group began preparing for a musical performance in Shen Xingcan's luxurious music room, where Shu Yan's violin raised questions about another room on the fifth floor.

• Shen Xingcan recounted how Xie Linchuan had confessed his love at Shen Xingcan's funeral and how a strange bird at a Taoist temple preceded Shen Xingcan's rebirth.
• Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan comforted each other, while Xie Linchuan's post of crystal flowers on Weibo attracted attention and speculation.
• The next morning, Shen Xingcan made Xie Linchuan cat-shaped toast and a heart-shaped egg, then discovered he had mistakenly posted the flowers on Xie Linchuan's account.
• Xie Linchuan kept the accidental flower post and shared a picture of Shen Xingcan's breakfast, drawing more reactions from fans.
• Shen Xingcan led the group to his professional music room to choose instruments and practice together.
• Shu Yan returned with a violin from the fifth floor, prompting viewers to wonder whether a second music room there contained more violins and could reveal Shu Yan's identity.

Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan rehearsed and performed together at the castle, while special guests Xiao Xubai and Elias Voss joined the group. Shen Xingcan dazzled everyone with his solo stage performance and sang a romantic duet with Xie Linchuan, leaving the two walking off hand in hand as Jiang Yifeng sensed something was amiss.

• Shen Xingcan and Shu Yan improvised a polished duet, while Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan joked over their own planned performance.
• Xiao Xubai and Elias Voss arrived as special guests, and Elias greeted the group in Chinese.
• Shen Xingcan and Shu Yan performed their tranquil piano-and-violin duet on the rooftop stage.
• Shen Xingcan changed into a striking stage outfit and delivered an energetic guitar, dance, and vocal performance that thrilled the audience.
• Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan sang “The Moon Represents My Heart” together and walked offstage hand in hand.
• Jiang Yifeng watched them leave and wondered aloud why something felt off.

As the France season of A Fruit ended, Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan shared a happy evening with their friends before returning home and becoming intimate. The chapter left the pair together in bed, with Shen Xingcan asking Xie Linchuan not to use protection.

• Shen Xingcan enjoyed the performances and flirted with Xie Linchuan while their friends teased them.
• The director officially ended the France season, thanked Shen Xingcan for helping the show, and presented the guests with custom gold ornaments.
• The guests said goodbye as A Fruit ended, and topics about the show and Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan trended on Weibo.
• After the door closed, Shen Xingcan kissed Xie Linchuan, and they went to the bedroom and became intimate.
• Shen Xingcan told Xie Linchuan that he did not want him to use protection.

Shen Xingcan endured an exhausting night with Xie Linchuan and woke sore and embarrassed in the castle. After learning the production crew had left, he messaged them and then insisted he could wash up without Xie Linchuan's help.

• Xie Linchuan kept kissing Shen Xingcan through the night, and Shen Xingcan called him a pervert while pleading for him to stop.
• Xie Linchuan carried Shen Xingcan to the bathroom, where their washing led to more intimacy, and Shen Xingcan eventually passed out.
• The next afternoon, Xie Linchuan told Shen Xingcan that the production crew had left for the airport and that Brother Shu Yan and Second Brother were returning to Paris.
• Shen Xingcan apologized to the crew in their WeChat group, exchanged messages with Song Tiantian, Ye Ran, Jiang Yifeng, and Lin Cen, and agreed to meet them at a lakeside barbecue later.
• When Shen Xingcan tried to get up to wash, Xie Linchuan carried him, but Shen Xingcan told him to put him down and leave because he could manage on his own.

Shen Xingcan recovered from the previous night with Xie Linchuan’s care, then went live with his teammates at a lakeside barbecue as fans speculated about his relationship. He announced that he and Xie Linchuan were dating and prepared to return to the United States, where Xie Linchuan planned to meet his parents.

• Xie Linchuan cared for Shen Xingcan as he recovered, applying medicine, feeding him congee, and helping him rest.
• Shen Xingcan joined Jiang Yifeng and the others for a barbecue, where Jiang Yifeng livestreamed the five TS members and fans remarked that Shen Xingcan looked more beautiful than before.
• Xie Linchuan exchanged Shen Xingcan’s spicy skewers for milder ones, and the fans treated his attentiveness as proof of their intimacy.
• Netizens spotted Xie Linchuan’s hand reflected in Shen Xingcan’s flower photo and speculated about their relationship.
• Shen Xingcan asked his second brother and teammates to return to the United States with him, but they declined; Xie Linchuan said he wanted to meet Shen Xingcan’s parents.
• Shen Xingcan told Jiang Yifeng, Xiao Xubai, and Zou Yanshu that he and Xie Linchuan were dating and said they would have to be their groomsmen when they married.

After learning Shen Xingcan had been in love with Xie Linchuan since his teens, Jiang Yifeng felt left out and posted an angry callout online. Xie Linchuan arranged to meet Shen Xingcan’s family, but Shen Lingxun immediately began discussing their wedding, leaving Shen Xingcan stunned.

• Shen Xingcan told Jiang Yifeng, Zou Yanshu, and Xiao Xubai that he had been in love with Xie Linchuan since he was sixteen or seventeen, and Jiang Yifeng discovered he was the only one who had not known.
• Jiang Yifeng posted that he would never forgive Shen Xingcan, Xie Linchuan, Xiao Xubai, and Zou Yanshu, and Shen Xingcan teased him in a comment.
• Xie Linchuan called Shen Lingxun to arrange a meeting with her and Qiaoerjin to discuss his relationship with Shen Xingcan.
• Shen Lingxun started discussing wedding plans, while Shen Xingcan protested that she should be giving Xie Linchuan a hard time instead.
• Xie Linchuan assured Shen Lingxun that Shen Xingcan was great as he was, and called her Mom before ending the call.
• Shen Xingcan wondered why his mother had moved straight to planning the wedding.

Shen Xingcan spent five days visiting his family in Manhattan before returning to Provence with Xie Linchuan. On the flight, he tried to entice Xie Linchuan by wearing his shirt without underwear, but playfully claimed that finding any would only prove Shen Xingcan owned underwear.

• Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan arrived at Konohe Manor, where Shen Xingcan had dinner with his father and eldest brother.
• Shen Xingcan and Mosesen agreed that Nuowente might be dumped if he did not change his fickle, womanizing ways.
• Shen Xingcan spent five days working with his father in the mornings and dating Xie Linchuan in the afternoons.
• Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan returned to Provence with gemstones and a violin.
• On the plane, Shen Xingcan put on Xie Linchuan's shirt without underwear and kissed him after having his hair dried and braided.
• Xie Linchuan teased Shen Xingcan about whether he had underwear, and Shen Xingcan insisted that finding some would only prove he owned it.

After returning from the airport, Shen Xingcan woke in Xie Linchuan’s arms and made him promise not to use a certain position again, though their teasing soon turned into another passionate encounter. After spending a few more days in Provence, they returned home with Jiang Yifeng and the others, and Xie Linchuan posted about Shen Xingcan’s remaining gifts on Weibo.

• Xie Linchuan carried Shen Xingcan from the sofa to the bed and continued their intimate encounter around the room and in the bathroom.
• Shen Xingcan woke the next day in his master bedroom, clean and dressed, with Xie Linchuan holding him.
• Shen Xingcan told Xie Linchuan not to use a particular position again and made him promise he could still have sex when Shen Xingcan wanted it.
• Xie Linchuan kissed Shen Xingcan and started another intimate encounter after Shen Xingcan finished laying out his conditions.
• Shen Xingcan gave Xie Linchuan a pair of ruby cufflinks, a wristwatch, and a white-wolf diamond brooch before they left Provence.
• Xie Linchuan returned home with Shen Xingcan, Jiang Yifeng, and the others, then posted on Weibo after receiving the gifts.

As their birthdays arrived, Xie Linchuan prepared a rose-filled proposal for Shen Xingcan at his villa. Shen Xingcan accepted, then proposed in return, and they exchanged two pairs of rings.

• Xie Linchuan posted about the three birthday gifts he had received in past years, and Shen Xingcan posted a photo of the fourth gift, a brooch he had kept.
• Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan continued living and working together as their birthdays approached.
• At Xie Linchuan's villa, he blindfolded Shen Xingcan and led him into a room filled with roses and candles.
• Xie Linchuan proposed with a ring Shen Xingcan had seen in his previous life, and Shen Xingcan accepted.
• Shen Xingcan put a ring on Xie Linchuan, proposed to him in return, and Xie Linchuan accepted.

Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan exchanged the birthday gifts they had prepared for each other and posted about the gifts and their rings on Weibo. After sending Xie Linchuan away for half an hour, Shen Xingcan dressed up as a Ragdoll cat and waited for him in the bedroom.

• Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan exchanged gifts for the three birthdays they had missed in their previous lives.
• Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan posted photos of their gifts and rings on Weibo, prompting speculation from their followers.
• Shen Xingcan claimed the master bedroom and told Xie Linchuan to wait half an hour before returning.
• Shen Xingcan put on a Ragdoll cat outfit he had hidden in the closet.
• Xie Linchuan returned to find Shen Xingcan kneeling on the bed in the cat outfit.

Xie Linchuan dressed Shen Xingcan in a cat outfit and kept him in bed throughout his week off, indulging his fascination with the tail and skirts. The day before returning to work, Xie Linchuan showed Shen Xingcan the underwater-themed basement and explained how he would use it to chain him up.

• Shen Xingcan teased Xie Linchuan in his cat outfit, and Xie Linchuan found the hidden accessory and took control of the situation.
• Xie Linchuan took a week off and kept Shen Xingcan from leaving the bed, carrying him around the villa and repeatedly dressing him as a cat.
• The day before his leave ended, Xie Linchuan brought Shen Xingcan to the basement, where Shen Xingcan admired its glass walls, fish, and elaborate bed.
• Xie Linchuan showed Shen Xingcan a silver chain and said he would chain him to the bed as part of his little black room plan.
• Shen Xingcan joked that Xie Linchuan already kept him occupied every day and imagined how many children he would have in an ABO world.

Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan spent the night together, then went to Xie Linchuan’s company the next morning. After waking from another nap in Xie Linchuan’s office, Shen Xingcan planned to write Shu Yan and Second Brother’s breakup before returning to the wedding story.

• Shen Xingcan teased Xie Linchuan and asked for a ten-minute intermission during their intimate night, but Xie Linchuan continued, and Shen Xingcan’s chain came in handy.
• The next morning, Xie Linchuan dressed and carried the groggy Shen Xingcan to the car, then brought him to the company.
• Employees noticed Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan entering the elevator hand in hand and speculated in their WeChat groups that Xie Linchuan had proposed.
• Xie Linchuan worked in his office while Shen Xingcan changed into pajamas and slept in the lounge.
• After waking, Shen Xingcan opened his chat with Shu Yan and said he would write Shu Yan and Second Brother’s breakup before returning to Ragdoll King and his manservant’s wedding.

Shen Xingcan learned that Shu Yan and Nuowente had broken up and comforted Shu Yan by offering him the four violins as a breakup gift. After their video call, Shu Yan decided to buy a puzzle, but finding one of Nuowente’s suits left behind brought his thoughts back to the breakup.

• Shen Xingcan offered Shu Yan the four violins and learned that Shu Yan and Nuowente had split up.
• Xie Linchuan reassured Shen Xingcan that his earlier words had not caused the breakup.
• Shen Xingcan told Shu Yan he could keep the violins as a gift and video-called him.
• Shen Xingcan saw that Shu Yan had lost weight, got his address in S City, and chatted with him about local sights and puzzles.
• After the call, Shu Yan decided to buy a puzzle, then found a suit of Nuowente’s that he had forgotten to return.