Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan teased Sylus about his jealousy and tried to make him admit his feelings, but he left to fetch Xavier instead. Xavier arrived, grew jealous after seeing Xiao Yan flustered, and their argument ended with Xiao Yan kissing him.

• Sylus regretted not being Xiao Yan's principal husband for the first round and carried her to the sofa, where they flirted.
• Xiao Yan asked Sylus to call Xavier, using his anger over her mentioning another man to ask whether he was jealous; Sylus avoided admitting it and left.
• Xavier entered, saw the cushion and Xiao Yan's flushed appearance, and accused her of liking Sylus.
• Xavier got up to leave, but Xiao Yan stopped him and tried to nuzzle him; he warned her not to ruin the hairstyle Sylus had done.
• When Xavier offered to choose a bright lipstick for her, Xiao Yan pulled him back and kissed him.

Xiao Yan teased Xavier about his past husband-selection banquet, then listened as he explained how he had used Lightseeker’s medal of merit without risking his secret identity. After Xavier admitted he wanted them to avoid future misunderstandings, Xiao Yan kissed him and confessed that she liked him, leaving Xavier startled by the depth of her emotions.

• Xiao Yan used Xavier’s past husband-selection events to tease him and asked whether his medal of merit could expose him as Lightseeker.
• Xavier explained that the special police department had kept the medal and its records from the marriage registry, protecting his identity.
• Xiao Yan insisted that she wanted to hear the full story, and Xavier recounted how he had resisted being chosen and used the medal to clear the violation.
• Xavier said he hoped honesty would prevent misunderstandings like the one involving Truman, and Xiao Yan reassured him that she held no grudge.
• Xiao Yan kissed Xavier and told him she liked him, and Xavier sensed her intense emotions as tears appeared at the corners of her eyes.
• Xavier wrapped Xiao Yan in his arms, kissed her back, and pulled away slightly in alarm.

Xavier and Xiao Yan shared an intimate birthday moment after she revealed that she remembered the date listed on his records, even though he did not know his true birthday. They joined the others for Rafayel’s seafood feast, where the group noticed the lingering awkwardness between Rafayel and Xiao Yan and began discussing whether the villa could accommodate everyone living together.

• Xiao Yan wished Xavier a happy birthday, and he explained that the date had been chosen for his records because no one knew when he was born.
• Xavier asked why Xiao Yan had been crying; she said her tears came from the emotions of finally experiencing their closeness in person, not from pity for his past.
• Xavier and Xiao Yan kissed, teased each other, and promised to keep journeying through life together.
• Xiao Yan and Xavier went downstairs to Rafayel’s seafood feast, and Sylus noticed Rafayel blushing as he served Xiao Yan.
• Sylus went to fetch Zayne and Caleb, who arrived after discussing whether the villa would be convenient if all five men moved back in.
• Zayne sat beside Sylus, leaving Xavier and Caleb on either side of Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan and the five men discussed household expenses and agreed to buy a downtown house so everyone could get home more easily. Caleb’s childhood nickname for Xiao Yan left her flustered, while the group began planning the house and its renovation.

• Rafayel praised the fresh seafood and gave the household staff an extra month’s salary, which Caleb agreed to pay as the principal husband.
• Zayne and Caleb discussed how far the men lived from Xiao Yan’s villa, and Sylus offered to find a suitable downtown house.
• Caleb proposed that the five men each contribute twenty million toward the purchase, and Xiao Yan accepted the plan.
• Caleb called Xiao Yan “Yanyan” and arranged to drive her home, leaving her nervous about being alone with him.
• The men approved buying a house, Xavier confirmed he could afford his share, and Xiao Yan volunteered to handle renovations while Rafayel and Caleb suggested design ideas.
• Xiao Yan asked everyone to stay involved in choosing and renovating the house, and Caleb called her his little sister.

Xiao Yan and Caleb went to join Jiang Miao’s afternoon tea gathering while trying to keep up the appearance of fitting into the household. In the car, their disagreement over Caleb’s role and Xiao Yan’s expectations remained unresolved, and Caleb suddenly raised a hand toward a crow in front of the windshield.

• Xiao Yan finished getting ready while Caleb waited, then she left with him for Jiang Miao’s afternoon tea gathering.
• As they descended the stairs, Xiao Yan reassured Rafayel that he smelled fresh, and Sylus joked that he should compete for the principal husband position.
• During the drive, Xiao Yan asked what Caleb had promised Zayne and mocked his efforts to act like her principal husband.
• Caleb said Xiao Yan should not expect more from their arrangement, while she told him she did care whether he lived up to her expectations.
• A crow darted in front of the car, and Caleb raised his right hand toward it.

Caleb revealed that he had awakened the ability to control gravity and pressed Xiao Yan for answers about his power and her knowledge of him. At Jiang Miao’s husband-selection banquet, Xiao Yan introduced her husbands, and Jiang Miao began teasing them in the small hall.

• Caleb used gravity to toss a crow into the air, then told Xiao Yan that his power had awakened the day after they slept together.
• Caleb questioned Xiao Yan about his ability and why she called him her brother, but she refused to answer, so he said he would uncover the truth himself.
• Xiao Yan and Caleb arrived at Jiang Miao’s banquet, where Jiang Zhao warmly greeted Xiao Yan and met her husbands.
• Jiang Miao brought Xiao Yan and the husbands into a small hall, then asked Xavier to introduce them to her.
• Jiang Miao questioned Zayne about living with Xiao Yan, then called Rafayel a doll and excitedly described him as a tsundere.

Jiang Miao appraised Xiao Yan’s husbands at a gathering, and Xiao Yan prompted her to apologize when Caleb felt uncomfortable. After more guests arrived, Tang Yi took a jab at Caleb’s military background, and Xiao Yan challenged her knowledge of her husbands.

• Jiang Miao examined Xiao Yan’s husbands, and Xiao Yan asked her to apologize for making them uncomfortable.
• Jiang Miao apologized, and Rafayel eased the tension by inviting her to join him and Xiao Yan for a future outing.
• Tang Qi, Xing Xiaowan, Fang Xinlei, and Tang Yi arrived with their husbands, and the guests introduced themselves.
• Two of Tang Yi’s beastman husbands flirted with Xiao Yan, so Caleb stared them down.
• Tang Yi criticized Caleb’s military presence, and Xiao Yan pointed out that Tang Yi knew details about her principal husband.

At Jiang Miao’s tea gathering, Tang Yi and Fang Xinlei tried to challenge Xiao Yan’s relationships with her husbands. Sylus firmly rejected Tang Yi, while Xavier’s bait led Fang Xinlei to offer to make him her only husband.

• Jiang Miao rebuked Tang Yi for insulting Xiao Yan and disrupting the gathering.
• Sylus told Tang Yi he had never wanted to be her principal husband and declared that he loved Xiao Yan and would not tolerate attempts to damage their marriage.
• Xing Xiaowan introduced her two husbands, and Fang Xinlei introduced her five husbands to Xiao Yan.
• Fang Xinlei questioned whether Caleb and Xavier could share work secrets with Xiao Yan, and Rafayel called her out for asking knowingly.
• Xavier challenged Fang Xinlei over his past rejection, prompting her to offer to make him her principal husband and only husband.

Xiao Yan and her husbands attended Jiang Miao’s successful husband selection, where Xavier and Rafayel helped her embarrass Fang Xinlei. On the drive home, Caleb asked Xiao Yan to accompany him to the fleet the next day and revealed his conflicted feelings about her, pressing her to explain why she called him her brother but would not answer his questions.

• Xavier and Rafayel acted devoted to Xiao Yan, angering Fang Xinlei, who backed down rather than risk a feud between their families.
• Xiao Yan introduced her five husbands, helped prepare Jiang Miao’s event, and welcomed the arriving guests with them.
• Jiang Miao selected five beastman husbands and completed her registration, after which Xiao Yan left with her own husbands.
• Caleb asked Xiao Yan to accompany him to the fleet the next day to submit his marriage leave application, and she said she would check with the others.
• Caleb told Xiao Yan that her tears and their reunion had stirred unfamiliar emotions in him, then asked what she was hiding and why she felt guilty.

Xiao Yan challenged Caleb to spend thirty days acting like a couple and bet that he would fall in love with her. Caleb accepted and decided to stay at the villa, while Xavier remained with Xiao Yan and planned to make a journal spread with her.

• Xiao Yan asked Caleb to imagine how he would feel if he fell in love with her after all his suspicion and rejection, and he insisted he had no intention of ending their marriage.
• Xiao Yan proposed a thirty-day bet: if she won, Caleb would submit to her, and if she lost, she would answer his questions and stop seeking his affection; Caleb accepted.
• Caleb agreed to stay home that night, and Xiao Yan laughed before he noticed her tears and gently brushed them from her face.
• At the villa, Sylus and Rafayel left, while Zayne went home after Caleb confirmed he was staying.
• Xavier stayed with Xiao Yan, and they agreed to make a journal spread about a sunny garden with a swing and rabbit statues.