Chapter Summaries

Gu Xiao went to T-C with Fu Huai and Feng Ji, where their teasing and flirtation gave way to the discovery that He Shuyu was singing there. Gu Xiao questioned whether Ji Chuan knew about He Shuyu’s presence and ended by pointing out that Ji Chuan had not visited since his birthday.

• Feng Ji suggested that Gu Xiao and Fu Huai go to T-C, and Gu Xiao agreed.
• At T-C, Feng Ji tried to flirt with Gu Xiao, who teased him by blowing smoke in his face.
• Fu Huai told Gu Xiao that the drink he had sampled was Fu Huai’s, then brought him his usual pink drink.
• Feng Ji recognized He Shuyu singing at T-C, and Gu Xiao asked whether Ji Chuan knew he was there.
• Gu Xiao told Feng Ji that Ji Chuan had not shown up once since Gu Xiao’s birthday.

At T-C, Gu Xiao learned that Ji Chuan was pursuing He Shuyu and dismissed Fu Huai’s attempt to explain Ji Chuan’s distance. As Fu Huai buttoned Gu Xiao’s shirt, they discussed the attack on Lin Qi and the danger posed by Gu Yun, whom Gu Xiao recognized as another member of the protagonist’s harem.

• Feng Ji called Ji Chuan and learned that Ji Chuan was at T-C with He Shuyu, whom he claimed was resisting his advances while drawing his attention.
• Feng Ji told Fu Huai and Gu Xiao that Ji Chuan seemed heartbroken over He Shuyu, while Gu Xiao suspected Ji Chuan had saved the person he had thrown away.
• Fu Huai explained that Ji Chuan avoided Gu Xiao because Gu Xiao was in his rut, but Gu Xiao questioned whether he had asked too much of Ji Chuan.
• Feng Ji went to find Ji Chuan, and Fu Huai asked Gu Xiao to button his shirt before raising the attack on Lin Qi and the threat to Gu Xiao’s inheritance.
• Fu Huai warned that Gu Yun might be used against Gu Xiao, and Gu Xiao recognized Gu Yun as a member of the protagonist’s harem who had fallen for the protagonist.

Gu Xiao confronted Fu Huai over bringing up Gu Yun, but Feng Ji and Ji Chuan interrupted their intimate exchange. Gu Xiao then asked Ji Chuan to spray him with pheromone blocker and summoned He Shuyu, ending by ordering him to lick up Feng Ji’s spilled drink as a condition of forgiveness.

• Gu Xiao pinned Fu Huai down and questioned why he had deliberately mentioned Gu Yun, while Fu Huai apologized and insisted he had only been warning him.
• Feng Ji and Ji Chuan found Gu Xiao and Fu Huai tangled together, and Ji Chuan furiously sprayed Fu Huai with suppressant blocker.
• Gu Xiao asked Ji Chuan for the blocker, accepted his apology, and let him spray it on him.
• Gu Xiao asked Ji Chuan to bring Lu Keyan over, then changed his mind and asked for He Shuyu instead.
• He Shuyu arrived and apologized to Gu Xiao for their previous encounter, promising to do anything for his forgiveness.
• Gu Xiao tipped over Feng Ji’s glass and told He Shuyu to lick the drink clean.

He Shuyu tried to lick wine from Gu Xiao’s fingers, but Ji Chuan kicked him away and wiped Gu Xiao’s hand. Later, Ji Chuan gave Gu Xiao his belated birthday gift by hugging him, leaving Gu Xiao to question why he kept giving him useless things.

• He Shuyu offered to lick wine from Gu Xiao’s fingers, but Ji Chuan kicked him away and wiped them clean.
• Gu Xiao dismissed He Shuyu, who left after thanking Ji Chuan for helping him.
• Feng Ji teased Ji Chuan about He Shuyu and asked why he had not given Gu Xiao a birthday gift.
• Ji Chuan asked whether Gu Xiao still wanted the gift, then hugged him when Gu Xiao accepted.
• Gu Xiao stepped back and mocked Ji Chuan for giving him another useless gift.

After Ji Chuan drunkenly hugged Gu Xiao, he insisted the hug was a gift and offered to deal with people who had upset him. Gu Xiao dismissed the threats and left Ji Chuan making another lewd request.

• Gu Xiao rebuked Ji Chuan for hugging him, and Ji Chuan claimed neither of them had hugged anyone else before.
• Feng Ji and Fu Huai blamed Ji Chuan for taking Gu Xiao's first hug, while Ji Chuan insisted he was glad to have given it to him.
• Ji Chuan offered to kill He Shuyu and help with Lu Keyan, but Gu Xiao said their actions did not warrant death.
• Fu Huai pulled Ji Chuan away when he edged too close to Gu Xiao.
• Ji Chuan asked Gu Xiao to step on him and grab his ankle, and Gu Xiao warned he would cripple him.

Gu Xiao drank with Feng Ji, Ji Chuan, and Fu Huai while questioning their ties to Gu Yun and the tensions among their families. As Feng Ji’s drunken behavior turned dangerous, Gu Xiao caught an omega he had shoved aside.

• Feng Ji tried to persuade Gu Xiao to drink until he was drunk, but Gu Xiao refused and told Feng Ji to drink with Ji Chuan instead.
• Fu Huai apologized for bringing up Gu Yun, and Ji Chuan revealed that Gu Yun was also present at the venue.
• Gu Xiao wondered whether Fu Huai’s mentions of Gu Yun signaled divided loyalties among their families, then agreed to leave with Feng Ji.
• Feng Ji pretended he was too drunk to stand and asked Fu Huai to help him sober up.
• When Feng Ji shoved away the omega Fu Huai had summoned, Gu Xiao caught the omega before he hit the table.

Gu Xiao left Feng Ji and Ji Chuan with Fu Huai, then rejected the omega who tried to thank him outside T-C. He woke in a dim car with Gu Yun, who revealed an iris tattoo over an old gunshot wound and confronted Gu Xiao about refusing to acknowledge his sacrifice.

• Fu Huai dragged the frightened omega away from Gu Xiao and scolded Feng Ji for nearly hurting him.
• Gu Xiao left Feng Ji and Ji Chuan to sober up under Fu Huai’s watch.
• An omega thanked Gu Xiao outside T-C, but Gu Xiao frightened him until he fainted and ordered someone to remove him.
• Gu Xiao woke in a car with Gu Yun, who turned on the light and showed him his pink hair.
• Gu Yun exposed an iris tattoo over a gunshot wound and said he had been shot protecting Gu Xiao, but Gu Xiao had refused to comfort him.

Gu Yun abducted Gu Xiao and revealed his resentment over being kept at a distance, while making clear that he intended to die in Gu Xiao’s place. In the car, Gu Yun restrained and bit Gu Xiao, then became furious after noticing another person’s scent on him, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Gu Yun complained that Gu Xiao had never given him the attention he wanted and said he was only meant to die in Gu Xiao’s place.
• Gu Xiao rejected Gu Yun’s advances and suspected that a strange force inside him was connected to the abduction.
• Gu Yun tied up his bangs, pinned Gu Xiao’s wrists above his head, and bit his arm while calling him big brother.
• Gu Yun smelled someone else on Gu Xiao and angrily demanded to know who it was.
• Gu Xiao mocked Gu Yun as a stupid, inexperienced boy, burning away what little reason Gu Yun had left.

Gu Xiao subdued Gu Yun after Gu Yun attacked him in the car, then had him taken to the basement for questioning. Gu Yun refused to explain who had sent him and instead teased Gu Xiao, who again offered to help him become an omega.

• Gu Xiao recovered from Gu Yun's attack, pinned him with mental power, and ordered Lin An to take him to Gu Xiao's place and destroy the car.
• Gu Xiao told Lin An to put the unconscious Gu Yun in the basement and keep the incident from the three people searching for him at school.
• After waking, Gu Yun saw Gu Xiao in a bathrobe and asked what he wanted to know, but dodged the question of who had sent him.
• Gu Yun flirted with Gu Xiao and broke the bed frame while using it for support.
• Gu Xiao offered to help Gu Yun become an omega, but Gu Yun challenged him to become one instead.

Gu Yun confessed that he had sought revenge on Gu Xiao and tried to provoke him, but also revealed his desire to stay by his side. The chapter ended with Gu Yun throwing himself onto Gu Xiao and begging to become his sharpest blade.

• Gu Xiao questioned Gu Yun about who had sent him, and Gu Yun said he had waited at T-C to take revenge but had failed because Gu Xiao used his pheromones as an antidote.
• Gu Yun taunted Gu Xiao, who used his mental power to make him cough up blood before stopping when Gu Yun said he would be happy to die by his hand.
• Gu Yun recalled escaping the sanatorium where he had been confined and obtaining the identity of Gu Xiao's butler's son.
• Gu Xiao said he would have someone take care of Gu Yun and prepared to leave, but Gu Yun staggered after him and asked to become his sharpest blade.
• Gu Yun threw himself onto Gu Xiao, staining his bathrobe, and Gu Xiao shouted that he had a death wish.

Gu Xiao had Gu Yun treated after knocking him unconscious and ordered Fu Huai to send him back to the sanatorium and replace his caregivers. That night, Fu Huai secretly drugged Gu Xiao’s injection and lay beside him while he slept.

• Fu Huai found Gu Yun unconscious, and Gu Xiao explained that he had knocked him out after Gu Yun bit him.
• Gu Xiao told Fu Huai how Gu Yun had come to his home, and Fu Huai offered to kill him.
• Gu Xiao warned that Gu Yun might have help escaping the sanatorium and ordered Fu Huai to return him and replace the people responsible for his care.
• Gu Yun, barely conscious, remembered hugging Gu Xiao and resolved to become the only blade at his side.
• After bringing the doctor, Fu Huai added something to Gu Xiao’s evening injection, then watched over him as he slept.

Fu Huai stayed beside Gu Xiao through the night and helped him dress the next morning, while Gu Xiao woke from violent dreams of the apocalypse. Downstairs, Gu Xiao found Ji Chuan and Feng Ji waiting and questioned why they were there.

• Fu Huai watched over Gu Xiao and thought about the mark on his neck, then quietly told him he would always be his best friend.
• Gu Xiao woke from a dream of killing people in the apocalypse and found Fu Huai beside his bed.
• Gu Xiao asked Fu Huai to put on his shoes, and Fu Huai dressed him and denied being frigid when Gu Xiao teased him.
• Gu Xiao met Ji Chuan and Feng Ji at the staircase, and Feng Ji complained that Fu Huai had been the only one to help Gu Xiao the previous night.
• Gu Xiao dismissed Feng Ji's complaint and said it sounded as if Feng Ji's wife had run off with someone else.

Gu Xiao confronted his friends over his freedom to date and let Fu Huai wait on him while Feng Ji and Ji Chuan argued about Lu Keyan. The group learned Gu Yun had escaped, and Feng Ji ended by noticing a mark on Gu Xiao’s arm and asking whether Fu Huai had bitten him.

• Fu Huai asked whether Gu Xiao wanted to date, and Gu Xiao challenged Feng Ji’s assumptions about their status.
• Ji Chuan explained that Gu Yun had been fired from T-C after spending three days with a beta supervisor, while Gu Xiao let Fu Huai change his shoes and arrange breakfast.
• Gu Xiao agreed to have bodyguards accompany him after Feng Ji reminded him that he had been attacked at T-C.
• Feng Ji discussed Lu Keyan and Murong Xuan with Gu Xiao, needling Ji Chuan about keeping Lu Keyan confined.
• Fu Huai returned and told Gu Xiao that Gu Yun had escaped the previous night; Gu Xiao dismissed the news as inevitable.
• Feng Ji spotted a mark on Gu Xiao’s arm and asked whether Fu Huai had bitten him.

Gu Xiao returned to school after two days of turmoil, while Ji Chuan grew suspicious that Fu Huai had been in Gu Xiao’s bedroom. The chapter ended with students discussing and sharing a photo of an injured “His Lordship” before the forum posts were deleted.

• Feng Ji questioned Gu Xiao about his bitten lip, and Gu Xiao said a mad dog had bitten him; Ji Chuan asked whether Gu Yun had done it.
• Ji Chuan found a faint trace of magnolia mixed with Gu Xiao’s iris scent in the master bedroom and suspected Fu Huai had been there the previous night.
• Ji Chuan fetched shoes for Gu Xiao, put them on him, and was told to wash and disinfect his hands before breakfast.
• After returning to school, Feng Ji and Fu Huai urged Gu Xiao not to go anywhere alone, and Gu Xiao told them to be quieter.
• Students posted about a wound on His Lordship’s arm and shared a photo on the forum, but the posts were deleted.

Gu Xiao learned that Aisili Family heirs had transferred into Aisili Noble Academy and chose to meet them rather than remove them. As Lu Keyan grew more violent and the twins declared war, Gu Xiao prepared to face his new challengers.

• Gu Xiao discussed the blue-haired and purple-haired Aisili Family twins with Feng Ji and ordered Lu Keyan's and Murong Xuan's red cards revoked.
• Murong Xuan celebrated the revocation, but Lu Keyan dismissed him before agreeing to let him remain as a servant.
• Lu Keyan handled a doll resembling Gu Xiao and beat an alpha who had taken photos of Gu Xiao, forcing him underwater until he begged for mercy.
• Feng Ji showed Gu Xiao a video of Lu Keyan, but Gu Xiao dismissed him and asked how the twins had reacted.
• Feng Ji told Gu Xiao that the twins had declared war on them.

Gu Xiao dismissed the Aisili twins’ declaration of war, while Fu Huai warned that Hill Aisili and Shelley Aisili were capable opponents and minority shareholders. The academy’s students followed the looming race between F4 and the twins, while Gu Xiao and his companions went to see them.

• Gu Xiao called the Aisili twins Blue Hair and Purple Hair, and said he would see whether they had any just cause to declare war.
• Fu Huai told Feng Ji that Hill Aisili and Shelley Aisili had spent five years acquiring minority shares and were not easy to deal with.
• Ji Chuan joined the conversation, and Gu Xiao told everyone to stop arguing and go see the twins.
• Gu Xiao recalled that the twins were cannon fodder in the protagonist’s future story, while their older brothers would later join the protagonist’s harem.
• Students discussed the twins’ challenge on the academy forum, where the final post reported that F4 were racing them.

Gu Xiao subdued Hill after Hill provoked him, while Feng Ji lost a mountain-road race to Shelley Aisili. Shelley challenged Gu Xiao to race next, and Gu Xiao went to change into a racing suit.

• Hill flirted with Gu Xiao and offered to spare Feng Ji if Gu Xiao gave up his place in F4, so Gu Xiao knocked him unconscious.
• Gu Xiao and Fu Huai discussed Feng Ji's chances, and Gu Xiao said he would race if Feng Ji lost.
• Shelley Aisili arrived and claimed victory over Feng Ji, who said he had been too sleepy to race at full speed.
• Shelley accused Gu Xiao of mistreating Hill and challenged either Gu Xiao or Fu Huai to race him.
• Gu Xiao accepted Shelley's challenge and went with Feng Ji to change into a racing suit.
• Shelley watched Gu Xiao leave and told Fu Huai to look after Hill, but Fu Huai reminded him that Hill was his brother.

Gu Xiao changed into the custom racing suit Feng Ji had made for him and joined Shelley for a nighttime race, with Feng Ji riding as his passenger. The two cars launched into the night, and the race began.

• Feng Ji teased Gu Xiao while helping him change, then admired the iris-patterned racing suit he had commissioned for him.
• Feng Ji complained that Ji Chuan had not resolved things with He Shuyu, and Gu Xiao questioned why he cared about them.
• Shelley offered to provide Gu Xiao with custom clothes, but Gu Xiao refused and called him Mr. Purple Hair.
• Feng Ji asked to ride with Gu Xiao, and Shelley taunted him by suggesting he would have a better chance of winning with Shelley.
• Gu Xiao and Feng Ji got into the black sports car, lined up beside Shelley's silver car, and sped off after the starting whistle.

Gu Xiao won a dangerous race against Shelley, leaving Feng Ji exhilarated and desperate for his attention. After the group left, Hill woke and declared he wanted Gu Xiao as his subordinate, but Shelley warned that Gu Xiao was beyond their reach.

• Gu Xiao drove at extreme speed and beat Shelley, while Feng Ji clung to him after the race and Fu Huai removed his helmet.
• Feng Ji tried to hug Gu Xiao, who pushed him away; Shelley asked to join them, and Gu Xiao declared himself the winner.
• Feng Ji threatened Shelley over Hill, and Fu Huai urged everyone to leave because it was past midnight.
• Gu Xiao, Feng Ji, and Fu Huai walked away, leaving Shelley resentful as he watched them go.
• Four hours later, Hill woke at his residence and told Shelley he wanted to take Xiao's place and make Gu Xiao his subordinate.
• Shelley warned Hill that Gu Xiao was not someone they could covet, and Hill realized others had also become interested in him.

Ji Chuan secretly watched Gu Xiao through a hidden bathroom camera, while Gu Xiao realized he was being spied on and tried to identify the culprit. Later, Gu Xiao discussed Ji Chuan, Lu Keyan, and Fu Huai’s returning cousin Fu Sinian, leaving the watcher’s identity unconfirmed.

• Ji Chuan woke, thought about Lu Keyan’s strength and his guilt over Gu Xiao’s treatment, then watched Gu Xiao through a hidden camera in his bathroom.
• Gu Xiao sensed someone spying on him, called the watcher a coward, and resolved to track down and kill the culprit if they were not a female omega.
• Ji Chuan trembled with excitement when he realized Gu Xiao had noticed him watching.
• Gu Xiao told Fu Huai that the hidden watcher had nothing to do with the twins and wondered what Ji Chuan was doing with Lu Keyan.
• Gu Xiao warned Fu Huai that his older cousin Fu Sinian was returning to the country, but Fu Huai dismissed him as no threat.