Chapter Summaries

Jiang Nan recovered at home with Fu Jingzhou, who indulged his wish to watch television and promised Shen Anbai would be punished. Meanwhile, Fu Jinchuan waited in vain for Jiang Nan to send him money as his debt deadline approached.

• Jiang Nan lamented his head injury, while Little Black Ball reminded him that his hair would grow back quickly.
• Fu Jingzhou woke beside Jiang Nan, worked from home, and brought him breakfast, but Jiang Nan insisted he had no appetite until his stomach growled.
• Jiang Nan asked to watch television downstairs, and Fu Jingzhou unlocked his handcuffs and later joined him on the sofa.
• Jiang Nan asked what would happen to Shen Anbai, and Fu Jingzhou said Shen Anbai would be punished.
• Shen Anbai and Fu Jinchuan heard debt collectors give Fu Jinchuan three days to pay or lose an arm.
• Fu Jinchuan waited all day for Jiang Nan to send money, but no call came, and he asked Shen Anbai whether any instant noodles were left.

Shen Anbai drove Fu Jinchuan out of his home after Fu Jinchuan used Shen Anbai’s assault on Jiang Nan to threaten him. Later, Fu Jinchuan demanded eight million yuan from Jiang Nan, who rejected and blocked him while Fu Jingzhou listened; Jiang Nan then insisted that Fu Jingzhou remove his chained wrist restraint.

• Shen Anbai refused to give Fu Jinchuan a free drink and berated him for becoming penniless, while Fu Jinchuan blamed Shen Anbai for losing his opportunities.
• Shen Anbai ordered Fu Jinchuan to leave, but Fu Jinchuan threatened to report him for hitting Jiang Nan, prompting Shen Anbai to retreat to the bedroom.
• Jiang Nan answered a call from Fu Jinchuan, who reminded him that he had promised to transfer eight million yuan and offered to marry him after paying his debts.
• Fu Jingzhou approached Jiang Nan during the call, and Jiang Nan insulted Fu Jinchuan and declared that he preferred his wife.
• Jiang Nan refused Fu Jinchuan’s plea for money, blocked his number, and told Fu Jingzhou he wanted his wrist chain removed.

Fu Jinchuan tried to flee abroad after forcing Shen Anbai to buy him a plane ticket, but he was arrested at the airport and sentenced to ten years in prison. Jiang Nan recovered from his injury, made peace with his shaved head, and joined Fu Jingzhou for the finale livestream of After the Honeymoon Phase.

• Fu Jingzhou unlocked Jiang Nan's handcuffs, and Jiang Nan stayed home despite being free to leave.
• Fu Jinchuan threatened Shen Anbai into buying him a flight abroad and took his phone and payment information.
• At the airport, Mother Shen protected Shen Anbai from Fu Jinchuan, and police arrested Fu Jinchuan as he tried to escape.
• Jiang Nan's head wound healed, and Fu Jingzhou reassured him when he saw the shaved patch on his scalp.
• Jiang Nan and Fu Jingzhou began the finale livestream and watched the episode with their viewers.

At the final episode’s Ferris wheel finale, Jiang Nan kissed Fu Jingzhou and admitted he wanted to stay with him forever; Fu Jingzhou gave him a ring he had bought the day Jiang Nan disappeared. Days later, Jiang Nan’s lawyer arrived at Shen Anbai’s home to discuss the rock attack.

• At the Ferris wheel’s highest point, Jiang Nan kissed Fu Jingzhou and confessed that he had kissed him because he wanted to.
• Fu Jingzhou caught Jiang Nan trying to hide the livestream comments, asked whether he meant to stay together forever, and Jiang Nan admitted it was true.
• Fu Jingzhou placed a platinum ring on Jiang Nan’s finger and told him he was locked down.
• After the livestream ended, Fu Jingzhou revealed he had bought the ring on the day Jiang Nan left, and Jiang Nan promised he would have found his way back.
• A few days later, Jiang Nan’s lawyer arrived at Shen Anbai’s home to discuss the incident in which Shen Anbai struck Jiang Nan with a rock.

After Shen Anbai was convicted and sentenced to two years in prison for injuring Jiang Nan, Fu Xingli received his college entrance exam results and celebrated his admission with family. At the banquet, Jiang Nan met Fu Xingli’s father, who teased him about calling him “Brother” after seeing Fu Xingli’s Moments post.

• A lawyer told Mother Shen that surveillance footage proved Shen Anbai had hit Jiang Nan with a rock and that Jiang Nan intended to press charges.
• Shen Anbai argued with Mother Shen, who gave him the household’s savings of a little over ten thousand yuan to hire a lawyer.
• At a late-June trial, Shen Anbai was sentenced to two years in prison for intentionally injuring Jiang Nan, with his earlier secret photos and defamation also raised.
• Fu Xingli received a college entrance exam score of 511, a major improvement over his previous result.
• At Fu Xingli’s admission banquet, Jiang Nan met Second Uncle Fu, who joked that Jiang Nan should call him “Brother” after seeing Fu Xingli’s Moments post.
• Fu Jingzhou led Second Uncle Fu away to discuss an overseas project while Fu Xingli and Jiang Nan bickered.

At Jiang Nan and Fu Jingzhou’s university celebration, Jiang Nan said goodbye to 771 as the system departed after his mission was complete. Fu Jingzhou comforted Jiang Nan, and the two reaffirmed their happiness together.

• Song Zhusheng found Jiang Nan and Fu Xingli trading insults at the banquet and congratulated Fu Xingli on getting into university.
• Jiang Nan went to the balcony and talked with 771 about their impending separation, learning that 771 could return for a year after completing its mission.
• Jiang Nan joked with 771 about being its father, and 771 promised to visit him during its leave.
• Fu Jingzhou arrived as the system announced Jiang Nan had completed the mission and cleared the game.
• 771 wished Jiang Nan and Fu Jingzhou lasting happiness, then disappeared from Jiang Nan’s mind.
• Fu Jingzhou comforted the saddened Jiang Nan, who agreed to look to him whenever he felt sad.

Luo Hang met Jiang Qingye on a film set and accepted the milk tea Jiang offered him, though Jiang did not recognize him. Their brief encounter left Luo Hang sad that Jiang had forgotten him despite their many previous meetings.

• Luo Hang finished filming his small role and stayed after learning President Little Jiang had arrived on set.
• The director introduced Luo Hang to Jiang Qingye, who later handed him a thirty-percent-sugar milk tea.
• Luo Hang held the milk tea without drinking it on the ride back to the hotel.
• Luo Hang went to the balcony where Jiang Qingye was smoking and asked him to get a replacement key card.
• Jiang Qingye noticed Luo Hang's wet hair and flushed face, then asked if they had met before; Luo Hang left after saying he was famous enough to seem familiar.
• Luo Hang went to bed feeling sad that Jiang Qingye still did not remember him after their many encounters.

After months apart, Luo Hang encountered Jiang Qingye at a banquet and willingly helped him when he had been drugged and entered a rut. Luo Hang woke alone the next morning and told his worried manager that he had chosen to sleep with Jiang Qingye, though he did not expect them to date or gain him career opportunities.

• Luo Hang ignored Jiang Qingye when they met outside the elevator the morning after their earlier encounter.
• After Luo Hang's poorly received idol drama aired, his manager sent him to a banquet, where he repeatedly watched Jiang Qingye and was caught looking at him.
• Jiang Qingye approached Luo Hang, teased him, and briefly touched his ear before they later met again outside a lounge.
• Jiang Qingye told Luo Hang he had been drugged and that suppressants would not work; after Luo Hang said he was not casual, he kissed Jiang Qingye and went inside with him.
• Luo Hang woke alone the next morning and called his manager, who questioned him about the night before.
• Luo Hang insisted he had acted willingly, but said he and Jiang Qingye would not date and that Jiang Qingye probably would not help his career.

After Luo Hang left Jiang Qingye following their one-night stand, he blocked Jiang’s number and returned to work, while Jiang buried himself in overtime. At a bar, Jiang unexpectedly spotted Luo Hang among the actors from his latest drama.

• Luo Hang left Jiang Qingye’s room, returned home, and felt conflicted about their night because Jiang had seemed focused on his appearance.
• Jiang Qingye called to ask why Luo Hang had run away, and Luo Hang called it a one-night stand before blocking Jiang’s number.
• Luo Hang spent several days at home, then filmed a costume romance drama for about half a month.
• Jiang Qingye met Pei Jin for drinks, where Pei revealed he had paid for Jiang’s hotel room and condoms.
• Luo Hang went to the bar with his fellow actors, ordered orange juice, and scrolled through his phone while Jiang noticed him from across the room.

Luo Hang rejected Jiang Qingye’s offer to keep him as a lover, then recalled how he had once kicked a veteran performer away after the man attacked him in a hotel room. The chapter left the details of that night unresolved.

• Jiang Qingye mocked Luo Hang and Zhuo Si in the corridor, then followed Luo Hang into the restroom and asked him to sleep with him again.
• Jiang Qingye offered Luo Hang a global spokesperson job for HOP phones and said he meant to keep him, but Luo Hang refused and left.
• The narration described Luo Hang’s rise from a modest agency through a survival show and his later career as an idol and performer.
• Luo Hang recalled sharing a hotel room with a veteran performer after his air conditioner broke and the hotels were full.
• The veteran performer lunged onto Luo Hang’s bed and called him pretty, and Luo Hang kicked him onto the other bed.

After a veteran retaliated by taking his work, Luo Hang welcomed the unexpected break and accepted a global spokesperson deal from HOP. At the commercial shoot, Jiang Qingye surprised him with a forceful kiss.

• Luo Hang returned to the imperial capital after leaving the veteran's suite and kept quiet about what had happened.
• The veteran retaliated by taking Luo Hang's third gig, but Luo Hang's manager failed to persuade him to worry about it.
• Luo Hang's manager told him HOP had invited him to become its global spokesperson, and Luo Hang accepted the opportunity.
• Luo Hang arrived at the commercial shoot and waited alone in the makeup room after the makeup artist and stylist stepped out.
• Jiang Qingye entered, tugged Luo Hang's earlobe, then gripped his chin and kissed him before handing him mineral water.

Jiang Qingye arranged a major endorsement for Luo Hang, then brought him home, kissed him, and cooked dinner for him. After their arrangement continued for months, Jiang Qingye stopped visiting, and Luo Hang went to his office, where Jiang Qingye greeted him with unexpected familiarity.

• Jiang Qingye arranged for Luo Hang to become HOP's global ambassador, and Luo Hang joined him in his car after the commercial shoot.
• Jiang Qingye brought Luo Hang to his villa, kissed him, and cooked him dinner.
• Over the following months, Luo Hang gained major endorsements while Jiang Qingye treated him well, though Luo Hang believed their arrangement was only an illusion.
• Jiang Qingye stopped visiting for a week, and Luo Hang sent him a message asking if he would come the next day but received no reply.
• Luo Hang flew back to the imperial capital after filming and went to Jiang Qingye's office, where Jiang Qingye asked if he had finally remembered to come back.

Luo Hang returned to Jiang Qingye despite being told to end their relationship, and he recalled how his long-standing crush began. Their kiss was interrupted by a pink-haired young man, prompting Luo Hang to suspect Jiang Qingye had someone new, and he broke down in tears.

• Luo Hang confronted Jiang Qingye, pleaded for closeness, and argued that the film offer did not count as a parting gift.
• Jiang Qingye called Luo Hang cheap, and Luo Hang admitted it before kissing him.
• Luo Hang remembered his high school crush on Jiang Qingye and their later reunion when Luo Hang was training for a survival show.
• A pink-haired young man in a black hoodie and frog slippers interrupted Luo Hang and Jiang Qingye's kiss.
• Luo Hang asked Jiang Qingye why the young man was there if Jiang Qingye was not married, then cried as Jiang Qingye asked why he was crying.

Luo Hang feared Jiang Qingye would abandon him, but Jiang Qingye comforted him before sending him home, leaving Luo Hang unsure why his mood had changed. After spending nearly two weeks at home trying to understand Jiang Qingye, Luo Hang was called to an auction gala by his manager.

• Luo Hang asked Jiang Qingye not to abandon him, and Jiang Qingye explained that the pink-haired young man was his younger brother.
• Jiang Qingye sent the pink-haired young man away, pulled Luo Hang onto his lap, and held him while Luo Hang bit his collarbone.
• Jiang Qingye asked whether Luo Hang planned to be his lover forever, then told him to go home because he still had work.
• Luo Hang told his manager that he only wanted Jiang Qingye, and his manager advised him to show some backbone.
• Luo Hang stayed home for almost two weeks, thinking about why Jiang Qingye was angry, until his manager called him to attend an auction gala.

At an auction, Jiang Qingye bought Luo Hang a blue-gray gemstone and later kissed him in a secluded parking garage, where Zhuo Si discovered their relationship. Jiang Qingye took Luo Hang past their old high school, and they spent the night together at his villa.

• Zhuo Si tried to flirt with Luo Hang at the auction, while Jiang Qingye arrived with his close friend Pei Jin.
• Jiang Qingye bought a blue-gray gemstone for thirty million and recalled Luo Hang's eyes as he explained they were not dating yet.
• Luo Hang questioned Jiang Qingye about Pei Jin, and Jiang Qingye kissed him in the parking garage as Zhuo Si recognized them.
• Jiang Qingye warned Zhuo Si with a cold look, and Zhuo Si hurried away after realizing Jiang Qingye was Luo Hang's lover.
• Jiang Qingye drove Luo Hang past their former high school, and Luo Hang hid that they had met there before.
• Luo Hang went to Jiang Qingye's villa, where they spent the night together.

While staying at Jiang Qingye’s villa, Luo Hang failed to teach himself to cook and concealed that he had a cat. He skipped the high school anniversary while Jiang Qingye attended and heard about an unknown Alpha who had once stolen his photo and asked which university he planned to attend.

• Luo Hang tried to learn to cook out of boredom, but repeated kitchen mishaps made him give up.
• Jiang Qingye asked whether Luo Hang wanted a kitten and whether he would attend the school anniversary; Luo Hang declined both while hiding that he had a cat named Noble Consort.
• The next morning, Jiang Qingye left for No. 3 High School’s anniversary, and Luo Hang went out to visit Noble Consort.
• At the school, Old Cao recalled that an Alpha from Class Seven had stolen Jiang Qingye’s photo and later asked which university he would attend.
• Pei Jin asked whether Jiang Qingye remembered the Alpha’s name, and Jiang Qingye questioned his curiosity.

Jiang Qingye discovered that Luo Hang had been the poor, withdrawn classmate who stole his graduation photo, and learned from Old Cao about the hardship Luo Hang endured in high school. While Jiang Qingye realized how much the discovery weighed on him, Luo Hang told his manager he saw Jiang Qingye only as a sugar daddy, keeping his feelings to himself.

• Pei Jin told Jiang Qingye that he and his husband had divorced, and the two went with Old Cao to a school meeting.
• Jiang Qingye searched the graduation photos for Luo Hang but could not find his name, then learned from Old Cao that the Alpha who stole his photo was named Luo Yan.
• Jiang Qingye found Luo Yan in Class Seven's photo and recognized him as Luo Hang, then learned Luo Hang had lost his parents and been mistreated by his aunt.
• Jiang Qingye told Old Cao that he and Luo Hang were together, and the rain began as he held the graduation photo.
• Luo Hang soothed Noble Consort during the thunder and told his manager that Jiang Qingye was his sugar daddy, not his lover, while keeping his feelings to himself.

After realizing his growing attachment to Jiang Qingye made him fear being abandoned, Luo Hang arranged to film far from the capital for a month. Jiang Qingye visited him at the mountain hotel, where Luo Hang woke believing him to be a dream and their reunion turned intimate.

• Luo Hang spent a warm afternoon with Noble Consort before Jiang Qingye called and picked him up in the rain.
• Jiang Qingye told Luo Hang he wanted to treat him better, and Luo Hang responded with an affectionate kiss.
• Feeling insecure about their relationship, Luo Hang asked his manager for a distant acting job and accepted a month-long xianxia filming contract.
• While filming in the mountains, Luo Hang exchanged a flirtatious spring photo with Jiang Qingye, then fell asleep before replying further.
• Jiang Qingye traveled to the crew's hotel and slipped into bed beside the sleeping Luo Hang, who instinctively snuggled against him.
• After waking, Luo Hang touched Jiang Qingye's face, mistook him for a dream, and then realized he was real as Jiang Qingye kissed him and they began an intimate encounter.

Jiang Qingye visited Luo Hang on set, confessed that he loved him, and gave him the blue-gray diamond ring he had bought at auction. Luo Hang agreed to date him, and Jiang Qingye reassured him that his family’s expectations would not force him into an arranged marriage.

• Jiang Qingye told Luo Hang he had missed him and traveled to see him, and Luo Hang admitted he had missed Jiang Qingye too.
• Jiang Qingye put the auctioned diamond ring on Luo Hang’s finger and asked him to choose between being his boyfriend or his husband.
• Jiang Qingye told Luo Hang he loved him and had thought through his feelings, and Luo Hang chose to be his boyfriend.
• Luo Hang told his manager that he and Jiang Qingye were dating, but his manager doubted him.
• Jiang Qingye reassured Luo Hang that he could avoid an arranged marriage because he had a younger brother, Jiang Nan.

After filming wrapped, Luo Hang brought Jiang Qingye home to meet his new cat, Noble Consort, and later invited him to visit his parents’ graves. At the cemetery, Jiang Qingye remembered Luo Hang’s old name and wished he had treasured their first meeting more.

• Luo Hang left the airport with Jiang Qingye, and they went to pick up Noble Consort, a chubby white cat.
• Luo Hang watched Jiang Qingye and Noble Consort bicker throughout his month off, including after the cat sensed Jiang Qingye had held his father’s cat.
• Luo Hang invited Jiang Qingye to visit his parents’ graves on Qingming Festival, and Jiang Qingye agreed.
• Luo Hang told his parents about his high-school crush and recalled how Jiang Qingye had once helped him when he was being bullied.
• Jiang Qingye called Luo Hang “Yanyan” and said he wished he had held him properly and remembered him clearly back then.