Chapter Summaries

Jiang Nan blamed himself for the trouble caused by a celebrity couple’s early public announcement, then became drunk and flirted with Fu Jingzhou. The chapter ended with Jiang Nan biting Fu Jingzhou’s lips and Fu Jingzhou tasting yogurt on them.

• Fu Jingzhou comforted Jiang Nan, who fretted that his actions had caused the celebrity couple and their teams trouble.
• Jiang Nan cried over the incident and complained about a director who had never reimbursed him for coffee.
• Fu Jingzhou realized Jiang Nan had been drinking, and Jiang Nan asked to buy the land of Fu Jingzhou’s utter devotion.
• Fu Jingzhou brought the drunken Jiang Nan home, helped him change, and covered him with a quilt.
• Jiang Nan accused Fu Jingzhou of looking down on his red underwear, then bit his lips.
• Fu Jingzhou froze, then licked Jiang Nan’s lips and tasted yogurt.

After Fu Jingzhou kissed Jiang Nan, Jiang Nan woke to learn that filming for Let's Travel Together had been suspended amid multiple scandals. He checked Weibo and found that a paparazzo had mistaken Shen Anbai for Liang Su, exposing Shen Anbai’s apparent relationship.

• Fu Jingzhou told Jiang Nan to take a break, then kissed him until the rain outside faded.
• Zhu Xia called Jiang Nan the next morning and said filming for Let's Travel Together had been suspended because of the incidents involving Su Fei and Liang Su, as well as Shen Anbai’s exposed relationship.
• Zhu Xia told Jiang Nan to book a flight home and said she had arranged a dating show for him.
• Jiang Nan checked Weibo and watched a paparazzo mistake Shen Anbai for Liang Su while filming him leaving the bar with hickeys.
• Netizens recognized Shen Anbai in the video and in screenshots from Jiang Nan’s livestream, while his fans began denying that it was him.

Jiang Nan and Fu Jingzhou discussed their latest kiss, and Jiang Nan insisted they were good buddies. After returning to Hua Country, Jiang Nan stopped at a pharmacy and asked Old Yang not to tell Fu Jingzhou.

• Fu Jingzhou asked Jiang Nan to take responsibility for kissing him, but Jiang Nan pleaded that they were good buddies.
• Fu Jingzhou reluctantly agreed that they were buddies, leaving him to regret the bargain.
• Jiang Nan happily ate breakfast with Fu Jingzhou and spoke with 771 about his friendship with Song Zhusheng.
• Jiang Nan learned that three guests had withdrawn from the show, forcing filming to be postponed indefinitely.
• Jiang Nan and Fu Jingzhou returned to Hua Country, and Jiang Nan asked Old Yang to stop at a pharmacy without telling Fu Jingzhou.

Jiang Nan bought ointment for swelling, then texted Fu Jingzhou a flirtatious joke that lifted Fu Jingzhou’s mood. Afterward, Song Zhusheng told Jiang Nan that Shen Anbai would appear on a dating show with his affair partner, leaving Jiang Nan worried it might be the same show where he had been booked as a panelist.

• Jiang Nan hurried into a pharmacy in disguise and bought two tubes of ointment for swelling.
• Jiang Nan found his favorite yogurt drinks at home and learned from Uncle He that Fu Jingzhou had arranged for them.
• Fu Jingzhou read Jiang Nan’s message about having ADHD, then smiled when Jiang Nan explained that his heart went thump-thump-thump whenever he thought of Fu Jingzhou.
• Fu Jingzhou dismissed the project team and gave them until the following evening to revise their proposal.
• Song Zhusheng told Jiang Nan that Shen Anbai would join a dating show with his affair partner, and Jiang Nan wondered whether it was the show where he had been booked as a panelist.

Jiang Nan mistook hemorrhoid cream and reproductive cavity anti-swelling solution for ordinary lip ointments, while Fu Jingzhou quietly cared for his sore lips. Half a month later, Jiang Nan prepared to leave for filming and waited for Fu Jingzhou to come home.

• Jiang Nan learned that Shen Anbai and Fu Jinchuan would likely reunite on a dating show and was pleased they would be together.
• Fu Jingzhou found the ointments Jiang Nan had bought, and Jiang Nan discovered they were hemorrhoid cream and reproductive cavity anti-swelling solution.
• Fu Jingzhou told Jiang Nan he could give the hemorrhoid cream to Uncle He, who had a long-standing hemorrhoid, and stored the other ointment for possible future use.
• Fu Jingzhou gently checked Jiang Nan's lips and asked whether they hurt, leaving Jiang Nan flustered; Jiang Nan then played games through the night and put his racing thoughts aside.
• Half a month later, Zhu Xia told Jiang Nan filming would start in two days and booked his flight for the next afternoon.
• Jiang Nan waited at home for Fu Jingzhou after work, though their schedules had kept them from spending much time together.

Fu Jingzhou struggled with his jealousy when Jiang Nan announced a business trip, while Jiang Nan remained oblivious to his feelings. In Wencheng, Jiang Nan’s attempt to wait for two targets in a hotel corridor got him reported and recognized by staff.

• Jiang Nan told Fu Jingzhou he was leaving on a business trip, and Fu Jingzhou reluctantly let him go after mistaking Jiang Nan’s affectionate greeting for proof of intimacy.
• Jiang Nan stayed up all night trying and failing to fix his sleep schedule.
• Jiang Nan met Zhu Xia outside the company, where she teased him about his appearance and weight.
• Jiang Nan messaged Fu Jingzhou for reassurance that he had not gained weight, and Fu Jingzhou quickly told him he was not fat.
• After arriving in Wencheng, Jiang Nan disguised himself and wandered the hotel corridors until guests reported him to security.
• Zhu Xia collected Jiang Nan from the service center, where staff recognized him, and he declared that his head was full of his wife.

Jiang Nan discovered that the dating show Zhu Xia had arranged for him was a matchmaking program for seniors, where he became the target of an eager older contestant. After Auntie Number Thirteen offered him marriage and a ready-made family, he asked to go home, only for her to promise to give him one.

• Zhu Xia explained that Jiang Nan was appearing on a TV station's dating show, though she left him to find out the details the next day.
• Jiang Nan got ready for filming, received a bag of goji berries from host Lao Sen, and learned the program was called The Setting Sun Is Red.
• During the show, Uncle Number Seven admitted he wanted to date a rich woman, prompting the interested aunties to seek other prospects.
• Auntie Number Thirteen asked whether she could choose any man, then flirted with Jiang Nan and asked if he was single.
• Auntie Number Thirteen said she was a Beta with two children and a pension, and offered to marry Jiang Nan.
• Jiang Nan asked Lao Sen to contact Zhu Xia because he wanted to go home, but Auntie Number Thirteen told him she would give him a home.

After returning to the capital, Jiang Nan discovered he could not drive the Lamborghini Fu Jingzhou had bought him because he had no license, then was dragged to the gym to lose weight. He found a message from Fu Xingli asking him to contact Song Zhusheng about being blocked and to ask how Song Zhusheng planned to get through his upcoming heat.

• During the recording, Jiang Nan deflected Auntie Number Thirteen and Auntie Number Fourteen’s advances with chilly remarks and goji berries.
• After the recording, Jiang Nan learned Fu Jingzhou had parked a black Lamborghini at Jinghe Garden and flew back to the capital to see it.
• Jiang Nan realized he had no driver’s license, then lamented to Fu Jingzhou that he felt like a eunuch while crushing 771’s SpongeBob SquarePants.
• Zhu Xia took Jiang Nan to the gym and persuaded him to train by warning that his haters would celebrate if he gained a double chin.
• After training, Jiang Nan saw Fu Xingli’s message asking him to get Song Zhusheng to unblock him and ask about Song Zhusheng’s upcoming heat.

Jiang Nan teased Fu Xingli about Song Zhusheng, then joined Fu Jingzhou for a meal at a restaurant owned by Qin Feng’s company. While Jiang Nan ate and joked about dining and dashing, his appearance on The Setting Sun Is Red sparked several trending searches.

• Jiang Nan asked Song Zhusheng how he planned to spend his next heat, and Song Zhusheng said he would rather spend it with a dog than with Fu Xingli.
• Jiang Nan sent Fu Xingli the exchange, and their teasing messages made Fu Xingli slam his phone down during math class.
• The math teacher scolded Fu Xingli over his noise and thirty-eight-point exam score, then sent him to stand at the back of the classroom.
• Jiang Nan asked Fu Jingzhou if he could sit in his wheelchair, and Fu Jingzhou agreed before taking him to a restaurant owned by Qin Feng’s company.
• Jiang Nan posted about dining and dashing after their meal, and his appearance on The Setting Sun Is Red helped send several topics about him trending online.

Jiang Nan encountered Fu Jinchuan in the restroom, rejected his possessive declaration, and threw up after feeling sick. He returned to Fu Jingzhou, who grew concerned when Jiang Nan told him what happened.

• Jiang Nan noticed the restroom grab bar was real gold, and 771 secretly tried to pry some off.
• Fu Jinchuan confronted Jiang Nan and declared that Jiang Nan belonged to him, but Jiang Nan slapped his hand away and rushed to a stall to throw up.
• Jiang Nan mocked Fu Jinchuan about needing the toilet until Fu Jinchuan hurried off to use it.
• Jiang Nan returned to the private room, embraced Fu Jingzhou, and told him he had thrown up.
• Fu Jingzhou frowned and asked Jiang Nan why he had suddenly been sick.

Jiang Nan complained to Fu Jingzhou about a disgusting encounter, then cheerfully hoped that being an Alpha meant he would grow taller than Fu Jingzhou. Elsewhere, Shen Anbai grew closer to Fu Jinchuan, who privately thought his kiss was punishment for Jiang Nan.

• Jiang Nan told Fu Jingzhou a fabricated story about a man peeing in front of a restroom sink, and Fu Jingzhou comforted him.
• Shen Anbai resented Jiang Nan's popularity while waiting for Fu Jinchuan, then welcomed him and kissed him.
• Fu Jinchuan kissed Shen Anbai while thinking that Jiang Nan was being punished for disobeying.
• Fu Jingzhou let Jiang Nan stop drinking tea, and Jiang Nan called him over to help with the wheelchair.
• Jiang Nan asked whether Fu Jingzhou was really a Beta and concluded that he would definitely grow taller than him; Fu Jingzhou reluctantly agreed.

Jiang Nan left Tangerine Food Chronicle with Fu Jingzhou, while Shen Anbai secretly photographed them and assumed Jiang Nan had found a powerful backer. After returning home, Jiang Nan spoke with Zhu Xia about his Weibo photos and learned she expected him to record a show in half a month.

• Jiang Nan worried Fu Jingzhou’s blanket was too thin and considered repaying the favors he owed him.
• Shen Anbai watched Jiang Nan and Fu Jingzhou leave, remembered looking down on Jiang Nan, and secretly took their photo to suggest Jiang Nan had a wealthy backer.
• Jiang Nan rode home with Fu Jingzhou, joked that Fu Jingzhou’s handsome air made him feel better, and received water from him.
• Zhu Xia challenged Jiang Nan about whether he had eaten the food shown in his Weibo photos, and he said he had thrown it up.
• Zhu Xia told Jiang Nan to lose weight for a show scheduled to record in half a month, and he asked which show she meant.

Jiang Nan traveled to Hangcheng to visit Song Zhusheng and admitted that he was married to a Beta wife through an arranged marriage. Song Zhusheng revealed that he had once tutored Fu Xingli, accepted his confession, and was hurt when Fu Xingli broke his promise to study.

• Jiang Nan accepted a paid observer role on the dating show 'Confess, Right Now' and asked Zhu Xia for a large red envelope afterward.
• Jiang Nan flew to Hangcheng, where Lu Ren picked him up and took him to his hotel and then the drama set.
• Song Zhusheng sensed Jiang Nan approaching and explained that Omegas could detect Alphas nearby.
• Jiang Nan asked Song Zhusheng about Fu Xingli, and Song Zhusheng challenged Jiang Nan to admit whether he was single.
• Jiang Nan confessed that he was married to a Beta through an arranged marriage and said his wife paid his living expenses.
• Song Zhusheng said he had tutored Fu Xingli, accepted his confession, and felt betrayed when Fu Xingli failed to study for the college entrance exam.

Jiang Nan visited Song Zhusheng on set, watched him film a historical drama, and bought knee warmers for Fu Xingli. He returned to find Song Zhusheng bewildered by Jiang Nan’s claim that Fu Xingli’s legs were bad.

• Jiang Nan told Song Zhusheng that his wife was Fu Xingli’s older cousin, then the two friends watched videos together.
• Song Zhusheng filmed scenes as Qiu Xing in the historical drama "Beacon Fires Deceive the Feudal Lords," while Jiang Nan waited on set.
• Jiang Nan wandered out to buy takoyaki and paid two thousand yuan for a pair of knee warmers, mistaking the shop’s price sign.
• Jiang Nan returned after Song Zhusheng finished filming and said he had bought the knee warmers for Fu Xingli because his legs were not good.
• Song Zhusheng was stunned by Jiang Nan’s description of Fu Xingli’s legs.

Jiang Nan realized he had paid far too much for knee warmers because he instinctively wanted Fu Jingzhou to have the best, while Song Zhusheng began to suspect Jiang Nan had someone he liked. The two ended their evening together over noodles, with Jiang Nan left flustered by Song Zhusheng’s observation that he blushed just like Fu Xingli.

• Song Zhusheng persuaded Jiang Nan to return the overpriced knee warmers, and the young woman refunded the money and apologized.
• Back in his hotel room, Jiang Nan wondered why he had bought the knee warmers without bargaining and suspected he wanted to treat Fu Jingzhou well.
• Jiang Nan and Song Zhusheng went out for scallion oil noodles, where Jiang Nan tried a cheesy pickup line and Song Zhusheng recognized it from Fu Xingli.
• Jiang Nan asked whether Song Zhusheng had ever given him anything, and Song Zhusheng noticed that Jiang Nan seemed shy and asked if he liked someone.
• Song Zhusheng said Jiang Nan and Fu Xingli looked alike when they were shy, leaving Jiang Nan flustered.

Song Zhusheng and Jiang Nan ate scallion oil noodles, while Jiang Nan brushed off speculation that he had fallen for his wealthy benefactor. At a private club, Fu Jingzhou and his friends discussed his pheromones and Qin Feng wondered who had stolen gold leaf from a restaurant restroom.

• Song Zhusheng remembered meeting Fu Xingli as a teenager, when Fu Xingli had mistaken him for someone willing to be a punching bag before learning he was an Omega.
• Song Zhusheng suggested Jiang Nan’s feelings for his wife might just be caused by active glands, and Jiang Nan accepted the explanation and finished his noodles.
• Jiang Nan posted photos with Song Zhusheng on Weibo, where commenters teased him about refusing the affection of an older woman.
• At a card game, Shangguan Feng revealed that Fu Jingzhou concealed his pheromones because they could make Jiang Nan develop into an Omega.
• Qin Feng told the others that someone had pried gold leaf from the restroom at Tangerine Food Chronicle, leaving him puzzled.

Fu Jingzhou secretly downloaded Weibo, saved Jiang Nan’s photos, and grew jealous while watching clips of Jiang Nan with Luo Hang. At the film studio complex, Jiang Nan ran into Director Jiang Deliang, whose familiar and unsettling comments left him uncomfortable.

• Qin Feng remained frustrated that someone had pried gold sheets from the restroom, while Fu Jingzhou and Shen Xingli played cards with him.
• After Shen Xingli showed him Jiang Nan’s Weibo post, Fu Jingzhou downloaded Weibo, found Jiang Nan’s account, and saved the photos.
• Fu Jingzhou searched for Jiang Nan’s romantic scandals and watched a video of Jiang Nan acting affectionately toward Luo Hang, gripping his phone until his fingertips turned white.
• At the film studio complex, Jiang Nan and Song Zhusheng encountered Director Jiang Deliang and his assistant in the corridor.
• Jiang Nan objected to Jiang Deliang’s overly familiar praise, and Jiang Deliang told him he was getting spicier and spicier.

Jiang Nan confronted Jiang Deliang after the older man made a lewd remark, then told Song Zhusheng he planned to study law. Later, Jiang Nan teased Fu Xingli and messaged someone saved as “Mm”; after watching a horror movie alone, he heard someone open his door in the middle of the night.

• Jiang Nan insulted Jiang Deliang for making a lewd remark, and Song Zhusheng stopped him from starting a fight in the hotel hallway.
• Jiang Nan told Song Zhusheng he had chosen law for his self-study degree, joking that he had learned it in his dreams.
• Jiang Nan played games with Song Zhusheng, posted a photo of them together, and provoked Fu Xingli, who sent him a red packet.
• Jiang Nan sent screenshots of Fu Xingli’s complaints to a contact saved as “Mm” and asked whether the person’s little brother disliked him, but got no reply.
• Jiang Nan watched a horror movie in the dark, and at one thirty in the morning someone opened his door.

Jiang Nan caught Jiang Deliang sneaking into his room and trying to coerce him into sex in exchange for a film role. Jiang Deliang revealed that he had arranged Jiang Nan’s blacklist six months earlier after the original Jiang Nan rejected him, leaving Jiang Nan to understand how his career had been sabotaged.

• Jiang Deliang entered Jiang Nan’s suite, licked a glass to detect his pheromones, and crept toward the bedroom.
• Jiang Nan revealed that he was awake and confronted Jiang Deliang, who offered him a role in exchange for sleeping with him.
• Jiang Nan stopped his recording, grabbed a baseball bat, and challenged Jiang Deliang’s behavior.
• Jiang Deliang threatened to blacklist Jiang Nan again and admitted he had blacklisted him six months earlier after Jiang Nan rejected him.
• Jiang Nan pieced together how the original owner had been lured to Jiang Deliang’s drinking party, refused his advances, and angered the director.

Jiang Nan beat Jiang Deliang after confronting him over his abuse of young actors, then left Jiang Deliang with his assistant and prepared to face the police. The chapter ended with Jiang Nan ready to go to jail while insisting on looking presentable and serving his country.

• Jiang Nan taunted Jiang Deliang, slapped him, and beat him with a baseball bat until he fell to his knees.
• Jiang Nan explained that he had come to protect Song Zhusheng from Jiang Deliang's planned assault.
• Jiang Nan dragged the battered Jiang Deliang to the doorway and told the assistant not to enter the wrong room again.
• Jiang Deliang ordered the assistant to call the police, and Jiang Nan shut the door after mocking him.
• Jiang Nan changed into a hoodie and jeans, fixed his hair, and waited for the police to arrive.