Chapter Summaries

Jiang Nan was detained after Jiang Deliang accused him of assault, and he expected Fu Jingzhou to come bail him out. Fu Jingzhou was overseas handling a business crisis, while his assistant learned Jiang Nan was in custody and hesitated to interrupt him.

• Jiang Nan learned that Jiang Deliang had suffered a broken ankle and bleeding from an inflamed hemorrhoid, and the police sent the dispute to court after Jiang Deliang refused mediation.
• Jiang Nan called Zhu Xia from the station, told her he had beaten Jiang Deliang after Jiang Deliang entered his room, and asked her to watch public opinion while he waited for his wife to bail him out.
• Jiang Nan spent nearly a day in the lockup without seeing Fu Jingzhou and grew resentful as he wondered whether Fu Jingzhou knew or cared that he was detained.
• Fu Jingzhou traveled overseas to address complications with an important international partnership and attended a five-hour meeting after his phone ran out of power.
• Fu Jingzhou's personal assistant charged his phone, learned from a call that Jiang Nan was in the lockup, and hesitated to interrupt Fu Jingzhou during the meeting.

Fu Jingzhou learned that Jiang Nan was still at the police station and arranged for Jiang Qingye to collect him, while asking Song Zhusheng to pick him up after his release. Jiang Nan reunited with Song Zhusheng and Brother Bald, and learned Fu Jingzhou was abroad on business.

• Fu Jingzhou called Jiang Qingye and asked him to take Jiang Nan home after the police released him.
• Jiang Nan was released, retrieved his phone, and called Song Zhusheng to come get him.
• Jiang Nan called Fu Jingzhou and complained that he had not asked why Jiang Nan was locked up or whether he was all right.
• Fu Jingzhou told Jiang Nan he was abroad on business, and Jiang Nan forgave him and told him to finish his work before returning.
• Song Zhusheng picked Jiang Nan up, and Jiang Nan greeted Brother Bald in the rented car.

Jiang Nan returned to the capital and reunited with his older brother Jiang Qingye, who picked him up at the airport and gave him generous spending money. Jiang Nan stayed at the Jiang Family home, where he enjoyed his mother’s egg tarts and thanked Jiang Qingye for looking out for him.

• Brother Bald claimed he had never been in lockup and called Lu Ren squeaky-clean, while Song Zhusheng remained unconvinced.
• Jiang Nan packed up and booked a flight back to the capital, then agreed to send Jiang Qingye his flight details.
• Jiang Nan and Jiang Qingye argued over WeChat and Jiang Nan declared how much he loved his husband.
• Jiang Qingye picked Jiang Nan up at the airport, playfully restrained him, and transferred five hundred thousand to his bank account.
• Jiang Nan stayed at the Jiang Family home, ate most of Song Huishi’s egg tarts, and sweetly thanked Jiang Qingye for caring about him.

Jiang Nan negotiated to work as Jiang Qingye’s assistant, then grew upset when Fu Jingzhou missed his call. Fu Jingzhou called back, reassured him that he cared, and asked whether anyone had bullied him in lockup.

• Jiang Qingye told Jiang Nan to join him at the office as his assistant, and Jiang Nan agreed rather than return the five hundred thousand.
• Jiang Nan questioned 771 about his lack of special abilities, and 771 explained that hosts had to complete their missions themselves.
• Jiang Nan called Fu Jingzhou, got no answer, and declared that he was angry.
• Fu Jingzhou called Jiang Nan back, apologized for missing his call, and said he cared about him.
• Jiang Nan called Fu Jingzhou a liar, and Fu Jingzhou asked whether anyone had bullied him in lockup.

Jiang Nan was comforted by Fu Jingzhou’s promise to buy him a yacht, then reluctantly went to work as Jiang Qingye’s assistant. The chapter ended with a young Alpha confronting Jiang Qingye and rejecting his claim that a film role counted as breakup compensation.

• Jiang Nan told Fu Jingzhou that an old man had bullied him, and Fu Jingzhou offered to buy him a yacht.
• Jiang Nan slept happily, but Jiang Qingye woke him and took him to the company as his assistant.
• Jiang Qingye told Jiang Nan to make coffee before his meeting, while Jiang Nan found green tea and waited in the pantry.
• After Jiang Qingye returned to his office, a young man entered, crouched beside him, and asked whether he had missed him.
• Jiang Qingye questioned whether the young man understood what he had told him before, and the man said the movie role could not count as breakup compensation.

Jiang Qingye and Luo Hang kissed in Jiang Qingye’s office, but Jiang Nan interrupted them, leading Luo Hang to mistake him for Jiang Qingye’s other lover. Luo Hang begged Jiang Qingye not to abandon him, while Jiang Nan revealed that he considered himself Jiang Qingye’s pet.

• Jiang Qingye called Luo Hang cheap, but let him kiss him after Luo Hang admitted he was cheap.
• Jiang Nan walked in on them, and Jiang Qingye pushed Luo Hang beneath the desk.
• Luo Hang saw Jiang Nan and, believing he was Jiang Qingye’s lover, tearfully asked why Jiang Qingye had said he was unmarried.
• Luo Hang said he understood he was only Jiang Qingye’s lover and begged him not to abandon him.
• Jiang Nan asked if Luo Hang liked Jiang Qingye, then called Jiang Qingye mediocre and overconfident.
• Jiang Nan told Luo Hang their relationship was that of a pet and its keeper.

Jiang Nan left Jiang Qingye and Luo Hang alone, returned to Jinghe Garden, and learned that filming for his show would begin soon. Just as he settled in at home, Fu Jingzhou arrived and found him holding yogurt in the kitchen.

• Jiang Qingye confirmed that Jiang Nan was his younger brother, while Luo Hang remained hopeful about spending the night with him.
• Jiang Qingye sent Jiang Nan away, and Jiang Nan returned to Jinghe Garden with the driver bringing his suitcase from South Bridge Cloud Lane.
• Jiang Nan slept until Zhu Xia called to remind him that filming for the show started the day after tomorrow.
• Jiang Nan woke up, searched the fridge for cola, and settled for yogurt before Fu Jingzhou arrived at Jinghe Garden.

Jiang Nan told Fu Jingzhou that Luo Hang was devoted to someone, while Fu Jingzhou struggled with his possessive feelings toward Jiang Nan. After Fu Jingzhou touched Jiang Nan’s lips and left to shower, Jiang Nan brought him a present that immediately ruined his good mood.

• Jiang Nan noticed that a bottle of Coke had disappeared and wondered whether the villa had a thief or a ghost.
• Fu Jingzhou asked Jiang Nan about Luo Hang, and Jiang Nan said he believed fewer people should know Luo Hang’s secret and called him stubbornly devoted.
• Fu Jingzhou touched Jiang Nan’s chin, but Jiang Nan pulled away; Fu Jingzhou recalled how he had rejected his kitten after seeing it with another child.
• Jiang Nan took Fu Jingzhou’s hand and told him to save the chin-holding for home, then Fu Jingzhou rubbed his thumb over Jiang Nan’s lips before leaving to change.
• Fu Jingzhou realized he still had not learned what was happening between Jiang Nan and Luo Hang, then went upstairs to shower.
• Jiang Nan rushed in with a black present for Fu Jingzhou, whose improved mood vanished when he saw it.

Jiang Nan gave Fu Jingzhou a knee warmer as a promise that he would never leave him, then accidentally caused Uncle He distress over a pear Jiang Nan had bought for Fu Jingzhou. When Fu Jingzhou came home and saw Jiang Nan’s suitcase, his good mood vanished as Jiang Nan prepared to leave for the show.

• Jiang Nan coaxed Fu Jingzhou into accepting a knee warmer by reminding him of his promise never to leave or abandon him.
• Jiang Nan ordered supplies for his upcoming filming trip to Island City while Uncle He served him a sliced pear from the refrigerator.
• Jiang Nan told Uncle He the pear was Fu Jingzhou’s special promise and that slicing it suggested separation, leaving Uncle He distressed.
• Jiang Nan gave Uncle He a flesh-colored knee warmer and hemorrhoid ointment, and Uncle He angrily returned to the old residence with them.
• Fu Jingzhou came home, saw Jiang Nan’s suitcase by the door, and lost his good mood.

Jiang Nan reassured Fu Jingzhou that he would focus on work during the dating show, but a game teammate’s comments about his potential pairings left Fu Jingzhou confronting how many love rivals he might have. The chapter ended with Jiang Nan guiltily facing Fu Jingzhou after the match.

• Jiang Nan told Fu Jingzhou that Luo Hang would not be on the show and insisted he was going only to work.
• Fu Jingzhou buried the cut-up pear in a flowerpot while Jiang Nan played a match as Yao.
• A female teammate accused Jiang Nan of climbing onto her boyfriend’s head, and Jiang Nan and the jungler traded insults with her.
• The jungler mentioned Jiang Nan’s upcoming show, his former Luo Hang ship, and his new ship with Auntie Number Thirteen.
• The mid-laner and marksman disconnected, the match ended in defeat, and Fu Jingzhou realized Jiang Nan had several love rivals.

Jiang Nan traveled to Island City to join Confess, Right Now as an observer alongside Qiao Qingzhou. The celebrity couples arrived for the livestream, and Jiang Nan was stunned when the final couple entered with Fu Jinchuan holding Shen Anbai’s hand.

• Jiang Nan reassured Fu Jingzhou that he had not cheated, then renamed Fu Jingzhou’s contact “Sister Daiyu.”
• Jiang Nan flew to Island City and met fellow observer Qiao Qingzhou at the airport.
• Jiang Nan and Qiao Qingzhou began the livestream and waited as the couples arrived.
• Xie Qian and Chu Yi, Lin Duo and Gao Ya, and Cheng Yan and Zhou Zicheng entered one after another.
• Fu Jinchuan arrived holding Shen Anbai’s hand, leaving Jiang Nan shocked.

Jiang Nan joined the couples’ partner-search challenge and watched the contestants choose clues from their partners’ paintings. Fu Jinchuan tried to claim a picture for Shen Anbai, but Jiang Nan took it from him, leaving the group’s choices unresolved.

• Shen Anbai and Fu Jinchuan arrived together, and Jiang Nan mocked their formal outfits and complained that looking at them made him nauseous.
• The director explained the partner-search challenge, and the draw sent Gao Ya, Chu Yi, Fu Jinchuan, and Zhou Zicheng to search while Jiang Nan joined them and Qiao Qingzhou stayed with the painters.
• The four painters made pictures of a landscape, a dress, a microphone, and a musical score, which Qiao Qingzhou handed to the searchers.
• Gao Ya chose the dress picture, Chu Yi chose the landscape, and Zhou Zicheng reached for the musical score before Fu Jinchuan snatched it and declared it belonged to Shen Anbai.
• Jiang Nan took the picture from Fu Jinchuan and offered it to Zhou Zicheng, who declined and chose the remaining picture instead.

Jiang Nan mocked Fu Jinchuan after Fu tried to claim a sheet of music, and the guests then gathered to hear the rules for choosing people hidden in compartments. As Gao Ya began the selection, Qiao Qingzhou quietly showed tenderness toward Jiang Nan, prompting viewers to suspect he had developed feelings for him.

• Jiang Nan and Zhou Zicheng argued over whether taking the sheet music would make things awkward with Fu Jinchuan.
• Fu Jinchuan told them to be quiet, then misunderstood Jiang Nan's insult and asked why he was called a queen instead of an emperor.
• Jiang Nan called Fu Jinchuan's behavior an aura of assholery, while 771 remarked that Fu had not realized he was being insulted.
• The guests went to a back room, where the director explained that each picture matched a compartment and submitting it would bring the person inside out.
• Gao Ya nervously approached the first compartment and joked that choosing someone felt like having a wedding.
• Qiao Qingzhou gave Jiang Nan an orange and watched him tenderly, leading viewers to speculate that he had fallen for him.

During the drawing game, Fu Jinchuan mistakenly called Cheng Yan “baby,” triggering a confrontation that ended with Shen Anbai believing Fu Jinchuan had taken a hit for him. Jiang Nan laughed at the chaos as the guests and viewers watched the situation spiral out of control.

• Jiang Nan wondered why Qiao Qingzhou treated him so well, then decided Qiao Qingzhou probably wanted to borrow money from him.
• Fu Jinchuan placed his drawing in the mailbox and greeted the person behind the curtain as “baby,” only for Cheng Yan to appear and insult him.
• Jiang Nan suggested Fu Jinchuan had taken Zhou Zicheng’s drawing, and Cheng Yan accused Fu Jinchuan of secretly liking him.
• Fu Jinchuan mocked Cheng Yan’s durian-scented pheromones, so Cheng Yan threw the fruit platter at him.
• Shen Anbai emerged from the neighboring booth as oranges flew toward him, and Fu Jinchuan stepped in front of him and took the hits.
• Shen Anbai mistook Fu Jinchuan’s actions for a romantic gesture while Jiang Nan laughed at the scene.

After Shen Anbai kissed Fu Jinchuan on camera, the guests traveled to the villa for the next round of filming and negotiated over rooms. Cheng Yan chose a room with Zhou Zicheng, while Fu Jinchuan remained stunned.

• Jiang Nan joked about the oranges, and Fu Jinchuan thanked him before Shen Anbai kissed Fu Jinchuan on the cheek.
• Cheng Yan insulted Shen Anbai, prompting Shen Anbai's fans and Cheng Yan's fans to fight online as the show's popularity rose.
• The guests arrived at the villa, where Chu Yi tried to claim the best room for himself and Xie Qian by citing Xie Qian's light sleep.
• Lin Duo agreed to let Xie Qian take the third-floor room and signaled Gao Ya that the cameras would capture Chu Yi and Xie Qian's behavior.
• Cheng Yan told Zhou Zicheng to take the second floor, while Fu Jinchuan remained too shocked to react.

The guests settled into their rooms, while Jiang Nan and Qiao Qingzhou grew closer through teasing messages. In the kitchenette, Fu Jinchuan confronted Jiang Nan and asked if jealousy was behind his bad mood.

• Shen Anbai challenged the room assignments, but the guests settled into rooms on the second, third, and fourth floors.
• Fu Jinchuan caught Jiang Nan calling him shameless, and Jiang Nan openly repeated the insult to his face.
• Jiang Nan messaged Sister Daiyu about taking “you mean so much to me” medicine, and Sister Daiyu replied that he meant just as much to him.
• The guests joked in the director’s group chat about its name, One Close and Loving Family, and Cheng Yan insulted Fu Jinchuan.
• Jiang Nan went to the kitchenette for water, tried to leave when he saw Fu Jinchuan, and heard Fu Jinchuan ask whether he was jealous.

Jiang Nan rejected Fu Jinchuan’s advances, splashed water on Shen Anbai and Fu Jinchuan, and returned to his room. Later, the livestream began with a cooking-budget game, and Jiang Nan publicly asked why Fu Jinchuan was wearing a mask.

• Fu Jinchuan offered to marry Jiang Nan after gaining control of the Fu Corporation, but Jiang Nan slapped him.
• Fu Jinchuan blamed Jiang Nan for trying to hug him when Shen Anbai entered, and Shen Anbai demanded an apology.
• Jiang Nan splashed warm water on Shen Anbai’s robe and the remaining water on Fu Jinchuan’s suit before returning to his room.
• The livestream began, and the director announced that the guests would receive six hundred yuan to buy and cook dinner, with their performance affecting tomorrow’s date funds.
• Jiang Nan asked Fu Jinchuan why he was wearing a mask, drawing the other guests’ curious attention.

The group split up to buy groceries for dinner, and Jiang Nan took charge of shopping with their limited budget. At the market, he found Fu Jinchuan staring at lobsters and refused his demand for Australian lobster.

• Cheng Yan and Jiang Nan mocked Fu Jinchuan before Lin Duo asked everyone who could cook, and the group divided into teams to prepare dinner.
• Jiang Nan led Fu Jinchuan, Chu Yi, Gao Ya, and Cheng Yan to a market with only six hundred yuan for groceries.
• After buying greens, Jiang Nan realized the others had wandered off and found Chu Yi taking a photo with a fruit-stall owner.
• Jiang Nan reunited with Chu Yi, Gao Ya, and Cheng Yan, bought ribs, and headed with them to the seafood section.
• Fu Jinchuan demanded Australian lobster, and Jiang Nan told him to go eat shit because it was too expensive.

Jiang Nan received a reassuring message from Fu Jingzhou and realized he might understand his feelings more than he wanted to admit. That evening, he turned Shen Anbai’s charred scrambled eggs into a test of Fu Jinchuan’s possessiveness, leaving Fu Jinchuan to eat them.

• After grocery shopping, Jiang Nan read Fu Jingzhou’s message telling him he did not have to tolerate anyone upsetting him, and blushed as he reread it.
• Jiang Nan asked 771 whether he had a fever, then admitted to himself that he was not an idiot and might understand what he felt.
• Shen Anbai served badly burnt scrambled eggs, and Cheng Yan bluntly refused to eat them.
• Jiang Nan placed the charred eggs in front of Fu Jinchuan and suggested that Fu Jinchuan would not let anyone else eat food made by his Baibai.
• Fu Jinchuan hoped Shen Anbai would spare him, but Shen Anbai asked whether he wanted some, so Fu Jinchuan reluctantly agreed.

Jiang Nan rejected Fu Jinchuan’s claims that he still loved him, and Fu Jingzhou arrived to send Fu Jinchuan away. The chapter ended with Fu Jingzhou asking whether Jiang Nan liked Fu Jinchuan, his cold gaze suggesting he planned to settle the score.

• At dinner, Fu Jinchuan forced himself to eat Xie Qian and Lin Duo’s burnt eggs, then rushed to the bathroom to vomit while the livestream recorded him.
• Jiang Nan confronted Fu Jinchuan in the courtyard and told him he neither liked him nor cared whom he kissed.
• Fu Jinchuan insisted Jiang Nan still loved him and claimed Jiang Nan had married Fu Jingzhou out of resentment.
• Fu Jingzhou arrived, embraced Jiang Nan, and ordered Fu Jinchuan to leave after making him address Jiang Nan as “Auntie.”
• Fu Jingzhou asked Jiang Nan whether he liked Fu Jinchuan, and Jiang Nan realized Fu Jingzhou had heard their earlier conversation.