Chapter Summaries

Jiang Nan admired Fu Jingzhou’s beauty and asked how many abs he had, while Fu Jingzhou promised to show him at the hotel. Their drive was interrupted by a message from Tan Xu claiming Shen Xingli had a partner, and Shen Xingli angrily rejected that claim.

• Jiang Nan called Fu Jingzhou beautiful, and Fu Jingzhou wondered whether Jiang Nan was beginning to fall for him.
• Fu Jingzhou told Jiang Nan to come sleep with him, and Jiang Nan blushed while wondering about his abs.
• At a red light, Jiang Nan asked how many abs Fu Jingzhou had, and Fu Jingzhou promised to show him at the hotel.
• Jiang Nan messaged Shen Xingli to ask about Fu Jingzhou’s abs, but Tan Xu sent a voice message telling him not to disturb Shen Xingli and calling himself Shen Xingli’s partner.
• Fu Jingzhou identified the voice as Tan Xu, an Alpha Shen Xingli had become involved with while filming, and Shen Xingli kicked Tan Xu off the bed and denied he was his partner.

Jiang Nan visited Fu Jingzhou at the hotel, drank water under his insistence, and asked to see and touch his abs. The chapter ended with Fu Jingzhou saying his legs had recently improved and he could walk farther, while Jiang Nan happily accepted the explanation.

• Shen Xingli ignored Jiang Nan's message while Tan Xu seized his ankle and began having sex with him.
• Jiang Nan arrived at Fu Jingzhou's hotel, where Fu Jingzhou urged him to drink a full cup of water by threatening to cut off the internet at home.
• Jiang Nan reminded Fu Jingzhou about his promise and asked to see his abs; Fu Jingzhou lifted his sweater, let him touch them, then stopped his hand from moving lower.
• After Fu Jingzhou showered and Jiang Nan washed his face, Jiang Nan noticed Fu Jingzhou had walked around the hotel without a wheelchair.
• Fu Jingzhou said his legs had improved and he could walk farther, and Jiang Nan was pleased by the news.

Jiang Nan and Fu Jingzhou played Honor of Kings together before going to bed in the same hotel suite. The chapter leaves them lying beneath one quilt, with Jiang Nan still dressed and Fu Jingzhou asking whether his clothes are uncomfortable to sleep in.

• Fu Jingzhou asked Jiang Nan about his game and asked him to help download and play Honor of Kings.
• Jiang Nan logged into Fu Jingzhou's account, saw its extensive collection and high ranks, and accepted Fu Jingzhou's explanation that Shen Xingli had used it.
• Jiang Nan guided Fu Jingzhou through a match, and they won with Jiang Nan earning an 11.3 rating.
• Jiang Nan declined another match because he had an early filming call and left the night-light on so Fu Jingzhou could see if he got up.
• Jiang Nan and Fu Jingzhou lay on opposite sides of the bed under one quilt, and Fu Jingzhou asked whether sleeping in his clothes was uncomfortable.

Jiang Nan shared a bed with Fu Jingzhou and, believing him asleep, secretly kissed him before realizing he had fallen in love. Fu Jingzhou later drew Jiang Nan into his arms, while 771 recorded its reluctant blessing for their romance.

• Fu Jingzhou offered to sleep in the guest bedroom, but Jiang Nan insisted he was comfortable sharing the bed.
• Jiang Nan changed into Fu Jingzhou’s T-shirt and waited until Fu Jingzhou seemed asleep.
• Jiang Nan touched Fu Jingzhou’s tear mole, then secretly kissed his lips and tongue.
• Jiang Nan decided that November twenty-first was the day he gained someone he liked.
• Fu Jingzhou opened his eyes and pulled Jiang Nan into an embrace as he slept.
• 771 wrote in its diary that Jiang Nan had fallen in love with Fu Jingzhou and wished them a happy romance.

Jiang Nan woke up in Fu Jingzhou’s arms after they had kissed the night before, then felt awkward when Fu Jingzhou teased him about his sore lips. Fu Jingzhou drove him to the filming location before leaving on a noon flight, and Jiang Nan went back to bed until filming began.

• Jiang Nan woke up tangled in Fu Jingzhou’s arms and tried to slip away, but Fu Jingzhou pulled him close and told him not to move.
• Fu Jingzhou hinted that his lips hurt from the room’s dryness, making Jiang Nan panic over their kisses the previous night.
• Jiang Nan noticed he was wearing only his briefs, and Fu Jingzhou teased him about not wearing his red underwear.
• Jiang Nan joked to 771 that he would study aerospace and blast off from Earth to escape his embarrassment.
• Fu Jingzhou insisted on driving Jiang Nan to the little courtyard and said his flight was at noon.
• Jiang Nan returned to his room before filming and decided to go back to sleep.

Jiang Nan received affectionate messages from Fu Jinchuan, then misread Qiao Qingzhou’s remarks and Shen Anbai’s hickey as signs of their intimacy. The chapter ended with Fu Jinchuan believing Jiang Nan’s disgusted reaction was jealousy.

• Jiang Nan reread Fu Jinchuan’s messages saying he missed him, but worried that confessing his feelings would ruin their friendship.
• Jiang Nan saw Fu Jinchuan and Shen Anbai together outside his room, while Fu Jinchuan assumed Jiang Nan was avoiding them out of jealousy.
• Qiao Qingzhou told Jiang Nan that a couple had kept them awake, and Jiang Nan mistakenly took him to mean Fu Jinchuan and Shen Anbai.
• Shen Anbai invited Jiang Nan to sit beside him, then deliberately revealed hickeys and bite marks on his neck during the livestream.
• Jiang Nan covered his eyes and said they had been poisoned, and Fu Jinchuan privately took his reaction as proof that Jiang Nan was jealous.

The director assigned dating budgets based on the couples’ performance, prompting Jiang Nan to mock Shen Anbai and Fu Jinchuan for their disastrous efforts. Jiang Nan then drew the lot to accompany Shen Anbai and Fu Jinchuan on their date, leaving him and 771 dismayed.

• The director announced the couples’ dating budgets, and Cheng Yan complained that his and Zhou Zicheng’s six hundred yuan would not cover a meal.
• Jiang Nan called out Shen Anbai and Fu Jinchuan for making a mess of their tasks the previous night, and Fu Jinchuan warned him to stop.
• The director said the two observers would draw lots to accompany couples on their dates, and Jiang Nan drew Shen Anbai and Fu Jinchuan.
• Jiang Nan sat down silently with his lot, while 771 complained that the draw had made things miserable for them both.

Jiang Nan went on a date with Fu Jinchuan and Shen Anbai, while Fu Jingzhou watched the livestream and received Jiang Nan’s flirtatious messages during a meeting. The chapter left Jiang Nan furious after Fu Jinchuan used the claw-machine prizes for a purpose he found outrageous.

• Fu Jingzhou returned early to the imperial capital, asked Lin Shen to find the livestream, and watched Jiang Nan sulk on screen.
• Fu Jinchuan declared that he and Shen Anbai would make money from their four hundred yuan, then took them to a mall’s claw-machine area.
• Jiang Nan renamed Fu Jingzhou’s contact “Zhouzhou Wife” and sent him messages saying he was strong and missed him.
• Fu Jingzhou’s phone notifications appeared during a meeting, and Lin Shen awkwardly denied that the messages came from Fu Jingzhou’s husband.
• Fu Jinchuan spent an hour winning forty plushies, rejected Shen Anbai’s request to keep a chick, and left Jiang Nan enraged by what he planned to do with the prizes.

Fu Jinchuan and Shen Anbai tried selling plushies at the mall, but Jiang Nan questioned their plan and privately teased Fu Jinchuan. Their argument turned personal when Fu Jinchuan said Alphas could not have children, leaving the livestream viewers speculating about their past.

• Fu Jinchuan set up a plushie stall with Shen Anbai and planned to charge twenty each, offering a meal at Mountain and Sea Pavilion to anyone who bought one.
• Jiang Nan challenged the price and quietly asked Fu Jinchuan whether his youngest uncle knew how grandly he was acting.
• Shen Anbai grew jealous when Jiang Nan leaned close to Fu Jinchuan, while the livestream chat reacted to Jiang Nan switching off his mic.
• Fu Jinchuan confronted Jiang Nan over his remark, and Jiang Nan asked whether Fu Jinchuan had ever considered that his own words might hurt him.
• Fu Jinchuan told Jiang Nan that he was an Alpha and could not have children, prompting viewers to speculate that this had caused a past breakup.

Jiang Nan exposed Fu Jinchuan as the son of Fu Bai’s illegitimate child, leaving Shen Anbai shaken and Fu Jinchuan unable to deny it. The chapter ended with Fu Jinchuan recalling his first visit to the Fu residence as a child, where he met Fu Jingzhou and began to resent him.

• Fu Jingzhou watched Jiang Nan’s livestream and silently removed the bullet comments.
• Jiang Nan mocked Fu Jinchuan for asking whether he could give birth and insulted his suit, watch, and use of the Fu Group’s name.
• Jiang Nan called Fu Jinchuan the son of an illegitimate child, and Shen Anbai demanded to know whether it was true.
• Fu Jinchuan stayed silent because his father, Fu Chi, was Fu Bai’s illegitimate son.
• Fu Jinchuan recalled how Fu Chi brought him to the Fu residence to ask Fu Bai for money to repay gambling debts.
• At the residence, young Fu Jinchuan saw Fu Jingzhou receive special attention from the butler and grew to hate him.

Fu Jinchuan remembered how his father treated him and his mother while showing deference to his cold little uncle, Fu Jingzhou. When Fu Jingzhou was critically injured in a car accident, Fu Bai’s relatives gathered at the hospital, concerned over who would inherit the Fu Group if he died.

• Fu Chi begged Fu Jingzhou for money, then slapped Fu Jinchuan for speaking disrespectfully to his little uncle.
• Fu Jinchuan watched Fu Jingzhou dismiss a kitten, then change his mind and let it stay because Young Master A Li liked it.
• Fu Jinchuan later understood that Fu Jingzhou’s bloodline set him apart, and that Fu Jingzhou regarded him as less important than a cat or dog.
• When Fu Jinchuan was eleven, Fu Chi celebrated the news that Fu Jingzhou had been in a car accident, shortly after beating Fu Jinchuan’s mother.
• Fu Jingzhou remained in the ICU after the severe accident, while Fu Bai signed a critical condition notice and relatives gathered outside, eyeing control of the Fu Group.

Fu Jinchuan defended his claim to the Fu family name while Jiang Nan struggled with memories of how people had treated Fu Jingzhou after his injury. Fu Jingzhou set a risky project in motion against Fu Jinchuan, then exchanged affectionate messages with Jiang Nan, whose conversation with 771 ended with a question about 998.

• Fu Jinchuan recalled standing outside Fu Jingzhou's surgery and later believing that Fu Jingzhou's disabled legs gave him an advantage in the Fu Group.
• Jiang Nan confronted Fu Jinchuan, who dismissed him and crouched down to sell dolls.
• Distracted by Fu Jinchuan's arrogance, Jiang Nan played badly, then messaged Fu Jingzhou to ask if he had missed him.
• Fu Jingzhou told Lin Shen to let Chuanxing take the costly northern-city project, leaving Fu Jinchuan's company vulnerable to financing trouble.
• Fu Jingzhou asked Jiang Nan whether he had missed him, and Jiang Nan said he had missed him for the whole day after starting to miss him once.
• Jiang Nan asked 771 why Fu Jingzhou was not replying, then learned that 771 resented 998 for taking his outstanding graduate award.

Jiang Nan spent the day selling plushies with Fu Jinchuan and Shen Anbai while worrying that Fu Jingzhou liked someone else and that they might divorce. The chapter ended with Fu Xingli asking Fu Jingzhou to keep Jiang Nan from calling other people “babe.”

• Jiang Nan asked Fu Jingzhou whether he liked someone, and Fu Jingzhou replied that he did; Jiang Nan suggested they could date other people after divorcing.
• Fu Jingzhou wondered aloud how Jiang Nan could possibly get away from him.
• Fu Jinchuan sold all forty plushies, earning eight hundred yuan, while Shen Anbai posed for photos and gave autographs to fans who bought them.
• Jiang Nan joked during his interview that the day’s red-and-green outfits made him feel like a complete idiot.
• Jiang Nan messaged Song Zhusheng, but Fu Xingli saw the message while holding his sleeping wife and asked Fu Jingzhou to keep his wife in line.

Fu Jingzhou learned from Fu Xingli that Jiang Nan called someone else “baby” and became jealous, while Jiang Nan misunderstood Fu Jingzhou’s request to stop using the nickname as a rejection. The chapter ended with Jiang Nan believing he had been dumped and worrying that their friendship and marriage would have to end.

• At a drinking gathering, Shangguan Feng teased Shen Xingli about dating and mocked Qin Feng over Pei Jin’s return.
• Fu Jingzhou read a book about making someone fall in love and received messages from Fu Xingli claiming a married man was calling someone else “baby.”
• Fu Xingli sent a photo of the chat, and Fu Jingzhou recognized Jiang Nan’s account and learned he was messaging a “pretty, gentle Omega.”
• Qin Feng wondered aloud whether Alphas naturally preferred Omegas, worsening Fu Jingzhou’s jealousy and suspicion.
• Jiang Nan messaged Fu Jingzhou to ask whether he was home, but Fu Jingzhou told him not to call him “baby” anymore.
• Jiang Nan took the message as a rejection, feared their friendship would end if Fu Jingzhou learned about his secret kiss, and told 771 that he had been dumped.

Jiang Nan endured a sleepless night, then witnessed Cheng Yan expose Fu Jinchuan’s family history during breakfast. On the third day, Chu Yi’s public fight with Xie Qian ended with tea spilling over Jiang Nan, while Fu Jingzhou watched Qiao Qingzhou show him concern from Jinghe Garden.

• Jiang Nan and Qiao Qingzhou both came downstairs exhausted after hearing noise from Shen Anbai and Fu Jinchuan’s room all night.
• Fu Jinchuan complained about breakfast, and Cheng Yan insulted his family and questioned whether Fu Jingzhou’s car crash had been deliberate.
• Cheng Yan threw an egg at Fu Jinchuan, and Jiang Nan told him he could compete only if he could win.
• On the third day, Chu Yi’s flirtatious chat appeared on camera, and Xie Qian hit him with a stick before they fought in the living room.
• Chu Yi accidentally drenched Jiang Nan with tea, and Qiao Qingzhou hurried to give him a towel while 771 fled in fright.
• Uncle He suggested Qiao Qingzhou had taken a liking to Jiang Nan, and Fu Jingzhou went to the study.

After filming ended, Jiang Nan returned home still upset that Fu Jinchuan liked someone else, while Fu Jinchuan told Shen Anbai that Jiang Nan had secretly loved him for years. Jiang Nan arrived at Jinghe Garden and awkwardly came face to face with Fu Jingzhou.

• Zhu Xia picked up Jiang Nan after filming ended and offered him half a month off.
• Jiang Nan told Zhu Xia that Fu Jinchuan had someone he liked and that he and his wife had not spoken for nearly a week.
• On the way to the airport, Shen Anbai asked Fu Jinchuan about his relationship with Jiang Nan, and Fu Jinchuan said Jiang Nan had secretly loved him for seven or eight years.
• Jiang Nan returned to Jinghe Garden at night and found Fu Jingzhou waiting in the living room.

Jiang Nan decided to discuss divorce with Jiang Qingye after believing Fu Jingzhou loved someone else and that he should step aside. Jiang Qingye arranged to meet him at the office the next day, then asked Luo Hang whether Jiang Nan's career was going badly.

• Fu Jingzhou asked Jiang Nan whether he had eaten, and Jiang Nan gave a brief answer before returning to his room.
• Jiang Nan decided to put divorce on the agenda and messaged Jiang Qingye to ask if he was free the next day.
• Jiang Nan remembered he was the fake young master and told Jiang Qingye he had money and wanted to discuss something important.
• Jiang Qingye invited Jiang Nan to visit him at the office and noticed his brother was unusually polite.
• Jiang Qingye asked Luo Hang whether Jiang Nan's career had been going badly, but Luo Hang said he had no idea.

Fu Jingzhou told Jiang Qingye that Jiang Nan was doing well, though he privately struggled to figure out how to approach him. The next day, while making coffee at the office, Jiang Nan wondered whether he wanted to return to his former world and realized he might never see Fu Jingzhou again.

• Jiang Qingye asked Luo Hang whether Jiang Nan had been having trouble, but Luo Hang said he did not know.
• Fu Jingzhou told Jiang Qingye that Jiang Nan was doing well, even as he remembered Jiang Nan looking eager to escape their meeting.
• Jiang Nan arrived at the office, and Jiang Qingye asked him to make coffee.
• While preparing the coffee, Jiang Nan asked Little Black Ball whether he had died in the other world and whether he wanted to go back.
• Jiang Nan thought of Fu Jingzhou and wondered whether returning would mean never seeing him again.

Jiang Nan remembered his childhood longing to know where he came from and the parasol tree that had given him a sense of belonging. He decided to divorce Fu Jingzhou, but after asking when Fu would come home, he began preparing a meal for him.

• Jiang Nan recalled crying as a child because he did not know his origins, and remembered how the parasol tree and Mama Director’s letter had helped him grow.
• Jiang Nan told Jiang Qingye he wanted a divorce from Fu Jingzhou, and Jiang Qingye promised to handle the family and company’s concerns.
• Jiang Nan messaged Fu Jingzhou to ask when he would come home, and Fu replied that he would arrive at five.
• Fu Jingzhou told their childhood friends that he and Jiang Nan had made up, while Qin Feng remained troubled by Pei Jin’s daily divorce agreements.
• Jiang Nan spent the afternoon learning to cook and prepared several dishes, despite burning pans and ruining much of the scrambled eggs.

Jiang Nan prepared a birthday dinner for Fu Jingzhou, whose memories of family loss made the celebration painful as well as touching. After dinner, Jiang Nan told Fu Jingzhou they should get divorced.

• Jiang Nan surprised Fu Jingzhou with a home-cooked birthday dinner and longevity noodles.
• Fu Jingzhou remembered losing Wen Lian in a car accident on his twelfth birthday and how the accident left him disabled.
• Fu Jingzhou accepted Jiang Nan’s birthday wishes and quietly thanked him for the meal.
• Jiang Nan hesitated to share his “good news,” but Fu Jingzhou encouraged him to speak.
• Jiang Nan told Fu Jingzhou, “Let’s get divorced.”