Chapter Summaries

Wen Jiu and Feng Chi discussed Feng Yuan’s troubled past and his feelings for Shen Qianshan before sharing an intimate night together. The next morning, Feng Chi visited Xu Mingzhuo, who asked why he had come, as a tiny chip and an unidentified black box lay on the table.

• Wen Jiu learned that Feng Yuan had once been Song Shijun, a top military-school student who left the Feng Family after accidentally killing someone, and Feng Chi suspected Gu Xun knew why Feng Yuan could not return to a normal life.
• Wen Jiu said he understood why Feng Yuan had fallen for Shen Qianshan and hoped Feng Yuan would not give up on himself.
• Feng Chi teased Wen Jiu into taking the initiative, then guided him through an intimate encounter that left Wen Jiu embarrassed and in tears.
• The next morning, Feng Chi checked that Wen Jiu had no fever, kissed him, and left for the Xu Family.
• Xu Mingzhuo greeted Feng Chi in a bathrobe and asked why he had come; Feng Chi tapped the table beside a tiny chip and an unidentified black box.

Feng Chi prepared Xu Mingzhuo to watch over Wen Jiu while he went abroad to deal with Gu Xun. Wen Jiu realized Feng Chi was leaving to kill Gu Xun, and though he feared for him, he accepted that he could not go along and promised to wait safely at home.

• Feng Chi gave Xu Mingzhuo Wen Jiu’s phone location data and a tracked watch, asking him to keep Wen Jiu safe while he was abroad.
• Feng Chi promised to support Xu Mingzhuo and Cai Qing’s wedding, then caught Cai Qing emerging from Xu Mingzhuo’s bedroom in a disheveled state.
• Wen Jiu woke aching and insisted they sleep separately, but Feng Chi fed him congee and soup dumplings until he told him he had to leave the country.
• Wen Jiu guessed Feng Chi was going after Gu Xun with Shen Qianshan, and Feng Chi confirmed Gu Xun had to die.
• Wen Jiu accepted that he could not accompany Feng Chi and told him to stay safe while he waited at home.

Feng Yuan faced Gu Xun’s demand for a dangerous mission while Wen Jiu’s music career flourished and Feng Chi’s team kept him closely protected. Wen Jiu defended himself against a rude colleague, then wondered if he was starting to sound like President Feng.

• Wen Jiu reassured Feng Chi that he trusted him and asked him to keep Feng Yuan safe.
• Feng Yuan confronted Gu Xun, who ordered him to undertake a hell-tier mission despite the military’s discovery of it, and threatened that failure would bury him and his target at the border.
• Feng Yuan spoke with K, who was leaving on another mission, and told him he did not want him as a partner this time.
• Wen Jiu won awards for his songs, teased fans about his upcoming album and relationship, and continued a packed schedule under Feng Chi’s security arrangements.
• Wen Jiu insulted a colleague who criticized his entourage, and Qu Feng remarked that he sounded increasingly like President Feng.

On the way to film a variety show, Wen Jiu livestreamed and jokingly claimed that he had to work hard to support his delicate, high-maintenance wife, Feng Chi. He arrived at the filming location still being teased for how often he mentioned Feng Chi, while Lin Changfeng joined the episode as a guest with his own child.

• Wen Jiu wondered whether kissing Feng Chi more explained their differences, and Qu Feng and Meng Xiao teased him for being so easily pleased.
• At Qu Feng’s suggestion, Wen Jiu started a livestream, where fans asked about his work and he said he missed Feng Chi and needed to earn money to support his wife.
• Wen Jiu’s livestream became a trending topic, with fans reacting to his claims that Feng Chi was delicate and expensive to keep.
• After the livestream, Qu Feng pointed out that Wen Jiu had mentioned Feng Chi in all 178 sentences, and Meng Xiao laughed at him.
• Qu Feng arranged an outdoor sports variety show appearance for Wen Jiu, and Lin Changfeng signed up to join the episode with his child.

During a treasure-hunt game in an ancient town, Wen Jiu was separated from Shen Huaian and Lin Changfeng after mistaking Shen Huaian for an evil ghost. Shen Huaian and Lin Changfeng discovered armed attackers targeting Wen Jiu and rushed to find him, while Qu Feng tracked Wen Jiu outside the town.

• Wen Jiu led Shen Huaian and Lin Changfeng in the wrong direction before they reached the red team's area and were chased by a group of evil ghosts.
• Wen Jiu realized he had been holding the wrong Shen Huaian, fled from him, and called out for help as the real Shen Huaian and Lin Changfeng escaped separately.
• Shen Huaian and Lin Changfeng spotted that one of the cameramen was an impostor, fought three armed attackers, and ordered their bodyguards to help find Wen Jiu.
• Shen Huaian and Lin Changfeng learned that Wen Jiu's pursuers had lost track of him and asked Xu Mingzhuo and Cai Qing to locate him.
• Qu Feng tracked Wen Jiu near the shopping street and hurried to rescue him, while Meng Xiao called after Qu Feng and told him to be careful.

Wen Jiu fled through the ancient town as armed men pursued him, but K cornered him and revealed that someone who had already met Wen Jiu wanted to see him. Wen Jiu tried to escape again, then ran headfirst into a glass door and lost consciousness.

• Wen Jiu's bodyguards shielded him from the black-clad pursuers and told him to find Qu Feng while they covered his escape.
• Wen Jiu fought off several men and ran through the ancient town and onto the empty tourist shopping street.
• K confronted Wen Jiu with a gun and said an old friend of his knew Wen Jiu well and that Boss had ordered him brought back unharmed.
• Wen Jiu tried to grab K's gun, then fled while K and the pursuing men chased him.
• Wen Jiu struck a glass door in the road, fell amid the shattered glass, and lost consciousness.

K captured Wen Jiu, while Lin Shuheng’s attempted escape led Gu Xun to confront him over the death of the young man in his paintings. After Gu Xun learned Wen Jiu had been caught, Wen woke in K’s vehicle and resisted when K tried to check him for a tracker.

• K found Wen Jiu unconscious after he crashed through the shop glass, handcuffed him, and ordered his team to leave immediately.
• Lin Shuheng escaped the basement but hid in Gu Xun’s room of paintings, where Gu caught him and revealed that the young man in the seascape had died by drowning.
• Gu Xun blamed Lin Shuheng for the young man’s death and said he planned to kill Lin in front of Wen Jiu.
• K called Gu Xun to report that his team had captured Wen Jiu and needed reinforcements.
• Wen Jiu woke in the vehicle, shoved K away, and protested when K asked whether he would hand over the tracker or be searched.

Xu Mingzhuo and his allies raced to stop K from taking Wen Jiu across the border, while K searched Wen Jiu for a tracker. Wen Jiu kept his watch hidden in plain sight and learned K had been fooled, leaving the pursuit ongoing.

• Xu Mingzhuo mobilized his allies to seal the roads and stop K's group from reaching the border, while Ren Huaizhong arrived at his office and asked to speak with him.
• K questioned Wen Jiu about a tracker and searched him after his subordinates reported that the roads were sealed and their pursuers were close behind.
• Wen Jiu gave K his necklace and wedding ring to inspect, then claimed his watch was a love token from Feng Chi and threatened to wreck the car if K damaged it.
• K scanned the watch and returned it, believing Wen Jiu had no tracker, while Wen Jiu secretly put it back on and concealed his deception.

Wen Jiu stopped the police and his friends from attacking K’s armored convoy, choosing to go with the assassins as bait for the operation against their organization. Shen Huaian and Lin Changfeng were injured protecting each other, while Xu Mingzhuo ordered the others to stand down as the convoy left.

• Ren Huaizhong explained that Wen Jiu could help expose the assassin organization’s leader, X, and urged Xu Mingzhuo to withdraw his people.
• Wen Jiu threatened K with his own gun to stop him from using explosives as the convoy broke through the roadblock.
• Shen Huaian and Lin Changfeng pursued the convoy on a motorcycle, while Qu Feng’s cars blocked the road ahead.
• K ordered his men to attack, and Lin Changfeng shielded Shen Huaian from a grenade blast, leaving them injured.
• Wen Jiu pleaded with K not to shoot and told Xu Mingzhuo and Qu Feng to stand down so the convoy could take him away.
• Xu Mingzhuo ordered his men to withdraw, and the armored vehicles departed with Wen Jiu.

Wen Jiu reflected on the people he cared about while being transported by K, and tried to learn more about K’s dangerous world. Meanwhile, Feng Yuan met with Allen to arrange an escort mission, then was suddenly seized after leaving the tavern.

• Wen Jiu told K that his loved ones were not burdens, then asked for food and questioned K about his work.
• K described a life where people had to kill or be killed, and Wen Jiu objected to treating lives as worthless.
• Feng Yuan met Allen in a border-town tavern, where Allen requested his help escorting an important shipment the next day.
• Feng Yuan warned that the shipment might be targeted, while Allen questioned him about the person he had taken an interest in.
• After Allen left, Feng Yuan washed his face and thought everything was nearly over, but someone covered his mouth and dragged him into a dark space.

Feng Yuan and Shen Qianshan reunited in a storage room and agreed on a plan to stop the dangerous shipment. Feng Chi learned Wen Jiu had been used in the operation and refused further cooperation, but hearing Wen Jiu’s voice made him return inside.

• Feng Yuan told Shen Qianshan about the shipment and urged him to stop it in the mountains, and they kissed before parting.
• Shen Qianshan returned to the base and ordered a meeting while his subordinates teased him about his bitten lip.
• Feng Chi confronted Shen Qianshan and attacked him, then learned Wen Jiu had been captured and that the police had received the operation’s location and surveillance audio.
• Feng Chi rejected further cooperation with Lu Xing and left to save Wen Jiu himself.
• Feng Chi stopped when he heard Wen Jiu refusing food and declaring his love, then returned to the meeting room after realizing Gu Xun was using lunch to tempt him.

Wen Jiu rejected Gu Xun’s claim that the secluded estate was their home and refused to let him compare himself to Feng Chi. Gu Xun took him into the basement, where Wen Jiu discovered a naked boy imprisoned in a bloodstained iron cage.

• Gu Xun chained Wen Jiu’s ankle and led him on a tour of the estate, explaining that he had killed the people at the Pei Family’s old residence and now considered this place their home.
• Wen Jiu told Gu Xun that he was married, hated him, and would never forgive him, while insisting that Gu Xun not compare himself to Feng Chi.
• Feng Chi mocked the plan to use Wen Jiu as the sharpest blade against Gu Xun, and Lu Xing said someone else had noticed Gu Xun’s feelings for Wen Jiu had changed.
• Gu Xun calmly took Wen Jiu to the basement and urged him to look inside a torture chamber.
• Wen Jiu found a naked boy asleep in a bloodstained iron cage, and the two stared at each other in shock.

Gu Xun urged Wen Jiu to kill Lin Shuheng, but Wen Jiu refused and said he wanted Gu Xun dead instead, then dropped the gun. Gu Xun revealed his violent past and admitted he had tried to corrupt Wen Jiu, but concluded that Wen Jiu remained compassionate and unchanged.

• Gu Xun placed a handgun in Wen Jiu's hand and told him to kill Lin Shuheng, but Wen Jiu refused and pointed the gun at Gu Xun.
• Wen Jiu could not pull the trigger and dropped the gun, while Feng Chi left to be with him and told Shen Qianshan he would help recover Feng Yuan but would not forgive him for using A-Jiu.
• Gu Xun asked whether Wen Jiu would pity him if he were in the cage, then revealed the scars from his childhood abuse.
• Gu Xun recounted how Mr. Pei's family had confined him after he learned their crimes, and how he killed the family and fled abroad, becoming Pei Xu no longer.
• Gu Xun told Wen Jiu that he had tried to drag him into the mire, but Wen Jiu's refusal to kill Lin Shuheng or Gu Xun showed that he remained compassionate.

Wen Jiu escaped Gu Xun’s coercive embrace and found comfort with Feng Yuan, who freed him from his ankle chain and let him rest. After Wen Jiu fell asleep, Feng Yuan and Gu Xun confirmed their preparations, and Feng Yuan silently resolved to kill him.

• Gu Xun confronted Wen Jiu about his feelings, but Wen Jiu rejected him and tried to leave the manor.
• Wen Jiu reached the front courtyard, where armed guards stopped him, and he returned inside.
• Feng Yuan freed Wen Jiu from his ankle chain, listened as he complained about Gu Xun, and comforted him in the rose garden.
• Feng Yuan took Wen Jiu to his room to sleep and promised that Feng Chi would come for him.
• After Wen Jiu fell asleep, Feng Yuan met Gu Xun, confirmed that everything was ready, and vowed to kill him.

Shen Qianshan learned that Feng Yuan was Song Hu’s son, rescued as a child by Shen Junyao and later raised under the Feng surname to protect him. The chapter traced Feng Yuan’s path into undercover work and left Shen Qianshan grieving as he realized Feng Yuan had never expected to return.

• Feng Yuan’s past revealed that Shen Junyao had saved five-year-old Song Shijun during the operation that killed Shen Qianshan’s father, and He Qinglan later arranged for Old Master Feng to raise him.
• Song Shijun chose the name Feng Yuan to honor Shen Junyao and He Qinglan, then grew up to enlist and volunteer for undercover work as assassin Y.
• Feng Yuan’s application said he had chosen the mission to repay a debt and atone for sins, despite officials’ concerns that the dangerous assignment might destroy him.
• Shen Qianshan recalled losing a fight to Feng Yuan when they first met and realized that Feng Yuan had returned under a different name knowing he might never leave again.
• Shen Qianshan reconsidered Feng Yuan’s denial that he was a soldier and recognized the despair and grief behind it.

Feng Chi reached the castle and rescued Wen Jiu, but Gu Xun escaped after the castle exploded and a gunfight broke out. Wen Jiu was sent toward the base for safety, then got out to face Gu Xun when he appeared in their path.

• Wen Jiu woke to Feng Chi climbing through his third-floor window, and they reunited before cautiously searching the castle for Gu Xun and Lin Shuheng.
• Feng Chi’s subordinates found Lin Shuheng in the basement, but an explosion and fire destroyed part of the castle as the group escaped outside.
• Gu Xun arrived with a convoy, taunted Feng Chi and Wen Jiu, and fled when K opened fire; Feng Chi ordered his people to pursue him.
• Feng Chi put a bulletproof vest on Wen Jiu and sent him back toward the base with an escort, while he went after Gu Xun.
• When the escort stopped and Qing Feng spotted someone ahead, Wen Jiu got out with his gun and saw Gu Xun walking toward them.

Wen Jiu confronted Gu Xun, who revealed that Feng Yuan had spent years undercover committing murders and that the shipment operation was a trap. Gu Xun pushed Wen Jiu to shoot him, and after Wen Jiu fired the final shot, someone familiar gathered him into an embrace.

• Gu Xun confronted Wen Jiu beside the rose gardens and accused Song Shijun of carrying sins like his father.
• Gu Xun revealed that Feng Yuan had killed informants and innocent people while maintaining his cover, prompting Lu Xing to order all units to abort the operation.
• Shen Qianshan refused to withdraw, arguing that the shipment was real and the teams were already trapped in a deadly game.
• Gu Xun admitted he was jealous of Feng Yuan and had arranged the trap to destroy his chance at redemption and freedom.
• Wen Jiu shot Gu Xun repeatedly, but Gu Xun urged him to kill him and pressed the gun to his own brow.
• Wen Jiu fired, lost focus, and was gathered into an embrace by someone with a familiar, cold scent.

Feng Chi rescued Wen Jiu after killing the man who threatened him, while Feng Yuan seized control of Allen’s car as police and soldiers ambushed the convoy. The convoy escaped the first ambush, and Shen Qianshan ordered route two cleared because Feng Yuan was still inside the target vehicle.

• Feng Chi told Wen Jiu that he had fired the final shot and carried him away despite Wen Jiu asking to be put down.
• Feng Chi explained that Gu Xun had taken a side path, that he had returned with a team, and that K had switched sides; a black-clad man approached them.
• Feng Yuan cuffed to Allen in the car, shot Allen through the hand, and forced the driver to keep going as the ambush began.
• Shen Qianshan led an attack on the convoy, caught an enemy’s knife with his bare hand, and watched the black off-road vehicle escape.
• Shen Qianshan realized the enemy had counted on him to protect Feng Yuan and ordered all checkpoints on route two withdrawn.

Feng Yuan fought Allen after the convoy exploded, killed him, and set out to find Shen Qianshan. Shen Qianshan survived the blast but ignored orders to evacuate, determined to find Feng Yuan himself.

• Allen revealed that explosives had been planted in the convoy, and the trucks exploded as Shen Qianshan and Feng Yuan faced the blast.
• Feng Yuan fought Allen in a bomb-rigged vehicle, shot the driver, and escaped when the vehicle crashed and exploded.
• Allen warned Feng Yuan that bombs were rigged throughout the mountains, but Feng Yuan killed him and went looking for Shen Qianshan.
• Su Xu woke beneath Shen Qianshan after the explosion, while officers reported C4 explosives on multiple routes and Ren Huaizhong ordered everyone to evacuate.
• Shen Qianshan disobeyed Ren Huaizhong's order and went to find Feng Yuan, telling Su Xu that he would bring him back even if it cost his life.

Feng Yuan and Shen Qianshan survived the mountain ordeal, and Wen Jiu’s rescue team brought them aboard a helicopter for medical care. As Feng Yuan lost consciousness, he learned that Yan Ke had altered the bomb program, then dreamed of choosing to stay with Shen Qianshan and protect him.

• Feng Yuan and Shen Qianshan rested together at dawn, talked about their past, and waited for rescuers while suspecting Allen had set the bombs to detonate by scheduled text.
• Wen Jiu and Feng Chi arrived by helicopter, and Wen Jiu confirmed that Shen Qianshan was alive before the team carried him aboard.
• Feng Yuan recognized Yan Ke, who explained that Allen’s backup plan had given him time to alter the detonation program.
• Feng Yuan collapsed after seeing Shen Qianshan taken for treatment, and Yan Ke told him to call him by his chosen name.
• While unconscious, Feng Yuan dreamed of protecting Shen Qianshan and resolved to keep moving forward with him.