Recaps

Yan Heqing won over the Lin family with his warmth, skill at Go, and academic achievements, while Lin Fengzhi struggled with feeling like an outsider. The dinner ended with Lin Fengzhi abruptly leaving after learning Yan Heqing attended Beijing University.

• Lin Fengyi took Lin Fengzhi inside and dismissed Yan Heqing’s connection to him, while Lin Fengzhi invited Yan Heqing in awkwardly.
• Mrs. Lin welcomed Yan Heqing and eagerly invited him to help with her garden after learning he had worked at a flower nursery.
• Yan Heqing impressed Mr. Lin with his Go skills and explained that he had learned by watching neighbors play.
• At dinner, Yan Heqing charmed Mr. and Mrs. Lin with his manners and praise for the food, leaving Lin Fengzhi feeling excluded.
• Lin Fengyi asked about Yan Heqing’s studies, and Yan Heqing revealed he attended Beijing University and planned to transfer to biology.
• Lin Fengzhi set down his bowl and abruptly left the table.

Lin Fengzhi struggled with jealousy after Yan Heqing left, then texted Lu Lin, who deleted the message without reading it. Meanwhile, Lu Muchi tried to contact Yan Heqing and ignored Lin Fengzhi’s call, ending the night thinking about Yan Heqing.

• Yan Heqing politely left the Lin family home, and Mrs. Lin and Mr. Lin invited him to visit again.
• Lin Fengzhi watched Yan Heqing’s car leave, felt replaceable in his family, and texted Lu Lin that he missed him; Lu Lin deleted the message unread.
• Lu Muchi saw Yan Heqing arrive at his apartment and repeatedly tried to call him, while Yan Shengbing and Zhao Huilin gave up waiting outside Beijing University.
• Yan Heqing cooked dinner and studied for his final exams as Lu Muchi discovered he had changed his phone number.
• Lin Fengzhi called Lu Muchi, but Lu Muchi did not answer and instead watched Yan Heqing’s window go dark, wondering about him.

Yan Heqing went ice fishing with the old man, caught two snakeheads, and wondered how to make a future meeting with Lu Lin memorable. Lu Lin later drove to the same valley after dark, leaving their possible encounter unresolved.

• Yan Heqing swapped shifts after the manager initially refused his leave, then accompanied the old man to a private lake for ice fishing.
• The old man drove them into the snowy valley, where Yan Heqing helped find a parking space and checked the cars for Lu Lin’s fishing car, but it was not there.
• Yan Heqing caught two snakeheads in less than an hour and called the old man over to see his catch.
• Lu Lin left Lu Group headquarters with his fishing gear and drove alone to the valley, arriving after dark as snow fell.

After spotting Yan Heqing on the road, Lu Lin went to Oxygen hoping to see the bartender, but learned Yan Heqing had taken the night off. Yan Heqing realized Lu Lin had seen him, while Lin Fengyi finally unlocked Lin Fengzhi’s bedroom after he shut himself away for days.

• Lu Lin recognized Yan Heqing in a passing car, turned around, and asked Xie Yunjie when the bartender at Oxygen worked.
• At Oxygen, Feng Zhixian learned Yan Heqing had taken the night off, while Lu Lin arrived with Xie Yunjie and ordered a bottle of 1990 Petrus.
• Yan Heqing returned home, concluded that Lu Lin had recognized him after seeing his license plate, and completed his practice questions before bed.
• Lin Fengzhi remained shut in his room, so Lin Fengyi removed the door lock on Monday out of concern for him.

Lin Fengzhi visited Yan Heqing after feeling hurt that Lu Lin had ignored his messages, hoping to ask questions about their situation. Over a meal at Yan Heqing’s modest home, Lin Fengzhi learned that Yan Heqing had cut ties with his adoptive parents, and their disagreement left the conversation unresolved.

• Lin Fengyi coaxed Lin Fengzhi out from under the covers by claiming their mother had not eaten, and Lin Fengzhi rushed to check on her.
• Lin Fengzhi cried in his mother’s arms over Lu Lin ignoring his messages, then decided to visit Yan Heqing the next day.
• Lin Fengzhi traveled alone to Yan Heqing’s shabby apartment and was surprised by how small and tidy it was.
• Yan Heqing served Lin Fengzhi a simple meal, and Lin Fengzhi asked about his parents.
• Yan Heqing said his biological parents had died and he had cut ties with his adoptive parents for other reasons, prompting Lin Fengzhi to criticize his decision.
• Yan Heqing excused himself to the bathroom and asked Lin Fengzhi to take the bowls to the kitchen.

Lin Fengzhi went to Beijing University to retrieve Yan Heqing’s reissued ID, where Yan Shengbing and Zhao Huilin mistook him for Yan Heqing and attacked him. The chapter ended with Lin Fengzhi injured on the ground as students and a guard tried to stop Yan Shengbing.

• Yan Heqing soaked Lin Fengzhi’s coat and asked him to collect his ID card from Beijing University’s security department.
• Lin Fengzhi borrowed Yan Heqing’s padded coat and scarf, then left to run the errand.
• Yan Shengbing spotted Lin Fengzhi at the university gate and grabbed him, believing he was Yan Heqing.
• Zhao Huilin clung to Lin Fengzhi and staged a public scene, while Yan Shengbing slapped and kicked him, demanding 4.9 million.
• Female students called the gate guards and tried to intervene as Zhao Huilin restrained a guard and Yan Shengbing continued attacking Lin Fengzhi.

Lu Muchi rescued Lin Fengzhi after Zhao Huilin and Yan Shengbing mistook him for Yan Heqing and beat him. Yan Heqing found Lin Fengzhi’s scarf, then went to the mountain lake before dawn, hoping Lu Lin would come fishing.

• Lu Muchi kicked Yan Shengbing away and carried the injured Lin Fengzhi to the hospital, while Zhao Huilin realized she had mistaken him for Yan Heqing.
• Yan Heqing found Lin Fengzhi’s scarf at Beijing University and cut his old ID card into pieces.
• At the hospital, Lin Fengzhi concealed his adoption from Lu Muchi and learned that Lu Lin was expected to lecture at Beijing University before the break.
• Yan Heqing washed the scarf, then left for the mountain lake at two in the morning with his fishing equipment.

Yan Heqing found Lu Lin's car and set up his tent near Lu Lin's while they both ice-fished. After catching two fish, Yan Heqing packed up to leave as darkness fell.

• Yan Heqing spotted Beijing A1111 in the snowy parking area and walked across the lake looking for Lu Lin.
• Yan Heqing found Lu Lin fishing in a heated tent and set up his own tent a few meters away.
• Lu Lin noticed Yan Heqing outside his tent, while Yan Heqing caught a mandarin fish and cooked it.
• Yan Heqing fished and read through the day, caught two fish, and began dismantling his tent at three in the afternoon.

Yan Heqing deliberately fell through the ice, and Lu Lin rescued him and rushed him to the hospital. As Yan Heqing remained clinging to Lu Lin during treatment, Lu Lin called Xie Yunjie to ask for his name.

• Yan Heqing packed up early and stepped onto the hole he had secretly prepared in the ice.
• Lu Lin heard Yan Heqing calling for help, threw him a rescue rope, and pulled him from the freezing water.
• Yan Heqing clung to Lu Lin, who carried him to the tent, warmed him with ginger soup, and called the hospital.
• Lu Lin accompanied Yan Heqing in the ambulance and explained how he had fallen through the ice.
• Nurses eventually freed Yan Heqing from Lu Lin at the hospital and took him for tests.
• At the payment counter, Lu Lin called Xie Yunjie to ask the bartender’s name, and Xie Yunjie answered, “Yan Heqing.”

After Lu Lin saved Yan Heqing from the ice and brought him to a private hospital, Yan Heqing woke up and insisted on repaying the medical expenses in twelve installments. Yan Heqing left the hospital with his belongings, and Lu Lin connected with him on WeChat to arrange repayment.

• After examinations, Yan Heqing stayed overnight in a private hospital room while Lu Lin watched over him.
• Yan Heqing woke alone and waited in his room until Lu Lin returned with his belongings and food.
• Yan Heqing asked to repay the hospital bill in twelve installments, and Lu Lin agreed and gave him his business card.
• Lu Lin told Yan Heqing his name, and Yan Heqing introduced himself in return.
• Yan Heqing found his fishing gear, phone, clothes, and rice porridge, then completed his discharge paperwork.
• Yan Heqing texted Lu Lin about the final bill of 52,200 yuan, and Lu Lin asked him to add him on WeChat; Yan Heqing sent a request under the name 52 hertz.

Yan Heqing started a part-time job at the coffee shop in Lu Group’s headquarters and delivered a large order to the top floor. On the way back down, he unexpectedly met Lu Lin in a crowded elevator, but Lu Lin left without acknowledging him.

• Lu Lin accepted Yan Heqing’s friend request, then noticed that Yan Heqing had sent him an extra 200 yuan.
• Yan Heqing left the canned cat food outside his door untouched and took a part-time job at a coffee shop near Lu Group.
• Yan Heqing and Zhang Qing delivered coffee and cake to Lu Group’s top floor, where Yan Heqing glanced toward Lu Lin’s closed office.
• Yan Heqing encountered Lu Lin in the elevator, and Lu Lin told everyone to get in before standing beside him.
• At the fifty-fifth floor, Lu Lin exited without looking at Yan Heqing, and Zhang Qing remarked on how intimidating he seemed.

Yan Heqing thanked Lu Lin for saving him by giving him a half-price cream cake, then shared his umbrella with Zhang Qing on the way to the subway. After feeding the stray cats and returning home, he received a visit from Lin Fengzhi, who learned that Yan Heqing had taken several part-time jobs to save for driving lessons.

• Yan Heqing waited outside the Lu Group and gave Lu Lin a cream cake as thanks for saving him.
• Lu Lin accepted the cake, tasted it in his car, and found that it tasted good.
• Yan Heqing shared his umbrella with Zhang Qing, who gave him leftover cream to feed the stray cats.
• Yan Heqing fed the cats, took loquat syrup for his cough, and made dinner after getting home.
• Lin Fengzhi visited Yan Heqing and learned that he was working several part-time jobs to save for his driver's license.
• Lin Fengzhi suspected that the couple who had beaten him had mistaken him for Yan Heqing and were likely Yan Heqing's adoptive parents.

Lin Fengzhi asked Yan Heqing to keep their relationship secret, and Yan Heqing agreed. Lin Fengzhi stayed the night, settling into Yan Heqing’s cramped room and showing him the expensive watch a friend had given him.

• Lin Fengzhi told Yan Heqing that his adoptive parents had hit him but claimed he had bumped into something when Yan Heqing asked about the bruise.
• Yan Heqing texted Lu Muchi to ask whether he had left the canned cat food at his door, and Lu Muchi left abruptly after seeing the message.
• Lin Fengzhi asked Yan Heqing to keep their relationship secret because of the Lin Family’s public profile, and Yan Heqing agreed without hesitation.
• Lin Fengzhi asked to stay the night, and Yan Heqing welcomed him.
• Lin Fengzhi found the bathroom too cold and uncomfortable to use, accepted freshly washed clothes from Yan Heqing, and showed him his million-yuan Richard Mille watch.

Lin Fengzhi spent the night at Yan Heqing’s small home, discovered that Yan Heqing’s old clothes did not irritate his skin, and thought of Lu Lin. When Lu Muchi arrived unexpectedly, Lin Fengzhi and Lu Muchi both froze, each worried about what the other might discover.

• Lin Fengzhi told Yan Heqing about the extravagant gifts he had received for turning eighteen, including a star named after him by Lu Muchi.
• After Yan Heqing went to shower, Lin Fengzhi put on Yan Heqing’s old tracksuit and found that it did not trigger his skin allergies.
• Lin Fengzhi admired Yan Heqing after he came out of the shower, then learned that the clothes felt soft because they had been worn for a long time.
• Yan Heqing heard a knock and called for Lin Fengzhi to answer the door while he watered his succulents.
• Lin Fengzhi opened the door to find Lu Muchi standing outside in the snow, and both men worried about explaining their presence to each other.
• Yan Heqing called from the kitchen to ask who had arrived.

Lin Fengzhi escaped after Lu Muchi arrived while Yan Heqing was at his apartment, then arranged to collect his clothes and watch later. The next morning, Lu Lin visited Yan Heqing’s café, where he learned Yan Heqing would bartend at OG on Friday.

• Lin Fengzhi hurried out of Yan Heqing’s apartment with Lu Muchi, who claimed he had come to check on Lin Fengzhi’s injury.
• Lu Muchi touched Lin Fengzhi’s bruise and offered to take him home.
• Lin Fengzhi called Yan Heqing the next morning and said he would collect his clothes and watch on the weekend.
• Yan Heqing arranged cakes at the café while his coworker left the shop to slack off.
• Lu Lin bought coffee and cake from Yan Heqing, then learned from Xie Yunjie that Yan Heqing would be working at OG on Friday.
• Lu Lin arrived at the company carrying the café’s paper bag, prompting coworkers to discuss it in their group chats.

After the café’s cream cake squares became popular, Lu Lin quietly tried one while thinking about Yan Heqing. The chapter ended with Yan Heqing getting a haircut near his home.

• Yan Heqing reflected on how Lu Lin had bought a cream cake despite supposedly disliking it, then recalled how Lin Fengzhi’s birthday cake had once been rejected by Lu Lin.
• Lu Muchi took Lin Fengzhi’s strawberry cake into Lu Lin’s office, but Lu Lin had the secretary take it away to share.
• Lin Fengzhi later mistook Lu Muchi for Lu Lin while drunk and kissed him for half an hour.
• Lu Lin overheard women praising Yan Heqing at work, then ate the cream cake square he had kept beside his computer.
• Yan Heqing got his hair trimmed and chatted with the barber about his head shape.

Yan Heqing accepted a lucrative job mixing drinks at Xie Yunjie's bachelor party, where Lin Fengyi recognized him and challenged him to a humiliating dice game. Yan Heqing agreed to play as a black Bugatti arrived outside the bar.

• Yan Heqing remembered his parents and explained his advice on keeping a baby's head round to a barbershop owner.
• Yan Heqing studied Russian on the subway and agreed to work Xie Yunjie's private party for triple pay and a ten-thousand-yuan bonus.
• Yan Heqing began mixing drinks for the guests, including a Godfather for the drunk Chu Ziyu.
• Lin Fengyi recognized Yan Heqing and, hoping to embarrass him, challenged him to dice, where the loser had to kiss someone or strip.
• Yan Heqing calmly accepted the challenge as a black Bugatti stopped outside the bar.

Yan Heqing lost a dice game and chose Lu Lin as his forfeit kiss partner, leaving them alone in the private room after Lu Lin cleared everyone out.

• Chu Ziyu called low, and Yan Heqing beat Lin Fengyi by rolling three ones.
• Lin Fengyi lost and French-kissed a man beside him for five minutes before demanding a high-roll rematch.
• Lin Fengyi rolled eleven while Yan Heqing rolled four, so Yan Heqing lost the second round.
• Yan Heqing asked Lu Lin, who had appeared at the doorway, whether he could kiss him, and Lu Lin agreed by pulling him close.
• Lu Lin ordered everyone to leave, and Xie Yunjie and Chu Ziyu ushered the others out before closing the door behind them.

Lu Lin rescued Yan Heqing from a dice game at the bar, then stayed with him through the night while Yan Heqing slept. In the morning, Lin Fengyi confronted Yan Heqing and accused him of earning money through his body, leaving their argument unresolved.

• Yan Heqing admitted he had taken leave from university because he badly needed money, and Lu Lin told him to rest in the private room instead of returning to work.
• Lu Lin raised the room temperature when Yan Heqing coughed and curled up from the cold, then stayed awake and refrained from smoking beside him.
• Yan Heqing woke at six, left the bar quietly, and bought a banana crepe and soy milk from a street stall.
• Lin Fengyi, who had followed Yan Heqing from the bar, confronted him about working there and threatened that it would embarrass Zhizhi.
• Yan Heqing defended earning money through his own labor, and Lin Fengyi accused him of staying in Lu Lin's private room because Lu Lin desired him.

Yan Heqing blackmailed Lin Fengyi into keeping their conflict quiet, then returned to work and delivered coffee to Lu Lin’s office building. During their elevator ride, Yan Heqing spoke about fishing and his determination to change his fate, while Lu Lin remained interested in him.

• Yan Heqing showed Lin Fengyi a video of him kissing another man and warned him to stay out of each other’s way or they would both suffer.
• Xie Yunjie found Lu Lin alone in the private room and learned that Yan Heqing had already left.
• Yan Heqing worked at the café, studied between tasks, and arranged with Lin Fengzhi for him to collect his belongings the following day.
• Yan Heqing delivered a large coffee order to the fifty-sixth floor and met Lu Lin in the elevator on the way down.
• Lu Lin asked about Yan Heqing’s health and his interest in fishing, and Yan Heqing revealed his hope of changing his predetermined fate.

Yan Heqing quit his bartending job after another night of Feng Zhixian pursuing him, then kept to his routine of eating and studying Russian at home. The chapter left him calling someone on Sunday morning.

• Yan Heqing told Zhang Qing he was quitting his second part-time job after that day.
• Feng Zhixian brought a crowd to the bar and offered Yan Heqing a trip abroad, but Yan Heqing rejected him and told him to be quiet.
• Yan Heqing told the manager he was quitting for personal reasons and left the bar after thanking him.
• Feng Zhixian offered to drive Yan Heqing home, then rushed back into the bar after Yan Heqing hinted that Feng did not know what had happened there the previous night.
• Yan Heqing steamed dumplings, studied Russian vocabulary, checked that he weighed 114 jin, and made a phone call.

Yan Heqing applied to volunteer at Rainbow Bridge Welfare Home, where he hoped to disrupt the events that had once brought Lin Fengzhi and Lu Muchi closer. After receiving his bar wages, he met Lin Fengzhi at Ruixing Plaza and gave him an Ultraman figurine tied to a childhood memory.

• Yan Heqing applied to volunteer at Rainbow Bridge Welfare Home, where Lu Muchi's mother worked and where Lin Fengzhi had once planned to revisit their childhood memories.
• Yan Heqing vomited, then received 17,656 yuan in wages and a bonus from the bar.
• Lin Fengzhi invited Yan Heqing to Ruixing Plaza for a meal, and Yan Heqing agreed to bring a paper bag.
• At the plaza, Yan Heqing stayed where he was instead of approaching Lin Fengzhi, who jogged over to him.
• Lin Fengzhi led Yan Heqing through the mall while searching for a hot pot restaurant, and they ended up in the children's section.
• Yan Heqing gave Lin Fengzhi an Ultraman figurine and recalled how Lin Fengzhi had cried after breaking one as a child.

Lin Fengzhi and Yan Heqing shared hot pot, and Yan Heqing described their birth parents before they parted. Later that night, Yan Heqing returned from a bookstore and found Lu Muchi confronting Feng Zhixian outside his apartment building.

• Yan Heqing led Lin Fengzhi to a hot pot restaurant and ordered spicy broth with baby cuttlefish, pretending to remember Lin Fengzhi enjoying them as a child.
• Lin Fengzhi asked about their birth parents, and Yan Heqing described their mother, Yan Qiushuang, and their father, whose surname was Dong.
• Lu Muchi called Lin Fengzhi about sending him king crabs, then left his office after hearing Yan Heqing's voice.
• Yan Heqing paid for dinner, invited Lin Fengzhi over, and watched him leave before going to a bookstore instead of going home.
• After the bookstore closed, Yan Heqing walked home and saw Lu Muchi facing off with Feng Zhixian near his apartment building.

Lu Muchi confronted Feng Zhixian over Yan Heqing, who rejected Feng’s confession and sent him away. Lu Muchi followed Yan Heqing to feed the stray cats, but his frustration boiled over when Yan Heqing refused to engage with him.

• Lu Muchi told Feng Zhixian that Yan Heqing belonged to him and warned him not to come looking again.
• Yan Heqing gave Feng Zhixian the coffee he owed him, rejected his feelings, and told him how to leave the apartment complex.
• Lu Muchi waited outside Yan Heqing’s door with cat food and followed him downstairs to feed the stray cats.
• Yan Heqing called the cats One, Two, Three and stroked a kitten while Lu Muchi complained that he would not look at him or smile.
• Lu Muchi scattered the cat food, grabbed Yan Heqing by the shoulders, and demanded to know whether Yan Heqing thought he could ignore him.

Yan Heqing confronted Lu Muchi about using him as a substitute for Lin Fengzhi and refused to be intimidated, while Lin Fengzhi happily remembered his day with Yan Heqing in his diary. The chapter ended with Lin Fengyi relieved that Yan Heqing had not told Lin Fengzhi about his secret.

• Lu Muchi grabbed Yan Heqing and insulted him, but Yan Heqing punched him in the nose and said he was returning the favor.
• Yan Heqing confronted Lu Muchi, saying he knew Lu Muchi loved Lin Fengzhi and had chosen him as a substitute.
• Lu Muchi threatened to have Yan Heqing expelled if he told Lin Fengzhi, then warned him to give in before he left.
• Yan Heqing opened a can of cat food and added it to the stray cats’ feast.
• Lin Fengzhi wrote in his diary about receiving an Ultraman figure from Yan Heqing and enjoying hot pot with him.
• Lin Fengyi questioned Lin Fengzhi about his visit with Yan Heqing and felt relieved when Lin Fengzhi showed no sign of knowing his secret.