Recaps

Yan Heqing deliberately caused a power outage when Lu Lin arrived, then used the darkness and candlelight to spend time with him. As they prepared dinner together, Yan Heqing wondered about Lu Lin’s feelings and wanted to understand his own.

• Yan Heqing told Lu Muchi not to visit for now, then bought a flight south using Xu Qiaoyin’s ID number.
• Yan Heqing received his driver’s license, bought ingredients, and prepared for Lu Lin’s visit.
• When Lu Lin arrived, the power went out because Yan Heqing had loosened a screw in the meter box.
• Yan Heqing suggested they eat out, but Lu Lin pointed out that the kitchen used bottled gas.
• Yan Heqing lit a candle and began cooking while Lu Lin watched him closely in the candlelight.

Yan Heqing and Lu Lin talked about relationships while cooking, but Lu Lin left before they could eat together. At the hillside villa, Lu Lin told Lu Changcheng that he liked men and would marry only one person, then went to visit Lu Ruchan.

• Lu Lin asked Yan Heqing whether he had dated anyone, and Yan Heqing said he had never dated because he did not like Fu Helang and enjoyed being friends with Lu Lin.
• Lu Lin left before eating after receiving a call from Lu Ruchan's caregiver, and Yan Heqing ate both bowls of noodles alone.
• At the villa, Lu Lin reassured Lu Ruchan that he would stay with her that night.
• Lu Lin told Lu Changcheng and Lu Han that he liked men and would marry only one person, leaving both men shocked.
• Lu Changcheng became short of breath and recovered after the doctor treated him, and Lu Lin later went to Lu Ruchan's room.

Yan Heqing visited Xu Qiaoyin with a drawing from the orphanage, while Lu Muchi tried to win him over with breakfast and his attention. The chapter ended with Lu Muchi realizing Yan Heqing had liked the palmiers he previously bought for him.

• Lu Ruchan asked Lu Lin whether he was getting married, and Lu Lin said it depended on whether Yan Heqing was willing.
• Lu Muchi dressed up and made congee before Yan Heqing arrived at the villa.
• Yan Heqing entered Xu Qiaoyin's room and gave her the drawing made by the orphanage children, reassuring her as she studied it.
• Lu Muchi brought Yan Heqing congee, but Yan Heqing refused it and said he liked palmiers.
• Yan Heqing said the palmiers Lu Muchi had bought before were quite good, and Lu Muchi remembered having them specially made.

Yan Heqing helped Xu Qiaoyin escape Lu Muchi’s villa and sent her away by plane. He then returned to the villa, intending to confront Lu Muchi on his own turf.

• Yan Heqing persuaded Lu Muchi to let him take Xu Qiaoyin into the yard, then hid her in his car and told the servants she was resting in her room.
• Yan Heqing drove Xu Qiaoyin to the airport, where she obtained temporary identification and prepared to board a flight with her painting and belongings.
• Xu Qiaoyin thanked Yan Heqing for helping her and asked him to tell Auntie Zhang at the orphanage that she was doing well; Yan Heqing agreed.
• After Xu Qiaoyin’s plane took off, Yan Heqing decided to wait for Lu Muchi at the villa instead of going home.
• Yan Heqing returned to the villa before Lu Muchi and went upstairs carrying an empty bag.

Yan Heqing helped Xu Qiaoyin escape while Lu Muchi was away, then calmly faced Lu Muchi’s fury when he discovered she was gone. Lu Muchi pinned Yan Heqing against the sofa and threatened to kill him as the butler called Lu Lin for help.

• Gu Xingye sent Yan Heqing a friend request, but Yan Heqing ignored it and joined a fieldwork group with a boy and Zhan Pingting.
• Yan Heqing chose plants for the fieldwork, then saw Lu Muchi return with hot palmiers.
• Yan Heqing told Lu Muchi that Teacher Xu was gone, and Lu Muchi found that Xu Qiaoyin had disappeared from her room.
• Lu Muchi accused Yan Heqing of helping Xu Qiaoyin escape, grabbed his shoulder, and shoved him against the sofa.
• Lu Muchi ordered the servants out, and the butler called for Lu Lin’s contact information while Yan Heqing recalled Lu Muchi’s past cruelty.

Yan Heqing confronted Lu Muchi, warned him not to pursue Xu Qiaoyin, and left unharmed. He told Auntie Zhang that Xu Qiaoyin had gone to volunteer, then learned Lu Group had sponsored an elevator for the orphanage.

• Yan Heqing challenged Lu Muchi over his cruelty and compared him to his grandfather, then warned him that pursuing Xu Qiaoyin would put her at risk.
• Yan Heqing left the villa unharmed, and the butler deleted Lu Lin's number without calling him.
• Lu Lin learned that the anxious caller had been Lu Muchi's private butler and asked when the university fieldwork would begin.
• Yan Heqing visited the orphanage and told Auntie Zhang that Xu Qiaoyin had left to volunteer as a teacher in the west.
• Auntie Zhang told Yan Heqing that Lu Group had sponsored the orphanage's elevator.

Yan Heqing realized Lu Lin had known about the fire that destroyed his family and spent the night confronting the help he could never repay. He reconnected with Lu Lin over WeChat, who had left him household supplies, and their quiet conversation ended with plans to share instant noodles another time.

• Yan Heqing called Lin Manfeng twice and realized she had blocked him, making him suspect Lu Lin had arranged for her to bring him photographs of his mother.
• Yan Heqing held Yan Qiushuang's framed photograph and reflected that he could neither return nor repay what he had received.
• Yan Heqing messaged Lu Lin to ask about the favor Lu Lin had mentioned, and Lu Lin said they would discuss it when they met.
• Lu Lin told Yan Heqing that bags of laundry pods, shower gel, and shampoo were waiting by his door, and Yan Heqing said he wanted to keep them.
• Yan Heqing told Lu Lin he had done something good for himself but bad for someone else, and Lu Lin joked about his business talent while making instant noodles.
• Lu Lin failed to make soft-boiled eggs and ended the call after promising to wait for Yan Heqing to share noodles with him another time.

Lin Fengzhi confronted Gu Xingye after learning that Yan Heqing had told him about their relationship, then learned Yan Heqing's class was leaving for weeklong fieldwork. On the coach, Yan Heqing avoided Zhou Wuyou's attention and ended up seated beside Gu Xingye.

• Lin Fengzhi answered Gu Xingye's call and admitted that Yan Heqing was his biological twin brother, while Gu Xingye told him about the upcoming fieldwork.
• Lin Fengzhi asked Gu Xingye to look out for Yan Heqing, then snapped at Lin Fengyi when he asked about Yan Heqing and the fieldwork.
• Lin Fengyi returned to his room and made a call after hearing that Yan Heqing would be away for a week.
• Zhou Wuyou told Zhan Pingting she liked Yan Heqing, and Zhan Pingting offered to help her get an opportunity to spend time with him.
• Yan Heqing boarded the coach and took a seat near the back; Gu Xingye sat beside him, while Yan Heqing put on headphones and read.

On the bus to Beijing University’s Mount Huai field practicum, Gu Xingye tried to befriend the reserved Yan Heqing, who refused. After the students reached the campsite, Yan Heqing noticed Lin Fengyi was there, while Lin Fengyi watched him with displeasure as he stood beside Gu Xingye.

• Gu Xingye saw Yan Heqing reading an Agatha Christie novel and asked about his relationship with Lin Fengzhi, but Yan Heqing told him to ask Lin Fengzhi himself.
• Gu Xingye asked Yan Heqing to be friends, but Yan Heqing said he did not make friends.
• After the five-hour trip, Yan Heqing eased his motion sickness with an orange candy from the bag Lu Lin had given him.
• At the campsite, Sun Tingzhou arrived with Lin Fengyi, and Gu Xingye suspected Lin Fengyi had come for Yan Heqing.
• Gu Xingye told Yan Heqing that Lin Fengyi was there, but Yan Heqing showed no reaction; Lin Fengyi watched him standing with Gu Xingye and felt displeased.

Yan Heqing joined his classmates for mountain fieldwork and shared a photo of water crowfoot with Lu Lin, who was also heading out into the wild. As the group ventured deeper into the forest, Yan Heqing lost signal and could not receive Lu Lin’s reply.

• Lin Fengyi hugged Gu Xingye to watch Yan Heqing’s reaction, then asked whether Gu Xingye was close with him.
• Yan Heqing helped Zhou Wuyou pitch her tent and agreed to join the group’s seven o’clock mountain outing.
• Yan Heqing’s six-person group set off along the western route to observe wild plants and stopped at a lake covered in water crowfoot.
• Yan Heqing sent Lu Lin a photo of the flowers, and Lu Lin replied that he was going fishing in the wild too.
• Yan Heqing did not receive Lu Lin’s message because his phone lost its signal as the group entered the dark, densely wooded mountains.

Zhao Yong persuaded the group to explore Firefly Cave, while Lu Lin searched Mount Huai for Yan Heqing and followed footprints deeper into the forest. The chapter left Lu Lin concerned that something had happened after he found the route ended at a fork and chose the trail to the left.

• Zhao Yong showed the group his map to Firefly Cave, and Zhan Pingting agreed to go despite worrying about getting lost.
• Lin Fengyi went into the mountain with Sun Tingzhou to look for Gu Xingye, while Sun Tingzhou decided to end their relationship as bed partners.
• Lu Lin arrived at camp, entered Mount Huai along the western trail, and found the plum blossom water-crowfoot Yan Heqing had photographed.
• Lu Lin reached a fork near four o'clock, found footprints on the left trail, and hurried after them because Yan Heqing had not returned or replied.

Lu Lin found Yan Heqing injured in the firefly cave and treated his ankle. As they prepared to leave, Yan Heqing asked whether Lu Lin was always so passionate about the things that obsessed him.

• Zhou Wuyou insisted on searching for Yan Heqing, but Gu Xingye went into the cave alone while the others waited outside.
• Lu Lin arrived at the cave entrance, asked where Yan Heqing was, and hurried inside to find him.
• Yan Heqing waited in the cave after an animal bit his ankle and recalled being abandoned as a child.
• Lu Lin found Yan Heqing, examined the bite, and treated and bandaged his ankle.
• Yan Heqing asked whether Lu Lin was always so passionate whenever he became obsessed with something.

Lu Lin carried the injured Yan Heqing through the cave while Gu Xingye followed, and they emerged to discover a hidden plum blossom behind the waterfall. After reaching a place with reception, the group rested by a fire, where the students mistook Lu Lin for Yan Heqing’s brother.

• Lu Lin gave Yan Heqing hand sanitizer and dried pineapple, then carried him through the cave as Yan Heqing held the watch to light their way.
• Gu Xingye caught up with Lu Lin and Yan Heqing, followed them through the winding cave, and wondered about their relationship.
• As they left the cave, Yan Heqing pointed out a hidden white plum blossom behind the waterfall, which surprised Gu Xingye.
• Lu Lin carried Yan Heqing down the mountain and remarked that someone was as amazing as the blossom.
• At a place with reception, Lu Lin made a fire and roasted sweet potatoes while Gu Xingye contacted their counselor.
• Zhan Pingting whispered that Lu Lin was handsome and assumed he was Yan Heqing’s brother, while Zhao Yong admired Lu Lin’s expensive-looking watch.

Yan Heqing and Lu Lin returned to camp, where Yan Heqing said Lu Lin would share his tent. As they settled in, Lu Lin offered a hopeful version of the sailor-and-whale story, while Yan Heqing revealed that survival had taught him not to rely on unlikely outcomes.

• Lu Lin gave Yan Heqing the first roasted sweet potato, and Gu Xingye watched them share it.
• After the group returned to camp near midnight, Yan Heqing said Lu Lin would stay in his tent.
• Yan Heqing made a second pillow by stuffing his coat into a pillowcase.
• Lu Lin suggested the supply ship had come for the whale, and Yan Heqing said that would be a good outcome.
• Yan Heqing reflected that he had imagined many possibilities but could not risk relying on the one-percent chance of the best outcome.

Lu Lin spent the night beside Yan Heqing and stayed near his class during their field activities. Zhou Wuyou confessed to Yan Heqing and was rejected, while she recognized that he and Lu Lin seemed unusually close.

• Yan Heqing unconsciously moved closer to Lu Lin while they slept, and Lu Lin woke to find Yan Heqing had left him hot pork congee.
• Lu Lin learned Yan Heqing had gone to a research facility with his class, then went into the mountains to fish while waiting for their activities to end.
• At the sunroom, Zhou Wuyou realized Yan Heqing and Lu Lin shared a different kind of closeness, but decided to confess anyway.
• Zhou Wuyou told Yan Heqing she liked him and asked him to try dating her, and Yan Heqing calmly rejected her.
• Zhou Wuyou ran from the sunroom in tears, and Zhan Pingting followed her.

Yan Heqing agreed to date Lu Lin for two months, and Lu Lin returned to the greenhouse to kiss him in the spring storm. Lin Fengyi witnessed them together and left, hurt and jealous.

• Yan Heqing agreed to date Lu Lin as lovers for two months.
• Gu Xingye learned from Old Zhao where Yan Heqing was and hurried to the base.
• Lu Lin turned his car around in the sudden rain and returned to the greenhouse.
• Lu Lin kissed Yan Heqing, who accepted the kiss and thought of their past encounters.
• Lin Fengyi saw Lu Lin and Yan Heqing kissing through the greenhouse glass, dropped the raincoat he had brought, and drove away.

Yan Heqing and Lu Lin shared a kiss, then spent the rainy evening together in the greenhouse before Lu Lin left to visit the hospitalized Lu Muchi. Lu Lin arrived at the hospital and checked on Lu Ruchan, while Lu Muchi finally reacted to his presence.

• Gu Xingye watched Yan Heqing and Lu Lin through the rain, then left after seeing them kiss.
• Yan Heqing returned to taking plant notes, and he and Lu Lin shared instant noodles after the rain stopped.
• Lu Lin covered Yan Heqing with a blanket, warmed his hands, and left after telling him to contact his boyfriend if anything came up.
• Lu Lin drove to the hospital because Lu Muchi had been admitted and Lu Ruchan was there.
• Lu Lin arrived to find Lu Muchi refusing nutritional IVs, and he checked on Lu Ruchan before Lu Changcheng could ask him to help get Lu Muchi to eat.

Lu Muchi asked Lu Lin to help find his missing mother, but Lu Lin refused and told him to eat and rest. Meanwhile, Lin Fengyi recovered from a fever after returning from Mount Huai, and Lin Fengzhi learned he had seen Yan Heqing there before realizing his own fight with Yan Heqing came from a mistaken guess.

• Lu Ruchan sent Lu Muchi away to rest, and Lu Lin returned to the hospital to find him pleading for help locating his mother.
• Lu Lin refused Lu Muchi's request, and Lu Muchi forced himself to eat while dwelling on Yan Heqing.
• Lin Fengyi returned home covered in mud, developed a high fever, and mistook Lin Fengzhi for Yan Heqing when he woke.
• Lin Fengzhi questioned Lin Fengyi about Mount Huai and learned that he had encountered Yan Heqing and Gu Xingye there.
• Lin Fengzhi called Gu Xingye, who revealed he had only guessed about Lin Fengzhi and Yan Heqing's relationship, prompting Lin Fengzhi to realize he had wrongly accused Yan Heqing.
• Gu Xingye told Lin Fengzhi to consider how he would apologize and make things right with Yan Heqing.

Lin Fengzhi decided to visit Lu Lin after feeling guilty about misunderstanding Yan Heqing, while Lu Lin learned that Lu Muchi had been hospitalized after an argument with his new boyfriend. After a warm phone call with Yan Heqing, Lu Lin encountered Lin Fengzhi in the parking garage, where Lin Fengzhi nearly got hit by his car and tearfully called him Uncle Lu.

• Lin Fengzhi considered apologizing to Yan Heqing but deleted his message, then decided to visit Lu Lin at Lu Group.
• Lu Muchi's butler told Lu Lin that Lu Muchi had argued with a friend and identified his new boyfriend as the person who helped Xu Qiaoyin.
• Yan Heqing messaged Lu Lin to remind him to eat, and they spoke while Yan Heqing compiled reports about Firefly Cave.
• Lu Lin learned that Yan Heqing would return to Beijing University on Sunday at six in the evening and promised him a reward for studying hard.
• Lin Fengzhi rushed in front of Lu Lin's car in the parking garage, then saw Lu Lin and called him Uncle Lu with reddened eyes.

Lu Lin picked Yan Heqing up after his weekend trip and brought him back to the apartment he called home. Yan Heqing agreed to visit the hospitalized Lu Muchi the next day, while Lin Fengzhi devised a scheme to get closer to Lu Lin.

• Lu Lin gave Lin Fengzhi a hospital referral and warned him he would call the police if the incident happened again, while Lin Fengzhi decided to use the referral to approach him.
• Yan Heqing received a call from Lu Changcheng, who asked him to visit the hospitalized Lu Muchi, and Yan Heqing agreed to come after school the next day.
• Lu Lin called Yan Heqing from across the road and told him to collect his reward, and Yan Heqing crossed over to meet him.
• Lu Lin took Yan Heqing home, held his hand briefly, and told him to eat more because he had lost weight.
• At the apartment, Lu Lin prepared to cook dinner while Yan Heqing left his bags by the entryway.

Yan Heqing finished an urgent report on Lu Lin’s computer, then shared dinner and a movie with Lu Lin at his apartment. After Lu Lin checked Yan Heqing’s healing bite wound and noticed an old scar, Yan Heqing asked to stay the night, and Lu Lin agreed.

• Yan Heqing accepted a rushed report job and used Lu Lin’s computer to finish it, earning 1,200 yuan.
• Lu Lin served Yan Heqing a dinner of several dishes, including cherry pork, and Yan Heqing ate two bowls of rice.
• Lu Lin and Yan Heqing watched a mystery film together in the home theater.
• Lu Lin checked Yan Heqing’s bite wound and noticed a long scar on his calf, while Yan Heqing tried to pull his leg away.
• Yan Heqing asked to stay overnight because it was late, and Lu Lin directed him to the guest room.
• Yan Heqing showered and came out to find Lu Lin on the phone in the living room.

Yan Heqing went with Lu Han to visit Lu Muchi in the hospital, where Cheng Jian appeared earlier than expected. Lu Muchi reacted intensely to Yan Heqing’s arrival and locked the room door behind him.

• Lu Lin told Yan Heqing that someone had staged an accident to extort him, and said his lawyer would handle the matter.
• Lu Lin dried Yan Heqing’s hair, and Yan Heqing later found white plum blossoms in the guest room.
• Lu Changcheng sent Lu Han to bring Yan Heqing from Beijing University to the hospital, where Lu Han said Lu Muchi had stopped eating again.
• Yan Heqing recognized Cheng Jian, whose appearance came a year earlier than in the original story.
• Lu Muchi threw off his covers when Lu Han announced Yan Heqing’s arrival, rushed to the doorway, and locked the door after Yan Heqing entered.

Yan Heqing persuaded Lu Muchi to eat, while Lu Lin questioned Zhao Qiang about Lu Muchi’s past and heard about a Beijing University student who resembled the Lin family’s young son. Yan Heqing prepared to leave after Lu Muchi finished his meal.

• Lu Muchi sent Lu Han and the caregiver out, then admitted he would eat after Yan Heqing said Lu Muchi’s grandfather had asked him to persuade him.
• Yan Heqing picked up a fruit knife, prompting Lu Muchi to ask for an apple, but Yan Heqing put the knife down and Lu Muchi peeled one himself.
• Lu Han saw that a servant left Lu Muchi’s room with the meal dishes and called Lu Changcheng.
• Lu Lin summoned Zhao Qiang and questioned him about Lu Muchi’s private actions from the previous year.
• Zhao Qiang described Lu Muchi’s visit to a Beijing University student’s home and noted that the student’s parents did not seem to be his real family.
• Lu Lin released a snakehead back into the pond, while Yan Heqing waited for Lu Muchi to finish eating so he could leave.

Yan Heqing encouraged Lu Muchi to focus on his business, prompting Lu Muchi to decide to leave the hospital and prove he could stand on his own. After Lu Lin arrived at Yan Heqing’s apartment, they shared a quiet evening together, and Lu Lin asked how long Yan Heqing had off for May Day.

• Yan Heqing left Lu Muchi’s hospital room, and Lu Muchi interpreted his words as hope that he and Yan Heqing could be together openly.
• Lu Muchi watched Yan Heqing leave the hospital, then told the staff to inform his grandfather that he wanted to be discharged.
• Lu Yicheng called Yan Heqing to praise him for getting Lu Muchi to eat and return to work, and offered him anything from the Lu family.
• Yan Heqing bought groceries and candy on his way home, where he found Lu Lin waiting outside his apartment.
• Lu Lin embraced Yan Heqing, cooked dinner for them, and asked how many days he had off for May Day; Yan Heqing said five.

Lu Lin invited Yan Heqing to Twenty Bridges, then quietly left after making sure he was sleeping. At the Journey Home Club, Lu Lin began a brutal kickboxing match with Lu Muchi, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Lu Lin invited Yan Heqing to visit Twenty Bridges, and Yan Heqing agreed.
• Lu Lin tucked the covers around the sleeping Yan Heqing and left, while Yan Heqing woke and watched him go.
• Lu Lin summoned Lu Muchi to the Journey Home Club and challenged him to a match in the boxing gym.
• Lu Muchi removed his protective gear and told Lu Lin not to go easy on him.
• Lu Lin quickly threw Lu Muchi to the mat and battered him, and Lu Muchi tried to counter by trapping Lu Lin's neck with his legs.