Recaps

Yan Heqing broke away from the Yan family and Lu Muchi while trying to reconnect with his biological younger brother, Lin Fengzhi. Lin Fengzhi learned that he had been adopted, confirmed Yan Heqing’s claim, and invited him to the Lin home, where the family welcomed him uneasily.

• Yan Heqing refused to sign Lu Muchi’s contract, left the Yan home after repaying its expenses, and exposed the abuse he had endured before severing ties with his adoptive family.
• Yan Heqing arranged a new life, studied biology, and took a bartending job at Oxygen to get close to Lu Lin, while Lu Muchi continued searching for him.
• Yan Heqing encountered Lu Muchi outside his apartment and refused his offer of money, insisting that Lu Muchi find his biological younger brother.
• Yan Heqing recognized Lin Fengzhi at T University and introduced himself as Lin Fengzhi’s older brother, but Lin Fengzhi initially rejected the claim.
• After Yan Heqing left, Lin Fengzhi broke down, fell ill, and learned from his family that he had been adopted.
• Lin Fengzhi called Yan Heqing after his parents confirmed the truth and invited him to dinner at the Lin home.
• Yan Heqing arrived with carnations and strawberries, where Mrs. Lin welcomed him, Lin Fengzhi felt awkward, and Lin Fengyi regarded him with contempt.

Yan Heqing crossed paths with Lu Lin while juggling work, exams, and old family ties, and Lin Fengzhi grew closer to him. The stretch ended with Yan Heqing confronting Lu Muchi over his feelings for Lin Fengzhi while Lin Fengyi remained unsure whether his secret was safe.

• Yan Heqing charmed the Lin family at dinner, and Lin Fengzhi left feeling excluded before later visiting Yan Heqing’s apartment.
• Yan Shengbing and Zhao Huilin mistook Lin Fengzhi for Yan Heqing and attacked him, and Lu Muchi carried him to the hospital.
• Yan Heqing fell through the ice while fishing, and Lu Lin rescued him, stayed by him in the hospital, and exchanged contact details with him.
• Yan Heqing and Lin Fengzhi grew closer as Lin Fengzhi stayed at his apartment, shared childhood memories, and received an Ultraman figure from him.
• Yan Heqing worked at a bar party where Lin Fengyi challenged him to dice, and Yan Heqing kissed Lu Lin after losing the second round.
• Yan Heqing quit his bar job and later told Lin Fengzhi about their birth parents while they ate hot pot together.
• Lu Muchi confronted Yan Heqing outside his apartment, and Yan Heqing punched him and accused him of treating him as a substitute for Lin Fengzhi.
• Lin Fengzhi recorded his happy visit with Yan Heqing in his diary, while Lin Fengyi felt relieved that he did not seem to know his secret.

Yan Heqing volunteered at Rainbow Bridge Welfare Home, arranged Lu Muchi’s discovery of Lin Fengzhi’s feelings for Lu Lin, and grew closer to Lu Lin. The arc ended with Lu Lin inviting Yan Heqing to see whales at sea next summer and telling his mother a story about a wounded whale.

• Yan Heqing began volunteering at Rainbow Bridge Welfare Home, where Lu Lin later arrived with donations and saw Yan Heqing caring for the children.
• Yan Heqing arranged for Lu Muchi to find Lin Fengzhi waiting naked in Lu Lin’s room, and Lu Lin left after seeing them together.
• Lu Muchi confronted Yan Heqing over Lin Fengzhi’s diary, while Yan Heqing burned the diary entry and later posted his welfare home staff ID for Lu Lin to see.
• Lu Lin visited Rainbow Bridge, toured the home with Yan Heqing, and gave the children gifts, including a Cube of Light for a paralyzed girl.
• Lin Fengzhi asked Yan Heqing for advice after Lu Lin failed to recognize him, while Lu Lin refused his father’s effort to arrange a blind date.
• Yan Heqing and Lu Lin met at Beijing University after Lu Lin’s lecture, escaped Yan Heqing’s creditors, and shared food and music in the rain.
• Yan Heqing described the wounded whale in the song, and Lu Lin invited him to see whales and dolphins at sea next summer.
• Lu Lin visited his mother, Lu Zhichan, and told her the story of the wounded whale, which she hoped would escape back to the ocean.

Yan Heqing drew Lu Muchi’s attention to Xu Qiaoyin, suffered an attack, and took temporary shelter with Lu Lin. After rejecting Lu Muchi’s attempt to start over, Yan Heqing suspected him of hiding Xu Qiaoyin and headed to the cemetery for New Year.

• Yan Heqing escorted Xu Qiaoyin home and installed a security camera after learning that someone had been harassing and following her.
• Lu Muchi hired a private detective to follow Yan Heqing, then attacked him at Xu Qiaoyin’s apartment and fled after she intervened.
• Yan Heqing blocked Lu Muchi and called 120 before collapsing, and Lu Lin collected him from the hospital and sheltered him at his apartment.
• Yan Heqing helped Lin Fengzhi choose a gift for Lu Lin, while Lin Fengzhi broke with Lu Muchi and returned his gifts.
• Yan Heqing left Lu Lin’s apartment before New Year and rejected Lu Muchi’s proposal to start over by reminding him of the hundred thousand yuan paid to his adoptive parents.
• Lu Muchi forced Zhao Huilin to return the hundred thousand yuan, and Yan Shengbing borrowed from loan sharks to repay it.
• Lu Lin sent Lin Fengzhi away after he entered his office disguised as a courier, then returned home to find Yan Heqing gone.
• Yan Heqing turned Lu Muchi away again, suspected that he had hidden Xu Qiaoyin, and boarded a bus to the cemetery as the Lin family discussed inviting him to dinner.