Vol. 2A Promise Between Two Bridges

Yan Heqing rejected Lu Muchi and grew closer to Lu Lin, eventually agreeing to date him for two months. After their peaceful trip to Twenty Bridges and a business dispute that left Lu Muchi injured, Lin Fengzhi misread footage of the fight and decided he still had a chance with Lu Lin.

  • Yan Heqing spent New Year with Lu Lin and the Lin family, then entered Lu Changcheng’s banquet disguised as a kitchen worker as Lu Muchi’s engagement was announced.
  • Yan Heqing rejected Lu Muchi and arranged for someone to adopt the kitten Lu Muchi had abandoned.
  • Yan Heqing grew closer to Lu Lin through driving lessons, an amusement park outing, and a yacht trip, while persuading Lu Changcheng to end Lu Muchi’s confinement and encouraging Xu Qiaoyin to consider leaving hers.
  • Lu Muchi ran across the city to buy Yan Heqing palmiers, which Yan Heqing ate and saved for the following weekend.
  • Yan Heqing helped Xu Qiaoyin flee, then joined a field trip where Lu Lin found his injured ankle and carried him down the mountain.
  • Yan Heqing agreed to date Lu Lin for two months, while Lu Lin challenged Lu Muchi to a boxing match.
  • Yan Heqing and Lu Lin grew closer through ice hockey and a quiet trip to Twenty Bridges, while Yan Heqing faced Lu Muchi and Cheng Jian’s business conflict.
  • Lin Fengzhi misread footage of Lu Muchi’s fight and decided Yan Heqing still liked Lu Muchi, so he need not give up on Lu Lin.
Chapters 101–200 Read from Ch. 101

Arc 5New Year and the Banquet

Yan Heqing spent the New Year with Lu Lin and the Lin family while building new connections and preparing to confront Lu Muchi. The stretch ended with Yan Heqing disguised as a kitchen worker at Lu Changcheng’s banquet, where Lu Muchi’s engagement was to be announced.

  • Lu Lin brought Yan Heqing to spend New Year’s Eve at the mountain villa, where Yan Heqing celebrated with Lu Ruchan and gave Lu Lin a potted plant and New Year’s wish.
  • Yan Heqing visited the Lin family, learned Mrs. Lin had once planned to adopt him, and spent time with the family while Lin Fengzhi struggled with his memories of their childhood.
  • Yan Heqing bought a used car with Lin Fengzhi’s help, then went with him to Qikang Hospital, where doctors diagnosed Yan Heqing with severe cervical strain and Lu Muchi saw him in Lu Changcheng’s ward.
  • Yan Heqing went night fishing with Lu Lin, while Lu Muchi waited outside Yan Heqing’s home with a kitten and planned to confess his feelings.
  • Yan Heqing rejected Lu Muchi and arranged for a young woman to adopt the kitten he had abandoned.
  • After learning Lu Changcheng planned to announce Lu Muchi and Qi Xuehong’s engagement, Yan Heqing took temporary delivery work and entered the Lu residence in disguise as a kitchen worker.
  • As the Lin family arrived at the banquet, Lin Fengzhi saw Lu Muchi talking with Qi Xuehong and remembered that Lu Muchi had wanted Yan Heqing as his stand-in.
Chapters 101–12525 summaries Read

Arc 6Lanterns and Open Seas

Yan Heqing grew closer to Lu Lin through driving lessons, the orphanage outing, and a voyage at sea, while confronting Lu Muchi about his feelings and helping Xu Qiaoyin consider leaving her confinement. The stretch ended with Yan Heqing accepting a box of palmiers from Lu Muchi and saving the rest for next weekend.

  • At the banquet, Lu Changcheng announced Lu Muchi and Qi Xuehong’s engagement, but Lu Muchi left to find Yan Heqing, who congratulated him and walked away.
  • Yan Heqing received an anonymous copy of Superhero, passed his driving theory test, and agreed to help Lu Lin in exchange for driving lessons.
  • At Dream Amusement Park, Lu Lin gave Yan Heqing a fountain pen and asked him to make a wish, then promised to help make it come true.
  • Yan Heqing practiced driving with Lu Lin, passed the remaining tests, and shared childhood stories and plans to cook instant noodles together.
  • Yan Heqing met Lin Manfeng, who gave him photographs of his mother, while Lu Lin paid Lin Manfeng and warned him not to contact Yan Heqing again.
  • Yan Heqing visited the Lu residence, delivered Lin Fengzhi’s message to Lu Muchi, and persuaded Lu Changcheng to end Lu Muchi’s confinement.
  • Yan Heqing urged Xu Qiaoyin to consider leaving her confinement, and she asked him to visit again with a drawing.
  • Lu Lin took Yan Heqing and friends on a yacht trip, where Yan Heqing fished, saw a beluga beside the boat, and learned he would get his driving license the following week.
  • Lu Muchi arranged for a girl to offer Yan Heqing a flower, then ran across the city to buy him palmiers, which Yan Heqing ate and saved for next weekend.
Chapters 126–15025 summaries Read

Arc 7The Two-Month Promise

Yan Heqing helped Xu Qiaoyin escape, then joined a field trip where Lu Lin found him injured and carried him back. Yan Heqing agreed to date Lu Lin for two months, while Lu Muchi’s fixation on him deepened and Lu Lin confronted Lu Muchi at a boxing gym.

  • Yan Heqing helped Xu Qiaoyin flee to the west, then confronted Lu Muchi when he discovered she was gone.
  • Yan Heqing joined a university field trip, where Lu Lin tracked him into Firefly Cave, treated his injured ankle, and carried him down the mountain.
  • Zhou Wuyou confessed her feelings to Yan Heqing, but he rejected her.
  • Yan Heqing agreed to date Lu Lin for two months, and Lin Fengyi saw them kissing through the greenhouse glass.
  • Lu Muchi was hospitalized and asked Yan Heqing to visit, while Lu Lin began investigating Lu Muchi’s actions from the previous year.
  • Yan Heqing persuaded Lu Muchi to eat, then left the hospital as Lu Muchi took his words as hope for a future together.
  • Lu Lin waited for Yan Heqing at his apartment, cooked dinner, and invited him to visit Twenty Bridges over the May Day holiday.
  • Lu Lin challenged Lu Muchi to a boxing match and quickly knocked him down, but Lu Muchi tried to counter by trapping his neck with his legs.
Chapters 151–17525 summaries Read

Arc 8Rain, Ice, and Old Ties

Yan Heqing and Lu Lin grew closer through an ice hockey game and a quiet trip to Twenty Bridges, while Yan Heqing faced Lu Muchi and Cheng Jian’s business conflict. The arc ended with Lin Fengzhi misreading footage of Lu Muchi’s fight and deciding he still had a chance with Lu Lin.

  • Lu Lin beat Lu Muchi unconscious in the gym, while Yan Heqing agreed to help Lu Muchi with a hospital project.
  • Yan Heqing introduced Lu Lin as his boyfriend to Lin Fengzhi, and Lu Lin taught Yan Heqing to skate before they played ice hockey together.
  • Yan Heqing scored in the match after Lu Lin set up the play, and Lin Fengzhi crashed into the boards while charging at him, requiring surgery.
  • Lu Lin took Yan Heqing to his apartment and then to his grandmother’s old house in Twenty Bridges, where they spent several peaceful days together.
  • Yan Heqing visited Lin Fengzhi in the hospital, while Lin Fengzhi questioned his relationship with Lu Lin and broke down over his feelings.
  • Yan Heqing met Lu Muchi and Cheng Jian to discuss a major project, and Cheng Jian propositioned him before Lu Muchi attacked Cheng Jian in the hotel lobby.
  • Yan Heqing went to Lu Lin’s apartment, where Lu Lin cared for him, while Lu Muchi collapsed injured outside Yan Heqing’s home.
  • Lin Fengzhi watched videos of Lu Muchi’s fight and mistook a figure for Yan Heqing, deciding that Yan Heqing still liked Lu Muchi and that he need not give up on Lu Lin.
Chapters 176–20025 summaries Read
Volume 2 of 4
Volume 2 of 4