Vol. 3A Sunrise Together

Yan Heqing and Lu Lin committed to each other, married, and built a life together while facing family conflicts and the consequences of the Yan family fire. Chu Ziyu and Shen Huaiyu reunited, and Yan Heqing and Lu Lin ended the stretch planning to watch the sunrise together on March 4.

  • Lu Lin and Yan Heqing agreed to marry in secret, then hurried to Yan Heqing’s childhood home when Lin Fengzhi threatened to jump.
  • Lu Lin drove Yan Heqing to their childhood home to meet Lin Fengzhi.
  • Yan Heqing exposed Zhao Weifang, rejected Lu Muchi, and accepted Lu Lin’s proposal as his fiancé.
  • Yan Heqing visited Zhao Huilin and heard Yan Shengbing demand five million yuan.
  • Yan Heqing and Lu Lin registered their marriage, while Cheng Jian’s plot left Lu Muchi paralyzed and led to Cheng Jian and Zhao Weifang’s imprisonment.
  • Lu Lin and Yan Heqing celebrated at Oxygen with Chu Ziyu and the bar regulars.
  • Yan Heqing and Lu Lin celebrated his birthday and strengthened their marriage, while Chu Ziyu and Shen Huaiyu reunited after years apart.
  • Yan Heqing and Lu Lin promised to watch the sunrise together on March 4, and Lu Lin arranged a special trip.
Chapters 201–300 Read from Ch. 201

Arc 9A Promise Before Sunrise

Yan Heqing and Lu Lin grew closer as they confronted old debts, family interference, and Lin Fengzhi’s fixation on Lu Lin. They agreed to marry but kept the decision secret, and hurried toward Yan Heqing’s childhood home after Lin Fengzhi threatened to jump.

  • Yan Heqing moved into Lu Lin’s home, while Lu Lin rejected Lin Fengzhi and helped bring Cheng Jian’s assault case forward.
  • Yan Heqing visited Lin Fengzhi in the hospital and learned of his eye disease, while Lu Lin took Yan Heqing for an examination that showed his eyes were healthy.
  • Lu Lin took Yan Heqing to a hot-spring villa, where they became intimate, and Yan Heqing later told him he still needed to survive until sunrise on March 4.
  • Yan Heqing paid off his debt to Lu Muchi, rejected his advances, and later brought Lin Fengzhi to visit their parents’ graves, where he declared his love for Lu Lin and left Lin Fengzhi behind.
  • Lu Muchi told Lu Changcheng he wanted to marry Yan Heqing and was beaten, while Lu Lin and Yan Heqing began furnishing their new home and Lin Fengzhi secretly followed them.
  • Lu Lin and Yan Heqing agreed to marry and keep it secret until the end of the month, then Lin Fengzhi threatened to jump unless Yan Heqing came to him.
  • Lu Lin drove Yan Heqing to their childhood home, where the fire had happened, to meet Lin Fengzhi.
Chapters 201–22525 summaries Read

Arc 10A Ring Above the River

Yan Heqing cut ties with Lin Fengzhi, exposed Zhao Weifang, and rejected Lu Muchi as he committed himself to Lu Lin. After Lu Lin proposed and confronted Lu Muchi, Yan Heqing visited his adoptive family and found Zhao Huilin abused and the family demanding money.

  • Yan Heqing confronted Lin Fengzhi on the rooftop, then helped Mother Lin after she collapsed and later encouraged her to leave and recuperate abroad.
  • Yan Heqing found Lin Fengzhi hiding in the treehouse, where Lin Fengzhi apologized for the fire-related childhood incident, while Lu Lin began investigating the old Yan Family fire.
  • At Luopu Winery, Yan Heqing recorded Zhao Weifang offering women to Boss Liu, then rejected Lu Muchi’s proposal on Heavenly Bay Mountain and declared that he had a fiancé.
  • Yan Heqing posted the footage that led to Zhao Weifang’s expulsion, moved into the university faculty housing with Lu Lin, and confessed that he had deliberately approached Lu Lin.
  • Yan Heqing told Lu Lin he liked him, and they spent the night together before discussing how Zhao Weifang and Cheng Jian might seek revenge.
  • Lu Lin staged a fireworks sunrise, put a wedding ring on Yan Heqing’s finger, and said they would marry the next month.
  • Lu Lin confronted Lu Muchi at Yan Heqing’s apartment, reported his drunk driving, and told Lu Changcheng that Yan Heqing was his fiancé despite his disapproval.
  • Yan Heqing visited Zhao Huilin, found her bruised and crying, cleaned the apartment and comforted her, then heard Yan Shengbing beg him for five million yuan.
Chapters 226–25025 summaries Read

Arc 11Wedding Rings and Ruin

Yan Heqing and Lu Lin married, faced the fallout from Yan Shengbing’s attack on Lu Muchi, and prepared for their wedding while Lu Lin pursued Cheng Jian and found Lin Fengzhi. The stretch ended with the newlyweds celebrating at Oxygen with Chu Ziyu and the bar regulars.

  • Yan Heqing refused Yan Shengbing’s demand for five million yuan, and Cheng Jian recruited Yan Shengbing to target Lu Muchi in a staged drunk-driving attack.
  • Yan Heqing introduced himself as Lu Lin’s partner at the Lu Family banquet, and they agreed to register their marriage after Lu Muchi drunkenly watched them together.
  • Yan Heqing visited his parents’ graves with Lu Lin, adopted a puppy, and married Lu Lin at the Civil Affairs Bureau before drawing him into a rose-petal bath.
  • Yan Shengbing’s car crashed into Lu Muchi, leaving him paralyzed, and Lu Changcheng traced the attack’s funding to Cheng Jian’s secretary while Cheng Jian and Zhao Weifang were later sentenced to life imprisonment.
  • Lu Lin took Yan Heqing and Lu Ruchan to the island, where they discussed holding their wedding, then returned to the capital as Lu Muchi repeatedly tried to kill himself.
  • Lu Lin found Lin Fengzhi, who admitted setting the fire at the Yan family home thirteen years earlier, while Lu Changcheng later imprisoned him to prevent his corneal surgery.
  • Lu Lin and Yan Heqing moved into the faculty housing complex, invited Old Man Fang and Ge Tongyuan to their wedding, and then visited Oxygen wearing their wedding rings.
  • Yan Heqing took a photo with Lu Lin at their old university photo wall, and the couple celebrated at Oxygen as Chu Ziyu drank himself into confusion.
Chapters 251–27525 summaries Read

Arc 12Wishes Beneath the Fireworks

Yan Heqing and Lu Lin married, celebrated Yan Heqing’s nineteenth birthday, and strengthened their life together as Chu Ziyu and Shen Huaiyu confronted their long, painful history and reunited. The arc ended with Yan Heqing and Lu Lin promising to watch the sunrise together on March 4, with Lu Lin arranging a special trip.

  • Yan Heqing and Lu Lin married on the island, then spent the night together aboard a yacht and stayed at sea for several more days.
  • After returning, Yan Heqing rejected Lin Fengzhi’s plea for forgiveness, and Lu Lin surprised him at the airport before they reunited at home and celebrated his real birthday on November 8.
  • Yan Heqing and Lu Lin brought gifts to Rainbow Bridge Welfare Home, then celebrated Yan Heqing’s birthday with friends and a surprise at Ice Lake Valley.
  • Chu Ziyu encountered Shen Huaiyu again through Yan Heqing and remembered how he had fallen for Shen as a teenager, secretly visiting his school and workplace for months.
  • Chu Ziyu found Shen Huaiyu being harassed on Christmas, defended him, and later admitted he liked him, but Shen Huaiyu rejected his pursuit.
  • Years later, Lu Lin’s card-game traps brought Chu Ziyu and Shen Huaiyu together, and Shen Huaiyu remembered Chu Ziyu caring for him before asking for another chance.
  • Chu Ziyu and Shen Huaiyu kissed, while Lu Lin told Yan Heqing that Shen Huaiyu had approached him because of Chu Ziyu.
  • Yan Heqing and Lu Lin spent New Year’s Day at an amusement park, promised to hold on to each other for life, and wrote matching wishes to watch the sunrise together on March 4.
Chapters 276–30025 summaries Read
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