Chapter Summaries

Lin Fengzhi decided to leave and seek his future, while Lu Lin and Yan Heqing grew closer despite interruptions and Yan Heqing’s growing secrets. Yan Heqing went to Lu Lin’s apartment to prepare dinner, leaving the story with the meal still cooking and Lu Lin expected home at seven.

• Lin Fengzhi devoured the food Mother Lin ordered and announced that he was going out to find his future.
• Lu Lin dropped Yan Heqing at Beijing University, then decided Cheng Jian was likely Yan Heqing’s true target and waited outside Yan Heqing’s apartment until class ended.
• Lu Lin pulled Yan Heqing close at the apartment door, but the arriving renovation workers interrupted them; Lu Lin kissed him and told him to come home early after class.
• Gu Xingye watched Yan Heqing during class and reflected on the red bean bracelet, while Yan Heqing handed out test papers and later went to the lab and afternoon classes.
• Yan Heqing found signs that Lu Muchi had visited his place, packed clothes and his laptop, and drove to Lu Lin’s apartment with groceries.
• Yan Heqing started soaking rice and simmering a marrow bone for hot pot while he waited for Lu Lin to return.

Lu Lin rejected Lin Fengzhi’s confession and affirmed that he loved Yan Heqing, while Lin Fengzhi’s attempt to reveal Yan Heqing’s secret ended with his mother confronting him. Lu Lin returned home to find Yan Heqing preparing dinner and stayed close as he finished working.

• Lin Fengzhi confessed his feelings to Lu Lin, but Lu Lin rejected him and told him to remember his place.
• Lin Fengzhi claimed Yan Heqing did not love Lu Lin, but Lu Lin replied that loving Yan Heqing was enough.
• Lin Fengzhi tried to show Lu Lin a video, but Lu Lin left before he could show it, and Lin Fengzhi noticed Lu Lin’s red bean bracelet.
• Lin Fengzhi wandered into traffic, was pulled to safety, and then Mother Lin slapped him and told him Lu Lin was Yan Heqing’s man.
• Lu Lin returned home, found Yan Heqing working beside the prepared hot pot, and embraced him while waiting for him to finish.

Yan Heqing accepted Lu Lin’s supplementary card and agreed to see a doctor, while Lu Lin arranged for a former celebrity to testify against Cheng Jian. The next day, Yan Heqing heard that Gu Xingye had taken leave, with no explanation for his absence.

• Lu Lin kissed Yan Heqing, gave him access to his supplementary card and payment accounts, and asked him to see a doctor; Yan Heqing agreed.
• Lu Lin’s assistant told him that a retired male celebrity had agreed to come forward about Cheng Jian’s assault, and Lu Lin assured him that he could help punish Cheng Jian.
• After reflecting on Yan Heqing, Lu Lin chose a piece of candy instead of smoking when Yan Heqing came to say good night.
• Yan Heqing offered Lu Lin an invitation, but Lu Lin restrained himself and sent him to bed.
• At school the next day, Yan Heqing heard classmates say that Gu Xingye had taken the day off and wondered what had happened.

Yan Heqing comforted Mother Lin after she discovered Lin Fengzhi’s feelings for Lu Lin, then visited Lin Fengzhi in the hospital and confronted him about pursuing his boyfriend. The chapter ended with Lin Fengzhi insisting he had done nothing wrong despite knowing Lu Lin was Yan Heqing’s boyfriend.

• Mother Lin visited Yan Heqing and apologized for Lin Fengzhi after finding his diaries and witnessing him seek out Lu Lin.
• Yan Heqing comforted Mother Lin and sent her home before driving to the hospital.
• Yan Heqing overheard Gu Xingye tell Lin Fengzhi to give up on Lu Lin, and Lin Fengzhi accused Gu Xingye of liking Yan Heqing.
• Gu Xingye left after Lin Fengzhi angrily ordered him out, and Yan Heqing entered the hospital room.
• Lin Fengzhi admitted he liked Lu Lin, and Yan Heqing told him the problem was that he had knowingly gone to see his boyfriend.

Yan Heqing confronted Lin Fengzhi, then left after Lin Fengzhi suddenly lost his sight. He returned to Lu Lin and, while making plans for their future together, asked him to watch the sunrise with him on March fourth the year after next.

• Lin Fengzhi showed Yan Heqing a screenshot and pleaded with him to give Lu Lin up, but Yan Heqing ended the conversation and left when Lin Fengzhi went blind.
• Yan Heqing learned that Meng Yao had publicly accused Cheng Jian of sexual assault and suspected Lu Lin had helped bring the case forward.
• Yan Heqing went to Lu Lin's home and found him arranging plants on the terrace.
• Lu Lin promised Yan Heqing they would visit his old home to pick honey plums, and Yan Heqing asked him to watch the sunrise together on March fourth the year after next.

Yan Heqing learned that Lin Fengzhi had keratoconus and refused treatment, but he chose not to visit, believing his presence would make Fengzhi resist more. Lu Lin worried Yan Heqing might have inherited the disease, arranged an eye examination that found nothing wrong, and realized how deeply he cared for him.

• Lu Lin took Yan Heqing to a doctor, who advised him to eat nourishing foods and avoid iced drinks, and Yan Heqing agreed to visit Xie Yunjie's hot spring hotel with Chu Ziyu.
• Lin Fengxian told Yan Heqing that Lin Fengzhi had keratoconus in both eyes, had briefly lost his sight, and was refusing treatment.
• Yan Heqing told Lin Fengxian that visiting would make Lin Fengzhi less willing to accept treatment, and Lu Lin reassured him that he had done the right thing.
• Lu Lin brought Yan Heqing to a private hospital for an eye examination, and the results showed that Yan Heqing's eyes were healthy.
• Lu Lin took Yan Heqing out for grilled beef, then reflected on his fear that Yan Heqing might inherit the eye disease and remembered that Yan Heqing liked blueberries because they were good for the eyes.

Lu Lin learned more about Cheng Jian’s assaults and ordered his legal team to seek a sentence of more than ten years. Yan Heqing received several warnings to have his eyes checked, and the chapter ended with Lu Muchi trying to take him for an examination.

• Lu Lin’s assistant reported that witnesses had come forward against Cheng Jian, including a former victim who had been seventeen, and confirmed that Lu Muchi had permanently disabled Cheng Jian’s instrument of crime.
• Lu Lin called his legal team and told them to get Cheng Jian more than ten years in prison.
• Yan Heqing found that Lu Lin had prepared breakfast and watered the terrace plants, then asked him to get more sleep; Lu Lin promised to have breakfast with him every day.
• Lin Fengyi urged Yan Heqing to get his eyes checked, and Yan Heqing thanked him before Lin Fengyi hurried away.
• Gu Xingye and Ge Tongyuan also urged Yan Heqing to get an eye examination, and Yan Heqing told Ge Tongyuan that he and Lin Fengzhi were twins.
• Lu Muchi, still bruised and wearing a hospital gown, approached Yan Heqing and reached to take him for an eye checkup.

Lu Muchi tried to get Yan Heqing examined for hereditary keratoconus, but Yan Heqing refused and had security escort him away. Meanwhile, Lu Lin ignored Lu Muchi’s call and humiliated Cheng Qingyi and Cheng Jian before heading to Beijing University to speak with Yan Heqing.

• Lu Muchi urged Yan Heqing to undergo an eye examination, but Yan Heqing asked how he had found the laboratory and called security to report him.
• Lu Muchi left with the guards and called Lu Lin for advice, but Lu Lin ignored the call.
• Lu Lin refused to receive Cheng Qingyi and Cheng Jian, who had waited for hours to apologize and seek a settlement over Cheng Jian’s case.
• Cheng Qingyi left after threatening to fight the lawsuit, and Lu Lin dismissed his driver and drove toward Beijing University.
• Lu Lin passed Lu Muchi outside the university and then spoke to Yan Heqing by phone as Yan Heqing finished his experiment.

Yan Heqing joined Lu Lin at his new home, where they admired the bookcase fish tank and shared an intimate moment before deciding to go to a hot spring. Lu Lin booked a hotel room, but Xie Yunjie called to offer them the Xie Family’s private villa instead.

• Lu Lin sent Lu Muchi to meet Lawyer Yang about Cheng Jian’s case, and Lu Muchi left Beijing University after texting Yan Heqing that he would pick him up for a checkup the next day.
• Yan Heqing waited for Lu Lin through the evening, finished his experiment, and met him in the parking lot before they went to eat.
• Lu Lin brought Yan Heqing home to see the bookcase fish tank, and Yan Heqing liked it before Lu Lin kissed him.
• Yan Heqing asked to visit a hot spring immediately, and Lu Lin called the hotel to book a room.
• Xie Yunjie called Lu Lin and suggested they use the Xie Family’s private hot-spring villa instead.

Lu Lin and Yan Heqing drove toward a quiet place for Yan Heqing to recuperate, while Yan Heqing bought condoms at a convenience store. At the Lin household, Lin Fengyi forced Lin Fengzhi into the pool to make him face his eye treatment, and Lin Fengzhi revealed his feelings for Lu Lin before rejecting his mother’s offer of help.

• Lu Lin and Yan Heqing declined Xie Yunjie and Chu Ziyu’s invitations, and Yan Heqing said he would take over driving after they left the highway.
• At a convenience store, Yan Heqing bought water, biscuits, and a box of condoms.
• Lin Fengyi carried Lin Fengzhi outside and threw him into the pool after Lin Fengzhi refused to go to the hospital.
• Lin Fengzhi said he wanted to go blind so he would not have to see Lu Lin with Yan Heqing, and Lin Fengyi realized he liked Lu Lin.
• Mother Lin urged Lin Fengzhi to get his eyes treated and offered to travel with him, but he pulled away from her.

After arriving at a mountain villa, Lu Lin and Yan Heqing joined Chu Ziyu and Xie Yunjie for a vacation. Lu Lin remained troubled by the thought that March 3 in the year after next might be the end of Yan Heqing’s world, while the group prepared to go cycling and admire azaleas.

• Mother Lin told Father Lin and Lin Fengyi not to contact Yan Heqing again, ashamed after Lin Fengzhi insisted Yan Heqing disliked Uncle Lu.
• Lu Lin and Yan Heqing arrived at the villa late at night, and Yan Heqing slept until he woke naturally the next morning.
• Chu Ziyu and Xie Yunjie teased Lu Lin about being jealous of Chu Ziyu’s nicknames for Yan Heqing, then discussed what might be special about the year after next.
• Lu Lin privately connected March 3 of that year to the end of Yan Heqing’s world and thought Yan Heqing would want to see the sunrise the next day.
• Chu Ziyu proposed a cycling trip to see a thousand-year-old azalea, and Yan Heqing agreed to go with the group.
• Lu Lin gave Yan Heqing a DSLR camera to take pictures on the mountain, and Yan Heqing asked him to teach him how to use it.

Lu Lin and Yan Heqing rode up the mountain with Chu Ziyu and Xie Yunjie, then shared a quiet moment taking a photo of their clasped hands beneath an ancient rhododendron. Afterward, the group ate together and settled in at the villa, where Yan Heqing spent the evening at a lively hotel buffet and performance.

• Lu Lin rode with Yan Heqing while Chu Ziyu and Xie Yunjie followed, and Yan Heqing explained that the roadside oleanders were poisonous.
• Lu Lin told Yan Heqing that he had found him on Mount Huai through the photo of water crowfoot Yan Heqing had sent.
• At the thousand-year-old rhododendron, Lu Lin helped Yan Heqing take photos, and Yan Heqing photographed their clasped hands.
• The four ate clear spring beef, then Xie Yunjie arranged for Yan Heqing to stay in a private courtyard with a hot spring.
• At dinner, Chu Ziyu jokingly told people asking for contact details that Lu Lin and Yan Heqing were each other's partners, and Yan Heqing agreed that the phrase sounded warm.
• The group watched performers breathe fire and change faces among the tourists in the hotel plaza.

Yan Heqing and Lu Lin spent the night together at the villa, and Lu Lin cared for him as he recovered the next morning. Lu Lin wondered about the source of Yan Heqing’s past suffering, while Xie Yunjie learned Lu Lin had already imagined a future with him and asked about children.

• Lu Lin and Yan Heqing soaked in the hot springs together and later became intimate in the villa.
• Yan Heqing woke with a slight fever, and Lu Lin gave him medicine, water, and promised to make him sweet congee.
• Lu Lin reflected on Yan Heqing’s reactions and wondered whether his suffering had been worse than physical harm.
• Xie Yunjie joined Lu Lin in the courtyard and learned that Lu Lin had stayed with Yan Heqing overnight.
• Xie Yunjie asked whether Lu Lin’s father knew about the relationship and whether Lu Lin and Yan Heqing would adopt children.

After Yan Heqing recovered from his fever, he and Lu Lin left together, and Yan Heqing deleted Lu Muchi’s messages without replying. He reflected on his plans and the events that still followed the original novel, leaving his survival uncertain until March 4.

• Yan Heqing woke to find his fever gone and realized the marks on his neck were hickeys from Lu Lin.
• Lu Lin concealed the marks, carried Yan Heqing to the dining room, and fed him brown sugar porridge before they left.
• Yan Heqing turned on his phone, deleted Lu Muchi’s messages, and ignored his call.
• Yan Heqing told Lu Lin that one of his two remaining creditors was someone he loathed, while thinking of Lu Muchi and Zhao Weifang.
• Yan Heqing considered his plans to study abroad and join a research institute, but said the events of the original novel still occurred and he would only trust his survival after seeing sunrise on March 4.

Yan Heqing and Lu Lin discussed their future, and Lu Lin was stunned when Yan Heqing repaid the money he owed him. At school, Yan Heqing confronted Lu Muchi, slapped him twice, and told him to learn to respect people before approaching him again.

• Yan Heqing told Lu Lin he did not want children but would like to have a dog, and Lu Lin took him home to recover from his injury.
• Lu Lin drove Yan Heqing to school, then received a transfer of 39,150 from him with a message saying the debt was paid off.
• Lu Muchi found Yan Heqing near the artificial lake and said he had waited outside his door for two days.
• Yan Heqing slapped Lu Muchi twice and told him to learn to respect people before looking for him again.
• Lu Muchi stopped Yan Heqing from leaving and asked him to give him a chance, promising to do what he said.

Yan Heqing agreed to attend a wine tasting with Lu Muchi, then returned to his lab, where Gu Xingye questioned him about Lin Fengzhi. After working late into the night, Yan Heqing received a call from Lu Lin, who waited below with a Cube of Light.

• Lu Muchi persuaded Yan Heqing to attend a wine tasting next weekend, and Yan Heqing told him to leave and not return.
• Lu Muchi called Lin Fengzhi, but Lin Fengzhi rejected the call, so Lu Muchi returned to the hospital.
• Gu Xingye asked Yan Heqing what he would do if Lin Fengzhi kept pursuing Lu Lin, and Yan Heqing said he would do what Gu Xingye would do.
• Yan Heqing worked in the lab until late at night, then stepped into the corridor to rest.
• Lu Lin called Yan Heqing while waiting outside with a Cube of Light and asked whether Yan Heqing would come down or he should come up.

Lu Lin brought Yan Heqing dinner, proposed marriage, and received no answer, while Yan Heqing offered to satisfy him with his hand. Lin Fengzhi, distressed by his worsening eyesight and Lu Lin’s silence, called Yan Heqing with a request to visit their birth parents, and Yan Heqing went to the Lin residence the next day.

• Lu Lin brought homemade food to Yan Heqing at school, and Yan Heqing ate before kissing him goodbye.
• Lu Lin proposed marriage, but Yan Heqing could not answer; he then offered to use his hand to help Lu Lin.
• Lin Fengzhi, afraid of going blind and missing Lu Lin, decided he needed a reason to see Yan Heqing.
• Lin Fengzhi called Yan Heqing and asked to pay respects to their birth parents.
• After his afternoon classes the next day, Yan Heqing drove to the Lin residence.

Yan Heqing took Lin Fengzhi to visit their parents’ graves, while Mother Lin and Lin Fengyi reacted to his unexpected kindness. At their father’s gravestone, Lin Fengzhi noticed there was no photograph and asked why.

• Yan Heqing arrived at the Lin home and reassured Mother Lin that Lu Lin would not be joining the visit.
• Yan Heqing took Mother Lin to see her hydrangeas, then went upstairs to fetch Lin Fengzhi.
• Lin Fengzhi changed into an outfit matching Yan Heqing’s and left with him, while Lin Fengyi made an excuse not to drive them.
• At the cemetery, Lin Fengzhi chose carnations and calla lilies, then added gladioli after Yan Heqing said their mother liked them.
• Lin Fengzhi placed the calla lilies at their father’s grave and asked why it had no photograph.

At Yan Qiushuang’s grave, Lin Fengzhi confronted Yan Heqing about his treatment of Lu Lin and accused him of breaking childhood promises. Yan Heqing struck him, declared his love for Lu Lin, and walked away after Lin Fengzhi threatened suicide if he proposed.

• Yan Heqing told Lin Fengzhi that the childhood fire had destroyed their house, then took him to visit Yan Qiushuang’s grave.
• Lin Fengzhi urged Yan Heqing to let Lu Lin go and accused him of abandoning and deceiving him.
• Yan Heqing realized Lin Fengzhi remembered fragments of their past, struck him, and said he loved Lu Lin.
• Lin Fengzhi insisted Yan Heqing could never marry Lu Lin because the Lu Family would reject him.
• When Yan Heqing offered to call Lu Lin and propose, Lin Fengzhi threatened to kill himself.
• Yan Heqing told Lin Fengzhi that was his business and left him at the grave.

Yan Heqing left Lin Fengzhi after calling Mother Lin, then went to Lu Lin, who comforted him and treated his injured hand. Yan Heqing kept his secrets to himself as Lu Lin suggested they shop for appliances, and Lu Han called asking Lu Lin to save Lu Muchi from their father.

• Yan Heqing told Mother Lin that he had hit Lin Fengzhi and said someone else would take him home.
• Lin Fengyi found Lin Fengzhi and asked when he had learned that Yan Heqing had cut ties with his adoptive parents.
• Yan Heqing went to Lu Lin's office, hugged him, and let him treat his bruised hand.
• Yan Heqing wondered whether Lu Lin knew about his past actions but chose not to reveal his plans.
• Lu Lin suggested they shop for appliances so they could move into their new home sooner.
• Lu Han called Lu Lin and begged him to save Lu Muchi from their father's beating.