Chapter Summaries

Yan Heqing left Lu Lin asleep and met Lu Muchi at Cloudtop Café, where Lu Muchi confronted him about his video and marriage. The meeting ended with Lu Muchi insisting Yan Heqing had once loved him, while Yan Shengbing waited nearby under orders to carry out a plan.

• Yan Heqing left the bedroom and called someone to follow him and keep him safe without reporting back.
• Yan Heqing traveled to Cloudtop Café, where Lu Muchi had arranged to meet him.
• Yan Shengbing followed Yan Heqing's taxi and told Cheng Jian that Yan Heqing had gone into the café.
• Zhao Weifang told Yan Shengbing to drink liquor so his blood alcohol level would make the plan harder to trace.
• Lu Muchi noticed the mark on Yan Heqing's ear and asked what he meant by making the video.
• Yan Heqing told Lu Muchi to stay away and began to say that he and Lu Lin would marry next month, but Lu Muchi interrupted and insisted Yan Heqing had once had feelings for him.

After rejecting Lu Muchi, Yan Heqing heard a car crash and returned home to Lu Lin, who told him Lu Muchi had been in an accident. Lu Lin brought Yan Heqing to the hospital, where Lu Muchi was still in surgery and Lu Han watched Yan Heqing arrive.

• Yan Heqing told Lu Muchi that every second spent facing him disgusted him, and Lu Muchi left.
• A car crashed outside the café, and Yan Heqing left without learning who had been involved.
• Yan Heqing returned home and slept beside Lu Lin, who later answered Lu Changcheng’s call and told him Lu Muchi was in a car accident.
• Lu Lin cooked dinner for Yan Heqing, then invited him to accompany him to the hospital.
• At the hospital, Lu Han saw Yan Heqing arrive with Lu Lin, while Lu Changcheng waited outside the operating room.

After Lu Muchi’s accident, Yan Heqing suggested that Yan Shengbing may have been paid to target him, prompting Lu Changcheng to suspect the Cheng Family. Lu Muchi survived surgery but was left with high-level paraplegia, while Lu Changcheng collapsed and had to be resuscitated.

• Lu Lin shielded Yan Heqing from Lu Changcheng’s cane and defended their relationship when Lu Changcheng and Lu Han blamed Yan Heqing for Lu Muchi’s injuries.
• Yan Heqing reminded Lu Changcheng that he had severed ties with Yan Shengbing and suggested that Yan Shengbing’s debts and a possible five-million payment were connected to the crash.
• Lu Changcheng suspected the Cheng Family and sent Lu Han to investigate Zhao Huilin.
• Director Yang told Lu Changcheng that Lu Muchi had survived surgery but suffered high-level paraplegia.
• Lu Changcheng collapsed and was taken for resuscitation, while Lu Han asked Lu Lin what to do; Lu Lin told him to go ahead and promised to arrange things for Lu Muchi.

Lu Lin comforted Yan Heqing after treating his bruised back, while Yan Heqing decided to tell him the truth about his past. Lu Han then reported that Zhao Huilin and Yan Feng had been found, and Lu Changcheng demanded to see them after waking.

• Director Yang warned Lu Lin that Lu Muchi would likely struggle to accept his paralysis when he woke.
• Yan Heqing treated Lu Lin's bruised back, and Lu Lin held him as he worried about Yan Heqing's hidden past.
• Yan Heqing decided that Lu Lin would believe him, but Lu Han called to say Zhao Huilin and Yan Feng had been found and intercepted.
• Lu Lin went upstairs, where Lu Han wept after learning Lu Muchi would be paralyzed, and Lu Changcheng was wheeled out alive.
• After Lu Changcheng woke, he ordered Zhao Huilin and Yan Feng brought in, and the butler escorted them to his room.

Lu Lin uncovered that Cheng Jian had arranged the five million yuan paid to Yan Shengbing, while Zhao Huilin and Yan Feng were kept for the police. After Lu Muchi woke paralyzed and begged to die, Lu Changcheng barred Yan Heqing from the room, and Lu Lin put earbuds in Yan Heqing’s ears.

• Lu Lin told Zhao Huilin that Yan Shengbing had died after hitting Lu Muchi, and she insisted she had known nothing about the attack.
• Zhao Huilin revealed Yan Shengbing had given her gold bangles and bragged about having five million yuan; Lu Changcheng traced the purchase to a card belonging to Cheng Jian’s secretary, Zhang Hua.
• Lu Changcheng contacted his friend at the bureau and vowed to make Cheng Jian pay, while Zhao Huilin and Yan Feng were kept at the hospital for the police.
• Lu Lin returned to the car, told Yan Heqing what Zhao Huilin had said, and took him out for beef noodles.
• Lu Han called to report that Lu Muchi had awakened paralyzed and was begging to die; Lu Changcheng ordered Yan Heqing out of the room.
• As Lu Muchi’s cries continued behind the closed door, Lu Lin put earbuds into Yan Heqing’s ears.

Yan Heqing escaped Lu Muchi’s hospital room with Lu Lin, who comforted him and planned to take him and Lu Ruchan to safety on his island. Yan Heqing learned he had secured the Beijing University internship and prepared to leave on August 2, while Lu Lin told Lu Ruchan they would eat aboard the plane.

• Lu Lin played “Wellerman” to warn Yan Heqing not to listen, then took his hand and led him away as doctors hurried to sedate Lu Muchi.
• In the car, Yan Heqing insisted on going with Lu Lin to see Lu Ruchan, and Lu Lin arranged a private jet and told him about his island.
• Lu Lin suggested holding their wedding on the island, and Yan Heqing agreed because he liked anywhere he could fish.
• Lu Lin told Yan Heqing he had won Beijing University’s internship spot and explained that Gu Xingye had accepted an offer from another professor.
• Yan Heqing noted that the internship began on August 2, and Lu Lin brought him to the recuperation villa to collect Lu Ruchan.
• Lu Ruchan welcomed them and started to prepare mint and mung bean soup, but Lu Lin said they were short on time and would eat on the plane.

Lu Lin took Lu Ruchan and Yan Heqing to the island, where they shared a happy family dinner. Afterward, Lu Lin watched footage of Lu Changcheng questioning Du Yi about Lin Fengzhi, learning that Lin Fengzhi had disappeared while needing urgent corneal surgery.

• Lu Lin told Lu Ruchan that he and Yan Heqing planned to hold their wedding on the island, and the three of them flew there together.
• Lu Lin learned from his assistant that Cheng Jian had been taken in for questioning and Cheng Qingyi had blamed Zhao Weifang, while Lu Changcheng remained at the hospital with lawyers and had sent people to the Lin family.
• Lu Lin and Yan Heqing walked along the coast to the villa, where Lu Ruchan made soup and the three shared dinner and played cards.
• Lu Lin watched footage of Lu Changcheng confronting Du Yi, who said Lin Fengzhi had gone missing and urgently needed a corneal transplant for severe keratoconus.
• Yan Heqing came out of the bathroom, and Lu Lin told him to dry his hair before they rested and returned early the next morning.

Yan Heqing told Lu Lin how his childhood encounter with an injured grasshopper inspired his love of biology, and Lu Lin sang him to sleep. After returning to the capital, Yan Heqing stayed at the old house while Lu Lin went to the hospital to see Lu Muchi.

• Yan Heqing recalled rescuing a grasshopper as a child and realizing how precious life was, then explained that he had chosen software engineering because biology would not make him money.
• Lu Lin sang Yan Heqing a line from “By Lake Baikal” until Yan Heqing fell asleep.
• Lu Lin and Yan Heqing returned to the capital, where Yan Heqing reunited with 50 Hertz and 51 Hertz at the old house.
• Lu Lin told Yan Heqing to make a list of wedding preparations and guests, promised to share dinner with him each night, and left for the hospital.
• Lu Lin arrived at the heavily guarded hospital, where Lu Changcheng was keeping watch over Lu Muchi, who kept attempting suicide whenever he woke.

Lu Lin questioned Lu Muchi about March 3 and rejected his attempts to provoke him over Yan Heqing, then learned Lin Fengzhi was at Rainbow Bridge Welfare Home. Yan Heqing restored Lu Lin’s childhood bicycle and rode it to the market to buy food for the old butler.

• Lu Changcheng told Lu Lin that Lu Muchi would wake soon and asked him to persuade his grandson to stop trying to kill himself.
• Lu Lin asked the awakened Lu Muchi what he had done on March 3, then left after Lu Muchi boasted about his past treatment of Yan Heqing and begged to be killed.
• Lu Lin’s assistant reported finding Lin Fengzhi at Rainbow Bridge Welfare Home, and Lu Lin told the driver not to inform Lu Han before ordering the driver to resign.
• Yan Heqing cleaned and tested Lu Lin’s old pink bicycle while keeping the confused old butler company.
• Yan Heqing rode the bicycle to the market and bought vegetables, meat, eggs, and highland millet for the old butler’s dinner.

Lu Lin went to Rainbow Bridge Welfare Home to ask Lin Fengzhi whether he had caused the fire at the Yan family home. After Lin Fengzhi confessed, Lu Lin left and reported his movements to Lu Han, who hurried to the hospital to tell Lu Changcheng where Lu Lin had gone.

• Lu Lin found Lin Fengzhi in the abandoned storage room where Yan Heqing had once hidden.
• Lin Fengzhi recognized Lu Lin, noticed his wedding ring, and asked whether Yan Heqing had sent him.
• Lu Lin asked whether Lin Fengzhi had caused the fire at the Yan family home thirteen years earlier, and Lin Fengzhi admitted that he had set it deliberately.
• Lu Lin told the driver to report his movements to Lu Han and said the driver should complete his resignation formalities the next day.
• Lu Han went to the hospital room and told Lu Changcheng that Lu Lin had visited Rainbow Bridge Welfare Home to see Lin Fengzhi.

Lu Lin returned home with white roses for Yan Heqing, then arranged a financial blow against Cheng Group while Lin Fengzhi remained imprisoned. The next day, Cheng Jian was arrested and news spread that Cheng Group had hired a killer.

• Lu Changcheng ordered people to capture Lin Fengzhi after learning he was still there.
• Lu Lin bought white roses for Yan Heqing, and they kissed after Yan Heqing accepted the bouquet.
• Lu Lin learned that Lu Changcheng had locked Lin Fengzhi in a sealed room to keep him from making his surgery appointment.
• Lu Lin sent Chu Ziyu a proposal to short Cheng Group as a thank-you gift, and Chu Ziyu forwarded it to his older brother.
• Cheng Jian was arrested, and the hashtag accusing Cheng Group of hiring a killer surged online.

Lu Lin and Yan Heqing chose wedding suits, then walked their dogs together and talked about people they wanted to invite to the wedding. Their conversation turned to how Yan Heqing had found information about Lu Lin, but 51 Hertz interrupted them at a ring-toss stall.

• Lu Lin arranged to bring down Cheng Qingyi by shorting Cheng Group, while the Chu family bought shares in Chu Ziyu's name.
• Lu Lin and Yan Heqing chose wedding suit styles, and Lu Lin ordered an extra white three-piece suit Yan Heqing had tried on.
• Yan Heqing reminisced about Lu Lin's past and asked to walk together along a familiar street after dinner.
• Lu Lin and Yan Heqing ate dinner, then walked their dogs and agreed that Old Man Fang should be invited to their wedding.
• Lu Lin asked where Yan Heqing had found information about him, but 51 Hertz tugged toward a ring-toss stall before Yan Heqing answered.

After Yan Heqing won dozens of goldfish at a night-market stall, he and Lu Lin moved their wedding up to that weekend. They invited friends, attended Cheng Jian and Zhao Weifang’s sentencing, and left unaware that Lu Changcheng was plotting a cruel wedding gift involving Lin Fengzhi.

• Yan Heqing won goldfish at a ring-toss stall and released them into Lu Lin’s lotus pond.
• Lu Lin asked Yan Heqing to move their wedding up two weeks, and Yan Heqing agreed.
• Yan Heqing invited Old Man Fang and Ge Tongyuan to the wedding.
• Yan Heqing and Lu Lin attended court as Cheng Jian and Zhao Weifang were sentenced to life imprisonment.
• Lu Changcheng ordered his people to keep Lin Fengzhi alive until he went blind and planned to use him to torment Yan Heqing.

Lu Lin and Yan Heqing moved their belongings into the Beijing University faculty housing complex, where they encountered Feng Zhixian and later made plans to meet Chu Ziyu at Oxygen. Chu Ziyu eventually realized why Lu Lin had chosen the place.

• Lu Lin and Yan Heqing packed their belongings from their apartments and moved them to the faculty housing complex.
• Yan Heqing kept the radiator because it had been a gift he received during the coldest period, while Lu Lin carried it to their new home.
• Feng Zhixian came to see Yan Heqing with flowers, but left without speaking after seeing him with Lu Lin.
• Yan Heqing told Lu Lin that Feng Zhixian was a regular at Oxygen, and Lu Lin said the past did not matter.
• Chu Ziyu invited Lu Lin and Yan Heqing out, and Lu Lin suggested meeting at Oxygen at nine that night.
• Xie Yunjie reminded Chu Ziyu that Lu Lin and Yan Heqing had met at Oxygen, and Chu Ziyu realized why Lu Lin wanted to go there.

Lu Lin and Yan Heqing visited Beijing University, took a photo together, and went to Oxygen, where their marriage surprised the bar’s regulars. As Chu Ziyu drank himself into a stupor, Yan Heqing accepted a toast from him after setting their photo as his lock screen at Lu Lin’s request.

• Lu Lin and Yan Heqing ate takeout and walked around Beijing University before Yan Heqing led Lu Lin to the auditorium photo wall.
• Yan Heqing took a photo with Lu Lin in front of their old photographs, and Lu Lin kissed his cheek as the picture was taken.
• Lu Lin and Yan Heqing arrived at Oxygen wearing wedding rings, and the manager and bar regulars realized they had married.
• Chu Ziyu welcomed them and demanded penalty drinks, but Lu Lin drank both his own and Yan Heqing’s glasses.
• Yan Heqing set their photo as his lock screen, then drank the wine Chu Ziyu offered while Lu Lin rested beside him.
• Chu Ziyu became very drunk, mistook Yan Heqing for two people, and went looking for Sprite.

Lu Lin took Yan Heqing from the bar and carried him along the sidewalk before calling a car. Days later, the group flew out for the wedding, where Yan Heqing wondered whether the story’s plot would end after his wedding to Lu Lin and embraced him aboard the plane.

• Yan Heqing fed Lu Lin an olive, and Lu Lin abruptly took him by the hand and left the bar.
• Chu Ziyu drank the cocktail he had mixed, remembered that he had once pursued someone, and fell asleep on the sofa.
• Lu Lin carried Yan Heqing along the sidewalk, saying he would call a car after they had walked for a while.
• At the airport, Old Man Fang introduced Yan Heqing to his grandson Fang Che, and Ge Tongyuan began talking with Fang Che about rock music on the flight.
• Yan Heqing wondered if the original novel’s plot would end after his wedding to Lu Lin, then called Lu Lin into the plane’s restroom and hugged him tightly.

Yan Heqing and Lu Lin celebrated their wedding on the island, with Lu Ruchan leading the ceremony and giving Yan Heqing her blessing. After the celebrations, Lu Lin escorted the guests back while Yan Heqing got ready to go somewhere with him.

• Yan Heqing and Lu Lin arrived on the island, where Old Man Fang gave up his plan to take them night fishing so they could prepare for the wedding.
• Lu Ruchan told Lu Lin she was relieved his father and brother would not attend and promised to support him and Yan Heqing.
• Yan Heqing was moved by Lu Ruchan's words and asked Lu Lin to go sea fishing with him after the wedding.
• At dawn, Yan Heqing and Lu Lin walked to the altar beneath fireworks, and each agreed to cherish the other before Lu Lin kissed Yan Heqing.
• After the wedding celebrations, Lu Lin escorted the guests to their accommodations and returned to find Yan Heqing dressed and ready to go.

Yan Heqing and Lu Lin celebrated their wedding night aboard the yacht, then spent the next day enjoying the sea and each other’s company. They decided to stay at sea for a few more days before returning to the island to keep Mom company until the end of the month.

• Yan Heqing secretly changed into a white suit and wished Lu Lin a happy wedding while they were fishing on the yacht.
• Lu Lin carried Yan Heqing to the bedroom, and they spent the night together aboard the yacht.
• The next day, Lu Lin caught seafood, arranged for the guests to go home, and prepared lunch while Yan Heqing slept past three in the afternoon.
• Yan Heqing woke to find Lu Lin holding him, then learned Chu Ziyu and the others had already left.
• Lu Lin made fresh hot food for Yan Heqing, who caught two salmon while he cooked.
• Over dinner, Yan Heqing suggested staying at sea for a few more days before returning to the island to keep Mom company until the end of the month.

After returning to the capital, Yan Heqing met the nearly blind Lin Fengzhi outside his former apartment and refused to forgive him. As Yan Heqing left, longing to hear Lu Lin's voice, Lu Changcheng called him.

• Yan Heqing learned that Lin Fengzhi had been waiting outside his sublet apartment and went to meet him after Lu Lin dropped him off.
• Yan Heqing found Lin Fengzhi nearly blind beside the apartment building and remembered how he had been abandoned after losing his sight in the original novel.
• Lin Fengzhi begged Yan Heqing to forgive him on their parents' behalf, but Yan Heqing told him he would never forgive him and walked away.
• Yan Heqing wanted to call Lu Lin, but Lu Changcheng called before he could dial.

Yan Heqing left for a three-month residential study program, and Lu Lin surprised him by joining him on the flight to see him off. After Lu Changcheng suffered a stroke, Lu Lin chose not to keep monitoring him.

• Yan Heqing and Lu Lin planned to plant Rainy Blue roses on their balcony before Yan Heqing left for his study program.
• Yan Heqing departed early without waking Lu Lin and waited at the airport, disappointed when Lu Lin did not contact him.
• Lu Lin surprised Yan Heqing by taking the seat beside him on the plane and explained that he wanted to see him off before they spent three months apart.
• After the plane landed, Lu Lin learned that Lu Changcheng had suffered a stroke and told his assistant to stop monitoring him.