Chapter Summaries

After Xue Ci rejected Chu Juesheng’s confession, he broke up with Bai Wu and hid in a hotel, but Bai Wu tracked him down and abducted him. The chapter ended with Bai Wu refusing to accept the breakup and pressuring Xue Ci to prove he was not straight.

• Cheng Yuqing and Bai Wu deleted forum posts about Xue Ci, then both invited him to dinner, but he declined to attend Chu Juesheng’s show.
• Chu Juesheng rescued Xue Ci from the concert crowd, and Xue Ci watched the show before Chu Juesheng confessed his feelings; Xue Ci rejected him but offered him conditional hope if he became single.
• Bai Wu left Fog City on a business trip, and Xue Ci gradually stopped replying before sending him breakup messages and returning his money with extra compensation.
• Xue Ci hid in a hotel with Eleven, intending to wait for his progress bar to rise, but Bai Wu found and seized him when he went out for a walk.
• Bai Wu held Xue Ci in a van, rejected his breakup explanation, and insisted that making Xue Ci feel good would prove he was not straight.

Bai Wu tried to reconcile with Xue Ci after their encounter, but Xue Ci refused and left with Gu Yan, who offered to pose as his boyfriend. Xue Ci moved into Gu Yan’s villa and later decided to leave, but Gu Yan returned with a ring and asked him to keep pretending they were together before revealing he had been drugged.

• Bai Wu asked Xue Ci to marry him and get back together, but Xue Ci refused and chose to leave with Gu Yan.
• Gu Yan took Xue Ci to his villa and persuaded him to pretend to be his boyfriend so Bai Wu would stop pursuing him.
• Xue Ci returned to work, where Cheng Yuqing questioned his arrangement with Gu Yan and warned him to be careful.
• After the progress bar went backward, Xue Ci told Gu Yan he planned to move back to his apartment, and Gu Yan agreed to take him there after a banquet.
• Gu Yan returned late, put a ring on Xue Ci’s finger, and asked him to pretend they were engaged and married; he then said he had been drugged and asked Xue Ci for help.

After ending his fake relationship with Gu Yan, Xue Ci resigned from the Gu Group but agreed to keep pretending until he left Fog City next month so he could continue tending the villa’s flowers. At his farewell dinner, Cheng Yuqing confessed his love while drunk, and Xue Ci ended the chapter caught between Cheng Yuqing and a jealous Bai Wu as his progress reached 92 percent.

• Gu Yan persuaded Xue Ci to keep their fake relationship going until next month by appealing to his attachment to the villa’s flowers, and Xue Ci agreed while asking to return to his rented room and resign.
• Chu Juesheng told Xue Ci that a mysterious tenant had rented the whole floor, while Eleven explained that the remaining progress depended on the Bai Family’s real young master growing.
• Xue Ci resigned from the Gu Group, and Cheng Yuqing guarded him closely and served him at his farewell dinner.
• Cheng Yuqing gave Xue Ci a custom snowflake necklace, carried him home, and confessed that he had liked him for a long time.
• Bai Wu appeared outside Xue Ci’s apartment and fought with Cheng Yuqing after overhearing his confession.
• Cheng Yuqing waited outside Xue Ci’s door, kissed him, and said he wanted Xue Ci’s tongue before Bai Wu asked whether Xue Ci would let him have it.

Xue Ci tried to push Bai Wu and Cheng Yuqing to focus on their careers so the plot progress would advance, while Chu Juesheng grew closer to him during university. The chapter ended with Chu Juesheng kissing Xue Ci in the bedroom as Bai Wu and Cheng Yuqing returned to the apartment.

• Bai Wu moved into Xue Ci's apartment and secretly entered his bedroom during an episode, licking and biting Xue Ci's fingers before Xue Ci let him continue more gently.
• Cheng Yuqing moved into the apartment too, Chu Juesheng returned to university, and the men cared for Xue Ci while Xiao e was repaired and brought back.
• Eleven told Xue Ci that the stalled progress bar was tied to Bai Wu and Cheng Yuqing's careers, so Xue Ci praised Chu Juesheng's award-winning band song to spur them into working.
• Chu Juesheng started university, visited Xue Ci during military training, and treated their outings as dates while telling others he had a partner.
• After military training, Chu Juesheng returned to the apartment and found Xue Ci close with Bai Wu and Cheng Yuqing, then went into the bathroom and asked Xue Ci to teach him how to kiss.
• Bai Wu and Cheng Yuqing returned for forgotten bear cookies and heard Xue Ci's sobs and wet kissing sounds from inside his bedroom.

Xue Ci left Fog City and settled near a welfare home, while Gu Yan, Bai Wu, Cheng Yuqing, and Chu Juesheng continued pursuing him. After attending Chu Juesheng’s concert, Xue Ci received his confession and the system announced that his progress bar had reached 100%, allowing him to leave the world.

• Chu Juesheng cared for Xue Ci after their encounter, while Bai Wu and Cheng Yuqing confronted him and later joined him in looking after Xue Ci.
• Xue Ci avoided defining his relationship with Chu Juesheng, then secretly left Fog City during Gu Yan’s birthday party and disappeared from the men’s reach.
• Xue Ci moved near a welfare home, where he painted for the children and prepared gifts while the progress bar remained at 97%.
• Cheng Yuqing found Xue Ci at an amusement park and moved into his apartment, and Bai Wu joined them two days later.
• The progress bar rose to 99% as the Bai Family went bankrupt, and Xue Ci attended a Rose Band concert to get Chu Juesheng’s autograph for a child.
• Chu Juesheng wrote “I like you” on Xue Ci’s ticket, and the system announced that the progress bar had reached 100% as Xue Ci turned to face him.

At East University, Xue Ci began pursuing Lu Zhoucheng as part of a mission, but his attempt to bring Lu water failed when he left early to finish homework. Back at the dorm, Xue Ci’s affectionate behavior unsettled Duan Zeran, who secretly reacted to his attraction.

• During a basketball game, students discussed reports of mutated animals attacking people and noticed Xue Ci watching Lu Zhoucheng from the stands.
• Xue Ci reviewed Lu Zhoucheng’s reputation and, prompted by Eleven, tried to bring him water but stayed too nervous to approach.
• Lu Zhoucheng’s team won decisively, and Lu waited in the rest area before noticing that Xue Ci had left.
• Xue Ci returned to the dorm to finish his advanced math homework, then chatted with his roommate Duan Zeran and accepted an ice cream bar.
• Duan Zeran offered to dispose of Xue Ci’s half-eaten ice cream, then took a bite from it after leaving the dorm.

Xue Ci tried to avoid bullying Yu Cheng, but Chen Jun ordered him to deface Yu Cheng’s homework, and Xue Ci completed the task by drawing a puppy in it. The next day, Xue Ci went to the basketball game to get closer to Lu Zhoucheng, who reacted jealously when he saw Xue Ci with Wu Feng and approached them shirtless.

• Xue Ci learned that Chen Jun had ordered him to bully Yu Cheng and decided he did not want to hurt his roommate.
• Chen Jun told Xue Ci to dirty Yu Cheng’s advanced math homework, but Yu Cheng handed it over when Xue Ci asked to borrow it.
• Xue Ci drew a puppy in Yu Cheng’s homework and wrote that Yu Cheng looked like it; Yu Cheng returned the book without confronting him.
• Xue Ci decided to get closer to Lu Zhoucheng and asked Wu Feng to let him watch the basketball game.
• After the game, Lu Zhoucheng saw Xue Ci talking with Wu Feng and approached them while bare-chested, asking Wu Feng for clothes.

Xue Ci pursued Lu Zhoucheng to raise his favorability, while Duan Zeran grew increasingly possessive of him. At the swimming pool, Lu Zhoucheng went to find Xue Ci but found him riding a duck-shaped kayak with Duan Zeran instead.

• Wu Feng got Lu Zhoucheng to accept Xue Ci's WeChat request, and Duan Zeran grew uneasy as Xue Ci praised Lu Zhoucheng.
• Xue Ci followed Lu Zhoucheng's Moments to his classes, while Lu Zhoucheng mistakenly thought Xue Ci and Duan Zeran were close romantically.
• After a task required Xue Ci to start dating Lu Zhoucheng by Wednesday, Xue Ci asked Duan Zeran to take him to the pool and teach him to swim.
• Duan Zeran held Xue Ci close in the water, and Xue Ci used an excuse to send him away so he could find Lu Zhoucheng.
• Lu Zhoucheng heard his teammates joke about kissing Xue Ci, saw Xue Ci arrive, and hurried after him to apologize.
• Lu Zhoucheng found Duan Zeran lifting Xue Ci onto a duck-shaped kayak and watched Duan Zeran hold Xue Ci's ankle while Xue Ci focused on a water gun.

Xue Ci completed his task by agreeing to date Lu Zhoucheng, who confessed that he intended to date with marriage in mind. Afterward, Xue Ci felt relieved that he could end the relationship in a month, while Yu Cheng watched him from their dorm room.

• Lu Zhoucheng taught Xue Ci to swim, and Xue Ci repeatedly used the lessons to raise his progress bar while Duan Zeran watched jealously.
• Duan Zeran massaged Xue Ci's sore legs, while Yu Cheng secretly sniffed a pair of old shorts in the bathroom.
• Lu Zhoucheng invited Xue Ci back to the pool, bought him breakfast, lent him goggles, and swam for him to watch; Xue Ci's progress bar rose again.
• Lu Zhoucheng's teammates suggested he was dating Xue Ci, and he worried that leaving their relationship undefined would be unfair.
• With the task deadline approaching, Xue Ci prepared to confess, but Lu Zhoucheng arrived at his dorm and proposed they date with marriage in mind; Xue Ci agreed and completed the task.
• Xue Ci privately celebrated that he could dump Lu Zhoucheng in a month, then received messages from Lu Zhoucheng about dating as Yu Cheng watched him from nearby.

Xue Ci completed a task involving Yu Cheng, grew closer to Lu Zhoucheng, and prepared for the coming flu outbreak while the zombie outbreak drew nearer. After Xue Ci hugged Lu Zhoucheng, Lu Zhoucheng proposed that they kiss and said he was coming to find him, leaving their impending breakup unresolved.

• Lu Zhoucheng began dating Xue Ci and spent the week doting on him as their progress bar reached 30%.
• Xue Ci followed a task to threaten Yu Cheng, but Yu Cheng defended him from Chen Jun, and Lu Zhoucheng arrived to protect them.
• Lu Zhoucheng helped end Chen Jun's harassment, and Xue Ci gave Lu Zhoucheng a matching red wrist cord.
• Xue Ci learned that a flu outbreak was filling hospitals and planned to stock up on supplies as the zombie outbreak approached.
• A refreshed task prompted Xue Ci to hug Lu Zhoucheng, and Lu Zhoucheng later messaged that they should kiss and was coming to find him.

Xue Ci visited Lu Zhoucheng’s family, grew closer to him, and then sent him a breakup message after an acid-rain disaster struck the city. Lu Zhoucheng realized the breakup was serious and told Xue Ci not to contact him again.

• Xue Ci and Lu Zhoucheng bought a skull ornament for Lu Bo'an and visited his villa, where Lu Bo'an welcomed Xue Ci and helped him settle into the guest room.
• Lu Zhoucheng kissed Xue Ci in the locker room, and Xue Ci returned to the dorm, where Duan Zeran questioned him about what had happened.
• Xue Ci went shopping with Duan Zeran, Wu Feng, and Yu Cheng, and acid rain began falling as they returned to the dorm.
• Xue Ci sent Lu Zhoucheng a breakup message and returned the money Lu Zhoucheng had given him.
• Lu Zhoucheng realized Xue Ci meant to end the relationship, asked if he had thought it through, and told him not to come looking for him again.

After breaking up with Lu Zhoucheng, Xue Ci began acting out a secret crush on Duan Zeran, but refused Chen Jun’s demand to humiliate Yu Cheng. Mutated plants attacked the campus, and Yu Cheng rescued Xue Ci; the chapter ended with Xue Ci waking with an unexplained tightness in his chest.

• Lu Zhoucheng got drunk after his breakup with Xue Ci and sent a desperate message, but it failed to deliver.
• Xue Ci learned the plot had shifted toward him quietly falling for Duan Zeran, and his affectionate gestures made Duan Zeran’s progress bar rise.
• Chen Jun took Xue Ci to confront Yu Cheng and ordered him to search Yu Cheng and step on his face, but Xue Ci refused to bully him and failed the task.
• Mutated vines attacked the teaching building, and Yu Cheng carried Xue Ci to safety in the dormitory.
• Xue Ci learned Chen Jun and his lackeys had died, then woke from a restless sleep with a tight, swollen feeling in his chest.

Xue Ci’s unexplained chest discomfort turned into the growth of breast tissue, which he hid from his roommates as mutated plants attacked the dormitory. After surviving the night with Lu Bo'an and the others, Xue Ci woke to find milk leaking from his chest.

• Xue Ci felt increasingly unwell, and the school announced a lockdown after reports of mutated plants killing students.
• Lu Bo'an visited Xue Ci with a cake, and Xue Ci’s chest discomfort returned while they were together.
• Xue Ci discovered new breast tissue, bound his chest with strips of fabric, and hid the change from the others.
• Vines attacked students in the hallway, so the roommates barred the dorm and stayed inside; Lu Zhoucheng called and said he was coming to find them.
• Duan Zeran suspected Xue Ci was hiding something and nearly pulled down his zipper while he slept, but Lu Bo'an stopped him.
• Xue Ci woke the next morning and hurried to the bathroom after noticing liquid on his clothes, where he found milky-white droplets leaking from his chest.

Xue Ci hid the strange liquid leaking from his newly grown chest while the group survived mutated plants and prepared to leave the dorm for supplies. At the infirmary, zombies appeared, and Lu Bo'an carried Xue Ci into a restroom as the outbreak spread.

• Xue Ci struggled to manage the liquid leaking from his chest, then revealed his secret to Duan Zeran, who promised to protect him.
• The group used fires to keep mutated plants away and, after several days, split into teams to search the campus for supplies.
• Xue Ci joined Lu Bo'an's team to visit the infirmary, where corpses suddenly revived as zombies.
• Xue Ci fought off a zombie and fled, but Chen Jun appeared as a zombie and lunged at him.
• Lu Bo'an kicked Chen Jun away, then carried Xue Ci into a restroom and braced the door while the liquid seeping through Xue Ci's cloth dampened his hand.

Xue Ci and Lu Bo'an survived the zombie siege at school, reunited with Lu Zhoucheng, and took shelter at the gym. As Xue Ci struggled to hide his increasingly troublesome chest, Lu Zhoucheng discovered his secret when a bandage came loose in the restroom.

• Lu Bo'an carried Xue Ci through the zombie horde to the infirmary, where they fought off Chen Jun and incoming zombies until Lu Zhoucheng arrived with his lightning ability.
• Lu Zhoucheng led Xue Ci and Lu Bo'an to the gym, then took them to find Duan Zeran and the others, but they found no sign of them at the supermarket.
• At the gym, Lu Bo'an cared for Xue Ci, washed his clothes and underwear, and arranged for them to stay apart from the other survivors.
• Lu Zhoucheng confronted Xue Ci about their breakup, gave him chocolate, and warned others at the base away from him.
• Xue Ci went to the restroom to replace his soaked bandages, but the stall door opened and Lu Zhoucheng saw a droplet fall from his chest.

After Lu Zhoucheng discovered Xue Ci’s secret, he comforted him and stayed close while helping him cope with the discomfort. When Lu Zhoucheng’s attempt to help went badly, he took Xue Ci to Lu Bo'an for medical advice, and the chapter ended with Lu Bo'an offering to help him.

• Lu Zhoucheng confronted Xue Ci about the changes to his chest, then apologized and promised to keep the secret.
• Xue Ci told Lu Zhoucheng that his chest was swelling and leaking, and Lu Zhoucheng washed his bandage and promised to stay and watch over him.
• Lu Zhoucheng stayed by Xue Ci for two days, while rumors spread that he was trying to win his ex-boyfriend back.
• Lu Zhoucheng tried to help Xue Ci relieve the painful swelling, but Xue Ci became embarrassed and refused to let him try again.
• Lu Zhoucheng took Xue Ci to Lu Bo'an, who discussed breast pumps and other methods before asking Lu Zhoucheng to leave.
• After Lu Zhoucheng left, Lu Bo'an offered to help Xue Ci and carried him to the bed.

Xue Ci’s mutation was treated by Lu Bo'an, who used an intimate method that relieved his symptoms but revealed his interest in him. Lu Zhoucheng grew jealous, offered to treat Xue Ci himself, and later challenged Lu Bo'an after finding him sitting beside Xue Ci at dinner.

• Lu Bo'an treated Xue Ci’s swelling by sucking it away, and Xue Ci’s pain and swelling subsided.
• Xue Ci told Lu Zhoucheng that Lu Bo'an had eaten the affected area, making Lu Zhoucheng realize his brother had improper feelings for Xue Ci.
• Xue Ci said he would avoid asking Lu Bo'an for more treatment, and Lu Zhoucheng offered to help instead.
• Xue Ci woke near dark feeling better, then went to collect dinner and learned Lu Zhoucheng had saved him a meal.
• Lu Bo'an sat beside Xue Ci and insisted his symptoms needed further observation, but Lu Zhoucheng joined them and claimed he could handle the treatment.
• Lu Bo'an asked Lu Zhoucheng whether he knew how to treat Xue Ci.

Lu Zhoucheng and Lu Bo'an competed for Xue Ci’s attention while Xue Ci relied on Lu Zhoucheng to relieve his discomfort. Lu Zhoucheng kissed Xue Ci without asking, then learned that Xue Ci had been told about his new ability and teased him about it.

• Lu Zhoucheng and Lu Bo'an stopped arguing when Xue Ci intervened, but both continued vying to stay close to him.
• Xue Ci learned through Eleven that Duan Zeran had awakened a water ability, and Lu Zhoucheng promised to search for Duan Zeran and the others.
• The next day, Lu Zhoucheng’s team found supplies and rescued people who had seen Duan Zeran and the others across campus.
• When Xue Ci became uncomfortable, Lu Zhoucheng helped him, then kissed him without permission; Xue Ci told him to ask before kissing him again.
• Lu Zhoucheng revealed that he had awakened another ability, and Xue Ci pretended to guess what it was until Lu Zhoucheng hinted that it was x-ray vision.

Lu Zhoucheng showed Xue Ci his time-stopping ability, while Lu Bo'an frightened Xue Ci and made him avoid him. After Lu Zhoucheng returned with news that Xue Ci's roommates had been found, he comforted Xue Ci, but an unseen presence touched Xue Ci during their intimate moment.

• Lu Zhoucheng stopped time to put candy in Xue Ci's mouth, then promised not to use his ability to do anything bad to him.
• Lu Bo'an visited Xue Ci's room and later cornered him in the hallway, asking whether he had reunited with Zhoucheng and offering to lick his wet clothes.
• Lu Zhoucheng returned with supplies and told Xue Ci that his three roommates were in quarantine and could be seen the next morning.
• Xue Ci told Lu Zhoucheng that Lu Bo'an had frightened him and that he no longer liked him, so Lu Zhoucheng comforted him.
• While Lu Zhoucheng helped Xue Ci, an invisible presence touched and sucked at Xue Ci, and Xue Ci's body suddenly splattered.

Xue Ci faced an invisible pervert and a mutated vine at the shelter, then reunited with Duan Zeran, Wu Feng, and Yu Cheng. As Lu Zhoucheng grew jealous of Xue Ci’s closeness with his roommates, he overheard Duan Zeran asking to help Xue Ci the way he did and saw Xue Ci agree.

• An invisible attacker touched and licked Xue Ci, and Lu Zhoucheng suspected the culprit had an invisibility ability and promised to help catch him.
• A mutated honeysuckle vine attacked Xue Ci in the bathroom, but Lu Zhoucheng stopped time and killed it with lightning; afterward, they found an eerie message written on the fogged mirror.
• Eleven told Xue Ci that the pervert was probably one of Lu Zhoucheng’s fragments, and Xue Ci prepared honeysuckle gifts before visiting Duan Zeran, Wu Feng, and Yu Cheng.
• The reunited roommates revealed their awakened abilities and recounted encountering unusually self-aware zombies at the biochemistry building.
• Lu Zhoucheng and Duan Zeran clashed over Xue Ci, while Xue Ci agreed to let Duan Zeran wash his bedding using his water ability.
• After Lu Zhoucheng helped Xue Ci again, he overheard Duan Zeran asking whether he could help Xue Ci by sucking him too, and saw Xue Ci nod.