Chapter Summaries

Xue Ci tried to distance himself from Lu Zhoucheng after their encounter and sought help from Duan Zeran instead. As the group prepared for a zombie attack, an invisible man appeared while Xue Ci slept and carried him toward a mirror.

• Duan Zeran asked whether Xue Ci needed help, and Xue Ci said he would seek him out when he felt uncomfortable.
• Lu Zhoucheng confronted Xue Ci about Duan Zeran, then kissed and touched him; afterward, Xue Ci rejected Lu Zhoucheng and slapped him when he pressed him to resume their relationship.
• Xue Ci moved away from Lu Zhoucheng, while rumors spread that the two had fallen out and Lu Zhoucheng had a handprint on his face.
• Eleven explained that zombies would attack the gymnasium soon and that Xue Ci's plot required him to follow the protagonist and eventually fake his death.
• Lu Bo'an asked Xue Ci about his relationship with Lu Zhoucheng and his chest, and Xue Ci said he would ask Duan Zeran for help.
• After Xue Ci returned to his room and fell asleep, an invisible man lifted him into the air beside a mirror.

Xue Ci struggled with an invisible person who was unaffected by Lu Zhoucheng’s time-stopping ability, then accepted Lu Zhoucheng’s help and later let Duan Zeran suckle him. The next morning, Xue Ci discovered Lu Bo'an had been injured and learned that Lu Bo'an was one of the men pursuing him.

• An invisible person held Xue Ci, touched and kissed him, and stopped only after Xue Ci hurt his foot and began crying.
• Lu Zhoucheng arrived, and Xue Ci asked him to find the invisible person; Lu Zhoucheng stopped time, discovered the person remained active, and shocked him with lightning.
• Lu Zhoucheng pleaded with Xue Ci not to go to Duan Zeran, and Xue Ci agreed to let him help before Duan Zeran arrived with a plush bear and snacks.
• Duan Zeran confessed that he liked Xue Ci, demanded his share, and suckled him; Xue Ci sent him away and went to sleep.
• The next morning, Xue Ci brought breakfast to Lu Bo'an and learned that his injured right hand was numb; Lu Bo'an asked Xue Ci to feed him and then admitted he wanted to bully him.

Xue Ci forgave Lu Bo'an after he admitted his jealousy and apologized, while Lu Zhoucheng grew uneasy watching them grow closer. As danger mounted at the gymnasium, Lu Bo'an confessed his feelings and kissed Xue Ci, while the others searched for him.

• Xue Ci told Lu Bo'an he could keep his attention if he stopped frightening and bullying him, and Lu Bo'an agreed.
• Lu Zhoucheng revealed that he had electrocuted Lu Bo'an and identified him as the Invisible Man, then warned Xue Ci against forgiving him; Xue Ci said Lu Bo'an had apologized.
• Over the next two days, Lu Bo'an impressed Xue Ci with his medical knowledge, while Lu Zhoucheng grew jealous and Wu Feng teased him about his feelings.
• Zombies broke through the gymnasium's main doors, and the ability-user team returned with supplies and news that nearby cities had fallen.
• Lu Zhoucheng stayed in Xue Ci's room for safety, but Xue Ci went to the bathroom to do laundry and encountered the invisible Lu Bo'an, who confessed his love and asked to kiss him.
• Lu Bo'an kissed Xue Ci in the bathroom while Lu Zhoucheng and the others searched for him, unaware of where he was.

Xue Ci and the others faced a zombie breach at the gymnasium, and Duan Zeran escaped with Xue Ci as the group scattered. They took shelter at a gas station, where Xue Ci completed his task and Duan Zeran revealed an obsessive, possessive side while Xue Ci slept.

• Duan Zeran reported that rescue efforts looked unlikely, and the group planned to search for help and investigate the biochemical building.
• Zombies broke through the gymnasium wall, overwhelming the survivors; Lu Zhoucheng and Duan Zeran returned and helped people escape.
• Xue Ci chose Duan Zeran's help, and Duan Zeran carried him away from the gymnasium as Lu Zhoucheng stayed behind to lead the others.
• Duan Zeran drove Xue Ci to a gas station, where they rested and Xue Ci asked to wash; the task completed when Duan Zeran got a nosebleed.
• After Xue Ci fell asleep, Duan Zeran secretly smelled his clothes, held his hand, and admitted his jealousy and desire for him.

Xue Ci and Duan Zeran survived disguised zombies, awakened a storage space, and reunited with Yu Cheng and Wu Feng. As Xue Ci’s chest discomfort returned, Yu Cheng stopped him from asking Wu Feng for help and offered to help instead.

• Xue Ci urged Duan Zeran to rescue two roadside survivors, who revealed themselves as disguised zombies and attacked them with mutated vines.
• Duan Zeran killed the zombies but inhaled a strange gas that made him hallucinate Xue Ci being assaulted; he broke free of the illusion and found Xue Ci unharmed.
• Duan Zeran revealed his new storage-space ability and asked Xue Ci whether he would call him husband if they married or were intimate.
• Xue Ci and Duan Zeran continued helping survivors before reaching 90 percent progress and meeting Yu Cheng and Wu Feng on the road.
• At a mountain cabin, Yu Cheng stopped Xue Ci from going to a nearby stream, gave him a stuffed toy, and later offered to help when Xue Ci’s chest discomfort returned.

Xue Ci faked his death to escape the zombie horde, but a mutated honeysuckle vine rescued him and gave him healing abilities. Three months later, Yu Cheng found him in the mountains and pretended to be injured so Xue Ci would treat him.

• Xue Ci entrusted himself to Yu Cheng for help, then learned that Yu Cheng and Duan Zeran had argued over him.
• Duan Zeran promised Xue Ci that his stockpiling space would always belong to him, and Xue Ci told him he was important to him even if he did not love him romantically.
• When a zombie horde attacked, Xue Ci gave Duan Zeran his amulet and let the horde sweep him away, triggering his death-faking medicine at 95% progress.
• A mutated honeysuckle vine rescued Xue Ci and formed a symbiotic bond with him, giving him the world's only healing ability.
• Xue Ci lived in the forest and healed injured animals while his progress remained at 95%.
• After searching for Xue Ci for three months, Yu Cheng found him in the mountains and claimed he was badly hurt.

After reuniting with Yu Cheng, Xue Ci lived with him at Third Base, where the others who cared for him eventually gathered too. When his mission reached 100%, he chose to spend two final days with them before disappearing, leaving them with flowers and the promise that he would remember them.

• Xue Ci healed Yu Cheng's injury in the mountains, and Yu Cheng confessed that he loved him and had missed him.
• Xue Ci and Yu Cheng traveled together, became intimate during Xue Ci’s flowering season, and later registered as a married couple at Third Base.
• Lu Zhoucheng and Lu Bo'an arrived at Third Base, and Xue Ci reunited with them while Yu Cheng remained his acknowledged husband.
• Xue Ci learned that his mission was complete and chose to stay two more days with the others before leaving the small world.
• Xue Ci and the others spent their final days together in the forest, where he gave them flowers and promised, “I'll remember you.”

Xue Ci followed the plot that forced him to break up with Jiang Shu and let his adoptive father send him to Fu Yang’s bed to settle gambling debts. Fu Yang had secretly avoided being drugged, but as Xue Ci began undressing him, he struggled to control his growing arousal.

• Jiang Shu eagerly messaged Xue Ci and met him after class, while Xue Ci prepared to return home for his task.
• The merged fragment told Xue Ci it had changed the plot so Fu Yang would be hit by a car on the day he took Xue Ci to his villa.
• Xue Ci found debt collectors beating Song Tanhai, and Fu Yang arrived to demand repayment and took one of Xue Ci’s photographs as interest.
• Song Tanhai pressured Xue Ci to help set up Fu Yang, so Xue Ci agreed and sent Jiang Shu a breakup message.
• At the Fu family banquet, Song Tanhai drugged Fu Yang and brought him to a suite, ordering Xue Ci to take intimate photos.
• Fu Yang pretended to be unconscious as Xue Ci undressed him, but became increasingly aroused and wondered whether he had been drugged after all.

Xue Ci completed Song Tanhai’s scheme to entangle Fu Yang, then agreed to reunite with Jiang Shu before Fu Yang summoned him and gave him a card as his sugar daddy. The chapter ended with Fu Yang discovering Jiang Shu’s call and angrily confronting Xue Ci about having a boyfriend.

• Xue Ci undressed Fu Yang and staged evidence of their supposed encounter, then claimed Fu Yang had bullied him when Fu Yang woke.
• Fu Yang gave Xue Ci his phone number and said he would contact him, while Song Tanhai praised Xue Ci and urged him to keep in touch with Fu Yang.
• Xue Ci met Fu Qingxiao, who intervened when a drunk man tried to grab him, then returned home and learned Song Tanhai had gone gambling.
• Xue Ci agreed to get back together with Jiang Shu after Jiang Shu pleaded with him to stay, and later accepted Fu Yang’s messages inviting him to a car behind the school.
• Fu Yang gave Xue Ci a card and laid out rules for their relationship, then saw Jiang Shu’s name and heart on Xue Ci’s phone and demanded to know whether his boyfriend knew about their supposed encounter.

Xue Ci followed Fu Yang’s demand to break up with Jiang Shu, but struggled to end the relationship because Jiang Shu continued treating him kindly. After Xue Ci finally sent a breakup message, Fu Yang confronted him at school and ended the chapter leaning close to smell his mouth.

• Fu Yang told Xue Ci to break up with his boyfriend within three days, and Xue Ci agreed before sending Fu Yang the photos he had taken at the hotel.
• Xue Ci agonized over ending things with Jiang Shu, then sent him a breakup message; Jiang Shu accepted it and asked to remain friends.
• Jiang Shu invited Xue Ci to dinner and a walk near campus, but Fu Yang appeared and interrupted them.
• Xue Ci took Fu Yang to a secluded garden and explained that he had broken up with Jiang Shu, while Fu Yang accused him of still acting like Jiang Shu’s boyfriend.
• When Xue Ci offered to buy Fu Yang cotton candy, Fu Yang asked whether his mouth tasted sweet and leaned in to smell it.

After Fu Yang kissed Xue Ci, the two grew closer through meals, daily visits, and math homework, while Xue Ci used Fu Yang’s card to advance his mission. The chapter ended with Fu Qingxiao discovering that another voice inside him said he was already in heat after seeing Fu Yang’s photo of Xue Ci.

• Fu Yang kissed Xue Ci, then took him to dinner and gave him a watch to replace the red string he wore from his ex-boyfriend.
• Xue Ci sent Fu Yang advanced mathematics problems, and Fu Yang explained them over messages and calls while becoming jealous of Xue Ci’s roommate and ex-boyfriend.
• Eleven gave Xue Ci a mission to spend money on Fu Yang’s card, prompting Fu Yang to send him gifts and visit him at school every day.
• Xue Ci discovered that rubbing against Fu Yang increased the progress bar, and his embrace left Fu Yang restless and dreaming that night.
• Fu Yang showed Fu Qingxiao photos of Xue Ci and left one behind; afterward, a voice inside Fu Qingxiao told him that he was already in heat.

Fu Yang grew closer to Xue Ci while trying to protect him from Song Tanhai’s gambling debts, and Xue Ci began relying on Fu Yang despite his nervousness about their relationship. Meanwhile, Fu Qingxiao’s alter took control after noticing his attraction to Xue Ci, leaving his intentions unclear.

• Fu Qingxiao’s alter took over after Fu Yang called about a missing photo of Xue Ci, then stroked Xue Ci’s face in the picture.
• After hearing Jiang Shu had been threatened, Xue Ci confronted Fu Yang, who admitted he had warned Jiang Shu himself and then kissed Xue Ci passionately in his car.
• Fu Yang left on a business trip and kept sending Xue Ci messages, but Xue Ci later learned Song Tanhai had gambled away his money and was being held by a casino.
• Xue Ci asked Fu Yang for help, and Fu Yang returned from the airport to bring money to the casino and retrieve Song Tanhai.
• At the airport, Xue Ci hugged Fu Yang, offered him candy and cotton candy, and received a kiss on the cheek before Fu Yang teased him about making sure he would be missed.

Fu Yang grew closer to Xue Ci, brought him to his villa, and kissed him before Fu Qingxiao arrived to meet them. Fu Qingxiao recognized that Xue Ci had just been kissed, while his alternate personality’s fixation on Xue Ci continued to surface.

• Fu Yang left for Lin City, and Xue Ci wrote him an IOU for the money he had borrowed.
• Jiang Shu found the IOU, confronted Xue Ci, and offered to repay Fu Yang, but Xue Ci insisted he liked Fu Yang and rejected Jiang Shu’s attempt to get back together.
• Fu Yang returned to campus, gave Xue Ci a cotton-candy necklace, and began visiting him regularly.
• Fu Yang invited Fu Qingxiao to meet Xue Ci, and Fu Qingxiao agreed despite his alternate personality’s growing obsession with Xue Ci.
• Fu Yang took Xue Ci to his villa, kissed him passionately, and carried him upstairs while promising not to go further yet.
• Fu Qingxiao arrived with a gift and found Xue Ci answering Fu Yang’s phone; when Xue Ci opened the door, Fu Qingxiao saw that he had been thoroughly kissed.

Fu Yang and Fu Qingxiao went to bring Fu Zhouxuan back to the Fu family, but their car was rear-ended on the way. Fu Yang woke in the hospital with minor injuries, while Fu Qingxiao was unconscious with a broken arm, and Fu Yang learned that the accident may have left him impotent.

• Fu Qingxiao gave Xue Ci a plush dinosaur, and Xue Ci gave him cufflinks before Fu Yang took Xue Ci upstairs to dry his hair.
• Fu Yang told Xue Ci that Fu Zhouxuan was his illegitimate younger brother and that he would pick him up the following month.
• Xue Ci gave Fu Yang an amulet before he set out to bring Fu Zhouxuan home, and Fu Yang persuaded Fu Qingxiao to accompany him.
• Fu Yang and Fu Qingxiao found Fu Zhouxuan in his cramped apartment and drove away with him, but another car struck their sedan from behind in a tunnel.
• Fu Yang woke in the hospital and learned that Fu Qingxiao had a broken arm, then heard from a doctor that the crash may have severely injured his reproductive organ.

After Fu Yang’s car accident, Xue Ci cared for him and the injured Fu Qingxiao while Fu Yang secretly worried that the crash had left him unable to perform. Once the group returned home, Fu Yang’s jealousy and control over Xue Ci intensified, ending with him confronting Xue Ci in his dorm after a half-month business trip.

• Fu Yang called Xiao Ci from Fu Zhouxuan’s phone to report the accident, and Xue Ci later visited the injured men at the hospital.
• Xue Ci stayed to care for Fu Qingxiao, who woke after three days, while Fu Yang privately suspected the accident had affected his sexual function.
• Fu Qingxiao’s secondary personality learned of Fu Yang’s suspected problem and discussed using it to keep Xue Ci away from him.
• After discharge, Fu Yang monitored Xue Ci and warned off male students, while Xue Ci’s plot progress reached 50 percent and Fu Zhouxuan moved into Fu Yang’s villa.
• Jiang Shu helped Xue Ci with homework and an illustration assignment, and Xue Ci ignored Fu Yang’s calls while working with him.
• Fu Yang waited alone in Xue Ci’s dorm after sending his roommates away, confronted him about their lack of contact, and threatened to keep other men from seducing him.

Fu Yang’s jealousy and insecurity led him to keep Xue Ci at his villa and force intimacy on him after seeing him with Jiang Shu. Xue Ci escaped the bedroom while Fu Yang slept, only to run into Fu Zhouxuan and Fu Qingxiao in the living room.

• Fu Yang kissed and handled Xue Ci, then repeatedly came to his dorm, while Xue Ci grew exhausted and his roommates urged him to leave the relationship.
• After Xue Ci jokingly proposed breaking up and then backed down, he fled the dorm and accepted Jiang Shu’s offer to accompany him around campus.
• Fu Yang had Xue Ci taken to his villa, confronted him over spending time with Jiang Shu, and carried him to the bedroom despite Xue Ci’s pleas to return to school.
• Fu Yang took Xue Ci into the bathroom, then held him while he fell asleep, and Xue Ci resolved to break up with him.
• Xue Ci slipped downstairs barefoot to find his pants and encountered Fu Zhouxuan, then Fu Qingxiao, who brought him slippers and pointed him toward the bathroom.

Fu Yang grew increasingly possessive as Xue Ci spent time with Fu Qingxiao and Fu Zhouxuan, while Xue Ci tried to keep the plot on track by pursuing Fu Zhouxuan and considering a new sugar daddy. After Fu Yang discovered Xue Ci knew about his sexual dysfunction, Xue Ci tried to end their relationship, leaving Fu Yang devastated and pleading with him to stay.

• Fu Yang woke from a dream of Xue Ci with Fu Qingxiao and Fu Zhouxuan, then found them signing Fu Zhouxuan's test at his villa and argued with Xue Ci.
• Fu Qingxiao took Xue Ci and Fu Zhouxuan to an amusement park, and Fu Yang waited in Xue Ci's dorm until Xue Ci returned and gave him a plushie.
• Fu Yang began visiting Xue Ci near campus more often and secretly kissed and touched him while he slept, prompting Xue Ci to avoid him and ask Eleven how to change the plot.
• Eleven told Xue Ci he could find another sugar daddy, so Xue Ci contacted Fu Qingxiao and visited Fu Zhouxuan, whose progress bar advanced when Xue Ci signed his exam papers.
• Xue Ci found Fu Yang's clinic record stating he had sexual dysfunction, and Fu Yang confronted him after discovering Fu Qingxiao had seen it too.
• Xue Ci tried to break up with Fu Yang and return his bank card and IOU, but Fu Yang insisted he would seek treatment and begged him not to leave.

After breaking up with Fu Yang, Xue Ci settled into campus life while Fu Qingxiao pursued him and helped him prepare a birthday cake for Fu Zhouxuan. Fu Yang later resumed sending provocative photos, then appeared at Xue Ci’s dorm and claimed his body had recovered, asking Xue Ci to secretly try it with him.

• Fu Qingxiao took Xue Ci away from Fu Yang and promised to keep Fu Yang from bothering him, while Fu Zhouxuan overheard their argument.
• Fu Qingxiao offered to pay Song Tanhai’s debts, and Xue Ci gave him Fu Yang’s bank card and IOU before returning to his dorm.
• Xue Ci spent several quiet days on campus, drew attention from male students, and told Jiang Shu that he and Fu Yang had ended their arrangement rather than a relationship.
• Fu Qingxiao invited Xue Ci to dinner and began pursuing him, while his alternate personality urged him to act on his desire for Xue Ci.
• Fu Qingxiao taught Xue Ci to make a cake at his villa, where Fu Yang briefly brought over flowers Xue Ci had chosen and cared for.
• After Fu Yang sent Xue Ci increasingly revealing photos, he appeared outside Xue Ci’s dorm, followed him to the washroom, and said his body had recovered before inviting Xue Ci to try it secretly.

Xue Ci tried to keep his distance from Fu Yang while supporting Fu Zhouxuan, but the three men traveled with him to Fu Zhouxuan’s hometown, where a snowstorm stranded them and Fu Qingxiao was injured. In the hospital, Fu Qingxiao woke and called Xue Ci “honey,” leaving Fu Yang stunned.

• Fu Yang visited Xue Ci’s dorm, teased him about his recovery, and left after upsetting him; later, Xue Ci agreed to support Fu Zhouxuan and go with him to visit his mother’s grave.
• Fu Qingxiao joined Xue Ci and Fu Zhouxuan on their trip to the village, where Fu Yang arrived and argued with Fu Zhouxuan over bringing Xue Ci there.
• Xue Ci, Fu Qingxiao, and Fu Zhouxuan became stranded by heavy snow in a dilapidated temple, and Fu Yang brought a rescue team to find them.
• Falling roof tiles knocked Fu Qingxiao unconscious, so the group took him to a hospital for observation.
• Fu Yang tried to confess to Xue Ci at the hospital, but Fu Qingxiao woke and called Xue Ci “honey,” stunning Fu Yang.

After Fu Qingxiao woke with confused memories and believed Xue Ci was his fiancée, Xue Ci agreed to play along and moved into his villa. Fu Qingxiao returned from a business trip and kissed Xue Ci at the door, while Fu Yang watched and made another jealous remark.

• Fu Qingxiao woke in the hospital, called Xue Ci his wife, and was diagnosed with memory confusion after recognizing everyone else correctly.
• Xue Ci decided to pretend to be Fu Qingxiao's fiancée, and Fu Yang confronted him about the intimacy that might follow.
• After his exams, Xue Ci moved into Fu Qingxiao's villa, and Fu Zhouxuan joined him there to play games.
• Fu Qingxiao and Fu Yang returned from their business trip, and Fu Qingxiao pulled Xue Ci into a kiss at the entrance.
• Fu Yang watched from outside as Fu Qingxiao kissed Xue Ci, then whispered a jealous remark in his ear.