Chapter Summaries

System No. 0111 entered the body of Shen Yi, a high school transfer student, and learned about the tragic life of the novel’s protagonist, Fu Yuhe. Fu Yuhe’s younger brother, Fu Cheng, was his only source of warmth, but kidnappers abducted him after his college entrance exams to threaten Fu Yuhe.

• System No. 0111 loaded into the world as Shen Yi, an eighteen-year-old transfer student with a rough past.
• System 067 told Shen Yi that his identity had been randomly generated and sent him information about the target.
• Shen Yi learned that Fu Yuhe had been left to raise his younger brother after their parents died in a car accident.
• Fu Yuhe’s relatives tried to take his inheritance, and later a college friend blamed him for losses from a shared project.
• Fu Cheng was kidnapped after finishing his college entrance exams and used to threaten Fu Yuhe.

Shen Yi, a newly self-aware system, began changing Fu Yuhe’s tragic story by rescuing Fu Yuhe’s younger brother, Fu Cheng, from classmates who were bullying him. After the bullies left, Shen Yi confronted Fu Cheng about the cigarette ash on his uniform, then led him back to class.

• Shen Yi learned from the system that Fu Cheng, Fu Yuhe’s younger brother, was in his class.
• Shen Yi entered the boys’ bathroom and stopped Xu Fanchao and the others from harassing Fu Cheng.
• Shen Yi claimed Fu Cheng had to do his homework, giving Xu Fanchao an excuse to let him go.
• Shen Yi asked Fu Cheng what had happened and pointed out cigarette ash on his uniform.
• When the class bell rang, Shen Yi told Fu Cheng to go with him.

Shen Yi befriended Fu Cheng and asked him about Xu Fanchao’s harassment, while Fu Cheng avoided telling his brother about it. At home, Fu Cheng told Fu Yuhe about an upcoming parent-teacher meeting, and the story left with Fu Cheng eating breakfast and looking at his phone the next morning.

• Shen Yi asked Fu Cheng to help him with classwork, and Fu Cheng agreed after lunch.
• Shen Yi asked whether Xu Fanchao and his friends bothered Fu Cheng, but Fu Cheng said he did not know them well.
• Shen Yi ignored Xu Fanchao’s invitation and exchanged contact information with Fu Cheng.
• Fu Cheng told Fu Yuhe that a parent-teacher meeting would follow the monthly exams, and Fu Yuhe said he would attend if he had time.
• Fu Cheng sat at breakfast the next morning, looking at his phone despite Fu Yuhe’s past objections.

Fu Cheng and Shen Yi grew closer, then chose each other over Xu Fanchao when he confronted them, and fought alongside one another. They went to Fu Cheng’s villa to treat their injuries, where Fu Yuhe arrived and saw Shen Yi.

• Fu Yuhe heard Fu Cheng speaking with someone on his phone and asked if it was a friend.
• Shen Yi and Fu Cheng became close through studying, meals, and time together at school.
• Xu Fanchao confronted Shen Yi over ignoring his messages and befriending Fu Cheng, then threatened him if he left with Fu Cheng.
• Shen Yi left with Fu Cheng, and the two fought Xu Fanchao and his group, leaving both with bruises.
• Fu Cheng brought Shen Yi to his villa, where they treated their injuries and talked about the fight.
• Fu Yuhe arrived home, noticed Shen Yi’s shoes by the entrance, and met his gaze in the living room.

Fu Yuhe questioned Fu Cheng about his injured face and learned that Shen Yi had helped him before, while Shen Yi’s words made him suspect the boy was more calculating than he appeared. The chapter then shifted to the school’s gossip group, where students speculated about the fight, before both sides described it as a minor disagreement to their teacher.

• Fu Yuhe noticed Fu Cheng’s facial injury and asked whether he had fought, and Fu Cheng admitted that he had.
• Shen Yi apologized for the trouble and said the fight had happened because of him, but Fu Cheng explained that the boys had been targeting him too.
• Fu Cheng nearly revealed what had happened previously, and Shen Yi mentioned that a spark had scorched Fu Cheng’s shirt collar.
• Fu Yuhe went to his study and wondered whether Shen Yi had deliberately led Fu Cheng into revealing what he had kept secret.
• Students discussed Shen Yi and Fu Cheng’s fight in the campus gossip group, spreading conflicting rumors about why it started.
• On Monday, Shen Yi, Fu Cheng, Xu Fanchao, and Xu Fanchao’s friends told the homeroom teacher that the fight had been a minor disagreement.

After the school fight, Shen Yi and Fu Cheng grew closer, and Fu Cheng invited Shen Yi to his home to escape the rain. Shen Yi went looking for clothes after showering and unexpectedly found Fu Yuhe in Fu Cheng’s bedroom.

• The teacher contacted the students’ families after the fight, and Fu Yuhe sent his assistant while Xu Fanchao and the others had to write self-criticisms.
• Shen Yi and Fu Cheng became known among their classmates, and they talked about cats and Fu Cheng’s upcoming birthday while waiting out the rain.
• Fu Cheng’s brother picked them up, and Shen Yi held Fu Yuhe’s gaze in the car before looking away.
• When they reached the Fu residence, Fu Cheng invited Shen Yi inside to shower, and Fu Yuhe agreed.
• After showering, Shen Yi went to Fu Cheng’s bedroom to ask for clothes and found Fu Yuhe there.

Fu Yuhe questioned Shen Yi about his past and his reasons for befriending Fu Cheng, while Shen Yi calmly denied any ulterior motives. Fu Yuhe warned him not to hurt Fu Cheng, leaving their wary relationship unresolved.

• Fu Yuhe frowned when he found Shen Yi standing shirtless outside Fu Cheng's room and told him to put on a shirt.
• Fu Yuhe took Shen Yi to his room and gave him a black T-shirt to wear.
• Fu Yuhe asked whether Shen Yi was gay and questioned him about the fight that had led him to transfer schools.
• Shen Yi warned Fu Yuhe that Fu Cheng might be upset if he learned Fu Yuhe had investigated him.
• Fu Yuhe asked why Shen Yi had deliberately befriended Fu Cheng and warned him not to play with Fu Cheng's feelings.
• Shen Yi insisted that he and Fu Cheng were friends and said he would treat Fu Cheng well.

Shen Yi teased Fu Yuhe before leaving his house, then sat his first monthly exams and began the National Day holiday. After playing basketball with Fu Cheng, Fu Cheng noticed several missed calls from his brother and called him back.

• Shen Yi left Fu Yuhe’s room without getting an answer to his question, then told Fu Cheng their conversation was a secret.
• Shen Yi declined Fu Cheng’s invitation to stay the night and went home to study.
• Shen Yi completed his monthly exams and learned that neither of his parents could attend the parent-teacher meeting.
• Shen Yi spent two days at home during the National Day holiday, then went out to play basketball with Fu Cheng and classmates.
• Fu Cheng took a break, saw several missed calls from Fu Yuhe, and called his brother back.

Fu Cheng and Shen Yi planned to shop for a birthday gift for Fu Yuhe, while Fu Yuhe grew increasingly uneasy about their closeness. After learning they had gone to a suit shop together, Fu Yuhe recalled dealing with a boy who had once tried to take advantage of Fu Cheng.

• Fu Yuhe called Fu Cheng and heard Shen Yi’s voice in the background, which made him uncomfortable.
• Shen Yi offered to help Fu Cheng choose a birthday gift for Fu Yuhe and asked him to keep their outing a surprise.
• Fu Cheng lied to Fu Yuhe about where he was going, then hurried out before Fu Yuhe could drive him.
• Fu Yuhe’s assistant reported seeing Fu Cheng and Shen Yi shopping for a tie and showed him a photo of the pair.
• Fu Yuhe became tense and remembered how he had dealt with a former friend who had tried to take advantage of Fu Cheng.

Shen Yi’s closeness with Fu Cheng made Fu Yuhe wary, while Shen Yi’s top exam results and absent family at the parent-teacher meeting brought him closer to Fu Cheng. The chapter ended with Shen Yi recognizing the warmth in Fu Cheng’s attempt to comfort him.

• Fu Yuhe decided to warn Shen Yi if he crossed a line with Fu Cheng, while Shen Yi’s earlier teasing had come from mistakenly thinking Fu Yuhe sent an assistant to follow them.
• Shen Yi came first in the class monthly exam, and Fu Cheng came third; Shen Yi persuaded Fu Cheng that he had genuinely needed help adjusting after transferring.
• At the senior-year parent-teacher meeting, Shen Yi explained to his homeroom teacher why his parents could not attend.
• Fu Yuhe arrived with Fu Cheng and reacted coldly when Shen Yi put an arm around Fu Cheng and invited him to the convenience store.
• Fu Cheng joined Shen Yi at the basketball court after the meeting began, and Shen Yi realized Fu Cheng was trying to keep him from feeling sad about his family’s absence.

Shen Yi confronted Xu Fanchao after Xu’s group nearly hit Fu Cheng with a basketball, and the disciplinary director broke up their tense exchange. After the parent-teacher meeting, Fu Yuhe spoke with Xu Fanchao’s father, leaving the two men’s intentions unclear.

• Shen Yi caught a basketball that flew toward Fu Cheng and recognized Xu Fanchao among the players who approached them.
• Xu Fanchao shoved Shen Yi, who seized his wrist and apologized as the disciplinary director arrived and scolded Xu Fanchao.
• Shen Yi threw the basketball into Xu Fanchao’s shoulder as he left, and Xu Fanchao threatened him outside school.
• Fu Yuhe noticed Shen Yi’s name on Fu Cheng’s test paper and watched the distant commotion from the classroom.
• Fu Yuhe took Fu Cheng and Shen Yi to eat after the parent-teacher meeting, and Shen Yi told President Xu that Xu Fanchao had nearly hit Fu Cheng with the ball.
• President Xu promised to speak with his son, while Fu Yuhe replied that basketball bumps and scrapes were normal.

Fu Yuhe took Shen Yi and Fu Cheng to lunch, then drew Shen Yi aside to warn him against doing anything strange to Fu Cheng. Shen Yi challenged the warning with a deliberately intimate gesture, leaving Fu Yuhe facing his argument about being overprotective.

• Fu Yuhe declined President Xu’s invitation and took Shen Yi and Fu Cheng to a downtown restaurant.
• At lunch, Fu Yuhe offered to take Shen Yi to the restroom, leaving Fu Cheng behind.
• Fu Yuhe watched Shen Yi at the restroom and then warned him not to do anything strange to Fu Cheng.
• Shen Yi reminded Fu Yuhe that he had kept their earlier matter secret from Fu Cheng.
• Shen Yi put a hand on Fu Yuhe’s shoulder and argued that friends could have simple physical contact.

Shen Yi told Fu Yuhe that he had befriended Fu Cheng to get close to him, but Fu Yuhe doubted him and challenged him to prove it with a kiss. The chapter ended with Shen Yi teasing Fu Yuhe, who insisted he did not like men or Shen Yi.

• Shen Yi said he had gotten close to Fu Cheng because Fu Yuhe was his target, and Fu Yuhe warned him not to continue.
• Fu Yuhe grabbed Shen Yi's wrist and chin, then questioned whether Shen Yi was telling the truth.
• Shen Yi insisted he was honest and shamelessly told Fu Yuhe he should trust him.
• Fu Yuhe said he believed Shen Yi, then demanded that he kiss him.
• Shen Yi dodged the challenge by teasing Fu Yuhe about liking men and playing around with a high schooler.
• Fu Yuhe pushed Shen Yi away and said he did not like men and certainly would not like him.

Fu Yuhe worried that Shen Yi might target Fu Cheng, while Shen Yi privately reflected on the thrill of their charged exchange. Later, Shen Yi and Fu Cheng visited a cat café and Fu Cheng stayed overnight at Shen Yi’s home.

• Fu Yuhe and Shen Yi returned to the private room, where Fu Yuhe told Fu Cheng they had taken longer because they smoked.
• Fu Yuhe left the meal early, and later Shen Yi discussed Fu Yuhe’s reaction with the supervisory system.
• After the class reseating, Fu Cheng invited Shen Yi to visit a cat café, and Shen Yi agreed.
• Shen Yi and Fu Cheng spent the afternoon at the café before heading to Shen Yi’s home near dark.
• Shen Yi invited Fu Cheng to stay the night, and Fu Cheng accepted while his brother was away on a business trip.

Fu Cheng stayed with Shen Yi, invited him to Fu Yuhe’s upcoming birthday dinner, and grew closer to him. When Fu Yuhe returned from his business trip, he overheard Fu Cheng and Shen Yi talking and mistakenly believed Shen Yi was plotting something with his younger brother.

• Fu Cheng and Shen Yi discussed Xu Fanchao’s absence from school and speculated that it might be connected to Fu Yuhe’s meeting with Xu Fanchao’s father.
• Fu Cheng asked to visit Shen Yi often and invited him to celebrate Fu Yuhe’s birthday with them.
• Fu Cheng privately worried that Shen Yi was lonely, while Shen Yi slept soundly, looking forward to the birthday celebration.
• Fu Cheng and Shen Yi spent the next two days together, including visiting the cattery by the square.
• After returning from his business trip, Fu Yuhe overheard Shen Yi telling Fu Cheng to keep something from his brother and concluded that Shen Yi was deceiving Fu Cheng.

Fu Yuhe interrupted Fu Cheng and Shen Yi, who were discussing a fireworks outing, and Shen Yi smoothly explained their conversation away. After Shen Yi left, Fu Cheng went to Fu Yuhe’s study to ask whether his brother disliked Shen Yi.

• Fu Yuhe opened Fu Cheng’s bedroom door and found him and Shen Yi looking at a phone together.
• Shen Yi said they were planning to visit an amusement park for fireworks in November and reassured Fu Cheng that Fu Yuhe would not object.
• Fu Yuhe agreed that Fu Cheng could go, and Shen Yi left with the driver.
• Fu Yuhe reflected that Shen Yi made him act impulsively and that Fu Cheng and Shen Yi had grown close quickly.
• Fu Cheng visited Fu Yuhe’s study and asked whether he disliked Shen Yi.
• Fu Yuhe said he did not, and Fu Cheng told him that Shen Yi was a good person.

Fu Yuhe showed Fu Cheng documents about Shen Yi’s past fights, but Fu Cheng got angry at him for investigating his friend. The next day, Shen Yi secretly met Fu Yuhe in his car while Fu Cheng stayed upstairs, and Fu Yuhe pointed out that Fu Cheng was at Shen Yi’s place.

• Fu Yuhe gave Fu Cheng documents about Shen Yi’s past fights to make him reconsider trusting Shen Yi.
• Fu Cheng accused Fu Yuhe of investigating his friend and slammed the door as he left.
• On Saturday, Fu Cheng went to Shen Yi’s place to study, and the two prepared party poppers for Fu Yuhe’s birthday.
• Fu Yuhe called Shen Yi and asked to meet, then arrived at the parking garage beneath Shen Yi’s building.
• Shen Yi left Fu Cheng upstairs and got into Fu Yuhe’s car, where Fu Yuhe noted that Fu Cheng was at Shen Yi’s place.

Shen Yi teased Fu Yuhe during a private meeting, showing that he understood Fu Yuhe’s concerns about his relationship with Fu Cheng. Fu Yuhe gave Shen Yi his personal number, then left his birthday party early that evening.

• Fu Yuhe brought Shen Yi pastries, and Shen Yi explained that they were Fu Cheng’s favorites rather than his own.
• Shen Yi described Fu Cheng’s habits and pointed out that Fu Yuhe disliked losing control and had argued with Fu Cheng over him.
• Fu Yuhe asked why Fu Cheng cared about Shen Yi, and Shen Yi said he was sincere with him.
• Fu Yuhe entered his personal number into Shen Yi’s phone and said Shen Yi could contact him if anything happened with Fu Cheng.
• Fu Cheng asked about the pastry bag after Shen Yi returned upstairs, and Shen Yi called it takeout.
• Fu Yuhe attended his birthday dinner and a private club gathering, then left early despite his friends’ efforts to keep him there.

Fu Cheng and Shen Yi surprised Fu Yuhe with a birthday celebration at home, and Shen Yi’s teasing closeness unsettled him. As Fu Cheng prepared the cake, Fu Yuhe left to wash his hands, while the brothers and Shen Yi continued their birthday ritual.

• Fu Yuhe arrived home to find Fu Cheng and Shen Yi waiting with party poppers and a violin performance.
• Fu Cheng brought out a cake, and Shen Yi explained that they had made it together for Fu Yuhe’s birthday.
• Fu Yuhe blew out the candles and exchanged teasing remarks with Shen Yi in the dark.
• Fu Cheng turned on the lights by the stairs and urged Fu Yuhe to cut the cake.
• Fu Yuhe said he would wash his hands, while Fu Cheng insisted the first slice had to be for him.

Fu Yuhe joined Fu Cheng and Shen Yi for a meal Shen Yi had cooked, and later discovered Fu Cheng’s gift was the tie he had tried on Shen Yi. Alone in the guest room, Shen Yi wondered whether to give Fu Yuhe a gift and questioned why Fu Yuhe had become so special to him.

• Fu Yuhe found the meal Shen Yi had prepared and joined Shen Yi and Fu Cheng at the table.
• Shen Yi gave Fu Yuhe milk instead of another drink, and Fu Yuhe learned that Shen Yi had cooked the meal.
• Fu Cheng revealed that Shen Yi had made the food, and Shen Yi broke the tension with a joke about the fish.
• Fu Yuhe accepted Shen Yi staying overnight, then opened Fu Cheng’s gift and recognized the tie from a photo of Fu Cheng trying it against Shen Yi’s collar.
• Shen Yi set up a starry-sky projector in the guest room and considered whether to give Fu Yuhe a gift.
• Shen Yi reflected on Fu Yuhe’s significance to him and wondered if he was attracted to Fu Yuhe’s strength.