Recaps

Tong Zhao and Shi Ruohe visited Wanqi Temple, where Tong Zhao unexpectedly encountered Shu Sizhuo, who had come to give thanks for a fulfilled wish. After they descended the mountain together, Tong Zhao discovered Shu Sizhuo was staying at the same hotel.

• Tong Zhao prayed for Shu Sizhuo’s health at Wanqi Temple and obtained a safety talisman for him.
• Tong Zhao overheard Shu Sizhuo telling a monk that his wish had come true, then Shi Ruohe accidentally revealed Tong Zhao’s presence.
• Shu Sizhuo lit the way down the mountain as Tong Zhao asked why he had come to the temple and learned he had made a wish.
• Tong Zhao jumped into Shu Sizhuo’s arms after a rat frightened him, then quickly stepped away.
• Tong Zhao asked whether Shu Sizhuo would attend the deck dinner party, and Shu Sizhuo said he would.
• Tong Zhao found that Shu Sizhuo was staying at his hotel, and Shu Sizhuo called it a coincidence.

Tong Zhao suspected Shu Sizhuo had arranged to stay next door, but Shu Sizhuo claimed it was a coincidence. Tong Zhao later slipped an amulet into Shu Sizhuo’s suitcase while pretending to borrow toothpaste, and Shu Sizhuo warned him not to wander around the beach.

• Tong Zhao questioned why Shu Sizhuo was staying in the room next door, but Shu Sizhuo said he was in town for a dinner and a temple visit.
• Tong Zhao went into his room, regretted losing his temper, and told Shi Ruohe he did not need to switch rooms.
• Shu Sizhuo took a call confirming that a device had passed safety tests and would be shipped back to the country, then laughed and thought Tong Zhao could never escape him.
• Tong Zhao went to Shu Sizhuo’s room pretending to borrow toothpaste and secretly placed the amulet in Shu Sizhuo’s open suitcase.
• Shu Sizhuo questioned why Tong Zhao had borrowed toothpaste from him, then warned him that wandering around the beach was dangerous.

Tong Zhao recalled the trauma of his separation from Shu Sizhuo and wondered whether Shu was still shaken by his apparent drowning. At the resort, Shu tried to keep Tong Zhao with him, but Tong went to breakfast with Shi Ruohe; later, they watched preparations for the banquet and heard that a handsome CEO had left for the cruise ship.

• Tong Zhao dreamed of the day he fell into the sea after parting from Shu Sizhuo and wondered whether Shu remained affected by what happened.
• Shu Sizhuo caught Tong Zhao outside his room and tried to persuade him to eat breakfast there, but Tong left with Shi Ruohe.
• Shi Ruohe asked whether Shu disliked him, and Tong reassured him that Shu treated everyone with the same severe expression.
• Tong Zhao and Shi Ruohe walked by the beach, where Tong kept away from the water and watched the cruise ship being prepared for the banquet.
• At lunch, Qiaozi described a handsome CEO who had taken a helicopter to the cruise ship, and Shi Ruohe asked Tong whether she meant Shu Sizhuo.

Shu Sizhuo worried about Tong Zhao while attending a dinner on a yacht, as Tong Zhao finished filming and comforted Shi Ruohe after Bai Yue injured him during a scene. Shi Ruohe later confided his loneliness to Tong Zhao, who promised to stay by his side and encouraged him to become a great Best Actor.

• Shu Sizhuo attended a dinner on a luxury yacht and anxiously wondered whether Tong Zhao had stayed away from the dangerous shore.
• Bai Yue injured Shi Ruohe while filming a fight scene, and Tong Zhao helped disinfect Shi Ruohe's wounds afterward.
• Tong Zhao returned to his hotel room and worried when Hua Xiaotang did not answer his message about the dinner party.
• Shi Ruohe came to Tong Zhao's door with liquor after the assistant director asked him not to blame Bai Yue, and Tong Zhao invited him to drink by the sea.
• Shi Ruohe said he felt unlikable and lonely, and Tong Zhao reassured him that he would stay by his side and urged him to work toward becoming a great Best Actor.

Shu Sizhuo discovered Tong Zhao had vanished from the yacht and rushed out to search for him. Meanwhile, Hua Xiaotang’s seduction plan went awry when Shen Yan entered the locked lounge, and Tong Zhao was incapacitated by Shu Sizhuo on the beach.

• Shu Sizhuo learned that Tong Zhao was missing from his room and could not be reached, then ordered a speedboat.
• Hua Xiaotang found Shen Yan in the locked lounge, where Shen Yan was burning with fever and unable to leave.
• Tong Zhao stayed with the drunken Shi Ruohe on the beach, then discovered his phone had no signal when he went to the restroom.
• Shu Sizhuo approached Tong Zhao on the beach and used a pungent substance to make him lose consciousness, catching him in his arms.

Tong Zhao woke up chained in Shu Sizhuo’s room after being abducted at the seaside, and Shu Sizhuo refused to explain why he was holding him captive. After Tong Zhao rejected the food and demanded that Shu Sizhuo release everyone he had imprisoned, Shu Sizhuo pinned him on the bed, prompting Tong Zhao to ask whether he had kidnapped every man with the same face.

• Tong Zhao woke after three days unconscious in an unfamiliar room, chained to the bed and unable to reach the door or window.
• Tong Zhao remembered Shu Sizhuo had drugged him at the seaside and realized he had been abducted.
• Shu Sizhuo entered with food, but Tong Zhao grabbed his shirt and demanded to know why he was imprisoned and whether Shu Sizhuo had captured other men who looked like him.
• Tong Zhao refused to eat and knocked the tray to the floor, so Shu Sizhuo carried him to the bed and pinned his hands above his head.
• Tong Zhao angrily asked Shu Sizhuo whether he liked his face and had imprisoned every man who looked like him.

Shu Sizhuo violently confronted Tong Zhao, who urged him to release the people he had supposedly imprisoned and asked how he had become so cruel. As Shu Sizhuo demanded to know whether Tong Zhao was Tang Xu or Xia Zhen, the chapter revealed how Tong Zhao had once been sent to rescue the young Shu Sizhuo from Ode Mountain House, where the abused boy was about to attack its director, Fenli.

• Shu Sizhuo threatened Tong Zhao, kissed him, and ignored his pleas to stop and free the people he claimed to have locked up.
• Tong Zhao slapped Shu Sizhuo and shouted that he had taught him better when he was little, making Shu Sizhuo pause and demand to know whether Tong Zhao was Tang Xu or Xia Zhen.
• The chapter recounted how Qin Yan and Uncle Ou had taken control of Shu Sizhuo's inheritance and arranged for him to be confined at Ode Mountain House.
• After six months of abuse at Ode Mountain House, Shu Sizhuo had begun plotting to kill Fenli, its director.
• During a storm, Fenli tortured Shu Sizhuo and demanded an apology, but Shu Sizhuo drew a sharpened bamboo pole and prepared to stab him.

Tong Zhao rescued the abused Shu Sizhuo from Fenli and fled with him to a hideout in a shantytown. After tending to Shu Sizhuo’s injuries and comforting him through the night, Tong Zhao finally helped him fall asleep safely.

• Tong Zhao broke into the room, drove Fenli away from Shu Sizhuo, and led the boy out through a window.
• Tong Zhao carried Shu Sizhuo through the rain and escaped by bicycle to a hidden apartment in a shantytown.
• Tong Zhao introduced himself as Tang Xu, a friend of Shu Sizhuo’s mother, and promised to protect him.
• Tong Zhao bathed Shu Sizhuo, treated his wounds, and gave him clean clothes and a bed.
• Tong Zhao comforted Shu Sizhuo until the boy fell asleep, giving him his first peaceful night since his parents died.

Tong Zhao reassured Shu Sizhuo that he would help him return to the Shu family and planned to contact Shu Sizhuo’s maternal uncle for help. After learning that Shu Sizhuo remembered his mother’s childhood home in Beiyan Town, Tong Zhao set out with him to search for clues.

• Tong Zhao brought Shu Sizhuo breakfast, promised not to leave him, and sealed the promise with a pinky promise and a thumb stamp.
• Tong Zhao considered contacting Shu Sizhuo’s maternal uncle but rejected the system’s expensive offer for the uncle’s contact information.
• Tong Zhao told Shu Sizhuo about his uncle and learned that Shu Sizhuo remembered his mother’s childhood home in Beiyan Town.
• Tong Zhao planned a bus journey to Beiyan Town and waited two days for Shu Sizhuo’s injuries to heal.
• Tong Zhao and Shu Sizhuo left their apartment in the middle of the night, fed the building’s dog, and started their journey.

Tong Zhao escaped Ode Mountain House's men with Shu Sizhuo, but he was wounded in the back during their flight. As Shu Sizhuo brought a doctor to stitch the wound, Tong Zhao realized they needed to find Shu Sizhuo's uncle quickly to avoid being killed.

• Tong Zhao and Shu Sizhuo waited at the bus station for their early bus, but Ode Mountain House's men arrived and spotted them.
• Tong Zhao grabbed Shu Sizhuo and fled by bicycle, ignoring a blade wound to his back as they escaped their pursuers.
• Tong Zhao reached the rented apartment, where Shu Sizhuo discovered his bleeding wound and insisted he needed stitches.
• Shu Sizhuo ran to the shantytown clinic and brought Doctor Zhou back to treat Tong Zhao.
• Tong Zhao suspected Ode Mountain House was hiding Shu Sizhuo's disappearance from his uncle and decided they had to find him soon.

Tong Zhao had his wound stitched while Shu Sizhuo cried beside him, then discovered his wallet had been stolen and they had only two hundred yuan left. When Tong Zhao tried to contact the system for help, it failed to respond, leaving him and Shu Sizhuo stranded with his injury and dwindling money.

• Doctor Zhou stitched Tong Zhao's knife wound, and Shu Sizhuo cried until Tong Zhao reassured him that he was no longer in pain.
• Tong Zhao discovered his wallet was missing, and Shu Sizhuo searched the room while Doctor Zhou left with the hundred yuan they had borrowed from under the pillow.
• Tong Zhao realized a pickpocket had stolen his wallet while he slept, leaving him and Shu Sizhuo with only two hundred yuan.
• Tong Zhao pretended not to worry about the lost money and sent Shu Sizhuo to boil water.
• Tong Zhao called for the system to ask about contacting his uncle, but it did not respond, and he hid his frustration when Shu Sizhuo returned with water.

Tong Zhao and Shu Sizhuo struggled to get by while hiding from the people searching for them, and Tong Zhao found work washing dishes despite his injury. When Shu Sizhuo brought home scar cream he had earned by helping Doctor Zhou, Tong Zhao embraced him and felt sure the wound would heal without a scar.

• Tong Zhao and Shu Sizhuo agreed to live frugally and delay searching for Shu Sizhuo's uncle while Ode Mountain House's people pursued them.
• Shu Sizhuo took on the housework and shared meat with Tong Zhao, who insisted they both needed proper food.
• Tong Zhao found a dishwashing job, while Shu Sizhuo spent his days away from home and returned to cook for him.
• Tong Zhao told Shu Sizhuo to keep close to the shantytown and promised to borrow him picture books.
• Shu Sizhuo gave Tong Zhao scar cream from Doctor Zhou after helping sort herbs, and Tong Zhao hugged him gratefully.
• Tong Zhao asked Shu Sizhuo to apply the cream, and they spent the evening chatting warmly together.

Tong Zhao and Shu Sizhuo grew closer during peaceful days together, but their routine was shattered when pursuers came searching for them. They escaped to an abandoned residence, where Shu Sizhuo revealed that the intruders had destroyed their home.

• Tong Zhao took Shu Sizhuo to the supermarket, bought the things he liked, and comforted him after he dreamed about his parents.
• Tong Zhao and Shu Sizhuo celebrated payday with a meal, then returned to find Big Yellow anxiously warning them about people searching their apartment building.
• Tong Zhao and Shu Sizhuo fled by bicycle and escaped their pursuers through the shantytown's winding streets.
• At an abandoned residence, Shu Sizhuo told Tong Zhao that the pursuers had destroyed their home, and Tong Zhao hugged him and promised they could retrieve their belongings later.

Tong Zhao and Shu Sizhuo escaped the men searching for them and traveled to Grinding Cloud City, hoping to reach an orphanage connected to Tong Zhao’s identity. They found a shabby inn, where Tong Zhao discovered that Shu Sizhuo had a fever.

• Tong Zhao counted his money and told Shu Sizhuo they would escape through a hidden passage and travel to Grinding Cloud City.
• Tong Zhao and Shu Sizhuo slipped through the shantytown at night, hid from their pursuers, and crawled through a dog hole to reach a taxi.
• Tong Zhao and Shu Sizhuo rode through the day and arrived in Grinding Cloud City after dark.
• Tong Zhao registered at a shabby inn under a fake name and took Shu Sizhuo to their room.
• Tong Zhao noticed Shu Sizhuo swaying with flushed cheeks and realized he had a fever.

Tong Zhao cared for Shu Sizhuo through a high fever and delayed their trip so the boy could recover. After spending a day together, Tong Zhao reconnected with his system and demanded compensation for its month-long absence, asking to buy Shu Sizhuo's maternal uncle's contact information.

• Tong Zhao bought medicine and cared for Shu Sizhuo through his fever, comforting him until they both fell asleep.
• Shu Sizhuo woke feeling better, and Tong Zhao postponed their trip so they could spend another day in Grinding Cloud City.
• At a children's park, Shu Sizhuo told Tong Zhao his birthday was May sixteenth, and Tong Zhao promised to buy him a present.
• Tong Zhao heard his system reactivate, sent Shu Sizhuo out of the bathroom, and confronted the system about disappearing for a month.
• The system explained that a virus had paralyzed the General Institute's network, and Tong Zhao demanded compensation.
• Tong Zhao asked to spend twenty thousand on Shu Sizhuo's maternal uncle's contact information.

Tong Zhao secured compensation and contacted Shu Sizhuo’s uncle, Hua Ruolin, who came to bring his nephew back to City A. As Hua Ruolin began preparing Shu Sizhuo for his future role, he grew irritated by the boy’s attachment to Tong Zhao and ordered him back to his own room.

• Tong Zhao told the system about his hardship, and the General Institute approved twenty thousand yuan in emotional-distress compensation and an advance on his wages.
• Tong Zhao called Shu Sizhuo’s uncle, Hua Ruolin, who agreed to help and traveled to Grinding Cloud City with lawyers and bodyguards.
• Shu Sizhuo greeted Hua Ruolin warmly, and the uncle embraced him before taking him and Tong Zhao to City A.
• Hua Ruolin bought them new clothes and stayed with them at a luxury hotel while his lawyers handled matters concerning Shu Sizhuo.
• Hua Ruolin found Shu Sizhuo sleeping in Tong Zhao’s bed, pulled him out from under the covers, and ordered him to return to his own room.

Shu Sizhuo and Tong Zhao accepted Hua Ruolin’s rules while secretly preserving their closeness, as Hua Ruolin dismantled the schemes against the Shu Family. After Uncle Ou and Qin Yan were dealt with, Tong Zhao told Hua Ruolin he was worried about Shu Sizhuo because he would not be able to stay much longer.

• Shu Sizhuo argued that he should be allowed to sleep beside Tong Zhao, but Hua Ruolin ordered him to return to his own room and warned Tong Zhao about his clothing.
• Tong Zhao reassured Shu Sizhuo that he could secretly come to his room on frightening nights, and they agreed on a secret knock.
• Hua Ruolin’s team uncovered Uncle Ou’s crimes and Qin Yan’s inheritance scheme; Uncle Ou received a twenty-five-year sentence, and Qin Yan’s son lost his inheritance rights.
• Tong Zhao and Shu Sizhuo returned to the Shu Family residence as Uncle Ou was taken away, while Hua Ruolin’s bodyguards expelled Qin Yan and Shu Yaoxi.
• Hua Ruolin moved into the residence to guard Shu Sizhuo and manage the family business, repeatedly catching Shu Sizhuo sneaking into Tong Zhao’s room.
• Tong Zhao shared a drink with Hua Ruolin in the courtyard and said he wanted more time with Shu Sizhuo because he would not be able to stay much longer.

Tong Zhao grew close to Shu Sizhuo and Hua Ruolin while living with the Shu Family, but he eventually decided to return to his own home. He left without saying goodbye to Shu Sizhuo, who ended the chapter unable to reach him by phone.

• Tong Zhao and Hua Ruolin repeatedly drank together, while Shu Sizhuo interrupted them and tried to keep Tong Zhao from drinking too much.
• Tong Zhao gave Shu Sizhuo a golden retriever puppy for his eleventh birthday, and Shu Sizhuo named it Little Loofah.
• Shu Sizhuo went to the United Kingdom to study, and Tong Zhao traveled there as well before spring arrived the following year.
• Tong Zhao told Hua Ruolin he was going home and asked him to comfort Shu Sizhuo after he left.
• Shu Sizhuo searched the house for Tong Zhao, learned from Hua Ruolin that he had gone home, and repeatedly called until he realized he could not reach him.

After Shu Sizhuo believed Tang Xu had died, he grew quiet and withdrawn, while Hua Ruolin mourned Tong Zhao’s absence. Eight years later, Shu Sizhuo confronted Tong Zhao, revealed he had recognized him as Tang Xu, and abused him; the chapter ended with Tong Zhao agreeing to let him apply medicine only if he left afterward.

• Shu Sizhuo cried for Tang Xu until he developed a high fever, then asked Hua Ruolin to find Tang Xu’s hometown near Grinding Cloud City.
• Hua Ruolin learned from the orphanage that Tang Xu had died in an accident the previous month.
• Shu Sizhuo confronted Tong Zhao and called him Tang Xu, or Xia Zhen, revealing that he had recognized him for a long time.
• Tong Zhao accused Shu Sizhuo of manipulating him, and Shu Sizhuo said he was exacting revenge for being abandoned and deceived.
• Shu Sizhuo continued hurting Tong Zhao, then cleaned him and carried him to bed.
• Tong Zhao refused further abuse but allowed Shu Sizhuo to apply medicine, telling him to leave afterward.

Tong Zhao woke to find himself chained and captive in Shu Sizhuo’s home, and confronted Shu Sizhuo about imprisoning people. Shu Sizhuo agreed to release everyone at Wind House on the condition that Tong Zhao stay in his place, then ordered his assistant to dismiss them and get them home safely.

• Tong Zhao woke hungry and weak after Shu Sizhuo had sex with him, ate the meal Shu Sizhuo prepared, and asked to be released.
• Shu Sizhuo refused to let Tong Zhao leave, and they argued about their past and Shu Sizhuo’s plans to keep him captive.
• Tong Zhao asked Shu Sizhuo to release the people he believed were imprisoned at Wind House, and Shu Sizhuo agreed on condition that Tong Zhao take their place and stay.
• Tong Zhao demanded proof, so Shu Sizhuo called his first assistant and ordered everyone at Wind House dismissed and safely sent home.
• Shu Sizhuo told Tong Zhao the phone was for internal calls only, then pulled him close and kissed him.

Tong Zhao tried to resist Shu Sizhuo, then realized his system had gone silent again and began piecing together why Shu Sizhuo had recognized him. He was left horrified and angry after recalling that Shu Sizhuo had imprisoned and abused other young men who resembled him.

• Shu Sizhuo kissed Tong Zhao, injured his lip, and forced him to let him check and treat the wound.
• Tong Zhao scratched Shu Sizhuo's face while resisting, then endured Shu Sizhuo applying medicine and kissing him.
• After Shu Sizhuo left, Tong Zhao called for his system and found it unresponsive, then tried to understand why he had been imprisoned.
• Tong Zhao wondered whether Shu Sizhuo had discovered the truth about his repeated appearances in different lives and worlds.
• Tong Zhao recalled that Shu Sizhuo had imprisoned and abused young men who resembled him, and became furious and distressed.

Tong Zhao questioned whether Shu Sizhuo’s other companions were willing and felt jealous, while Shu Sizhuo watched him through surveillance and kept him confined. Shu Sizhuo had Xiaoguang deliver dinner, and Tong Zhao learned the robot could only call his husband, Shu Sizhuo.

• Tong Zhao wondered whether the young men Shu Sizhuo brought to Wind House had agreed willingly, then grew angry and jealous as he recalled Shu Sizhuo’s kisses.
• Shu Sizhuo watched Tong Zhao through surveillance on his way to a shareholder meeting, where Hua Ruolin noticed the scratches on his face and hand.
• Shu Sizhuo asked Hua Ruolin to meet a young man, but Hua Ruolin refused and ended their call.
• Shu Sizhuo watched Tong Zhao search his room for a way out and thought about how Tong Zhao had broken promises since childhood.
• Shu Sizhuo had Xiaoguang bring Tong Zhao dinner; Tong Zhao asked the robot to unlock his ankle chain or call someone, and Xiaoguang said it could only call his husband, Shu Sizhuo.

Tong Zhao remained confined with Shu Sizhuo, who tried to resume their intimacy despite Tong Zhao’s pain and resistance. After Tong Zhao told him he was terrible at it, Shu Sizhuo stopped for the night, leaving Tong Zhao held in his arms as memories of Shu Sizhuo at nineteen brought him to tears.

• Tong Zhao learned from Xiaoguang that it was October 27 and found he could not use the robot to contact Shi Ruohe or learn about the outside world.
• Shu Sizhuo returned, shared dinner with Tong Zhao, and showed him how to use the projector while Tong Zhao stayed distant.
• After dinner, Shu Sizhuo carried Tong Zhao from the bathroom to bed and began kissing him despite Tong Zhao’s soreness and protests.
• Shu Sizhuo insisted Tong Zhao had promised to stay if he released the people from the Wind House, but Tong Zhao shouted that Shu Sizhuo was terrible at sex and had made him hurt.
• Shu Sizhuo stopped, held Tong Zhao through the night, and Tong Zhao recalled Shu Sizhuo at nineteen before quietly crying.

Shu Sizhuo tried to learn how to make sex less painful for Tong Zhao, while Tong Zhao grew increasingly frustrated with his confinement. When Shu Sizhuo returned with cake, Tong Zhao told him to leave and said he never wanted to see him again, but Shu Sizhuo vowed to visit every day.

• Shu Sizhuo went to work brooding over Tong Zhao calling him lousy in bed and searched online for advice about his pain.
• Tong Zhao explored the sealed room, found no way out, and repeatedly played gomoku before sweeping the pieces onto the floor in frustration.
• Shu Sizhuo asked Hua Ruolin for instructional videos, studied them carefully, and concluded he understood why he had hurt Tong Zhao.
• Shu Sizhuo bought a tiramisu for Tong Zhao after seeing a popular cake shop, but arrived home to find Tong Zhao upset after falling when his ankle chain caught on a chair.
• Tong Zhao threw a pillow at Shu Sizhuo and shouted that he wanted him to leave and never wanted to see him again.
• Shu Sizhuo grabbed Tong Zhao's wrist and said he would come back and appear before him every day.

Shu Sizhuo kept Tong Zhao imprisoned and became increasingly possessive, while Tong Zhao considered how to escape and leave the world. When Tong Zhao greeted Shu Sizhuo warmly on his return, he noticed a bandage on Shu Sizhuo’s left forearm but was prevented from asking about it.

• Shu Sizhuo pinned Tong Zhao down and kissed him, but stopped when he saw Tong Zhao trembling and crying.
• Tong Zhao woke exhausted and sore, counted the marks on his body, and learned from Xiaoguang that Shu Sizhuo had gone to work.
• Tong Zhao thought about his week in confinement, his unfinished system task, and his responsibility for Shu Sizhuo’s resentment, then decided to focus on escaping the room.
• Shu Sizhuo returned late, and Tong Zhao greeted him without anger; Shu Sizhuo embraced him and believed he had accepted staying with him.
• In the bathroom, Tong Zhao noticed a black bandage around Shu Sizhuo’s left forearm and asked about it, but Shu Sizhuo claimed his muscles hurt and kissed him before he could ask more.