Chapter Summaries

Tong Zhao tried to secure a role for Shi Ruohe while struggling to cover the costs of the investors’ banquet. The arrival of President Shu left Tong Zhao stunned when their eyes met.

• Shi Ruohe worried that the investors might not offer him a role, and Tong Zhao promised to keep finding opportunities with him.
• Tong Zhao borrowed twenty thousand yuan from his system after learning that his advance funds had been limited.
• Tong Zhao returned to the private room and discovered that the investors were making room for an unexpected guest.
• President Mu made an unwanted advance, and Tong Zhao deflected him by pretending to read his palm and warning him about his health.
• President Shu arrived, and Tong Zhao stared in alarm as their eyes met.

Tong Zhao reunited with Shu Sizhuo at a dinner after eight years apart, but Shu Sizhuo treated him like a stranger. After the gathering ended, Shu Sizhuo offered to drive Tong Zhao and the unconscious Shi Ruohe home.

• Shu Sizhuo arrived at President Lu's dinner, and Tong Zhao was stunned to see the man he had not met in eight years.
• Sister Wan introduced Tong Zhao and Shi Ruohe to Shu Sizhuo, and Shi Ruohe accidentally knocked Tong Zhao into him, spilling wine on Shu Sizhuo's sleeve.
• Tong Zhao apologized by drinking three glasses and toasted Shu Sizhuo, who declined to drink and praised Tong Zhao's capacity for liquor.
• Tong Zhao vomited after drinking, while Shi Ruohe tried to take his place and eventually passed out at the table.
• Shu Sizhuo ended the dinner, and Tong Zhao avoided riding with President Mu before struggling to find a car with Shi Ruohe.
• Shu Sizhuo stopped his Porsche outside Bamboo Green Pavilion and offered to drive Tong Zhao and Shi Ruohe home.

Tong Zhao rode with Shu Sizhuo after helping the drunk Shi Ruohe get home, and learned that Shu Sizhuo believed his former acquaintance had died. A flat tire stranded them near Shu Sizhuo’s old house, where they decided to spend the night together.

• Shu Sizhuo asked Tong Zhao his age and said he looked like someone he used to know, then told him that the person had died.
• Tong Zhao escorted Shi Ruohe into his home and reassured him that President Shu had driven them back.
• Shu Sizhuo invited Tong Zhao to ride in the front passenger seat and said he wanted to stop at his old house on the way to the city.
• The car hit nails on the mountain road and got a flat tire, so Shu Sizhuo proposed that they spend the night at the old house.
• Tong Zhao accepted the unexpected chance to stay with Shu Sizhuo and see the familiar house again.

Tong Zhao returned to Shu Sizhuo’s home after eight years, but his mission was to keep Shi Ruohe in the entertainment industry. Shu Sizhuo visited Tong Zhao while he slept, torn between love and hatred, and vowed not to let him leave again.

• Tong Zhao followed Shu Sizhuo into the old residence, where Mama Feng recognized his resemblance to someone from the past.
• Shu Sizhuo gave Tong Zhao the room he had stayed in years ago, and Tong Zhao wondered whether its unchanged furnishings had been kept for him.
• Tong Zhao recalled his mission to support Shi Ruohe’s acting career and explained how he had arranged a dinner through President Lu to secure resources.
• Shu Sizhuo entered Tong Zhao’s room while he slept and briefly gripped his neck before touching and biting his lips.
• Shu Sizhuo told Tong Zhao not to leave again now that he had returned.

Tong Zhao woke at Shu Sizhuo’s home, where he reunited with the elderly dog Little Loofah and learned that an old friend had named him. After breakfast, Tong Zhao left with Shu Sizhuo, grieving because he believed it might be his last chance to see Little Loofah.

• Wei Ze and his men stopped President Mu’s car, dragged him out, and stabbed his palm as punishment.
• Tong Zhao woke with a hangover, noticed his swollen lower lip, and went downstairs to find Shu Sizhuo and Little Loofah.
• Little Loofah rushed to Tong Zhao, and Shu Sizhuo explained that an old friend had given the dog his name.
• Tong Zhao ate breakfast with Shu Sizhuo, stroking Little Loofah while Shu Sizhuo watched him.
• Tong Zhao followed Shu Sizhuo to the elevator and held back tears as he recalled giving Little Loofah to Shu Sizhuo sixteen years earlier.

Tong Zhao rode with Shu Sizhuo to the company, where Shu Sizhuo rejected his concern as a stranger’s and later took medicine while awaiting a safety test. Tong Zhao then learned that he and Shi Ruohe had been offered small commercial jobs, with Tong Zhao scheduled to shoot a shampoo ad the next day.

• Tong Zhao chose to go to the company with Shu Sizhuo and asked about his life, but avoided revealing his own background.
• Tong Zhao worried about Shu Sizhuo’s health, and Shu Sizhuo told him he did not accept a stranger’s concern.
• After dropping Tong Zhao off, Shu Sizhuo pulled over, took medicine, and called Mia to ask about safety testing that would take another month.
• Tong Zhao entered the company and learned from Sister Wan that President Lu expected no problem after the previous night’s meeting.
• Sister Wan told Tong Zhao that he would shoot a shampoo commercial the next day and that Shi Ruohe had been offered a space-heater commercial.

Tong Zhao accompanied Shi Ruohe to a commercial opportunity, then went to film a shampoo advertisement and unexpectedly encountered Shu Sizhuo. The chapter ended with Tong Zhao spotting Shu Sizhuo watching him on set and wondering why he was there.

• Tong Zhao visited Shi Ruohe and encouraged him to get ready to sign a commercial contract.
• Tong Zhao arrived early at the shampoo shoot, recognized an unfamiliar-looking newcomer named Hua Xiaotang, and met the director.
• Tong Zhao saw Shu Sizhuo arrive with President Qi and President Fu, then kept wondering why he was at the studio.
• Tong Zhao balked at the tacky shampoo lines but followed the director's instructions and began filming.
• Tong Zhao noticed Shu Sizhuo by the studio door and froze in surprise.

Tong Zhao struggled through a commercial shoot while Shu Sizhuo watched, then saw him leave with Hua Xiaotang and wondered whether he was attracted to women. Shu Sizhuo later drove Tong Zhao home, questioned him about dating, and claimed his stomach hurt so he could come inside for water.

• Tong Zhao repeatedly flubbed his commercial shoot while Shu Sizhuo watched from the doorway.
• Hua Xiaotang joined Shu Sizhuo and two executives, then left with them, prompting Tong Zhao to wonder if Shu Sizhuo had turned straight.
• Tong Zhao finished filming successfully and messaged Shi Ruohe before Shu Sizhuo found him at the bus stop and offered him a ride.
• Tong Zhao smelled women's perfume in Shu Sizhuo's car and asked if it belonged to his girlfriend; Shu Sizhuo instead questioned Tong Zhao about whether he wanted to date anyone.
• At Tong Zhao's residential complex, Shu Sizhuo said his stomach hurt and asked to come inside for a glass of water.

Tong Zhao cared for Shu Sizhuo through the night and made him breakfast, while Shu Sizhuo struggled against his lingering feelings and suspicion of Tong Zhao. After meeting Tong Zhao’s neighbor Zhang Yi'an, Shu Sizhuo drove him to work and hinted that his health had been damaged for a long time.

• Tong Zhao took Shu Sizhuo to his apartment, gave him stomach medicine and water, and let him sleep on the sofa.
• Tong Zhao checked on Shu Sizhuo through the night and made millet congee and warmed milk for him in the morning.
• Shu Sizhuo woke to Tong Zhao cooking and remembered their past, then reminded himself that Tong Zhao had deceived him.
• Zhang Yi'an brought Tong Zhao homemade buns, and Shu Sizhuo watched him warily and asked whether he visited Tong Zhao often.
• Shu Sizhuo drove Tong Zhao to work, and when Tong Zhao advised him to take care of his stomach, Shu Sizhuo said his body had been riddled with holes for a long time.

After Tong Zhao reunited with Shu Sizhuo, Hua Xiaotang revealed that she was a tasker assigned to straighten Shu Sizhuo out and warned Tong Zhao to stay away from him. Tong Zhao learned that his mission still had zero stars, then recalled that his repeated pursuit of Shu Sizhuo had led the institute to blame him for disrupting the world’s planned marriage alliance.

• Tong Zhao watched Shu Sizhuo leave, then Hua Xiaotang confronted him and asked how he had met Shu Sizhuo again.
• Hua Xiaotang identified herself as a tasker on the Shu Sizhuo Straightening Task Force, told Tong Zhao to avoid Shu Sizhuo, and explained that the taskers received generous benefits.
• Tong Zhao complained to the system about his meager reserve funds and learned that Shu Sizhuo’s commercial had earned him zero stars.
• Tong Zhao remembered returning from his second mission with lingering sadness and later discovering that the institute had assigned women to straighten Shu Sizhuo out.
• Tong Zhao recalled his superior blaming him for pursuing Shu Sizhuo twice and disrupting Shu Sizhuo’s planned marriage alliance with the Intelligent Research Group’s heiress.

Tong Zhao was reprimanded for disrupting Shu Sizhuo’s intended life, then spent a cheerful evening with Shi Ruohe before Shu Sizhuo called about a forgotten lighter. Shu Sizhuo arrived at Tong Zhao’s apartment, but Tong Zhao kept him outside and handed the lighter back.

• Tong Zhao’s supervisor scolded him for pursuing Shu Sizhuo again and changing the course of Shu Sizhuo’s life.
• Tong Zhao and Shi Ruohe shared a laugh over their exaggerated commercial lines and later went out for grilled skewers.
• The proprietress’s memory of Tong Zhao and a handsome man from years earlier left Tong Zhao subdued, though he denied anything was wrong to Shi Ruohe.
• After returning home, Tong Zhao received a call from Shu Sizhuo, who said he had left his expensive lighter at Tong Zhao’s place.
• Tong Zhao found the lighter and learned Shu Sizhuo was already outside his door, then handed it over without letting him in.

Shu Sizhuo forced his way into Tong Zhao’s home after hurting his fingers, then proposed that Tong Zhao stay by his side. Tong Zhao refused, and Shu Sizhuo left as an episode began to overtake him.

• Shu Sizhuo caught his fingers in Tong Zhao’s closing door, so Tong Zhao brought him inside, treated his hand, and gave him medicine.
• Shu Sizhuo refused Tong Zhao’s offer to drive him home and accused him of avoiding him.
• Shu Sizhuo said he needed someone by his side and asked Tong Zhao to be with him.
• Tong Zhao rejected Shu Sizhuo and urged him not to treat relationships as a game.
• Shu Sizhuo let go of Tong Zhao, left abruptly, and headed toward the residential complex entrance.
• Tong Zhao watched Shu Sizhuo leave and wondered how many men he had taken as lovers.

Tong Zhao learned that the acting opportunity he and Shi Ruohe had nearly secured was canceled after someone higher up intervened, and he suspected Shu Sizhuo had retaliated. He went to confront Shu Sizhuo at the old residence, where Wei Ze reacted strangely to seeing him.

• Zhang Yi'an moved after his landlord abruptly reclaimed his apartment, and Tong Zhao reassured him they would stay friends.
• Tong Zhao helped care for Grandpa Shi in the hospital, and Shi Ruohe asked him to request leave from work.
• Sister Wan told Tong Zhao that President Lu had canceled the urban drama deal because he and Shi Ruohe had offended someone powerful.
• Tong Zhao called Shu Sizhuo to demand a meeting, and Shu Sizhuo told him to come to the old residence at eight.
• Zeng Guang and Wei Ze picked Tong Zhao up in a van, and Wei Ze stared at him in shock.
• Tong Zhao greeted Little Loofah at the old residence, while Wei Ze told Zeng Guang that Tong Zhao was different from the young men Shu Sizhuo usually found.

Tong Zhao confronted Shu Sizhuo for blocking his and Shi Ruohe’s drama roles, then agreed to kiss Shu Sizhuo in exchange for restoring the opportunity. Shu Sizhuo returned the opportunity after turning the brief kiss into a passionate one.

• Tong Zhao entered Shu Sizhuo’s study and learned that Shu Sizhuo had cut him and Shi Ruohe off from an urban drama because Tong Zhao had refused his request.
• Tong Zhao argued that Shu Sizhuo was abusing his power, but Shu Sizhuo offered to make Tong Zhao and Shi Ruohe famous if Tong Zhao became his lover.
• Tong Zhao offered to do something else Shu Sizhuo wanted, and Shu Sizhuo demanded a kiss in exchange for restoring their roles.
• Tong Zhao kissed Shu Sizhuo, who pulled him close and deepened the kiss until Tong Zhao was left breathless.
• Shu Sizhuo told Tong Zhao that he would give the opportunity back to him.

Tong Zhao and Shi Ruohe joined the production of Falling into My Heart after their contracts were restored, and Tong Zhao helped his shy friend settle in and build connections. On set, Tong Zhao met Hua Xiaotang, who had joined the drama after her attempt to approach Shu Sizhuo failed, while he kept his kiss with Shu Sizhuo secret.

• Sister Wan told Tong Zhao and Shi Ruohe that the contract for Falling into My Heart was back on, and they signed it.
• Shi Ruohe embraced Tong Zhao in gratitude after signing, and the two joined the production a week later.
• Tong Zhao treated the crew to milk tea in Shi Ruohe's name and advised him to build professional relationships.
• Shi Ruohe impressed the crew with his acting, though he struggled to approach the male lead about his performance.
• Hua Xiaotang arrived as Meng Zhiting and told Tong Zhao she had joined the drama after Shu Sizhuo ignored her at a company summit.
• Hua Xiaotang warned Tong Zhao not to meet Shu Sizhuo secretly, and offered to buy him a late-night meal.

After Tong Zhao and Hua Xiaotang fought off a group of drunken harassers, Shu Sizhuo took Tong Zhao to a clinic and ordered his men to punish their leader, Wang Zhigao’s son. Shu Sizhuo’s jealousy over Tong Zhao’s dinner with Hua Xiaotang remained evident as Tong Zhao was treated for his injuries.

• Hua Xiaotang took Tong Zhao to a late-night restaurant, where they ate and talked after filming together.
• Floral Jacket harassed Hua Xiaotang, and Tong Zhao and Hua Xiaotang fought him and his friends until Shu Sizhuo’s men intervened.
• Hua Xiaotang’s godmother arrived with Shu Sizhuo, and Hua Xiaotang left with her while Shu Sizhuo took Tong Zhao away.
• Shu Sizhuo drove Tong Zhao to a clinic, where a doctor treated his bruises and cuts.
• Wei Ze told Shu Sizhuo that Floral Jacket was Wang Zhigao’s son, and Shu Sizhuo ordered his men to make him pay for the restaurant damage, beat him, and take a finger.

After Tong Zhao was injured, Shu Sizhuo took him to eat hairy crabs and persuaded him to visit the sick Little Loofah at the old house. Shu Sizhuo’s vision of Tong Zhao blurred until he hurt himself to make the figure clear again, and the chapter ended with him bringing medicine to Tong Zhao’s room to treat his bruises.

• Tong Zhao thanked Shu Sizhuo after leaving the clinic, and Shu Sizhuo took him to an upscale seafood restaurant despite Tong Zhao asking for noodles.
• While they ate hairy crabs, Shu Sizhuo questioned Tong Zhao about his relationship with Hua Xiaotang and invited him to visit Little Loofah at the old house.
• Tong Zhao went to the old house and spent time with the sick Little Loofah, while Shu Sizhuo watched them from the window.
• When Tong Zhao began to look blurry to Shu Sizhuo, Shu Sizhuo cut his arm, and Tong Zhao’s image and voice became clear again.
• Tong Zhao received a text from Hua Xiaotang, then went to his room and bathed before Shu Sizhuo arrived with medicine and insisted on applying it to his bruises.

Shu Sizhuo treated Tong Zhao’s bruises, then kissed him before leaving for the night. The next morning, Tong Zhao encountered a young man who looked strikingly like him and who asked whether Tong Zhao was from the Wind House.

• Shu Sizhuo carefully applied medicine to Tong Zhao’s face, arms, back, and legs, then struggled to control his desire when he saw Tong Zhao’s scar.
• Shu Sizhuo trapped Tong Zhao by the bedroom door, kissed him, and remarked that Tong Zhao tasted like medicine before returning to his room.
• Hua Xiaotang called Tong Zhao the next morning, demanded his address, and said she was coming to get him.
• Tong Zhao ate breakfast at Shu Sizhuo’s home, learned that Little Loofah was feeling better, and left when Hua Xiaotang arrived outside.
• A middle-aged man and a young man arrived at the gate; the young man, who looked like Tong Zhao, asked whether he was from the Wind House.

Tong Zhao learned that Shu Sizhuo had been surrounding himself with lookalikes and asked Hua Xiaotang to investigate Wind House, while admitting he still cared for Shu Sizhuo. At Shu Group, Shu Sizhuo rejected Xiao Fan and ordered the search for Tong Zhao and the lookalikes to end, saying he had already found him.

• Tong Zhao asked the system about Wind House, and it found only that the place belonged to Shu Sizhuo and that its details were encrypted.
• Hua Xiaotang offered to investigate Wind House, and Tong Zhao admitted he had returned to the world to see whether Shu Sizhuo was well, though he knew nothing could happen between them.
• Boss Huang brought Xiao Fan, who resembled Tong Zhao, to Shu Group, where Shu Sizhuo told his assistants he no longer wanted any lookalikes.
• Xiao Fan removed his mask and claimed he was better-looking than the person at Shu Sizhuo's house, so Shu Sizhuo kicked him and warned Boss Huang never to bring anyone else.
• Shu Sizhuo ordered his first assistant to end the internal search, send everyone in Wind House away, and stop bringing him lookalikes, then said he had already found Tong Zhao.

Tong Zhao took several part-time jobs while his filming was paused, hoping to save enough money to stay in Shu Sizhuo’s world for a year. After losing most of a day’s delivery earnings in a dispute with a rude customer, he accepted a late-night order addressed to Jor at Rongsen Luxury Apartments.

• Tong Zhao arrived on set bruised, and Hua Xiaotang explained to the director that he had been injured while helping her; Shi Ruohe later asked him about Shu Sizhuo rescuing him.
• Tong Zhao worried that Shu Sizhuo was attracted to his face and wondered whether he had kept other people who looked like him.
• Tong Zhao took a weekend job handing out café flyers in a capybara costume, then bought a Chinese rural dog plushie that reminded him of Little Loofah.
• Tong Zhao borrowed Shi Ruohe’s bicycle and secretly delivered takeout, but after climbing forty-five flights of stairs, he refused to hand food to a rude customer and was fined.
• Tong Zhao ordered duck blood vermicelli soup for himself, then accepted a late-night delivery order for Jor at Rongsen Luxury Apartments.