Chapter Summaries

Tong Zhao delivered food to Shu Sizhuo’s apartment, where Shu Sizhuo recognized him, drew him inside, and kept him there for a meal and a tour. Shu Sizhuo ended by telling Tong Zhao that he was not someone else.

• Tong Zhao discovered Shu Sizhuo was the customer and Shu Sizhuo recognized him despite his delivery uniform and mask.
• Shu Sizhuo pulled Tong Zhao into the apartment, and Tong Zhao suspected Shu Sizhuo had arranged the delivery and been watching him.
• Shu Sizhuo claimed his stomach hurt and persuaded Tong Zhao to stay and eat porridge with him.
• Shu Sizhuo offered Tong Zhao paper-thin-skinned shaomai, reminding Tong Zhao of his old favorite food, and brushed mud from his cheek.
• Tong Zhao chose not to ask Shu Sizhuo about the young man who resembled him and tried to leave after the meal.
• Shu Sizhuo showed Tong Zhao his apartment and told him, "You're not someone else."

Tong Zhao left Shu Sizhuo’s apartment after Shu Sizhuo kissed him and claimed he did not have to be the person he wanted by his side. The next day, Tong Zhao visited Shi Ruohe on set and learned the director had expanded Shi Ruohe’s role.

• Shu Sizhuo pulled Tong Zhao into a room and kissed him, and Tong Zhao bit his tongue before walking out.
• Tong Zhao asked Shu Sizhuo why he wanted to keep him, and Shu Sizhuo said it did not necessarily have to be Tong Zhao.
• Tong Zhao left the apartment, while Shu Sizhuo regretted provoking him but believed he could not control his hatred and emotions.
• Tong Zhao rode his bicycle to Shi Ruohe’s home the next day, helped Grandpa Shi make wontons, and brought some to Shi Ruohe on set.
• Shi Ruohe told Tong Zhao that the director had added scenes for him after shifting the story’s focus to the main plot.

Tong Zhao learned that Boss Huang had connections to Shu Sizhuo and visited Little Loofah at the old residence, while Hua Xiaotang planned to approach Shu Sizhuo at a banquet. Shu Sizhuo kept his illness hidden and waited for Tong Zhao to return, and the chapter ended with Tong Zhao hearing that Shu Sizhuo often bought Little Loofah yellow toys.

• Hua Xiaotang told Tong Zhao that Boss Huang had taken a young man resembling him to the old residence and often brought people to Shu Sizhuo, but Boss Huang was abroad.
• Hua Xiaotang said she planned to make a move on Shu Sizhuo at an upcoming deck banquet, and Tong Zhao urged her to be careful.
• Shu Sizhuo declined the deck dinner, handled work, and told Mei An that his symptoms had eased, though he privately knew his illness was worsening.
• Tong Zhao rode to the old residence with a plush toy for Little Loofah and reunited with the excited dog.
• Mama Feng told Tong Zhao that Little Loofah had always loved yellow toys and that Shu Sizhuo often bought them for it.

Tong Zhao met Shu Yaoxi at the old residence, where Shu Yaoxi recognized his resemblance to the person who had been gone for eight years. After Tong Zhao tried to learn more about Wind House and Huang Zhiyong, his commercials brought him a small but enthusiastic group of new fans.

• Tong Zhao met Shu Yaoxi at the old residence, and Shu Yaoxi learned that Tong Zhao was Shu Sizhuo's employee.
• Shu Yaoxi pulled over after leaving and concluded that Tong Zhao looked exactly like the person he remembered, whom he blamed for his orphanhood and his brother's near death.
• Wei Ze watched Tong Zhao leave the old residence while Zeng Guang warned him not to pursue the boss's man; they then drove to meet Qiu at the hall.
• Tong Zhao questioned the system about Wind House and Huang Zhiyong, but the system warned him and demanded one thousand yuan for Huang's contact information.
• Tong Zhao read the enthusiastic comments on his commercial, checked Shi Ruohe's follower count, and replied to his new fans.

Tong Zhao and Shi Ruohe arrived at Stone Bay Beach to film, where other actors treated them with resentment and Shi Ruohe was bullied at lunch. After hearing about Wanqi Temple, Tong Zhao took Shi Ruohe to pray for his hopes, while keeping his own wish private.

• Hua Xiaotang planned to attend the deck dinner on her day off and brushed aside Tong Zhao's worried questions about her plan to win Shu Sizhuo over.
• Tong Zhao and Shi Ruohe arrived at Stone Bay Beach and learned they had each been given a single room, drawing hostile looks from the other actors.
• At lunch, Yu Tao and Qiaozi mocked Shi Ruohe and Tong Zhao, and Tong Zhao filled Shi Ruohe's bowl with meat dishes after Qiaozi kept turning them out of reach.
• Tong Zhao and Shi Ruohe heard about Wanqi Temple, where prayers were said to come true, and decided to climb the mountain together.
• Tong Zhao said he would pray for Grandpa's health and for Shi Ruohe to find his brother, but kept his own wish to himself.

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.