Recaps

Xu Chun gave Xie Jianyuan a birthday gift and tried to keep up the appearance that they shared an interest in women. The next day, Shen Zhu unexpectedly called him during a show, and Xu Chun realized the call was a setup but handled it smoothly.

• When Xie Jianyuan asked what kind of girl he liked, Xu Chun said he preferred someone gentle and nurturing, and Xie Jianyuan replied that he liked the same type.
• Xu Chun gave Xie Jianyuan men's cologne for his birthday, and Xie Jianyuan said he liked it because it came from Xu Chun.
• After shooting a magazine cover, Xu Chun answered a call from Shen Zhu and discovered he was on speaker during a recording of Unconventional Actor.
• Xu Chun avoided falling for Shen Zhu's bait about online criticism and politely greeted the audience before ending the call.
• Xu Chun's assistant Xiao Qi offered him tea, and Xu Chun reassured her that people in the industry often showed different faces.

Xu Chun worried that his cologne gift had sparked rumors about Xie Jianyuan having a girlfriend, then learned Shen Zhu would join Twin Cities and began filming Searching for the Limit alongside Xie Jianyuan and other guests. The episode opened in Suzhou, where Xu Chun shared sunscreen with Chu Xi as Xie Jianyuan watched.

• Xu Chun overheard the makeup artist guess that Xie Jianyuan's cologne came from a girlfriend, then admitted that he had given it to him.
• Xu Chun apologized to Xie Jianyuan for the misunderstanding, but Xie Jianyuan gave no clear response.
• The director of Twin Cities told Xu Chun that Shen Zhu had been chosen for Lu Xian's former role, and Xu Chun confirmed the upcoming filming plans.
• Xu Chun checked his schedule and joined the guest lineup for Searching for the Limit with Xie Jianyuan, Wei Jiahe, Fu He, Chu Xi, and Bai Lingling.
• During filming in Suzhou, Xu Chun accepted sunscreen from Chu Xi while Xie Jianyuan watched them.

Xu Chun’s red team won the blindfolded shoe challenge, then advanced to the “Of Course” game against the blue team. Xie Jianyuan’s question to Xu Chun left him facing a personal confession-or-denial challenge.

• Xu Chun, Xie Jianyuan and Bai Lingling found their contact at Clock Tower Square and learned their first mission was to put on shoes while blindfolded.
• The red and blue teams struggled across an acupressure mat to find their shoes, and Xu Chun accidentally slapped Xie Jianyuan when they collided.
• The teams distracted each other during the challenge, and the red team won by a narrow margin.
• At the indoor “Of Course” game, Fu He and Wei Jiahe faced off before Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan began their match.
• Xu Chun asked whether Xie Jianyuan had concealed his real age, and Xie Jianyuan answered “Of course” before asking Xu Chun, “You like me.”

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan competed together in the final variety-show task, helping the red team win overall. After filming, Xie Jianyuan visited Xu Chun’s hotel room and invited him to explore a nearby night market.

• Xu Chun hesitated when Xie Jianyuan prompted him, then agreed, and later narrowly lost his round against Wei Jiahe.
• Bai Lingling asked Xu Chun for ice cream, but Xie Jianyuan arrived with a bag of assorted flavors and gave her some as well as a lychee popsicle for Xu Chun.
• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan raced against Fu He and Wei Jiahe in the balloon challenge and finished far ahead, securing the red team’s overall victory.
• Xu Chun joked with the production director about deleting footage of his awkward race, and Xie Jianyuan asked the director for a copy.
• At the hotel after filming, Xie Jianyuan invited Xu Chun to visit a nearby night market.

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan went out for skewers in disguise, but fans recognized them in a blurry photo that went viral online. Later, Director Chu gave Xu Chun explicit books to study so he could loosen up for the second half of a bed scene.

• Xu Chun agreed to go out with Xie Jianyuan, and the two ate skewers together at a night market.
• Xu Chun choked on chili, and Xie Jianyuan helped him recover; afterward, Xu Chun caught a girl’s falling glass as they passed her table.
• The girl realized Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan were the men she had mistaken for creeps, but no one had taken a photo of them.
• A blurry photo of the pair eating skewers became a trending post, and Xu Chun told his assistant to reassure Sister Su that nothing serious had happened.
• Director Chu handed Xu Chun several explicit books and told him to study them because he had struggled to loosen up during the second half of a bed scene.

Xu Chun struggled with the explicit books Director Chu had assigned him to study, and Xie Jianyuan playfully offered to borrow them. As filming resumed, Xu Chun focused on becoming Chen Mu and reflected on the character’s search for the truth about his father’s suicide.

• Xiao Qi found Xu Chun with the explicit books and mistakenly thought he had been reading them for himself.
• Xu Chun spilled tea on the books, and Xie Jianyuan arrived with iced coffee and caught him trying to dry them.
• Xie Jianyuan teased Xu Chun about the book and asked to borrow the books so he could study them too.
• Xu Chun approached the afternoon reshoot with a new determination to get into character.
• Xu Chun meditated on Chen Mu’s family history and his search for the truth behind his father’s suicide.

While filming a bed scene as Chen Mu, Xu Chun’s intense performance left him aroused and troubled by his feelings for Xie Jianyuan. After filming, Xu Chun called Xu Jin to ask whether kissing someone he did not like could still cause a physical reaction.

• Xu Chun played Chen Mu in a scene where Cheng Du seduced him, and Cheng Du’s tenderness gave way to a fiercer kiss.
• Director Chu called cut, and Xu Chun struggled to return to himself after the scene.
• Xu Chun noticed his physical reaction and felt ashamed that it involved Xie Jianyuan, a junior who respected him.
• After returning to the hotel, Xu Chun called Xu Jin and asked whether kissing a woman he did not like could still cause arousal.
• Xu Jin understood what Xu Chun meant from his hesitant question.

Xu Chun continued filming while trying to manage his exhaustion, Xie Jianyuan’s concern, and the renewed online attention surrounding them. On the Twin Cities set, Xu Chun’s memories of Shen Zhu’s past betrayals resurfaced, and Xie Jianyuan approached him for acting advice before his assistant interrupted them.

• Xu Chun reassured Xie Jianyuan that he had not left the previous day because he was uncomfortable acting with him.
• The new Searching for the Limit episode sent Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan trending, while their teams fueled a publicity battle through rival-focused articles.
• Xu Chun pushed through fatigue from working across two sets, and Xie Jianyuan noticed that he had not been resting well.
• Xu Chun outperformed Shen Zhu in a Twin Cities scene, then remembered how Shen Zhu had betrayed him in his previous life.
• Xie Jianyuan interrupted Xu Chun’s thoughts and asked him for help understanding a scene in the script.
• Xie Jianyuan’s assistant approached and quietly spoke to him while he and Xu Chun discussed the script.

After learning that Jiang Xiuyan had been in a car accident, Xu Chun wondered whether he had also been reborn and went with Xie Jianyuan to visit him. Xu Chun asked Xie Jianyuan to leave so he could speak with Jiang Xiuyan alone, and Xie Jianyuan responded with a cold smile.

• Xu Chun teased one of Xie Jianyuan’s visiting fans, and Xie Jianyuan asked whether he was trying to steal his people.
• Xie Jianyuan received a call from his mother and learned that Jiang Xiuyan had been in a car accident and had woken up.
• Xu Chun wondered whether Jiang Xiuyan had been reborn and asked which hospital he was in.
• Xie Jianyuan accompanied Xu Chun to the hospital, where Jiang Xiuyan looked at Xu Chun in silence before asking why they had come together.
• Xu Chun asked Xie Jianyuan to wait outside so he could speak with Jiang Xiuyan, and Xie Jianyuan gave him a chilly smile.

Xu Chun confronted Jiang Xiuyan about their shared past lives and rejected his belief that fate had given them a chance to start over. He left after warning Jiang Xiuyan to stay away from Xie Jianyuan.

• Jiang Xiuyan told Xu Chun he knew Xu Chun hated him and recalled his grief after Xu Chun died in an avalanche.
• Jiang Xiuyan realized Xu Chun had also been reborn and said he believed heaven wanted them to begin again.
• Xu Chun said he no longer hated Jiang Xiuyan and asked how his parents had fared after his death.
• Jiang Xiuyan recalled promising to care for Xu Chun's parents and said he had once thought growing old with Xu Chun would be good.
• Xu Chun mocked Jiang Xiuyan for confessing feelings while Xie Jianyuan waited outside, then told him to stay away from Xie Jianyuan.

Xu Chun teased Xie Jianyuan about smoking outside the hospital, while An Wen secretly shipped the two actors and edited them into a romantic fan video. Her ChunYuan Husbands video went viral, drawing excited fans and angry solo stans into a heated argument.

• Xu Chun noticed Xie Jianyuan’s unusually cold expression outside the hospital room, but Xie Jianyuan soon smiled and suggested they leave.
• Xu Chun spotted cigarette butts scattered beside the trash can and lectured Xie Jianyuan about smoking and littering.
• An Wen, a fan of Xie Jianyuan who secretly shipped him with Xu Chun, recalled seeing them close together on set and edited a CP video.
• An Wen woke to find her video trending on Weibo, where fans praised the pairing and solo stans attacked the shipping edits.
• Fans from both sides argued over the pairing, with some even disputing which man would take the gong role.

Xu Chun discovered that fans had made a romantic shipping video pairing him with Xie Jianyuan, and he was mortified when the edit showed them kissing. He later caught Xie Jianyuan watching the same video, leaving them sharing an awkward, knowing moment.

• Xu Chun exchanged messages with Xie Jianyuan about dinner and joked that whoever married him would be lucky.
• Xu Chun found the #ChunYuan Husbands# trending topic and watched a shipping video that ended with him and Xie Jianyuan kissing.
• Xu Chun blushed and shut off the video, embarrassed by the edited kiss.
• Xu Chun caught Xie Jianyuan watching the video during a break and hurriedly told him to turn it off.
• Xie Jianyuan closed the page and gave Xu Chun a faintly amused look.

Xie Jianyuan secretly saved a ship-video screenshot of himself and Xu Chun as their chat wallpaper, then joined a Chun Yuan fan group under an alias. During a promotional interview for Twin Cities, Xu Chun was caught off guard by questions about a popular video, and the reporter asked whether they knew what “the ideal gay man” meant.

• After Xu Chun left, Xie Jianyuan set a screenshot of their staged kiss as his chat wallpaper with Xu Chun.
• An Wen grew suspicious of a quiet newcomer in the Chun Yuan fan group, who asked what fanfiction was; the newcomer was Xie Jianyuan.
• At a brand appearance, Xie Jianyuan put away his phone when his manager reminded him he was about to go onstage.
• Su Li told Xu Chun that he and Xie Jianyuan would promote Twin Cities in an interview on Bilibili, making Xu Chun uneasy about its shipping videos.
• During the interview, Xie Jianyuan admitted he had seen the popular video, while Xu Chun praised its editing.
• The reporter asked Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan whether they knew what “the ideal gay man” meant.

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan’s interview turned awkward when they discussed Xie Jianyuan as the gay ideal type, and Xu Chun admitted he thought Xie had a great body. After they left, Xie Jianyuan teased the embarrassed Xu Chun in the elevator and pressed the correct floor button.

• The reporter revealed that Xie Jianyuan was considered the gay ideal type because of his handsome face and great body.
• Xu Chun blurted out that Xie Jianyuan really had a great body, then blushed and tried to explain himself.
• Xie Jianyuan said their encounter had been work-related and hinted that viewers would learn more by the end of July, promoting Unexpected Joy.
• After the interview, Xu Chun thanked Xie Jianyuan and admitted he had partly meant what he said about Xie’s body.
• Xu Chun pressed the wrong elevator button, and Xie Jianyuan moved close and reached past him to press the correct one.

Xu Chun attended the talent show's final episode to support Xu Jin and hosted the live recording alongside Xie Jianyuan. After drawing an interaction that required him to deliver a cheesy pickup line to a trainee, Xu Chun struggled to choose someone while Xie Jianyuan's expression darkened.

• Xu Chun visited the trainees' dressing room and watched Xu Jin and Wen Lin prepare for the final episode.
• Xu Chun saw Xu Jin talking with Xie Jianyuan, but Xu Jin hurried away when Xie Jianyuan reminded him to rehearse.
• Xu Chun delivered the opening remarks and returned to his seat beside Xie Jianyuan, who offered him a bottle of water.
• The trainees began their performances and competition, then the production team arranged an interaction between guests and trainees.
• Xu Chun drew the task of choosing a trainee and saying a cheesy pickup line, and Xie Jianyuan's expression darkened.

After the show, Xu Chun overheard Wen Lin confessing his feelings to Xie Jianyuan and learned that Xie Jianyuan already liked someone. The chapter ended as Wen Lin asked who it was and Xie Jianyuan looked through his phone contacts.

• Xu Chun was stunned when he overheard Wen Lin apologize to Xie Jianyuan and confess that he liked him.
• Wen Lin told Xie Jianyuan he was willing to be the bottom for him.
• Xie Jianyuan said he already liked someone, leaving Xu Chun shocked.
• Wen Lin asked who Xie Jianyuan liked, and Xie Jianyuan swiped through his phone contacts.

Xu Chun overheard Wen Lin confessing his feelings to Xie Jianyuan, who claimed he had invented his own interest in men to discourage Wen Lin and admitted that he liked someone in the industry. The show's director used the exchange in the preview, and the final episode's ratings soared as viewers argued online about Wen Lin, Xu Chun, and Xu Jin.

• Xie Jianyuan told Wen Lin to stop bothering him, then discovered Xu Chun had been eavesdropping nearby.
• Xie Jianyuan told Xu Chun that he had pretended to be a top to make Wen Lin give up, and said there was someone in the industry whom he liked.
• Xu Chun asked who Xie Jianyuan liked, but Xie Jianyuan kept the person's identity secret before they discussed the show.
• The director kept the unexpected exchange in the preview, and the final episode's ratings surpassed those of competing variety shows.
• Viewers debated Wen Lin's confession, complaints about Xu Chun and Xu Jin, and whether Xie Jianyuan's fans were criticizing them online.

Su Li shifted her marketing strategy to promote Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan as a CP while countering attacks from Wen Lin's team. During filming, Xie Jianyuan asked Director Chu to fake a scripted kiss with a young actress, then went over to Xu Chun.

• Su Li told Xu Chun to interact with Xie Jianyuan for the cameras and used CP promotions to distract from negative news about Xu Chun.
• Wen Lin's team spread dirt on Xu Chun, so Su Li stirred up conflict between Wen Lin's fans and fans of other trainees.
• Xu Chun found Xie Jianyuan reading real-person fanfiction and asked whose CP it was; Xie Jianyuan said it was his and someone else's.
• Before filming a scene in which Cheng Du kissed a girl, Xie Jianyuan asked Director Chu to fake the kiss with camera angles.
• After Director Chu agreed, Xie Jianyuan walked over to Xu Chun, who was talking with the extras.

Xu Chun watched Xie Jianyuan film a scene as Cheng Du, then the two grew close while talking on set. Jiang Xiuyan arrived and silently watched them, leaving Xu Chun’s expression cold and Xie Jianyuan’s unreadable.

• Xu Chun encouraged Xie Jianyuan before filming, and Xie Jianyuan acted as Cheng Du confronting Chen Mu about his bruises and taking him to the infirmary.
• After Director Chu called cut, Xie Jianyuan touched Xu Chun’s back while commenting that he did not sweat much, and Xu Chun swatted his hand away.
• Director Chu called out to Jiang Xiuyan, who stood nearby watching Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan.
• Xie Jianyuan asked Xu Chun for advice about the next scene, drawing his attention away from Jiang Xiuyan.
• The producer greeted Jiang Xiuyan and wondered why he had come to the set, while Jiang Xiuyan said he was only looking around.

Xie Jianyuan confronted Jiang Xiuyan about his relationship with Xu Chun and learned that they had dated, then warned Jiang to give up on trying to reunite with him. Meanwhile, Xu Chun continued filming, and the chapter ended as Cheng Du gently treated Chen Mu’s wounds in the infirmary scene.

• Xie Jianyuan pulled Jiang Xiuyan aside and asked whether he and Xu Chun were hiding something from him.
• Jiang Xiuyan told Xie Jianyuan that he and Xu Chun had dated.
• Xie Jianyuan accused Jiang Xiuyan of trying to get back together with Xu Chun and warned him to give up.
• Xu Chun rehearsed with a young actress, then noticed the smell of smoke while speaking with Xie Jianyuan.
• Director Chu began filming the infirmary scene, where Cheng Du treated Chen Mu’s wounds.
• Chen Mu told Cheng Du that the treatment hurt.

Xu Chun rejected Jiang Xiuyan’s attempt to rekindle their relationship, but Jiang Xiuyan grabbed and tried to embrace him. Xie Jianyuan punched Jiang Xiuyan and shielded Xu Chun, leaving Xu Chun worried about what Xie had overheard and whether the confrontation would attract attention.

• After filming, Xu Chun saw Jiang Xiuyan waiting by a black sedan and tried to walk past him.
• Jiang Xiuyan asked Xu Chun for another chance, but Xu Chun told him to stay away and said he did not care about what happened before.
• Jiang Xiuyan asked whether Xu Chun liked someone and grabbed his arm when Xu Chun tried to leave.
• Jiang Xiuyan pulled Xu Chun into his arms, and Xie Jianyuan rushed over and punched him.
• Jiang Xiuyan spat blood and questioned Xie Jianyuan, while Xu Chun stood behind Xie and worried about what he had heard and the risk of being seen.

Xu Chun confronted Xie Jianyuan about hearing the truth of his past with Jiang Xiuyan, then focused on his career while Xie Jianyuan quietly worked himself hard. The chapter ended with Xu Chun inviting Xie Jianyuan to his home at his parents’ suggestion.

• Jiang Xiuyan watched Xu Chun leave with Xie Jianyuan and realized he could not undo the damage he had caused.
• At Xie Jianyuan’s home, Xu Chun explained that Jiang Xiuyan was his ex-boyfriend and that Xie Jianyuan had been the reason they broke up.
• Xie Jianyuan asked Xu Chun what he thought of him, but Xu Chun said romance was not his priority and changed the subject to food.
• Xu Chun noticed that the photograph in Xie Jianyuan’s home remained facedown, while their relationship continued without a major change.
• After a promotional event, Xu Chun praised Xie Jianyuan for working hard and invited him to visit Xu Chun’s home.

Xu Chun brought Xie Jianyuan to visit his family, where Xie Jianyuan charmed Mrs. Xu and met Xu Jin and Mr. Xu. Xu Chun noticed that Xu Jin and Xie Jianyuan seemed to be keeping something from him.

• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan planned to visit Xu Chun’s childhood home, and Xie Jianyuan said he wanted to see where Xu Chun grew up.
• Xu Chun noticed that a photo of him and Jiang Xiuyan was missing, and Xie Jianyuan said it had fallen and broken.
• Xu Chun brought Xie Jianyuan into his home, where Mrs. Xu warmly greeted Xie Jianyuan and admired his appearance.
• Mrs. Xu told Xu Chun that Xu Jin had unexpectedly come home, and Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan waited for him and Mr. Xu during the heavy rain.
• Xu Jin and Mr. Xu returned soaked and apparently annoyed with each other, then Xu Jin changed clothes and went to greet Xie Jianyuan.
• Xu Chun felt that Xu Jin and Xie Jianyuan were hiding something from him.

Xu Jin showed Xie Jianyuan childhood photos and a video of Xu Chun, embarrassing Xu Chun while Xie Jianyuan enjoyed them. At dinner, Xu Chun's parents welcomed Xie Jianyuan and revealed that Xu Chun had never brought a friend home before.

• Xu Jin distracted Xu Chun by offering to show Xie Jianyuan his childhood photos.
• Xie Jianyuan admired a photo of Xu Chun dressed as a princess, and Xu Jin recounted a girl who had once liked him.
• Xu Jin played a childhood advertisement featuring Xu Chun, which Xie Jianyuan watched with delight.
• Xie Jianyuan helped bring out dinner, and Xu Chun and Xu Jin set the table.
• Father and Mother Xu warmly served Xie Jianyuan, and Mother Xu explained that Xu Chun had always worried about disturbing them by bringing friends home.

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan shared a bed at the Xu family home and talked about Xu Chun’s childhood. Xu Chun explained that his fear of being unwanted had made him strive to be perfectly sensible, though he now knew his parents loved him and Xu Jin equally.

• Mother Xu invited Xie Jianyuan to stay because the rain had not stopped, and Xu Chun offered to share his room with him.
• After Xu Chun and Father Xu went to the kitchen, Xie Jianyuan asked Xu Jin for copies of the disc and the photo of Xu Chun in a dress, and Xu Jin agreed.
• Once they were in bed, Xie Jianyuan told Xu Chun he could not sleep and asked to hear about his childhood.
• Xu Chun recalled that he had felt insecure and worked hard to please his parents because he feared they would stop loving him.
• Xu Chun told Xie Jianyuan that he had wished his parents would scold him as they did Xu Jin, but said he now understood that they loved both sons equally.