Recaps

Jiuli delivered medicine to Fan Wu and revealed his progress in cultivation, prompting Fan Wu to decide to supervise him more closely. The story then shifted to Xu Chun, whose endorsement was tied to a skincare scandal, while Shen Zhu made an insinuating comment about him on a variety show.

• Jiuli told Fan Wu that he had reached the sixth level of the Brahma Sound Heart Method, and Fan Wu praised his talent while resolving to pay more attention to his disciple.
• After filming wrapped, Xu Chun returned to the hotel and fell asleep, but Su Li woke him the next morning with news that customers had suffered severe reactions to a skincare product he endorsed.
• Su Li told Xu Chun that people were blaming him online and that marketing accounts were coordinating a smear campaign, while the company tried to contain the backlash.
• Xu Chun suspected the scandal had been deliberately arranged and asked Su Li how Shen Zhu was doing; she said Shen Zhu was filming a reality show.
• During an interview, Shen Zhu named Xu Chun as the actor he admired and called him perfect in every sense, making an ambiguous remark that could further damage Xu Chun's reputation.

Shen Zhu escalated his campaign against Xu Chun, while Xie Jianyuan sought his father's help investigating the trouble surrounding Xu Chun. Xie Jianyuan returned to Xu Chun's hotel room, where Xu Chun reassured him that the scandal would not shake him.

• Shen Zhu told his manager not to suppress the trending topic and vowed to make Xu Chun suffer further.
• Xie Jianyuan met with Father Xie and asked to use his influence to investigate matters concerning someone important to him.
• Father Xie inferred that Xie Jianyuan wanted more power so he could protect someone.
• Xie Jianyuan went to Xu Chun's room and found him awake and discussing the scandal with his manager.
• Xu Chun guessed that Xie Jianyuan was worried about him and said the incident would not affect him as badly as Xie Jianyuan feared.

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan realized they had met as children, then grew closer while sharing a bed and preparing for work. Xu Chun confirmed that Shen Zhu was behind the recent incident, and the chapter ended when his mother called him after a variety show appearance.

• Xu Chun told Xie Jianyuan he had a guess about who was behind the incident, while Xie Jianyuan noticed that Xu Chun had lost weight.
• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan recalled how they had entered the entertainment industry and realized they had met as children at a commercial event.
• Xie Jianyuan embraced Xu Chun, and they slept in the same bed; the next morning, Xie Jianyuan stopped Xiao Qi from helping Xu Chun with his tie.
• Xu Chun encountered Shen Zhu backstage at a variety show and confirmed from his reaction that Shen Zhu had caused the incident.
• After the event, Xu Chun received a call from his mother as he left the television station.

Xu Chun met the biological parents who had abandoned him and learned he had a twin brother. He questioned their story and motives, then told them not to disturb his family again.

• Xu Chun told Xie Jianyuan he had to go home to deal with something and went to meet the strangers waiting with his mother.
• Xu Changjiao tried to embrace Xu Chun, but he pulled away and asked why she had searched for him.
• Xu Changjiao claimed a trafficker had taken Xu Chun, while Zhao Ying said Xu Chun had a twin brother who was still missing.
• Xu Chun learned that someone had given his parents information about him, but Xu Changjiao could not identify that person.
• Xu Chun asked what his biological family wanted, then ordered Xu Changjiao, Zhao Fu, and Zhao Ying to leave and not disturb his family again.

Xu Chun rejected the Zhao family's attempt to claim him, while Xie Jianyuan arrived and Xu Changjiao suddenly declared that he was Xu Chun's twin brother. Xie Jianyuan laughed off the claim, leaving both families stunned.

• Xu Chun rejected Zhao Ying's claim that his birth parents had not abandoned him and told the Zhao family he would not return or give them anything.
• Zhao Ying accused Xu Chun of looking down on his poor relatives, and Xu Chun prepared to send them away.
• Xie Jianyuan arrived, and Xu Chun left with him after saying he would call Mother Xu later.
• Xu Changjiao grabbed Xie Jianyuan's arm and declared that she had found both of her sons.
• Xu Changjiao insisted that Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan were blood brothers, and Xie Jianyuan laughed and called it a good joke.

Xu Changjiao and Zhao Ying left after confronting Xie Jianyuan, and Xu Changjiao revealed how she and Zhao Fu had abandoned their twin sons. Back home, Xu Chun tried to get away and think alone, but Xie Jianyuan cornered him at the bathroom door.

• Xie Jianyuan dismissed Xu Changjiao’s claim that he and Xu Chun were brothers, and Zhao Ying pulled her mother into the elevator.
• Zhao Ying urged Xu Changjiao to focus on finding Xu Chun, but Xu Changjiao insisted she wanted both of her lost sons and pointed out Xie Jianyuan’s expensive watch.
• Xu Changjiao recalled abandoning her twin boys because of their medical problems and the family’s poverty, while Zhao Fu admitted they had done wrong by the children.
• Xu Changjiao planned to pressure Xu Chun for money or hush money, and Zhao Ying admitted she felt little attachment to her newly discovered brother.
• Xu Chun went to the bathroom to think, but Xie Jianyuan came up behind him and covered his hand on the doorknob.

Xu Chun went to the hospital for a paternity test after Xu Changjiao’s claims unsettled him, then visited the welfare home where he had lived to learn more about his past. The director said he had been transferred there from another home for medical help and went to search the records for his illness.

• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan took leave and went to the hospital for paternity tests, with Xie Jianyuan also giving blood to reassure him.
• Xu Chun ran into Gu Zi at the hospital, where Gu Zi explained that his younger brother was being cared for there.
• Xu Changjiao told Xu Chun she had prepared for the test results, and Xie Jianyuan helped him leave without explaining the matter to Gu Zi.
• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan traveled to the welfare home where Xu Chun had lived, and Xu Chun asked the director whether another child had arrived with him.
• The director said Xu Chun had been transferred from another welfare home for medical assistance and went to check the records for details about his illness.

Xu Chun learned that he had an older twin brother with a cleft lip, after the director found an old newspaper report about their childhood. As Xu Chun left the welfare home with Xie Jianyuan, he accepted that his biological family would not change who he considered his family.

• Xu Chun reminisced with Xie Jianyuan at the welfare home and played with the children.
• Xie Jianyuan told a little girl that Xu Chun was his lover.
• The director told Xu Chun that he had been sponsored for medical care as a child and likely had an older twin brother whose cleft lip should have been treated.
• Xu Chun left the welfare home unsettled, and Xie Jianyuan held his hand and promised to stay by his side.
• Xu Chun decided his biological family would not change who his family was, while Xie Jianyuan teased him for blushing.

Xu Chun learned that Xu Changjiao and Zhao Fu were his biological parents but refused to accept them as family. He exposed their attempt to extort five million, recorded their threats, and warned Su Li that someone else might be behind them.

• Xu Chun received the paternity report confirming that he was unrelated by blood to Xie Jianyuan and was the biological son of Xu Changjiao and Zhao Fu.
• Xu Chun rejected Xu Changjiao and Zhao Ying’s invitation to reunite, then helped Xu Changjiao up when she knelt and asked what they wanted from him.
• Xu Changjiao demanded five million and threatened to publish a video of herself kneeling, but Xu Chun refused to pay and walked away.
• Xu Chun gave Su Li a voice recording of Xu Changjiao and Zhao Ying’s threats, and Su Li said they could face extortion charges.
• Xu Chun told Su Li to keep the original recording and suggested someone else was behind Xu Changjiao and Zhao Ying.

Xu Chun faced a growing public backlash after Shen Zhu orchestrated a scandal involving his biological mother and an earlier endorsement controversy. Xu Chun remained calm and appeared ready to retaliate as the controversy began affecting his work.

• Xu Chun told Xie Jianyuan that he knew Shen Zhu had orchestrated both the endorsement scandal and the latest incident involving his mother.
• Xu Changjiao presented a parentage test in an interview and appealed to the public, prompting many netizens to condemn Xu Chun.
• Xu Chun's agency decided to hold its ground and use the controversy to expose whoever was behind it, while Su Li concealed Shen Zhu's involvement from the executives.
• Xu Chun struggled through a crowd of cameras and reporters to reach the dressing room before filming a variety show.

Xu Chun received a bouquet from Jiang Xiuyan and rejected its message, while Xie Jianyuan watched his reaction. After filming, Xu Chun reassured Xu Jin, then told Xu Changjiao that the family would eventually beg him to let them clear his name, and signaled Xie Jianyuan that it was time to act.

• A stylist accidentally tugged Xu Chun's hair, and he reassured her instead of getting angry.
• A staff member delivered purple lilacs to Xu Chun, who recognized Jiang Xiuyan's handwriting on the card and offered the flowers to the stylist or told her to throw them away.
• After filming ended, Xu Chun told Xu Jin to visit their parents and said Xu Jin was his only family.
• Xu Changjiao called Xu Chun and offered to clear things up if he agreed to the family's terms, but Xu Chun said they would eventually beg to help him.
• Xu Chun told Xie Jianyuan it was time, and Xie Jianyuan remarked that Su Li was clever.

Xu Chun exposed Xu Changjiao’s lies about his abandonment and confronted her with the threat of an extortion lawsuit, offering to spare her if she revealed who had put her up to it. After Xu Changjiao called him the next day, Xu Chun believed events were now under his control and anticipated something good.

• An influencer posted Xu Changjiao’s recorded demand for five million, and netizens questioned her public portrayal of herself.
• A self-media team interviewed Xu Chun’s former orphanage director, who confirmed Xu Chun’s birth date had been written in his swaddling clothes when he was abandoned.
• Xu Chun ignored Xu Changjiao’s repeated calls until he answered, then said he might sue her unless she named the person who had put her up to the scheme.
• Xu Chun thanked Xie Jianyuan for helping turn the situation around, while Su Li noticed a change between them.
• Xu Changjiao called Xu Chun the next day, and he ended the call smiling because he felt everything was under his control.

After Xu Chun exposed Shen Zhu’s role in the scandals, Shen Zhu’s reputation collapsed and his company prepared to abandon him. He went alone to Jiang Xiuyan’s company and asked to see President Jiang, though he had no appointment.

• Xu Changjiao identified Shen Zhu as the person who had instructed her to expose Xu Chun, and evidence linked the contact number to Shen Zhu’s agent.
• People involved in Xu Chun’s earlier endorsement scandal said Shen Zhu had paid them, prompting widespread boycotts and calls for him to leave the entertainment industry.
• Shen Zhu’s agent told him that a company executive had called about Xie Jianyuan, and Shen Zhu accepted that the company would sacrifice him.
• Shen Zhu left the company through a crowd of reporters and told his agent to drop him off at a company without explaining why.
• Shen Zhu stood in the rain outside Jiang Xiuyan’s company and asked the security guard to let him see President Jiang.

Shen Zhu faced public scorn before the police took him away for investigation, while Xu Chun performed at a gala and drew attention for his song and a smile toward Xie Jianyuan. The chapter left Shen Zhu’s career ruined and Xu Changjiao’s family disgraced after their home burned down.

• A crowd jeered at Shen Zhu outside a company, and a bystander’s video of him spread rapidly online.
• Xu Chun told Su Li that the controversy surrounding Shen Zhu could keep the buzz going, and Su Li remarked on Xu Chun’s private closeness with Xie Jianyuan.
• Xu Chun entered a room with Xie Jianyuan, Xu Jin, Wen Lin, and a female singer, then said he would sing at the gala.
• Xu Chun’s gala performance trended online after he smiled toward someone in the audience, while Shen Zhu was taken away by police for investigation.
• Xu Changjiao’s family returned to their hometown and found their home burned to ashes, though no one had been hurt or killed.

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan attended Gu Yiluo’s birthday party aboard a yacht, where Xie Jianyuan showed his jealousy over Xu Chun’s friendly exchange with Gu Zi. Gu Yiluo led Xu Chun to a guest room balcony and leaned dangerously over the railing, leaving Xu Chun alarmed and reaching to pull him back.

• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan arrived at the yacht party together and were greeted by Wei Jiahe, who jokingly asked them to repay him for the cat food.
• Xie Jianyuan spoke with a middle-aged guest about President Xie and the possibility of Xie Jianyuan taking on more responsibility in the company.
• Xu Chun exchanged a greeting with Gu Zi, and Xie Jianyuan put an arm around Xu Chun’s shoulders.
• Gu Yiluo took Xu Chun by the hand and led him through the yacht’s corridors to a guest room with a balcony overlooking the sea.
• Gu Yiluo leaned far over the balcony railing, and Xu Chun cried out and reached to pull him back.

Gu Yiluo showed Xu Chun evidence that Gu Zi had been abandoned as a baby with a cleft lip, suggesting that Gu Zi was Xu Chun’s biological older brother. Gu Zi accepted Xu Chun as his younger brother, while Xu Chun left stunned and unsure how this revelation affected his bond with the Xu family.

• Gu Yiluo showed Xu Chun a childhood photo of Gu Zi and an old newspaper article about abandoned twin babies, one born with a cleft lip.
• Xu Chun recognized the baby in the evidence and asked whether Gu Zi was his older brother.
• Gu Zi entered after overhearing them and told Xu Chun that he was his younger brother.
• Gu Yiluo objected to Gu Zi treating him as a younger brother, then fell silent.
• Xu Chun returned to the hall, overwhelmed by the revelation and troubled by his promise that the Xu family would remain his only family.

Xu Chun struggled with Gu Zi’s revelation while Xie Jianyuan grew jealous of the attention Xu Chun paid him. The next day, Gu Zi visited the set, and Xie Jianyuan interrupted their conversation to call Xu Chun to film their scene.

• At the banquet, Xu Chun admitted to Xie Jianyuan that he had met Gu Zi and postponed explaining until they returned to the hotel.
• After the banquet, Xie Jianyuan pulled Xu Chun close and confessed that he was jealous because Xu Chun kept looking at Gu Zi.
• The next day, Gu Zi arrived at the set with the director, and the actors watched the investor inspect the production.
• Gu Zi asked Xu Chun how work was going, and Xu Chun addressed him as President Gu while asking about his visit.
• Xie Jianyuan approached with his script and told Xu Chun that it was time to shoot their scene.

Fan Yin, blind but alive after falling into the Feather Sea, wandered the Human Realm and followed signs of a battle to a city where Jiuli was slaughtering sect cultivators. The chapter ended as Jiuli demanded that the sect’s elders come out, while Fan Yin stood nearby without recognizing him.

• Gu Zi greeted Xie Jianyuan on set as filming began.
• Fan Yin walked through a busy city and overheard people discussing demonic attacks and the failure of cultivators to protect ordinary folk.
• When demonic creatures attacked, Fan Yin sensed the strongest spiritual power and walked against the fleeing crowd toward the battle.
• Fan Yin arrived to find dead white-robed cultivators and a wounded survivor as Jiuli confronted them.
• Jiuli ordered the cultivator to summon the elders, while Fan Yin found Jiuli’s voice vaguely familiar.

After filming their cultivation-drama scene, Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan discussed Xu Chun’s hopes for Xie Jianyuan’s acting career and grew closer. Xie Jianyuan confessed that he feared Xu Chun leaving him, but Xu Chun did not hear him clearly.

• After the director called cut, the young actor praised Xu Chun’s performance, and Xie Jianyuan teased him for not praising Xie Jianyuan too.
• Gu Zi left the set after offering to increase his investment and messaged Xu Chun that he would invite him over another day.
• Back at the hotel, Xu Chun looked up this year’s Hundred Flowers Award winners, and Xie Jianyuan guessed he was hoping to help Xie Jianyuan win an award.
• Xu Chun admitted he was looking into the awards for Xie Jianyuan, then worried aloud that the film’s release date clashed with major releases.
• Xie Jianyuan kissed Xu Chun and said he did not care about awards as long as Xu Chun stayed with him.
• Xu Chun failed to hear Xie Jianyuan’s words clearly, and Xie Jianyuan moved his hand away so he could see Xu Chun’s face.

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan joined the cooking variety show Have You Eaten? and flew abroad to film it. Xu Chun was greeted by a large crowd of overseas fans at the airport.

• Su Li booked Xu Chun for Have You Eaten?, a variety show about running a mobile restaurant abroad.
• Xie Jianyuan arranged to join the show after Xu Chun told him he would be going.
• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan flew together but walked separately to avoid drawing suspicion.
• Xu Chun emerged from the local airport to loud cheers from overseas fans and bowed to them.

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan arrived at their shared lodging for the production and chose to buy groceries while the others prepared to promote their venture. Their shopping trip turned into an unexpected public spectacle, leaving Xu Chun surprised when a group of boys asked him for autographs.

• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan arrived at the lodging, where Wen Ni and Lin Li welcomed them and Lin Li called everyone to a meeting.
• Lin Li assigned the group to either shop for groceries or hand out flyers; Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan chose to shop, while Wen Ni, Lin Li, and Fu He chose to promote the venture.
• Xie Jianyuan drove Xu Chun to a mall, where they selected ingredients and Xie Jianyuan added corn so he could make corn and pork rib soup.
• A girl recognized Xie Jianyuan and asked for his autograph, drawing a crowd that filmed him in the mall.
• Xu Chun prepared to shop alone after seeing Xie Jianyuan surrounded by fans, but several fashionably dressed boys approached and asked Xu Chun for autographs.

Xu Chun practiced cooking his signature tomato-and-egg dish before the group opened their restaurant, while Xie Jianyuan supported him and showed affection in small ways. At the restaurant, Xie Jianyuan sent Xu Chun out to attract customers, where Xu Chun found Wen Ni struggling to communicate with the few people nearby.

• Xu Chun struggled to cook tomatoes and eggs for dinner, while Xie Jianyuan prepared several other dishes; the group found Xu Chun’s dish bland, though Xie Jianyuan praised it.
• Xu Chun practiced cooking late into the night, then read reviews of his movie in bed; Xie Jianyuan liked a comment hinting at their relationship, and later covered Xu Chun with a blanket.
• The group traveled to a seaside pedestrian street and began preparing their temporary restaurant for its first day of business.
• Lin Li assigned Wen Ni to bring in customers, while Xie Jianyuan took over Xu Chun’s dishwashing and sent him out to help with customers and orders.
• Xu Chun went outside and found few customers, while Wen Ni struggled to speak with the locals in broken English.

Xu Chun helped the restaurant attract customers and serve a busy dining room, while sharing a playful moment with Xie Jianyuan over a pair of cat ears. The chapter left Xu Chun taking orders from two young men who treated him as an ordinary waiter, as his fans watched awkwardly.

• Xu Chun helped Wen Ni handle English-speaking customers, then teamed up with Xie Jianyuan to promote the restaurant and bring in a crowd.
• A fan gave Xu Chun cat ears, and Xie Jianyuan teased him before saying they suited him and calling him cute.
• Xu Chun served food and met several fans who had settled in the country; one asked him for an autograph.
• Two young men arrived to meet the fans and, not recognizing Xu Chun, ordered from him with an unfriendly attitude.
• Xu Chun calmly wrote down their orders and returned an autograph to an excited fan.

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan worked together at the restaurant during the variety show, then returned home and resumed filming scenes they had missed. Xu Chun’s new film was doing well, while the director hoped his own work might one day be recognized.

• Xie Jianyuan finished his orders and helped Xu Chun serve the restaurant’s growing crowd.
• A tall young man accused Xu Chun of making his food too salty, and Xie Jianyuan calmly offered to replace the dish for a charge and a one percent discount.
• Xie Jianyuan pulled Xu Chun into the camera-free restroom and held him until he had calmed down.
• After the three-day variety show ended, Xu Chun, Xie Jianyuan, and the others returned home to fans waiting at the airport.
• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan resumed filming missed scenes, and the director congratulated Xu Chun on his film’s success.

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan attended the Baihua Awards, where Unexpected Joy won best film and Xie Jianyuan won best actor. The chapter ended with Xie Jianyuan checking Xu Chun’s reaction instead of acknowledging the cameras.

• Xu Chun reassured Director Chu before the awards were announced.
• Unexpected Joy won the best film award, and Director Chu accepted the trophy.
• Xu Chun noticed Xie Jianyuan seemed unconcerned about the best actor award and urged him to take acting seriously.
• Xie Jianyuan won best actor, and his first reaction was to look at Xu Chun.