Chapter Summaries

Xu Chun recognized that Jiang Xiuyan had kept him as a stand-in for Xie Jianyuan and realized their three-year relationship had cost him his acting career. The chapter left Xu Chun confronting how little Jiang Xiuyan had cared for him beyond his resemblance to Xie Jianyuan.

• Xu Chun watched Jiang Xiuyan focus on his phone and suspected he was messaging Xie Jianyuan.
• Xu Chun rejected the Black Forest cake Jiang Xiuyan ordered, explaining that he did not like it.
• Xu Chun saw Xie Jianyuan’s photograph in Jiang Xiuyan’s wallet and compared their appearances.
• Xu Chun reminded Jiang Xiuyan that they had been together for three years and eight months, though Jiang Xiuyan had thought it was only a year or two.
• Xu Chun realized Jiang Xiuyan had held back his career because he feared Xu Chun would compete with Xie Jianyuan, and that he had only been valued as Xie Jianyuan’s replacement.

Xu Chun remembered ending his relationship with Jiang Xiuyan in his previous life and realized he had been reborn four years earlier, on the day he first met Jiang. At the makeup room, he encountered Xie Jianyuan, whom he had barely known in his previous life, and was stunned.

• In a memory from his previous life, Xu Chun broke up with Jiang Xiuyan after learning Jiang had pursued him as a substitute while secretly loving Xie Jianyuan.
• Jiang Xiuyan offered Xu Chun money, but Xu Chun cursed him silently and left before breaking down in the rain.
• Xu Chun woke from the memory while getting his makeup done and recalled that he had died in an avalanche before being reborn four years earlier.
• After learning it was the seventeenth, Xu Chun realized it was the day he had first met Jiang Xiuyan.
• A timid newcomer entered the wrong makeup room, and Xu Chun asked him to raise his head.
• Xie Jianyuan appeared at the doorway to apologize for the newcomer, leaving Xu Chun stunned.

After recognizing Lu Xian and Xie Jianyuan, Xu Chun chose to keep his distance from people connected to Jiang Xiuyan and prepared to audition for the male lead. Xie Jianyuan later told Wei Jiahe that Xu Chun was competing for the same role, leaving Wei Jiahe worried about his chances.

• Xu Chun realized Xie Jianyuan had mistaken him for a senior who bullied newcomers, and he decided not to correct the misunderstanding.
• Xu Chun recognized the timid newcomer as Lu Xian, whom he remembered as an ambitious future star, but chose not to get involved with him or Xie Jianyuan.
• Xie Jianyuan reassured Lu Xian before leaving Xu Chun's dressing room, and the makeup artist complained about the newcomers' manners.
• Xie Jianyuan joined Wei Jiahe, explained that Lu Xian had entered the wrong dressing room, and said that it belonged to Xu Chun.
• Wei Jiahe panicked when he learned Xu Chun was auditioning for the male lead, while a female newcomer said Xu Chun treated newcomers well.

Xu Chun returned to audition for the role of Song Ye, determined to succeed after losing the film in his previous life. Director Wang asked him to perform an unprepared scene to test his ability to adapt, leaving Xu Chun poised to face the challenge.

• Su Li told Xu Chun that the company was promoting Xie Jianyuan as his lookalike and had nicknamed him “Little Xu Chun.”
• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan briefly met eyes across the crowd before looking away.
• After waiting about an hour, Xu Chun entered the audition room while Director Wang criticized the previous actor.
• Xu Chun reviewed Song Ye’s difficult character and told Director Wang which scene he had prepared.
• Director Wang asked Xu Chun to perform an unprepared scene to demonstrate his adaptability.

Xu Chun auditioned for the role of Song Ye by performing an emotional scene with Xie Jianyuan, who played Song Han. After Director Wang called cut, Xu Chun returned to his distant manner while Xie Jianyuan remained dazed.

• Director Wang chose a crying scene from the script and asked Xu Chun to perform it.
• Xu Chun agreed to act the scene with Xie Jianyuan, playing brothers Song Ye and Song Han.
• Song Han confessed he wanted to quit school to help support them, and Song Ye promised to find a way to keep him in school.
• Song Ye embraced Song Han and reassured him that they would stay together.
• Director Wang called cut, impressed by Xu Chun's performance, while Xie Jianyuan still seemed caught up in the scene.

Xu Chun attended a dinner with Su Li and was shocked to find Jiang Xiuyan among the guests. Jiang Xiuyan showed an immediate interest in him, while the men at the table noticed and began teasing them.

• Xu Chun entered the private room and saw Mr. Li groping a frightened newly debuted actress.
• Xu Chun recognized Jiang Xiuyan and froze in shock when someone at the table addressed him as President Jiang.
• A balding middle-aged man asked Xu Chun why he had not taken a seat, and Xu Chun composed himself and greeted the guests.
• Xu Chun greeted Jiang Xiuyan, who said he felt as if they had met before.
• The guests teased Jiang Xiuyan about his interest in Xu Chun, while a middle-aged man whispered to Su Li and she listened without objecting.

Xu Chun protected Chu Xi from harassment at a dinner, then turned down Su Li’s suggestion that he seek financial backing from Jiang Xiuyan. The chapter ended with Xu Chun approaching a group of excited fans who had followed him to his garage.

• Xu Chun stopped the dinner crowd’s harassment of Chu Xi by asking why President Wen was absent.
• After the dinner, Chu Xi thanked Xu Chun, and he admitted that Xie Jianyuan had not misunderstood his dislike of him.
• Su Li urged Xu Chun to consider gaining popularity with Jiang Xiuyan’s financial backing, but Xu Chun refused.
• Xu Chun’s assistant warned him not to leave the car after spotting girls with signs in the garage.
• Xu Chun got out anyway, and the girls screamed excitedly when they saw him.

Xu Chun calmly sent away the sasaeng fans who had found his address, while the incident became a trending topic that he suspected Su Li had promoted to strengthen his fanbase. After challenging Xie Jianyuan to take acting seriously, Xu Chun discovered that Xie lived next door when he went to check on a noise and was left mortified.

• Xu Chun learned that the girls had bought his address, warned them not to visit him at home again, and told them to hurry back before dark.
• News of the sasaeng fans' harassment spread on Weibo, where fans and onlookers condemned the intrusion and called for Xu Chun's company to protect him.
• In the hallway, Xu Chun criticized Xie Jianyuan's indifferent attitude toward acting, and Xie vowed to change his opinion; Xu Chun told him to catch up first.
• Xu Chun heard a clatter from the neighboring apartment and knocked to check whether anyone needed help.
• Xie Jianyuan opened the door in loungewear with a white cat in his arms, leaving Xu Chun mortified.

Xu Chun discovered that Xie Jianyuan had moved in next door and accepted his invitation to visit after Zora, Xie Jianyuan’s cat, charmed him. As Xie Jianyuan cooked for him, he told Wei Jiahe that he was interested in Xu Chun, leaving Wei Jiahe surprised by his sudden motivation.

• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan realized they were neighbors, and Zora leapt into Xu Chun’s arms.
• Xie Jianyuan invited Xu Chun inside to play with Zora, and Xu Chun agreed despite his hesitation.
• Xu Chun admired how clean and orderly Xie Jianyuan’s home was as Xie Jianyuan offered to cook him a meal.
• Xie Jianyuan answered Wei Jiahe’s call and said Xu Chun was visiting and that he was interested in him.
• Wei Jiahe reacted with surprise and excitement, noting that Xie Jianyuan seemed unusually motivated.

Xu Chun learned that he had won the male lead role, while Xie Jianyuan was cast as the male lead’s younger brother. After Jiang Xiuyan asked Xie Jianyuan about his growing closeness to Xu Chun, Xie arrived at a bar to collect the drunk Wei Jiahe and found Jiang Xiuyan waiting there.

• Xu Chun felt uneasy when he learned that Zora had been given to Xie Jianyuan by a classmate he suspected was Jiang Xiuyan, and he left Xie’s home soon after.
• Su Li told Xu Chun that the director had chosen him for the male lead, and warned him that Xie Jianyuan would play the younger brother and might have a difficult team.
• Xie Jianyuan left a variety-show appearance and learned from his manager, Chen Ya, that President Jiang had come looking for him.
• Xie Jianyuan called Jiang Xiuyan, who asked whether he had been getting close to Xu Chun.
• Xie Jianyuan arrived at the bar, kicked the unconscious Wei Jiahe, and asked Jiang Xiuyan whether Wei could walk.

Xie Jianyuan and Jiang Xiuyan talked at a bar before Xie Jianyuan encountered Xu Chun trying to bring his younger brother Xu Jin home. After Xu Jin left, Xie Jianyuan confronted Xu Chun with questions about why he had come to the bar, leaving Xu Chun struggling to answer.

• Jiang Xiuyan asked Xie Jianyuan about Xu Chun and reminded him to look after his health.
• Xie Jianyuan went to the restroom and overheard Xu Chun urging Xu Jin to return home.
• Xu Jin rejected Xu Chun's pleas, saying the band was all he had, and walked away.
• Xie Jianyuan approached Xu Chun and pretended their meeting was a coincidence.
• Xie Jianyuan invited Xu Chun to join him, then asked why he had come to the bar if not to have fun.

Xu Chun met Jiang Xiuyan again at a hotel gathering and tried to keep his old feelings hidden while chatting with Xie Jianyuan. After leaving with Jiang and Xie, Xu Chun headed home alone, while Xie showed concern for him in the cold.

• Xie Jianyuan brought Xu Chun to meet Jiang Xiuyan, and Xu Chun was shaken to see the man he had once loved.
• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan chatted easily, while Jiang Xiuyan watched them and remarked that they seemed close.
• Jiang Xiuyan ended the gathering, and he and Xie helped the drunk Wei Jiahe into a waiting car.
• Xu Chun waited in the cold while Jiang Xiuyan and Xie Jianyuan talked, then decided to leave without saying goodbye.
• Xie Jianyuan noticed Xu Chun shivering, reached out to check on him, and wished him a safe trip home.

Xu Chun agreed to join the travel variety show "Traveling on a Shoestring" but refused his manager Su Li's plan to start a dating rumor. As filming began, he welcomed the show's camera crew into his home, with Xie Jianyuan also listed among the guests.

• After recording a program, Xu Chun posted on Weibo, and Su Li worried that his popularity had stalled.
• Su Li urged Xu Chun to start a dating rumor with an actress on a travel variety show, but he refused the scheme while agreeing to appear on the show.
• Xu Chun noticed Xie Jianyuan's name on the guest list, and Su Li warned him to be careful around Xie and his team.
• As the fourth season of "Traveling on a Shoestring" began filming, Xu Chun greeted the camera crew and let them film his home.

Xu Chun joined his fellow celebrities at their shared accommodation in Italy, where the cast and livestream viewers learned he and Xie Jianyuan were neighbors. A dispute over the limited bedrooms ended with Xie Jianyuan offering to share his room with Xu Chun.

• Xu Chun packed for the show, promoted his facial cleanser, and revealed that he and Xie Jianyuan were neighbors.
• Xu Chun traveled to Italy and arrived at the shared apartment, where he met Wei Jiahe, Bai Lingling, and Yang Xiaoxuan.
• Xie Jianyuan and Lu Xian returned from the market, and Xie Jianyuan greeted Xu Chun warmly.
• After dinner, Xu Chun offered to sleep on the sofa because the apartment had fewer rooms than guests.
• When Bai Lingling worried that Xu Chun might catch a cold, Xie Jianyuan offered to share his room with Xu Chun, surprising him.

After Xu Chun was trapped in the bathroom for two hours, Xie Jianyuan helped him out and quietly separated him from Bai Lingling. The two ended the night in the same room, lying far apart on the bed.

• Xie Jianyuan offered to heat water for Xu Chun, who asked him to call him Brother Chun.
• Xu Chun finished showering and discovered that the bathroom door would not open, triggering his fear of enclosed spaces.
• Xie Jianyuan noticed Xu Chun had been gone for over an hour and went upstairs to check on him.
• Staff brought in a specialist, who freed Xu Chun after he had been trapped for two hours.
• Bai Lingling hugged Xu Chun, but Xie Jianyuan helped him sit down and subtly separated them.
• Xu Chun read on one side of the bed while Xie Jianyuan stayed on the other, leaving a wide gap between them.

Xu Chun overheard Xie Jianyuan and Wei Jiahe discussing how Xie planned to trample him underfoot, leaving him wary but curious about Xie’s intentions. The next morning, the group went to the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore for their first task, where Bai Lingling teased Xu Chun about her beauty as viewers speculated about their relationship.

• Xu Chun heard Wei Jiahe say that Xie Jianyuan planned to trample him underfoot, then returned to bed and decided to see what Xie would do.
• Xie Jianyuan came back to the room and went to sleep beside Xu Chun, unaware that Xu had heard his conversation with Wei Jiahe.
• Xu Chun acted distant toward Xie Jianyuan at breakfast, while Xie wondered why his attitude had changed.
• Xu Chun and the others traveled to the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore for their first task.
• Bai Lingling admired a bride’s wedding dress and then playfully asked Xu Chun whether she was beautiful, prompting viewers to comment on their apparent chemistry.

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan got separated from Bai Lingling while touring the crowded church and went outside to wait for her. As they talked about Xu Chun’s childhood pets, Xie Jianyuan’s pallor suggested that something was wrong with him.

• Xu Chun avoided Bai Lingling’s question, while Xie Jianyuan agreed to take Lu Xian’s picture.
• Xu Chun, Bai Lingling, and Xie Jianyuan explored the crowded church together until Xu Chun lost sight of Bai Lingling.
• Xie Jianyuan found Xu Chun and suggested they search for Bai Lingling before waiting outside.
• After searching for more than twenty minutes without finding Bai Lingling, Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan left the church and waited beneath the Holy Cross.
• Xu Chun recalled how he had accidentally killed his childhood pets by petting them, and he noticed that Xie Jianyuan looked pale and unwell.

Xu Chun learned that Jiang Xiuyan wanted to thank him for caring for Xie Jianyuan, but he refused the invitation and resolved not to repeat the mistakes of his past life. After the cast finished filming abroad, the director asked everyone to write the name of the person they were most reluctant to part with, leaving Xu Chun considering Xie Jianyuan.

• Xie Jianyuan took medicine for his stomach trouble while Xu Chun worried over him, and Xie Jianyuan’s manager brought him a phone call from Jiang Xiuyan.
• Jiang Xiuyan invited Xu Chun to a meal to thank him for caring for Xie Jianyuan, and Xu Chun told Xie Jianyuan he would not go.
• Xu Chun recalled how Jiang Xiuyan had pursued him in his previous life and resolved to avoid repeating the same mistakes.
• After seven days of filming abroad, the cast prepared to return home, while Yang Xiaoxuan remained irritated with Bai Lingling.
• The director asked everyone to write down the person they were most reluctant to part with, and Xu Chun considered writing Xie Jianyuan’s name.

Xu Chun helped a fan who fell during a crowded commercial event, earning praise from bystanders. In the van, Su Li planned to turn the gesture into a trending search.

• Xu Chun stopped as security escorted him through a crowd and helped a fan who had fallen.
• Bystanders praised Xu Chun for his thoughtful gesture while cameras captured the moment.
• Xu Chun relaxed after getting into the van, where Su Li told him about his next engagement.
• Su Li praised Xu Chun and suggested buying a trending search about what he had done.

Xu Chun and Su Li discussed the suspicious incident involving Xie Jianyuan’s fan and the backlash that followed Xu Chun’s own act of helping a fan. After online comparisons stirred up conflict between their fanbases, a drunken Xu Chun received a call from Xie Jianyuan and hung up before passing Xie Jianyuan’s apartment door.

• Su Li told Xu Chun about the airport incident in which Xie Jianyuan’s bodyguard hit a fan, and Xu Chun watched the video and questioned the fan’s reaction.
• Su Li suggested that jealous people in the entertainment industry might have staged or exploited the incident to damage Xie Jianyuan’s reputation.
• Xu Chun’s act of helping a fan trended online, prompting praise for him and arguments that compared him unfavorably with Xie Jianyuan.
• Marketing accounts fueled rumors that Xie Jianyuan and Xu Chun were rivals, leaving Xu Chun frustrated by the attention.
• After dinner, a tipsy Xu Chun answered a call from Xie Jianyuan, pretended to be Brother Xu’s assistant, hung up, and switched off his phone.
• Xu Chun stepped out of the elevator and passed Xie Jianyuan’s door on his way home.