Chapter Summaries

Drunk and uneasy about rumors that had harmed Xie Jianyuan, Xu Chun visited him and offered to make peace. While visiting, Xu Chun turned down a photograph of Xie Jianyuan and Jiang Xiuyan, then admitted that he hated Jiang Xiuyan, prompting Xie Jianyuan to ask why.

• Xu Chun rang Xie Jianyuan's doorbell and offered his hand, saying he had heard they were not getting along.
• Xie Jianyuan reassured Xu Chun that he would not take the rumors to heart, then invited him inside to see Zora.
• Xu Chun noticed Xie Jianyuan's acting books and offered to help him prepare for their upcoming production.
• Xu Chun spotted a photograph of Xie Jianyuan and Jiang Xiuyan together, turned it face down, and stopped Xie Jianyuan from turning it back over.
• When Xie Jianyuan asked whether the photograph bothered him because of Jiang Xiuyan, Xu Chun said he hated him.
• Xie Jianyuan asked Xu Chun why he hated Jiang Xiuyan.

After Xu Chun fell asleep at Xie Jianyuan’s apartment, Xie Jianyuan questioned Jiang Xiuyan about his relationship with Xu Chun. The next morning, Xu Chun’s manager Su Li discovered he had spent the night next door to Xie Jianyuan.

• Xu Chun told Xie Jianyuan that he looked like him, then fell asleep before finishing his water.
• Xie Jianyuan carried Xu Chun to a spare bedroom, tucked him in, and called Jiang Xiuyan to ask what his relationship with Xu Chun was.
• Jiang Xiuyan said nothing was going on and asked when Xie Jianyuan would visit his mother.
• Su Li called Xu Chun the next morning, worried because he had vanished from his apartment.
• Xu Chun admitted he was staying with a friend but avoided naming him until Xie Jianyuan entered with coffee.
• Su Li followed Xu Chun’s directions to knock on the door next to his apartment and realized Xie Jianyuan lived there.

Su Li picked up Xu Chun from Xie Jianyuan’s home, where she learned she had mistaken the circumstances of his stay, then warned Xu Chun to be cautious in the entertainment industry. At the central office, Xu Chun began a magazine interview, while his new assistant Luo Yao reacted strangely to him; the reporter ended with an unexpected question.

• Su Li arrived at Xie Jianyuan’s home to pick up Xu Chun and waited while he finished getting dressed.
• Xu Chun explained what had happened, and Su Li realized she had misunderstood before warning him about trusting Xie Jianyuan and others in the industry.
• On the way to the central office, Xu Chun reassured his new assistant, Luo Yao, and learned her name.
• Luo Yao remained in the elevator after Xu Chun left, repeating that he had called her by name.
• Xu Chun answered the reporter’s questions about celebrity personas and which fans he feared more, then faced an unplanned question.

After a magazine twisted Xu Chun’s answers into a sensational story about Xie Jianyuan, Xu Chun became wary of interviewers and variety-show hosts. He later complained that editors had distorted his words, while Su Li suspected his popularity had made him a target for attention-seeking media.

• Xu Chun praised Xie Jianyuan as attentive and respectful during an interview, then jokingly chose him over Bai Lingling when pressed by a reporter.
• Su Li scolded Xu Chun for choosing Xie Jianyuan and told him that Xiao Qi had been transferred to Lu Xian at Lu Xian’s request.
• Xu Chun questioned whether his new assistant’s background had been checked, and Su Li assured him it was clean.
• A magazine rewrote Xu Chun’s answers to imply he had chosen Xie Jianyuan without hesitation and given the reporter a meaningful smile.
• Xie Jianyuan read the report and joked with Wei Jiahe that the magazine had gotten the girlfriend question backward.
• After another variety show was edited misleadingly, Xu Chun complained to Su Li that editors could turn white into black, and she said his popularity had attracted their attention.

After a fan rushed the stage and tried to kiss Xu Chun, Xie Jianyuan called to check that he was safe. Xu Chun later decided he would spend his upcoming birthday with his family.

• A girl climbed onto the stage at Xu Chun’s brand event, hugged him, and tried to kiss him before security dragged her away.
• Su Li suspected the organizers had staged the incident, but they blamed a security mistake and denied arranging it.
• In the van, Xu Chun gave Luo Yao his empty green tea bottle to throw away, then received a call from Xie Jianyuan, who had seen the video online and was worried.
• Xu Chun told Su Li that the call was from a friend and said he planned to spend his birthday with his family.

At the film party for Twin Cities, Xu Chun encountered Lu Xian and saw Xie Jianyuan reunite with his mother and sister. Jiang Xiuyan, drunk and mistaking Xu Chun for Xie Jianyuan, confessed his feelings before Xie Jianyuan pulled Xu Chun close; Xu Chun then coldly called Jiang Xiuyan disgusting.

• Xu Chun attended the Twin Cities party and learned from Chu Xi that Lu Xian had secured a role by bringing funding into the production.
• Jiang Xiuyan introduced Xie Jianyuan to Mother Xie and Xie Qianqian, then stepped away after hearing Mother Xie criticize the entertainment industry and actors.
• Jiang Xiuyan found Xu Chun on the balcony, mistook him for Xie Jianyuan, and confessed that he had liked him for a long time.
• Xie Jianyuan pulled Xu Chun close and glared at Jiang Xiuyan.
• Xu Chun stepped out from behind Xie Jianyuan and told Jiang Xiuyan that blaming his behavior on drunkenness was disgusting.

Xie Jianyuan warned Jiang Xiuyan not to pursue Xu Chun, then brought Xu Chun into an awkward conversation with his family at the banquet. In early March, filming began for Twin Cities, with Xu Chun and the cast starting on the orphanage scenes in a mountain town.

• Xie Jianyuan asked Jiang Xiuyan whether he liked Xu Chun, and Jiang denied it because he had been drunk.
• Xie Jianyuan warned Jiang Xiuyan not to develop feelings for Xu Chun, then left him alone.
• Xie Jianyuan found Xu Chun in the hall and realized he was aroused by him.
• Xie Jianyuan introduced Xu Chun to his mother as a senior who had guided his acting, and Mother Xie questioned Xu Chun about women pursuing her son.
• In early March, Xu Chun returned to a film set as Twin Cities began filming its orphanage scenes in a mountain town.

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan arrived at a cold mountain inn for filming, where Xie Jianyuan kissed Xu Chun during a blackout. Xie Jianyuan apologized, and Xu Chun accepted his explanation, though the incident left him embarrassed and uncertain.

• Xu Chun shivered in the mountain cold, and Xie Jianyuan lent him a hot water bottle and offered to lend him thicker clothes.
• Xu Chun went to Xie Jianyuan's room late at night to ask for another hot water bottle because his bed was too cold.
• When the power went out, Xie Jianyuan pulled Xu Chun onto the bed and kissed him before Xu Chun could react.
• Xu Chun pushed Xie Jianyuan away, and the lights came back on after a crew member reported that the inn's wiring had been fixed.
• Xie Jianyuan apologized and claimed he had slipped, and Xu Chun decided not to stay angry with him.

Xu Chun filmed an intense orphanage abuse scene as Song Ye, while Xie Jianyuan worried over his safety. Song Han watched from the darkness and hurt himself as he witnessed Song Ye suffer, and the director praised the completed scene.

• Xu Chun began filming as Song Ye after losing weight for the role, and the director approved of his appearance.
• Xie Jianyuan worried that Xu Chun's costume and the cold water would make him sick, but Xu Chun insisted he could handle the scene.
• Xu Chun and the veteran actor struggled through repeated takes of Song Ye being beaten, while Xie Jianyuan stayed nearby.
• During the scene, Song Ye told Song Han not to come out, even as the orphanage director repeatedly forced his head underwater.
• Song Han clawed his hand bloody and dug into the wound as he watched Song Ye suffer.
• The director called cut and reviewed the scene, satisfied with the actors' performances.

While filming in the mountains, Xu Chun spent his birthday away from his family and avoided telling his adoptive parents that he liked men. After finding him following his phone call, Xie Jianyuan told him that Su Li was calling him over.

• Xie Jianyuan dried Xu Chun's wet hair and noticed a red mole on his neck, which he touched before calling it pretty.
• The crew continued filming in the mountains until around April, and Xu Chun spent his birthday there instead of with his family.
• Xu Chun called his adoptive parents and joked with his mother about Xu Jin changing girlfriends.
• Mother Xu asked when Xu Chun would bring a girlfriend home, and Xu Chun said he was too busy with work to date.
• After ending the call, Xu Chun was startled to find Xie Jianyuan behind him, who said Su Li wanted him to come over.
• Xu Chun walked with Xie Jianyuan toward Su Li, wearing Xie Jianyuan's oversized coat against the mountain wind.

On Xu Chun’s birthday, Xie Jianyuan publicly wished him well and gave him a treasured tea set, while the crew celebrated finishing the orphanage scenes. After filming ended, Xu Chun faced a choice between two variety shows, recalling that in his previous life Lu Xian had taken the talent-show opportunity and become an overnight sensation.

• Su Li encouraged Xu Chun to share a birthday post and group photo, and he was moved by his fans’ warm wishes and charity work in his name.
• Netizens argued over Xu Chun wearing Xie Jianyuan’s clothes, so Xie Jianyuan tagged him in a birthday post and shared a photo of him making a wish.
• Xu Chun thanked Xie Jianyuan for a valuable limited-edition tea set that suited his tastes.
• In early April, the crew wrapped the orphanage filming and left the mountains, while Chu Xi complained about the harsh conditions and Lu Xian’s reduced scenes.
• Su Li presented Xu Chun with invitations to a romance show and a talent competition, and he remembered that Lu Xian had chosen the talent show in his previous life and gained fame.

Xu Chun chose to join a talent show, resolved to take revenge on Shen Zhu, and reunited with Xie Jianyuan as a fellow support guest. At the contestants’ meeting, he discovered Xu Jin was competing and demanded to know why he had abandoned his band.

• Xu Chun chose the talent show over a pretend-romance reality show and decided he would no longer let others take his opportunities.
• Su Li told Xu Chun that Shen Zhu would soon return to the country, and Xu Chun resolved to expose him and reclaim what he had lost.
• Xu Chun asked about Jiang Xiuyan and thought Jiang and Shen Zhu were suited to each other, while he did not want Xie Jianyuan involved with Jiang.
• Xu Chun met Xie Jianyuan at the talent show, where they were support guests leading opposing contestant groups.
• Xu Chun spotted Xu Jin among the sixty contestants, pulled him into a corridor, and learned that Xu Jin's band had broken up.

Xu Chun tried to protect his younger brother Xu Jin from rushing into show business and objected to the production team's plan to promote Xu Jin through romance rumors. Meanwhile, Lu Xian learned that Xu Chun had received the talent-show opportunity and was asked to return Xu Chun's assistant, leaving Lu Xian resentful as filming began.

• Xu Chun urged Xu Jin to go home and tell their parents about his decision, but Xu Jin refused; Xie Jianyuan warned Xu Jin not to anger his brother.
• Su Li told Lu Xian that Xu Chun would take the talent-show opportunity and asked Lu Xian to return Xu Chun's assistant.
• Lu Xian agreed obediently to Su Li's requests, then privately blamed Xu Chun and vowed not to let him get away with taking what was his.
• Xu Chun objected to the director's plan to promote Xu Jin and another boy as a romantic pairing, but the director said it would attract fans and promised Xu Jin a place in the top ten.
• Xie Jianyuan comforted Xu Chun, draped an arm around his shoulders, and walked him back; Xu Chun wondered if Xie Jianyuan was becoming too clingy.

Xu Chun's tearful reaction to Xu Jin's performance became a trending topic, prompting backlash and concern from their parents. As Xu Chun left the company to consider how to advise his brother about entering entertainment, Luo Yao called to him beside a black sedan whose passenger was just stepping out.

• The talent show's debut episode drew strong ratings, and Xu Chun's apparent tears while watching Xu Jin perform became a trending topic.
• Online commenters praised Xu Jin and speculated that Xie Jianyuan resembled Xu Chun more, while others criticized the show for promoting the brothers.
• Xu Chun reassured his parents and explained to himself that his watery eye during filming had been caused by something in his contact lens.
• Xu Chun decided to explain the difficulties of the entertainment industry to Xu Jin and support him if he still wanted to pursue it afterward.
• As Xu Chun left the company, Luo Yao called to him while someone began stepping out of a black sedan.

Xu Chun confronted Jiang Xiuyan about repeatedly pursuing him and told him to stop, accusing him of using Xu Chun as a substitute for Xie Jianyuan. The chapter ended with Wei Jiahe’s friends gossiping about Xie Jianyuan’s changed social life while Xie denied their speculation.

• Jiang Xiuyan approached Xu Chun to apologize and invite him to eat, but Xu Chun agreed to talk only to put an end to his harassment.
• Xu Chun rode with Jiang Xiuyan to a high-end club, where Jiang joked about kidnapping him and Xu Chun mocked his character.
• Xu Chun told Jiang to stop bothering him and said Jiang was mistaken about his own feelings.
• Xu Chun accused Jiang of being drawn to his resemblance to Xie Jianyuan and suggested Shen Zhu as a better match for him.
• Wei Jiahe’s friends speculated that Xie Jianyuan had fallen for an actress, and Xie laughed off their claims.

Xie Jianyuan interrupted Xu Chun and Jiang Xiuyan’s private conversation, then followed Xu Chun home after learning he was making dinner. At Xu Chun’s messy apartment, Xie Jianyuan agreed to share tomato and egg noodles.

• Xie Jianyuan hit a golf ball into the café’s glass wall while watching Xu Chun and Jiang Xiuyan talk, then used the mishap to approach them.
• Xie Jianyuan asked what Xu Chun and Jiang Xiuyan had discussed, and Xu Chun mistakenly concluded that Xie Jianyuan was jealous because he had feelings for Jiang Xiuyan.
• Xu Chun said he needed to leave, and Xie Jianyuan claimed he had come alone and offered to go with him.
• Xie Jianyuan saw tomatoes in Xu Chun’s bag and eagerly accepted Xu Chun’s invitation to eat tomato and egg noodles.
• Xu Chun brought Xie Jianyuan to his cluttered apartment and awkwardly tried to explain the mess.

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan spent a domestic evening together, while Xu Chun wondered about Xie Jianyuan’s feelings toward Jiang Xiuyan. After a paparazzi scandal and an online fan war, Xie Jianyuan publicly praised Xu Chun, and Su Li confronted Xu Chun about their closeness.

• Xie Jianyuan helped Xu Chun tidy his messy home, then ate Xu Chun’s salty noodles and washed the dishes with him.
• Xu Chun cautiously asked Xie Jianyuan what he thought of Jiang Xiuyan, but Xie Jianyuan questioned why he had brought him up.
• A paparazzo posted suggestive photos of Xu Chun getting into a company CEO’s car, and Xu Chun suspected Lu Xian had arranged the leak.
• As Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan’s fans fought over a post comparing their looks, Xie Jianyuan reposted it and vouched that Xu Chun was good-looking.
• Su Li told Xu Chun that Xie Jianyuan’s intervention had reignited online attention and said his manager had glared at her at the company.

Xu Chun warned Su Li about her fiancé’s suspected infidelity, then continued growing closer to Xie Jianyuan while the company’s clarification quieted rumors about him. After Lu Xian stirred up trouble against Xu Chun, Xu Chun retaliated by exposing a video of Lu Xian being beaten after an affair.

• Xu Chun told Su Li he had seen her fiancé shopping with a woman he called his younger sister, prompting Su Li to investigate and later thank Xu Chun after ending the relationship.
• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan chatted warmly in an elevator, and Xu Chun thanked Xie Jianyuan for defending him on Weibo.
• The company’s clarification caused the rumors about Xu Chun having a sugar daddy to fade, and Xu Chun decided to retaliate against Lu Xian for his dirty tricks.
• A video spread online showing Lu Xian being beaten by hired thugs while a wealthy middle-aged woman shouted that he had seduced her husband; Sina later blocked the video.

Xu Chun’s plan to expose Lu Xian’s affair succeeded, and he watched the scandal unfold while having dinner at Xie Jianyuan’s home. After an awkwardly intimate moment over an orange, Xu Chun teased Xie Jianyuan about his opinion of Lu Xian, and the chapter ended with Xu Chun recognizing how much he owed Xie Jianyuan.

• Xu Chun learned that news of Lu Xian’s scandal was airing and reflected on how he had arranged for intimate photos to reach the executive’s wife and for Xiao Qi to post a video.
• Xie Jianyuan fed Xu Chun an orange segment, and Xu Chun became flustered when Xie Jianyuan’s tongue brushed his fingertips.
• Xie Jianyuan recognized Lu Xian on television and said he did not seem like the kind of person involved in the scandal.
• Xu Chun asked Xie Jianyuan what kind of person he seemed like, and Xie Jianyuan told him that he was the best.
• Xie Jianyuan noticed Xu Chun had lost weight, touched his arm, and let go when Xu Chun frowned.
• Xu Chun joked that he owed Xie Jianyuan many favors, and Xie Jianyuan responded with an unreadable smile.

Xu Chun received information from Bai Lingling about Director Chu’s new film and considered pursuing a role, while paparazzi rumors falsely linked the two romantically. After Xu Chun reassured Xie Jianyuan that he and Bai Lingling were not together, Xie Jianyuan discovered something online that made him furious.

• Xu Chun learned that Zora was female, and Xie Jianyuan carried her away while thinking Xu Chun should eat more meat.
• Bai Lingling met Xu Chun and gave him information about Director Chu’s upcoming film, including the script details and prospective cast list.
• Xu Chun and Bai Lingling were photographed meeting, and online rumors claimed they were in a relationship.
• Xu Chun denied the rumors to Su Li, his parents, Xu Jin, and Xie Jianyuan, explaining that the photos did not show his face.
• Xie Jianyuan’s mood brightened after Xu Chun denied dating Bai Lingling, but Wei Jiahe then showed him something online that made him grow hostile.