Chapter Summaries

Xu Chun woke up at Xie Jianyuan’s home after being drugged and learned that his female assistant had been arrested for sneaking into his apartment. Xie Jianyuan said he had found her hiding under Xu Chun’s bed.

• Xu Chun woke up in Xie Jianyuan’s room with a headache and remembered fleeing to him for help.
• Xie Jianyuan told Xu Chun to stay in bed because the drug had not worn off.
• Xu Chun wondered how someone had entered his home without his noticing.
• Xie Jianyuan said the police had taken Xu Chun’s female assistant away.
• Xie Jianyuan told Xu Chun that he had found the assistant lying under the bed.

After an obsessive fan was found hiding under Xu Chun's bed, Xie Jianyuan arranged for him to stay at his home and showed how fiercely protective he was. Su Li contained the public story, and Xu Chun later appeared in his official fan group as fans reacted to the news.

• Xu Chun learned the woman had been taken away, agreed to stay at Xie Jianyuan's home, and asked whether the media knew about the incident.
• Xie Jianyuan told Wei Jiahe that he would ensure the assistant never got out, then left to buy groceries and cook for Xu Chun.
• Su Li disclosed that an obsessive fan had broken into Xu Chun's home while concealing that the intruder was his assistant and had intended more than harassment.
• Xu Chun posted a panda-head meme in his official Weibo fan group, prompting the fan leader and other fans to shout excitedly.

Xu Chun met with Director Chu to pursue a role in his new film, Unexpected Joy, and accepted its explicit intimate scenes. Director Chu selected him for the part outright, leaving Xu Chun relieved and reflecting on how much his circumstances had changed.

• Xu Chun reassured his fans, while online users argued over whether his and Xie Jianyuan’s new profile pictures looked like matching couple icons.
• Xu Chun considered Director Chu’s new film as Twin Cities prepared to resume filming after Lu Xian’s scandal forced the production to seek a replacement.
• Xu Chun met Director Chu at a banquet, praised his work, and built rapport by discussing films and actors.
• Director Chu explained that Unexpected Joy dealt with a gay subject and contained explicit intimate scenes, and Xu Chun agreed to take the role.
• Director Chu had Xu Chun perform a short scene and gave him the part without a formal audition.

Xu Chun worried about filming an intimate scene with Xie Jianyuan, his friend, but decided against giving up the role. After Xu Jin got into a fight with another trainee over insults about Xu Chun, Xu Chun promised to handle the matter behind the scenes.

• Xu Chun noticed that he and Xie Jianyuan had identical scripts for Unexpected Joy and worried about their upcoming scene between two men.
• Xu Chun asked whether Xie Jianyuan minded the intimate scenes, and Xie Jianyuan said he did not if Xu Chun did not.
• The talent show's production team told Xu Chun that Xu Jin had fought with another trainee, and Xu Chun apologized and agreed to the team's request to cut the incident.
• Xu Chun asked Xu Jin why he had hit the trainee, and Xu Jin explained that the trainee had accused him of advancing through Xu Chun's connections.
• Xu Chun told Xu Jin not to act impulsively again and said he would show the trainee what real behind-the-scenes manipulation looked like.

Xu Chun joined the Unexpected Joy filming crew and encountered An Huiru, an actress known for her strained marriage. The chapter ended as he recognized her after she angrily rebuked someone who had bumped into him.

• Xu Chun began filming Unexpected Joy after the talent show aired.
• Xu Chun settled in with the crew and chatted with a crew member while recovering from a cold.
• A woman bumped into Xu Chun and sharply rebuked the person responsible.
• Xu Chun turned and recognized the woman as An Huiru, an actress whose public marriage differed from her private life.

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan prepared to film an intimate bed scene after Xu Chun’s cold cleared. During the take, Xu Chun gradually relaxed, but Xie Jianyuan’s close, in-character touch left him tense and overwhelmed.

• An Huiru mistook the masked Xu Chun for a crew member and angrily told him to get lost, then learned who he was.
• Xie Jianyuan joined Xu Chun and confronted An Huiru, but Xu Chun’s sneeze broke the tense moment.
• After Xu Chun’s cold cleared, Director Chu scheduled the bed scene, and Xu Chun nervously prepared by eating a mint.
• Director Chu advised Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan to relax and practice before starting the take.
• Xie Jianyuan touched Xu Chun’s cheek, throat, and lips during the scene, while Xu Chun tried to stay in character and fight his discomfort.

During an intimate scene, Xu Chun realized Xie Jianyuan had become aroused, leaving him rattled, while Director Chu praised Xie Jianyuan’s acting. Later, Xie Jianyuan confronted An Huiru for mistreating a crew member, and Xu Chun arrived as she fell silent.

• Xu Chun noticed Xie Jianyuan’s physical reaction during their bed scene and finished filming in a daze.
• Director Chu praised Xie Jianyuan’s performance and told Xu Chun to regain his focus.
• Xu Chun called Xu Jin, advised him to be cautious in the industry, and heard An Huiru shouting nearby.
• Xu Chun entered the location tent and saw An Huiru confronting Xie Jianyuan, who had rebuked her for taking out her temper on the crew.
• Xu Chun asked what was happening, An Huiru stopped arguing, and Xie Jianyuan greeted him warmly as Brother Chun.

Xu Chun defended Xie Jianyuan on set, then learned Shen Zhu had returned and continued juggling filming with his work as a talent-show mentor. After Xu Chun eliminated the trainee who had targeted Xu Jin, the trainee accused him of favoritism, and the episode’s broadcast sparked an online backlash.

• Xu Chun told An Huiru to rein in her temper, then walked away with Xie Jianyuan, who asked whether Xu Chun had been helping him.
• Su Li called Xu Chun and told him Shen Zhu was back, prompting Xu Chun to reflect on their long-lost connection.
• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan traded awkward threats on the talent show before the judges decided which trainees would be eliminated.
• Xu Chun announced the final results and eliminated the trainee who had been antagonizing Xu Jin.
• The eliminated trainee accused Xu Chun of favoring Xu Jin in a backstage interview, and viewers argued over the accusation after the episode aired.

Xu Chun agreed to attend Xie Jianyuan’s birthday dinner and met the Xie family at a garden restaurant. The gathering began with Jiang Xiuyan arriving late and surprised to see Xu Chun there.

• Online arguments over the talent show contestant’s elimination continued, but Xu Chun dismissed them while Su Li urged him to be careful about his public image.
• Xu Chun felt lonely when other actors’ families visited the set, as his parents and Xu Jin could not come.
• Xie Jianyuan invited Xu Chun to dinner for his birthday, and Xu Chun accepted after considering how much Xie Jianyuan had helped him.
• Xie Qianqian recognized Xu Chun and praised his old drama before Xu Chun joined the Xie family dinner.
• Mrs. Xie asked why Jiang Xiuyan had not arrived, and Jiang Xiuyan eventually came in, explaining that traffic had delayed him.

At dinner with Xie Jianyuan’s family, Xu Chun backed Mother Xie’s wish for her son to start dating, upsetting Xie Jianyuan. On the quiet drive home, Xie Jianyuan asked Xu Chun what kind of girl he liked.

• Mother Xie asked Xu Chun about his show with Xie Jianyuan and whether Bai Lingling was his girlfriend, and Xu Chun denied the rumor.
• Mother Xie urged Xie Jianyuan to date and have a child, and Xu Chun agreed that she had a point.
• Xie Qianqian and Father Xie interrupted the matchmaking talk, and Mother Xie dropped the subject.
• Xie Jianyuan reminded Mother Xie that Xu Chun did not eat spicy food and ordered mild dishes, while Jiang Xiuyan watched them with a complicated expression.
• Xie Jianyuan drove Xu Chun home in silence and asked what kind of girl Xu Chun liked.

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.