Chapter Summaries

Xu Chun and the others learned the rules of an inheritance game centered on finding the illegitimate son, and Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan formed an alliance. They arrived at their first task in a crowded mall, where Xu Chun hesitated to enter a cubicle filled with cosmetics.

• The director introduced the siblings’ roles and explained that the estate’s inheritance would go to whoever completed the most tasks.
• The production team revealed that one of the siblings was the estate owner’s illegitimate son, who could take the inheritance, and that completing tasks would provide clues to his identity.
• Chu Xi argued she could not be the illegitimate child because the director had said the culprit was a son.
• Xie Jianyuan asked Xu Chun to form an alliance, and Xu Chun agreed, saying he trusted him.
• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan reached their first task at a busy shopping mall, where fans cheered as they arrived.
• Xu Chun saw a decorated cubicle stocked with cosmetics and hesitated to go inside.

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan reached a makeup challenge where they had to recreate randomly selected looks on chosen subjects for inheritance shares and a clue about the illegitimate child. After Xu Chun gave a young woman an awkward makeover, Xie Jianyuan chose Xu Chun as his subject, and the chapter ended as he tried to calm Xu Chun while applying eyeliner.

• The production team explained that each guest had to choose a makeup subject and recreate a randomly selected look, with the winner earning fifteen percent of the inheritance shares and a clue about the illegitimate child.
• Xu Chun drew a soft twilight makeup look and persuaded a reluctant fan of Xie Jianyuan to let him apply it.
• Xu Chun struggled through the makeover, and the young woman reluctantly posed for a photo afterward.
• Xie Jianyuan used the production team's rule that guests could choose anyone present to select Xu Chun as his makeup subject.
• Xie Jianyuan began applying a natural Japanese makeup look, but Xu Chun's trembling made the eyeliner difficult, so Xie Jianyuan tried to relax him with conversation.

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan shared a makeup task, where Xie Jianyuan’s jealousy and attentiveness surfaced. After Xie Jianyuan won a clue to the illegitimate child’s identity, he considered sharing it with Xu Chun, and the group moved on to the next task.

• Xu Chun teased Xie Jianyuan about his favorite entertainers, and Xie Jianyuan briefly became upset before continuing to apply Xu Chun’s makeup.
• Xie Jianyuan carefully put lipstick on Xu Chun, while Xu Chun wondered afterward why he had closed his eyes for it.
• The other guests arrived and learned that Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan had chosen the same task location, though Xie Jianyuan claimed it was a coincidence.
• Xie Jianyuan won the makeup task and received a clue card marked with the letter B.
• Xie Jianyuan asked the production crew if he could show Xu Chun the clue, while Chu Xi also tried to see it; Xu Chun smoothed things over and suggested they head to the next location.

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan shared a car ride before joining the others at a swimming pool for a heart-rate challenge. Xie Jianyuan chose Xu Chun as his opponent, and Xu Chun grew uneasy as he sat in the ejection chair beside the pool.

• In the car, Xie Jianyuan questioned Xu Chun about calling Chu Xi “Xiaoxi” while calling him “Little Xie,” and Xu Chun offered an explanation that seemed to please him.
• At the swimming pool, a staff member confirmed Xu Chun had read the show’s script before the guests began a heart-rate challenge.
• Xu Huaizhou and Chu Xi tied after Xu Huaizhou startled her with a remark about her crooked contact lens.
• Shen Zhu made Chu Xi blush with sweet talk and won their round.
• Xie Jianyuan chose Xu Chun as his opponent, and Xu Chun sat in the ejection chair feeling dizzy as he looked toward the pool.

Xu Chun lost the heart-rate challenge and Xie Jianyuan helped him out of the water, leaving Xu Chun unsettled by Xie’s apparent confession. After the recording, Xu Chun resolved to figure out what Xie really meant, while the group considered Xu Huaizhou’s poetic clue about the illegitimate child.

• Xu Chun lost the challenge and was launched into the water while thinking about Xie Jianyuan’s confession.
• Xie Jianyuan pulled Xu Chun from the water and gently wiped his face, but Xu Chun took the towel and finished himself.
• Xu Chun spent the rest of the recording wondering whether Xie Jianyuan’s words and behavior meant more than a joke for the show.
• Xu Huaizhou won the competition after Xie Jianyuan’s heartbeat briefly fluctuated when Xu Huaizhou said something.
• Xu Huaizhou shared the clue, “Rushing to the sea, never to return,” and Chu Xi wondered whether it was a character riddle or a sequence.

The final nametag-ripping game began in the library, where Xie Jianyuan discussed his clue with Xu Chun before they were interrupted by Chu Xi and Xu Huaizhou. After Xu Huaizhou eliminated Chu Xi, Xu Chun ran with Xie Jianyuan, and they hid in a storage room as Xu Huaizhou searched the floor.

• The group began the final nametag-ripping battle at the library, with eliminated players sent to jail.
• Xie Jianyuan told Xu Chun that the letter B on his clue card represented a number, but Chu Xi interrupted before he could explain further.
• Chu Xi tried to convince Xu Chun that Xie Jianyuan was the illegitimate child, but Xu Chun chose to stay with Xie Jianyuan.
• Xu Huaizhou surprised Chu Xi and ripped off the rest of her nametag despite her pleas.
• Xu Chun grabbed Xie Jianyuan and ran with him to the fifth floor, where Xie Jianyuan wiped the sweat from Xu Chun's forehead.
• Xu Huaizhou caught up and searched the floor, while Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan hid in a gap in a storage room.

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan hid from Xu Huaizhou, then tried to redirect suspicion by pretending to be at odds and investigating the clues. The chapter ended with Xu Chun pointing the clues toward Shen Zhu as the likely illegitimate child.

• Xu Chun whispered to Xie Jianyuan that they should pretend to be enemies and seize Xu Huaizhou's name tag when he let down his guard.
• Shen Zhu arrived and suggested that he and Xu Huaizhou form an alliance, but Xu Huaizhou refused and found Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan hiding.
• Shen Zhu accused Xu Chun of being the illegitimate child, and Xie Jianyuan hesitated when Xu Chun asked whether he believed the accusation.
• Xie Jianyuan revealed that his clue was the letter B, which Shen Zhu interpreted as two and used to suspect Xu Chun.
• Xu Chun argued that B could refer to a two-character name and that Xu Huaizhou's clue about water pointed to Shen Zhu's surname; Xu Huaizhou turned his suspicion toward Shen Zhu.

Xu Chun won the library elimination game after misleading the others about his identity, while Xie Jianyuan secretly knew who he was and chose to help him. After the production team explained the clues and awarded Xu Chun the prize, filming wrapped and Xu Chun searched the crowd for Xie Jianyuan.

• Xu Huaizhou pinned Shen Zhu down, and Xu Chun tore off Shen Zhu’s name tag, eliminating the wrong person.
• Xu Huaizhou and Xie Jianyuan fought until Xie Jianyuan pinned him and ripped off his tag, but Xu Chun’s tag was torn at the same time.
• The speakers announced Xu Chun as the ultimate winner, and the eliminated players reacted with disbelief.
• Xu Chun apologized to Xie Jianyuan for betraying him, unaware that Xie Jianyuan had known his identity and had deliberately played along.
• The directors explained how the clues pointed to Xu Chun, then awarded him a luxury watch and a charity donation.
• After filming wrapped, Xu Chun searched the crowd for Xie Jianyuan.

After Xu Chun apologized for the scripted variety-show incident, Xie Jianyuan reassured him and was about to confess something before Mother Xie's call interrupted them. Months later, Xu Chun guided Xie Jianyuan at the Twin Cities premiere, where their names together on the signature board drew a teasing remark from the host.

• Xu Chun visited Xie Jianyuan's hotel room and apologized for what happened during the variety-show recording.
• Xu Chun said he did not want to lose Xie Jianyuan as a friend, and Xie Jianyuan told him he was not angry.
• Xie Jianyuan began to say something important, but Mother Xie called and interrupted him.
• Xu Chun saw the call was from Mother Xie, excused himself, and later wondered what Xie Jianyuan had wanted to say.
• In August, Xu Chun guided the inexperienced Xie Jianyuan at the Twin Cities premiere and red carpet.
• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan signed their names side by side, prompting a teasing remark from the host.

At a film premiere banquet, Xu Chun was pressured into drinking and was secretly drugged by a producer who planned to deliver him to President Jiang. Jiang Xiuyan rejected the setup, while Xie Jianyuan began to worry about Xu Chun.

• Xu Chun reflected on how the film would become a turning point in his career and help audiences remember him.
• At the banquet, the director, investors, and producers pressured Xu Chun to drink, and Xie Jianyuan tried to intervene before Xu Chun drank several glasses himself.
• Xu Chun left for the restroom after feeling unable to drink more, but the producer who had urged him to drink followed, caught him as he lost consciousness, and called someone about taking him to President Jiang.
• Xie Jianyuan felt uneasy and asked where Xu Chun had gone, then relaxed when the director said Xu Chun had likely gone to the restroom.
• The producer brought Jiang Xiuyan to a hotel room where Xu Chun lay unconscious, but Jiang Xiuyan refused the arrangement and told him to send Xu Chun home.

Jiang Xiuyan found Xu Chun unconscious and drugged in a hotel room, while Xie Jianyuan discovered Producer Wang’s scheme and rushed to find him. As Jiang Xiuyan recalled their past and reached for Xu Chun, someone kicked open the door.

• Jiang Xiuyan entered the room Producer Wang had prepared and was shocked to find Xu Chun lying unconscious on the bed.
• Producer Wang claimed he had not seen Xu Chun, but Xie Jianyuan realized he was lying and threatened him until he confessed.
• Xie Jianyuan hurried out to find Xu Chun after learning what Producer Wang had done.
• Jiang Xiuyan recognized that Xu Chun had been drugged and remembered how their relationship had ended after Xu Chun learned why Jiang had approached him.
• Jiang Xiuyan reached toward Xu Chun, but someone kicked open the door.

Xie Jianyuan found Xu Chun in a compromising state with Jiang Xiuyan and took him home, realizing that Xu Chun might not simply be drunk. As Xu Chun remained dazed and overwhelmed by desire, Xie Jianyuan indulged him and urged him to kiss him.

• Xie Jianyuan entered the room, angrily rebuked Jiang Xiuyan, and carried Xu Chun away.
• Xie Jianyuan told his agent that Xu Chun was with him, then hurried home and laid him on the bed.
• Xie Jianyuan realized Xu Chun might not simply be drunk and responded to his confused, instinctive movements.
• Xie Jianyuan held Xu Chun as his desire built, then told him to kiss him if he wanted to be let go.

Xu Chun woke after being drugged and learned that Xie Jianyuan had rescued him from Jiang Xiuyan. After noticing Xie Jianyuan had nearly kissed him, Xu Chun questioned his own feelings and asked Xu Jin for relationship advice.

• Xie Jianyuan watched Xu Chun sleep and nearly kissed him before Xu Chun opened his eyes.
• Xu Chun asked how he had gotten home, and Xie Jianyuan explained that someone had drugged him and taken him to Jiang Xiuyan, but Xie Jianyuan had brought him back.
• Xie Jianyuan recalled forcing the producer to confess by invoking the Xie Household's influence.
• Xu Chun realized Xie Jianyuan had nearly kissed him and called Xu Jin to ask whether a straight man could have special feelings for another man.
• Xu Jin teased Xu Chun and suggested the man might have fallen for someone because he was pretty, leaving Xu Chun to study his reflection.

Xu Chun prepared to livestream PUBG with Xie Jianyuan and Wei Jiahe, worrying about his looks and his poor gaming skills. After the stream began, the audience suggested punishments for losing, and Xu Chun met the platform’s streamer, Jiang Jiang.

• Xu Chun considered getting a tattoo to look more imposing but gave up on the idea.
• Su Li told Xu Chun that he would collaborate with Xie Jianyuan and Wei Jiahe on a Cat Tooth Live gaming stream.
• Xu Chun learned PUBG’s rules and repeatedly got eliminated as soon as he landed.
• Xie Jianyuan arrived and greeted Xu Chun warmly, while Xu Chun awkwardly asked how good he was at the game.
• Xu Chun and the others greeted viewers, who proposed punishments for losing, including having Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan feed each other a biscuit mouth to mouth.
• Xu Chun met Jiang Jiang before the stream and noticed his panda meme profile picture.

Xu Chun joined Jiang Jiang, Wei Jiahe, and Xie Jianyuan for a rainforest match, where Xie Jianyuan’s attention and selective replies left Xu Chun flustered. The group waited for Xie Jianyuan to finish fighting in the military base while Wei Jiahe and Jiang Jiang played at being a captain and his deputy.

• Jiang Jiang promised Xu Chun a chicken dinner and revealed himself as an easygoing streamer.
• Xie Jianyuan offered Xu Chun his veteran-looking outfit, and Xu Chun blushed at his deep laugh.
• Xu Chun suggested landing at unnamed spots, and the group landed at a tree house near the training base to avoid fighting.
• Xu Chun found little gear and gave Jiang Jiang some supplies, while Xie Jianyuan went into the military base alone.
• Xie Jianyuan ignored Wei Jiahe and Jiang Jiang but promptly answered Xu Chun, saying he was waiting for four more players.
• Wei Jiahe found a three-wheeler and invited Jiang Jiang to ride with him as the two continued their captain-and-deputy role-play.

Xu Chun joined Xie Jianyuan after discovering his skill and receiving a pile of supplies from him. The group reached Pai Nan, where Xie Jianyuan went to search for supplies while Xu Chun waited outside.

• Xu Chun reluctantly told Wei Jiahe he wanted to roam the world with him, and Xie Jianyuan overheard.
• Xie Jianyuan arrived with supplies for Xu Chun, explaining that he had noticed Xu Chun was short on gear.
• Xu Chun gave Wei Jiahe fifteen bandages, while Xie Jianyuan refused to share supplies with him.
• Xu Chun decided to follow Xie Jianyuan, while Jiang Jiang and Wei Jiahe rode the three-wheeler up the slope before joining them on foot.
• At Pai Nan, Xie Jianyuan noticed signs that a player was inside and went to search while Xu Chun waited outside.

Xu Chun tried to hide from enemies while streaming, but his attempt to fight back failed because he had put away his gun. Xie Jianyuan saved him with a long-distance shot, leaving Xu Chun amazed as the downed enemy crawled toward his hiding spot.

• Xu Chun denied having an ambiguous relationship with Bai Lingling and joked that he was more likely to have something with Xie Jianyuan.
• A nearby enemy passed Xu Chun while he lay hidden in the grass, but a second enemy spotted him behind a rock.
• Xu Chun tried to shoot the second enemy, only to discover he had put away his gun and was attacking with his fists.
• Xie Jianyuan knocked down the enemy with a suppressed 98k shot from far away.
• The downed enemy crawled toward Xu Chun's hiding place, and Xu Chun told him to move over.

Xie Jianyuan rescued Xu Chun in the game, and their exchange left Xu Chun blushing before the team moved toward the final safe zone. The chapter ended with Xie Jianyuan spotting two enemies near the Altar and aiming at one in a ghillie suit.

• Xie Jianyuan eliminated sjkai with a headshot while Wei Jiahe revived Xu Chun.
• Xu Chun explained that he had saved supplies for Xie Jianyuan, who apologized and praised Xu Chun for surviving.
• Xie Jianyuan called Xu Chun good-looking, making Xu Chun blush as the livestream comments reacted.
• Xu Chun followed Xie Jianyuan toward the Altar as the safe zone shrank and the team hurried to stay ahead of the blue zone.
• Xie Jianyuan spotted two enemies near the road and aimed his M416 at the one wearing a ghillie suit.

Xie Jianyuan’s team lost their match after Wei Jiahe’s grenade and the blue zone left them vulnerable, and an exceptionally skilled opponent wiped them out. The team drew a punishment, leaving Xie Jianyuan to do push-ups on top of Xu Chun as staff prepared the livestream.

• Xie Jianyuan knocked down an enemy with his M416, and Jiang Jiang finished the opponent off as the match narrowed to one remaining enemy.
• Wei Jiahe threw a grenade that knocked down himself and Jiang Jiang and badly injured Xu Chun, while the blue zone closed in.
• Xu Chun revived Jiang Jiang instead of retreating, and the zone knocked Xu Chun down as a hidden enemy killed Xie Jianyuan and eliminated the team.
• Jiang Jiang identified their opponent as a skilled streamer and retired professional player, and the team drew a punishment after losing.
• Jiang Jiang drew a slip requiring Xie Jianyuan to do push-ups on top of Xu Chun, and staff set up a foam mat and adjusted the livestream camera.

During a variety-show punishment, Xu Chun realized he might be attracted to Xie Jianyuan, then tried to cool off and hide his confusion. Xie Jianyuan mistook his red, watery eyes for crying and reassured him, leaving Xu Chun reflecting on how he still let himself grow close to one person despite keeping others at a distance.

• Xu Chun felt his heart race as Xie Jianyuan did push-ups over him, then dismissed the possibility that he was falling for him.
• After the punishment ended, Xu Chun rushed to the restroom to splash cold water on his face.
• Xie Jianyuan followed Xu Chun into the restroom and noticed his red, watery eyes.
• Xie Jianyuan insisted Xu Chun had cried and asked whether someone had bullied him.
• Xie Jianyuan warned Xu Chun that he tended to think too well of people, prompting Xu Chun to recall his past betrayal and his efforts to keep people at a distance.