Chapter Summaries

Xu Chun endured Xie Jianyuan teasing him about his bad singing, then Xie found and washed a business card Xu Chun had received from Gu Zi. Xu Chun explained how he got it, and Xie told him that Gu Yiluo and Gu Zi had both been raised as candidates for the Gu family heir rather than as brothers.

• Xu Chun tried to change the channel when his off-key performance appeared on TV, but Xie Jianyuan stopped him and teased him afterward.
• Xie Jianyuan found Gu Zi's business card in Xu Chun's coat and put the coat in the washing machine, ruining the card.
• Xie Jianyuan showed Xu Chun the damaged card and claimed he had forgotten to remove it before washing the coat.
• Xu Chun explained that Gu Zi had given him the card after Xu Chun paid for his dessert when Gu Zi forgot his wallet.
• Xie Jianyuan said he had met Gu Yiluo, the Gu family's chosen heir at the time, and explained that Gu Yiluo and Gu Zi had been raised as relatives because Old Master Gu had two heir candidates.

Xu Chun asked Xie Jianyuan about the Gu family, then put the matter aside and returned to filming “Unexpected Joy.” In a school scene, Cheng Du rescued Chen Mu from a storeroom and confronted the students who had trapped him.

• Xu Chun asked Xie Jianyuan what kind of person Gu Yiluo was, and Xie described him as eccentric.
• After Xie Jianyuan accidentally destroyed Gu Zi’s contact information, Xu Chun stopped worrying about contacting him and focused on filming.
• Chen Mu was locked in a dark storeroom after being lured there with a fake love letter, and Cheng Du angrily demanded that the door be opened.
• Cheng Du pulled Chen Mu into his arms, shielded him from the sunlight with a school uniform jacket, and learned why he had come to the storeroom.
• Cheng Du accused Chen Mu of being foolish for falling for the prank, then took him to a classroom and demanded to know who had summoned him.

During filming, Xie Jianyuan portrayed Cheng Du protecting Chen Mu from classmates who had bullied him, impressing Director Chu with his action work. After the scene, Xu Chun praised Xie Jianyuan’s improving acting, and Xie credited what he had learned from spending time with him.

• Cheng Du demanded that the student who lured Chen Mu to the warehouse identify herself, and a frightened girl admitted it and named the boys who had forced her.
• Cheng Du beat the three boys who challenged the girl and warned the class not to trouble Chen Mu again.
• The scene ended with Director Chu praising Xie Jianyuan’s action performance.
• Xie Jianyuan joined Xu Chun and the student extras, and Director Chu praised Xu Chun’s gaze in the scene.
• Xu Chun told Xie Jianyuan that his acting had improved, and Xie Jianyuan said he had learned by observing Xu Chun.

Xu Chun attended the awards ceremony with his production team, where he reunited with Gu Zi, who had recently met him without knowing his name. Gu Zi promised to repay Xu Chun with interest, leaving Xu Chun reflecting on Gu Zi’s ruthless reputation.

• Xu Chun learned that Canaan had also been nominated and wondered why the nominees differed from his memories of his previous life.
• Xu Chun and his production team walked the cold red carpet before taking their seats inside the heated venue.
• Gu Zi arrived with bodyguards, greeted Xu Chun, and sat in the row in front of him.
• Gu Zi asked why Xu Chun had not contacted him, and Xie Jianyuan said it was because of him without explaining further.
• Gu Zi promised to repay Xu Chun with interest, insisting that he had spare money.

At the Golden Tripod Awards ceremony, Xu Chun handled an awkward introduction with calm humor while Xie Jianyuan’s jealousy surfaced. The ceremony began with Twin Cities winning best film.

• Xu Chun asked Gu Zi about the child at home, and Gu Zi clarified that the boy was his younger brother.
• Wei Jiahe teased Xie Jianyuan that Gu Zi might be interested in Xu Chun, but Xie Jianyuan refused his offer of advice.
• Xu Chun answered calmly when the hosts called him an old friend and asked how many times he had attended the awards.
• The hosts opened the Golden Tripod Awards ceremony and announced Twin Cities as the winner of best film.

At the Golden Tripod Awards, Xie Jianyuan publicly said he would marry when Xu Chun did, then Xu Chun’s Best Actor win was first mistakenly announced as Xu Huaizhou’s. The organizers corrected the error and named Xu Chun the winner, leaving the ceremony to show clips from Twin Cities.

• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan accepted an award for their production team, and Xie Jianyuan told the hosts he would marry when Xu Chun did.
• Xu Chun joked that Xie Jianyuan might have to wait years, and Xie Jianyuan replied that he could afford to wait.
• The hosts announced Xu Huaizhou as Best Actor, and Xu Chun calmly applauded with the other nominees.
• The organizers apologized for a staff error and announced Xu Chun as the Best Actor winner.
• The big screen began showing standout clips from Twin Cities.

Xu Chun won the Golden Tripod Award after an announcement mix-up sparked online arguments with Xu Huaizhou’s fans. He learned that Xie Jianyuan had arranged for Xu Huaizhou to publicly congratulate him, then received an uneasy call from Mother Xu asking him to come home.

• Xu Chun accepted the best actor trophy, thanked Xie Jianyuan, and tactfully acknowledged the filmmakers.
• The award announcement mix-up ignited online debate and tension between Xu Chun’s and Xu Huaizhou’s fans.
• Xu Huaizhou posted congratulations to Xu Chun, calming the dispute.
• Xu Chun learned from Xu Huaizhou that someone had persuaded him to speak up and suspected Xie Jianyuan was behind it.
• Mother Xu asked Xu Chun to come home the next day, and he suggested visiting the day after instead.

Xu Chun agreed to bring Xie Jianyuan home to visit his mother, while Shen Zhu concealed his involvement in an apparent scheme and waited for a call from President Jiang. Later, Xu Chun helped a strange, frail boy retrieve a drink from a vending machine and noticed the boy’s bodyguards watching him.

• Xu Chun told Xie Jianyuan that his mother wanted him to visit, and Xie Jianyuan asked to come along.
• Shen Zhu congratulated Xu Chun at the company, then learned from his assistant that a woman had gone abroad after receiving money and asked to be told if President Jiang called.
• Xu Chun walked through a plaza and helped a boy in a black hoodie retrieve a stuck drink from a vending machine.
• The boy took the drink and told Xu Chun to leave as nearby bodyguards watched him.

Xu Chun returned home to find Xie Jianyuan waiting anxiously for him, then went with him to visit his family, where his mother had arranged a blind date with Zhong Xiu. The visit left Xu Chun sitting with Zhong Xiu and Xie Jianyuan while Mother Xu drew Xie Jianyuan into helping in the kitchen.

• A boy in a hoodie complimented Xu Chun’s eyes before leaving in a black sedan with his bodyguards.
• Xu Chun found Xie Jianyuan sitting in the dark, and Xie Jianyuan said he had worried when Xu Chun came home late and missed his call.
• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan visited the Xu family home, where they met Zhong Xiu, the woman Mother Xu had invited for Xu Chun.
• Mother Xu told Xu Chun she hoped he would consider Zhong Xiu, a university teacher from a good family, but Xu Chun avoided giving her an answer.
• Xie Jianyuan pretended to watch a muted singing show while Xu Chun was away, then Mother Xu called him to help wash vegetables and sent Xu Jin back to his room.

Xu Chun's mother arranged for him to meet Zhong Xiu, and the two got along well over dinner. Xie Jianyuan left feeling distant and jealous, and their walk home ended with him asking whether Zhong Xiu would stay the night.

• Xu Chun's mother told Xie Jianyuan she hoped Xu Chun would meet someone who cared for him, while Xie Jianyuan questioned whether Xu Chun should have been called home without warning.
• Xu Chun and Zhong Xiu talked comfortably, and Zhong Xiu helped wash the dishes after dinner.
• Xie Jianyuan watched Xu Chun and Zhong Xiu working together, then became distant and said he would leave.
• Xu Chun accompanied Xie Jianyuan through the rain under an umbrella, and Xie Jianyuan asked whether Xu Chun knew why his mother had called him home.
• Xu Chun admitted he knew his mother wanted him to meet Zhong Xiu, and Xie Jianyuan asked whether she would stay overnight.

After Xie Jianyuan kissed Xu Chun and confessed his feelings, Xu Chun struggled with his own happiness, guilt, and worries about their future. He came down with a high fever after getting soaked in the rain.

• Xie Jianyuan kissed Xu Chun, asked whether he still wanted to sleep with Zhong Xiu, and said Xu Chun knew he liked him.
• Xie Jianyuan walked away, leaving Xu Chun rooted in place.
• At home, Zhong Xiu explained that she had only agreed to the blind date to appease her parents, and Xu Chun relaxed.
• Xu Chun considered his feelings for Xie Jianyuan and worried about his parents, career, and the consequences of being together.
• Zhong Xiu guessed that Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan had something going on and wished Xu Chun luck before leaving.
• Xu Chun developed a high fever and struggled out of bed to find medicine.

Xie Jianyuan visited Xu Chun in the hospital after learning he was sick, then admitted he had been frightened by his confession and asked Xu Chun to consider his feelings. He left before Xu Chun could answer, leaving the decision unresolved.

• After hearing Xu Chun was sick, Xie Jianyuan left the set and hurried to the hospital.
• Xie Jianyuan found Xu Chun asleep in his hospital bed and sat beside him until he woke.
• Xie Jianyuan told Xu Chun he could take time to think about the confession and that he would accept it if Xu Chun did not feel the same.
• When Xu Chun's mother returned with breakfast, Xie Jianyuan politely said goodbye and asked her to take care of Xu Chun.

While Xu Chun recovered in the hospital, he told his mother he liked someone and rejected the idea of a relationship with Zhong Xiu. He then encountered a young man named Gu at the nurses’ station, just as President Gu arrived.

• Xie Jianyuan left Xu Chun’s hospital room and overheard Xu Chun’s mother say Zhong Xiu had asked after him.
• Xu Chun told his mother there was no possibility of a relationship with Zhong Xiu because he liked someone, and he eventually stopped her from arranging introductions to girls.
• Su Li publicized Xu Chun’s hospitalization and clarified that he had been treated for a fever; Xu Chun posted a hospital photo himself.
• Xu Chun met Gu at the nurses’ station and learned from the nurse that Gu had been hospitalized after a suicide attempt.
• A breathless man tried to get Gu back to his room before President Gu found out, but President Gu stepped out of the elevator with a dark expression.

Xu Chun accepted Gu Zi’s invitation to a meal after his discharge and returned to filming, where the production reached its final scene. In the scene, Chen Mu defended his father against his stepmother’s accusations, and the chapter ended with her attacking him as Cheng Du watched silently.

• Gu Zi stopped Xu Chun and reminded him about his promised meal, and Xu Chun agreed to meet after his discharge.
• Xie Jianyuan picked up Xu Chun from the hospital, and Xu Chun returned to set to catch up on filming.
• Xu Chun caught up with the production, which moved its wrap date forward by several days.
• In the final scene, Chen Mu’s stepmother slapped and insulted him after accusing him of leading Cheng Du astray.
• Chen Mu corrected his stepmother’s claim about his father, revealing why she had married him, and she responded by attacking him while Cheng Du and the adults watched.

Chen Mu endured escalating abuse after Cheng Du denied liking men, and he jumped from the school rooftop while Cheng Du watched helplessly. The apparent tragedy was revealed as a film scene, after which Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan discussed Cheng Du’s conflicted character.

• Cheng Du denied liking men, and his mother warned Chen Mu’s family to keep him away from her son.
• Chen Mu faced worse bullying at school while Cheng Du stopped attending, and he tore up and swallowed a notebook when a classmate tried to take it.
• After hearing Cheng Du was coming to complete his transfer paperwork, Chen Mu fed a stray cat, listened to piano music, bought lunch, and went to the rooftop with his notebook.
• Cheng Du saw Chen Mu on the rooftop and tried to reach him, but his father and bodyguards held him back as Chen Mu jumped.
• The director called cut, revealing Xu Chun had been acting as Chen Mu, and Xie Jianyuan discussed how Cheng Du hurt Chen Mu because he could not admit his feelings.

Xu Chun struggled with his feelings for Xie Jianyuan after meeting Li Lan, who appeared close to him, then declined Xie’s invitation to the wrap party and went to dinner with Gu Zi. The chapter ended with Gu Zi affirming that Director Zhao genuinely thought highly of Xu Chun.

• Li Lan visited Xie Jianyuan on set and greeted Xu Chun, while Xie Jianyuan showed a softened expression around her.
• Xu Chun left Li Lan and Xie Jianyuan together, then grew quiet when a crew member speculated that they were a well-matched couple.
• Xu Chun declined Xie Jianyuan’s invitation to the wrap party because he had already planned to dine with Gu Zi.
• Xu Chun met Gu Zi at an upscale Japanese restaurant, where Gu Zi said Director Zhao truly thought highly of him.

Xu Chun learned that Gu Zi shared his birthday and orphaned background, then watched Xie Jianyuan arrive with Li Lan and realized he felt jealous of their closeness. As rain fell outside, Xie Jianyuan offered Xu Chun a ride while Li Lan held his arm.

• Xu Chun and Gu Zi discovered they had the same birthday and had both been adopted from orphanages.
• Xie Jianyuan and Li Lan arrived at the restaurant, where Li Lan said she was cooperating in his plan to pursue Xu Chun.
• Xie Jianyuan admitted he was pushing Xu Chun to face his feelings, while Li Lan questioned whether Xu Chun liked him and called herself one of the pieces in his gamble.
• Gu Zi left to visit his younger brother at the hospital, and Xu Chun stayed behind, distressed by Xie Jianyuan's apparent closeness with Li Lan.
• Xu Chun met Xie Jianyuan and Li Lan at the entrance in the rain, and Xie Jianyuan offered him a ride.

After Xie Jianyuan chased Xu Chun into an alley, he pressed him to admit his feelings, and Xu Chun nodded that he liked him. Xie Jianyuan embraced him, but Xu Chun objected when Xie Jianyuan told him to hide behind him, insisting they would face their troubles together.

• Xie Jianyuan followed Xu Chun into a secluded alley and held him against the wall.
• Xie Jianyuan asked whether Xu Chun cared about him, and Xu Chun admitted they had too many things to consider.
• Xie Jianyuan asked Xu Chun to nod or shake his head if he liked him, and Xu Chun gave a small nod.
• Xie Jianyuan hugged Xu Chun tightly, and Xu Chun confessed that he was scared.
• Xie Jianyuan told Xu Chun to stay behind him, but Xu Chun insisted he would not let Xie Jianyuan bear their troubles alone.

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan grew closer as Xie reassured him that nothing was going on with Li Lan. After rumors accused Xie of being kept by a wealthy heiress, he confirmed to his agent that he was dating someone but kept Xu Chun's identity secret; the next day, Xu Chun appeared with a new wooden charm carved in the likeness of one of his characters.

• Xie Jianyuan apologized to Xu Chun, reassured him that nothing was going on with Li Lan, and kissed his earlobe.
• A marketing account accused Xie Jianyuan of being kept by a wealthy heiress and posted pictures of him with Li Lan as supposed evidence.
• Xie Jianyuan's team moved to suppress the trending search and contact marketing accounts about the rumors.
• Xie Jianyuan's agent asked whether he was secretly dating someone, and Xie confirmed he was dating someone but refused to reveal who.
• Xu Chun attended a film promotion event with a new wooden charm carved as a chibi version of one of his characters.

Xie Jianyuan faced intensifying rumors that he was being kept by a wealthy woman, while Xu Chun publicly supported him and privately became the person Xie Jianyuan said was keeping him. Xie Jianyuan told Xu Chun to let the rumors spread, and a blogger then revealed that Xie Jianyuan was the wealthy heir of the Xie Household.

• Xu Chun reposted his company's statement clearing Xie Jianyuan, drawing support from Xie Jianyuan's fans even as the rumors continued.
• Wei Jiahe visited Xie Jianyuan and joked that nobody could afford to keep him.
• Xu Chun arrived, and Xie Jianyuan told him that he was the person keeping him, leaving Wei Jiahe astonished.
• Xu Chun asked about the online scandal, and Xie Jianyuan said he had a plan and that the worse the rumors became, the better.
• A well-known blogger revealed that Xie Jianyuan was the only son of the Xie Group and had bought the luxury cars and mansions himself.