Chapter Summaries

Xu Chun rejected Jiang Xiuyan’s attempt to stop him, and Xie Jianyuan stepped in to take him away. After Xu Chun openly took Xie Jianyuan’s hand, they discussed whether the revelation of Xie Jianyuan’s family background would affect him.

• Xu Chun saw that Xie Jianyuan’s old friend had clarified their relationship online, confirming his wealthy family background and ending the rumors.
• Jiang Xiuyan stopped Xu Chun in the company corridor, grabbed his arm, and called him A Chun.
• Xie Jianyuan arrived, and Xu Chun freed himself before Xie Jianyuan blocked Jiang Xiuyan’s view and led him away by the hand.
• Xu Chun forgot he had come to see Su Li, so Xiao Qi went upstairs to find her.
• Xu Chun asked Xie Jianyuan whether the public revelation of his family background would cause problems for him.

Xu Chun prepared to star alongside Xie Jianyuan in the web drama "Demon-Subduing Tribulation" despite online criticism and questions about his career choice. At the production banquet, he encountered Gu Zi and Gu Yiluo, and Gu Zi toasted him to a happy collaboration as an investor in the drama.

• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan flirted as Xu Chun teased him about respecting his elders.
• Xu Chun prepared for "Demon-Subduing Tribulation," where he played sect leader Fan Wu and Xie Jianyuan played his disciple Jiuli.
• The drama's character posters drew discussion, while some questioned why Xu Chun had accepted a web drama after establishing himself in film.
• Xu Chun read online criticism and fan defenses without letting the comments affect his mood.
• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan attended the production banquet, where Xie Jianyuan fended off toasts from the other guests.
• Gu Zi and Gu Yiluo approached Xu Chun, and Gu Zi toasted him to a happy collaboration, revealing his connection to the production.

At a banquet, Xu Chun spoke with Gu Yiluo and Gu Zi about their adopted siblings, while Xie Jianyuan stayed close to him. Xu Chun later spotted Shen Zhu following Jiang Xiuyan, then checked into the production’s modest hotel before filming began.

• Gu Yiluo asked Xu Chun about his younger brother, and Xu Chun explained that Xu Jin was his adopted brother.
• Xu Chun and Gu Yiluo compared how they had behaved with their brothers as children, prompting Gu Zi to reflect on his relationship with Gu Yiluo.
• After Xu Chun left the banquet hall, Xie Jianyuan followed him and admitted that he could not stop being clingy.
• Xu Chun spotted Shen Zhu hurrying after Jiang Xiuyan and told Xie Jianyuan there was no need to dwell on it.
• Before filming began, Xu Chun checked into the production’s midrange hotel, while an internet celebrity in the cast complained about it.

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan discussed Xu Chun’s childhood and his feelings about his biological parents before filming began. Xu Chun then acted as Fan Wu in a scene where Fan Wu rescued a child Jiuli from a pack of wolves, ending with Fan Wu asking the boy his name.

• Xu Chun told Xie Jianyuan that the Xu family elders were his only parents and that meeting his biological parents would not change how he felt.
• Xu Chun and the child actor Wu Yan prepared to film the scene of Fan Wu’s first meeting with Jiuli.
• Fan Wu found Jiuli surrounded by a wounded wolf pack and drove the wolves away with the Cold Light Sword.
• Fan Wu approached the bloodied, exhausted boy and asked him his name.

After filming a childhood scene in which Fan Wu named the wary child Jiuli and invited him to come along, Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan returned to the hotel. Xie Jianyuan coaxed Xu Chun into kissing him before they watched Xu Chun’s old art film, which featured Bai Lingling.

• Fan Wu treated the injured child, named him Jiuli, and invited him to come with him; Jiuli accepted his hand.
• After the director called cut, Xie Jianyuan teased Xu Chun on set, making him blush.
• Xie Jianyuan went to Xu Chun’s hotel room with a laptop and asked him to watch a movie.
• Xie Jianyuan pulled Xu Chun onto his lap and persuaded him to initiate a kiss, then deepened it before letting him go.
• Xie Jianyuan’s chosen movie was an art film Xu Chun had made with Bai Lingling, whose characters shared romantic feelings.

Xie Jianyuan showed jealousy over Xu Chun’s intimate scenes and turned away Chen Guo when she came to Xu Chun’s room. As fans fought over billing for Demon-Subduing Tribulation, Xie Jianyuan posted a selfie with Xu Chun on Weibo.

• While watching Xu Chun’s movie, Xie Jianyuan admitted he could not control his jealousy and promised not to do intimate scenes with anyone else.
• Chen Guo brought watermelon to Xu Chun’s room, but Xie Jianyuan answered the door and sent her away, saying Xu Chun did not like watermelon.
• Xie Jianyuan told Xu Chun he wished he could keep him out of sight of others, then claimed he was joking when Xu Chun looked unsettled.
• Fans began fighting over the leads’ billing after changes to Demon-Subduing Tribulation gave Xu Chun more screen time and reduced Xie Jianyuan’s storyline.
• Xie Jianyuan took a selfie with Xu Chun and posted it on Weibo.

Xie Jianyuan's selfie with Xu Chun triggered a wave of fan backlash and online attacks, though he stayed calm while Xu Chun worried that someone was exploiting the controversy. The chapter left Xu Chun learning that Xie Jianyuan's potential scandal had cost him a phone-brand endorsement, which Su Li had put Xu Chun forward to replace him for.

• Xie Jianyuan's selfie with Xu Chun drew angry comments from fans who accused him of ignoring their advice and loyalty.
• Xie Jianyuan's team quietly removed trending searches as rival teams, paid trolls, and marketing accounts amplified the backlash with farewell posts and old airport footage.
• Some fans confronted and cursed Xie Jianyuan at an event, while other fans defended his right to choose his own friends.
• Xu Chun asked Xie Jianyuan whether he had seen the online controversy and warned that someone might be behind it, but Xie Jianyuan remained unconcerned.
• Su Li told Xu Chun that a phone brand was considering another spokesperson because Xie Jianyuan was caught up in a scandal, and that she had recommended Xu Chun for the endorsement.

Xu Chun refused Su Li’s endorsement offer because he did not want to worsen the feud with Xie Jianyuan or exploit him while he was down. On the film set, Xie Jianyuan kissed Xu Chun, who shoved him away in alarm.

• Xu Chun declined the endorsement, explaining that accepting it would inflame the fans’ conflict and add to Xie Jianyuan’s troubles.
• Shen Zhu met Xu Chun and Su Li in the elevator, then privately told his manager to send the media Xu Chun’s phone number and home address and wait for the right moment.
• During a heatwave on set, Xie Jianyuan gave Xu Chun a bottle of cold water and stopped him from pouring it over his head.
• Chen Guo remarked that Xie Jianyuan and Xu Chun seemed close, and Xie Jianyuan later said he found her strange.
• Xie Jianyuan approached Xu Chun and kissed the corner of his lips, and Xu Chun shoved him away in alarm.

Xu Chun reassured Xie Jianyuan that he had chosen to stay with him, and the two discussed their fans’ online support for their relationship. After Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan signed a joint phone endorsement contract, Xie Jianyuan pulled Xu Chun away from their managers and headed down a different route.

• Xie Jianyuan admitted he feared Xu Chun would leave him, and Xu Chun promised he would not go back on his decision to be with him.
• Xu Chun showed Xie Jianyuan the couple’s Super Topic, and Xie Jianyuan revealed he had already browsed it.
• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan accepted a joint endorsement from a phone brand owned by a subsidiary of the Gu Group.
• Su Li and Xie Jianyuan’s manager finished negotiating the contract and went to call their drivers.
• Xie Jianyuan slipped away from the managers, pulled Xu Chun around a corner, and headed ahead with him.

Xu Chun met Gu Zi and Gu Yiluo, learned Gu Zi had recommended him for an endorsement, and noticed that he and Gu Zi shared pale amber eyes. Filming of Demon-Subduing Tribulation reached a scene where Jiuli found Fan Wu bathing, leaving Jiuli flustered as he checked on his master.

• Gu Yiluo told Gu Zi that their mother had said Gu Zi would die a terrible death, then said people saw him as a plaything.
• Gu Zi stopped Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan and explained that he had recommended Xu Chun for the endorsement through his work with the Xie Household.
• Gu Yiluo pointed out that Xu Chun and Gu Zi had the same pale amber eyes, and Xie Jianyuan later began looking into Gu Zi.
• Xu Chun continued filming Demon-Subduing Tribulation as the production reached the story of Jiuli growing up and developing feelings for Fan Wu.
• During a bathing scene, Jiuli emerged from behind a rockery and told Fan Wu he had come to check on his injuries.

Jiuli delivered medicine to Fan Wu and revealed his progress in cultivation, prompting Fan Wu to decide to supervise him more closely. The story then shifted to Xu Chun, whose endorsement was tied to a skincare scandal, while Shen Zhu made an insinuating comment about him on a variety show.

• Jiuli told Fan Wu that he had reached the sixth level of the Brahma Sound Heart Method, and Fan Wu praised his talent while resolving to pay more attention to his disciple.
• After filming wrapped, Xu Chun returned to the hotel and fell asleep, but Su Li woke him the next morning with news that customers had suffered severe reactions to a skincare product he endorsed.
• Su Li told Xu Chun that people were blaming him online and that marketing accounts were coordinating a smear campaign, while the company tried to contain the backlash.
• Xu Chun suspected the scandal had been deliberately arranged and asked Su Li how Shen Zhu was doing; she said Shen Zhu was filming a reality show.
• During an interview, Shen Zhu named Xu Chun as the actor he admired and called him perfect in every sense, making an ambiguous remark that could further damage Xu Chun's reputation.

Shen Zhu escalated his campaign against Xu Chun, while Xie Jianyuan sought his father's help investigating the trouble surrounding Xu Chun. Xie Jianyuan returned to Xu Chun's hotel room, where Xu Chun reassured him that the scandal would not shake him.

• Shen Zhu told his manager not to suppress the trending topic and vowed to make Xu Chun suffer further.
• Xie Jianyuan met with Father Xie and asked to use his influence to investigate matters concerning someone important to him.
• Father Xie inferred that Xie Jianyuan wanted more power so he could protect someone.
• Xie Jianyuan went to Xu Chun's room and found him awake and discussing the scandal with his manager.
• Xu Chun guessed that Xie Jianyuan was worried about him and said the incident would not affect him as badly as Xie Jianyuan feared.

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan realized they had met as children, then grew closer while sharing a bed and preparing for work. Xu Chun confirmed that Shen Zhu was behind the recent incident, and the chapter ended when his mother called him after a variety show appearance.

• Xu Chun told Xie Jianyuan he had a guess about who was behind the incident, while Xie Jianyuan noticed that Xu Chun had lost weight.
• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan recalled how they had entered the entertainment industry and realized they had met as children at a commercial event.
• Xie Jianyuan embraced Xu Chun, and they slept in the same bed; the next morning, Xie Jianyuan stopped Xiao Qi from helping Xu Chun with his tie.
• Xu Chun encountered Shen Zhu backstage at a variety show and confirmed from his reaction that Shen Zhu had caused the incident.
• After the event, Xu Chun received a call from his mother as he left the television station.

Xu Chun met the biological parents who had abandoned him and learned he had a twin brother. He questioned their story and motives, then told them not to disturb his family again.

• Xu Chun told Xie Jianyuan he had to go home to deal with something and went to meet the strangers waiting with his mother.
• Xu Changjiao tried to embrace Xu Chun, but he pulled away and asked why she had searched for him.
• Xu Changjiao claimed a trafficker had taken Xu Chun, while Zhao Ying said Xu Chun had a twin brother who was still missing.
• Xu Chun learned that someone had given his parents information about him, but Xu Changjiao could not identify that person.
• Xu Chun asked what his biological family wanted, then ordered Xu Changjiao, Zhao Fu, and Zhao Ying to leave and not disturb his family again.

Xu Chun rejected the Zhao family's attempt to claim him, while Xie Jianyuan arrived and Xu Changjiao suddenly declared that he was Xu Chun's twin brother. Xie Jianyuan laughed off the claim, leaving both families stunned.

• Xu Chun rejected Zhao Ying's claim that his birth parents had not abandoned him and told the Zhao family he would not return or give them anything.
• Zhao Ying accused Xu Chun of looking down on his poor relatives, and Xu Chun prepared to send them away.
• Xie Jianyuan arrived, and Xu Chun left with him after saying he would call Mother Xu later.
• Xu Changjiao grabbed Xie Jianyuan's arm and declared that she had found both of her sons.
• Xu Changjiao insisted that Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan were blood brothers, and Xie Jianyuan laughed and called it a good joke.

Xu Changjiao and Zhao Ying left after confronting Xie Jianyuan, and Xu Changjiao revealed how she and Zhao Fu had abandoned their twin sons. Back home, Xu Chun tried to get away and think alone, but Xie Jianyuan cornered him at the bathroom door.

• Xie Jianyuan dismissed Xu Changjiao’s claim that he and Xu Chun were brothers, and Zhao Ying pulled her mother into the elevator.
• Zhao Ying urged Xu Changjiao to focus on finding Xu Chun, but Xu Changjiao insisted she wanted both of her lost sons and pointed out Xie Jianyuan’s expensive watch.
• Xu Changjiao recalled abandoning her twin boys because of their medical problems and the family’s poverty, while Zhao Fu admitted they had done wrong by the children.
• Xu Changjiao planned to pressure Xu Chun for money or hush money, and Zhao Ying admitted she felt little attachment to her newly discovered brother.
• Xu Chun went to the bathroom to think, but Xie Jianyuan came up behind him and covered his hand on the doorknob.

Xu Chun went to the hospital for a paternity test after Xu Changjiao’s claims unsettled him, then visited the welfare home where he had lived to learn more about his past. The director said he had been transferred there from another home for medical help and went to search the records for his illness.

• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan took leave and went to the hospital for paternity tests, with Xie Jianyuan also giving blood to reassure him.
• Xu Chun ran into Gu Zi at the hospital, where Gu Zi explained that his younger brother was being cared for there.
• Xu Changjiao told Xu Chun she had prepared for the test results, and Xie Jianyuan helped him leave without explaining the matter to Gu Zi.
• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan traveled to the welfare home where Xu Chun had lived, and Xu Chun asked the director whether another child had arrived with him.
• The director said Xu Chun had been transferred from another welfare home for medical assistance and went to check the records for details about his illness.

Xu Chun learned that he had an older twin brother with a cleft lip, after the director found an old newspaper report about their childhood. As Xu Chun left the welfare home with Xie Jianyuan, he accepted that his biological family would not change who he considered his family.

• Xu Chun reminisced with Xie Jianyuan at the welfare home and played with the children.
• Xie Jianyuan told a little girl that Xu Chun was his lover.
• The director told Xu Chun that he had been sponsored for medical care as a child and likely had an older twin brother whose cleft lip should have been treated.
• Xu Chun left the welfare home unsettled, and Xie Jianyuan held his hand and promised to stay by his side.
• Xu Chun decided his biological family would not change who his family was, while Xie Jianyuan teased him for blushing.

Xu Chun learned that Xu Changjiao and Zhao Fu were his biological parents but refused to accept them as family. He exposed their attempt to extort five million, recorded their threats, and warned Su Li that someone else might be behind them.

• Xu Chun received the paternity report confirming that he was unrelated by blood to Xie Jianyuan and was the biological son of Xu Changjiao and Zhao Fu.
• Xu Chun rejected Xu Changjiao and Zhao Ying’s invitation to reunite, then helped Xu Changjiao up when she knelt and asked what they wanted from him.
• Xu Changjiao demanded five million and threatened to publish a video of herself kneeling, but Xu Chun refused to pay and walked away.
• Xu Chun gave Su Li a voice recording of Xu Changjiao and Zhao Ying’s threats, and Su Li said they could face extortion charges.
• Xu Chun told Su Li to keep the original recording and suggested someone else was behind Xu Changjiao and Zhao Ying.

Xu Chun faced a growing public backlash after Shen Zhu orchestrated a scandal involving his biological mother and an earlier endorsement controversy. Xu Chun remained calm and appeared ready to retaliate as the controversy began affecting his work.

• Xu Chun told Xie Jianyuan that he knew Shen Zhu had orchestrated both the endorsement scandal and the latest incident involving his mother.
• Xu Changjiao presented a parentage test in an interview and appealed to the public, prompting many netizens to condemn Xu Chun.
• Xu Chun's agency decided to hold its ground and use the controversy to expose whoever was behind it, while Su Li concealed Shen Zhu's involvement from the executives.
• Xu Chun struggled through a crowd of cameras and reporters to reach the dressing room before filming a variety show.