Chapter Summaries

Xu Chun received a bouquet from Jiang Xiuyan and rejected its message, while Xie Jianyuan watched his reaction. After filming, Xu Chun reassured Xu Jin, then told Xu Changjiao that the family would eventually beg him to let them clear his name, and signaled Xie Jianyuan that it was time to act.

• A stylist accidentally tugged Xu Chun's hair, and he reassured her instead of getting angry.
• A staff member delivered purple lilacs to Xu Chun, who recognized Jiang Xiuyan's handwriting on the card and offered the flowers to the stylist or told her to throw them away.
• After filming ended, Xu Chun told Xu Jin to visit their parents and said Xu Jin was his only family.
• Xu Changjiao called Xu Chun and offered to clear things up if he agreed to the family's terms, but Xu Chun said they would eventually beg to help him.
• Xu Chun told Xie Jianyuan it was time, and Xie Jianyuan remarked that Su Li was clever.

Xu Chun exposed Xu Changjiao’s lies about his abandonment and confronted her with the threat of an extortion lawsuit, offering to spare her if she revealed who had put her up to it. After Xu Changjiao called him the next day, Xu Chun believed events were now under his control and anticipated something good.

• An influencer posted Xu Changjiao’s recorded demand for five million, and netizens questioned her public portrayal of herself.
• A self-media team interviewed Xu Chun’s former orphanage director, who confirmed Xu Chun’s birth date had been written in his swaddling clothes when he was abandoned.
• Xu Chun ignored Xu Changjiao’s repeated calls until he answered, then said he might sue her unless she named the person who had put her up to the scheme.
• Xu Chun thanked Xie Jianyuan for helping turn the situation around, while Su Li noticed a change between them.
• Xu Changjiao called Xu Chun the next day, and he ended the call smiling because he felt everything was under his control.

After Xu Chun exposed Shen Zhu’s role in the scandals, Shen Zhu’s reputation collapsed and his company prepared to abandon him. He went alone to Jiang Xiuyan’s company and asked to see President Jiang, though he had no appointment.

• Xu Changjiao identified Shen Zhu as the person who had instructed her to expose Xu Chun, and evidence linked the contact number to Shen Zhu’s agent.
• People involved in Xu Chun’s earlier endorsement scandal said Shen Zhu had paid them, prompting widespread boycotts and calls for him to leave the entertainment industry.
• Shen Zhu’s agent told him that a company executive had called about Xie Jianyuan, and Shen Zhu accepted that the company would sacrifice him.
• Shen Zhu left the company through a crowd of reporters and told his agent to drop him off at a company without explaining why.
• Shen Zhu stood in the rain outside Jiang Xiuyan’s company and asked the security guard to let him see President Jiang.

Shen Zhu faced public scorn before the police took him away for investigation, while Xu Chun performed at a gala and drew attention for his song and a smile toward Xie Jianyuan. The chapter left Shen Zhu’s career ruined and Xu Changjiao’s family disgraced after their home burned down.

• A crowd jeered at Shen Zhu outside a company, and a bystander’s video of him spread rapidly online.
• Xu Chun told Su Li that the controversy surrounding Shen Zhu could keep the buzz going, and Su Li remarked on Xu Chun’s private closeness with Xie Jianyuan.
• Xu Chun entered a room with Xie Jianyuan, Xu Jin, Wen Lin, and a female singer, then said he would sing at the gala.
• Xu Chun’s gala performance trended online after he smiled toward someone in the audience, while Shen Zhu was taken away by police for investigation.
• Xu Changjiao’s family returned to their hometown and found their home burned to ashes, though no one had been hurt or killed.

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan attended Gu Yiluo’s birthday party aboard a yacht, where Xie Jianyuan showed his jealousy over Xu Chun’s friendly exchange with Gu Zi. Gu Yiluo led Xu Chun to a guest room balcony and leaned dangerously over the railing, leaving Xu Chun alarmed and reaching to pull him back.

• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan arrived at the yacht party together and were greeted by Wei Jiahe, who jokingly asked them to repay him for the cat food.
• Xie Jianyuan spoke with a middle-aged guest about President Xie and the possibility of Xie Jianyuan taking on more responsibility in the company.
• Xu Chun exchanged a greeting with Gu Zi, and Xie Jianyuan put an arm around Xu Chun’s shoulders.
• Gu Yiluo took Xu Chun by the hand and led him through the yacht’s corridors to a guest room with a balcony overlooking the sea.
• Gu Yiluo leaned far over the balcony railing, and Xu Chun cried out and reached to pull him back.

Gu Yiluo showed Xu Chun evidence that Gu Zi had been abandoned as a baby with a cleft lip, suggesting that Gu Zi was Xu Chun’s biological older brother. Gu Zi accepted Xu Chun as his younger brother, while Xu Chun left stunned and unsure how this revelation affected his bond with the Xu family.

• Gu Yiluo showed Xu Chun a childhood photo of Gu Zi and an old newspaper article about abandoned twin babies, one born with a cleft lip.
• Xu Chun recognized the baby in the evidence and asked whether Gu Zi was his older brother.
• Gu Zi entered after overhearing them and told Xu Chun that he was his younger brother.
• Gu Yiluo objected to Gu Zi treating him as a younger brother, then fell silent.
• Xu Chun returned to the hall, overwhelmed by the revelation and troubled by his promise that the Xu family would remain his only family.

Xu Chun struggled with Gu Zi’s revelation while Xie Jianyuan grew jealous of the attention Xu Chun paid him. The next day, Gu Zi visited the set, and Xie Jianyuan interrupted their conversation to call Xu Chun to film their scene.

• At the banquet, Xu Chun admitted to Xie Jianyuan that he had met Gu Zi and postponed explaining until they returned to the hotel.
• After the banquet, Xie Jianyuan pulled Xu Chun close and confessed that he was jealous because Xu Chun kept looking at Gu Zi.
• The next day, Gu Zi arrived at the set with the director, and the actors watched the investor inspect the production.
• Gu Zi asked Xu Chun how work was going, and Xu Chun addressed him as President Gu while asking about his visit.
• Xie Jianyuan approached with his script and told Xu Chun that it was time to shoot their scene.

Fan Yin, blind but alive after falling into the Feather Sea, wandered the Human Realm and followed signs of a battle to a city where Jiuli was slaughtering sect cultivators. The chapter ended as Jiuli demanded that the sect’s elders come out, while Fan Yin stood nearby without recognizing him.

• Gu Zi greeted Xie Jianyuan on set as filming began.
• Fan Yin walked through a busy city and overheard people discussing demonic attacks and the failure of cultivators to protect ordinary folk.
• When demonic creatures attacked, Fan Yin sensed the strongest spiritual power and walked against the fleeing crowd toward the battle.
• Fan Yin arrived to find dead white-robed cultivators and a wounded survivor as Jiuli confronted them.
• Jiuli ordered the cultivator to summon the elders, while Fan Yin found Jiuli’s voice vaguely familiar.

After filming their cultivation-drama scene, Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan discussed Xu Chun’s hopes for Xie Jianyuan’s acting career and grew closer. Xie Jianyuan confessed that he feared Xu Chun leaving him, but Xu Chun did not hear him clearly.

• After the director called cut, the young actor praised Xu Chun’s performance, and Xie Jianyuan teased him for not praising Xie Jianyuan too.
• Gu Zi left the set after offering to increase his investment and messaged Xu Chun that he would invite him over another day.
• Back at the hotel, Xu Chun looked up this year’s Hundred Flowers Award winners, and Xie Jianyuan guessed he was hoping to help Xie Jianyuan win an award.
• Xu Chun admitted he was looking into the awards for Xie Jianyuan, then worried aloud that the film’s release date clashed with major releases.
• Xie Jianyuan kissed Xu Chun and said he did not care about awards as long as Xu Chun stayed with him.
• Xu Chun failed to hear Xie Jianyuan’s words clearly, and Xie Jianyuan moved his hand away so he could see Xu Chun’s face.

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan joined the cooking variety show Have You Eaten? and flew abroad to film it. Xu Chun was greeted by a large crowd of overseas fans at the airport.

• Su Li booked Xu Chun for Have You Eaten?, a variety show about running a mobile restaurant abroad.
• Xie Jianyuan arranged to join the show after Xu Chun told him he would be going.
• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan flew together but walked separately to avoid drawing suspicion.
• Xu Chun emerged from the local airport to loud cheers from overseas fans and bowed to them.

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan arrived at their shared lodging for the production and chose to buy groceries while the others prepared to promote their venture. Their shopping trip turned into an unexpected public spectacle, leaving Xu Chun surprised when a group of boys asked him for autographs.

• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan arrived at the lodging, where Wen Ni and Lin Li welcomed them and Lin Li called everyone to a meeting.
• Lin Li assigned the group to either shop for groceries or hand out flyers; Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan chose to shop, while Wen Ni, Lin Li, and Fu He chose to promote the venture.
• Xie Jianyuan drove Xu Chun to a mall, where they selected ingredients and Xie Jianyuan added corn so he could make corn and pork rib soup.
• A girl recognized Xie Jianyuan and asked for his autograph, drawing a crowd that filmed him in the mall.
• Xu Chun prepared to shop alone after seeing Xie Jianyuan surrounded by fans, but several fashionably dressed boys approached and asked Xu Chun for autographs.

Xu Chun practiced cooking his signature tomato-and-egg dish before the group opened their restaurant, while Xie Jianyuan supported him and showed affection in small ways. At the restaurant, Xie Jianyuan sent Xu Chun out to attract customers, where Xu Chun found Wen Ni struggling to communicate with the few people nearby.

• Xu Chun struggled to cook tomatoes and eggs for dinner, while Xie Jianyuan prepared several other dishes; the group found Xu Chun’s dish bland, though Xie Jianyuan praised it.
• Xu Chun practiced cooking late into the night, then read reviews of his movie in bed; Xie Jianyuan liked a comment hinting at their relationship, and later covered Xu Chun with a blanket.
• The group traveled to a seaside pedestrian street and began preparing their temporary restaurant for its first day of business.
• Lin Li assigned Wen Ni to bring in customers, while Xie Jianyuan took over Xu Chun’s dishwashing and sent him out to help with customers and orders.
• Xu Chun went outside and found few customers, while Wen Ni struggled to speak with the locals in broken English.

Xu Chun helped the restaurant attract customers and serve a busy dining room, while sharing a playful moment with Xie Jianyuan over a pair of cat ears. The chapter left Xu Chun taking orders from two young men who treated him as an ordinary waiter, as his fans watched awkwardly.

• Xu Chun helped Wen Ni handle English-speaking customers, then teamed up with Xie Jianyuan to promote the restaurant and bring in a crowd.
• A fan gave Xu Chun cat ears, and Xie Jianyuan teased him before saying they suited him and calling him cute.
• Xu Chun served food and met several fans who had settled in the country; one asked him for an autograph.
• Two young men arrived to meet the fans and, not recognizing Xu Chun, ordered from him with an unfriendly attitude.
• Xu Chun calmly wrote down their orders and returned an autograph to an excited fan.

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan worked together at the restaurant during the variety show, then returned home and resumed filming scenes they had missed. Xu Chun’s new film was doing well, while the director hoped his own work might one day be recognized.

• Xie Jianyuan finished his orders and helped Xu Chun serve the restaurant’s growing crowd.
• A tall young man accused Xu Chun of making his food too salty, and Xie Jianyuan calmly offered to replace the dish for a charge and a one percent discount.
• Xie Jianyuan pulled Xu Chun into the camera-free restroom and held him until he had calmed down.
• After the three-day variety show ended, Xu Chun, Xie Jianyuan, and the others returned home to fans waiting at the airport.
• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan resumed filming missed scenes, and the director congratulated Xu Chun on his film’s success.

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan attended the Baihua Awards, where Unexpected Joy won best film and Xie Jianyuan won best actor. The chapter ended with Xie Jianyuan checking Xu Chun’s reaction instead of acknowledging the cameras.

• Xu Chun reassured Director Chu before the awards were announced.
• Unexpected Joy won the best film award, and Director Chu accepted the trophy.
• Xu Chun noticed Xie Jianyuan seemed unconcerned about the best actor award and urged him to take acting seriously.
• Xie Jianyuan won best actor, and his first reaction was to look at Xu Chun.

Xie Jianyuan won best actor at the Baihua Awards, and Xu Chun reassured him that he was happy for him. At a crew barbecue, Xie Jianyuan arrived and found Xu Chun being flirted with, then accepted the squid skewer Xu Chun had grilled for him.

• Xie Jianyuan won best actor at the Baihua Awards, though he thought the trophy should have gone to Xu Chun.
• Xu Chun told Xie Jianyuan he was not upset about the result and teased that a meal would make up for it.
• News of Xie Jianyuan's win spread online, and the two fandoms began arguing again.
• Xu Chun agreed to attend a barbecue with the film crew and said Xie Jianyuan would arrive later.
• Han Na moved closer to Xu Chun while the crew members grilled food for him, but Xu Chun praised Xie Jianyuan instead.
• Xie Jianyuan arrived, gave Han Na an icy look, and accepted the squid skewer Xu Chun had grilled for him.

After Xie Jianyuan took a drunken Xu Chun away from the barbecue, Han Na secretly photographed Xie Jianyuan kissing Xu Chun’s forehead. The next morning, Xu Chun received the photo and agreed to meet the sender.

• Xie Jianyuan took Xu Chun from the crowded lawn to a quiet garden and warmed his hand as Xu Chun leaned against him.
• Han Na followed them, saw Xie Jianyuan kiss Xu Chun’s forehead, and secretly photographed them.
• When Xu Chun complained that his stomach hurt, he refused to leave Xie Jianyuan and stayed with him in the cold for most of the night.
• Xu Chun woke at the hotel with a cold and received a photo from an unfamiliar number showing him with Xie Jianyuan.
• After the sender said they wanted to meet, Xu Chun agreed and memorized the time and address they sent.

Xu Chun rejected Han Na’s demand to fake a relationship, and photos of him with Xie Jianyuan appeared on the trending searches. Xie Jianyuan arrived at Xu Chun’s company and hinted at a third way to handle the scandal before accompanying him home.

• Han Na asked Xu Chun to pretend to date her in exchange for destroying photos, but Xu Chun refused and told her to release them if she wished.
• Photos appeared among the trending searches, prompting Su Li to confront Xu Chun as the scandal spread and Weibo crashed.
• Xie Jianyuan called Xu Chun, arrived at the company, and told Su Li they would handle the matter themselves.
• Su Li proposed denying the relationship or announcing that they had already broken up, but Xie Jianyuan hinted at a third option.
• Xu Chun told Xie Jianyuan he needed to go home, and Xie Jianyuan offered to accompany him.

Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan confirmed their relationship to Xu Chun’s family, and Mrs. Xu accepted their decision while Xie Jianyuan privately spoke with Mr. Xu. After the family matter was settled, Xu Chun faced the company’s decision to suspend his appearances over the public relationship.

• Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan visited Xu Chun’s home, where Xu Chun told his parents and Xu Jin that they were together.
• Mrs. Xu accepted Xu Chun’s choice and said she would respect his decision, while Mr. Xu left the room in anger.
• Xu Jin asked what Xie Jianyuan’s parents thought, and Xie Jianyuan assured him there was no need to worry.
• Xie Jianyuan spoke privately with Mr. Xu, who came out calmer and offered Xu Chun a few words of advice.
• Xu Chun learned that his company was suspending his appearances and targeting him over the relationship, though his contract did not forbid dating.

After Xu Chun terminated his contract and announced that his work would be handled by his own studio, he publicly confirmed his relationship with Xie Jianyuan. Their announcement drew intense attention online, and Xie Jianyuan comforted Xu Chun before taking a candid photo of them together.

• Xu Chun told Su Li he planned to terminate his contract and start his own studio, with Xie Jianyuan handling the legal negotiations.
• Su Li decided to join Xu Chun, and Xu Chun posted that he had amicably terminated his contract and that his work would be managed by Xu Chun Studio.
• Xu Chun answered a comment asking whether he and Xie Jianyuan were together with “Yes.”
• Xu Chun’s relationship confirmation became a top trending topic as fans celebrated, while some fans opposed the relationship or left the fandom.
• Xie Jianyuan reassured Xu Chun about the online reaction, then took a photo of them together in the dressing room.