Recaps

Qi Si admitted that he was afraid Jiang Zhijie’s hidden suggestions might be triggered, and Bo Yanqi gave him space to explain what he had been hiding. Qi Si began describing why Jiang Zhijie considered him the perfect test subject, but had not yet explained what made him different.

• Bo Yanqi confronted Qi Si about using jokes to conceal his real thoughts, and Qi Si asked whether Bo Yanqi had been curious about the questions he asked in the elevator.
• Qi Si admitted he had not known how to discuss his fear that meeting Jiang Zhijie could trigger suggestions planted in his memories.
• Bo Yanqi led Qi Si into a stairwell and told him they could delay seeing Jiang Zhijie while Qi Si sorted out his thoughts.
• Bo Yanqi joked with Qi Si until the tension eased, and Qi Si explained that keeping his secret would eventually become unbearable.
• Qi Si described Jiang Zhijie's experiments to create and make multiple personalities coexist within children, then said he had been the exception to the other failed subjects.

Qi Si told Bo Yanqi that he had cooperated with Jiang Zhijie’s experiments to protect the other children, then revealed that he was not originally from their world. He explained that the experiments might have replaced a child’s original personality, leaving Bo Yanqi to absorb the truth about Qi Si’s identity and memories.

• Qi Si explained that Jiang Zhijie’s experiments worked poorly on children and that Qi Si became his most difficult subject because he resisted.
• Qi Si told Bo Yanqi that he had chosen to cooperate with Jiang Zhijie in exchange for the other children’s safety.
• Bo Yanqi comforted Qi Si and regretted that he had not investigated sooner, while Qi Si insisted the suffering was not his fault.
• Qi Si explained that the experiments could replace a child’s original personality and questioned whether he would still have been himself if he had truly been a child.
• Qi Si confessed to Bo Yanqi that he was not from this world and recalled waking in a hospital delivery room with memories of his previous life.

Qi Si told Bo Yanqi that he had died young from an illness in his past life, and Bo Yanqi comforted him over the hardships he had endured. Qi Si blamed himself for his parents’ deaths in this life, but Bo Yanqi said the chain of events ultimately traced back to him and his mother.

• Qi Si revealed that he had died during surgery after falling ill in his past life.
• Bo Yanqi mourned that Qi Si had died young and suffered further misfortune in this life because of Jiang Zhijie.
• Qi Si said meeting Bo Yanqi and having Qi Wang as his brother were the greatest fortunes across both his lives, though he still felt responsible for his parents’ deaths.
• Bo Yanqi told Qi Si not to blame himself and said Jiang Zhijie had caused the events that led to the Qi parents’ deaths.
• Bo Yanqi said the source of the whole matter was himself and his mother, leaving Qi Si surprised.

Bo Yanqi reassured Qi Si that the tragedies at Morning Light Orphanage were not his fault and praised him for saving the children. Qi Si explained that Jiang Zhijie had left a clue about his previous life in his memories, and he and Bo Yanqi agreed to confront Jiang Zhijie together.

• Bo Yanqi told Qi Si that Jiang Zhijie had caused the orphanage tragedies and that Qi Si had saved many children.
• Qi Si recalled how he had repeatedly submitted to Jiang Zhijie's experiments to protect the children, despite the danger to himself.
• Bo Yanqi realized Qi Si wanted to question Jiang Zhijie about his previous life.
• Qi Si explained that Jiang Zhijie had left a hidden hint in his memories, which he discovered after dreaming of Jiang Zhijie's death.
• Qi Si said he feared Jiang Zhijie might reveal his secret or plant suggestions in others, so he needed to meet him.
• Bo Yanqi insisted on accompanying Qi Si, and Qi Si agreed.

Qi Si and Bo Yanqi visited the dying Jiang Zhijie, who warned Qi Si against trusting love based on Jiang Honghu’s betrayal of his mother and Zhong Xinyao. Qi Si rejected the warning and challenged Jiang Zhijie’s motives, leaving their conversation unresolved.

• Bo Yanqi and Qi Si held hands as they met Bai Hanzhou and Li An outside Jiang Zhijie's room.
• Bai Hanzhou stopped Li An from following Qi Si and Bo Yanqi inside, and Li An agreed to stand guard outside.
• Qi Si and Bo Yanqi entered Jiang Zhijie's room, where Jiang Zhijie asked whether Qi Si had told Bo Yanqi everything.
• Qi Si said he trusted Bo Yanqi as his lover, and Jiang Zhijie warned that young people could be blinded by love.
• Jiang Zhijie described how Jiang Honghu had deceived Zhong Xinyao and abandoned his mother, then urged Qi Si not to trust love or those around him.
• Qi Si dismissed Jiang Zhijie's warning and asked why he was talking about love when they both knew why Qi Si had come.

Qi Si confronted Jiang Zhijie at the hospital about the message he had left in Qi Si’s memories. Jiang Zhijie revealed that he knew Qi Si was not from this world and asked whether Qi Si could take him to the other world.

• Qi Si accused Jiang Zhijie of using his parents’ selfish relationship to lecture him about love, and Jiang Zhijie’s condition worsened until doctors treated him.
• Bo Yanqi said Qi Si had already voiced his thoughts, while the doctors warned them not to provoke Jiang Zhijie again.
• Qi Si returned to Jiang Zhijie’s bedside and demanded to know what the message in his memories meant and why Jiang Zhijie had lured him there.
• Jiang Zhijie claimed he knew Qi Si came from another world and asked whether Qi Si knew how to get there, alarming Qi Si and darkening Bo Yanqi’s expression.

Bo Yanqi threatened Jiang Zhijie with extracting his consciousness and keeping it in a container, revealing that he had been researching how to preserve consciousness beyond the body. Qi Si took comfort in Bo Yanqi’s protection but was left shaken by doubts about whether his memories and identity were real.

• Qi Si questioned why Jiang Zhijie wanted to know how to return to his original world, and Bo Yanqi shielded Qi Si when Jiang Zhijie seemed dangerous.
• Bo Yanqi warned Jiang Zhijie that he could make him beg for death, then revealed his research into preserving human consciousness after bodily death.
• Qi Si grew anxious that his own memories might be fabricated, but Bo Yanqi took his hand and reassured him.
• Jiang Zhijie asked whether Bo Yanqi had confirmed the existence of souls and captured them, and Bo Yanqi said he could extract Jiang Zhijie’s consciousness and control it in a prepared container.
• Bo Yanqi offered to apply to the higher-ups immediately, claiming Jiang Zhijie’s status as a death-row inmate made him suitable for the experiment.

Bo Yanqi reassured Qi Si that the world was real and that his love was his own choice, not a programmed command. After a doctor said Jiang Zhijie's condition was worsening, Bo Yanqi took Qi Si out of the room, where they found Li An and Bai Hanzhou arguing.

• Bo Yanqi admitted that he had only been bluffing about technology that could transfer and preserve consciousness, and Qi Si confessed that the idea had made him doubt whether his world was real.
• Bo Yanqi reassured Qi Si that he, Qi Wang, and the people around him were real, and told Qi Si that his love was a choice rather than a program command.
• Qi Si reflected on how his former personality had acted as if it loved Lin Weiwei without truly feeling love, and Bo Yanqi told him that his sense of self stood above any command or design.
• A doctor told Bo Yanqi and Qi Si that Jiang Zhijie's condition was not optimistic and that their visit had to end.
• Bo Yanqi led Qi Si out of the room, where they saw Li An arguing with Bai Hanzhou.

Qi Si and Bo Yanqi left the hospital while Bai Hanzhou and Li An bickered, then reunited with them and traveled to the Zhong Family residence. Bai Hanzhou feared he would be punished for betraying the Jiang Family, but they entered without trouble, and Li An’s kick nearly sent him crashing into Zhong Nantian.

• Li An grabbed Bai Hanzhou by the hair for his teasing, and Qi Si and Bo Yanqi left them arguing.
• Bai Hanzhou and Li An caught up with Qi Si and Bo Yanqi in the parking lot, then agreed to accompany them to Zhong Nantian’s residence.
• Bo Yanqi brought up Bai Hanzhou’s betrayal of the Jiang Family, while Li An’s loyalty remained solely to Bo Yanqi.
• Bai Hanzhou worried that Zhong Nantian’s people would reject or attack him, but his car passed through the Zhong Family gates without hindrance.
• Li An kicked Bai Hanzhou forward, and Bai Hanzhou twisted aside to avoid Zhong Nantian’s raised foot.

Li An and Bai Hanzhou joined Bo Yanqi and Qi Si at Zhong Nantian’s home, where they discussed Jiang Zhijie’s failing health and the likelihood that he would die before his trial. The conversation revealed that Bo Yanqi had invested in medical research after Li An showed interest in medicine.

• Bai Hanzhou nearly collided with Zhong Nantian after Li An’s kick sent him stumbling, then awkwardly claimed he had been excited to see him.
• Bo Yanqi told Zhong Nantian that Jiang Zhijie was unlikely to survive long enough to see his trial verdict, and Qi Si accepted that his wish might go unfulfilled.
• Li An suggested giving Jiang Zhijie an expensive drug that could briefly restore his ability to act, then rejected the idea because Jiang did not deserve the expense.
• Zhong Nantian revealed that Bo Yanqi had invested in a medical research institute, and Bo Yanqi explained that Li An’s interest in medicine had influenced his decision.
• Bo Yanqi said he had initially invested in a research team to help lower medicine prices.

Bai Hanzhou pressed Bo Yanqi about the supposed Consciousness Extraction, prompting a group to laugh over the idea. Bo Yanqi explained that he had used the notion of pulling a soul from a body to scare Jiang Zhijie, leaving Bai Hanzhou speechless when Qi Si pointed out he might have invented it from science-fiction movies.

• Zhong Nantian asked whether Bo Yanqi had resolved things with Jiang Zhijie, and Bai Hanzhou asked about Consciousness Extraction.
• Li An covered Bai Hanzhou's mouth when his dramatic complaints annoyed Qi Si, then let him go after warning him.
• Bo Yanqi called Consciousness Extraction unscientific, but Li An's serious question made Qi Si laugh, and the others soon joined in.
• Bo Yanqi explained that Consciousness Extraction meant pulling a person's soul from their body and that some people genuinely believed in it.
• Qi Si suggested Bo Yanqi had made up the idea from science-fiction movies to scare Jiang Zhijie, leaving Bai Hanzhou speechless.

Bo Yanqi explained how he had fooled Jiang Zhijie with a fabricated story about extracting consciousness, amusing Zhong Nantian and the others. Qi Si said he no longer cared if Jiang Zhijie died before his verdict, since the fear Bo Yanqi had planted would make him restless even in death.

• Bo Yanqi admitted that his advanced AI story to Jiang Zhijie was mostly invented, and Bai Hanzhou described how badly it had frightened him.
• Bai Hanzhou blamed Bo Yanqi’s storytelling for making people believe the lie, prompting Zhong Nantian and Qi Si to tease Bo Yanqi.
• Bo Yanqi suggested that technologies now dismissed as fiction might someday become real, and Qi Si agreed.
• Zhong Nantian asked whether Bo Yanqi had frightened Jiang Zhijie to death, and Qi Si said he no longer cared if Jiang Zhijie died before receiving a verdict.

Qi Si and Bo Yanqi visited Jiang Zhijie as he lay dying in the hospital, where Qi Si decided not to use an injection that could prolong his life for only a few hours. Qi Si went to whisper something to Jiang Zhijie, and the bedside monitors immediately blared an alarm.

• Zhong Nantian asked why Qi Si had visited Jiang Zhijie, and Bo Yanqi gave a vague answer to protect Qi Si's secret.
• Zhong Nantian warned that Jiang Zhijie might not survive the next few days, and the hospital called Qi Si and Bo Yanqi the following day to say he was near death.
• Bo Yanqi and Qi Si arrived at the hospital with Bai Hanzhou and Li An and learned Jiang Zhijie was unlikely to survive until trial.
• Bo Yanqi offered to use Li An's injection to keep Jiang Zhijie alive for a few more hours, but Qi Si declined and chose to speak to him instead.
• Qi Si whispered into Jiang Zhijie's ear, and the monitors beside the bed immediately sounded a shrill alarm.

Qi Si taunted Jiang Zhijie with news that Bo Yanqi's application had been approved, and Jiang Zhijie died despite the doctors' efforts to resuscitate him. Afterward, Qi Si visited Jiang Honghu to tell him about his son's death and leave him furious and grieving.

• Qi Si told Jiang Zhijie that Bo Yanqi's application had been approved, and the news left Jiang Zhijie so agitated that medical staff struggled to revive him.
• The doctors declared Jiang Zhijie dead, and Qi Si regretted that he would not get to see him suffer through a miserable life.
• Qi Si asked Bo Yanqi to take him to visit Yang Jiali and Jiang Honghu, who were both surprised to see him.
• Qi Si told Jiang Honghu that Jiang Zhijie had died, and guards restrained Jiang Honghu when he angrily rejected the news.
• Qi Si mocked Jiang Honghu for being unable to arrange his son's funeral and left while Jiang Honghu remained conscious.

Bo Yanqi questioned Yang Jiali about the kidnapping of Zhong Xinyao’s son and revealed that the kidnappers had been ordered to kill the hostage. Yang Jiali realized she had not known what happened afterward, and Bo Yanqi left her questioning Jiang Honghu’s role.

• Bo Yanqi told Yang Jiali that Jiang Zhijie was dead and challenged her belief that turning on Jiang Honghu would spare her and her son.
• Bo Yanqi asked whether Yang Jiali alone had planned the kidnapping or had taken the blame for Jiang Honghu.
• Yang Jiali insisted she had only ordered the child abducted to pressure Zhong Xinyao, not killed.
• Bo Yanqi said the kidnappers testified that they had been ordered to kill the hostage and claimed he had evidence linking Yang Jiali to efforts to silence them.
• Yang Jiali reacted with shock to the claim that the kidnappers had been silenced, while Bo Yanqi questioned how she had failed to recognize Jiang Honghu’s true nature.

Bo Yanqi confronted Yang Jiali with the truth that Jiang Honghu had manipulated her and arranged the kidnapping conspirators’ deaths, then told her that her son had died from chemical exposure while making prohibited drugs. He left Yang Jiali devastated and reunited with Qi Si, ending the chapter as they headed to the hospital for a rabies vaccination.

• Bo Yanqi revealed that Jiang Honghu had orchestrated the kidnapping plot and eliminated the people involved, prompting Yang Jiali to realize she had been manipulated into serving as his scapegoat.
• Bo Yanqi rejected Yang Jiali’s attempts to blame Jiang Honghu alone, then told her that her son had died after prolonged exposure to chemicals used in making prohibited drugs.
• Yang Jiali screamed and struggled as Bo Yanqi left the visiting room, leaving her to await official confirmation of her son’s death.
• Bo Yanqi met Qi Si outside, caught him as he leaped into his arms, and joked that they were going to the hospital for a rabies vaccine.

Qi Si returned to A City with Bo Yanqi after revealing how he had terrified Jiang Zhijie before his death. Reunited with Qi Wang and Yu Zhen, the group celebrated Jiang Zhijie’s final end and went to Brocade Deep Pavilion to eat.

• Bo Yanqi asked Qi Si what he had said to Jiang Zhijie, and Qi Si explained that he had claimed to know how to return to another world before telling Jiang Zhijie he could never go.
• Qi Si clarified that he had been lying and that his ashes had been scattered, while Bo Yanqi said it was good that he had done so.
• Qi Wang and Yu Zhen welcomed Qi Si at A City Airport, and Qi Wang hugged his younger brother with relief.
• Qi Si told Qi Wang about the events in G City and confirmed that Jiang Zhijie was dead for good, prompting the brothers to share an emotional moment.
• Bo Yanqi arranged a meal at Brocade Deep Pavilion, where Yu Zhen enjoyed its signature dish and Qi Si praised Qi Wang’s cooking.

Qi Si told Qi Wang that he wanted to return to acting because he still loved it, and Qi Wang agreed on the condition that he come home if trouble arose. Bo Yanqi voiced concerns about Qi Si meeting handsome men in the entertainment industry, but Qi Si reassured him that he would only like him.

• Qi Wang called out Qi Si for flattering him and demanded to know what he wanted.
• Qi Si explained that he had reconsidered his future and wanted to pursue acting because he still loved it.
• Yu Zhen asked whether Qi Si wanted to act because of Lin Weiwei, and Qi Si denied it.
• Qi Wang agreed to let Qi Si act but warned him to return home if trouble or an accident occurred.
• Qi Si flirted with Bo Yanqi and promised he would not fall for anyone else, making Bo Yanqi smile.

Qi Si, Bo Yanqi, Qi Wang, and Yu Zhen investigated a public fight and discovered that Lin Weiwei had become the mistress of Ren Zhigang, a man married into the Xu Household. Yu Zhen explained how Ren Zhigang had married Miss Xu after his father saved her grandfather, leaving Qi Si appalled at how the Xu Household repaid the favor.

• Qi Si and Bo Yanqi went to investigate a commotion at Brocade Deep Pavilion, and Qi Si reassured Bo Yanqi that he only loved him when he recognized Lin Weiwei.
• Qi Si and Yu Zhen learned that Lin Weiwei had become Ren Zhigang's mistress after Bo Fuyu and Zhou Linzhe abandoned her and creditors began demanding repayment.
• Ren Zhigang tried to intervene when his wife attacked Lin Weiwei, but his wife struck him and threatened divorce, leaving him silent.
• Yu Zhen identified Ren Zhigang as an ordinary man who had married into the wealthy Xu Household, and explained that his father had once saved Miss Xu's grandfather.
• Yu Zhen revealed that Ren Zhigang had asked to marry Miss Xu after meeting her, and Qi Si condemned the Xu Household's decision to repay the old favor by giving their daughter in marriage.

Qi Si learned why Xu Xiaohong had married Ren Zhigang and watched her confront Lin Weiwei over his lavish spending on his mistress. When Lin Weiwei lunged at Qi Si, Yu Zhen stopped her, and Qi Si left by declaring Bo Yanqi his boyfriend.

• Yu Zhen explained that Xu Xiaohong had agreed to marry Ren Zhigang in exchange for gaining control of the Xu Household business.
• Qi Si learned Xu Xiaohong had confronted Ren Zhigang and Lin Weiwei because Ren had spent too much money on his mistress.
• Qi Si and the others tried to leave, but Lin Weiwei called out to Qi Si and broke free to rush toward him.
• Yu Zhen kicked Lin Weiwei away, then Xu Xiaohong seized her and apologized to Qi Si and his companions.
• Lin Weiwei begged Qi Si to save her, and Qi Si said he liked Bo Yanqi and warned her not to anger his hard-to-pacify boyfriend.

Qi Si rejected Lin Weiwei, leaving Xu Xiaohong to force her and Ren Zhigang to face the consequences of their actions. He later committed to acting, signed with Bo Yanqi’s entertainment company, and discovered that he owned it.

• Qi Si left Brocade Deep Pavilion without helping Lin Weiwei, and Xu Xiaohong confronted and slapped her while the onlookers stayed out of it.
• Yu Zhen explained that she had kicked Lin Weiwei to protect the men’s reputations, and Qi Si confirmed that he no longer cared for Lin Weiwei.
• Xu Xiaohong demanded repayment from Ren Zhigang and used evidence of his embezzlement to make him choose between repayment, divorce, or prison.
• Ren Zhigang divorced Xu Xiaohong, lost his benefits from the Xu Household, and took out his anger on Lin Weiwei after receiving no compensation.
• Qi Si decided to pursue acting seriously and signed with Bo Yanqi’s entertainment company, only to discover that he had become its owner.

Qi Si insisted on auditioning for an undecided role in The Wind Rises rather than taking the male lead, and Bo Yanqi agreed to follow his wishes. The production announced Shen Shuyu as its female lead, and her recovery selfie sparked speculation about the diamond ring on her hand and who her husband was.

• Bo Yanqi offered Qi Si the male lead role in The Wind Rises, but Qi Si refused and asked to audition for a role that had not been cast.
• Qi Si stopped Bo Yanqi from replacing an actor for him and reminded him that he was now the company boss, so Bo Yanqi agreed to listen.
• The Wind Rises officially announced its male and female leads, with Shen Shuyu playing the female lead.
• Shen Shuyu posted that she had fully recovered and shared a selfie among flowers.
• Netizens spotted a diamond ring on Shen Shuyu's ring finger and wondered whether she was married and who her husband was.

Qi Si learned that Shen Shuyu had married Bo Shengan and discussed why Shen Shuyu might have accepted the marriage despite Bo Shengan being a woman. After teasing Bo Yanqi and oversleeping, Qi Si woke up just in time to refuse taking a day off before joining the production of The Wind Rises.

• Bo Yanqi told Qi Si that Shen Shuyu had married Bo Shengan, and Qi Si was surprised to learn Shen Shuyu knew Bo Shengan was a woman.
• Bo Yanqi said Shen Shuyu and Yang Yi had been shipped online, prompting Qi Si to tease him about shipping couples before Bo Yanqi pounced on him.
• Qi Si reasoned that Shen Shuyu might have married Bo Shengan for protection after losing the Shen Household's support and falling out with Bo Fuyu.
• The next morning, Qi Si sat up while still asleep as Bo Yanqi prepared to ask the production team for leave.
• Qi Si fully woke up, refused to take a day off, and got out of bed to join the production.

Qi Si’s casting in The Wind Rises leaked online, prompting backlash over his acting and accusations that he joined with funding. After Qi Si said he would handle the controversy, the trending topics shifted to Shen Shuyu’s marriage alliance with Bo Shengan, and Qi Si called Bo Yanqi to ask whether he had leaked the news.

• Qi Si quietly joined The Wind Rises as its fourth male lead and behaved so calmly that the director and screenwriter were surprised.
• News of Qi Si’s casting hit the trending searches, and the director suspected someone had leaked it despite the production’s confidentiality agreements.
• Qi Si learned about the online backlash, saw commenters criticize his acting and claim he had joined with funding, and told the director he would handle it.
• The trending topics about Qi Si were suppressed and replaced by news of Shen Shuyu’s marriage alliance with Bo Shengan, including a photo of Bo Shengan in a wheelchair.
• Qi Si called Bo Yanqi and asked whether he had arranged the leak about Shen Shuyu and Bo Shengan.

Qi Si reassured Bo Yanqi after awkwardly asking whether he had caused the trending topic, then rehearsed a scene with Shen Shuyu and discussed her feelings for Bo Shengan and her online friend. Shen Shuyu began reconsidering how her past relationship with Bo Fuyu had shaped her approach to love, while the identity of her online friend remained undisclosed.

• Qi Si apologized for his tone during a phone call with Bo Yanqi, who teased him and said he would pick him up that night.
• Shen Shuyu rehearsed with Qi Si and urged him to take his acting seriously; his performance surprised her by taking the lead in their scene.
• Shen Shuyu told Qi Si she had remembered her childhood and explained that she had mistaken Bo Fuyu for Bo Shengan, the boy she had liked when they were young.
• Shen Shuyu revealed that she had fallen for an online friend who had comforted her after she gave up on Bo Fuyu, and said the friend had confessed to liking her for a long time.
• Qi Si encouraged Shen Shuyu to ask her partner questions instead of treating Bo Fuyu's complaints as normal, and Shen Shuyu reconsidered her fears about showing concern.