Recaps

Song Mingzhou reported to the set, then followed a system plot point by asking his estranged father for four million yuan and being refused. Cheng Xin offered to lend him the money if he lured Shen Qing to a place of her choosing, leaving Song Mingzhou suspecting the encounter was another task.

• Song Mingzhou rushed to the set after leaving Duan Xun, and the director praised his acting while warning him not to indulge too much in distractions.
• Song Mingzhou received details about his contract compensation and called his father to request a four-million-yuan loan.
• Song Mingzhou's father rejected him and ended the call, completing the system's plot point and raising his task progress to 17/100.
• Cheng Xin revealed she had overheard Song Mingzhou's call and offered him four million yuan to invite Shen Qing out alone and deliver him to a place she designated.
• Song Mingzhou recognized Cheng Xin's interest in Shen Qing and suspected that her offer was tied to another plot task.

Song Mingzhou agreed to help Cheng Xin arrange a meeting with Shen Qing and accepted Shen Qing’s invitation to Gu Yanting’s dinner, where Cheng Xin planned to carry out her scheme. After teasing Duan Xun by message, Song Mingzhou video-called him from the hotel, and Duan Xun asked whether he had finished showering.

• Cheng Xin asked Song Mingzhou to help her get Shen Qing alone in exchange for money, and Song Mingzhou agreed after a plot point triggered.
• Shen Qing invited Song Mingzhou to a dinner hosted by Gu Yanting, and Song Mingzhou accepted while concealing his own plans.
• Cheng Xin messaged Song Mingzhou that she would send him the address for the scheme during Gu Yanting’s dinner, and Song Mingzhou confirmed.
• Song Mingzhou messaged Duan Xun about visiting him, and Duan Xun teased him before saying he was busy on his way to the airport.
• Song Mingzhou returned to the crew hotel and started a video call with Duan Xun after showering.

Song Mingzhou flirted with Duan Xun during a video call while they stayed connected, then faced Shen Qing after Shen caught him talking to Duan Xun. Gu Yanting arrived and found Song Mingzhou and Shen Qing in a tense exchange.

• Song Mingzhou asked Duan Xun to keep him company on a video call, and they stayed connected while he read his script.
• Gu Yanting visited the set with food after more than ten days away, while Shen Qing brought some to Song Mingzhou’s lounge.
• Shen Qing walked in as Song Mingzhou flirted with Duan Xun and became surprised and jealous when he realized who was on the call.
• Song Mingzhou dismissed Shen Qing’s questions about Duan Xun, saying their relationship was none of Shen Qing’s business.
• Gu Yanting entered the lounge, put an arm around Shen Qing, and challenged Song Mingzhou.

Song Mingzhou drove a wedge between Gu Yanting and Shen Qing, then planned to meet Duan Xun and struck Gu Yanting at a crew dinner. The chapter ended with everyone at the private room entrance looking on after the slap.

• Song Mingzhou provoked Gu Yanting by suggesting Shen Qing was jealous and still thinking about Brother Xun, so Gu Yanting took Shen Qing away to question him.
• After filming, Song Mingzhou asked Qin Xiao about President Duan and learned that the company’s employees admired him.
• Song Mingzhou called Duan Xun, who said he would return the next morning and gave Song Mingzhou an address to visit.
• Gu Yanting interrupted Song Mingzhou’s call and grabbed his wrist, so Song Mingzhou shook him off and insulted him.
• When Gu Yanting claimed he only wanted to keep Song Mingzhou from going astray, Song Mingzhou asked what Gu Yanting owed and slapped him as the private room door opened and everyone looked over.

Song Mingzhou manipulated Shen Qing into drinking a drugged glass and took him to a room arranged by Cheng Xin. He realized Cheng Xin planned to trap him too, then returned to the private room as Gu Yanting resumed entertaining the guests.

• Song Mingzhou slapped Gu Yanting, threatened to expose him if he did not repay his debt, and left Gu Yanting to explain his departure to the guests.
• Song Mingzhou persuaded Shen Qing to speak privately about Gu Yanting and slipped a fast-dissolving pill into Shen Qing’s wine.
• Song Mingzhou told Shen Qing that Gu Yanting had used him for money and resources, and Shen Qing drank the rest of his wine before collapsing.
• Song Mingzhou took Shen Qing to the room Cheng Xin had provided, spotted a camera in the corridor, and arranged for water to be delivered inside.
• Song Mingzhou stopped Cheng Xin as she left and asked for the remaining payment; she promised to pay once she saw Shen Qing and the job was done.
• Song Mingzhou returned to the private room, where Gu Yanting had come back and was toasting the guests.

Song Mingzhou repaired the plot by sending Gu Yanting to find the supposedly unconscious Shen Qing, then went to Duan Xun’s apartment. The chapter ended with Song Mingzhou rushing off to shower after Duan Xun noticed he had been drinking.

• Song Mingzhou told Gu Yanting that Shen Qing had fainted and gave him the room number, prompting Gu Yanting to hurry off to check on him.
• Song Mingzhou explained to the director that Shen Qing was resting, and his successful plot repair raised mission progress to 20/100.
• Song Mingzhou asked Chen Fei to keep his connection with Duan Xun secret, then went to Duan Xun’s apartment.
• Duan Xun greeted Song Mingzhou and noticed the smell of alcohol, so Song Mingzhou hastily explained himself and ran to take a shower.

Duan Xun saw leaked surveillance footage that tied Song Mingzhou to a scandal involving Gu Yanting and Shen Qing, then spent the night with Song Mingzhou. He told Song Mingzhou he would visit him on set in a few days, triggering a plot point that called for Song Mingzhou to throw a tantrum and stop him.

• Duan Xun watched leaked footage of Song Mingzhou, Gu Yanting, and Shen Qing and called someone to investigate what had happened to Song Mingzhou.
• Song Mingzhou finished showering, and Duan Xun pulled him onto his lap and kissed him.
• Duan Xun and Song Mingzhou went to the bedroom and bathroom together before Duan Xun finally helped him shower and carried him to bed.
• Duan Xun teased Song Mingzhou by calling him Zhouzhou, and Song Mingzhou admitted that he had missed him.
• Duan Xun said he would visit Song Mingzhou on set in a few days, triggering a plot point that instructed Song Mingzhou to throw a tantrum and stop him.

Song Mingzhou followed the system’s prompts to rebut hostile netizens and post an accusation against Shen Qing and Gu Yanting, pushing the scandal further into the spotlight. Duan Xun saw the post and told Lin Cheng to handle it as Song Mingzhou came out of the bedroom.

• Song Mingzhou refused to let Duan Xun visit Shen Qing’s set, and Duan Xun agreed while planning to sneak over later.
• Song Mingzhou woke to Cheng Xin’s clarification post and fresh attacks from Gu Yanting’s and Shen Qing’s fans.
• After the system assigned him a plot point, Song Mingzhou sarcastically replied to three hostile Weibo users, raising his mission progress to 22/100.
• Song Mingzhou posted that Shen Qing and Gu Yanting had used him and then abandoned him, raising his mission progress to 23/100.
• Duan Xun read Song Mingzhou’s post, laughed, and told Lin Cheng to handle the matter as Song Mingzhou emerged from the bedroom.

Song Mingzhou told Duan Xun that he had agreed to Cheng Xin’s plot against Shen Qing, while Duan Xun quietly arranged money and protection for him. Duan Xun realized he wanted to visit Song Mingzhou on set, where Song Mingzhou arrived to a wave of curious stares.

• Song Mingzhou explained his deal with Cheng Xin and admitted he had agreed because he disliked Shen Qing.
• Duan Xun told Song Mingzhou he would handle the previous night’s trouble and urged him to seek help if anything happened on set.
• Duan Xun asked Lin Cheng to arrange a black card and transfer two million to Song Mingzhou after realizing he had given his lover neither money nor resources.
• Duan Xun ordered Lin Cheng to warn Song Mingzhou’s manager, Lu Fenghai, not to let Song Mingzhou be bullied, without revealing their relationship.
• Duan Xun found himself wanting to visit Song Mingzhou on set, while Song Mingzhou arrived to find the crew and actors staring at him.
• Qin Xiao ran over to ask Song Mingzhou about the online scandal.

Song Mingzhou learned Duan Xun had sent him his contractually promised salary and enjoyed the growing public support after evidence challenged the accusations against him. He threatened his manager with the protection of an unnamed powerful backer, then acted pitifully to Duan Xun and complained that Lu Fenghai had bullied him.

• Song Mingzhou called Duan Xun about the large deposit and learned it was his salary under their contract.
• A hotel employee shared video evidence that Song Mingzhou had asked for help and caught Shen Qing when he fainted, reigniting criticism of Gu Yanting and Shen Qing.
• Song Mingzhou’s manager, Lu Fenghai, asked whether someone influential was secretly helping him, and Song Mingzhou warned him to behave.
• After Song Mingzhou ended the call with Lu Fenghai, Duan Xun called and asked who he had been speaking to.
• Song Mingzhou told Duan Xun in a soft, aggrieved tone that he had been talking to his manager.

Song Mingzhou continued repairing plot points while Duan Xun promised to protect him and then unexpectedly arrived on set. The chapter ended with Song Mingzhou watching Duan Xun greet the cast and jealously calling him a social butterfly.

• Song Mingzhou asked Duan Xun to help him bully the person exploiting him, and Duan Xun agreed to protect him and promised they would meet after his trip abroad.
• Gu Yanting and Shen Qing publicly confirmed Song Mingzhou had visited and helped Gu Yanting, forcing Cheng Xin’s team to call the rumors a misunderstanding.
• Shen Qing confronted Song Mingzhou about plotting against him, and Song Mingzhou denied it while trading insults with Shen Qing and another person.
• Shen Qing accused Song Mingzhou of pestering Gu Yanting, but Song Mingzhou said he was only collecting the money Gu Yanting owed him.
• Duan Xun arrived on set unexpectedly, greeted the cast, and left Song Mingzhou jealous as he watched him socialize.

Duan Xun visited Shen Qing’s film set and publicly sided with Song Mingzhou when Shen Qing accused him of crossing boundaries. Duan Xun’s flirtation with Song Mingzhou grew more intimate, and he asked for a private lounge, leaving Song Mingzhou jealous of his exchange with a young crew member.

• Duan Xun arrived on set, and Shen Qing welcomed him while Song Mingzhou suspected Duan Xun was paying attention to him.
• Duan Xun asked about the dispute, and Song Mingzhou explained that Gu Yanting owed him money and Shen Qing had accused him of lacking boundaries.
• Duan Xun said debts should be repaid and let Song Mingzhou show him around the set, while Shen Qing watched them with growing suspicion.
• Duan Xun touched Song Mingzhou’s face and nearly kissed him before pulling away and asking whether Song Mingzhou feared people discovering their relationship.
• Duan Xun requested a private lounge to rest, and Song Mingzhou grew jealous when Duan Xun smiled at the young crew member sent to find one.

Song Mingzhou grew jealous when Duan Xun entertained another man, but Duan Xun reassured him that he was his only lover. Shen Qing tried to see Duan Xun and was turned away, while Song Mingzhou played up his devotion and affection for Duan Xun.

• Duan Xun teased Song Mingzhou, then accepted a young man's offer to show him to the lounge, where Song Mingzhou followed and sent the man away by claiming he had script questions.
• Duan Xun asked whether Song Mingzhou was jealous and called him his only lover, prompting Song Mingzhou to kiss him.
• Shen Qing went to find Duan Xun, but Lin Cheng told him Duan Xun was resting and refused to let him enter the lounge.
• Song Mingzhou questioned Duan Xun about Shen Qing, and Duan Xun said Shen Qing was like a younger brother and promised to keep his distance if Song Mingzhou was jealous.
• After a plot prompt urged Song Mingzhou to confess his loyalty and affection, Song Mingzhou professed his love and asked Duan Xun to keep only him.

Song Mingzhou stayed in Duan Xun’s lounge and deliberately provoked Shen Qing, who grew suspicious of their closeness. After filming, Song Mingzhou deleted Shen Qing from Duan Xun’s contacts, and Duan Xun arranged dinner with the director while asking to bring a little friend along.

• Duan Xun told Lin Cheng to buy throat medicine while Song Mingzhou rested in the lounge, and Shen Qing came to the door looking for Duan Xun.
• Song Mingzhou claimed Duan Xun was sleeping and refused to let Shen Qing enter, then slammed the door in his face.
• Shen Qing questioned Lin Cheng about Song Mingzhou and Duan Xun, but Lin Cheng gave him no answers, leaving Shen Qing distracted during filming.
• After filming, Shen Qing noticed Song Mingzhou had changed clothes and sent Duan Xun messages asking to meet, but Duan Xun ignored them.
• Song Mingzhou grabbed Duan Xun’s phone and deleted Shen Qing from his contacts; Duan Xun scolded him and threatened to settle accounts that night.
• Duan Xun arranged dinner with the director and asked if he could bring a little friend along.

Duan Xun brought Song Mingzhou to dinner with Director Han and offered him a directing job, recommending Song for the male lead. While they were alone, Duan Xun kissed Song, and Song fulfilled a mission by refusing his advances until they could return home; the moment ended when Lin Cheng announced Director Han was back.

• Duan Xun invited Song Mingzhou to dinner with Director Han, and Song accepted Duan Xun's affectionate hand-holding in the car.
• Duan Xun gave Director Han a script and hired him to direct the project, recommending a male lead whose role would depend on the audition.
• After Director Han and Lin Cheng left the private room, Duan Xun pulled Song Mingzhou onto his lap and kissed him.
• Song Mingzhou refused Duan Xun's escalating advances because someone might return, completing a plot point and raising his mission progress to 29/100.
• Song Mingzhou asked to keep kissing instead, and Lin Cheng knocked to announce Director Han had returned.

After Song Mingzhou injured his leg, Duan Xun revealed to Director Han that they were in a relationship and asked him to protect Song Mingzhou on set. In the car afterward, Song Mingzhou openly admired Duan Xun and kissed him.

• Song Mingzhou bumped his calf, and Duan Xun fussed over the minor bruise while Director Han and Lin Cheng watched.
• Duan Xun sent Lin Cheng to buy medicine, then let Song Mingzhou leave the room while he spoke privately with Director Han.
• Duan Xun agreed that Song Mingzhou could audition for the male lead and told Director Han they were in a relationship, asking him to keep it secret and look after Song Mingzhou.
• Song Mingzhou received confirmation that the plot point had been repaired, bringing his mission progress to 30/100.
• Song Mingzhou stared at Duan Xun in the car, leaned toward him, and kissed him firmly.

Song Mingzhou grew increasingly aware of his feelings for Duan Xun while Duan Xun cared for him and offered him a chance to audition for a lead role. Song Mingzhou ended the chapter distracted by thoughts of Duan Xun, as the system worried he was falling for him.

• Duan Xun kissed Song Mingzhou in the car, then held him close and gently comforted him.
• Song Mingzhou asked 527 whether Duan Xun had a system, and 527 confirmed that he was the only one with a system in the world.
• Duan Xun took Song Mingzhou home, let him shower alone, and carefully treated a bruise on his leg.
• Duan Xun invited Song Mingzhou to audition for the male lead in his new script, and Song Mingzhou agreed.
• Song Mingzhou watched television without absorbing it, while 527 worried that he was falling for Duan Xun.

Song Mingzhou spent the morning enjoying Duan Xun’s care before facing gossip and conflict on set. He challenged Shen Qing, arranged to release more evidence about Shen Qing and Gu Yanting, and told his manager Lu Fenghai that he would terminate their program contract and no longer needed to curry favor with him.

• Song Mingzhou woke to Duan Xun’s notes and warm breakfast, then messaged him before heading to the set.
• Director Han questioned Song Mingzhou about Duan Xun, and Song Mingzhou claimed they had met on a variety show and fallen in love at first sight.
• Song Mingzhou rebuffed Shen Qing’s insults and taunted him about the rumors linking him with Gu Yanting.
• Song Mingzhou called someone to release another portion of the photographed evidence about Shen Qing and Gu Yanting.
• Song Mingzhou told Lu Fenghai he had the money to break his program contract and warned that he could expose his manager’s actions.
• Lu Fenghai threatened to leak damaging information, but Song Mingzhou invoked the person backing him and said Lu Fenghai would now have to curry favor with him.

Song Mingzhou paid to end his contract with Lu Fenghai and asked Wang Cheng for a chance to change agents if he could secure a film role within three months. He reflected on how his choices had altered the original plot, while 527 wondered why Duan Xun still seemed to like him.

• Lu Fenghai investigated who was backing Song Mingzhou after learning that Song had resisted his pressure.
• Song Mingzhou visited Lu Fenghai, teased him about forgetting their arrangement, and took a photo with an excited intern fan.
• Song Mingzhou asked Wang Cheng for a new agent and promised to find a film role within three months; Wang Cheng agreed to consider it if he succeeded.
• Song Mingzhou and Lu Fenghai met the other party's representative, terminated the contract, and paid the breach penalty.
• Song Mingzhou realized he had avoided the original plot in which he begged Duan Xun for money, and 527 noted that Duan Xun still seemed to like him.

Song Mingzhou checked with Duan Xun about telling his manager that he had someone backing him, and Duan Xun reassured him before arranging to return to the capital. After hearing Duan Xun was back, Song Mingzhou hurried off to see him, while the director warned him not to show up with marks before a shirtless swimming scene.

• Song Mingzhou accidentally hung up after Lin Cheng answered his call to Duan Xun, prompting Duan Xun to call him back.
• Song Mingzhou told Duan Xun about his day and asked whether he had been right to tell his manager he had someone backing him; Duan Xun said he had told the truth.
• Duan Xun told Song Mingzhou he would be back the day after tomorrow, and Lin Cheng began arranging his flight to the capital.
• Song Mingzhou received Lin Cheng's message that Duan Xun was back, packed up with Chen Fei, and left the set to see him.
• The director teased Song Mingzhou about visiting his boyfriend and warned him not to leave marks because he had a shirtless swimming scene the next day.

Song Mingzhou and Duan Xun exchanged affectionate messages before Song Mingzhou went to Duan Xun’s home. Duan Xun prepared some new bedroom items and tenderly offered to dry Song Mingzhou’s hair, leaving Song Mingzhou wary of what he had planned.

• The director teased Song Mingzhou about Duan Xun and asked him not to reveal their conversation, and Song Mingzhou agreed before messaging Duan Xun.
• Duan Xun asked Lin Cheng to buy more condoms and other modest items, then told Song Mingzhou that he missed him.
• Song Mingzhou told Chen Fei that he was dating Duan Xun, repairing a key plot point and raising his task progress to 34/100.
• Song Mingzhou arrived at Duan Xun’s home, avoided hugging him until after showering, and went to wash up.
• Duan Xun picked out two mild items from a box of bedroom products and rewarded Lin Cheng with double pay.
• Duan Xun led the freshly showered Song Mingzhou to a seat and insisted on drying his hair himself.

Song Mingzhou feared Duan Xun was about to punish him, but Duan Xun teased him and kept him in bed so long that he missed filming the next morning. After waking, Song Mingzhou learned Duan Xun had arranged leave for him, then found Lin Cheng waiting in the living room.

• Song Mingzhou worried that Duan Xun's villainous traits had awakened, while Duan Xun teased him during a salon service.
• Duan Xun carried Song Mingzhou to the table and punished him for misunderstanding him and being naughty.
• Song Mingzhou woke at noon, found the director's messages saying Duan Xun had arranged leave, and called Chen Fei to tell him he would rest.
• Song Mingzhou went to the living room and discovered Lin Cheng sitting on the sofa instead of Duan Xun.

Song Mingzhou woke to find Duan Xun gone, then reunited with him and learned they would film a variety show together. After discovering that his actions had changed the original storyline, Song Mingzhou wondered whether Duan Xun’s tragic fate could be avoided, and Duan Xun told him not to leave.

• Song Mingzhou found breakfast and medicine left by Duan Xun, then waited for him to return.
• Duan Xun came home, comforted Song Mingzhou, and promised to take him out for dinner.
• Duan Xun bought lunch for Song Mingzhou and fed him before they read together.
• Duan Xun told Song Mingzhou he would film the final episode of the variety show with him.
• Song Mingzhou learned from 527 that his missions had changed the storyline and realized Duan Xun’s fate might change too.
• Duan Xun told Song Mingzhou not to think about leaving him in this life.

Song Mingzhou and Duan Xun ran into Gu Yanting and Shen Qing while dining out, and the two pairs ended up sharing a table. Song Mingzhou challenged Shen Qing’s assumptions about his relationship with Duan Xun, while Duan Xun said he and Song Mingzhou got along well and would work together on another variety-show episode.

• Song Mingzhou denied that he planned to leave Duan Xun, and Duan Xun praised his acting before they went out for dinner with Lin Cheng.
• The group unexpectedly encountered Gu Yanting and Shen Qing at the restaurant and went to separate private rooms.
• When Gu Yanting and Shen Qing came to visit, Duan Xun had Song Mingzhou sit beside him, and Shen Qing noticed how close they seemed.
• Song Mingzhou questioned Shen Qing about his relationship with Duan Xun and asked whether Gu Yanting knew they were so close.
• Duan Xun said he and Song Mingzhou got along well and revealed that he had added another episode of the variety show, so they had met to get acquainted.
• The four began eating together, and a pair of chopsticks suddenly fell onto the table.

Song Mingzhou left dinner with Gu Yanting, openly declared that he was pursuing Duan Xun, and drove Gu Yanting away with threats and a painful stomp. Song Mingzhou returned to the private room as his plot-repair progress reached 37/100, while Gu Yanting limped back afterward.

• Duan Xun reassured Song Mingzhou that he could leave the private room with Gu Yanting, and Song Mingzhou’s task progress rose to 36/100.
• Gu Yanting demanded to know Song Mingzhou’s relationship with Duan Xun, but Song Mingzhou refused to explain and warned him to stop meddling.
• Song Mingzhou admitted he liked Duan Xun and mocked Gu Yanting about his intimacy with Shen Qing.
• When Gu Yanting insulted Duan Xun, Song Mingzhou threatened him and stomped on his foot, raising his task progress to 37/100.
• Song Mingzhou returned to the private room, and Gu Yanting limped back to find Shen Qing speaking animatedly with Duan Xun.