Chapter Summaries

Song Mingzhou seduced Duan Xun to repair a key plot point, but the encounter went far beyond the mission and left him exhausted. The next morning, Duan Xun questioned him about a call from “Brother Yanting,” and Song Mingzhou insisted Duan Xun was different.

• Duan Xun recognized Song Mingzhou as the rebellious young master of the Song Household and realized he could hear Song Mingzhou’s thoughts.
• Song Mingzhou flirted with Duan Xun, while System 527 warned him to leave once his mission was complete.
• Duan Xun carried Song Mingzhou to the bathroom, and Song Mingzhou’s seduction mission reached progress 1/100 before he tried to leave.
• Duan Xun stopped Song Mingzhou from leaving, and Song Mingzhou bit his shoulder as their encounter continued through the night.
• Song Mingzhou woke the next morning sore, and Duan Xun told him he had applied medicine before asking about the caller named “Brother Yanting.”
• Song Mingzhou called Yanting a friend and told Duan Xun that he was different, prompting Duan Xun to ask how.

Song Mingzhou convinced Duan Xun to keep him and learned that his new mission route required him to use Duan Xun’s name while facing a grim fate in the novel. The chapter ended with Song Mingzhou hobbling out with a cane as a tall, capped figure approached.

• Song Mingzhou offered himself to Duan Xun in exchange for help, and Duan Xun agreed to keep him while warning him to obey and protect their privacy.
• Duan Xun left his number inside his shirt collar and departed for an endorsement shoot.
• Song Mingzhou learned from 527 that he was a villain whose second mission route required him to throw his weight around using Duan Xun’s name and deal with Duan Xun, who loved Shen Qing.
• Duan Xun overheard 527 explain that he was a villain, while Song Mingzhou found a cane and note Duan Xun had left for him.
• Song Mingzhou learned he had to correct 100 plot segments tied to the body’s original owner, then hobbled out as a tall figure wearing a baseball cap approached.

Song Mingzhou repaired a key plot point by publicly insulting Gu Yanting and denying the harassment rumors, drawing the attention of Duan Xun, who began arranging a contract with him. That evening, an armed, disguised man entered Song Mingzhou’s home, and Song Mingzhou mistook him for a man the netizens had found for him.

• Song Mingzhou remembered how the original host had been ruined by Gu Yanting and twisted Gu Yanting’s arm when he grabbed him.
• Song Mingzhou photographed Gu Yanting, posted the pictures on Weibo, and insulted him and his fans while denying the harassment allegations.
• The system confirmed that Song Mingzhou had repaired a key plot point, and his manager called to scold him as the posts climbed the trending charts.
• Duan Xun saw Song Mingzhou’s posts, remembered their night together, and asked his assistant about preparing a contract to keep him.
• Song Mingzhou searched for information about Duan Xun, then watched an armed, disguised man enter his home and assumed the netizens had sent him a handsome man.

Song Mingzhou beat Gu Yanting until he confessed that he loved Shen Qing, then drove him out and got rid of his belongings. After learning the original owner had little money and a mortgage to pay, Song Mingzhou saw an announcement for the variety show where he would meet Duan Xun.

• Gu Yanting came to Song Mingzhou’s apartment and criticized him for insulting Shen Qing, so Song Mingzhou beat him and demanded to know whether he loved him.
• Gu Yanting said he loved Shen Qing and hated Song Mingzhou, then fled when Song Mingzhou tried to attack him with pesticide and an ashtray.
• Song Mingzhou learned that Gu Yanting had been staying in the apartment and sold or destroyed his belongings after Gu Yanting left.
• Song Mingzhou discovered that he had only 10,112.36 yuan left and a 9,000-yuan mortgage payment due, while the upcoming variety show would pay him 20,000 yuan.
• Song Mingzhou saw Duan Xun’s Weibo announcement for the variety show and learned it was where the main cast would first gather and Duan Xun would begin acting wildly.

Song Mingzhou joined a livestreaming adventure show and reunited with Duan Xun, the man he had already slept with. As the two flirted under the cameras, the production team began interviewing them, while viewers questioned their familiarity.

• Song Mingzhou learned that the show’s original plot brought Gu Yanting and Shen Qing together and led to Duan Xun’s downfall, then received and signed two contracts from Duan Xun’s assistant.
• Song Mingzhou arrived at the livestream in a new, gentle-looking style, drawing both abuse and admiration from viewers and surprising Director Ma.
• Song Mingzhou joined Duan Xun in the car, and they exchanged a handshake that Song Mingzhou interpreted as seduction.
• Duan Xun brushed Song Mingzhou’s waist while covering himself with his jacket, and Song Mingzhou blushed as he privately thought about their past night together.
• A production assistant began asking Song Mingzhou and Duan Xun questions for the livestream.

Song Mingzhou defied the production team's expected plot by publicly revealing Gu Yanting's hypocrisy and bonding with Duan Xun over street food. When Gu Yanting arrived with Shen Qing, Song Mingzhou greeted Shen while privately resolving to keep him away from Duan Xun.

• Duan Xun described his ideal friend as someone sweet and clever with impure intentions, while Song Mingzhou said he preferred people who shared his interests.
• After a system prompt urged him to claim common interests with Gu Yanting, Song Mingzhou said they used to play games and eat at street stalls, exposing Gu Yanting's public image as false.
• Song Mingzhou praised street food, and Duan Xun agreed and invited him to go together.
• Gu Yanting arrived with Shen Qing and looked startled to see Song Mingzhou in the car.
• Song Mingzhou recognized Shen Qing, privately decided to prevent him from getting close to Duan Xun, and politely greeted him.

At the reality show’s first gathering, Song Mingzhou defied the setup meant to pair him with Gu Yanting and chose Duan Xun for an intimate game challenge. Duan Xun agreed, leaving Song Mingzhou eager to make their on-camera contact provoke the others.

• Shen Qing offered to switch seats, but Song Mingzhou stayed beside Duan Xun, who backed him up while Gu Yanting invited Shen Qing to sit down.
• The other guests arrived at a dusty mountain manor, where the director announced a game to determine room choices.
• Xiao Ziyu snapped at Qin Xuewei for asking about the rules, and Tang Wanxing stepped in to calm the exchange.
• The director chose Song Mingzhou first and told him to pick a guest for an intimate interaction, prompting Song Mingzhou to suspect the game was meant to push him toward Gu Yanting.
• Song Mingzhou chose Duan Xun instead, and Duan Xun readily agreed to help him with the challenge.

Duan Xun spun Song Mingzhou through an intimate challenge, and Song Mingzhou accidentally stepped on Gu Yanting while completing a mission. After Duan Xun rejected Qin Xuewei's invitation, Tang Wanxing volunteered for the challenge, leaving everyone expecting her to choose Gu Yanting.

• Duan Xun lifted Song Mingzhou into a face-to-face embrace and performed a dramatic backbend, then asked whether Song Mingzhou was satisfied.
• Duan Xun spun Song Mingzhou again and let him stumble into Gu Yanting, where Song Mingzhou deliberately stepped on Gu Yanting's foot and completed a key plot mission.
• Duan Xun caught Song Mingzhou and offered to replace Xiao Ziyu's dirtied shoes, while Gu Yanting grew jealous and Shen Qing wondered why Duan Xun was close to Song Mingzhou.
• Duan Xun rejected Qin Xuewei's request to partner with him, saying men and women should not touch intimately.
• Tang Wanxing volunteered to attempt the challenge, and the others expected her to choose Gu Yanting.

During a variety-show challenge, Duan Xun announced that he had slept with someone present, leaving the cast and livestream viewers stunned. Song Mingzhou privately wondered if Duan Xun meant him, while Duan Xun refused to clarify who he had been with.

• Tang Wanxing chose Guan Luo as her partner and carried her through the spinning challenge.
• Shen Qing hoped Gu Yanting would join him, but Gu Yanting declined because his leg injury had not healed.
• Gu Yanting and Song Mingzhou each said they had joined the show for someone, and Duan Xun also raised his hand before saying he had not joined for Xiao Ziyu.
• Duan Xun declared that he had slept with someone on the show, prompting the cast and livestream viewers to speculate about who it was.
• Song Mingzhou wondered whether Duan Xun meant him and found Duan Xun more appealing, while Duan Xun did not reveal the person's identity.

During a room-selection game at the manor, Song Mingzhou pretended he had spent the night with Duan Xun, then chose the room next door to him. After the cast returned to their rooms, Duan Xun summoned Song Mingzhou, pressed him against the door, and trapped him in his arms.

• When Xiao Ziyu teased Shen Qing about sleeping with someone, Song Mingzhou claimed he had spent a night at Duan Xun's place because he was drunk and feverish.
• Duan Xun won the room-selection game, chose room 302, and Gu Yanting chose the room across from him, 303.
• Song Mingzhou chose room 301 next to Duan Xun and offered to clean his room, while Duan Xun refused Shen Qing's request for attention.
• The cast returned to their rooms, and Gu Yanting noticed Song Mingzhou had not tried to pester him.
• Duan Xun messaged Song Mingzhou to come over, then pressed him against the door as soon as he entered.

Song Mingzhou completed a plot task by kissing Duan Xun and denouncing Shen Qing, while Duan Xun teased him and then stopped before they went further. After lunch, the production crew assigned Song Mingzhou and Shen Qing to the same mountain task group.

• Song Mingzhou told Duan Xun that Shen Qing was fake and awful, then kissed Duan Xun to complete a system plot point.
• Shen Qing knocked on Duan Xun's door, but Duan Xun refused to answer and told Song Mingzhou that he was enough for him.
• Duan Xun angrily shouted at Shen Qing through the door, and Gu Yanting invited Shen Qing into his room with the food he had brought.
• Duan Xun stopped teasing Song Mingzhou, gave him his coat, promised him a next time, and transferred him a large sum of money.
• The production crew split everyone into groups for mountain tasks and assigned Song Mingzhou and Shen Qing to the same group.

Song Mingzhou tried to complete the mountain challenge with Shen Qing while rejecting Shen Qing’s insinuations about Gu Yanting. After a plot prompt told him to push Shen Qing into a ditch, Song Mingzhou led him to its edge under the pretext of washing their dirty hands.

• The director explained the teams’ mountain challenge, and Song Mingzhou and Shen Qing set off together.
• When Shen Qing got scratched, Song Mingzhou dismissed the injury and told him that he had pursued Gu Yanting to collect hundreds of thousands of yuan he owed.
• During a wristband task to discuss their emotional lives, Shen Qing asked about Song Mingzhou’s younger brother, and Song Mingzhou redirected the conversation to Shen Qing and Gu Yanting’s relationship.
• A plot prompt instructed Song Mingzhou to push Shen Qing into a ditch, and Song Mingzhou led him to the ditch to wash their hands.

Song Mingzhou made Shen Qing fall into a ditch, then outperformed him during the firewood task while Shen Qing used the incident to turn Gu Yanting against Song. Gu Yanting confronted Song, who dismissed his accusations, and their argument remained unresolved.

• Song Mingzhou caused Shen Qing to slip into the ditch, then helped him out as Shen refused fresh clothes and insisted on finishing the task.
• Song Mingzhou quickly gathered firewood while Shen Qing struggled behind, and the other pairs completed their tasks at different paces.
• Gu Yanting comforted Shen Qing, who implied Song Mingzhou had targeted him, and Gu vowed that he would never like Song.
• Gu Yanting confronted Song Mingzhou outside room 302 and accused him of bullying Shen Qing, while Song questioned what he was talking about.

Song Mingzhou tried to hide his feelings for Duan Xun while Duan Xun picked flowers and showed him unexpected tenderness. Shen Qing grew jealous, and that night Song Mingzhou used a broken showerhead as an excuse to enter Duan Xun’s room.

• Song Mingzhou dismissed Gu Yanting’s accusation that he had pushed Shen Qing, and Gu Yanting convinced himself Song Mingzhou was only pretending to reject him.
• Duan Xun admitted he had heard Song Mingzhou and Gu Yanting arguing, then asked whether Song Mingzhou had pushed Shen Qing; Song Mingzhou denied it.
• Duan Xun told Song Mingzhou the flowers he had picked were not for Shen Qing, and invited him to help arrange them.
• Duan Xun told Song Mingzhou to change direction when he faced an impassable ditch, then praised him as a beauty and promised to pick him flowers.
• Shen Qing saw Duan Xun bring Song Mingzhou into his room and later threatened him for bewitching Duan Xun.
• That night, Song Mingzhou asked to use Duan Xun’s bathroom because his showerhead was broken, and Duan Xun let him in.

Song Mingzhou tried to tempt Duan Xun during their night together, while Duan Xun quietly reacted to his thoughts and teased him. After Song Mingzhou frightened himself with Duan Xun’s crime novel, Duan Xun called out his reluctance to leave and asked whether he was trying to seduce him again.

• Song Mingzhou showered and sat with Duan Xun, hoping he would notice his advances, but Duan Xun kept reading and asked why his face was red.
• Duan Xun received messages from Shen Qing and hid his phone while replying, making Song Mingzhou jealous and suspicious.
• Duan Xun went to shower, and Song Mingzhou stayed to read his crime novel until Duan Xun startled him and he flung the book away.
• Song Mingzhou asked whether Duan Xun truly liked such books, then worried that he might be as cruel as the villain in the original plot.
• Duan Xun hinted that Song Mingzhou should return to bed, then asked whether he was reluctant to go or trying to seduce him again.

Song Mingzhou admitted that he liked Duan Xun, and Duan Xun pulled him onto the bed. The next morning, a breakfast-and-date segment paired Song Mingzhou with Tang Wanxing, while Song Mingzhou learned that a back-mountain fire was about to trigger a major plot event.

• Song Mingzhou told Duan Xun he wanted to stay by his side because he liked him, and Duan Xun drew him onto the bed.
• The production team paired the guests for a romantic breakfast, matching Song Mingzhou with Tang Wanxing and Duan Xun with Qin Xuewei.
• Tang Wanxing gave Song Mingzhou a card and offered to help him if he ever needed anything.
• Little 7 warned Song Mingzhou that a fire would break out on the back mountain that afternoon, and Song Mingzhou read the novel's account of Shen Qing being rescued by Gu Yanting, Duan Xun, and Xiao Ziyu.

Song Mingzhou changed partners to Gu Yanting to repair a plot point, then stopped him from rushing toward a mountain fire. The fire grew as the two tried to decide how to respond, and Song Mingzhou heard an unfamiliar sound after his task progress increased.

• Song Mingzhou used a prop card to switch partners with Tang Wanxing and joined Gu Yanting for the mountain activity.
• Duan Xun used Tang Wanxing's prop card to pair with Shen Qing, who hoped Duan had read his messages.
• Gu Yanting asked why Song Mingzhou had chosen him, and Song Mingzhou said he did not want the person he liked to misunderstand either.
• Song Mingzhou and Gu Yanting spotted smoke rising from the mountain, and Gu Yanting realized Shen Qing might be in danger.
• Song Mingzhou blocked Gu Yanting from running toward the fire and said he would contact the fire department and go find help.
• Song Mingzhou's task progress reached 10/100, and he heard keyboard keys tapping in his mind.

When a wildfire trapped Duan Xun and Shen Qing, Song Mingzhou rushed into the smoke and rescued them. Duan Xun revealed that his leg was unharmed, leaving Song Mingzhou and system 527 confused about how the original plot had changed.

• Song Mingzhou ignored the danger and sprinted toward the wildfire after hearing Duan Xun and Shen Qing were trapped.
• Song Mingzhou entered the burning area with Xiao Ziyu following, then used 527’s directions to search for Duan Xun and Shen Qing.
• Song Mingzhou found Duan Xun supporting Shen Qing, slapped Shen Qing awake, and told him to walk while helping Duan Xun out.
• Song Mingzhou worried that Duan Xun’s leg had been injured, but Duan Xun said his leg was fine.
• 527 wondered why Duan Xun’s leg had not been injured as it was in the original plot.

After the mountain accident, Duan Xun went to the hospital with Song Mingzhou, and the rescue footage made their pairing popular online. Song Mingzhou completed a mission by questioning Duan Xun about saving Shen Qing, then began teasing him in the private ward.

• Xiao Ziyu and the production crew found Song Mingzhou, Duan Xun, Shen Qing, and the others safe, and Song Mingzhou insisted that Duan Xun needed hospital care.
• The crew canceled the rest of the livestream, while clips of Gu Yanting carrying Shen Qing and Song Mingzhou supporting Duan Xun spread online and boosted both couples’ popularity.
• Song Mingzhou followed Duan Xun to his private hospital ward, where the system triggered a plot point requiring him to ask why Duan Xun had saved Shen Qing.
• Song Mingzhou complained that Shen Qing was a bad person, and Duan Xun warned him not to interfere in his affairs or touch Shen Qing.
• Song Mingzhou’s mission progress rose to 11/100, and he traced patterns on Duan Xun’s chest until Duan Xun grabbed his wrist and demanded to know what he was doing.

Song Mingzhou dealt with Duan Xun’s teasing before learning that his agent, Lu Fenghai, had signed him for a drama connected to Shen Qing. He asked for the production details and an assistant, then received a message from Duan Xun’s assistant, Lin Cheng.

• Duan Xun teased Song Mingzhou after Song Mingzhou begged him, and Song Mingzhou reacted with excited thoughts.
• Song Mingzhou answered Lu Fenghai’s repeated calls and told him to stop cursing or he would block him.
• Lu Fenghai told Song Mingzhou he had accepted a third male lead role for him in an idol drama, with filming starting in three days.
• Song Mingzhou asked 527 to check the drama and learned that it was part of a storyline involving Shen Qing.
• Song Mingzhou told Lu Fenghai to send the drama information and arrange an assistant, then received a WeChat message from Lin Cheng.