Chapter Summaries

Qin Wei suspected that his online sweetheart, Little Si Invincible, was Si Di after connecting their messages to the trainee competition. He pressed for Little Si’s real name, but Si Di refused to reveal it, so Qin Wei started a video call.

• Qin Wei noticed that Little Si Invincible had been messaging from a restroom while working and linked the timing to Si Di’s trainee schedule.
• Qin Wei returned to the trainee dormitory restroom and found the innermost stall occupied.
• Qin Wei asked Little Si Invincible for his name, but Little Si said he would explain when they met next month.
• Little Si said he could not reveal his name yet and asked Qin Wei for more time.
• Qin Wei tapped the video-call button, hoping to confirm who Little Si was.

Qin Wei realized that Little Si Invincible was Si Di and deleted him without explanation, leaving Si Di furious and confused. After Si Di was summoned for an interview, Huo Xiao waited for him outside and gave him his warm jacket.

• Qin Wei heard Si Di's voice match Little Si Invincible's on a call, ended the call, and deleted the contact and chat history.
• Si Di discovered he had been deleted and sent angry messages asking V why, but his verification requests failed.
• Si Di stopped trying to contact V when the loudspeaker summoned him and Huo Xiao to record individual interviews.
• Huo Xiao waited outside for Si Di, noticed he was cold, and wrapped him in his down jacket.

Si Di and Huo Xiao filmed an interview together while Qin Wei realized Si Di was the person he had been dating online. After Si Di said he was in a bad mood, Huo Xiao carried him back toward the residential building.

• Si Di joked with Huo Xiao after borrowing his down jacket, while Qin Wei saw them together and realized his online partner was his sworn enemy Si Di.
• Huo Xiao draped an arm around Si Di and asked him to warm his cold hands as they headed to the recording building.
• Si Di and Huo Xiao filmed an interview about their rankings and rivalry, then left together with Huo Xiao's jacket on Si Di.
• Huo Xiao asked why Qin Wei had called Si Di; Si Di said Qin Wei knew he was dating someone but did not know the relationship was online.
• Si Di told Huo Xiao he was in a bad mood and asked him to stop questioning him, so Huo Xiao massaged his neck and carried him toward the residential building.

Si Di and his teammates competed for the chorus and highlight parts of their song as the instructors evaluated their singing. After Huo Xiao secured the center position for Group A, Si Di prepared to audition for Group B.

• Si Di spent the night worrying about his deleted lover, and Yu Ning teased him over breakfast about his dark circles.
• Si Di and Huo Xiao joined their teammates in the practice room, where the groups argued over who should sing the chorus.
• Huo Xiao performed the chorus confidently and won Group A's center position and highlight parts.
• Cheng Shaoke sang the chorus twice, improving after Zhao Yi's advice.
• Ji Yan sang with flawless technique, but his ethereal style seemed incompatible with the song, so Zhao Yi called on Si Di to try.

Si Di impressed Zhao Yi with his singing but could not perform the final rap line, giving Li Si a chance to mock him. Huo Xiao defended Si Di and challenged Li Si, leaving the practice room tense.

• Si Di sang Fox's song with strong emotion and technique, but admitted he could not rap the final line.
• Ji Yan defended Si Di and said he could learn the rap with more time.
• Li Si mocked Si Di for having a weakness, drawing angry criticism from the livestream viewers.
• Huo Xiao stood beside Si Di and defended him, sarcastically pointing out Li Si's limits in acting.
• Li Si grew furious when she realized Huo Xiao was protecting Si Di, and the practice room's tension intensified.

Li Si challenged Si Di to rap in front of the livestream, but Huo Xiao defended him and Li Si stormed out. After the confrontation, Huo Xiao noticed Si Di looked unwell and learned that he urgently needed to pee.

• Ji Yan and Cheng Shaoke tried to smooth things over between Li Si and Si Di, but Li Si challenged Si Di to rap using her award-winning track.
• Li Si explained the beat and demanded that Si Di try the track, while Ji Yan objected to pressuring him.
• Huo Xiao criticized Li Si's claim that Si Di could not debut without rapping, and Li Si left the practice room in anger.
• Zhao Yi followed Li Si, while Ji Yan and Huo Xiao checked on the silent, pale Si Di.
• Si Di told Huo Xiao that he needed to pee.

After learning that Si Di had been harshly criticized by mentor Li Si on Limited Idol, Qin Wei watched the video and worried about him. He accepted Si Di’s pending WeChat friend request, unaware that Si Di still did not know his identity as V.

• Chen Wei told Qin Wei that Li Si had singled out Si Di during a guidance session and showed him the trending video.
• Qin Wei saw that Huo Xiao and Ji Yan had defended Si Di and grew jealous of their closeness to him.
• Qin Wei watched Si Di run away looking pale and worried that the criticism and their recent misunderstanding had upset him.
• Qin Wei accepted the friend request from Little Si Invincible.

Si Di cursed and deleted Qin Wei after believing his friend request had been ignored, while Qin Wei tried to explain that he was Si Di’s three-year online boyfriend. Si Di accepted the breakup and turned his attention to the competition as Huo Xiao asked whether he was single.

• Si Di sent Qin Wei a furious fifty-nine-second voice message, then deleted him from WeChat.
• Qin Wei approved Si Di’s friend request, heard the voice message, and tried to tell him to recognize who his online boyfriend really was, but Si Di’s friend verification blocked him.
• Chen Wei suspected Qin Wei and Si Di might be headed for a major relationship scandal and alerted the PR team.
• Qin Wei ordered the driver to take him back to the filming set immediately.
• Si Di returned his phone to the water tank and ran into Huo Xiao, who asked whether he had broken up.
• Si Di confirmed the breakup and told Huo Xiao he would focus on the competition.

Si Di’s teammates comforted him after Li Si’s criticism, and Huo Xiao offered to teach him rap. Their closeness provoked Qin Wei, whose confrontation with Huo Xiao ended in a tense standoff.

• Ji Yan and the other Fox teammates encouraged Si Di to keep singing the center part and promised to help with his rap, while Huo Xiao offered to teach him.
• Si Di and Huo Xiao practiced together, joked around, and shared dinner, with Huo Xiao giving Si Di a duck leg.
• Qin Wei arrived at the practice room and watched Huo Xiao feed water to a choking Si Di while keeping an arm around him.
• Qin Wei told Si Di to come outside, but Si Di refused and asked him to speak in front of everyone.
• Huo Xiao grabbed Si Di’s wrist and challenged Qin Wei to speak openly, claiming that his relationship with Si Di was closer.
• Qin Wei confronted Huo Xiao and called his provocation a sign of inferiority, leaving the two men facing off.

Qin Wei and Huo Xiao both demanded to speak with Si Di, pulling him between them until he forced them to stop. After Huo Xiao left, Qin Wei told Si Di he needed to make something clear to him.

• Qin Wei grabbed Si Di's wrist and tried to take him aside, but Huo Xiao held Si Di's other wrist and refused to let go.
• Si Di broke free and scolded Qin Wei and Huo Xiao for dragging him into their conflict.
• Huo Xiao demanded that Si Di choose between him and Qin Wei, and Si Di tried to arrange time to hear both men out.
• Huo Xiao took Si Di's agreement to speak with Qin Wei first as a rejection and walked away.
• Si Di angrily asked Qin Wei what he wanted to say, and Qin Wei began, saying he needed to make something clear.