Chapter Summaries

Shen Ranxin met the new botanist, Shen Qi, who seemed to know him and repaired the Paperbush trees while hinting at a shared past. When Lu Zhi saw Shen Qi beside Shen Ranxin, he unleashed his pheromones and confronted him, ending the chapter with Lu Zhi appearing afraid of the botanist.

• Director Chen brought botanist Shen Qi in as a guest, and Shen Ranxin felt an inexplicable familiarity when he saw him.
• Shen Qi introduced himself, held Shen Ranxin's hand, and claimed that Shen Ranxin resembled a friend he once had.
• Shen Qi treated the damaged Paperbush trees and revealed a long scar on the back of his neck, while Fang Yu and Jiang Ye teased each other about their care for one another.
• Shen Qi inspected the garden's trees and gave the guests instructions for looking after them.
• Lu Zhi saw Shen Qi with Shen Ranxin and released overwhelming pheromone pressure, forcing Shen Ranxin and Jiang Ye to intervene.
• Lu Zhi withdrew his pheromones after Shen Ranxin kicked him, then threatened Shen Qi while Shen Ranxin noticed that Lu Zhi seemed afraid of him.

Shen Qi joined Instant Heart despite Lu Zhi's attempts to keep him away, and Lu Zhi lost control after Shen Ranxin followed him upstairs. Lu Zhi revealed that he feared Shen Ranxin would choose Shen Qi over him because of painful memories from their time at the Shen family.

• Director Chen proposed Shen Qi as Gu Yifei's replacement, but Lu Zhi tried to bring Gu Yifei back and ordered Shen Qi to leave.
• Shen Qi accepted the invitation and signed the contract after insulting Lu Zhi and being defended by Shen Ranxin.
• Shen Ranxin followed Lu Zhi upstairs and found him trembling amid his clothes, overwhelmed by his pheromones and warning that he might hurt Shen Ranxin.
• Lu Zhi briefly pinned Shen Ranxin down, then calmed when Shen Ranxin reassured him and held him.
• Lu Zhi told Shen Ranxin that he feared being replaced because, during their time at the Shen family, he had dreamed of Shen Ranxin calling him an inferior substitute for Shen Qi.

Shen Qi joined the dating show and stirred up tension with Lu Zhi and Cheng Cheng over Shen Ranxin. The guests began a dormitory reassignment game, and Shen Ranxin and Lu Zhi scored a high tacit-understanding result before their next round went badly astray.

• Shen Ranxin rejected Lu Zhi's jealous complaints, then challenged him to stop acting as if they were in a relationship.
• Shen Qi provoked Lu Zhi and approached Shen Ranxin, who admitted he had a good impression of Shen Qi but asked him to state what he wanted; Cheng Cheng pulled Shen Ranxin away when Shen Qi embraced him.
• Director Chen announced that the six guests would choose partners and compete in a tacit-understanding game to determine their room assignments.
• Jiang Ye chose Fang Yu, and their score earned them a shared room.
• Shen Ranxin chose Lu Zhi, and Lu Zhi misheard his sentence so badly that their answer still earned a 95 percent similarity score.
• In the next round, Shen Ranxin misread the production team's sentence about allowance funds as a question about pear blossom fragrance, and Lu Zhi gave another confused answer.

Lu Zhi and Shen Ranxin failed the compatibility challenge, forcing Lu Zhi to move into a single room while Shen Ranxin shared with Shen Qi. Lu Zhi confessed his jealousy and insecurity before leaving, and Shen Qi ended the night by teasing Shen Ranxin about using his toiletries.

• Lu Zhi misunderstood the production team's phrase and gave an inappropriate answer, leaving his and Shen Ranxin's compatibility score at thirty percent.
• Shen Ranxin and Shen Qi scored ninety percent, while Cheng Cheng and Shen Ranxin scored sixty percent, so Jiang Ye shared with Fang Yu, Shen Ranxin shared with Shen Qi, and Lu Zhi and Cheng Cheng each received single rooms.
• As he packed, Lu Zhi asked Shen Ranxin not to choose Shen Qi again and admitted he was jealous and felt unable to replace the person who had grown up with Shen Ranxin.
• Lu Zhi and Shen Qi traded insults as Shen Qi carried his belongings into the shared room.
• After showering, Shen Ranxin told Shen Qi not to use his orange blossom-scented toiletries, and Shen Qi asked what if he wanted to use them.

Shen Ranxin questioned Shen Qi about the past, but their confrontation turned violent after Shen Qi accused him of being heartless. Lu Zhi then sneaked onto Shen Ranxin’s balcony and kissed him until the sound of water stopping in the bathroom interrupted them.

• Shen Ranxin asked Shen Qi about the gland removal and why he had appeared, and Shen Qi said he wanted another chance with him.
• Shen Ranxin rejected Shen Qi’s claim that he owed him responsibility, punched him, and kicked him down before sending him to shower.
• Shen Ranxin noticed Lu Zhi leap onto his balcony and opened the door for him.
• Lu Zhi pressed Shen Ranxin onto the bed and kissed him, pinning their intertwined hands to the mattress.
• The bathroom water stopped while Lu Zhi was still kissing Shen Ranxin.

Shen Ranxin hid Lu Zhi in his wardrobe when Shen Qi returned, but Lu Zhi was discovered and openly went back to his own room. Later, Shen Ranxin sneaked out to meet him and found Lu Zhi acting strangely hot as he pinned him to the bed.

• Lu Zhi kissed Shen Ranxin, who bit his lip, and persuaded him to come find him that night.
• When Shen Qi entered, Shen Ranxin hid Lu Zhi in the wardrobe, but Shen Qi guessed who was inside and Lu Zhi came out.
• Lu Zhi turned on the livestream, claimed he had returned to retrieve something, and exchanged barbs with Cheng Cheng before going next door.
• After Shen Qi went to bed, Shen Ranxin slipped out and knocked on Lu Zhi's door.
• Lu Zhi carried Shen Ranxin into his room and pinned him on a bed scattered with Shen Ranxin's clothes.
• Shen Ranxin realized Lu Zhi was unusually hot.

Lu Zhi suffered a dangerous bout of uncontrolled pheromones and clung to Shen Ranxin, who tried to help him before agreeing to intimate contact to ease his distress. By dawn, Lu Zhi's fever had passed, but Shen Ranxin was exhausted and wanted to leave, while Lu Zhi hinted that he would keep him there.

• Lu Zhi told Shen Ranxin that his incomplete gland meant he had no susceptible period, though he could not control his pheromones and was in severe pain.
• Shen Ranxin tried to take Lu Zhi to a doctor and then attempted to soothe him with pheromones, but Lu Zhi refused to let him go.
• Shen Ranxin kissed Lu Zhi and agreed to stay with him, and they spent the night together.
• At dawn, Lu Zhi's temperature returned to normal, and he carried Shen Ranxin out of the bathroom.
• Shen Ranxin found his clothes torn and tried to return to his dorm, but Lu Zhi tightened his arm around him and suggested he was not tired enough yet.

After spending the night with Lu Zhi, Shen Ranxin tried to leave before anyone noticed, but he ran into Fang Yu and Jiang Ye. Back in his room, he confronted Shen Qi, who accused him of seeking out the man responsible for his father’s death.

• Shen Ranxin struggled to stand after the night with Lu Zhi and rejected Lu Zhi’s request to stay, saying he had only helped him through his heat.
• Lu Zhi agreed to get medicine, and he and Shen Ranxin ran into Fang Yu and Jiang Ye outside their rooms; Shen Ranxin claimed they had been playing Landlord.
• Jiang Ye carried Fang Yu back into their room, and Shen Ranxin sneaked back to his dorm.
• Shen Qi spotted the marks on Shen Ranxin and berated him for spending the night with Lu Zhi, whom he said had caused Shen Ranxin’s father’s death.
• Shen Ranxin challenged Shen Qi’s right to interfere and called him a piece of trash for clinging to him.

Shen Qi offered to restore Shen Ranxin’s blocked memories, warning that the process could damage his nervous system. Shen Ranxin agreed to try it that night, beginning with memories of their time together.

• Shen Ranxin told Shen Qi he trusted his feelings for Lu Zhi, and Shen Qi offered to restore his memories despite the risks.
• Lu Zhi apologized to Shen Ranxin and gave him a collar that could help control pheromone loss by causing pain.
• Shen Ranxin applied ointment in the bathroom while Shen Qi questioned whether he truly cared for Lu Zhi and regretted leaving him.
• Shen Ranxin asked Shen Qi about the memory-restoration method, and Shen Qi warned that avoided memories carried greater risk of brain damage.
• Shen Ranxin agreed to let Shen Qi use the equipment that night, provided he started with memories of their time together.

The guests woke after a night that left Shen Ranxin and Fang Yu sore, while Lu Zhi and Jiang Ye seemed unusually energetic. After the day’s filming, Shen Qi gave Shen Ranxin an eye mask to help recover memories, warning him that trying to remember Lu Zhi could damage his brain.

• Director Chen found all the guests awake, and Lu Zhi brought Shen Ranxin warm milk while wearing a new golden bell on his collar.
• Cheng Cheng showed a photo of Lu Zhi leaving Shen Ranxin’s room, so Director Chen assigned Shen Ranxin and Shen Qi to decide Lu Zhi’s punishment.
• Shen Ranxin proposed deducting twenty Happy Beans, and the production crew instead ordered Lu Zhi to water Paperbush Garden for a week.
• Lu Zhi and Jiang Ye finished their assignments quickly and completed their partners’ tasks before everyone returned to the villa at seven in the evening.
• Shen Qi gave Shen Ranxin a small eye mask to stimulate memory recovery and warned him not to recall memories related to Lu Zhi because doing so could damage his brain.

Shen Ranxin revisited a childhood memory in which Shen Ziqing forced him to choose between a gland modification for himself and his mother's safety. Young Ranxin planned to seek help from the president of the Star Science Institute, but Shen Ziqing appeared at their secret meeting instead.

• Shen Ranxin wondered whether Shen Ziqing had taken him to the slave market to find an Alpha whose gland could be used for him.
• Shen Ranxin saw his childhood self beg Shen Ziqing not to take Shen Qi's gland.
• Shen Ziqing gave young Ranxin three days to accept a gland modification or let his mother become a test subject.
• Shen Qi urged Ranxin to choose him, but young Ranxin refused to choose and promised to save both Shen Qi and his mother.
• Young Ranxin decided to sneak out with Shen Qi and ask the Star Science Institute president for help.
• At the meeting place that night, Shen Ziqing appeared instead of the president.

Shen Ranxin recalled how Shen Ziqing forced him to undergo a gland transplant using Shen Qi’s gland, then learned Shen Qi had escaped. Years later, Shen Ziqing and Cheng Cheng sought a top-tier Alpha to trigger the graft, and Shen Ranxin met the silver-haired boy they had arranged for him.

• Shen Ziqing forced Shen Ranxin to choose between Shen Qi and his mother, then proceeded with the gland transplant despite Shen Ranxin’s pleas.
• After recovering enough to reach Shen Qi’s bedside, Shen Ranxin discovered Shen Qi had disappeared and confronted Shen Ziqing with a knife; Shen Ziqing said Shen Qi had left alive.
• Shen Ziqing introduced Cheng Cheng as Shen Ranxin’s future marriage partner, and Cheng Cheng became involved in Shen Ziqing’s research.
• When Shen Ranxin turned eighteen, Shen Ziqing and Cheng Cheng concluded that pheromones from a top-tier Alpha could activate his transplanted gland.
• Shen Ranxin met the silver-haired Alpha arranged to give him a simulated mark, and the boy’s smile made him think of Little Seven.

Shen Ranxin recalled how Lu Zhi had induced his gland and promised to survive, allowing Shen Ranxin to become an Alpha. As the memory ended, Shen Ranxin found himself surrounded by flames.

• Lu Zhi recognized Shen Ranxin as the young master who had named him at the slave market and insisted on marking him to save his life.
• Shen Ranxin warned Lu Zhi that inducing his gland could kill him, but Lu Zhi promised that he would survive.
• Shen Ranxin agreed to a simulated marking after Lu Zhi promised to keep his word and asked him to let Lu Zhi kiss him if he survived until the next night.
• Lu Zhi induced Shen Ranxin's gland, and Shen Ranxin later woke as an Alpha while Lu Zhi slept beside the bed wearing a Bite Guard.
• Shen Ranxin remembered that Lu Zhi had traded his gland for four years with the Shen family, then found himself in a sea of fire.

Shen Ranxin recovered memories of his past with Shen Qi and rejected his attempt to rekindle their relationship. He affirmed that he loved Lu Zhi, who overheard him and responded from the neighboring balcony.

• Shen Ranxin woke from a painful memory-recovery session, and Shen Qi asked whether he remembered their past.
• Shen Qi apologized for how he had treated Shen Ranxin and asked to be forgiven.
• Shen Ranxin said he did not blame Shen Qi but wanted them to remain separate, and he refused to take responsibility for Shen Qi’s past suffering.
• Shen Qi insisted they were inseparable and accused Shen Ranxin of choosing Lu Zhi because he resembled him.
• Shen Ranxin rejected the comparison and said he liked Lu Zhi for being shameless, while Lu Zhi overheard him and called out, “Baby, I love you too.”

Shen Ranxin investigated the commotion in Jiang Ye and Fang Yu’s suite and discovered that Jiang Ye’s pheromones were out of control because he had accidentally consumed alcohol in Fang Yu’s mouthwash. Lu Zhi rushed in fearing Shen Ranxin was in danger, and the accompanying doctor began examining Jiang Ye.

• Lu Zhi comforted Shen Ranxin after his balcony confession, while Shen Qi watched and the livestream viewers speculated about what had happened.
• Shen Ranxin opened Jiang Ye and Fang Yu’s unlocked suite and found strong pheromones and signs of a struggle behind a bedroom door.
• Shen Ranxin sent the cameraman to fetch the doctor and told Cheng Cheng to keep Lu Zhi and Shen Qi from coming upstairs, then entered the room himself.
• Jiang Ye pinned Fang Yu down and tried to carry and hide him among plush toys, so Shen Ranxin punched Jiang Ye and pulled Fang Yu free.
• Fang Yu explained that Jiang Ye had drunk alcohol-containing mouthwash, causing his pheromones to go out of control.
• Lu Zhi rushed to the suite after hearing someone might be in a susceptible period, checked Shen Ranxin for injuries, and the accompanying doctor examined Jiang Ye.

After Jiang Ye recovered from his alcohol allergy, the guests formed teams for a short-film contest, and Shen Ranxin chose Lu Zhi over Shen Qi and Cheng Cheng. The team choices stirred old regrets, while Cheng Cheng remembered how he had erased Shen Ranxin’s memories after the fire and realized Lu Zhi’s return meant he could no longer keep Shen Ranxin hidden.

• The doctor treated Jiang Ye’s alcohol allergy, and Jiang Ye woke up apologizing to Fang Yu for his behavior while intoxicated.
• Director Chen announced that the guests would form pairs, shoot couple photos, and compete for the lead roles in a paid short film.
• Jiang Ye paired with Fang Yu, and Shen Ranxin chose Lu Zhi despite invitations from Shen Qi and Cheng Cheng.
• Shen Qi recognized that Shen Ranxin had changed and softened only around Lu Zhi, while Cheng Cheng sat quietly with his own regrets.
• Cheng Cheng recalled falling for Shen Ranxin after seeing him with Lu Zhi, then erasing Shen Ranxin’s memories of the fire to keep him alive and eventually considering replacing Lu Zhi.
• Cheng Cheng remembered that Lu Zhi was released from the Anomaly Management Center five years after the fire and realized he could no longer hide Shen Ranxin.

Shen Qi confronted Shen Ranxin about their shared past, but Lu Zhi drove him away by staking his own claim and jokingly pretending he and Shen Ranxin had a child. The couples then drew their filming themes, leaving Fang Yu alarmed by his forbidden-love pairing with Jiang Ye.

• Shen Qi grabbed Shen Ranxin's wrist and pleaded for another chance, revealing that he had spent eleven years by Shen Ranxin's side before leaving him.
• Lu Zhi forced Shen Qi to let go, accused him of abandoning Shen Ranxin, and then pretended to fear losing Shen Ranxin and their supposed child.
• Shen Ranxin denied that they had a child and kicked Lu Zhi for acting out in front of the cameras, while Shen Qi and Cheng Cheng watched.
• Director Chen announced that the episode's theme was morally forbidden love after Fang Yu and Jiang Ye drew the roles of a righteous immortal master and his obsessed disciple.
• Jiang Ye said Lu Zhi had told him helping Fang Yu change clothes would make Fang Yu like him more, prompting Shen Ranxin to scold Lu Zhi and Lu Zhi to ask for permission to help Shen Ranxin change clothes.

Shen Ranxin and Lu Zhi prepared for a themed photoshoot, but Lu Zhi objected to Shen Ranxin’s revealing costume and insisted he change. Shen Ranxin emerged in a black cheongsam instead, ready to pose as the young stepmother.

• Shen Ranxin and Lu Zhi drew the theme of an innocent stepson and a hot young stepmother, and Shen Ranxin reluctantly put on a white suit with a nearly open back.
• Lu Zhi arrived in a youthful black-and-red sports uniform, while Cheng Cheng and Shen Qi stared at Shen Ranxin’s revealing outfit.
• Lu Zhi dragged Shen Ranxin into a changing room and demanded he change, saying he was afraid of the effect the outfit would have on him.
• Lu Zhi convinced Director Chen to find Shen Ranxin another costume by threatening the production team’s plans for the shoot.
• The wardrobe staff found Lu Zhi’s black cheongsam, and Shen Ranxin came out wearing it with a prop pipa, admitting he did not know how to play it.

Shen Ranxin and Lu Zhi grew closer during a costume shoot, while Lu Zhi’s history of painful susceptible periods revealed how deeply he depended on Shen Ranxin. At the same time, Jiang Ye struggled to portray hatred toward Fang Yu in their staged shoot.

• Shen Ranxin idly plucked his pipa prop until Lu Zhi knelt before him, took his hand, and photographed their intertwined fingers.
• Shen Ranxin told Lu Zhi he could keep only one, and Lu Zhi agreed before biting his fingertip and leaving a mark.
• Shen Ranxin recalled that his damaged glands had made Lu Zhi’s susceptible periods unbearable, that the Anomaly Management Center had tried and failed to find compatible omegas, and that surgery had blocked Lu Zhi’s periods until Shen Ranxin’s scent revived his desire.
• Cheng Cheng and Shen Qi came out in costumes for their sibling-incest story, while Jiang Ye and Fang Yu began their own shoot.
• The photographer tried to make Jiang Ye act out a disciple’s love and hatred toward his master, but Jiang Ye insisted Fang Yu’s character must have a good reason for everything.

Shen Ranxin and Lu Zhi’s improvised photoshoot turned flirtatious, while Cheng Cheng and Shen Qi struggled through their own shoot. Shen Qi proposed making Shen Ranxin recover his memories to provoke Lu Zhi into losing control, and Cheng Cheng threatened him for suggesting it.

• Lu Zhi improvised a seductive performance with Shen Ranxin, and the photographer praised their chemistry before calling them back.
• Cheng Cheng and Shen Qi failed to convincingly portray an intimate pair because they despised each other.
• Cheng Cheng left to look at the neighboring studio, but Shen Qi stopped him and reminded him that Lu Zhi remained under Anomaly Management Center surveillance.
• Shen Qi proposed restoring Shen Ranxin’s memories to make Lu Zhi lose control and get taken back by the Center.
• Cheng Cheng grabbed Shen Qi by the collar and threatened to hurt him if he touched Shen Ranxin.