Chapter Summaries

Li Changyuan’s presentation was derailed by slides of Zhou Jingcheng and Wu Bai fanart, turning the symposium into a viral spectacle. Zhou Jingcheng embraced the chaos and copied the fanart before preparing to give his speech.

• Li Changyuan’s slideshow displayed Zhou Jingcheng’s photos and praise, while the audience mocked the presentation and Zhou asked Shi Jihan if the compliments were real.
• The slideshow revealed Wu Bai fanart of Zhou Jingcheng and Shi Jihan kissing, leaving Shi Jihan mortified as Zhou admired the picture.
• Zhou Jingcheng teased Li Changyuan, gave him an autograph, and then copied the fanart from the screen instead of beginning his speech.
• Videos and images from the symposium went viral, with netizens shipping Zhou Jingcheng and Shi Jihan and making Li Changyuan their wedding emcee.
• Li Changyuan complained that the trending topics ignored his presentation, while his secretary pointed out that he had become a trending topic himself.

Li Changyuan vowed to retaliate against Wu Bai after his plan fell through, while Zhou Jingcheng and Shi Jihan grew closer on set through teasing, food, and explicit fanart. Zhou Jingcheng revealed to his family that he was still pursuing Shi Jihan, and his parents and sibling mocked his lack of progress.

• Li Changyuan told his secretary he would wait for the Spring Festival release window to get back at Wu Bai.
• Shi Zhongye saw Zhou Jingcheng's speech and worried that Shi Jihan's kissing photo with Zhou had spread online.
• Shi Jihan found that the set's food had run out, so Zhou Jingcheng offered to share his meal in exchange for seeing Shi Jihan's fanart.
• Shi Jihan showed Zhou Jingcheng the fanart, and Zhou took his phone, saved the images, and changed his contact note to a flirtatious name.
• Zhou Jingcheng changed his online handle to Eight-Treasure Zhou and told his family that Shi Jihan had given him the name.
• Zhou Jingcheng admitted to his family that he was still pursuing Shi Jihan, and they teased him for making little progress.

On the crew’s final day of filming, Shi Jihan’s attempts to get closer to Zhou Jingcheng turned into a public kiss and a flurry of teasing. Zhou Jingcheng left Shi Jihan flustered by continuing to flirt with him, while Shi Jihan dragged him back to work.

• Shi Jihan enjoyed a meal with Zhou Jingcheng, and they fed each other while Xiao Yuan and Shi Zhongye watched and traded barbs.
• After receiving a large transfer from Zhou Jingcheng, Shi Jihan declared that he would leave Shi Group and join Universe once filming ended.
• Shi Jihan tried to pounce on Zhou Jingcheng, but Zhou Jingcheng crouched, sending Shi Jihan tumbling into him and then pulling him up by the hand.
• Shi Jihan’s lips struck Zhou Jingcheng’s mouth, cutting it, and the crew teased them as Shi Zhongye confronted Zhou Jingcheng.
• Zhou Jingcheng joked about the kiss and then rubbed Shi Jihan’s lower lip, leaving him flustered as he pulled Zhou Jingcheng toward the set.

Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng watched the final scenes of their low-budget film, which showed the neighborhood residents rebuilding their lives and Lin An returning to his writing. After the crew wrapped filming, Shi Jihan confessed that Zhou Jingcheng’s flavor was especially good, leaving Zhou eager to record him saying it again.

• Shi Jihan fled to the restroom after Zhou Jingcheng offered to clean blood from his face, while Zhou admired the bite mark Shi Jihan had left on him.
• Shi Jihan explained that the production replaced a car accident with an electric wheelchair to save money, and Zhou Jingcheng praised the film as a success.
• The film showed the Demolition Crew recovering its wages, the neighborhood building being preserved, and Lin An reconnecting with his neighbors and resuming his writing.
• The crew celebrated the wrap, and Zhou Jingcheng teased Shi Jihan about ordering pudding before asking which flavor he wanted.
• Shi Jihan shouted that Zhou Jingcheng’s kind of flavor was especially good, and Zhou asked him to repeat it for his phone camera.

Shi Jihan teased Zhou Jingcheng at the wrap party and then earned Malice Points by trading insults with Li Changyuan, who arrived uninvited. Li Changyuan offered the group rare tea, leaving them to react to his display of generosity.

• Shi Jihan playfully pretended Zhou Jingcheng had hurt him, and Zhou enjoyed his affectionate act while onlookers watched.
• At the wrap party, Shi Jihan eagerly anticipated the meal while Zhou Jingcheng received word that Li Changyuan had booked the adjoining private room.
• Shi Jihan received a mission to show Li Changyuan his determination to form an alliance, and Zero-Zero-Zero explained that Li Changyuan was a ruthless business rival and a potential source of Malice Points.
• Li Changyuan entered the party and exchanged greetings with Zhou Jingcheng before calling Shi Jihan "little brother."
• Shi Jihan mocked Li Changyuan's gold teeth and offered him dentures, earning Malice Points as Zhou Jingcheng laughed.
• Li Changyuan invited the group to try his rare Snow-Capped Emerald tea.

Shi Jihan’s attempt to impress Li Changyuan ended with a tea thermos exploding, Li’s wig being removed, and Li fleeing after drinking laxative-laced tea. At the wrap party, Shi Jihan grew closer to Zhou Jingcheng while the Main System revealed that Lin Xubai’s final reverse assistance would ruin Shi Zhongye and Xiao Yuan’s rekindled relationship.

• Shi Jihan’s fermented tea thermos drenched Li Changyuan, and Zhou Jingcheng removed Li’s wig, earning more Malice Points.
• Li Changyuan drank the laxative-laced tea and rushed to the restroom, leaving the group to continue their meal.
• Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng shared a teasing moment when Zhou wiped sauce from Shi Jihan’s lips, and Zhou Zeyang reported it to their family chat.
• The Main System confronted Shi Jihan and Zero-Zero-Zero about their failed performance, while Shi Jihan pretended to be drunk and leaned against Zhou Jingcheng.
• The Main System revealed that Lin Xubai would enter Xiao Yuan’s hotel room by mistake, prompting Shi Zhongye to catch them discussing high-end art and end their private relationship.

Shi Jihan tried to stage a stimulating nighttime misunderstanding in Xiao Yuan's room, but Zhou Jingcheng caught him and discovered his bizarre props were study guides. The encounter left Zhou Jingcheng confronting Shi Jihan about his intentions, while Polite Duck remained stuck in the wardrobe.

• Shi Jihan entered Xiao Yuan's hotel room and found Polite Duck already waiting in the bed, believing Li Changyuan had arranged for them to compete for a job.
• Zhou Zeyang told Zhou Jingcheng that Li Changyuan planned to expose Xiao Yuan in a hotel scandal, so Zhou Jingcheng brought Shi Zhongye and Xiao Yuan to investigate.
• Shi Jihan hid Polite Duck in the wardrobe when footsteps approached, then jumped out to surprise Zhou Jingcheng and promised to do something stimulating with him.
• Zhou Jingcheng cornered Shi Jihan and demanded to know why he had wanted to get stimulated with Xiao Yuan, so Shi Jihan showed him a book of advanced math problems.
• Shi Jihan revealed that his jacket was packed with study guides, and his outstretched arm knocked Polite Duck back into the wardrobe as Zhou Jingcheng asked who else was inside.

Shi Jihan’s attempt to stop Li Changyuan’s plot led to a nighttime misunderstanding that Zhou Jingcheng, Shi Zhongye, and Xiao Yuan uncovered. As reporters stormed in, Zhou Jingcheng kissed Shi Jihan in front of the livestream, leaving Shi Jihan stunned by his first kiss.

• Shi Zhongye and Xiao Yuan entered the closet and discovered that the supposed bed-climber was Shi Jihan, who had been pressing Zhou Jingcheng’s hand against himself.
• Shi Jihan blamed his presence on Polite Duck and claimed he had come to stop Li Changyuan’s plot; Shi Zhongye and Xiao Yuan accepted his explanation.
• Zhou Jingcheng questioned how Shi Jihan got Xiao Yuan’s key card, then let him blame the open door on Polite Duck.
• Zhou Jingcheng lifted Shi Jihan onto the bar counter, and Shi Jihan sprayed champagne over him before licking wine from his chin.
• Zhou Jingcheng asked permission to kiss Shi Jihan, but Shi Zhongye and the reporters burst in before he could answer.
• Zhou Jingcheng kissed Shi Jihan in front of the reporters and livestream, and Shi Jihan realized it was his first kiss.

Shi Jihan admitted that he liked Zhou Jingcheng, though he remained unsure about what the future would bring. Meanwhile, Li Changyuan watched the livestream clip of their kiss and was stunned.

• Zhou Jingcheng kissed Shi Jihan during the livestream, while reporters and Shi Zhongye watched.
• Polite Duck diverted the reporters by telling them about the scheme that had led him to climb into someone's bed.
• Zhou Jingcheng asked Shi Jihan whether he liked him, and Shi Jihan admitted he did while saying he did not want to resolve every uncertainty about their future now.
• A reporter accidentally captured Shi Jihan whispering to Zhou Jingcheng, while Li Changyuan's nurse recognized him as the wedding officiant for the Wu Bai CP.
• Li Changyuan watched the livestream and was shocked to see Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng kissing.

After Li Changyuan was blamed for secretly collecting Wu Bai CP footage, a livestream exposed Shi Jihan confessing that he liked Zhou Jingcheng, and the two began dating. Shi Jihan visited Zhou Jingcheng late that night, and their first deliberate kiss left him flustered but eager for more.

• Polite Duck claimed Li Changyuan had ordered him to record Wu Bai CP interactions, and Zhou Jingcheng's message told Li to restrain his obsessive shipping.
• Netizens identified Shi Jihan telling Zhou Jingcheng, "I like you too," and asking whether they could start dating.
• Shi Jihan stayed awake planning dates and went to Zhou Jingcheng's hotel room after midnight, leaving Zero-Zero-Zero behind.
• Zhou Jingcheng drew Shi Jihan into a kiss and told him to close his eyes when he noticed Shi Jihan watching him.
• When Zhou Jingcheng stopped kissing him, Shi Jihan leaned toward him for more, then grabbed his collar and bit the corner of his lips.

Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng began dating and spent the night flirting, only to be questioned by police after a hotel guest mistook their pink-lit room for an illegal business. By morning, Shi Zhongye discovered their relationship, and Zhou Jingcheng teased Shi Jihan into coming to his room.

• Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng traded jokes and kisses while adjusting to their new relationship.
• A hotel guest reported the pink light and suggestive sounds, so police questioned Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng in the lobby.
• Shi Zhongye saw the couple together at dawn and overheard Shi Jihan call Zhou Jingcheng his boyfriend.
• Lin Xubai told Shi Zhongye that Shi Jihan had given him snacks, and Shi Zhongye decided to tell their eldest brother about the relationship.
• Zhou Jingcheng asked Shi Jihan to repeat calling him boyfriend, then led him toward his room after Shi Jihan agreed to sleep there.

Shi Jihan used a system skill to secretly touch Zhou Jingcheng while he showered, then panicked at the desire it stirred in him. The two prepared to catch their afternoon flight, with Shi Jihan avoiding Zhou Jingcheng and hinting that he feared what might happen between them.

• After remembering their previous hotel encounter, Zhou Jingcheng invited Shi Jihan to watch him shower, but Shi Jihan shut the door on him.
• Shi Jihan bought the Thief Simulator skill and used its transparent hand to touch Zhou Jingcheng's lips and chest while he showered.
• Zhou Jingcheng wondered which custom body wash Xiaohan would like, then reacted to the mysterious touches as they moved across his chest.
• Shi Jihan fled beneath the blankets, then panicked after glimpsing Zhou Jingcheng's arousal and wondering if he could handle it.
• At lunchtime, Shi Jihan emerged while avoiding Zhou Jingcheng's gaze, ate by touch, and insisted he could not lower his head.

Shi Jihan followed the Main System’s plan to get close to Zhou Zeyang’s parents, while Zhou Jingcheng prepared an extravagant airport confession. The spectacle embarrassed Shi Jihan and enraged the Shi family, and Zhou Jingcheng revealed that he had also put up ads in the subway.

• The Main System told Shi Jihan to win over Zhou Yanli and Shen Zhao and help Zhou Zeyang take control of Huanyu, so Shi Jihan chose to approach Shen Zhao through a teaching job at her senior university.
• Shi Jihan learned that Zhou Jingcheng lived apart from his parents and went to sleep instead of meeting them, prompting Zhou Jingcheng to worry about their relationship and plan a grand public confession.
• After landing, Shi Jihan messaged Shi Bochuan and Shen Qinghuai, while Zhou Jingcheng confirmed with Secretary Sun that his airport confession was ready.
• Shi Jihan found the airport covered with giant images and messages declaring Zhou Jingcheng’s love, and he threatened to sue him for the spectacle.
• The airport screens displayed photos of Shi Bochuan and Shen Qinghuai and Shi Zhongye and Xiao Yuan, angering Xiao Yuan and sending Shi Bochuan and Shen Qinghuai back to their car.
• When Shi Jihan chose the subway over Zhou Jingcheng’s car, Zhou Jingcheng eagerly revealed that he had covered the subway with more ads of Shi Jihan.

Shi Jihan endured Zhou Jingcheng’s extravagant public displays of affection, then returned to the Shi Family home and began working at a senior citizens’ university. The chapter left him preparing to teach his first class in disguise so Madam Shen would not recognize him.

• Shi Jihan used the Transparent Hand to slap Zhou Jingcheng twice in the car, while Zhou Jingcheng blamed a ghost and kissed Shi Jihan.
• Zhou Jingcheng’s billboards sent Li Changyuan into another collapse after his hospital discharge.
• Shi Jihan returned to the Shi Family home, where Shi Bochuan and Shen Qinghuai mocked Zhou Jingcheng and sent him away.
• Shi Jihan passed the senior citizens’ university’s skills test, received an internship ID under the alias zz, and was hired to start the next day.
• Zero-Zero-Zero warned Shi Jihan to disguise himself before his first class so Madam Shen would not recognize him.

Shi Jihan worked as a new teacher at Ms. Shen’s school, where he won her favor by designing a bizarre jianbing-inspired gown and tried to keep his identity hidden. After class, he headed to meet Zhou Jingcheng, while their messages and the subway ads showed that Zhou’s affection—and Shi Jihan’s public photos—were hard to escape.

• Shi Jihan introduced himself as Teacher ZZ, and Ms. Shen handed him posters featuring photos of him kissing Zhou Jingcheng.
• Shi Jihan redesigned Ms. Shen’s evening gown as a deep-V jianbing guozi outfit, which she planned to make for her future daughter-in-law, Xiaohan.
• Ms. Shen offered to introduce Shi Jihan to potential partners and said her second kid was available, while Shi Jihan realized she did not recognize him.
• Zhou Jingcheng misunderstood Shi Jihan’s grandmaster joke as a request to roleplay a cultivation scenario, and Shi Jihan told him to get his brain checked.
• Shi Jihan listened to Ms. Shen play the erhu, then left for Zhou Jingcheng’s place after promising to show respect to his grandmaster persona.
• On the subway, Shi Jihan overheard passengers complain about his selfie ads and pretended to stay busy on his phone.

Shi Jihan used Zhou Jingcheng’s computer to embarrass him in front of an important client, then Zhou Jingcheng confronted him and kissed him in the office. After Secretary Sun interrupted them, Zhou Jingcheng tried to coax the embarrassed Shi Jihan with compliments and dinner suggestions.

• Shi Jihan completed a task by altering Zhou Jingcheng’s computer files to expose a fake job ad and a suggestive recording during a client meeting.
• Zhou Jingcheng returned to his office, confronted Shi Jihan, and kissed him while asking him to repeat what he had said in the recording.
• Secretary Sun entered the office, saw Zhou Jingcheng and Shi Jihan together, and hurriedly left after misreading the situation.
• Zhou Jingcheng continued kissing Shi Jihan, who became flustered when Zhou Jingcheng’s arousal poked him.
• Afterward, Zhou Jingcheng praised Shi Jihan’s new hairstyle and suggested beef, hot pot, and pearl milk tea for dinner.

Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng shared a playful hotpot date, where they encountered actor Nan Zhuyan and challenged him to an eating contest. After Shi Bochuan barred Zhou Jingcheng from entering the Shi Family home, Shi Jihan lowered a rope and basket from his third-floor window to help him climb up, startling Shi Bochuan when he spotted a shadow outside the study window.

• Zhou Jingcheng gave Shi Jihan a rabbit-patterned scarf, and they held hands on their way to a hotpot restaurant.
• Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng enjoyed the meal and planned more restaurant dates together.
• Nan Zhuyan recognized Zhou Jingcheng and bragged about his film's investment, so Shi Jihan challenged him to prove himself by eating more; Nan Zhuyan ordered extra brisket fat and kept eating after they left.
• Shi Bochuan turned Zhou Jingcheng away at the gate, and Zhou Jingcheng messaged Shi Jihan while waiting outside.
• Shi Jihan lowered a climbing rope and basket from his window and urged Zhou Jingcheng to climb up.
• Shi Bochuan spotted a shadow swaying outside the study window, dropped his milk, and clung to Shen Qinghuai, shouting that the house was haunted.

Zhou Jingcheng’s attempt to sneak into the Shi residence to see Shi Jihan ended with a lecture and his expulsion, but the two flirted by phone afterward. At a charity gala attended by the casts of their rival films, Shi Jihan’s teasing reunion with Nan Zhuyan drew the reporters’ attention.

• Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng were caught climbing into the Shi residence, and Shi Bochuan and Shen Qinghuai lectured them before throwing Zhou Jingcheng out.
• Zhou Jingcheng went to his parents’ home, where Ms. Shen showed him a deep-V outfit design intended for Shi Jihan; he picked a gala outfit and sent Shi Jihan teasing photos.
• Shi Jihan saved Zhou Jingcheng’s photos and asked for more, and they exchanged kisses through their messages.
• The trailers for Superpowered Neighborhood Committee and The Immortal Delicacies Record appeared online before the charity gala, prompting viewers to argue over the two films.
• At the gala, Shi Zhongye let Xiao Yuan hold his hand, while Zhou Jingcheng took Shi Jihan’s hand and claimed he had social anxiety.
• Shi Jihan teased Nan Zhuyan about the brisket fat he had eaten, and reporters watched their exchange and began drafting sensational stories.

At a charity gala, Shi Jihan completed a mission by sarcastically praising Li Changyuan's film, then joined Zhou Jingcheng in joking with a traditional medicine chairman about Shi Jihan's outfit. Their banter continued over a sour cake, leaving Zhou Jingcheng playfully studying Shi Jihan's angry expressions.

• Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng approached Li Changyuan, and Shi Jihan completed a mission by praising Nan Zhuyan's acting and Li Changyuan's expensive film with heavy sarcasm.
• Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng entered the gala's inner hall, where a chairman in a white suit mistook Shi Jihan for Zhou Jingcheng's delicate little wife.
• Zhou Jingcheng mocked the chairman's outfit by comparing it to jianbing guozi, and Shi Jihan retaliated by imagining a breakfast-themed fashion show.
• Shi Jihan tricked Zhou Jingcheng into eating a sour cake, earning Malice Points as Zhou Jingcheng swallowed it and claimed he could see his great-grandmother.
• Zhou Jingcheng asked whether Shi Jihan had been angry and poked his cheek, making Shi Jihan laugh and tell him he was annoying.

Shi Jihan learned that the film’s promotion and prospects made his mission to create a catastrophic flop seem nearly impossible, while his debt and profit-sharing worries led him to seek Zhou Jingcheng’s help. Zhou Jingcheng offered schemes to handle the debt but told Shi Jihan not to interfere with the film’s promotion, believing his reverse operations worked best.

• Zhou Jingcheng and Shi Jihan’s affectionate antics and unusual endorsements helped their comedy and the rival Immortal Delicacies Record trend online.
• Shi Jihan and Zero-Zero-Zero realized the film looked too promising to fulfill the mission to make it a catastrophic flop, which risked an 80-million-point penalty.
• Shi Jihan calculated that he would need the film to earn forty billion at the box office to break even under his contract, then asked Zhou Jingcheng for help with his 80-million debt.
• Zhou Jingcheng proposed debt bonds, stretched-out installments, and lottery tickets as ways to address the debt, and Shi Jihan hoped to use installments to pay the Main System.
• Shi Jihan offered to help promote the film, but Zhou Jingcheng refused and told him to keep doing what he was supposed to do, since his reverse operations produced the best results.