Recaps

Lu Xiaoxiao discovered that Weibo users were shipping her with nearly everyone, especially Ji Yunhuai, and planned to ask her second brother to suppress the rumors. Meanwhile, Ji Yunhuai's friends teased him about his feelings for her and concluded that he was head over heels, though he refused to admit it.

• Ji Yunhuai told Lu Xiaoxiao to browse Weibo before ending their call, leaving her puzzled.
• Lu Xiaoxiao found numerous shipping supertopics about herself, argued from an alternate account that she and Ji Yunhuai were sworn enemies, and decided to ask her second brother to suppress the rumors.
• He Mingchuan, Jiang Lei, and Shen Yufeng teased Ji Yunhuai about arranging to join Lu Xiaoxiao's variety show and helping her production team.
• Shen Yufeng asked Ji Yunhuai whether he thought about Lu Xiaoxiao, minded touching her, or felt upset imagining her with another man.
• Ji Yunhuai's reaction convinced Shen Yufeng that he was head over heels, but Ji Yunhuai glared at him and dismissed his friends as rotten.

Lu Bochen dreamed that his therapist condemned his self-harm and urged him to change, driving him to reach for sleeping pills. Lu Xiaoxiao called him back to consciousness, and he woke to her gaze.

• Lu Bochen woke in his bedroom and noticed the red heart Lu Xiaoxiao had painted into his portrait of his soul.
• Lu Bochen’s therapist entered the room, pointed out his wounds, and pressed him to become normal.
• The therapist’s words filled the room with darkness as Lu Bochen retreated, overwhelmed by guilt and fear.
• Lu Bochen reached for a bottle of sleeping pills, believing his death would free his family from worry.
• The painted heart began beating, and Lu Xiaoxiao called Lu Bochen’s name, waking him from the dream.

Lu Xiaoxiao comforted Lu Bochen after he woke from a nightmare and learned he felt pressured by his therapist but blamed himself for not improving quickly enough. She reassured him that his family valued him and explained the hopeful meaning of his name.

• Lu Xiaoxiao helped Lu Bochen drink warm water, and he worried that his suicide attempt had failed and that he might try again.
• Lu Xiaoxiao asked whether Lu Bochen liked his therapist and whether he felt uncomfortable with him, and Lu Bochen nodded.
• When Lu Xiaoxiao suggested finding a new therapist, Lu Bochen apologized and blamed himself for improving too slowly.
• Lu Xiaoxiao hugged Lu Bochen, praised his kindness and artistic talent, and told him his name expressed a wish for his life to shine.

After Lu Bochen asked to change therapists, Lu Xiaoxiao confronted Zhou Qiming about his treatment and Lu Bochen’s suicide attempt. She fired him and threatened to sue unless he paid compensation.

• Lu Xiaoxiao promised Lu Bochen she would handle his request to change therapists.
• Lu Xiaoxiao and Lu Yuan agreed that Lu Bochen would switch therapists.
• Lu Xiaoxiao visited Zhou Qiming and told him Lu Bochen had swallowed a lethal dose of sleeping pills.
• Zhou Qiming defended his provocative treatment methods and claimed Lu Bochen’s overdose had been an attempt to threaten his family.
• Lu Xiaoxiao condemned Zhou Qiming, fired him, and demanded that he pay Lu Bochen’s medical expenses and emotional-distress compensation or face a lawsuit.

Lu Xiaoxiao forced Zhou Qiming to sign an agreement accepting responsibility and paying compensation for harming Bochen, then left to find a trustworthy replacement therapist. Before she could contact Xiao Yichen for a recommendation, kidnappers seized her and put her in a car, where she realized what had happened.

• Lu Xiaoxiao rejected Zhou Qiming's excuses and demanded full compensation for the harm he had caused Bochen.
• Zhou Qiming signed the agreement after Lu Xiaoxiao threatened legal action.
• Lu Xiaoxiao decided to vet Bochen's next therapist and thought Xiao Yichen might recommend someone reliable.
• As Lu Xiaoxiao tried to hail a taxi, kidnappers covered her head, restrained her, and carried her into a car.
• The kidnappers helped Lu Xiaoxiao sit upright, and she eagerly told the system she had been kidnapped.

Lu Xiaoxiao was kidnapped by two polite men and brought to Cui Anhe, who wanted to frighten her over an alleged lie. The encounter ended when Cui Anhe noticed a wound on Lu Xiaoxiao’s forehead and worried that Ji Yunhuai would be angry.

• Lu Xiaoxiao joked with system 037 about the kidnapping and calmly tried to negotiate with her captors.
• One kidnapper explained that Cui Anhe had ordered them to bring Lu Xiaoxiao over and make her experience the darkness of being kidnapped.
• The kidnappers escorted Lu Xiaoxiao into a room, where Cui Anhe removed her hood.
• Lu Xiaoxiao complimented Cui Anhe’s dress, but Cui Anhe accused her of flattery and threatened to teach her a lesson for lying.
• Cui Anhe spotted the wound on Lu Xiaoxiao’s forehead and demanded to know which kidnapper had hurt her, fearing Ji Yunhuai would be angry.

Lu Xiaoxiao joked her way into persuading Cui Anhe to pay her fifty million to stay away from Ji Yunhuai. Cui Anhe wrote a ten-million installment check, while Lu Xiaoxiao privately left room for Ji Yunhuai to approach her first.

• Cui Anhe accused her two kidnappers of injuring Lu Xiaoxiao, but Lu Xiaoxiao clarified that she had hurt herself in a fall.
• Lu Xiaoxiao asked Cui Anhe for the bribe she assumed would follow the threats, then persuaded her that Ji Yunhuai was worth far more than five million.
• Cui Anhe offered fifty million for Lu Xiaoxiao to keep her distance from Ji Yunhuai and decided to pay ten million immediately.
• Lu Xiaoxiao promised not to approach Ji Yunhuai first as Cui Anhe wrote the check, then asked what Cui Anhe liked about him.
• Cui Anhe said Ji Yunhuai was handsome, and Lu Xiaoxiao replied that she had seen plenty of men just as handsome.

Lu Xiaoxiao collected a check from Cui Anhe, who had dressed extravagantly to meet her rival, before Cui Anhe’s brother Cui Anze arrived and questioned the suspicious scene. Cui Anze confronted Cui Anhe about the sack and asked her security guards what she had made them do.

• Cui Anhe insisted Ji Yunhuai was the handsomest man in the world, then gave Lu Xiaoxiao a check and exchanged contact details with her for the remaining payment.
• Cui Anhe admitted she had dressed up to meet Lu Xiaoxiao, her romantic rival, and ordered her to leave.
• Cui Anze arrived unexpectedly, and Lu Xiaoxiao learned from the system that he was Cui Anhe’s older brother.
• Cui Anhe claimed Lu Xiaoxiao was her friend, but Cui Anze pointed to the sack on the floor and questioned her explanation.
• Cui Anhe called the sack trash and snapped at her brother, who asked the security guards what she had made them do.

Cui Anze stopped Cui Anhe from kidnapping Lu Xiaoxiao, apologized, and escorted her home. He offered Lu a custom dress as an apology, while she kept worrying about the ten million Cui Anhe had given her.

• Cui Anze learned that Cui Anhe had ordered the guards to kidnap Lu Xiaoxiao and grounded her for a week.
• Cui Anze apologized to Lu Xiaoxiao and escorted her out while Cui Anhe continued shouting behind them.
• Cui Anze and Lu Xiaoxiao talked about their families and his work as they walked to his car.
• Cui Anze drove Lu Xiaoxiao home, and she privately worried that he might learn about the ten million check.
• Cui Anze gave Lu Xiaoxiao a designer's business card and offered to have Luna Devereaux make her a dress as an apology.

Lu Xiaoxiao accepted Cui Anze’s offer to keep the ten-million check and have a gown made, then returned to the Lu family residence. Lu Yubai mistook her meeting with Cui Anze for something improper, and she beat him while Lu Jiaoyue watched happily.

• Lu Xiaoxiao offered Cui Anze the ten-million check, but he told her to keep it as compensation and arrange a gown with Luna Devereaux.
• Cui Anze told Lu Xiaoxiao to ignore Cui An He's demand to stay away from Ji Yunhuai and clarified that Ji Yunhuai saw Cui An He as a younger sister.
• Lu Xiaoxiao said she and Ji Yunhuai were only probably friends, then watched Cui Anze leave and happily kissed the check and business card.
• Lu Yubai saw Lu Xiaoxiao with the check and assumed she was being kept by a rich man, so he urged her not to go down the wrong path.
• Lu Xiaoxiao struck Lu Yubai and threatened to tell their parents about his secret savings, while Lu Jiaoyue watched and enjoyed the scene.

Lu Xiaoxiao woke up for a cast lunch gathering and tried to protect Lu Jiaoyue from a future online smear campaign by urging her to dress up. When Lu Jiaoyue wondered if she could predict the future, Lu Xiaoxiao claimed she often had prophetic dreams and a strong sixth sense.

• Lu Jiaoyue woke Lu Xiaoxiao and reminded her about the lunch gathering for the cast of Desert Island Survival.
• Lu Xiaoxiao told Lu Jiaoyue to dress up, hoping to prevent fans from attacking her appearance as they had in the original plot.
• Lu Xiaoxiao recalled that Bai Xinyan had arranged unflattering photos of Lu Jiaoyue and intended to avoid a similar scandal.
• Lu Jiaoyue asked whether Lu Xiaoxiao could predict the future, then nervously explained that she had only been curious.
• Lu Xiaoxiao concealed her true circumstances by claiming she often had prophetic dreams and a strong sixth sense.

Lu Xiaoxiao encouraged Lu Jiaoyue to choose her own path instead of surrendering her fate to others. On the way to a team-building event, Lu Shiyan realized Xiaoxiao might know about his old unrequited love and asked whether she and Ji Yunhuai had known each other before filming.

• Lu Jiaoyue trusted Lu Xiaoxiao's claims about her dreams and offered to put her fate in Xiaoxiao's hands.
• Lu Xiaoxiao told Lu Jiaoyue to discover what she wanted and live as herself.
• Lu Shiyan returned to the Lu Family villa to drive Lu Xiaoxiao and Lu Jiaoyue to the team-building event.
• Lu Xiaoxiao's thoughts revealed Lu Shiyan's past unrequited love, and he suspected she knew private details about him.
• Lu Xiaoxiao asked whether Ji Yunhuai would attend, and Lu Shiyan asked if she and Ji Yunhuai had known each other before the show.

Lu Xiaoxiao arrived at the team gathering with Lu Shiyan and Lu Jiaoyue, where she spotted Ji Yunhuai and tried to sneak past him. Ji Yunhuai caught her wrist and teased her, exposing her attempt to avoid him.

• Lu Shiyan warned Lu Xiaoxiao that Ji Yunhuai's complicated family and temperament might hurt her, but she agreed only halfheartedly.
• Lu Shiyan drove Lu Xiaoxiao and Lu Jiaoyue to the luxurious Louvre Reverie restaurant and received an urgent call from his manager.
• Lu Xiaoxiao and Lu Jiaoyue entered the restaurant and saw Ji Yunhuai speaking with his butler and a group of bodyguards.
• Lu Xiaoxiao decided to sneak past Ji Yunhuai without greeting him, thinking she should keep her distance after accepting money from Cui Anhe.
• As Lu Xiaoxiao tried to slip by, Ji Yunhuai caught her wrist and mocked her for sneaking around like a petty thief.

Lu Xiaoxiao admitted that Cui Anhe had paid her ten million to stay away from Ji Yunhuai, then offered Ji a chance to outbid her. Ji rejected the deal and left for the elevator, his sudden coldness leaving Lu Jiaoyue confused.

• Ji Yunhuai teased Lu Xiaoxiao about stealing and cleaning toilets, then asked why she refused to speak to him.
• Ji Yunhuai realized Cui Anhe had visited and checked whether she had hurt Lu Xiaoxiao.
• Lu Xiaoxiao said she had accepted Cui Anhe's money willingly and revealed she had received ten million toward a fifty-million deal.
• Lu Xiaoxiao offered to keep Ji Yunhuai happy if he paid her more than Cui Anhe.
• Ji Yunhuai coldly refused to make a deal and walked toward the elevator.

Lu Xiaoxiao explained to System 037 why she had provoked Ji Yunhuai, insisting that he liked her and that she only wanted to vent while keeping some distance. She joined the Desert Island Survival crew’s dinner, where Su Miaohan had saved her the seat beside Ji Yunhuai.

• Lu Xiaoxiao told System 037 that Ji Yunhuai’s restraint when she provoked him suggested he liked her.
• Lu Xiaoxiao blamed Ji Yunhuai for the danger caused by Cui Anhe and said she wanted to keep him from thinking she was wrapped around his finger.
• Lu Xiaoxiao admitted she might have to leave this world someday and thought Ji Yunhuai staying away would not be so bad.
• Lu Xiaoxiao and Lu Jiaoyue arrived at the crew’s dinner for Desert Island Survival.
• Su Miaohan welcomed Lu Xiaoxiao and led her toward the seat she had saved beside Ji Yunhuai.

Lu Xiaoxiao got seated beside Ji Yunhuai before Su Miaohan moved Xiao Yichen over, misunderstanding her request as a sign of romantic interest. Lu Xiaoxiao asked Xiao Yichen to recommend a psychological counselor for her third brother, and he agreed to introduce her to some; Ji Yunhuai remained aloof.

• Su Miaohan seated Lu Xiaoxiao beside Ji Yunhuai, then moved Xiao Yichen beside her after thinking Lu Xiaoxiao wanted to sit with him.
• Lu Xiaoxiao asked Xiao Yichen to recommend a mental health professional for her third brother, Lu Bochen.
• Lu Xiaoxiao explained that her family wanted Lu Bochen to be safe and happy, and hoped to find someone who could live with them and watch over him.
• Xiao Yichen explained the difference between psychiatrists and Psychological Counselors and suggested a counselor would suit Lu Bochen better.
• Lu Xiaoxiao agreed to consider a Psychological Counselor, and Xiao Yichen offered to introduce her to several.

Lu Xiaoxiao tried to make Ji Yunhuai jealous by lavishing attention on Xiao Yichen and pointedly skipping Ji Yunhuai when she poured drinks. As the guests gathered for the show’s final livestream, Lu Jiaoyue and Lu Shiyan reacted to Lu Xiaoxiao’s private thoughts by distancing themselves from Bai Xinyan.

• Lu Xiaoxiao served Xiao Yichen food and poured orange juice for the Pirate Team, but told Ji Yunhuai she would arrange an extravagant bottle of wine for him instead.
• The host gathered all ten guests to film a short livestream wrapping up the show.
• Lu Xiaoxiao seated herself between Su Miaohan and Lu Shiyan to keep her distance from Ji Yunhuai.
• Lu Jiaoyue heard Lu Xiaoxiao’s thoughts criticizing Bai Xinyan and quickly pulled away from her.
• Lu Shiyan moved away from Bai Xinyan and suggested that Lu Jiaoyue take the seat beside him, leaving Bai Xinyan confused.

The guests reunited on a livestream to reveal the undercover players from Desert Island Survival. Lu Xiaoxiao and Qin Zixuan were exposed, and Qin asked Lu Jiaoyue whether she was angry that he had deceived her.

• The host introduced the livestream and announced that the guests would learn who the undercover players were.
• Lu Xiaoxiao stood as an undercover player, shocking Su Miaohan, while Ji Yunhuai, Xiao Yichen, and Ye Xinglan reacted to the reveal.
• Su Miaohan admitted she had suspected Ji Yunhuai instead and demanded that Lu Xiaoxiao treat her to a meal for deceiving her.
• Lu Xiaoxiao pointed out that Qin Zixuan had also been undercover, and Qin credited Lu Jiaoyue with warning him about Xiaoxiao.
• Qin Zixuan apologized to Lu Jiaoyue for deceiving her and asked whether she was angry with him.

Lu Jiaoyue rejected Qin Zixuan’s attempt to smooth things over, while Lu Xiaoxiao defended her and helped the host move past an awkward question about her and Ji Yunhuai. The comment Q&A continued with Lu Shiyan discussing his next drama as viewers speculated about the tension between Ji Yunhuai and Lu Xiaoxiao.

• Lu Jiaoyue told Qin Zixuan she was not angry, but her disappointed tone made clear that she no longer wanted to talk to him.
• Lu Xiaoxiao reflected that Qin Zixuan’s lies had damaged his chances with Lu Jiaoyue, unlike Gu Sipei’s concealed deception in the original novel.
• The host began the comment Q&A, and Ji Yunhuai curtly denied knowing Lu Xiaoxiao before the show.
• Lu Xiaoxiao and Lu Shiyan reassured the host that she got along with all the guests, easing the awkward silence.
• Lu Shiyan answered a viewer’s question about his next drama, while viewers debated whether Ji Yunhuai and Lu Xiaoxiao had a history or were secretly falling for each other.

A loaded livestream question revived the controversy over Xiao Yichen’s failed surgery, but he calmly presented evidence and explained the tragedy to defend his team and his late mentor. He left the viewers with his account and records, while the livestream’s reaction remained uncertain.

• The host asked Xiao Yichen why he had killed a child in a medical incident two years earlier, and Lu Xiaoxiao learned the raffle question and hostile comments had been deliberately arranged.
• Lu Xiaoxiao silently encouraged Xiao Yichen, who stood up and announced that he had brought evidence to clarify the incident.
• Xiao Yichen presented surgical records and explained that the rare case had exceeded the team’s medical capabilities despite their efforts.
• Xiao Yichen revealed that the child’s family had signed a consent form and that his mentor, the chief physician, had been stabbed to death during the hospital confrontation.
• Xiao Yichen defended his mentor’s memory and concluded his answer, saying he had nothing more to add for anyone who still wanted to attack the medical team.

After Xiao Yichen cleared his name during the livestream, he thanked Lu Xiaoxiao for giving him the courage to face his past, while Ji Yunhuai stormed off in apparent jealousy. Lu Xiaoxiao hurried after discovering Lu Jiaoyue and Qin Zixuan had disappeared together, but got lost in the venue and learned it belonged to Gu Sipei.

• Xiao Yichen’s evidence silenced the trolls, and the livestream returned to the variety show before ending.
• Su Miaohan took Ye Xinglan and the staff to play games, leaving Lu Xiaoxiao, Xiao Yichen, and Ji Yunhuai at the table.
• Xiao Yichen thanked Lu Xiaoxiao for giving him the courage to come to terms with his past, and Ji Yunhuai cracked his glass and left in a bad mood.
• The system pointed out that Lu Jiaoyue and Qin Zixuan were missing, so Lu Xiaoxiao rushed out to look for them after excusing herself to Xiao Yichen.
• Lu Xiaoxiao got lost in the Louvre Reverie, and the system told her the venue belonged to Gu Sipei.

Lu Xiaoxiao decided not to stop Qin Zixuan and Lu Jiaoyue from meeting, though she still opposed Gu Sipei’s coercive methods. After Ji Yunhuai pulled her into a dark corridor and confronted her about treating him differently, she suspected he was drunk.

• Lu Xiaoxiao recalled that Gu Sipei’s restaurant was a place from the Original Novel where the leads often met.
• Lu Xiaoxiao decided not to prevent Qin Zixuan and Lu Jiaoyue from meeting, while saying she would accept Gu Sipei as Lu Jiaoyue’s devoted admirer if he did not force her.
• Lu Xiaoxiao got lost in the restaurant and was pulled into a dim corridor by Ji Yunhuai.
• Ji Yunhuai pinned Lu Xiaoxiao against the wall and asked why she provoked him, avoided asking him for help, and seemed to hate only him.
• Lu Xiaoxiao noticed the smell of alcohol and asked Ji Yunhuai if he was drunk.

Drunk Ji Yunhuai pinned Lu Xiaoxiao against a wall and demanded to know why she hated him, then promised not to be harsh with her if she would not hate him. Meanwhile, Qin Zixuan found Lu Jiaoyue in the restroom, apologized, and confessed that he liked her, leaving her startled and backing away.

• Ji Yunhuai held Lu Xiaoxiao against the wall and repeatedly asked why she hated him.
• Lu Xiaoxiao snapped that Ji Yunhuai was harsh with her, causing him to loosen his grip and look hurt.
• Ji Yunhuai rested his forehead on Lu Xiaoxiao's shoulder and promised not to be harsh with her, telling her she could not hate him.
• Qin Zixuan found Lu Jiaoyue in the restroom and asked whether she was angry with him.
• Qin Zixuan confessed that he liked Lu Jiaoyue and asked her to give him a chance, while she tried to dismiss his confession as a joke.

Lu Jiaoyue rejected Qin Zixuan’s confession by claiming she liked Gu Sipei, who played along and warned Qin off. Meanwhile, Lu Xiaoxiao tried to help the drunk Ji Yunhuai after he reassured her he would stop snapping at her, but she ran into her second brother while dragging him toward the lobby.

• Lu Jiaoyue pointed to Gu Sipei and told Qin Zixuan she already liked him.
• Lu Jiaoyue hugged Gu Sipei’s arm, and he confirmed they were friends by playing along.
• Gu Sipei’s cold glare made Qin Zixuan back down, though Qin privately suspected Gu Sipei was just as insincere as he was.
• Lu Xiaoxiao told Ji Yunhuai she did not hate him, and he remained leaned against her shoulder before passing out drunk.
• Lu Xiaoxiao struggled to drag Ji Yunhuai toward the first-floor lobby, then heard her second brother ask what they were doing.

Lu Xiaoxiao helped Lu Shiyan get the drunk Ji Yunhuai home and learned Lu Jiaoyue had stayed behind with Gu Sipei. The next day, Jiaoyue told her how she had used Gu Sipei to fend off Qin Zixuan, while Xiaoxiao suspected Gu’s feelings were genuine.

• Lu Shiyan helped Lu Xiaoxiao take the drunk Ji Yunhuai downstairs and hand him over to Uncle Zhong.
• Lu Xiaoxiao hid what she knew about Lu Jiaoyue’s whereabouts, and Lu Shiyan received Jiaoyue’s message that she would stay longer with a friend.
• Lu Xiaoxiao noticed Ji Yunhuai had recalled a WeChat message but received no reply after sending him a question mark.
• Lu Jiaoyue brought Lu Xiaoxiao lunch and said she and Mr. Gu had become close enough to call each other friends.
• Lu Jiaoyue explained that Qin Zixuan had confessed to her, so she grabbed Mr. Gu’s arm and pretended he was the person she liked.
• Lu Xiaoxiao suspected Gu Sipei had not been merely acting when he played along with Jiaoyue’s ruse.