Recaps

Shen Yangge tried to provoke his own death while serving as the Crown Prince’s chronicler, but the prince repeatedly protected and kept him close. After Shen Yangge broke with the Shen family and moved Madam Shen to a new home, assassins attacked the Eastern Palace, leaving the Crown Prince urging Shen Yangge to share his bed.

• Shen Yangge woke from his coffin, learned he had transmigrated into Century of Prosperity, and received System 615’s quest to die while staying in character.
• At the empress’s banquet, the emperor appointed Shen Yangge as the Crown Prince’s chronicler, and Shen Yangge fell into the prince’s birthday coffin with him.
• The Crown Prince ordered Shen Yangge to cut him, then attacked him and kept him in the Eastern Palace, where assassins later targeted them both.
• The Crown Prince kept Shen Yangge close as his chronicler, while Shen Yangge endured threats, injuries, and an attempted killing by two maids at the Shen Residence.
• After Shen Yangge accused Shen Susu of conspiring against him, he and Madam Shen left the Shen Residence and moved into a courtyard house he bought.
• The Crown Prince summoned Shen Yangge, had Physician Liu treat his injuries, and ordered him to stay in the Eastern Palace for several days.
• Assassins attacked Shen Yangge’s room, and he stabbed one attacker before an impostor posing as Su Shang tried to lure him out.
• The Crown Prince killed the attackers in his bedchamber, punished Su Shang for leaving the side hall, and pulled Shen Yangge from beneath the bed, urging him to share his bed.

Shen Yangge was abducted, falsely imprisoned, and transformed into a kitten, while the Crown Prince searched for him and kept him close after finding him. When Shen Yangge returned to human form, the Crown Prince brought him back to the Eastern Palace and questioned whether he would stay by his side.

• The Crown Prince kept Shen Yangge in his dark bedchamber, while Shen Yangge tried to comfort him and learn why he feared the lamps.
• Kidnappers abducted Shen Yangge, but the Crown Prince sent his shadow guards to rescue him and later helped him punish the traffickers.
• After Shen Residence accused Shen Yangge of stealing land deeds, he refused to ask Shen Zhi for help, transformed into a kitten, and escaped through a tunnel.
• Shen Yangge hid at the Xue Residence, but after escaping from Chu Hengchuan and being injured by a dog, he was found and cared for by the Crown Prince.
• The Crown Prince named the kitten Yangyang and took him along to Lingnan, then guarded him in the Eastern Palace and treated his burns and wounds.
• Chu Hengchuan stole Yangyang and tortured him with silver needles, but the Crown Prince recovered the kitten and had Chu Hengchuan subjected to the same torture.
• When Shen Yangge turned human again, he escaped the Eastern Palace, but the Crown Prince found him and brought him back.
• The Crown Prince questioned Shen Yangge about his healed neck wound and pressed him to stay by his side, while Shen Yangge begged him to execute him.

Shen Yangge returned with Chu Xuanzhen to confront Shen Zhi, then traveled with him toward Lingnan while struggling with Skin Hunger Syndrome and Chu Xuanzhen’s possessive attention. After bandits seized Shen Yangge at Yong'an, Chu Xuanzhen rescued him and condemned Shen Zhi, leaving Shen Yangge’s condition flaring as Chu Xuanzhen followed him into the carriage.

• Assassins attacked Shen Yangge and Chu Xuanzhen, who killed them, while Shen Yangge’s biting and need for contact revealed the dangers of his Skin Hunger Syndrome.
• Shen Yangge returned to the Shen residence with Chu Xuanzhen and Shen Mother, reclaimed her businesses from Shen Zhi, and saw Chu Xuanzhen expose himself and seize the household’s property.
• Chu Xuanzhen arranged for Shen Zhi and his family to be sent to Lingnan, then traveled there with Shen Yangge and the disgraced family.
• On the journey, Chu Xuanzhen repeatedly protected and cared for Shen Yangge through attacks, a fever, and his need for physical contact.
• At Yong'an, bandits captured Shen Yangge and dressed him as a bride, but Chu Xuanzhen infiltrated the stronghold and rescued him when his guards arrived.
• Chu Xuanzhen punished the bandits and carried Shen Yangge down the mountain, while Shen Yangge accused Shen Zhi of endangering him.
• Shen Yangge refused to plead for Shen Zhi, rejected the Shen family, and left as his touch starvation flared and Chu Xuanzhen followed him into the carriage.

Shen Yangge struggled with a blood-drinking curse and Chu Xuanzhen’s increasingly intense attention while plague and political unrest engulfed Lingnan. After Lu Guangchen turned against them, Shen Yangge joined the townspeople’s resistance and escaped his burning residence with Su Shang and Liang Yu.

• Shen Yangge and Chu Xuanzhen arrived in plague-stricken Lingnan, where Shen Yangge saw the city’s suffering and challenged Lu Guangchen’s attempt to host a banquet.
• Chu Xuanzhen’s violent urges and Shen Yangge’s skin hunger drove them into a series of confrontations, while Shen Yangge took in He Yimo and He Nuan.
• After Shen Yangge broke character, System 615 imposed a ten-day blood-drinking and sunlight-avoidance punishment, and Shen Yangge began craving Chu Xuanzhen’s blood.
• Chu Xuanzhen let Shen Yangge drink from his neck, and Shen Yangge later rescued him from a burning courtyard after attackers set it ablaze.
• Shen Yangge recognized that his feelings for Chu Xuanzhen were growing and resolved to escape once they returned to the capital, while Chu Xuanzhen left him under guard.
• Shen Yangge joined Physician Liu’s plague relief efforts, but Lu Guangchen tried to seize him and the townspeople rallied to protect them.
• Shen Yangge organized the townspeople to resist Lu Guangchen and joined Su Shang in scouting the magistrate’s residence.
• Shen Yangge and Su Shang found Liang Yu at Lu Guangchen’s residence, set fire to the magistrate’s room, and escaped with Liang Yu as an explosion erupted behind them.