Recaps

Bai Chen settled into university life, grew close to Gu Yun, and tried to steer him toward his childhood benefactor while the story’s mysterious forces blocked him. He met Lin Jingchen at the teahouse and learned that Gu Yun’s childhood friend was back in his life, while Gu Cheng’s fixation on Gu Yun continued to threaten the dorm’s peace.

• Bai Chen met Gu Yun after seeing him struck by a car, then carried him to the campus clinic when he sprained his ankle.
• Bai Chen met Gu Cheng and Li Ping in room 704, while Gu Cheng became attracted to Gu Yun and later warned Bai Chen to stay away from him.
• Bai Chen learned that Gu Yun had been abused as a child, comforted him, and chose to leave Gu Yun’s romantic choice to him.
• Bai Chen and Gu Yun became friends and began sharing meals, while Bai Chen remembered his devotion to his sister Bai Xi and his wish to return to his own world.
• Bai Chen visited his family’s teahouse, practiced pottery, and caught Lin Jingchen watching him before Lin Jingchen discussed a land-bidding partnership with Chen Gang.
• Bai Chen intervened when Gu Cheng restrained Gu Yun, then tried to tell Gu Yun that Brother Li had saved him from a fire but was stopped by an unseen force.
• Bai Chen managed to type that Brother Li was Gu Yun’s childhood benefactor, but Gu Yun saw a phone message suggesting Bai Chen liked men and misunderstood it.
• Bai Chen met Lin Jingchen at the teahouse, apologized for a spilled drink, and exchanged names with him before Lin Jingchen left to handle trouble at the Lin Corporation.
• Lin Jingchen rejected a young man’s plea for help and denied they were brothers, while Lin Sen showed Bai Chen photos of Gu Yun with Brother Li.
• Lin Sen told Bai Chen that Gu Cheng had left red roses after Gu Yun rejected his offer of friendship, then suggested they stay at a hotel to avoid the dorm, but Bai Chen refused to owe him money.

Bai Chen grew closer to Lin Jingchen after Lin Jingchen rescued him from the cold, cared for his fever, and intervened against Gu Cheng and his companions. As Bai Chen prepared for fieldwork in Longquan Ancient Town, Lin Jingchen targeted his attackers and Xiao Zhao revealed his concealed identity and revenge against the Gu Family.

• Lin Jingchen found Bai Chen stranded after Gu Yun left their meteor-watching outing and drove him back to campus.
• Bai Chen joined the Pottery Club at Xia Wangqiu’s invitation and later helped a member improve her technique.
• Lin Jingchen defended the feverish Bai Chen from Gu Cheng and his companions at the freshman mixer, then took him to the hospital and cared for him.
• Lin Jingchen won the west-city plot, and Gu Cheng confronted him after Gu Zhengde blamed and threatened Gu Cheng for the failed bid.
• Bai Chen fought off Shi Long and Mu Congnan after they demanded that he stop Lin Jingchen from targeting their families.
• Lin Jingchen ordered a bodyguard to keep protecting Bai Chen and had Gu Cheng’s legs broken after Gu Cheng threatened to assault Bai Chen.
• Bai Chen prepared for fieldwork in Longquan Ancient Town, and Lin Jingchen agreed to accompany Lin Xiaoqian on the trip.
• Xiao Zhao refused Xiao Muling’s plea for help while posing as Xiao Li, then revealed at Xiao Li’s grave that he had assumed his dead sister’s identity to avenge her and destroy the Gu Family.

Bai Chen and Lin Jingchen investigated Shuiji Village’s failing crops, then faced Fang Ye’s return during the Longquan festival as their closeness grew. After Bai Chen returned to G University, Qu Guang brought news of Fang Ye’s motorcycle race, while Li Xingzhu’s arrival renewed the mystery around Gu Yun.

• Bai Chen traveled with Lin Xiaoqian’s students to Shuiji Village, where Lin Jingchen joined him and they investigated the villagers’ poor crops.
• Lin Xiaoqian and Lin Jingchen determined that prolonged rain had made the soil acidic and arranged fertilizer and treatment for the plants.
• Bai Chen chose to explore Longquan Ancient Town with Lin Jingchen, and Lin Jingchen bought him Almond Candy at the festival.
• Bai Chen’s former classmates reunited with him and introduced him to Fang Ye, who confronted him and revealed he regretted rejecting him.
• Lin Jingchen protected Bai Chen from Fang Ye, and Bai Chen rejected Fang Ye’s attempt to start a relationship before attending the Veiled Dance with Lin Jingchen.
• Bai Chen brought Lin Jingchen home, where Bai Chichi and their parents welcomed him and questioned his regard for Bai Chen.
• Gu Yun stayed overnight with Li Xingzhu, who later revealed he was secretly collecting information about Gu Yun, while Li Xingzhu also transferred to G University.
• Qu Guang told Bai Chen that Fang Ye had accepted a motorcycle race against seven opponents, and Bai Chen refused to race but agreed to return his Double R motorcycle.
• Bai Chen returned to G University and found Li Xingzhu in his dormitory, while Gu Yun refused Li Xingzhu’s invitation to dinner and chose to eat with Bai Chen.

Bai Chen survived a kidnapping attempt arranged by the Gu Family, then traveled to Mu Village after spotting a girl who resembled Bai Xi in a photograph. A Lingyi erased his memories at Bai Xi's request, while Lin Jingchen learned about his life in another world and chose to keep the truth secret.

• Bai Chen admitted that he loved someone but felt unworthy of him as Lin Jingchen continued caring for him.
• Bai Chen escaped men sent to kidnap him, and Lin Jingchen supplied evidence that helped the police arrest Gu Cheng and investigate the Gu Group.
• Bai Chen sought treatment for insomnia and discovered a photograph of a girl resembling Bai Xi at the elderly doctor's shop.
• Bai Chen traveled to Mu Village to find the girl, while Lin Jingchen followed after receiving a mysterious email.
• Ajike helped Bai Chen reach Mu Village, where a middle-aged man housed him overnight before taking him to meet A Lingyi.
• A Lingyi told Bai Chen that his original body had died and that he and this world's Bai Chen were the same person, but he later awoke beside Lin Jingchen without remembering the journey.
• Lin Jingchen witnessed Bai Chen's previous life through Golden Cicada Gu Poison and learned that Bai Xi had requested memory erasure because Bai Chen suffered from severe depression.
• Bai Xi's memories revealed that she had sent Bai Chen to a parallel world before they died in a fire, while Lin Jingchen kept the truth secret and cared for Bai Chen.