Chapter Summaries

Tao Zhiyan joined a livestreamed variety show with Feng Yiqian, where Tang He won viewers over by presenting himself as devoted to his girlfriend. Tao Zhiyan saw text revealing Tang had abused and raped her and planned to frame Feng Yiqian, leaving him alarmed as the show continued.

• Feng Ze invited Tao Zhiyan to join the variety show with Feng Yiqian, and Tao agreed.
• The contestants arrived at the resort as the livestream began, and Tao's appearance sent its popularity soaring.
• Tang He introduced his girlfriend of six years, patiently caring for her and earning public praise for his devotion.
• Tang He told viewers that he had rescued his girlfriend from school bullies, but Tao recognized details that contradicted the text he had seen before.
• Tao saw text identifying Tang as the girl's abuser and rapist, and another warning that Tang would put her in Feng Yiqian's bed to ruin him on the show's final day.

Tao Zhiyan intervened when Tang He violently restrained Chu Xi during a live-streamed outburst, then calmed her and challenged Tang’s claim that he loved her. Feng Yiqian silently intimidated Tang He before turning an adoring smile toward Tao Zhiyan.

• The host ordered the contestants to surrender their luggage, and the sharp-tongued man insulted Mistress Sis when she complained.
• Tang He tried to take Chu Xi’s backpack, and she screamed, bit his hand, and clawed at him.
• The contestants restrained Chu Xi until Tao Zhiyan pulled them away and gently helped her calm down and say her name.
• Tang He took Chu Xi by the hand and defended bringing her on the show, but Tao Zhiyan accused him of fooling himself about loving her.
• Feng Yiqian fixed Tang He with a threatening stare, then praised Tao Zhiyan when Tao turned to him.

On a variety show, Feng Yiqian and the other guests gave up searching for their lodging in the heat while Tang He went ahead alone to find the route. Tao Zhiyan posted anonymously about Tang He's abuse of Chu Xi, and a crowd of CEOs volunteered to deal with him.

• The host gave the guests a confusing map and instructed them to collect fragments along the way to find their lodging.
• Tang He took over the map from the cheating guy, led the group into a dead end, and argued with the others.
• Feng Yiqian suggested giving up and resting until the production team picked them up, so the guests sprawled out on the grass.
• Tang He left Chu Xi with the cameraman and ran ahead alone, hoping his effort would win him fans.
• Tao Zhiyan anonymously posted that Tang He had abused Chu Xi and planned to use her to ruin Feng Yiqian's reputation.
• Several anonymous CEOs responded by offering to blacklist Tang He and strip away his endorsements.

Tao Zhiyan enlisted the CEOs to investigate Tang He and devised a way to expose him, while the show prepared a second livestream that sent the internet into a frenzy. The chapter ended with Feng Ze joining the online commotion by voting that QianTao were not a good match.

• Tao Zhiyan asked the CEOs how they would punish Tang He, and they promised to investigate and send him to prison if his bullying was confirmed.
• Tao Zhiyan told the CEOs he had a way to give them a clear answer and expose Tang He's true nature.
• Feng Yiqian gave Tao Zhiyan chocolate he had won from Chu Xi, and Tao Zhiyan split it with him.
• The director returned with a happier Chu Xi and had the guests surrender their phones for a new segment; Tang He's phone was collected as well.
• The production team launched a second livestream titled "Kicked out of show business," drawing prominent CEOs and massive online attention.
• Feng Ze posted that he had voted against QianTao being a good match, surprising the viewers.

Tang He privately threatened and abused Chu Xi while believing the livestream would show their affectionate relationship, exposing his coercion and the circumstances behind her pregnancy to viewers. Feng Yiqian accidentally struck Tang He with a seat back, interrupting him as the livestream audience reacted in shock.

• Tang He comforted Chu Xi for the cameras and tried to pull her head onto his shoulder.
• Tang He grabbed Chu Xi by the hair and threatened to put her back in a dog cage.
• Tang He told Chu Xi to behave and said she was pregnant after being assaulted by multiple people, and that he would pay for her abortion.
• Chu Xi trembled as she remembered Tang He’s past bullying, blackmail, and the night she woke among scattered condoms.
• Tang He threatened Chu Xi again, but Feng Yiqian’s seat back hit him in the forehead, and Feng Yiqian apologized.

Feng Yiqian’s careless questions drew attention to a supposed pregnancy, then the families competed in go-kart races to win their accommodations. Tao Zhiyan and Feng Yiqian placed first and second among the men, leaving Tang He’s team last as Tang He took Chu Xi aside.

• Feng Yiqian loudly asked whether Chu Xi was pregnant, while Tang He insisted he had misheard and Tao Zhiyan hinted that more trouble was coming.
• The host announced that the families would compete in men’s and women’s go-kart races, with combined times determining their accommodations.
• Tao Zhiyan took the lead in the men’s race, while Feng Yiqian struck Tang He’s kart and sent it crashing into the tires.
• Tao Zhiyan and Feng Yiqian finished first and second, and Chu Xi raced with the women, who yielded to her.
• Tang He’s team came last and was assigned the run-down house, so Tang He took Chu Xi aside.

Tang He tried to use Chu Xi’s private photos to control her and persuade the host to let them switch rooms, but Tao Zhiyan intervened and Feng Yiqian offered to trade rooms with them. The chapter ended with Feng Yiqian loudly celebrating the filthy house, leaving Tao Zhiyan to wonder how he had gained so many haters.

• Tang He cornered Chu Xi and threatened to expose her nude photos unless she did what he wanted.
• Chu Xi began to panic, but Tao Zhiyan arrived and reassured her before Tang He pulled her away.
• Tang He told the host that Chu Xi needed a different room and asked Tao Zhiyan to switch with them.
• Feng Yiqian privately urged Tao Zhiyan to agree to the room swap because he worried about Chu Xi getting sick.
• Feng Yiqian announced the swap with swagger and praised the house’s dry latrine, leaving Tao Zhiyan speechless.

After a day of grueling farm work, Tao Zhiyan and Feng Yiqian attended a bonfire event where Tang He's past bullying and abuse of Chu Xi were exposed. Tang He was pinned down as footage from the livestream confirmed his crimes, while Chu Xi revealed she had been behind the necklace that recorded his confession.

• Tao Zhiyan planted rice seedlings and spent the afternoon unsuccessfully selling watermelons with Feng Yiqian.
• At the bonfire event, a scarred man, Tang He's former teacher, and a girl described the bullying Tang He had inflicted on them.
• Tang He recognized his friend, who began exposing their role in what happened to Chu Xi, and rushed at him before Tao Zhiyan tripped him and Feng Yiqian restrained him.
• Tang He's friend recounted how Tang He and the others had targeted Chu Xi, while Tang He denied the accusations and threatened to sue.
• The host played footage of Tang He admitting to abusing and impregnating Chu Xi, and Chu Xi removed and waved the recording necklace as Tang He was pinned down.

After the livestream scandal ended the show, Tao Zhiyan returned home and discovered that his friends had been supporting him without exposing his secret to Feng Ze. Feng Ze waited for him, then gave him blue roses and told him they meant, “You are my salvation.”

• Tang He was taken away by the police, and the production suspended the show after only three days on air.
• Tao Zhiyan found a flood of messages from friends, deleted his anonymous posts, and messaged Feng Ze, who said he would come home early the next day.
• Tao Zhiyan and Feng Yiqian arrived home at five the following morning, where Feng Ze was waiting for them.
• Feng Ze visited Tao Zhiyan after his shower and brought him blue roses, prompting Tao Zhiyan to ask what roses meant.
• Feng Ze said roses meant “I love you,” then explained that blue roses meant “You are my salvation.”

Feng Ze cared for Tao Zhiyan and invited him to a private dinner, while Tao Zhiyan’s flustered response was interrupted by a visitor. The chapter ended with Feng Ze seeing a message from Gu Min asking Tao Zhiyan to meet that night.

• Feng Ze replaced the wilted flowers by Tao Zhiyan’s bed and carefully trimmed the roses’ thorns.
• Feng Ze asked Tao Zhiyan about the variety show and grew jealous when Tao Zhiyan praised Feng Yiqian.
• Tao Zhiyan told Feng Ze he had missed him, and Feng Ze pricked his finger while trimming a rose.
• Feng Ze invited Tao Zhiyan to dinner alone, but Tao Zhiyan left to retrieve his belongings after someone called from the doorway.
• Feng Ze asked his assistant to book a private restaurant, then saw a message from Gu Min asking Tao Zhiyan to meet that night.

Tao Zhiyan learned that the original owner had borrowed 31.5 million yuan from Gu Min and went to meet him at an extravagant business club. There, Tao Zhiyan discovered that Gu Min was the novel’s male lead, who was destined to destroy the Feng Group.

• Feng Ze asked Tao Zhiyan about the person who had contacted him, but Tao Zhiyan declined their dinner and left to meet Gu Min.
• Tao Zhiyan watched Gu Min’s video, in which the original owner acknowledged owing him 31.5 million yuan and agreed to work for him.
• Tao Zhiyan replied to Gu Min and arranged to meet him at a business club that night.
• Tao Zhiyan arrived at the club and was escorted to Gu Min’s private room, where several bodyguards and drinking companions were gathered.
• Tao Zhiyan saw text identifying Gu Min as the novel’s male lead, destined to swallow up the Feng Group, then addressed him as President Gu.

Gu Min confronted Tao Zhiyan over his failure to spy on Feng Ze and demanded he remember his role as an inside man. Tao Zhiyan refused to betray the Feng Family or surrender to Gu Min's threats, and the chapter ended with news that Feng Ze had arrived.

• Gu Min played recordings of Tao Zhiyan comforting Feng Ze and warned him not to get into Feng Ze's bed instead of gathering information.
• Tao Zhiyan said he would repay the thirty million and refused to betray the Feng Family, despite Gu Min asking whether he had fallen in love with Feng Ze.
• Gu Min's assistant insulted Tao Zhiyan, who called him Gu Min's dog and tried to leave.
• Gu Min's bodyguards surrounded Tao Zhiyan, but Tao Zhiyan calmly reminded Gu Min that the Feng Family treated him well.
• Gu Min received a message that Feng Ze had arrived.

Gu Min tried to pressure Tao Zhiyan into keeping his past employment and crimes from Feng Ze, then staged an intimate-looking scene when Feng Ze arrived. Feng Ze confronted Tao Zhiyan in a stairwell and asked whether he was dating Gu Min, leaving Tao Zhiyan startled by Feng Ze’s red eyes.

• Gu Min cornered Tao Zhiyan and offered to leave him alone if he kept quiet about working for Gu Min and repaid his debt within three months.
• When Feng Ze arrived, Gu Min pinned Tao Zhiyan’s wrists against the wall, and Feng Ze entered and saw them together.
• Feng Ze left with Tao Zhiyan without questioning him, then pulled him into a stairwell and demanded an explanation.
• In the dark stairwell, Tao Zhiyan explained that Gu Min had grabbed him deliberately and insisted that nothing had happened between them.
• Feng Ze asked whether Tao Zhiyan was dating Gu Min, and Tao Zhiyan emphatically denied it before noticing Feng Ze’s red eyes.

Tao Zhiyan tried to confess his ulterior motives to Feng Ze, but a company crisis interrupted them. While searching Feng Ze's room for a listening device, Tao Zhiyan found one inside a broken fountain pen, and Feng Ze caught him with it.

• Tao Zhiyan cautiously asked Feng Ze whether he should forgive a friend who had approached him with bad intentions, and Feng Ze recognized that he meant himself.
• Assistant Wang interrupted Tao Zhiyan's confession to report that the Gu Family had learned part of Feng Ze's proposal and contacted the research institute.
• Feng Ze told Tao Zhiyan the product launch had to be delayed, then went to the office while Tao Zhiyan took a taxi home.
• Worried that his hidden bug had leaked company information, Tao Zhiyan entered Feng Ze's room and searched for it.
• Tao Zhiyan knocked over a pen holder and found a listening device inside a fountain pen he had given Feng Ze.
• Feng Ze returned, picked up the device, recognized the broken pen, and demanded to know what it was.

Feng Ze found a listening device in his room and accused Tao Zhiyan of spying for Gu Min. Convinced Tao Zhiyan had betrayed him, Feng Ze dismissed him, leaving Tao Zhiyan to depart under the weight of Feng Ze’s disappointment.

• Feng Ze confronted Tao Zhiyan after finding a listening device and demanded to know whether he had planted it.
• Tao Zhiyan denied planting the device but could not explain why he had come to retrieve it, deepening Feng Ze’s suspicions about his connection to Gu Min.
• Tao Zhiyan admitted he had been wrong not to cut ties with Gu Min, while Feng Ze stepped away and concluded that Tao Zhiyan had been using him.
• Feng Ze told Tao Zhiyan the company’s troubles were manageable, then ordered finance to pay his wages and told him he could no longer stay with the Feng Family.
• Tao Zhiyan prepared to leave and apologized, but Feng Ze stopped him to say he was not angry, only disappointed.

Feng Yiqian learned that Feng Ze had dismissed Tao Zhiyan and confronted him, only to discover Tao Zhiyan was accused of spying for Gu Min and had caused serious trouble for the company. Three days later, Feng Ze learned Tao Zhiyan was drinking with Lawyer Chen after being told he could not escape the thirty-million debt, and he set out for the bar.

• Feng Yiqian returned home and learned Tao Zhiyan had resigned, then went to Feng Ze’s meeting to demand an explanation.
• Feng Ze told Feng Yiqian that Tao Zhiyan was Gu Min’s spy, had left employees cleaning up his mess, and had jeopardized the Smart Brain launch.
• Doctor Shen sent Feng Ze a photo of Tao Zhiyan drinking at a bar beside Lawyer Chen, prompting Feng Ze to ask for the location.
• Tao Zhiyan learned from Lawyer Chen that the signed IOU and recorded video left him liable for the thirty-million debt and unable to sue Gu Min.
• Tao Zhiyan bought Lawyer Chen drinks as Doctor Shen sent Feng Ze another photo and urged him to hurry to the bar.

Feng Ze found Tao Zhiyan drunk at a bar and gently brought him outside, where Tao Zhiyan described dreams in which Feng Ze rejected him. His words about being a different Tao Zhiyan made Feng Ze realize his childhood connection might have recognized him, and Feng Ze asked whether he remembered being little as Tao Zhiyan began recalling memories from when he wrote the book.

• Feng Ze found Tao Zhiyan asleep at the bar and carried him out after Tao Zhiyan briefly woke and mistook him for someone in a dream.
• Tao Zhiyan asked whether he was dreaming and admitted that he often dreamed about Feng Ze.
• Feng Ze led Tao Zhiyan to a quiet alley, where Tao Zhiyan said he dreamed Feng Ze accused him of lying and threatened to call the police.
• Tao Zhiyan explained that he had not hurt Feng Ze, had not known about the listening device, and was a different Tao Zhiyan from the one who betrayed him.
• Feng Ze wondered whether Tao Zhiyan's childhood self had returned and asked if Tao Zhiyan remembered what happened when he was little.
• Tao Zhiyan focused on the question and began recalling what had happened when he wrote the book.

After recognizing Feng Ze as the character he had created, Tao Zhiyan was kissed by him while drunk, though he remembered none of it the next morning. Feng Ze told him they had made a thirty-million bet: Tao Zhiyan would make Feng Ze fall in love with him within a month, and Feng Ze had wagered that he would not.

• Tao Zhiyan recalled creating Feng Ze from his own experiences and told him he had grown up well.
• Feng Ze recognized Tao Zhiyan, kissed him passionately, and confessed that he liked him.
• Tao Zhiyan dreamed he had gone home with Feng Ze, then woke up in the Feng Family house with a hangover.
• Tao Zhiyan ran into Feng Ze and apologized for arriving at the house, saying he could not remember the night before.
• Feng Ze claimed Tao Zhiyan had bet thirty million that he could make Feng Ze fall in love with him within a month, and said he had accepted the bet against it.

Tao Zhiyan agreed to stay with the Feng Family after Feng Ze apologized and the household pleaded with him not to leave. He vowed to help Feng Ze deal with Gu Min, while Feng Ze realized how deeply he loved him.

• Tao Zhiyan tried to leave, but Feng Ze blocked him and apologized for losing control of his emotions, asking him to stay as Butler Tao.
• Feng Yiqian and the household staff urged Tao Zhiyan to remain, and Aunt Zhao revealed that they used to bad-mouth Feng Ze together.
• Tao Zhiyan admitted he would stay and told Feng Ze he would help deal with Gu Min.
• Feng Ze accepted Tao Zhiyan's offer and entrusted Gu Min to him, realizing he was almost madly in love with Tao Zhiyan.

Tao Zhiyan sought advice on how to win Feng Ze’s love, then tried to show Feng Ze concern before his business trip. Feng Ze saw through his efforts and coached him into asking whether he would miss him, leaving Tao Zhiyan awaiting his answer to a flirtatious challenge.

• Tao Zhiyan posted anonymously on a social feed to ask CEOs what kind of partners they liked, but they recognized his mannerisms after bluffing that they knew him.
• A wealthy CEO advised Tao Zhiyan that aloof executives were acting and suggested seducing Feng Ze until he could not resist kissing him.
• Tao Zhiyan brought dinner to Feng Ze, who invited him into his room while finishing a phone call.
• Feng Ze told Tao Zhiyan he might leave on a business trip the next day, and Tao Zhiyan awkwardly urged him to stay safe, eat well, and look after his health.
• Feng Ze teased Tao Zhiyan for trying too hard to make him fall in love, then drew close and coached him to say he would miss Feng Ze and ask if Feng Ze would miss him.
• Tao Zhiyan asked what Feng Ze would do if he behaved very well, and Feng Ze left the question hanging between them.