Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiuyuan and Yun Chuan grew closer during a mountain outing and lunch, while Yun Chuan asked to use their photos as evidence of his supposed progress pursuing someone. Back home, Yu Xiuyuan learned he would be a guest mentor on Super Sound Hero and began preparing for the show.

• Yun Chuan asked Yu Xiuyuan whether he had accepted roles involving White Moonlight characters or fox demons, and he was relieved when Yu Xiuyuan said he had refused.
• Yun Chuan drank from Yu Xiuyuan’s coffee, then asked if he could post photos that included Yu Xiuyuan; Yu Xiuyuan agreed to let him share them later.
• Yun Chuan took Yu Xiuyuan to a private dining restaurant, and the RV dropped Yu Xiuyuan at his residential complex afterward.
• Li Man questioned Yu Xiuyuan about his trip with Yun Chuan, and Yu Xiuyuan said they were teaming up to fend off people pursuing Yun Chuan for the Dating Reality Show.
• Li Man told Yu Xiuyuan that he would record Super Sound Hero as a guest mentor the next morning, and Yu Xiuyuan researched the show and considered helping a supporting character.

Yu Xiuyuan prepared for the Super Sound Hero recording, collected 340,000 yuan from Lu Jinming, and chose an outfit that reminded him of Yun Chuan. At the studio, he provoked Lin Sen, who eventually sat beside him when Yu Xiuyuan beckoned.

• Li Man explained that Super Sound Hero's performances and coaching would be livestreamed, then arranged to pick up Yu Xiuyuan for styling.
• Yu Xiuyuan sent Lu Jinming a list of 340,000 yuan in gifts, received the repayment, and blocked him again.
• Yu Xiuyuan calculated his future song royalties, ordered an expensive meal, and later chose a burgundy shirt for the show.
• Linda styled Yu Xiuyuan and enthusiastically praised his appearance, while Yu Xiuyuan reaffirmed that he liked men.
• At the mentors' lounge, Yu Xiuyuan exchanged messages with Yun Chuan and teased Lin Sen about doubling his appearance fee.
• Yu Xiuyuan beckoned Lin Sen over, and Lin Sen sat beside him.

Yu Xiuyuan praised contestant Chen Yu and uncovered signs that Lin Sen had helped suppress him, so he tried to draw attention to Chen during the livestream. Yun Chuan then objected to Yu Xiuyuan getting close to Chen after Yu's flirtatious approach appeared on television, leaving Yu Xiuyuan awkwardly conceding the point.

• Yu Xiuyuan praised Chen Yu's original song, while Lin Sen criticized his performance and said he did not stand out.
• Yu Xiuyuan researched Chen Yu and found that a past scandal had damaged his popularity, suspecting Wen Lin and Lin Sen had traded favors to target him.
• During afternoon guidance, Lin Sen rushed through Chen Yu's feedback, so Yu Xiuyuan approached Chen on camera and asked for his WeChat to draw viewers' attention.
• Yun Chuan messaged Yu Xiuyuan to stay away from Chen Yu, then explained that Yu's televised approach had interrupted his attempt to use an old photo to reject a blind date arranged by his mother.

Yu Xiuyuan challenged Lin Sen over his treatment of Chen Yu during a live broadcast and got Lin to let Chen perform. Chen Yu nervously handed Yu Xiuyuan the score for one of his original songs, hoping this might be his chance to shine.

• Yu Xiuyuan agreed to keep his distance from Yun Chuan after 42 Degrees warned him that Yun Chuan's mother had seen their messages.
• Yun Chuan angrily called Yu Xiuyuan a troublemaker, then searched auction catalogs for a gift for his mother.
• At the filming venue, Yu Xiuyuan confronted Lin Sen on camera, asking why he would not let Chen Yu sing and accusing him of holding Chen back.
• Lin Sen denied the accusation and allowed Chen Yu to perform after Yu Xiuyuan insisted.
• Chen Yu fetched the handwritten score for his favorite original song and handed it to Yu Xiuyuan.

Yu Xiuyuan accompanied Chen Yu’s singing on guitar, exposing Lin Sen’s unfair criticism before provoking him with a joke about using the casting couch. He then tasked his anti-fans with spreading a clipped version of the joke and turned back to confront Lin Sen.

• Chen Yu sang while Yu Xiuyuan accompanied him on guitar, moving Chen Yu and impressing the viewers.
• Yu Xiuyuan challenged Lin Sen to critique Chen Yu’s singing, and Lin Sen admitted Chen had sung well.
• Lin Sen accused Yu Xiuyuan of favoritism, and Yu Xiuyuan openly declared Chen the best contestant and said he favored him.
• Lin Sen suggested Yu Xiuyuan wanted to use the casting couch, and Yu Xiuyuan joked about offering Chen a deal before revealing he was teasing.
• Yu Xiuyuan told his anti-fans to spread a clip of his casting-couch remark, then turned back to confront Lin Sen.

Yu Xiuyuan humiliated Lin Sen during the livestream, then gave Chen Yu a song that showcased his talent. The chapter ended with Yu Xiuyuan promising viewers they could hear the full version in the next episode of Super Sound Hero.

• Yu Xiuyuan mocked Lin Sen for accusing him of using the casting couch, and Lin Sen left the rehearsal room in anger.
• Viewers noticed Chen Yu's flustered reaction and began shipping him with Yu Xiuyuan, while Yun Chuan saw the livestream and grew jealous.
• Yu Xiuyuan apologized to Chen Yu for teasing him, and Chen Yu admitted he was not angry.
• Yu Xiuyuan offered Chen Yu a song and told him, "I'll give you a road to the top."
• Chen Yu quickly learned the song and sang with such emotion that Yu Xiuyuan believed it would become a hit.
• Yu Xiuyuan stopped Chen Yu's performance and told viewers to tune in to the next episode for the full version.

After Yu Xiuyuan helped Chen Yu and promised to help him escape his company, he returned home and tried to relax. He was startled when Yun Chuan appeared both on television and in a sudden WeChat video call.

• Yu Xiuyuan added Chen Yu on WeChat and sent him sheet music before leaving the show.
• In the van, Yu Xiuyuan told Li Man he planned to help Chen Yu leave his company and join her agency.
• Li Man told Yu Xiuyuan that Su Ziming and Lin Xi had overtaken him on the charts, and Yu Xiuyuan said he would give Su Ziming a song.
• Yu Xiuyuan joked with Li Man about his songs, singing, and the attention from his livestream before going home.
• Yu Xiuyuan accidentally watched an episode of Come On, Let's Date! featuring Yun Chuan, then answered Yun Chuan's WeChat video call.

Yu Xiuyuan explained his variety-show joke to Yun Chuan, who ordered him to like a scenic post featuring Yu Xiuyuan. After Li Man warned Yu Xiuyuan to be careful, he settled in with takeout while fans celebrated the pair’s new shipping community.

• Yun Chuan confronted Yu Xiuyuan about his flirtatious joke with Chen Yu and the Pisces CP rumors, and Yu Xiuyuan explained that it was part of a variety-show strategy.
• Yun Chuan told Yu Xiuyuan to like his Starblog post, which featured a photo of Yu Xiuyuan standing in the rain, and Yu Xiuyuan obeyed.
• Yu Xiuyuan postponed discussing how to help Chen Yu leave his contract after Yun Chuan ended the call.
• Li Man called Yu Xiuyuan to question him, and he assured her that his collaboration was purely professional.
• Yu Xiuyuan collected his takeout and watched a travel show as fans celebrated the new shipping community for him and Yun Chuan.

Yun Chuan watched the “Waiting for Yun to Clear” supertopic gain followers while Yu Xiuyuan’s popularity surged, though Yu stayed unaware until Li Man told him. Yu eagerly traveled to the next dating-show shoot, where a new guest, Qiu Ziye, greeted him as someone he had met before.

• Yun Chuan watched the “Waiting for Yun to Clear” supertopic grow to a hundred thousand followers before returning to choose gifts for his mother.
• Yu Xiuyuan spent Saturday in bed while his songs and videos trended and his Starblog following passed nine million.
• Li Man told Yu Xiuyuan about his popularity and song commissions, but he refused to accept any more requests.
• The production team announced a snowy-mountain shoot, so Yu Xiuyuan packed and traveled to the location.
• Yu Xiuyuan greeted Director Liu and the other cast members at the filming site, then met new guest Qiu Ziye, who reminded him they had said they might meet again.

Qiu Ziye arrived as a replacement guest, and Yu Xiuyuan recognized him from their earlier meeting when Yu had been dressed as a woman. As the group prepared to draw lots for teams, Yun Chuan tried to discourage Qiu Ziye’s interest while Qiu saw through his childish maneuvers.

• Qiu Ziye greeted Yu Xiuyuan, and Yun Chuan stepped between them to shake his hand.
• Yu Xiuyuan asked who Qiu Ziye was, then recognized him after Qiu mentioned Tongtong getting lost at the mall.
• Director Liu announced that Lu Jinming and Lin Sen had left the show and introduced Qiu Ziye as the replacement guest.
• Yun Chuan told Yu Xiuyuan that he had not caused Lin Sen to leave and suggested Fang Yi might have been responsible.
• Director Liu explained that contestants would draw lots each morning to choose partners, with one person left free to join any team.

The guests drew teams by lot, pairing Yu Xiuyuan with Qiu Ziye and Yun Chuan with Fang Yi. When the men were assigned to share a communal sleeping platform, Yun Chuan and Qiu Ziye contested where Yu Xiuyuan would sleep, leaving him in the middle between them.

• Yu Xiuyuan and Qiu Ziye drew matching number threes, while Yun Chuan and Fang Yi drew matching number twos; Su Ziming paired with Li Rou, and Lin Xi drew the blank and joined Li Rou's team.
• Director Liu assigned the women a room upstairs and the men a communal sleeping platform downstairs.
• Yun Chuan took Yu Xiuyuan's suitcase and claimed the spot beside him, but Qiu Ziye argued that Yu Xiuyuan should choose his own place.
• Yu Xiuyuan chose the second spot, telling Yun Chuan to sleep at the far end and leaving Qiu Ziye to take the third spot.
• Li Rou and Lin Xi came to watch the men settle in, and Fang Yi told them Yu Xiuyuan would sleep between Yun Chuan and Qiu Ziye.

At breakfast, Yu Xiuyuan realized that Qiu Ziye was the powerful backer who would later support Wen Lin, and suspected he had accidentally become the person Qiu Ziye owed a favor to. After the teams left for their tasks, Yun Chuan abruptly opted out and returned to his room, leaving Fang Yi to protest.

• Director Liu announced that the teams would have to complete separate tasks to earn clearance cards for lunch and dinner.
• Qiu Ziye introduced himself as a company president, while Yun Chuan recalled that he had looked into Qiu Ziye after noticing his interest in Yu Xiuyuan.
• Yu Xiuyuan recognized Qiu Ziye as Wen Lin's future backer and wondered whether he had taken Wen Lin's place by helping Qiu Ziye's younger brother.
• After breakfast, Yun Chuan told Director Liu he would skip the task, then ignored Fang Yi's complaints and went back to his room.

Fang Yi abandoned the task and went to play games while Yun Chuan decided to pursue Yu Xiuyuan more actively. On their task, Yu Xiuyuan and Qiu Ziye found the completion card, leaving Qiu Ziye charmed by Yu Xiuyuan's cleverness and playful honesty.

• Fang Yi gave up the task and went to the arcade, while Yun Chuan reviewed Rongzheng Group's finances and decided it was time to act more actively to make Yu Xiuyuan his.
• Yu Xiuyuan and Qiu Ziye walked to the snowy task site, where Yu Xiuyuan apologized for not revealing he was a man at the mall.
• Qiu Ziye told Yu Xiuyuan he had already researched the show's guests, and Yu Xiuyuan hurried to change the subject.
• Yu Xiuyuan spotted the completion card hanging from a branch and knocked it down with a snowball after refusing Qiu Ziye's offer to lift him.
• Yu Xiuyuan admitted he had only guessed where the card was because he saw a crew member looking up, and Qiu Ziye playfully told viewers not to believe him.

Yu Xiuyuan returned to the villa with Qiu Ziye, where he invited Yun Chuan to share their lunch after Yun Chuan claimed he had missed the task. Yun Chuan’s attempt to feed Yu Xiuyuan peeled shrimp stirred jealousy and confusion, and the chapter ended with Yu Xiuyuan realizing Yun Chuan had not stopped.

• Yu Xiuyuan told Qiu Ziye he avoided Starblog because he feared insulting back at people who criticized him.
• Yun Chuan said he had missed the morning tasks because of urgent documents, so Yu Xiuyuan scolded Director Liu and invited him to eat at their table.
• Fang Yi watched Yun Chuan’s performance and accepted Su Ziming’s invitation to share their table.
• Yun Chuan peeled shrimp for Yu Xiuyuan, who called their earlier agreement a joke and told him to eat his own food.
• Yun Chuan ate the peeled shrimp himself, while Qiu Ziye considered pursuing Yu Xiuyuan more aggressively.
• Yu Xiuyuan relaxed when Yun Chuan seemed to recover, then realized he had relaxed too soon.

During lunch, Yun Chuan openly showed Yu Xiuyuan how much he valued the red string, and Yu Xiuyuan promised to give him a better one. At the afternoon ice-fishing activity, Qiu Ziye helped Yu Xiuyuan cheer up before confessing that he liked him.

• Yun Chuan told Yu Xiuyuan he liked the red string Yu Xiuyuan had given him, and Yu Xiuyuan said he would give him a better one.
• Director Liu announced that the guests would go ice fishing in three pairs on the same stretch of lake.
• Yu Xiuyuan went ice fishing with Qiu Ziye and grew frustrated when Qiu Ziye caught several fish while his own rod stayed still.
• Qiu Ziye handed Yu Xiuyuan a rod with a fish on the line, and Yu Xiuyuan reeled it in happily.
• Qiu Ziye looked Yu Xiuyuan in the eyes and confessed that he liked him.

Qiu Ziye confessed that he liked Yu Xiuyuan as a man, and Yu Xiuyuan struggled to decide how to respond. Qiu Ziye asked only to add him on WeChat, which Yu Xiuyuan accepted before returning to fishing.

• Qiu Ziye told Yu Xiuyuan that he had fallen for him after learning he was a man and had come to confess his feelings.
• Yu Xiuyuan wondered whether Qiu Ziye was in a rebellious phase because he had fallen for someone he saw as a troublemaker.
• Qiu Ziye said he did not expect an answer to his confession and asked whether he could add Yu Xiuyuan on WeChat.
• Yu Xiuyuan added Qiu Ziye, whose WeChat name was "Mountain Hill," then picked up his fishing rod and continued fishing.

Yun Chuan worked out that Yu Xiuyuan’s fishing misfortune was tied to a cheat and devised a way to get him to catch fish. The plan briefly succeeded, but Yu Xiuyuan caught another fish and hurried back to Qiu Ziye before Yun Chuan could reveal anything.

• Yun Chuan moved the cameraman so the livestream could not see him experimenting with fish, while Fang Yi guessed he was trying to lure Yu Xiuyuan over.
• After tormenting eight fish to find the right timing, Yun Chuan called Yu Xiuyuan over and handed him a fishing rod while he drank coffee.
• Yu Xiuyuan caught a small fish, happily accepted Yun Chuan’s coffee, and continued fishing beside him.
• Yun Chuan signaled Fang Yi to reveal the plan, but Yu Xiuyuan caught a much larger fish before Fang Yi could speak.
• Yu Xiuyuan rushed back to show Qiu Ziye his catch, leaving Yun Chuan baffled that Yu Xiuyuan’s bad luck had apparently changed.

Yun Chuan tried to draw Yu Xiuyuan’s attention during ice fishing, then hid his disappointment behind a calm dinner. After watching a video of Qiu Ziye confessing to Yu Xiuyuan, Yun Chuan feared he had lost his chance and regretted never confessing himself.

• Yun Chuan brought Yu Xiuyuan their shared coffee and touched his knee, prompting excited speculation from the livestream viewers.
• Yu Xiuyuan and Qiu Ziye finished fishing, with their team placing second while Li Rou’s team caught the most fish.
• Yu Xiuyuan sat beside Su Ziming on the ride back, while Qiu Ziye took this as a sign that Yu Xiuyuan had not accepted Yun Chuan.
• Yun Chuan quietly ate the simple meal at the middle table, and Yu Xiuyuan watched him before relaxing and enjoying his own food.
• Yun Chuan searched for Qiu Ziye on Starblog and watched a video of Qiu Ziye confessing that he liked Yu Xiuyuan.
• Yun Chuan feared Qiu Ziye had succeeded where he had held back, and regretted not confessing to Yu Xiuyuan sooner.

Yun Chuan feared Yu Xiuyuan and Qiu Ziye were becoming a couple, but overheard Yu Xiuyuan turn Qiu Ziye down. Relieved, Yun Chuan returned to the villa and began reporting fan videos pairing them.

• Fang Yi told Yun Chuan that Yu Xiuyuan had gone stargazing with Qiu Ziye, and Yun Chuan hurried to the platform.
• Qiu Ziye asked Yu Xiuyuan to see a movie, but Yu Xiuyuan said he had no romantic feelings for him and agreed they could be friends.
• Yun Chuan overheard Yu Xiuyuan's rejection and felt his heartbeat steady as he realized he still had a chance.
• Back at the villa, Yun Chuan took off the coat he had chosen for Yu Xiuyuan and checked the profile of a fan who shipped Yu Xiuyuan and Qiu Ziye.
• Yun Chuan commented that their ship had a bad ending, reported Qiu Ziye pairing videos, and worried that Yu Xiuyuan's videos dressed as a woman were attracting admirers.

Yu Xiuyuan’s attempts to comfort Qiu Ziye and spend time with Su Ziming and Yun Chuan led to comic misunderstandings. After Yun Chuan joined him in their bedroom, Yu Xiuyuan went to sleep, while Yun Chuan watched him and then scratched at his back until he turned around.

• Yu Xiuyuan joked about their breath looking like jet-engine exhaust, leaving Qiu Ziye devastated by the image as he tried to recover from his confession.
• Back at the Villa, Yu Xiuyuan found Su Ziming in the Dining Room and learned Fang Yi had persuaded him not to go stargazing.
• Yu Xiuyuan found Yun Chuan in the media room, then invited him to get ready for bed; Yun Chuan mistakenly thought they might shower together before Yu Xiuyuan directed him to another bathroom.
• Yun Chuan took a long shower and went quiet in bed, while Yu Xiuyuan urged him to sleep early because staying up late could make him drop dead.
• Yun Chuan gazed at Yu Xiuyuan’s face until Yu Xiuyuan rolled over, then kept scratching his back until Yu Xiuyuan turned around and asked what he wanted.