Chapter Summaries

Yun Xiaoran learned that Shen Jin had waited for him in the rain and developed a fever, then stayed with her and gave her medicine. After taking ibuprofen, Shen Jin settled back in bed as Yun Xiaoran prepared to return to his own bed.

• Sister Hua blamed Yun Xiaoran for Shen Jin's fever, and he explained that he had ridden a bike-share bicycle back through the storm after waiting only ten minutes.
• Sister Hua told Yun Xiaoran to watch over Shen Jin and left to handle her work as Shen Jin's assistant.
• Yun Xiaoran found Shen Jin awake and looking for him, and he sat beside her as she gazed at him.
• Yun Xiaoran checked Shen Jin's forehead, gave her two ibuprofen tablets and warm water, then said he would let her sleep.

While ill in a hotel room, Shen Jin asked Yun Xiaoran to stay with her and tried to make sure he was no longer angry about their agreement. She pulled him onto the bed, leaving them almost kissing.

• Shen Jin insisted that Yun Xiaoran stay until she wanted him to leave.
• When Yun Xiaoran mentioned their agreement, Shen Jin timidly asked him not to be angry.
• Shen Jin accused Yun Xiaoran of lying about his feelings and held his hand until he promised he was not angry.
• Shen Jin called Yun Xiaoran “Honey” and gestured for him to lie beside her.
• Shen Jin grabbed Yun Xiaoran and pulled him onto the bed, leaving their faces nearly touching.

Yun Xiaoran tried to resist Shen Jin’s intimate advances while she clung to him in bed, insisting that she wanted to sleep beside him. He decided to assert himself and make her back off, but Shen Jin remained sick and nestled against him.

• Shen Jin pinned Yun Xiaoran on the bed and held his arm against her abdomen, leaving him flustered by their closeness.
• Shen Jin smiled at Yun Xiaoran and pulled his hand toward her while he questioned what she was trying to do.
• Shen Jin said she wanted to share the quilt with Yun Xiaoran because she felt cold, then nestled into his arms and asked to sleep against him.
• Yun Xiaoran considered making a move to scare Shen Jin into letting him leave, while reminding himself that she was still feverish.

Yun Xiaoran tried to wake Shen Jin while she slept in his arms, then teased her about what he could do if he restrained her. Shen Jin became wary as his playful gaze shifted, leaving their intimate encounter poised to escalate.

• Shen Jin fell asleep in Yun Xiaoran's arms, and he pinched her cheeks and pouted her lips in an attempt to wake her.
• Yun Xiaoran called Shen Jin "honey," and she finally woke and pressed close to him.
• Yun Xiaoran asked whether Shen Jin feared what he might do while she slept, but she met his gaze with curiosity and anticipation.
• Yun Xiaoran restrained both of Shen Jin's hands in one hand and asked what she could do if he pinned them down.
• Shen Jin asked what Yun Xiaoran was trying to do when his playful expression turned predatory, sensing that something was off.

Yun Xiaoran teased the feverish Shen Jin by acting boldly and touching her face, leaving her flustered and uncertain. Sister Hua called to ask about Shen Jin’s condition, and Yun Xiaoran told her the fever had eased while continuing to stroke Shen Jin.

• Yun Xiaoran held Shen Jin’s hands and teased her by asking what she thought her husband wanted to do.
• Shen Jin blushed, shut her eyes, and let Yun Xiaoran caress her face as she struggled to think clearly.
• Yun Xiaoran pulled Shen Jin back onto the hotel pillow and continued teasing her until his phone rang.
• Yun Xiaoran answered Sister Hua’s call and checked Shen Jin’s forehead, finding that her fever had dropped.
• Yun Xiaoran told Sister Hua that Shen Jin was doing better, then stroked Shen Jin’s face while she watched him.

Yun Xiaoran teased Shen Jin during Sister Hua’s phone call, then agreed to go shopping with her in two days. Shen Jin clung to him when he tried to return to his own bed, and the chapter ended with them still together.

• Yun Xiaoran held Shen Jin in place and teased her while telling Sister Hua that she was asleep.
• Sister Hua asked whether Shen Jin had clung to Yun Xiaoran, and he said she had fallen asleep after they exchanged a few words.
• After Sister Hua ended the call, Shen Jin asked Yun Xiaoran to go shopping with her in Korea.
• Yun Xiaoran said he had work at the hotel and could go shopping the day after tomorrow, making Shen Jin think he did not want her around.
• Yun Xiaoran asked to return to his own bed, but Shen Jin wrapped her arms and legs around him and clung tightly.

Shen Jin told Yun Xiaoran that her parents, Shen Cong and Ning Yao, had divorced six years earlier, and he comforted her by suggesting they try to reunite them. As her fever subsided, Shen Jin refused to let him leave and insisted he sleep beside her.

• Yun Xiaoran told Shen Jin that Shen Cong and Ning Yao planned to visit them after they returned to Linshun City.
• Shen Jin tearfully explained that her parents had divorced while she was in college, after more than twenty years of marriage.
• Shen Jin described her parents' separate companies and her siblings' successful careers, while Yun Xiaoran concluded that Shen Cong and Ning Yao might still have feelings for each other.
• Yun Xiaoran proposed that he and Shen Jin make a plan to persuade her parents to remarry, and Shen Jin agreed to try.
• After Yun Xiaoran said her fever had nearly gone and asked her to let him leave, Shen Jin clung to him and insisted he stay the night.

Yun Xiaoran agreed to share Shen Jin’s bed, and the two fell asleep with her cuddling him. Meanwhile, Li Qingxi waited in a decorated hotel room and sent him a seductive invitation, which he received as Shen Jin woke and noticed his phone.

• Yun Xiaoran agreed to sleep beside Shen Jin, then turned away when she asked to hold his hand.
• Shen Jin wrapped her arms around Yun Xiaoran’s waist and settled down to sleep.
• Li Qingxi prepared a rose-strewn hotel room and sent Yun Xiaoran her location, a photo, and a message asking him to come over.
• Yun Xiaoran woke to Li Qingxi’s message and looked at his phone while Shen Jin opened her eyes and noticed him messaging someone.

Yun Xiaoran read Li Qingxi’s late-night messages while Shen Jin secretly watched, then told Li Qingxi he was married and sent her a photo of his marriage certificate. Li Qingxi was left confronting the marriage she had once refused, while Shen Jin’s happiness foreshadowed a turbulent half month for the couple.

• Shen Jin woke and secretly watched Yun Xiaoran reading Li Qingxi’s messages and sexy photo.
• Shen Jin read Li Qingxi’s messages pleading to resume their six-year relationship, while noticing Yun Xiaoran had not replied to her.
• Yun Xiaoran sent Li Qingxi the message “I'm already married” and a photo of his marriage certificate.
• Shen Jin saw Yun Xiaoran’s reply, stopped crying, and felt warmed when he held her hand.
• Li Qingxi stared at the marriage certificate and remembered refusing Yun Xiaoran’s marriage proposal.

Li Qingxi was devastated by Yun Xiaoran’s polite confirmation that their relationship was over, while Shen Jin secretly watched their exchange and grew reassured that he had no lingering feelings for Li Qingxi. Shen Jin remained anxious that Yun Xiaoran still intended to divorce her in a month, but she continued holding him and hoping he might change his mind.

• Li Qingxi remembered her past with Yun Xiaoran and cried after he told her that the two of them were already in the past.
• Yun Xiaoran wondered why Li Qingxi was still messaging him after he had sent her the marriage certificate and photos.
• Shen Jin read Li Qingxi’s message over Yun Xiaoran’s shoulder, recognized her as a rival, and considered wearing revealing clothes for him.
• Shen Jin worried that Yun Xiaoran might resent her checking his phone and that he still planned to leave after a month.
• Shen Jin read Yun Xiaoran’s message to Li Qingxi and felt reassured that he showed no affection for her.

Li Qingxi tried to draw Yun Xiaoran back by suggesting she might jump, but his message from Korea made clear he would not rush to her. After he reassured her that Shen Muge was staying elsewhere, Li Qingxi vowed not to give up, while Shen Jin—secretly Shen Muge—settled into bed with Yun Xiaoran and asked to hold him for the night.

• Li Qingxi sent Yun Xiaoran a balcony photo and asked if he was afraid she would jump, expecting him to come to her.
• Yun Xiaoran sent Li Qingxi his location in Korea and said Shen Muge was staying at a hotel arranged by her assistant.
• Li Qingxi asked whether Shen Muge was with Yun Xiaoran, and Shen Jin worried that he might discover her identity.
• Relieved by Yun Xiaoran's answer, Li Qingxi vowed to take Shen Muge's place at center stage and win him back.
• Shen Jin held Yun Xiaoran after he turned off his phone, told him she had dreamed he left her, and asked to sleep beside him.

Yun Xiaoran and Shen Jin spent an awkward morning together in Korea, where she tried to make the most of their time while fearing he would discover her identity. When Yun Xiaoran found a video of Shen Muge on VA Site and prepared to watch it, Shen Jin anxiously watched his reaction.

• Yun Xiaoran woke with Shen Jin beside him, and she suggested they go shopping during their half-day off.
• Yun Xiaoran awkwardly got out of bed to wash, and Shen Jin realized why he was moving strangely and hid under the covers in embarrassment.
• Yun Xiaoran ordered breakfast from the hotel and browsed VA Site while Shen Jin sat beside him, looking at his phone.
• Shen Jin saw a video titled “Shen Muge dazzles onstage: a front-row view of her elegance” and worried Yun Xiaoran would recognize her.
• Yun Xiaoran asked whether Shen Jin had been backstage or out front at Shen Muge’s award ceremony, then suggested they watch the video.
• Shen Jin watched Yun Xiaoran closely as he prepared to open the video, and he felt a chill under her fixed gaze.

Shen Jin took Yun Xiaoran shopping and tried to keep their relationship private while indulging her possessiveness. When a saleswoman asked for Yun Xiaoran’s WeChat, Shen Jin hurriedly paid for their clothes and pulled him away, leaving him teasing her about her jealousy.

• Yun Xiaoran noticed Shen Jin’s jealousy while they ate breakfast and changed the video he had been about to watch.
• Shen Jin dressed Yun Xiaoran in sunglasses, a mask, and a baseball cap so people would not recognize him.
• Shen Jin took Yun Xiaoran shopping, buying him clothes and growing pleased at the thought of their outing as a counterattack against a woman he had shopped with before.
• A saleswoman asked Yun Xiaoran to add her on WeChat, and Shen Jin grabbed his hand, ordered the clothes rung up, and pulled him away.
• Yun Xiaoran asked Shen Jin why they were suddenly leaving, and she struggled to explain her jealous reaction.

A shop assistant’s photo of Shen Jin and Yun Xiaoran shopping together went viral, exposing their affectionate relationship and triggering a fierce fan backlash. In Linshun City, Li Qingxi recognized Yun Xiaoran in the image and was consumed by jealousy, while the couple remained unaware of the uproar.

• Shen Jin admitted she was jealous, and she and Yun Xiaoran joked together while shopping as an assistant photographed them.
• Shen Jin bought Yun Xiaoran clothes worth tens of thousands, while the assistant’s post about the couple spread rapidly online.
• The photo reached Weibo, where Shen Muge’s apparent romance became a top trending topic and fans argued over her relationship.
• Li Qingxi saw the trending photo, recognized Yun Xiaoran, and resented Shen Muge for taking the affection she believed had once been hers.
• Shen Jin and Yun Xiaoran continued shopping, unaware that fans in Huaxia and abroad were fighting over the viral photo.

After learning that someone had photographed her shopping with Yun Xiaoran, Shen Jin feared the picture would expose her identity as Shen Muge and cost her their relationship. She left early to meet Sister Hua and contain the scandal, while Yun Xiaoran remained unaware and planned to see her again that night.

• Sister Hua told Shen Jin that someone had secretly photographed her shopping with Yun Xiaoran.
• Shen Jin worried that the photo would reveal she was Shen Muge and wondered how she could keep Yun Xiaoran from leaving her.
• Tourists discussed Shen Muge's rumored romance, and Yun Xiaoran explained why being married to a celebrity could make ordinary life difficult.
• Shen Jin ended their shopping trip early so she could return to the hotel and work with Sister Hua to suppress the trending topic.
• Yun Xiaoran agreed to return later and planned to eat and buy Shen Jin a gift, unaware that the Burberry bags she had avoided carried her own image.

Shen Jin decided to publicly confirm her relationship with Yun Xiaoran after a candid photo exposed their shopping trip, while Yun Xiaoran went to buy her a bag and discovered that his wife was the superstar Shen Muge. The chapter ended with Yun Xiaoran stunned by the revelation that Shen Jin and the National Goddess were the same person.

• Shen Jin told Sister Hua to announce on Weibo that she and Yun Xiaoran had been dating for a month.
• Yun Xiaoran walked toward the city center to buy Shen Jin a bag, remembering how she had hurried him away from the luxury shop.
• Yun Xiaoran saw crowds flocking to the clothing store where he and Shen Jin had been photographed, but he did not recognize Shen Muge.
• Yun Xiaoran stopped at a luxury boutique and saw a life-size standee of Shen Muge.
• Yun Xiaoran realized Shen Muge was Shen Jin, his wife and the woman who had bought the rights to his songs and novels.

Yun Xiaoran discovered that his wife Shen Jin was the National Goddess Shen Muge and felt betrayed by her concealment. As he planned to confront her, Shen Jin worried that he had seen the photograph of them circulating online.

• Yun Xiaoran recognized Shen Jin on a poster as the singer Shen Muge and confirmed her identity by watching a video online.
• Yun Xiaoran recalled Shen Jin's secrecy and her rules about the celebrity, and concluded that she had deceived him for over a month.
• Yun Xiaoran abandoned his plan to buy Shen Jin a bag and decided to keep his distance until he could confront her about the lie.
• Yun Xiaoran looked for a hotel where he could livestream privately and thought about preparing for the event's finals.
• Shen Jin anxiously asked Sister Hua whether Yun Xiaoran might see the widely shared photograph of them.

Shen Jin agreed to hide her relationship with Yun Xiaoran, while Yun Xiaoran prepared for his livestream and decided to end his public pairing with Zhao Ruoxi. At the songwriting competition, Lone Cloud was introduced just before Li Qingxi's final performance, and Li Qingxi grew excited at hearing his name.

• Shen Jin posted a statement denying a public relationship after Sister Hua persuaded her to consider Yun Xiaoran's wishes.
• Yun Xiaoran sent Shen Jin a message saying he would return at eight with a present and food, and Shen Jin replied that she would wait to eat his cooking.
• Yun Xiaoran privately told Zhao Ruoxi they would publicly announce their breakup in a couple of weeks, and Zhao Ruoxi replied, “Okay.”
• Yun Xiaoran rented a hotel room, checked that his livestream showed no identifying details, and joined the Original Gu Feng Singer competition remotely.
• The competition saved Lone Cloud and Li Qingxi for the final two performances, and the host introduced Lone Cloud as the next contestant.
• Li Qingxi heard Lone Cloud's name and felt her excitement rise.

Yun Xiaoran admitted that his song was inspired by his breakup with Li Qingxi, while Shen Jin watched Lone Cloud’s livestream and began to suspect that Lone Cloud was Yun Xiaoran. She searched his videos and noticed that his guitar appeared to be the same brand as Yun Xiaoran’s.

• Yun Xiaoran told the livestream host that his song drew on his relationship with Li Qingxi and their breakup.
• Shen Jin heard Lone Cloud speak and realized that his voice sounded almost identical to Yun Xiaoran’s.
• Shen Jin wondered whether Yun Xiaoran could be Lone Cloud and decided she wanted him to sing for her.
• Shen Jin remembered Yun Xiaoran’s old guitar, searched Lone Cloud’s videos, and noticed that Lone Cloud’s guitar appeared to be the same brand.

Shen Jin suspected that Yun Xiaoran might be Lone Cloud but dismissed the idea, while Yun Xiaoran called her from the night market and bought the snacks she requested. As he considered the gulf between their public status and the cost of exposing their marriage, Yun Xiaoran concluded that they had no future as husband and wife.

• Shen Jin compared Lone Cloud with Yun Xiaoran but decided that their shared age, musical interests, and guitar did not prove they were the same person.
• Yun Xiaoran called Shen Jin after ending his livestream, and she ordered fire chicken noodles, oden, and sushi.
• Yun Xiaoran bought Shen Jin's requested snacks and reflected on her reputation and the fact that she had deceived him.
• Yun Xiaoran weighed the damage a public relationship could do to Shen Jin's career and concluded that they could not become husband and wife.