Chapter Summaries

Wei Wenbo took Shen Xuanrun to a romance movie and confessed to him afterward, but Papa Shen interrupted the proposal with a live phone call insisting, “Daddy won’t allow it!” Wei Wenbo retreated to his room, and Papa Shen’s outburst became a viral catchphrase.

• Wei Wenbo took Shen Xuanrun to a straight romance movie, which only reinforced Shen Xuanrun’s belief that he liked girls.
• After the movie, Wei Wenbo knelt with roses and confessed to Shen Xuanrun.
• Papa Shen called during the live broadcast, ordered Shen Xuanrun not to accept, and declared that Daddy wouldn’t allow it.
• Shen Xuanrun told Papa Shen that the internet could hear him, so Papa Shen hurriedly hung up.
• Wei Wenbo returned to the reality-show house in silence and went straight to his room.
• Papa Shen’s phrase “Daddy won’t allow it!” went viral, and Papa Shen realized he had become famous.

Shen Xuanrun realized he had fallen for Gu Weichen but feared accepting the relationship because he might someday leave this world. A message from Dad Shen abruptly dispelled his sadness, and Shen Xuanrun and Gu Weichen returned to the variety show's house.

• Shen Xuanrun returned to the hotel and learned Gu Weichen and Yan Nana had come back after Yan Nana broke a bone at the swimming pool.
• Gu Weichen invited Shen Xuanrun for a walk, and Shen Xuanrun agreed despite struggling to refuse him.
• Shen Xuanrun realized he had fallen for Gu Weichen but feared accepting his feelings because he might leave this world and never see him again.
• Gu Weichen heard Shen Xuanrun's thoughts and worried that Shen Xuanrun might disappear from his life.
• Dad Shen sent Shen Xuanrun messages warning him that Gu Weichen was a human trafficker and urging him to come home.
• Shen Xuanrun replied to Dad Shen, then told Gu Weichen they should return to the variety show's house.

Deng Yingying and Ding Zeyang spent a day at the amusement park, where his open admiration and fearfulness drew attention from viewers. On the Ferris wheel, Deng Yingying blushed after watching him, but no one knew what had caused it.

• Deng Yingying screamed freely on the roller coaster while Ding Zeyang watched her admiringly.
• Ding Zeyang insisted he was not scared in the haunted house, then screamed when an NPC grabbed his foot, and Deng Yingying comforted him.
• Deng Yingying and Ding Zeyang rode the Ferris wheel as he quietly tried to recall a flash of musical inspiration.
• Deng Yingying felt her heart race while watching Ding Zeyang, then blushed when he looked up at her.
• The cameraman captured the shy Deng Yingying and lovestruck Ding Zeyang after the ride, leaving viewers to wonder what had happened.

Shen Xuanrun avoided Gu Weichen at dinner and resolved to end their connection, leaving Gu Weichen confused and hurt. At home, Mom Shen challenged Dad Shen’s protectiveness and urged him to accept that Runrun would need a life of his own.

• The guests paired up for dinner duty, and Gu Weichen and Shen Xuanrun ended up together while Ding Zeyang and Deng Yingying cooked.
• Shen Xuanrun sat far from Gu Weichen, and their tense silence unsettled the other guests.
• At dinner, Shen Xuanrun decided to avoid Gu Weichen so he would forget him, while Gu Weichen resented being told to give up.
• Mom Shen confronted Dad Shen about his overprotectiveness and reminded him that Runrun’s happiness mattered beyond material support.
• After dinner, Shen Xuanrun returned to his dorm alone and covered the camera before admitting that Gu Weichen’s confession had made him happy, but he felt he had to cut things off completely.

After avoiding Gu Weichen for days, Shen Xuanrun heard him promise that he wanted only him and began to reconsider his fear of accepting his feelings. Their tension eased, and the guests ended the show’s farewell dinner on a cheerful note.

• Shen Xuanrun avoided Gu Weichen until the show's final day, fearing what would happen if he fell in love and then left this world.
• While they prepared dinner together, Gu Weichen told Shen Xuanrun that he knew they liked each other and promised there would be no one else in his future.
• Shen Xuanrun was stunned by Gu Weichen's words, agreed to stop avoiding him, and blushed when he met Gu Weichen's gaze.
• At the farewell dinner, the guests noticed that the tension between Shen Xuanrun and Gu Weichen had eased, and the evening ended cheerfully.

As the cast packed up after filming, their interviews and the viewers’ comments reflected the romances and disappointments of the season. Gu Weichen visited Shen Xuanrun to get his WeChat, leaving Shen flustered and Gu pleased with his new nickname for him.

• Yan Nana worried that Gu Weichen still paid her no attention despite her efforts.
• Ding Zeyang, Wei Wenbo, Fan Shaohan, Feng Mengjie, Deng Yingying, Yan Nana, Gu Weichen, and Shen Xuanrun gave their private interviews, while viewers reacted to their relationships and stories.
• Shen Xuanrun returned to his room after filming and began packing for the trip home.
• Gu Weichen came to Shen Xuanrun’s door and asked him to add him on WeChat.
• Gu Weichen called Shen Xuanrun his “little gentleman,” making Shen blush before he shooed Gu back to his room.

Yan Nana tried to drug Gu Weichen and seduce him so she could marry into the Gu Family, but her clumsy scheme was exposed. Gu Weichen confronted her and threatened legal action before going to find the director.

• Yan Nana bought white powder from a shifty-eyed stranger and sneaked into Gu Weichen's room dressed in black, but crew members spotted her.
• Gu Weichen noticed undissolved powder in his water, while the stranger forgot to warn Yan Nana that the powder only dissolved in hot water.
• Security guards searched the stranger, found his cash, and took him to the police station.
• Yan Nana changed into seductive sleepwear and waited outside Gu Weichen's room with a hammer, planning to seduce him.
• Gu Weichen reviewed surveillance footage, identified Yan Nana as the person who had tried to drug him, and angrily opened his door.
• Yan Nana lunged at Gu Weichen, but he shoved her to the floor, threatened her with a lawyer's letter, and went to find the director.

Yan Lang comforted Yan Nana, reflected on the family’s growing scheming and a woman he had lost six years earlier, then arranged to meet Gu Weichen. Gu Weichen returned home and exchanged good-night messages with Shen Xuanrun after making him leave the variety show house early.

• Yan Nana called Yan Lang for help and insisted she wanted to be with Gu Weichen, while privately plotting to support their eldest brother and claim the family company.
• Yan Lang recalled how his sister and eldest brother had changed, and remembered the woman he had searched for since she disappeared six years earlier.
• Yan Lang called his assistant to arrange a meeting with Gu Weichen, president of the Gu Group.
• Gu Weichen returned to his villa, had Shen Xuanrun sent home early, and accepted Yan Lang’s request for a meal meeting.
• Shen Xuanrun waited half an hour before telling Gu Weichen he was home, and they exchanged good-night messages.

Gu Weichen and Yan Lang settled their dispute over Yan Nana, then Gu Weichen went to the hospital to check on his feverish nephew. There, Little Xinxin blamed herself for Maojie's illness, and Gu Weichen tried to cover for him but was caught lying.

• Yan Lang apologized for Yan Nana's actions and offered compensation, and Gu Weichen negotiated a business deal with him.
• After learning that his nephew Gu Maojie had been taken to the hospital with a fever, Gu Weichen postponed his meeting and went to see him.
• Yan Lang took Gu Weichen's warning about being wary of relatives to heart and left in silence while his driver wondered where to take him.
• At the hospital, Little Xinxin blamed herself because Maojie had lent her his jacket, while Maojie insisted his fever came from not keeping his blanket on.
• Gu Weichen backed Maojie's excuse, but Little Xinxin noticed his eyes dart and called him out for lying.

Shen Xuanrun took Gu Maojie and Shen Qianxin back to kindergarten after Gu Maojie recovered from his fever, while privately treating the boy as a rival for Xinxin’s affection. Xinxin exposed Gu Maojie’s fondness for childish games and pigtails, leaving him mortified as Shen Xuanrun imagined him in a dress.

• Shen Xuanrun arrived at the hospital and learned that Gu Maojie, not Shen Qianxin, had been sick.
• Shen Xuanrun offered to make Gu Maojie Xinxin’s honorary big brother, but Gu Weichen stopped him.
• After Gu Maojie was cleared for discharge, Gu Weichen asked Shen Xuanrun to take him to kindergarten because of an urgent meeting.
• In the car, Xinxin revealed that Gu Maojie liked playing children’s games and wearing little pigtails.
• Xinxin asked why Gu Maojie would not wear dresses, and Shen Xuanrun imagined him in a pink princess dress while Gu Maojie protested.

Shen Xuanrun sent Little Xinxin to kindergarten with plenty of spare jackets, then visited Dad Shen and Mom Shen, who tried to steer him toward inheriting the family company and finding someone he liked. The chapter left Shen Xuanrun caught between his parents’ matchmaking schemes and his secret fear that living with them might expose he was not their real son.

• Shen Xuanrun gave Little Xinxin many spare jackets to guard against her borrowing clothes from Gu Maojie, and the kindergarten teacher accepted a set to keep on hand.
• Dad Shen invited Shen Xuanrun to stay with his parents, and Shen Xuanrun agreed to visit the next day despite Mom Shen not knowing about the plan.
• The audience praised Shen Xuanrun’s un-doubled opera performance in the latest episode of "Battle in the Sea of Commerce."
• Shen Xuanrun arrived at his parents’ home with bags of gifts, while Dad Shen distracted Mom Shen from asking why he had brought so much.
• Dad Shen urged Shen Xuanrun to work at the family company, and Mom Shen told him to pursue acting if he wished and to claim the person he liked before someone else did.
• Mom Shen privately approved of Gu Weichen as a son-in-law, while Gu Weichen sneezed twice at the Gu Group and wondered if he had caught a cold.

Shen Xuanrun tried to reconnect with fans by posting carefully photographed and retouched pictures, but fans unearthed his embarrassing old selfies and captions. He ended the chapter mortified as Mom Shen laughed and offered to take all his future pictures.

• Gu Weichen asked his assistant to buy cold medicine, and the assistant’s serious expression made Gu Group employees fear layoffs and work unusually hard.
• Shen Xuanrun stayed with Mom Shen and Dad Shen, while Dad Shen urged him to leave show business and Sister Chen encouraged him to engage with his growing fanbase.
• Shen Xuanrun reviewed the original owner’s sleazy Weibo posts, kept them as a record, and set them to private.
• Mom Shen helped Shen Xuanrun select and retouch nine pictures, which he posted with a confident caption; longtime fans praised his new photos and attitude.
• A fan shared screenshots of Shen Xuanrun’s old posts, prompting fans to identify the embarrassing captions and angles as genuine.
• Mom Shen told Shen Xuanrun to let her take his pictures in the future, then burst out laughing as he despaired.

After gaining attention online, Shen Xuanrun returned to work and weighed two challenging scripts. He chose to pursue “The Crime You Never Knew About,” leaving Sister Chen to help him prepare for a demanding role.

• Sister Chen told Shen Xuanrun that several directors had sent projects, and Mom Shen and Dad Shen supported his return to work while Dad Shen worried about him leaving home.
• After breakfast, Dad Shen drove Shen Xuanrun to his villa and warned him not to date too young or trust strangers.
• Shen Xuanrun read the scripts for “The Crime You Never Knew About” and “Marriage Wounds,” noting the acting challenges and risks of each male lead role.
• Sister Chen discussed the two scripts with Shen Xuanrun and warned that he would need to compete for the role and improve his physique and acting.
• Shen Xuanrun chose “The Crime You Never Knew About” and asked Sister Chen to find him a fitness trainer with a military background.

Shen Xuanrun began training with Du Jianguo, the fitness coach Sister Chen hired, while Little Li switched his meals and snacks to healthier options. He briefly embraced the promise of a perfect physique, but ended the day deciding he was fine as he was.

• Du Jianguo arrived early at Shen Xuanrun’s apartment and introduced himself as his new fitness coach.
• Shen Xuanrun invited Du Jianguo to breakfast, and Du advised him to avoid greasy foods and eat protein, vegetables, fruit, and oats.
• Little Li prepared boiled eggs and warm milk while Shen Xuanrun endured Du Jianguo’s workout in the practice room.
• Little Li cooked a healthy lunch and served lightly salted water, broccoli, nori soup, bananas, and pineapple, leaving Shen Xuanrun dismayed.
• Du Jianguo promised to increase the workout intensity to help Shen Xuanrun achieve a perfect physique, and Shen Xuanrun briefly accepted the idea before deciding he was fine as he was.

After a week of intensive training, Shen Xuanrun went with Chen Wei to audition for the male lead in "The Crime You Never Knew About." He drew a middle-of-the-pack audition slot and faced strong competition, including award-winning actor Zhao Honghui.

• Du Jianguo finished training Shen Xuanrun and left, hoping his brother and sister-in-law would find him a beautiful wife.
• Chen Wei was surprised by Shen Xuanrun's changed bearing and took him to the audition, where she encouraged him about his career prospects.
• Chen Wei and Huang Shuangru traded insults in a nostril-to-nostril standoff until Shen Xuanrun and Jiang Ziluo reminded them that auditions were about to begin.
• Chen Wei explained that Huang Shuangru had ended the contracts of artists tied to Jiang Yi and had recently signed Jiang Ziluo, who was auditioning for the second male lead.
• Shen Xuanrun drew an audition slot a little past the middle, while the other candidates' grave expressions and Zhao Honghui's arrival heightened the pressure.

Shen Xuanrun auditioned for the lead role of He Yangting in “The Crime You Never Knew About,” impressing the director with two emotionally intense scenes. Gu Weichen watched from the investors’ seats, worried that Shen Xuanrun was becoming more popular while still seeing him only as a friend, and hurried after him when the audition ended.

• Shen Xuanrun calmed himself before his audition, while the other actors assumed he was confident and debated whether he or Zhao Honghui would win the role.
• Gu Weichen watched Shen Xuanrun enter the audition room and heard his thoughts, while Shen Xuanrun wondered why Gu Weichen was there and felt someone staring at him.
• Shen Xuanrun performed He Yangting’s breakdown after killing the people responsible for Xiao Xin’s death, leaving the room silent.
• The director asked Shen Xuanrun to perform a second scene, in which He Yangting spoke to Brother Yang, revealed that he and Xiao Xin had planned to marry, and stabbed himself with a blood-covered knife.
• The director told Shen Xuanrun to wait at home for the decision, and Gu Weichen gathered his things and hurried after him.

After the casting meeting, Gu Weichen took Shen Xuanrun to dinner, where Shen Xuanrun fretted over Gu Weichen’s closeness and blushed at his attention. The meal turned out to be delicious despite its light flavors, and Shen Xuanrun happily dug in.

• Gu Weichen caught up with Shen Xuanrun after he left the hall and invited him to dinner, while Sister Chen tactfully left them alone.
• Gu Weichen held Shen Xuanrun’s hand and led him to the car, where Shen Xuanrun felt crowded by their pressed-together legs.
• Gu Weichen explained that he had chosen a light restaurant because Shen Xuanrun was training for his role, and Shen Xuanrun perked up when he promised the food would be good.
• Shen Xuanrun blushed at Gu Weichen’s smile and tried to hide his embarrassment by claiming he was counting the bowl’s patterns.
• Shen Xuanrun tasted the food, found it delicious, and eagerly began eating.

Gu Weichen confessed that he wanted to visit Shen Xuanrun as a suitor, leaving Shen flustered, and later Shen learned he had won the male lead role. At the filming set, Shen met second male lead Jiang Ziluo, and the two hit it off while their managers stayed behind to argue.

• Gu Weichen called himself Shen Xuanrun’s suitor and drove him home, while Shen struggled to resist his charms.
• Sister Chen told Shen Xuanrun he had won the male lead role and that Jiang Ziluo had been cast as the second male lead; Zhao Honghui took the third male lead instead.
• Sister Chen accompanied Shen to the set, where Shen saw Huang Shuangru with Jiang Ziluo.
• Shen Xuanrun and Jiang Ziluo slipped away from their managers and chatted about the casting and Zhao Honghui’s acting style.
• Jiang Ziluo praised Shen’s looks and his pairing with President Gu, and the two found the director, received their rooms, and went to unpack.

Shen Xuanrun began filming alongside Zhao Honghui, who resented losing the lead role and doubted Shen Xuanrun’s acting. On set, Shen Xuanrun and Jiang Ziluo distracted their agents from an escalating argument, leaving the crew grateful for their intervention.

• After resting for a day, Shen Xuanrun arrived on set and saw Zhao Honghui, who believed Shen Xuanrun had been cast because of Gu Weichen’s influence and looked down on his acting.
• Zhao Honghui had accepted the third male lead after losing the lead role, which he had pursued because he expected the production to become a hit.
• Jiang Ziluo offered Shen Xuanrun milk tea, but withdrew it after Chen Wei reminded Shen Xuanrun to watch his figure.
• Huang Shuangru confiscated Jiang Ziluo’s milk tea, and Chen Wei and Huang Shuangru traded barbed remarks about each other’s artists.
• Shen Xuanrun pretended to need a makeup touch-up while Jiang Ziluo claimed he had misplaced his script, distracting Chen Wei and Huang Shuangru and ending their argument.

Shen Xuanrun filmed a grief-stricken scene as He Yangting, impressing Director Zhang Cheng and Zhao Honghui. During a break, Jiang Ziluo revealed his attraction to muscular men and lamented that Huang Shuangru stood in the way of his love life, while Shen Xuanrun remained baffled by the attention around him.

• Shen Xuanrun portrayed He Yangting mourning Zhou Xin and wondering why she had died by suicide, and Director Zhang Cheng praised his performance while Zhao Honghui admired his progress.
• After the scene, Jiang Ziluo praised Shen Xuanrun's muscles before explaining that he preferred bigger, beefier men.
• Jiang Ziluo told Shen Xuanrun that he trusted him to keep his sexual orientation private and said he had noticed Shen Xuanrun and President Gu together.
• Jiang Ziluo called Huang Shuangru an obstacle to his love life, but quickly pretended everything was fine when she asked what he was saying.
• Shen Xuanrun returned to reshoot the opening shots and wondered why Zhao Honghui kept gazing at him, while Zhao Honghui wondered why Shen Xuanrun looked sad.