Recaps

Shen Yu defended Shen Xingshuo online while recovering at home, then persuaded Shen Jun to watch his brother’s livestream. At the competition, Shen Xingshuo reluctantly went to practice with Qiao Luo, as viewers began criticizing their behavior and speculating about Shen Xingshuo’s connections.

• Shen Xingshuo argued with Jiang Can while unpacking, and Qiao Luo tried to keep the roommates from fighting.
• Shen Yu posted comments defending Shen Xingshuo, blocked his brother on Weibo, and eased the online criticism.
• Shen Yu told Shen Jun that Shen Xingshuo’s talent competition was livestreamed and added Shen Jun’s promise to watch to his debt ledger.
• After the contestants drew performance numbers, Shen Xingshuo chose a song and went back to sleep instead of practicing.
• Qiao Luo woke Shen Xingshuo and persuaded him to practice with him, drawing viewers’ attention to their interaction.
• Livestream commenters began accusing Shen Xingshuo and Qiao Luo of putting on a show and speculating that Shen Xingshuo had used family connections.

Shen Xingshuo faced a wave of online hate before his audition, but he stayed confident and delivered a surprising classical-style performance. At home, Shen Yu and Shen Jun watched as Qiao Luo impressed the audience first, then worried that Shen Xingshuo might be accused of lip-syncing.

• Shen Yu concluded that Shen Xingshuo was doomed as cannon fodder for offending protagonist Qiao Luo and fretted at home.
• Qiao Luo warned Shen Xingshuo about the malicious comments, but Shen Xingshuo resolved to find out who was behind them.
• Before the auditions, Shen Xingshuo eased Qiao Luo's nerves and unsettled the other contestants by pointing out that later performances might face tired mentors.
• Qiao Luo performed "Love Confession Balloon," winning over the audience while Shen Yu watched from home and called him the protagonist.
• Shen Xingshuo performed the classical-style song "Not Called a Hero," surprising the mentors and investors with the contrast between his voice and appearance.
• Shen Yu worried that viewers would accuse Shen Xingshuo of lip-syncing, while Shen Jun told him to move away from the screen.

Shen Xingshuo impressed the audition mentors with his performance, sparred with a rival, and learned that he, Qiao Luo, and Lin Yan had all passed the first round. As fan clubs formed around the contestants, Shen Xingshuo teased Qiao Luo that he was his dad.

• Shen Xingshuo's carefree performance won over the audience and mentors, and he mocked a contestant who criticized him afterward.
• Shen Xubai discovered that Yang Yi had hired trolls to target Shen Xingshuo and Qiao Luo, then told Dark Night that Yang Yi was only middle-class and to be careful.
• Shen Yu boarded a plane and hurried toward the audition venue while Shen Xingshuo and Qiao Luo waited for their results.
• Lin Yan, Qiao Luo, and Shen Xingshuo each learned they had passed the first round, while Jiang Can left the dorm before Qiao Luo could finish celebrating.
• Qiao Luo found out a fan club had already formed for Shen Xingshuo, and Shen Xingshuo joked that he was Qiao Luo's dad.

After the contestants were reassigned to dorms, Shen Xingshuo and Qiao Luo ended up rooming together again and met their new roommate, Yang Yi. On a flight, Shen Yu recognized Chu Yao as the person who would bring down the Shen Family for Qiao Luo’s sake, while Chu Yao left puzzled by the boy’s stares.

• Shen Xingshuo teased Qiao Luo about their father-son relationship, and they were assigned to the same dorm again.
• Qiao Luo and Shen Xingshuo met Yang Yi, who had cleaned the beds; Qiao Luo thanked him while Shen Xingshuo made his bed.
• Viewers argued online over whether Shen Xingshuo had been rude to Yang Yi and how Qiao Luo’s fans reacted.
• Shen Yu tried to identify the man listening to the talent-show livestream during their flight, but his attempts to get a better look failed.
• Shen Yu recognized the man as Chu Yao, the person he believed would bring down the Shen Family for Qiao Luo’s sake.
• After landing, Chu Yao asked Shen Yu whether they knew each other, then wondered if the boy had been staring because he was handsome.

Shen Xingshuo, Qiao Luo, and their roommates began dance training after the show’s auditions, while Shen Yu arrived to support his brother. The chapter left Shen Yu heading toward the training area as Shen Xingshuo struggled through painful stretching.

• Shen Yu traveled to the show’s set, chatted with a production assistant, and watched Shen Xingshuo’s livestream.
• Qiao Luo tried to ease the awkwardness in the dorm, and Shen Xingshuo described his younger brother as still like a person but moving like a monkey.
• He Rui explained the training schedule and reminded the contestants that the second selection would take place in seven days.
• He Rui called on Mo Zeyao to demonstrate his dance skills, then assigned the trainees exercises based on their experience.
• Shen Xingshuo and Qiao Luo struggled through stretching and fundamentals as He Rui instructed the class.
• Shen Yu carried snacks and milk toward the training area, eager to encourage Shen Xingshuo.

Shen Yu and Chu Yao visited the trainees’ practice room, where Shen Yu reunited with his second brother, Shen Xingshuo. The visit left Qiao Luo and Chu Yao staring at each other in stunned silence.

• Shen Yu stopped Chu Yao from pressuring the assistant to let him visit Qiao Luo during training.
• Chu Yao told Shen Yu that nobody in his family liked him, and Shen Yu called him a poor thing nobody loved.
• He Rui welcomed Shen Yu and Chu Yao into the training room during a break.
• Shen Xingshuo spotted Shen Yu, who waved and smiled at him.
• Qiao Luo saw Chu Yao and froze, leaving the two of them staring at each other.

Shen Yu met Chu Yao at the training agency and suspected that Chu Yao’s feelings for Qiao Luo were unrequited. After Chu Yao asked him how to make his friend forgive him, Shen Yu decided he would not help the two get together.

• Shen Yu and Chu Yao visited the training agency, where Shen Xingshuo and Qiao Luo noticed them before they left.
• Shen Yu concluded that Chu Yao was childish and thought his actions as an investor could bring trouble to Qiao Luo and the Shen Family.
• Shen Yu called Shen Jun, who offered to order him food, and encouraged Shen Jun to get more sunshine.
• Chu Yao asked Shen Yu to teach him how to coax his friend after making him angry.
• Shen Yu suspected Chu Yao was jealous because Qiao Luo liked Shen Xingshuo and resolved not to play matchmaker.

Shen Yu scolded Chu Yao for neglecting Qiao Luo, while Shen Xingshuo questioned whether the story’s plot still made sense. After the trainees learned about the upcoming group competition, Mo Zeyao invited Shen Xingshuo and Yang Yi to join his team, though Yang Yi seemed displeased.

• Chu Yao told Shen Yu he had left Qiao Luo waiting for hours to play ball, and Shen Yu rebuked him for taking Qiao Luo for granted.
• Chu Yao explained that he and Qiao Luo had been betrothed since childhood, while Shen Yu criticized his assumptions about their relationship and his offer to arrange Qiao Luo’s debut.
• Shen Yu reopened the livestream, and Chu Yao watched Qiao Luo practice while Shen Yu pointed out that Qiao Luo did not need his financial help.
• Shen Xingshuo saw Qiao Luo distracted during training and wondered whether the plot had gone off course after learning that Qiao Luo and Chu Yao were its protagonists.
• He Rui announced that the second selection round would be a group competition with individual scoring in seven days, and advised the trainees to choose teammates who worked well together.
• Yang Yi invited Mo Zeyao to team up, and Mo Zeyao then invited Shen Xingshuo and Yang Yi; Shen Xingshuo accepted and noticed Yang Yi looked displeased.

Yang Yi’s attempt to form a team with Qiao Luo and Shen Xingshuo went badly, while Chu Yao asked Chu Yan to help defend Qiao Luo from online attacks. The trainees finished forming teams, and Shen Xingshuo ended the chapter by daring viewers to support him or gouge out their eyes.

• Shen Xingshuo and Qiao Luo rejected Yang Yi’s flattering approach, while their fans argued over the confrontation online.
• Chu Yao called Chu Yan and asked him to deal with the negative comments attacking Qiao Luo.
• Mo Zeyao reminded the trainees to find teammates, and Qiao Luo invited Lin Yan to join their group.
• Yang Yi recruited Zhao Kuang and Fei Yi, leaving Mo Zeyao displeased with the team’s appearance.
• Zhao Kuang mocked Shen Xingshuo’s reputation, and Shen Xingshuo challenged viewers to type 1 if they liked him or gouge out their eyes if they did not.

Shen Xingshuo walked away from Yang Yi’s uneasy team meeting and met Shen Yu for lunch, where the brothers teased each other and discussed the bad comments online. Yang Yi arrived at the restaurant with Zhao Kuang and Fei Yi, mistook Shen Yu’s connection to Shen Xingshuo as an opportunity, and left Shen Xingshuo ready to leave.

• Shen Xingshuo told the newly formed team to make a group chat and left, while Qiao Luo and Mo Zeyao also departed and Yang Yi was left facing the cameras alone.
• Shen Xingshuo joined Shen Yu at a restaurant, and the brothers joked over Shen Yu’s notebook of grievances and ate together.
• Shen Yu told Shen Xingshuo he had seen bad comments about him online, then angrily denied defending him when Shen Xingshuo teased him.
• Yang Yi arrived with Zhao Kuang and Fei Yi, asked whether Shen Xingshuo and Shen Yu knew each other, and privately looked pleased when Shen Xingshuo denied it.
• Shen Xingshuo noticed Yang Yi’s expression and prepared to leave.

Shen Yu and Shen Xingshuo dealt with Yang Yi’s attempts to ingratiate himself, while Shen Yu pretended to admire Yang Yi and quietly took his brother’s side. Shen Xingshuo left with Shen Yu without paying for the meal, leaving Yang Yi to cover the bill with Zhao Kuang and Fei Yi.

• Yang Yi tried to smooth things over with Shen Yu, but Shen Yu defended Shen Xingshuo and ignored Yang Yi’s overtures while messaging his brother.
• Shen Xingshuo warned Shen Yu that Yang Yi was a hater and the ringleader, so Shen Yu pretended to admire Yang Yi while thinking up a way to help his brother.
• Shen Yu sent Shen Xingshuo the hotel’s location and announced he was leaving, while Yang Yi offered to walk him out.
• Shen Xingshuo mocked Yang Yi for neglecting Zhao Kuang and Fei Yi, then left with Shen Yu without paying for the meal.
• The owner asked Yang Yi and his friends to settle the bill, and Yang Yi agreed to pay for fresh dishes and the earlier meal.
• Near the hotel, Shen Xingshuo burst out laughing and told Shen Yu they had not eaten enough.

Shen Xingshuo bonded with Shen Yu over milk tea before overhearing Qiao Luo reject Chu Yao’s plans. The chapter ended with Chu Yao crying to Shen Xingshuo that he had been dumped.

• Shen Xingshuo teased Shen Yu about his belly, and Shen Yu revealed that their eldest brother had become his close confidant.
• Shen Xingshuo bought Shen Yu milk tea and walked him back to the hotel, warning him not to be fooled by Chu Yao.
• Shen Xingshuo reflected on Shen Yu’s predictions about Qiao Luo, Chu Yao, and the Shen Family’s downfall.
• Shen Xingshuo overheard Qiao Luo refuse Chu Yao’s invitation to travel and leave for training.
• Chu Yao drank coffee in distress, grabbed Shen Xingshuo as he passed, and cried that Qiao Luo had dumped him.

Shen Xingshuo carried a drunken Chu Yao home, then returned to the dorm and sparred verbally with Qiao Luo. During a team discussion about their performance, Shen Yu and Chu Yao secretly watched from outside, and Chu Yao recognized Shen Xingshuo as the bro who had carried him home.

• Shen Xingshuo found alcohol in Chu Yao's coffee and carried him back to his home, where Shen Yu covered him with a blanket.
• Shen Xingshuo returned to the dorm, where Qiao Luo joked that he had nearly called the police, and Yang Yi watched them uneasily.
• At rehearsal, Yang Yi suggested a slower song, but Mo Zeyao and Qiao Luo argued that the team needed a more distinctive performance.
• Shen Yu and Chu Yao watched the team through a high window, with Shen Yu scolding Chu Yao for making the dangerous attempt.
• After the team discussion ended, Shen Xingshuo found Shen Yu and Chu Yao picnicking in the corridor, and Chu Yao excitedly called him, "Bro, I finally found you!"

Shen Xingshuo, Shen Yu, Qiao Luo, and Chu Yao gathered at a milk tea shop after brushing off Yang Yi and his companions. Chu Yao tried to claim a brotherly bond with Qiao Luo, but Qiao Luo made clear he was uninterested, leaving Chu Yao bewildered.

• Mo Zeyao left to discuss the group’s plans, and Lin Yan departed with Fan Yu after checking on Qiao Luo.
• Yang Yi tried to join the conversation, but Chu Yao’s blunt question embarrassed him, and he left with his companions.
• Chu Yao thanked Shen Xingshuo for taking him home and declared that they should become sworn brothers, but Shen Xingshuo and Qiao Luo rejected him.
• Shen Xingshuo, Shen Yu, Qiao Luo, and Chu Yao sat in a milk tea shop while Shen Xingshuo and Qiao Luo discussed the performance and Chu Yao felt excluded.
• Shen Yu asked whether Qiao Luo liked anyone, and Qiao Luo said he was focused on his career and destined to be single.
• Chu Yao asked what his memories with Qiao Luo had counted for, and Qiao Luo replied that they proved Chu Yao had a good memory.

Shen Xingshuo and his team rehearsed for their group competition and managed to finish their performance despite a microphone malfunction. Shen Yu and Chu Yao suspected Yang Yi had welcomed the mishap, leaving the cause of the technical failure in doubt.

• Chu Yao followed Shen Xingshuo, Qiao Luo, and Shen Yu back to the hotel after feeling ignored, and Shen Xingshuo pointed out that they were taking the only way back.
• Shen Xingshuo suggested that the team take turns in the stage center, while Yang Yi focused on currying favor with Shen Yu and Chu Yao.
• After seven days of training, Shen Yu and Chu Yao attended the competition and watched Shen Xingshuo's team take the stage.
• When Shen Xingshuo's microphone squealed, Qiao Luo picked up his lines and the group adjusted their positions to get through the song.
• Shen Yu and Chu Yao noticed that Yang Yi had briefly smiled when the microphone malfunctioned.

After Yang Yi's apparent sabotage caused Shen Xingshuo's team to suffer a stage mishap, Shen Yu and Chu Yao pushed for the backstage surveillance footage to be checked. Xu Liangzhou arrived to shield Yang Yi, and Shen Xingshuo challenged him as Shen Yu stepped in to defend his brother.

• Shen Xingshuo and Qiao Luo suspected that someone had tampered with their microphones after Yang Yi's improvised performance drew attention and votes.
• Qiao Luo questioned Yang Yi backstage, but Yang Yi denied the accusation and offered to let the production team check the surveillance footage.
• Shen Yu and Chu Yao supported checking the footage, while Yang Yi invoked the show's investors and the director let the livestream continue.
• Xu Liangzhou arrived and tried to frame the incident as a misunderstanding, but Shen Xingshuo challenged his attempt to redirect blame.
• Shen Yu accused Xu Liangzhou of concealing the truth, and Xu Liangzhou retorted that children could wander backstage and cause trouble.

Shen Xubai intervened when Yang Yi falsely accused Shen Xingshuo and Qiao Luo, forcing Xu Liangzhou to agree to an investigation and an apology. Yang Yi tried to excuse the broken microphone as a mix-up, while the incident spread across livestream clips and trending searches; Shen Yu's growling stomach interrupted the tense standoff.

• Shen Xubai confronted Xu Liangzhou over his defense of Yang Yi and ordered a full investigation into what had happened.
• Yang Yi claimed he had accidentally taken the wrong microphone, and Zhao Kuang was drawn into his attempted cover story.
• Shen Yu told Shen Xubai that Shen Xingshuo and Qiao Luo had been wronged, prompting Xu Liangzhou to make Yang Yi apologize to them and the audience.
• Chu Yao mocked Yang Yi's evasive apology, while livestream clips of the dispute surged into the top three trending searches.
• As Yang Yi stood awkwardly before the others, Shen Yu's stomach rumbled, and he explained that he had eaten dinner early to watch the performance.

After Shen Xingshuo took Shen Yu out for dinner, the brothers shared a lively family video call and discussed Yang Yi’s scheme. Shen Yu chose to stay and play longer, and Shen Xubai entrusted his care to Shen Xingshuo.

• Shen Xingshuo took Shen Yu away from the backstage confrontation and brought him to a restaurant for a healthy late-night meal.
• Shen Xingshuo video-called Lin Yujing, Shen Jun, Shen Changgeng, and Shen Jin, and Shen Yu happily chatted with his family.
• Shen Xingshuo and Shen Xubai discussed Yang Yi, and Shen Xubai suggested Yang Yi might have targeted Qiao Luo before treating Shen Xingshuo as cannon fodder.
• Shen Yu asked to stay and play longer, and Shen Xubai agreed while telling Shen Xingshuo to take good care of him.

Shen Xingshuo advanced through the trainee competition after Yang Yi withdrew, but his progress was interrupted when he learned Chu Yao had taken Shen Yu to a bar. He found Shen Yu unharmed and took him home, leaving Chu Yao to face his anger.

• Shen Xingshuo returned to the dorm after the performance, ignored Yang Yi's silent threat, and later saw Yang Yi's ranking disappear after he withdrew.
• Qiao Luo told Shen Xingshuo that Sinking Boat Media had tried to sign him, while Shen Xingshuo checked the rankings and found himself among the contestants advancing.
• Shen Xingshuo and Qiao Luo continued training as the field narrowed, and Shen Xingshuo rose into the top fifteen before hearing that Chu Yao had taken Shen Yu to a bar.
• Shen Xingshuo and Qiao Luo reached the bar, where Shen Xingshuo kicked open Chu Yao's private-room door and found Shen Yu watching television with headphones on.
• Qiao Luo confronted the groggy Chu Yao, while Shen Xingshuo packed Shen Yu's backpack and took him home without speaking to Chu Yao.

After Shen Yu went to a bar with Chu Yao, Shen Xingshuo brought him home and confronted him, but ended up comforting him when he cried. Shen Yu admitted his mistake and learned that Shen Xubai had booked him a flight home for the next morning; on the plane, he saw Chu Yao alone and despondent.

• Chu Yao left his friends after they urged him to tolerate their demands, while Shen Xingshuo took Shen Yu home in silence.
• Shen Xingshuo asked Shen Yu what he had done wrong, and Shen Yu burst into tears until his brother comforted him with an Ultraman joke.
• Shen Yu admitted he should not have gone to the bar with Chu Yao, promised to stay reachable, and agreed to let Shen Xingshuo punish him if he disobeyed again.
• Shen Xingshuo told Shen Yu that Shen Xubai had booked him a flight for the next morning, then accompanied him onto the plane.
• Shen Yu saw Chu Yao sitting alone on the plane, and Chu Yao mouthed an apology to him.

Shen Yu returned home and reunited with his brothers, joking and fussing over their appearance and health. He discovered Shen Jin and Shen Jun had advanced to studying middle school material and, while admiring their talent, worried about his own academic ability.

• Shen Xubai and Shen Jin welcomed Shen Yu at the airport, where Shen Yu teased Shen Jin about his clothes and got teased about crying.
• Shen Yu and his brothers rode home together, joking and pinching each other until Shen Xingshuo told them to behave.
• Shen Yu reunited with Shen Jun at home, hugged him, and urged him to eat more because he was still thin.
• Shen Yu found Shen Jin and Shen Jun studying seventh-grade math and was astonished by how quickly they learned.
• Shen Yu worried that his brothers' intelligence would make him seem stupid, then accepted fruit while continuing to distract them with his chatter and thoughts.

Shen Yu kept his brothers company with a movie and playful antics, then joined them when Shen Jun went to the hospital to have his stitches removed. After Han Rong tried to sow doubt about Shen Yu’s place in the family, Shen Jun told him he needed to be smarter.

• Shen Yu persuaded Shen Jun and Shen Jin to watch a comedy with him, then joked and roughhoused with Shen Jin on the sofa.
• Shen Jun went to the Shen Family hospital with Shen Yu and Shen Jin for his follow-up appointment and stitch removal.
• Han Rong asked whether Shen Yu was Shen Jun’s older or younger brother, then warned the brothers that classmates might question their relationship.
• Han Rong called Shen Yu Brother Shen’s pride and joy, implying the biological brothers had been treated unfairly.
• Shen Yu returned with hot water and worried over Shen Jun, while Shen Jun and Shen Jin kept their changed feelings to themselves.
• After Han Rong left, Shen Jun told Shen Yu he needed to be smarter.

After Shen Jun and Shen Jin grew wary of Han Rong at the hospital, Shen Yu misunderstood their silence as a reaction to pain and tried to cheer them up. Shen Changgeng noticed something had happened and, alone with Shen Jun in the study, was asked how he had met Doctor Han.

• Shen Jun avoided explaining his suspicions about Han Rong and suggested spicy dishes for lunch to comfort Shen Yu.
• Shen Yu cheered up by comparing the brothers’ heights, while Shen Jun and Shen Jin resolved to work hard to protect him at school.
• Shen Changgeng returned home and asked the boys about the hospital visit; Shen Yu said he had been unhappy because his brothers seemed unhappy.
• Shen Changgeng asked Shen Jun about his leg, then took him to the study and asked whether he had been treated unfairly at the hospital.
• Shen Jun denied being treated unfairly and asked Shen Changgeng how he had met Doctor Han.

Shen Jun told Shen Changgeng that Han Rong seemed to be trying to keep him and Shen Yu apart, prompting his father to listen seriously. Shen Changgeng then gave his three sons jade safety pendants, while their playful antics continued until Shen Xubai caught Shen Yu running with his eyes closed.

• Shen Changgeng told Shen Jun that he had met Han Rong through Han Rong's sister, Han Qiao, and recalled that she had died after an abortion.
• Shen Jun told Shen Changgeng that Han Rong seemed not to want him and Shen Yu to get along.
• Shen Yu and Shen Jin entered the study, and Shen Changgeng gave all three boys engraved jade safety pendants.
• Shen Yu chased Shen Jin around the living room, then charged toward the door with his eyes closed.
• Shen Xubai returned from work and caught Shen Yu running blindly.

As Shen Yu and Shen Jin started school, Shen Jun stayed home for another week to recover, then rode along to see them off. Shen Yu worried Shen Jun would have nowhere to sit, but a classmate pointed out that Shen Yu might not score well enough to be placed in Shen Jun’s class.

• Shen Yu complained about being teased by his family, while Shen Changgeng put peace pendants on Shen Yu and Shen Jin.
• Shen Jun felt reassured that the adults at home would handle concerns about Han Rong and protect him from unfair treatment.
• Lin Yujing explained that Shen Jun needed another week to recover, so Shen Yu and Shen Jin would start school without him.
• Shen Jun joined the car ride to see Shen Yu and Shen Jin off, and Shen Jin comforted the reluctant Shen Yu on the way into school.
• Shen Jin and Shen Yu settled into a classroom where students would take a placement exam, and Shen Yu worried Shen Jun would have no seat when he arrived.
• A classmate told Shen Yu that he might not score well enough to be placed in Shen Jun’s class.