Chapter Summaries

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.