Recaps

After waking beside Shen Siyi, Song Nianxing believed he had drunkenly slept with the actor and felt guilty when Shen Siyi reassured him and cared for him. Song Nianxing was relieved not to find a message from his obsessive fan, unaware that Shen Siyi had sent him an explicit message himself.

• Song Nianxing woke beside Shen Siyi, saw their torn clothes, and apologized for believing he had slept with him while drunk.
• Shen Siyi said he did not blame Song Nianxing, arranged for clothes and food, and reassured him after Wen Xian called him shameless.
• Song Nianxing checked his phone for the production team's livestream notice and felt relieved that his obsessive fan had not messaged him overnight.
• Shen Siyi watched Song Nianxing celebrate and sent him an explicit message from a phone he had already prepared.

At the Starstruck Moments promotional shoot, Song Nianxing was frightened by a pervert’s messages and sought help from his childhood friend Jiang Jingzhe, who rejected him and left with Qiu Bailu. Shen Siyi comforted Song Nianxing and sent him a star plushie, while his manager Wen Xian realized it contained a surveillance device.

• Song Nianxing received threatening messages about his shoot and hurried to Jiang Jingzhe for help.
• Jiang Jingzhe dismissed Song Nianxing’s fears, pulled away from him, and went to Qiu Bailu as the crowd mocked Song Nianxing.
• Shen Siyi wiped Song Nianxing’s tears, reassured him, and offered to help if he ran into trouble.
• Shen Siyi told Li Bin that the scratches on his neck came from his cat and privately called Song Nianxing his little star kitten.
• Wen Xian gave Song Nianxing a star plushie from Shen Siyi, then realized it contained a surveillance device.

After Jiang Jingzhe unfollowed him and online abuse left him distraught, Song Nianxing received comfort from Shen Siyi, who followed him on Weibo. Shen Siyi secretly watched Song Nianxing through a tablet and revealed that he had arranged for Jiang Jingzhe to unfollow him.

• Song Nianxing saw Jiang Jingzhe had unfollowed him and curled up in bed as online users attacked him.
• Shen Siyi added Song Nianxing on WeChat and called to comfort him, apologizing for the abuse made in his name.
• Song Nianxing told Shen Siyi he loved the plushie, and Shen Siyi said they would see each other the next day.
• Shen Siyi followed Song Nianxing on Weibo, and Song Nianxing followed him back, feeling comforted but unsure whether to ask him for help.
• Shen Siyi watched Song Nianxing on his tablet and messaged Jiang Jingzhe's manager, who thanked him for prompting Jiang Jingzhe to unfollow Song Nianxing.

Song Nianxing arrived at the Starstruck Moments villa, where Jiang Jingzhe treated him coldly and Shen Siyi offered him kindness and understanding. The guests were left facing questions about their sexual orientations and sexual histories as the dating show began.

• Song Nianxing arrived at the villa with a lot of luggage, and Jiang Jingzhe criticized him while Qiu Bailu mocked how much he had brought.
• Shen Siyi carried Song Nianxing's bag and explained that he had brought familiar things to help him sleep, then chose to sit beside him.
• Jiang Jingzhe watched Song Nianxing grow comfortable beside Shen Siyi, while Qiu Bailu warned Jiang Jingzhe to control his expression on camera.
• The show's PD welcomed the guests and announced that the remaining participants would arrive that night.
• The show's PD asked the four male guests whether they were attracted to men or women and how many times they had had sex.

The production team exposed the guests’ sexual orientations and sexual histories, revealing that Song Nianxing and Shen Siyi liked men and had each slept with a man. The revelations left Jiang Jingzhe stunned and Qiu Bailu eyeing Shen Siyi as a potential new target.

• Song Nianxing, Shen Siyi, and Qiu Bailu answered that they liked men, while Jiang Jingzhe answered that he liked either.
• Jiang Jingzhe reacted with shock to Song Nianxing’s answer and suspected the production team had staged it, while Shen Siyi challenged Jiang Jingzhe about his changed answer.
• Song Nianxing recalled that Jiang Jingzhe had called liking men disgusting and worried that revealing his orientation would further divide them.
• Qiu Bailu became interested in Shen Siyi after learning that he liked men.
• The guests answered that Song Nianxing and Shen Siyi had each slept once with a man, Jiang Jingzhe had never had sex, and Qiu Bailu had not counted his encounters with men.
• Jiang Jingzhe stood up in shock after seeing that Song Nianxing had slept with a man.

On the dating show, Jiang Jingzhe insulted Song Nianxing after learning he had slept with a man, while Shen Siyi stepped in to defend him. Shen Siyi revealed that he had given Song Nianxing the star plushie and urged him to sleep with it, secretly anticipating using it to experience Song Nianxing’s warmth.

• After seeing comments speculate that he and Shen Siyi had slept together, Song Nianxing met Jiang Jingzhe’s furious gaze.
• Jiang Jingzhe called Song Nianxing disgusting, and Shen Siyi challenged him for going too far.
• Qiu Bailu pulled Jiang Jingzhe back, and Jiang Jingzhe apologized before the PD sent the guests to their rooms.
• Shen Siyi offered to help with Song Nianxing’s luggage and asked whether he had brought the star plushie.
• Song Nianxing confirmed he had brought it, and Shen Siyi encouraged him to hold it while sleeping, privately planning to use its sensory link.

Jiang Jingzhe confronted Song Nianxing about sleeping with someone, and Shen Siyi stepped in to protect him. After Jiang left, Shen comforted Song and offered to help him deal with the person sending him obscene gifts and messages.

• Jiang Jingzhe grabbed Song Nianxing and demanded to know who he had slept with, then insulted him when Song resisted.
• Shen Siyi entered and said he had slept with Song Nianxing, provoking Jiang to grab his collar and try to punch him.
• Song Nianxing stopped Jiang and defended Shen Siyi, so Jiang accused him of choosing another man and stormed out.
• Shen Siyi told Song Nianxing that he was not alone and offered to accept and help him.
• Song Nianxing confided that someone had been sending him adult toys and obscene messages, and feared the sender was among the show's people.
• Shen Siyi promised to protect Song and invited him to tell him anything that happened.

Song Nianxing met the other guests and was surrounded by rival actresses and a popular boy-band duo, whose fans argued over their interactions on the live-comment screen. Shen Siyi rescued him from the crowd, but Jiang Jingzhe later refused to give him a seat, sparking another dispute among the guests and viewers.

• Song Nianxing entered the living room and met Yu Xinyan, Yuan Man, Chen Mingyi, and Du Yuesi.
• Du Yuesi and Chen Mingyi crowded around Song Nianxing to praise his looks while their fans traded insults online.
• Yuan Man complimented Song Nianxing, and Yu Xinyan followed him over as viewers interpreted their exchange as jealousy between the duo.
• Shen Siyi called Song Nianxing over, and Song Nianxing escaped the group by standing behind him.
• Jiang Jingzhe took the seat Song Nianxing had used and complained that Song Nianxing arrived late, prompting Chen Mingyi to challenge him.
• Qiu Bailu and Du Yuesi tried to smooth over the argument as the live comments debated whether Jiang Jingzhe was targeting Song Nianxing.

As the guests began Starstruck Moments’ first week, Song Nianxing chose Shen Siyi for an intimacy task after Jiang Jingzhe rejected his attention. Shen Siyi also chose Song Nianxing, leaving the story poised to reveal how they will handle their mutual selection.

• Jiang Jingzhe accused Song Nianxing of wanting to sit beside Shen Siyi, and Shen invited Song to sit with him instead.
• The PD introduced Starstruck Moments’ contact theme, in which guests chose partners for intimacy tasks that would grow more intimate over time.
• Yu Xinyan and Yuan Man chose each other, while Chen Mingyi and Du Yuesi both chose Song Nianxing.
• After Jiang Jingzhe turned away, Song Nianxing chose Shen Siyi for the intimacy task.
• Shen Siyi revealed that he had also chosen Song Nianxing.

After choosing Song Nianxing as his partner, Shen Siyi encouraged him to help cook and learned that Song Nianxing had chosen him for the intimacy task. Their closeness left the livestream audience stunned as Shen Siyi hinted that they had shared even more intimate moments before.

• The guests chose partners for physical contact, and Song Nianxing drew the task of stroking his partner’s face for ten seconds.
• Shen Siyi invited Song Nianxing to help cook, while Jiang Jingzhe objected that Song Nianxing could not cook; Shen Siyi reassured him and welcomed his help.
• Yuan Man and Qiu Bailu joined the cooking group, while the other guests went to sort out their luggage.
• As Shen Siyi tied Song Nianxing’s apron, he asked whom Song Nianxing had chosen and what task he had drawn; Song Nianxing answered that he had chosen Shen Siyi and had to touch his face.
• Shen Siyi placed Song Nianxing’s hand against his face and said they had already done more intimate things, shocking the livestream audience.

Shen Siyi flirted with Song Nianxing while they prepared dinner, and Jiang Jingzhe grew jealous as more housemates gathered around Song. The chapter ended with Yuan Man teasing Song about his potato-cutting while secretly thinking he was cute, and Yu Xinyan overheard the thought.

• Chen Mingyi and Du Yuesi came downstairs, saw Shen Siyi holding Song Nianxing's hand, and whispered that the two might be gay.
• Song Nianxing pulled away after Shen Siyi rubbed his palm, but agreed to help with Shen Siyi's task; Shen promised to rub him a little that night.
• Jiang Jingzhe denied paying attention to Song Nianxing, while Qiu Bailu went to help Shen Siyi in the kitchen.
• Jiang Jingzhe and Yu Xinyan both approached Song Nianxing as he cut potatoes, each privately suspecting the other was interested in someone.
• Yuan Man laughed at Song Nianxing's poor knife work and thought that Song was cute, which Yu Xinyan overheard.

Song Nianxing chose Shen Siyi to teach him, and their growing ease with each other stirred jealousy and possessiveness among the others. As the group gathered to eat, Shen Siyi realized Song Nianxing was becoming comfortable with his touch and resolved to take things further.

• Song Nianxing declined Yuan Man's offer of help and asked Shen Siyi to teach him instead, leaving Jiang Jingzhe feeling abandoned.
• Shen Siyi separated Song Nianxing from Yuan Man, while Yuan Man recognized Shen Siyi as someone who guarded his prey.
• Chen Mingyi teased Yu Xinyan about posing, and Yu Xinyan nervously denied it before Du Yuesi took back the fruit bowl he had snatched.
• Yuan Man reassured Chen Mingyi about Yu Xinyan, and Du Yuesi returned the fruit bowl so Chen Mingyi could share the fruit.
• Shen Siyi told Song Nianxing to take the dishes to the others, then stroked his head and privately welcomed how readily Song Nianxing accepted his touch.

At dinner, Shen Siyi and Yu Xinyan competed to sit beside Song Nianxing while Qiu Bailu tried to provoke conflict by highlighting Song’s popularity. Shen Siyi then teased Song about his past sexual experience, leaving the meal with Song’s embarrassing confession that he had felt almost nothing.

• Shen Siyi and Yu Xinyan pulled out the chairs beside Song Nianxing at the same time, and Yu Xinyan smugly took one while Yuan Man sat opposite him.
• Qiu Bailu pointed out that Shen Siyi and Yu Xinyan were competing to get close to Song Nianxing, provoking hostile comments in the livestream.
• Yuan Man defended Song Nianxing, and Shen Siyi agreed that Song was cute before steering the conversation toward their pets and warning Yuan Man to keep his dog under control.
• Chen Mingyi asked Song Nianxing about his sexual experience, and Shen Siyi said he wanted to know too.
• Song Nianxing admitted that he had not really felt anything, prompting Chen Mingyi to wonder if his ex had been too small or too short.

At dinner, Chen Mingyi misunderstood Song Nianxing’s past encounter and tried to defend him from Shen Siyi, who teased that he had enjoyed their night together and wanted to meet again. The conversation shifted to Yu Xinyan and Yuan Man, leaving Yu Xinyan flustered by Yuan Man’s private thoughts.

• Song Nianxing clarified that his past encounter was not a relationship, and Chen Mingyi relaxed when she learned he had no feelings for that person.
• Du Yuesi redirected the group’s questions to Shen Siyi, who said he had enjoyed his past encounter and wanted to get to know that person better.
• Chen Mingyi mistook Shen Siyi’s remarks as revenge against Song Nianxing and pulled him away to wash dishes.
• Yu Xinyan asked Yuan Man whether he had slept with anyone, and Yuan Man hinted that Yu Xinyan should already know.
• Yu Xinyan heard Yuan Man’s inner thought that he was saving himself for his husband and stumbled away, flustered.

While the others exchanged hair ties and chatted in the kitchen, Shen Siyi joined Song Nianxing on the sofa and completed his intimacy task by lightly brushing Song Nianxing’s hand. Song Nianxing misread Shen Siyi’s intentions, then felt guilty when Shen Siyi treated him gently.

• Chen Mingyi accepted a hair tie from Yuan Man, and Du Yuesi gave Yu Xinyan one of her own.
• Song Nianxing left the kitchen and worked on a LEGO castle by himself.
• Shen Siyi sat beside Song Nianxing, who admitted he liked what he saw before accidentally knocking over his LEGO castle.
• Shen Siyi asked Song Nianxing to help complete his task, then explained that lightly brushing Song Nianxing’s hand was enough.
• Song Nianxing realized Shen Siyi was being considerate and blamed himself for suspecting otherwise.

Shen Siyi persuaded Song Nianxing to sleep with his plush toy every night, while Jiang Jingzhe grew jealous of their closeness and dragged Qiu Bailu into an intimacy task. The guests then headed upstairs to send heart-fluttering messages, leaving Jiang Jingzhe fixated on Song Nianxing’s apparent lack of jealousy.

• Shen Siyi reassured Song Nianxing about his discomfort with close contact and got him to promise to sleep with the plush toy every night.
• Qiu Bailu teased Jiang Jingzhe about Song Nianxing getting close to Shen Siyi, and Jiang Jingzhe accused Qiu Bailu of wanting Shen Siyi for himself.
• Jiang Jingzhe insisted that Song Nianxing belonged with him and took Qiu Bailu by the hand to perform their intimacy task.
• Song Nianxing called Jiang Jingzhe and Qiu Bailu lovely together, then went upstairs with Shen Siyi after the PD announced the heart-fluttering message segment.
• Jiang Jingzhe misread Song Nianxing’s reaction as feigned indifference and painfully tightened his grip on Qiu Bailu’s hand.

The guests’ romantic messages revealed a tangled set of choices, while Shen Siyi and Song Nianxing exchanged affectionate messages that left Song Nianxing wondering if Shen liked him. The next morning, Song Nianxing found that Shen had rebuilt the fallen block castle, echoing his promise to make him a safe fortress.

• Qiu Bailu and Jiang Jingzhe chose each other, though viewers questioned the sincerity of Jiang Jingzhe’s message.
• Du Yuesi chose Chen Mingyi, Chen Mingyi chose Yuan Man, Yuan Man chose Yu Xinyan, and Yu Xinyan chose Du Yuesi.
• Song Nianxing chose Shen Siyi and thanked him for looking after him, while Shen sent Song Nianxing a message promising to build him a safe fortress.
• Song Nianxing wondered whether Shen Siyi liked him, then curled up under the covers holding the star plush.
• Shen Siyi felt Song Nianxing kneading the plush through the sensory link and went to the bathroom, where he gave in to his desire.
• Song Nianxing woke early after dreaming of a giant python and found the block castle fully rebuilt in the living room.

Yu Xinyan and Yuan Man faced the fallout after Yu Xinyan did not choose him, while fans argued over their former ship. Yu Xinyan realized he could no longer hear Yuan Man’s thoughts and wondered if the ability had disappeared.

• Yu Xinyan and Yuan Man left their rooms at nearly the same time, and Yuan Man looked away before heading downstairs.
• Yu Xinyan followed Yuan Man, worried that arriving later would look like evidence of guilt.
• Yu Xinyan noticed how quiet it was and realized he could not hear Yuan Man’s thoughts.
• Yu Xinyan recalled that he had been able to hear Yuan Man’s thoughts since their eye-contact challenge at a sports meet.
• Yu Xinyan wondered whether Yuan Man had thought something but he had lost the ability to hear it.

Yu Xinyan wondered why Yuan Man had stopped reacting to him, then recalled their piano-side intimacy task the night before and how Yuan Man’s smile made him want to kiss him. The memory ended with Yu Xinyan playing a wrong note, and he remained puzzled by Yuan Man’s unusual silence.

• Yu Xinyan nearly stumbled on the stairs, then greeted Song Nianxing and Yuan Man.
• Yuan Man teased Song Nianxing about Shen’s castle-building blocks, making Song Nianxing blush and flee to the kitchen.
• Yu Xinyan noticed Yuan Man did not react to his greeting as he usually did and tried to figure out why.
• Yu Xinyan remembered that he and Yuan Man had completed an eye-contact task at the piano the previous night.
• Yuan Man’s smile and lips had distracted Yu Xinyan until he wanted to kiss him and played a wrong note.

Yu Xinyan worried that he had developed strange feelings for Yuan Man, then found he could no longer hear Yuan Man’s thoughts. At breakfast, Shen Siyi teased Song Nianxing into sharing a bite of fried egg with him, while the livestream viewers debated the couples and their relationships.

• After completing the intimacy task, Yu Xinyan moved away from Yuan Man and said he did not want Yuan Man to pick him again, then decided to let Yuan Man misunderstand him so he could escape their ship label.
• Yu Xinyan realized he could no longer hear Yuan Man’s thoughts as Yuan Man invited Shen Siyi, Du Yuesi, and Chen Mingyi to breakfast.
• Chen Mingyi called Song Nianxing’s fried eggs too salty, while Shen Siyi praised them and dodged Song Nianxing’s attempt to take back the plate.
• Yu Xinyan grimaced after tasting the eggs, and Yuan Man looked away after seeing Du Yuesi offer Yu Xinyan water.
• Shen Siyi fed Song Nianxing a piece of fried egg from his chopsticks, then ate the rest himself while insisting the food tasted good.
• Livestream viewers argued over Yuan Man and Yu Xinyan, speculated about Chen Mingyi and Du Yuesi, and enthusiastically shipped Shen Siyi and Song Nianxing.

The guests’ heart-fluttering messages were revealed, intensifying Jiang Jingzhe’s jealousy over Song Nianxing and Shen Siyi while Yu Xinyan wrestled with his feelings about Yuan Man. The chapter ended with Du Yuesi hiding her disappointment after Chen Mingyi took her explanation at face value.

• Qiu Bailu arrived with Jiang Jingzhe and said he had woken him, making Song Nianxing feel hurt and Jiang Jingzhe assume Song still cared about him.
• Jiang Jingzhe criticized Song Nianxing’s fried eggs, and Chen Mingyi defended Song by explaining he had made them for Shen Siyi.
• The screen revealed that Song Nianxing and Shen Siyi had sent heart-fluttering messages to each other, upsetting Jiang Jingzhe.
• Qiu Bailu pointed out that Yu Xinyan had chosen Du Yuesi while Yuan Man had sent his message to Yu Xinyan, and Yu Xinyan denied that his choice meant anything.
• Qiu Bailu noted that Du Yuesi had chosen Chen Mingyi and Chen Mingyi had chosen Yuan Man; Du Yuesi explained her choice, but Chen Mingyi joked that she might have a crush on her, leaving Du Yuesi quietly disappointed.

Song Nianxing struggled to decide whether to invite anyone on a date while recalling his shared birthday with Jiang Jingzhe and discovering the fan ship between himself and Shen Siyi. Alone in the villa, he opened a suspicious link and received explicit messages from an unknown sender.

• The PD explained the two-day date invitation rules, and Song Nianxing remembered that the day after tomorrow was his and Jiang Jingzhe’s shared birthday.
• Jiang Jingzhe turned away from Song Nianxing to answer Qiu Bailu, and Song Nianxing decided not to give his invitations to anyone.
• Shen Siyi noticed Song Nianxing put away his vouchers and reacted with a darkened gaze and a smile.
• While the other guests went to work, Song Nianxing searched for information about the show and found fan edits pairing him with Shen Siyi.
• Song Nianxing watched an edited clip of his interactions with Shen Siyi, then opened a new link that displayed explicit messages and an image.

Song Nianxing panicked after receiving a threatening message while Shen Siyi watched him on the livestream. At a magazine shoot, Jiang Jingzhe and Shen Siyi confronted each other over their relationships with Song Nianxing, and their rivalry continued after filming.

• Song Nianxing threw his phone away and curled up on the sofa, fearing the sender of a message would come find him.
• Shen Siyi watched Song Nianxing on the livestream and traced his image on the screen as viewers speculated about their relationship.
• Jiang Jingzhe saw the viewers shipping Shen Siyi and Song Nianxing, then exchanged a tense look with Shen Siyi at the magazine shoot.
• Jiang Jingzhe claimed Song Nianxing was closest to him and would choose him, while Shen Siyi countered that a latecomer could win by fighting for him.
• Jiang Jingzhe and Shen Siyi paused their confrontation to shoot, then resumed their rivalry afterward.

Qiu Bailu and Jiang Jingzhe went to the director’s dinner with plans involving Shen Siyi, but Shen returned to the dating house and comforted Song Nianxing after he received another threatening message. Jiang Jingzhe found them embracing and silently vowed that Song would choose him for his birthday, while Shen taunted him that he had arrived first.

• Qiu Bailu and Jiang Jingzhe attended the group dinner, each pursuing his own plan, while Shen Siyi stayed away.
• Jiang Jingzhe learned from the director that Shen Siyi had gone back to the dating house and rushed after him.
• Song Nianxing hid from another message from his stalker until Shen Siyi arrived and comforted him.
• Shen Siyi persuaded Song Nianxing to leave the house with him for two days, and Song agreed.
• Jiang Jingzhe returned to find Song Nianxing clinging to Shen Siyi and hoped Song would choose him for their birthday, while Shen mouthed that first come, first served.

At the venue, Yu Xinyan stopped Yuan Man from touching another performer, then realized he was jealous because he could no longer hear Yuan Man’s inner voice. Yuan Man unexpectedly heard Yu Xinyan’s inner voice and mistook its denial of affection for hatred, leaving him dejected.

• Yu Xinyan interrupted Yuan Man as he reached toward another group's visual member and dragged him away, believing he was behaving improperly on camera.
• Yuan Man explained that he had only been checking the other performer's skin for skincare advice, but Yu Xinyan denied being bothered and refused the skincare products.
• Yu Xinyan recalled that he had once heard Yuan Man's affectionate inner thoughts and realized he felt anxious without them, leading him to wonder whether he liked Yuan Man.
• Yu Xinyan insisted to himself that he could not like Yuan Man, and Yuan Man unexpectedly heard that inner voice.
• Yuan Man concluded that Yu Xinyan hated him and lowered his head dejectedly as livestream viewers lamented their apparent breakup.