Recaps

Niu An told Qi Gu that her dead husband had returned and seemed to threaten her grandson, Xiao Bao, so Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi went to investigate. After learning that the family had retrieved an offering paper that blew away, Qi Gu disguised their auras and prepared to enter Niu An’s home without alerting the ghost.

• Niu An contacted Qi Gu after her protective talismans burned and her grandson said his grandfather looked as though he wanted to eat him.
• Niu An left home under the pretense of buying groceries and met Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi at a sweet soup shop.
• Niu An explained that her family had retrieved yellow offering paper that blew away, after which Xiao Bao developed a high fever and her husband returned as a ghost.
• Qi Gu said the ghost’s behavior suggested more than ordinary retaliation and proposed posing as Niu An’s son and daughter-in-law to inspect the home.
• Qi Gu used chicken blood to write the birth characters of Niu An’s son and daughter-in-law on his and Lin Hanzhi’s arms, changing their auras.

Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi posed as Niu An’s son and daughter-in-law to observe the ghost husband in her home. The ghost copied her dead husband’s habits, but its hunger for raw flesh revealed its monstrous nature.

• Qi Gu altered the illusion so the ghost would see him and Lin Hanzhi as Niu An’s son and daughter-in-law, and the three went to her home.
• Qi Gu took Xiaobao from the ghost, and he and Lin Hanzhi acted like a loving couple caring for the child.
• The ghost followed Niu An around the home and copied her late husband’s familiar routines with chilling accuracy.
• At Qi Gu’s instruction, Niu An prepared beef blood and ground meat, and the ghost secretly ate a handful while she was away.
• The ghost resumed washing celery and commenting on the scallions, then bared its teeth at Niu An’s neck with raw meat caught between them.

Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi tricked the ghost husband into consuming incense-ash water and an Iron Pellet, exposing it as a hungry ghost and forcing it to reveal that the Cunning Ghost had freed evil ghosts from the Underworld prison. Qi Gu connected the Cunning Ghost to the ghost official from Huai Shui Village and worried about what had happened to the official.

• Niu An served beef pies laced with incense-ash water, while Lin Hanzhi pretended to be pregnant to distract the ghost husband and make it do chores.
• Lin Hanzhi explained that hungry ghosts could impersonate the dead to gain their relatives' trust, and the ghost husband grew increasingly fixated on his supposed baby.
• The incense-ash water weakened the ghost husband and forced it to reveal its hungry ghost form, after which Qi Gu fed it an Iron Pellet that compelled it to tell the truth.
• Under the Iron Pellet's influence, the hungry ghost said the Cunning Ghost had entered the Underworld and released several evil ghosts from the prison.
• Qi Gu connected the Cunning Ghost's earlier attack on the ghost prison to the ghost official who had pursued it, and worried that the official might have been harmed or punished.

Qi Gu handed the escaped hungry ghost over to the Underworld and learned that the Azure Bone was glazed bone, linked to a Glazed Ghost and a prophecy of the world's destruction. After visiting Niu An, Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi exchanged heartfelt wishes for each other's happiness and well-being.

• The hungry ghost told Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi that Cunning Ghost had erased its tracking pact and that it had escaped from the Underworld prison.
• Qi Gu summoned the ghost official, who revealed that nearly all the escaped evil ghosts had been recaptured and identified Qi Gu's Azure Bone as glazed bone from a Glazed Ghost.
• Qi Gu warned the ghost official that glazed bone might be hidden in the ghost prison, and the official gave him Underworld tools and a fresh peach before taking the hungry ghost away.
• Niu An thanked Qi Gu for rescuing her family, and Qi Gu accepted only one yuan and gave her a ticket to visit the Shrine at Floating Mist Temple.
• As Niu An said goodbye, she wished Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi happiness, and Lin Hanzhi later wished Qi Gu happiness, peace, good health, and success.
• Qi Gu returned Lin Hanzhi's blessing, wishing him the same from then on.

Qi Gu went to keep Lin Hanzhi company when he could not sleep, only to discover that Lin Hanzhi was drunk and harshly criticizing himself. Qi Gu cared for him and defended him, and Lin Hanzhi ended the night smiling after Qi Gu called him a friend.

• Qi Gu went to Lin Hanzhi's room because he could not sleep and wanted to spend time talking with him.
• Lin Hanzhi suggested they talk about someone they hated, then said he hated himself for being weak, irresponsible, wasteful, and arrogant.
• Qi Gu realized Lin Hanzhi had been drinking fruit wine and tried to get him cleaned up and into bed.
• Lin Hanzhi clung to Qi Gu, complained when he spoke to the butler, and said drinking had not eased his worries.
• Qi Gu told Lin Hanzhi to stop insulting his friend, and Lin Hanzhi smiled and drank the sobering soup.

Qi Gu cared for Lin Hanzhi while he was still drunk, and Lin Hanzhi clung to him with unexpected strength. Qi Gu let Lin Hanzhi hold him in bed, where he fell asleep without feeling entirely annoyed by the closeness.

• After Lin Hanzhi finished his medicine, Qi Gu admired his eyes and pinched his cheek.
• Lin Hanzhi pressed his face into Qi Gu’s hand and clung tightly to him.
• Qi Gu told Lin Hanzhi they should sleep in bed, so Lin Hanzhi carried him there.
• Lin Hanzhi embraced Qi Gu from behind and repeatedly placed his hands over Qi Gu’s abdomen.
• Qi Gu accepted being held for the night and fell asleep soon after the lights went out.

After Qi Gu looked after Lin Hanzhi through a drunken night, the two shared breakfast, where Jing Ping’s assumptions about their relationship angered Lin Hanzhi. Jing Ping confronted Lin Hanzhi about his feelings for Qi Gu, leaving Lin Hanzhi wondering whether Qi Gu might feel the same.

• Qi Gu woke beside Lin Hanzhi, who still had his hands around his abdomen, and later found Jing Ping at the door.
• Jing Ping mistook the previous night for Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi’s first intimate encounter, while Lin Hanzhi recalled being held by Qi Gu when he was drunk.
• Qi Gu called Lin Hanzhi cute and asked whether his headache had eased, making Lin Hanzhi happy.
• At breakfast, Jing Ping served cushions and longan and lotus seed soup as part of a supposed Lin family tradition, prompting Lin Hanzhi to take him aside.
• Lin Hanzhi told Jing Ping that he and Qi Gu were not in that kind of relationship, but admitted he had feelings for Qi Gu.
• Jing Ping argued that Qi Gu treated Lin Hanzhi differently from others and might return his feelings, leaving Lin Hanzhi stunned and doubtful.

Lin Hanzhi realized Qi Gu likely loved him and decided he would accept Qi Gu if he confessed, while promising to give him everything he had. As they shared breakfast, Lin Hanzhi’s affection became more obvious, though Qi Gu mistook his questions about Jing Ping for gossip.

• Jing Ping told Lin Hanzhi that Qi Gu treated him differently, and Lin Hanzhi accepted that Qi Gu likely had a place for him in his heart.
• Lin Hanzhi told Jing Ping he would stay with Qi Gu until the end of his life if Qi Gu took the first step, and promised to give him everything he possessed.
• Lin Hanzhi planned to return that night, but Qi Gu urged him to rest and said he was going back to the temple, so Lin Hanzhi agreed to return the next morning.
• At breakfast, Lin Hanzhi openly said he liked looking at Qi Gu, and Qi Gu returned the compliment by saying Lin Hanzhi was good-looking.
• Qi Gu called Jing Ping good-looking too, prompting Lin Hanzhi to ask whether he found Jing Ping handsome; Qi Gu then learned Jing Ping squinted because he was severely nearsighted and refused to wear glasses.

Qi Gu worried about Lin Hanzhi as he returned to Floating Mist Temple, while Lin Hanzhi flew to Shanyin City for a mission and admitted to Miao Yue that he had his own plans regarding Qi Gu. Lin Hanzhi left on the flight still missing Qi Gu, and Miao Yue returned to her seat after teasing him.

• Qi Gu returned to Floating Mist Temple with snacks and ignored Golden Toad's flattery while worrying that Lin Hanzhi might not have packed warm clothes.
• Qi Gu messaged Lin Hanzhi about the cold, and Lin Hanzhi replied that he had warm clothes and thanked Qi Gu for caring.
• Lin Hanzhi boarded a first-class flight with Miao Yue, reread his messages from Qi Gu, and unconsciously drew Qi Gu's portrait on the mission briefing.
• Miao Yue teased Lin Hanzhi about his feelings for Qi Gu, and Lin Hanzhi told her not to say anything to Qi Gu because he had his own plans.
• Lin Hanzhi threatened to send Miao Yue back to economy, so she apologized and returned to her seat to order food.

Qi Gu accompanied Niu An to pray at Floating Mist Temple, and she dreamed that night of reuniting with her late husband. Later, Qi Gu noticed sinister energy around Lin Hanzhi’s location in Shanyin City and warned him to stay away, though Lin Hanzhi was already standing there.

• Qi Gu found Niu An in the temple crowd, guided her to the deities and Shigong, and prayed for her before taking her to lunch.
• Niu An dreamed of her husband, who apologized for staying away and promised to work for spirit money to visit her dreams.
• After waking in the evening, Qi Gu saw Lin Hanzhi’s messages and recognized dangerous black energy in his aerial photo of Shanyin City.
• Lin Hanzhi, already at the dangerous site with Xiao Wang, sent Qi Gu a message claiming he would avoid haunted places and followed it with a puppy sticker.

Lin Hanzhi and Miao Yue hunted a Skinning Ghost in the mountains, where Lin Hanzhi used himself as bait and killed it with ease. Afterward, he posed for photos to send to Qi Gu, while keeping his other reason for visiting Shanyin City to himself.

• Lin Hanzhi delayed revealing his true self to Qi Gu because he worried Qi Gu would be angry about the persona he had adopted when they first met.
• Lin Hanzhi and Miao Yue tracked a Skinning Ghost that had been wearing the guesthouse owner's skin and targeting a livestreaming influencer.
• Lin Hanzhi lured the Skinning Ghost into ambushing him, then killed it with a Bone Blade after it targeted his face.
• Lin Hanzhi sent Xiao Wang off duty and went with Miao Yue to take photos, promising to open a fashion shop for her if the pictures turned out well.
• Lin Hanzhi reviewed Miao Yue's photos and debated which to send Qi Gu first, while Miao Yue told him to send a long shot, then a medium shot, then a close-up.

Lin Hanzhi sent Qi Gu photos of himself, and Qi Gu saved one while insisting his racing heart might be an illness. Lin Hanzhi suspected he might be the reason and sent Qi Gu a heart rate monitor strap so he could track what caused the episodes.

• Miao Yue took photos of Lin Hanzhi and encouraged him to use one as his profile picture for Qi Gu to see.
• Qi Gu saved Lin Hanzhi's close-up photo, praised his looks, and complimented his new profile picture.
• Qi Gu told Lin Hanzhi that his heart sometimes beat unusually fast and asked where to get a heart rate monitor strap.
• Lin Hanzhi asked Miao Yue to find heart specialists, then wondered whether Qi Gu's racing heart might be connected to him.
• Lin Hanzhi offered to send Qi Gu a monitor strap and suggested he record what he was doing whenever his heart beat fast.

Qi Gu puzzled over his unexpected smile after tutoring Mu Xingchen, while Lin Hanzhi secretly left his hotel and drove to Yue Yuan’s grave. There, the chapter recalled how Yue Yuan had been ostracized as a child until Lin Hanzhi’s parents befriended him.

• Qi Gu saved Lin Hanzhi’s profile picture, then corrected Mu Xingchen’s pronunciation and assigned him twenty lines to copy.
• After ending the call, Qi Gu realized he had been smiling and ate a Snow Meiniang while wondering why.
• Miao Yue complained about Lin Hanzhi’s strange smile, and Lin Hanzhi threatened to give her shop to Pubu Gesang unless she met his decorating deadline.
• Lin Hanzhi checked into a separate hotel room from Miao Yue, then secretly climbed out of his suite and drove away in a rented Volkswagen.
• Lin Hanzhi drove to the Martyrs’ Mausoleum in Shanyin City, where Yue Yuan was buried, and remembered Yue Yuan’s difficult childhood and friendship with Lin Hanzhi’s parents.

Yue Yuan recalled his difficult childhood, the kindness of his mother, and how Lin Yan and Ning Xiao became his true friends. At an Anomalous Affairs Bureau meeting, Lin Yan and Ning Xiao returned from studying abroad and reunited with him as his new teammates.

• Yue Yuan joined the Anomalous Affairs Bureau at eighteen, but teammates later distanced themselves after he revealed he had not received the Yue family's legacy.
• Yue Yuan remembered his mother's death, his harsh treatment in the Yue family, and how Lin Yan and Ning Xiao defended him from bullies at school.
• Yue Yuan recalled that he and Lin Yan and Ning Xiao had stayed in occasional contact while they studied abroad.
• Lin Yan and Ning Xiao returned after completing their studies and joined the Anomalous Affairs Bureau.
• Lin Yan and Ning Xiao chose Yue Yuan as their mentor, and Yue Yuan lifted both friends into his arms in delight.

Yue Yuan rose to become a leader in the Anomalous Affairs Bureau while remaining close to Lin Yan, Ning Xiao, and their son, Lin Hanzhi. When he learned that the Lin family had been massacred, he rushed to the villa and found Lin Hanzhi alive beside his dead parents, calling for his family.

• Lin Yan and Ning Xiao gave Yue Yuan access to parts of their families’ secret techniques, and he later received the Yue family’s techniques after proving himself.
• Yue Yuan, Lin Yan, and Ning Xiao advanced through the Anomalous Affairs Bureau, and Lin Yan and Ning Xiao had a son named Lin Hanzhi.
• Yue Yuan stayed devoted to Lin Hanzhi’s milestones as he rose into the General Bureau’s leadership and gained authority over the Yue family.
• Yue Yuan learned that forty-six members of the Lin family had been killed and hurried to the Lin family villa despite the lingering ghostly energy.
• Inside the villa, Yue Yuan found Lin Yan and Ning Xiao dead with Lin Hanzhi alive against them, faintly calling for his family.

After Lin Yan and Ning Xiao died, Yue Yuan learned that their souls had been scattered and tried to care for their traumatized son, Lin Hanzhi. Lin Hanzhi later asked to see his family’s bodies and prepared to act on them, while Yue Yuan helped him borrow strength.

• Lin Hanzhi recognized Yue Yuan and fell unconscious in his arms after Yue Yuan promised he was safe.
• Yue Yuan found Lin Yan’s blood-written note saying “Don’t investigate,” then learned that the Lin family’s souls had been scattered when a medium failed to summon them.
• At the hospital, Lin Hanzhi threatened to jump from a window and said his parents’ souls were scattered; Yue Yuan stayed outside until he climbed down.
• Lin Hanzhi accepted Yue Yuan’s quiet company and later asked where his family was, so Yue Yuan took him to the Anomalous Affairs Bureau’s morgue.
• Lin Hanzhi asked for a large blade, and Miao Jianye offered his Miao Dao; when Lin Hanzhi could not lift it, Yue Yuan drew a talisman on his wrist to let him borrow strength from the Strength God.

After Lin Yan’s death, Lin Hanzhi began using the Ning family’s secret method to gain the strength to face the unknown enemy who had killed his family. He endured the method’s terrible cost, grew increasingly self-loathing, and joined the Anomalous Affairs Bureau at fourteen to take on dangerous missions.

• Lin Hanzhi cut off Lin Yan’s arms in the morgue, while Yue Yuan and Miao Jianye watched in horror.
• Lin Hanzhi told Yue Yuan that he needed strength, though he did not know what had happened the night his family was killed or who had left.
• Lin Hanzhi practiced the Ning Family Secret Method, learning that wielding relatives’ remains required feeding them his flesh and blood and fusing part of his soul into them.
• As Lin Hanzhi endured unbearable pain and considered giving up, Yue Yuan repeatedly urged him to stop, but Lin Hanzhi continued refining Bone Blades and carving memorial tablets for the mourning hall.
• At fourteen, Lin Hanzhi joined the Anomalous Affairs Bureau and volunteered for highly dangerous missions.

Yue Yuan forced Lin Hanzhi to practice talking with his teammates, and the withdrawn boy gradually learned to communicate. Years later, after Miao Jianye and Yue Nanxing died, Lin Hanzhi raised their daughter Miao Yue and became a talkative father.

• Yue Yuan assigned Lin Hanzhi to work with Miao Jianye and Yue Nanxing and ordered him to speak to them every day.
• Lin Hanzhi initially met his daily speaking quota with short, awkward phrases, prompting Yue Yuan to raise the requirement to ten sentences of more than ten characters each.
• As Lin Hanzhi spent time with his teammates and the bureau's chatterboxes, he became more able to communicate, and Yue Yuan eventually ended the assignment.
• Lin Hanzhi continued to struggle with guilt and self-loathing even as he grew from a boy into a man.
• After Miao Jianye and Yue Nanxing died, Lin Hanzhi took responsibility for raising Miao Yue and became a chatterbox dad.

Lin Hanzhi learned that Yue Yuan had concealed the truth about the Lin family to protect him, and that Yue Yuan had arranged for him to find the information after his death. At Yue Yuan’s grave in Shanyin City, Lin Hanzhi paid his respects and opened the burial chamber to retrieve the urn and its secrets.

• Yue Yuan investigated the Lin family in secret, fought a Grade-B Vengeful Ghost, and concealed what he learned after his health declined.
• Yue Yuan asked Lin Hanzhi to stop investigating, but they parted on bad terms, and Lin Hanzhi learned of Yue Yuan’s death the following day.
• Yue Yuan hid his information in his urn and set up a program to send Lin Hanzhi the grave’s address when he accessed the Lin family files.
• Lin Hanzhi traveled to Shanyin City with Miao Yue under the cover of a mission, then returned to the cemetery alone in the rain.
• Lin Hanzhi bowed before the headstone bearing Yue Yuan’s birth name, Wang Shi, opened the burial chamber, and found the urn.

After Lin Hanzhi retrieved the USB drive from his mother’s urn, Qi Gu cared for him through a cold over a late-night call, deepening their closeness despite defining it as friendship. The next morning, Lin Hanzhi showed off Qi Gu’s care to Miao Yue as they left the hotel.

• Lin Hanzhi took the USB drive from the urn, returned the ashes and urn to the burial chamber, and drove back to his hotel in the rain.
• Qi Gu learned Lin Hanzhi was caught in the rain, ordered him ginger soup and cold medicine, and stayed on a voice call while Lin Hanzhi ate and took the medicine.
• Lin Hanzhi found strawberry-flavored condoms among the items Qi Gu had ordered by mistake, and Qi Gu grew embarrassed while Lin Hanzhi discreetly kept the box.
• Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi fell asleep on the call, then messaged each other the next morning after both woke to dead phones.
• Miao Yue questioned Lin Hanzhi about the pharmacy bag, and Lin Hanzhi proudly explained that Qi Gu had bought him medicine and called him a special friend.

Lin Hanzhi visited Wang Shi’s grave with Miao Yue and approved Sang Ma’s request to take the dangerous mission tied to her fallen team. Meanwhile, Qi Gu prepared for the General’s Mansion investigation, and Jiang Haojie joined the show intending to exploit Qi Gu for information and take revenge.

• Lin Hanzhi and Miao Yue brought cream puffs and taro ball milk tea to Wang Shi’s grave, where Lin Hanzhi told him that he had someone caring for him now.
• Lin Hanzhi told Miao Yue he would approve Sang Ma’s application for the mission connected to the Z Province team’s deaths, and Miao Yue began gathering protective tools for her friend.
• Qi Gu received the General’s Mansion assignment from Sang Ma and recalled the rumors surrounding General Mo Zhou and his mysterious opera-singing wife.
• Jiang Haojie persuaded Song An to let him join the fourth episode so he could research Mo Zhou for his film, and Qi Gu agreed to his participation without remembering him.
• The production team announced Jiang Haojie as the episode’s final guest, prompting fans to argue online while Jiang Haojie planned to use Qi Gu for clues and retaliate discreetly.

Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi traveled to Beijing for filming, where Lin Hanzhi brought Qi Gu’s favorite snacks and led him through a hutong to his own courtyard house. The chapter ended with Qi Gu learning that Lin Hanzhi’s grandmother had given him the valuable home, leaving the livestream viewers stunned by his wealth.

• Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi met at the airport and boarded a plane together with a large supply of snacks Jing Ping had packed.
• Qi Gu told the livestream that he had studied and worked in Beijing before, while Lin Hanzhi said he was familiar with the city because it was where he usually lived.
• After reaching Beijing, Qi Gu and the production assistant searched for the address in Lantern Hutong until Lin Hanzhi offered to guide them.
• Lin Hanzhi opened a grand private courtyard house with his fingerprint and explained that his grandmother had put it in his name when he was little.
• Qi Gu was surprised by Lin Hanzhi’s wealth, and the livestream viewers wondered about his family background.

Qi Gu arrived at Lin Hanzhi’s courtyard residence and met the other guests before filming began, where he rejected Jiang Haojie’s handshake and secretly placed a talisman on him. Later, Jiang Haojie tried to lure a black cat with treats, but its touch suddenly felt ice-cold to him.

• Qi Gu explored Lin Hanzhi’s courtyard residence and learned that the socially anxious Butler Anonymous had meticulously labeled its plants, furnishings, and supplies.
• Mu Xingchen asked to take portraits at the residence, so Lin Hanzhi sent Miao Yue to photograph him and gave Pubu Gesang fish food to keep him occupied.
• Jiang Haojie introduced his animal rescue foundation, then offered Qi Gu a handshake that Qi Gu refused before taking his hand to apply a hidden talisman.
• After filming the introductions, Qi Gu returned to rest with Lin Hanzhi while Jiang Haojie went out with cat food to lure stray animals.
• Jiang Haojie stroked a black cat, felt a bone-piercing chill, and then convinced himself he had imagined it when its fur felt warm again.

Jiang Haojie brought a black cat home, unaware that it was a Cat Ghost drawn by Qi Gu’s rune to judge him. After Lin Hanzhi and Qi Gu woke from a peaceful nap, the group shared dinner while Jiang Haojie struggled to hide his anger at being ignored.

• Jiang Haojie decided to take the black cat home after it followed him, and he pretended to welcome it affectionately for the livestream.
• Miao Yue, Pubu Gesang, and Mu Xingchen continued their afternoon activities while Lin Hanzhi and Qi Gu slept side by side after playing five-in-a-row.
• Lin Hanzhi and Qi Gu woke, collected the scattered game pieces, and agreed to order lamb hot pot for dinner.
• The black cat, revealed to be a Cat Ghost drawn by Qi Gu’s rune, recognized Qi Gu and became wary of him and Lin Hanzhi.
• At dinner, the others fussed over the Cat Ghost and ignored Jiang Haojie, who realized he could not easily threaten anyone at the table.

Qi Gu and the crew entered the General's Mansion to investigate after learning that more than a dozen visitors may still be trapped inside. As they prepared to search, viewers reported entering a supposedly sealed rockery passage, suggesting something had lured visitors into a dangerous place.

• Qi Gu explained why visitors should step over, not on, the mansion's thresholds.
• Song An showed the audience the grounds and recounted how Mo Zhou had been killed with poisoned wine.
• Sang Ma told Qi Gu that the entry and exit records differed by more than a dozen visitors, and Qi Gu promised to try to bring them out.
• Song An announced that visitors might be trapped inside the mansion, alarming the livestream audience.
• Viewers described being touched and injured inside a dark rockery passage, while mansion staff insisted it had been closed for ten years and another viewer shared an image showing a welcome sign at its entrance.