Chapter Summaries

Yan Ningke treated Shao Ke to dinner after receiving payment, then accidentally sent Shao Ke’s wheelchair rolling until Shao Ke stood up to stop it. At the restaurant, they overheard a breakup, and Yan Ningke declared his love for Shao Ke while offering him a heart-shaped piece of foie gras.

• Qiao Xi paid Yan Ningke the agreed fees, and Shao Ke teased Yan Ningke about trying to keep the money for himself.
• Yan Ningke invited Shao Ke to dinner, and they chose Yunnan cuisine because Yan Ningke could not eat shrimp.
• Yan Ningke playfully shoved Shao Ke’s wheelchair downhill, and Shao Ke stood up after it crashed into a utility pole.
• Yan Ningke fussed over the wheelchair and then carefully pushed Shao Ke down the slope.
• At the restaurant, Yan Ningke overheard two men breaking up and judged the former boyfriend for losing interest.
• Yan Ningke told Shao Ke that his conscience was shaped like his love for him and placed a heart-shaped piece of foie gras on Shao Ke’s plate.

After Yan Ningke met Yu Ping at the company, he learned he had been invited to appear with a dog on the popular pet livestream show “Hey! My baby.” He left with three days to find a dog and a small paper bag from the mall.

• Yan Ningke returned home after dinner and took Lars for a walk, where the dog tangled him around a tree before they went home.
• Yu Ping called Yan Ningke and arranged to meet him at the company the next morning.
• Yan Ningke noticed the company staff seemed anxious and hoped the company would go bankrupt before Yu Ping handed him a variety show contract.
• Yu Ping explained that Yan Ningke had been invited to appear on “Hey! My baby” and told him to bring his own dog, but Yan Ningke admitted he did not have one.
• Yu Ping ordered Yan Ningke to show up at the production team’s location with a dog in three days, and Yan Ningke stopped at a mall and came out with a small paper bag.

Yan Ningke teased Shao Ke with a Music Lollipop and persuaded him to let Lars join him on a variety show. He left for the filming location with Lars, while Shao Ke saw him off and shared a tender goodbye.

• Yan Ningke gave Shao Ke a Music Lollipop, kissed him while they shared it, and used the candy to ask for one favor.
• Yan Ningke told Shao Ke that a variety show had invited him after seeing his Weibo photos and asked to borrow Lars for the trip; Shao Ke agreed.
• Yan Ningke left with Lars for the variety show, and Shao Ke gently told him to behave and tightened his little finger in response to Yan Ningke saying he would miss him.
• Lars got excited during the drive, then quieted as they approached the destination, while Yan Ningke teased him about meeting female dogs.

Yan Ningke arrived at the variety show’s courtyard with Lars, drawing attention from livestream viewers and meeting the regular guests. As the group welcomed him inside, fans flooded his stream and Yan Ningke’s name began trending.

• Lars jumped out of Yan Ningke’s car and posed calmly for the livestream camera, amusing Yan Ningke and impressing viewers.
• Yan Ningke introduced himself to the livestream audience and led Lars and his suitcase toward the courtyard.
• Deng Changjun welcomed Yan Ningke at the gate while throwing a Frisbee for his corgi.
• Azina complimented Lars, and Yan Ningke praised her Maltese in return.
• Song Chunan tried to carry Yan Ningke’s suitcase, but Yan Ningke resisted as Song Chunan’s fans filled the livestream comments.
• Deng Changjun took the suitcase and invited everyone inside, and Yan Ningke and Song Chunan laughed together.

Yan Ningke and Lars impressed the cast and viewers on the pet show, sparking online shipping with Song Chunan before Xiao Jingzhan arrived and drew fresh attention. In the villa’s study, Shao Ke watched the comments and reacted coldly to the new pairing speculation.

• The show’s director saw Yan Ningke’s viral video and chose him as a guest after another celebrity withdrew and other candidates made unreasonable demands.
• The guests introduced their pets, and Yan Ningke described Lars as a well-mannered, show-grade husky who never wrecked the house.
• Song Chunan asked to pet Lars, and Yan Ningke got the dog’s permission before Song Chunan stroked him.
• Xiao Jingzhan arrived with his Samoyed, and Yan Ningke greeted him as a new guest.
• Viewers began speculating about Yan Ningke and Xiao Jingzhan, while Shao Ke watched the comments and dismissed their claims of magnetic chemistry.

Yan Ningke and the other guests began a muddy dog obstacle-course challenge, while Lars first revealed his playful side on camera. The race started with one dog charging ahead, leaving the contest’s outcome unresolved.

• The director announced that the guests’ dogs would race through five obstacles to win lunch, and Song Chunan guessed that the course would involve mud.
• Song Chunan and Yan Ningke whispered about the director’s tricks, unaware their microphones were on, and their exchange delighted viewers.
• Yan Ningke took Lars to change, but Lars raced wildly around the room before abruptly stopping and striking a haughty pose.
• The guests saw the mud-filled obstacle course, where Lars sat proudly beside a nervous Samoyed.
• At the director’s signal, a black-and-white dog sprinted off the starting line as viewers cheered.

Lars won the muddy obstacle course, while Yeye refused to leave the starting line. Yan Ningke arranged for Lars to help Yeye finish, and the others cheered him on as he went to rescue his “princess.”

• Lars raced through the muddy course and crossed the finish line in 56 seconds.
• Yeye refused to move into the mud, while Song Chunan and French Fries, Deng Changjun and Eric, and Azina and Lulu made their way through the course.
• Shao Ke ordered Lin Yechen to ban an account attacking Lars and monitor Yan Ningke’s livestream for troublemakers.
• Lars fixated on Yeye, and Yan Ningke realized that Lars wanted to rescue him.
• Yan Ningke pointed out that the rules only required a dog to reach the finish line, and the director agreed another dog could do it for Yeye.
• Deng Changjun, Azina, and the others encouraged Lars to go to Yeye.

After Yeye’s unexpected victory in the dog race, the cast returned to the cottage and learned they had to cook their own lunch. Yan Ningke volunteered to prepare the meal, drawing a growing audience and trending attention as he showed confidence in his cooking skills.

• Lars splattered Yeye with mud but set a new record, and Yeye’s finish secured first place for Xiao Jingzhan and Yeye.
• The cast washed their dogs at the cottage, where Xiao Jingzhan asked Yan Ningke for a link to his dog shampoo.
• The director announced that the cast had to use the ingredients their dogs won to cook lunch themselves.
• Deng Changjun offered to make simple dishes, but the group realized no one knew how to cook rice, so Yan Ningke volunteered.
• Yan Ningke assigned the others kitchen tasks and began cooking as viewers questioned his claims and Shao Ke watched his practiced movements.
• The livestream’s audience remained high, and the topic #Yan Ningke hot# surged into the top five trending topics.

Yan Ningke impressed the guests and crew by cooking a delicious meal, then joined the others for a relaxed afternoon livestream. The director introduced the afternoon activity but had not yet revealed what it was.

• Yan Ningke served a feast of dishes, and the guests praised his cooking as they ate.
• After lunch, Yan Ningke shared leftover beef with the crew and napped with Lars.
• Azina did Yan Ningke's makeup and hair while the other guests gathered around and chatted.
• The guests took their dogs downstairs, where the director announced a more stationary afternoon activity.
• Xiao Jingzhan joked that the task might involve shoveling manure or doing the splits, making everyone laugh.

Yan Ningke surprised the other guests by skillfully sewing dog clothes and openly describing his affection for a man, while Shao Ke listened from afar. The guests finished their outfits with Yan Ningke’s help, but Lulu recoiled from the one Azina made.

• The director assigned the guests to sew outfits for their dogs, and they protested before reluctantly getting to work.
• Yan Ningke began cutting and sewing fabric, explaining that he had learned to mend clothes when he was young.
• When Xiao Jingzhan asked about the person Yan Ningke liked, Yan Ningke said he would ask him when he got back.
• Yan Ningke described his love interest as a handsome, gentlemanly young nobleman with a lovely voice and a nice body, while Shao Ke listened and chuckled in his study.
• Yan Ningke helped the guests finish their rustic outfits, and Lulu backed away when Azina tried to put hers on.

The guests dressed their pets in homemade outfits, then took them down a makeshift runway before sharing a feast. Later, Yan Ningke called Shao Ke, but hung up when Shao Ke turned their teasing conversation into an explicit invitation.

• The guests finished dressing their pets in awkward homemade outfits, and the production team made them parade the animals on a runway at the village entrance.
• Azina danced for the villagers during the show, while Song Chunan shyly moved to the music before hurrying offstage.
• The guests returned to the bamboo grove cottage for a feast, then ended the livestream and went to their rooms for the night.
• Yan Ningke called Shao Ke and complained that filming was tiring, while Shao Ke told him he could come back if he wanted to quit.
• Yan Ningke bragged that he could keep working, but Shao Ke made an explicit innuendo that prompted Yan Ningke to hang up.

Yan Ningke and the other guests caught fish for the dogs’ snack hampers, then headed to the market to sell them. Yan Ningke joked that his dog Lars belonged to a wealthy family, sparking an argument among viewers about whether he was rich.

• The director assigned the guests to catch thirty fish each and sell them at the town market to win a snack hamper for their dogs.
• The guests left the dogs playing together in the courtyard, and Lars refused to leave Yan Ningke when it was time to go.
• Yan Ningke and the other guests caught fish in the pond, then helped Azina finish catching hers.
• Yan Ningke rode to the market with Xiao Jingzhan because Lars would not leave Yeye, and the two men joked about their dogs marrying into wealthy families.
• Viewers argued over whether Yan Ningke was a rich young master, and one commenter threatened to deny face-value tickets to anyone who insulted them.

Lin Yechen used Shao Corporation’s hired commenters to overwhelm online criticism while Yan Ningke and Xiao Jingzhan sold their fish together at the market. After Yan Ningke received an enthusiastic response from fans, he returned to find Xiao Jingzhan confronting a woman whose son had hurt the dog.

• Lin Yechen monitored the livestream and watched Shao Corporation’s hired commenters crush online demands for accountability.
• Yan Ningke proposed that he and Xiao Jingzhan sell their fish together, and they set up a stall with fish priced below the market rate.
• Fans bought the fish and asked Xiao Jingzhan and Yan Ningke for photos; one girl praised Yan Ningke and left him feeling moved by his supporters.
• Yan Ningke and Xiao Jingzhan sold out of fish, and Yan Ningke cleaned the borrowed equipment before heading back.
• Yan Ningke heard Lars barking and crying, then found Xiao Jingzhan examining the dog’s injured ear while arguing with a woman whose son had pulled it.

After a boy yanked Yeye’s fur, his mother insulted Xiao Jingzhan and the people defending him, sparking a brawl of accusations in the vegetable market. Yan Ningke arrived, calmed Lars, confronted the boy and his mother, and revealed that the incident had been recorded for a show.

• A little boy pulled Yeye’s fur, and Xiao Jingzhan slapped the boy’s hand to make him let go.
• The boy’s mother berated Xiao Jingzhan and insulted a fan and a nearby vendor, provoking the market crowd.
• The boy threatened to pull out all of Yeye’s fur, and Xiao Jingzhan warned him off as the market descended into chaos.
• Yan Ningke arrived, soothed Lars, and learned from Xiao Jingzhan that Yeye had lost fur and was frightened.
• Yan Ningke questioned the boy and rebuked his mother for her behavior and parenting.
• Yan Ningke told the woman that the incident had been recorded because they were filming a show.

Yan Ningke confronted the woman in the yellow dress for her son injuring Yeye and insulting Xiao Jingzhan, then revealed that the incident was being livestreamed. After she fled, Yan Ningke checked on Yeye and Xiao Jingzhan thanked him, while Yan Ningke joked that he had defended his Lars.

• Yan Ningke rebuked the woman in the yellow dress and explained that her actions had been captured during the shoot.
• Yan Ningke revealed that the show was livestreaming, and Xiao Jingzhan's fans showed the woman the broadcast.
• Yan Ningke said they would report her and her son to the police, and she fled with her child.
• Yan Ningke checked Yeye's swollen injury while the cameraman contacted the director and a veterinarian.
• Xiao Jingzhan's fans praised Yan Ningke and left, and Xiao Jingzhan thanked him for standing up for them.
• Yan Ningke joked that Yeye was too cute to let anyone bully and that he could not let his Lars lose face.

After Yeye was checked by a vet, Xiao Jingzhan took the frightened dog back to the Bamboo Grove Courtyard, and filming continued without them. Yan Ningke returned with a dejected Lars and comforted him by praising how he had controlled himself during the danger.

• The vet found that Yeye had no serious injuries, so the director suspended Yeye's filming and arranged for Xiao Jingzhan to take him back to the Bamboo Grove Courtyard.
• Xiao Jingzhan thanked Yan Ningke and asked for his contact information before leaving with Yeye.
• Yan Ningke ate at Old Xu Noodle Shop, where the owner gave Lars extra beef and asked Yan Ningke for an autograph for his daughter.
• Yan Ningke returned to the Bamboo Grove Courtyard with Lars, who refused his favorite beef jerky and stayed dispirited.
• Yan Ningke praised Lars for warning the boy and controlling himself instead of fighting, and Lars perked up at his words.

Yan Ningke recounted how he had handled the altercation with a mother and her son, then urged viewers to leave the matter to the police. When filming ended early, he learned Shao Ke had arranged for Uncle Zhang to take him home that evening, and Yan Ningke smiled as he thought of him fondly.

• Lars eagerly ate the beef jerky while Yan Ningke fell asleep beside him.
• After Deng Changjun and the others returned, Yan Ningke described the morning's confrontation and explained how he had dealt with the child.
• Azina criticized the mother and son, while Yan Ningke told viewers not to harass or expose them and to wait for the police's decision.
• The production team ended filming early, and Yan Ningke prepared to leave with Lars.
• Uncle Zhang told Yan Ningke that Shao Ke had arranged for him to be picked up that day, making Yan Ningke realize Shao Ke had quietly planned for his return.

Yan Ningke returned to the villa and realized he felt hurt when he saw Shao Ke and Lars together, but Shao Ke welcomed him home and later surprised him with a box of snacks. Meanwhile, Yan Ningke’s popularity grew after the livestream, and his new fans and other fan groups defended him online while he slept.

• Yan Ningke watched Shao Ke and Lars reunite and realized he felt hurt because he feared he did not belong.
• Shao Ke invited Yan Ningke home, and Yan Ningke clasped his outstretched hand.
• Yan Ningke ate dinner with Shao Ke and happily opened a large box of snacks Shao Ke had bought for him.
• Qiao Xi released Yan Ningke’s portraits, prompting new fans to call for him to join the show regularly.
• Trolls criticized Yan Ningke, but Xiao Jingzhan’s fans and other supporters defended him in an online battle.
• Yan Ningke woke up the next morning and lingered in bed, trying to suppress his desire for Shao Ke.

Yan Ningke took Lars to the pet salon, where fans recognized him and posted photos of him online. Shao Ke chose to support Yan Ningke’s public career, though his irritation resurfaced when Yan Ningke came home with fruit tea.

• Shao Ke left the bathroom in a foul mood and avoided Yan Ningke at breakfast.
• Yan Ningke took Lars to the pet salon and met three fans while buying fruit tea; he posed for photos and promised to share news of future appearances on Weibo.
• Lars recoiled from a pug at the salon, and the fans later took photos of Yan Ningke walking him.
• Lin Yechen showed Shao Ke the fans’ photos, and Shao Ke decided to leave them online while watching out for trolls and supporting Yan Ningke’s career.
• Yan Ningke offered Shao Ke fruit tea, but Shao Ke took the extra cup away and told Aunt An to remove it.

Yan Ningke joked that Shao Ke was dying, then learned that Shao Yu had invited him to visit a new golf club and agreed to go. After lunch, Shao Ke teased Yan Ningke until he got flustered, and Yan Ningke ended the chapter alone in his bathroom, lamenting his lack of self-control.

• Shao Ke offered Yan Ningke a tablet of outfits and explained that Shao Yu had invited him to the new golf club that day.
• Yan Ningke agreed to go, and Shao Ke ordered every outfit on the tablet without waiting for him to choose.
• Yan Ningke ate a large lunch, and Auntie An joked that he was still growing.
• Shao Ke teased Yan Ningke about whether he could still grow, then told him to be good and stop acting cute.
• After Auntie An returned to the dining room and found them gone, Yan Ningke finished in the downstairs bathroom and lamented his lack of self-control.