Chapter Summaries

After Shen Rui was injured rescuing Su Weiwang from a kidnapping attempt, the Shen family learned the Su family had likely arranged it to reclaim him. Shen Rui brought Su Weiwang home for protection, where the family arranged for them to share a room and Yan Yi managed to secure a room with Shen Ting.

• Xiao Ran treated Shen Rui and said he would need plenty of rest, while Mrs. Shen comforted the shaken Su Weiwang.
• Shen Rui said the kidnappers had named the Su family, and Shen Ting suspected they wanted to exploit Su Weiwang's rising popularity.
• Shen Rui explained that he had brought Su Weiwang home because the Shen family could protect him from the Su family.
• Mrs. Shen offered to prepare a room for Su Weiwang, but he agreed to share Shen Rui's room so he could look after him.
• Yan Yi insisted the guest rooms were unusable and persuaded Mrs. Shen to let him share Shen Ting's room, leaving Shen Rui frustrated.

The Su Family learned their attempt to kidnap Su Weiwang had failed and considered visiting the Shen Family to salvage their plans, unaware that Su Yu had recorded their confession. Meanwhile, Mother Shen watched the edited variety show and discovered that both Shen Ting and Shen Rui had partners, leaving the Shen Family delighted.

• Mother Su convinced Father Su to pay the injured kidnappers 500,000 yuan and proposed visiting the Shen Family to salvage their plans.
• Su Yu overheard his parents discussing their plot against Su Weiwang and secretly recorded their conversation.
• Yan Yi followed Shen Ting into his bedroom while Su Weiwang carefully supported the injured Shen Rui.
• Mother Shen watched the edited variety show with Father Shen and discovered that Shen Ting and Shen Rui had both found partners.
• Mother Shen praised her sons' partners and teased Father Shen about marrying her for his looks before he fell asleep satisfied.

Shen Ting and Yan Yi spent the morning together at the Shen family home, where Shen Ting’s parents reacted awkwardly to their relationship. After the director arranged livestreams for the dating show’s guests, Shen Ting and Yan Yi and Shen Rui and Su Weiwang agreed to stream as couples that evening.

• Shen Ting woke beside Yan Yi, and the two got up for lunch after Mother Shen called them downstairs.
• Father Shen stared at Shen Ting and Yan Yi, creating an awkward atmosphere at lunch with Shen Rui and Su Weiwang.
• The director asked Shen Ting to livestream that evening, and Shen Ting said Yan Yi and Su Weiwang were at his house too.
• Shen Ting, Yan Yi, Shen Rui, and Su Weiwang decided to stream in two couples rather than separately.
• The director told the publicity team to promote both couples’ streams, and the official Love in the Next Moment account announced the seven o’clock livestreams.

Shen Ting and Yan Yi streamed together, joking with viewers and answering comments as their affectionate behavior sent workplace topics trending. The stream ended with viewers discovering Shen Ting had commissioned Yan Yi a bespoke suit and matching couple’s rings, and Yan Yi kissed him off-camera.

• Shen Ting began a livestream with Yan Yi, whose fake-innocent teasing made viewers and both families react.
• Shen Ting joked that he would end the stream on time, and the chat’s discussion of overtime pushed several workplace topics onto trending searches.
• The director received requests for Shen Ting’s contact information, then sent Shen Ting an 888-yuan red envelope, which Yan Yi accepted.
• Shen Ting dismissed accusations about gifts he had given Si Chen and told Yan Yi he had prepared a gift for him too.
• Viewers found posts from Jazz Suit and Tisi Jewelry revealing Shen Ting had commissioned Yan Yi a bespoke suit and matching couple’s rings.
• Yan Yi covered the camera, put an arm around Shen Ting, and kissed him.

Shen Ting’s fans exposed the contrast between his practical gifts to Si Chen and Su Yu’s collection of Si Chen’s belongings, sending the dating-show guests’ livestreams trending. Su Yu faced a fan backlash and family fury as his father warned him about the damage to the Su Family company.

• Shen Ting’s fans laughed over the practical gifts he had chosen for Si Chen, then spotted Si Chen’s coat, cufflinks, and hat in Su Yu’s walk-in closet.
• Su Yu explained that Si Chen had lent him the coat and that he had accidentally taken the cufflinks, while Si Chen’s fans and Su Yu’s longtime fans reacted in silence or argued.
• Shen Ting and Yan Yi answered viewers’ questions during their livestream, which Shen Ting ended after an hour and a half.
• The director learned that eight of the top ten trending topics concerned guests on his dating show and asked for oxygen before reading them.
• Su Yu saw trending topics about his relationship with Si Chen, disabled his comments, and was confronted by Father Su.
• Father Su told Su Yu that Father Si had threatened to cancel their companies’ cooperation as Su Yu’s livestream scandal drove the Su Family’s share price down.

After Su Yu confronted his parents over their plans to abandon him, his parents visited the Shen Family, where a strange old man showed Shen Ting a book that linked him and Su Yu to a soul-expulsion and luck-borrowing scheme. Shen Ting collapsed after recognizing the story’s title, and his family rushed him for help as the old man left with the book.

• Su Yu played a secret recording to confront his parents, then warned that he would expose them if they harmed him.
• Su Yu’s mother visited the Shen Family with Su Yu’s father and an old man, claiming she had come to apologize for Su Yu.
• Shen Ting’s mother took him away from the visitors, while Yan Yi secretly photographed the group and arranged to investigate them.
• Shen Ting encountered the old man again, and the man dropped a book open to a page about soul expulsion and borrowing luck that listed Shen Ting and Su Yu.
• Shen Ting recognized the title “Showbiz Top Star: A Storm of Fame,” blacked out, and collapsed into Yan Yi’s arms.
• Shen Ting’s family rushed him toward the door, while the old man picked up the book and Su Yu’s parents left the Shen home.

After Shen Ting awoke in the hospital, he remembered that his soul had been expelled from his body and replaced with another soul when he was ten. Yan Yi revealed that Su Yu was the grandson of the man behind the ritual, and the family resolved to hold those responsible accountable.

• Shen Ting woke from his unexplained unconsciousness and ate chicken soup while Yan Yi and his family gathered around him.
• Yan Yi explained that a book containing Shen Ting's and Su Yu's birth details described a Soul Expulsion and Borrowing Luck ritual, and Shen Ting told everyone what had happened to him.
• Shen Ting's mother and father reacted with grief and anger as Shen Rui and Su Weiwang learned that Shen Ting had been replaced by another soul.
• Yan Yi revealed that Su Yu was the old man's grandson and explained how Su Yu had been placed with the Su Family and had likely borrowed Shen Ting's luck.
• Shen Ting's parents vowed to pursue justice, and Yan Yi said he and the Pei Family had gathered evidence.
• Yan Yi told Shen Ting that Pei Ming and Xia Qing were returning to the country, and Pei Ming planned to make Su Yu pay.

Shen Ting returned home from the hospital and enjoyed a family feast before joining Yan Yi to pick up Pei Ming and Xia Qing at the airport. After the four went to a café to talk, a blogger’s clear photo of them sparked online speculation about their identities.

• Shen Ting came home from the hospital and reunited affectionately with Fu Bo and Auntie Liu as Mrs. Shen prepared a feast.
• Shen Ting ate until he felt unwell, then fell asleep while Yan Yi rubbed his belly and carried him to bed.
• Yan Yi told Shen Ting that Pei Ming and Xia Qing would arrive the next morning, and Shen Ting agreed to go to the airport with him.
• Shen Ting and Yan Yi met Xia Qing and Pei Ming at the airport, then invited them to a café to talk.
• Zhang Zhang Zhang Ya posted a photo of the four men online, prompting netizens to identify Xia Qing and speculate that the others were Shen Ting and Yan Yi.

Xia Qing shared videos exposing Su Yu’s abusive behavior, and Yan Yi and Shen Ting used the evidence to bring down the Su Family. Su Yu lost his family’s support, his brand deals, and Si Chen, while Su Weiwang severed ties with Su Yu’s parents.

• Xia Qing showed Pei Ming and Shen Ting videos of Su Yu mistreating an assistant and insulting his fans, then sent Shen Ting the videos and the assistant’s contact information.
• Yan Yi submitted evidence of the Su Family’s tax evasion, and the family’s business was sealed off that afternoon.
• Su Yu’s videos spread online, former coworkers confirmed the accusations, and brands sent him breach-of-contract notices.
• Su Yu called Si Chen repeatedly without an answer, then saw Si Chen’s announcement that he was retiring permanently from the entertainment industry.
• Su Weiwang had Shen Rui prepare an agreement severing family ties, and Su Yu’s parents signed it before leaving with Shen Rui.
• In handcuffs, Su Yu’s mother said, “This is all retribution...”

After Su Yu and Si Chen’s contracts were terminated, Shen Ting and Yan Yi traveled with the other guests to Chris Snow Mountain for the final episode of "Love in the Next Moment." The production team split the guests into opposing teams for a warm-up game, leaving the couples poised to face off.

• The production team announced Su Yu and Si Chen’s contract terminations and revealed that the final episode would be filmed at a ski resort.
• Yan Yi praised Father Shen for helping with the retaliation, then privately acted exhausted so Shen Ting would comfort him.
• Shen Ting and Yan Yi flew to Chris Snow Mountain, where they reunited with the other guests and welcomed back Xia Qing and Pei Ming.
• The director switched to an indoor plan because the group arrived at night in freezing weather.
• A screen divided the guests into Wolf Team and Sheep Team, and a dramatic crack appeared between the two sides as the battle game began.

The guests learned the capture game’s rules and discovered that the winning team could make the losing team obey their requests during the next day’s filming. The Wolf Team’s members abandoned their reluctance to hunt, and the thirty-minute countdown began.

• Meng Yun tried to prove he belonged on the Wolf Team by howling, but the director confirmed that teams had been assigned by combat strength.
• The guests discussed whom they would protect or catch, while Bai Yuanyuan intimidated Meng Yun into giving up.
• The director announced that the Sheep Team would get half an hour to hide and that the Wolf Team would win only if they caught every sheep.
• After hearing that the winning team could make the losing team comply with requests during tomorrow’s filming, the Wolf Team members fixed their sights on their teammates.
• The hall’s screen switched to a timer, starting the thirty-minute countdown.

The sheep scattered to hide while their cameramen struggled to keep up or squeeze into their hiding places. The wolf team received the rules, and the hunt began with Bai Yuanyuan and Yan Yi ready to catch them.

• Shen Ting, Xia Qing, Su Weiwang, Wen Nuannuan, and Meng Yun fled while Bai Yuanyuan taunted Meng Yun into crawling away.
• The cameramen drew lots, and the cameraman assigned to Shen Ting realized he had followed him at both the start and the end of the show.
• Shen Ting vaulted through windows and ran across balconies, forcing his cameraman to climb after him.
• Xia Qing squeezed behind a cabinet, while Su Weiwang hid behind a vase after getting lost on the fifth floor.
• Wen Nuannuan climbed into a trash can and invited her cameraman inside, while Meng Yun hid underwater in the pool with a straw.
• The director explained that a capture counted only after a sheep was brought to the lobby and confirmed by staff, then the whistle started the game.

Yan Yi chased Shen Ting through the third floor while Bai Yuanyuan and Wang Yilin caught Meng Yun and Wen Nuannuan. Yan Yi finally caught Shen Ting and carried him away over his shoulder, leaving Shen Ting embarrassed and vowing revenge.

• Yan Yi followed Shen Ting through a window and raced after him through the third-floor corridor with their cameramen close behind.
• Bai Yuanyuan blocked Meng Yun's breathing straw until he surfaced, then hauled him from the pool and dragged him toward the lobby.
• Wen Nuannuan hid in a trash can, but Wang Yilin found her and dragged the can to the lobby.
• Yan Yi took a shorter route, got ahead of Shen Ting, and caught him when he crashed into his arms.
• Yan Yi slung Shen Ting over his shoulder and carried him away as the cameramen laughed, while Shen Ting covered his face and vowed revenge.

The Sheep Team members were caught one by one during the hide-and-seek game, leaving their hopes on Xia Qing. Pei Ming found Xia Qing hiding behind a cabinet and carried him downstairs, completing the Wolf Team’s victory.

• Shen Rui caught Su Weiwang in the elevator after Su Weiwang tried to slip past him.
• Pei Ming followed Xia Qing’s perfume to a room, found his jacket, and discovered Xia Qing hiding behind a cabinet.
• Yan Yi brought Shen Ting to the lobby and received a successful-capture sticker.
• Shen Ting found Meng Yun and Wen Nuannuan already caught, and Wen Nuannuan blamed Meng Yun’s weight for making her the first caught.
• Su Weiwang arrived as the fourth Sheep Team member to be caught, then Pei Ming brought Xia Qing downstairs and finished the round.

Shen Ting and Yan Yi shared a tender morning before heading to the ski resort, while Meng Yun suffered an embarrassing wake-up mishap. At the resort, the director crashed off a snow tube while trying to welcome the guests.

• After the Wolf Team won, Shen Ting and Yan Yi exchanged heart-themed messages before going to sleep.
• Yan Yi entered Shen Ting's room in the morning and carried the sleepy Shen Ting to the bathroom when he asked to be carried.
• Shen Ting covered the camera and scolded the director after remembering the previous night's embarrassment.
• Bai Yuanyuan covered Meng Yun when she discovered he had slept without pajamas, and Meng Yun panicked after learning the cameraman had filmed him.
• At the ski resort, the director and assistant director were thrown from their snow tubes, and the director limped over to the guests while insisting he was fine.

The Assistant Director announced the teams and a skiing competition whose winners would receive a powerful Request Card. Yan Yi challenged Shen Ting and Yan Yi’s ski instructor to a contest, then took Shen Ting for a ride down the slope.

• The director left to change his look after limping away, and the Assistant Director announced the teams, pairing Shen Ting with Yan Yi and Xia Qing with Pei Ming.
• The Assistant Director explained that the teams would practice skiing before an afternoon competition, with the winning team receiving the show’s final Request Card.
• Shen Ting said he had never skied, while Yan Yi challenged their handsome instructor to a race.
• Yan Yi overtook the instructor, skied to Shen Ting, and earned Shen Ting’s praise.
• Yan Yi picked Shen Ting up and skied down the slope with him, while Shen Ting laughed and enjoyed the ride.

Shen Ting saw news that Su Yu had been arrested for murdering Ye Laohan, then accidentally drew more attention to the case by liking a comment hinting that Ye Laohan had planned events. After Shen Ting and Yan Yi redirected the livestream viewers, the guests began a ski race.

• Shen Ting read a police announcement saying Su Yu had been arrested for killing Ye Laohan in Ye Family Village.
• Shen Ting liked a comment suggesting Ye Laohan had orchestrated the events, and his main account brought the case into the trending topics.
• Yan Yi reassured Shen Ting as viewers flooded the livestream with questions, and Shen Ting told them to wait for the truth and focus on the race.
• The director sent Xiao Fu to ask Shen Ting to change the subject, and Shen Ting and Yan Yi greeted the viewers before the race began.
• Yan Yi skied slowly with Shen Ting while Shen Rui and Su Weiwang followed, and the other guests struggled to stay upright or refused help.

The pairs raced down the ski slope, and Yan Yi, Shen Rui, and Pei Ming each carried their partners to speed them along. Wang Yilin and Wen Nuannuan had a series of mishaps, while Meng Yun’s attempt to get Bai Yuanyuan to carry him failed.

• Shen Ting fell, then climbed onto Yan Yi’s back, and Yan Yi skied past Shen Rui and Su Weiwang.
• Shen Rui picked up Su Weiwang and followed Yan Yi, while the director tried to ban carrying and piggyback rides before the assistant director stopped him.
• Wen Nuannuan sent Wang Yilin sliding downhill on their joined skis, and the two later slipped down a short slope together without getting hurt.
• Meng Yun asked Bai Yuanyuan to carry him, but she slapped his hand away.
• Xia Qing climbed onto Pei Ming’s back, and Pei Ming skied off with him.

After winning first place, Yan Yi used his Request Card to join the Director’s plans for a Confession Ceremony so he could propose to Shen Ting. The next day, the Director confiscated the guests’ phones before they flew to the show’s final destination.

• Yan Yi quietly went to the Director’s room while livestreaming and found the Assistant Director there in his boxers.
• Yan Yi told the Director he had guessed a Confession Ceremony was being planned, and the Director denied it.
• Yan Yi asked to use his Request Card to help plan the ceremony and propose to Shen Ting, and the Director agreed to meet with him at noon.
• After Yan Yi left, the Director celebrated, unaware that the Assistant Director’s livestream was still running.
• The next day, the Director confiscated the guests’ phones and let them spend the day as they wished before the group flew to the show’s final destination.

Shen Ting noticed Yan Yi and the Production Team acting strangely, then learned nothing of their plans before being dressed in a mask for a crowd-selection game. Yan Yi brought Shen Ting’s family, including Best Actress Ji, to the seaside, while the game began with Meng Yun failing his first attempt to identify someone in the crowd.

• Shen Ting suspected Yan Yi and the Production Team were hiding a mission after staff kept watching him and Yan Yi treated him unusually warmly.
• Yan Yi flew to the seaside with the Production Team, then secretly met his parents and Shen Ting’s mother at the airport and brought them to a private villa.
• The next morning, Shen Ting was blindfolded, dressed in a white suit and mask, and placed among a crowd of similarly dressed people and women in wedding gowns.
• Yan Yi, Shen Rui, Pei Ming, Wang Yilin, and Meng Yun competed in push-ups to enter the room, and Meng Yun won the first round.
• Meng Yun chose the strongest-looking woman as his target, but she was the wrong person, so he had to return outside and try again.