Chapter Summaries

Ye Yizhou joined the dating show and drew hostile attention from the livestream viewers. After he warned the driver to stop the bus and helped prevent a collision with a dog, the guests and viewers saw a cold, intimidating side of him that sharply contrasted with his usual gentle image.

• Ye Yizhou arrived at the villa complex, greeted the guests, and sat alone in the back of the minibus as viewers insulted and speculated about him.
• Jiang Chuyu asked Director Ji why the guests had switched to a minibus, and Director Ji explained that vehicle clearance in the complex was difficult.
• Ye Yizhou urgently told the driver to stop, and Director Ji repeated the order just before a large dog darted into the road.
• The driver braked and swerved, stopping the minibus before it hit the dog, and Director Ji checked that the guests were safe.
• Pei Lan thanked Ye Yizhou for noticing the dog, while the camera captured his grim, icy expression and viewers wondered if he had been transformed into an Alpha or possessed.

Ye Yizhou stopped a husky from running into the minibus and scolded it like an unruly pet, then took it aboard after it produced its leash. The livestream viewers continued to accuse him of staging the encounter, and the chapter ended with Ye Yizhou telling the dog to get down from the seat beside him.

• Ye Yizhou got off the minibus and slapped the growling husky, which backed away and whimpered.
• Ye Yizhou scolded the husky for nearly running into the bus and teased it about its legs; the dog pretended to drag its hind legs before bounding around happily.
• Jiang Chuyu and Pei Lan asked whether Ye Yizhou knew the dog, and he explained it belonged to a friend and had probably sneaked out.
• The husky fetched its leash and walked along the curb when Ye Yizhou ordered it to, then waited for him to put the leash on.
• Zhong Xi sarcastically questioned Ye Yizhou about having a rich friend, and Ye Yizhou retorted that he was popular enough to know rich people.
• Ye Yizhou took the husky onto the bus, dodged its attempt to jump on him, and told it to get down.

Ye Yizhou brought a runaway puppy named Fugui to the villa and contacted its owner, then ignored the other guests to play a game. Director Ji explained the dating show’s format, and Ye Yizhou hinted that he might join one of its three couples, shocking the guests and viewers.

• Ye Yizhou refused to take Fugui on the show, called the dog’s owner, and learned that Fugui’s mother would come to collect him.
• Ye Yizhou brought Fugui to the villa, let him play in the garden, and stayed on the sofa gaming while the other guests explored.
• Director Ji explained that The Red Thread of Love would pair the seven guests into three couples for themed livestreams measuring their emotional responses.
• When Pei Lan asked where Ye Yizhou fit into the three couples, Ye Yizhou said he could be part of one, provoking confusion and angry reactions from viewers.

Ye Yizhou stirred up the guests and livestream viewers with blunt remarks about joining the show and his family’s wealth. When the others went upstairs to choose among six rooms, he stayed behind and hinted that he had another place to sleep.

• Director Ji scolded Ye Yizhou for stirring up rumors, but Ye Yizhou claimed his remarks had boosted the livestream’s popularity.
• Pei Lan asked why Ye Yizhou had joined the show, and Ye Yizhou said he had been ready to inherit his family’s fields, land, cattle, and sheep.
• Ye Yizhou said he joined partly to retaliate against people who had put him down, provoking Director Ji and a flood of livestream comments.
• Director Ji sent the guests upstairs to choose rooms, and Ye Yizhou stayed behind because there were only six rooms.
• Jiang Chuyu asked where Ye Yizhou would sleep, and Ye Yizhou began answering with a meaningful smile.

Ye Yizhou tried to steer the dating-show guests’ attention toward his marriage while protecting naive Jiang Chuyu from a bad first relationship. After his wealthy friend Cheng Jiaojiao visited with a wedding gift, the guests admired the matching watches, but Ye Yizhou still failed to get anyone to notice his wedding ring.

• Ye Yizhou claimed vampires never slept, then privately decided to have some fun with Jiang Chuyu, whom he considered too trusting.
• When the guests returned downstairs, they learned Ye Yizhou had gone outside to see off the dog and followed Zhong Xi to watch him.
• The guests saw Cheng Jiaojiao beside a Rolls-Royce, and she gave Ye Yizhou a wedding gift of matching watches before leaving to confront Zhou Yubai.
• Jiang Chuyu admired the expensive watches, while Ye Yizhou grew frustrated that nobody noticed the ring on his finger.
• Song Jincheng began offering Jiang Chuyu something after seeing his interest in the watches, but Jiang Chuyu abruptly interrupted him.

Ye Yizhou amused the guests by refusing to give Jiang Chuyu a couple’s watch, then pointed out that the show’s grocery-shopping schedule would leave everyone without lunch. Director Ji changed the plan and took Ye Yizhou aside, but when the production team opened a livestream of their conversation, the cameras could not find them.

• Jiang Chuyu explained that the couple’s watches were expensive and said receiving one from Song Jincheng would be too intimate, while Ye Yizhou teased him by offering his own watch and then refusing to give it away.
• Ye Yizhou criticized Director Ji’s grocery-shopping schedule as impractical, and Director Ji arranged for the production team to provide lunch instead.
• Director Ji called Ye Yizhou outside for a private conversation, while Jiang Chuyu defended Ye Yizhou against Zhong Xi and Song Jincheng’s criticism.
• After viewers asked to see the conversation, the production team opened a separate livestream, but the camera crew could not locate Ye Yizhou or Director Ji.
• Director Ji’s panicked voice suddenly sounded from above as the cameraman searched for them.

Ye Yizhou teased Director Ji from the villa’s hidden balcony, then learned the director wanted him to stay out of the guests’ romantic interactions. Ye Yizhou claimed he had won over the person he liked, while Director Ji tried to tell him about risking his life for someone else’s love.

• Ye Yizhou waved to the cameraman from the balcony while Director Ji angrily asked why he had not told them where the hidden staircase was.
• Director Ji directed the cameraman to the concealed staircase and confronted Ye Yizhou about disrupting the dating show.
• Director Ji suggested Ye Yizhou take the role of a romance observer and stop interfering with the other guests’ interactions.
• Ye Yizhou said he had won over the person he liked, prompting speculation among viewers that he meant Song Jincheng.
• Director Ji asked Ye Yizhou whether he had ever put his life on the line for someone else’s love, and Ye Yizhou pulled out sunflower seeds and urged him to continue the story.

Ye Yizhou and Director Ji cleared up the rumors about Ye Yizhou joining the show and the paparazzi dinner footage, revealing that Director Ji had been trying to secure an introduction for him. Ye Yizhou then hinted that Yan Qingdu was already his, pointing to the ring on his left hand.

• Director Ji described his failed attempts to arrange a meeting between Ye Yizhou and the person Ye Yizhou liked, including asking his father-in-law, Director Liu Jiangzhou, for help.
• Ye Yizhou played their WeChat voice messages, revealing that he had refused to join the show unless Director Ji could invite the mystery person and had called Director Ji useless.
• Ye Yizhou explained that the paparazzi had invented a story from footage of dinner, while Director Ji said he had paid for the meal and taken home the expensive wine he had ordered.
• Director Ji admitted he had let the rumors spread to save the attention for his show's ratings and publicity.
• Director Ji asked whether Ye Yizhou had won over the person he liked, and Ye Yizhou said the timing and circumstances had brought them together before showing off his ring while thinking of Yan Qingdu.

Ye Yizhou told Director Ji that he was married, then joked on the livestream about finding other cute guys while his husband was abroad, leaving viewers confused before his stream was shut down. He later returned to the villa and pretended Director Ji had forced him to leave, turning the other guests against the director.

• Director Ji questioned Ye Yizhou about his ring, and Ye Yizhou admitted that he was married to a man who had gone abroad on business.
• Ye Yizhou joked that he could find other cute guys while his husband was away, alarming Director Ji and bewildering the livestream viewers.
• Ye Yizhou told Director Ji to end his individual livestream, then promised viewers he would still appear on schedule each day.
• After his livestream was shut down, Ye Yizhou dismissed Director Ji's worries and left to review plans for upcoming activities.
• Ye Yizhou returned to the villa to retrieve his watch box, then played along with Director Ji's explanation that he had to leave for work.
• Ye Yizhou acted as if Director Ji had forced him out and took Jiang Chuyu's hand, making the other guests look suspiciously at Director Ji.

Ye Yizhou revealed that his apparent distress around Jiang Chuyu had been an act, then theatrically left the dating show after Director Ji ordered him out. At lunch with his father, Ye Chongli, Ye Yizhou suspected that the invitation had another purpose, but Ye Chongli only sighed about his good intentions.

• Director Ji pulled Ye Yizhou away from Jiang Chuyu, and Ye Yizhou explained that physical contact helped convey emotions before admitting he had been acting.
• Ye Yizhou reassured Jiang Chuyu, then left the show in exaggerated tears while Director Ji hurried after him to check that he had a ride.
• Ye Yizhou's unexpected appearance and behavior dominated online discussion and boosted the dating show's livestream popularity.
• Two bodyguards brought Ye Yizhou to lunch with Ye Chongli, where Ye Yizhou questioned his father's unusually warm welcome and warned that he would leave unless Ye Chongli stated his reason for inviting him.

Ye Chongli pushed Ye Yizhou to take over the family business after hearing him say so during a livestream, and Ye Yizhou eventually agreed. Over lunch, Ye Chongli revealed he had sent Ye Yizhou’s hand-holding clip to his partner, leaving Ye Yizhou speechless.

• Ye Chongli teased Ye Yizhou before revealing that someone had said he wanted to take over the family business.
• Ye Yizhou assumed Ye Jing'an had volunteered, then denied saying it himself until Ye Chongli replayed his livestream clip.
• Ye Chongli persuaded Ye Yizhou to agree to take over by appealing to his mother’s wish to travel.
• Ye Chongli complained that Ye Yizhou had not praised him for passing on the work, and Ye Yizhou warned him not to push his luck.
• Ye Chongli told Ye Yizhou that he had sent his partner a clip of Ye Yizhou holding a young man’s hand on the show.

Ye Chongli reassured himself that Ye Yizhou valued Qingdu, then hurried him to a company meeting despite his attempts to escape. At the meeting, Ye Yizhou discovered the executives had watched his dating-show livestream during an earlier meeting.

• Ye Chongli teased Ye Yizhou about neglecting Qingdu, and Ye Yizhou insisted he would cherish the partner he had worked hard to win over.
• Ye Chongli brought Ye Yizhou to the company for an afternoon meeting, holding onto him so he could not slip away.
• Ye Chongli introduced Ye Yizhou to the executives, who said he had stood out on the livestream.
• Ye Yizhou realized the executives had watched his dating-show livestream during a company meeting and questioned whether they ran a legitimate company.

Ye Yizhou learned that Yan Qingdu had asked for him to lead a joint holographic-technology project between Ye Group and Yan Group, with Yan Qingdu promising to cover any losses. After the directors left, Ye Yizhou discovered that Ye Chongli planned to leave the company’s management to him and go on vacation.

• Ye Chongli and the directors praised Ye Yizhou’s livestream and discussed how his marriage to Yan Qingdu strengthened ties between their families.
• Lu Yuanqing explained that the two companies planned to use holographic technology in film and television productions, with Ye Yizhou in charge of the joint project.
• Ye Yizhou questioned why the directors trusted him with the project, and Ye Chongli revealed that Yan Qingdu had agreed to cover any losses.
• Ye Chongli urged Ye Yizhou to do well, but Ye Yizhou told him to stop putting pressure on him.
• After the directors left, Ye Yizhou learned that Ye Chongli intended to go on vacation and leave him and Lu Yuanqing to handle the company.

Song Jincheng and his manager, Li Pingqi, plotted to ruin Ye Yizhou’s reputation after he became harder to control and drew attention on the dating show. Li Pingqi released a video that fueled rumors Ye Yizhou had been taken away by his newlywed husband, and the hashtag surged to the top of the trending searches.

• Song Jincheng asked Li Pingqi whether he had controlled public opinion about Ye Yizhou, and Li Pingqi claimed online commenters were already turning against him.
• Li Pingqi urged Song Jincheng to promote his pairing with Jiang Chuyu and said they should destroy Ye Yizhou using footage of him with an older man.
• Song Jincheng asked about his next drama, and Li Pingqi reassured him that he was still trying to secure the lead role.
• Li Pingqi coordinated paid commenters and marketing accounts to spread a video of Ye Yizhou leaving a restaurant with a suited man and being pulled into a car.
• The hashtag claiming Ye Yizhou had been taken away by his newlywed husband reached the top of trending searches, prompting rumors that he had cheated on his spouse.

Wei Zhao learned that Ye Yizhou was married to his father and that the person in the viral photos was his dad, not a lover. Ye Yizhou planned to counter the smear campaign with a Weibo post and left Wei Zhao curious about their meeting the next day.

• Wei Zhao called Ye Yizhou to warn him that Song Jincheng’s team was behind a smear campaign, while Ye Yizhou calmly followed the drama.
• Wei Zhao discovered that Ye Yizhou had signed a marriage agreement and had mistaken his father for a male escort.
• Ye Yizhou clarified that the person in the trending photos was his dad, whom he had visited to lean on for support.
• Wei Zhao asked how they would retaliate, and Ye Yizhou said he would respond on Weibo and use the attention to undo their opponents’ work.
• Ye Yizhou told Wei Zhao they would see each other tomorrow but refused to explain where, then hung up.

Ye Yizhou countered online attacks by sharing family and marriage evidence, then vowed to pursue rumor-spreaders legally. The next morning, he arrived at Entertainment Emperor Entertainment to handle new work after being summoned back.

• Ye Yizhou posted a family group chat that mocked the claims he had married an old man for money, though some commenters dismissed it as fabricated.
• Ye Yizhou shared his marriage certificate, showing that his husband Yan Qingdu was six years older, and posted their sparse messages to explain their distant relationship.
• People verified Ye Yizhou's claims about inheriting the family business and his husband's overseas work, while others accused him of faking the evidence and challenged him to produce his husband.
• Ye Yizhou said he had hired a lawyer to collect evidence against people spreading rumors, and he laughed at commenters who thought he would not sue.
• At 9:50 the next morning, Ye Yizhou arrived at Entertainment Emperor Entertainment in a black suit after being summoned back to the company.

Ye Yizhou arrived at Yuhuang Entertainment to pursue a role in a major co-production and went straight to the tenth floor, where executives from Lingyao Group and Yan Group were meeting. His manager Wei Zhao learned what he was doing but insisted he was not worried.

• Ye Yizhou overheard He Xu and Chen Kangcheng discussing auditions for a big-budget movie and encouraged He Xu to trust his acting skills.
• Ye Yizhou rode the elevator past He Xu and Chen Kangcheng, then continued up to the tenth floor to meet the company’s important guests.
• He Xu marveled at Ye Yizhou’s boldness, while Chen Kangcheng tried to reassure him about the audition.
• Wei Zhao heard that Ye Yizhou had gone to the tenth floor and, despite Chen Kangcheng’s concerns, said he was not worried.

Ye Yizhou arrived late to a project meeting and declared himself in charge, rejecting Entertainment Emperor Entertainment’s demand to reserve the cast for its own artists. He insisted the project’s quality came first and left the room with his authority firmly established.

• Wei Zhao told Chen Kangcheng he could not control Ye Yizhou and therefore did not worry about his plans.
• Ye Yizhou called someone after the secretary stopped him from entering the conference room, and Lu Yuanqing then let him in despite his arriving an hour late.
• Ye Yizhou introduced himself as the person overseeing the project and asked the representatives from Lingyao Group, the Yan Group, and Entertainment Emperor Entertainment what they had decided.
• He Sipei proposed that Liu Jiangzhou direct the film and that casting prioritize Entertainment Emperor Entertainment’s artists, a proposal that others supported.
• Ye Yizhou said casting would be open to any actors who met the director’s requirements and that poor performers would be excluded, regardless of their company.
• Ye Yizhou reminded the representatives that he was the client and that he would make the final decisions, then asked whether anyone still objected.

Ye Yizhou laid down fair casting rules for the Yan Group film project, then told Wei Zhao and the others that he had invested in the dating show and planned to return to it. He left the story preparing to join the show again while the film’s open auditions awaited capable actors.

• Ye Yizhou gave Director Liu casting authority for the film and warned that interference or bribery would have consequences.
• Ye Yizhou told Lu Yuanqing that he had taken on only the project and would not start working at the company every day.
• Ye Yizhou told Wei Zhao, Chen Kangcheng, and He Xu that the film would hold open auditions and judge actors only by their ability.
• Ye Yizhou received a call from Director Liu and agreed to meet after Liu returned from vacation.
• Ye Yizhou told Wei Zhao that he planned to return to the dating show and revealed that he had invested in it.

Ye Yizhou obtained Wei Zhao’s evidence against people who had targeted him and prepared to strike back, while Entertainment Emperor announced an open-audition project that sparked a rush to improve acting skills. During the dating show’s third livestream, the guests discovered they were being taken to a different house, and Jiang Chuyu inadvertently left Song Jincheng’s affectionate gesture unanswered.

• Ye Yizhou asked Wei Zhao for the collected evidence so he could settle accounts with people who had undermined him.
• Entertainment Emperor announced a new screen project funded by Yan Group, supported by Lingyao Group, and directed by Liu Jiangzhou, with open auditions for actors.
• Entertainment Emperor’s artists began hiring acting coaches, prompting people across the industry to prepare and post about improving their acting.
• The third dating-show livestream began, and the guests boarded a bus as viewers greeted Song Jincheng and discussed the villa complex.
• Jiang Chuyu noticed that the bus was heading somewhere different and asked the director whether they had moved the guests to a new house.
• Song Jincheng reached to pat Jiang Chuyu’s head, but Jiang leaned forward to question the director, leaving Song’s hand suspended before he withdrew it, looking hurt.