Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating into a novel as the doomed Xu Chao, Xu Chao rejected his old role as Lou Jun’s lovesick pursuer and boasted to his friends about his marriage to Fu Sichen. Just as he invited them to witness his supposed bedroom prowess, Fu Sichen appeared behind him and asked how he wanted to be doted on.

• Xu Chao woke in a bar on his birthday and realized he had transmigrated into a novel as a vicious character who shared his name.
• Xu Chao ignored Lou Jun’s accusations, declared that they were cutting ties, and threatened him when he challenged the breakup.
• After Shen Xinbai brought up Xu Chao’s marriage to Fu Sichen, Xu Chao recalled the novel’s deadly plot and decided to avoid making trouble for his husband.
• When the others mocked his marriage, Xu Chao claimed that Fu Sichen was fierce and affectionate in bed, then invited them to listen from under their bed.
• Fu Sichen appeared behind Xu Chao, touched the back of his neck, and asked how he wanted his husband to dote on him that night.

Xu Chao tried to placate Fu Sichen while Shen Xinbai stirred up rumors about their marriage and Xu Chao’s feelings for Lou Jun. Fu Sichen threatened Shen Xinbai and pulled Xu Chao into his arms, promising to be gentler with him that night.

• Xu Chao flirted with Fu Sichen, then begged him for forgiveness, but Fu Sichen refused and teased him for enjoying their dangerous game.
• Shen Xinbai brought up Xu Chao’s supposed sexual remarks and urged him to divorce Fu Sichen to pursue Lou Jun.
• Fu Sichen called Xu Chao his wife, and Xu Chao defended their marriage before accusing Shen Xinbai of plotting against him.
• Shen Xinbai claimed Xu Chao loved Lou Jun, and Fu Sichen smashed a wine bottle with a dagger and ordered Shen to repeat himself.
• Fu Sichen silenced Lou Jun, then caught Xu Chao in his arms when Xu complained that his head and back hurt, promising to be gentler that night.

After leaving Xu Chao’s birthday party, Fu Sichen insisted on treating him as his husband, while Xu Chao celebrated Lou Jun being made to pay for the liquor he had taken. At the Fu estate, Fu Sichen called Xu Chao back and announced it was time to fulfill their marital duties.

• Xu Chao tried to pay the bar bill, but Fu Sichen kept an arm around his waist as the manager confirmed Xu Chao’s instructions.
• The manager charged Lou Jun three hundred and eighty thousand yuan for the liquor he and Shen Xinbai had taken, and Lou Jun paid after the pink-haired boy mocked him.
• Xu Chao watched a video of Lou Jun paying and joked that he could spend Lou Jun’s money on Fu Sichen, prompting Fu Sichen to pull him onto his lap and ask him to say “husband.”
• The car stopped before Xu Chao could finish saying it, and he hurried out while wondering if Fu Sichen had been about to kiss him.
• At the Fu estate, Xu Chao tried to step aside for Fu Sichen, but Fu Sichen called him back and said it was time to fulfill their marital duties.

Xu Chao tried to bluff Fu Sichen with a bold offer of marital duties, then discovered Fu Sichen planned to stay in the country long-term. The next morning, Chen Chong confronted Xu Chao about his previous night's scandalous messages, and Fu Sichen asked to hear his excuses.

• Xu Chao challenged Fu Sichen to marital duties, but the cold made him cover himself; Fu Sichen secretly coughed blood and welcomed him home.
• Xu Chao admired his familiar face in the mirror and wondered why Fu Sichen had rejected the original owner's advances, while Fu Sichen told the butler he would stay in the country long-term.
• Xu Chao enjoyed an elaborate breakfast and relaxed when the butler said Fu Sichen was preparing to go abroad.
• Chen Chong called Xu Chao about messages claiming he was great in bed and had a sore waist, and Xu Chao realized the original owner had sent them.
• Fu Sichen appeared behind Xu Chao and asked about the messages, so Xu Chao dropped beside him and begged to be heard out.

Xu Chao misread Fu Sichen’s jealousy as a reaction to being cuckolded and tried to reassure him with exaggerated devotion before Fu Sichen boarded his aircraft. Left behind, Xu Chao fought back against his online haters and promised to post a picture of his husband in bed if he gained a million followers.

• Xu Chao told Fu Sichen he had defended him against people mocking him as impotent, and Fu Sichen’s mood darkened when Xu Chao mentioned Lou Jun.
• Fu Sichen caught Xu Chao staring at his chest and teased him, then warned him not to think about another man and threatened to break his legs.
• Xu Chao declared that he only had eyes for Fu Sichen and joked about wrapping his legs around Fu Sichen’s waist, prompting Fu Sichen to board the aircraft.
• After Fu Sichen left, Xu Chao logged onto Weibo and traded insults with commenters attacking him.
• Xu Chao invited people to follow him and promised to post a picture of his husband in bed when he reached a million followers.

Xu Chao provoked his online haters with a selfie taken in Fu Sichen's bed, then persuaded Chen Chong that his heartbreak had brought him back to normal. When Chen Chong told him about a husbands' reality show invitation, Xu Chao refused until he heard its grand prize was five million.

• Xu Chao posted a selfie from Fu Sichen's bed and teased his followers for wanting to see Fu Sichen's body.
• Xu Chao and his haters traded insults online, and his follower count kept climbing despite the controversy.
• Xu Chao told Chen Chong that Lou Jun had used him and plotted against him with Shen Xinbai, and Chen Chong believed his heartbreak explained his changed behavior.
• Chen Chong told Xu Chao he had been invited to a husbands' reality show, but Xu Chao refused because he did not want to play a villainous foil.
• Xu Chao reconsidered when Chen Chong mentioned the show's five-million grand prize.

Xu Chao defied Lou Jun and Jin Feng while enjoying the attention from his friend Lin Yang, then received an unexpected fifty million from Fu Sichen. Just as Xu Chao planned to visit a male strip club, he ran into Fu Sichen, who had supposedly been abroad.

• Xu Chao met Lin Yang for lunch, discouraged him from joining the dating show, and heard him plot against Shen Xinbai.
• Lou Jun called Xu Chao to accuse him of using the trending video to force him into a relationship, so Xu Chao demanded repayment of the five million Lou Jun owed him.
• Jin Feng confronted Xu Chao at the restaurant, and he insulted her without realizing who she was; she secretly recorded him and posted an edited clip that turned public opinion against him.
• Xu Chao received a fifty-million transfer from Fu Sichen and decided to celebrate with Lin Yang at a male strip club.
• As Xu Chao eagerly set off, he came face-to-face with Fu Sichen.

Xu Chao reunited with Fu Sichen, who warned him not to look at or smile at other men and brought him to the Fu Family estate to meet Old Master Fu. Xu Chao faced Jin Feng’s insults and reached the old master first, leaving Jin Feng furious.

• Fu Sichen caught Xu Chao while he was out with Lin Yang, and Xu Chao sent Lin Yang home with the butler.
• In the car, Xu Chao reassured Fu Sichen, learned that the fifty million was spending money, and heard Fu Sichen threaten to gouge out his eyes if he looked at other men.
• Fu Sichen brought Xu Chao to the Fu Family estate to meet Old Master Fu and told him he need not concern himself with the others.
• Jin Feng insulted Xu Chao in the living room, and he retorted that she was good at spreading rumors and taking things out of context.
• When Old Master Fu appeared, Xu Chao knocked Jin Feng sprawling and introduced himself; Jin Feng got up and rushed forward, telling her father not to be fooled.

Xu Chao exposed Jin Feng’s role in spreading a misleading recording and won Old Master Fu’s support, while Fu Sichen stood firmly by him. Jin Feng apologized and tried to arrange for her grandson to inherit the Fu family, but Xu Chao claimed he and Fu Sichen could have a child of their own.

• Xu Chao denied Jin Feng’s accusations, and Fu Sichen held his hand and defended him.
• Xu Chao played the full recording and posted it online, revealing that Lou Jun had refused to repay a loan.
• Fu Sichen showed evidence that Jin Feng had posted the edited recording and paid clickbait accounts to spread it.
• Old Master Fu rebuked Jin Feng, who apologized after Xu Chao magnanimously asked him not to be angry with her.
• Xu Chao revealed that Fu Sichen had given him fifty million in spending money, and Old Master Fu defended Fu Sichen’s right to spoil his wife.
• Jin Feng proposed that the couple adopt her grandson, but Xu Chao insisted that he and Fu Sichen could have children together.

Xu Chao tried to reassure Old Master Fu with fantasies about having a child with Fu Sichen, then comforted Fu Sichen as he fell asleep in his arms, unaware of Fu Sichen’s possessive plea for him not to leave. The next morning, Xu Chao exposed Lou Jun’s messages and flaunted Fu Sichen’s fifty-million transfer online, prompting Lou Jun’s meltdown and a call from Chen Chong about the upcoming filming of Fake Husband and Wife.

• Xu Chao told Old Master Fu he would give Fu Sichen a child, hoping to make the old man happy, and apologized to Fu Sichen afterward for making up the story.
• Fu Sichen pulled Xu Chao into his arms, accepted his offer to rest on his arm, and secretly clung to him while murmuring for him not to leave.
• Xu Chao learned Fu Sichen had skipped breakfast and decided to remind him to eat when he was home.
• Xu Chao posted screenshots of Lou Jun demanding that he delete their call recording and repay his debt, then shared proof that Fu Sichen had given him fifty million in pocket money.
• Lou Jun called Xu Chao in a rage, but Xu Chao blocked and reported him; Chen Chong then called to ask whether Xu Chao had told Fu Sichen about Fake Husband and Wife beginning filming.

Xu Chao learned that quitting the husbands' show would cost five million, so he stayed and took ten million from Lin Yang. After Shen Xinbai's performance and other contestants' acts, Xu Chao began his own talent showcase.

• Xu Chao learned the show's grand prize required contestants to become real husbands, but he could not quit because the cancellation penalty was five million.
• Xu Chao rode a villager's sow back to the set and stopped it from charging Shen Xinbai, who accused him of deliberately letting it loose.
• The director announced a talent showcase, and Xu Chao decided to stay after Lin Yang offered to pay his cancellation penalty; Xu Chao instead took Lin Yang's ten million.
• Shen Xinbai sang a foreign-language song, but the villagers could not understand it, and online viewers criticized his fans for insulting them.
• Cheng Yu played a tune on a leaf, Lin Yang performed a dance with mistakes, and Xu Chao changed his planned recital after hearing a chicken call.

Xu Chao won the village performance contest with his Chick Dance and gave Lin Yang the prize and supply pack. The reunion with their on-screen partners turned into a public confrontation when Xu Chao called out Lou Jun for owing him five million, and the villagers mobbed Lou Jun to demand repayment.

• Xu Chao led the villagers in singing and dancing the Chick Dance, then won first place by a wide margin.
• Xu Chao gave Lin Yang the first-place supply pack, and Lin Yang reunited with Zhou Nan.
• Xu Chao pretended to feel dizzy so Lin Yang would help him, and Zhou Nan angrily objected before cursing Xu Chao behind his back.
• Shen Xinbai brought Lou Jun over to show off, but Xu Chao demanded that Lou Jun repay the five million he owed and asked the director to use it as a contract termination penalty.
• Xu Chao rallied the villagers to chant for Lou Jun to pay, and they rushed at him with tools until the staff intervened.

Xu Chao recovered the money Lou Jun had borrowed, then reunited with his husband Fu Sichen on the livestream and defended their marriage from Shen Xinbai. As the guests set out for the jungle, a village auntie mistook Xu Chao’s past and offered him food out of sympathy for his supposed three years raising pigs.

• Lou Jun transferred five million to Xu Chao, who thanked the villagers by arranging a feast.
• Fu Sichen arrived on set, and Xu Chao eagerly rushed into his arms before remembering they were livestreaming.
• Shen Xinbai greeted Fu Sichen, who accused him of urging Xu Chao to divorce; Xu Chao declared his love for Fu Sichen and warned Shen Xinbai to stop interfering.
• The director announced the guests’ first task, and everyone ate the village feast before preparing to enter the jungle.
• A village auntie gave Xu Chao beef jerky and dried sweet potatoes, believing he had spent three years raising pigs in the countryside.

During the jungle adventure, Shen Xinbai and Lou Jun were mocked by the villagers, while Fu Sichen grew increasingly attentive to Xu Chao. Shen Xinbai tried to impress the group with wild berries, but Xu Chao warned that they might be poisonous.

• Fu Sichen asked Xu Chao when he had raised pigs, and Xu Chao explained that he had raised them for three years while filming.
• Shen Xinbai and Lou Jun received no local specialties from the villagers, and Lin Yang mocked Shen Xinbai for being cursed at while others got food.
• Xu Chao tried to care for Fu Sichen by offering him water, shared a drink with him, and was caught when he slipped on the jungle path.
• Fu Sichen carried the supply pack and held Xu Chao's hand, and Xu Chao told Shen Xinbai that his husband doted on him.
• Shen Xinbai picked bright red berries and called them wild raspberries, but Xu Chao suspected they were poisonous after Lou Jun rebuked him.

Xu Chao warned Lin Yang away from Shen Xinbai’s wild berries, which gave everyone else explosive diarrhea after they ate them. When the group returned, Xu Chao and Fu Sichen were wearing matching leaf masks, and Lou Jun confronted Xu Chao over the berries.

• Shen Xinbai insisted the wild berries were edible, but Xu Chao gave Lin Yang an apple instead, and the others ate the berries.
• Lou Jun and Shen Xinbai, followed by the other berry-eaters, rushed away with diarrhea while Lin Yang realized the berries had caused it.
• The director hurriedly cut the drone feeds as they caught glimpses of the group’s bathroom emergency, while Xu Chao and Lin Yang made leaf masks.
• Fu Sichen demanded a leaf mask, and Xu Chao gave him one, declaring that he and Fu Sichen were a perfect match.
• After returning, Lou Jun accused Xu Chao of knowing the berries would cause diarrhea, and Xu Chao retreated behind Fu Sichen while telling Lou Jun to stay back.

After the others blamed Xu Chao for their diarrhea from eating poisonous fruit, he exposed their own choices and played up his grievance to Fu Sichen. Fu Sichen made them compensate and apologize, while Xu Chao’s cheerful return with supplies left him wanting to keep his wife all to himself forever.

• Cheng Yu blamed Xu Chao for the group eating poisonous fruit, but Lin Yang reminded everyone that Xu Chao had warned them.
• Xu Chao explained that Shen Xinbai had dismissed his warning and claimed he was jealous over Lou Jun, then rejected Lou Jun and praised Fu Sichen as his wonderful husband.
• Xu Chao pretended to cry in Fu Sichen’s arms and asked him to teach the others a lesson, prompting Fu Sichen to demand compensation and apologies.
• Xu Chao secretly asked Fu Sichen to make them compensate him, and Fu Sichen agreed despite the others’ protests.
• Xu Chao selected a pot, a self-heating hot pot, and ham sausages from the others’ supplies, then returned to Fu Sichen and promised them a feast.
• Fu Sichen watched Xu Chao among the other men and, after Xu Chao returned smiling, wanted to keep him locked away forever.

Xu Chao and Fu Sichen reached a stream with the other contestants, washed up, and enjoyed their self-heating hot pot while the others ate sparse rations. Zhou Nan tried to provoke Lin Yang over the food, but Lin Yang had no money to buy him the Maybach he had promised, leaving Xu Chao curious about how Zhou Nan would react.

• Old Master Fu watched the livestream and posted a wish for Fu Sichen and Xu Chao to have a baby soon.
• Xu Chao and Fu Sichen followed the map with the exhausted contestants until they found a stream, where everyone washed while the couple prepared hot pot.
• Shen Xinbai and Lou Jun criticized Xu Chao for eating his supplies early, but Xu Chao listed the extra food he still had.
• Xu Chao offered Fu Sichen rinsed beef tripe, and Fu Sichen exclaimed, "Xu Chao!" before saying he was simply happy to share the meal with him again.
• Zhou Nan complained that Xu Chao had not shared his hot pot with Lin Yang, and Lin Yang reminded Zhou Nan that he should gather food for his husband.
• Lin Yang began promising Zhou Nan a Maybach but remembered Xu Chao had borrowed all his money, so he offered Zhou Nan a ham sausage instead; Xu Chao wondered how Zhou Nan would respond to having no gifts to gain.

Xu Chao teased Lou Jun for being too weak to keep walking, while Fu Sichen carried Xu Chao and the supply pack toward the campsite. Xu Chao fell asleep on Fu Sichen’s back but woke when a sudden scream rang out.

• The group repeatedly stopped to rest, and Xu Chao mocked Lou Jun for wanting another break.
• Lou Jun offered to carry Shen Xinbai, who immediately climbed onto his back despite Lou Jun’s exhaustion.
• Fu Sichen offered to carry Xu Chao, then let Xu Chao take the supply pack and carried him instead.
• Fu Sichen teased Lou Jun as he passed, and Lou Jun hurried forward with Shen Xinbai on his back.
• Zhou Nan and Wen Shiting also carried their wives, while Xu Chao fell asleep on Fu Sichen’s back and later woke to a sudden scream.

After Lin Yang injured his ankle, Xu Chao treated it and chose to stay with him while the others searched for a campsite. Xu Chao sent the group southeast and planned to head northwest, and the chapter ended with Fu Sichen asking for two oranges after Xu Chao called him “hubby.”

• Xu Chao reset Lin Yang’s twisted ankle and learned that Zhou Nan had dropped him after running out of strength.
• Xu Chao refused to leave Lin Yang behind and told the others to find a water source while they rested.
• Shen Xinbai led the group southeast, while Xu Chao declared that the wind told him to go northwest.
• Lin Yang chose to stay with Xu Chao, and Zhou Nan stayed with him rather than leaving with Shen Xinbai.
• Xu Chao offered Fu Sichen a banana, then an orange after Fu Sichen asked for one; Fu Sichen said an ordinary friend got one orange but a husband wanted two.

Xu Chao led Fu Sichen, Lin Yang, and Zhou Nan to a stream and helped them set up camp. As Fu Sichen chose to share the smaller tent with Xu Chao and took over lighting the fire, Xu Chao felt unexpectedly moved by his offer to learn.

• Fu Sichen demanded two oranges from Xu Chao after seeing him give one to Lin Yang, and Xu Chao offered Fu Sichen the food from their supply pack.
• Xu Chao led the group southwest, saying he could smell earth, and they soon found a stream and a suitable campsite.
• Lin Yang offered the deluxe tent to Xu Chao and Fu Sichen, but Fu Sichen chose the smaller tent and its single sleeping bag instead.
• Xu Chao built a simple stove while Lin Yang and Zhou Nan gathered firewood, then Fu Sichen took the lighter and asked Xu Chao to teach him to start the fire.
• Xu Chao agreed, feeling unexpectedly affected by Fu Sichen's words.