Chapter Summaries

Xu Chao wondered whether Fu Sichen was the man from his erotic dreams after noticing their identical heart moles, then planned to tell Lin Yang a secret about his past. The chapter ended with Lin Yang blurting out explicit guesses about Fu Sichen, leaving Xu Chao scrambling to silence him.

• Fu Sichen kept Xu Chao from retreating to bed, then brought him food after their intimate encounter.
• Xu Chao noticed how familiar being with Fu Sichen felt and wondered whether Fu Sichen was the man in his dreams and whether he himself was the Original Host.
• On the cruise ship’s deck, Xu Chao avoided swimming and recalled a childhood memory of Lin Yang sharing cake with him, though he thought the memory belonged to the Original Host.
• Xu Chao tried to get Lin Yang alone by sending Xu Zhou to fetch blankets, while Fu Sichen stayed nearby and guarded against their private conversation.
• Xu Chao pretended to cultivate so Fu Sichen and Xu Zhou would leave; when Lin Yang asked what secret he had, Lin Yang guessed it concerned Fu Sichen’s sexual performance, and Xu Chao covered his mouth.

Lin Yang told Xu Chao about their childhood friendship, bringing back fragments of Xu Chao’s memories of protecting him when they were five. As Lin Yang comforted him, Xu Chao realized that tears were running down his face.

• Lin Yang read online comments about Fu Sichen to Xu Chao, who covered his mouth and then bragged about a fabricated encounter with Fu Sichen.
• Xu Chao asked when Lin Yang had first considered him a best friend, and Lin Yang said they had met in kindergarten when they were five.
• Lin Yang recalled being bullied by his classmates and said Xu Chao had pulled him from a puddle and stood up for him.
• Xu Chao remembered fragments of their childhood, including Lin Yang offering him a cake and calling it a treat for his best friend.
• Xu Chao told Lin Yang they were already the very best of friends, then noticed his own face was wet and realized he was crying.

Xu Chao believed he had awakened a superpower after reliving Lin Yang’s childhood memories, then joined the others for dinner and a karaoke date task. Fu Sichen proposed a song idea that left Xu Chao agreeing only if he got “this and that,” while Fu Sichen froze at the request.

• Xu Chao cried while hearing Lin Yang’s childhood story, then claimed he had traveled back in time and beaten up the bullies who had tormented him.
• Fu Sichen joined Xu Chao and Lin Yang, and Xu Chao excitedly told him he had awakened a superpower.
• Fu Sichen’s romantic dinner for Xu Chao turned into a group meal when Gu Chengfeng, Lin Yang, Xu Zhou, Wen Shiting, and Cheng Yu joined them.
• The director assigned the couples a love-song duet, and Gu Chengfeng forfeited his chance so Xu Zhou could compete to sing with Lin Yang.
• Fu Sichen whispered a song idea to Xu Chao, who agreed on the condition that Fu Sichen give him “this and that.”

At a bar singing contest, Xu Chao and Fu Sichen won first place with their playful duet, while Lin Yang gained confidence after Xu Zhou praised his singing. As the guests left, Xu Chao spotted familiar figures and discovered his family had appeared aboard the cruise ship.

• Lin Yang and Xu Zhou sang “Because of Love,” and Xu Zhou reassured Lin Yang that his singing had been wonderful.
• Xu Chao and Fu Sichen performed a playful duet, with Fu Sichen answering Xu Chao’s calls of “Wifey!” with “Aha.”
• Gu Chengfeng sang “Counting Ducks,” which brought Xu Chao another painful flash of scattered memories.
• Cheng Yu and Wen Shiting sang together after bickering about Cheng Yu drinking cola.
• The director announced Xu Chao and Fu Sichen as the winners, followed by Lin Yang and Xu Zhou, Cheng Yu and Wen Shiting, and Gu Chengfeng.
• Xu Chao spotted people trying to flee the bar, pursued them with the others, and recognized them as his parents and brothers.

The Xu family reunited with Xu Chao on the deserted island, hiding that they had rushed over because they were worried about him and instead claiming they came to celebrate his first school award. Their awkward reunion left Xu Chao happy to have family visiting, while Fu Sichen was reminded of his complicated bond with the Xu brothers.

• Xu Chao was delighted to see his parents and brothers, and Xu Ruhan explained that they had not warned him because his manager had failed to pass on the message.
• Xu Chao said he would welcome future visits to the set and asked why the family had come.
• Xu Zhou claimed their parents had come to see him, prompting Lin Zhiya, Xu Chuan, and Xu Dongsen to tease and criticize him.
• Lin Zhiya told Xu Chao they had come to celebrate the anniversary of his first elementary school award, and his brothers joined in the explanation.
• Fu Sichen greeted the Xu family, and Lin Zhiya added that he and Xu Chao had received their certificates together, making the anniversary theirs as well.

Xu Chao received loving care and extravagant gifts from his mother and brothers, deepening his sense that he truly belonged to the Xu family. As memories of a childhood with his family surfaced, he asked Fu Sichen how they should celebrate the anniversary of their first award ceremony.

• Lin Zhiya worried Xu Chao might be sick, checked his temperature, and tucked him in with warm milk.
• Xu Dongsen visited Xu Chao, gave him a card with twenty million and promised him clothes, electronics, and game money.
• Xu Chuan offered Xu Chao several sports cars and promised to take him for an airship ride.
• Xu Zhou examined Xu Chao and gave him the lead role in the film The Message, which he had secured through a favor owed by Director Lin.
• Fu Sichen found Xu Chao with his brothers' gifts, and Xu Chao asked him how they should celebrate the next day’s anniversary of their first award ceremony.

Fu Sichen and Xu Chao celebrated Xu Chao’s first award anniversary with their families and the island guests, while Shen Xinbai and Lou Jun grew resentful. After Xu Chao and his companions went out to answer a distress call, they found Shen Xinbai in the water, and he apologized as Xu Chao tried to rescue him.

• Fu Sichen agreed to hold a banquet for Xu Chao’s first award anniversary, and Xu Chao’s family shared breakfast with Lin Yang.
• The director assigned the guests to invite the savages to the anniversary banquet, and they accepted after receiving basketball uniforms.
• Xu Chao and Fu Sichen went jet skiing and wakeboarding together, and Xu Chao asked whether they would grow old together.
• Xu Chao, Fu Sichen, and Xu Chuan answered a distress call and found Shen Xinbai struggling in the sea beside a capsized boat.
• Xu Chao pulled Shen Xinbai toward the speedboat, and Shen Xinbai apologized while asking him to pull him aboard.

Xu Chao refused to indulge Shen Xinbai’s staged pleas for rescue, though the crew eventually pulled him from the sea after he fainted. Back aboard the cruise ship, Shen Xinbai and Lou Jun argued over their failed attempt to improve their image, leaving their relationship in open conflict.

• Shen Xinbai begged Xu Chao to save him, but Xu Chao left him in the water while rescuing the other people.
• Xu Chuan accused Shen Xinbai of repeatedly betraying Xu Chao, and Xu Chao’s question about Shen Xinbai’s god-grandfathers made him faint into the sea.
• Fu Sichen ordered the rescue team to save Shen Xinbai and Lou Jun, and everyone returned to the cruise ship.
• Xu Chao left the deck with Lin Zhiya while the other guests departed, leaving Shen Xinbai and Lou Jun alone.
• Lou Jun blamed Shen Xinbai for their failed image-rehabilitation plan, and Shen Xinbai fired back that Lou Jun was the one who had pursued him and resented Xu Chao’s new relationship.

Shen Xinbai and Lou Jun argued, then disappeared before they could be sent off the cruise ship. At the banquet, Xu Chao and Fu Sichen received meaningful gifts from Xu Ruhan, Lin Zhiya, and Xu Chao’s brothers, ending with Xu Chuan’s mysterious offer to give them a child.

• Shen Xinbai and Lou Jun angrily accused each other of scheming while Cheng Yu and Xu Chao listened from the cabin.
• Fu Sichen told the director to remove Shen Xinbai and Lou Jun from the cruise, but they vanished after agreeing to leave and going to pack.
• Xu Chao and Fu Sichen arrived at the banquet in matching suits, prompting Lin Zhiya and Xu Ruhan to give them Buddha amulets they had prayed over for ninety-nine days.
• Xu Dongsen gave the couple crystal mandarin-duck sculptures, and Xu Zhou gave them sapphire cufflinks.
• Xu Chuan announced that he had decided to give Xu Chao and Fu Sichen a child, then presented a red-velvet-covered gift box.

At Xu Chao’s award celebration, Xu Chuan offered him a child as a gift, prompting Old Master Fu to insist that Xu Chao could have one himself. The family embraced Xu Chao’s claim that he would give them a baby, and Old Master Fu demanded that Fu Sichen promise to try too, before Xu Ruhan redirected everyone to Xu Chuan’s gift.

• Xu Chuan presented Xu Chao with a gift box and said he was giving him a child because two men could not have babies.
• Old Master Fu arrived and declared that Xu Chao could have a baby himself, then insisted that only Xu Chao and Fu Sichen’s children would be accepted by the Fu Family.
• Xu Chuan objected that Xu Chao was a man and could not give birth, but Old Master Fu said he believed Xu Chao because Xu Chao had said he could.
• Xu Chao promised Old Master Fu that he would give him a great-grandson, and Old Master Fu praised his determination.
• Old Master Fu urged Fu Sichen to tell Xu Chao’s parents that he would also work to have a child, leaving Fu Sichen speechless.
• Xu Ruhan coughed to smooth things over and asked Xu Chao to look at Xu Chuan’s gift.

Xu Chuan gave Xu Chao and Fu Sichen a ragdoll kitten, and their friends turned the celebration into a lively evening of performances. As Xu Ruhan and Lin Zhiya played a song for the couple, Xu Chao recalled a childhood promise in which he and Sichen agreed to marry.

• Xu Chao opened Xu Chuan's gift and happily accepted the ragdoll kitten after everyone feared it might be a human child.
• Lin Yang and his friends recounted how he had grabbed a gift from a luxury store and been chased by staff until Xu Zhou rescued him.
• Lin Yang, Cheng Yu, and the others performed a song, then Xu Chao pulled Fu Sichen onstage to join them.
• Cheng Yu hosted more performances, including Xu Ruhan and Lin Zhiya playing piano together for Xu Chao and Fu Sichen.
• Xu Chao remembered that as children he had asked Sichen to marry him, and Sichen had promised to love him even more than his family did.

Xu Chao began recovering fragmented memories and grew wary when Shen Xinbai and Lou Jun arrived, suspecting they had a scheme. When Shen Xinbai tried to charm Old Master Fu on the livestream, Old Master Fu openly accused him of bullying Xu Chao.

• Xu Chao felt stabbing pain as fragments of images surfaced, then called Fu Sichen an animal before asking him for water.
• After Fu Sichen left, Xu Chao looked at his family and friends as the fog in his mind began to clear.
• Shen Xinbai and Lou Jun argued with a security guard, but the director reminded them they had agreed to leave because they felt unwell.
• Shen Xinbai threatened to cause a trending scandal if they were kept offstage and said they had brought a big gift for Xu Chao and Fu Sichen.
• Shen Xinbai greeted Old Master Fu as Sichen’s friend, but Old Master Fu challenged their closeness and accused Shen Xinbai of bullying Xu Chao.

At the banquet, Old Master Fu revealed that he shipped Xu Chao and Fu Sichen, prompting Xu Chao to warn the elders away from fanfiction. Meanwhile, Shen Xinbai and Lou Jun were ignored by everyone, and Shen Xinbai angrily blamed Xu Chao.

• Old Master Fu accused Shen Xinbai of betraying his boyfriend, then admitted he shipped Xu Chao and Fu Sichen.
• Xu Ruhan and Lin Zhiya discussed fanfiction about the pair, and Xu Chao took Lin Zhiya's phone and warned the elders not to read it.
• Xu Chao complained about the elders' interest in fanfiction to Lin Yang and the others, while Fu Sichen messaged his secretary about online fanfiction and fan art.
• Xu Chao forgot what he had meant to do and joined Cheng Yu and the others in a game of Fight the Landlord.
• Shen Xinbai and Lou Jun stood unnoticed in a corner, and Shen Xinbai blamed Xu Chao for their humiliation.

Lin Yang defended Xu Chao against Shen Xinbai and Lou Jun’s accusations, insisting Xu Chao had always been his friend. Shen Xinbai then claimed Xu Chao had arranged the childhood bullying he supposedly rescued him from.

• Xu Zhou warned Shen Xinbai to stop insulting Lin Yang, and Lou Jun accused Xu Zhou of protecting Xu Chao from the truth.
• Shen Xinbai called Lin Yang Xu Chao’s wallet and lackey, and claimed Xu Chao had staged his childhood rescues to make Lin Yang grateful.
• Lin Yang defended Xu Chao and reminded Shen Xinbai that Xu Chao had repeatedly saved him from childhood bullying.
• Shen Xinbai erupted and shouted that Xu Chao had ordered the bullies to torment him.

Shen Xinbai exposed Xu Chao as a transmigrator, but the other guests dismissed him and Lou Jun’s claims as delusions. Lou Jun then appealed to the Xu family, and Lin Zhiya remembered the cruel, demanding behavior that had convinced her Xu Chao’s body had been taken over.

• Xu Chao and the other guests mocked Shen Xinbai and Lou Jun for accusing him of manipulating Lin Yang.
• Shen Xinbai, furious over his ruined reputation, declared that Xu Chao was not the real Xu Chao.
• Xu Chao panicked at the accusation, but Lin Yang, Cheng Yu, and Wen Shiting dismissed Shen Xinbai’s claim as nonsense.
• Shen Xinbai explained that their world was a novel and that he and Lou Jun were its protagonists, while Xu Chao was a transmigrator.
• Lou Jun asked Uncle Xu and Aunt Lin whether they had noticed changes in Xu Chao, and Lin Zhiya recalled the cruel breakfast incident that made her believe a demon had taken her son’s body.

Xu Chao realized that he had never been a transmigrator: the person who entered his body five years earlier was an impostor, and he had returned to his own body two months ago. As memories began breaking through Fu Sichen’s hypnosis, Xu Chao collapsed in agony, and Xu Zhou threatened Shen Xinbai while Xu Chao was carried away.

• Xu Chao dismissed Shen Xinbai’s accusations and joked that his family had cast him out for falling in love with a punk, leaving the Xu family and Fu Sichen stunned.
• Fu Sichen smashed a drone and defended Xu Chao as his wife, while Xu Dongsen and Xu Chuan rejected Shen Xinbai and Lou Jun’s claims that Xu Chao was an impostor.
• Shen Xinbai’s accusations made Xu Chao realize that the transmigrator had taken over his body five years ago and that he had returned to his own body two months earlier.
• Xu Chao’s memories began to surface, and he screamed in pain as Fu Sichen carried him back to a room and the livestream ended.
• Xu Zhou stabbed Shen Xinbai with a scalpel and warned him that he would die if anything happened to Xu Chao.

Xu Chao recovered memories from both worlds and woke briefly, asking his family not to hypnotize him again. After Lin Zhiya stopped Fu Sichen from arranging another hypnosis, Xu Chao opened his eyes and told Fu Sichen how much he had missed him.

• Xu Chao remembered his family and past with Fu Sichen, woke, and asked Lin Zhiya not to let him be hypnotized again before fainting.
• Fu Sichen said he would contact a psychologist, but Lin Zhiya refused and insisted Xu Chao deserved to know the truth; Old Master Fu supported her.
• As Xu Chao drifted between waking and dreaming, he relived memories from both his loving life with his family and his painful life in the other world.
• Lin Zhiya and the others left Xu Chao alone with Fu Sichen, who asked him to open his eyes and look at him.
• Xu Chao opened his eyes, told Fu Sichen, "Achen, I missed you so much," and Fu Sichen held him tightly.

Xu Chao and Fu Sichen reunited and confessed their love, while their families waited outside and gradually relaxed. Xu Chao noticed the red mole over Fu Sichen’s heart had appeared after he left, but let the question go as they reaffirmed their love.

• Xu Chao embraced Fu Sichen, and Fu Sichen reassured him before kissing him.
• Lin Mama and Xu Dad urged everyone to leave Xu Chao and Fu Sichen alone, while Xu Eldest Brother and Second Brother stopped Third Brother from barging in.
• The Xu family reflected on Xu Chao’s lifelong closeness with Fu Sichen and grew less anxious.
• Xu Chao asked about the red mole over Fu Sichen’s heart, and Fu Sichen said it had appeared after Xu Chao left.
• Fu Sichen told Xu Chao he loved him, and Xu Chao returned the confession.

Xu Chao panicked when Fu Sichen coughed up blood and called Xu Zhou for help, then realized the memories his family had tried to keep from him were returning. The danger gave way to a compromising scene when Xu Zhou arrived and found Xu Chao tying Fu Sichen to the bed.

• Xu Chao saw blood at the corner of Fu Sichen's mouth and became terrified when Fu Sichen tried to dismiss it.
• Xu Chao tied Fu Sichen's wrists to the headboard, ran downstairs, and called Xu Zhou, saying he was dying.
• Sitting on the stairs, Xu Chao recalled Fu Sichen's sorrowful looks, his family's insincere wishes, and their efforts to prevent his memories from returning.
• Fu Sichen found Xu Chao, lifted him from the floor, and agreed to tie himself back up when Xu Chao accused him of escaping.
• Xu Zhou rushed into the bedroom and found Fu Sichen tied to the headboard while Xu Chao waved a belt at him.

Xu Chao and Xu Zhou learned that medicine could not save Fu Sichen, and the Taoist priest who might have helped him could not be found. Xu Chao proposed seeking out Lou Jun and Shen Xinbai, believing the protagonists could offer another way to save Fu Sichen.

• Xu Zhou interrupted Xu Chao, who had tied Fu Sichen up and threatened him with a whip, and accused him of acting improperly.
• Xu Chao and Xu Zhou confirmed that Fu Sichen's condition could not be treated with medicine and that the Taoist priest was impossible to locate.
• Xu Chao announced there was another way to save Fu Sichen and identified himself as the malicious male supporting character.
• Fu Sichen recognized Lou Jun and Shen Xinbai as the protagonists, and Xu Chao said he had a plan involving them.