Recaps

After his dance went viral, Chu Xinghui visited Pei Hanmo’s office, where Pei Hanmo and Gu Kai argued over which script he should accept. Chu Xinghui chose a challenging opera-performer role in Pei Hanmo’s production, and Pei Hanmo told him to study the script before joining the crew.

• Wang Xiao’s team edited Wan Linqing out of the dance video, and Chu Xinghui gained followers as the performance trended again.
• Chu Xinghui visited his haters’ Weibo Super Topic and asked them to reveal their gossip about his supposed sugar daddy.
• Gu Kai and Pei Hanmo argued over whether Chu Xinghui should take a familiar role in Gu Kai’s script or an opera-performer role in Pei Hanmo’s production.
• Chu Xinghui read the script about Wen Qinglin, an opera performer who falls for the wealthy Huo Hongxi, and accepted the role.
• Pei Hanmo told Chu Xinghui he would take him to the production crew and asked him to study his lines.

Chu Xinghui, Wen Liangtian, and Gu Kai found Lan Xiangxian injured and distressed after Gu Chupei treated their relationship as a transaction, then followed Gu Chupei to the airport to meet his returning White Moonlight. The chapter ended as they spotted Gu Chupei beside someone in a wheelchair.

• Chu Xinghui and Wen Liangtian realized Lan Xiangxian had lost his acting role and went with Gu Kai to the villa where he was staying.
• Wen Liangtian opened the door and found Lan Xiangxian covered in kiss marks after Gu Chupei had forced himself on him during heat.
• Chu Xinghui slapped Gu Chupei and accused him of forcing Lan Xiangxian, while Gu Chupei insisted their relationship was a transaction.
• After receiving a message, Gu Chupei dressed and left to pick someone up, and Lan Xiangxian realized his White Moonlight was returning.
• Chu Xinghui, Wen Liangtian, and Gu Kai followed Gu Chupei to the airport and saw him beside someone in a wheelchair.

Chu Xinghui and his friends encountered Gu Chupei with Xi Qingyan, the merfolk Lan Xiangxian had once believed was Gu Chupei’s beloved. After Xi Qingyan showed interest in Lan Xiangxian, Lan found the courage to announce he was moving out, and Chu Xinghui took him away.

• Chu Xinghui, Wen Liangtian, Lan Xiangxian, and Gu Kai found Gu Chupei accompanying the wheelchair-bound Xi Qingyan, who introduced himself as a merman and Gu Chupei’s former university classmate.
• Xi Qingyan noticed Lan Xiangxian and approached him, while Wen Liangtian guarded him and Chu Xinghui stayed wary of Gu Chupei.
• Xi Qingyan took Lan Xiangxian’s hand and told him he liked little cats, prompting Gu Chupei to separate them.
• Lan Xiangxian told Gu Chupei he was moving his things out, and Chu Xinghui defended him when Gu objected.
• Chu Xinghui took Lan Xiangxian away and insulted Gu Chupei before leaving.

Chu Xinghui helped Lan Xiangxian leave Gu Chupei and arranged for him to get medical care, then moved him into Wen Liangtian’s home. Two days later, Chu Xinghui joined the film Sovereign's Arrival, where Pei Hanmo brought him to the set and the director awkwardly asked what they had been doing in the car.

• Chu Xinghui reassured Lan Xiangxian that he did not need to worry about his mother and asked Pei Hanmo to help him find doctors; Pei Hanmo sent the hospital information after Chu Xinghui agreed to owe him a favor.
• Lan Xiangxian accepted Wen Liangtian’s offer to stay at his home, left the key behind, and moved out of the place he had shared with Gu Chupei.
• The official account of Sovereign's Arrival announced Chu Xinghui as the actor playing Wen Qinglin, and Chu Xinghui went to the set for a costume fitting with Pei Hanmo.
• Pei Hanmo told Chu Xinghui that Gu Chupei had taken several days off, while Chu Xinghui wondered whether he had left with Xi Qingyan.
• Pei Hanmo’s butler mistook Chu Xinghui for Pei Hanmo’s wife, and Pei Hanmo corrected him while asking Chu Xinghui to stay by his side at the set.
• The director saw Chu Xinghui’s flushed face and faint mint scent, then blurted out a question about what he and Pei Hanmo had been doing in the car.

Chu Xinghui met Director Guo and the cast while beginning preparations for his role as Wen Qinglin. After Ke Jingtong flirted with him and exchanged contact details, Pei Hanmo grew jealous, while Chu Xinghui thought about returning Pei Hanmo’s long-ago confession.

• Director Guo welcomed Chu Xinghui to the theater, showed him Wen Qinglin’s courtyard, and said his opera instructor would arrive that afternoon.
• Pei Hanmo introduced Chu Xinghui to Qiao Tong, who greeted him warmly after her makeup test.
• Ke Jingtong introduced himself as Chu Xinghui’s character’s husband, flirted with him, and added him on WeChat.
• Pei Hanmo acted aggrieved over Ke Jingtong’s attention, and Chu Xinghui reassured him before going to get his makeup done.
• Chu Xinghui resolved to confess his feelings to Pei Hanmo and return the confession Pei Hanmo had made when they were young.

Chu Xinghui struggled through his character photoshoot as Director Guo pushed him to understand Wen Qinglin’s role. After leaving without a single usable photo, Chu Xinghui asked Pei Hanmo if he had time that night.

• Pei Hanmo helped Chu Xinghui put on his opera costume, and Chu Xinghui kicked him out once he was dressed.
• Chu Xinghui edited a selfie into an exaggerated anime-girl image and posted it online, then edited Gu Mingyue’s photo of Pei Hanmo the same way.
• Chu Xinghui went to shoot character photos while Qiao Tong left as soon as he arrived.
• Director Guo criticized Chu Xinghui’s expression and gave him a day to understand Wen Qinglin’s character, suggesting he ask Pei Hanmo for help.
• Chu Xinghui came out of the shoot without getting a photo and asked Pei Hanmo if he had time that night.

Chu Xinghui prepared to portray Wen Qinglin and began learning opera from Elder Zhong. After a production dinner, Pei Hanmo brought him home, where Chu Xinghui discovered the door password was Pei Hanmo’s livestream room number, leaving him shaken by how deeply Pei Hanmo had kept him in his life.

• Pei Hanmo agreed to help Chu Xinghui prepare for the role of Wen Qinglin, and Director Guo introduced Elder Zhong as his opera teacher.
• Elder Zhong agreed to teach Chu Xinghui opera movements and said his apprentice would handle the singing.
• At the kickoff dinner, Pei Hanmo drank Chu Xinghui’s baijiu for him and told him to save his strength for rehearsing lines.
• At Pei Hanmo’s door, Chu Xinghui guessed several passwords before entering Pei Hanmo’s livestream room number and unlocking it.
• Pei Hanmo took Chu Xinghui’s hand and led him inside, while Chu Xinghui realized Pei Hanmo’s life held traces of him everywhere.

Chu Xinghui visited Pei Hanmo to rehearse a script, but their teasing and a recording of their past intimacy made him flustered. After Chu Xinghui accidentally drank Pei Hanmo’s liquor, he became drunk and climbed into bed with him, leaving Pei Hanmo struggling to hold back.

• Pei Hanmo brought Chu Xinghui milk and read the script with him, teasing him about its explicit dialogue.
• Chu Xinghui asked how Pei Hanmo relieved himself, and Pei Hanmo played an old recording of them comforting each other, embarrassing Chu Xinghui.
• Chu Xinghui drank Pei Hanmo’s liquor by mistake, then drunkenly hugged him and asked to go to bed.
• Pei Hanmo carried Chu Xinghui to bed and used his unlocked phone to block Ke Jingtong on WeChat.
• Chu Xinghui climbed on top of Pei Hanmo, recited a suggestive line from the script, and reached for his belt as Pei Hanmo warned him not to regret it.

After waking up at Pei Hanmo’s home, Chu Xinghui watched a recording of his drunken behavior and learned that he had been affectionate with Pei Hanmo the night before. As Pei Hanmo left for the production crew, Chu Xinghui explored the house and found a room marked with a sign he had written.

• Chu Xinghui woke beside Pei Hanmo, and Pei Hanmo showed him a video of his drunken antics from the night before.
• Chu Xinghui denied the recording was real and tried to get rid of Pei Hanmo’s phone, but Pei Hanmo stopped him.
• Gu Chupei called Pei Hanmo and asked for Chu Xinghui’s contact information so he could find Lan Xiangxian and prove his feelings to Xi Qingyan.
• Chu Xinghui took the phone and told Gu Chupei he would never help him, then hung up.
• Pei Hanmo left for the production crew and told Chu Xinghui to stay inside because paparazzi were outside.
• Chu Xinghui explored Pei Hanmo’s home and found a room labeled with the sign he had written: “Xiao Mo’s private room.”

Chu Xinghui discovered that Pei Hanmo had kept his clothes and prepared restraints, then began training for his role as Wen Qinglin while wondering how Pei Hanmo had changed. When Chu Xinghui returned home, he found that Wen Liangtian and Lan Xiangxian had visited and that Lan Xiangxian might need a place to stay.

• Chu Xinghui found a nest of his old clothes and restraints marked with his name in Pei Hanmo's room, and Pei Hanmo admitted he had been jealous and had wanted to keep him close.
• Elder Zhong made Chu Xinghui practice stretching, and Director Guo told him to train for his scenes as Wen Qinglin.
• Chu Xinghui discovered that Chu Xinghui's Xiongxiong had urged his fans to request a proper photo from him on Weibo.
• Gu Kai hinted that he thought Chu Xinghui had spent the night with Pei Hanmo, but Chu Xinghui said he had done nothing.
• Chu Xinghui noticed signs that someone had entered his apartment and found messages saying Wen Liangtian and Lan Xiangxian had visited, with Lan Xiangxian asking to stay for a few days.

Chu Xinghui discovered that an obsessive stalker had hidden cameras and threatening notes inside his teddy bears. Pei Hanmo reached his home, subdued the intruder, and comforted Chu Xinghui as the police arrived.

• Chu Xinghui noticed that his MP3 player and most of his candy were missing, then found a hidden camera in a teddy bear.
• Chu Xinghui called Pei Hanmo, changed his door code, and began searching the bears, finding cameras and obsessive notes inside them.
• An intruder tried the door code and then kicked the door while Pei Hanmo reassured Chu Xinghui and rushed to his home.
• Pei Hanmo arrived, bit the intruder from behind, and knocked them unconscious as the police arrived.
• Chu Xinghui unlocked the door, and Pei Hanmo embraced him and told him he was safe.

Pei Hanmo comforted Chu Xinghui after a sasaeng broke into his home and was arrested, then helped him give a statement at the police station. Chu Xinghui remembered that his MP3 player had been stolen, but afterward came around confused and unaware of what had happened.

• Pei Hanmo held Chu Xinghui as the police arrived and explained that an intruder had tried to break in.
• Chu Xinghui told the police there was a camera, and officers collected a camera and voice recorder hidden in his bed.
• Pei Hanmo claimed to be Chu Xinghui's boyfriend so he could stay with him, then reassured him until he agreed to give a statement.
• Wen Liangtian and Lan Xiangxian learned that the sasaeng had hidden a camera inside the teddy bear known as Xiongxiong.
• Chu Xinghui told Pei Hanmo that his white MP3 player, containing a song Pei had sung for him, was missing.
• Chu Xinghui collapsed briefly, then woke up confused at the police station and asked what had happened.

After Chu Xinghui learned he had lost his memory again, Pei Hanmo reassured him and urged him to move somewhere safer. Later, Gu Chupei killed the stalker who had secretly filmed Chu Xinghui, then told Pei Hanmo he had taken care of him.

• Pei Hanmo told Chu Xinghui that he had lost his memory again, and reassured him that the immediate danger was over.
• Pei Hanmo suggested finding Chu Xinghui a safer place to live, while Lan Xiangxian showed Wen Liangtian a suspiciously cheap loft listing and Wen offered to accompany him to view it.
• Gu Chupei drove Chu Xinghui, Pei Hanmo, Lan Xiangxian, and Wen Liangtian to Pei Hanmo's building, then returned to wait near the police station.
• After the stalker left the station and revealed he planned to share videos of Chu Xinghui changing clothes, Gu Chupei dragged him into an alley and killed him.
• Gu Chupei sent Pei Hanmo a photo of the corpse and said he had taken care of the stalker; Pei Hanmo teased him about needing a Lan Xiangxian stand-in, and Gu Chupei told him to fuck off.

Chu Xinghui agreed to move into Pei Hanmo’s home, then continued training for his role as Wen Qinglin. Elder Zhong shared the tragic story of Wen Qinglin and the Snake God, leaving Chu Xinghui determined to portray the fox as Elder Zhong remembered him.

• Pei Hanmo persuaded Chu Xinghui to stay at his home by offering safety and practical benefits, and Chu Xinghui agreed after checking with Gu Kai.
• Pei Hanmo gave Chu Xinghui their matching pajamas and told him to sleep before filming the next day.
• Elder Zhong criticized Chu Xinghui’s movements during opera training, then softened and invited him to rest.
• Elder Zhong told Chu Xinghui that Wen Qinglin, a fox and the Snake God’s lover, had died believing himself abandoned, while the Snake God later mourned him at his grave.
• Chu Xinghui comforted Elder Zhong and promised to portray Wen Qinglin as he remembered him, then returned to practice.

After fans urged Chu Xinghui to stream, he agreed and went with Pei Hanmo to collect his belongings before moving. He learned the sasaeng next door had sent his parents money before going to prison, then set rules for Pei Hanmo during the livestream.

• Chu Xinghui left the theater with Pei Hanmo, greeted fans, and agreed to stream that night.
• Chu Xinghui went to his apartment to pack and found his former neighbor’s parents leaving after learning their son was in prison and had sent them money.
• Chu Xinghui collected his clothes and matching pajamas, then returned to the car where Gu Chupei was driving.
• Chu Xinghui told Pei Hanmo he could not appear on camera or act flirtatiously on Weibo or during the livestream.

Chu Xinghui held a candy-eating livestream after moving, renamed his gift-sending fans as cockroaches, and tried to hide that his new decorations matched Pei Hanmo’s. Pei Hanmo appeared on camera while helping him, and his strawberry delivery left the viewers fixated on their supposed “friendship.”

• Chu Xinghui started a livestream and struggled to bite through the hard Tug-Tug Candy.
• He changed the gift-sending fans’ badges to “cockroach,” with different labels for fans who had sent more or fewer gifts.
• Pei Hanmo’s fans recognized the decorations from Pei Hanmo’s Weibo post, but Chu Xinghui claimed his new home merely looked similar.
• Pei Hanmo steadied Chu Xinghui’s head when the candy’s recoil nearly made him hit his chair, and Chu Xinghui introduced him as a friend who had helped him move.
• Pei Hanmo brought Chu Xinghui a plate of strawberries, prompting the chat to repeat “friend.”

Chu Xinghui tried to eat the tough Tug-Tug Candy during his livestream while Pei Hanmo repeatedly tried to stop him. After Chu Xinghui kicked Pei Hanmo out, the stream was briefly suspended for sexually suggestive conduct, and Chu Xinghui resumed it by chatting with viewers.

• Pei Hanmo used a notebook to avoid interrupting Chu Xinghui's livestream, but Chu Xinghui ignored his warnings and kept biting the Tug-Tug Candy.
• Pei Hanmo pulled the candy from Chu Xinghui's mouth, making him choke, and Chu Xinghui threw a blanket at him and ordered him to take his chair and cushion too.
• Pei Hanmo left with the candy, blanket, chair, and cushion as Chu Xinghui realized his words sounded misleading to viewers.
• Chu Xinghui found that moderators had suspended the livestream for sexually suggestive conduct, then restarted it and told viewers the candy had been taken away.
• Chu Xinghui tried to move the stream on to chatting, but viewers shared a meme of his grimace while eating the candy, and he shut his eyes to avoid looking.

Chu Xinghui teased Pei Hanmo with a dinner of boiled vegetables, then followed Ke Jingtong on Weibo after discovering he had blocked him. As Pei Hanmo returned Chu Xinghui’s White MP3 player during practice, Elder Zhong noticed the closeness between them and began to ask about it.

• Chu Xinghui served Pei Hanmo boiled vegetables, and Pei Hanmo complained about dinner on Weibo before praising Chu Xinghui’s cooking to his face.
• Ke Jingtong visited Chu Xinghui, discovered he was on Chu Xinghui’s WeChat blocklist, and asked him for a Weibo follow.
• Chu Xinghui followed Ke Jingtong on Weibo, and Ke Jingtong posted a screenshot before running into Pei Hanmo.
• Pei Hanmo watched Chu Xinghui practice with Elder Zhong for an hour, then returned the White MP3 player Chu Xinghui had asked him to find.
• Elder Zhong observed Chu Xinghui and Pei Hanmo together and began asking about their closeness.

Chu Xinghui and Pei Hanmo went to visit Pei Hanmo’s mother, who had been hospitalized with broken legs. As Chu Xinghui entered her room carrying flowers, he found her watching entertainment news about the drama he and Pei Hanmo were filming.

• Elder Zhong asked whether Chu Xinghui and Pei Hanmo were a couple, and Chu Xinghui said they had not made their relationship official.
• Ke Jingtong hinted that he had heard something and told Pei Hanmo to give his mother his regards, prompting Chu Xinghui to ask about her.
• Pei Hanmo told Chu Xinghui that his mother was hospitalized after breaking her legs, and Chu Xinghui asked to visit her with him.
• Chu Xinghui practiced late while Pei Hanmo watched, then changed clothes and joined him on the trip to the hospital.
• Gu Chupei drove Chu Xinghui and Pei Hanmo to the hospital, where Chu Xinghui entered Pei Hanmo’s mother’s room with flowers and found her watching their drama’s entertainment news.

Chu Xinghui defended Pei Hanmo against Zuo Ying'an, then accidentally confessed his feelings and promised to plan a proper confession. That night, Pei Hanmo messaged several people about Chu Xinghui's confession before Chu Xinghui caught him on his phone.

• Zuo Ying'an insulted Chu Xinghui and accused him of pursuing Pei Hanmo for his wealth, but Chu Xinghui defended their shared history and condemned her treatment of Pei Hanmo.
• Chu Xinghui pulled Pei Hanmo from the hospital room, and Pei Hanmo told him, "I'm yours, Chu Xinghui."
• Chu Xinghui admitted his words were not the confession he had imagined, and Pei Hanmo said he was planning a confession of his own.
• At home, Chu Xinghui refused to let Pei Hanmo sleep in his room because his confession had not gone as planned.
• Unable to sleep, Pei Hanmo told Gu Chupei, Qiao Tong, and Gu Kai that Chu Xinghui had confessed; Gu Kai offered to sell him photos of Chu Xinghui.
• Chu Xinghui kicked open the bedroom door and caught Pei Hanmo messaging Gu Kai.

Pei Hanmo coaxed Chu Xinghui into sharing his bed, and Chu Xinghui slept safely in his arms. Their friends’ group chat nearly exposed how close they had become, while Chu Xinghui’s remark that he had known Pei Hanmo for twenty years left Wen Liangtian joking that Chu had planned their relationship since childhood.

• Chu Xinghui confronted Pei Hanmo after Gu Chupei reported that Pei had shown off their relationship, and Pei coaxed him into sharing a bed.
• Chu Xinghui fell asleep in Pei Hanmo’s arms, and Pei secretly messaged Gu Kai about selling pictures of them.
• The production team announced that the next episode would take place at a seaside farmstay and feature a returning celebrity guest.
• Pei Hanmo accidentally replied in the group chat as though he knew Chu Xinghui was awake, then recalled the message after Wen Liangtian noticed.
• Chu Xinghui told The Landlord's Foolish Son that he had known Pei Hanmo for twenty years, prompting Wen Liangtian to joke that Chu had planned everything since childhood.

Chu Xinghui finished filming with Ke Jingtong and shut down his attempts to criticize Pei Hanmo and their CP agreement. On the drive home, Gu Chupei asked Pei Hanmo for advice about Lan Xiangxian, leaving his feelings unresolved.

• Director Guo had Chu Xinghui and Ke Jingtong film their scenes, and he was only barely satisfied with their morning shot.
• Ke Jingtong asked Chu Xinghui about his CP publicity agreement with Pei Hanmo, but Chu Xinghui defended Pei Hanmo and told him to keep his objections to himself.
• Chu Xinghui finished filming in the afternoon and waited with Pei Hanmo to go home and pack for the show.
• Chu Xinghui fell asleep against Pei Hanmo in the car, so Pei Hanmo quieted Gu Chupei when he tried to talk.
• Gu Chupei asked Pei Hanmo what he should do about Lan Xiangxian, and Pei Hanmo told him he would regret it if Lan Xiangxian got together with someone else.

The cast searched a crowded beach for the episode’s new guest, while Chu Xinghui and Pei Hanmo acted increasingly close. Wen Liangtian discovered the guest was Shi Xinyu, his self-proclaimed sworn enemy.

• Wang Xiao announced that the cast had to find the new guest on the beach before they could begin the next activity, and that the finder would share a house with them.
• Man Feiluan pulled Yuan Zhanpeng toward the beach, while the others changed and joined the search.
• Chu Xinghui complained about the beach, and Pei Hanmo took his hand as they searched the sunbathers together.
• Wen Liangtian accidentally kicked someone buried in the sand and found Shi Xinyu, who mocked him and introduced himself as a fox.
• Lan Xiangxian arrived and asked whether Wen Liangtian and Shi Xinyu were friends, and Wen Liangtian declared that they were sworn enemies.

Wen Liangtian found Shi Xinyu, and the two bickered while the group prepared to choose rooms through a surfing contest. Lan Xiangxian recalled Xi Qingyan’s kindness and learned that Xi Qingyan was glad Gu Chupei had found someone he truly liked.

• Wang Xiao congratulated Wen Liangtian for finding Shi Xinyu, and Chu Xinghui tried to touch Wen Liangtian’s rabbit ears before Shi Xinyu blocked him.
• Wen Liangtian and Shi Xinyu denied wanting to be near each other, while Chu Xinghui wondered whether two tsunderes could become a couple.
• Wang Xiao assigned Wen Liangtian and Shi Xinyu to share a room because Wen Liangtian had found the new guest first.
• Wang Xiao announced that the guests would learn to surf, with the fastest learner choosing a room first, and Wen Liangtian tried to have Shi Xinyu choose last because he already knew how to surf.
• Shi Xinyu teased Wen Liangtian about his ears, and Wen Liangtian claimed disgust at Shi Xinyu was keeping them from retracting.
• Lan Xiangxian remembered that Xi Qingyan had rented him a house cheaply, given him gifts, and said he was glad Gu Chupei had found someone he truly liked.

The cast struggled through a morning of surfing lessons before Wang Xiao moved the group on to choosing rooms in the villa. Wen Liangtian and Lan Xiangxian shared a room, while Chu Xinghui and Pei Hanmo chose neighboring rooms, prompting teasing about the noise they might make.

• Chu Xinghui and Pei Hanmo admitted they could not surf, and the group struggled through lessons with the limited instructors.
• Wang Xiao abandoned the lessons and brought everyone to see the villa and its rooms.
• Wen Liangtian asked to share a room with Lan Xiangxian, leaving Shi Xinyu disappointed.
• Chu Xinghui chose a room beside Lan Xiangxian's, and Pei Hanmo took the room on Chu Xinghui's other side.
• Man Feiluan gave Lan Xiangxian earplugs, and Pei Hanmo suggested Lan Xiangxian might need them because he had not been sleeping well.