Chapter Summaries

Chu Xinghui’s accidental voice-call stunt on a variety show exposed his connection to Best Actor Pei Hanmo and fueled online backlash. His manager Gu Kai went to apologize at Pei Hanmo’s company, where Pei questioned why Gu Kai called Chu “your” Xinghui.

• During a live variety show, a child actor called Chu Xinghui “Daddy Hui,” and Pei Hanmo’s voice answered the call, prompting gossip and hostile comments from viewers.
• Chu Xinghui cut off the call, finished the show, and explained to manager Gu Kai that he had blocked people for mentioning Pei Hanmo because Pei was his ex-boyfriend.
• As Chu Xinghui’s name trended online, his company ordered him to apologize, but he stayed behind while Gu Kai went to Pei Hanmo’s company instead.
• Gu Kai apologized to Pei Hanmo in his office, and Pei paused his work to ask, “Your Chu Xinghui?”

Gu Kai visited Pei Hanmo to apologize for Chu Xinghui, while Chu Xinghui’s fans and Pei Hanmo’s fans turned their online dispute into wild speculation about the two men. Pei Hanmo decided to handle the rumor himself and ended the chapter by tagging Chu Xinghui on Weibo.

• Gu Kai apologized to Pei Hanmo on Chu Xinghui’s behalf and asked him to clarify that Chu Xinghui had not been trying to exploit his popularity.
• Pei Hanmo watched the parking area from the window as Chu Xinghui messaged him, asking whether he had bullied Gu Kai and urging him to do public relations work.
• Chu Xinghui saw fans argue on Weibo, where suggestive comments and fan creators’ speculation about him and Pei Hanmo overtook the hostile comments.
• Gu Kai returned to Chu Xinghui and praised Pei Hanmo’s appearance, then said Pei Hanmo did not mind and suggested they celebrate over dinner.
• Gu Chupei asked Pei Hanmo how he would handle the online gossip, and Pei Hanmo posted, “Hmm? @Chu Xinghui” on Weibo.

Chu Xinghui got drunk after posting about barbecue and was taken away by Pei Hanmo, who revealed that he understood why Chu had kept his distance. Gu Kai realized that the person carrying Chu home was supposedly his hater.

• Chu Xinghui drank beer, commented on Pei Hanmo’s post, and uploaded a photo of barbecue and beer to Weibo.
• Chu Xinghui answered Pei Hanmo’s call while drunk and gave him the restaurant’s address.
• Gu Kai learned that Chu Xinghui was being considered for a variety show with Pei Hanmo as the company discussed using the contrast to generate attention.
• Pei Hanmo entered the private room, caught the unsteady Chu Xinghui, and carried him out while Chu clung to him and complained about being blocked.
• Pei Hanmo told Chu that Chu had been the one to keep him away, and Gu Kai wondered how Pei Hanmo could be Chu’s supposed hater.

Chu Xinghui learned that Pei Hanmo had carried him home after he got drunk, then discovered his company was forcing him onto a variety show alongside Wen Liangtian. He accepted the assignment and, despite online criticism accusing him of chasing clout, replied to the show's announcement that he looked forward to joining.

• Chu Xinghui woke up to Gu Kai asking about his relationship with Pei Hanmo, who had brought him home after he got drunk.
• Gu Kai told Chu Xinghui the company wanted him to join a variety show and suggested they find a new agency, but Chu Xinghui agreed because they could not afford the contract penalty.
• Chu Xinghui saw Pei Hanmo's messages and realized he could not remember the previous night, then asked whether he could skip the show; Gu Kai said the company required him to go.
• Chu Xinghui's boss told him to help promote Wen Liangtian, who insulted Chu Xinghui before leaving the meeting.
• Chu Xinghui and Gu Kai watched past episodes of Let's Travel Together, and Chu Xinghui refused Gu Kai's offer to manage his Weibo account.
• After Let's Travel Together announced Chu Xinghui and Wen Liangtian as new cast members, Chu Xinghui replied that he looked forward to joining.

Chu Xinghui arrived early for the variety show and chose a chair at the far left, hoping to sleep before filming. Pei Hanmo arrived and approached him, but after Chu Xinghui warned him off, Pei Hanmo took the far-right seat, leaving their playful exchange for viewers to interpret.

• Director Wang Xiao explained that the guests had been told the livestream was delayed, though cameras would secretly film their arrival.
• Chu Xinghui read about the other guests while traveling with Wen Liangtian, who told him to get out of the car and arrive without a makeup artist.
• Chu Xinghui reached the filming location first, sat in the far-left chair, and closed his eyes while Wen Liangtian's fans accused him of leaving Wen behind.
• Pei Hanmo arrived in a black suit and started toward Chu Xinghui, who bared his fangs and signaled for him to stay away.
• Pei Hanmo asked where he should sit and moved to the far-right chair as livestream viewers debated whether their exchange was provocation or flirting.

Chu Xinghui met the remaining variety-show guests, Man Feiluan and Yuan Zhanpeng, while discovering that the group was already streaming live. Wen Liangtian sat beside Pei Hanmo and praised his old song, leaving Chu Xinghui coughing as Pei Hanmo watched him with amusement.

• Man Feiluan enthusiastically introduced himself to Chu Xinghui and tried to hug him, but Yuan Zhanpeng pulled him back and stopped him from taking a photo.
• Chu Xinghui noticed a camera and realized the gathering was already being livestreamed; Pei Hanmo revealed he had been watching the stream and teasingly made a meme of him.
• Wen Liangtian arrived, ignored the seat Chu Xinghui had saved, and sat beside Pei Hanmo to introduce himself as a fan.
• Wen Liangtian praised Pei Hanmo's debut song, “Him,” and its anonymous composer, making Chu Xinghui choke while Pei Hanmo watched him with amusement.

Chu Xinghui tried to avoid sharing a house with his ex, Pei Hanmo, during a countryside variety show. After Chu drew Room Four, Pei chose the same room, leaving Chu’s fears—and Pei’s jealousy—unresolved.

• Chu Xinghui was embarrassed when Wen Liangtian sang a love song he had written with Pei Hanmo.
• The director introduced the show’s four houses and announced that room choices would be based on the artists’ popularity in the live comments.
• Wen Liangtian tried to persuade Pei Hanmo to share a house, but Pei said the choice depended on the rankings.
• The director named Chu Xinghui as the most discussed artist, and Chu drew Room Four.
• Pei Hanmo chose Room Four as well while Chu refused to look at him.

Chu Xinghui and Pei Hanmo were assigned house number four and searched the sprawling village for their hidden room. After they arrived, Pei Hanmo unpacked and revealed that Chu Xinghui had brought their matching couple’s pajamas, leaving Chu Xinghui scrambling to explain.

• Pei Hanmo chose Chu Xinghui as his partner, while Man Feiluan and Yuan Zhanpeng, Wen Liangtian and Lan Xiangxian, and Qiao Tong and Hua Zhiyuan received the other houses.
• Qiao Tong took Hua Zhiyuan’s hand and reassured her, while Chu Xinghui interrupted Wen Liangtian and told Pei Hanmo to follow him.
• Chu Xinghui and Pei Hanmo studied their card and wandered for half an hour before Pei Hanmo pointed out the route to their house.
• Chu Xinghui drank sponsor water after they reached the hidden house, and Pei Hanmo handed him the envelope before carrying their luggage inside.
• Pei Hanmo unpacked Chu Xinghui’s suitcase and found their matching couple’s pajamas, prompting Chu Xinghui to mutter that he could explain.

Chu Xinghui and Pei Hanmo learned that they had to gather ingredients and cook dinner, then set out to find food. After an elderly woman offered them winter melons for free, Pei Hanmo suggested they help her harvest instead.

• Chu Xinghui opened the director’s letter, which told the guests to find their own ingredients and cook dinner by six.
• Chu Xinghui checked the weather and urged Pei Hanmo to find ingredients before the rain, delighting Pei Hanmo.
• Wen Liangtian invited Chu Xinghui to bring Pei Hanmo fishing so he could seduce him, but Chu Xinghui declined and decided to buy vegetables.
• Wen Liangtian got up to read Chu Xinghui’s reply, startling Lan Xiangxian’s fish and letting it escape back into the river.
• Chu Xinghui asked an elderly woman about buying winter melons, and she offered him two for free.
• Pei Hanmo accepted the winter melons and offered to help the woman harvest her field.

Chu Xinghui and Pei Hanmo impressed the villagers by harvesting skillfully, then returned to the group and cooked fish soup together. Their close coordination in the cramped kitchen fueled viewers’ relationship speculation.

• Chu Xinghui and Pei Hanmo harvested farmland skillfully, and Chu Xinghui’s hidden background became a trending topic online.
• Pei Hanmo gave the overheated Chu Xinghui water, stopped him from drinking too quickly, and told him to change his clothes after noticing his exposed chest.
• Man Feiluan rode back on Yuan Zhanpeng after twisting his ankle and flirted with him along the way.
• The guests returned with little food, so Chu Xinghui volunteered to cook fish soup using Wen Liangtian’s catch.
• Pei Hanmo helped Chu Xinghui cook in the cramped kitchen, prompting viewers to speculate about their relationship.

Chu Xinghui helped prepare dinner, then became the center of awkward attention when Wen Liangtian mistook Pei Hanmo’s possessive touch for harassment. After Man Feiluan and Yuan Zhanpeng performed, the director picked Chu Xinghui to sing, leaving him uncertain as he considered giving it a try.

• Chu Xinghui added dried shrimp to the fish soup, and the group eagerly ate the meal brought by the director's assistant.
• Wen Liangtian asked Chu Xinghui to teach him how to cook, while Pei Hanmo held Chu Xinghui by the waist and touched a sensitive spot.
• Wen Liangtian warned Chu Xinghui that Pei Hanmo was sexually harassing him, but Chu Xinghui told him by message that he was fine.
• Man Feiluan and Yuan Zhanpeng performed their group's debut song after the director asked the group to choose between performing and playing a game.
• The director selected Chu Xinghui to perform, pushed a microphone into his hand, and told him to sing as Chu Xinghui wondered if he could try.

Chu Xinghui suffered a hyperventilation attack after becoming overwhelmed while singing on the livestream, and Pei Hanmo helped him recover. After filming stopped, Chu Xinghui reassured the director and returned to the villa, where Pei Hanmo grew jealous of Wen Liangtian’s concern for him.

• Chu Xinghui began singing for the group, but anxiety made his voice shake and his breathing grow dangerously rapid.
• Chu Xinghui dropped the microphone and collapsed, so Pei Hanmo carried him away from the cameras and tried to calm him with soothing pheromones.
• When Chu Xinghui’s hyperventilation worsened, Pei Hanmo used a kiss to help him take in pheromones until his breathing steadied.
• Chu Xinghui emerged from the shadows and told the director he was better, and the director ended filming for the day.
• Wen Liangtian followed Chu Xinghui, worried that Pei Hanmo would take advantage of him, but Chu Xinghui thanked him and sent him back to his room.
• Pei Hanmo watched Chu Xinghui ruffle Wen Liangtian’s hair and realized he was jealous.

Chu Xinghui awkwardly thanked Pei Hanmo for helping him, then discussed the rumors about his background and his contract with Gu Kai. He decided to leave his company with Gu Kai, but lacked enough money to pay his termination penalty and considered asking Wen Liangtian or Pei Hanmo for help.

• Chu Xinghui returned to Pei Hanmo's room to retrieve his suitcase, and Pei Hanmo teased him for not thanking him for his help.
• Chu Xinghui later whispered his thanks to Pei Hanmo, then kicked him into his room and slammed the door after he teased her about it.
• Pei Hanmo remembered their intimate past and struggled to calm himself after Chu Xinghui left.
• Chu Xinghui learned from Gu Kai that the company was demanding details about his background amid rumors that he was being kept.
• Chu Xinghui asked how much Gu Kai had saved and proposed leaving the company together, then realized he needed to borrow money to cover the termination penalty.
• Chu Xinghui searched his contacts and considered asking Wen Liangtian or Pei Hanmo for a loan.

Chu Xinghui worried about asking Pei Hanmo for money, reassured fans after trending for hyperventilating, and stumbled across explicit Xinghan fan art. The next morning, Pei Hanmo went to wake him for the show and discovered his phone open to the pictures, while viewers noticed their matching pajamas.

• Chu Xinghui checked Weibo, reassured fans that he was fine, and wondered whether Pei Hanmo had removed a trending topic about his background.
• Chu Xinghui followed a link posted by Xinghan Girl Never Gives Up and browsed explicit fan art pairing him with Pei Hanmo before falling asleep.
• The director drew Pei Hanmo's name to wake first and had him spin a punishment wheel, which landed on pinching Chu Xinghui's cheeks awake.
• Pei Hanmo entered Chu Xinghui's unlocked room and accidentally unlocked his phone with facial recognition, finding a dirty picture on the screen.
• Viewers noticed that Chu Xinghui's butterfly-patterned pajamas with kitten ears resembled Pei Hanmo's mint pajamas, and the director wondered whether the production team had provided them.

Chu Xinghui and Pei Hanmo wore matching pajamas, and their awkward wake-up challenge fueled speculation about their relationship. The next wake-up revealed Man Feiluan sleeping in Yuan Zhanpeng’s arms in matching couple’s pajamas.

• Pei Hanmo woke Chu Xinghui, who noticed they were wearing the same pajamas.
• Chu Xinghui woke Wen Liangtian, who nearly exposed his suspicions about Pei Hanmo before Chu Xinghui covered his mouth.
• Wen Liangtian teased Chu Xinghui about Pei Hanmo being jealous, while Chu Xinghui denied that Pei Hanmo liked him.
• Lan Xiangxian learned from Gu Chupei that his mother was out of danger and that Gu would help him find a new manager.
• Lan Xiangxian tried to wake Man Feiluan with a cold towel and found Yuan Zhanpeng holding him in matching couple’s pajamas.

The guests gathered for a mountain-climbing challenge after Qiao Tong visited Hua Zhiyuan and discovered her hamster ears. On the bus, Pei Hanmo and Yuan Zhanpeng quietly looked after their sleeping partners as the viewers watched.

• Yuan Zhanpeng woke Man Feiluan, who resisted getting up, and carried him to the bathroom while Wang Xiao worried about the couples on his show.
• Qiao Tong saw Hua Zhiyuan's hamster ears when she entered her room, and Hua Zhiyuan explained that they were hard to hide just after waking.
• Qiao Tong and Hua Zhiyuan joined the others, and Wang Xiao announced that the first team to summit the nearby mountain would win an honor badge and free time.
• Man Feiluan cheered for the climb and led the group to breakfast, while Chu Xinghui worried that the mountain would leave him exhausted.
• On the bus, Pei Hanmo guided the sleepy Chu Xinghui's head onto his shoulder, and Yuan Zhanpeng covered Man Feiluan's legs with his jacket.
• The guests dozed through the half-hour ride as viewers joked about their sleeping postures.

Chu Xinghui and Pei Hanmo raced up the mountain during a filming trip, then rested together after losing their cameramen. Chu Xinghui suddenly collapsed, and Pei Hanmo realized his heat might have arrived early.

• Chu Xinghui woke with his head on Pei Hanmo’s shoulder and apologized for drooling on his clothes.
• Chu Xinghui challenged Pei Hanmo to race up the mountain, and they sprinted ahead of the other guests and their cameramen.
• Pei Hanmo led Chu Xinghui to a secluded spot to rest and drank from Chu Xinghui’s water bottle after claiming he had forgotten his own.
• Chu Xinghui tried to resume climbing but collapsed, and Pei Hanmo caught him and carried him back beneath the tree.
• Chu Xinghui asked for the date, and Pei Hanmo realized his heat might have come early.

Chu Xinghui went into heat on the mountain, and Pei Hanmo helped him use a suppressant and soothed him with pheromones before they returned to filming. They reached the summit last, where Wen Liangtian noticed Pei Hanmo’s pheromones and guessed what the pair had been doing off camera.

• Chu Xinghui asked Pei Hanmo to retrieve the suppressant from his backpack because he was too weak to stand.
• Pei Hanmo injected Chu Xinghui with the suppressant and released soothing pheromones until Chu Xinghui felt strong enough to get up.
• Pei Hanmo messaged the director, and the pair reunited with the cameraman before continuing up the mountain.
• Chu Xinghui questioned whether Pei Hanmo wanted the badge, while livestream viewers noticed Pei Hanmo was wearing a shirt that looked like Chu Xinghui’s.
• Chu Xinghui and Pei Hanmo reached the summit last after nearly three hours of climbing.
• Wen Liangtian smelled Pei Hanmo’s pheromones and backed away, suspecting the pair had been intimate while off camera.

During a live fan call on the variety show, Chu Xinghui worried that his company was planning to damage his reputation, while Pei Hanmo tried to comfort him. The next caller accused Chu Xinghui of making junior colleagues carry water, leaving Wen Liangtian to recognize the person who had helped turn him against Chu Xinghui.

• The director gathered the eight guests for a mountaintop photo and announced a live call-in activity as the show drew growing attention.
• Gu Kai warned Chu Xinghui that the company was preparing to pay for negative trending topics, and Pei Hanmo noticed the messages on Chu Xinghui's phone.
• Man Feiluan reassured a fan that he and Yuan Zhanpeng would be happy together, while Chu Xinghui reflected on why he had once ended things with Pei Hanmo.
• A caller who claimed to be Chu Xinghui and Wen Liangtian's junior colleague praised Chu Xinghui for making juniors carry water, prompting Wen Liangtian to recognize the person who had influenced him against Chu Xinghui.
• The caller's accusation drew skeptical and angry reactions from viewers in the livestream.

During a live variety-show event, Gong Wenxuan spread rumors that Chu Xinghui had a wealthy boyfriend, but Chu challenged him to provide evidence and prepared to fight back. As supporters encouraged him and Pei Hanmo quietly began investigating, Pei came to Chu’s room and begged him to rely on him.

• Gong Wenxuan called the event and accused Chu Xinghui of having a rich boyfriend and making an employee carry water, prompting Chu to demand evidence and threaten legal action.
• Gong posted a blurry photo of Chu leaning against a man, while Pei Hanmo asked Gu Chupei about the man and ordered him to investigate Chu’s company without releasing old footage yet.
• Wen Liangtian apologized and offered help, but Chu questioned whether Wen’s family supported the company’s actions; Chu and Gu Kai then discussed filing an appeal.
• Chu read supportive messages on Weibo, thanked his fans, and continued discussing his case with Gu Kai.
• Pei Hanmo came to Chu’s room, held him tightly despite Chu’s protest, and pleaded with him to rely on him.