Chapter Summaries

Wan Linqing’s inducer triggered Pei Hanmo’s heat and caused him to transform into a snake, leaving Chu Xinghui alone with him inside the room. Outside, Wang Xiao arranged for Wan Linqing to be hospitalized and ordered everyone to watch the door.

• Man Feiluan told Yuan Zhanpeng he had not called him, and Wen Liangtian realized Wan Linqing had gone to Pei Hanmo’s room.
• Wen Liangtian and the others forced open the door after smelling pheromones, and Wan Linqing fled as Pei Hanmo hissed at them in his snake form.
• Wang Xiao questioned Wan Linqing, who admitted spraying an inducer, then ordered her isolated while he arranged for an ambulance.
• Yuan Zhanpeng offered to enter and inject Pei Hanmo with a suppressant, but Wen Liangtian went to fetch Chu Xinghui instead.
• Chu Xinghui took a suppressant and entered the room; Pei Hanmo wrapped his tail around him and nuzzled against his neck.
• Chu Xinghui told everyone to handle Wan Linqing and shut the door, while Wang Xiao sent her to the hospital and arranged overnight guards.

Chu Xinghui subdued Pei Hanmo’s drug-induced heat with a suppressant and stayed by his side until morning. Pei Hanmo pretended not to remember the night, then said he would handle the fallout from Wan Linqing’s actions himself.

• Chu Xinghui injected Pei Hanmo with a suppressant, reassured Wang Xiao that Pei Hanmo had stabilized, and moved him to the bed before sleeping on the floor bedding.
• Wang Xiao announced that Wan Linqing was leaving the episode, while Gu Chupei used Pei Hanmo’s Weibo account to tell fans that Pei Hanmo was safe.
• Chu Xinghui woke in Pei Hanmo’s arms and asked why he was on the floor; Pei Hanmo feigned confusion about the previous night and asked whether he had done anything wrong.
• Pei Hanmo told Chu Xinghui that his transformation condition had no cure, and Chu Xinghui reassured him that he had behaved well.
• Wang Xiao asked the group whether to downplay the incident, but Pei Hanmo said he would handle it himself, then smiled when Chu Xinghui turned to comfort him.

The cast took on NPC roles around the Ancient Town, and Pei Hanmo wore Chu Xinghui’s outfit after his assigned costume did not fit. Lan Xiangxian worked as a boatman while Gu Chupei boarded his boat and watched him angrily, leaving Lan unsure what he had done.

• Wang Xiao announced that the cast would play NPCs at the scenic area and handed out assignments, including Chu Xinghui as a young master, Wen Liangtian as a flatbread seller, and Lan Xiangxian as a boatman.
• Man Feiluan and Yuan Zhanpeng prepared to play Xu Xian and White Snake, while Pei Hanmo revealed that he would play Wen Liangtian’s wife.
• Pei Hanmo found his assigned costume too small, so Chu Xinghui lent him the outfit he had worn the previous day and did his makeup.
• Wen Liangtian left with Chu Xinghui to sell flatbread, and a woman playing an NPC teased Chu Xinghui about flirting with respectable women.
• Gu Chupei boarded Lan Xiangxian’s boat and stared at him angrily as Lan announced they were at Magpie Bridge.

Pei Hanmo asked Wen Liangtian to help protect Lan Xiangxian when someone Gu Chupei once liked returned to the country, and Wen agreed. Chu Xinghui later reviewed the online fallout from the razor-blade incident, where Wan Linqing’s company protected her but his former agency terminated Gong Wenxuan’s contract.

• Pei Hanmo offered to help Wen Liangtian fight for the Wen Family's assets if Wen looked after Lan Xiangxian, and Wen agreed after learning someone was returning to the country.
• Chu Xinghui returned to find Pei Hanmo teasing Wen Liangtian, then signed a fanfiction book for an excited fan who shipped them as a couple.
• Chu Xinghui received Gu Kai’s messages about two upcoming livestreams and sent him a link to the outfit he planned to wear for the million-follower thank-you stream.
• Pei Hanmo asked Chu Xinghui what he thought of Gu Chupei, and Chu said Gu would stay stubborn even if his body turned to ash.
• Chu Xinghui checked Weibo and saw Gu Chupei’s lawyer’s letter and evidence about the razor blade; Wan Linqing’s company apologized without ending her contract, while Chu Xinghui’s former agency terminated Gong Wenxuan’s contract.

Chu Xinghui sold flatbreads at Ancient Town with Wen Liangtian and Pei Hanmo, where longtime fans visited him with gifts. After the fans left, Chu Xinghui teased Wen Liangtian about his public persona, and Wen Liangtian denied being a tsundere while demanding Chu Xinghui teach him a dish.

• Wen Liangtian advertised flatbreads at the entrance to Ancient Town while Chu Xinghui chatted with passersby and Pei Hanmo watched him.
• Pei Hanmo told Wen Liangtian that Pei Holdings was working with the Wen company and hinted he could tamper with their collaboration contract.
• Chu Xinghui's longtime fans arrived with birthday gifts, including presents from the absent fan-group owner Xiaotu and the fan Xiongxiong.
• Pei Hanmo carried Chu Xinghui's gifts to the stall, prompting a fan to exchange pointed remarks with him about helping Chu Xinghui.
• Chu Xinghui gave the departing fans flatbreads as return gifts and promised Wen Liangtian he would pay for them later.
• Chu Xinghui told Wen Liangtian that showing his true self might gain him more fans, and Wen Liangtian angrily denied being a tsundere while asking Chu Xinghui to teach him a dish.

After Fan Weicai attacked Chu Xinghui online, Chu mocked him during their livestream and invited Wen Liangtian to learn cooking, sparking fan speculation. Pei Hanmo saw the post and decided to hint to fans that he and Chu Xinghui were the real couple.

• Wang Xiao sent the guests back to their rooms as the production team faced a wave of online criticism.
• Fan Weicai posted that the production crew had treated him unfairly, and Chu Xinghui replied by teasing him about their upcoming livestream.
• Fan Weicai deleted his post and joined Chu Xinghui and Ye Jing'er for a livestream, where he struggled to explain his role.
• Chu Xinghui dodged the host's attempt to provoke a feud with Fan Weicai by saying he hated rich people.
• Wen Liangtian gifted the livestream and asked Chu Xinghui to teach him to cook fish, so Chu invited him over on Weibo.
• Pei Hanmo saw Chu Xinghui's invitation and decided to hint that he and Chu were the real couple.

Chu Xinghui joined a livestream game with Ye Jing'er and accidentally destroyed the romantic mood with an absurd joke. His heart rate rose when Pei Hanmo began sending gifts under his own name, while Pei Hanmo and Gu Chupei discussed Xiaoxi and Lan Xiangxian.

• The host had Ye Jing'er and Fan Weicai face each other for a heart-rate challenge, and Fan Weicai's heart rate passed 100 while Ye Jing'er's stayed steady.
• Chu Xinghui faced Ye Jing'er, whose heart rate rose, but his attempt at a romantic line about eating crap made her heart rate plummet.
• The host thanked the viewer named Pei Hanmo for lavish gifts, and Chu Xinghui's heart rate climbed as he realized Pei Hanmo was watching.
• Pei Hanmo told Gu Chupei he had spent the money to show the shippers who the real couple was.
• Gu Chupei said Xiaoxi had messaged him, and Pei Hanmo asked what he wanted to do about Lan Xiangxian.

Chu Xinghui brought home his livestream gifts with Wen Liangtian, who came over to learn how to cook fish. They discussed Wen Liangtian’s family conflict and realized Gu Chupei’s old love might be returning, so they decided to warn Lan Xiangxian.

• Chu Xinghui rejected Pei Hanmo’s request to inspect his future cross-dressing outfit and arranged for Wen Liangtian to visit.
• Wen Liangtian met Chu Xinghui at his building, carried his gifts upstairs, and helped him put them away.
• Chu Xinghui taught Wen Liangtian how to cook fish, and Wen Liangtian explained that his stepmother undermined him and interfered with his relationships.
• Wen Liangtian told Chu Xinghui he had decided to compete for his family’s inheritance after what happened with Lan Xiangxian.
• Chu Xinghui noticed Pei Hanmo and Gu Chupei were at odds and suspected Gu Chupei’s old love was returning, so he and Wen Liangtian decided to warn Lan Xiangxian.

Chu Xinghui wore a frog costume instead of conventional women’s clothing for his Huanyu Live stream, then played Honor of Kings at his fans’ request. The stream ended with viewers spotting a couple badge on an invitation from Black Earth Mo.

• Chu Xinghui began a cross-dressing stream while Wen Liangtian and Lan Xiangxian watched from his home.
• Chu Xinghui revealed a bulky frog costume, prompting the viewers to flood the chat with question marks.
• At the fans’ insistence, Chu Xinghui downloaded Honor of Kings and kept the frog costume on while playing.
• Chu Xinghui read out suggestive usernames from fans sending gifts, and Wen Liangtian tried to stop him from ruining his romantic prospects.
• Black Earth Mo invited Chu Xinghui to a ranked match, and the viewers noticed the couple badge displayed with the invitation.

Chu Xinghui learned that Gu Chupei was keeping Lan Xiangxian tied to him by threatening Lan’s mother, while Pei Hanmo tried to make Gu Chupei understand that coercion was not love. Lan Xiangxian returned to Gu Chupei’s home, saying he would be free once Gu Chupei’s first love came back.

• Chu Xinghui and Pei Hanmo played a ranked game together, where Pei Hanmo repeatedly called Chu Xinghui “Older Brother” in chat.
• After Chu Xinghui ended his livestream, Gu Kai told him that fans had made a marriage certificate for the Xinghan pairing.
• Wen Liangtian warned Lan Xiangxian that Gu Chupei’s first love was coming back and offered to help him leave, but Lan said Gu Chupei was threatening his mother’s life.
• Lan Xiangxian said his mother was incurably ill, then picked up his bag and returned to Gu Chupei, believing he would be free when the first love came back.
• Pei Hanmo confronted Gu Chupei about repeatedly checking his phone and urged him not to force Lan Xiangxian to stay.

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.