Recaps

Xie Lin and Fu Yingying were the last people left in the wax-figure performance, and they entered a hidden passage to continue the challenge. Fu Yingying tried to use a secret about her lost baby as leverage, but Xie Lin revealed he had recorded her confession, exposing it to the livestream audience.

• After Fu Yingying fainted, the performance continued as the other cast members were replaced by wax figures until only Xie Lin remained at the table.
• Fu Yingying woke up, and Xie Lin led her through a concealed door after the lights came back on.
• Xie Lin told Fu Yingying to stop interfering and address him as Mr. Xie, then walked into a dark corridor with her following.
• Fu Yingying removed her microphone and told Xie Lin that the baby she had lost was her brother's.
• Fu Yingying claimed the secret gave her leverage, but Xie Lin revealed a second microphone and told her the whole world had heard her confession.

Xie Lin exposed Fu Yingying’s scheme and suggested she marry Fu Yunxi, then reunited with Lu Ye as the group discovered a photograph and mysterious mirrors showing different versions of “The Banquet.”

• Xie Lin revealed Fu Yingying’s scandal online and suggested she get engaged to Fu Yunxi to solve her predicament.
• Fu Yingying considered forcing Zhao Yating to accept her into the Fu family, while Xie Lin privately enjoyed watching the family conflict unfold.
• Xie Lin found Lu Ye and recounted what had happened; Lu Ye kissed him while Fu Yingying watched.
• The group gathered around a mummy, and Wu Xinyou noticed a photograph of all eight people dated 1932.
• Four mirrors began showing the eight actors performing “The Banquet” in different eras, including a version featuring Xie Lin and the others.

Xie Lin worked out the theater game's keyword and escaped, but the staff separated him for one more task before releasing him. He reunited with Lu Ye and the others, then went with police officers for questioning while Lu Ye insisted on accompanying him.

• Fu Yunxi completed the unfinished script, while Xie Lin and the others discussed the theater's curse and searched for the keyword.
• Xie Lin declared that he disliked the performance and wanted a refund, triggering the game-clear announcement and opening an exit.
• The theater separated Xie Lin from the group for an additional task, but staff quickly entered and escorted him back to the safe room.
• Xie Lin saw police cars outside, and two officers asked him to answer questions about the incident.
• Lu Ye followed Xie Lin despite the officers' hesitation, saying he trusted no one else, then admitted he was worried about him.

After Xie Lin and Lu Ye gave statements to the police, Qin Zheng revealed that the tattoo belonged to an underground organization, and Lu Ye arranged security for Xie Lin. The show was suspended, and Lu Ye and Xie Lin suspected Fu Yingying was behind the attack before sharing an intimate moment in the car.

• Xie Lin pulled Lu Ye aside and told him to speak politely to the police, then the officers questioned them and asked them to report any new leads.
• Qin Zheng told Lu Ye and Xie Lin that the tattoo marked an underground organization for hire and that the contact number was overseas and deactivated.
• Director Sha announced that Heartbeat Time Difference had been temporarily suspended, while the other guests discussed the attack and departed.
• Xie Lin and Lu Ye left for Snow Hall, and Lu Ye told him that he had stationed bodyguards there.
• In the Maybach, Xie Lin said he suspected Fu Yingying had arranged the attack, and Lu Ye kissed and teased him.

Lu Ye planned to propose to Xie Lin and sought advice, while Xie Lin reassured his grandfathers that Lu Ye was investigating the threats against him. The chapter ended with Xie Lin discovering an invitation from the Fu family and laughing at what Fu Yingying had arranged.

• Lu Ye asked his friends for proposal advice, but none of them offered useful suggestions.
• Lu Ye returned home and told his family he planned to propose, prompting Shen Qing'an to rush back to help him.
• Xie Lin's grandfathers worried that people from the Fu family were targeting him, but Xie Lin said Lu Ye was already investigating.
• Wen Xubai acknowledged that Lu Ye was reliable and let Xie Lin reassure him about the investigation.
• Uncle Nian delivered an invitation from the Fu family, and Xie Lin laughed when he read it, praising Fu Yingying for pulling it off.

After learning that Jiang Song’s child with Song Yingying was his, Xie Lin joined Lu Ye for a Jiang family gathering that was tied to the Fu family scandal. Lu Ye said the Fu family’s downfall was already certain, leaving Xie Lin eager to see what would happen next.

• Xie Lin called Jiang Song to ask whose child Song Yingying had lost, and Jiang Song confirmed the baby had been his and said he would consult his eldest brother about revealing the truth.
• Lu Ye teased Xie Lin over messages and invited him to a gathering hosted by Jiang Xun.
• Xie Lin excitedly told Xie Yanqiu he was going to watch the spectacle and left with Lu Ye.
• Lu Ye explained that Jiang Si and Jiang Xun were paternal first cousins and said the Fu family was already finished.

Lu Ye brought Xie Lin to meet the Jiang family, where Jiang Xun discussed exposing Song Yingying at the Fu family’s engagement banquet and offered to help Dingchi oppose Fu Corporation. Xie Lin joined a dice game and repeatedly rolled two ones, leaving Jiang Si and Mu Huazhang suspicious of his uncanny luck.

• Lu Ye arrived at Kaisman KTV with Xie Lin and introduced him to Jiang Si, Jiang Xun, and Jiang Song as his wife.
• Jiang Xun said the Jiang family planned to reveal Song Yingying’s alleged deception at the Fu family’s engagement banquet and offered Lu Ye help against Fu Corporation.
• Xie Lin asked whether wealthy families relied on arranged marriages to grow stronger, and Lu Ye said the Lu family did not need such methods.
• Xie Lin joined Jiang Si and Mu Huazhang in a dice game and repeatedly rolled two ones, making Jiang Si and Mu Huazhang drink.
• Jiang Si asked whether Xie Lin could choose his rolls, and Mu Huazhang pointed out that Xie Lin kept rolling two ones or seven and never rolled an eight.

Xie Lin learned Xie Lin’s dice trick, played cards and drank with Jiang Si and the others, then left with Lu Ye and spent the night with him. He woke sore and exhausted in Lu Ye’s apartment, where Lu Ye admitted he had told Grandpa that Xie Lin was sleeping at a hotel.

• Xie Lin showed Jiang Si how to roll three sixes, then joined him and the others in a game of Fight the Landlord.
• Lu Ye ended the game when Xie Lin became tipsy and took him out of the gathering.
• Outside, Xie Lin kissed Lu Ye, and Lu Ye carried him to his nearby apartment, where they spent the night together.
• Xie Lin woke up the next afternoon sore and thirsty, and Lu Ye gave him honey pear water.
• Xie Lin learned that Lu Ye had told Grandpa he was staying at a hotel, then asked Lu Ye to help him get up so he could eat.

Xie Lin returned to Snow Hall after spending the night with Lu Ye, then went to Zhao Dan’s office to review scripts and other work offers. He told Lu Ye he had been thinking of leaving the entertainment industry, but the chapter ended with Zhao Dan presenting him with several scripts.

• Xie Lin ate with Lu Ye, told him he had been thinking of leaving the industry, and fell asleep on the drive back to Snow Hall.
• Xie Lin learned that Wen Xubai and Xie Yanqiu had gone to see Old Mr. Xiao about the kidnapping case, while the Lu family used its connections to investigate.
• Xie Lin returned to his room, saw the bruises on his body, and went to sleep after showering.
• Lu Ye drove Xie Lin to Zhao Dan’s office, and they teased each other about how sore he had been.
• Xie Lin passed an unfamiliar hostile man in the office building before Zhao Dan showed him several scripts she had selected.

Xie Lin signed an IF Jewelry endorsement despite telling Zhao Dan he was considering leaving the industry, then confronted Zhang Shimian and other newcomers for insulting him. Zhang Shimian attacked Xie Lin but missed and hit the wall instead.

• Xie Lin told Zhao Dan he was thinking about leaving the industry after his contract ended, and she agreed to reduce his script workload.
• Xie Lin signed IF Jewelry's endorsement contract and went to the shoot with his newly assigned assistant, Yu Xiaoyu.
• Lu Ye called Xie Lin, asked when he would finish the shoot, and arranged to bring him food and pick him up.
• Xie Lin and Yu Xiaoyu overheard Zhang Shimian and others accusing Xie Lin of sleeping his way into the endorsement and mocking his relationship with Lu Ye.
• Xie Lin entered the room and insulted Zhang Shimian and the others for their jealousy and gossip.
• Zhang Shimian charged at Xie Lin, but Xie Lin dodged and Zhang Shimian crashed into the wall.

After Xie Lin’s confrontation with Zhang Shimian, Lu Ye came to pick him up and reaffirmed that Xie Lin could rely on him. Lu Ye then brought Xie Lin to a mountaintop hotel, where a formal reception revealed he had planned a proposal.

• Zhang Shimian tried to attack Xie Lin again but was held back, and Xie Lin finished his advertisement shoot early.
• Xie Lin told Lu Ye that Zhang Shimian had insulted him, and Lu Ye asked Qin Zheng to investigate.
• Lu Ye reassured Xie Lin that he wanted him to share anything that happened, and they kissed before leaving to get food.
• Lu Ye drove Xie Lin to a mountaintop hotel, where two lines of people welcomed them with roses and marriage wishes.

Lu Ye proposed to Xie Lin, who accepted after asking whether Lu Ye would remain faithful. They celebrated with friends, then planned to bring their families together to discuss the engagement banquet and talked about taking a trip.

• Lu Ye proposed to Xie Lin with a blue diamond ring and promised to stay by his side.
• Xie Lin asked Lu Ye if he could remain faithful for life, then accepted his proposal.
• Lu Ye put the ring on Xie Lin's finger, and they embraced and kissed as Jiang Si, Mu Huazhang, and Yan Su cheered.
• The group ate together, and Mu Huazhang asked when Lu Ye and Xie Lin would hold their engagement banquet.
• Lu Ye planned to invite their families to discuss the banquet and suggested a trip with Xie Lin.

After Xie Lin accepted Lu Ye’s proposal, the two drove away from Snow Hall and spent the night together before Xie Lin headed to work. At the office, Lu Ye learned Zhang Shimian had posted and then deleted a video of Xie Lin, and he ordered Qin Zheng to handle the matter while bragging to his friends about his new relationship.

• Uncle Nian saw Lu Ye and Xie Lin kissing in the Maybach outside Snow Hall, then watched them drive away instead of coming inside.
• Xie Lin agreed to spend the night with Lu Ye after setting rules to protect himself before his commercial shoot the next morning.
• Lu Ye drove Xie Lin to the set, then told Qin Zheng that Xie Lin had accepted his proposal and that Zhang Shimian had posted a video of Xie Lin confronting him.
• Lu Ye watched the video and asked Qin Zheng to send him the full surveillance footage and deal with Zhang Shimian.
• Lu Ye bragged in the group chat with Jiang Si, Mu Huazhang, and Yan Su about his night with Xie Lin, prompting his friends to tease him.

Xie Lin learned that Yu Xiaoyu’s fans wanted to help protect him and agreed to discuss making his relationship with Lu Ye public. After Lu Ye watched Xie Lin’s sultry IF commercial and grew jealous of the online comments calling Xie Lin their wife, Xie Lin comforted him by calling him “Hubby.”

• Xie Lin saw Zhang Shimian’s out-of-context video of their clash and told Yu Xiaoyu not to worry because Lu Ye would handle it.
• Xie Lin agreed that Yu Xiaoyu could tell some fansite admins about Lu Ye’s proposal, and he offered to send them money for treats.
• IF released its commercial featuring Xie Lin as a vampire, drawing hundreds of thousands of reposts and flirty comments from fans.
• Lu Ye watched the commercial during a meeting, told his team to pursue buying IF while paying Xie Lin’s endorsement fee in full, and saved the video afterward.
• Lu Ye called Xie Lin to complain that people online called him their wife, and Xie Lin blushed as he called Lu Ye “Hubby.”

After Xie Lin finished filming an ad, he visited Lu Ye at Dingchi and discovered Lu Ye had told the whole company they were engaged. The chapter ended with Lu Ye carrying Xie Lin into his lounge and kissing him while Xie Lin reminded him he had to leave soon.

• Xie Lin rejected Zhang Shimian’s apology and showed him his engagement ring, leaving him stunned.
• Xie Lin finished filming the ad, then asked Yu Xiaoyu to take him to Dingchi.
• The receptionists recognized Xie Lin as Lu Ye’s wife and let him go straight to Lu Ye’s office.
• Lu Ye told Xie Lin that he had informed the whole company they were engaged so nobody would turn him away.
• Lu Ye carried Xie Lin into the lounge and began kissing him despite Xie Lin saying he had to leave soon.

After Lu Ye took Xie Lin home, Xie Lin learned that the Lu family had formally proposed an engagement banquet and brought introductory gifts. Xie Lin agreed to let his grandfathers arrange the banquet for the eighth of next month.

• Xie Lin woke at Lu Ye’s lounge, scolded him for their encounter, and reluctantly ate before leaving with him.
• Lu Ye’s assistant Qin Zheng revealed that Lu Ye had ordered more school uniforms, prompting Xie Lin to storm out and beat Lu Ye in the elevator and car.
• At Snow Hall, Uncle Nian told Xie Lin that Old Master Lu had visited to propose an engagement banquet and bring betrothal gifts.
• Xie Lin joined Xie Yanqiu and Wen Xubai in opening Old Master Lu’s introductory gifts, including a rare book Wen Xubai had long sought.
• Xie Lin’s grandfathers suggested holding the engagement banquet on the eighth of next month, and Xie Lin agreed to leave the arrangements to them.

Xie Lin met Lu Ye’s fathers and Lu Zhenzhen over dinner, where teasing about Lu Ye’s childhood crush led Shen Qing'an to recall the confusion around Lu Ye’s first differentiation. The chapter ended with Lu Tianyang revealing that Lu Ye had once gone missing for half a month, nearly driving Shen Qing'an to despair.

• Lu Ye invited Xie Lin to dinner with his fathers and Lu Zhenzhen after Xie Lin finished filming his cameo.
• Lu Ye told Xie Lin he had acquired IF, where Wu Xinyou now worked, and brought him to meet his family.
• Xie Lin nervously greeted Shen Qing'an and Lu Tianyang, while Lu Ye and Lu Zhenzhen bickered over where to sit.
• Lu Zhenzhen began to reveal that Lu Ye had a childhood crush, prompting Xie Lin to tease him about his own former crush.
• Shen Qing'an explained that Lu Ye had been confused when he first differentiated, and Lu Tianyang said Lu Ye had gone missing for half a month, nearly making Shen Qing'an lose his mind.

Xie Lin realized that Lu Ye was the boy who had rescued him as a child, the same person he had mistaken for Pretty Older Brother for years. After Lu Ye left to ask his father about the past, he arranged to pick Xie Lin up the next morning and told him to bring his household registration booklet.

• Xie Lin recalled Shen Qing'an's account of Lu Ye rescuing a child and realized the details matched his own childhood kidnapping.
• Xie Lin showed Lu Ye the newspaper and blue badge, then told him he was the Pretty Older Brother he had searched for.
• Lu Ye was stunned that he had forgotten rescuing Xie Lin, then comforted him as he cried.
• Lu Ye left to check the details with his father, while Xie Lin reflected on how Lu Ye had saved him twice.
• Lu Ye messaged Xie Lin to bring his household registration booklet when he picked him up the next morning, and Xie Lin asked if he wanted to elope.

Lu Ye rushed to marry Xie Lin after learning how much of their shared past he had forgotten, and Xie Lin reluctantly went home with him. The morning after, Shen Qing'an obtained Xie Lin's household register, leaving the couple poised to register their marriage.

• Lu Ye asked Xie Lin to skip their engagement and register their marriage the next morning, then persuaded him to come home with him.
• Lu Ye embraced and kissed Xie Lin, overcome by the fear that he had nearly lost him again.
• Lu Ye urged Xie Lin to get up for their trip to the Civil Affairs Bureau, and Shen Qing'an arrived with Xie Lin's household register.
• Lu Ye and Xie Lin ate breakfast and discussed living together after registering their marriage.
• Xie Lin asked Lu Ye to take him to Fu Yunxi's engagement party, and Lu Ye teased him into moving in first.

Lu Ye and Xie Lin registered their marriage, and Xie Lin celebrated with friends at a bachelor party while learning that the Wu Family had been exposed for child trafficking. He began to suspect the family might have been connected to his childhood kidnapping.

• Lu Ye and Xie Lin completed their marriage registration, and Lu Ye announced their marriage on Moments.
• Xie Lin told Lu Ye he wanted to make their relationship public after speaking with Sister Dan and start his own entertainment studio.
• Xie Lin joined Wu Xinyou, Yu Zhiwei, Lu Zhenzhen, Xiao Lie, Mi Ziqi, and Song Yunshen for a bachelor party.
• Wu Xinyou warned Xie Lin that the Wu Family had been reported for child trafficking and told him to be careful.
• Xie Lin wondered whether Lu Ye's recent protectiveness and his childhood kidnapping were connected to the Wu Family.

Xie Lin rescued a young man from an A-Rank alpha in the bar restroom, then vanished before his friends arrived. Lu Ye mobilized his people to search for his missing wife, but Xie Lin reappeared unharmed.

• Xie Lin overheard an A-Rank alpha assaulting a young man in the restroom, intervened, and knocked the attacker unconscious.
• Xie Lin told the young man he had called the police and went to use the restroom while the man waited for officers.
• Wu Xinyou and Lu Zhenzhen realized Xie Lin was missing, and Lu Ye ordered the bar and surrounding streets sealed off.
• Qin Zheng brought nearby surveillance footage and reported that his team was pursuing a suspicious vehicle.
• Lu Ye suspected the bar manager of stalling and had Zhan Ying restrain him.
• Xie Lin spoke up from a corner, dazed, and asked why everyone was gathered there.

Xie Lin returned safely after going downstairs to use the bathroom, calming Lu Ye and their companions, who had feared he had been abducted. The next day, Lu Ye explained that the Wu Family’s connection to an old kidnapping case had prompted renewed danger, and that Wu Meibing had found an opening to act.

• Xie Lin returned from the downstairs bathroom, and Lu Ye embraced him in relief after believing he had gone missing.
• Xie Lin recognized a suspicious car from the surveillance footage, while Lu Ye sent Zhan Ying to escort the others home and carried his sleepy wife away.
• Lu Ye soothed Xie Lin in the car, and Xie Lin fell asleep before they reached home.
• The next day, Xie Lin overheard Lu Ye’s men discuss suspicious people near Snow Hall and asked what had happened.
• Lu Ye explained that the Public Security Bureau had arrested more than twenty people over the Wu Family’s past kidnapping case, but Wu Meibing had escaped scrutiny because evidence was gone and police resources were limited.

After Wu Meibing was caught for plotting to kidnap Xie Lin, Lu Ye arranged for them both to attend Fu Yunxi’s engagement party in style. Xie Lin reflected on how Lu Ye had protected him throughout his life, and they looked forward to wedding photos and their honeymoon.

• Wu Meibing confessed that she had planned to kidnap Xie Lin and use him to pressure Lu Ye.
• Xie Lin learned that Lu Ye had asked Star Emperor to cancel his work so he could stay home.
• Lu Ye hired a styling team to prepare them for Fu Yunxi’s engagement party, determined to outshine Xie Lin’s ex.
• Lu Ye realized they had not taken wedding photos, and Xie Lin reassured him that they had plenty of time together.
• Xie Lin told Lu Ye he was glad they had met, and the main story ended with them planning their future together.

Lu Ye and Xie Lin attended Fu Yunxi’s engagement banquet, where Lu Ye’s jealousy over Xie Lin’s past with Fu Yunxi sparked an argument. The couple reconciled enough to stay and watch, while Fu Yunxi entered the hall to face the gathering guests.

• Lu Ye arrived at the hotel holding Xie Lin’s hand and introduced him to Fu Yunxi as his wife, while Fu Yunxi reflected on losing someone who had loved him selflessly.
• Yue Lan arrived with Yu Zhiwei and mocked Fu Yunxi about marrying the younger sister who loved him most.
• Lu Ye and Xie Lin joined Jiang Si in the hall, where they joked about arriving without invitations and watched Jiang Song enter.
• Lu Ye grew jealous and argued with Xie Lin over Fu Yunxi, but Xie Lin called him out for taking his resentment out on his husband.
• Lu Ye tried to coax Xie Lin with promises of a new home, and Xie Lin teased him about divorce and taking the Xie surname.
• Fu Yunxi entered the hall, and Xie Lin mocked Lu Ye for comparing himself to him.

At Fu Yunxi and Song Yingying's engagement banquet, Lu Ye exposed Song Yingying's role in Xie Lin's kidnapping and her ties to the Wu Family. The police arrested the Fu family, and Xie Lin left the banquet happily with Lu Ye.

• Zhao Yating began the engagement banquet with a speech and photos of Fu Yunxi and Song Yingying.
• Lu Ye revealed surveillance footage showing Song Yingying hiring the kidnappers who had taken Xie Lin.
• Lu Ye identified Wu Shaoyang as the man who paid the kidnappers and accused Zhao Yating of using the Jiang Family to hide that the child was not hers.
• Police arrived and took Zhao Yating, Fu Yunxi, Song Yingying, and Fu Zhenhai away.
• Jiang Si agreed to take over the Fu family's assets, while Jiang Song thanked Xie Lin and Lu Ye.
• Xie Lin celebrated the Fu family's downfall and left with Lu Ye after saying goodbye to their friends.