Recaps

Huo Xingye stayed with Nan Zhou through a severe allergic reaction and learned that his damaged gland lacked the pheromone protection needed to keep him healthy. A permanent mark from a high-ranking Alpha might protect the gland, leaving Huo Xingye to recall that Nan Zhou had seemed unusually well after their previous marking.

• Huo Xingye called Hao Jia for Nan Zhou’s medical records, and Hao Jia sent them after learning Nan Zhou was having a severe allergic reaction.
• The doctor examined Nan Zhou and gave him an injection in his gland while Huo Xingye held and comforted him.
• Nan Zhou fell asleep in Huo Xingye’s arms after trembling through the injection.
• The doctor explained that Nan Zhou’s damaged gland could not secrete pheromones and was vulnerable to illness, though skilled treatment had preserved it.
• The doctor said a permanent mark from a high-ranking Alpha could protect Nan Zhou’s gland and improve his condition.
• Huo Xingye remembered that Nan Zhou had not fallen ill after Huo Xingye marked him during their previous time together.

After Nan Zhou’s allergic reaction stabilized, Huo Xingye carried him home and stayed beside him as he slept. Nan Zhou reconsidered whether to trust Huo Xingye and accept a new relationship, then woke the next morning and joked about feeling exhausted.

• The doctor told Huo Xingye that an Alpha partner could help Nan Zhou’s body and suggested a permanent mark, but Huo Xingye stayed silent because Nan Zhou resisted marking.
• After Nan Zhou received allergy treatment, Huo Xingye carried him to the car, where Nan Zhou slept in his arms and murmured while touching Huo Xingye’s chest; Huo Xingye kissed his hand.
• Before dawn, Nan Zhou woke briefly and reflected on Huo Xingye’s steady affection and on the first love he had let go after waiting in vain for a meeting.
• Nan Zhou wondered whether he should risk accepting a new relationship with Huo Xingye, then fell asleep again.
• Nan Zhou woke at ten in the morning, and Huo Xingye asked how he felt; Nan Zhou joked that he felt as if he had built the pyramids and asked Huo Xingye to check for a slave brand on his back.

Nan Zhou resumed his livestream after recovering from an allergic reaction, while fans celebrated a steamy edit of him and Huo Xingye. At the apartment building, Gu Tang confronted Nan Zhou about Zhang Shi, and a distinguished man appeared to defend him.

• Huo Xingye checked Nan Zhou's back, kissed his forehead when Nan Zhou asked, and told him he was cute.
• Nan Zhou resumed his livestream, and fans discussed a new Xingzhou edit featuring clips of Huo Xingye caring for him.
• Nan Zhou reassured Hao Jia that he was fine and defended telling Huo Xingye about his damaged gland.
• Gu Tang confronted Nan Zhou about Zhang Shi, and Nan Zhou mocked Zhang Shi as a horny poodle while Wen Yu recalled Nan Zhou kneeling beside him and wailing.
• A distinguished man in a black suit and rimless glasses appeared and rebuked Gu Tang for judging Nan Zhou.

Gu Zheng arrived during the livestream, unnerving Gu Tang while publicly praising him and challenging his plans to deliver food to Zhang Shi. Huo Xingye and Nan Zhou joked about Gu Zheng before leaving for their shoot, leaving Gu Tang alone with his powerful cousin and wondering why he had joined the show.

• Gu Zheng arrived and told Gu Tang he had watched the livestream, then praised how he had done.
• Gu Zheng introduced himself to the guests, and Nan Zhou joked that Gu Tang no longer had to compete because his champion had arrived.
• Huo Xingye made a pun about Gu Zheng, prompting Nan Zhou to laugh and worsening Gu Zheng's mood.
• Wen Yu redirected the conversation to Zhang Shi, but Gu Zheng questioned why Gu Tang had to take him food at the hospital.
• Huo Xingye and Nan Zhou left for their shoot, followed by Lu Zhou and Wen Yu, leaving Gu Tang alone with Gu Zheng.

Gu Zheng took Gu Tang to the same shoot location as Huo Xingye and Nan Zhou, while Zhang Shi waited in the hospital and grew convinced that Nan Zhou had attacked him. At the shoot, Lu Bei brought Nan Zhou an elaborate shaved-ice gift, then reacted sourly when he noticed Huo Xingye beside him.

• Gu Zheng learned that Gu Tang's shoot was at the same location as Huo Xingye and Nan Zhou's and took Gu Tang there.
• Zhang Shi waited for Gu Tang's lunch, received no reply, and blamed Nan Zhou for dislocating his jaw after learning that the alley cameras had failed.
• Le Manman visited Zhang Shi, took photos with him, left him a fruit basket, and then went to the café where Jiang Zhen worked.
• Lu Bei arrived at the shoot with shaved ice topped by an ice sculpture resembling Nan Zhou and called himself Nan Zhou's devoted knight.
• Nan Zhou asked Huo Xingye whether he could eat the shaved ice, and Lu Bei scowled when he noticed Huo Xingye.

Nan Zhou teased Lu Bei by eating an ice sculpture of himself and flirting with Huo Xingye, leaving Lu Bei rattled by their apparent romance. Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye then finished styling for C Family’s couple portrait shoot, and their looks stunned the crew and livestream viewers.

• Nan Zhou ate parts of the Ice-Sculpted Angel Figurine and offered its wings to Huo Xingye, who ate them.
• Nan Zhou told Huo Xingye he would have to land in his heart, and Huo Xingye flirted back.
• Lu Bei learned that Huo Xingye was also a subject in the couple portrait shoot and left the makeup room in disbelief after hearing Nan Zhou had kissed him.
• Nan Zhou emerged in a tailored shirt and black suit, and Huo Xingye joined him in the frame after finishing his styling.

Huo Xingye and Nan Zhou traded affectionate compliments during a couple photoshoot, while Gu Zheng brought Gu Tang to the rooftop studio after learning the two stars were there. When Gu Tang’s piano playing faltered under Nan Zhou’s teasing, Nan Zhou played the same piece brilliantly, leaving Gu Tang shaken by his return to form.

• Huo Xingye praised Nan Zhou’s looks and humor, and Nan Zhou conceded defeat in their flirtatious exchange.
• Gu Zheng learned that Huo Xingye and Nan Zhou were shooting on the top floor and took Gu Tang there.
• Gu Tang discovered the rooftop garden and began playing piano while recording himself.
• Nan Zhou arrived with Huo Xingye, mocked Gu Tang’s uneven playing, and took his place at the piano.
• Nan Zhou played Gu Tang’s piece with confidence and improvised a captivating variation, making Gu Tang fear and admire him again.

Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye performed together, while Gu Zheng tried to disrupt their music and challenged Nan Zhou with a question. Nan Zhou gave an absurd answer, leaving Gu Zheng’s promised five-million check unresolved.

• Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye played a piano-and-violin piece as Lu Bei photographed them and Gu Tang watched with envy.
• Gu Zheng told Gu Tang to drive a wedge between Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye, then urged him to join them.
• Nan Zhou invited Huo Xingye to play a four-hand piano duet, and Gu Zheng interrupted by joining on violin.
• Nan Zhou asked Gu Zheng to offer him a five-million check to leave, and Gu Zheng said he would agree if Nan Zhou answered a question.
• Gu Zheng asked whether Huo Xingye was speeding on a bicycle, and Nan Zhou replied that the stationary speed-limit sign could not restrict a moving bicycle.

Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye teased Gu Zheng during the magazine shoot, then shared a romantic moment over dinner as Gu Zheng sent Nan Zhou an extravagant meal. That night, Gu Zheng met Huo Xingye at Soul Bar and accused him of pursuing Nan Zhou for his family fortune.

• Lu Bei, Huo Xingye, and Nan Zhou traded jokes with Gu Zheng, who left with Gu Tang after Nan Zhou declared himself Gu Zheng’s nemesis.
• After the magazine shoot, Nan Zhou received a lavish dinner from Gu Zheng and coffee and desserts from Miss Le, then flirted with Huo Xingye in the car.
• Nan Zhou performed with the SIXGO band at Soul Bar while Gu Zheng spoke privately with Huo Xingye behind the bar.
• Gu Zheng reminded Huo Xingye that he had rejected a marriage alliance with Gu Zheng’s family and accused him of clinging to Nan Zhou for the family fortune.

Nan Zhou confronted a man who had taken obscene photos of Jia Jia, attacked him, and was joined by Huo Xingye before the police arrived. The incident sparked outrage among livestream viewers, while the cameras missed Huo Xingye’s punch.

• Huo Xingye and Gu Zheng argued over their motives for caring about Nan Zhou as he prepared a drink.
• Nan Zhou performed with Jia Jia and the SIXGO band while viewers teased him for barely playing his triangle.
• Nan Zhou seized a Kimchi Country man’s phone, found obscene photos of Jia Jia, and kicked him off the stage when he tried to retrieve it.
• Nan Zhou ordered Jia Jia to call the police, jumped offstage, and punched the man; Huo Xingye then knocked him unconscious as Gu Zheng stopped the cameras from filming.
• Jia Jia told Nan Zhou that she had called the police, while livestream viewers condemned Nan Zhou for attacking the man.

Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye dealt with the aftermath of Huo Xingye punching a man who had secretly photographed girls, then learned their next date activity would begin at eight the next morning. When Gu Zheng confronted Nan Zhou at the apartment, he revealed that he was Nan Zhou’s brother and asked whether Nan Zhou would ever have come home.

• Huo Xingye asked whether Nan Zhou was hurt, and Nan Zhou wiped blood from Huo Xingye’s hand with a handkerchief.
• Nan Zhou gave the police the man’s phone and explained that he had secretly photographed girls, while an officer warned Nan Zhou that he still could not hit people.
• The production team assigned Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye the Mind-Body Healing date activity, which they negotiated to start at eight in the morning.
• After Huo Xingye stayed downstairs to speak with Luo Nan about the public controversy, Gu Zheng asked Nan Zhou to come into his room.
• Nan Zhou teased Gu Zheng about his possessive attitude, and Gu Zheng became emotional and revealed that he was Nan Zhou’s brother.

Gu Zheng visited Nan Zhou and tried to persuade him to return home, but Nan Zhou demanded his bank card PIN and refused to separate his relationship with Huo Xingye from the conversation. After Gu Zheng awkwardly questioned him about being marked, Nan Zhou returned to his apartment, where Huo Xingye came home and heard him gossip about Gu Zheng.

• Gu Zheng poured out his worries about Nan Zhou, who pushed him inside and demanded his bank card PIN.
• Gu Zheng reminded Nan Zhou that he had once refused family money, but Nan Zhou said he now wanted to live off his family without returning home.
• Gu Zheng questioned Nan Zhou about Huo Xingye and Lu Zhou, and Nan Zhou said Lu Zhou no longer mattered to him.
• Gu Zheng asked about Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye's intimacy, learned Huo Xingye had bitten Nan Zhou, and grew furious despite Nan Zhou saying he had initiated it.
• Nan Zhou told Gu Zheng that the marking felt amazing and mocked his belief that it could improve his health before leaving to ask for the black card later.
• Nan Zhou returned to his apartment and told Huo Xingye that Gu Zheng had asked whether intimacy made him healthier.

Nan Zhou told Huo Xingye he was unsure whether to return home to Gu Zheng, and Huo Xingye promised to protect his choice. Huo Xingye then remembered how, nearly three years earlier, he had first contacted Nan Zhou after following his difficult but optimistic recovery from a serious leg injury.

• Nan Zhou said Gu Zheng had invited him home, but he did not know whether he wanted to go, and he had asked his brother for a black card.
• Huo Xingye agreed that actions mattered more than words and told Nan Zhou to come to him if Gu Zheng tried to force him home.
• Huo Xingye recalled his mother ending her ties with the Huo Family after having her mating mark removed, and he wondered whether her life would have been better if he had never existed.
• Huo Xingye remembered seeing Nan Zhou's Moments post showing him in a hospital bed with a badly injured leg and following his recovery updates.
• When Nan Zhou fell during rehabilitation, Huo Xingye messaged to ask whether he had run into trouble, and Nan Zhou replied that their conversation meant there were two of them now.

Huo Xingye held Nan Zhou close, while Gu Zheng recalled his family’s fractured relationships and confronted Hao Jia for hiding that Nan Zhou had been marked. The next morning, Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye began a couples’ beach yoga activity, and Nan Zhou made no effort to hide his displeasure.

• Huo Xingye kissed Nan Zhou’s forehead and reflected on how he wanted to possess him.
• Gu Zheng remembered his sister’s departure, Xiao Bao’s transformation after an accident, and Xiao Bao’s determination to leave home.
• Gu Zheng called Hao Jia and learned Nan Zhou had long known Hao Jia was the mole he had placed at his side.
• Hao Jia defended Nan Zhou’s right to make his own choices, and Gu Zheng realized Xiao Bao was an adult before angrily ending the call.
• At the beach the next morning, Nan Zhou complained about the couples’ yoga activity and asked whether he was supposed to hang his feelings on the wall.

Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye practiced partner yoga for the livestream, trading suggestive jokes as they attempted increasingly difficult poses. The chapter ended with the production team introducing a move that had Nan Zhou straddling Huo Xingye and doing sit-ups, while viewers eagerly urged them to try it.

• Tang Tang explained the benefits of couples' yoga, but Nan Zhou brushed off the idea that he and Huo Xingye needed help connecting.
• During warm-ups, Nan Zhou joked about faking a collapse, and Huo Xingye quietly teased him about already knowing his map and password.
• Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye attempted a five-second handstand pose; Nan Zhou used the wall and collapsed onto the floor afterward, while Huo Xingye performed it easily.
• Tang Tang revealed a second pose in which one partner held the other's calves while they did sit-ups with their legs hooked around their waist.
• Nan Zhou objected that the pose seemed more like an attempt to kill him than mind-body healing, while the livestream viewers pressed him and Huo Xingye to try it.

Huo Xingye and Nan Zhou accepted a partner-yoga challenge on the livestream, performing a push-up-and-split move and then partner pull-ups. Their close contact flustered Nan Zhou as the livestream viewers cheered them on.

• Huo Xingye rejected the third partner-yoga move, but agreed to try it after Nan Zhou pointed out they could manage it.
• Huo Xingye lay on the yoga mat while Nan Zhou did a full split over him, and Huo Xingye completed ten push-ups with Nan Zhou sitting on his back.
• Tang Tang announced the fourth move, partner pull-ups, and Huo Xingye agreed to do it.
• Nan Zhou wrapped his arms and legs around Huo Xingye, who pulled them both up on the equipment.
• Nan Zhou blushed as he felt Huo Xingye's body and smelled his faint Alpha pheromones at close range.

Huo Xingye and Nan Zhou completed a grueling partner exercise, then shared a kiss in front of the livestream audience. Their next activity brought them to a movie theater, where they encountered Lu Zhou and Wen Yu and learned they would watch a film starring Huo Xingye.

• Huo Xingye finished ten pull-ups while Nan Zhou clung to him, and Nan Zhou teased that he would feel his strength later.
• The production team made Huo Xingye and Nan Zhou do an extra, difficult exercise set, so Huo Xingye demonstrated a reverse-arm hug and flipped Nan Zhou into his arms.
• Nan Zhou kissed Huo Xingye, and the two held each other in the morning light until Tang Tang called them to the next activity.
• Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye ate breakfast in the car, then arrived at a movie theater for the production team's next activity.
• Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye ran into Lu Zhou and Wen Yu, who explained that their activity involved visiting attractions and watching a movie starring Huo Xingye.

Nan Zhou, Huo Xingye, Wen Yu, and Lu Zhou gathered at the cinema after the morning’s couple activities, while Gu Zheng searched for Nan Zhou and gave Wen Yu a green hat. The movie was about to begin when Nan Zhou revealed that his exhausting activity with Huo Xingye had been an extreme partner workout.

• Nan Zhou realized the tickets Huo Xingye had received were for a movie starring Huo Xingye, and Huo Xingye admitted he had planned for Nan Zhou to sleep through it.
• Gu Zheng searched for Nan Zhou, found Wen Yu at the cinema, and asked where Nan Zhou was.
• Wen Yu pointed Gu Zheng toward the arcade, and Gu Zheng returned to give Wen Yu a fluffy green hat he said suited him.
• Nan Zhou explained that Gu Zheng was red-green color-blind and then joined Wen Yu, Lu Zhou, and Huo Xingye in the theater.
• Nan Zhou told Wen Yu that he and Huo Xingye had chosen an extreme morning partner workout, nearly making Lu Zhou spill his popcorn.

Nan Zhou enjoyed the production team's partner-yoga activity and a massage while Lu Zhou grew jealous and speculated about Nan Zhou's relationship with Huo Xingye. During Huo Xingye's movie, Nan Zhou reached for his hand at a painful scene, and Huo Xingye comforted him as they embraced.

• Nan Zhou told Wen Yu about the partner yoga and defended Huo Xingye when Lu Zhou criticized him.
• Nan Zhou and Wen Yu exchanged WeChat contacts, and Nan Zhou persuaded the crew to let him use a massage chair while Huo Xingye fed him popcorn.
• Lu Zhou grew jealous watching Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye, then nearly choked on popcorn until Wen Yu secretly punched his back to dislodge it.
• Nan Zhou watched Huo Xingye's mystery film and reached for his hand when the character lost a leg.
• Huo Xingye held Nan Zhou's hand and told him it was all in the past and that he had always been there, then Nan Zhou leaned against him as they embraced.

Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye shared a romantic movie date before heading to sea fishing on Huo Xingye’s yacht. As they prepared to board, Nan Zhou accused the production team of taking advantage of Huo Xingye, while Gu Zheng arrived and complained about Huo Xingye’s habit of using other people.

• Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye stayed hand in hand after the movie, while Lu Zhou noticed Wen Yu wearing a green hat and awkwardly offered to buy him a red one.
• Nan Zhou praised Huo Xingye for writing the movie’s end-credit song, and Huo Xingye gently acknowledged the hardships Nan Zhou had endured.
• Huo Xingye revealed that sea fishing was their final date activity, which made Nan Zhou visibly excited.
• Nan Zhou discovered that the production team had arranged for them to fish from Huo Xingye’s luxury yacht and demanded that the team pay for using it.
• Gu Zheng arrived, criticized Huo Xingye for using people, and drew teasing comments from the livestream viewers.

Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye went sea fishing on a yacht, where they shared a quiet moment watching courting birds before teaming up to catch a swordfish. After the catch, Nan Zhou excitedly hugged Huo Xingye.

• Nan Zhou toured the yacht and settled into the fishing cockpit as the boat left the dock before Gu Zheng could catch up.
• Nan Zhou photographed two courting birds, and he and Huo Xingye watched them touch beaks and preen each other.
• Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye fished together in a deep-water area, spending a quiet stretch watching their floats.
• When a powerful fish took Nan Zhou’s bait, Huo Xingye caught his wrists and guided him as they reeled it in together.
• Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye landed a nearly meter-long swordfish, and Nan Zhou spread his arms and hugged Huo Xingye in excitement.

Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye spent the evening fishing at sea, where Huo Xingye told a love story about a Siren and a navigator. After a romantic drone light show and Nan Zhou’s soft song, they kissed and drew close on the deck.

• Nan Zhou resumed fishing beside Huo Xingye and said he wanted to keep setting records in those waters.
• Huo Xingye told Nan Zhou a Siren legend about a navigator and the love they could not continue, and Nan Zhou said he did not dwell on the past.
• After dinner, Nan Zhou returned to the deck, where Huo Xingye showed him a drone light show featuring whales, seals, and penguins.
• Nan Zhou hummed a gentle melody as he and Huo Xingye watched the lights together.
• Nan Zhou kissed Huo Xingye, rested his forehead against his, and Huo Xingye drew him close by the waist.

Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye kissed passionately on the yacht, while Gu Zheng watched the livestream and online rumors cast him as Nan Zhou’s financial backer. After filming ended, Huo Xingye offered Nan Zhou a place in his car, and Nan Zhou asked him if he wanted to be his boyfriend.

• Huo Xingye kissed Nan Zhou deeply, then pulled his coat around him to hide his flushed face from the camera.
• Gu Zheng watched the kiss on the livestream and, overwhelmed by the scene and Nan Zhou’s earlier words, stepped out into the cold.
• Marketing accounts spread rumors that Gu Zheng was Nan Zhou’s financial backer and had tried to break up Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye.
• After filming ended, Huo Xingye and Nan Zhou waited at the pier for their teams, with Huo Xingye’s car arriving first.
• Huo Xingye asked Nan Zhou to wait in his car, and Nan Zhou asked whether he wanted to be his boyfriend.

Nan Zhou accepted Huo Xingye’s confession and agreed to be his boyfriend, while Hao Jia and Gu Zheng pulled him away. On the ride home, Nan Zhou exchanged flirtatious messages with Huo Xingye and showed Gu Zheng GY Group’s statement denying rumors about them.

• Huo Xingye happily accepted Nan Zhou’s offer to start a relationship and said he was now Nan Zhou’s.
• Hao Jia and Gu Zheng dragged Nan Zhou into the car, and Nan Zhou promised Huo Xingye they would talk on WeChat.
• Nan Zhou teased Hao Jia and Gu Zheng as they argued over his relationship and whether he should come home.
• Nan Zhou messaged Huo Xingye that he wanted to be stolen away and kissed, and Huo Xingye promised to fulfill his wishes.
• Gu Zheng threatened to withhold family support, but Nan Zhou showed him GY Group’s statement denying rumors that Gu Zheng was his sugar daddy.

GY Group publicly denied rumors about Nan Zhou and revealed that he was Gu Zheng’s biological younger brother, causing public opinion to swing in his favor. As Gu Tang and Lu Zhou faced setbacks and frustration, Huo Xingye basked in Nan Zhou’s confession and kept messaging him.

• GY Group issued a legal warning against the rumors and clarified that Gu Zheng and Nan Zhou were biological brothers, then posted that Gu Zheng had red-green color weakness rather than color blindness.
• Chuangxing Yinhuli’s executives worried that Nan Zhou and Hao Jia could expose the company’s past treatment of him, while fans celebrated Nan Zhou’s wealthy family background online.
• Gu Tang’s team stayed silent as Gu Tang learned he and Zhang Shi would miss the next recording after Zhang Shi’s injury disrupted filming.
• Lu Zhou’s manager confronted him about not knowing Nan Zhou was Gu Zheng’s brother, and Lu Zhou angrily kicked over a table and chairs.
• Luo Nan teased Huo Xingye for looking lovesick as Huo Xingye happily messaged Nan Zhou after his confession.