Chapter Summaries

Nan Zhou learned that Lu Zhou had released a song resembling his melody and angrily accused him of stealing it, while Huo Xingye stayed by his side. After Nan Zhou vowed to confront Lu Zhou, President Gu watched footage of him and Huo Xingye and arranged to appear on their show.

• Nan Zhou received Hao Jia's message that Lu Zhou's new song used a melody Nan Zhou had played, then posted an accusation on Weibo.
• Nan Zhou unblocked Lu Zhou, called him twice, and accused him of copying his song before declaring that Lu Zhou could never surpass his talent.
• Huo Xingye offered to help Nan Zhou deal with the situation, but Nan Zhou told him to focus on acting.
• President Gu watched footage of Nan Zhou embracing Huo Xingye and ordered his secretary to arrange a guest appearance on the show.

Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye faced the show’s hidden-task penalty while Nan Zhou used a threat to protect Huo from punishment. At rehearsal, Nan Zhou prepared to confront Lu Zhou over allegedly stealing his song and ordered the session muted, unaware Lu Zhou was watching from a toilet.

• The cameraman told Nan Zhou that Huo Xingye had failed a hidden task to get Nan Zhou to ask for a hug or kiss, but Nan Zhou insisted Huo had completed it.
• Nan Zhou threatened to expose a damaging scandal if the show punished Huo Xingye, and the production team dropped the matter.
• Huo Xingye left to shop for Nan Zhou’s Christmas present while Nan Zhou went to rehearse with SIXGO and Yue Yang.
• Tang Yang told Nan Zhou that Lu Zhou had stolen his song, and Nan Zhou vowed to punch the thief.
• Nan Zhou ordered the rehearsal muted because he suspected Lu Zhou was watching, and Lu Zhou reacted angrily from a toilet.

Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye shared an intimate moment before Nan Zhou prepared to perform with SIXGO at Soul Bar. A hostile fan of W-xie accused Nan Zhou of stealing a song, but she was secretly impressed by his looks.

• Nan Zhou kept his livestream muted after promising to deliver something big or forcibly kiss Huo Xingye on camera.
• Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye arrived at Soul Bar amid crowds of fans, and Huo Xingye told Nan Zhou he regretted missing the chance to kiss him.
• Nan Zhou invited Huo Xingye to set a condition in return, and Huo Xingye pressed him against a locker and kissed his nose.
• The owner’s daughter confronted Nan Zhou, accusing him of stealing her favorite’s song and criticizing the owner for inviting him to perform.
• Nan Zhou joked that he was greedy for money and asked the manager to pay him extra before heading to the stage with SIXGO.
• Lin Zhi denied that Nan Zhou was good-looking in her fan chat, though she blushed while remembering his appearance.

Nan Zhou performed his new song “Summer Flame” with SIXGO and challenged Lu Zhou, while the performance sparked online debate over whose single was better. As the argument surged across Weibo, Xu Xi’s provocative new single “Copulate” unexpectedly overtook the fan war and became the top trending topic.

• Nan Zhou performed “Summer Flame” on violin with SIXGO, Jia Jia singing and Tang Yang playing keyboard, and the crowd applauded enthusiastically.
• Nan Zhou challenged Lu Zhou onstage and raised his middle finger toward the camera.
• Lin Zhi blushed as she watched Nan Zhou, while Huo Xingye gazed at him from behind the bar.
• The performance went viral, and fans argued online over whether Nan Zhou’s “Summer Flame” or Lu Zhou’s “Watching Fireworks Together” was better.
• A popular music blogger praised “Summer Flame,” drawing attacks from Lu Zhou’s fans.
• Xu Xi released the single “Copulate,” whose title and snippet quickly sent it to the top of Weibo’s trending searches.

Xu Xi’s new song, “Copulate,” became a major online sensation, drawing attention to its mysterious songwriter, Terra Australis. At Soul Bar, Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye listened to it while exchanging suggestive remarks, and Huo Xingye ended by asking whether the song meant something different to Nan Zhou.

• Xu Xi’s song “Copulate” surged in popularity as listeners and critics praised its sensual lyrics, melody, and production.
• Industry figures and gossip accounts questioned who Terra Australis was and speculated about Xu Xi’s disappearance and romantic life.
• Soul Bar added “Copulate” to its playlist after the SIXGO band finished performing.
• Nan Zhou got a drink from Huo Xingye and asked whether he liked the song, teasing him about which song he meant.
• Huo Xingye said he liked them all, then asked Nan Zhou whether “Copulate” meant something different to him.

After their work at Soul Bar, Nan Zhou teased Huo Xingye about having a crush on him and gave him a goodbye kiss before Huo Xingye left for an overseas flight. Back at the apartment, Nan Zhou confronted Lu Zhou, who accused him of sleeping with Huo Xingye.

• Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye finished their work at Soul Bar and rode back to the apartment building together.
• Huo Xingye gave Nan Zhou a Christmas gift, and Nan Zhou teased him that the vinyl record meant he had a crush on him.
• Huo Xingye left for his flight, and Nan Zhou returned to the car to kiss him goodbye.
• Nan Zhou headed upstairs with the record, but Lu Zhou snatched his keys and tried to grab him.
• Nan Zhou punched Lu Zhou, who angrily demanded to know whether Nan Zhou had slept with Huo Xingye.

Nan Zhou rejected Lu Zhou’s attempts to shame and control him, then took back his apartment key after Wen Yu intervened. Huo Xingye heard Xie Yan praise Nan Zhou and was asked why he had never told Nan Zhou who he was or asked why Nan Zhou had stood him up.

• Lu Zhou berated Nan Zhou over his relationship with Huo Xingye and blamed him for concealing his songwriting ability, but Nan Zhou dismissed his accusations and insults.
• Lu Zhou refused to return the apartment key and reached for Nan Zhou, but Wen Yu’s runaway suitcase struck him and knocked the key loose.
• Nan Zhou picked up the key, entered the apartment, and shut the door on Lu Zhou while Wen Yu asked Lu Zhou to help carry his suitcase downstairs.
• Huo Xingye took Xie Yan’s call, and Xie Yan praised Nan Zhou before asking whether he had told Nan Zhou his identity or asked why Nan Zhou had failed to meet him.

Huo Xingye remained jealous over Nan Zhou’s first love and agreed to attend his grandfather’s birthday banquet, while Wen Yu decided to recommend Nan Zhou for a drama’s songs and admitted he would compete for him. Wen Yu’s agent began to suspect that Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye were a couple, leaving him confused about Lu Zhou’s past connection with Nan Zhou.

• Xie Yan urged Huo Xingye to tell Nan Zhou he was the online friend who had stood him up, but Huo Xingye said he had chosen to wait for him willingly.
• Huo Xingye agreed to attend his grandfather’s birthday banquet and then replayed Nan Zhou’s hit song while remembering their intimate encounter.
• Wen Yu smoked in the van and told his agent he preferred Nan Zhou to Lu Zhou, then contacted director Liang Feng to recommend Nan Zhou for the drama’s opening and ending themes.
• Wen Yu told his agent that everyone competed on their own merits in love, then said he would not waste effort on something he knew would go nowhere.
• Wen Yu’s agent wondered whether Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye were a couple and what had happened between Nan Zhou and Lu Zhou.

Nan Zhou missed Huo Xingye and found comfort in the pheromone-scented plush dog he had given him, then resumed chatting with his online friend, Xu Xi. Xu Xi reflected on how TA’s song had fueled her comeback and wondered about the mysterious producer behind the contact.

• Nan Zhou took Huo Xingye’s plush Tibetan mastiff from its gift bag and hugged it, comforted by its familiar scent as he worried about his old life and Ailong.
• Nan Zhou discovered a string of messages from his WeChat friend and teased them about inviting eight hunks to warm his bed.
• Xu Xi, celebrating her hit song with three young Alpha studs, continued messaging TA and asked what theme he planned for his next song.
• Xu Xi recalled inheriting vast wealth, running her relative’s overseas factory, and returning to music after choosing TA’s song for her comeback.
• Xu Xi remembered how TA had confidently offered the song for free in exchange for a future Weibo post, and she grew curious about who he was.

Nan Zhou woke from an embarrassing dream after sleeping with Huo Xingye’s Tibetan mastiff plush and worried that his growing desire would cause problems when they met again. Hao Jia brought news of Nan Zhou’s rising popularity and a new endorsement, while Nan Zhou learned Huo Xingye was too busy for him to ask for help.

• Xingzhou CP fans attacked a tragic Lu Zhou and Nan Zhou edit, then praised a higher-quality tragic edit about Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye.
• Nan Zhou woke up after dreaming about Huo Xingye, found the Tibetan mastiff plush dirty, and hurried to clean it before Hao Jia arrived.
• Hao Jia told Nan Zhou that Lu Zhou was trending, Nan Zhou’s magazine had sold out, and his popularity had surged.
• Nan Zhou asked how busy Huo Xingye was, then abandoned the idea of asking him for help with his physical needs.
• Hao Jia presented Nan Zhou with an endorsement offer for M Brand’s Anti-bite Ring.

Nan Zhou agreed to consider endorsing M Brand’s Anti-bite Ring, but delayed signing until his exploitative company contract expired. After fans and paparazzi surrounded his apartment, he escaped with Hao Jia and went to the company to collect a debt.

• Hao Jia explained M Brand’s Anti-bite Ring endorsement offer, and Nan Zhou accepted the five-million-a-year deal.
• Hao Jia checked Nan Zhou’s fading mark and warned him not to mistake Huo Xingye’s pheromone-influenced behavior for genuine feelings; Nan Zhou said he had never lost at playing men.
• Nan Zhou told Hao Jia to delay signing the M Brand contract until his exploitative company contract expired.
• Nan Zhou and Hao Jia found reporters and angry fans gathered outside Nan Zhou’s apartment, so Hao Jia drove away.
• Nan Zhou told Hao Jia to take him to the company to collect a debt, while news of his exposed address spread online.
• At the company, an overweight middle-aged man remarked on Nan Zhou’s sudden fame and asked why he had not revealed his connection to Huo Xingye.

Nan Zhou bluffed the Chuangxing Yinhuli executives into agreeing to an early contract termination and a new place to live by pretending he was pregnant. After he explained to Hao Jia that his songs were the children he meant, the executives and Lu Zhou's manager were left confused about whether Nan Zhou was a Beta or an Omega.

• Nan Zhou told the executives he was pregnant and planned to have many children, making them fear they would lose a profitable artist.
• Nan Zhou demanded early contract termination and housing, then took a call from Huo Xingye that convinced the executives to agree and withdraw the renewal contract.
• Hao Jia questioned Nan Zhou about his supposed pregnancy, and Nan Zhou revealed he meant his songs were his children.
• The tall executive reached Lu Zhou's manager, and the executives discovered conflicting records of Nan Zhou's sex while Lu Zhou insisted Nan Zhou was not an Omega.
• Luo Nan complained that Huo Xingye had not invited Nan Zhou to move in with him.

Nan Zhou became a major online sensation after his magazine photos and Weibo posts drew attention, while his songs topped the music charts. After moving into a new apartment, he video-called Huo Xingye on set and jokingly promised to keep him like a canary, and Huo Xingye told him he would not need to spend anything.

• Fans and the official show account praised Nan Zhou’s magazine photos, and Nan Zhou joked online that his figure should earn him a day off from livestreaming.
• Lu Bei replied to Nan Zhou with a suggestive message and a photo of a cake, setting off another wave of comments.
• Nan Zhou’s live songs ranked near the top of the weekly chart, while Xu Xi promoted Terra Australis’s offer to take song commissions.
• Nan Zhou framed the vinyl record Huo Xingye had given him and sent him a photo from his new apartment.
• Nan Zhou video-called Huo Xingye during an outdoor shoot, joked about buying an island and keeping him like a canary, and Huo Xingye replied that Nan Zhou would not have to spend anything.

Nan Zhou attended an Anti-bite Ring advertisement shoot at M Group, where a muzzle and teasing questions about his alpha made him reveal his thoughts about kissing Huo Xingye. The PR staff excitedly shared the encounter in their group chat, while Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye remained apart after their interrupted call.

• Nan Zhou's phone died during his video call with Huo Xingye, who later messaged him to think carefully because he was serious.
• Huo Xingye looked at Nan Zhou's magazine photos and contemplated wanting to keep him for himself without dimming his light.
• Hao Jia drove Nan Zhou to M Group on New Year's Eve for an Anti-bite Ring advertisement shoot.
• Nan Zhou examined a bite-prevention muzzle and imagined Huo Xingye wearing it, then joked that they would not be able to kiss with it on.
• The PR representative shared Nan Zhou's comments in a group chat, and the staff enthusiastically speculated about his private relationship with Huo Xingye.

An Alpha rut outbreak caused chaos at M Group while Nan Zhou and Hao Jia tried to escape the building. They found an Omega in danger in a meeting room, where Nan Zhou struck the Alpha, but the broken door lock left them exposed.

• Nan Zhou finished shooting the Anti-bite Ring advertisement, and the PR woman gave Hao Jia a gift bag.
• An Omega went into heat at M Group, triggering nearby Alphas into rut and prompting an evacuation.
• Nan Zhou and Hao Jia fled toward the stairs as Nan Zhou joked about pheromones and offered Hao Jia a mask.
• Nan Zhou entered a meeting room and found a young Omega threatened by a burly Alpha whose pheromones smelled like kimchi.
• Nan Zhou hit the Alpha with a spiked club, and Hao Jia shut the meeting-room door before discovering its lock was broken.

Nan Zhou escaped the pheromone chaos at M Group while Huo Xingye rushed to find him. In the stairwell, Nan Zhou revealed that his gland had been damaged in a car accident three years earlier, and Huo Xingye reacted with grave concern.

• Nan Zhou tied up the Alpha, gave the young woman a bite guard, and told Hao Jia to stay behind and help her.
• Huo Xingye saw a video of the chaos at M Group, learned Nan Zhou was inside, and hurried there after injecting himself with a suppressant.
• Nan Zhou left by the emergency stairs, but Huo Xingye caught up with him and asked how he was feeling.
• Nan Zhou said his damaged gland kept the pheromones from affecting him and explained that it had been injured in a car accident three years earlier.

Huo Xingye rescued Nan Zhou from the chaos at M Group and waited with him while his assistant contacted Nan Zhou's manager. When Huo Xingye effortlessly snapped Nan Zhou's Anti-bite Ring in two, Nan Zhou was left wondering just how strong his arm was.

• Huo Xingye took Nan Zhou by the hand and led him down the emergency stairwell as people approached from above.
• Huo Xingye explained that he had come to check on Nan Zhou after hearing about the pheromone chaos at M Group, and Nan Zhou invited him to dinner.
• Huo Xingye declined the invitation because he had somewhere to be, but told his assistant to have Luo Nan contact Nan Zhou's manager and waited until Nan Zhou could be picked up.
• Nan Zhou described how an Alpha had broken an Anti-bite Ring, and Huo Xingye abruptly snapped the ring around Nan Zhou's neck in two.
• Huo Xingye advised Nan Zhou to avoid Alphas in rut, while his assistant praised Brother Ye's arm strength and Nan Zhou silently wondered whether Huo Xingye could have broken him too.

Nan Zhou invited Huo Xingye to spend the night at his place, but Huo Xingye hesitated because he wanted more than a physical relationship. At Huo Old Master’s birthday gathering, Huo Zhiqing resented Huo Xingye’s favored position and met Gu Zheng, whose family still held a grudge over Huo Xingye rejecting their proposed marriage alliance.

• Nan Zhou invited Huo Xingye to spend the night at his place, and Huo Xingye asked if he was serious before Nan Zhou left without waiting for an answer.
• Nan Zhou showed Hao Jia the broken anti-bite ring and explained that Huo Xingye had snapped it effortlessly.
• Huo Xingye told Xie Yan he was nearly at the Huo residence, then wrestled with whether to accept Nan Zhou’s invitation because he wanted a real relationship with him.
• Huo Xingye arrived at Huo Old Master’s birthday banquet and was welcomed warmly, while Huo Zhiqing grew resentful that their grandfather favored him.
• Huo Xingye told Xie Yan what had happened with Nan Zhou, and Huo Zhiqing approached Gu Zheng, who said he had no reason to see Huo Xingye.

Huo Xingye learned that Nan Zhou had once loved the person behind a song they wrote together, but Nan Zhou said he had already moved on. Seeing Yue Yang enter Nan Zhou’s apartment building, Huo Xingye raced over, while Nan Zhou remained unaware as his phone repeatedly vibrated.

• Xie Yan learned that Huo Xingye had marked Nan Zhou on Huo Xingye’s birthday, and Huo Xingye said Nan Zhou’s damaged gland did not change his feelings.
• Huo Xingye and Nan Zhou discussed a song they had written together, and Nan Zhou explained that its melody had been written for the lyricist.
• Nan Zhou told Huo Xingye that he used to like the person behind the melody but had already moved on, adding that he was now a Pure Gold Warrior.
• Huo Xingye received a detective’s photo of Yue Yang entering Nan Zhou’s apartment building and drove there in a jealous rage.
• Nan Zhou finished his New Year’s Eve meal with Hao Jia, was reminded that the Heartbeats crew would film him the next morning, and went into the bathroom as his phone kept vibrating.

Huo Xingye went to Nan Zhou’s apartment after Nan Zhou accepted his invitation, and the two spent the night together. The next morning, Huo Xingye’s assistant and Hao Jia realized he was at Nan Zhou’s home just as a livestream crew arrived, leaving an unexpected face in front of the camera.

• After Nan Zhou returned his calls, Huo Xingye asked whether the afternoon invitation still stood, and Nan Zhou gave him the code to enter his apartment.
• Huo Xingye arrived at Nan Zhou’s apartment, kissed him, and carried him inside after Nan Zhou told him not to bite.
• The next morning, Huo Xingye’s assistant delivered clothes and was told to buy food, then Hao Jia learned Huo Xingye had stayed at Nan Zhou’s place.
• Hao Jia and the assistant saw the “You Make My Heart Flutter” livestream van arrive and realized the crew was heading to Nan Zhou’s apartment.
• Tangtang knocked on Nan Zhou’s door for the livestream, and the door opened to reveal an unexpected face on camera.