Chapter Summaries

Nan Zhou learned more about the sacrifices Huo Xingye had made for him and kissed him with guilt and affection, while Huo Xingye worried that Nan Zhou was no longer completely happy. The next morning, Huo Xingye ignored the assigned Shakespeare sonnet and recited a more intimate love poem to Nan Zhou.

• Nan Zhou returned to the apartment with Huo Xingye and, after learning what Huo Xingye had endured, asked how much he liked him.
• Nan Zhou kissed Huo Xingye passionately, but Huo Xingye stopped him because they were still filming and he did not want Nan Zhou to face gossip.
• Nan Zhou fell asleep in Huo Xingye's arms, while Huo Xingye wondered whether his own loneliness and desire had made Nan Zhou unhappy.
• The next morning, Huo Xingye received a task to read Nan Zhou a love poem but recited a different poem instead.

Huo Xingye and Nan Zhou prepared a comedy sketch for the fundraising performance, while the other couples rehearsed and performed. Their act began with Nan Zhou confronting Huo Xingye’s mafia boss character onstage.

• Huo Xingye recited a Borges love poem, and Nan Zhou teased him with a sweet reply.
• Chen Heng coached Ye Xiaoyin on a song, while Jiang Zhen and Xu Xiao rehearsed a crosstalk act.
• The production team revealed that Huo Xingye and Nan Zhou had chosen a comedy sketch, and Wen Yu had invited an outside friend to perform.
• Wen Yu and Lu Zhou performed first and received over four hundred thousand votes, then Jiang Zhen and Xu Xiao performed crosstalk and earned over six hundred thousand votes.
• Tang Tang introduced Huo Xingye and Nan Zhou’s sketch, and Nan Zhou, dressed as a young teacher, grabbed the tie of Huo Xingye’s mafia boss character and told him he could not escape.

Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye performed an improvised skit that won the provisional lead, followed by Chen Heng and Ye Xiaoyin singing together. The final performance introduced Yu Ning as Nan Zhou’s guest singer, leaving Chen Heng shaken when he saw her.

• Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye improvised a flirtatious teacher-and-mob-boss skit and took the provisional lead with 1.35 million votes.
• Chen Heng joked about following their act, then sang a sweet love song with Ye Xiaoyin and received over five hundred thousand votes.
• Tang Tang announced that Wen Yu’s guest would perform with Nan Zhou, and Wen Yu introduced Yu Ning singing Nan Zhou’s song, “Unworthy.”
• Chen Heng turned deathly pale when Yu Ning appeared onstage, while Yu Ning ignored him and prepared to sing with Nan Zhou, Tang Yang, SIXGO, and Jia Jia.

Yu Ning performed a song that exposed her painful past with Chen Heng, and Nan Zhou stepped in to protect her. Huo Xingye understood that Nan Zhou had helped her out of sympathy rather than because of Lu Zhou, while Nan Zhou recalled how he began trying to earn money by writing songs after his accident.

• Yu Ning sang cutting lyrics while staring at Chen Heng, and her performance sparked speculation online that they had dated.
• After the livestream ended, Chen Heng confronted Yu Ning, but Nan Zhou defended her and Wen Yu confirmed he had invited her to perform.
• Wen Yu left after reminding Nan Zhou that he owed him a favor, and Nan Zhou stayed behind with Huo Xingye as they waited for his flight.
• Huo Xingye told Nan Zhou he understood that he had helped Yu Ning because he was angry at Chen Heng's treatment of her, and Nan Zhou embraced him.
• Nan Zhou remembered spending months in the hospital after his accident and deciding to earn money by writing songs.

Nan Zhou recalled how Yan Lang and Fang Ge had helped him rebuild his life, then described how their love and careers were destroyed by harassment before both died. After returning to the present with Huo Xingye, Nan Zhou asked him not to wait if he became a star, while Huo Xingye resolved that Nan Zhou would always be his only choice.

• Nan Zhou accepted food and kindness from Yan Lang and Fang Ge, then gave Yan Lang a song that went viral and launched Nan Zhou's music career.
• After Yan Lang entered the entertainment industry, obsessive fans and the company harassed Fang Ge, who lost his job and later died in a car accident.
• Yan Lang died by suicide the next day, and his note revealed how Fang Ge had supported him before his success; Nan Zhou later visited their grave and played them an unreleased song.
• Nan Zhou returned from his recollection when Huo Xingye's assistant and Hao Jia came to the car, and Huo Xingye kissed the corner of his eye.
• Nan Zhou told Huo Xingye not to wait for him if he became a star, but insisted that Huo Xingye could not fall for another version of him.
• Huo Xingye did not answer aloud, but resolved that Nan Zhou was the only source of happiness in his life.

After Chen Heng faced public backlash for how he treated Yu Ning, Gu Tang grew jealous of Nan Zhou and feared he would remember the past. Nan Zhou returned to the Gu Family home for dinner, where Gu Zheng awkwardly urged him to let Huo Xingye mark him to help with his health.

• Netizens uncovered Chen Heng's seven-year relationship with Yu Ning and condemned him, prompting him to apologize publicly.
• Gu Tang watched Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye's interactions, became consumed by jealousy, and decided he had to act before Nan Zhou remembered the past.
• Nan Zhou returned to the Gu Family home for dinner, where he traded barbs with Gu Zheng and enjoyed the meal prepared for him.
• Gu Zheng told Nan Zhou to consider letting Huo Xingye give him a permanent or temporary marking to address his gland problem.
• Nan Zhou challenged Gu Zheng's knowledge of marking, and Gu Zheng indignantly began explaining the responsibility an Alpha took when marking an Omega.

Nan Zhou and Gu Zheng got drunk while lamenting their complicated feelings for their Omegas, and Nan Zhou later discovered the embarrassing messages he had sent Huo Xingye. Meanwhile, Huo Xingye reviewed Nan Zhou’s medical records and questioned whether the report about his gland was complete.

• Nan Zhou suggested Gu Zheng’s Omega might simply not be interested in him, then realized his own behavior toward Huo Xingye was similar.
• Nan Zhou and Gu Zheng drank together, confessed their feelings and insecurities, and passed out at the table.
• Nan Zhou woke after one in the morning, found a string of drunken declarations and absurd messages he had sent Huo Xingye, and decided not to call him.
• Nan Zhou examined his gland and wondered what scientific principle explained its function.
• Huo Xingye reviewed investigation reports and Nan Zhou’s medical report, then asked the private investigator whether the report had any omissions or problems.

Huo Xingye learned that the evidence about Nan Zhou contradicted what he wanted to believe, but chose to fly to him and confront his feelings. Nan Zhou went into heat after seeing the family portrait, and Huo Xingye arrived just as Nan Zhou urged him to mark him.

• After the private detective explained that only the gland had been damaged, Huo Xingye asked whether he should trust evidence or his feelings, then spent the night recalling his relationship with Nan Zhou.
• At dawn, Huo Xingye took a day off, informed Hao Jia and his assistant, and booked the earliest flight to Nan Zhou's city.
• Nan Zhou explored the Gu family villa and became overwhelmed after seeing a family portrait of Gu Jinchao, Nan Yuan, Gu Zheng, Gu Ying, and himself.
• Nan Zhou returned to West City and collapsed at home as the scent of sweet chestnuts intensified and he began experiencing heat.
• Huo Xingye arrived with suppressants, resisted his instinct to mark Nan Zhou, and stopped when Nan Zhou asked why he was leaving and urged him to mark him.

Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye spent his three-day Omega cycle together, and Huo Xingye accepted that Nan Zhou might have come from somewhere beyond his understanding. The chapter ended when an unfamiliar man arrived, recognized Nan Zhou as an Omega from the Gu Family, and reacted angrily to Huo Xingye’s pheromones on him.

• Huo Xingye temporarily marked Nan Zhou, and Nan Zhou told him his right leg no longer hurt in the rain.
• Huo Xingye arranged companion leave and decided to care for Nan Zhou while waiting for him to explain where he came from.
• During Nan Zhou’s three-day cycle, Nan Zhou teased Huo Xingye about the supplies in his homes, and Huo Xingye explained that M Brand had sent them.
• Three days later, an unfamiliar man came to Huo Xingye’s home, smelled Huo Xingye’s pheromones on Nan Zhou, and called him an Omega from the Gu Family.

Huo Zhiqing tried to make Nan Zhou doubt Huo Xingye by revealing his devotion to a mysterious first love, but Nan Zhou recognized clues that the first love might be himself. He confronted Huo Xingye about the day they both went to MOSAK Cafe, leaving their shared past on the verge of being confirmed.

• Huo Zhiqing warned Nan Zhou that Huo Xingye loved someone else and had pursued him for a marriage alliance with the Gu Family.
• Nan Zhou insulted Huo Zhiqing, called him a dog, and shut the door on him.
• After recalling Huo Xingye's thoughtful gifts and questions, Nan Zhou realized Huo Xingye might have recognized him as his first love from the beginning.
• When Huo Xingye returned with groceries, Nan Zhou asked where he had been on May twenty-first last year.
• Huo Xingye said he had waited at MOSAK Cafe from one in the afternoon until eleven to meet his first love, and Nan Zhou revealed he had gone there to meet his first love too.

Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye realized they had each waited for the other at MOSAK Cafe years earlier, but neither had known the other was there. Nan Zhou told Huo Xingye about his strange journey between worlds, and Huo Xingye reassured him that his existence was real.

• Nan Zhou recalled waiting at MOSAK Cafe on May 21 with roses to meet Huo Xingye, who never appeared.
• Huo Xingye revealed that he had also waited at the cafe for Nan Zhou, believing Nan Zhou had changed his mind.
• Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye admitted they had both stayed silent because they feared losing their friendship.
• Nan Zhou recounted waking after a car accident, losing his memory, and arriving in this world after being swept away by a rip current.
• Huo Xingye told Nan Zhou that wherever he came from, his existence and arrival in Huo Xingye's life were real.

Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye discussed online speculation about Nan Zhou’s secondary gender, and Nan Zhou chose not to correct the rumors. Two days earlier, a post claiming Huo Xingye had taken companion leave had fueled speculation that Nan Zhou was an Omega.

• Hao Jia called Nan Zhou and told him that online discussion had erupted over Huo Xingye taking companion leave from his film set.
• Huo Xingye asked Nan Zhou whether he wanted to address the rumor that he was a Beta pretending to be an Omega, but Nan Zhou said he did not care what people believed.
• Nan Zhou wondered whether Yan Lang and Fang Ge might be living ordinary, happy lives in this world, and Huo Xingye comforted him.
• Two days earlier, a Douban post claiming Huo Xingye had taken companion leave sparked online speculation about his relationship with Nan Zhou.
• People debated whether Nan Zhou was an Omega and questioned the credibility of Little Rat’s claim that Nan Zhou was a Beta.

M Brand named Nan Zhou as the spokesperson for its new anti-bite ring, and a C Family magazine featuring Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye became a sales hit amid growing speculation about their relationship. When episode four’s livestream began, the couple faced a one-hour home-cleaning challenge.

• M Brand announced Nan Zhou as the spokesperson for its new anti-bite ring, and the ad drove a surge in sales.
• C Family’s magazine featuring a cover photo of Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye, shot by Lu Bei, sold over a million copies in half an hour.
• The magazine’s inside photos and interview content fueled Xingzhou CP fans’ excitement.
• Netizens shared airport photos of Huo Xingye and Nan Zhou holding hands in matching coats as they boarded a flight together.
• The livestream for episode four began with Nan Zhou complaining to Huo Xingye about being tired as they started the production team’s one-hour home-cleaning task.

Nan Zhou watched Huo Xingye clean their room, then tried using the vacuum and accidentally sent the rug and its contents tumbling. Huo Xingye helped him clean up, teased him about the mess, and Nan Zhou returned to lounging while ordering the cameraman to mop.

• Huo Xingye tidied the living room and made the bed while Nan Zhou watched and flirted with him.
• Nan Zhou turned on the vacuum and accidentally made the rug roll, knocking over the coffee table and its belongings.
• Huo Xingye came to help Nan Zhou pick up the mess and asked if he was avoiding his gaze because he had done something wrong.
• Nan Zhou asked whether Huo Xingye would punish him, then kissed his cheek and went back to the sofa.
• Nan Zhou called the cameraman a slacker and told him to mop while filming.

The couples cleaned their rooms on livestream, where Lu Zhou’s failed attempt to repair a leaking pipe ended with Wen Yu fixing it and criticizing him. After Huo Xingye and Nan Zhou finished last, Pei Feng assigned them a humiliating cat-maid dance as punishment, but Huo Xingye threatened to bring up Pei Feng’s contract breach.

• Xu Xiao and Jiang Zhen divided the housework efficiently, while Gu Tang did most of the cleaning and Zhang Shi contributed little.
• Lu Zhou failed to stop a leaking pipe in his and Wen Yu’s bathroom, drawing ridicule from viewers and a top donor who repeatedly mocked him.
• Wen Yu moved Lu Zhou aside, shut off the main valve, repaired the pipe, and told him to use his brain more and his mouth less.
• Pei Feng declared that Huo Xingye and Nan Zhou had finished last and doubled their time because Nan Zhou had done no work.
• Pei Feng ordered one of them to wear a cat-maid outfit and perform a money-grabbing dance, but Huo Xingye threatened to discuss Pei Feng’s earlier contract breach.

After Huo Xingye and Nan Zhou accepted a punishment that made them swap roles for a day, Zhang Shi went into rut during the livestream and attacked Wen Yu. Huo Xingye rushed in to restrain Zhang Shi, while Gu Tang said he might be going into heat.

• Pei Feng replaced the rejected kitty-dance punishment with a one-day identity swap, and Nan Zhou joked that he was Huo Xingye's boss.
• Huo Xingye and Nan Zhou separated for interviews, leaving Gu Tang, Wen Yu, and Zhang Shi in the livestream room.
• Nan Zhou noticed the smell of peanut oil, and Wen Yu realized Zhang Shi was in rut as Zhang Shi charged at him.
• Gu Tang collapsed and said he thought he was going into heat, while Nan Zhou grabbed a chair and Wen Yu tried to leave.
• Huo Xingye entered, locked Lu Zhou outside, threw Zhang Shi to the floor, and ordered a staff member to get suppressants.

Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye helped contain Zhang Shi’s rut, while the livestream viewers began suspecting Gu Tang was a Beta and wondering why Huo Xingye and Nan Zhou did not need suppressants. After the incident, Wen Yu questioned whether Nan Zhou was really a Beta, leaving the question of Nan Zhou’s designation unresolved.

• Nan Zhou stuffed a dirty rag into Zhang Shi’s mouth and mocked him, then urged Gu Tang to get up as staff passed suppressants into the locked activity room.
• Wen Yu injected himself with a suppressant and handed the rest to Huo Xingye and Nan Zhou; Nan Zhou instead injected Zhang Shi, calming him down.
• Zhang Shi called Gu Tang useless for needing suppressants, prompting the livestream viewers to suspect Gu Tang was a Beta and speculate that Huo Xingye had marked Nan Zhou.
• Gu Tang demanded a suppressant, and Nan Zhou placed the remaining syringes in front of him; Gu Tang injected himself, ending the incident.
• After the ventilation cleared the pheromones, Lu Zhou checked on Wen Yu, who avoided his touch and pointed out that Huo Xingye and Nan Zhou had not taken suppressants.
• Wen Yu asked Lu Zhou whether Nan Zhou was really a Beta, and Lu Zhou’s silence left the livestream viewers questioning Nan Zhou’s designation.

After swapping identities with Huo Xingye, Nan Zhou was sent to audition for a male lead in a short drama and found himself dressed as a beautiful Omega. The audition began with his scene partner ordering him to take off his clothes for ten thousand per item.

• Nan Zhou protested being sent to work, but the production team put him in a car and took him to an indoor set.
• Nan Zhou learned he was auditioning for a male lead and warned Director Huang that his acting might disappoint everyone and that he would only be paid three hundred yuan.
• Nan Zhou discovered the production was Four Continents Studio's short drama The CEO's Substitute Ex-Wife and joked that he and Director Huang were equally unqualified for the project.
• Nan Zhou changed into an Omega-style outfit and stepped onstage as the production staff and viewers watched.
• A young male actor in a suit told Nan Zhou, "Take off your clothes. Ten thousand per item."

Nan Zhou failed his first acting audition, then went with Huo Xingye to Soul Bar as rumors about Nan Zhou’s secondary gender spread online. After Huo Xingye performed with SIXGO, Nan Zhou revealed that they might be welcoming a new member ahead of schedule.

• Nan Zhou improvised a money-focused performance at his audition, amused the crew, and failed to land the role.
• Nan Zhou picked Huo Xingye up from work, encouraged his acting, and tied his bow tie before they went to Soul Bar.
• Netizens exposed Gu Tang as a beta pretending to be an omega, while fans speculated that Nan Zhou was an omega.
• Nan Zhou invited Huo Xingye to his private room after the performance, and Huo Xingye played successfully with SIXGO.
• Huo Xingye entered the private room and found Nan Zhou kneeling on the couch beside a puppy, who said they might welcome a new member ahead of schedule.

Nan Zhou and Huo Xingye took in an abandoned puppy, named it Idol, and nearly kissed before Huo Xingye stopped them because the puppy was a minor. Later, Lu Zhou confronted Nan Zhou after being persuaded by a stranger that Nan Zhou was possessed, and shoved him as he tried to leave.

• Nan Zhou found an abandoned black Shiba Inu and named it Idol, while Huo Xingye helped care for the puppy.
• Nan Zhou flirted with Huo Xingye, but Huo Xingye stopped their near-kiss by pointing out that Idol was a minor.
• After filming, Huo Xingye went downstairs for an interview while Nan Zhou left to buy supplies for Idol.
• Lu Zhou confronted Nan Zhou about moving in with Huo Xingye and revealed he had been persuaded by a stranger that Nan Zhou was possessed.
• Nan Zhou told Lu Zhou he had never liked him and tried to walk away, but Lu Zhou shoved him from behind.