Chapter Summaries

Gu Nian'an transmigrated into the body of a supporting character in a novel and learned that he was contractually married to Fu Xiuyuan. After recovering from the painful rush of the original owner's memories, he returned to the Fu Residence and recognized the dangers of his new role.

• Gu Nian'an woke in the Fu Residence, where Fu Xiuyuan accused him of causing trouble and reminded him of their three-year marriage contract.
• Gu Nian'an collapsed from the pain of receiving the original owner's memories, and Fu Xiuyuan called Doctor Li and took him for medical care.
• Gu Nian'an woke in the hospital and told Li Changyu that he did not know what had caused his episode.
• Gu Nian'an returned to the empty Fu Residence and recalled the novel's plot, including Fu Xiuyuan's troubled past and the original owner's eventual miserable fate.

After realizing he had been reborn as Gu Nian'an in a novel, Gu Nian'an tried to make a fresh start and denied drugging Fu Xiuyuan. Fu Xiuyuan agreed to investigate, but that night he noticed a red mole the original Gu Nian'an had never had.

• Gu Nian'an recognized that his new face matched the character in the novel and decided to live on in his place.
• Fu Xiuyuan asked Gu Nian'an to talk in the study and accused him of drugging him.
• Gu Nian'an denied the accusation, explained that the original owner had been framed, and began coughing; Fu Xiuyuan helped him and promised to investigate again.
• Fu Xiuyuan reminded Gu Nian'an that they would go their separate ways in three years, while Gu Nian'an agreed and hoped to leave the plot behind.
• Fu Xiuyuan visited the sleeping Gu Nian'an that night and noticed that the red mole at the corner of his eye had not belonged to the original Gu Nian'an.

Gu Nian'an learned he was scheduled to join the month-long variety show Leisurely Little House and told Fu Xiuyuan he planned to go. At the filming location in Orchid City, he met the other guests and was approached by his former talent-show teammate Yu Songqing.

• Li Manwen called Gu Nian'an and told him to pack for Leisurely Little House, which would begin filming in three days.
• Gu Nian'an told Fu Xiuyuan he would be away for about a month, and Fu Xiuyuan said he could go if he wanted.
• Li Manwen met Gu Nian'an at the airport and warned him not to repeat his past conflict with Yu Songqing.
• Gu Nian'an arrived at the filming location in Orchid City and met Ji Baiwei, who greeted him warmly.
• Yu Songqing approached Gu Nian'an and said it had been a long time since they had seen each other.

Gu Nian'an joined a livestreamed variety show with Yu Songqing and Ji Yaozhi, where the cast began settling into their shared accommodation. After offering to cook dinner, Gu Nian'an abruptly left the kitchen with some bread, leaving the reason unclear.

• Gu Nian'an apologized to Yu Songqing for his past behavior, but Yu Songqing remained wary of him.
• The production team announced the show’s living arrangements and divided the guests into two groups, with Gu Nian'an, Yu Songqing, and Ji Yaozhi together.
• Ji Yaozhi greeted Gu Nian'an warmly, and the livestream began as their group went out to buy groceries.
• When the cast realized no one else could cook, Gu Nian'an offered to make dinner, and Mu Chen joined him in the kitchen to help prepare vegetables.
• Mu Chen told Gu Nian'an that meeting him had made him doubt the rumors about him, then Gu Nian'an left the kitchen with bread and asked Mu Chen to watch the stove.

Gu Nian'an brought Yu Songqing food and cooked a meal that impressed the others. After revealing he was an orphan, he tried to reassure everyone, while the group and viewers reconsidered their impressions of him; elsewhere, a man silently closed his laptop.

• Gu Nian'an gave Yu Songqing packaged bread and milk because Yu Songqing had not eaten all day.
• Gu Nian'an cooked dinner, and Ji Baiwei and Yun Bingxia praised his food.
• When Yun Bingxia asked about his mother, Gu Nian'an explained that he had grown up in an orphanage and learned to cook there and while working in kitchens.
• Yun Bingxia apologized, and Gu Nian'an reassured everyone that he was doing well and had a family member who took care of him.
• Gu Nian'an left the others to finish dinner, while Yu Songqing went upstairs and Mu Chen watched with a troubled expression.
• Viewers debated Gu Nian'an's past and behavior, while a man elsewhere silently closed his laptop.

Fu Xiuyuan decided to protect Gu Nian'an, while Gu Nian'an's kindness won Yu Songqing's gratitude and shy attention. At breakfast, the cast and livestream viewers noticed Yu Songqing's growing interest in Gu Nian'an, and the director revealed that Fu Xiuyuan had invested in the show to look after him.

• Fu Xiuyuan remembered Gu Nian'an's red eyes and called someone, resolving to protect him during their contract marriage.
• Yu Songqing visited Gu Nian'an to thank him for the bread, milk, and food, then left flustered after exchanging names with him.
• The next morning, Yun Bingxia praised Gu Nian'an's breakfast, while Mu Chen stopped her from hugging him.
• Gu Nian'an set rock sugar beside Yu Songqing's soy milk, and Yu Songqing blushed as Ji Yaozhi and Mu Chen watched.
• The director told the assistant director that Fu Xiuyuan had asked him to take care of Gu Nian'an and invested ten million in the show.

Gu Nian'an, Mu Chen, and Yu Songqing followed the first riddle to a city-center sculpture and had to complete physical challenges to earn the next clue. As Yu Songqing and Mu Chen both showed interest in Gu Nian'an, an unseen man watched the livestream with growing irritation, while the next challenge paired Yu Songqing and Gu Nian'an for bridal-carry squats.

• Gu Nian'an solved the riddle as pointing to red-crowned cranes, and the three went to the city center to find the sculptures.
• A production crew NPC gave the team numbered stickers and required them to complete two challenges before receiving the next clue.
• Gu Nian'an sat on Mu Chen's back while Mu Chen did thirty push-ups, and Yu Songqing held Gu Nian'an's hand to steady him.
• Mu Chen watched their joined hands with a darkened gaze, while an unseen man watching the livestream considered reminding Gu Nian'an to keep his distance from other men.
• The NPC assigned Yu Songqing and Gu Nian'an to complete thirty squats while Yu Songqing carried Gu Nian'an bridal-style.

After Gu Nian'an solved the second clue, a sudden, painful vision made him faint, alarming Mu Chen, Yu Songqing, and the director. He insisted he was well enough to continue, while Fu Xiuyuan watched the livestream and arranged a flight to Lan City.

• Yu Songqing carried Gu Nian'an through thirty squats, and Mu Chen noticed Yu Songqing's reaction as he drew close to Gu Nian'an.
• Gu Nian'an solved the riddle as an orange and agreed with Mu Chen that the final clue was likely at an orange orchard in western Lan City.
• A stabbing pain struck Gu Nian'an as he tried to recall Yu Songqing's future, and he collapsed into Mu Chen's arms while Yu Songqing panicked.
• Gu Nian'an woke, said the fainting was an old problem, and refused Yu Songqing's suggestion to go to the hospital.
• On the taxi ride to the orange orchard, Yu Songqing helped Gu Nian'an rest on his shoulder, while Mu Chen watched in silence.
• Fu Xiuyuan saw Gu Nian'an faint on the livestream and called to book a flight to Lan City for Thursday.

Gu Nian'an, Mu Chen, and Yu Songqing found the clue to White Peak Mountain and joined Ji Baiwei’s group to climb to the final destination. The guests watched fireworks at the summit, which brought Gu Nian'an memories of his mother and left Yu Songqing distressed when Mu Chen comforted him.

• Gu Nian'an, Mu Chen, and Yu Songqing searched the orange grove and found a ribbon marked “White Peak Mountain.”
• Gu Nian'an met Ji Baiwei, Yun Bingxia, and Ji Yaozhi at the mountain and insisted on climbing despite their concern about his recent fainting.
• Gu Nian'an took Yu Songqing’s hand as they began climbing, while Mu Chen watched them closely.
• The guests reached the summit and watched the production crew’s fireworks display.
• Gu Nian'an grew tearful as the fireworks reminded him of his late mother, and Mu Chen held his hand to comfort him.
• Yu Songqing saw Mu Chen comforting Gu Nian'an and pulled back, feeling hurt and bitter.

Gu Nian'an developed a high fever, and his delirious pleas for his mother brought the people around him to tears. After watching the scene, Fu Xiuyuan canceled his plans and arranged to fly out that morning.

• When Gu Nian'an failed to come downstairs, Ji Yaozhi and Ji Baiwei went to check on him and found him collapsed on the floor.
• Ji Yaozhi carried Gu Nian'an to bed, and the group realized he was burning with fever as the cameramen called for medical help.
• Yu Songqing panicked at Gu Nian'an's condition until Mu Chen pulled him aside and reminded him that Gu Nian'an had a fever.
• Gu Nian'an mistook Ji Baiwei for his mother and begged her not to abandon him or let him die, making Ji Baiwei and the others cry.
• Fu Xiuyuan watched the scene, postponed his meeting, and changed his flight to Lan City to one that morning.

Online posts about Gu Nian'an’s collapse and fever led viewers to reconsider their impressions of him and his relationship with Yu Songqing. Fans connected his attentiveness to Yu Songqing with his own difficult childhood and argued that earlier scandals about him had likely been created by his team.

• A Yu Songqing fan described how watching Gu Nian'an care for Yu Songqing, faint during the mountain game, and call Ji Baiwei “Mom” while feverish turned her from a hater into a fan.
• Commenters recalled Gu Nian'an bringing Yu Songqing rock sugar, bread, and milk, and said his care showed how well he understood Yu Songqing’s preferences and sensitivity.
• A commenter argued that Gu Nian'an’s withdrawn behavior and weak performance made sense given his orphanage upbringing and lack of opportunities to learn singing or dancing.
• The commenter suggested Gu Nian'an’s team had likely published the clothing-incident posts to generate notoriety, rather than Gu Nian'an writing them himself.
• Other viewers interpreted Gu Nian'an’s modesty about cooking and his apparent poor health as signs of low self-esteem and longstanding hardship.

After Gu Nian'an’s illness drew public sympathy, Fu Xiuyuan visited him in the hospital and watched him wake. Ji Baiwei left them together, and Gu Nian'an asked Fu Xiuyuan why he had come.

• Gu Nian'an gained a million Weibo followers as commenters apologized for attacking him and expressed concern for his health.
• Fu Xiuyuan recalled how Gu Nian'an had agreed to their contract marriage, joined a talent show against his wishes, and later became the focus of his suspicions after a family banquet.
• Ji Baiwei stayed by the feverish Gu Nian'an's bedside, recalling how he had mistaken her for his mother while delirious.
• Fu Xiuyuan visited Gu Nian'an and introduced himself to Ji Baiwei as his friend.
• Gu Nian'an woke, thanked Ji Baiwei for caring for him, and was told by Fu Xiuyuan to rest until his fever passed.
• Ji Baiwei left the hospital room, and Gu Nian'an said she was kind before asking Fu Xiuyuan why he had come.

Fu Xiuyuan took Gu Nian'an out for a meal after visiting him while he was sick, then arranged for them to stay at a hotel before filming resumed. Yu Songqing reflected on his family’s efforts to control his future and his growing feelings for Gu Nian'an.

• Fu Xiuyuan told Gu Nian'an he had come to check on him and invited him to eat.
• Yu Songqing argued with his agent, then considered how his mother and stepfather had manipulated his career and were now pressuring him to return to the family company.
• Yu Songqing thought of Gu Nian'an and wished to grow closer, but felt lonely when he remembered Gu Nian'an's closeness with Mu Chen.
• Fu Xiuyuan took Gu Nian'an to an elegant restaurant, where Gu Nian'an enjoyed the meal and Fu Xiuyuan quietly admitted he had asked his assistant to choose the restaurant.
• Fu Xiuyuan told Gu Nian'an that filming would resume the next day and led him toward the car, claiming he was an investor in the show and had booked two hotel rooms.

Fu Xiuyuan drove Gu Nian'an back to filming, where the cast welcomed him and explained that Yu Songqing had withdrawn because of family matters. The production crew gave the cast a kitten to care for, but Gu Nian'an reacted with distress when it was brought near him and went upstairs to rest, leaving Mu Chen and the others worried.

• Fu Xiuyuan reminded Gu Nian'an that he could turn to him for help, and Gu Nian'an returned to the filming location.
• Yun Bingxia, Ji Yaozhi, and Mu Chen welcomed Gu Nian'an back, and Ji Baiwei explained that Yu Songqing had withdrawn to handle family matters.
• The production crew gave the cast a black kitten as a surprise, and Yun Bingxia eagerly picked it up while Ji Yaozhi stayed away because he was allergic to cat fur.
• Mu Chen noticed Gu Nian'an sitting blankly and checked on him, but Gu Nian'an said he had remembered something and did not explain further.
• When Yun Bingxia tried to bring the kitten close, Gu Nian'an recoiled into Mu Chen's arms, said he felt unwell, and ran upstairs to rest.

The kitten’s unexpected touch embarrassed Gu Nian'an, and its persistent affection stirred suspicions that it reminded him of a cat he had lost. By afternoon, Ji Baiwei and Yun Bingxia worried about his low spirits, while Mu Chen believed he had nearly understood Gu Nian'an’s past.

• At breakfast, the kitten brushed Gu Nian'an’s foot, making him blush, and Mu Chen teased him about being ticklish and avoiding the cat.
• The kitten repeatedly sought Gu Nian'an, who eventually held it; when Mu Chen asked whether he had owned a cat, Gu Nian'an said he never had.
• Ji Yaozhi pretended to have an allergic reaction, prompting Ji Baiwei to pause the livestream, while viewers speculated that Gu Nian'an had lost a cat he loved.
• In the afternoon, Ji Baiwei and Yun Bingxia worried about Gu Nian'an’s low spirits, Mu Chen reflected that he had nearly figured out what happened, and Ji Yaozhi watched the sleeping boy.

Gu Nian'an was comforted by Ji Baiwei and Yun Bingxia, then fell asleep beside the kitten and remembered how his mother killed and abandoned the black kitten he had cherished as a boy. The memory ended with him unable to reach the kitten in the garbage pit, while his present-day kitten slept beside him.

• Ji Baiwei told Gu Nian'an to rest the next morning, and Yun Bingxia offered to make breakfast with Yaozhi.
• A black kitten came into Gu Nian'an's room and fell asleep beside him, prompting memories of his high-school years.
• Gu Nian'an recalled rescuing a kitten from a pool, secretly feeding it, and keeping it by his side while he practiced piano.
• After Gu Nian'an's mother blamed the kitten for his slipping grades, she slammed it to the floor and carried it away.
• Gu Nian'an's mother told him she had thrown the kitten into a garbage pit, and he found it dead but too far down to reach.

Gu Nian'an and Ji Yaozhi went looking for part-time work to pay for their accommodations and performed “Melody in a Dream” together at a Western restaurant. As their music drew a crowd, Gu Nian'an was swept into painful memories of his previous life and wondered whether his new existence was real.

• Ji Yaozhi found Gu Nian'an waking with a kitten and was visibly flustered, while Ji Baiwei invited him downstairs for breakfast.
• Ji Baiwei served Gu Nian'an dumplings that Ji Yaozhi had made, and Mu Chen watched Ji Yaozhi's growing interest with a darkened gaze.
• The staff announced that everyone had to pay five hundred per person per day for accommodations, so the group decided to find work.
• Gu Nian'an and Ji Yaozhi asked a Western restaurant manager for part-time work, and the manager invited them to perform piano and violin.
• Gu Nian'an played “Melody in a Dream” while Ji Yaozhi accompanied him, and the music brought Gu Nian'an back to memories of his former life as diners filmed them.

After filming wrapped, Gu Nian'an returned home with a kitten from the production team and asked Fu Xiuyuan if he could keep it. Fu Xiuyuan agreed and surprised him by furnishing an extravagant cat room, leaving Gu Nian'an grateful and the two sharing a tender moment.

• Ji Yaozhi and Mu Chen exchanged contact details with Gu Nian'an, and Yun Bingxia entrusted him with the production team's kitten.
• Li Manwen told Gu Nian'an that his variety show had made him popular, and he said Fu Xiuyuan was a friend he had met recently.
• Gu Nian'an brought the kitten home and nervously asked Fu Xiuyuan for permission to keep it, and Fu Xiuyuan agreed.
• Fu Xiuyuan arranged for a luxurious cat room and supplies to be delivered and set up on the third floor.
• Gu Nian'an thanked Fu Xiuyuan, who ruffled his hair and said he was fixing it.

Gu Nian'an struggled with Jubao's demand that he work under his three-year contract, but Fu Xiuyuan offered to protect him and arrange for him to join Baiyu. Gu Nian'an agreed to the move while asking to avoid acting and too many events.

• Jubao summoned Gu Nian'an and warned him to take opportunities or face a five-million-yuan breach-of-contract penalty.
• At dinner, Gu Nian'an accidentally told Fu Xiuyuan he was worried about his company contract, and Fu offered to help him switch companies.
• Fu Xiuyuan told Gu Nian'an that he had a duty to protect his partner, prompting Gu Nian'an to cry and cling to him.
• Gu Nian'an explained that breaking the contract would cost five million, and Fu Xiuyuan said the sum was no obstacle and contacted his secretary.
• Fu Xiuyuan offered Gu Nian'an a place at Baiyu, and Gu Nian'an agreed while asking to avoid acting and attending too many events.

Gu Nian'an ended his contract with Jubao and began working with Baiyu under Lin Shuxue, while learning that the original owner had entered show business to find his mother. He decided to honor that wish, and the chapter ended with Fu Xiuyuan suddenly lifting him off the floor.

• Gu Nian'an signed the termination agreement with Jubao and ran into Li Manwen, who reminded him that the original owner had entered the entertainment industry to find his mother.
• Lin Shuxue introduced herself as Gu Nian'an's new manager and asked what kind of work he wanted to take.
• Gu Nian'an told Lin Shuxue he did not want acting roles and decided to search for the original owner's mother; Lin agreed to prioritize his wishes.
• Gu Nian'an returned home, carried the sleeping kitten to its bed, and wondered whether his new life was only a dream.
• As Gu Nian'an thought about Fu Xiuyuan, Fu suddenly lifted him off the floor.