Recaps

After learning that his biological family rejected him, Jiang Xun was drugged and sent to Shiban Village for a televised life-swap. There he clashed with villagers and protected Shen Wangjing, while Shen Yuxing settled into the Jiang home and Liu Wanying pursued her plan to damage Jiang Xun’s reputation; Jiang Xun ended the stretch by insisting on going to town with Shen Wangjing.

• Jiang Xun challenged the Jiang family’s treatment of him, fought Jiang Yu, and refused to apologize or follow the family’s rules.
• After Jiang Changping left for Germany, Jiang Xun drank drugged milk and woke in Shiban Village, where a production crew announced the thirty-day Metamorphosis swap.
• Jiang Xun rejected the crew’s request to act rebellious, objected to the meager food, and brought boxed meals back for Grandpa Shen and Shen Wangjing.
• Liu Wanying introduced Shen Yuxing to the Jiang family home, where he acted timid for the cameras but privately revealed a calculating side.
• Jiang Xun defended Shen Wangjing against Li Guizhi and Gold Chain, then fought Zhao Pengfei after Zhao insulted the Shen family.
• When Li Guizhi’s men attacked Jiang Xun, Shen Wangjing drove them off, scolded Jiang Xun, and later treated his bruised back.
• Jiang Yanchu worried about Jiang Xun’s conditions and wanted to visit, but Liu Wanying refused and admitted she expected the show to bring Jiang Xun damaging attention.
• Shen Wangjing burned Zhao Pengfei’s note to Jiang Xun, then prepared corn to sell in town, and Jiang Xun insisted on going with him.

Jiang Xun stayed with Shen Wangjing despite rumors about Shen and growing pressure from his family, while Duan Qizhao joined them after fleeing the Village Chief's house. A storm left Jiang Xun feverish and Shen Wangjing injured, and Jiang Yanchu arrived only to be rejected by Jiang Xun.

• Shen Wangjing took Jiang Xun to town to sell corn, and Jiang Xun helped sell nearly all of it before disappearing to a steamed bun shop.
• Duan Qizhao arrived at Shen Wangjing's home for Metamorphosis, endured the cold and poor conditions, and later moved to the Village Chief's house when offered a better place.
• Online accounts accused Jiang Xun of violence, while the director's team opposed the attacks and Jiang Yanchu confronted Liu Wanying about the paid trolls.
• Zhao Pengfei tried to turn Jiang Xun against Shen Wangjing by repeating rumors that Shen had pushed his father into a river, but Jiang Xun demanded evidence and stayed with Shen.
• Duan Qizhao heard the same rumors from village children and warned Jiang Xun, who challenged the story and pointed out that no eyewitness had ever led to Shen Wangjing's arrest.
• After leaving the Village Chief's house, Duan Qizhao returned to Shen Wangjing's home and brought food to Jiang Xun as a severe storm flooded the village and forced the crew to evacuate.
• Shen Wangjing guided the crew through the damaged roads, then returned from town with fever medicine for the unconscious Jiang Xun, who dreamed of being rejected by the Jiang family.
• After Jiang Xun recovered, he treated Shen Wangjing's injured knee, while Jiang Yanchu arrived and demanded he come home, and Jiang Xun rejected him and returned to bandaging Shen Wangjing.

Jiang Xun defended Shen Wangjing from a smear campaign and a hostile crowd, then left Shiban Village after Shen Wangjing refused to go with him. Back at the Jiang family villa, Jiang Xun shut himself away while Jiang Yu plotted to target him at Jinghua Middle School, and Duan Qizhao secretly recorded the plan.

• Jiang Yanchu stayed in Shiban Village to support Jiang Xun, while the director refocused filming on their everyday interactions and learned Zhao Pengfei was waiting outside Shen Wangjing’s courtyard.
• Zhao Pengfei warned Jiang Yanchu that Shen Wangjing was suspected of killing his father, while Jiang Xun accepted Zhao Pengfei’s canned peaches and Liu Wanying learned Jiang Changping would return home soon.
• Liu Wanying’s PR company launched a smear campaign against Shen Wangjing, and Jiang Huaixiao traveled to Yunling after confronting Liu Wanying about sending Jiang Xun away and drugging his milk.
• Jiang Huaixiao asked Jiang Xun to return home, but Jiang Xun refused and instead went to dinner with Shen Wangjing, Duan Qizhao, and Grandpa Shen.
• When Jiang Huaixiao tried to take Jiang Xun from the restaurant, Shen Wangjing intervened, and Jiang Xun challenged Liu Wanying’s claims as Jiang Huaixiao said he would investigate her.
• A crowd descended on Shiban Village and threw eggs at Shen Wangjing, but Jiang Xun confronted them, defended Shen Wangjing, and warned them that their accusations could be defamation.
• Jiang Xun and Duan Qizhao went missing in the mountains, and Shen Wangjing found Jiang Xun near a cliff before carrying him back to the village.
• After the show ended, Jiang Xun agreed to leave only if Shen Wangjing came too, but Shen Wangjing refused, so Jiang Huaixiao carried Jiang Xun to the Bentley and took him away.
• Jiang Xun returned to the Jiang villa and withdrew to his room, refusing food and rejecting Jiang Huaixiao’s attempts to reconcile, while Duan Qizhao eventually coaxed him into eating cake.
• Duan Qizhao learned Jiang Yu planned to harass Jiang Xun at Jinghua and provoke an online backlash, then discovered his phone had recorded the entire plan.

Jiang Xun escaped the Jiang family banquet to find Shen Wangjing, only to learn that Shen had been badly injured in a mine collapse. As Shen recovered in the hospital, Jiang Xun cared for him while resisting his family’s attempts to draw him back, and the arc ended with news of Jiang Xun’s approaching eighteenth birthday.

• Shen Yuxing found Jiang Xun eating secretly at night, and Jiang Xun later started school, where he and Shen Yuxing foiled Jiang Yu’s attempt to provoke and record him.
• Jiang Xun began calling Shen Wangjing after school, but after Shen stopped answering, Jiang Xun fled the Jiang family’s welcome banquet and traveled toward Shiban Village.
• Jiang Huaixiao found Jiang Xun at the town police station and brought him to the car, where Jiang Xun accused the Jiangs of hypocrisy before learning Shen Wangjing had been injured in a mine collapse.
• Jiang Xun rushed to the hospital, cared for Shen Wangjing as he recovered from serious injuries, and fell asleep beside his bed.
• Jiang Huaixiao offered to pay for Shen Wangjing’s treatment and family expenses, then warned him not to pursue Jiang Xun, while Jiang Xun remained at Shen’s bedside.
• After doctors warned that Shen Wangjing might suffer lasting effects from oxygen deprivation, Jiang Huaixiao arranged his transfer to a Capital City hospital, where Jiang Xun took charge of his care.
• Jiang Xun dreamed that his family and mother ignored him, and Shen Wangjing comforted him before telling him about his late, mute mother.
• Duan Qizhao told Jiang Xun that his eighteenth birthday was next Wednesday, and Jiang Xun’s smile froze as Jiang Changping planned a lavish celebration.