Recaps

Li Shu transmigrated into a novel after a pxx promotion and discovered he had drugged and tried to undress Pei Song'an, the ruthless crown prince, before kissing him. He learned that his character was in love with Chen Yannan, who rejected him, and the chapter ended with Pei Song'an releasing Li Shu and confronting him about crying.

• Li Shu transmigrated into a novel and learned he had to help Pei Song'an become Hong Kong City's crown prince to return home and claim a one-hundred-million prize.
• The system revealed that Li Shu had drugged someone and tried to undress him, but then glitched and identified the man as Pei Song'an.
• Pei Song'an pinned Li Shu down and choked him, then eased his grip and asked whether Li Shu was the Li Family's youngest son.
• Li Shu accidentally played a phone conversation in which Chen Yannan said he saw Li Shu only as a younger brother and was going to the airport to meet another young man.
• Li Shu recalled how Chen Yannan had comforted and protected him as a child, then realized his character was an unrequited lover.
• Pei Song'an released Li Shu and asked why he was crying after being so bold while kissing him.

Li Shu tried to keep Pei Song'an from leaving after the system warned him that danger was coming, and Pei Song'an stayed as people burst into the room. After Li Shu passed out, Pei Song'an carried him away, and Li Shu chose to go with him instead of Chen Yannan.

• The system warned Li Shu that the room would soon be raided and later revealed that Pei Song'an would be shot, so Li Shu pulled him back onto the bed and warned him not to leave.
• Zheng Linchuan and a crowd entered the room, where they found Li Shu and Pei Song'an together; Pei Song'an covered Li Shu with a jacket and had Zheng Linchuan keep Chen Yannan back.
• Chen Yannan defended Li Shu, while the pretty boy beside him claimed there was nothing between them; Pei Song'an asked if the boy was Chen Yannan's boyfriend and told him not to bring just anyone into their circle.
• Pei Song'an prepared to leave with Li Shu, but Li Shu became dizzy and collapsed onto the bed.
• Pei Song'an carried Li Shu away, and Li Shu told Chen Yannan that he wanted to go with Pei Song'an.

Li Shu was carried away from the party by Pei Song'an after warning him that someone had brought a gun, then relived the original owner's painful memories of loving Chen Yannan. In Pei Song'an's car, Li Shu insisted he no longer liked Chen Yannan, while Pei Song'an demanded an explanation for how he had known about the assassination attempt.

• Pei Song'an carried Li Shu out of the room, and Li Shu quietly warned him that someone there had a gun.
• Chen Yannan stayed behind with the pretty young man instead of following Li Shu.
• Li Shu remembered changing his major for Chen Yannan and discovering Chen Yannan with a new lover, which left him crying in the car.
• Zheng Linchuan found firearms among the attackers, and the investigation pointed to Pei Song'an's half-brother, Shen Muwen.
• Li Shu told Pei Song'an that he no longer liked Chen Yannan and complained to Zheng Linchuan that people did not believe him.
• Pei Song'an grabbed Li Shu by the nape and demanded to know when he would explain how he knew about the attack.

After Li Shu survived the danger with Pei Song'an, he claimed his warnings came from dreams, and Pei Song'an ordered an investigation into Li Shu and the Li Family. Back at the dorm, Li Shu declared he would stop liking Chen Yannan, but Cheng Zhen assumed he was pursuing Pei Song'an instead.

• Li Shu told Pei Song'an that he dreamed about future dangers, and Pei Song'an questioned him before accepting that he might not know how the dreams worked.
• Pei Song'an arranged for someone to discreetly watch Li Shu, investigate possible contact between the Li Family and Shen Muwen, and check for drugs still in his system.
• Li Shu returned to the dorm in Pei Song'an's coat and worried about his family and his chance of returning to the real world.
• Cheng Zhen noticed the coat, and Li Shu solemnly announced that he no longer liked Chen Yannan.
• Cheng Zhen thought Li Shu was using Pei Song'an to make Chen Yannan jealous and warned him not to pursue Pei Song'an, then asked him to play Honor of Kings.

Li Shu considered changing majors and received an anonymous takeout meal, then struggled with the original owner's lingering feelings after hearing someone with Chen Yannan. Meanwhile, Pei Song'an reviewed footage of Li Shu being pushed into a pool and sent it to Chen Yannan.

• Li Shu asked the system about changing majors and learned he needed strong grades and CET-4 to transfer to physical education.
• Cheng Zhen told Li Shu to check the takeout on his desk, and Li Shu ate the meal before realizing Chen Yannan had ordered it.
• Chen Yannan called Li Shu, asked about his wet clothes and his encounter with Pei Song'an, but Li Shu hung up after hearing another young man ask Chen Yannan for help.
• Li Shu felt the original owner's lingering heartbreak, then vowed to protect him from being hurt again.
• Pei Song'an watched security footage showing Xue Chen pushing Li Shu into the pool and sent the video to Chen Yannan.

After Chen Yannan saw a video of Xue Chen pushing Li Shu into the water, he ordered Xue Chen to leave. The next morning, Li Shu went to feed Zhaocai and ran into Pei Song'an, then the system gave him a task to get Pei Song'an to sign up for an Economics Challenge.

• Chen Yannan confronted Xue Chen about pushing Li Shu into the water and told him to pack for a hotel.
• Li Shu woke early, went to feed Zhaocai, and complained to the dog about Pei Song'an.
• Pei Song'an appeared behind Li Shu and explained that he had spent the morning working after a run.
• The system told Li Shu that Shen Muwen planned to reach the counselor's office at eight and tasked him with getting Pei Song'an to sign up for the Economics Challenge first.
• Li Shu offered Pei Song'an steamed buns to persuade him, and Pei Song'an asked whether Li Shu had had another dream.

Li Shu waited for Pei Song'an while Pei Song'an secured a place in the economics competition and warned Li Shu to avoid Shen Muwen. Pei Song'an grew suspicious of Li Shu's interest in the competition and ordered him not to go out that night, while Li Shu silently decided to disobey.

• Pei Song'an took Li Shu to breakfast, then drove him back to campus and said he did not need to pay because Pei Song'an had saved him the previous night.
• Li Shu waited outside the teachers' office and complained to the system about his dangerous job and his plans to visit a temple.
• Shen Muwen arrived and called Li Shu Pei Song'an's pet, but Pei Song'an came out and told Li Shu to leave with him.
• Pei Song'an told Li Shu that Shen Muwen was sick in the head and warned him to stay away from him.
• Pei Song'an confronted Li Shu about how urgently he had tried to get him to campus for the economics competition, then stopped him from hitting a glass door.
• Li Shu used the dog food he had left in Pei Song'an's car as an excuse, and Pei Song'an said he would have someone take Zhaocai to a pet shop and told Li Shu not to go out at night.

Li Shu went to see Zhaocai at the pet shop and later attended Chen Yannan’s gathering, where he rejected the idea that he still had feelings for Chen Yannan. His blunt words left the group wondering whether he had truly given up on Chen Yannan.

• Pei Song'an arranged luxurious care for Zhaocai, and Li Shu teased him before leaving the dog at the nearby pet shop.
• While playing in the snow with Cheng Zhen, Li Shu said he no longer liked Chen Yannan and joked that he preferred money.
• Chi Yelai invited Li Shu to a gathering, saying Chen Yannan had brought Xue Chen to apologize for pushing Li Shu into the water.
• At the bar, Chi Yelai warned Li Shu to be cautious around Pei Song'an, while Li Shu privately thought Pei Song'an was already taking advantage of him.
• Chen Yannan approached Li Shu with familiar concern, but Li Shu leaned away when Chen Yannan tried to wipe fruit juice from his mouth.
• Xue Chen apologized, and Li Shu told him Chen Yannan was only his big brother and that he would not interfere with their relationship, leaving the group to realize Li Shu might have given up on Chen Yannan.

Li Shu left the crowded bar after telling Chen Yannan he was tired, then realized someone had groped him in the crowd. He ran into Pei Song'an, who stopped the music and ordered the bar sealed while the surveillance footage was checked, and noticed Chen Yannan watching from upstairs.

• Li Shu declined to go with Chen Yannan for a slushie, ate snacks, and left the bar after messaging him.
• Someone pinched Li Shu's waist and touched his back as he moved through the crowd.
• Li Shu spotted Pei Song'an, ran into his arms, and told him that a creep had groped him.
• Pei Song'an took Li Shu's jacket, ordered the DJ to stop the music, and told Zhu Sichun to keep everyone inside and find the surveillance footage.
• Pei Song'an noticed Chen Yannan watching from upstairs and questioned Li Shu about coming to see him.

Li Shu was harassed at a club, and Pei Song'an publicly intervened before Chen Yannan joined the confrontation. After Pei Song'an and Chen Yannan clashed over who would take Li Shu home, Li Shu chose to leave with Pei Song'an for a meal.

• Pei Song'an stopped the music, caught the man who had touched Li Shu, and dismissed Li Shu's concern that his intervention would attract criticism.
• Chen Yannan arrived with Xue Chen, forced the culprit to identify his left hand, and had security guards restrain him while Chen Yannan crushed his hand underfoot.
• Pei Song'an thanked Chen Yannan for helping resolve the public awkwardness, then warned that Li Shu should avoid places where Chen Yannan might neglect him.
• Pei Song'an invited Li Shu to eat with him, while Chen Yannan offered Li Shu a ride back to his dorm.
• Li Shu declined Chen Yannan's ride and accepted Pei Song'an's plan to take him back after their meal, and Chen Yannan reluctantly agreed.

Li Shu joined Pei Song'an and Zhu Sichun for a late-night meal, where teasing and a kiss outside the noodle shop brought back memories of Li Shu's first kiss. Pei Song'an drove him to the school gates and left him with a joke as he got out.

• Chi Yelai worried that Li Shu was getting close to Pei Song'an, while Xue Chen noted that Li Shu seemed special to him and drew a cold warning from Chen Yannan.
• Li Shu went to a noodle shop with Pei Song'an and Zhu Sichun, who teased him about being Pei Song'an's ideal type.
• Pei Song'an paid for the meal and asked Li Shu when he would pass CET-4, prompting Li Shu to think he sounded like a father.
• Li Shu watched two young men kiss outside the shop and recalled kissing Pei Song'an, but insisted he had never kissed anyone.
• Pei Song'an drove Li Shu to the school gates, then joked that liars wet the bed before unlocking the car door.

Before the semester began, Li Shu discovered the original owner's savings and focused on studying and changing majors instead of pursuing Chen Yannan. In the library, a system warning prompted him to grab Pei Song'an, who let him hold on.

• Li Shu checked the original owner's bank balance, learned the family still sent monthly living expenses, and decided to apologize to the original owner's father and older brother after changing majors.
• Li Shu studied diligently, while Cheng Zhen asked whether he had told Chen Yannan about changing majors and mentioned seeing Chen Yannan with another guy.
• Li Shu remembered that Chen Yannan had dated other people while Li Shu had never been an option as his lover.
• After studying, Li Shu bowed to his CET-4 materials and was caught by Pei Song'an, who teased him about the ritual.
• The system warned Li Shu that an action outside the plot was about to occur, so he lunged at Pei Song'an and held him tightly.
• Pei Song'an did not push Li Shu away.

Li Shu’s system alarmed when a lookalike approached Pei Song'an, and Li Shu urged Pei Song'an not to speak to him. Pei Song'an sent the boy away, then invited Li Shu to eat and visit Zhaocai; as they left the library, they encountered Chen Yannan and Xue Chen.

• Li Shu hugged Pei Song'an and said he had received no system prompts, while Pei Song'an questioned why Li Shu was protecting him.
• Pei Song'an pressed Li Shu about their relationship, and Li Shu became flustered as they held each other.
• When a boy resembling Li Shu approached, Li Shu asked Pei Song'an not to talk to him, and Pei Song'an dismissed the boy before he could finish introducing himself.
• Li Shu's stomach growled, so Pei Song'an suggested they eat and then take Zhaocai's new outfits to the pet shop; Li Shu chose clay pot food at Cafeteria 2.
• Li Shu and Pei Song'an left the library and saw Chen Yannan and Xue Chen approaching.

Li Shu and Pei Song'an turned down Chen Yannan's invitation to dinner, then ate together as Pei Song'an explained his controlling anxiety about Li Shu's closeness with others. The chapter ended with Pei Song'an pressing Li Shu's foot beneath the table and telling him to keep his distance if he could not accept it.

• Li Shu and Pei Song'an declined Chen Yannan's invitation to eat, and Chen Yannan left with Xue Chen after warning Li Shu not to be late for evening study.
• Pei Song'an teased Li Shu about letting Chen Yannan look at him but objecting when Pei Song'an did the same.
• At the dining hall, Li Shu asked Pei Song'an how he handled the attention from other students, and Pei Song'an said he focused on what mattered to him.
• Li Shu challenged Pei Song'an about comparing himself with Chen Yannan, and Pei Song'an admitted that he was wary of Li Shu's social circle because he felt protective and controlling toward him.
• Pei Song'an pressed Li Shu's foot beneath the table and told him to keep his distance if he could not accept Pei Song'an's behavior.

Li Shu confronted two students spreading rumors about him and Pei Song'an, and Pei Song'an made them apologize. Li Shu hugged Pei Song'an in gratitude, while Chen Yannan secretly witnessed the embrace and reacted with jealousy.

• Li Shu dressed Zhaocai in the new clothes Pei Song'an had bought and chatted with him on the way back to campus.
• Li Shu overheard two boys gossiping about his closeness to Pei Song'an and accused them of spreading rumors.
• Pei Song'an threatened to report the boys to their counselor, but Li Shu refused to forgive them despite their apologies.
• Li Shu thanked Pei Song'an and asked to hug him; Pei Song'an refused, but Li Shu hugged him anyway.
• After Li Shu entered the classroom building, Chen Yannan emerged from around a corner, having seen the hug.

Li Shu reluctantly attended a pool party, where Chen Yannan misunderstood why he had avoided it and tried to reassure him about Xue Chen. After Li Shu escaped to the buffet, Song Yang harassed him, and Xue Chen framed himself as the one who could help Chen Yannan and asked Li Shu to agree.

• Cheng Zhen persuaded Li Shu to attend the party, and Li Shu caught Chen Yannan’s attention when he arrived.
• Chen Yannan assumed Li Shu had stayed away because of Xue Chen and explained that the Chen and Xue families needed to maintain their business ties.
• Li Shu avoided discussing Chen Yannan’s behavior and went to the buffet, where Song Yang approached and offered to keep him company.
• Xue Chen warned Song Yang away from Li Shu, then said Chen Yannan’s past partners had failed to help him and asked Li Shu whether he agreed.

After Xue Chen warned Li Shu to stay away from Chen Yannan, Pei Song'an comforted Li Shu and claimed Chen Yannan would sacrifice him to preserve the benefits of his relationship with Xue Chen. The chapter ended with Pei Song'an offering the Pei Family's protection and confronting Chen Yannan as Li Shu called him “Song'an, my big brother.”

• After Song Yang left, Xue Chen told Li Shu to keep his distance from Chen Yannan, and Li Shu angrily rejected his demand.
• Li Shu ran into Pei Song'an, who took his wrist and asked whether someone had bullied him.
• Pei Song'an argued that Chen Yannan was unwilling to give up what Xue Chen's family offered and predicted that Li Shu would be the one sacrificed.
• When Li Shu said he might cut Chen Yannan off, Pei Song'an offered another solution and asked Li Shu to repeat what he had called him the night they kissed.
• Li Shu called Pei Song'an “Song'an, my big brother,” and Pei Song'an promised that the Pei Family would protect him if the Li Family could not.
• Pei Song'an told Chen Yannan that Xue Chen suited him but played too many tricks.

Pei Song'an confronted Chen Yannan over Li Shu, then warned Li Shu that family interests could put him in danger. As Pei Song'an tried to distance himself, Li Shu suddenly knocked him aside to protect him from a charging crowd, narrowly preventing the non-swimmer from falling into the pool.

• Pei Song'an wrapped his arms around Li Shu and challenged Chen Yannan's claim to protect him.
• Chen Yannan accepted Pei Song'an's promise to take responsibility for Li Shu and left.
• Pei Song'an warned Li Shu that Chen Yannan might choose his family's interests over him, and Li Shu questioned his motives.
• Pei Song'an denied being angry and decided to let Li Shu avoid the dangerous situation around them.
• Li Shu knocked Pei Song'an out of the path of a drunken crowd, saving him from falling into the nearby pool despite Pei Song'an's inability to swim.

At a pool party, Li Shu plunged into the water to protect Pei Song'an after the system revealed that Pei couldn't swim. Pei Song'an pulled him out and showed a new, intense concern for him, then exchanged contact details and warned him not to call Chen Yannan.

• The system revealed that Pei Song'an would fall into the pool and fail to surface because he couldn't swim.
• Li Shu rushed to the pool and fell in while trying to protect Pei Song'an.
• Pei Song'an moved toward Li Shu despite knowing he couldn't swim, and Li Shu emerged using his doggy-paddling skills.
• Pei Song'an pulled Li Shu from the pool, apologized, and took him to change into dry clothes.
• Pei Song'an drove Li Shu to campus, exchanged contact details with him, and told him not to call Chen Yannan.

Chen Yannan warned Xue Chen not to go after Li Shu, while Li Shu developed a fever in his dorm and called Pei Song'an for help. Pei Song'an revealed he was outside Li Shu's dorm with a thermometer and fever medicine.

• Chen Yannan confronted Xue Chen about ignoring his warning to stay away from Li Shu and said they would have no future if Xue Chen went after him.
• Li Shu returned to his dorm, missed the hot-water hours, and later woke with a fever and body aches.
• Li Shu found no medicine in the dorm and tried to distract himself by scrolling through Douyin.
• Pei Song'an called Li Shu after noticing he was online and guessed that he had developed a fever.
• Pei Song'an told Li Shu to open the dorm door and revealed he was outside with a thermometer and fever medicine.

Pei Song'an brought medicine to Li Shu after he developed a low-grade fever, stayed with him in the dorm, and admitted he had wanted to kiss him at the pool. After Li Shu fell asleep, Pei Song'an approached his bed and touched his lips, then regained his composure.

• Pei Song'an returned to the dorm with medicine, checked Li Shu's temperature, and gave him fever reducers.
• Pei Song'an told Li Shu to sleep and stop trying to use his phone, but Li Shu eventually asked to chat instead.
• Li Shu asked whether Pei Song'an had wanted to kiss him at the pool, and Pei Song'an admitted that he had.
• Pei Song'an explained that his desire came from complicated feelings after Li Shu saved him, leaving Li Shu stunned.
• After Li Shu fell asleep, Pei Song'an approached the bed and touched his lips before stopping himself.

Pei Song'an worried that Li Shu’s kindness would make him cling to Li Shu even more, while Li Shu spent the day with Zhaocai and met Pei Song'an’s younger brother, Shen Muwen. Shen Muwen recounted how he had deliberately framed Pei Song'an as a child to break his perfect image, leaving Li Shu convinced that Shen Muwen was a psycho.

• Pei Song'an watched Li Shu sleep, wondered whether Li Shu treated everyone with the same kindness, and warned him to run before Pei Song'an’s possessiveness worsened.
• Li Shu woke refreshed, washed his bedding, and went to the pet shop to take Zhaocai for a walk despite Pei Song'an’s concerns about his health.
• Li Shu explored campus with Zhaocai, then stopped at a convenience store, where Shen Muwen joined him and offered him milk tea.
• Shen Muwen told Li Shu how he had framed Pei Song'an as a child, causing their father to beat Pei Song'an, because he wanted to see his brother’s perfect image crack.
• Li Shu challenged Shen Muwen’s motives and concluded that Pei Song'an had been right about his brother being a psycho.

Li Shu confronted Shen Muwen over his rivalry with Pei Song'an, then told Pei Song'an about the encounter and returned to his dorm to find a meal waiting. Chen Yannan arrived and asked to speak with him, leaving Li Shu facing an unexpected conversation.

• Li Shu criticized Shen Muwen for competing with Pei Song'an for the heir position just to provoke him, then left with Zhaocai.
• Shen Muwen watched Li Shu leave, messaged Chen Yannan that Li Shu was cute, and threw away the milk tea.
• Li Shu warned Zhaocai to stay away from Shen Muwen and answered Pei Song'an's call while heading back to campus.
• Li Shu told Pei Song'an he had encountered Shen Muwen, and Pei Song'an reminded him to rest after his fever and sent lunch to his dorm.
• Chen Yannan came to Li Shu's dorm, noticed the meal box, and asked whether they could talk.

Li Shu told Chen Yannan he planned to transfer from finance to physical education because he wanted to study something he liked, not because anyone had hurt him. Their conversation was interrupted by Pei Song'an, whose pointed remarks about caring for Li Shu unsettled Chen Yannan.

• Chen Yannan asked Li Shu whether he was happy and whether he had any troubles, and Li Shu told him he planned to transfer majors next semester.
• Chen Yannan worried Li Shu was changing majors to escape mistreatment, but Li Shu insisted he had chosen finance unwisely and wanted to pursue a subject he liked.
• Li Shu told Chen Yannan he could not cling to him forever and praised Pei Song'an as a good person.
• Pei Song'an called Li Shu, realized Chen Yannan was with him, and asked Li Shu to hand over the phone.
• Pei Song'an told Chen Yannan he had cared for Li Shu during a fever and reminded him that he had been available at two in the morning.

Li Shu was attacked by two men after leaving Zhaocai’s pet shop, and Pei Song'an arrived with Zhaocai and Zheng Linchuan. Injured and shaken, Li Shu told Pei Song'an that the men had hit him and that he was in pain.

• Li Shu went to visit Zhaocai before evening study, and Zhaocai became frantic after he left.
• The pet shop owner called Pei Song'an, who checked with Li Shu’s hiking companions and learned Li Shu had not returned to campus with them.
• Two unfamiliar men stopped Li Shu outside the shop, but he recognized the danger and tried to run.
• The men caught Li Shu, knocked him down, and kicked him before one warned that their employer had said not to hurt him.
• Zhaocai rushed to Li Shu’s aid as Pei Song'an, Zheng Linchuan, and several bodyguards arrived.
• Li Shu saw Pei Song'an and tearfully said the men had hit him and that it hurt.