Recaps

Pei Song'an explained to the old butler that he was willing to give up the Pei family heirship for Li Shu, while Shen Muwen exposed the plan and revealed that Li Shu had learned Pei Song'an was in danger. Pei Song'an returned to Li Shu, who confronted him by demanding his card to book male models with Cheng Zhen.

• Pei Song'an told the old butler he loved Li Shu and could not give him up, even if it cost him the Pei family heirship.
• Shen Muwen called Pei Song'an and taunted him about his plan to provoke Pei Lian, then revealed Li Shu was listening.
• Li Shu told Pei Song'an he was relieved he was safe, but later worried that he had been left out of Pei Song'an's plans.
• Pei Song'an hurried to Li Shu's dorm, where Li Shu demanded his card to book male models with Cheng Zhen.

Li Shu forgave Pei Song'an for hiding his plan, though he remained upset that he could not help and that Pei Song'an had passed out. After an awkward encounter at the dorm entrance, Li Shu used Pei Song'an's card to take Cheng Zhen to a bar and hire male models, leaving Cheng Zhen panicked about Pei Song'an's jealousy.

• Pei Song'an apologized to Li Shu and explained that he had used Xie Jin's system to gather evidence against Pei Lian, while keeping Li Shu out of danger.
• Pei Song'an promised he would never scheme against Li Shu, and Li Shu accepted his reasons while scolding him for keeping the plan secret.
• Pei Song'an asked Li Shu for a kiss, but Li Shu refused and backed into a lamppost as he tried to avoid him.
• Li Shu took Pei Song'an's card and brought Cheng Zhen to a bar, where he said he was treating him to feeling up male models.
• Cheng Zhen tried to drag Li Shu out of the bar, but Li Shu insisted he was not scared, prompting Cheng Zhen to say that he was.

Li Shu’s impulsive booking of male models using Pei Song'an’s card leads Pei Song'an to confront him at Zhu Sichun’s bar and tease him. After Li Shu flees to the restroom, Cheng Zhen answers a call from Li Shu’s brother, Li Qinshi, who says he is coming over.

• Li Shu tells Cheng Zhen that he booked male models with Pei Song'an’s card, and Cheng Zhen scolds him while they joke at the bar.
• Pei Song'an visits Zhu Sichun, complains about the booking charge, changes into a male model’s outfit, and has Zheng Linchuan pay Zhu Sichun.
• A male model offers Li Shu an orange, frightening him, and Pei Song'an arrives and teases him before Li Shu rushes to the restroom.
• Cheng Zhen answers Li Shu’s repeatedly ringing phone and learns from Li Qinshi that he is Li Shu’s older brother and is coming to the bar.

Pei Song'an dragged Li Shu into the staff restroom and confronted him about hiring male models, then turned their teasing into an intense kiss. Cheng Zhen interrupted to say Li Shu's brother was calling and coming to pick him up.

• Li Shu forgot his phone on the sofa and Pei Song'an pulled him into the staff restroom.
• Li Shu claimed he might be straight because he felt no attraction to the male models, and Pei Song'an reminded him of their kiss the night before.
• Pei Song'an guided Li Shu into slapping his cheek and teased him about touching something more taboo.
• Pei Song'an pulled Li Shu's hand to his waistband, then kissed him when Li Shu tried to pull away.
• Cheng Zhen called from outside, saying Li Shu's brother was calling and coming to pick him up.

Li Qinshi mistook Li Shu for the one who had forced Pei Song'an to dress up and kiss him, then warned him about the risks of their relationship and ordered him to write a five-thousand-word self-criticism. Li Shu found Pei Song'an outside and begged him to help write it.

• Cheng Zhen told Li Shu that his brother was coming to take him home, and the two tried to plan an excuse.
• Li Qinshi arrived and, seeing Li Shu's red lips, assumed Li Shu had dressed up Pei Song'an and forced a kiss on him.
• Li Qinshi took Li Shu home and warned him that Pei Song'an might not inherit the Pei family or remain close to him.
• Li Shu told his brother that Pei Song'an had booked male models for him, prompting Li Qinshi to demand a five-thousand-word self-criticism.
• Li Shu got out of the car, saw Pei Song'an's Bentley, and begged him to help write the self-criticism.

Li Shu hurried to bring Pei Song'an clothes and a self-criticism essay, but Li Qinshi caught them outside the house and raised the essay's required length to eight thousand words. Pei Song'an stayed the night, while the housekeeper was relieved to learn he was not the blond punk she had imagined.

• Pei Song'an learned Li Shu was more worried about writing his five-thousand-word essay than about his sudden arrival, and Li Shu praised him before rushing inside when Li Qinshi called.
• Li Shu persuaded the housekeeper to lend him unworn clothes from Li Qinshi, claiming his sweetheart needed them, and the housekeeper imagined he was dating an aging blond punk.
• Li Shu brought the clothes to Pei Song'an, who teased him about marriage, and Li Shu joked that Pei Song'an sounded like a scumbag living off a rich girl.
• Li Qinshi knocked on the car window, pulled Li Shu out, and increased his essay assignment to eight thousand words before inviting Pei Song'an to stay the night.
• The housekeeper saw Pei Song'an and sighed with relief that he was not a blond punk, prompting him to ask whether Li Shu had been ruining his reputation.

Li Shu celebrated finishing his CET-4 exam with Pei Song'an, then learned that Pei Lian planned to change his will and heir. He tried to cheer Pei Song'an up with a feast, and they jokingly agreed to elope after Pei Song'an finished his CET-6.

• Li Shu studied intensely for the CET-4 exam, and Cheng Zhen recorded his noisy study routine and posted it online.
• Pei Song'an walked Li Shu to the exam, kissed him for luck, and waited for him to finish.
• Li Shu ran out of the exam and hugged Pei Song'an, but nearby students stared at him and one taunted him about being replaced as the Pei family's heir.
• Pei Song'an told Li Shu that Pei Lian had announced he would change his will and heir the following Saturday.
• Li Shu took Pei Song'an to the cafeteria and bought him a feast to cheer him up.
• Pei Song'an said he wanted to elope with Li Shu, and Li Shu agreed before Pei Song'an added that they would go after he finished his CET-6.

Li Shu and Pei Song'an spent the afternoon together before their exams, and Pei Song'an reassured him that he had a plan to keep them from separating. Li Shu fell asleep and dreamed of a terrifyingly possessive Pei Song'an, then woke up shaken by how intense the dream had been.

• Li Shu teased Pei Song'an about growing taller and turning the tables, and Pei Song'an pressed him to speak openly about intimacy.
• Pei Song'an received repeated calls from Zheng Linchuan about a change of heir, while Li Shu suspected he really had a backup plan.
• Li Shu fell asleep before his CET-6 exam and dreamed he had returned to his original world, where Pei Song'an cornered and kissed him in an alley.
• Li Shu woke in a panic, performed seals in the air, and tried to dismiss the dream as nonsense.

Shen Muwen accepted Pei Lian’s plan to make Li Shu seem missing in order to pressure Pei Song'an, while secretly coordinating with his older brother. Pei Song'an and Li Shu began a short trip together, ending with Li Shu joking about a disturbing dream.

• Pei Lian asked Shen Muwen to make Pei Song'an believe Li Shu had gone missing and promised him a share of the family assets in return.
• Shen Muwen agreed, then messaged Pei Song'an to confirm he had accepted Pei Lian’s terms and reminded him of their deal.
• Pei Song'an and Li Shu boarded a high-speed train with Li Shu’s backpack full of snacks and squashed bananas.
• Li Shu borrowed Pei Song'an’s phone to play tile match and teased him about a dream in which Pei Song'an tried to lock him up and feed him human flesh.

Pei Song'an questioned his memories and his place in the story while Li Shu sleepily bit his Adam’s apple and tried to explain it away. After they reached the hotel, Pei Song'an briefly left Li Shu alone, and returned to find him befriending a little girl named Su An'an.

• Li Shu accused Pei Song'an of kissing and undressing him in a dream, then fell asleep as Pei Song'an considered whether his memories and missing details about his mother were clues about the story.
• Li Shu dreamed of food, grabbed Pei Song'an, and sucked on his Adam’s apple before waking and insisting that kissing a man in a dream was harmless.
• Pei Song'an questioned Li Shu about the ideas he had picked up in class, and Li Shu tried to change the subject by bringing up a classmate called Chubby.
• At the hotel, Li Shu admired the outfits and snacks Pei Song'an had arranged, then ate dinner with him on an open-air terrace.
• While Pei Song'an went to speak with the manager, Su An'an approached Li Shu for sausage; Li Shu ordered her a plate and learned her nickname was Big Tree.
• Pei Song'an returned to find Su An'an sitting beside Li Shu and asked whether Li Shu had been tricking children.

Li Shu and Pei Song'an treated Su An'an to dinner before Pei Song'an revealed his theory that they came from different worlds and that the story would end next Saturday. He asked Li Shu to wait for him if Li Shu returned to his original world, and promised he would follow.

• Li Shu and Pei Song'an warned Su An'an about talking to strangers while she ate the sausages they had bought her.
• Su An'an's sister arrived, offered to pay for dinner, and was embarrassed when Su An'an repeated a private message she had sent to a male streamer.
• Pei Song'an asked Li Shu whether they might come from the same world, then suggested they could be from parallel worlds that had entered the same book.
• Pei Song'an told Li Shu the story would end next Saturday and admitted he had acted confident so Li Shu would cooperate with the plot.
• Pei Song'an told Li Shu he did not want to part from him and asked him to wait if he returned to his original world, promising, “I will.”

Li Shu learned that his return to the real world was only days away and questioned whether Pei Song'an would still want him if Pei regained his family and memories. As Li Shu and Cheng Zhen walked Zhaocai, Cheng Zhen revealed that Pei had helped his family secure land, then spotted someone who seemed to be abducting a child.

• Li Shu asked whether Pei Song'an would still want to date him if Pei returned to a loving family, and Pei said he wanted to visit Li Shu's parents in the real world.
• Li Shu saw a five-day return countdown and learned from the system that he had passed CET-4, the original owner would return after he left, and little time would pass in the real world.
• Cheng Zhen told Li Shu that Pei Song'an had secured development rights to another plot of land for Cheng's family.
• Cheng Zhen spotted a man who seemed to be trying to abduct a child.

Li Shu learned the truth about Pei Song'an's abuse by Pei Lian as the scandal spread, and Pei Song'an prepared to address reporters at the Pei family home. Just as Li Shu's task completion began transporting him back to the real world, Pei Song'an's system also triggered a two-person group buy and began transporting him there.

• Shen Muwen dunked Pei Lian in the basement where Pei Song'an had once held Xie Jin.
• Pei Song'an picked Li Shu up from the police station after Li Shu mistook a father playing with his child for a trafficker and punched him.
• Cheng Zhen sent Li Shu a viral video showing Pei Song'an being held underwater and footage of Pei Lian entering hotels with various people.
• Pei Song'an comforted Li Shu and told him the Pei family would release evidence while they faced reporters at the family home.
• Li Shu's task completed, prompting his system to start transporting him to the real world before he could say whether he wanted to leave.
• Pei Song'an's system detected that the two-person group-buy requirement had been met and began transporting him to the real world too.

Li Shu returned to the real world after the system revealed why Pei Song'an had been pulled into the book, and he discovered he had been given a huge amount of money. Back at the hotel, he worried about whether Pei Song'an had returned too, but Song Shiran reminded him that they still had to pass the CET-4.

• The system explained that Pei Song'an had been dragged into the book while helping Pei Xiying with a pxx price-slashing promotion, and that real-world memories had been sealed during his time inside.
• Li Shu woke up in the lake with Song Shiran, confirmed that Pei Song'an was nowhere nearby, and checked his phone to find a balance full of zeros.
• Li Shu called his mother to announce that he had made a hundred million, but she mistook him for a scammer and hung up.
• Li Shu returned to the hotel with Song Shiran, changed into dry clothes, and realized he was back in his ordinary university life with his new wealth.
• Li Shu worried that Pei Song'an might not have returned and asked Song Shiran to help find him, but Song Shiran reminded him that they still had to pass the CET-4.

After failing to find Pei Song'an, Li Shu stopped searching and enjoyed a road trip with Song Shiran, who accidentally used Li Shu's phone to send a large gift to streamer Tiantian. Pei Song'an tracked Li Shu down and called him, then said he would wait outside Li Shu's home that evening and revealed he knew about the gift.

• Li Shu gave up searching for Pei Song'an and went on a leisurely road trip with Song Shiran.
• Song Shiran borrowed Li Shu's phone to watch Tiantian's stream and accidentally sent her a Carnival gift.
• Pei Song'an found Li Shu's personal information by checking bank account activity, then noticed a 5,000-yuan DOU+ top-up.
• When Pei Song'an called, Song Shiran answered and learned he was Li Shu's boyfriend.
• Li Shu spoke to Pei Song'an, who said he would wait outside Li Shu's door and revealed that he knew Li Shu had sent gifts to Tiantian.

Li Shu reunited with Pei Song'an after returning from the book world and discovered that Zhaocai had come back too. Pei Song'an took Li Shu toward a hotel, giving him thirty minutes to say goodbye to his virginity.

• Li Shu told Song Shiran that he had met Pei Song'an after transmigrating into a book, but Song Shiran thought he was joking.
• Li Shu and Song Shiran arrived at Li Shu's residential complex, where Li Shu reunited with Pei Song'an and introduced him as his boyfriend.
• Pei Song'an sent Li Shu to the Bentley, where Li Shu found Zhaocai and learned the dog had returned as a bonus from PXX.
• Pei Song'an asked Li Shu about sending Carnival gifts to Tiantian, then told him they were going to a hotel.
• Li Shu protested that he was not ready for sex, and Pei Song'an said he had thirty minutes to say goodbye to his virginity.

Li Shu and Pei Song'an became intimate after Pei Song'an reassured him they could wait until he felt ready. Three days later, Li Shu woke to Pei Song'an's care, and they confessed their love for each other.

• Pei Song'an kissed Li Shu passionately, then stopped when Li Shu admitted he was scared and promised they could wait.
• Li Shu worried Pei Song'an might not want him, so he straddled him, and they became intimate.
• Li Shu woke three days later and complained that Pei Song'an had left him exhausted.
• Pei Song'an told Li Shu he loved him, and Li Shu happily said he loved Pei Song'an too.

After recovering from his exhausting time with Pei Song'an, Li Shu ate, played with Zhaocai, and accepted a card loaded with Pei Song'an’s investment earnings. Pei Song'an took him to meet his younger sister Pei Xiying, whose antics left Li Shu embarrassed and Pei Song'an reminding him of their past.

• Li Shu struggled to walk to the bathroom alone, but Pei Song'an carried him and helped him pee, then helped him clean up.
• Pei Song'an fed Li Shu porridge, and Li Shu ate eagerly before playing with Zhaocai.
• Pei Song'an gave Li Shu a bank card containing some of his investment earnings, which Li Shu accepted after learning the amount was substantial.
• Pei Song'an brought Li Shu and Zhaocai to meet Pei Xiying, who clung to her brother and apologized for dating a blond guy.
• Pei Xiying called Li Shu her sister-in-law, and Pei Song'an told her to call him older brother instead.
• When Li Shu started to defend Pei Xiying, Pei Song'an reminded him that she had used PXX's price-slashing feature and sent him into the book; Li Shu then admitted there was nothing wrong with Pei Song'an's actions.

Li Shu spent time at Pei Song'an’s home with Pei Xiying, who shared embarrassing stories about her brother before Pei Song'an corrected her memories. After Pei Xiying left, Pei Song'an read Li Shu’s search history and discovered that Li Shu had looked up whether pain while urinating after their night together was normal.

• Li Shu and Pei Xiying chatted while Pei Song'an washed fruit, and she added Li Shu on WeChat and offered to show him embarrassing photos and memes of her brother.
• Pei Xiying complained that Pei Song'an had hit her on the head and reported her secret drinking, but Pei Song'an explained that she had forgotten a caterpillar in her hair and had once shown up drunk at his classroom.
• Pei Xiying took Zhaocai upstairs, and Pei Song'an fed Li Shu a grape before asking him to ask questions about his life.
• Pei Song'an told Li Shu that he studied computer science at S University, then checked Li Shu’s browsing history on his phone.
• Pei Song'an read Li Shu’s search about painful urination after spending the night with his boyfriend and asked whether it still hurt, frightening Li Shu.

Li Shu and Pei Song'an teased each other during their last days together before university terms began. Back at school, Li Shu discovered that Song Shiran had been using a photo of him to chat with Tiantian, who then approached him in person.

• Li Shu and Pei Song'an cuddled and joked about sharing Pei Song'an's PXX account, while Pei Song'an teased Li Shu about hemorrhoids and their dating relationship.
• Li Shu and Pei Song'an's sweet days ended as their universities began starting the new terms.
• Li Shu complained that he still could not take CET-4, while Song Shiran enthusiastically messaged Tiantian, a junior at their university.
• Li Shu finished his daily run and noticed a girl in white sneakers following him, then showing him a chat history.
• Li Shu recognized his own photo in Song Shiran's chat with Tiantian and realized Song Shiran had used it for online dating.

Pei Song'an brought Li Shu a cake at the track, where Li Shu had just discovered that Tiantian was a man who had used Song Shiran’s online dating profile. After Tiantian left, Li Shu planned to confront Song Shiran, while Pei Song'an took Li Shu up on his offer to visit the campus cafeteria.

• Pei Song'an rejected Lu Sinian’s advice to bring Li Shu snacks, then followed Li Shu’s location to the track with a little cake.
• Li Shu told Tiantian that Song Shiran had used his photos to chat online, but Tiantian revealed he was looking for Li Shu himself and asked him to date.
• Pei Song'an arrived and saw Li Shu with Tiantian; Tiantian noticed their linked hands, said they were the same position, and left.
• Li Shu realized Song Shiran had used his photos to date online and threatened to confront him when he returned to the dorm.
• Li Shu invited Pei Song'an to eat at his campus cafeteria, and Pei Song'an agreed and kissed his cheek.

Li Shu and Pei Song'an shared dinner at Li Shu's college, then took Zhaocai to the mountains to watch the stars. When Pei Song'an told Li Shu to close his eyes for a kiss, he gave him candy instead.

• Li Shu paid for dinner with his meal card, and Pei Song'an recalled their first breakfast together and called him “wifey.”
• Pei Song'an told Li Shu he had brought cake because he wanted to see him, and Li Shu introduced him to classmates as his boyfriend.
• Pei Song'an asked Li Shu to stay out later so they could go stargazing, and they picked up Zhaocai on the way.
• Pei Song'an spread a blanket on the car roof, where Li Shu ate chips and talked with him under the stars.
• Pei Song'an asked if Li Shu wanted a kiss and told him to close his eyes, then rubbed candy into his mouth instead.

Li Shu tried to follow Song Shiran’s advice about keeping a romance fresh, then surprised Pei Song'an by bringing him roses during a video call with his mother. Pei Song'an’s parents learned he was seeing someone and were about to hear more about Li Shu when Li Shu appeared with the flowers.

• Pei Song'an arranged to excuse Li Shu from evening study hall so he could tutor him in English, then kissed him and shared the candy in his mouth.
• Li Shu returned to the dorm and heard that Tiantian had revealed he was a man and asked Song Shiran to return his gift money and delete each other.
• Song Shiran lamented his heartbreak and told Li Shu that making a partner feel courted kept a relationship fresh; Li Shu secretly read the guide Song Shiran shared.
• Pei Song'an told his mother that he was seeing someone and wanted to bring him home to meet his parents.
• Li Shu arrived during Pei Song'an's video call, proudly showing off the roses he had picked for him.

Li Shu hid behind a bouquet of roses when Pei Song'an's mother called, then learned she had mistaken him for Lu Sinian and accepted the couple's relationship. After Pei Song'an comforted him and they kissed, Li Shu endured English tutoring and late-night meme-cramming, ending the chapter teasing Song Shiran about Pei Song'an's stamina.

• Pei Song'an's mother mistook the voice behind the roses for Lu Sinian and told Pei Song'an she and his father would accept the young man he was dating.
• Li Shu emerged from hiding and blamed Pei Song'an for nearly making him seem frivolous to his mother.
• Pei Song'an reassured Li Shu, praised the roses, and promised to keep him informed; Li Shu kissed him, and Pei Song'an deepened the kiss.
• Pei Song'an continued taking Li Shu to an apartment for nightly CET-4 tutoring, while Li Shu complained about studying despite his money.
• After two weeks of studying and late-night Douyin scrolling, Li Shu joked that Pei Song'an should stay up late because he was too good, leaving Song Shiran lamenting his single status.

Li Shu brought Pei Song'an home to meet his parents after getting caught staying up late and being pushed to study. After a warm family meal, Pei Song'an suggested a summer trip, and Li Shu agreed on the condition that Zhaocai came too.

• Pei Song'an noticed Li Shu dozing over his vocabulary notebook, and Li Shu remembered being caught scrolling on his phone late the previous night.
• Li Shu's parents returned from abroad, and Pei Song'an brought gifts when he visited their home.
• Ms. Su and Li Shu's father welcomed Pei Song'an, and the family shared a cheerful meal before Ms. Su gave Li Shu a red envelope.
• Pei Song'an looked around Li Shu's childhood room as Li Shu spread out old toys and keepsakes from his bedside drawer.
• Pei Song'an asked whether Li Shu wanted to travel over summer break, and Li Shu agreed while reminding him to bring Zhaocai.