Recaps

Li Shu tried to break free of his unrequited feelings for Chen Yannan while drawing closer to Pei Song'an and helping him avoid danger. After Pei Song'an cared for Li Shu through a fever, the arc ended with Li Shu attacked outside the pet shop as Pei Song'an arrived to rescue him.

• Li Shu woke in the novel, learned he had to help Pei Song'an become Hong Kong City's crown prince, and discovered that he had tried to undress Pei Song'an while drugged.
• Pei Song'an carried Li Shu out of the raided room, and Li Shu warned him that an attacker had a gun before the investigation implicated Shen Muwen.
• Li Shu decided to stop pursuing Chen Yannan, while Pei Song'an investigated the attack and watched footage of Xue Chen pushing Li Shu into a pool.
• Li Shu repeatedly sought Pei Song'an's company, and Pei Song'an protected him from a groper at a bar and warned Chen Yannan not to neglect him.
• Pei Song'an admitted feeling protective and controlling toward Li Shu, and Li Shu hugged him despite his refusal as Chen Yannan watched.
• At a party, Pei Song'an promised to protect Li Shu if the Li Family could not, then saved him from a pool after Li Shu risked himself to keep Pei Song'an from falling in.
• Pei Song'an cared for Li Shu during a fever and admitted he had wanted to kiss him, while Li Shu later confronted Shen Muwen about his fixation on Pei Song'an.
• After Li Shu told Chen Yannan he planned to change majors and could not cling to him forever, two men attacked Li Shu outside the pet shop, and Pei Song'an arrived with Zheng Linchuan and bodyguards.

Pei Song'an grew increasingly possessive of Li Shu as they faced attacks tied to Pei Song'an's family, while Li Shu struggled to understand their relationship and his own feelings. After Pei Song'an kissed him during the mountain trip, Li Shu insisted he not do it again, but Pei Song'an continued pursuing his affection.

• Pei Song'an rescued Li Shu from the men who had bruised him, and later revealed them at the shooting range while letting Li Shu take a shot at one of them.
• A shooter targeted Pei Song'an at Kangjia Manor, and Li Shu ran to him as Xue Chen was wounded, and Pei Song'an refused to let Chen Yannan take custody of him.
• Li Shu promised Pei Song'an he would always be on his side, while Pei Song'an tutored him, sent him money, and admitted that he liked him.
• Li Shu saved Shen Muwen from attackers and warned Pei Song'an that they might target him, but Pei Song'an grew jealous of their closeness.
• At a campsite, Li Shu spotted the men who had attacked Shen Muwen and led them toward a police station, where Tan Xu sheltered him and Chen Yannan and Pei Song'an arrived.
• Pei Song'an told Li Shu that the attackers might be connected to his father's side of the family, then asked Li Shu to accompany and protect him on an overnight hike.
• At a mountain rest cabin, Pei Song'an kissed Li Shu despite his pleas to stop, then apologized and asked for a chance, and Li Shu told him not to kiss him again before they watched the sunrise together.
• Pei Song'an faced an interrogation from Pei Lian, then returned to care for Li Shu, who scolded him for staying up, and Pei Song'an kissed and licked tomato juice from Li Shu's wrist.

Pei Song'an openly pursued Li Shu, who rejected Chen Yannan but hesitated to accept Pei Song'an because he expected to return to his original world. After Li Shu admitted his attraction, the system's instruction to secure an alliance with Shen Muwen brought their relationship to a tense confrontation.

• Pei Song'an publicly announced that he was pursuing Li Shu after Xue Chen confronted him at school.
• Li Shu rejected Chen Yannan's confession and persuaded Pei Song'an to stay at the Li Family home after the system warned that his father posed a danger.
• Li Qinshi urged Li Shu to consider his relationship carefully, and Li Shu later allowed Pei Song'an to kiss him in his room.
• Li Shu confronted Xue Chen over his accusations and again rejected Chen Yannan's attempts to become more than his older brother.
• Pei Song'an took care of Li Shu after a hospital visit, and Li Shu learned that Pei Lian had confined Pei Song'an for refusing to bring him home.
• Li Shu admitted his attraction to Pei Song'an but remained uncertain about being together, and their beach outing brought further kisses and jealousy.
• Shen Muwen proposed working with Pei Song'an against Pei Lian, but Pei Song'an refused despite the system instructing Li Shu to secure his agreement.
• Pei Song'an investigated Cheng Zhen's account of a relative who believed their world was a novel, then questioned what Li Shu wanted from him when Li Shu pressed him to reconsider Shen Muwen's offer.

Li Shu and Pei Song'an confessed their feelings and grew closer as rumors and threats put Pei Song'an under pressure. When the system warned Li Shu that Pei Song'an was about to crash, Li Shu saved him, but the danger deepened Pei Song'an's fear that Li Shu might disappear.

• Li Shu found Pei Song'an in the rain, urged him to choose his own path, and later admitted he liked him while caring for him through a fever.
• Pei Song'an and Li Shu clarified when they believed their relationship began, while Li Shu learned Pei Song'an had secretly agreed to cooperate with Shen Muwen.
• After rumors accused the Pei family of illicit profiteering, Li Shu defended Pei Song'an at school and Chen Yannan took him to visit him.
• Pei Song'an admitted his jealousy of Chen Yannan and his desire to control Li Shu, while Li Shu reassured him that he was his first love.
• Pei Song'an took Li Shu to the water park for his birthday, and anonymous bouquets addressed to Li Shu began arriving afterward.
• The system warned Li Shu that Pei Song'an was about to crash, so Li Shu drove to him and blocked a Volkswagen from hitting his car.
• At the police station, Li Shu blamed Shen Muwen for the attempted collision, but Pei Song'an said Shen was probably not responsible and the police began investigating.
• After Li Shu stayed at Pei Song'an's apartment, Pei Song'an woke him and confessed he feared losing him, asking whether Li Shu had risked his life for love or the mission.