Recaps

Li Shu and Pei Song'an grew closer while Xie Jin questioned Li Shu about the novel's plot and Pei Song'an investigated his involvement. Pei Song'an secured Xie Jin's cooperation and assured Li Shu they could stay together, but Pei Lian punished him for their relationship and Pei Song'an secretly had the abuse recorded.

• Li Shu acknowledged his relationship with Pei Song'an, who later intervened when a stranger tried to kiss Li Shu during a bar game.
• Li Shu learned that Cheng Qi had died and grew suspicious when Xie Jin questioned his caffeine tolerance and his rescue of Pei Song'an.
• Pei Song'an investigated Xie Jin's connections to the car accident and the exposure of the Pei family's illicit wealth.
• Shen Muwen brought Li Shu to Xie Jin, who claimed Pei Song'an's ending could not be changed, and Li Shu punched Xie Jin before Pei Song'an arrived.
• Pei Song'an questioned Xie Jin about his mission and the plot's rules, then secured his cooperation by proposing that completing the plotline could save his life.
• Pei Song'an admitted to Zhu Sichun that he had caused Xie Jin to go abroad and later assured Li Shu that he had found a way for them to stay together.
• Pei Lian ordered men to repeatedly hold Pei Song'an underwater over his relationship with Li Shu, and Pei Song'an refused to express regret before confirming that the old butler had secretly recorded everything.

Li Shu and Pei Song'an leave the book world and reunite in their original world, where they begin a relationship and settle into university life together. The arc ends with Pei Song'an meeting Li Shu's parents and the two planning a summer trip with Zhaocai.

• Pei Song'an confessed to the old butler that he loved Li Shu, then apologized to Li Shu for keeping his plan against Pei Lian secret.
• Li Shu took Pei Song'an's card to a bar with Cheng Zhen, where Pei Song'an arrived in a male model's outfit and Li Qinshi came to collect Li Shu.
• Pei Lian announced he would change his heir the following Saturday, while Pei Song'an and Li Shu agreed to elope after Li Shu finished CET-6.
• Pei Song'an told Li Shu the story would end soon and asked him to wait if he returned to the real world, and shortly afterward, both systems transported them there.
• Li Shu returned to ordinary university life with Song Shiran, but Pei Song'an found him and reunited with him outside his residential complex.
• Li Shu and Pei Song'an began their relationship in the real world, and Pei Song'an introduced Li Shu to Pei Xiying.
• As the university terms began, Li Shu discovered Song Shiran had used his photos to chat with Tiantian, while Pei Song'an continued spending time with him and tutoring him for CET-4.
• Pei Song'an visited Li Shu's parents with gifts, shared a meal with the family, and asked Li Shu to travel with him over summer break.