Chapter Summaries

Li Shu arranged a hot spring outing with Pei Song'an, bringing Zhaocai and inviting Cheng Zhen and Zhu Sichun along. Pei Song'an mistook Li Shu's plans for a private romantic encounter, and the chapter ended with Li Shu agreeing to soak with him after teasing him about seeing everything sooner or later.

• Pei Song'an questioned whether Li Shu had skipped class, then agreed to let Li Shu arrange their evening plans.
• Li Shu and Pei Song'an dropped Zhaocai off for a bath and went to a private hot spring spa, where Cheng Zhen and Zhu Sichun joined them.
• Cheng Zhen and Zhu Sichun chose separate rooms, but Pei Song'an stopped Li Shu as he tried to head to his own room.
• Pei Song'an pressed Li Shu about soaking separately and teased him about whether he had come to see Pei Song'an or spend time with Cheng Zhen.
• Li Shu agreed to soak with Pei Song'an, then tried to leave when Pei Song'an seized on his remark that he would see everything sooner or later.

Li Shu and Pei Song'an shared a private nude hot spring bath, where Pei Song'an teased and embraced him while insisting they would stay together every day. Li Shu tried to escape when Pei Song'an kept their future plans secret, but Pei Song'an dragged him back and demanded to know when he had said he could leave.

• Li Shu reluctantly entered the hot spring naked after warning Pei Song'an not to try anything.
• Pei Song'an pulled Li Shu onto his lap and teased him as Li Shu nervously begged him to behave.
• Pei Song'an told Li Shu they would be together every day, prompting Li Shu to ask whether they would avoid separation and whether he could still return for money.
• Li Shu sprang from the pool to escape after Pei Song'an refused to explain, but Pei Song'an grabbed his ankle and pulled him back.
• Pei Song'an pinned Li Shu and kissed him before demanding to know when he had said Li Shu could leave.

Li Shu and Pei Song'an shared an intimate bath and continued teasing each other before Li Shu went to meet Cheng Zhen in the lobby. Pei Song'an told Zhu Sichun why he was so possessive of Li Shu, then the two found an unfamiliar man chatting with Li Shu and Cheng Zhen.

• Pei Song'an kissed Li Shu in the bath, and later Li Shu teased him while playing with toy ducks on the bed.
• Cheng Zhen invited Li Shu to watch a drone show, then pointed out that Li Shu had a hickey on his neck.
• While buying ice cream, Pei Song'an admitted to Zhu Sichun that he had caused Xie Jin to go abroad and explained how deeply he wanted Li Shu because nothing else had ever felt like his own.
• Pei Song'an recalled being locked in the basement as a four-year-old and said his father's approval no longer mattered.
• Pei Song'an and Zhu Sichun reached the lobby and saw an unfamiliar man showing Li Shu something on his phone.

Pei Song'an reunited with Li Shu at the festival, where their intimate teasing stirred jealousy and amused their friends. After drinking, Li Shu asked whether Pei Song'an had truly found a way for them to stay together, then fell asleep reassured but still worried about what would happen to their families.

• Pei Song'an grew jealous when he saw Li Shu chatting with Cheng Zhen and an unfamiliar dog owner, but Li Shu ran to him for ice cream and reassured him.
• The unfamiliar man asked Cheng Zhen for his contact information, and Cheng Zhen turned him down while Li Shu and Zhu Sichun teased him about it.
• Li Shu and his friends watched the drone show and drank sweet wine as Cheng Zhen demonstrated a game strategy to Zhu Sichun.
• Li Shu asked Pei Song'an whether he had really found a way for them to stay together, and Pei Song'an confirmed that he had.
• Drunk Li Shu sniffed and licked Pei Song'an's lips, called him several affectionate names, and fell asleep in his arms after asking him to collect Zhaocai.
• As Pei Song'an carried Li Shu toward the elevator, Li Shu murmured that he was glad they did not have to part, then worried aloud about Pei Song'an leaving his parents behind.

Li Shu drunkenly mistook Pei Song'an for a male host before revealing he had recognized him all along, and the two returned home the next day. Pei Song'an faced his father’s hostility toward his relationship with Li Shu and woke after being held underwater, asking whether the butler had recorded everything he requested.

• Li Shu crawled away from Pei Song'an, mistook him for a male host, and joked about asking him to take the CET-4 exam before falling asleep.
• Pei Song'an and Li Shu returned home the next day, and Pei Song'an left Li Shu with Zhu Sichun and Cheng Zhen to answer Pei Lian’s call.
• Pei Lian confronted Pei Song'an about being close to Li Shu and ordered two men to hold him underwater until he reconsidered.
• Pei Song'an was repeatedly pushed into the pool, refusing to say he regretted being with Li Shu.
• After Pei Song'an woke, he asked the old butler whether he had recorded everything he requested, and the butler confirmed it was recorded without anyone noticing.

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.