Chapter Summaries

Wu Jiangyuan woke sore after spending the night with Pei Jinghe and learned that Liang Changju had cast him as the second male lead. He confronted Pei Jinghe about whether he had influenced the casting, and Pei Jinghe denied it, saying he would have made Wu the male lead if he had interfered.

• Wu Jiangyuan woke in Pei Jinghe’s arms, recalled the night before, and fled back to his room when Pei offered to take him for another bath.
• Wu Jiangyuan discovered he had no temporary mark, then saw He Qu’s many missed calls and learned Liang Changju had chosen him as the second male lead.
• Wu Jiangyuan questioned whether he was capable of the role, and He Qu encouraged him before they ended the call.
• Wu Jiangyuan went downstairs and asked Pei Jinghe whether he had interfered in Liang Changju’s casting.
• Pei Jinghe denied influencing the casting and said he would have made Wu Jiangyuan the male lead if he had interfered.

Wu Jiangyuan and Pei Jinghe awkwardly shared a meal at home, where Pei Jinghe’s poor cooking led them to order takeout and spend a quiet afternoon together. Pei Jinghe reminded Wu Jiangyuan that the Tassilo commercial launch was in three days, and Wu Jiangyuan insisted he was not afraid of public criticism.

• Pei Jinghe stayed home from the office and offered to cook for Wu Jiangyuan, who asked whether he had been happy overseas.
• Pei Jinghe explained that he had shown signs of differentiation before going abroad, while Wu Jiangyuan could not recall the promise he had made him.
• Wu Jiangyuan tried Pei Jinghe’s over-salted, soy-sauce-darkened cooking, told him never to cook again, and ordered takeout instead.
• Wu Jiangyuan saved some of the takeout for Pei Jinghe in case the food was bad, and Pei Jinghe massaged Wu Jiangyuan’s sore lower back as they rested together.
• Pei Jinghe told Wu Jiangyuan that the Tassilo commercial launch was in three days and offered to manage the online response, but Wu Jiangyuan said to handle it normally because he was not afraid.

Wu Jiangyuan prepared to appear as Tassilo’s mysterious spokesperson while reporters crowded the press conference. After recognizing reporter Tong Yong, who had previously spread a cheating story about him, Wu confronted him in the bathroom.

• Wu Jiangyuan finished getting styled backstage as Aji reminded him to stick to the script, and he messaged Pei Jinghe about the press conference.
• He Qu praised the commercial and told Wu Jiangyuan to keep his identity hidden until the final announcement, so Wu put on a silver-white rose mask.
• Wu Jiangyuan went to a secluded corridor to smoke and saw the crowd gathered outside the convention center.
• Wu Jiangyuan recognized Tong Yong, the reporter who had photographed him with Xi Jie and spread rumors that he was cheating.
• Tong Yong followed the masked Wu Jiangyuan into the bathroom, where Wu watched him at the sink and asked why he was following him.

Wu Jiangyuan agreed to give Tong Yong an interview after the Tassilo launch, then prepared to reveal himself as Tassilo’s spokesperson. He removed his mask onstage, stunning the audience by showing that he was Wu Jiangyuan.

• Tong Yong revealed himself as a Su Xin Times reporter and asked Wu Jiangyuan for an interview, so Wu promised to give him one after the launch.
• Wu Jiangyuan told He Qu about Tong Yong, then said he would grant the interview because Tong Yong had come to him.
• At the convention center, Pei Jinghe reassured Wu Jiangyuan backstage and told him the Tassilo commercial had turned out well.
• Wu Jiangyuan walked onstage wearing a silver-white rose mask as Tassilo’s spokesperson.
• Wu Jiangyuan removed his mask, revealing his identity to the stunned audience.

Wu Jiangyuan’s polished appearance and Tassilo commercial won over the launch event crowd, sending his name and the ad trending online. As the event ended, Gu Lan and He Qu hurried him toward a fan meet and greet he had not known was waiting for him.

• Tong Yong realized that he had supplied damaging stories about Wu Jiangyuan, while Wu Jiangyuan calmly introduced himself as Tassilo’s brand ambassador.
• Pei Jinghe arrived wearing the same unreleased Stars watch and began applauding, prompting his subordinates and then the audience to join in.
• Gu Lan presented Tassilo’s cinematic commercial, whose tragic story and Wu Jiangyuan’s performance moved the audience to praise it.
• The commercial and Wu Jiangyuan’s reveal surged to the top of Weibo’s trending searches, and reporters prepared to interview him.
• After the launch event, Gu Lan stopped Wu Jiangyuan from leaving and told him to attend a fan meet and greet; He Qu then rushed over, saying a crowd was waiting outside to see him.

Wu Jiangyuan charmed a group of fans at a meet-and-greet, then chose Tong Yong for an interview while the other reporters protested. Before the interview began, he secretly met Pei Jinghe, and their exchange over the ring left them both smiling.

• Wu Jiangyuan took individual and group photos with the fans, then treasured the instant photograph one of them gave him.
• Wu Jiangyuan refused to interview the waiting reporters except for Tong Yong, calling him forward despite the others' complaints.
• Wu Jiangyuan recognized Pei Jinghe and privately asked him to follow without letting the reporters know they were acquainted.
• In a dark corridor, Wu Jiangyuan told Pei Jinghe he disliked the reporters, and Pei Jinghe offered to deal with them before agreeing to wait in the lounge.
• Wu Jiangyuan kissed the Möbius ring on Pei Jinghe's finger and hurried back; Pei Jinghe kissed the same spot after he left.

Wu Jiangyuan deflected reporters’ questions about his endorsement and rumors, then used his interview to intimidate Tong Yong. Afterward, he told He Qu that Tong Yong’s history of reporting damaging stories about him suggested someone had been targeting him behind the scenes.

• Wu Jiangyuan returned to the reporters and answered Tong Yong’s questions about Tassilo with guarded, witty replies.
• Tong Yong asked Wu Jiangyuan about rumors involving an Omega in a restroom, and Wu accused reporters of keeping him on trending searches for profit.
• Wu Jiangyuan confronted Tong Yong privately, implying he knew the reporter had profited from damaging stories about him, then ended the interview.
• Tong Yong sent someone a message as reporters uploaded the interview, which began spreading online.
• Wu Jiangyuan told He Qu that Tong Yong had appeared in nearly every major piece of dirt about him and that Tong Yong’s reaction confirmed his suspicions of a deliberate campaign.

Wu Jiangyuan refused Pei Jinghe’s offer to handle the smear campaign and went with him to the hospital to collect Dai Lan. After Pei Jinghe called himself Wu Jiangyuan’s husband and left for work, Wu Jiangyuan ran into his brother at the hospital entrance.

• Wu Jiangyuan told He Qu to keep his suspicions about the smear campaign quiet, then refused Pei Jinghe’s offer to intervene.
• Wu Jiangyuan and Pei Jinghe went to the hospital, where Wu Jiangyuan found Dai Lan hiding outside and brought him back to his room.
• Dai Lan learned Pei Jinghe was an Enigma, and Pei Jinghe corrected him by saying he was Wu Jiangyuan’s husband.
• Pei Jinghe left for work after Wu Jiangyuan kissed him on the cheek, and Wu Jiangyuan met his brother at the hospital entrance.

Wu Jiangyuan saw his brother Wu Chengnan at the hospital, then discovered that Tassilo’s advertisement had brought him new fans and supportive comments. Grateful to Pei Jinghe for helping him, Wu Jiangyuan offered him a meal, rejected the hint of further rewards, and renamed his contact “Clam.”

• Wu Jiangyuan ran into Wu Chengnan at the hospital and learned that his brother was suffering from insomnia.
• Wu Jiangyuan collected Dai Lan from the hospital, and Dai Lan showed him the praise and new fans he had gained after Tassilo’s advertisement.
• Wu Jiangyuan was moved by the supportive comments, though he denied that he was crying.
• Wu Jiangyuan returned home, saw that his follower count had risen further, and thanked Pei Jinghe for helping him.
• Wu Jiangyuan offered to treat Pei Jinghe to a meal, refused to offer anything more, and changed Pei Jinghe’s contact name to “Clam.”

Wu Jiangyuan was recognized while posing for a masked photo outside a Tassilo store, and online commenters identified him by a mole near his eyebrow. When Pei Jinghe came home and saw the photo and its misleading caption, he questioned Wu Jiangyuan about his supposed boyfriend.

• Wu Jiangyuan agreed to take a masked photo with an Omega in front of a Tassilo poster.
• The Omega posted the picture on Weibo with a caption calling Wu Jiangyuan his boyfriend, and commenters recognized Wu Jiangyuan by his eyes and eyebrow mole.
• He Qu told Wu Jiangyuan about the post, and Wu Jiangyuan asked him to wait before taking action while they contacted the Omega.
• Pei Jinghe came home, saw the photo on Wu Jiangyuan's phone, and asked whether Wu Jiangyuan had gone out with his boyfriend.

Wu Jiangyuan refused Pei Jinghe’s request to move into his room, but later found himself unable to sleep while thinking about Pei Jinghe’s insomnia. After drinking grape wine, he went to the study and insisted that Pei Jinghe go to bed.

• Wu Jiangyuan explained that he wanted to learn the young Omega’s motives before making a public statement, and Pei Jinghe offered to find the Omega’s address.
• Pei Jinghe asked Wu Jiangyuan to move into his room for the night, but Wu Jiangyuan refused, still resentful about Pei Jinghe’s earlier trick.
• Unable to sleep, Wu Jiangyuan heard Pei Jinghe working in the study at two in the morning and drank a glass of grape wine before returning upstairs.
• After briefly falling asleep, Wu Jiangyuan went back to the study, grabbed Pei Jinghe, and told him to go to sleep.
• Pei Jinghe stopped Wu Jiangyuan and asked if he was drunk again.

Wu Jiangyuan got drunk and spent the night sleeping in Pei Jinghe's arms, then woke with only fragments of the night in his memory. He received the address of the Omega he needed to find and prepared to handle the matter while learning about Director Liang's upcoming production.

• Wu Jiangyuan took Pei Jinghe to his room, fell asleep, and then held on to him until Pei Jinghe climbed into bed and let him cuddle close.
• Wu Jiangyuan woke near noon, learned Pei Jinghe had arranged a hangover remedy, and wondered what he had done while drunk.
• Wu Jiangyuan went to the company, where He Qu told him Director Liang's cast would attend an opening gathering before filming and warned him not to start conflicts.
• Pei Jinghe sent Wu Jiangyuan the Omega's address and warned that mishandling the situation would count as cheating on his husband.

He Qu and Wu Jiangyuan confronted Zhang Fan about the misleading post and arranged a doctored photo to clear up the rumors. After Zhang Fan posted the clarification, Wu Jiangyuan exchanged jealous messages with Pei Jinghe, who invited him to dinner.

• He Qu and Wu Jiangyuan visited Zhang Fan, who apologized for making the post that caused trouble.
• He Qu proposed that Zhang Fan post a photo with a supposed boyfriend and supplied wording for a clarification, warning him not to leak anything.
• Zhang Fan posted photos with his purported boyfriend, and commenters stopped speculating that he was dating Wu Jiangyuan.
• Wu Jiangyuan sent Pei Jinghe a screenshot of the post, and they argued over whether either of them might cheat.
• Pei Jinghe told Wu Jiangyuan to quit smoking and said he would pick him up for dinner at six.

Wu Jiangyuan accompanied Pei Jinghe back to their old high school for Professor Tanier’s final lecture, but wandered the campus alone and remembered a time Pei Jinghe had disappeared after being asked to put away equipment. When Wu Jiangyuan found Pei Jinghe’s schoolbag still in the classroom, he realized Pei Jinghe might have been missing inside the school.

• Wu Jiangyuan left work with Pei Jinghe, who drove him to their former high school for Professor Tanier’s final lecture.
• Wu Jiangyuan declined to attend the lecture and explored the campus while Pei Jinghe went to see Professor Tanier.
• Wu Jiangyuan revisited his old classroom and remembered that Pei Jinghe had once been asked to return sports equipment to the equipment room.
• Wu Jiangyuan recalled that Pei Jinghe had stopped coming to school, and Jia Xin’an called to say he had also been missing from home for two days.
• After the call, Wu Jiangyuan found Pei Jinghe’s schoolbag in his desk and suspected he had never left the school.

Wu Jiangyuan found Pei Jinghe trapped in an abandoned equipment room after two days without food, water, or a suppressant, and carried him to the infirmary. Later, Wu Jiangyuan revisited the renovated corridor and messaged Pei Jinghe about rescuing him there, prompting Pei Jinghe to say he would come find him.

• Wu Jiangyuan searched the school for Pei Jinghe and learned the old equipment rooms had been abandoned.
• Wu Jiangyuan followed Pei Jinghe's pheromones to a jammed room, kicked down the door, and found him unconscious and severely weakened.
• Pei Jinghe woke up and asked Wu Jiangyuan to carry him on his back, and Wu Jiangyuan took him to the infirmary.
• The doctor treated Pei Jinghe, and their homeroom teacher explained that he had been trapped after the door jammed while he was physically unstable from recently differentiating.
• Wu Jiangyuan later photographed the renovated corridor and messaged Pei Jinghe about rescuing him there; Pei Jinghe replied that he would come find him.

On Valentine's Day, Pei Jinghe and Wu Jiangyuan went to dinner together and entered a restaurant prize draw. Pei Jinghe traded their first-prize refrigerator for plush toys Wu Jiangyuan liked, and they left with both.

• Pei Jinghe left his lecture to meet Wu Jiangyuan beneath the gardenias, where Wu Jiangyuan asked whether he counted as Pei Jinghe's lifesaver.
• Pei Jinghe and Wu Jiangyuan went to a restaurant, where they learned it was Valentine's Day and saw that couples could enter a prize draw.
• Wu Jiangyuan noticed a mango plush in the prize list but hid his interest, and Pei Jinghe decided to enter the draw.
• Pei Jinghe won the first prize but traded the refrigerator for the mango plush, and the manager also offered them a pink dragon fruit plush.
• Wu Jiangyuan accepted both plush toys, and he and Pei Jinghe left the restaurant carrying one each.

Back at Hao Garden, Wu Jiangyuan learned that Pei Jinghe had wanted to give him the repaired robot as a child and that Wu’s pheromones eased Pei’s insomnia. After Pei asked him to allow a new mark, Wu kissed him, and their intimacy left Wu unable to pull away.

• Wu Jiangyuan posted a photo of the two plush toys on Weibo and brought the pink dragon fruit plushie to Pei Jinghe’s room.
• Pei Jinghe explained that the repaired robot was what he had meant to give Wu Jiangyuan after receiving gingerbread candies from him as a child.
• Pei Jinghe said that marking Wu Jiangyuan had made him dependent on Wu’s pheromones and worsened his insomnia after the temporary mark faded.
• Pei Jinghe asked Wu Jiangyuan to let him mark him again, and Wu responded by kissing him and admitting he could not refuse Pei when he was kind to him.
• Pei Jinghe carried Wu Jiangyuan to the bed, and the two became intimate.

Wu Jiangyuan attended the film’s opening gathering, where Wang Anlian confronted him and implied he had slept his way into the second male lead role. The confrontation remained unresolved when Nan Xiaoxing arrived.

• Wu Jiangyuan went to the gathering with He Qu, who warned him that Wang Anlian and his fans could cause trouble.
• Wu Jiangyuan met Tang Nan on the way to the private room, and Tang Nan told him the leaked cast list had drawn insulting comments online.
• Wu Jiangyuan entered the gathering and noticed Wang Anlian watching him with malice.
• Wang Anlian offered Wu Jiangyuan wine, but Wu Jiangyuan refused because he was allergic to alcohol.
• Wang Anlian mocked Wu Jiangyuan’s acting ability and suggested he had obtained the role by compromising, while the others laughed and Tang Nan stayed silent.
• Nan Xiaoxing entered the private room as Wang Anlian’s confrontation with Wu Jiangyuan continued.

Wu Jiangyuan attended Liang Changju’s cast meeting, where Tang Nan asked about rumors that he had slept with an investor to get his role. After Wang Anlian confronted him in the restroom, Wu Jiangyuan beat him and warned him not to provoke him again.

• Nan Xiaoxing and Liang Changju arrived, and Liang Changju began explaining the production schedule and story to the cast.
• Tang Nan apologized for staying quiet and asked Wu Jiangyuan about Wang Anlian’s rumor; Wu Jiangyuan said he had earned the role on merit, though the rumor was partly true because Pei Jinghe was an investor.
• Wu Jiangyuan left for the restroom, where Wang Anlian accused him of using dirty tricks and pointed out his scent blocker patch.
• Wu Jiangyuan punched and beat Wang Anlian after he grabbed Wu Jiangyuan’s shoulder and insulted him.
• Wu Jiangyuan forced Wang Anlian to acknowledge the warning, then cautioned that exposing the incident could get them both removed from the production.

At the film’s cast gathering, Wu Jiangyuan drove away people vying for Pei Jinghe’s attention, then got drunk after drinking with him and confessed that he was starting to like him. The chapter ended with Pei Jinghe stopping Wu Jiangyuan from going further while drunk, then agreeing to help ease his discomfort.

• Wang Anlian returned to the private room after treating his injuries and lied to Xia Hao about how he had gotten hurt.
• Wu Jiangyuan joined Pei Jinghe in the investors’ room, pulled an actor away from Pei Jinghe, and accepted Pei Jinghe’s drink on his behalf.
• Pei Jinghe told Wu Jiangyuan that he had come because Wu Jiangyuan was there, and Wu Jiangyuan drank a glass to test whether Pei Jinghe made him get drunk.
• Wu Jiangyuan left for the parking lot and, once Pei Jinghe joined him in the car, drunkenly explained that he feared their relationship would bring ridicule on Pei Jinghe’s family.
• Pei Jinghe told Wu Jiangyuan he loved him, and Wu Jiangyuan confessed that he was starting to like Pei Jinghe before kissing him.
• Pei Jinghe refused to have sex with Wu Jiangyuan while he was drunk, but agreed to help when Wu Jiangyuan said he was uncomfortable.