Chapter Summaries

Wu Jiangyuan used his connection to Wu Chengnan to offer Zhang Wennuo a meeting, while privately probing Zhang’s ties to Wang Anlian. He then shared his location with Pei Jinghe, who wanted to see him, before returning to filming for the final game results and the group’s trip to a woodland guesthouse.

• Wu Jiangyuan told Zhang Wennuo he could try to arrange a meeting with Wu Chengnan, and asked whether Zhang’s team had approached Wang Anlian for their first show together.
• Zhang Wennuo agreed to keep Wu Jiangyuan’s relationship with Wu Chengnan secret and resolved to treat him as usual.
• Wu Jiangyuan messaged Pei Jinghe that he would be away overnight, and Pei Jinghe asked for his location so he could visit.
• Wu Jiangyuan returned to filming, where Wang Anlian and Qu Wang gave him hostile looks.
• Zhang Wennuo announced that Wen Jingyi, Qu Wang, and Chang Muzhen placed first, Ye Lang and Shi Yuting placed second, and Wu Jiangyuan and Wang Anlian placed last and would wash dishes.
• The group prepared to head to a local woodland guesthouse.

Wu Jiangyuan endured Wang Anlian’s attempts to provoke him before joining a group game at the guesthouse, where Qu Wang’s pointed remark about negative publicity backfired. Wu Jiangyuan then revealed that he had once trended twenty-four times in one month.

• Wu Jiangyuan bought water for the camera crew, while Wang Anlian and Qu Wang watched and discussed keeping their saved material about him.
• At the guesthouse, Wang Anlian pressured Wu Jiangyuan to join a game, and Ye Lang persuaded him to take part.
• During Qu Wang’s turn, he claimed he had never trended because of negative publicity, but most of the group had to put down a finger, and Wu Jiangyuan reminded them the game was about what one person had that the others did not.
• Wang Anlian said he had won the singing competition Listening to Good Music, and the others put down a finger.
• Wu Jiangyuan said he had once trended twenty-four times in a single month.

Wu Jiangyuan left the variety-show filming to meet Pei Jinghe at the beach, where they flirted and teased each other. Pei Jinghe led him to a quiet spot by the sea and took off his mask.

• After Wu Jiangyuan made an embarrassing remark during filming, Zhang Wenruo assured him the footage would be cut, and dinner was announced.
• Wu Jiangyuan noticed Qu Wang and Wang Anlian whispering together, then received a call from Pei Jinghe, who had come to meet him.
• Wu Jiangyuan told Zhang Wenruo he would leave temporarily, and Zhang readily let him skip the punishment and dinner filming.
• Wu Jiangyuan hurried to the beach market and found Pei Jinghe waiting beside a Jeep.
• Wu Jiangyuan flirtatiously groped Pei Jinghe in public, and Pei Jinghe held his hands and led him to a quieter spot by the sea.
• Pei Jinghe removed Wu Jiangyuan's mask, and Wu Jiangyuan said he had been uncomfortable wearing it in the crowd.

Wu Jiangyuan and Pei Jinghe enjoyed their first seaside date, discovering the glowing Blue Tears and sharing a private adventure. After they returned to the guesthouse, Wu Jiangyuan arranged a separate room, but Wang Anlian saw them together and suspected them of having an affair.

• Wu Jiangyuan and Pei Jinghe walked along the shore, where they discovered the rare Blue Tears phenomenon.
• Wu Jiangyuan ran through the glowing water and took photos while Pei Jinghe captured him on his phone.
• Pei Jinghe cleaned the sand from Wu Jiangyuan’s feet and objected to him sharing a guesthouse room with someone else.
• Wu Jiangyuan brought Pei Jinghe to Zhang Wenruo and arranged a separate room for the night.
• Wang Anlian saw Pei Jinghe kiss Wu Jiangyuan’s palm and assumed they were secretly having an affair during the show.

Wu Jiangyuan injured his nose with his phone, and Pei Jinghe comforted him while they discussed someone investigating their relationship and Wang Anlian’s involvement. Pei Jinghe went to get an ice pack and promised to help Wu Jiangyuan bathe after treating his wound.

• Wu Jiangyuan dozed off on the couch, dropped his phone on his nose, and worried that the injury might affect his shoot.
• Pei Jinghe stopped Wu Jiangyuan from going to the front desk and learned he was worried their relationship would be exposed to malice.
• Pei Jinghe told Wu Jiangyuan that Liang Changju had been offered money for information about him and their relationship, and Wu Jiangyuan suggested investigating Wang Anlian.
• Pei Jinghe offered to remove Wang Anlian from the entertainment industry, then left to find an ice pack for Wu Jiangyuan.
• Pei Jinghe returned with an ice pack, teased Wu Jiangyuan while treating his nose, and said he would help him bathe afterward.

Wu Jiangyuan spent the night with Pei Jinghe, who cared for his injured nose and stayed beside him, while Wu worried that his rut had been absent for too long. The next morning, Wu learned Qu Wang had spread word that he had spent the night with someone else, and he returned to the set to face Qu Wang and Wang Anlian.

• Pei Jinghe iced Wu Jiangyuan’s injured nose, reassured him he would not make advances, and explained that he had come because he wanted to see him and Wu liked his pheromones.
• Wu Jiangyuan worried that his rut had not returned despite repeated temporary markings, then fell asleep beside Pei Jinghe after he dried Wu’s hair.
• Wu Jiangyuan learned from Aji that Qu Wang had told others he spent the night with someone else and called him shameless; Wu told Aji to punch Qu Wang if he insulted him again.
• Pei Jinghe brought Wu Jiangyuan breakfast, covered the wound on his nose with a bandage, and received a kiss before Wu left for filming.
• At the set, Wu Jiangyuan asked whether Qu Wang and Wang Anlian had arrived, and Qu Wang mocked him for remembering there was filming.

Wu Jiangyuan discovered that Wang Anlian and Qu Wang were involved and grew suspicious that Wang Anlian had arranged for a camera operator to film them together. As filming began, Wu Jiangyuan unexpectedly greeted Wang Anlian warmly on camera, leaving him stunned.

• Wang Anlian showed Wu Jiangyuan a photo of him entering an elevator with Pei Jinghe and threatened to release it.
• Wu Jiangyuan bluffed that Qu Wang smelled of Alpha pheromones, and Qu Wang's reaction revealed his involvement with Wang Anlian.
• Wang Anlian warned Wu Jiangyuan to watch himself after filming, then greeted the director as if nothing had happened.
• Aji told Wu Jiangyuan that an assistant director had ordered extra footage of him and Wang Anlian, and Wu Jiangyuan recognized the suspicious camera operator as someone Wang Anlian had spoken with.
• Wu Jiangyuan asked Aji to keep watch on the camera operator during filming.
• Wu Jiangyuan greeted Wang Anlian with a smile on camera, surprising him.

Wu Jiangyuan and Wang Anlian teamed up for the old town’s individual flower-collecting competition, while Wu investigated a suspicious cameraman. Wu won the first luck-based task immediately, and Wang Anlian kept drawing salt water.

• Wu Jiangyuan and Wang Anlian agreed to team up, leaving Qu Wang behind.
• Wu Jiangyuan gave drinks to the camera crew, noticed Liu Jun’s evasive behavior, and learned Liu Jun was an unofficial backup cameraman connected to the assistant director.
• Wu Jiangyuan suspected Liu Jun had a deal with Wang Anlian and messaged Aji before continuing to the first task station.
• Wu Jiangyuan picked the plain-water cup on his first try and earned a little red flower.
• Wang Anlian repeatedly drank salt water as he tried and failed to pass the same challenge.

Wang Anlian and Wu Jiangyuan completed the flower-collecting tasks, with Wu Jiangyuan secretly using his sensitive sense of smell to win the water game. Wen Jingyi won the overall shoot, and after filming, Aji called Wu Jiangyuan to say he had gotten it.

• Wang Anlian finally drew plain water on his tenth cup, while Wu Jiangyuan won two red flowers by identifying the right cup on his first try.
• Wu Jiangyuan acted attentive toward Wang Anlian during later tasks, then suggested they steal Qu Wang's red ties to reach their target.
• Wang Anlian persuaded Qu Wang to hand over his ties and completed his task, while Wu Jiangyuan gave his own ties to Wen Jingyi.
• The tour guide announced that Wang Anlian had won the final task and Wen Jingyi had won the overall shoot.
• Wu Jiangyuan returned from changing to find Aji missing, then called him and heard him say he had gotten it.

Aji told Wu Jiangyuan he had stolen a camera, while Wang Anlian accused Wu Jiangyuan of taking it. At a meeting with Zhang Wenruo, Wu Jiangyuan discovered Pei Jinghe was posing as his brother’s business friend, then grew alarmed when Pei hinted that his spouse was an Alpha in the entertainment industry.

• Aji told Wu Jiangyuan he had stolen the camera and was being searched for, so Wu Jiangyuan sent him to wait in his room.
• Wang Anlian confronted Wu Jiangyuan about the missing camera, but Wu Jiangyuan denied taking it and left with the assistant director.
• Wu Jiangyuan learned that the assistant director’s nephew was an intern cameraman and wondered about the young man’s connections on the crew.
• Wu Jiangyuan found Pei Jinghe with Zhang Wenruo and learned that Pei was introduced as Tangsheng’s president and Wu Chengnan’s business friend.
• Wu Jiangyuan toasted Pei Jinghe with tea and spotted his wedding ring.
• Pei Jinghe confirmed he was married and revealed that his spouse was an Alpha in the entertainment industry, alarming Wu Jiangyuan.

Wu Jiangyuan learned that Pei Jinghe had negotiated an investment with Zhang Wenruo to get him a place on a show. After Wang Anlian saw them together and felt Pei Jinghe’s intimidating presence, Wu Jiangyuan and Pei Jinghe left for a hotel.

• Pei Jinghe reminded Zhang Wenruo of a private promise, and Zhang Wenruo asked Wu Jiangyuan to put in a good word with Pei Jinghe and his brother.
• Wu Jiangyuan agreed to help Zhang Wenruo, then asked him for a small favor of his own.
• Pei Jinghe noticed Wang Anlian watching from the corridor and led Wu Jiangyuan away without alerting him.
• Wang Anlian recognized Pei Jinghe as Tangsheng’s president and grew more jealous after Pei Jinghe’s imposing gaze left him shaken.
• Pei Jinghe told Wu Jiangyuan he had offered Zhang Wenruo an investment in exchange for arranging a show featuring Wu Jiangyuan, and Wu Jiangyuan suggested they get a room.

Wu Jiangyuan and Pei Jinghe returned to the guesthouse with videos that could expose Wang Anlian’s scheme, and they planned how to use them at the evening gathering. As Wu Jiangyuan got ready, Pei Jinghe teased him while helping him change, leaving Wu Jiangyuan flustered and irritated.

• Pei Jinghe bought Wu Jiangyuan medicine and mango mints, and Wu Jiangyuan joked that he was scheming to make him dependent on him.
• Aji showed Wu Jiangyuan videos of Wang Anlian approaching him, and Pei Jinghe advised keeping the footage instead of deleting it.
• Wu Jiangyuan whispered a plan to Pei Jinghe, who approved, and Wu Jiangyuan told Aji to keep it secret until they carried it out.
• Wu Jiangyuan went to change for the evening gathering, but Pei Jinghe held him and teased him as he undressed.
• Pei Jinghe pulled down Wu Jiangyuan’s pants to help him change, and Wu Jiangyuan stamped on his foot and told him to stay away.

Wu Jiangyuan and Pei Jinghe shared an intimate encounter before discussing a mysterious investor who might attend the gathering. Pei Jinghe identified the investor as Lou Jinxiao and warned Wu Jiangyuan that he was a formidable man, leaving Wu Jiangyuan trying to recall why the name sounded familiar.

• Pei Jinghe teased Wu Jiangyuan about the marks on his skin, and Wu Jiangyuan admitted what he wanted before they became intimate.
• Afterward, Pei Jinghe teased Wu Jiangyuan about how he behaved while drunk, and Wu Jiangyuan prepared to leave for Zhang Wenruo's gathering.
• Pei Jinghe told Wu Jiangyuan that a mysterious investor named Lou might attend and that the guesthouse belonged to him.
• Pei Jinghe revealed that the man was Lou Jinxiao and warned Wu Jiangyuan not to act rashly because Lou had once stood alongside their fathers' generation.
• Wu Jiangyuan left for the gathering and wondered where he had heard Lou Jinxiao's name before.

Wu Jiangyuan attended a lavish club gathering and learned that an invitation-only party on the top floor brought celebrities together with powerful industry backers. Ye Lang warned him not to drink too much or trust anyone at the club, and Chang Muzhen revealed that Wu Jiangyuan had been invited upstairs.

• Wu Jiangyuan arrived at Drunken Dreamland, where an attendant said the club was hosting his group at its boss's request.
• Wu Jiangyuan reunited with Tang Nan, exchanged contact details with him, and learned that several celebrities had been invited to the club.
• Wu Jiangyuan questioned Ye Lang about the club's powerful owner, and Ye Lang warned him not to drink too much or trust anyone there.
• Chang Muzhen told Wu Jiangyuan that celebrities named on an invitation could attend a separate party on the top floor with industry backers.
• Chang Muzhen revealed that Wu Jiangyuan's name was on the invitation.

Wu Jiangyuan suspected Zhang Wenruo and Lou Jinxiao were connected and refused to go upstairs until the important boss invited him directly. Wang Anlian escorted him to a guarded room, where Wu Jiangyuan was stunned by what he saw inside.

• Wu Jiangyuan considered Chang Muzhen's warning, suspected Lou Jinxiao knew his identity, and messaged Pei Jinghe about the gathering.
• Zhang Wenruo called Wu Jiangyuan and urged him to come upstairs, but Wu Jiangyuan insisted the important boss invite him personally; a deep-voiced man agreed to send someone.
• Wang Anlian reluctantly fetched Wu Jiangyuan and insulted him, while Wu Jiangyuan probed him about the club and its gatherings.
• Wang Anlian led Wu Jiangyuan through a guarded top-floor corridor to antique-red double doors, where sandalwood and violin music greeted them.
• Wu Jiangyuan looked inside the room and widened his eyes in surprise.

Wu Jiangyuan confronted Lou Jinxiao at an illicit gathering and recalled their past encounter after someone tried to drug him. Lou Jinxiao denied being the one who suppressed that incident, leaving Wu Jiangyuan wondering whether Pei Jinghe had secretly protected him.

• Wu Jiangyuan entered Lou Jinxiao's gathering and kicked away a middle-aged man who tried to grope him.
• Lou Jinxiao stopped the bodyguards and greeted Wu Jiangyuan as his honored guest.
• Wu Jiangyuan recognized Lou Jinxiao from the club where someone had tried to drug him three years earlier.
• Lou Jinxiao hinted that he had known Wu Jiangyuan as a baby and made a hostile remark about Wu Qi.
• Lou Jinxiao denied suppressing the old incident, prompting Wu Jiangyuan to suspect Pei Jinghe had intervened.
• Wu Jiangyuan asked Lou Jinxiao whether he was seeking revenge.

Lou Jinxiao revealed Wu Jiangyuan’s connection to the Wu family while confronting guests who had insulted him, then challenged him with superior Alpha pheromones. Wu Jiangyuan realized Lou Jinxiao was using the gathering to threaten him and chose to stay in the hall rather than accept a private booth.

• Lou Jinxiao slapped Cao Wang and stopped him from demanding that Wu Jiangyuan entertain him.
• Lou Jinxiao identified Wu Jiangyuan as the Wu family’s most honored young master, shocking the influential guests.
• Wu Jiangyuan released aggressive freesia pheromones and clashed with Lou Jinxiao’s sandalwood scent.
• Lou Jinxiao overpowered Wu Jiangyuan, taunted him about his father, and threatened him with what might appear in later reports.
• Lou Jinxiao ordered a private booth prepared, but Wu Jiangyuan refused and sat beside the Omega holding a cello.

Wu Jiangyuan witnessed Lou Jinxiao punish Wang Anlian and learn that Wang planned to release footage from the show to target Wu Jiangyuan. After Wu Jiangyuan left under escort, Lou Jinxiao confirmed that photos and videos had been sent and thought of Wu Qi.

• Lou Jinxiao ordered the guests back to their seats, while Wu Jiangyuan covered the frightened, bruised Omega with his jacket.
• Lou Jinxiao pressured Wang Anlian until he admitted that he planned to release the show's recordings after the episode aired to deal with Wu Jiangyuan.
• Wu Jiangyuan received Pei Jinghe's message that he was at the entrance and warned him not to come in.
• Wu Jiangyuan claimed he needed the bathroom and left with a guide after Lou Jinxiao allowed him to go.
• Lou Jinxiao confirmed that his assistant had sent all the photos and videos, then thought of how they might affect Wu Qi.

Wu Jiangyuan escaped Lou Jinxiao’s venue and overheard a conversation that made him fear Tang Nan was in danger. He found Tang Nan safe in the lobby, but Tang Nan had clearly been crying.

• Wu Jiangyuan knocked out a bodyguard, contacted Pei Jinghe, and searched for a way out.
• Wu Jiangyuan overheard three guests discuss targeting someone named Tang Nan and hurriedly called him, but got no answer.
• Lou Jinxiao dismissed the idea of pursuing Wu Jiangyuan and claimed he was no longer responsible for the venue.
• Pei Jinghe left after suppressing the bodyguards with his pheromones and called someone to ask for a favor.
• Wu Jiangyuan reached the lobby and found Tang Nan safe, but Tang Nan turned to him with red, tearful eyes.

Wu Jiangyuan learned that Tang Nan's agent had tried to force him to entertain a client, then questioned Pei Jinghe about a past incident involving Lou Jinxiao. The chapter ended with Wu Jiangyuan asking whether Pei Jinghe had secretly helped him after he wrecked Lou Jinxiao's private club three years earlier.

• Wu Jiangyuan warned Tang Nan that a one-eyed man with a bandage had taken an interest in him, and Tang Nan revealed that his agent had brought him to entertain people against his wishes.
• Tang Nan said he would accept being blacklisted rather than keep working under those conditions, then left with his assistant Xiao Liu.
• Pei Jinghe reunited with Wu Jiangyuan, and they discussed the traces of other alphas' scents and Lou Jinxiao's interest in Wu Jiangyuan.
• Wu Jiangyuan took Pei Jinghe to the Underground Parking Garage and asked if he had secretly settled the aftermath of Wu Jiangyuan's attack on Lou Jinxiao's private club three years earlier.