Recaps

Xie Yuan promised Xiaomai and the other children he would persuade Director Wu to get a medical checkup, and she eventually agreed. He returned to the classroom with the good news, while the Deputy Director asked Director Ma whether Xie Yuan's group had completed their task.

• Xiaomai and the other children asked Xie Yuan to persuade Director Wu to go to the hospital for a checkup after she had fainted.
• Xie Yuan helped Director Wu and two orphanage workers sort the supplies before discussing the children's wish with her.
• Director Wu initially resisted, saying the orphanage could not afford medical expenses, but agreed to get a checkup after Xie Yuan insisted.
• Xie Yuan said he would have someone accompany Director Wu to the hospital the next day.
• Xiaomai celebrated when Xie Yuan told the children Director Wu had agreed, then apologized for disturbing the other group.
• The Deputy Director asked Director Ma whether Xie Yuan's group had completed its task.

Xie Yuan’s group was declared the first to complete their task after persuading Director Wu to agree to a checkup, while the other groups rushed to fulfill the children’s wishes. When Su Wanyue questioned how his group had finished, Xie Yuan told her he disliked the way she acted.

• Director Ma ruled that Xie Yuan’s group had completed its task and announced that fast groups would earn extra votes while unfinished groups would lose votes.
• Tan Yaya and Zhang Jue struggled to make a flying toy rocket, while Wang Zihua and Liu Yan struggled to assemble a child’s origami aircraft carrier.
• Su Wanyue and Gu Yanzhou hurried to finish the children’s wishes, and viewers criticized them for brushing off the children’s questions.
• Director Ma ordered the livestream moderators to mute accounts posting insults in Su Wanyue’s comments.
• Gu Yanzhou asked Xie Yuan what wishes the children had, and Xie Yuan teased him by telling the children that Gu Yanzhou had offered to help.
• Su Wanyue explained that they were curious because Xie Yuan’s group had spent the morning helping with homework, and Xie Yuan said he had never liked the way she acted.

Xie Yuan confronted Su Wanyue and Gu Yanzhou for implying that he had manipulated the children’s wishes, and Xiaomai confirmed the children had chosen their wishes themselves. Gu Yanzhou and Su Wanyue left after apologizing, then returned to help the children with homework.

• Xie Yuan mocked Su Wanyue and challenged Gu Yanzhou’s suspicion that he had faked fulfilling the children’s wishes.
• Gu Yanzhou questioned the children, and Xiaomai said they had all agreed on their wishes themselves and that Xie Yuan had not steered them.
• When Gu Yanzhou glared at Xiaomai, Xie Yuan shielded him and demanded that Gu Yanzhou and Su Wanyue apologize for slandering them.
• Gu Yanzhou apologized, then he and Su Wanyue left the classroom; Xie Yuan let the other children ask Mu Ze for homework help.
• The livestream viewers argued over Gu Yanzhou’s behavior, drawing more viewers to the show.
• More than ten minutes later, Su Wanyue and Gu Yanzhou returned and began helping the children with their homework.

Su Wanyue and Gu Yanzhou tried to help the children with homework, while Xie Yuan and Mu Ze finished their activities and played basketball with them. After the guests completed their tasks, the production team assigned them to cook for the children, leaving Xie Yuan to sit out because he could not cook.

• Su Wanyue failed to explain a homework problem to Xiao Miao, but Gu Yanzhou explained it successfully while Xie Yuan and Mu Ze finished helping the other children and went outside.
• Xiaomai showed Xie Yuan his new birthday basketball, and Mu Ze played with him and the other children.
• Wang Zihua complained about assembling the aircraft carrier, then took Xiao Yu to see the project after learning how much the children had done to make it.
• After the tasks ended, Wang Zihua teased Su Wanyue and argued with Gu Yanzhou before Teacher He announced that each pair had to cook for the children.
• Mu Ze advised Tan Yaya and Zhang Jue to make cucumber salad, while he prepared to cook sweet-and-sour pork ribs with Xie Yuan.
• Xiaomai asked why Xie Yuan was not helping, and Xie Yuan admitted that he could not cook.

The guests left the orphanage after sharing a meal with the children, while the production team arranged a donation and promised follow-up support. Back at the villa, the voting results sparked tension when Xie Yuan challenged Su Wanyue’s remarks before he and Mu Ze were announced as the narrowly winning pair.

• Xiaomai and the other children praised Mu Ze’s cooking as everyone ate the meal prepared at the orphanage.
• Teacher He explained that the production team would arrange a donation, and a staff member revealed she had grown up at the orphanage and submitted its application.
• The guests left the orphanage, and Tan Yaya said she wanted to visit again as the livestream vote opened.
• Teacher He announced the rankings: Wang Zihua and Liu Yan placed fourth, Su Wanyue and Gu Yanzhou placed third, and Tan Yaya and Zhang Jue placed second.
• Xie Yuan accused Su Wanyue of implying that he and Mu Ze did not deserve first place, and Gu Yanzhou called him too sensitive.
• Teacher He revealed that Xie Yuan and Mu Ze won by only a dozen or so votes after additional votes were counted.

The guests learned that Xie Yuan and Mu Ze had won first place and then faced a partner-identification challenge involving veiled lookalikes. Wang Zihua failed to identify Liu Yan, and the chapter ended as Zhang Jue was asked to choose Tan Yaya from her group.

• Teacher He announced that the production team would donate two million to the orphanage in Xie Yuan and Mu Ze's names and introduced two final segments.
• The male guests went to the courtyard, where forty identically dressed, veiled people stood in groups for them to identify their partners.
• Wang Zihua chose the wrong person from Liu Yan's group, and Liu Yan stepped forward after revealing herself.
• Zhang Jue examined Tan Yaya's group but could not distinguish her from the others before his five minutes ran out.

On a veiled-partner challenge, Zhang Jue and Gu Yanzhou failed to identify Tan Yaya and Su Wanyue, but Xie Yuan immediately found Mu Ze and teased him about marriage. The other guests and livestream viewers suspected the result was rigged, while the production staff insisted Xie Yuan had not been told who Mu Ze was.

• Zhang Jue chose the wrong person for Tan Yaya, then Gu Yanzhou failed to recognize Su Wanyue among the veiled guests.
• Xie Yuan challenged Gu Yanzhou to admit he was a scumbag if Xie Yuan found Mu Ze, but Su Wanyue interrupted before Gu Yanzhou could answer.
• Xie Yuan went straight to Mu Ze and removed his veil, then teased him that their wedding could not be so shabby.
• Mu Ze happily agreed that their wedding should be better, while the guests and livestream viewers were stunned that Xie Yuan had found him instantly.
• The Deputy Director suspected Director Ma had given Xie Yuan the answer, but Director Ma denied knowing Mu Ze's position, and Su Wanyue remarked that even prior knowledge would not have let her find him so quickly.

Xie Yuan defended himself against Gu Yanzhou’s accusation that he had cheated to identify Mu Ze, then revealed that he recognized Mu Ze by scent without explaining why. The guests and viewers remained curious, while Gu Yanzhou backed away from a fight.

• Gu Yanzhou accused Xie Yuan of cheating, but Teacher He, Tan Yaya, and Zhang Jue vouched that Xie Yuan had no chance to learn who was under the veils.
• Xie Yuan explained that he found Mu Ze because he smelled good, prompting Su Wanyue and others to guess that Mu Ze wore perfume.
• Wang Zihua and Gu Yanzhou smelled the nine people from Mu Ze’s group and found that they all had the same perfume, so Gu Yanzhou renewed his accusation.
• Xie Yuan said he had never claimed the scent was perfume and refused to disclose his personal reason for recognizing Mu Ze.
• Xie Yuan insulted Gu Yanzhou’s smell and taunted him, but Gu Yanzhou resisted starting a fight and returned to the other guests.
• Teacher He concluded that Xie Yuan had recognized a beauty by scent.

At the dating show's final confession, Xie Yuan and Mu Ze accepted each other's roses, while Su Wanyue rejected Gu Yanzhou but promised to wait until he settled things with Xie Yuan. Xie Yuan called out their hypocrisy, and Teacher He ended the broadcast as Mu Ze asked whether he wanted to fight them.

• Teacher He announced the final confession task, and Xie Yuan gave Mu Ze the roses so Mu Ze could confess to him.
• Zhang Jue confessed to Tan Yaya, and she accepted his roses, making them a successful match.
• Wang Zihua explained that he had come for Su Wanyue and was not compatible with Liu Yan, and Liu Yan agreed that their pairing had failed.
• Mu Ze nervously confessed that he liked Xie Yuan, and Xie Yuan accepted his roses and agreed they could learn how to love each other together.
• Gu Yanzhou confessed to Su Wanyue, but she refused to become his girlfriend until he had settled things with Xie Yuan; Xie Yuan condemned them for pretending and insulting his sister.
• Teacher He ended the broadcast, and Mu Ze asked Xie Yuan whether he wanted to fight Gu Yanzhou and Su Wanyue, but Xie Yuan said he had no energy for it.

After the show ended, Xie Yuan and Mu Ze worried about being apart once they left the villa, while Xie Yuan also arranged for his sister Xie Ran to fix the orphanage road and prepared to confront the Gu family with her. The chapter ended with Xie Yuan admitting he would have trouble sleeping without Mu Ze and asking what he should do.

• The production team cut the livestream, prompting viewers to speculate about whether Xie Yuan and the others had fought as the show’s hashtags trended.
• Back at the villa, Xie Yuan and Mu Ze discussed their new relationship and the prospect of no longer living together after the show ended.
• Xie Yuan learned Mu Ze had a little over ten days of leave left and wondered whether his insomnia would return without him.
• Xie Yuan called Xie Ran, asked her to arrange repairs to the road leading to the orphanage, and told her to take the next day off.
• Xie Yuan and Xie Ran agreed to visit the Gu family the next day, and Xie Yuan urged her to go home and rest.
• Mu Ze joined Xie Yuan in bed and asked whether he would struggle to sleep back home; Xie Yuan said he would and asked what he should do.

Xie Yuan asked Mu Ze to call him A-Wu, and Mu Ze agreed to return with him to the Xie Family, privately preparing gifts for the visit. As they left the dating-show villa, Xie Yuan called his older sister Xie Ran and told her to dress up before he arrived.

• Xie Yuan told Mu Ze he could not sleep without him and asked him to call him A-Wu; Mu Ze invited him to go back to the Xie Family with him.
• Xie Yuan explained that people had distinctive scents reflecting their character, reassuring Mu Ze that his sweet scent would not change under ordinary circumstances.
• Mu Ze messaged Assistant Zhang to arrange gifts for meeting Xie Yuan's family and searched online for advice on what to bring.
• The next morning, Xie Yuan and Mu Ze left the villa early, prompting Xie Yuan to tease Gu Yanzhou to go home soon.
• Assistant Zhang drove Xie Yuan and Mu Ze toward the Xie Family villa, and Xie Yuan called Xie Ran to tell her to dress up before he arrived.

Xie Yuan brought Mu Ze along as Xie Ran prepared to break off her engagement with the Gu Family. Xie Ran recognized Mu Ze and, after questioning him, allowed him and Xie Yuan’s relationship to remain on probation.

• Xie Yuan insisted that Xie Ran dress elegantly for the engagement breakup, and Auntie Wang made sure she got ready.
• Xie Yuan explained to Assistant Zhang that the Xie Family would end the engagement because the Gu Family’s son was unsuitable for Xie Ran.
• Xie Yuan arrived at the Xie Family villa with Mu Ze and Assistant Zhang, where Xie Ran recognized them from a livestream and questioned whether they had met before.
• Xie Ran and Xie Yuan criticized Xie Mo’s judgment and discussed his friendship with Su Wanyue before setting off for the Gu Family.
• Xie Ran questioned Mu Ze about his background and initially objected to his age, but Xie Yuan praised him and Xie Ran placed their relationship on probation.

Xie Ran visited the Gu Family to end her engagement to Gu Yanzhou, but Yang Lianting refused and defended his behavior. After a confrontation turned physical, Xie Ran prepared to answer Gu Yanzhou while he watched her with renewed attraction.

• Xie Ran told Yang Lianting she was breaking off her engagement to Gu Yanzhou, but Yang Lianting argued that she should stay for the families’ business interests.
• Xie Yuan insulted Yang Lianting and Gu Yanzhou, and Yang Lianting fainted in anger.
• Gu Yanzhou blamed Xie Ran and tried to attack Xie Yuan, but Mu Ze intervened and knocked him onto the sofa.
• Xie Yuan and Mu Ze defended their actions as self-defense when Su Wanyue objected to Gu Yanzhou being hurt.
• Xie Ran stepped forward to speak to Gu Yanzhou, who became captivated by her again as Su Wanyue watched.

Xie Ran ended her engagement to Gu Yanzhou and rejected his attempts to blame her for his infidelity. Gu Yanzhou accepted that the engagement was over, while Xie Yuan asked Xie Ran if she regretted leaving him.

• Xie Ran told Gu Yanzhou she had come to end their engagement, and he refused at first, claiming their families’ cooperation depended on it.
• Gu Yanzhou followed Xie Ran outside to retrieve the engagement token and questioned whether she had ever liked him.
• Xie Ran reminded Gu Yanzhou that his feelings had changed, and Xie Yuan defended her against Gu Yanzhou’s accusations.
• Xie Ran said Gu Yanzhou had always been an outsider in her heart and left with Xie Yuan and the others.
• Su Wanyue asked Gu Yanzhou whether the engagement was over, and he confirmed that it was.
• In the car, Xie Yuan asked Xie Ran whether she regretted breaking off the engagement.

Xie Ran reflected on her broken engagement to Gu Yanzhou while Xie Yuan and Mu Ze’s visit to the Xie Family villa became a trending topic. After Gu Dewang learned that the engagement was over and accepted Gu Yanzhou’s choice of Su Wanyue, Mu Ze followed Xie Yuan home, where Xie Ran objected to him moving in and sharing a bed with her brother.

• Xie Ran told Xie Yuan she had liked Gu Yanzhou but not deeply, and he joked that her wedding gift would have been a trash can.
• A photo of Xie Yuan and Mu Ze entering the Xie Family villa went viral, prompting fans to argue about their relationship.
• Xie Ran teased Xie Yuan about rushing into marriage and offered to arrange blind dates for him and Xie Mo.
• Gu Dewang returned to find Yang Lianting unconscious, learned that Xie Ran had broken off her engagement to Gu Yanzhou, and accepted Gu Yanzhou’s decision to be with Su Wanyue.
• Xie Yuan told Xie Ran that Mu Ze would stay at their house, and Xie Ran protested when she learned they planned to share a bed.

Xie Ran publicly canceled her engagement to Gu Yanzhou, while Xie Yuan and Mu Ze grew closer despite Xie Ran’s objections. Gu Yanzhou reacted angrily to Xie Yuan’s insult, then began an official relationship with Su Wanyue.

• Xie Ran forbade Xie Yuan and Mu Ze from sharing a bed or being intimate, but Xie Yuan sent her upstairs and reassured Mu Ze that he would handle the situation.
• Xie Yuan learned from the Wicked System that he had repaid four-fifths of his Villainy Points debt.
• Xie Ran announced at a press conference that her engagement to Gu Yanzhou was canceled, and Xie Yuan said she had no reason to settle for a rotten cucumber.
• Gu Yanzhou smashed his phone after hearing Xie Yuan’s remark, then comforted Su Wanyue and asked her to officially be with him.
• Su Wanyue and Gu Yanzhou posted matching Weibo updates announcing their relationship.

Su Wanyue and Gu Yanzhou announced their relationship, prompting backlash that hurt the Gu Family’s share price and angered Gu Dewang. At the Xie villa, Xie Yuan worried Su Wanyue might target Xie Ran, while Mu Ze became increasingly preoccupied with touching Xie Yuan.

• Su Wanyue and Gu Yanzhou’s relationship announcement triggered trending topics and criticism, and the Gu Family’s share price fell by nearly a third.
• Gu Dewang berated Gu Yanzhou for the announcement and threatened to reconsider him as heir, while Gu Yanzhou and Su Wanyue comforted each other.
• At the Xie villa, Mu Ze discussed a project with Xie Ran, who became somewhat less hostile toward him before leaving for the office.
• Xie Yuan recalled the original plot and worried Su Wanyue might still target Xie Ran, especially at Old Master Gu’s seventieth birthday banquet.
• After Xie Ran warned Mu Ze to keep his hands off Xie Yuan, Mu Ze thought about holding him, and Xie Yuan leaned closer and asked what he was thinking.

Xie Ran tried to keep Mu Ze from crossing a line with her younger brother, while Mu Ze and Xie Yuan grew closer and agreed to get medical checkups. The chapter ended with Xie Yuan alone in bed, still unable to sleep without Mu Ze.

• Mu Ze and Xie Yuan held hands until Uncle Wang arrived to watch them at Xie Ran's request.
• Xie Ran told Mu Ze and Xie Yuan they could not sleep together, so Mu Ze went to the guest bedroom.
• Missing Xie Yuan, Mu Ze sneaked to his bedroom and embraced him after seeing his healing injuries; they agreed to get checkups the next day.
• Mu Ze saw Xie Yuan undressed for a medicinal bath, got a nosebleed, and retreated to calm himself.
• Xie Ran caught Mu Ze trying to return to Xie Yuan's room and warned him not to cross the line with her brother.
• Xie Yuan checked the time at eleven and realized he still could not sleep without Mu Ze.

Mu Ze and Xie Yuan spent the night together despite Xie Ran’s warning, then exercised and underwent medical examinations. Their results showed that both were healthy, leaving Xie Yuan to wonder what had caused Mu Ze’s fate in the original novel.

• Mu Ze struggled to sleep alone until Xie Yuan secretly unlocked the door, joined him in bed, and fell asleep beside him.
• Xie Ran scolded Xie Yuan and Mu Ze for sleeping together, but eventually left their relationship to them.
• Xie Yuan lent Mu Ze workout clothes and led him through an exercise session, judging that Mu Ze seemed healthy.
• At the hospital, Xie Yuan noticed a familiar woman entering an obstetrics and gynecology consulting room but dismissed it as a possible mistake.
• Xie Yuan and Mu Ze received their examination results, learned that both were healthy, and left the hospital together.
• A topic quickly appeared on the trending list a few minutes after they left.

Xie Ran confronted Xie Yuan and Mu Ze about their hospital visit, then accepted their relationship while keeping Mu Ze on probation. That night, Xie Yuan and Mu Ze grew closer, but Xie Yuan woke from a nightmare in which he saw a smaller version of himself amid a massacre.

• Xie Ran learned from trending searches that Xie Yuan and Mu Ze had gone to the hospital and asked whether they were getting married.
• Xie Yuan explained that they had both gone for physical checkups, and Xie Ran reassured herself that they were healthy before telling Mu Ze he was still on probation.
• Xie Ran told Xie Yuan and Mu Ze not to sleep together, but Xie Yuan entered Mu Ze's guest room and shared his bed.
• Xie Yuan kissed Mu Ze and asked to shower with him, but Mu Ze resisted the invitation and later let Xie Yuan fall asleep against him.
• During a thunderstorm, Xie Yuan had a nightmare in which he saw his smaller self and people being attacked, then woke to Mu Ze calling him.

Xie Yuan’s memories of his past life returned, bringing back nightmares about his family’s deaths, while Mu Ze comforted him and stayed awake to watch over him. At dinner, Xie Yuan’s casual remarks about seeing same-sex dual cultivation left Xie Ran alarmed and Mu Ze wondering whether he could move their relationship forward.

• Xie Yuan washed up after a nightmare about his family’s slaughter and resolved to protect his Elder Sister and Second Elder Brother this time.
• Mu Ze comforted Xie Yuan until he fell asleep, then stayed lightly awake through the night in case the nightmare returned.
• Xie Ran came home for lunch, saw Xie Yuan and Mu Ze go to the guest bedroom together, and asked Uncle Wang to keep an eye on Xie Yuan.
• At dinner, Xie Ran asked whether Xie Yuan and Mu Ze had slept together, and Mu Ze said he would not overstep before Xie Yuan understood his feelings.
• Xie Yuan mistook their concern for a discussion of dual cultivation and said he had seen it before, alarming Xie Ran and making Mu Ze wonder whether he should advance their relationship.
• Xie Ran warned Mu Ze not to force Xie Yuan as she left the table.

Xie Yuan and Mu Ze grew more intimate, and Xie Ran discovered their relationship before telling them not to behave too intimately until they married. Later, they unexpectedly met at a casting for the same drama, where Gu Yanzhou questioned Xie Yuan’s presence.

• Xie Yuan coaxed Mu Ze into helping him in the shower, and Mu Ze later admitted he was afraid he would not be able to resist Xie Yuan’s teasing.
• Xie Ran caught Xie Yuan and Mu Ze kissing and told them to avoid overly intimate behavior before marriage.
• Xie Yuan asked when they would marry, and Mu Ze agreed they should make it official soon before he returned to Hai City.
• Xie Yuan asked the Wicked System about Su Wanyue and Gu Yanzhou, learning they had recently returned from a trip and posted affectionate photos online.
• Xie Yuan and Mu Ze separately arrived at a casting for the same drama and discovered they had both invested in it.
• Gu Yanzhou arrived and asked Xie Yuan why he was at the casting, since the Xie Family had no involvement in entertainment.

Xie Yuan challenged Gu Yanzhou’s attempt to influence a casting decision, while Mu Ze’s status as a major investor shocked him. At the audition, Su Wanyue’s performance fell short of the final actress’s, and Gu Yanzhou tried to justify favoring her by claiming she had prepared for months.

• Xie Yuan slapped Gu Yanzhou after he invoked Xie Yuan’s sister, then revealed that Mu Ze was also an investor and Director Guo identified him as Mu Group’s CEO.
• The production auditioned actresses for the third female lead in The Emperor’s Scheme, a frail but intelligent and resilient childhood friend of the male lead.
• Su Wanyue performed the epidemic scene, and the crew found her appearance suitable but her acting lacking in intelligence and resilience.
• Xie Yuan persuaded Director Guo to watch the remaining auditions before making a decision, despite Gu Yanzhou’s objections.
• The final actress impressed Director Guo, the producer, and the screenwriter, while Gu Yanzhou argued that Su Wanyue’s appearance made her the better choice.
• Xie Yuan questioned Gu Yanzhou’s claim that Su Wanyue had been preparing for months, pointing out that they had just returned from a trip and posted many photos together.

Xie Yuan rejected Gu Yanzhou’s attempt to cast Su Wanyue in The Emperor's Scheme and offered to replace Gu Corporation’s investment. Later, Mu Ze revealed he had been reborn from the future, and the chapter ended as Xie Yuan kissed him to reward him.

• Xie Yuan argued that Su Wanyue was not suited to the role, and Director Guo and the others agreed she should not be cast.
• Gu Yanzhou threatened to withdraw Gu Corporation’s investment and stormed out, so Xie Yuan promised to cover the funding.
• Xie Yuan confronted Mu Ze about his involvement in the dating show and learned that Mu Ze had returned after dying in a past life.
• Mu Ze explained that he had come back on the day Su Wanyue hit Xie Yuan with her car and said he had joined the show to stop Gu Yanzhou and others from taking Mu Group.
• Mu Ze promised that all his money belonged to Xie Yuan and said he had people investigating and monitoring Gu Corporation and Su Wanyue.
• Xie Yuan kissed Mu Ze as his reward.

Xie Yuan told Mu Ze how Su Wanyue had tried to use a child to win Director Guo’s favor and explained that he knew the story from a book. After Su Wanyue lost the role, Gu Yanzhou promised to fund a project for her, while her fans began blaming Xie Yuan online.

• Mu Ze and Xie Yuan kissed in the restroom, then left together while Assistant Zhang watched their car drive away.
• Xie Yuan told Mu Ze that Su Wanyue had tried to stage a rescue involving Director Guo’s nephew, but Xie Yuan’s intervention had prevented the child from being hurt.
• Xie Yuan explained that Su Wanyue and Gu Yanzhou were protagonists in a book, and Mu Ze realized the role and its profits had gone to them in his previous life.
• Su Wanyue grieved over losing the role, and Gu Yanzhou comforted her by offering to invest in a project where she could play the lead.
• Su Wanyue posted about missing out on the role, and her fans began accusing Xie Yuan of deliberately targeting her.