Chapter Summaries

Lu Xingchen teased Huo Chuyun over a fox costume he had bought, then flirted with him until Huo Chuyun retreated to the kitchen. After a stylist arrived to prepare Lu Xingchen for a hair-color change, Lu Xingchen recalled that he used to have blue hair and went to get styled while Huo Chuyun stayed nearby.

• Lu Xingchen found the fox costume Huo Chuyun had bought and teased him about wearing it, but Huo Chuyun fled to the kitchen when Lu Xingchen flirted with him.
• After dinner, Lu Xingchen opened the door to Tony, a stylist Huo Chuyun had hired, and traded sharp jokes with him.
• Tony and his assistants set up their styling equipment while Huo Chuyun explained that Lu Xingchen had asked to dye his hair the previous night.
• Lu Xingchen remembered that his hair used to be blue, and Huo Chuyun encouraged him to let Tony style him while he stayed in the living room.

Lu Xingchen chatted with Tony while Tony styled his hair, teasing him about his taste in men and hearing about his dishonest idol boyfriend. After Tony finished, Lu Xingchen wondered how the styling had gone so quickly.

• Tony admired Xiao Huang's loyalty, and Lu Xingchen explained that the dog was protecting him.
• Tony admitted he was jealous of Huo Chuyun and asked Lu Xingchen how he had won him over; Lu Xingchen joked that he had slept with him and given him flowers.
• Tony told Lu Xingchen that his current boyfriend had lied about being an obscure actor and was actually a boy-band idol who had taken advantage of Tony's styling skills.
• Lu Xingchen mocked Tony's choices in boyfriends, urged him to dump and block his current one, and offered to review future prospects before Tony dated them.
• Tony teased Lu Xingchen about the fox-tail outfit and Huo Chuyun's height, then finished styling Lu Xingchen's hair.

After Lu Xingchen revealed his blue hair, Huo Chuyun showered him with praise, then carried him to the bedroom. Their teasing turned intimate as Huo Chuyun reminded Lu Xingchen that he had asked to try a new position.

• Lu Xingchen admired his blue-haired reflection and rushed to show Huo Chuyun his new look.
• Huo Chuyun praised Lu Xingchen and kissed the mole beneath his eye, while Lin Yufan interrupted their video meeting.
• Lu Xingchen felt embarrassed after realizing the executives had seen them, and Huo Chuyun carried him toward the bedroom while sweet-talking him.
• Lu Xingchen worried Huo Chuyun only liked his appearance, but Huo Chuyun reassured him that he would love him as he aged.
• Huo Chuyun brought the fox tail and costume pieces into the bedroom, and their playful teasing became intimate.
• Huo Chuyun pulled Lu Xingchen back and said they would try the position Lu Xingchen had asked about.

With Huo Chuyun away on a business trip, Lu Xingchen met Cheng Zitao for drinks and heard about the puppy boyfriend Cheng had started dating online. Lu Xingchen approved of the boyfriend’s looks and considerate gestures, while Cheng decided to keep seeing him.

• Lu Xingchen invited Cheng Zitao out for drinks because he was bored while Huo Chuyun was away.
• Lu Xingchen picked Cheng Zitao up in his sports car, and Cheng explained the story behind his Chinese name and childhood nickname, Peach.
• Cheng Zitao told Lu Xingchen how his younger online boyfriend defended him in a game and won him over with voice messages and money.
• Lu Xingchen examined the boyfriend’s photo and said the man was handsome, contradicting Cheng Zitao’s judgment that he looked slapdash.
• Cheng Zitao said he planned to keep dating the considerate boyfriend, who had transferred ten thousand yuan to his Alipay when they became official.

Lu Xingchen and Cheng Zitao went to Nightfall Bar, where they spotted Lu Yichen and Jiang Haoran before a drunken man harassed Cheng Zitao. Lu Xingchen and Song Anran intervened, and after the man was thrown out, Song Anran befriended Cheng Zitao despite mistaking him for a woman.

• Lu Xingchen joked with Cheng Zitao about his custom clothes and the money he earned as a hacker.
• Lu Xingchen recognized Lu Yichen and Jiang Haoran across the bar and teased Cheng Zitao about his ex-boyfriend.
• A drunken man propositioned Cheng Zitao, then insulted and grabbed his hair when Cheng rejected him.
• Lu Xingchen kicked the man away and threatened him while Song Anran smashed a bottle over his head.
• Song Anran called for bodyguards to remove the man, then learned Cheng Zitao was a man and suggested they become friends.

Lu Xingchen and his friends clashed with Lu Yichen and Jiang Haoran, while Gu Lingchuan asked how Lu Xingchen had acquired a rare Lykan and its prized license plate. Lu Yichen’s claim to be engaged to the Huo family heir was challenged, leaving the truth about the engagement exposed as a source of confusion.

• Lu Yichen insulted Lu Xingchen for being alone, and Lu Xingchen threatened that he could join their dead parents.
• Jiang Haoran defended Lu Yichen and mocked Cheng Zitao, who revealed that he had dated Jiang briefly and dumped him over his poor hygiene.
• Song Anran called out Jiang Haoran for hiding his relationships with men from his boy-band fans, and Lu Xingchen said Jiang had deceived Cheng Zitao too.
• Lu Yichen tried to mock Cheng Zitao, but Cheng asked why his former partners had always pursued him if he was undesirable.
• Gu Lingchuan asked Lu Xingchen about the limited-edition Lykan and its Capital A8888888 plate, then apologized after learning the Huo heir had acquired them.
• Lu Yichen claimed the Huo heir was his fiancé, and Gu Lingchuan doubted him because he knew nothing about the heir’s purchase of the car.

Lu Xingchen rejected Lu Yichen’s demand to hand over his sports car and let Gu Lingchuan insult him before revealing that his powerful benefactor outranked the Huo family’s crown prince. The chapter left Gu Lingchuan terrified that his father would make him apologize in person.

• Lu Yichen claimed that his fiancé Huo Junchi had never collected the sports car and urged Lu Xingchen to give it to Gu Lingchuan.
• Lu Xingchen refused, mocked Lu Yichen’s attempt to get back into the Lu family, and dismissed his claim that he was about to become engaged to the Huo family’s crown prince.
• Song Anran questioned Lu Yichen’s engagement story, noting that she had received no invitation and the Huo Group had made no announcement.
• Cheng Zitao asked to borrow Lu Xingchen’s car for a date, and Lu Xingchen agreed in exchange for two free styling sessions.
• Gu Lingchuan accused Lu Xingchen of being kept by an old man and offered to replace him, but Lu Xingchen said his benefactor was even more powerful than the Huo family’s crown prince.
• Lu Xingchen warned Gu Lingchuan to expect his father to bring him over to apologize, leaving Gu Lingchuan afraid of his father’s reaction.

Lu Xingchen humiliated Gu Lingchuan and Lu Yichen after Huo Chuyun intervened, then left the bar with Cheng Zitao. He celebrated how powerless Gu Lingchuan was against him and joked about Huo Chuyun’s devotion.

• Gu Lingchuan and Lu Yichen insulted Lu Xingchen, but Lu Xingchen mocked Lu Yichen for taking his place in the Lu family and offered him the Huo family engagement.
• Gu Lingchuan received a call from his eldest brother, then chased after Lu Xingchen and apologized after learning he had offended someone important.
• Gu Lingchuan demanded to know why Lu Xingchen had such influence, while Lu Yichen clung to his engagement to the Huo family's crown prince before leaving.
• Lu Xingchen refused to accept Gu Lingchuan’s apology, invited him to touch his limited-edition Lykan, and insisted that Gu Lingchuan’s father apologize in person.
• Lu Xingchen drove away with Cheng Zitao, explaining that he had complained to Brother Chu and boasting about Huo Chuyun’s love for him.

Huo Chuyun and Gu Zichu offered Pei Xuan a way to return home by bringing him onto Huo Corporation’s Country A project. After Gu Lingchuan insulted someone, Huo Chuyun told Gu Zichu to make his brother apologize, leaving Gu Lingchuan hurrying after Lu Xingchen to do so.

• Pei Xuan complained that his parents had sent him to Country A and confiscated his passport, and Huo Chuyun told him he could get home by working on the Country A project.
• Gu Zichu explained that Huo Corporation had secured the project, and Pei Xuan eagerly agreed to join in hopes his father would let him return.
• Lu Xingchen called Huo Chuyun, and Huo Chuyun’s mood darkened as he read the messages.
• Gu Zichu recognized Gu Lingchuan’s voice insulting someone and apologized to Huo Chuyun for his brother’s behavior.
• Huo Chuyun told Gu Zichu to make Gu Lingchuan apologize, so Gu Zichu called and ordered his brother to do it immediately.
• Gu Lingchuan, anticipating a beating from his family, hurried after Lu Xingchen to apologize.

Huo Chuyun told Gu Zichu and Pei Xuan that Gu Lingchuan had insulted Lu Xingchen and demanded a personal apology, then revealed how deeply he cared for his partner. After the friends teased him and asked to see Lu Xingchen, Huo Chuyun showed them a family photo before returning home.

• Huo Chuyun demanded that Gu Zichu bring Gu Lingchuan to apologize personally because Gu Lingchuan had insulted Lu Xingchen and tried to steal him.
• Pei Xuan and Gu Zichu learned that Huo Chuyun had a partner named Lu Xingchen and that Huo Chuyun had not proposed to him yet.
• Huo Chuyun exchanged affectionate messages and a loud kiss voice message with Lu Xingchen, prompting Pei Xuan and Gu Zichu to tease him.
• Pei Xuan and Gu Zichu admitted they had believed rumors that Huo Chuyun was frigid and had imagined his partner, then apologized.
• Huo Chuyun showed Pei Xuan and Gu Zichu a family photo of himself, Lu Xingchen, Xiao Huang, and Tofu.

Huo Chuyun remembered how Lu Xingchen’s protective charm had helped him endure his ruined first life and how Lu’s love had become his guiding light. He insisted that Gu Lingchuan must personally apologize to Lu, while Pei Xuan realized how deeply Huo cared for him and tried to make amends.

• Pei Xuan teased Huo Chuyun about Tofu and urged him to drop his demand that Gu Lingchuan apologize, but Huo said Lu Xingchen’s happiness came first.
• Huo Chuyun recalled how Song Zhihua had used him, leaving him maimed and consumed by hatred, until he found a protective charm bearing his name and a wish for his happiness.
• Huo Chuyun remembered searching for the charm’s signer, LXC, and later finding that Lu Xingchen was the person who had loved and understood him unconditionally.
• Huo Chuyun told Pei Xuan and Gu Zichu that he would not relent until Gu Lingchuan personally apologized to Lu Xingchen.
• Gu Zichu accepted that Gu Lingchuan needed to be corrected, while Pei Xuan apologized to Huo Chuyun and asked not to be excluded from their joint project in Country A.

Huo Chuyun finished his work in Country A while a tipsy Lu Xingchen reassured him over video and shared how much he missed him. The next evening, Pei Xuan unknowingly upset Gu Zichu by discussing his love life, and Huo Chuyun refused to explain what was wrong.

• Huo Chuyun calmed down after Pei Xuan apologized and returned to the hotel, where Lu Xingchen called him.
• Lu Xingchen noticed Huo Chuyun seemed troubled, offered to fly to Country A, and explained that his teasing had helped Gu Lingchuan apologize and was meant to cheer Huo Chuyun up.
• Lu Xingchen said he missed Huo Chuyun, then had Tofu and Xiao Huang say good night before blowing him a kiss.
• The following evening, Huo Chuyun, Gu Zichu, and Pei Xuan completed the project handover in Country A.
• Pei Xuan told Gu Zichu he had concealed that Gu Zichu liked men from his mother, and Gu Zichu walked away after calling him noisy.
• Pei Xuan asked Huo Chuyun why Gu Zichu was angry, but Huo Chuyun told him to figure it out himself and walked ahead.

Lu Xingchen surprised Huo Chuyun with sunflowers in Country A, then reunited with him and met his friends Pei Xuan and Gu Zichu. The group learned how Lu Xingchen had pursued Huo Chuyun, while the reason for Director Song’s filming trip remained part of their conversation.

• A little girl sold Huo Chuyun a bouquet of sunflowers and gave him Lu Xingchen’s card, leading him to find Lu hiding behind a tree.
• Lu Xingchen teased Huo Chuyun by pretending to flirt with him, and Huo Chuyun played along before apologizing and accepting the sunflower.
• Huo Chuyun told Lu Xingchen that he had come to Country A because he wanted to see him and learn the location for Director Song’s next episode.
• Pei Xuan and Gu Zichu greeted Lu Xingchen, and Gu Zichu apologized for his younger brother Gu Lingchuan’s past offense.
• Lu Xingchen told Gu Zichu and Pei Xuan that he had pursued Huo Chuyun because he liked him and wanted to win him over quickly.

Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun joined the third episode of the variety show in a Chinese-style town, where Lu Xingchen confronted Lu Yixuan and the hunter game began. After Jiang Haoran released the hunters by drawing the wrong chain, Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun hid near the center of the map and planned to use the buildings and corners for cover.

• Gu Zichu encouraged Huo Chuyun to pursue the person he liked, and Pei Xuan urged Gu Zichu to do the same before agreeing to travel back with him and Huo Chuyun and Lu Xingchen.
• Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun arrived for filming in a classical Chinese-style town and found Lu Yixuan with Lu Yichen at the starting area.
• Lu Yixuan took Lu Xingchen's hand and acted concerned, but Lu Xingchen challenged him over the Lu family's rejection and his gifts to Lu Yichen, while Huo Chuyun pushed his hand away.
• Lu Xingchen told Huo Chuyun that Jiang Haoran had a bad reputation, and Huo Chuyun said the allegations would soon come out and agreed to act against him.
• Jiang Haoran drew the chain linked to the hunters' gate, releasing them and starting the game; the hunters caught him as the other guests ran.
• Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun hid near the map's center, and Huo Chuyun checked their location and advised using buildings and corners to evade the hunters.

Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun explored a gender-swapped town, where they encountered Liu Guo forcing her son Liu Zhaoyuan into marriage. When Liu Guo tried to beat him, Lu Xingchen intervened and Huo Chuyun explained that Liu Zhaoyuan had the right to refuse marriage.

• A staff member gave Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun Adam's apple covers, warning that men could be arrested for corrupting public morals without them.
• Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun entered a town covered in banners prescribing traditional gender roles, and Huo Chuyun guessed the episode's theme was gender reversal.
• Liu Guo dragged her son Liu Zhaoyuan toward a blind date, insisting he marry and have children to provide for his sister and secure his future.
• Liu Zhaoyuan protested that he wanted to work and remain unmarried, and Liu Guo slapped him before threatening him with a stick.
• Lu Xingchen seized Liu Guo's stick, while Huo Chuyun told her that forcing Liu Zhaoyuan to marry violated his rights.
• Liu Zhaoyuan told Liu Guo that her plans would push him into misery, but she insisted she would choose him a wife who treated him well.

Liu Guo tried to force Liu Zhaoyuan into marriage, but Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun intervened and helped him escape her grasp. Liu Zhaoyuan asked them to rescue his brother Liu Laiyi, and the pair headed toward Lakeheart Park, where they encountered Lu Yichen and Lu Yixuan being confronted over their missing Adam's Apple Covers.

• Liu Guo tried to take Liu Zhaoyuan home and force him to marry, but Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun stopped her by claiming Liu Zhaoyuan owed them one hundred thousand yuan.
• Liu Guo abandoned Liu Zhaoyuan, who realized Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun had been helping him; they found his lost Adam's Apple Cover and learned that men without one could be locked up for reeducation.
• Liu Zhaoyuan asked Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun to rescue his brother Liu Laiyi, who could be found with his child at Lakeheart Park, and told them to send him to Warm Sun Teahouse.
• Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun set off for Lakeheart Park and stopped to buy food on the way.
• At the restaurant, five women surrounded Lu Yichen and Lu Yixuan for not wearing Adam's Apple Covers and demanded their contact details.

Lu Xingchen intervened when five women attacked Lu Yichen and Lu Yixuan for refusing to give them their contact details and going without Adam's Apple Covers. Song Anran and Jiang Jingyi defused the confrontation with cigarettes, then Song Anran explained that Tianle had lost his Adam's Apple Cover while they were hiding from hunters.

• Five women surrounded Lu Yichen and Lu Yixuan after they refused to share their contact details and were found without Adam's Apple Covers.
• The women pinned Lu Yichen and Lu Yixuan down, and one raised a wooden stool to hit them.
• Lu Xingchen stopped the woman, reflecting that he wanted to protect women who faced similar harassment, while Huo Chuyun supported his decision.
• The women turned on Lu Xingchen and the others, but Song Anran and Jiang Jingyi arrived and calmed them with cigarettes and apologies.
• After the women left, Song Anran told Lu Xingchen that Tianle had lost his Adam's Apple Cover while they were hiding from hunters.

Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun searched Lakeheart Park for the six-fingered Liu Laiyi and found him injured after his son Haohao knocked him down. Lu Xingchen carried Liu Laiyi toward the hospital and told him that Liu Zhaoyuan wanted him to meet at Warm Sun Teahouse so they could escape together.

• Jiang Jingyi explained that she and Song Anran had found a quest involving defective men’s sanitary pads and planned to visit the factory after freeing Tianle.
• Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun went to Lakeheart Park to search for Liu Laiyi, then split up among the crowds.
• Lu Xingchen spotted Liu Laiyi’s six-fingered hand as Haohao knocked him down and mocked his injured father.
• Lu Xingchen pulled Haohao away, lifted the badly hurt Liu Laiyi, and asked Huo Chuyun to watch the boy.
• Lu Xingchen carried Liu Laiyi toward the hospital and told him that Liu Zhaoyuan wanted to meet him at Warm Sun Teahouse and leave town together.

Lu Xingchen supported Liu Laiyi after he lost his baby and hoped to escape his abusive wife once their divorce cooling-off period ended. Liu Laiyi’s wife revealed she had no intention of divorcing him, and Lu Xingchen stepped in with a recording as she tried to attack him.

• Liu Laiyi told Lu Xingchen that his baby was gone and explained that he had sought a divorce after enduring abuse, but had been given a thirty-day cooling-off period.
• Lu Xingchen reassured Liu Laiyi that his own safety mattered and that he did not need to stay for his son, Haohao.
• Liu Laiyi’s wife barged into the hospital room, accused him of having men beat Haohao, and tried to slap him, but Lu Xingchen stopped her.
• Liu Laiyi’s wife said she had lied about divorcing him and claimed that their marriage allowed her to keep abusing him and using him for childcare and housework.
• Lu Xingchen threatened Liu Laiyi’s wife, said he had recorded her confession, and warned her about a court summons.
• Liu Laiyi’s wife grabbed Lu Xingchen’s leg and tried to throw him down.

Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun helped Liu Laiyi escape his abusive marriage and reunite with Liu Zhaoyuan at the Warm Sun Teahouse. The brothers prepared to leave for another city and build a life of their own, while Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun received two code cards and said goodbye.

• Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun subdued the woman guarding Liu Laiyi and explained how he could pursue a divorce with legal aid.
• Liu Laiyi told Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun about his dream of studying math, attending university, and changing his and Liu Zhaoyuan’s names.
• Lu Xingchen hid beneath Huo Chuyun’s jacket while hunters searched nearby, then continued toward the Warm Sun Teahouse after Huo Chuyun messaged that he was safe.
• Huo Chuyun caught up with Lu Xingchen, and they brought Liu Laiyi to Liu Zhaoyuan at the Warm Sun Teahouse.
• Liu Zhaoyuan said the brothers would leave in two hours, gave Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun two code cards, and said goodbye.