Chapter Summaries

Chu Ci dedicated “Common Jasmin Orange” and several other love songs to Ye Qingzhou during the bar performance, while viewers celebrated their apparent romance. After the group finished their tasks and earned extra money, they agreed to spend what remained on lunch, and Chu Ci asked Ye Qingzhou who he had been messaging.

• Chu Ci dedicated “Common Jasmin Orange” to his girlfriend, Ye Qingzhou, and sang while looking at him.
• Viewers recognized Ye Qingzhou as Chu Ci’s girlfriend, and their names and the performance trended online.
• Chu Ci and Yang Zhouzhou performed more love songs until Chu Ci’s throat grew hoarse.
• The bar owner rewarded them, leaving Ye Qingzhou, Chu Ci, Yang Zhouzhou, and Chen Mu with 205 yuan after settling their task amounts.
• Chu Ci suggested they use the remaining money for lunch, and the others agreed.
• Chu Ci noticed Ye Qingzhou had been typing and smiling, then asked who he had been chatting with.

After Chu Ci discovered Ye Qingzhou’s intimate Weibo post about his song, he reposted it with an equally suggestive message, leaving Ye Qingzhou delighted. The pair went to a restaurant with Chen Mu and Yang Zhouzhou, where Ye Qingzhou suddenly began coughing as Yang Zhouzhou praised Chu Ci.

• Chu Ci noticed that Ye Qingzhou had posted a video of his performance with the caption, “You're the only one I want to understand.”
• Ye Qingzhou admitted he had posted it because he loved Chu Ci’s singing, and Chu Ci reposted it with, “You're the only one I want to understand, too.”
• Ye Qingzhou saved a screenshot of Chu Ci’s post in his Favorites album as the first picture there.
• Ye Qingzhou’s post sparked online speculation that he and Chu Ci were dating, while the two remained unaware of the uproar.
• Chu Ci, Ye Qingzhou, Chen Mu, and Yang Zhouzhou went to a restaurant, where Yang Zhouzhou praised Chu Ci’s musical ability.
• As Yang Zhouzhou prepared to talk with Chu Ci about music, Ye Qingzhou bent over and began coughing violently.

Chen Mu, Yang Zhouzhou, Chu Ci, and Ye Qingzhou ate together, where Chen Mu recognized Zhou Jin working as a waiter. After Zhou Jin learned the group had already earned enough money, he asked how they had done it, and Chen Mu began explaining their methods.

• Chu Ci cared for Ye Qingzhou when he coughed, then resumed speaking with Yang Zhouzhou after Ye Qingzhou felt better.
• Chen Mu recognized the masked waiter as Zhou Jin, who denied his identity while praising himself.
• Zhou Jin realized the diners were Chen Mu, Yang Zhouzhou, Chu Ci, and Ye Qingzhou, and reacted with embarrassment and indignation.
• Zhou Jin explained that he and Ji Sisi had found work at the restaurant, where Ji Sisi's signed photo helped them secure 50 yuan an hour each.
• Zhou Jin asked how the four had earned enough money, and Chen Mu began recounting their approach.

After Ye Qingzhou repeatedly coughed to draw Chu Ci away from Ji Sisi, Chu Ci escorted him outside, worried he was ill. Ye Qingzhou said he felt better and did not want to return to the stuffy room, then urged Chu Ci to go back and eat.

• Chen Mu invited Zhou Jin to eat, and Zhou Jin asked to bring Ji Sisi along.
• Chu Ci checked on Ye Qingzhou, who said his earlier coughing had been a one-off.
• Ji Sisi sat beside Chu Ci and enthusiastically asked about Jay Chou and his idea for earning money.
• Ye Qingzhou began coughing violently again, so Chu Ci insisted on taking him out to find medical care.
• Outside, Ye Qingzhou stopped coughing and told Chu Ci he felt better but did not want to return to the private room.
• Ye Qingzhou asked whether Chu Ci was hungry and urged him to go back to eat while he stayed outside.

Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou walked together after Ye Qingzhou recovered, and Chu Ci used his last five yuan to buy them starch sausages. Chu Ci then returned to a flower stall and bought bracelets for Ye Qingzhou on credit, leaving their reunion with a surprise tucked in his pocket.

• Chu Ci's stomach growled as he insisted he was not hungry, making him and Ye Qingzhou laugh together.
• Chu Ci suggested they spend his last five yuan on two starch sausages, and Ye Qingzhou agreed.
• Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou visited a flower stall, where the elderly stallholder praised them as a perfect match, and Chu Ci lingered over the jasmine bracelets.
• Ye Qingzhou said he needed to use the restroom while Chu Ci waited in line for the sausages.
• Chu Ci returned to the flower stall and asked to leave his watch as collateral for two bracelets, but the elderly woman let him pay later.
• Chu Ci bought a gardenia bracelet and a jasmine bracelet, hid them in his pocket, and hurried back toward the sausage stall.

Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou exchanged jasmine and gardenia bracelets, each revealing affection through the flowers’ meanings. After Ye Qingzhou clarified that he had no one he liked, they returned to the production team, completed the task, and finished filming the second episode of Let's Fall in Love.

• Ye Qingzhou gave Chu Ci jasmine and gardenia bracelets and explained that they meant pure love and eternal love.
• Chu Ci gave Ye Qingzhou matching bracelets and put them on him, briefly worrying that Ye Qingzhou already liked someone.
• Ye Qingzhou told Chu Ci he had been joking and that there was no one he liked.
• The cameraman found Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou, and they showed him their bracelets.
• Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou handed in the required money, completed the task, and finished filming the episode.

After filming wrapped, Chu Ci bought a white JK uniform to fulfill Ye Qingzhou’s request that he wear a skirt, while fans criticized his casting as Xiao Ziheng in Reign. The chapter ended with Ye Qingzhou asking to see the outfit and Chu Ci shyly hesitating.

• Ye Qingzhou and Chu Ci trended on Weibo after filming wrapped, and Chu Ci gained more followers after Ye Qingzhou’s post drew attention to his singing.
• The Reign cast announcement revealed that Ye Qingzhou would play Xiao Zisu and Chu Ci would play Xiao Ziheng, prompting fans to question Chu Ci’s casting.
• Chu Ci remembered Ye Qingzhou had agreed to pose for photos in exchange for Chu Ci wearing women’s clothing, so he went shopping for a skirt without Ye Qingzhou.
• Chu Ci bought a white JK uniform in his size and returned to the car, where Ye Qingzhou eagerly asked to see it.
• Chu Ci shyly asked whether he could refuse, but Ye Qingzhou said he wanted to see the clothes.

Chu Ci worried that Ye Qingzhou’s suggestive Weibo post might cause trouble, but Ye Qingzhou explained that his company allowed its artists freedom. After learning Ye Qingzhou was with CH, Chu Ci doubted he could meet its strict requirements, while Ye Qingzhou encouraged him to seize the opportunity to play Xiao Ziheng in “Reign.”

• Ye Qingzhou accepted the JK uniform from Chu Ci and happily sang “Common Jasmin Orange” as he thought about seeing Chu Ci wear it.
• Chu Ci asked whether Ye Qingzhou needed his company’s approval before posting a suggestive caption on Weibo, and Ye Qingzhou said his company did not restrict its artists.
• Ye Qingzhou described CH’s favorable working conditions, including its willingness to pursue scripts and variety shows its artists wanted.
• Chu Ci recognized CH’s demanding requirements and said he would not qualify to sign with the company.
• Ye Qingzhou encouraged Chu Ci to play Xiao Ziheng in “Reign,” saying a successful performance could help him gain fans and eventually join CH.

Chu Ci went to Ye Qingzhou’s home to change into the JK outfit and warned him against trusting people with his house key. Ye Qingzhou insisted that Chu Ci was special to him, and Chu Ci began changing in the bedroom while Ye Qingzhou waited to see him in women’s clothes.

• Chu Ci accepted Ye Qingzhou’s invitation to go to his home and change there instead of going home in the outfit.
• Ye Qingzhou told Chu Ci where he kept his spare key and offered to have a key made for him.
• Chu Ci warned Ye Qingzhou not to give other people access to his home, but Ye Qingzhou said Chu Ci was the only person he trusted with a key.
• Ye Qingzhou fed Chu Ci tangerine and peeled an apple as Chu Ci continued questioning his trust in him.
• Ye Qingzhou said he would rather see Chu Ci in women’s clothes, so Chu Ci took the outfit into the bedroom and began changing.

Chu Ci dressed in a JK uniform and teased Ye Qingzhou, whose shyness brought back memories of their time on the interstellar battlefield. Ye Qingzhou then recalled Wu Zhou learning that Chu Ci had died in battle and collapsing from grief.

• Chu Ci put on a translucent white shirt and a blue-and-white skirt, then asked Ye Qingzhou if the outfit looked good.
• Ye Qingzhou blushed and praised Chu Ci’s appearance, and Chu Ci ruffled his hair.
• Ye Qingzhou remembered Chu Ci comforting him when he had first arrived at the interstellar battlefield.
• Ye Qingzhou recalled Wu Zhou returning to the palace, receiving the emperor’s favor, and waiting eagerly to see Chu Ci again.
• As Wu Zhou carved a birthday gift for Chu Ci, a guard reported that Chu Ci had died in a surprise attack, and Wu Zhou collapsed unconscious.

Chu Ci stayed beside Ye Qingzhou after Ye Qingzhou collapsed into his arms, comforting him as he mourned someone he had lost. The chapter ended with Ye Qingzhou murmuring “I love you” in his sleep while Chu Ci held a wood carving of him.

• Ye Qingzhou embraced Chu Ci and begged him not to leave, then passed out after calling him Master.
• Chu Ci changed out of the JK uniform, prepared water, and stayed by Ye Qingzhou’s bedside.
• Chu Ci wondered why the seemingly successful, romantically inexperienced Ye Qingzhou grieved as if his loved one had died.
• Ye Qingzhou murmured Chu Ci’s name, but fell asleep before saying anything more.
• Chu Ci examined a lifelike wood carving of Ye Qingzhou, and Ye Qingzhou said, “I love you” in his sleep.

Wu Zhou dreamed of his childhood in the cold palace and reread his dead mother's diary, which revealed her close bond with Chu Ci before Wu Zhou was born. The memories ended with young Chu Ci appearing in the palace and stirring Wu Zhou's long-quiet heart.

• Wu Zhou shivered and went hungry in the cold palace while the servants neglected him and called him an ill omen.
• Wu Zhou read his mother's diary, the only keepsake that proved she had existed.
• His mother's entries described meeting and growing close to the young Chu Ci, whom she admired and treated like family.
• Wu Zhou's mother recorded her pregnancy, named her unborn son Wu Zhou, and ended the diary with a declaration of love for him.
• Wu Zhou remembered seeing young Chu Ci arrive at the palace, and felt his heart begin to pound.

Ye Qingzhou and Chu Ci grew closer as they settled into a shared sense of home, while Chu Ci prepared for filming and began livestreaming. During his first livestream call, Chu Ci recognized that a female celebrity was trying to pair herself with him for attention.

• Ye Qingzhou woke beside Chu Ci, kissed his forehead, and reflected on how Chu Ci made him feel at home.
• Chu Ci's love-song video gained attention online, and he focused on preparing to play Xiao Ziheng in "Reign".
• Chu Ci's grandmother welcomed Ye Qingzhou for meals, and Ye Qingzhou kept bringing groceries to their home.
• At Lele's suggestion, Chu Ci started livestreaming and tried the call feature with his fans.
• A female celebrity connected with Chu Ci and said she liked him, while Chu Ci used Mind Reading to realize she wanted to pair herself with him for attention.

During a livestream, Chu Ci rejected actress Chen Wan’s attempt to use him to gain attention and saw through her plans to link herself to Ye Qingzhou. He offered Chen Wan advice before taking another call from the popular C-list celebrity Ji Zhu.

• Chen Wan asked Chu Ci what kind of girl he liked, and he calmly told her he did not like women.
• When Chen Wan acted hurt, Chu Ci asked about her knowledge of him and exposed her hopes of using his name to connect with Ye Qingzhou and create dating rumors.
• Chu Ci recognized Chen Wan’s struggle to gain attention through CPs and suggested she try a dating variety show such as Let’s Fall in Love.
• Chen Wan thanked Chu Ci and ended the call, while viewers began speculating that he had faced similar pressures himself.
• Chu Ci received another call request, this time from Ji Zhu, a C-list celebrity known for donating one million yuan to a disaster-stricken area.

Chu Ci questioned Ji Zhu about his famous million-yuan flood-relief donation and saw through the story Ji Zhu told about it. He accused Ji Zhu of donating to build a virtuous public image and make money, leaving the livestreams stunned.

• Ji Zhu greeted Chu Ci while livestream viewers praised his past million-yuan donation to flood victims.
• Ji Zhu asked people to stop bringing up the donation, then recounted how he had supposedly given away all his savings out of gratitude and responsibility.
• Chu Ci watched Ji Zhu and realized that his account of the donation was fabricated.
• Chu Ci challenged Ji Zhu's stated motive and accused him of donating to build a better public persona and rake in money.
• The livestreams and comment barrages fell silent after Chu Ci's accusation.

Chu Ci challenged Ji Zhu’s claim that he had donated a million yuan and revealed that the posted screenshot named its donor as “Kindhearted Netizen.” As Ji Zhu denied the accusation, Ye Qingzhou joined the live call and said he had evidence.

• Ji Zhu hid his panic and accused Chu Ci of slandering him while viewers defended his donation.
• Chu Ci pointed out that Ji Zhu’s donation screenshot named “Kindhearted Netizen” as the donor.
• The narration revealed that Ji Zhu had stolen the screenshot from records his father could access and falsely claimed the donation as his own.
• Ji Zhu demanded proof, while Chu Ci considered how to pressure him into revealing the truth.
• Ye Qingzhou joined the live call and announced that he had evidence.

Ye Qingzhou exposed Ji Zhu for claiming credit for Ye Qingzhou’s million-yuan donation, and Ji Zhu admitted the truth during Chu Ci’s livestream. Ji Zhu’s career collapsed, while Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou trended online and viewers questioned how Chu Ci had known about the fraud.

• Ye Qingzhou said he had donated the same amount at the exact time shown in Ji Zhu’s screenshot and claimed to have the records.
• Chu Ci asked Ji Zhu to produce proof of his donation, but Ji Zhu said he could no longer access his old phone records.
• Ye Qingzhou offered to show his donation records, and Ji Zhu admitted he had not made the million-yuan donation.
• Ji Zhu ended the call, then learned that directors and advertisers wanted to end their partnerships with him.
• Ji Zhu posted an apology on Weibo and announced that he would leave the entertainment industry as the incident and Chu Ci’s livestream became trending topics.

Ye Qingzhou watched Chu Ci’s livestream and helped reveal that Ji Zhu had claimed credit for his donation. The stream ended with Ye Qingzhou asking Chu Ci for a chance to get close to him.

• Ye Qingzhou secretly joined Chu Ci’s livestream under the alternate account “Chu Ci’s Boyfriend” and watched Chu Ci turn down a female celebrity’s advances.
• Ye Qingzhou remembered donating one million to a flood-stricken area and realized Ji Zhu had presented his donation as his own.
• Ye Qingzhou checked the donation records, confirmed Ji Zhu had taken credit, and connected with Chu Ci using his main account.
• After Chu Ci asked whether he was ready for bed, Ye Qingzhou said he would sleep when the livestream ended.
• Ye Qingzhou asked whether Chu Ci truly did not like girls, then asked for a chance to get close to him.

After Ye Qingzhou confessed his feelings during their livestream, Chu Ci struggled to understand his own response and whether he should give Ye Qingzhou a chance. Ye Qingzhou apologized and reaffirmed his sincerity in voice messages, then asked Chu Ci to open the door, but Chu Ci found the hallway empty.

• Chu Ci blushed at Ye Qingzhou's public declaration, ended their livestream connection, and quickly ended his own stream.
• Viewers flooded Ye Qingzhou's livestream with questions, but he soon signed off without answering them.
• Chu Ci wondered whether Ye Qingzhou liked him and weighed accepting or rejecting him, admitting that he wanted to get closer but was unsure of his feelings.
• Ye Qingzhou apologized for bringing up his feelings during the stream and told Chu Ci he sincerely admired his bravery, decisiveness, sincerity, and kindness.
• Ye Qingzhou asked Chu Ci to open the door so they could speak in person; Chu Ci checked his appearance and opened it, but Ye Qingzhou was nowhere in the hallway.

Ye Qingzhou confessed his love to Chu Ci with fireworks and jasmine, then revealed that he was Wu Zhou, who had resurrected Chu Ci and spent years nourishing his soul. Their meeting on “Let's Fall in Love” had been carefully arranged by Ye Qingzhou.

• Chu Ci went downstairs after Ye Qingzhou messaged him and found Ye Qingzhou waiting with fireworks and a bouquet of jasmine.
• Ye Qingzhou confessed that he liked Chu Ci and explained that he had kept fresh bouquets ready in case he found the courage to confess.
• Ye Qingzhou recalled how Wu Zhou had found a forbidden resurrection book after Chu Ci died and used the Resurrection Array, sacrificing his imperial blood to bring Chu Ci's soul back.
• Wu Zhou arrived in the unfamiliar world with the forbidden book, which revealed that Chu Ci's weak soul needed nourishment through the power of faith.
• Wu Zhou became a celebrity as Ye Qingzhou to gather power of faith, shared it with Chu Ci, and saved Lele by preserving fragments of it and implanting knowledge of the new world.
• Chu Ci's soul was nourished and merged with this world's Chu Ci, and Ye Qingzhou's planned their meeting on “Let's Fall in Love.”