Recaps

Shi Wei faced Chen Yutong’s accusations over the missing money, while Ji Hanchuan defended him and the staff found nothing in the trash or toilets. Shi Wei then found the group a free place to stay, where an elderly foreign couple recognized Ji Hanchuan.

• Chen Yutong suggested Shi Wei might have taken or hidden the missing money, but Ji Hanchuan vouched for him and challenged her to have the staff search the trash.
• Shi Wei accepted Chen Yutong’s apology while warning that he would get back at her, and the staff confirmed that no money had been found.
• Shi Wei packed his belongings as Huang Zheng urged everyone to find somewhere to stay for the night.
• Shi Wei found a free place on a backpacking website, and the group traveled by subway to a villa in a narrow alley.
• An elderly foreign couple answered the villa door, recognized Ji Hanchuan, and greeted him with delighted surprise.

Ji Hanchuan and Shi Wei joined their companions for dinner at the home of two music teachers who recognized Ji Hanchuan, and Ji played the violin while Shi Wei teased him. Later, Ji Hanchuan rejected Chen Yutong’s attempt to reconcile, leaving her shocked and jealous of his concern for Shi Wei.

• The elderly music teachers recognized Ji Hanchuan and warmly invited him and the others to dinner, while Chen Yutong was embarrassed when Ji insisted on taking a photo only with Shi Wei.
• Shi Wei suggested Ji perform in exchange for their hosts’ hospitality, and Ji played a piece he had composed as a teenager while Shi Wei watched admiringly.
• After dinner, Shi Wei joked that Ji’s popularity could earn them free travel, and the group settled into rooms with enough beds for everyone.
• Chen Yutong confronted Ji Hanchuan in private and said she had treated Shi Wei badly only because she was anxious.
• Ji Hanchuan told Chen Yutong that they had worked together on only one film and that he would not concern himself with her now, prompting her to ask whether he cared that much about Shi Wei.

Ji Hanchuan confronted Chen Yutong over her treatment of Shi Wei, while Xu Xirui revealed he had engineered the lost-envelope incident to exploit her jealousy. After the trip ended, Ji Hanchuan picked Shi Wei up from the airport and told Ma Xianbei he would handle the fallout, declaring, “This one's mine.”

• Ji Hanchuan rejected Chen Yutong’s excuses and told her she was responsible for her actions, leaving her convinced her love and career were over.
• The group finished filming the trip, and Xiong Wen exchanged WeChat details with Shi Wei before everyone departed.
• Xu Xirui admitted he had dropped the envelope to take advantage of Chen Yutong’s hostility toward Shi Wei, then asked to meet Manager Gao.
• Ji Hanchuan picked Shi Wei up at the airport, and Ma Xianbei scolded Shi Wei over the controversy during a phone call.
• Ji Hanchuan told Ma Xianbei he had no relationship with Chen Yutong and would handle the fallout, then called Shi Wei his own.

Shi Wei returned home with Ji Hanchuan, where his attempts to appease and care for his husband turned into an awkward embrace. Ji Hanchuan held on to him, leaving Shi Wei sitting on his lap as the chapter ended.

• Ma Xianbei mistook Ji Hanchuan’s teasing for a casting-couch proposition and angrily defended Shi Wei, then asked Ji to take him on too.
• Shi Wei clarified to Ma Xianbei that he and Ji Hanchuan had not slept together recently and learned that Manager Gao wanted him to apologize to Chen Yutong.
• Shi Wei tried to massage Ji Hanchuan but jabbed him in both eye sockets, then hurried to care for him at home.
• Ji Hanchuan admitted he was mentally exhausted after Feng Wan asked why he treated Shi Wei so well.
• Shi Wei offered Ji Hanchuan a hug, and when Ji held him close, Shi Wei pushed him down and sat on his lap to save his trembling legs.

Ji Hanchuan learned that Chen Yutong had taken the money and defended Shi Wei, while Shi Wei found surveillance footage proving her guilt. Chen Yutong’s collaborations were canceled, and the chapter ended with her and her boss watching the incriminating video.

• Shi Wei woke up on the sofa beside Ji Hanchuan, who received word that Chen Yutong had posted an apology.
• Ji Hanchuan told Feng Wan that Chen Yutong had taken the money and said she would not dare accuse him.
• Shi Wei found surveillance footage near the fountain plaza and contacted the water army to pass along dirt about Chen Yutong.
• Chen Yutong’s future collaborations were canceled, and she urged her boss to threaten to expose Ji Hanchuan.
• An assistant brought Chen Yutong’s company a video showing Chen Yutong stealing the money from Xu Xirui’s backpack and planting it in Shi Wei’s.

Chen Yutong’s attempted framing of Shi Wei ended with her announcing her retirement, while Ji Hanchuan and Shi Wei continued their teasing relationship. The next day, Shi Wei learned he had been cast as the second male lead in a costume drama, playing a demonic sect leader who liked dressing as a woman.

• Chen Yutong’s boss confronted her over stealing money on a livestream to frame Shi Wei, and warned her to stop pursuing Ji Hanchuan or the video would be released.
• Shi Wei spent the afternoon eating snacks, and Ji Hanchuan teased him before Chen Yutong’s manager announced her retirement for mental health treatment.
• Shi Wei showed Ji Hanchuan the red marks on his waist, but Ji Hanchuan claimed Shi Wei had pinched himself.
• Shi Wei went to the company with Ma Xianbei, where Manager Gao scolded him for causing trouble and told him to focus on acting.
• Manager Gao revealed that Shi Wei had been cast as the second male lead in A Thousand Autumns of Snow on the Road, playing a demonic sect leader who liked dressing as a woman.

Shi Wei tried on a period costume to practice for a cross-dressing role and persuaded Ji Hanchuan to help him rehearse. Ji Hanchuan criticized Shi Wei’s performance but agreed to demonstrate the scene himself, leaving Shi Wei eager to see him dress up.

• Shi Wei studied the novel for his new role and ordered women’s clothes, then tried to get Ji Hanchuan to leave the house so he could wear them privately.
• Ji Hanchuan revealed he knew about the order and agreed to help Shi Wei assess whether the costume suited him.
• Shi Wei dressed in a flowing white costume and wig, but Ji Hanchuan only said he looked all right and asked him to rehearse a scene from the novel.
• Shi Wei acted out a scene in which his character asked the male lead to examine his injured ankle, then guided Ji Hanchuan’s hand upward.
• Ji Hanchuan stopped the rehearsal, said Shi Wei was playing the role too seductively, and agreed to demonstrate it himself after Shi Wei challenged him.

Shi Wei and Ji Hanchuan practiced a cross-dressing scene, then Shi Wei adjusted to wearing women’s clothes at home while Ji Hanchuan endured his antics. Before Shi Wei left for an audition, Xu Xirui revealed that he planned to use the audition for “A Thousand Autumns of Snow on the Road” to make Shi Wei leave of his own accord.

• Ji Hanchuan performed the injured woman’s lines so convincingly that Shi Wei fell to his knees and praised him.
• Shi Wei began wearing women’s clothes at home, and Ji Hanchuan put up with his makeup requests, antics, and illness.
• Shi Wei recovered and left with Ma Xianbei for his audition after asking Ji Hanchuan to wish him luck.
• Shi Wei avoided Xu Xirui at the company, but Xu Xirui told his manager he had a way to make Shi Wei leave and planned to act during the audition.

Shi Wei auditioned for Tang Qing, but Xu Xirui arrived claiming the same role, so Shi Wei challenged him to compete. After Ma Xianbei misunderstood Xu Xirui’s intentions, Director Chen approached Shi Wei in the bathroom and offered to help with his conflict with Xu Xirui.

• Director Chen praised Shi Wei’s portrayal of Tang Qing but noted that many actors were competing for the role.
• Xu Xirui arrived and said he was playing Tang Qing, prompting Ma Xianbei to protest before Xu Xirui framed the roles as a matter of ability.
• Shi Wei accepted Xu Xirui’s challenge to compete for Tang Qing, and Director Chen arranged for them to begin in ten minutes.
• Ma Xianbei pulled Shi Wei aside, but he dismissed Shi Wei’s suspicion that Xu Xirui had come to take his role on purpose.
• Shi Wei went to the bathroom, where Director Chen ogled him and offered to help with his conflict with Xu Xirui.

Shi Wei confronted Director Chen in the restroom after learning he had been denied the role, and forced him to reveal that Gao Zhizhang and Bai Xuan had arranged for Xu Xirui to get it. Ma Xianbei arrived to find Shi Wei standing over Director Chen, who agreed to keep up Shi Wei’s cover story.

• Shi Wei pretended to trust Director Chen while evading his advances and asking why Xu Xirui had been chosen.
• Director Chen tried to assault Shi Wei, but Shi Wei knocked him down and threatened him with a toilet brush.
• Shi Wei forced Director Chen to admit that Gao Zhizhang and Bai Xuan had told him to give the role to Xu Xirui and that Gao Zhizhang believed Shi Wei would tolerate anything for a role.
• Ma Xianbei entered and found Shi Wei standing over Director Chen, so Shi Wei claimed Director Chen had been brushing his teeth with a toilet brush.
• Director Chen went along with Shi Wei’s explanation, and Shi Wei warned him not to do anything bad for his health again.

Shi Wei waited for his audition while Xu Xirui’s backers gathered around him, then watched Xu Xirui perform a seductive scene with Bai Xuan. When the assistant director called Shi Wei’s turn, he noticed something strange about Shi Wei’s face.

• Xu Xirui grew anxious when Director Chen failed to return, but the assistant director learned that Chen was in the hospital getting his stomach pumped and continued the auditions.
• Bai Xuan arrived to support Xu Xirui, and Ma Xianbei told Shi Wei that Bai Xuan was the drama’s male lead and a powerful young master.
• Xu Xirui performed a scene seducing Bai Xuan, who struggled to act out the male lead’s conflicted desire.
• The assistant director turned to Shi Wei for his audition and asked what had happened to his face.

Shi Wei developed a sudden rash during an audition but refused to withdraw, then spotted a hidden livestream and asked Xu Xirui to act opposite him. As the audition began, Ji Hanchuan learned that Shi Wei was causing trouble again.

• Shi Wei discovered red spots covering his face and neck, but insisted he could continue auditioning instead of going to the hospital.
• Xu Xirui urged Shi Wei to go ahead, while the assistant director reluctantly allowed him to audition.
• Shi Wei noticed a phone livestreaming the audition and suspected the production team had arranged it to humiliate him.
• Shi Wei asked Xu Xirui to join him in the scene as the livestream chat reacted to his rash and continued presence.
• Li Xiaochen alerted Ji Hanchuan that Shi Wei was causing trouble again.

Shi Wei delivered an intense audition scene that left Xu Xirui and Bai Xuan struggling to keep up, while his apparent allergic reaction and Chen Song’s reported hospitalization alarmed Ji Hanchuan. He ended the scene by bending his prop sword, leaving everyone stunned.

• Shi Wei confronted Xu Xirui and Bai Xuan in character, and livestream viewers praised his acting while criticizing the others.
• Ji Hanchuan learned that Shi Wei’s facial spots looked like an allergic reaction and investigated the circumstances of the audition, including Chen Song’s involvement.
• Shi Wei’s aggressive performance frightened Xu Xirui into falling, and Bai Xuan accidentally revealed that he and Xu Xirui had been together for a long time.
• Shi Wei aimed his prop sword at Bai Xuan and Xu Xirui, then stopped, shed a tear, and spared them in character.
• Shi Wei declared their bond would be like his sword and bent the prop, leaving the onlookers speechless.

Shi Wei’s audition was livestreamed, and his performance won him the role of Tang Qing by a landslide. Xu Xirui was left furious while Bai Xuan promised to use his influence to help him.

• Shi Wei broke character after his prop sword bent, then rejected Bai Xuan’s accusations and left the audition.
• Bai Xuan threatened Shi Wei on camera, while Xu Xirui distanced himself from Bai Xuan and urged the assistant director to stop the livestream.
• The assistant director revealed that the auditions had been livestreamed and asked the actors to hear the audience vote results.
• The assistant director announced that Shi Wei had received twenty times as many votes as Xu Xirui.
• Xu Xirui refused Bai Xuan’s offer to make their relationship public, and Bai Xuan left to ask his father for help.
• Xu Xirui, still angry about losing the role to Shi Wei, considered resorting to another method.

After Shi Wei’s livestream audition made him popular, Ma Xianbei defended his right to the role when Manager Gao demanded a recast. Ji Hanchuan went to confront Chen Song at the hospital, where Chen Song’s assumptions suggested the dispute involved more than Xu Xirui.

• Ma Xianbei told Shi Wei that his audition had earned him two million followers and began planning to capitalize on his popularity.
• Ma Xianbei learned that Shi Wei’s facial spots had faded, then received Manager Gao’s demand to replace Shi Wei with Xu Xirui.
• Ma Xianbei insisted Shi Wei had won the role on merit and hung up on Manager Gao.
• Shi Wei spoke with Ji Hanchuan, who said he would pick him up later, then hung up when Ji said he had not promised to come immediately.
• Ji Hanchuan visited Chen Song in the hospital and demanded to know what had happened; after Chen Song assumed Ji was there to help Xu Xirui, Ji realized there was more to the story.

Ji Hanchuan beat Chen Song for mistreating Shi Wei and learned that Gao Zhizhang and Bai Xuan had helped Xu Xirui. Shi Wei confronted Xu He and Xu Xirui over the disputed role, ending by demanding extra money to withdraw.

• Chen Song told Ji Hanchuan that Gao Zhizhang and Bai Xuan had helped Xu Xirui, and Ji Hanchuan beat him after asking how he had treated Shi Wei.
• Shi Wei arrived at the Xu family villa and asked Xu He whether he had called him back to divide the inheritance.
• Xu He scolded Shi Wei over taking Xu Xirui's role, while Xu Xirui claimed Shi Wei had always wanted his things.
• Xu He ordered Shi Wei to withdraw from the role, and Shi Wei pretended to be hurt and broke, then demanded extra money to do it.

After taking Xu He’s money and leaving the villa, Shi Wei worried that Ji Hanchuan would be upset when he gave up a role. Ma Xianbei then offered him a lead role in Luo Sixi’s drama, letting Shi Wei turn down the conflicting production, and Ji Hanchuan asked if he had been worried about making him angry.

• Shi Wei took Xu He’s transfer, then made Xu Xirui believe he had suffered a setback over the role before Xu He reassured Xu Xirui that he still had evidence to ruin Shi Wei.
• Shi Wei called Ji Hanchuan, who picked him up and jokingly claimed he had planted a tracker in Shi Wei’s body.
• Shi Wei tried to persuade Ji Hanchuan that his acting was poor and that he should give up the role, but Ji Hanchuan praised his performance.
• Ma Xianbei told Shi Wei that director Luo Sixi wanted him to play the male lead, and Shi Wei asked him to turn down A Thousand Autumns of Snow on the Road because the schedules conflicted.
• Shi Wei celebrated the new role and asked Ji Hanchuan if he was angry; Ji Hanchuan asked whether Shi Wei had worried about upsetting him, and their arms brushed with a jolt of warmth.

Shi Wei went hungry while Ji Hanchuan ate at an expensive restaurant, then ordered a feast after learning the meal was free. Back home, Shi Wei fell asleep on the sofa, and Ji Hanchuan carried him after calling him a replacement dumbbell.

• Ji Hanchuan took Shi Wei to an upscale restaurant and ordered him a glass of mineral water instead of food.
• Shi Wei discovered that the meal was free because Ji Hanchuan was friends with the restaurant's boss, then ordered two rows of dishes and ate his fill.
• At home, Shi Wei joked that Ji Zhazha had reincarnated as their son, and Ji Hanchuan gave him digestive tablets.
• Shi Wei browsed the internet and fell asleep on the sofa while Ji Hanchuan went to shower.
• Ji Hanchuan picked up the sleeping Shi Wei and said he was replacing his broken dumbbells.

Shi Wei teased Ji Hanchuan during a workout, then learned that Xu Xirui had been given Tang Qing’s role and tried to cheer his upset fans with a ridiculous online story. The chapter ended with Shi Wei asking Ji Hanchuan for a ride.

• Shi Wei stayed in Ji Hanchuan’s arms while Ji Hanchuan did squats, then tickled him until they fell onto the couch together.
• Ji Hanchuan teased Shi Wei about possibly suing him for sexual harassment, and Shi Wei pulled a power bank from his pocket before going to shower and rest.
• The next morning, Shi Wei and Ji Hanchuan traded insults over breakfast, and Shi Wei said he was meeting Director Luo Sixi.
• Shi Wei saw that Xu Xirui had been announced as Tang Qing and that their fans were attacking his account while his fans protested the casting decision.
• Shi Wei hired a paid-troll boss to commission an absurd story about Shi Wei having two babies in three years, hoping to distract his fans.
• After breakfast, Shi Wei asked Ji Hanchuan for a ride.

Shi Wei auditioned for Luo Sixi’s film and impressed her with his portrayal of Xia Chi, but she paired him with Ji Hanchuan to test their chemistry. After their romantic scene left Luo Sixi uncertain, she asked them to kiss so she could judge the match.

• Shi Wei arrived at Luo Sixi’s company and told the paid-troll ringleader to publish the prepared fanfiction.
• Luo Sixi offered Shi Wei the role of Xia Chi in Just Like You and asked him to audition after reading the script.
• Shi Wei performed Xia Chi’s sorrowful emotions, impressing Luo Sixi, who then called Ji Hanchuan to join the audition.
• Shi Wei and Ji Hanchuan acted out a lovers’ scene, but Shi Wei lost focus when Ji Hanchuan delivered a shy confession.
• Luo Sixi said their acting was good but their chemistry still felt off, and asked them to kiss.

Shi Wei accepted Luo Sixi’s invitation to join her drama after a provocative kissing audition with Ji Hanchuan, who refused to kiss him. Afterward, Shi Wei learned that A Thousand Autumns of Snow on the Road had halted production, then overheard Ji Hanchuan deny that anything existed between them.

• Luo Sixi asked Shi Wei and Ji Hanchuan to improvise a kissing scene to test their chemistry, and Shi Wei eagerly accepted while teasing Ji Hanchuan.
• Ji Hanchuan pinned Shi Wei against the wall and acted out a tense confrontation, but pushed him away when Shi Wei leaned in for a kiss.
• Luo Sixi declared that Shi Wei and Ji Hanchuan had plenty of chemistry and welcomed Shi Wei to her drama.
• Shi Wei saw that A Thousand Autumns of Snow on the Road had suspended production after Chen Song’s scandals surfaced and investors withdrew.
• Shi Wei overheard Luo Sixi ask Ji Hanchuan about his mood, and Ji Hanchuan denied that anything was going on between him and Shi Wei.

Ji Hanchuan denied helping Shi Wei, while Luo Sixi discovered a viral fanfic casting them in an absurd ABO romance. Shi Wei learned that the paid trolls had included Ji Hanchuan and decided to retaliate by posting more fanfiction before choosing to run away from home.

• Ji Hanchuan told Luo Sixi he did not know why investments in Chen Song’s drama had been withdrawn, and Luo Sixi suspected he was helping Shi Wei.
• Luo Sixi found a viral story titled “After having one baby with the unhinged CEO Ji, I'm pregnant again,” which paired Ji Hanchuan with Shi Wei.
• Shi Wei angrily confronted the paid-troll ringleader, who explained that Ji Hanchuan had become fair game after interacting with Shi Wei on a variety show.
• Shi Wei decided to fight back by posting another fanfic if Ji Hanchuan’s fans attacked him.
• After his DiDi driver dropped him off, Shi Wei chose to run away from home instead of going upstairs.

Shi Wei got drunk while reading a fanfic about himself and Ji Hanchuan, then confronted Ji Hanchuan and recited the story’s outrageous plot. Ji Hanchuan kissed him and admitted he did not want their first time to be tied to someone else’s story.

• Shi Wei bought fruit wine, drank while reading the fanfic, and became intoxicated after finishing two dozen bottles.
• Ji Hanchuan found Shi Wei wandering around drunk, and Shi Wei called him Ji Dachuan and bit the back of his neck.
• Shi Wei complained about Ji Dachuan’s cruel treatment of Shi Xiao Wei, while Ji Hanchuan listened and corrected his claim that Shi Xiao Wei had given someone a kidney.
• Ji Hanchuan asked whether Shi Wei was really drunk, and Shi Wei called him his daddy before Ji Hanchuan warned him not to remember the night.
• Ji Hanchuan told Shi Wei that if something happened between them someday, he wanted their first time to be their own memory, then kissed him.

After waking hungover, Shi Wei learned he had drunkenly bitten Ji Hanchuan and called him Daddy, then traveled with him to film Just Like You. On the plane, someone sitting beside Shi Wei removed his hat.

• Ma Xianbei called Shi Wei and urged him to focus on acting, while Shi Wei recalled a frightening dream about kissing Ji Hanchuan.
• Shi Wei rushed to Ji Hanchuan for comfort, then discovered he was only wearing underwear and could not remember how he had lost his pants.
• Ji Hanchuan told Shi Wei that he had recommended an unusual novel, bitten Ji Hanchuan's neck, and called him Daddy while drunk.
• Ma Xianbei warned Shi Wei about fans shipping him with Ji Hanchuan, and Shi Wei boarded a first-class flight to the filming location.
• A person seated beside Shi Wei removed his hat.

Shi Wei traveled with Zhuo Xiao to film Just Like You, where he learned they would play a couple, and narrowly avoided an embarrassing accident with Ji Hanchuan during turbulence. After arriving in the northern city, Shi Wei reported to the production crew and began preparations for his role as Xia Chi, while Ji Hanchuan started changing his look for Yang Xun.

• Shi Wei discovered that Zhuo Xiao was also in Just Like You and that they would play a couple.
• Shi Wei accidentally fell onto Ji Hanchuan during turbulence, then offered him a pink candy as tribute after Ji Hanchuan heard him threaten to tear into his idol.
• After landing, Shi Wei and Zhuo Xiao ate noodles and traveled together to report to the production crew.
• Luo Sixi's stylist told Shi Wei that Xia Chi should be thinner and took him to get a haircut.
• Shi Wei joined Ji Hanchuan in the makeup room, where a stylist began dyeing Ji Hanchuan's hair and planned to curl it for Yang Xun.