Chapter Summaries

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.

Shi Wei and Ji Hanchuan traded barbs while preparing for their roles, and Shi Wei tricked Ji Hanchuan into paying for an empty sandwich box. Filming began, and Ji Hanchuan performed as Yang Xun, who froze when Xia Chi entered the bar with his boyfriend.

• Shi Wei and Ji Hanchuan argued over their weight and appearance while the stylist prepared their hair.
• Shi Wei gave Ji Hanchuan an empty sandwich box and accepted a red packet as thanks.
• Three days later, filming began, and Shi Wei and Ji Hanchuan joked about their costumes and hairstyles.
• During the first scene, Yang Xun hosted a party at his bar and spotted Xia Chi arriving hand in hand with Rong Zizheng.

During filming, Xia Chi unexpectedly spotted Yang Xun and tried to leave the bar, while Shi Wei and Ji Hanchuan practiced their romantic scene and traded teasing lines. The chapter ended with Yang Xun cornering Xia Chi in the hallway after their ten-year separation.

• Luo Sixi coached Shi Wei and Zhuo Xiao on acting affectionate before filming the bar scene with Rong Zizheng and Xia Chi.
• Xia Chi saw Yang Xun at the bar and asked Rong Zizheng to leave, but Rong Zizheng refused because Xia Chi still would not explain why he avoided celebrating his birthday.
• Shi Wei teased Ji Hanchuan while rehearsing their upcoming kissing scene, and Ji Hanchuan unexpectedly played along before Luo Sixi stopped their antics.
• Ji Hanchuan briefly rubbed the spot where Luo Sixi had tapped Shi Wei, leaving Shi Wei flustered and prompting Zhuo Xiao to comment on their closeness.
• Yang Xun cornered Xia Chi in the hallway, where Xia Chi felt awkward and Yang Xun harbored hatred toward him.

Shi Wei and Ji Hanchuan struggled to rehearse a forced-kiss scene, with their attempts repeatedly exposing their awkward chemistry. After Ji Hanchuan hinted they had shared an intimate moment two years earlier and promised to visit that night, he arrived at Shi Wei’s room and kissed him before Shi Wei could react.

• Luo Sixi asked whether Shi Wei and Ji Hanchuan had experience kissing, and Ji Hanchuan’s answer made Shi Wei wonder who he had kissed.
• Ji Hanchuan repeatedly kissed Shi Wei during rehearsal, but Luo Sixi rejected their performances and postponed the scene until the next day.
• Shi Wei teased Ji Hanchuan for lacking experience, but Ji Hanchuan claimed they had shared some two years earlier and said he would visit that night.
• Shi Wei returned to his room, ate while studying the script, and opened the door when someone knocked.
• Ji Hanchuan shoved the door open, grabbed Shi Wei’s chin, and captured his lips.

Shi Wei and Ji Hanchuan rehearsed their kissing scene, but Shi Wei struggled to draw out Ji Hanchuan's emotions and learned that Ji Hanchuan had kissed someone who sang well. Shi Wei searched for the mystery person through the night and was still fixated on the question when Ji Hanchuan found him the next morning.

• Ji Hanchuan accused Shi Wei of not taking their scene seriously, then stayed after Shi Wei begged him to keep rehearsing.
• Shi Wei tried to coach Ji Hanchuan by acting out Yang Xun's jealousy, but Ji Hanchuan showed no reaction to his kiss.
• Ji Hanchuan said he had kissed someone who sang well, prompting Shi Wei to demand the identity of the person and threaten to tell Grandpa.
• Shi Wei searched online for singers Ji Hanchuan might have kissed, then got distracted by bizarre fan fiction about himself and Ji Hanchuan.
• Shi Wei spent the night searching and worrying, and Ji Hanchuan found him sitting eerily outside his door the next morning.

Shi Wei suspected Ji Hanchuan had kissed someone else and stayed focused on uncovering the supposed affair, while Ji Hanchuan planned to explain after filming. During a scene, Shi Wei became absorbed in Yang Xun’s pain and his lost past with Xia Chi.

• At breakfast, Shi Wei questioned Ji Hanchuan about his supposed lover and asked him to pay more, while Ji Hanchuan decided to tell him something after filming.
• Shi Wei arrived at the set looking exhausted, and Luo Sixi praised his appearance as being in character.
• While reading the script, Shi Wei began to understand Yang Xun and wondered whether Xia Chi understood him too.
• In the hallway scene, Yang Xun confronted Xia Chi over disappearing ten years earlier and accused him of leaving without explanation.
• As Yang Xun kissed Xia Chi, Shi Wei became overwhelmed by Yang Xun’s grief and saw the scene depart from the script.
• Luo Sixi watched the unscripted scene and smiled in satisfaction.