Chapter Summaries

Shi Wei and Ji Hanchuan filmed an intimate scene, then joked around after the director called cut. Ou Wen watched them with jealousy, decided he had to have Shi Wei, and returned to find Xu Xirui waiting in his penthouse suite.

• Ji Hanchuan kissed away Shi Wei's tear during filming, and Director Luo called cut on the completed shot.
• Director Luo prepared the next scene, and Shi Wei sprayed Ji Hanchuan with water before getting distracted by his body.
• Shi Wei launched himself into the scene and kissed Ji Hanchuan, who responded gently until the filming ended.
• Shi Wei and Ji Hanchuan joked and horsed around after the scene, while Director Luo had the cameraman record them.
• Ou Wen watched Shi Wei and Ji Hanchuan with jealousy, decided he had to have Shi Wei, and returned to his penthouse suite, where he found Xu Xirui.

Xu Xirui broke up with Ou Wen and learned that the Xu Group needed his help securing a partnership, while Ou Wen turned his attention to pursuing Shi Wei. Ou Wen arrived on set with an extravagant display of gifts, interrupting Shi Wei and Zhuo Xiao as Ji Hanchuan listened to their conversation.

• Ou Wen told Xu Xirui he wanted to break up and said he had made Xu Xirui the male lead in a production.
• Xu Xirui told Xu He about the breakup and blamed Shi Wei, then agreed to stay near Shi Wei and help persuade him to aid the Xu Group.
• Xu He suggested Xu Xirui use a past matter to pressure Shi Wei if he refused to help.
• Ou Wen planned to pursue Shi Wei and had people arrange an extravagant display of gifts on set.
• Zhuo Xiao discussed Shi Wei's promised wrap gift, and Ji Hanchuan listened as Shi Wei said he would send Zhuo Xiao a generous red packet.
• Ou Wen arrived on set and claimed he had brought the gifts.

Ou Wen tried to win Shi Wei over with luxury gifts and his looks, but Shi Wei rejected him and forced him to leave the set. Filming resumed with Zhuo Xiao’s final scene, ending as Rong Zizheng charged at Xia Chi and Yang Xun with a knife.

• Ou Wen offered Shi Wei expensive gifts and tried to charm him, but Shi Wei mocked his face and subdued him when he persisted.
• Ou Wen declared the gifts were all for Shi Wei, who refused them and retreated beside Ji Hanchuan.
• Luo Sixi ordered Ou Wen to remove the gifts and sent the crew back to work.
• The crew filmed Xia Chi trying to leave while Yang Xun begged him to stay.
• Rong Zizheng charged at Xia Chi and Yang Xun with a knife, and Xia Chi cried out Yang Xun’s name when the attack did not hit him.

At the wrap party, Zhuo Xiao decided to stay with Shi Wei and travel back with him, worsening Ji Hanchuan’s jealousy. Meanwhile, Xu Xirui comforted Ou Wen after he was driven from the set and suggested a new way to pursue Shi Wei.

• Zhuo Xiao thanked the cast and crew at the wrap party, then announced he had turned down work so he could leave with Shi Wei.
• Shi Wei agreed to drive Zhuo Xiao back, while Ji Hanchuan listened to their affectionate exchange with growing displeasure.
• Zhuo Xiao stayed around the set after filming ended, and Luo Sixi chased Ou Wen away by threatening to call his father.
• Xu Xirui found Ou Wen nursing his injured hand, comforted him, and coaxed him into explaining his feelings for Shi Wei.
• Xu Xirui told Ou Wen that Shi Wei might have rejected him because he pursued him publicly and suggested trying another way to win him over.

As Ji Hanchuan and Shi Wei prepared for the final scene, Li Xiaochen tried to nudge Shi Wei into arranging a romantic dinner for Ji Hanchuan. Shi Wei listed Ji Hanchuan’s favorite foods for Li Xiaochen to buy, but Li Xiaochen realized he had been sent to the supermarket without any money.

• Shi Wei pretended Ji Hanchuan was gravely ill during a scene rehearsal, and Ji Hanchuan woke up to call him out.
• Li Xiaochen teased Ji Hanchuan about retiring, prompting Shi Wei to consider preparing him a gift.
• Zhuo Xiao helped Ji Hanchuan walk to the set after Shi Wei abruptly left him to do it.
• Li Xiaochen suggested Shi Wei buy ribbons and tie one around himself, but Shi Wei misunderstood and proposed gifting Ji Hanchuan a pocket pussy.
• Li Xiaochen convinced Shi Wei to plan a romantic dinner, and Shi Wei listed Ji Hanchuan’s favorite foods for him to prepare.
• Li Xiaochen drove to the supermarket and realized Shi Wei had not given him any money.

After filming ended, Shi Wei arranged a secret surprise for Ji Hanchuan and teased him over messages, while the crew celebrated their finished film. Ji Hanchuan surprised Shi Wei by matching his flirting with a joke of his own.

• Luo Sixi and the screenwriter chose an open ending, and Yang Xun chased after Xia Chi as he walked away.
• After the final scene, Shi Wei urged the crew to toss Ji Hanchuan into the air, then invited him to save the next evening for him.
• Shi Wei visited Li Xiaochen to inspect a villa and planned an elaborate retirement surprise for Ji Hanchuan, but Li Xiaochen secretly arranged the decorations Shi Wei had requested.
• Shi Wei moved into the villa and exchanged flirtatious messages with Ji Hanchuan, who called him his little bumpkin.
• Shi Wei stared at Ji Hanchuan's teasing message and wondered if aliens had taken over his brain.

Shi Wei learned that divorcing Ji Hanchuan was not a required mission and spent the day preparing a surprise for him. Xu Xirui called to demand help with the Xu family's financial troubles and threatened to expose Shi Wei's past, ending by asking about an incident from two years ago.

• Shi Wei questioned the system about Ji Hanchuan's behavior and learned there was no mission requiring him to divorce Ji Hanchuan.
• After reading Ji Hanchuan's good-night message and red packet, Shi Wei decided to prepare a surprise with food, decorations, and rose petals.
• Shi Wei rejected Xu Xirui's call, then answered when Xu Xirui called from another number and said the company's deals had fallen through, creating cash flow problems.
• Shi Wei mocked Xu He and refused to help Xu Xirui or return to the Xu family.
• Xu Xirui threatened to expose Shi Wei's dark history and brought up what happened two years earlier.

Shi Wei confronted Xu He and Xu Xirui, who tried to make him help secure a deal with Ou Wen in exchange for compromising videos and photos. After Shi Wei realized the evidence might involve his night with Ji Hanchuan two years earlier, the driver incapacitated him, and Xu He and Xu Xirui approached as his vision blurred.

• Shi Wei messaged Ji Hanchuan an invitation to meet at a villa that evening, then went to confront Xu He and Xu Xirui.
• Xu He asked Shi Wei to show Ou Wen the company’s proposal and win his agreement, promising to return videos and photos of Shi Wei with another man.
• Shi Wei realized the recordings might have been made after his night with Ji Hanchuan two years earlier and refused Xu He’s demand.
• As Shi Wei left in the car, the muscular driver sprayed him with a drug that weakened him, while Xu Xirui and Xu He walked toward him.

Shi Wei woke up drugged and trapped with Ou Wen, but convinced him that Xu Xirui had set them both up and demanded his phone. Ji Hanchuan discovered Shi Wei was missing and received a ransom call demanding a hundred-million-ish sum.

• Shi Wei regained consciousness as Xu Xirui poured vodka on him and left him helpless for Ou Wen.
• Xu Xirui tricked Ou Wen into believing Shi Wei secretly loved him and left them alone together.
• Ou Wen tried to touch Shi Wei, but Shi Wei punched him and warned him off.
• Shi Wei told Ou Wen that Xu Xirui was after his money and demanded his phone.
• Ji Hanchuan found the villa empty, searched for Shi Wei, and received a call from someone claiming to be a kidnapper.

Ji Hanchuan rescued Shi Wei from Ou Wen, and Shi Wei recovered in the hospital while Ji Hanchuan held off on taking action at his request. After Ji Hanchuan agreed to let him handle the matter, Shi Wei confronted Ou Wen about Xu Xirui and made clear he had not actually been asking for a favor.

• Ji Hanchuan found Shi Wei and Ou Wen playing cards, restrained Ou Wen, and carried the drugged Shi Wei to the hospital.
• Shi Wei woke the next morning, ate food brought by Li Xiaochen, and learned Ji Hanchuan had kept the culprit and crime scene under control without acting.
• Shi Wei persuaded Ji Hanchuan to let him deal with the trouble himself, then asked Li Xiaochen to bring Ou Wen to his hospital room.
• Ou Wen said he owed Shi Wei nothing and wanted to leave, but Shi Wei replied that he had never been asking Ou Wen for a favor.

Shi Wei enlisted Ou Wen to help expose Xu Xirui by staging a complaint that Shi Wei had beaten him. After Ou Wen agreed to confront Xu Xirui’s company, Shi Wei told Ji Hanchuan that he would be tested next.

• Ou Wen refused to help Shi Wei at first, but Ji Hanchuan spoke with him and persuaded him to cooperate.
• Shi Wei told Ou Wen to claim he had been beaten, demand Shi Wei’s firing, and threaten to withdraw his investment from Xu Xirui’s company.
• Ou Wen called Xu Xirui and, with Shi Wei’s help, pretended to be injured and demanded that the company fire Shi Wei.
• Xu Xirui discouraged Ou Wen from calling the police and invited him to the company the next day, making Ou Wen suspect that Xu Xirui was stalling.
• Shi Wei sent Ou Wen away with instructions to stay overnight in the hospital, then told Ji Hanchuan that it was his turn to be tested.

Shi Wei enlisted a troll boss to spread rumors that would direct attention toward his company's top star, while telling Ji Hanchuan to trust his plan. Before they left the villa, Shi Wei removed a banner and found a box of adult items, while Ji Hanchuan quietly revealed he had already seen the banner.

• Shi Wei asked Ji Hanchuan to believe in his plan, and Ji Hanchuan agreed to explain things to Director Luo.
• Shi Wei contacted the troll boss and arranged for paid trolls to release news about his own troubles while directing the fire at the company's top star.
• Shi Wei asked Ji Hanchuan to leave the hospital and return to City X, and Li Xiaochen brought over Shi Wei's medical examination report.
• At the villa, Shi Wei sent Ji Hanchuan and Li Xiaochen to wait outside while he folded the living-room banner and packed his things.
• Shi Wei discovered a box full of adult items, and Ji Hanchuan helped him gather them into a garbage bag.
• Ji Hanchuan walked the rose-petal path with Shi Wei and noticed the banner was gone, though he had already seen it.

Shi Wei returned home with Ji Hanchuan and prepared for the fallout from an alleged assault, while Xu Xirui and the company pressured Ma Xianbei to turn against him. Ma Xianbei faced a choice between protecting his job and defending Shi Wei, whose real plan remained concealed.

• Shi Wei and Ji Hanchuan returned to their home in City X, and Shi Wei said he was ready to hit rock bottom before making a comeback.
• Gao Zhizhang summoned Ma Xianbei and accused Shi Wei of assaulting an investor, while Xu Xirui claimed the incident threatened his upcoming productions.
• Ma Xianbei called Shi Wei, but Ji Hanchuan answered and confirmed that Shi Wei had hit someone; he concealed Shi Wei's request not to reveal the plan.
• Zhou Shihui reported that online rumors were branding Shi Wei arrogant and overbearing, and Xu Xirui and Gao Zhizhang warned Ma Xianbei he could lose his job.
• Gao Zhizhang and Xu Xirui pressured Ma Xianbei to explain what happened that night, invoking his family as he struggled with the choice.

Shi Wei and Ji Hanchuan shared a playful dinner and an intimate moment before Feng Wan called about online attacks targeting Shi Wei. Ji Hanchuan told her not to respond and asked her to prepare an announcement of their relationship, even though neither he nor Shi Wei had confessed their feelings.

• Shi Wei teased Ji Hanchuan about his retirement celebration plans and thanked him for saving time for him.
• Ji Hanchuan pulled Shi Wei back onto his lap and kissed him after Feng Wan's call interrupted them.
• Ji Hanchuan told Feng Wan not to respond to the online accusations against Shi Wei because nothing would happen.
• Ji Hanchuan asked Feng Wan to prepare an announcement that he and Shi Wei were in a relationship.
• Feng Wan learned they had not confessed their feelings to each other and hung up on Ji Hanchuan.

Shi Wei returned to Billion Star after Ma Xianbei summoned him and confronted Gao Zhizhang and Xu Xirui over assaulting an investor who had touched him while he was unconscious. Gao Zhizhang threatened to expose the KTV incident unless Shi Wei submitted to the investor, while Ma Xianbei struggled to betray Shi Wei under pressure to protect his family.

• Ji Hanchuan drove Shi Wei to Billion Star and waited across the street in case he needed help.
• Gao Zhizhang dismissed the others and accused Shi Wei of hitting an investor, then threatened to fire him.
• Shi Wei explained that the investor had felt him up while he was unconscious, but Gao Zhizhang insisted he should comply with the investor's demands.
• Gao Zhizhang threatened Shi Wei with a breach-of-contract penalty and jail by threatening to expose the KTV incident.
• Gao Zhizhang pressed Ma Xianbei to testify about the KTV incident, and Ma Xianbei began to speak despite feeling guilty about betraying Shi Wei.

Ma Xianbei exposed Gao Zhizhang and Xu Xirui’s scheme, quit the company, and left with Shi Wei. Ji Hanchuan drove them away, and Ma Xianbei was left wondering about his relationship with Shi Wei.

• Ma Xianbei admitted Shi Wei had hit someone, then interrupted Gao Zhizhang to reveal Shi Wei had been harassed and was innocent.
• Ma Xianbei accused Gao Zhizhang and Xu Xirui of exploiting Shi Wei and withholding resources, then quit and threatened to expose the company.
• Ma Xianbei and Shi Wei escaped in Ji Hanchuan’s car, where Shi Wei explained that Ji Hanchuan had helped him put on an act.
• Ma Xianbei thanked Shi Wei for protecting him, and Ji Hanchuan interrupted their hug before driving Ma Xianbei home.
• Ma Xianbei encouraged Shi Wei to pursue his plan and wondered what relationship Shi Wei had with Ji Hanchuan.

Shi Wei and Ou Wen carried out their plan while Gao Zhizhang and Xu Xirui tried to turn public opinion against Shi Wei and win Ou Wen’s support. Ou Wen approved their smear campaign, and Xu Xirui slipped into the elevator with him as he left.

• Shi Wei told Ji Hanchuan that Ma Xianbei had stood up to Gao Zhizhang and exposed Xu Xirui, while Ji Hanchuan agreed that Ma Xianbei was a good man.
• Haters and Xu Xirui’s fans attacked Shi Wei online and pushed the trending topic toward demands that he apologize to Xu Xirui, making Xu Xirui uneasy.
• Gao Zhizhang reassured Xu Xirui that they could get rid of Ma Xianbei and said they needed to appease Ou Wen.
• Ou Wen arrived with bodyguards and demanded that Shi Wei apologize, then said he wanted Shi Wei to disappear from the world.
• Gao Zhizhang described a plan to dismiss Shi Wei and ruin his reputation, and Ou Wen approved it before leaving.
• Xu Xirui slipped into the elevator with Ou Wen.

Ou Wen confronted Xu Xirui and pretended to pursue him so he could expose Xu Xirui’s lies, while Shi Wei and Ji Hanchuan watched the plan unfold. After online accusations that Shi Wei assaulted someone surged, Ji Hanchuan found colored paper in Shi Wei’s backpack and waited for his plan to begin.

• Ou Wen asked Xu Xirui why he had claimed Shi Wei liked him, and Xu Xirui admitted he had arranged for Shi Wei to get drunk because he loved Ou Wen.
• Ou Wen carried Xu Xirui home, then secretly messaged Shi Wei that he was trying to get information from him.
• Xu Xirui hinted that Ou Wen should invest in him, and Ou Wen told Shi Wei that he now understood Xu Xirui had treated him like an ATM.
• Ou Wen called Shi Wei late at night to complain that Xu Xirui might have swindled an investment from him.
• Billion Star announced that Shi Wei had been fired, and online accusations that he had assaulted someone flooded the trending searches.
• Ji Hanchuan checked on the sleeping Shi Wei and noticed neatly folded colored paper inside his open backpack.

Shi Wei and Ji Hanchuan used a copied slogan and paid trolls to stir up online backlash, while Xu Xirui celebrated Shi Wei’s apparent downfall. Xu He pressured Xu Xirui to consider marrying Ou Wen, and the chapter ended as Xu Xirui saw news of new evidence and a possible reversal.

• Ji Hanchuan urged Shi Wei to post “The net of justice is vast; nothing escapes its mesh” and spread a screenshot through paid trolls.
• Netizens mocked Shi Wei online, while Xu Xirui celebrated the backlash and believed Shi Wei had flopped.
• Xu He praised Xu Xirui and urged him to consider marrying Ou Wen to benefit the Xu family.
• Xu Xirui grew furious at the pressure, then distracted himself by reading insults directed at Shi Wei.
• Xu Xirui saw an explosive headline announcing new evidence and a reversal, and felt a sudden panic.

Shi Wei’s secret recording exposed Xu Xirui, Gao Zhizhang, and their allies, leaving Xu Xirui’s career and company support in ruins. After refusing Xu Xirui’s attempt to bargain with compromising photos and videos, Shi Wei turned to Ji Hanchuan, who asked whether the matter was settled.

• Xu Xirui watched the recording of the confrontation and tried to get the video removed, but Ou Wen broke up with him and Gao Zhizhang begged him to take the blame.
• Xu Xirui blocked Gao Zhizhang, then called Shi Wei and accused him of setting a trap.
• Xu Xirui offered to return compromising photos and videos if Shi Wei left him out of the scandal, but Shi Wei refused and dismissed his threats to release them.
• Xu Xirui cursed at Shi Wei, hung up, and smashed his phone as he realized his career and company backing were gone.
• Ji Hanchuan asked Shi Wei whether the matter was settled, and Shi Wei hesitated as something occurred to him.