Recaps

After a car crash, Lu Chiyan was trapped in darkness while a puppet version of him deceived Qin Sili, until his memories returned and he understood the system’s plot. Qin Sili’s electrotherapy brought Lu Chiyan back, and the two left the hospital with Qin Sili promising to protect him despite lingering doubts.

• Pei Zeyan’s heated posts made him a trending topic, and Lu Chiyan publicly backed him while Qin Sili grew jealous of their teasing messages.
• Lu Chiyan and Wen Zhao visited the injured Lin Xu, and Lu Chiyan learned Pei Zeyan had paid his hospital bills and stayed by his side.
• A truck crashed into Lu Chiyan’s car, leaving the real Lu Chiyan trapped in darkness while a hostile puppet version of him appeared beside Qin Sili.
• Qin Sili realized the Lu Chiyan in the darkness was still present, while the puppet insulted him and tried to keep him away from Duan Linfeng.
• Lu Chiyan recovered his memories and learned from Little I that the system had imprisoned him, created the puppet, and arranged events to preserve the novel’s plot.
• Qin Sili ordered Wen Shubai to use electrotherapy, and Lu Chiyan broke through the darkness after hearing Qin Sili call to him.
• Lu Chiyan told Qin Sili and Wen Shubai that their world was a novel and that Little I had imprisoned him, while Wen Shubai questioned whether Lu Chiyan was delusional.
• Qin Sili brought Lu Chiyan home away from reporters and promised to protect him, though he admitted he could not fully believe Lu Chiyan’s explanation yet.

Little I altered Qin Sili’s behavior to force Lu Chiyan into the novel’s tragic plot, but Qin Sili began uncovering their past through Weibo and Lucky’s recordings. After a tense business lunch and a drunken night, Lu Chiyan remembered how Qin Sili had cared for him as a child, while Qin Sili dreamed of the illness that began when he turned eighteen.

• Little I revealed that it had altered Qin Sili’s memories and character, intending for him to reject Lu Chiyan and later die in remorse, but Lu Chiyan refused to accept the plot.
• Qin Sili woke treating Lu Chiyan as a younger brother, and Lu Chiyan agreed to act like an affectionate older brother while privately resolving to resist the system.
• Lu Chiyan traveled back to the imperial capital with Qin Sili, who discovered old Weibo posts and fan materials documenting their intimacy and suspected he had lost memories.
• Lucky showed Qin Sili footage of him carrying Lu Chiyan to his room and demanding a goodbye kiss, prompting Qin Sili to inspect the robot and delete its videos.
• At Green Forest Technology, Qin Sili signed a revised partnership contract with Jin Yunsen, then grew jealous as Jin focused his attention on Lu Chiyan over lunch.
• Qin Sili drank against Jin Yunsen until Jin passed out, then collapsed outside the private room, and Lu Chiyan carried him home.
• Lu Chiyan recalled that Qin Sili had once avoided drinking and dinner gatherings to pick him up from school, and he reassured the drunken Qin Sili that he was not angry.
• Qin Sili dreamed of bringing ten-year-old Lu Chiyan home, caring for him through his gaming obsession, and falling ill after turning eighteen and beginning to take over the company.

Qin Sili awakened after a mysterious illness as he and Lu Chiyan confronted the system and helped the people around them regain their own choices. Lu Chiyan built his career and company, while Pei Zeyan and Wen Zhao’s friendship grew tangled with feelings neither had clearly addressed.

• Qin Sili fell gravely ill and remained unresponsive despite Wen Shubai’s tests and electrotherapy, until he heard Lu Chiyan’s desperate pleas and learned that Little I was trying to reshape his memories.
• Qin Sili woke and told Lu Chiyan about the book and the system, and they agreed to face it together before Lu Chiyan returned to filming.
• Lu Chiyan founded Liyan Galaxy Culture Media with Qin Sili’s funding and began producing Red Spider, leaving Qin Sili lonely while he concentrated on the company and film.
• During Red Spider’s final stunt, Little I tried to replace the protagonists, but Lu Chiyan’s talisman saved him as the world flickered into code and everyone appeared to awaken.
• Strange Tales of Luo City and Red Spider became major successes, and Lu Chiyan won Best Actor while keeping Qin Sili mostly out of his livestream until Qin demanded public acknowledgment.
• Pei Zeyan helped Lin Xu eat and regain confidence, but Wen Zhao confessed that friendship was not the relationship he wanted before leaving Pei Zeyan confused.
• After weeks without contact, Lu Chiyan tricked Pei Zeyan into calling Wen Zhao, and their argument ended with Wen Zhao apologizing and Pei Zeyan accepting it.
• Pei Zeyan later complained that Wen Zhao did not chat with him enough, then asked Niannian to find out whether Wen Zhao would attend the upcoming fashion gala.