Chapter Summaries

Pei Zeyan accidentally used his main account to defend Wen Zhao online and became the top trending topic, while Niannian took his phone to stop him from posting more. After learning what happened, Lu Chiyan publicly agreed that Pei Zeyan had been right.

• Niannian realized Pei Zeyan had posted his heated replies using his main account and told him he had reached the top of the trending list.
• Pei Zeyan read the reactions to his posts and tried to respond, but Niannian took his phone away at the company's instruction.
• Lu Chiyan checked the trending topics after filming and learned why Pei Zeyan had become a subject of discussion.
• Lu Chiyan reposted a netizen's question about Pei Zeyan and said every word Pei Zeyan had said was correct.

Lu Chiyan’s public support helped turn opinion in favor of Wen Zhao and Pei Zeyan, while his teasing about Pei Zeyan’s feelings made Qin Sili jealous. The chapter ended with Qin Sili going outside to speak to Wen Zhao, leaving Lu Chiyan puzzled.

• Lu Chiyan reposted in support of Pei Zeyan, and netizens began speaking up for Pei Zeyan and Wen Zhao.
• Lu Chiyan sent Pei Zeyan a comment teasing that he was in love with Wen Zhao, and Pei Zeyan denied it.
• Qin Sili saw Pei Zeyan’s message on Lu Chiyan’s phone and grew jealous when it joked about liking Lu Chiyan.
• Qin Sili said he was going to get Lu Chiyan water, then walked past Wen Zhao and spoke to him.
• Lu Chiyan watched from the RV and wondered why Qin Sili had gone outside when there was water inside.

Qin Sili stayed in Qing City with Lu Chiyan, while Lu Chiyan and Wen Zhao visited Lin Xu in the hospital. Pei Zeyan stayed to wait for Lin Xu’s parents, and Lu Chiyan asked him to take Wen Zhao back before leaving for work.

• Qin Sili told Wen Zhao to step up his game and moved his meetings to the Qing City branch so he could stay with Lu Chiyan.
• Lu Chiyan and Wen Zhao visited Lin Xu, who had been sedated after becoming agitated upon learning that his leg was gone.
• Lu Chiyan learned that Pei Zeyan had paid Lin Xu’s hospital bills and stayed by his side, then arranged for Lin Xu’s parents to be picked up from the airport.
• Pei Zeyan said he would wait for Lin Xu’s parents to arrive before returning to filming.
• Lu Chiyan left for work and asked Pei Zeyan to take Wen Zhao back, leaving Pei Zeyan surprised.

Lu Chiyan was in a car crash after a truck slammed into the car carrying him and Qian Le. When he regained consciousness in darkness, he watched a scene of himself waking in the hospital and rejecting Qin Sili, leaving him horrified and insisting that the person on the screen was not him.

• Qian Le warned the driver when a truck’s headlights appeared, but the truck crashed into their car before Lu Chiyan could react.
• Lu Chiyan was knocked unconscious by the collision and later awoke in darkness, unable to see, hear, or move.
• A screen appeared showing Lu Chiyan waking in a hospital room with Qin Sili beside him.
• The Lu Chiyan on the screen pulled away from Qin Sili, sent a message to Duan Linfeng, and told Qin Sili not to touch him because he was disgusting.
• Lu Chiyan pounded on the screen and pleaded that he would never speak to Qin Sili that way.

After hearing Lu Chiyan’s hostile words, Qin Sili realized he could also hear the real Lu Chiyan’s thoughts and suspected the person before him was not A-Yan. Qin Sili confirmed that he could communicate with Lu Chiyan, who was trapped in a dark place and begged him not to leave.

• Lu Chiyan’s thoughts contradicted the hostile words spoken by the person facing Qin Sili, making Qin Sili suspect they were not the same person.
• Qin Sili waited and heard Lu Chiyan’s thoughts again, confirming that his A-Yan was still present.
• Qin Sili asked whether Lu Chiyan could hear him, and Lu Chiyan realized Qin Sili might be hearing his words from inside the darkness.
• Lu Chiyan answered Qin Sili and said he did not know where he was, then begged Qin Sili not to leave him alone.

Qin Sili had Lu Chiyan examined again after becoming convinced something was wrong, but the doctors found nothing unusual. Lu Chiyan remained unaware that Qin Sili was trying to understand why he seemed to be facing two versions of him.

• Qin Sili reassured his A-Yan while ignoring the Lu Chiyan who questioned his behavior.
• Qin Sili called for a doctor and asked for Lu Chiyan to receive another examination, especially of his brain.
• Lu Chiyan protested, but the hospital carried out a comprehensive examination at Qin Sili's request.
• The doctor reported that Lu Chiyan's physical readings were normal, leaving Qin Sili frowning over the results.
• Lu Chiyan mocked Qin Sili and told him they had no reason to see each other again.

After the accident, Qin Sili spoke with Lu Chiyan’s unseen presence while the hospitalized Lu Chiyan watched, convinced Qin Sili was going crazy. The chapter ended with Qin Sili scrolling through movies at the unseen Lu Chiyan’s request, while the hospitalized Lu Chiyan angrily insisted he did not want to watch one.

• Qin Sili threatened Lu Chiyan and then responded tenderly to the unseen Lu Chiyan, who asked about Qian Le and the driver; Qin Sili said they were both fine.
• The unseen Lu Chiyan asked for news and gossip, so Qin Sili read Weibo trending topics and comments aloud, making the hospitalized Lu Chiyan suspect he was insane.
• When Qin Sili offered to read more, the unseen Lu Chiyan eagerly agreed, while the hospitalized Lu Chiyan refused and wondered why his answer did not matter.
• The unseen Lu Chiyan asked to watch a movie, and Qin Sili held up his phone so he could see the video app.
• As the unseen Lu Chiyan asked Qin Sili to scroll through the movie list, the hospitalized Lu Chiyan angrily shouted that he did not want to watch a movie.

Qin Sili made Lu Chiyan watch a movie, ignoring the choices Lu Chiyan voiced aloud because he heard the opposite of Lu Chiyan’s unspoken thoughts. The chapter left Lu Chiyan trapped in the little black room, confused and frightened, while Qin Sili stayed nearby to make a call.

• Qin Sili coldly insisted that Lu Chiyan watch a movie, and Lu Chiyan reluctantly agreed out of fear.
• Lu Chiyan picked a movie, but Qin Sili heard his unspoken rejection and continued browsing.
• Qin Sili suggested a science fiction movie and started it despite Lu Chiyan saying aloud that he did not want to watch it.
• Lu Chiyan waited for Duan Linfeng to arrive and take Qin Sili away, but Duan Linfeng did not come.
• Qin Sili told Lu Chiyan he would make a call nearby, and Lu Chiyan wondered whether either of them was mentally ill.

Wen Shubai was ordered by Qin Sili to return from an island abroad, while Lu Chiyan's car accident sparked widespread online concern and speculation about the production of Luo Strange Tales. The chapter left Lu Chiyan's condition unknown as fans worried about the cast and filming.

• Qin Sili called Wen Shubai and ordered him to return immediately, offering to arrange a private jet.
• Wen Shubai reluctantly left the hot spring and the women he had met at a cocktail party to obey Qin Sili.
• Lu Chiyan's car accident remained a trending topic, alongside discussion of accidents involving the Luo Strange Tales production.
• Online commenters worried about Lu Chiyan's condition, the safety of Gu Xia'an, and whether filming would continue.

Qin Sili reassured fans that Lu Chiyan was recovering and tried to keep him awake, while Lu Chiyan learned that Qin Sili had sent Duan Linfeng to Africa. The chapter ended with Lu Chiyan demanding to know why Qin Sili was trying to keep him and Linfeng apart.

• Qin Sili arranged for Strange Tales of Luo City to announce that Wen Zhao and Lu Chiyan were doing well and that filming would pause for a week.
• Qin Sili posted that Lu Chiyan was awake and promised to take good care of him, prompting fans to celebrate online.
• Qin Sili woke Lu Chiyan when he began to fall asleep and insisted that he keep watching the movie.
• Lu Chiyan tried calling Duan Linfeng again, but Qin Sili told him that Duan Linfeng was probably in Africa on a money-making project.
• Lu Chiyan angrily demanded to know why Qin Sili was determined to keep him and Duan Linfeng apart.

Lu Chiyan realized he could not remember anything about the world he came from, and trying to recover those memories caused him terrible pain. When he cried out, Qin Sili mistook [Lu Chiyan] for A-Yan and urgently tried to reach him.

• Qin Sili ignored [Lu Chiyan]'s insults and warned him not to speak while wearing A-Yan's face.
• Lu Chiyan in the dark room wondered whether the original owner had returned and whether he would be sent back to his own world.
• Lu Chiyan discovered he had no memories of who he was or where he had come from.
• Lu Chiyan's attempt to remember triggered severe head pain, and he cried out in agony.
• Qin Sili rushed to [Lu Chiyan] and called for A-Yan, while [Lu Chiyan] asked whether Qin Sili was speaking to him.

Qin Sili panicked when he could no longer sense A-Yan and attacked [Lu Chiyan], believing he was responsible. After Fang Zhi stopped him, Qin left [Lu Chiyan] under guard while waiting for Wen Shubai, and [Lu Chiyan] tried to escape.

• Qin Sili grabbed [Lu Chiyan] by the throat and demanded to know what he had done to A-Yan.
• Fang Zhi arrived, pulled Qin Sili away, and reminded him that he was hurting Young Master Lu's body.
• Qin Sili let go, asked when Wen Shubai would arrive, and told Fang Zhi to keep [Lu Chiyan] from leaving.
• [Lu Chiyan] tried to get out of bed, but Fang Zhi held him down and claimed Qin Sili had only been joking.

Lu Chiyan recovered his memories and learned that he had always been the original Lu Chiyan, not a transmigrator. Little I, a system overseeing the novel’s order, explained that Lu Chiyan had resisted the plot and been given three chances to meet Duan Linfeng.

• Fang Zhi kept [Lu Chiyan] in bed because Qin Sili had ordered him not to leave.
• Lu Chiyan collapsed from a severe headache as memories flooded back into his mind.
• Lu Chiyan remembered that he had always been himself and that an outsider had taken over his body.
• Little I introduced itself as the system that administered order in the novel’s world.
• Little I explained that the plot paired Lu Chiyan with Duan Linfeng and that Qin Sili was meant to oppose them.
• Lu Chiyan recalled that Little I had created three opportunities for him to meet Duan Linfeng after starting university.

Lu Chiyan recalled how Little I had tried to force the novel's plot after his first awakening, and learned that a second awakening and loss of memories had pushed the story further off course. After Little I arranged a car accident and imprisoned him again, Lu Chiyan recovered all his memories and understood what had happened.

• Little I created chances for Lu Chiyan and Duan Linfeng to meet, but Lu Chiyan refused Duan Linfeng's WeChat request and dinner invitation and called Qin Sili when thugs threatened him.
• Little I realized Lu Chiyan had awakened and loved Qin Sili, so he imprisoned him and created a puppet Lu Chiyan to follow the original plot.
• Lu Chiyan watched the puppet hurt Qin Sili until he awakened a second time, reclaimed his body, and lost his memories, believing he was a transmigrator.
• Qin Sili's actions sent Duan Linfeng to Africa, and Little I arranged a car accident and locked Lu Chiyan away to keep the novel's world from collapsing.
• Lu Chiyan recovered all his memories and understood the events behind his imprisonment.

Lu Chiyan learned that Little I had trapped him in a sealed space after fixing a bug that once let him escape. Little I offered to send him to another small world, but Lu Chiyan refused because Qin Sili would not be there, and asked what would happen to awakened ones like him.

• Lu Chiyan demanded that Little I let him return, then repeatedly ran into invisible walls while trying to escape the darkness.
• Little I explained that Lu Chiyan’s previous escape had been caused by a bug, which Little I had fixed.
• Little I offered to send Lu Chiyan to another small world under a new identity, where he could live freely as long as he did not affect its main storyline.
• Lu Chiyan asked whether Qin Sili would be in the other world, and refused the offer when Little I said he would not.
• Lu Chiyan asked whether Little I would erase awakened ones like him.

Lu Chiyan refused Little I’s offer to send him to another small world, so Little I went to apply for his erasure. Meanwhile, Wen Shubai woke the sleeping [Lu Chiyan] and accused him of being sick.

• Lu Chiyan challenged Little I to erase him directly, and Little I explained that the System Bureau had to submit a report and follow procedures first.
• Little I said the erasure process would take at least three days, but Lu Chiyan refused to accept the offer of another small world.
• Little I ended their negotiations and went silent, leaving Lu Chiyan to worry that he would die before he could escape and be separated from Qin Sili.
• Wen Shubai patted the sleeping [Lu Chiyan] awake, startling him, then said that he seemed to be the one who was sick.

Wen Shubai examined Lu Chiyan after noticing that his behavior differed from before. He told Qin Sili that Lu Chiyan might have a split personality.

• Lu Chiyan insisted that he knew Wen Shubai and himself, and protested that he was being unlawfully detained.
• Wen Shubai noted that Lu Chiyan's temper seemed different and prepared to test him.
• Wen Shubai asked Qin Sili to wait outside while he examined Lu Chiyan.
• After half an hour, Wen Shubai told Qin Sili that Lu Chiyan's condition might be a split personality.

Wen Shubai explained that Lu Chiyan appeared to have two alternating personalities, one of whom loved Qin Sili and the other Duan Linfeng. Qin Sili sought a way to bring back the personality he knew, while the current Lu Chiyan denied the diagnosis despite having no memory of the past six months.

• Wen Shubai told Qin Sili that personality B had replaced personality A during Lu Chiyan's college years, before A returned six months ago and B emerged again.
• Qin Sili asked how to bring personality A back, and Wen Shubai proposed speaking with Lu Chiyan and considering treatment.
• Lu Chiyan dismissed Wen Shubai's diagnosis, then realized he could not remember the past six months and blamed the gap on a car accident.
• Wen Shubai said Lu Chiyan's medical examination showed no concussion, and Qin Sili entered the room and asked about electrotherapy.

Qin Sili ordered Wen Shubai to use electrotherapy on Lu Chiyan, hoping to bring back the Lu Chiyan he loved. In the darkness where Lu Chiyan was trapped, blue lightning appeared, and he called out to Qin Sili for help.

• Qin Sili ordered Wen Shubai to begin electrotherapy without trying other treatments first.
• Lu Chiyan protested and struggled as Wen Shubai and four guards restrained him in the electrotherapy chair.
• Wen Shubai noticed Qin Sili's clenched hands and realized he was nervous and desperate to bring Lu Chiyan back.
• Lu Chiyan found himself cut off from Little I, Qin Sili, and the outside world, unable to see anything but darkness.
• Blue lightning appeared around Lu Chiyan, who rose and shouted toward it, hoping Qin Sili could hear him.

Qin Sili and Wen Shubai used increasingly strong electric shocks in an attempt to reach Lu Chiyan trapped inside a dark barrier. Qin Sili heard Lu Chiyan’s voice again and ordered Wen Shubai to continue, despite the danger.

• Lu Chiyan called out for Qin Sili in the darkness, but received no response until he heard Qin Sili’s voice urging someone to try again.
• Electricity lit up the barrier around Lu Chiyan and cracked it, revealing light outside.
• Wen Shubai cut off the current when [Lu Chiyan] began convulsing and warned Qin Sili that another shock could kill him.
• Qin Sili heard Lu Chiyan call his name and answered excitedly that he was there.
• Qin Sili told Wen Shubai to keep going after Wen Shubai questioned whether [Lu Chiyan] had spoken.