Recaps

Jiang Mingxi outperformed Ji Hanyu during a photoshoot and used a voice recorder to keep Ji from provoking him. After Ji’s assistant stole the recorder, Jiang Mingxi left Spring Slumber and encountered Song Lan getting out of a Bentley.

• Ji Hanyu and his assistant tried to provoke Jiang Mingxi at the studio, but Jiang stayed silent and calmly prepared for the shoot.
• Jiang Mingxi completed his sequence in one take, impressing the photographer, who told Ji Hanyu to reshoot because his performance fell short.
• Jiang Mingxi revealed he had recorded Ji Hanyu, then teased him about having to study the playback before leaving the studio.
• Ji Hanyu asked his assistant about releasing a recording, and the assistant revealed he had stolen Jiang Mingxi’s recorder and planned to edit it with Sister Li.
• Jiang Mingxi sneezed as he came out of Spring Slumber and saw Song Lan step out of a Bentley.

Song Lan tried to win Jiang Mingxi over with a bold new look, roses, and a homemade egg-stuffed pancake. Jiang Mingxi was moved by the care behind the gift, and after thanking Song Lan, he told him that Ji Hanyu had bullied him.

• Song Lan arrived to meet Jiang Mingxi dressed casually and embraced him as they agreed to build their relationship slowly.
• Song Lan presented Jiang Mingxi with roses and a golden box containing a warm egg-stuffed pancake he had made.
• Jiang Mingxi realized Song Lan had made the pancake and cried as he recalled painful memories of being mistreated.
• Song Lan promised to cook Jiang Mingxi whatever he liked, then awkwardly offered to be his mother before correcting himself.
• Jiang Mingxi kissed Song Lan's hand, thanked him for making him happy, and told him that Ji Hanyu had bullied him.

Jiang Mingxi told Song Lan how Ji Hanyu had tried to provoke him and arranged for his assistant to steal a recorder, while Song Lan used his influence to make Ji Hanyu follow Jiang Mingxi’s shoot at Spring Slumber. Ji Hanyu refused, then worked with his manager to release a fabricated recording and launch a smear campaign against Jiang Mingxi.

• Jiang Mingxi told Song Lan he had baited Ji Hanyu’s assistant into stealing his recorder and planned to wait for Ji Hanyu’s next move.
• Song Lan arranged for Ji Hanyu to repeat Jiang Mingxi’s poses at Spring Slumber, and the photographer repeatedly rejected Ji Hanyu’s attempts.
• A person in charge told Ji Hanyu he had to shoot like Jiang Mingxi or terminate his contract and pay the penalty.
• Ji Hanyu left the studio in anger, blaming Jiang Mingxi and Song Lan for humiliating him.
• Ji Hanyu met his manager, Sister Li, and an audio fabricator, and an hour later a recording and related trending topics appeared online.
• Sister Li told Ji Hanyu they would release prepared press pieces to turn public opinion against Jiang Mingxi and force the photographer to apologize.

Ji Hanyu’s side released edited recordings that sparked a public scandal accusing Jiang Mingxi of stealing Ji Hanyu’s endorsement and having a secret relationship with Bai Zheming. While Ji Hanyu expected Jiang Mingxi’s career to collapse, Jiang Mingxi surprised Song Lan with fireworks, leaving Song Lan’s eyes reddened by a painful childhood memory.

• Ji Hanyu’s side posted edited recordings of Jiang Mingxi mocking Ji Hanyu and making him apologize during the Spring Slumber endorsement shoot.
• The recordings and footage of Bai Zheming saving Jiang Mingxi fueled online accusations and calls to blacklist Jiang Mingxi and recast Ji Hanyu.
• Ji Hanyu watched the backlash intensify and sneered that Jiang Mingxi was finished.
• Jiang Mingxi took Song Lan to the beach and revealed fireworks he had arranged after learning Song Lan loved watching them.
• Song Lan’s eyes reddened when a nearby child’s excited call about the fireworks reminded him of his mother silencing him as a child.

Song Lan told Jiang Mingxi about his mother’s neglect and how his family’s desire for her love led them both to hurt themselves. The two comforted each other, then Zhao Jiayuan called with news that online rumors about Jiang Mingxi and Ji Hanyu were spreading.

• Song Lan recalled how his mother favored his younger brother, once leaving him locked inside without food or water for three days while she watched fireworks with the boy.
• Song Lan described how his mother pushed him out of their car during a highway crash, and Jiang Mingxi comforted him as he cried.
• Song Lan and Jiang Mingxi showed each other their wrist scars and promised they would not hurt themselves again.
• Zhao Jiayuan called Jiang Mingxi and warned him that trending rumors accused him of using Bai Zheming’s influence to bully Ji Hanyu and cheating on Song Lan.

Jiang Mingxi and Song Lan tried to manage the online uproar while navigating their renewed relationship, and their friends gathered at the Regent Hotel to discuss a plan. The meeting began with Zhao Ke’s bag of intimate supplies spilling across the parking garage, leaving him mortified and Jiang Mingxi laughing.

• Jiang Mingxi reassured Zhao Jiayuan that Song Lan was with him at Spring Slumber’s headquarters, and they joked about how many hotel rooms to book.
• Song Lan admitted he wanted to share a room with Jiang Mingxi, even if he had to sleep on the floor, while struggling to kiss him.
• Feng Moshan called Song Lan to criticize his handling of the online uproar, and Jiang Mingxi said he and Song Lan planned to let things develop before discussing their strategy in person.
• Jiang Mingxi and Song Lan arrived at the Regent Hotel and saw Feng Moshan and Zhao Ke arguing over a paper bag.
• A husky tore open Zhao Ke’s bag and scattered condoms across the parking garage, prompting Zhao Ke to drag Jiang Mingxi into the elevator and mock him for not having a boyfriend.

Jiang Mingxi’s friends teased him and Song Lan while helping him weather the online backlash, as Ji Hanyu learned Spring Slumber was discussing future endorsements with Jiang Mingxi’s manager. The chapter ended when Ji Hanyu’s assistant opened the door to an unexpected visitor.

• Zhao Jiayuan, Chen Chong, and Zhao Ke arrived and teased Jiang Mingxi and Song Lan about their relationship with Bai Zheming.
• Jiang Mingxi denied anything had happened with Bai Zheming, and Song Lan apologized for his behavior the previous day.
• Ji Hanyu and his team questioned why Bai Zheming and Song Lan’s fans had stayed silent while Jiang Mingxi faced online abuse.
• Ji Hanyu called a Spring Slumber executive and learned the company was discussing a comprehensive endorsement deal with Jiang Mingxi’s manager.
• Ji Hanyu’s assistant opened the door to answer the takeout delivery and nearly fell when she saw who was outside.

Police arrested Ji Hanyu, his manager, his assistant, and a company technician after Jiang Mingxi’s tracked voice recorder revealed their plan to frame him and spread rumors. Ji Hanyu’s agency scrambled to contain the scandal and considered seeking leverage against Jiang Mingxi through the Jiang Family or Zhang Lin.

• Police followed the tracker in Jiang Mingxi’s voice recorder to Ji Hanyu’s room and found it on the table.
• An officer revealed a hidden recorder inside the device and played evidence of Ji Hanyu, his assistant, and his manager plotting to edit audio and smear Jiang Mingxi.
• Ji Hanyu begged the officers to suppress the recording, then cursed Jiang Mingxi as police arrested him along with his manager, assistant, and a company technician.
• Ji Hanyu’s agency executives held an emergency meeting and argued over how to limit the damage from the arrests and scandal.
• An executive suggested approaching the Jiang Family or Zhang Lin to find leverage against Jiang Mingxi.

Jiang Ke offered a company a deal to help Ji Hanyu by revealing evidence linking Jiang Mingxi to the driver who killed Song Lan’s mother, while Jiang Mingxi celebrated Ji Hanyu’s arrest with friends. The celebration ended with Jiang Mingxi and Song Lan alone together as their supporters’ posts set the internet buzzing.

• Jiang Ke told the company executives he could expose a connection between Jiang Mingxi and the driver who killed Song Lan’s mother, in exchange for getting Jiang Mingle out on bail.
• Jiang Mingxi, Zhao Jiayuan, Zhao Ke, Chen Chong, Feng Moshan, and Song Lan celebrated Ji Hanyu’s arrest at the Regent Hotel.
• Chen Chong carried the drunk Zhao Jiayuan back to their room, and Feng Moshan took Zhao Ke away while advising Song Lan about his relationship with Jiang Mingxi.
• Jiang Mingxi read the posts supporting his attack on Ji Hanyu, including Song Lan’s message calling him her boyfriend and comments from Song Bai and Grandpa Song.

After drinking, Jiang Mingxi told Song Lan that he had transmigrated into a book and once liked a high school classmate named Song Lan. Song Lan discovered that Jiang Mingxi’s memories matched his own high school, though their ages made the story seem impossible, and the chapter ended with Jiang Mingxi asking him for help getting to the bathroom.

• Jiang Mingxi asked Song Lan to make him egg-stuffed flatbread again and wondered if they had met before.
• Jiang Mingxi confessed that he had transmigrated into a book and said Jiang Ke and Jiang Mingle had killed the original Jiang Mingxi.
• Jiang Mingxi described a high school transfer student named Song Lan who had treated him kindly, and Song Lan wondered if he was being mistaken for someone else.
• Jiang Mingxi said he had attended Mingde High School with teachers Zhou Dafa and Xu Cui, where Song Lan had also transferred in.
• Song Lan realized Jiang Mingxi’s account matched his own school history, but could not understand how they could have been classmates given their seven-year age gap.
• Jiang Mingxi got up to go to the bathroom and asked Song Lan to help him.

Song Lan and Jiang Mingxi faced a manipulative call from Jiang Ke, who claimed Jiang Mingxi had been connected to the accident that killed Song Lan’s mother and little brother. Song Lan rejected Jiang Ke’s attempt to trade that information for Jiang Mingle’s release and demanded to know whose child Jiang Mingxi was.

• Song Lan remembered a pleading little boy when Jiang Mingxi asked him for help, then carried the drunk Jiang Mingxi from the shower and tucked him into bed.
• Xu Zhiqiang called Song Lan about Ji Hanyu, but Jiang Ke took over and brought up Song Lan’s mother’s fatal expressway accident.
• Jiang Ke claimed Jiang Mingxi had been in the car used by the person who fled after the accident and offered to identify the driver if Song Lan got Jiang Mingle released.
• Song Lan kissed Jiang Mingxi, took his hand, and challenged Jiang Ke’s claim that Jiang Mingxi was not part of the Jiang Family.
• Song Lan asked Jiang Ke whose child Jiang Mingxi was.

Song Lan rejected Jiang Ke’s attempt to make him condemn Jiang Mingxi and demanded the truth about Jiang Mingxi’s biological parents. He then told Jiang Mingxi that clues from Ju suggested he might have been saved by the couple who raised him, bringing him closer to finding his mother.

• Jiang Ke insulted Jiang Mingxi and urged Song Lan to trade a letter of forgiveness for information about the driver who killed Song Lan’s mother.
• Song Lan held Jiang Mingxi’s hand, refused to blame him, and asked Jiang Ke to explain the DNA report linking Jiang Mingxi to the Jiang Family.
• Song Lan threatened to sue Ji Hanyu and his company unless Jiang Ke revealed Jiang Mingxi’s biological parents, and Boss Xu demanded that Jiang Ke tell the truth.
• Song Lan told Jiang Ke that their call had been recorded and hung up after giving him five minutes to answer.
• Song Lan told Jiang Mingxi that Ju’s old tailor had been rescued after an accident by a couple whose three-year-old child had a birthmark like Jiang Mingxi’s.

Jiang Mingxi recalled a childhood scene with a young Song Lan that neither of them could explain, while Song Lan comforted him and rejected Jiang Ke’s attempt to turn him against Jiang Mingxi. At Xu Zhiqiang’s company, Jiang Ke was forced to call Song Lan and provide the answer he wanted or risk Jiang Mingle being harmed.

• Jiang Mingxi remembered crying as a child beside an older boy who promised to be his mother, and recognized the boy as Song Lan.
• Song Lan wrapped Jiang Mingxi in a blanket, dismissed Jiang Ke’s accusations, and teased him about having been his high school classmate before transmigrating.
• At Ji Hanyu’s company, Xu Zhiqiang confronted Jiang Ke and threatened Jiang Mingle unless Jiang Ke settled the matter with Song Lan.
• Xu Zhiqiang’s security guards restrained Jiang Ke, and Xu showed him a photo of Jiang Mingle to make him comply.
• Jiang Ke called Song Lan, repeated that Song Lan’s mother would never like him if he protected Jiang Mingxi, and was pressed to give Song Lan an answer.

Jiang Ke confessed that his father had killed Song Lan’s mother and that his family had tried to use Jiang Mingxi to conceal the crime and claim benefits from the powerful family searching for him. The chapter ended with Xu Zhiqiang telling Song Lan that Jiang Ke had revealed everything he knew.

• Jiang Ke admitted that the DNA report claiming Jiang Mingxi was his family’s child had been faked by bribing the person who conducted the test.
• Song Lan challenged Jiang Ke about his family’s attempts to drown Jiang Mingxi at the Hai River and later have a university couple abuse him.
• Xu Zhiqiang threatened Jiang Ke by showing him a photo of Lele, and Jiang Ke confessed that his father had killed Song Lan’s mother.
• Jiang Ke explained that his father sent the child he found to an orphanage, adopted Lele, and later planned to make Lele replace Jiang Mingxi when a missing-person search began.
• Jiang Ke said the Zhang Family had arranged for the university couple and that his family faked the DNA report so Lele could take Jiang Mingxi’s place.
• Xu Zhiqiang kicked Jiang Ke and told Song Lan that Jiang Ke had told them everything he knew.

Jiang Ke was arrested after Jiang Mingle confessed, while Star Moon Media terminated Ji Hanyu and announced legal action against him. Song Lan comforted Jiang Mingxi as they awaited the investigation into the car accident, and Bai Zheming learned that Jiang Ke's father had set a hotel fire that killed Bai Zheming's family.

• Xu Zhiqiang agreed to cooperate with legal action against Ji Hanyu and let Jiang Ke leave.
• Police arrested Jiang Ke, citing Jiang Mingle's confession and accusations that Jiang Ke had instigated crimes and forcibly molested him.
• Star Moon Media announced Ji Hanyu's contract termination and canceled his work after his arrest.
• Song Lan told Jiang Mingxi that Jiang Ke's parents had been arrested and that both the police and his family would investigate the old car accident.
• Jiang Mingxi comforted Song Lan, telling him that the accident had not been his fault because he was only ten years old.
• Bai Zheming learned that Jiang Ke's father had set a hotel fire to silence the driver, but the fire had killed Bai Zheming's parents and younger brother.

Song Lan learned that Jiang Ke’s father had been arrested for causing the crash that killed his mother, and reassured Song Bai that he would keep living for Jiang Mingxi. He brought Jiang Mingxi an egg-stuffed pancake, while Feng Moshan and Zhao Ke gossiped about the pair’s night together.

• Song Bai told Song Lan that Jiang Ke’s father had confessed to causing the highway crash and was in police custody, then urged Song Lan not to reopen his grief.
• Song Lan reassured Song Bai that he would not attempt suicide again because he had promised to be Jiang Mingxi’s mom, leaving Song Bai and the family stunned.
• Song Lan took an egg-stuffed pancake to Jiang Mingxi, and Feng Moshan teased him about how they had slept.
• Feng Moshan told Zhao Ke that Song Lan and Jiang Mingxi had not slept together, and Zhao Ke shared Jiang Mingxi’s suspicion that Song Lan had sexual-function problems.
• Feng Moshan approached Zhao Ke after Zhao tried to continue gossiping, despite Zhao’s protests.

After Jiang Mingxi gained fans and an endorsement, the third episode of Survival Challenge began at the seaside with the returning guests arriving. A masked new guest joined them, and the director launched a guessing game as the chapter ended.

• Ji Hanyu's scandal boosted Jiang Mingxi's popularity, and Spring Slumber named him the face of its new season's products.
• The director opened the third episode of Survival Challenge and announced a heavyweight new guest.
• Zhao Jiayuan and Chen Chong arrived together, drawing attention to Zhao Jiayuan's hickeys and their bickering.
• Zhao Ke and Gao Le arrived, and Gao Le said he planned to be himself this episode.
• Song Lan arrived without Jiang Mingxi, who later arrived in another car alongside a masked new guest.
• The director offered the first tool card to whoever identified the new guest, while Zhao Jiayuan pointed out that Jiang Mingxi had arrived with him and Song Lan pulled Jiang Mingxi into his arms.

The guests tried to avoid guessing the masked new guest’s identity after the director offered a vague clue, while Song Lan joked that Jiang Mingxi did all the work in their household. The director insisted they follow the game, and the guests demanded to know the reward and punishment before they put in any effort.

• Jiang Mingxi explained that the masked guest had entered his car behind a raised partition, and the guest demonstrated the van’s features in a stiff sponsor segment.
• The director announced that the first person to identify the new guest would win a tool card, then revealed the clue “Rich.”
• Zhao Jiayuan and Zhao Ke mocked the clue, while Jiang Mingxi, Zhao Jiayuan, and Zhao Ke proposed taking the punishment instead of guessing.
• Chen Chong said he had exhausted his means, Song Lan joked that he did all the work in their household, and the director laughed so hard he spat on Gao Le.
• The director invoked the guests’ contracts to make them continue, but Jiang Mingxi, Zhao Ke, and Zhao Jiayuan demanded that the production team disclose the reward and punishment.

The guests challenged the director over his failure to prepare enough tools, then negotiated to choose items before the game continued. After everyone guessed the new guest’s identity incorrectly, the clue “Big brother” led Zhao Jiayuan to suspect Bai Zheming, leaving the guests awaiting confirmation.

• Jiang Mingxi pointed out that the production team had not prepared enough tools for everyone, and the assistant director accidentally confirmed it.
• Jiang Mingxi persuaded the director to let each guest choose an item in exchange for continuing the game.
• Zhao Jiayuan chose a lighter, Zhao Ke chose a shovel, Jiang Mingxi chose a combat knife, and Song Lan, Chen Chong, and Gao Le chose tents.
• All six guests guessed the new guest’s identity incorrectly, so the director revealed the clue “Big brother.”
• Zhao Jiayuan guessed that the new guest was Bai Zheming, while Chen Chong examined the guest’s shoes and Zhao Ke looked toward Song Lan.

The guests tried to guess the masked newcomer, and Song Lan was the only one to name Yan Fei instead of Bai Zheming. Bai Zheming appeared and greeted Jiang Mingxi, while Song Lan was left with the penalty of carrying him for a hundred meters.

• Gao Le wondered whether Bai Zheming had come to pursue someone, and the other guests looked at Song Lan.
• The guests revealed their guesses, with everyone but Song Lan writing Bai Zheming; Song Lan wrote Yan Fei.
• Bai Zheming removed his mask, greeted Jiang Mingxi warmly, and exchanged pointed remarks with Song Lan.
• The director announced that Song Lan had to carry Bai Zheming on his back for a hundred meters.
• Jiang Mingxi tried to comfort Song Lan, who tightened his hold on Jiang Mingxi and kissed his cheek.

Song Lan clashed with Bai Zheming over Jiang Mingxi, then drew the blank card and became the survival observer. He was left to watch Bai Zheming and Jiang Mingxi pair up for a challenge.

• Song Lan carried Bai Zheming a hundred meters, then offered to go with Jiang Mingxi to the set and help him run lines.
• Bai Zheming said he was fully funding the drama and could help Jiang Mingxi himself, provoking Song Lan.
• The director interrupted their argument and explained that guests would pair up to search rooms for treasure chests while an observer judged their progress.
• Zhao Jiayuan and Zhao Ke drew matching number two cards, and Jiang Mingxi and Bai Zheming drew matching number one cards.
• Song Lan drew the blank card and became the survival observer, while Chen Chong drew number three and paired with Gao Le.

The teams began a timed search for treasures in rooms rigged with traps, while Song Lan brooded over Jiang Mingxi entering with Bai Zheming without comforting him. Gao Le and Chen Chong encountered traps in room three, while Zhao Jiayuan and Zhao Ke lingered in room two, gossiping about the pair in room one.

• Jiang Mingxi entered the room with Bai Zheming without speaking to or looking at Song Lan, leaving Song Lan hurt and remembering how Jiang Mingxi had comforted him at the club.
• Gao Le rushed into room three and fell through a concealed pit, while Chen Chong checked that he was unhurt and searched the room.
• Chen Chong triggered an ice-water trap and a rising net, then escaped through the net's opening using a leap and his strength.
• Zhao Jiayuan stepped into glue at room two's entrance and lost his shoe when he pulled the plate away.
• Zhao Jiayuan and Zhao Ke stayed in the doorway, joking and speculating about the traps facing Jiang Mingxi and Bai Zheming.

Jiang Mingxi and Bai Zheming searched a locked bedroom while discussing Jiang Mingxi’s relationship with Song Lan, but a sudden fire trapped Jiang Mingxi in the closet and shut Bai Zheming in the bathroom. The smoke and flames triggered Jiang Mingxi’s memories of being a frightened child calling for his mother, and the chapter ended with him crying out for her again.

• Jiang Mingxi told Bai Zheming that he loved Song Lan and treasured their relationship, while Bai Zheming questioned whether Song Lan treated him well.
• Bai Zheming challenged Jiang Mingxi’s account of their relationship, and Song Lan watched the exchange from in front of the screen.
• Smoke poured from the closet, flames blocked Jiang Mingxi’s exit, and Bai Zheming threw him a wet towel before the bathroom door slammed shut.
• Jiang Mingxi covered his face and searched the closet while Bai Zheming tried and failed to open the bathroom door.
• Jiang Mingxi remembered calling for his mother during a childhood fire and followed her instructions to soak towels and cover his mouth and nose.
• The memory ended with Jiang Mingxi calling for his mother in fear.

Jiang Mingxi escaped a smoke-filled closet, broke open the bathroom door to rescue Bai Zheming, and found the treasure chest. The chest’s discovery left Bai Zheming stunned as Jiang Mingxi excitedly called him “big brother.”

• Jiang Mingxi saw a vision of a little boy named Xixi escaping a burning bathroom, then came back to himself and searched the closet.
• Jiang Mingxi found a fire extinguisher and used it to put out the flames blocking the closet doorway.
• Bai Zheming heard his deceased younger brother’s familiar cries in his mind while trapped in the bathroom.
• Jiang Mingxi kicked the locked bathroom door open, and a treasure chest fell onto it.
• Jiang Mingxi opened the chest and happily told Bai Zheming that they had found it, leaving Bai Zheming dazed.

Jiang Mingxi escaped the fire with the treasure chest, while Bai Zheming’s concern for him stirred jealousy and friction with Song Lan. The chapter ended with Song Lan caring for Jiang Mingxi as Bai Zheming silently judged how poorly he was doing it.

• Bai Zheming mistook Jiang Mingxi for his dead younger brother Xiaoxi and praised him as amazing.
• Jiang Mingxi showed the treasure chest to the camera and asked Teacher Song for a reward when he got out.
• Song Lan checked Jiang Mingxi for burns, praised him, and took the chest from him.
• Bai Zheming criticized Song Lan for not giving Jiang Mingxi water, and Jiang Mingxi asked him to stop interfering in their relationship.
• Song Lan revealed he had won water and a towel by betting on Jiang Mingxi’s escape, then opened a bottle for him while Bai Zheming watched disapprovingly.