Recaps

Su Youchuan learned that Shang Shujue had blocked him and was growing close to Song Yanqing, so he decided to retaliate by using an edited photo to stir up online abuse. While Shang Shujue earned merit points through his work, Su Youchuan’s allies launched a smear campaign just before Shang went to bed, leaving him unaware of the attacks.

• Su Youchuan saw photos of Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing together and learned that someone had blocked Shang Shujue’s location from being tracked.
• Su Youchuan ordered Li Yun'ao and Yang Shaoying to edit the photo and prepare a Weibo post that would encourage cyberbullying against Shang Shujue.
• Shang Shujue earned merit points by helping Zhang Yunchen become an artist at Jinyuan Media and giving Zhou Zheng evidence of Yang Xuehuan’s scams.
• At one in the morning, Su Youchuan had Aila publish an insinuating post accusing Shang Shujue of pestering him and two-timing, prompting a flood of abuse on Shang’s Weibo.
• Shang Shujue slept through the online attack with his phone on silent, after posting that he would be available at seven in the morning.

Su Youchuan’s insinuating Weibo post sparked a wave of attacks against Shang Shujue, but Zhang Zhichen and the others defended him after recognizing the blurred man as his suitor. Before the scandal could spread further, the post and related discussions were suppressed, and a new post was pinned across Weibo.

• Su Youchuan’s fans pushed his ambiguous post about Shang Shujue to the top of the trending list, prompting attacks on Shang Shujue and silencing a passerby who questioned the post.
• Bai Xiaoze alerted Zhang Zhichen and the others to the scandal, and they recognized the blurred man as the person who had been courting Shang Shujue.
• The group suspected Su Youchuan was trying to smear Shang Shujue and discussed Song Yanqing’s connection to the powerful Songhui Great Aristocratic Family.
• Bai Xiaoze noticed that Aila’s post and abusive comments had disappeared, while related discussion topics were blocked and Aila’s account was frozen for a week.
• Weibo pinned a new post across the platform after the scandal was forcefully suppressed.

Song Yanqing publicly defended Shang Shujue against Su Family accusations, then brought breakfast to Shang Shujue’s dorm. He held the sleeping Shang Shujue and decided to visit his livestream that night.

• Song Yanqing accused a Mr. Su of arranging blurred photos and warned him against targeting Shang Shujue, invoking the Song and Su families’ old agreement and threatening to report suspected espionage.
• The post went viral before being removed, and Bai Xiaoze and Yu Zeqi saved screenshots as evidence while the others returned to dance practice.
• At six thirty, Song Yanqing called Shang Shujue to ask what he wanted for breakfast, and Shang Shujue invited him to the dorm and fell asleep during the call.
• Song Yanqing arrived with breakfast, but Shang Shujue remained asleep and curled toward Song Yanqing’s warmth.
• Song Yanqing held Shang Shujue, quietly asked whether he could visit the livestream that night, and fell asleep with him.

Su Hua confronted Su Youchuan over provoking the Songhui Aristocratic Family, but Su Youchuan rejected his demands and shut him out. Furious and hurt that Shang Shujue had blocked him, Su Youchuan decided to retaliate against Shang and the people around him, while Song Yanqing’s investigation of Su Youchuan was already underway.

• Su Hua slapped Su Youchuan and demanded that he resolve the Songhui Aristocratic Family’s lawyer’s letter, even suggesting he beg the young master of the Shang Family.
• Su Youchuan caught Su Hua’s cane, insulted him, and forced him out of the estate.
• Alone, Su Youchuan recalled Shang Shujue’s past confessions, Hu Yichen’s rejection, and Zhang Zhichen’s care, then fixated on Shang Shujue blocking him.
• Su Youchuan vowed to destroy the position Shang Shujue was clinging to and make everyone involved suffer.
• Su Youchuan published a positive blog post and tagged @Song Yanqing, prompting fans to switch sides again.
• Song Yanqing remained unaware of the post as the people he had sent to investigate Su Youchuan were already on their way.

Shang Shujue woke up to breakfast with Song Yanqing, and the two discussed his upcoming livestream performance and plans to eat barbecue afterward. Song Yanqing said the paparazzi photos had been handled before leaving to take a work call.

• Song Yanqing surprised Shang Shujue as he woke up, then served him breakfast and joked with him.
• Song Yanqing asked whether Shang Shujue would dance on the livestream, and Shang Shujue said he would probably sing instead.
• Song Yanqing gave Shang Shujue an egg yolk and suggested they go for barbecue after the livestream.
• Shang Shujue asked about the paparazzi photos, and Song Yanqing assured him they had been handled before taking a work call.

Shang Shujue visited the dance studio corridor, where his thoughts exposed Bai Xiaoze’s secret hobby before Bai Xiaoze showed him posts about Song Yanqing and the Songhui Aristocratic Family. After reading them, Shang Shujue called Song Yanqing, while the trainees shared his popcorn and teased Bai Xiaoze.

• Shang Shujue’s thoughts alerted the trainees that he was looking for a lucky target, and Bai Xiaoze rushed out to show him screenshots.
• Shang Shujue’s thoughts revealed Bai Xiaoze’s love of cosplaying female anime characters, embarrassing him in front of the other trainees.
• Bai Xiaoze showed Shang Shujue posts about Song Yanqing defending him and the exposé blogger’s attacks on him.
• Shang Shujue suspected Su Youchuan had arranged the attack, asked Bai Xiaoze to send him the posts, and called Song Yanqing.
• Xu Jiaqiao took Shang Shujue’s popcorn, and the trainees ate it while teasing Bai Xiaoze.

Shang Shujue checked that Song Yanqing was safe, then returned to the dance studio, where the trainees were preparing for the livestream. He went in to watch them practice while Bai Zhiyi and Zhang Zhichen followed, hoping to hear him discuss their situation.

• Shang Shujue questioned Song Yanqing about confronting people and having his information removed, but Song Yanqing teased him and avoided answering whether he had been punished.
• After Shang Shujue hung up, Nuomi saw Song Yanqing smiling as he copied the Songhui Aristocratic Family Rules - Statutes Section.
• Shang Shujue found the trainees fighting over an empty popcorn bucket and stopped Bai Xiaoze and Xu Jiaqiao from chasing each other around him.
• Zhang Zhichen asked Shang Shujue to practice the opening theme song dance, but Shang Shujue said he could follow along and offered to watch instead.
• Bai Xiaoze pulled Shang Shujue into the dance studio, while Bai Zhiyi persuaded Zhang Zhichen to join them so they could listen for Shang Shujue to mention them.

Shang Shujue watched the trainees practice the theme song dance and singled out Bai Xiaoze for his lack of coordination. After seeing Bai Xiaoze struggle with an S-wave, Shang advised him to return to school and take the college entrance exam.

• Zhang Yunchen thanked Xu Jiaqiao as Xu led him into the dance studio to practice with Yu Zeqi.
• Shang Shujue sat aside cracking sunflower seeds while the trainees rehearsed the energetic theme song dance.
• Shang Shujue noticed Bai Xiaoze dancing stiffly and called him over to demonstrate an S-wave.
• Bai Xiaoze tried the move to the song while Zhou Zheng played the music, and the trainees watched his awkward performance.
• Shang Shujue stopped Bai Xiaoze and suggested he go back to school and take the college entrance exam instead of wasting time on dance.

Bai Xiaoze learned from Shang Shujue’s inner thoughts that the family he had resented was hiding a painful history, including that Bai Qianhua was his biological father and had raised him from infancy. As the others quietly listened, Bai Xiaoze began to remember how his grandparents had treated him as a girl.

• Bai Xiaoze recalled running away after his family confiscated his cosplay props and realized Shang Shujue’s thoughts implied that his brother was actually his biological father.
• Xu Zhichen and the other contestants overheard the revelation and pretended to chat while secretly reacting to it.
• Bai Xiaoze sat beside Shang Shujue and learned that Bai Qianhua visited him often and anonymously sent him gifts and letters of encouragement.
• Qiao Ze interrupted when Bai Xiaoze nearly confronted Shang Shujue, and Bai Xiaoze reminded himself that the revelations had come from inner thoughts, not spoken words.
• Shang Shujue’s thoughts revealed that Bai Qianhua had raised Bai Xiaoze alone until he was three and paid his parents to register the child.
• Bai Xiaoze remembered his grandparents dressing him in girls’ clothes and realized he had missed signs of his family’s secrets.

Bai Xiaoze learned through Shang Shujue’s conversation with Nuomi that Bai Qianhua had struggled to raise and protect him from neglectful grandparents and a dangerous attempted marriage arrangement. He realized his father’s strictness and apparent rejection had been attempts to keep him safe, then sprang up in shock.

• Bai Xiaoze listened as Shang Shujue described Bai Qianhua working long hours to raise him and eventually bringing him to live with him.
• Bai Xiaoze remembered Bai Qianhua’s efforts to care for him, including attending parent-teacher meetings, monitoring his grades, and giving him spending money.
• Shang Shujue learned that Bai Qianhua’s parents had encouraged Bai Xiaoze to dress as a girl and exposed him to a dangerous cosplay community.
• Bai Xiaoze recalled that Bai Qianhua had beaten him and burned his cosplay belongings, while Shang Shujue explained that his grandparents had presented him as a girl to attract a wealthy, predatory man.
• Shang Shujue revealed that Bai Qianhua had abandoned a fifty-million client and rushed back to rescue Bai Xiaoze from the man.
• Bai Xiaoze sprang up from the sofa, startling Shang Shujue.

Bai Xiaoze decided to withdraw from the competition and return to school after learning from Shang Shujue’s thoughts that he and his father, Bai Qianhua, faced tragic fates. Yu Zeqi also reached out to Yu Yang, accepted his money, and changed his contact name to “Dad,” while Yu Yang hurried to finish a negotiation so he could watch his son’s livestream.

• Bai Xiaoze asked Shang Shujue whether withdrawing would break his contract, then decided to return to school and leave the competition.
• Bai Xiaoze accepted Bai Qianhua’s latest three-thousand-yuan transfer and realized his father had always cared for him.
• Shang Shujue told the others that Bai Xiaoze had left to pursue his bright future, prompting Yu Zeqi to reconsider his estrangement from Yu Yang.
• Yu Zeqi messaged Yu Yang to ask whether he would watch the livestream, accepted his two-hundred-thousand-yuan transfer, and renamed his contact “Dad.”
• Yu Yang’s sworn rival lowered the rate in their negotiation after seeing Yu Yang’s delighted expression, and Yu Yang told Xiao Zhou to redraft the contract so he could watch the livestream.

Bai Qianhua attended a business dinner, then discovered Bai Xiaoze had accepted his daily money transfer and wanted to leave the idol show. He headed to the recording center to bring Xiaoze home and support his return to school.

• President Zhang praised Bai Qianhua and tried to introduce him to his nieces, but Bai Qianhua said he already had a teenage son.
• After the partnership dinner, Bai Qianhua noticed Bai Xiaoze's livestream and saw that Xiaoze had accepted his money transfer.
• Bai Qianhua invited Bai Xiaoze to eat after the livestream, and Xiaoze replied that he was exhausted, missed Bai Qianhua's cooking, and wanted to return to school.
• Bai Xiaoze told Bai Qianhua that the director had agreed to terminate his contract without a penalty and shared his location as he went to pack.
• Bai Qianhua told his assistant Xiao Lin to drive to the Jingsheng Recording Center so he could pick up Bai Xiaoze.

Bai Xiaoze prepared to leave the recording center, where Shang Shujue shared ice cream with him and teased him about his feelings for Song Yanqing. He gave Shang Shujue a farewell letter for his dormmates, then left with Bai Qianhua, while Shang Shujue wondered whether he really resembled a cat.

• Bai Qianhua told Xiao Lin that he and Bai Xiaoze would pick him up, then gave Xiao Lin three days off and permission to leave early.
• Shang Shujue brought Bai Xiaoze ice cream while Bai Xiaoze waited with his suitcase, and Bai Xiaoze praised his looks and kindness.
• Bai Xiaoze teased Shang Shujue that Song Yanqing looked at him dotingly because he liked him, then ran off as Shang Shujue threatened to take back the ice cream.
• Bai Xiaoze gave Shang Shujue a letter for his dormmates and wished them a brilliant future and a dazzling path to stardom.
• Bai Xiaoze left with his suitcase after spotting Bai Qianhua's car, leaving Shang Shujue holding his empty ice cream bowl.

After Bai Xiaoze changed his life trajectory, Shang Shujue received a lucky wheel spin and handled messages and plans for work. Song Yanqing became upset after hearing Shang Shujue praise Chen Jiarui’s cute stickers, and Shang Shujue chased after him, while their companions concluded that Shang Shujue cared deeply about Song Yanqing.

• Nuomi announced that Bai Xiaoze’s changed life trajectory earned Shang Shujue merit and points, unlocking a lucky wheel spin.
• Bai Xiaoze accepted Shang Shujue’s red packet and joked that he could introduce his brother as Shang Shujue’s partner, prompting Shang Shujue to deny liking Song Yanqing.
• Shang Shujue forwarded Bai Xiaoze’s messages to his manager, learned Song Yanqing had already dealt with the online incident, and asked Chen Jiarui to arrange a flight to Xia City.
• Song Yanqing overheard Shang Shujue call Chen Jiarui’s stickers cute, stopped in place, and walked away coldly after Shang Shujue noticed him.
• Shang Shujue angrily chased after Song Yanqing, while Zhang Zhichen and the others concluded that Shang Shujue was easily affected because he was in love with Song Yanqing.

Song Yanqing became jealous when Shang Shujue talked about liking women, but hid his feelings behind tears and questions about marriage. He left for the lounge after Shang Shujue failed to understand his hints, and Shang Shujue followed him.

• Song Yanqing avoided Shang Shujue until Shang Shujue pinned him against a wall and saw him crying.
• Song Yanqing claimed the wind had put sand in his eyes, and Shang Shujue gave him a handkerchief to keep.
• Song Yanqing recalled his past life and resolved that he would not let Shang Shujue go, even if he could not win his heart.
• Song Yanqing asked what kind of woman Shang Shujue would have married, and Shang Shujue said he would wait until someone caught his eye.
• Song Yanqing denied that his family was arranging a marriage and headed to the lounge, while Shang Shujue followed and asked if he was entering an alliance marriage.

As the survival show's livestream began, Shang Shujue helped prepare the trainees and encouraged Zhang Yunchen's performance. Jian Yichen struggled with troubling thoughts and low blood sugar before Shang Shujue appeared with food.

• Shang Shujue stopped his own makeup styling and directed the stylists to focus on Xu Jiaqiao and Zhang Yunchen, encouraging Zhang Yunchen to do his best.
• Shang Shujue told Yu Zeqi to come use the stylists if his own team did not arrive, then left to make a call.
• Zhang Zhichen led the trainees who had finished styling to the studio while Jian Yichen wondered whether Shang Shujue could save someone in pain.
• Qi Tianlin noticed Jian Yichen looked unwell and realized he had forgotten to eat dinner, so he urged him to get food before performing.
• Shang Shujue met Jian Yichen and Qi Tianlin carrying two paper bags of food.

Shang Shujue tried to make up with Song Yanqing by bringing him homemade pineapple buns, but their argument over the food ended with both of them falling and knocking their heads together. They were left dizzy and in pain while Nuomi commented on how well suited they seemed.

• Shang Shujue gave Jian Yichen and Qi Tianlin some of the pineapple buns he had made, and Jian Yichen and Qi Tianlin started fighting over them.
• Shang Shujue brought Song Yanqing pineapple buns and asked him to eat one as a way to make up.
• Song Yanqing joked that Shang Shujue might have poisoned the buns, angering Shang Shujue and starting a tug-of-war over the bag.
• Song Yanqing let go, but Shang Shujue kept pulling and fell backward; Song Yanqing caught his wrist, and the buns fell to the floor.
• Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing knocked their heads together, and Nuomi joked that their synchronized reactions showed they belonged together.

Shang Shujue covered the lump on his forehead and arrived at the studio, where Chen Jiarui helped him and he learned that everyone loved his pineapple buns. He vowed not to make any for Song Yanqing, while Song Yanqing planned to coax him back for the sake of the buns.

• Shang Shujue arrived at the studio with a bruised forehead, and Chen Jiarui lent him concealer and a mirror.
• Shang Shujue paid Chen Jiarui three thousand yuan as a work bonus for helping him and entrusted his phone to her.
• Shang Shujue spotted Xu Jiaqiao eating one of his pineapple buns and learned that Jian Yichen and others had shared the rest.
• Shang Shujue decided to make more pineapple buns for everyone except Song Yanqing, who ate one despite his bruised forehead.
• Song Yanqing admitted he had angered Shang Shujue and resolved to figure out how to coax him back.

As the trainees began their livestream opening performance, Shang Shujue learned that Jian Yichen was married to his sister, Shang Shuyu, and privately uncovered the story of how they met. The performance continued with Shang Shujue distracted by gossip and dancing so poorly that viewers and mentors noticed.

• Shang Shujue laughed at Jian Yichen for choking on the last bite of pineapple bun, while Qi Tianlin helped Jian Yichen recover and guided him toward the stage.
• Shang Shujue asked Nuomi for gossip and learned that Jian Yichen was Shang Shuyu’s husband, shocking Jian Yichen and the trainees.
• Shang Shujue scrutinized Jian Yichen as the opening performance began, while Jian Yichen struggled to dance without making mistakes.
• Shang Shujue learned that Jian Yichen had first met Shang Shuyu by saving her from a thug before fainting in her arms from low blood sugar.
• Shang Shujue slacked off and flailed through the dance, prompting confused livestream comments and concern from the director and mentors.

During the trainees’ stage introductions and solo performances, Shang Shujue’s unfiltered thoughts revealed Jian Yichen’s future misfortunes and tangled relationships. The others reacted to the revelations, while Jian Yichen wondered whether he had successfully debuted and learned that he had been manipulated into supporting his childhood friend’s family.

• After the theme song dance, Shang Shujue’s thoughts revealed that Shang Shuyu had pursued Jian Yichen after he was disfigured, and the audience pitied them both.
• Shang Shujue revealed that Yang Shaoying had attacked Shang Shuyu and that Jian Yichen had injured him, while Su Youchuan had supplied the real bomb that later disfigured Jian Yichen.
• As Lei Linya called trainees to perform, Shang Shujue’s thoughts revealed that Jian Yichen’s childhood friend loved him, eventually killed him, and died by suicide beside his corpse.
• Bai Zhiyi nearly fell onstage while hearing Shang Shujue’s revelations, and Shang Shujue wondered aloud whether the stand-in had muscle weakness.
• Shang Shujue revealed that Jian Yichen’s childhood friend’s family blamed him for a car accident and that Jian Yichen had been sending them money, prompting Yu Zeqi to protest being compared to him.

Bai Zhiyi performed his original song and dance, impressing the audience and advancing, while Shang Shujue uncovered the tragic connection between him and Zhang Zhichen through Su Youchuan. Afterward, Shang Shujue misread Zhang Zhichen’s brief praise as a lack of interest, unaware Zhang Zhichen believed he could fall in love with Bai Zhiyi.

• Bai Zhiyi introduced his original song and choreography, then began performing as Shang Shujue wondered about his grim future with Su Youchuan and Zhang Zhichen.
• Shang Shujue learned that Su Youchuan would grievously injure Bai Zhiyi and that Zhang Zhichen would eventually end Bai Zhiyi’s suffering, shocking everyone and unsettling Bai Zhiyi onstage.
• Shang Shujue discovered that mentions of major characters used up his gossip chances and that he had six chances remaining, allowing Bai Zhiyi to relax and focus on his performance.
• Bai Zhiyi delivered a powerful song-and-dance routine, won over the audience, and successfully advanced.
• Shang Shujue asked Zhang Zhichen whether Bai Zhiyi impressed him; Zhang Zhichen praised Bai Zhiyi’s talent and privately thought he could easily fall in love with him.
• Shang Shujue assumed Zhang Zhichen felt no spark with Bai Zhiyi, and their unspoken reactions left both men awkward as everyone wondered whether Shang Shujue was obstructing their romance.

During the trainee performances, Shang Shujue kept fishing for gossip while Song Yanqing saved evidence of the online abuse directed at him. After fourteen contestants performed, eight were eliminated, and the staff arranged for Shang Shujue to perform last so he could prepare his song; as he worked at the piano, he began revealing the eliminated trainees’ gossip.

• Song Yanqing saved screenshots of the hostile livestream comments about Shang Shujue and decided to send them to him rather than intervene himself.
• Shang Shujue watched Zhou Zheng perform, then realized he had not submitted his own performance song to the production team.
• Yu Zeqi went onstage to perform, while Shang Shujue imagined ways to stay on the show even if he were eliminated.
• After fourteen performances, Bai Zhiyi, Yu Zeqi, Zhou Zheng, Jian Yichen, Zhang Yunchen, and Xu Zhichen advanced, while eight contestants were eliminated.
• Yu Yang arranged for Qin Shuzhou to perform after Zhang Zhichen and gave Shang Shujue number 98 so he could submit and prepare his song.
• Shang Shujue sat at the piano to write sheet music and, prompted by Nuomi, began revealing gossip about the eight eliminated contestants.

Shang Shujue’s thoughts exposed how Hong Zhenghua had been deceived into supporting a married woman’s family and revealed the grim fate awaiting him. Song Yanqing heard Shang Shujue’s disgust about Han Dong and reacted with anger, while Han Dong remained unaware of the danger approaching him.

• Shang Shujue revealed that Hong Zhenghua’s girlfriend was thirty, already married with three children, and had deceived him after he rescued her.
• Le Tianyu stopped Hong Zhenghua from turning toward Shang Shujue and reminded him that they were live on camera.
• Hong Zhenghua recalled suspicious details about A-Yue and realized she had been exploiting him and supporting her family with his money.
• Shang Shujue revealed that Hong Zhenghua would be sold to Myanmar and die, while A-Yue’s family prospered under Han Dong.
• Song Yanqing heard Shang Shujue describe Han Dong’s attempted assault and reacted angrily as Han Dong remained unaware of the danger approaching.

Su Youchuan and his associates watched the survival show and plotted to target Zhang Zhichen’s lookalike and Song Yanqing’s family after giving up on the Shang Family. Shang Shujue suspected Su Youchuan was plotting against him and Yu Zeqi, while Yu Zeqi quietly laughed at Shang Shujue’s thoughts.

• Lin Xu questioned why the contestants seemed to fear and respect Shang Shujue, and Han Dong blamed Song Yanqing’s backing.
• Yang Shaoying warned Han Dong and Li Yun'ao not to provoke Song Yanqing, while Su Youchuan ordered him to investigate Yu Zeqi and said he wanted him.
• Su Youchuan said they could no longer target the Shang Family because Song Yanqing’s company had partnered with Shang Shujue’s brother and Song Family hackers had entered the Shang Family.
• Su Youchuan proposed sending Yang Shaoying’s younger male cousin to Song Yanqing’s sister’s college, then vowed not to let Shang Shujue get away with crossing him.
• Yu Zeqi and Shang Shujue sneezed, and Shang Shujue warned Yu Zeqi not to trust his scumbag friend or meet him after the livestream.
• Shang Shujue thought Su Youchuan was targeting them and joked that Yu Yang could beat up the older generation, making Yu Zeqi laugh and prompting Hong Zhenghua to decide to end his affair.

During the talent show, Shang Shujue exposed Le Tianyu’s humiliating childhood mishaps through his thoughts, sending the contestants into laughter. Song Yanqing was summoned back to the Song Family ancestral residence and realized Song Yi might be involved in the previous owner’s death, while Song Yi plotted to use Shang Shujue against him.

• As Qiao Ze danced onstage, Shang Shujue burst out laughing at gossip about Le Tianyu, and the contestants applauded to hide it.
• Song Yi told Song Yanqing that the family head expected him at the ancestral residence before eleven, where he would continue copying the family rules until they were finished.
• Shang Shujue recalled Le Tianyu’s embarrassing childhood accidents, prompting Le Tianyu and several contestants to flee backstage or to the restroom.
• After leaving the studio, Shang Shujue laughed aloud, while Song Yanqing concealed his amusement behind a drink of water.
• Song Yi privately planned to find dirt on Shang Shujue so he could control Song Yanqing and help Qu Lin enter the Song Family.
• Song Yanqing suspected Song Yi had helped kill the previous owner of his body, but decided not to reveal his suspicions.