Chapter Summaries

Yu Zeqi confronted Yu Yang after learning that his biological father wanted to acknowledge him, and revealed how his mother had struggled and died raising him alone. Yu Yang apologized, but Yu Zeqi remained hurt and refused to accept him; Shang Shujue’s thoughts suggested further trouble involving Ren Xiaoxue and Su Youchuan.

• Yu Zeqi read the DNA report and confirmed that Yu Yang was his father.
• Yu Zeqi told Yu Yang that his mother had died, and Yu Yang collapsed into shock and grief.
• Yu Zeqi accused Yu Yang of never searching for them and described how his mother had worked tirelessly to raise him.
• Yu Zeqi rejected Yu Yang’s attempt to acknowledge him, and Yu Yang apologized for failing him and his mother.
• Shang Shujue sighed, then privately speculated that Yu Zeqi’s refusal could lead to trouble and that Ren Xiaoxue might connect with Su Youchuan.

Shang Shujue’s imagined plot about Yu Zeqi’s family prompted Yun Qishan and Yu Yang to discuss what had happened after he left the office. Outside the training camp, Song Yanqing brought Shang Shujue breakfast to thank him for helping with his medicine, then began to confess his feelings before Shang choked on a bun.

• Shang Shujue imagined Zhang Yunyi faking her death and returning with military relatives, then realized those ideas were only his speculation and that Zhang Yunyi had died of illness.
• Yun Qishan tried to discuss Shang Shujue’s inner voice but found himself unable to say the words, while Yu Yang explained the changes in Shang Shujue and what had happened.
• Shang Shujue found Song Yanqing waiting by a Cullinan with breakfast and accepted it after teasing him about remembering his favorite foods.
• Song Yanqing cupped Shang Shujue’s face and started to say he liked him, but Shang choked on his bun before he could hear the confession.
• Song Yanqing hurried to give Shang Shujue water and rub his back, while Shang wondered why Song was crying when he was the one who had choked.

Xu Jiaqiao and the others secretly watched Song Yanqing and Shang Shujue, whose tense encounter ended with Song Yanqing apologizing and caring for him. Shang Shujue's thoughts suddenly went silent, and a system revealed that he needed intimacy with Song Yanqing to offset karmic consequences; Song Yanqing realized others could hear the strange voice too.

• Xu Jiaqiao joined Zhao Zhiyu and Zhou Zheng's dormmates to spy on Song Yanqing and Shang Shujue at the training camp entrance.
• Song Yanqing hugged Shang Shujue, put him in his car, and tearfully apologized, leaving Shang Shujue confused and unsettled.
• Shang Shujue took back his breakfast and ate while Song Yanqing handed him water, but Shang Shujue's thoughts stopped reaching the onlookers.
• A system announced that Shang Shujue's heart stirring for Song Yanqing had canceled karma from changing Xu Jiaqiao's fate and advised him to grow closer to Song Yanqing.
• Song Yanqing noticed the people hiding nearby and realized he was not the only one who could hear the thoughts and system voice.

Shang Shujue’s thoughts revealed Zhang Yunchen’s tragic future, including the theft of his musical composition and the deaths and injuries that would devastate his family. Zhang Yunchen learned that Su Youchuan was behind the theft and accusation, while the people around Shang Shujue listened in shock.

• Shang Shujue noticed Zhang Yunchen returning from the hospital and learned his name and age through his thoughts.
• Shang Shujue revealed that Zhang Yunchen loved plushies and had a difficult family life and a talent for composing music.
• Shang Shujue described how Zhang Yunchen’s mother would die trying to save him, leaving Zhang Yunchen consumed by guilt and his little brother mentally disabled.
• Shang Shujue revealed that Su Youchuan’s brother had stolen Zhang Yunchen’s work and that Su Youchuan had urged him to blame Zhang Yunchen.
• Zhang Yunchen clenched his fists after hearing Su Youchuan’s name, while Xu Jiaqiao and the others reacted with disgust.

Shang Shujue learned that Zhang Yunchen had once collected and buried Xu Jiaqiao’s body, then decided to sign the talented trainee to Jinyuan Media. Zhang Yunchen accepted the group’s goodwill but refused their money, while Shang Shujue left for the company.

• Shang Shujue listened to Xu Jiaqiao and Zhang Yunchen’s story while Song Yanqing secretly held his hand, and the others praised Zhang Yunchen for his kindness.
• Song Yanqing told Shang Shujue that paparazzi had caught them hugging and showed off their joined hands, making Shang Shujue fluster and rush away.
• Shang Shujue recognized that his identity was Jinyuan Media’s president, blocked Su Youchuan’s calls, and decided to sign Zhang Yunchen before another company could recruit him.
• Xu Jiaqiao thanked Zhang Yunchen for collecting his body, and the others offered to help him financially.
• Zhang Yunchen refused their money but accepted their goodwill, promising to repay their kindness when he could.

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.