Chapter Summaries

Su Youchuan’s unexpected visit to the training camp alarmed the trainees, who gathered near Director Yu’s office in case Bai Zhiyi or Shang Shujue needed help. Shang Shujue’s inner voice revealed that he planned to drain Su Youchuan’s luck, leaving the others eager to watch what happened.

• Su Youchuan arrived at the training camp and went with Director Yu to his office, prompting the trainees to gather in the dance studio.
• A staff member summoned Bai Zhiyi to Director Yu’s office, and Zhang Zhichen tried to accompany him.
• The staff member stopped Zhang Zhichen, and Bai Zhiyi asked him to wait ten minutes before following.
• Shang Shujue’s inner voice announced that he would drain Su Youchuan’s luck, easing the trainees’ worries and making them head toward the office to watch.
• Bai Zhiyi felt reassured by Shang Shujue’s presence and by Song Yanqing’s support as he approached the office.

Su Youchuan tried to get Yu Yang to admit Lin Yuyan to the show and pair him with Bai Zhiyi, offering eight million and further investment. Yu Yang recognized Su Youchuan’s role in the financial troubles that had struck his family and summoned Bai Zhiyi to decide for himself.

• Su Youchuan introduced Lin Yuyan to Yu Yang as a talented trainee who wanted to debut alongside Bai Zhiyi.
• Lin Yuyan behaved rudely in Yu Yang’s office until Su Youchuan warned him with a cold glance.
• Yu Yang explained that adding a newcomer would disappoint fans, so Su Youchuan offered him eight million and promised further investment to form a duo with Bai Zhiyi.
• Yu Yang realized that Su Youchuan had likely engineered his family’s recent troubles to pressure him into accepting the deal.
• Yu Yang insisted that Bai Zhiyi should be consulted, and Su Youchuan agreed to let him choose.
• Yu Yang sent a staff member to bring Bai Zhiyi to the office.

Yu Yang waited with Su Youchuan and Lin Yuyan for Bai Zhiyi, while Su Youchuan dwelled on Shang Shujue’s rejection and asked why he had joined the show. Lin Yuyan searched for Shang Shujue’s picture and unexpectedly felt his heart race, just as Bai Zhiyi arrived.

• Yu Yang served Su Youchuan tea and waited for Bai Zhiyi while hoping Shang Shujue would come downstairs.
• Su Youchuan asked why Shang Shujue had joined the show and recalled how Shang had abandoned him and moved on to Song Yanqing.
• Lin Yuyan searched for Shang Shujue’s picture and was captivated by his appearance, questioning whether he could care that Shang was a man.
• A staff member announced Bai Zhiyi’s arrival, and Yu Yang told them to let him in.

Bai Zhiyi joined Yu Yang, Su Youchuan, and Lin Yuyan in Yu Yang’s office, where Su Youchuan seemed to have come with a proposal for him. Shang Shujue arrived and confronted Su Youchuan, who brought up Shang’s past pursuit of him, leaving the others wondering whether he had come to pursue Shang instead.

• Bai Zhiyi entered Yu Yang’s office and learned that Su Youchuan wanted him to hear an idea before deciding whether to accept it.
• Shang Shujue barged into the office, greeted Bai Zhiyi, and sat beside him.
• Shang Shujue offered lollipops to Yu Yang and Bai Zhiyi while pointedly ignoring Su Youchuan.
• Su Youchuan told Shang Shujue he had blocked and deleted his contact information, then asked whether Shang was always so heartless toward someone he had once pursued.
• Yu Yang, Bai Zhiyi, and Lin Yuyan reacted with suspicion, and Lin Yuyan wondered whether Su Youchuan had come to pursue Shang Shujue.

Shang Shujue verbally humiliated Su Youchuan, who unexpectedly proposed trying a relationship, while the others reacted in disbelief. Song Yanqing arrived with a jacket and openly acted familiar with Shang Shujue, leaving Su Youchuan speechless as Shang Shujue asked why he had come.

• Shang Shujue mocked Su Youchuan until Su angrily stood up, but Bai Zhiyi and Yu Yang helped calm the confrontation.
• Su Youchuan said he would consider a relationship with Shang Shujue if Shang added him back, and Shang rejected him with disgust.
• Shang Shujue's inner thoughts were heard by people outside the office, who erupted into speculation about Su Youchuan.
• Song Yanqing entered with a jacket for Shang Shujue, draped it over him, and casually put an arm around his shoulders.
• Shang Shujue asked Su Youchuan what business had brought him there, and Su Youchuan fell silent.

Shang Shujue gave Yu Yang the money he had taken from Su Youchuan, then left with Song Yanqing. Bai Zhiyi and Zhang Zhichen met outside the office, where Zhang Zhichen hid his melancholy behind a smile.

• Su Youchuan left the training camp with Lin Yuyan after exchanging a brief look with Zhang Zhichen.
• Shang Shujue gave Yu Yang the money he had taken from Su Youchuan, and Yu Yang accepted it.
• Shang Shujue invited Song Yanqing to a sky-themed restaurant, and Song Yanqing followed him out.
• Bai Zhiyi asked Yu Yang whether Shang Shujue truly considered Song Yanqing an enemy, and Yu Yang said Shang Shujue was in love without realizing it.
• Bai Zhiyi found Zhang Zhichen watching the rain, and Zhang Zhichen replaced his melancholy with a warm smile when Bai Zhiyi spoke to him.

Bai Zhiyi and Zhang Zhichen watched a rainbow appear after the rain, while Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing shared a teasing meal at a restaurant with a view of it. Song Yanqing noticed Shang Shujue’s affectionate thoughts but held back his feelings as they continued eating.

• Bai Zhiyi warned Zhang Zhichen that Shang Shujue fiercely protected Song Yanqing, and Zhang Zhichen caught Bai Zhiyi’s wrist as they leaned close together.
• Zhang Zhichen spotted the rainbow, and Bai Zhiyi brought him outside to take pictures before messaging the group.
• Shang Shujue tried to catch Song Yanqing in an unflattering photo, but Song Yanqing turned toward the camera and made a heart gesture.
• Shang Shujue threatened Song Yanqing with bitter melon when he teased him, then happily ate the vegetable himself.
• Song Yanqing offered Shang Shujue flower tea and offered to peel shrimp, but Shang Shujue stopped him because Song Yanqing was severely allergic to seafood.
• Song Yanqing heard Shang Shujue think about pinching his cheeks, restrained his reaction, and looked toward the rainbow.

Su Youchuan attacked Lin Xu and Lin Yuyan after learning that Lin Yuyan had coveted someone he considered his, then raged about Shang Shujue growing close to Song Yanqing. Lin Xu calmed him and brought him to the bed to take his medicine.

• Su Youchuan burst into Lin Xu’s room, kicked him down, and ordered someone to remove the frightened person bound to the chair.
• Lin Yuyan knelt and apologized, but Su Youchuan accused him of coveting someone who belonged to him and slammed him into a cabinet.
• Lin Xu defended his younger brother, and Su Youchuan warned that the Lin Family could not oppose the Songhui Aristocratic Family.
• Su Youchuan described his attraction to Shang Shujue and raged that Shang had grown close to Song Yanqing and appeared to have kissed him.
• Lin Xu offered Su Youchuan medicine, soothed him, and led him to sit on the bed.

Lin Yuyan fled after witnessing Su Youchuan attack Lin Xu, then returned with Han Dong, Yang Shaoying, and Li Yun'ao to apologize. Su Youchuan heard Yang Shaoying’s plan to use his cousin against Song Yanqing, while Lin Xu, injured and on an IV, called out to him.

• Su Youchuan explained that Lin Yuyan had angered him by laughing with Shang Shujue, while Lin Xu calmed him and sent Lin Yuyan to fetch a doctor.
• Lin Yuyan ran into Han Dong, Yang Shaoying, and Li Yun'ao, told them what had happened, and agreed to return and apologize so Lin Xu would not be left alone with Su Youchuan.
• The group returned to find doctors treating Lin Xu and Su Youchuan’s mood stabilized; the doctor said Lin Xu had only superficial injuries and muscle strains.
• Yang Shaoying told Su Youchuan that his cousin had transferred to Song Yanqing’s sister’s school and would help them deal with Song Yanqing.
• Lin Yuyan knelt and begged Su Youchuan to forgive him, while Han Dong privately coveted Su Youchuan’s resources and Shang Shujue.
• Lin Xu, on an IV drip and looking weak, called out to Su Youchuan.

Lin Xu persuaded Su Youchuan to let Lin Yuyan leave the country, while the club manager arranged help for the mute man Lin Yuyan had abducted. At a restaurant, Qu Lin unexpectedly joined Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing, teasing them about their relationship and revealing her complicated ties to the Song family.

• Su Youchuan let Lin Yuyan leave after Lin Xu apologized, and Lin Yuyan promised to go abroad and not return.
• Han Dong took the group away, while the manager learned Lin Yuyan had left behind an abducted mute man and ordered him sent to the hospital.
• The manager instructed his assistant to contact the mute man's family, compensate them, and urge them to leave Shangjing.
• Qu Lin approached Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing at the sky restaurant, joking that she understood why Song Yanqing had fought for a handsome man.
• Shang Shujue learned from the system that Qu Lin was Song Yanqing's ambitious cousin and sworn enemy, while Qu Lin sat down and teased Song Yanqing about sharing seafood with him.

Qu Lin left after giving Shang Shujue her business card, and a masked man attacked him over his wife’s abortion. Shang Shujue subdued the attacker, while restaurant manager Zhang recognized him and Song Yanqing and decided to notify his boss.

• Qu Lin gave Shang Shujue her business card and left, and Song Yanqing described her ambition and the Song Family’s lack of inheritance rights for women.
• A masked man accused Shang Shujue of causing his wife to abort their child, then kicked over a table and drew a dagger.
• Song Yanqing shielded Shang Shujue, but Shang Shujue pushed past him, disarmed the attacker, and restrained him.
• Shang Shujue asked the diners to stop fleeing and call the police as the restaurant manager arrived with security guards.
• Manager Zhang recognized Song Yanqing and Shang Shujue, then left to message his boss about the incident.

After Shang Shujue subdued a man who attacked him at a restaurant, online haters blamed him while the training camp learned the attacker had targeted him over his wife’s admiration for Shang Shujue. As the trainees rallied to support Shang Shujue, Zhang Zhichen asked Bai Zhiyi to dance with him and admitted Bai Zhiyi was special to him.

• Police took Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing to the station to give statements after Shang Shujue stopped a knife attack, and the incident became a trending topic.
• Haters attacked Shang Shujue online, while viewers and the training camp recognized that he had acted in self-defense.
• Zhang Zhichen told Bai Zhiyi and the other trainees that the attacker had blamed Shang Shujue for his wife being a fan of him after domestic violence caused her miscarriage.
• Xu Jiaqiao led the trainees in posting online to support Shang Shujue, and Zhang Zhichen also posted in his defense.
• Zhang Zhichen invited Bai Zhiyi to be a backup dancer for his commercial performance and said he wanted to dance alone with him because Bai Zhiyi was special to him.

Bai Zhiyi and Zhang Zhichen grew awkwardly closer during dance practice while the other trainees quietly noticed their flirting. Meanwhile, Zhang Yunchen and the trainees publicly defended Shang Shujue online, and Zhang Zhichen’s uncle Li Kui encouraged the support and raised his manager’s salary.

• Bai Zhiyi left the dance studio after an awkward exchange with Zhang Zhichen, who privately decided to practice their duet more.
• Zhang Yunchen asked Xu Jiaqiao about the odd atmosphere between Zhang Zhichen and Bai Zhiyi, and Xu told him to focus on writing music and their group performance.
• Zhang Yunchen and the trainees posted support for Shang Shujue, prompting Zhang Zhichen’s fans to discuss the scandal and circulate theories about Su and Song.
• Zhang Zhichen’s manager consulted Li Kui, who approved of the public support and urged her to keep an eye on Chenchen’s affairs.
• Li Kui raised the manager’s base salary and watched Zhang Zhichen’s livestream replay, revealing that he was Zhang Zhichen’s maternal uncle.

Shang Shujue returned to camp, posted a response to the online support he received, and told Song Yanqing about the world and system that brought him there. Song Yanqing planned to return to the Song Family to investigate the incident and handle family troubles, while Shang Shujue prepared to expose Su Youchuan’s assistant.

• Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing returned to camp, where Zhang Zhichen and Bai Zhiyi left together for their commercial performance.
• Shang Shujue thanked his supporters online and posted a brief account of what had happened.
• Song Yanqing told Shang Shujue he would return to the Song Family to deal with unrest involving Qu Lin and investigate whether she was behind the incident.
• Shang Shujue suspected Su Youchuan’s assistant had caused the online attack and decided to release material exposing him.
• Song Yanqing asked about Nuomi and the punishment, so Shang Shujue explained how he came to this world, its story, and the karma behind his suffering.

Song Yanqing reassured Shang Shujue that he could rely on him, then left the decision about their relationship to Shang Shujue while making clear he would never let him go. After checking Song Yanqing’s healed wound and finding him pajamas, Shang Shujue sent a generous red packet to the group, while the chapter ended by shifting attention to Su Youchuan.

• Song Yanqing told Shang Shujue to call him for help and not face trouble alone, and Shang Shujue grew flustered as Song Yanqing recalled his nervous habit of peeling kiwis.
• Song Yanqing left Shang Shujue to think about what he wanted, then asked him to find clothes so he could shower.
• Shang Shujue checked Song Yanqing’s healed wound and found him a set of pajamas that barely fit.
• Shang Shujue wondered whether Song Yanqing had secretly liked him for years, and Nuomi corrected him about not shedding fur.
• Shang Shujue sent a large red packet to the group chat, where Zhang Zhichen and Bai Zhiyi claimed the biggest amounts and the training camp celebrated.
• The narration contrasted the cheerful training camp with Su Youchuan’s situation.

After Su Youchuan’s associates were released with help from the newly created Ren Family, Nuomi explained that Shang Shujue and Su Youchuan had to compete as rival Children of Fortune. Shang Shujue decided to go on the offensive, while Song Yanqing comforted him and held him through the night.

• Nuomi’s evidence exposed Han Dong, Lin Xu, Li Yun'ao, and Yang Shaoying, but Su Youchuan resolved the fallout with help from the Ren Family, and the arrested men were released.
• Shang Shujue found the online clarification and the Ren Family’s history, then asked Nuomi whether the World Consciousness had intervened.
• Nuomi told Shang Shujue that the World Consciousness had created the Ren Family and that only one Child of Fortune could remain, so he and Su Youchuan had to determine a winner.
• Shang Shujue ordered Nuomi to monitor Su Youchuan and announced that he would go on the offensive.
• Song Yanqing admitted he had heard their conversation, reassured Shang Shujue, and held him until they fell asleep.

Shang Shujue woke beside Song Yanqing, learned that Song Yanqing’s bodyguard had come to take him home, and told Song Yanqing he planned to visit places Su Youchuan might go to absorb Luck Points. Song Yanqing let him go ahead and offered his help, leaving Shang Shujue to carry out his dangerous plan.

• Shang Shujue woke late after spending the night with Song Yanqing, then escaped Song Yanqing’s teasing when he tried to leave the bed.
• Lu Qingyun introduced himself as the head bodyguard responsible for Song Yanqing’s safety and explained he had come to pick him up.
• Song Yanqing explained the Song Family’s bodyguard uniforms and security measures while he and Shang Shujue ate breakfast.
• Shang Shujue told Song Yanqing he planned to visit places Su Youchuan might go to and absorb Luck Points because Su Youchuan was difficult to kill.
• Song Yanqing did not dissuade Shang Shujue and told him to stay safe and come to him for anything.

Song Yanqing gave Shang Shujue a bracelet before leaving, and the two shared a reluctant hug. After Song Yanqing’s convoy departed, Shang Shujue called his assistant Chen Ruijia to arrange dinner and handle his plans for the day.

• Song Yanqing gave Shang Shujue the small-leaf red sandalwood bracelet he had admired, and Shang Shujue happily put it on.
• Song Yanqing lingered before leaving, and Shang Shujue offered him a hug; Song Yanqing embraced him tightly before letting go and asking him to wait for his return.
• Zhang Yunchen and the others watched the pair and whispered about who was reluctant to part, while Lu Qingyun and the bodyguards overheard them.
• Song Yanqing left with Lu Qingyun and the bodyguards, and Shang Shujue watched until their cars had disappeared.
• Shang Shujue called Chen Ruijia, told her he had personal matters to handle, and asked her to arrange his usual dinner; Chen Ruijia asked him for more work.

Shang Shujue waited at the Yulan Wellness Restaurant to find out what Su Youchuan and Ren Daiqi were planning, while the six mentors nearby learned about the mysterious Ren Daiqi through Shang Shujue’s inner voice. The chapter left them watching events unfold and searching for information about Ren Daiqi.

• Shang Shujue followed Nuomi’s directions to the Yulan Wellness Restaurant, ordered food, and waited while complaining about the medicinal cuisine.
• Ren Daiqi arrived with a group of bodyguards, and Shang Shujue silently assessed his appearance and bearing.
• The six mentors, including Chen Liqu and Liu Xinru, overheard Shang Shujue’s inner voice and pretended to keep eating as they listened for clues.
• Shang Shujue replied to Song Yanqing and told Nuomi to maximize its power and absorb more Luck Points while he waited to see what Su Youchuan and Ren Daiqi planned.
• Mu Nanyu searched for Ren Daiqi on his phone, and the mentors found an entry describing him as a Chosen One; Ji Yunqing teased Mu Nanyu, who snapped back.

Shang Shujue watched Ren Daiqi struggle against the influence Su Youchuan had over him while Nuomi absorbed luck from Su Youchuan and his companions. As the group in booth 617 suspected Ren Daiqi was waiting for Su Youchuan, Zhang Jinchen contacted Shang Shujue.

• Ren Yi told Ren Daiqi that Shang Shujue was eating alone in booth 518, and Ren Daiqi chose to wait until Su Youchuan left before inviting him over.
• Shang Shujue asked Nuomi to absorb luck and revealed that he had come to meet Ren Daiqi; Nuomi warned him that Ren Daiqi's guards were nearby.
• Shang Shujue observed Ren Daiqi lose control of his actions when Ren Yi announced Su Youchuan had arrived with four people Ren Daiqi had rescued.
• Shang Shujue concluded that Ren Daiqi's dissatisfaction might make him switch sides, but he lacked enough Luck Points to act yet.
• Liu Xinru, Chen Liqu, Liu Jiyun (Aosi), Zhang Jinchen, Ji Yunqing, and Mu Nanyu discussed Shang Shujue and guessed that Ren Daiqi was waiting for Su Youchuan.
• Zhang Jinchen left the group chat and contacted Shang Shujue.