Chapter Summaries

Shang Shujue warned Zhang Jinchen and the mentor team about danger at Imperial Waves and helped them leave safely. Meanwhile, Su Youchuan questioned Ren Daiqi about the attack on his group, but neither side had found a lead, and Shang Shujue received a message from Song Yanqing.

• Shang Shujue accepted Zhang Jinchen's friend request, learned that the mentor team was dining nearby, and sent them a plan to leave without drawing attention.
• Ji Yunqing urged the mentors to follow Shang Shujue's advice, and the six left Imperial Waves safely.
• Su Youchuan introduced Lin Xu and the others to Ren Daiqi, then shared medicinal soup with Lin Xu.
• Su Youchuan asked Ren Daiqi about the people behind the group's ordeal, but Ren Daiqi said his investigators could not trace the skilled hacker.
• Shang Shujue praised Nuomi's hacking skills, then saw a message from Song Yanqing and learned that Zhang Jinchen and the mentors had reached the training camp.

Shang Shujue was summoned to booth 215, where Su Youchuan introduced him to Ren Daiqi and called him “A-Jue.” Shang Shujue rejected the familiar address, leaving the booth tense.

• Su Youchuan revealed Shang Shujue’s location to Ren Daiqi, who sent Li Yun'ao and Han Dong to fetch him.
• Han Dong urged Shang Shujue to come meet Su Youchuan, while Li Yun'ao warned Han Dong not to provoke Su Youchuan.
• Shang Shujue insulted Han Dong, then headed to booth 215 with Li Yun'ao and Han Dong following.
• Ren Yi announced Shang Shujue’s arrival, and Su Youchuan introduced him to Ren Daiqi as someone he often mentioned.
• Su Youchuan called Shang Shujue “A-Jue,” but Shang Shujue told him he was not worthy of using that name.

Shang Shujue verbally attacked Su Youchuan and the others, while Ren Daiqi realized that Shang Shujue’s presence had freed him from an unseen influence. When Su Youchuan showed signs of blackening and threatening the world, Shang Shujue stopped provoking him and acted wounded instead, leaving the room stunned.

• Shang Shujue mocked Su Youchuan, dismissed Han Dong’s attempt to mediate, and traded insults with Yang Shaoying.
• Shang Shujue insulted Lin Xu and Li Yun'ao, while Ren Daiqi noticed that he had regained control of his body and his judgment around Shang Shujue.
• Su Youchuan’s anger shifted into a frightening, gloomy smile, and Nuomi warned Shang Shujue that Su Youchuan’s complete blackening could bring disaster to the world.
• Shang Shujue changed his manner, told Su Youchuan that he had only returned a fraction of the hurt Su Youchuan had caused him, and appeared wounded until Su Youchuan’s anger faded.

Shang Shujue used his acting skills to raise Su Youchuan’s Favorability, then ended their relationship and returned to the training camp. There, he reviewed Chen Ruijia’s trainee list and asked Nuomi for the day’s gossip.

• Shang Shujue’s tears made Su Youchuan think he was sulking for attention, and Su Youchuan’s Favorability rose to 69 as his Blackening Points disappeared.
• Shang Shujue learned about Su Youchuan’s troubled past, then sent him a message ending their three-year pursuit and blocked his number.
• Nuomi told Shang Shujue that he had absorbed 31% of the Luck Points and could eat three bites of melon a day starting tomorrow.
• Shang Shujue returned safely to the training camp, where Chen Ruijia gave him a detailed list of fifteen trainees she had selected.
• Shang Shujue rested in the training hall and asked Nuomi whose gossip he could hear, prompting everyone listening to pay attention.

After Shang Shujue rejected Su Youchuan, Su Youchuan fought Han Dong over his confession that he had liked Shang for years. Meanwhile, Ren Daiqi secretly planned to visit Yun Qishan, and Shang ignored Su’s troubles as a new wealthy-family identity-swap rumor caught everyone’s attention.

• Ren Daiqi left the restaurant and ordered Ren Yi to prepare a lavish gift for a secret visit to Yun Qishan, whom he believed was Shang Shujue’s uncle.
• Su Youchuan attacked Han Dong in the parking lot after Han Dong admitted he had liked Shang Shujue since they first met and criticized Su for taking Shang for granted.
• Su Youchuan and Han Dong fought until Lin Xu was knocked unconscious, and the police took the group to the station.
• A paparazzo sold the photos of the fight to his backer, deleted them, and left town.
• Shang Shujue ate candy and bought sunflower seeds as he brought up a rumor about a wealthy family’s real and fake young masters, making everyone wonder about their own origins.

Shang Shujue’s thoughts revealed that Lin Jinhao was the real young master in a future real-and-fake-young-master story, and the gossip left Lin devastated and mortified. The others learned that Li Qingxu would pursue Lin, while Lin struggled to accept both his parentage and the humiliating details of his future.

• Chen Ruijia brought Shang Shujue fruit and baked treats, and Lin Jinhao accompanied her with the cake.
• Shang Shujue’s thoughts revealed that Lin Jinhao was the real young master and would nearly be killed by the scheming fake young master.
• Lin Jinhao ran back to the studio in tears, and Sheng Nanze and Su Yuanqi tried to comfort him.
• Shang Shujue’s thoughts exposed that Lin Jinhao’s future involved an embarrassing encounter with the fake young master, leaving Lin crying in shame.
• Shang Shujue revealed that the fake young master was Li Qingxu and that he and Lin would have a forced-love storyline.

Zhang Zhichen showed Lin Jinhao a photo of his childhood friend Li Qingxu, prompting Lin to recognize him as the boy he had promised to marry in kindergarten. The group laughed at the revelation while Shang Shujue's inner gossip also drew attention to his own feelings for Song Yanqing.

• Zhang Zhichen told Bai Zhiyi that Li Qingxu was his childhood friend and showed him their photo, while the two blushed after brushing against each other.
• Shang Shujue's inner voice described Lin Jinhao deciding he would take control of his relationship with Li Qingxu, and the others compared Shang's situation to his relationship with Song Yanqing.
• Lin Jinhao asked Sheng Nanze whether Li Qingxu was as handsome as Song Yanqing, so Sheng asked Zhang Zhichen to show him a photo.
• Lin Jinhao recognized Li Qingxu as the class monitor from kindergarten who used to bring him food, and recalled promising to marry him when he thought he was a girl.
• Shang Shujue's inner voice revealed that Lin Jinhao had made the first romantic move, and the group burst into laughter as Lin covered his face in embarrassment.

After Shang Shujue's thoughts revealed that Lin Jinhao and Zhang Zhichen's parents would die in a car crash, he rushed to save them with Kinship Karma Talismans. He passed out after transferring his luck, and the chapter ended with the doctor ordering everyone to let him rest and keep him out of the livestream.

• Lin Jinhao broke down in embarrassment while Sheng Nanze and Zhang Zhichen teased him about his childhood proposal to Li Qingxu.
• Shang Shujue's thoughts revealed that Li Qingxu would die avenging Zhang Zhichen and that Lin Jinhao and Zhang Zhichen's parents were about to die in a crash.
• Lin Jinhao and Zhang Zhichen tried to call their families, but no one answered, as Sheng Nanze and Bai Zhiyi hurried them outside to find Shang Shujue.
• Shang Shujue reached Lin Jinhao and Zhang Zhichen and used Kinship Karma Talismans to transfer some of his luck to them.
• Shang Shujue passed out after the exchange cost him three months of his lifespan, and the doctor told everyone to let him rest instead of joining the livestream.

Su Youchuan stopped with his companions at Café Nianjue during a heavy downpour, where Li Zhenhua and Lin Yuwen realized their sons might have been switched at birth. The two fathers were confronted by their wives after their sons called with news about their parents.

• Su Youchuan ordered his driver to pull into Café Nianjue to wait out the rain.
• Zhang Tao and Zeng Mei unexpectedly reunited at the café while Lin Yuwen and Li Zhenhua caught up.
• Li Zhenhua and Lin Yuwen compared photos of their sons and realized the boys looked like the other man's younger self.
• Li Zhenhua proposed that they keep quiet until they could arrange DNA tests together.
• Zeng Mei and Zhang Tao confronted their husbands after their sons called and said they might have the wrong parents.
• Li Zhenhua and Lin Yuwen apologized and explained what had happened to their wives.

After Shang Shujue woke from a day and a half unconscious, his family gathered around him and heard his inner thoughts about the Kinship Karma Talisman and the people it had saved. He promised Nuomi he would earn points and share them, while his relatives quietly took in the revelation.

• Lin Jinhao learned that his parents had accidentally switched babies after a cat mixed up their markers, then left after caring for Shang Shujue and leaving him supplies.
• Yun Qishan arranged for Shang Shujue to be moved to a private hospital, where the Shang family let him recover without unnecessary tests.
• Shang Shuchen stayed at Shang Shujue's bedside while Yun Yuanmei reminded him that Xiao Jue would remain his little brother no matter what.
• Shang Shujue woke at lunchtime the next day and learned from Shang Shuchen that he had slept for a day and a half.
• Shang Shujue's family overheard his inner thoughts about the Kinship Karma Talisman saving everyone and his promise to share future points with Nuomi.

Shang Shujue learned that his other self had become a successful raider for the Quick Transmigration Bureau and had sent Body-Protecting Life Pearls for the Shang Family. After recovering, he left the hospital for the family villa, while Nuomi’s depleted energy left him temporarily without gossip to feed on.

• Nuomi told Shang Shujue that his other self had declined to visit the family, continued grinding instances, and left pearls for his loved ones to wear.
• Yun Yuanmei hugged Shang Shujue and welcomed him as her son, while the Shang Family fussed over his recovery.
• Shang Shujue gave the Body-Protecting Life Pearls to his family, and Nuomi told him Lin Jinhao had cared for him before taking a paternity test.
• Nuomi explained that twenty-one livestream contestants had been eliminated and that he needed time to recover before Shang Shujue could enjoy gossip again.
• Shang Shujue was discharged to the Shang Family villa after forfeiting the competition, then agreed to visit the training camp occasionally at Yu Yang and the others’ urging.

Shang Shujue worried about Song Yanqing’s silence until Nuomi explained that Song Yanqing was undergoing closed-door training, then agreed to go horseback riding with Shang Shunan. As they headed to the riding grounds, Shang Shunan felt certain that Shang Shujue was still his little brother, no matter which world he came from.

• Shang Shujue fretted over Song Yanqing’s lack of messages, and Nuomi explained that Song Yanqing was at a family training base without access to his phone.
• Shang Shujue denied missing Song Yanqing, then decided to go out and earn Merit Points.
• Shang Shunan invited Shang Shujue to visit the riding grounds and go horseback riding with him.
• Shang Shujue waited while Shang Shunan changed and read comments about himself on Weibo.
• Shang Shunan told the family chat that he was taking Shang Shujue horseback riding and mentioned that Shang Shuchen was filming at the grounds with newly signed talents.
• Shang Shunan looked at Shang Shujue and recognized him as his little brother, despite his coming from another world.

Shang Shujue joined Shang Shunan and Shang Shuchen at the riding grounds, where he met five former trainees now signed to Shangyu. As the actors eagerly competed for him to teach them horseback riding, Nuomi announced that he had gossip.

• Shang Shujue recognized that Shang Shuchen had signed the people eliminated from the training camp, and he and Shang Shunan traded teasing remarks on the drive to the riding grounds.
• Shang Shuchen greeted Shang Shujue with an exuberant hug, accidentally stepped on his foot, and hurried him toward the others.
• Shang Shujue called Shang Shunan back after he lingered by the car, and Shang Shunan caught up and hugged both younger brothers.
• Shang Shujue met Wen Shaojie, Xia Dongyuan, Fang Shaodong, Han Ziqi, and Zhao Yuanli, who eagerly competed to have him teach them to ride.
• Nuomi said he had gossip, startling those who heard his inner voice for the first time.

Shang Shujue agreed to head inside with Shang Shuchen and the others before going to see the horses, while his inner voice continued to bewilder the staff. The chief director later discovered that the people who could not hear Shang Shujue’s inner voice were mostly moles sent by rival companies, including Xiao Ren.

• Shang Shuchen persuaded Shang Shujue to rest inside first, and Xia Dongyuan explained that the group was tired from filming wirework.
• Shang Shujue agreed to go to the main house and asked Shang Shuchen to show him photos of the horses.
• Shang Shuchen warned the chief director to keep the strange matter to himself, but the chief director and other staff found they could not discuss it aloud.
• Xiao Ren asked whether anything was wrong with Shang Shujue, and the chief director told him not to ask questions he should not ask.
• The chief director investigated and discovered that roughly a third of the staff could not hear Shang Shujue’s inner voice because they were moles, including Xiao Ren.

Shang Shujue shared his eldest brother’s treasured Da Hong Pao with the group before preparing to reveal fresh gossip. The first subject was Xia Dongyuan, whose embarrassing private fetish left him wishing he could crawl into a hole.

• Shang Shujue praised the Da Hong Pao, and Shang Shunan offered to let him choose some from his collection room.
• Xia Dongyuan and the others drank the tea eagerly, then felt mortified when Shang Shujue’s thoughts exposed what they had done.
• Shang Shunan suggested that Shang Shujue share the horse catalog, and Shang Shujue handed pages to the five guests.
• Shang Shujue asked Nuomi for gossip and learned that Xia Dongyuan was the first subject.
• Shang Shujue revealed that Xia Dongyuan collected nail clippings and hair and fantasized about being a drowning mermaid in a wet bathroom, embarrassing Xia Dongyuan.

Shang Shujue’s thoughts exposed Xia Dongyuan’s embarrassing mermaid role-play, then revealed his family carried dominant mermaid-like genes, though he was still human. The revelation ended with Shang Shuchen asking the screenwriter to give Xia Dongyuan a mermaid identity in Rosy Clouds, Moon, and Years of Light.

• Shang Shujue laughed in private after revealing that Xia Dongyuan collected moldy bathwater and pretended it was shed mermaid scales, while everyone else teased Xia Dongyuan.
• Shang Shuchen suggested giving Xia Dongyuan a mermaid or jiaoren identity in the drama, and Shang Shunan’s thoughts revealed that Xia Dongyuan really had mermaid-like genes.
• Shang Shujue clarified that the genes were recessive in most people but dominant in Xia Dongyuan’s family, and that Xia Dongyuan was human.
• Xia Dongyuan lamented that Shang Shujue had not taken him as a disciple and bickered with Wen Shaojie.
• Shang Shuchen contacted the screenwriter to arrange a mermaid identity for Xia Dongyuan in Rosy Clouds, Moon, and Years of Light.

Shang Shujue’s thoughts revealed that Xia Dongyuan would be betrayed and dissected by Ning Tang ten years later, frightening Xia Dongyuan and prompting his friends to reassure him. The group then set off for the riding grounds, where Shang Shunan chose an off-road vehicle for everyone to ride in.

• Shang Shujue’s inner voice exposed Ning Tang’s future betrayal of Xia Dongyuan, leaving Xia Dongyuan pale with fear.
• Zhao Yuanli and Wen Shaojie warned Xia Dongyuan to avoid Ning Tang and comforted him.
• Shang Shunan redirected the group toward their riding lesson, and Shang Shujue agreed to ride the white horse Stephen.
• Xia Dongyuan’s fear eased as he felt reassured by Shang Shujue and his friends.
• Fang Shaoqi and Han Ziqi revealed that they had each needed three attempts to pass their driving tests.
• Shang Shunan led everyone to an off-road vehicle and said they could all travel together in it.

Shang Shujue and Shang Shunan visited the riding grounds, chose horses, and decided to race while their friends prepared to watch. Shang Shujue changed into riding clothes and teased Nuomi as he took photos to send to Song Yanqing.

• Auntie Peng showed Shang Shujue and the others around the stables and offered to help the five young men choose suitable horses.
• Shang Shunan took Shang Shujue to see Stephen, and Shang Shujue challenged him to a race.
• Shang Shunan agreed to race and asked Shang Shuchen to bring a drone to record it.
• Shang Shuchen arrived at the riding grounds, while Auntie Peng told Xia Dongyuan and the others to get changed and prepare to watch the race.
• Shang Shujue put on his riding clothes, took photos of himself for Song Yanqing, and teased Nuomi until it told him he was more handsome when silent.

Shang Shujue raced Shang Shunan on horseback, won, and turned down a collection-room treasure in favor of money. After a joyful day with his family and friends, he realized he missed Song Yanqing when he found no reply in their chat.

• Shang Shujue and Shang Shunan mounted Stephen and Davis and raced as Shang Shuchen lowered the flag.
• Shang Shuchen urged the others to take promotional pictures, while the riders galloped around the arena and Shang Shujue crossed the finish line first.
• Shang Shunan offered Shang Shujue access to his collection room, but Shang Shujue chose a cash reward instead.
• Shang Shunan took Shang Shujue, Wen Shaojie, and Xia Dongyuan to buy ingredients for a barbecue.
• Shang Shujue returned home late and realized he missed Song Yanqing while looking at their unanswered chat.

Su Youchuan learned that Shang Shujue seemed happy and that Han Dong’s betrayal had brought ruin to his family and business. He fell asleep after dwelling on his regrets, and began a blissful dream.

• Yang Shaoying showed Su Youchuan blurry photos of Shang Shujue riding at his older brother’s grounds.
• Su Youchuan asked about Han Dong and learned that the Han Corporation was losing share value, Han Dong had failed to win over Su-Style Group’s partners, and his parents had suffered devastating consequences.
• Su Youchuan questioned what he had done wrong, lamenting that he had lost his mother, failed to keep the person he loved, rejected genuine love, and been betrayed by Han Dong.
• Yang Shaoying urged Su Youchuan to eat and offered to invite Shang Shujue over, but Su Youchuan said Shang Shujue would not come and insisted he would not die.
• Su Youchuan reread Shang Shujue’s old messages and the new photos, then fell asleep after hearing a helpless, heartbroken sigh and began a blissful dream.