Chapter Summaries

Fu Chi brought Xia Zhiyi far more food than they could eat, so Xia Zhiyi invited his roommates over to share it and properly meet Fu Chi. As they waited for the roommates, Xia Zhiyi and Fu Chi accidentally kissed, leaving Fu Chi staring at him with darkened eyes.

• Fu Chi admitted he had bought the food while thinking about what Xia Zhiyi might like.
• Xia Zhiyi suggested inviting his roommates over to eat, and Fu Chi happily agreed.
• Xia Zhiyi teased Fu Chi for being pleased to meet his friends, and the two exchanged compliments.
• Xia Zhiyi messaged Lin Li, Ouyang Qi, and Wang Sheng, who all agreed to come over.
• Xia Zhiyi and Fu Chi accidentally kissed, and Xia Zhiyi's tongue brushed Fu Chi's lips.

Xia Zhiyi and Fu Chi shared a passionate kiss that was interrupted by Lin Li calling to say he and the others were coming over. They took a minute to cuddle before Fu Chi went to cool off, but he wanted to cuddle Xia Zhiyi again as soon as he came back.

• Fu Chi asked Xia Zhiyi for permission to kiss him, and Xia Zhiyi leaned into his arms and agreed.
• Xia Zhiyi and Fu Chi kissed until Lin Li's phone call interrupted them.
• Lin Li asked Xia Zhiyi what drinks to buy and said he and the others would arrive soon.
• Xia Zhiyi and Fu Chi cuddled for a minute before Xia Zhiyi sent Fu Chi to the guest bathroom to cool off.
• Fu Chi came back and wanted to cuddle Xia Zhiyi again.

Xia Zhiyi hosted Fu Chi and his roommates for dinner, revealing that he planned to move out during sophomore year because he expected to be busy. After the roommates left, Fu Chi stayed the night, and Lin Li wondered whether he wanted a boyfriend too.

• Fu Chi agreed to stay at Xia Zhiyi's place after Xia Zhiyi invited him in.
• Lin Li, Wang Sheng, and Ouyang Qi visited and noticed how attentively Fu Chi listened whenever they talked about Xia Zhiyi.
• Xia Zhiyi told his roommates he planned to move out in sophomore year because he expected to have a lot to keep him busy.
• Xia Zhiyi sent Lin Li, Wang Sheng, and Ouyang Qi back to the dorm after they finished dinner.
• Xia Zhiyi offered Fu Chi a choice between the guest room and his bed, then advised him to take the guest room because a guest was coming the next morning.
• On their way back, Lin Li admitted he wanted to stop being single, and Wang Sheng asked whether he wanted a boyfriend too.

Lin Li and Wang Sheng confronted Liu Xi for spreading rumors about Xia Zhiyi, and Wang Sheng punched him when Liu Xi attacked. The next morning, Xia Zhiyi learned that someone had posted photos accusing him of being a homewrecker kept by a wealthy person, and his counselor summoned him to the office.

• Lin Li argued with Liu Xi over his accusations that Xia Zhiyi had reported Wang Su and was involved with his dormmates.
• Liu Xi charged at Lin Li, and Wang Sheng restrained and punched him before warning him to stay away from them.
• Wang Sheng and Ouyang Qi teased Lin Li about using his fists instead of his words if Liu Xi bothered him again.
• Counselor Li Muxia messaged Xia Zhiyi to come to his office after class, and Lin Li told him someone had posted photos around campus accusing him of being a homewrecker kept by a rich person.

After rumors falsely claimed Xia Zhiyi was being kept by a wealthy older man, Lin Li helped get the posts deleted and confronted the student he suspected. Xia Zhiyi learned that Liu Xi had spread the rumors and returned to dorm life without seeing anyone treat him differently.

• Lin Li told Xia Zhiyi that false rumors about him had appeared on campus forums and traced the posts to their dorm building.
• Xia Zhiyi met with counselor Li Muxia, who heard his explanation and offered to help remove the posts.
• Xu Jin'an reassured Xia Zhiyi about the rumors and invited him to join the anime club's cosplay event, but Xia Zhiyi declined because of work.
• Lin Li confronted an upperclassman and later told Xia Zhiyi that the teachers had warned the student and removed him from his student council position.
• Lin Li identified the rumor-spreader as Liu Xi, who lived in Wang Su's dorm room, and Ouyang Qi remarked that academic qualifications did not reflect character.

Xia Zhiyi told Fu Chi about Wang Su’s troubles, then arranged to spend the night at Fu Chi’s home and made plans to cook for him the following Friday. After a supermarket trip, Xia Zhiyi secretly bought several boxes from the adult-products shelf while Fu Chi was getting chips.

• Xia Zhiyi told Fu Chi that Wang Su’s former girlfriends had joined forces to report him to the university for deception and misusing money.
• Fu Chi asked whether Wang Su had bullied Xia Zhiyi, and Xia Zhiyi said Wang Su was struggling to deal with the reports against him.
• Xia Zhiyi asked to stay at Fu Chi’s home, and Fu Chi suggested they watch a movie together that night.
• After dinner, Xia Zhiyi kissed Fu Chi and promised to cook for him the following Friday.
• Xia Zhiyi took Fu Chi to the supermarket and secretly bought several boxes from the adult-products shelf while Fu Chi went to get more chips.

Xia Zhiyi’s plans for a romantic evening with Fu Chi were interrupted when Li Jing called for help against a cyberattack. After Xia Zhiyi stopped the attack and learned Li Jing had injured his hand, Li Jing’s colleagues discussed recruiting the mysterious hacker A, while Xia Zhiyi returned to Fu Chi.

• Xia Zhiyi refused Fu Chi’s offer to carry their bags and looked forward to spending the evening together, but Li Jing called with an urgent request for help.
• Xia Zhiyi borrowed Fu Chi’s computer and defended Li Jing against a forceful cyberattack while Fu Chi brought him cola and left him to work.
• Xia Zhiyi traced the attackers’ base, destroyed it, upgraded Li Jing’s firewall, and learned Li Jing’s injured hand had slowed him down.
• Xia Zhiyi told Li Jing not to interrupt his nightlife again and clarified that Fu Chi was his boyfriend.
• Li Jing told his colleagues that A’s emergency contact was untraceable, and an older official decided they could not force A to join them.

Xia Zhiyi traveled to the production city with Fu Chi and Ming Taotao, only to learn Fu Yunyi would be away until the following week. As the set assistant led him to the filming location for costume photos, something rushed toward him and people shouted a warning.

• Xia Zhiyi finished helping someone with an online matter and reassured Fu Chi that he did not need to get involved.
• Xia Zhiyi and Fu Chi shared a quiet evening, and Fu Chi took the next day off to accompany him to the production city.
• Xia Zhiyi arrived with Fu Chi and Ming Taotao and learned Fu Yunyi was absent from the set for the next few days.
• The set assistant led Xia Zhiyi toward the filming location to take costume photos.
• Something rapidly approached Xia Zhiyi, and people around him shouted, "Watch out!"

Xia Zhiyi saved Liu Chang from a falling box of mirrors at the production set, then watched as the crew traced the danger to a careless props-team worker. After Xia Zhiyi went to change for costume photos, Fan Hu hinted to Director Mu that upcoming support for wuxia dramas had a reason behind it.

• Xia Zhiyi grabbed Liu Chang and leaped clear of a falling box, then used a wooden board to shield them from the debris.
• A witness explained what she had seen, and the production staff identified a part-time props-team worker who had failed to store the items properly and fired him.
• Director Mu apologized to Xia Zhiyi and thanked him for saving Liu Chang; Xia Zhiyi accepted and said he would go change for costume photos.
• After Xia Zhiyi left, Fan Hu asked Director Mu why several wuxia dramas would receive support the following year.

Xia Zhiyi impressed Director Mu with his portrayal of Yan Yan during the costume shoot and joined the cast for lunch. Director Mu ordered him to take Zhao Ziwang along for morning exercise, joking that their characters would die one after the other.

• Fan Hu and Director Mu discussed whether the new investor’s support for the wuxia drama was connected to Xia Zhiyi.
• Xia Zhiyi changed into Yan Yan’s uniform and impressed Director Mu by portraying the character’s gentle, steadfast nature.
• Xia Zhiyi finished the costume photoshoot and quietly asked Ming Taotao to order fruit for the crew.
• Zhao Ziwang joked that the production’s new investor had improved the crew’s boxed lunches, and Director Mu teased him about gaining weight.
• When Zhao Ziwang tried to leave, Director Mu told Xia Zhiyi to catch him and then ordered Xia Zhiyi to take him exercising.

Xia Zhiyi reviewed the tragic script for "Chasing the Front Line," realizing his character Yan Yan and nearly the entire main cast would die. On set, he watched Director Mu work and used his massage technique to ease Zhao Ziwang’s pain, then gave Director Mu a massage that left the crew stunned by his sounds.

• Xia Zhiyi learned that Yan Yan and Fu Mingyang would die as the story’s pursuit of justice cost Song Zihua his friends and colleagues.
• Director Mu called Xia Zhiyi over to observe filming and rigorously corrected Zhao Ziwang and Fu Jianing before approving a take.
• Xia Zhiyi massaged Zhao Ziwang’s sore spots, easing his pain, and Zhao invited the other performers to try it.
• Xia Zhiyi massaged Director Mu, whose enthusiastic sounds made the crew stop and stare.

Xia Zhiyi gave Director Mu a massage and unexpectedly gained him as an uncle, along with several red packets. Later, the production team posted Xia Zhiyi’s character photos, and some commenters questioned how he had landed the role of Yan Yan.

• Director Mu praised Xia Zhiyi’s massage, sent him a 5,000-yuan red packet, and asked him to call him Uncle Mu outside the production.
• Director Mu called out Zhao Ziwang for getting Xia Zhiyi to give everyone massages and made him send Xia Zhiyi a red packet too.
• Director Mu introduced Xia Zhiyi as his nephew to a veteran actor and solicited another red packet for him.
• After Xu Chen reminded him, Xia Zhiyi saw the production team’s Weibo post announcing his role as Yan Yan and read the mixed comments.
• Xia Zhiyi scrolled through the comments during a video call with Fu Chi, noticing some people suggest he had taken someone else’s opportunity.

After Fu Chi’s investment stopped the former investor from bullying Director Mu’s production, Xia Zhiyi received the vacant role of Yan Yan and faced an online smear campaign. He reassured Xu Chen that he would keep a low profile, then shared a playful video call with Fu Chi and asked him to cook a feast after Xia Zhiyi returned.

• After learning Fu Chi had invested in the drama, the former investor backed down, and Fan Hu helped both sides avoid an outright feud.
• The production gave the vacated third male lead role of Yan Yan to Xia Zhiyi, prompting some people to hire trolls to smear him.
• Xia Zhiyi told Xu Chen he would ignore the online attacks and keep a low profile while continuing his college life.
• Xia Zhiyi chatted with Fu Chi, who praised his costume photos and said he liked him no matter how he looked.
• Xia Zhiyi told Fu Chi the set’s boxed meals were good and asked him to cook a feast for him when he returned.

Xia Zhiyi agreed to meet Fu Yunyi for dinner, while Xu Chen learned Zhou Kai had hired a water army to attack him and decided to counter by exposing Zhou Kai’s past misconduct. Zhou Kai’s jealousy over Xia Zhiyi’s new role and Fu Yunyi’s success drove him to target Xia Zhiyi, leaving Xu Chen determined to keep her new artist out of the spotlight.

• Fu Chi told Xia Zhiyi he would introduce him to Fu Yunyi over dinner the next day, and Xia Zhiyi asked what gift to bring.
• Xu Chen ordered her team to suppress attention around Xia Zhiyi and learned that Zhou Kai had hired a water army.
• Xu Chen told her team to release evidence that Zhou Kai had slept with fans, using him as a distraction from Xia Zhiyi.
• Zhou Kai resented Fu Yunyi’s growing success and the opportunities gained by the other show participants.
• After learning Xia Zhiyi had received the third male lead role in "Chasing the Front Line," Zhou Kai decided to target him.

Xia Zhiyi joined Zhao Ziwang for a morning scene and joked that he could help him lose weight through a painful martial technique. Director Mu and a veteran actor wondered whether Xia’s method was real, while Director Mu quietly kept his distance from the veteran actor.

• Xia Zhiyi greeted Director Mu and Zhao Ziwang before filming their scenes as Yan Yan and Fu Mingyang.
• Director Mu warned Zhao Ziwang that his manager would check his body fat, prompting Zhao to panic about losing weight before a December performance.
• Zhao Ziwang asked Xia Zhiyi for a quick weight-loss method, and Xia offered a technique that would hurt almost as much as childbirth.
• Zhao Ziwang declined the painful treatment, and Xia Zhiyi invited him to ask again if he changed his mind.
• Director Mu and a veteran actor discussed whether Xia Zhiyi’s technique was genuine, and Director Mu decided they already knew Xia had real skills.
• The veteran actor chuckled at a thought, and Director Mu shifted his chair away from him.

After filming a scene with Fu Mingyang, Xia Zhiyi refined Yan Yan’s movements to better show his martial arts background, and the morning’s filming went smoothly. Zhao Ziwang pointed out that Xia Zhiyi would leave before Fu Yunyi returned, but Xia Zhiyi thought they might still meet.

• After Yan Yan and Fu Minghua delivered the criminal to the detention center, Fu Mingyang asked Yan Yan about his relationship with Song Zihua, and Yan Yan said he had met him only once and trusted his own abilities.
• Director Mu stopped Xia Zhiyi and Zhao Ziwang’s take because Yan Yan’s movements did not seem natural, then asked Xia Zhiyi to suggest habits that would reveal the character’s martial arts training.
• Xia Zhiyi adjusted Yan Yan’s walk to make it lighter and nimbler, and Director Mu approved the revised take.
• Xia Zhiyi and the other actors completed the morning’s scenes smoothly, with the cast prepared and their lines memorized.
• Zhao Ziwang asked whether Xia Zhiyi would return to University A that afternoon, then remarked that he and Fu Yunyi might miss each other; Xia Zhiyi thought they might still meet.

After Xia Zhiyi finished filming, he headed back to the Imperial Capital to meet Fu Chi for dinner, while secretly working on a laptop in the car. A highway accident delayed his arrival, and Fu Chi waited at the restaurant until a woman who recognized him approached.

• Director Mu praised Xia Zhiyi’s acting and reminded him to prioritize his studies, then shared the milk tea Xia Zhiyi had ordered for the crew.
• Xia Zhiyi worked on his laptop during the drive with Ming Taotao, planning to go straight to the restaurant to meet Fu Chi.
• A highway accident and evening rush-hour traffic delayed Xia Zhiyi and Ming Taotao on their way into the Imperial Capital.
• Fu Yunyi arrived at the restaurant, where Fu Chi told him not to go outside to meet Xia Zhiyi because someone might recognize him.
• Fu Chi waited at the entrance for Xia Zhiyi, but a woman recognized him before Xia Zhiyi arrived.

Fu Chi met Chen Yun outside a private restaurant, where she saw how warmly he greeted Xia Zhiyi and realized the two were close. Xia Zhiyi and Fu Chi went to meet Fu Chi’s nephew, Fu Yunyi, whose first reaction to seeing them left Gu Zhiyuan with a string of messages.

• Chen Yun introduced herself to Fu Chi, who remembered her connection to Zhou Kai and responded coolly.
• Chen Yun saw Fu Chi’s expression soften when Xia Zhiyi arrived and hoped to use their relationship to get closer to Fu Chi.
• Xia Zhiyi told Ming Taotao to go home and rest, then greeted Chen Yun before entering the restaurant with Fu Chi.
• Fu Chi explained that Chen Yun had come to find someone, and Xia Zhiyi asked whether Fu Yunyi was waiting in their private room.
• Fu Yunyi worried to Gu Zhiyuan that Fu Chi might choose Xia Zhiyi over him, then sent Gu Zhiyuan a series of excited messages after meeting them.

Xia Zhiyi and Fu Chi revealed their relationship to Fu Yunyi at dinner, leaving Fu Yunyi stunned by the news that his uncle was dating Xia. As Fu Chi focused on Xia and the couple traded affectionate remarks, Fu Yunyi privately messaged Gu Zhiyuan and realized he would be unable to sleep that night.

• Xia Zhiyi entered the private room with Fu Chi and teased Fu Yunyi, who initially assumed he had come to meet someone else.
• Fu Chi introduced Xia Zhiyi as his boyfriend, and Xia greeted Fu Yunyi as his nephew.
• Fu Yunyi was shocked by the relationship and asked whether they were really dating; Xia confirmed it.
• Fu Yunyi mentioned that Old Master Fu had described Fu Chi's partner as a great beauty, and Fu Chi told Xia that he was the most beautiful person in his eyes.
• After they sat down, Xia explained that he had planned to tell Fu Yunyi after filming but went along with Fu Chi's dinner invitation.
• Fu Yunyi messaged Gu Zhiyuan under the table and concluded that he would not be able to sleep that night.

Xia Zhiyi teased Fu Yunyi after revealing that he was dating Fu Chi, leaving Fu Yunyi stunned by the new family relationship. Fu Yunyi then told Gu Zhiyuan, who was so shocked by the news that he cracked.

• Xia Zhiyi joked with Fu Yunyi about looking young and about Fu Chi’s age as Fu Yunyi struggled to process their relationship.
• Fu Yunyi left the restaurant in a daze, forgetting the topics he had planned to discuss and carrying a small bag Xia Zhiyi gave him.
• Gu Zhiyuan called Fu Yunyi to check on him after receiving a string of exclamation marks and no explanation.
• Fu Yunyi told Gu Zhiyuan that Xia Zhiyi was now his Little Uncle, leaving Gu Zhiyuan dumbfounded.
• Fu Chi drove Xia Zhiyi back to his dorm, and Xia Zhiyi told Xu Chen what had happened; Xu Chen said she would check on Fu Yunyi and keep filming on track.