Recaps

Song Shi'an pursued small acting roles while balancing university, debt, and delivery work, and his performances began drawing attention. After wrapping his second cannon-fodder role, he watched Ying Qi appear in Aspiration to Reach the Clouds and felt happy about being an actor.

• Song Shi'an accepted the personal guard role of Ying Qi in Aspiration to Reach the Clouds, impressed the crew, and turned down an offer to play a larger role.
• Song Shi'an earned money from filming and delivery work, while photos of him in costume went viral and brought more attention to his character.
• Song Shi'an auditioned for Meng Zhen in The Emperor's Ambition and won the role after performing the character's death scene.
• Song Shi'an wrapped Ying Qi's final scene, gained God-Level Acting Skills from the system, moved into the university dorm, and began classes.
• Song Shi'an filmed Meng Zhen alongside Xu Yanzhi, earning praise for his acting and an unplanned fake-blood gesture in the death scene.
• Song Shi'an wrapped his second role, returned to campus, and continued studying and making deliveries while the production prepared to promote the drama.
• Song Shi'an watched Aspiration to Reach the Clouds premiere with Chi Xun, Jiang Ye, and Pei Zhiyan, and viewers praised his brief appearance as Ying Qi.

Song Shi'an built a growing acting career while juggling university, a popular food stall, and his family’s needs. The arc ended with him bringing his mother and aunt to the hospital, where his mother was diagnosed with gastric bleeding and scheduled for a procedure.

• Song Shi'an earned money from The Emperor's Ambition, sent some to his parents, and began tennis lessons, where he improved enough to beat Cheng Haotian.
• Song Shi'an's acting clips and photos spread online, and he signed with Stars Entertainment after negotiating for supporting roles that would let him prioritize school.
• Song Shi'an moved into a company-funded villa, bought culinary skills from the system, and started selling food at a night market, attracting customers and food blogger Zhu Tao.
• Song Shi'an joined The Emperor's Ambition's promotional livestream and filmed a cameo as Tushan Yan, gaining more attention despite online criticism of the casting.
• Song Shi'an attended Ye Qinghe's concert, sold his front-row ticket for twenty thousand yuan, and later launched a braised-food menu that sold out quickly.
• Song Shi'an arranged for his mother and aunt to visit the Capital for his aunt's medical care, then brought them from the station to the hospital.
• Doctors diagnosed Song Shi'an's mother with somewhat serious gastric bleeding and scheduled a minimally invasive procedure, while a hospital worker recognized him as Ying Qi.

Song Shi'an filmed Xia Yu’s scenes, drew attention through a decisive basketball game and a wilderness livestream, and chose to play Su Wenli in The Invisible Bystander. After reaching the coast and returning to China famous, he began filming the suspense drama and watched Meng Zhen face danger in The Emperor's Ambition.

• Song Shi'an left the hospital, returned to work, and filmed Xia Yu’s classroom, bullying, and rooftop scenes in Endless Summer.
• Song Shi'an joined Jiang Ye’s basketball game, scored the winning three-pointer, and impressed Ricardo with his cooking at Pei Zhiyan’s restaurant.
• After Cao Wanlong tried to intimidate him and a rumor targeted him online, Song Shi'an chose the wilderness adventure show and the role of Su Wenli in The Invisible Bystander.
• Song Shi'an trained for the wilderness show, visited a mountain temple with Lin Fan, and received a talisman from a fortune-telling master.
• In the rainforest, Song Shi'an crossed dangerous terrain alone, found water and food, built a shelter, and slept beside a jaguar before reaching the coastal finish line on the fifth day.
• Song Shi'an returned to China to find that the livestream had made him famous, agreed to become the capital’s tourism ambassador, and went to film The Invisible Bystander.
• Song Shi'an performed Su Wenli’s threatening scenes opposite Li Yaqi, then watched The Emperor's Ambition with Lin Fan and saw Qin Yan press a blade against Meng Zhen’s chest.

Song Shi'an finished filming The Invisible Bystander, grew his following through a food stall and a Fengtu endorsement, and rescued Xie Hanzheng during an avalanche. He then joined Number One Winner as Qu Lingzhou, whose first scenes ended with the others abandoning him among zombies.

• Song Shi'an wrapped The Invisible Bystander, paid off his loan, returned to campus, and found his dormmates had defended him online as River's scandal broke.
• Song Shi'an impressed Professor Wang with his energy-storage solution, received an invitation to join a major research project, and reopened his night-market stall amid a copied-food rivalry.
• Song Shi'an signed a Fengtu endorsement, toured its headquarters, and traveled to Altay to learn snowboarding for the campaign.
• When Xie Hanzheng rode into an avalanche rescue despite his injured leg, Song Shi'an used a skiing card to reach him and carried him and another victim down the mountain.
• Song Shi'an finished the Fengtu shoot, gained attention for wearing LUMIERE Liumi sunglasses, and received the supporting-role script for Number One Winner.
• Song Shi'an joined the Number One Winner cast as Qu Lingzhou and filmed the scene where Lu Ci's squad found him hiding in a clinic during a zombie attack.
• After Mo Zhao abandoned Qu Lingzhou in a zombie tide at the hospital, Qu Lingzhou froze the approaching zombies and later told Cheng Zhiwei he had hidden in a ward.