Chapter Summaries

Pei Yubai confessed his feelings to Qiguan Yuan, and Qiguan Yuan accepted him as his destined partner. After Pei Yubai fell asleep, Qiguan Yuan left to deal with Ji Shiyu and Jiang Wantang.

• Shen Lingyi teased Pei Yubai about bringing Qiguan Yuan home and ended the call before he could reply.
• Qiguan Yuan asked Pei Yubai about the orange cat he had raised, then asked whether he preferred cats or foxes; Pei Yubai said he liked Yuanyuan.
• Pei Yubai confessed that he wanted to make their relationship official, and Qiguan Yuan asked him to say it again properly.
• Qiguan Yuan explained that the red thread on their ring fingers marked their destined bond and named Pei Yubai his partner.
• Pei Yubai and Qiguan Yuan agreed they were boyfriends and wished each other good night.
• Qiguan Yuan put Pei Yubai to sleep, then left to sort out Ji Shiyu and Jiang Wantang's affairs.

Qiguan Yuan reclaimed some of his divine power and repaired Ji Shiyu and Jiang Wantang’s broken Threads of Fate. He also completed all the matches assigned to Lu Zhao, then looked toward the still-sleeping Pei Yubai.

• Qiguan Yuan left Pei Yubai asleep and traveled to the Tree of Fate, where he reclaimed divine power from its trunk.
• Qiguan Yuan told Lu Zhao he needed to reconnect Jiang Wantang and Ji Shiyu’s red threads.
• Qiguan Yuan froze time, used the Dust-Settling Red Cord to mend Ji Shiyu and Jiang Wantang’s broken Threads of Fate, and restored their names in the Marriage Register.
• Qiguan Yuan sent every unhandled match from Lu Zhao’s Marriage Register out into the night so the names could reach their destined partners.
• Lu Zhao checked the Marriage Register, saw that all his matches had been completed, and celebrated the prospect of a day off.
• Qiguan Yuan’s gaze returned to Pei Yubai, who remained asleep.

Pei Yubai woke beside Qiguan Yuan, then announced during his morning livestream that Qiguan Yuan was his boyfriend. He learned to cook breakfast from Ji Shiyu and prepared congee and fried eggs for Qiguan Yuan.

• Qiguan Yuan withdrew the Spirit-Calming Technique and went to sleep beside Pei Yubai, who later woke and watched him before leaving for a run.
• Pei Yubai told Meng Xu he planned to make breakfast for Yuanyuan, then announced on his livestream that Yuanyuan was his boyfriend.
• Pei Yubai's fans accepted the news while Qiguan Yuan's fans reacted with disbelief and distress.
• Pei Yubai asked Ji Shiyu to teach him to cook, practiced frying eggs, and made congee and eggs for Yuanyuan.
• Pei Yubai picked up the breakfast tray and told Ji Shiyu that Yuanyuan was his boyfriend.

Pei Yubai and Qiguan Yuan settled into their new relationship, while Ji Shiyu wondered whether he could reconcile with Jiang Wantang. On the group’s final day in the village, they welcomed tourists, and Qiguan Yuan signed Pei Yubai’s movie posters before a fan asked whether they were really together.

• Ji Shiyu congratulated Pei Yubai on becoming Qiguan Yuan’s boyfriend, then wondered whether he could get back together with Jiang Wantang.
• Pei Yubai served Qiguan Yuan breakfast, and Qiguan Yuan praised his cooking, shared his fried egg, and called him “my boyfriend.”
• Qiguan Yuan saw that the Threads of Fate between Ji Shiyu and Jiang Wantang were no longer dark or knotted, then rested against Pei Yubai.
• Meng Xu assigned the group to welcome tourists at the Village Above the Clouds and guide them around the village for doubled points.
• Pei Yubai served gate-blocking wine while Qiguan Yuan posed for photos and signed Pei Yubai movie posters for fans.
• A fan asked Qiguan Yuan whether he and Film Emperor Pei were really together.

As the variety show neared its end, Pei Yubai protected Qiguan Yuan from fans who wanted to meet him. Qiguan Yuan then welcomed Wang Miao, shared gate wine with her, and tied a red thread around her wrist with a blessing.

• Pei Yubai signed the fans' posters and stepped in front of Qiguan Yuan to keep them from bothering him.
• Wang Miao told Qiguan Yuan that she had come hoping to meet him, and Qiguan Yuan said he was spending the day accompanying his boyfriend at work.
• Pei Yubai took Qiguan Yuan's hand and led him away, declaring that Qiguan Yuan was his boyfriend and asking the fans not to disturb his rest.
• Qiguan Yuan beckoned Wang Miao over and offered her a bowl of gate wine as a gift for being his fan.
• Qiguan Yuan tied a red thread around Wang Miao's wrist and wished her well.

Qiguan Yuan and the others learned how to make Miao batik, drawing wax designs on cotton cloth as they explored the village’s traditions. Their designs revealed personal connections and memories, and the chapter ended with Jiang Wantang pausing as Ji Shiyu mentioned an old song he had written.

• Qiguan Yuan tied red strings around his fans’ wrists and wished them well, while Pei Yubai watched from the side.
• Su He'an and the village elder introduced the group to batik materials and demonstrated how to prepare wax and indigo dye.
• Shen Yuzhou, Cheng Yanqiu, Jiang Wantang, and Ji Shiyu tried drawing designs on cotton cloth, with Ji Shiyu recognizing Jiang Wantang’s familiar orchid style.
• Qiguan Yuan drew arcs on his cloth, and Pei Yubai wrote their names inside them before Qiguan Yuan linked the names with another arc.
• Ji Shiyu said the notes he had drawn formed an old song he wrote, and Jiang Wantang paused while drawing.

Ji Shiyu continued working on the song he had promised A-Wan, while Su He'an guided Lin Yanru in drawing a batik design. Qiguan Yuan concluded that Pei Yubai was Yun Yin himself, not Yun Yin's reincarnation, and accepted that repairing Yun Yin's godhead would take time.

• Ji Shiyu added another line of notes to the unfinished song he had promised A-Wan to complete.
• Su He'an found Lin Yanru struggling to begin and guided her hand as she drew a design resembling Su He'an.
• Qiguan Yuan's Dust-Settling Red Cord stirred toward Su He'an and Lin Yanru, whom he recognized as a destined match, but he chose not to interfere.
• Pei Yubai took down the finished batik cloth, folded the names he and Qiguan Yuan had written on it inward, and put it in his pocket.
• Qiguan Yuan reflected that Pei Yubai was Yun Yin, not his reincarnation, and resolved to take his time finding a way to repair Yun Yin's godhead.

Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai joined the village bonfire party, where Qiguan Yuan kissed Pei Yubai before saying he was going back. The chapter left Pei Yubai with Qiguan Yuan’s farewell and their relationship unresolved.

• Shen Yuzhou, Cheng Yanqiu, Ji Shiyu, and the others prepared the clearing, food, and fire for the bonfire party.
• The villagers performed music and dances as Qiguan Yuan watched beside Pei Yubai, who considered learning a sword dance for him.
• Qiguan Yuan soothed the restless Dust-Settling Red Cord on his wrist while watching Pei Yubai check his schedule.
• Qiguan Yuan kissed Pei Yubai, then hooked his finger and told him, “I'm going back, Pei Yubai.”

Qiguan Yuan left Pei Yubai after promising they would meet again, then returned to Yue Lao Temple and recovered two marriage sticks bearing his and Pei Yubai’s names. The next morning, he chased Jixian out of the temple after the monk tried to stop him, revealing that Qiguan Yuan had regained his magical power.

• Qiguan Yuan kissed Pei Yubai, said goodbye to the livestream viewers, and promised Pei Yubai they would meet again soon.
• After Qiguan Yuan left, Meng Xu tried to comfort Pei Yubai, who replied that Meng Xu did not understand because he had no partner.
• Qiguan Yuan used magic to return to Yue Lao Temple, collected Pei Yubai’s marriage fortune stick, and dug up the stick bearing the names Xiu Yun Yin and Pei Yubai.
• Qiguan Yuan placed both sticks beside his pillow and went to sleep while Jixian closed the temple to visitors for the day.
• The next morning, Qiguan Yuan attacked Jixian with a red thread as the monk opened the doors, then pursued him until Jixian stopped to face him.

Qiguan Yuan confronted Jixian without recognizing him, but the marriage lots beside his pillow helped him remember Xiu Yun Yin and Pei Yubai were the same person. Jixian explained that Qiguan Yuan’s incomplete divine core caused him to lose the previous sixty years of memories at intervals, and that he had repeatedly recorded Xiu Yun Yin’s name to help himself remember.

• Qiguan Yuan stopped Jixian with the Dust-Settling Red Cord, then withdrew it after Jixian said he was the keeper of Qiguan Yuan’s Yue Lao Temple.
• Jixian led Qiguan Yuan to his room and told him to inspect the marriage lots beside his pillow.
• Qiguan Yuan recognized the names Xiu Yun Yin and Pei Yubai on the lots and remembered that Pei Yubai was Xiu Yun Yin.
• Jixian explained that Qiguan Yuan had given up his divine core to stabilize Xiu Yun Yin’s soul and divine core before coming to the lower realm to find him.
• Jixian told Qiguan Yuan that his memories lasted sixty years before disappearing and that he repeatedly wrote Xiu Yun Yin’s name on marriage lots so he could remember.

Jixian explained how Qiguan Yuan had saved him during a famine and later rescued the people of Cloud-Hidden Town, leading Jixian to serve as keeper of the Yue Lao Temple. Qiguan Yuan learned why Jixian had devoted himself to him, and Jixian congratulated him on finally finding Xiu Yun Yin.

• Qiguan Yuan showed Jixian two marriage fortune sticks, one bearing Qiguan Yuan's name in unfamiliar handwriting, and Jixian suggested it was tied to memories he had yet to recover.
• Jixian recalled meeting Qiguan Yuan as a starving young monk, accepting a steamed bun, and asking to follow the god who had saved him.
• Qiguan Yuan took Jixian to Cloud-Hidden Town and used his magic to save its starving residents, then brought rain and relief by intervening with the Rain God and the God of Agriculture.
• Jixian explained that he had worshipped Yue Lao and kept his temple ever since, and that Qiguan Yuan's recurring memory loss made it dangerous to remain in his territory.
• Jixian said Qiguan Yuan had returned early, reclaimed his magic, and taken two marriage fortune sticks, then congratulated him on finally finding Xiu Yun Yin.

Qiguan Yuan returned to his home in the woods but decided to wait for his memories of Pei Yubai to come back before seeking him out. As filming wrapped, Pei Yubai’s father threatened legal action against his son’s online haters, Jiang Wantang traded her production-team perk for an audition, and Pei Yubai left to find Qiguan Yuan.

• Qiguan Yuan followed the red thread to his home in the woods and chose not to look for Pei Yubai until his memories returned.
• After the first episode aired, coordinated commenters accused Pei Yubai of trespassing, and Pei Zhongkang announced that legal notices would be sent to those insulting him.
• Pei Zhongkang told Pei Yubai that his mother wanted to meet Yuanyuan and asked him to bring Yuanyuan home after filming.
• Meng Xu offered Jiang Wantang a place in a National Opera and Dance Drama Theatre exchange program, but she asked to exchange it for an audition for Director Song’s film, and Meng Xu agreed.
• After the livestream ended, Pei Yubai left the stilt house in a hurry to find Qiguan Yuan.

The first episode of "Travel to Those Little-Known Places" became a massive hit, and Qiguan Yuan gained a huge following despite having no Weibo account. Pei Yubai followed the red thread back to Fated Marriage Village and found Qiguan Yuan waiting at his home.

• Viewers flocked to the first full episode after the livestream, driving its views past one hundred million and making the show a breakout success.
• Qiguan Yuan's super topic surpassed eight million followers, and his fans called themselves Xiao Yuan Grains while urging Pei Yubai to make him a Weibo account.
• Industry figures contacted Meng Xu for a place on the next installment after seeing the guests' rising popularity and Meng Xu's valuable connections.
• Meng Xu called Pei Yubai to request Director Song's contact details, but Pei Yubai was already driving to Cloud-Hidden Town to find Yuanyuan.
• Pei Yubai followed the red thread into the woods and reached Yuanyuan's home, where Qiguan Yuan was cleaning the copper wind chimes.

Pei Yubai reunited with Qiguan Yuan and learned that they were currently boyfriends, then followed him into his residence. Pei Yubai began thinking about how to persuade Qiguan Yuan to let him stay there.

• Pei Yubai hurried to Qiguan Yuan and called him Yuanyuan.
• Qiguan Yuan noticed the red thread on his finger and asked Pei Yubai what he had come for.
• Pei Yubai said he missed Qiguan Yuan and identified him as his boyfriend for now.
• Qiguan Yuan kissed Pei Yubai lightly and said he had missed his boyfriend too.
• Qiguan Yuan hung the copper bells back on the doorframe and invited Pei Yubai inside.
• Pei Yubai admired Qiguan Yuan's courtyard and considered asking to stay there.

Pei Yubai visited Qiguan Yuan, brought him medicine, and admitted he could stay only until that night before returning to the set. After noticing Pei Yubai’s exhaustion, Qiguan Yuan invited him to sleep beside him and stayed with him on the daybed.

• Pei Yubai recalled that he had bought a house in Cloud-Hidden Town as a fallback, but he wanted to stay with Qiguan Yuan instead.
• Qiguan Yuan led Pei Yubai into his main residence and asked how long he could stay; Pei Yubai said he had to leave for his flight that night.
• Pei Yubai unpacked and neatly arranged the medicine jars he had brought for Qiguan Yuan.
• Qiguan Yuan noticed the shadows beneath Pei Yubai’s eyes, touched his face, and told him he looked tired.
• Qiguan Yuan cleared space on the daybed and invited Pei Yubai to sleep while he stayed beside him.

Qiguan Yuan stayed with Pei Yubai as he finally fell asleep, realizing their shared habit of sleeping together had begun in their past lives. Watching Pei Yubai sleep brought back the memory of Yun Yin dying, and Qiguan Yuan felt grateful that he had found him again as Pei Yubai.

• Qiguan Yuan guessed Pei Yubai's apparent insomnia came from the old habit of staying awake at night with him to tie fate threads.
• Pei Yubai held Qiguan Yuan close and said he could only fall asleep beside him.
• Qiguan Yuan remembered how Yun Yin had helped him untangle wrongly connected threads and later agreed to sleep beside him.
• Pei Yubai's touch made Qiguan Yuan's ears and tails emerge, but Pei Yubai eventually fell asleep against him.
• Qiguan Yuan watched Pei Yubai sleep and recalled Yun Yin dying in his arms before he brought him back.

Pei Yubai woke and hurried to leave for his flight, so Qiguan Yuan guided him out of the woods. They shared a lingering kiss and promised to reunite after Pei Yubai finished filming, leaving Qiguan Yuan waiting as Pei Yubai departed.

• Pei Yubai woke to find Qiguan Yuan reading beside him and said he had to leave for the airport without eating.
• Qiguan Yuan agreed to guide Pei Yubai out of the woods, and they walked together hand in hand.
• At the edge of the woods, Pei Yubai kissed Qiguan Yuan and promised to return after filming.
• Qiguan Yuan told Pei Yubai not to keep him waiting too long, and Pei Yubai left after looking back at him.

Pei Yubai and Qiguan Yuan’s memories and relationship continued to develop while Meng Xu arranged an audition for Ji Shiyu in Song Yuan’s film. After recovering most of his recent memories, Qiguan Yuan decided to go find Pei Yubai.

• Qiguan Yuan watched Pei Yubai leave, then returned to the residence and sorted through memories stirred by their time together.
• Pei Yubai saw fans asking for Qiguan Yuan’s Weibo account and asked his father’s assistant how Yuanyuan could obtain an ID card.
• Meng Xu explained that Jiang Wantang had traded her exchange-program filming spot for an audition with Song Yuan, and he negotiated an audition in return for investment and filming equipment.
• Meng Xu learned Jiang Wantang wanted the audition for Ji Shiyu, told Ji Shiyu about the opportunity, and arranged for him to contact Song Yuan.
• Meng Xu announced that the second episode would film the following Friday without revealing the location, prompting fans to ask whether Qiguan Yuan would appear.
• After recovering most of his memories, Qiguan Yuan decided to find Pei Yubai.

Meng Xu began filming the second episode with the same six guests, while Pei Yubai joined the production later because he was preparing for a movie. Viewers spotted a fleeting figure in red and speculated it might be Qiguan Yuan; the episode ended as Ji Shiyu entered his audition room and heard Pei Yubai's voice.

• Meng Xu kept the second episode's guest list unchanged despite celebrities' managers seeking places on the show.
• The livestream began with Shen Yuzhou, Cheng Yanqiu, Lin Yanru, Jiang Wantang, and Ji Shiyu on the coach, and Meng Xu explained that Pei Yubai would join them after preparing for his new movie.
• The guests arrived at a lakeside location, where Su He'an greeted them as their guide and led them toward Ji Shiyu's audition.
• Viewers caught a brief glimpse of someone wearing red and debated whether the figure was Qiguan Yuan, while Meng Xu glanced toward the corner.
• Su He'an brought Ji Shiyu to the audition room, where he knocked and heard Pei Yubai tell him to come in.

Ji Shiyu auditioned for Song Yuan and Pei Yubai, who judged his performance competent but unremarkable. Afterward, a young performer described how Pei Yubai’s blunt criticism had made him cry, and Pei Yubai left to record the show.

• Ji Shiyu performed a monologue for Song Yuan and Pei Yubai, who told him to wait for their decision.
• Ji Shiyu rejoined Shen Yuzhou, Cheng Yanqiu, Lin Yanru, and Jiang Wantang in the corridor and said he was waiting to hear back.
• A young performer told the group that Pei Yubai’s accurate criticism had made him tear up, though he was not upset.
• Song Yuan asked Pei Yubai about Ji Shiyu, and Pei Yubai said Ji Shiyu was competent, had a good attitude, and showed no major faults.
• Pei Yubai recalled having once harshly criticized an arrogant performer, then left to record the show.