Chapter Summaries

After Pei Yubai finished the auditions, the guests were sent out on boats to enjoy the lake. As their boats drifted across the water, Pei Yubai spotted Qiguan Yuan approaching alone in a boat.

• Pei Yubai left the audition room and rejoined the guests, who learned from Meng Xu that they had the afternoon free to enjoy the lake.
• Ji Shiyu asked Pei Yubai for feedback, and Pei Yubai told him that his nerves had made him act out his own emotions instead of the character.
• The guests chose boat partners: Shen Yuzhou went with Cheng Yanqiu, Lin Yanru with Su He'an, and Ji Shiyu with Jiang Wantang; Pei Yubai boarded alone.
• As the boats drifted toward the middle of the lake, the guests noticed a small boat coming toward them without anyone rowing.
• Pei Yubai recognized Qiguan Yuan sitting at the bow in red robes, reading an old book.

Qiguan Yuan appeared on the livestream, drawing a flood of fans to Pei Yubai’s stream as his boat approached. Pei Yubai brought his boat alongside Qiguan Yuan’s, but its canopy blocked him from view, leaving viewers demanding that Pei move.

• Qiguan Yuan appeared on-screen, and his fans spread the news and rushed to whichever guest’s livestream showed him best.
• The Xiao Yuan Grains flocked to Pei Yubai’s livestream because his boat was closest to Qiguan Yuan.
• Qiguan Yuan noticed Pei Yubai watching him, met his eyes briefly, then returned to reading.
• Pei Yubai asked the boatman to row beside Qiguan Yuan’s boat and watched as the boats drew together.
• Pei Yubai’s larger boat blocked Qiguan Yuan from view, prompting viewers to shout for him to move.

Qiguan Yuan mysteriously appeared aboard Pei Yubai’s boat, where the two shared an intimate moment that sent their livestream audience into a frenzy. Qiguan Yuan fell asleep on Pei Yubai’s lap as the show’s viewership broke its record, while viewers and staff still wondered how he had boarded.

• Qiguan Yuan appeared behind Pei Yubai on the boat, startling Pei Yubai, the cameraman, and the livestream viewers.
• Pei Yubai wrung water from Qiguan Yuan’s robe, and Qiguan Yuan explained that he had gotten lost and boarded a nearby boat.
• Qiguan Yuan rested his head on Pei Yubai’s shoulder, and Pei Yubai guided him to sleep on his lap.
• Meng Xu saw the livestream break the show’s viewership record and told his assistant to monitor the equipment’s cooling.
• The question of how Qiguan Yuan got on the boat appeared among the show’s trending searches.

Qiguan Yuan visited Pei Yubai during the lake excursion, slept on his lap, and agreed to stay with him and appear in his livestream. Meng Xu announced Qiguan Yuan as a special guest, leaving fans eager for the next day’s secret-realm filming.

• Shen Yuzhou and Cheng Yanqiu spotted Qiguan Yuan on Pei Yubai’s boat while Ji Shiyu and Jiang Wantang remained distant and Su He'an poled Lin Yanru across the lake.
• Qiguan Yuan woke on Pei Yubai’s lap, ate pastries with him, and told Meng Xu he would discuss a collaboration after they went ashore.
• Qiguan Yuan agreed to stay with Pei Yubai, then told Shen Yuzhou he had come to see his boyfriend.
• Meng Xu ended the day’s filming, invited Qiguan Yuan to share Pei Yubai’s livestream, and announced him as a special guest for the episode.
• Fans celebrated Qiguan Yuan’s appearance and looked forward to the production team’s secret-realm tasks the next day.

Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai quickly cleared the secret realm at Listening to the Waves Mansion, earning first place before Pei Yubai left to deal with a production issue. Qiguan Yuan then vanished from the cameraman’s view, put on a fox mask, and quietly watched Shen Yuzhou and Cheng Yanqiu in the mansion.

• Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai solved the mansion’s study, waterside gallery, and master bedroom puzzles, finding the key to the ultimate secret realm.
• Meng Xu confirmed that Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai had taken first place and earned the hidden reward.
• Song Yuan called Pei Yubai away for a production issue, and Qiguan Yuan returned to the mansion after Pei Yubai left.
• Qiguan Yuan disappeared from the cameraman’s view, found a quiet room, and put on a fox mask while his ears and tail emerged.
• Qiguan Yuan heard Shen Yuzhou and Cheng Yanqiu discussing a bookshelf and watched them from the dim corridor.

Qiguan Yuan startled Shen Yuzhou and Cheng Yanqiu in the mansion, then appeared before Ji Shiyu and Jiang Wantang while they investigated the bookcase. Meanwhile, Pei Yubai returned to find Madam Pei waiting at Song Yuan's place.

• Qiguan Yuan, wearing red robes and a fox mask, frightened Shen Yuzhou and Cheng Yanqiu before revealing himself.
• Viewers spotted Qiguan Yuan's fox ears and tail on the livestream and flooded the comments with excited reactions.
• Ji Shiyu and Jiang Wantang examined the numbered books and tried matching their numbers to a diagram.
• Qiguan Yuan appeared in the corridor, and Ji Shiyu recognized him as Mr. Qiguan before he left.
• Pei Yubai opened the door at Song Yuan's place and came face-to-face with Madam Pei.

Shen Lingyi learned that Qiguan Yuan had come to Jiangcheng to visit Pei Yubai and eagerly went to meet him at the filming location. The chapter ended as Pei Yubai called out to Qiguan Yuan in the mansion corridor.

• Shen Lingyi confronted Pei Yubai for missing his father’s birthday, and he explained that Qiguan Yuan had come to Jiangcheng.
• Shen Lingyi learned Qiguan Yuan was at Listening to the Waves Mansion and decided to visit him, bringing a cake and arranging to buy pastries.
• Pei Yubai and Shen Lingyi arrived at the set, where Meng Xu warned them about the mansion’s dark corridors and effects.
• Shen Lingyi asked Shen Yuzhou where Qiguan Yuan was, and Shen Yuzhou said he had been on the third floor.
• Shen Lingyi and Pei Yubai followed voices down the corridor and saw Qiguan Yuan approaching in dark red robes with a fox mask.
• Pei Yubai called out to Qiguan Yuan.

Qiguan Yuan noticed the pure red fate threads between Lin Yanru and Su He'an before Pei Yubai arrived with his mother, Shen Lingyi. Shen Lingyi warmly greeted Qiguan Yuan and touched his fox ears, while Pei Yubai watched jealously but held back.

• Qiguan Yuan saw the pure red Threads of Fate connecting Lin Yanru and Su He'an and wondered whether he should act on them.
• Pei Yubai arrived with Shen Lingyi, and the cameraman followed after failing to find Qiguan Yuan.
• Shen Lingyi called Qiguan Yuan over, and he addressed her as Auntie.
• Shen Lingyi asked to touch Qiguan Yuan's furry ears, and he agreed, hoping to win his boyfriend's mother's approval.
• Shen Lingyi stroked Qiguan Yuan's ears while Pei Yubai watched with a taut jaw and resisted intervening.

Shen Lingyi welcomed Qiguan Yuan enthusiastically, and Pei Yubai’s parents hosted him for dinner after filming ended. Pei Zhongkang offered to prepare a marital home, while Pei Yubai considered getting Qiguan Yuan an identity card so they could register their marriage in the future.

• Shen Lingyi peppered Qiguan Yuan with questions and happily watched him eat expensive pastries she had bought for him.
• After filming ended, Shen Lingyi called Pei Zhongkang, and she, Qiguan Yuan, and Pei Yubai went to meet him for dinner.
• Pei Zhongkang greeted Qiguan Yuan and privately wondered how Pei Yubai had managed to win his affection.
• During dinner, Pei Zhongkang asked when Pei Yubai and Qiguan Yuan planned to marry and offered to prepare a home for them.
• Qiguan Yuan said they had only recently gotten together, while Pei Zhongkang insisted he could prepare the estate in advance.
• Pei Yubai considered helping Qiguan Yuan obtain an identity card, which they would need to register their marriage.

After dinner with Pei Zhongkang and Shen Lingyi, Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai walked home together. Pei Yubai admitted he disliked anyone else touching Qiguan Yuan’s ears and tail, and Qiguan Yuan let him touch them; Pei Yubai then considered arranging Qiguan Yuan’s identity card.

• Shen Lingyi noticed Qiguan Yuan was sleepy, and she and Pei Zhongkang left the restaurant so he and Pei Yubai could go home and rest.
• As they walked, Pei Yubai admitted he was jealous when Shen Lingyi touched Qiguan Yuan’s ears and said he did not want other people touching them.
• Qiguan Yuan revealed his ears and tail and invited Pei Yubai to touch them, so Pei Yubai stroked his ear and tail as they walked.
• When Pei Yubai’s hand neared the base of Qiguan Yuan’s tail, Qiguan Yuan stopped him and said he could not touch that spot.
• Qiguan Yuan leaned against Pei Yubai as they continued walking, while Pei Yubai thought about asking Meng Xu to help arrange Qiguan Yuan’s identity card.

Pei Yubai arranged for Qiguan Yuan to get an ID card and prepared clothes and a hairstyle for the photo. After the stylist finished, Qiguan Yuan looked striking in his new appearance, and they were ready to go.

• Pei Yubai explained marriage registration to Qiguan Yuan and said he would take him to get an ID card the next day.
• Pei Yubai arranged Qiguan Yuan’s household registration, notified Meng Xu he would miss filming, and ordered clothes and a stylist for the ID photo.
• Qiguan Yuan woke up and accepted the clothes delivered by Pei Yubai’s assistant.
• The stylist braided Qiguan Yuan’s silver hair to keep his face visible, and Pei Yubai watched him in admiration.

Qiguan Yuan completed his ID paperwork with Pei Yubai, then drew a crowd of fans while they were out shopping and fled through an alley into an anime convention. There, convention-goers mistook his ears and tail for cosplay, and he said his boyfriend would not allow him to take a photo with a girl.

• Pei Yubai took Qiguan Yuan to handle his ID paperwork, where Qiguan Yuan gave his name and age and learned the card would be ready in a few business days.
• Pei Yubai bought a pair of silver bells, and Qiguan Yuan hung the pouch from Pei Yubai's wrist using the Dust-Settling Red Cord.
• Passersby recognized Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai, and a crowd gathered around them until Pei Yubai had his assistant lead Qiguan Yuan away.
• Qiguan Yuan broke from the assistant and escaped the pursuing fans by opening a fissure into a corridor that led to an anime convention.
• A cosplayer mistook Qiguan Yuan's ears, hair, and tail for costume pieces, and Qiguan Yuan declined her photo request because his boyfriend would not allow it.

Qiguan Yuan sold his red cords from a roadside stall and earned enough money to travel to Listening to the Waves Mansion. He approached a taxi driver and asked to be taken there.

• Qiguan Yuan asked a girl for directions and learned that a taxi to Listening to the Waves Mansion would cost about thirty yuan.
• Qiguan Yuan borrowed a cloth from a hair-tie vendor, set up a stall, and wrote a sign offering Wealth Luck Red Threads for one yuan each.
• Passersby gathered to buy red cords and take photos of Qiguan Yuan, and he sold them all while collecting nearly eight hundred yuan.
• Qiguan Yuan returned the cloth to the vendor and gave her half of his small change as thanks.
• Qiguan Yuan walked to a taxi and asked the driver whether he would take him to Listening to the Waves Mansion.

Qiguan Yuan got lost in a film studio complex and fell asleep on a rock while Pei Yubai searched for him using the red string tied to his ring finger. Meanwhile, fans identified Qiguan Yuan in a viral post about his one-yuan red-string stall and began trying to buy the strings from customers.

• Qiguan Yuan got lost among the studio's winding paths, found a quiet place, and lay down to sleep.
• Pei Yubai learned that Qiguan Yuan had disappeared after leaving the mall and told his assistant to wait for news.
• Pei Yubai contacted Pei Zhongkang and Shen Lingyi, then arranged for more people to search for Qiguan Yuan.
• Pei Yubai followed the red string on his ring finger and drove in its direction.
• Fans of Qiguan Yuan recognized him in a viral post showing him selling red strings for one yuan each.
• Customers who had bought strings posted about them, and fans offered increasingly high prices to buy the remaining strings.

Pei Yubai learned Ji Shiyu had passed Director Song’s audition, while the group filmed a cameo at a nearby set. There, the Dust-Settling Red Cord found Qiguan Yuan asleep by a pool, and the filming crew accidentally captured him as he woke; the chapter ended with Qiguan Yuan asking why everyone was lying on the ground.

• Pei Yubai met Shen Yuzhou at the studio complex, learned Director Song had been looking for him, and went with Ji Shiyu to hear the audition result.
• Director Song gave Ji Shiyu the script and production schedule, and Meng Xu arranged for the group to film cameo roles in a web drama.
• The inexperienced guests stumbled through their scenes as disciples in a secret realm, while Pei Yubai watched Ji Shiyu’s makeup test.
• The Dust-Settling Red Cord reached Qiguan Yuan by the pool, removed his shoe and sock, and tied its silver bells around his ankle.
• The filming crew discovered Qiguan Yuan asleep on a rock and incorporated him into the scene as he woke and asked why everyone had fallen asleep on the ground.

After filming ended, Qiguan Yuan’s bare ankle and bell captivated the guests and viewers when Shen Yuzhou fetched his missing shoe. Qiguan Yuan walked barefoot toward the others, and Pei Yubai hurried over as Jiang Wantang wondered whether he had seen the livestream.

• After the director called cut, Qiguan Yuan asked Shen Yuzhou to retrieve his shoe, which had been left by the pool.
• Qiguan Yuan explained that a naughty little thing had played a prank while he slept, and the guests noticed the bell tied around his ankle.
• Meng Xu signaled the camera operator, who started a livestream that drew viewers’ attention to Qiguan Yuan and prompted an unusually suggestive chat.
• When Shen Yuzhou pointed out that the shoe was wet, Qiguan Yuan removed his other shoe and left the rock barefoot.
• Lin Yanru and Jiang Wantang commented on Qiguan Yuan’s bare feet, and Pei Yubai hurried toward them.

Pei Yubai lost the red cord while studying his script, then spotted it and its bells wrapped around Qiguan Yuan’s ankle in a livestream. He rushed to Qiguan Yuan, cared for his bare feet, and put shoes on him, while Qiguan Yuan teased him by tugging his glasses chain.

• Pei Yubai noticed the Dust-Settling Red Cord and its bells were missing after studying his script, but left to take costume photos before searching for them.
• After searching unsuccessfully, Pei Yubai saw the red cord and bells around Qiguan Yuan’s ankle in a livestream and hurried to the pool.
• Qiguan Yuan called Pei Yubai a jealous fellow, and Pei Yubai repeatedly blocked the camera from filming him.
• Pei Yubai lifted Qiguan Yuan onto a stool, cleaned his feet, put socks and shoes on him, and removed the bells.
• Qiguan Yuan pressed his toes beneath Pei Yubai’s chin, then wound the glasses chain around his finger and tugged Pei Yubai closer.

Qiguan Yuan agreed to let the web drama use his footage as the master of the secret realm, while Pei Yubai watched the cast film and gave them acting advice. After seeing Pei Yubai's interest in the shoot, Qiguan Yuan asked to watch him act in his upcoming movie, and Pei Yubai agreed.

• Qiguan Yuan teased Pei Yubai with a brief kiss, calming his jealousy, and Pei Yubai left to change out of his film costume.
• Yubai fans, Little Yuan Grains, and Taro Balls joined forces to shut down marketing accounts stirring speculation about Pei Yubai's new character.
• Qiguan Yuan accepted one hundred thousand for the web drama to keep his footage, prompting the screenwriter to revise the role and lines.
• Pei Yubai watched Shen Yuzhou and the other guests struggle through filming, then gave them blunt acting advice that helped them improve.
• Qiguan Yuan asked when Pei Yubai's movie would begin filming and whether he could watch him act, and Pei Yubai agreed.

Qiguan Yuan watched Pei Yubai film on Director Song's professional set, then met Zhen Wei, a gravely ill staff member and Xiao Yuan Grains. He gave her a marriage fortune slip and comforted her, while her severed thread of fate remained visible to him.

• Pei Yubai filmed smoothly on Director Song's set, and Qiguan Yuan praised his performance and asked when he could see the movie.
• Qiguan Yuan met staff member Zhen Wei, who nervously introduced herself as a Xiao Yuan Grains and asked for his autograph.
• Qiguan Yuan sensed Zhen Wei's illness and learned she had stomach cancer after struggling to support her grandparents and repay Director Song.
• Qiguan Yuan wrote a blessing on a marriage fortune slip and gave it to Zhen Wei, promising her good fortune and safety.
• Zhen Wei thanked Qiguan Yuan and returned to work, while he saw that her thread of fate had already been severed.

Qiguan Yuan severed Zhen Wei’s Thread of Fate and redirected her fortune to her Thread of Life, curing her illness. After learning that he had millions of fans, Qiguan Yuan joined Pei Yubai’s livestream, where viewers were stunned to see him.

• Lu Zhao discovered Zhen Wei’s Thread of Fate had been erased and asked Qiguan Yuan whether he had done it.
• Qiguan Yuan confirmed he had severed Zhen Wei’s Thread of Fate to redirect her fortune and save her life.
• Qiguan Yuan asked Pei Yubai about his fans and learned that his super topic had over eight million followers.
• Pei Yubai explained that Qiguan Yuan could connect with fans by livestreaming and started a broadcast on his own account.
• Millions of viewers entered Pei Yubai’s livestream and reacted excitedly when they saw Qiguan Yuan resting against him.