Chapter Summaries

Shen Anbai tried to use a rumor about Jiang Nan and Fu Jinchuan to enlist Lin Cheng’s help, but Lin Cheng rejected him and blocked his number. At home, Shen Anbai’s mother reacted intensely to seeing Jiang Nan on television, while Jiang Nan and Fu Jingzhou teased each other until new messages hinted that another problem had arisen.

• Shen Anbai told Lin Cheng that Jiang Nan liked Shen Anbai’s boyfriend, Fu Jinchuan, but Lin Cheng dismissed the claim and blocked him.
• Shen Anbai argued with his mother over dinner and complained that she had failed to prepare the house for his return.
• Shen Anbai’s mother watched Confess, Right Now and reacted emotionally when Jiang Nan appeared on the television.
• Jiang Nan traded teasing messages with his brother, Jiang Qingye, and Fu Jingzhou playfully accused him of trying to make him jealous.
• Jiang Nan received several messages from Zhu Xia and told Fu Jingzhou that he wanted to retire and be kept by him.

Jiang Qingye saw online comments questioning Jiang Nan’s relationship with Fu Jingzhou and told his assistant to respond. The Jiang Group publicly confirmed Jiang Nan’s wealthy family background, leaving the internet in an uproar.

• Jiang Qingye compared Luo Hang’s newly black hair to Jiang Nan’s, prompting Luo Hang to complain jealously.
• Jiang Qingye browsed Weibo and saw commenters speculate about why Fu Jingzhou would choose Jiang Nan and whether Jiang Nan could handle life in a wealthy family.
• Jiang Qingye messaged his assistant, deciding that outsiders should not be allowed to bully Jiang Nan, who was still part of the Jiang Family.
• The Jiang Group posted that its second young master had been ugly and rebellious, but never poor, and tagged Little Immortal Nan.
• The Jiang Group’s post stirred up a huge reaction online.

After the Jiang Group revealed Jiang Nan’s identity, he worried about the coming real-and-fake young master plot and his relationship with Fu Jingzhou. The couple began their livestream the next morning as Shen Anbai’s jealousy of Jiang Nan deepened.

• Jiang Nan saw the Jiang Group’s post exposing him and defended his decision to keep his family background private to Zhu Xia.
• Jiang Nan caught Fu Jingzhou looking at the original owner’s old makeup photos and stormed off in anger.
• Shen Anbai learned Jiang Nan had married Fu Jingzhou and wished Jiang Nan would die so he could have a chance with Fu Jingzhou.
• Fu Jingzhou coaxed Jiang Nan out of his anger, and the couple started their livestream, drawing a huge audience.
• Jiang Nan greeted the viewers, objected to comments saying he could give birth, and ate boiled eggs with Fu Jingzhou.
• Mother Shen called Shen Anbai to breakfast, and he opened his door irritated after she knocked repeatedly.

Shen Anbai noticed Mother Shen’s strange reaction to a television show and searched her account book after she left for the hospital. He found a diary entry about someone called Nannan, leaving him to fear that his parents had hidden something about his childhood.

• Mother Shen served Shen Anbai breakfast, but he rejected her boiled egg and turned on the television.
• Shen Anbai watched Jiang Nan casually mention that Jiang Qingye could come cook for them, while Mother Shen dropped and shattered her bowl as she stared at the screen.
• Mother Shen packed food for Father Shen at the hospital and left after Shen Anbai said A-Chuan would take him out to eat.
• Shen Anbai searched his parents’ bedroom and found Mother Shen’s account book hidden under her coat.
• Shen Anbai discovered that the back of the account book was Mother Shen’s diary and read an entry describing a visit to Nannan’s school.
• Shen Anbai wondered why Mother Shen called Nannan so affectionately and feared that his parents had concealed something from him.

Shen Anbai discovered clues that he might be the Jiang Family’s son, sought to verify his gold lock, and broke up with Fu Jinchuan. Jiang Nan received a warning from Lin Cheng about Shen Anbai, and after the variety-show guests began their break, Jiang Qingye headed out for a family gathering before someone stopped him.

• Shen Anbai read his mother’s account book, suspected he was the Jiang Family’s young master, and took his gold lock to a jewelry store to have it checked.
• Shen Anbai told Fu Jinchuan he wanted to break up, believing his possible Jiang Family identity made Fu Jingzhou the better choice.
• Lin Cheng added Jiang Nan on WeChat and warned him that Shen Anbai might smear him because Shen Anbai thought Jiang Nan liked Fu Jinchuan.
• Jiang Nan continued working, livestreaming, and studying during the guests’ week off from filming the travel variety show.
• Jiang Qingye approved extra funding for the travel variety show, learned Luo Hang had gone to film a variety show, and was stopped by someone as he left the building.

Shen Anbai claimed to Jiang Qingye that he was the Jiang Family’s real second young master, but Jiang Qingye only agreed to look into the claim after seeing his gold lock. Shen Anbai then returned home and insisted on breaking up with Fu Jinchuan, leaving Fu stunned by his decision.

• Shen Anbai confronted Jiang Qingye and claimed he was his real younger brother while Jiang Nan was an impostor.
• Jiang Qingye examined Shen Anbai’s gold lock, recognized it as one made for the Jiang family, and told Shen Anbai he would contact him later rather than take him to meet their parents.
• Jiang Qingye returned to the old residence, where Jiang Nan greeted him cheerfully and complained to Father Jiang and Fu Jingzhou that Jiang Qingye had damaged his sweater.
• Shen Anbai returned to the Shen family apartment and told Fu Jinchuan that he no longer loved him, but Fu Jinchuan kissed him and refused to accept the breakup.
• Shen Anbai told Fu Jinchuan he had found his biological parents, then insisted they break up and said he would have his mark removed.

Shen Anbai and Fu Jinchuan ended their relationship after Shen Anbai insisted he meant what he said, leaving both men unsettled. Later, Jiang Nan and Fu Jingzhou began filming the travel segment of "After the Honeymoon Phase," and a masked man approached them at Fu Group.

• Shen Anbai confirmed that he truly wanted to break up, and Fu Jinchuan agreed, realizing that his heart hurt at the thought of losing him.
• Jiang Nan and Fu Jingzhou began a promotional livestream on their way to Fu Group before filming the travel segment.
• Jiang Nan told viewers that his manager had arranged for a makeup artist to work on him and Fu Jingzhou, recounting how the artist tried to apply false eyelashes and eyeliner to Fu Jingzhou.
• After Jiang Nan teased that he wanted to be a tree so he could fall into Fu Jingzhou's hands and put down roots, Fu Jingzhou replied that heaven might grant his wish if he reincarnated.
• At Fu Group's lobby, a masked man in a trench coat walked straight up to Jiang Nan and Fu Jingzhou.

Shen Anbai confronted Jiang Nan and Fu Jingzhou on a livestream, claiming Jiang Nan had stolen his life and that he was meant to marry Fu Jingzhou. His accusation shocked the Shens and Mother Jiang, who began to suspect the truth about Jiang Nan’s identity.

• Shen Anbai appeared on Jiang Nan’s livestream, removed his mask, and insisted that Jiang Nan return what he had stolen.
• Fu Jingzhou rejected Shen Anbai’s familiarity, held Jiang Nan’s hand, and called for security while mocking Shen Anbai’s claim.
• Shen Anbai announced on camera that he was the Jiang Family’s child and Jiang Nan had stolen his life.
• Father Shen dropped his porridge while watching the broadcast, and Mother Shen realized her missing account book was connected to Shen Anbai’s claim.
• Mother Jiang recognized a resemblance between Shen Anbai and Jiang Qingye, then called someone after seeing Jiang Nan on screen.

Shen Anbai claimed on a livestream that he was the Jiang Family’s real child and Jiang Nan had stolen his life, setting off a viral real-versus-fake young master controversy. Fu Jingzhou dismissed Shen Anbai’s evidence and declared that even if Shen had been the one in the arranged marriage, he would never have agreed.

• Luo Hang tried to break up with Jiang Qingye, but gave in when Jiang Qingye refused to let him go.
• Mother Jiang called Jiang Qingye and told him someone was claiming to be the Jiang Family’s child on Jiang Nan and Zhouzhou’s show, so he agreed to handle it.
• Shen Anbai announced during the livestream that Jiang Nan was a thief who had stolen his life, and his fans and online gossip accounts spread the claim.
• Shen Anbai showed the livestream a photo of his little gold lock as proof and said Jiang Qingye already knew about it.
• Fu Jingzhou asked whether Shen Anbai had been to the hospital, then said Jiang Nan mattered to him and he would never have agreed to marry Shen.

Shen Anbai confronted Jiang Nan over their family histories, then rejected Mother Shen when she arrived at the Fu Group lobby. Mother Shen’s connection to Jiang Nan became clearer, but the chapter ended with Shen Anbai accusing her of neglecting his feelings.

• Shen Anbai told Fu Jingzhou he would accept marrying him despite it being a second marriage, and Jiang Nan challenged Shen Anbai over his relationship with Fu Jinchuan.
• Mother Shen arrived at the lobby, and Shen Anbai shouted that she was not his mother.
• Jiang Nan recognized Mother Shen as the cleaner he had met at the airport and wondered if she was his birth mother.
• Fu Jingzhou signaled for the receptionist to leave, while viewers discussed Mother Shen’s difficult work and poverty.
• Shen Anbai accused Mother Shen of tracking Jiang Nan and recalled feeling ashamed when she sold fried skewers near his school; Mother Shen tearfully asked if he truly thought she had never cared for him.

Shen Anbai accused Mother Shen of neglecting him and demanded to know whether she had given birth to him. When she insisted she had, Shen Anbai challenged her about an account book that showed Jiang Nan calling her Mom, and a man entering the hall offered to explain.

• Shen Anbai confronted Mother Shen about his unhappy childhood and accused her of never treating him well.
• Mother Shen explained that the family could not afford a piano and that she had asked Shen Anbai for money to pay for his father's surgery.
• Viewers criticized Shen Anbai in the livestream, while some commenters discussed childhood hardship and unequal opportunities.
• Shen Anbai asked Mother Shen whether she had given birth to him, and she answered firmly that she had.
• Shen Anbai challenged Mother Shen about the account book in which Jiang Nan had called her Mom.
• A man entered the hall and said he would give Shen Anbai the answer.

Jiang Qingye explained that Jiang Nan and Shen Anbai had been switched after a kidnapping, and Mother Shen admitted she had placed Jiang Nan’s gold lock on her own son. Shen Anbai rejected the revelation, leaving his family history and identity in turmoil.

• Jiang Qingye arrived during the livestream and revealed that Jiang Nan and Shen Anbai had both been kidnapped as toddlers and could not be distinguished after their rescue.
• Mother Shen confessed that she had put Jiang Nan’s gold lock on Shen Anbai, causing the families to mistake the boys for each other.
• Mother Shen recalled how Mother Jiang later found her with Jiang Nan and identified him as her own child after a DNA test.
• Mother Shen said she had refused the Jiang family’s payment, then Shen Anbai frantically called her account a lie.

Jiang Nan learned that he had completed his second mission and grew sad at the thought that 771 might eventually leave, while Shen Anbai’s public scandal ended his career. The group traveled to Winter City Province for the variety show, where Jiang Nan enjoyed skiing and other activities with Fu Jingzhou.

• Jiang Qingye and Fu Jingzhou ended Shen Anbai’s confrontation by having security remove him, and Jiang Nan shut off the livestream.
• Jiang Nan learned from 771 that Shen Anbai’s false-young-master storyline had been added after the world formed, and that he had completed his second mission.
• Jiang Nan worried that 771 would leave after all his missions were complete, but 771 promised to visit him during annual leave.
• Jiang Nan traveled with Fu Jingzhou and the other guests to Winter City Province, where Song Zhusheng told him that the entertainment industry had blacklisted Shen Anbai.
• Jiang Nan learned to ski with Fu Jingzhou, built a snowman, soaked in a hot spring, and sampled new snacks.

After losing his company and support, Fu Jinchuan reunited with Shen Anbai, who believed Fu could still become powerful again. Jiang Nan received his self-study bachelor's diploma and learned that Luo Hang was preparing to meet his parents, while he and Fu Jingzhou discussed their filmed show and shared a kiss at home.

• Jiang Nan rejected Fu Jinchuan's claim that he still loved him, and Fu Jinchuan turned to Shen Anbai after realizing he still had him.
• Shen Anbai welcomed Fu Jinchuan back and agreed to hide him while Fu claimed he was working on a deal that could make his company replace the Fu Group.
• Jiang Nan received his self-study bachelor's diploma and accepted Luo Hang's friend request, then helped him choose a gift for Jiang Nan's parents.
• Jiang Nan told Fu Jingzhou that Jiang Qingye was taking Luo Hang home, and they talked about their upcoming show's premiere and livestream.
• Fu Jingzhou teased Jiang Nan about his yogurt before kissing him.

The first episode of After the Honeymoon Phase aired, showing the guests on their way to a ski resort and drawing viewers’ attention to the couples’ dynamics. The episode left off as the camera cut from Jiang Nan sleeping against Fu Jingzhou to an overhead view of the resort.

• Zhou Shanshan started watching the premiere and messaged Jiang Nan and Song Zhusheng about it.
• The bus footage showed Qiao Haiyue and Xiao Yu sitting close together, while viewers recalled how Xiao Yu had let Qiao Haiyue go before they reconciled and married.
• Lin Cheng posed for the cameras beside Yan Ling, and Zhou Shanshan asked Jiang Nan whether Lin Cheng had spoken to Xu Lan’s partner; Jiang Nan said he had said no more than three sentences.
• The camera showed Jiang Nan asleep against Fu Jingzhou as viewers teased him and admired Fu Jingzhou.
• The episode cut from the bus to an overhead view of the ski resort.

Lin Cheng watched the ski-resort footage and grew jealous of Jiang Nan’s easy affection with Fu Jingzhou. Meanwhile, Shen Anbai and Fu Jinchuan struggled through another cheap dinner, leaving Fu Jinchuan to compare their instant noodles with the lavish meal on television.

• Lin Cheng pretended to fear skiing with Yan Ling, then watched his segment at home and switched off the television after becoming angry about Jiang Nan.
• Shen Anbai watched Jiang Nan smile on television and quietly knocked on the bedroom door, but Fu Jinchuan angrily told him not to bother him.
• Fu Jinchuan emerged from the bedroom hungry and learned that Shen Anbai had only instant noodles and one grilled sausage for dinner.
• Fu Jinchuan ate the sausage and told Shen Anbai to take the pickled mustard greens noodles, then claimed they would soon escape their predicament.
• Fu Jinchuan saw Jiang Nan feed peeled shrimp to Fu Jingzhou on television while he and Shen Anbai ate instant noodles.

Shen Anbai discovered that Fu Jinchuan had deceived him about his debts and attacked Jiang Nan, leaving him critically injured. Three days later, Jiang Nan woke in the hospital, recoiled from Fu Jingzhou, and told him not to touch him.

• Fu Jinchuan persuaded Shen Anbai to spend his dwindling money on meals while claiming he was preparing to make a comeback.
• After Shen Anbai demanded a deadline, he agreed to wait another week and went to retrieve luxury goods he had stored with someone else so he could sell them.
• Jiang Nan met Shen Anbai outside the residential complex and revealed that Fu Jinchuan had gone bankrupt and owed an enormous debt.
• Furious that Fu Jinchuan had used him, Shen Anbai threw his bags aside, attacked Jiang Nan, and struck him in the head with a rock; an emergency system announced that its host had lost a life.
• Fu Jingzhou learned Jiang Nan had vanished, and Fu Xingli and Song Zhusheng found a group-chat photo showing him in the complex pool.
• Three days later, Jiang Nan woke in the hospital, rejected Fu Jingzhou's attempt to hold his hand, and said, "Don't touch me!"

Jiang Nan woke in his original world after Shen Anbai struck him, and Little Black Ball explained that Jiang Nan had originally come from this world and that the Heavenly Dao had made a copy of him to fulfill the story’s plot. The chapter ended with Little Black Ball saying it had come to protect him.

• Jiang Nan woke in the body of the original Jiang Nan and asked Zhang Tianci to take him home.
• Jiang Nan entered the apartment, panicked when he could not reach 771, and eventually heard Little Black Ball respond.
• Little Black Ball told Jiang Nan that Shen Anbai had killed him and that the Heavenly Dao had wanted him dead.
• Little Black Ball explained that Jiang Nan had originally belonged to this world and had been replaced by a copy after birth.
• Little Black Ball said the copy was meant to fall in love with Fu Jinchuan and revealed that it existed to protect Jiang Nan.

Jiang Nan learned he could return to his own world soon, visited the director who raised him, and dreamed of Fu Jingzhou shackling the original Jiang Nan. He covered the house with insults about Fu Jinchuan, then returned to Fu Jingzhou’s world and called him Zhouzhou.

• Little Black Ball told Jiang Nan that Shen Anbai had lost his protagonist halo and promised to send him home in three days.
• Jiang Nan visited his late adoptive mother’s grave and told her about his happy marriage to Fu Jingzhou.
• Zhang Tianci delivered local specialties, and Jiang Nan remarked that he resembled Fu Jinchuan.
• Jiang Nan dreamed that Fu Jingzhou chained the original Jiang Nan, who cursed him and declared his love for Fu Jinchuan.
• Jiang Nan learned he could return the following night and covered his home with notes insulting Fu Jinchuan and defending his wife.
• Fu Jingzhou returned to find Jiang Nan refusing food, and Jiang Nan sat up and called him Zhouzhou.

Jiang Nan reunited with Fu Jingzhou after three days away, but Fu Jingzhou kept him chained to the bed and insisted he stay by his side. After Jiang Nan learned Shen Anbai’s case was going to court, he realized the bandage on his forehead covered an injury from being struck with a rock.

• Fu Jingzhou recognized Jiang Nan when he heard him say his name, embraced him, and carried him to the bedroom after unlocking his chain.
• Fu Jingzhou and Jiang Nan reunited intimately, and Fu Jingzhou admitted he had missed Jiang Nan and feared losing him.
• Fu Jingzhou brought Jiang Nan dinner and said he could give him anything as long as he stayed; Jiang Nan asked for a divorce, and Fu Jingzhou refused.
• Jiang Nan ate and later kissed the sleeping Fu Jingzhou, understanding that his fear had driven him to chain Jiang Nan up.
• Jiang Nan messaged Song Zhusheng, who said Shen Anbai would likely face court after striking Jiang Nan with a rock.
• Jiang Nan noticed the bandage on his forehead and realized Fu Jingzhou had been gentle because of his injury, with the hair over it shaved off.