Chapter Summaries

After winning his onstage exchange with Chen Ting, Jiang Nan finished his work in Haicheng and bought Fu Jingzhou an expensive tie as a gift. He met Zhu Xia at the airport, where she questioned his claim that the tie was for his wife.

• Jiang Nan outmaneuvered Chen Ting onstage, and the audience and livestream viewers reacted enthusiastically.
• After the show, Jiang Nan dismissed Shen Anbai’s attempt to smooth things over and said that only his wife mattered to him.
• Jiang Nan planned to buy Fu Jingzhou a gift before flying home and chose a silver-gray tie at a luxury store.
• Jiang Nan paid 149,999 yuan for the tie, then joked with the cashier about his trembling hands.
• At the airport, Jiang Nan told Zhu Xia he had bought the tie for his wife, and she pointed out that it came from a menswear brand.

After learning he owed the company two hundred thousand yuan, Jiang Nan borrowed a ride home and gave Fu Jingzhou a tie. He asked Fu Jingzhou to lend him money, leaving Fu Jingzhou stunned when he requested only one thousand yuan.

• Zhu Xia told Jiang Nan that his appearance fee would go toward his two-hundred-thousand-yuan debt to the company.
• Jiang Nan had no money for a taxi, so he talked Zhu Xia into letting him ride with her to Jinghe Garden.
• Zhu Xia told Jiang Nan to attend an acting class the next afternoon and said his next job would depend on public opinion.
• Jiang Nan arrived home late and found Fu Jingzhou still awake working on documents.
• Jiang Nan gave Fu Jingzhou a silver-gray tie, then asked to borrow one thousand yuan.
• Fu Jingzhou asked whether Jiang Nan wanted one million or ten million yuan, and Jiang Nan clarified that he meant one thousand.

Jiang Nan collected spending money from Fu Jingzhou and went to Transcendent Media for acting class, where he met Song Zhusheng. Recognizing Song Zhusheng from the original novel’s tragic plot, Jiang Nan recalled how the young actor’s career and life would be destroyed, and the chapter left Song’s fate looming over their meeting.

• Fu Jingzhou agreed to transfer Jiang Nan money, and Jiang Nan accepted a thousand yuan the next day.
• Jiang Nan went to Transcendent Media for acting class and wondered whether the shabby company had trapped him in debt.
• Song Zhusheng approached Jiang Nan and introduced himself.
• Jiang Nan recognized Song Zhusheng’s name and remembered how an actor’s abuse, public exposure, and backlash would ruin Song’s career.
• Jiang Nan recalled that Song Zhusheng would eventually jump into the sea and leave a message wishing to be a fish in his next life.

Jiang Nan attended an acting class at Transcendent Company and learned more about its tiny staff. Back home, he mistook Fu Jingzhou’s younger brother Fu Xingli for his lover and sent Fu Jingzhou an accusatory message before discovering the truth.

• Jiang Nan introduced himself to the receptionist as Makka Pakka, then learned that Zhu Xia ran Transcendent Company and that it had only two artists.
• Jiang Nan discovered that Teacher Feng was the acting teacher and recognized the awkward connection between him and Zhu Xia.
• Zhu Xia told Jiang Nan to lose weight, avoid sweets and greasy food, and improve his skincare routine.
• Jiang Nan returned to the villa and found Fu Xingli, whom he assumed was Fu Jingzhou’s lover.
• Fu Xingli claimed to know Fu Jingzhou better than Jiang Nan did, and Jiang Nan offered to divorce Fu Jingzhou so they could be together.
• Jiang Nan messaged Fu Jingzhou accusing him of letting his lover visit, then learned Fu Xingli was his younger brother and could no longer unsend the message.

Fu Jingzhou went looking for Jiang Nan after receiving a message accusing him of having a lover, and found Jiang Nan and Fu Xingli drunk at a bar. After rescuing them, Fu Jingzhou took them home, while Jiang Nan continued acting like Fu Xingli’s father.

• Fu Jingzhou read Jiang Nan’s message accusing his little lover of throwing his weight around and hurried to Jinghe Garden when Jiang Nan did not reply.
• Fu Jingzhou found the living room dark, then called his secretary and went searching for Jiang Nan.
• At a bar, drunk Jiang Nan offered to be Fu Xingli’s father, and Fu Xingli happily called him Dad.
• Fu Jingzhou found them in a booth, recorded their drunken father-and-son act, and stopped Fu Xingli from calling him Mom by putting an orange in his mouth.
• Fu Jingzhou’s bodyguards helped Jiang Nan and Fu Xingli into the Maybach, where Jiang Nan offered Fu Jingzhou a sip of water before falling off the seat.

After drunkenly proposing to Fu Jingzhou, Jiang Nan forgot what he had said by morning. He argued with Fu Xingli over the last pouch of yogurt, then both noticed something behind Jiang Nan.

• Jiang Nan accidentally brushed Fu Jingzhou's lips while trying to get up.
• Jiang Nan held Fu Jingzhou's hand to his cheek and drunkenly asked him to be his wife.
• Fu Jingzhou told Jiang Nan he was drunk and dismissed his words as drunken talk.
• Jiang Nan woke with a splitting headache and no memory of what happened after he got drunk.
• Jiang Nan argued with Fu Xingli for drinking his last pouch of yogurt.
• Fu Xingli suddenly looked at something behind Jiang Nan.

At breakfast, Fu Jingzhou played a recording of Jiang Nan and Fu Xingli drunkenly calling each other father and son, then ordered Fu Xingli to stay for a week and apologize to his father. After Fu Xingli moved out, Jiang Nan relaxed at home until Fu Jingzhou reminded him about a ten o’clock appointment the next morning.

• Fu Jingzhou asked Jiang Nan and Fu Xingli how they had ended up drinking at a bar, and Jiang Nan said Fu Xingli had tempted him.
• Fu Jingzhou played a recording of their drunken conversation, revealing that Jiang Nan had called himself Fu Xingli’s father and Fu Xingli had called him Daddy.
• Fu Jingzhou ordered Fu Xingli to stay for a week and apologize to Second Uncle Fu, and arranged a tutor to help him prepare for next year’s college entrance exam.
• Jiang Nan teased Fu Xingli about studying, while 771 reminded Jiang Nan that he had scored over seven hundred on his own college entrance exam.
• After Fu Xingli moved out on Friday, Jiang Nan played games on the sofa, and Fu Jingzhou told him to be ready for a ten o’clock appointment the next morning.

Jiang Nan went golfing with Fu Jingzhou, Shangguan Feng, and Qin Feng, but hurt himself while taking his first swing. As Fu Jingzhou rushed to help, Jiang Nan jokingly called his nosebleed Fu Jingzhou’s trophy.

• Jiang Nan mistook his active pheromones for a cold, and Fu Jingzhou applied a gland patch to calm them.
• Jiang Nan and Fu Jingzhou met Shangguan Feng and Qin Feng at the golf course, where Fu Jingzhou discussed a partnership with Qin Feng.
• Fu Jingzhou told Jiang Nan that Qin Feng’s wife had run away after their arranged marriage and that Qin Feng had been sent to Africa.
• Shangguan Feng tried to teach Jiang Nan golf, but Jiang Nan swung too hard and hit his nose with the club.
• Fu Jingzhou rushed to Jiang Nan, who found he had a nosebleed and called it Fu Jingzhou’s trophy.

After Jiang Nan injured his nose, he returned to the golf course and tried to win over Fu Jingzhou’s friends, Qin Feng and Shangguan Feng. Fu Jingzhou grew quietly irritated, and Jiang Nan ended the day angry after mistaking his sarcasm for mockery.

• Jiang Nan had his nose bandaged at the golf course hospital, where he met Fu Jinchuan, whom Fu Jingzhou introduced as his nephew.
• Jiang Nan returned to the golf course despite his injury and jokingly told Fu Jingzhou that his wounds were on Fu Jingzhou’s body but the pain was in his heart.
• Jiang Nan chatted with Shangguan Feng and added Qin Feng on WeChat, while Fu Jingzhou watched him with a cold smile.
• On the drive home, Fu Jingzhou teased Jiang Nan about how happy he seemed, and Jiang Nan turned away in a huff.
• Jiang Nan stormed into the bedroom, lost a game of Honor of Kings, and complained to 771 that Fu Jingzhou had mocked him.

Fu Jingzhou apologized to Jiang Nan, and the two reconciled over dinner. Jiang Nan learned that tomorrow was Uncle Jiang’s birthday and agreed to go home, leaving the evening with his injured nose and tears he called tears of joy.

• Fu Jingzhou went upstairs after learning Jiang Nan was skipping dinner, and his friends in the group chat suggested Jiang Nan cared about him.
• Fu Jingzhou apologized to Jiang Nan, who answered with a teasing line about setting his heart on fire before agreeing to eat.
• At dinner, Fu Jingzhou told Jiang Nan that his brother wanted him to go home the next day, and Jiang Nan initially refused.
• Fu Jingzhou revealed that the next day was Uncle Jiang’s birthday, so Jiang Nan said he had been joking and planned to go home.
• Jiang Nan dropped his phone onto his injured nose, cried from the pain, and insisted the tears were from joy.

Jiang Nan learned that the original host had spent most of his time away from the Jiang Family, easing his fear that they would notice he was different. After joking with Fu Jingzhou, he arrived at the Jiang Family’s villa and prepared to face his supposed relatives.

• Jiang Nan worried that the Jiang Family would notice someone else had taken over the original host’s body, and 771 explained that the host had rarely gone home since middle school.
• Jiang Nan complimented Fu Jingzhou’s looks and followed the compliment with a duck-themed pun, earning a swat on the head.
• Fu Jingzhou told Jiang Nan that Old Yang was waiting outside, and Jiang Nan left with him for the Jiang Family’s home.
• Jiang Nan reviewed the Jiang Family’s background with 771 during the drive to South Bridge Cloud Lane.
• Jiang Nan arrived at Villa Seventeen and found the Jiang Family waiting at the entrance.

Jiang Nan visited his parents with Fu Jingzhou and began to feel at home with the family. He traded teasing insults with Jiang Qingye, who left him with messy hair, while the chapter ended with Fu Jingzhou gently steering him away from eating more chocolate.

• Jiang Nan called Jiang Qingyuan and Song Huishi Dad and Mom for the first time, then teased Jiang Qingye when his older brother challenged his place in the family.
• Jiang Qingyuan and Fu Jingzhou discussed how the Jiang Group and Fu Group could benefit from their business partnership.
• Jiang Nan and Jiang Qingye sulked at each other until Jiang Nan talked back and Jiang Qingye grabbed his chin.
• Song Huishi scolded Jiang Qingye and gave Jiang Nan chocolates, then Jiang Qingye ruffled Jiang Nan's carefully styled hair before leaving to join the business discussion.
• Jiang Nan ate half the plate of chocolates, and Fu Jingzhou patted his head and told him to have more the next day.

Jiang Nan found the original owner's diary and learned that he had been in love with Fu Jinchuan while resenting Fu Jingzhou. Back at Jinghe Garden, Jiang Nan suddenly became feverish and clung to Fu Jingzhou, ending with a kiss.

• Jiang Nan found the original owner's diary, which described his devotion to Fu Jinchuan and his hatred of Fu Jingzhou over the arranged marriage.
• Jiang Nan hid the diary under his mattress after returning to Jinghe Garden, while 771 fell silent.
• Fu Jingzhou ended his meeting with the overseas branch after noticing the palmarosa scent growing stronger.
• Fu Jingzhou found Jiang Nan flushed and feverish in bed and asked whether he was in heat.
• Jiang Nan grabbed Fu Jingzhou, pressed against him, and kissed him despite Fu Jingzhou trying to push him away.

After Jiang Nan kissed Fu Jingzhou while feverish, Fu Jingzhou learned that his pheromones were pushing Jiang Nan toward Omega differentiation and was told to keep his distance. Jiang Nan woke in the hospital, remembered the kiss, and hesitated before opening Fu Jingzhou’s message.

• Jiang Nan kissed Fu Jingzhou while dazed with fever, and Fu Jingzhou pushed him down before calling Shangguan Feng.
• Shangguan Feng told Fu Jingzhou that their high pheromone compatibility was changing Jiang Nan’s glands and that keeping his distance could help him remain an Alpha.
• Jiang Nan lost consciousness after an injection and stayed in a hospital room while Fu Jingzhou watched him from behind glass.
• Jiang Nan woke in the hospital, recalled kissing Fu Jingzhou, and panicked over how awkward it felt.
• Jiang Nan checked his messages and hesitated before opening the chat with Fu Jingzhou.

After recovering in Shangguan Feng’s hospital, Jiang Nan returned to his social media and prepared to resume work. He left the hospital with Uncle He and Old Yang, joking about bel canto and Honor of Kings while declaring that he had given his heart to Zhouzhou.

• Jiang Nan accepted Zhu Xia’s invitation for him to appear on the puzzle-solving show "Boundless Dreamscape" and called her back after ignoring her messages.
• Shangguan Feng brought Jiang Nan medical gland patches and told him his unstable pheromones were normal during puberty, then reported to Fu Jingzhou that Jiang Nan was energetic and happy.
• Fu Jingzhou read Shangguan Feng’s message overseas and coldly ordered the meeting to continue.
• Jiang Nan reviewed the original owner’s Weibo, saw the hostile comments on an ambiguous post about Luo Hang and Shen Anbai, changed the account’s username, and logged out.
• Jiang Nan was discharged and met Uncle He and Old Yang at the hospital; he joked with Uncle He about bel canto and agreed to play Honor of Kings with him.
• Jiang Nan told Old Yang that he had given his heart to Zhouzhou, and Uncle He praised his love for Young Master.

Boundless Dreamscape announced Jiang Nan as a guest, and his boastful Weibo profile and combative replies drew widespread ridicule. After the show’s production team asked Zhu Xia to rein him in, his cleanup attempt only pushed him further up the trending list.

• Boundless Dreamscape announced Shen Xingli, Shen Anbai, Luo Hang, Li Xueying, Qiu Wen, and Jiang Nan as guests for its next episode.
• Viewers mocked Jiang Nan’s Little Immortal Nan display name, Dark Balala Fairy Xiaoyue profile picture, and bio, while Zhu Xia discovered the trending hashtag Shameless.
• Zhu Xia called Jiang Nan and told him to check his comments and repost the show’s announcement.
• Jiang Nan reposted the announcement, then argued with commenters from his main account and insulted a fan who threatened his family.
• The production team called Zhu Xia and asked her to rein in Jiang Nan, but the hashtag #Little Immortal Nan cleans up the comments# had already reached fifth place.

Jiang Nan prepared for a livestreamed variety show while thinking about Fu Jingzhou and meeting fellow guest Shen Xingli. Shen Xingli showed an unusual interest in Jiang Nan, leaving Jiang Nan confused as the other guests prepared to arrive.

• After Zhu Xia stopped the online war, Jiang Nan wondered about Fu Jingzhou and messaged him, only to get a cold reply.
• Jiang Nan learned Song Zhusheng had taken a tutoring job with a high school student repeating the year, and Zhu Xia reminded Jiang Nan to touch up and shorten his pink hair.
• The day before filming, Luo Hang’s manager warned him to be careful around Jiang Nan and Shen Anbai, while Luo Hang brooded over an unrequited affair.
• Jiang Nan arrived early at the production dinner and met Shen Xingli, who invited him to sit nearby and asked to add him on WeChat.
• After learning Jiang Nan was twenty, Shen Xingli mused that he wished Jiang Nan were a year younger so Fu Jingzhou would be three years older than him.

Jiang Nan rebuffed Shen Anbai, attended dinner with the other guests, and accepted a ride from Luo Hang. Luo Hang asked about Jiang Nan’s relationship with someone and then reacted badly when Jiang Nan said he was married.

• Shen Xingli joked about Jiang Nan’s age, then messaged Fu Jingzhou about Jiang Nan’s sharp tongue and teased him in their private chat.
• Shen Anbai arrived, but Jiang Nan rejected his attempts to act familiar, and Shen Xingli privately admitted he did not like Shen Anbai either.
• Qiu Wen, Li Xueying, and Luo Hang joined the group for dinner, where Luo Hang stayed quiet and stared at Jiang Nan after Jiang Nan accidentally splashed cola on his hand.
• Shen Xingli offered Jiang Nan a ride, but Jiang Nan declined and went outside to hail a taxi after the others left.
• Luo Hang threatened to post ugly photos of Jiang Nan unless he got in his car, then asked if Jiang Nan was still in touch with someone and whether he was single.
• Jiang Nan said he was married, and Luo Hang’s expression turned ugly.

Jiang Nan suspected Luo Hang liked Fu Jinchuan, then exchanged teasing messages with Fu Jingzhou before joining the livestream recording of “Hope High School.” As filming began, Song Zhusheng defended Jiang Nan online and was caught using his phone by Fu Xingli, who soon teased him instead of staying angry.

• Luo Hang reacted badly when Jiang Nan advised him not to fixate on one person, and Jiang Nan later ran into Shen Xingli as he got out of Luo Hang’s car.
• Jiang Nan and 771 guessed that Luo Hang liked Fu Jinchuan, while Shen Xingli’s message prompted Fu Jingzhou to contact Jiang Nan from overseas.
• Jiang Nan flirted with Fu Jingzhou over messages, and Fu Jingzhou reminded him to sleep early before filming the next morning.
• Viewers filled the livestream chat with praise for the other cast members, so Song Zhusheng posted a comment looking forward to Jiang Nan and was insulted by other commenters.
• Fu Xingli caught Song Zhusheng scrolling on his phone, but after Song Zhusheng apologized, Fu Xingli sat beside him and teased him about blushing.

During the Boundless Dreamscape livestream, Jiang Nan’s classroom seemed peaceful until the bell rang and his deskmate behaved in a disturbing, possibly inhuman way. Jiang Nan’s romance novel under his history textbook briefly broke the tension, but the deskmate’s unnaturally long fingernails left the danger unresolved.

• The livestream showed Li Xueying, Shen Xingli, Shen Anbai, Qiu Wen, Luo Hang, and Jiang Nan in class as viewers speculated about their behavior.
• After class ended, a scream rang through the school, and Jiang Nan’s sleepy deskmate asked him for a tissue.
• Jiang Nan jokingly suggested that his deskmate tear a page from his textbook, and the NPC did exactly that before smiling strangely and licking up his drool.
• Jiang Nan stood up and dropped his history textbook, revealing the romance novel hidden inside it and prompting viewers to laugh at his choice of reading material.
• The deskmate returned Jiang Nan’s textbook and rested his fingers on Jiang Nan’s hand, where Jiang Nan noticed his fingernails were extremely long.