Chapter Summaries

Qu Feng’s memories of a fatal past-life mistake resurfaced as he learned that Wen Jiu was being targeted during a performance. He rushed back to protect him, but an explicit video was played onstage while Wen Jiu was singing.

• Qu Feng left the set after entrusting Wen Jiu to Feng Chi, then froze when Gu Xun’s face triggered memories of a crash and a painful past.
• Qu Feng remembered how he and Wen Jiu had once been a celebrated manager-and-star duo, and how he had failed to stay by Wen Jiu’s side when danger struck.
• Before Wen Jiu’s performance, Qu Feng left to handle trouble at Starlight Entertainment and told Meng Xiao to escort Wen Jiu out safely afterward.
• Lin Changfeng called Qu Feng and warned him that a sudden wave of damaging stories was targeting Wen Jiu, urging him to return at once.
• Meng Xiao called to report that someone had played an explicit video while Wen Jiu was performing, leaving the audience in chaos as Wen Jiu remained onstage.

Qu Feng and Meng Xiao tried to protect Wen Jiu after a coordinated online smear campaign interrupted his performance, but Wen Jiu later disappeared and was reported dead. His final Weibo post explained his past harassment by Li Peiqi and said he no longer had the courage to face the stage.

• Qu Feng and Meng Xiao pieced together how a gossip account had primed the public with insinuations about Wen Jiu before releasing a video that sparked outrage.
• Qu Feng apologized to Wen Jiu for leaving him alone onstage, then suspended his appearances and told him to stay in his apartment while the company handled the rumors.
• Qu Feng worked through the nights on crisis management while Meng Xiao cared for Wen Jiu, who gradually resumed practicing singing and dancing.
• Wen Jiu secretly left his apartment for the cemetery and disappeared without his phone, prompting Qu Feng to rush toward the East Sea after surveillance suggested Wen Jiu had gone there.
• Meng Xiao called Qu Feng and told him Wen Jiu was dead, and Qu Feng found Wen Jiu's final Weibo post explaining his refusal to submit to Li Peiqi and his loss of courage to face the stage.

Qu Feng remembered that Pei Xu, now living as Gu Xun, had been near his fatal accident and warned Feng Chi that he might be behind their previous lives’ events. Feng Chi and Gu Xun both ordered their people to wait until filming wrapped, while Wen Jiu’s questions about Feng Chi’s death gave way to an intimate encounter.

• Qu Feng recalled seeing scarred Gu Xun near the road before his death and called Feng Chi to warn him that Gu Xun might be the mastermind.
• Feng Chi identified Gu Xun as Pei Xu, the Pei Family’s illegitimate son, and told Qu Feng he would wait until filming ended before killing him.
• Gu Xun ordered his men to stand by at the film studio complex, then changed his instructions to wait until filming wrapped.
• Wen Jiu read the script with little Feng Chi, grew emotional over Mu Xiao’s loss, and asked Feng Chi how he had died in his previous life.
• Feng Chi emerged from the shower and coaxed Wen Jiu into helping him, leaving Wen Jiu flustered.

Wen Jiu and Feng Chi shared affectionate moments at home and on the filming set, while their dating-show fans watched and reacted. Filming then shifted to a scene in which Wen Jiu’s character Wen Yan lay blind and ill as Yu Qing and Mu Xiao concealed the truth about his condition.

• Wen Jiu left the light on after Feng Chi teased him, then fell asleep exhausted while Feng Chi held him and worried he might recover memories of the past.
• The crew filmed outtakes for the dating show, and fans eagerly anticipated more interactions between Feng Chi and Wen Jiu.
• Wen Jiu greeted livestream viewers before filming, and Feng Chi brought him soy milk and shared his drink through the same straw.
• Wen Jiu filmed a scene as the pale, blind Wen Yan while Yu Qing examined him and told Mu Xiao that his sight would return within half a month.
• Yu Qing signaled Mu Xiao to leave the room, and Wen Yan silently touched the silk over his eyes after hearing their exchange.

Mu Xiao learned that Wen Yan’s health was dangerously depleted and promised to help him recover, while Wen Yan asked Mu Xiao to be his eyes. In the modern filming scenes, Wen Jiu soothed Feng Chi’s jealousy with kisses, leaving him eager for more.

• Yu Qing told Mu Xiao that Wen Yan’s poison had cleared but warned that overwork, injuries, and lack of sleep had severely weakened him.
• Mu Xiao promised to follow Yu Qing’s treatment conditions and later reassured Wen Yan that he would manage affairs while Wen Yan rested.
• Wen Yan asked Mu Xiao to be his eyes, and the next morning an edict appointed Mu Xiao prince regent.
• After filming, Wen Xiaojiu cried over his character’s death and Feng Chi grew jealous when he heard Wen Jiu call out for Mu Xiao.
• Wen Jiu apologized for snapping at Feng Chi and kissed him twice to make him behave, while Zhang Guozhong planned to share the footage.

During a filming break, Wen Jiu and Feng Chi acted out an intimate scene as Wen Yan and Mu Xiao, but a gust from the director’s blower ruined the take. Wen Jiu tried to use the mishap to get a spicy feast, only for Qu Feng to arrive with a healthier meal; Feng Chi promised to cook Wen Jiu’s favorites after filming.

• Mu Xiao gazed at Wen Yan beneath the peach tree, but Zhang Guozhong’s blower sent blossoms and clothing flying and ruined the take.
• Wen Jiu demanded compensation from Zhang Guozhong and persuaded him to order a spicy feast, with Feng Chi backing him by saying he listened to his wife.
• Wen Jiu told his livestream viewers that the production was treating him to a feast while he waited for the food.
• Qu Feng arrived with nutritious dishes, and Wen Jiu complained as the crew shared the spicy food he had ordered.
• Feng Chi promised to make Wen Jiu’s favorite food after filming, and Wen Jiu kissed him in delight.

Wen Jiu and Feng Chi finished filming the tragic story of Emperor Wen Yan and Prince Regent Mu Xiao, whose devotion endured through war, death, and old age. After the director called wrap, the two actors broke down in each other’s arms and kissed.

• Wen Yan accepted the marriage arranged by Mu Xiao but spent his wedding night discussing affairs of state with him instead of joining his bride.
• Wen Yan was fatally stabbed by Wu Qingshan, the Grand Tutor, and died remembering Mu Xiao.
• After Wen Yan’s death, Mu Xiao subdued the Northern and Southern Frontiers and later praised Wen Jingyao as an enlightened ruler before dying of illness.
• The director called the filming complete, and Wen Jiu sobbed as Feng Chi held and comforted him.
• Feng Chi cupped Wen Jiu’s tearful face and kissed him fiercely.

After finishing the film, Wen Jiu fell asleep in Feng Chi’s arms and dreamed of Feng Chi drowning in blood before a disturbing video appeared during a concert. He convulsed and went into shock, so Feng Chi rushed him to a hospital and called Feng Yuan for help.

• Zhang Guozhong found Wen Jiu sobbing in Feng Chi’s arms after filming, and Feng Chi carried him back to the hotel to rest.
• Wen Jiu dreamed that Feng Chi, wounded and bloodied, walked into the sea, then found himself singing onstage as an incriminating video appeared on the screen.
• Wen Jiu heard a voice resembling his own call someone “Master,” panicked, and collapsed into convulsions in his sleep.
• Feng Chi wrapped Wen Jiu in a blanket, rushed him out of the hotel, and told Zhang Guozhong to contact a private hospital.
• Feng Chi called Feng Yuan, who learned that Wen Jiu had gone into shock and hurried to the hospital as Shen Qianshan asked what had happened.

After Wen Jiu was publicly slandered, he hid at home while his fans tried to expose the fabricated evidence and were attacked online. He found comfort in the trophies proving his achievements and chose to keep practicing singing.

• Meng Xiao and Qu Feng rescued Wen Jiu from the chaos after his performance was interrupted and brought him to his apartment.
• Wen Jiu hid in his bedroom as online accusations and abusive messages flooded in.
• A prominent fan examined the video and found evidence that the voice and person shown were not Wen Jiu, but most people dismissed the fans’ defense.
• Wen Jiu recognized that a former coworker had twisted an old absence from set into an accusation, but he could not explain that he had gone to visit Yu Qing and Shen Yu.
• Wen Jiu looked at his trophies, reminded himself that his accomplishments were real, and began preparing to practice singing.

After trauma left him unable to sing, Wen Jiu broke down alone and went to his mother’s grave, unsure where else he could go. He then took a taxi toward the East Sea and confronted Pei Xu, who was arranging to meet him.

• Wen Jiu tried repeatedly to sing “Against the Light,” but the voices and memories overwhelmed him, and he told his mother he never wanted to sing again.
• Meng Xiao found Wen Jiu’s lunch untouched and the practice room in disarray, then called Qu Feng to report that Wen Jiu was missing.
• Wen Jiu visited his mother’s grave, said he was lonely and tired, and left for the East Sea with cash instead of his phone.
• Wen Jiu realized the taxi driver was taking him to someone who had helped him escape unnoticed and challenged the driver about the plan.
• Pei Xu spoke to Wen Jiu through the driver’s phone, admitted he wanted to destroy him, and agreed to come meet him.
• Wen Jiu ended the call, turned off the phone, and told the driver to hurry so he could avoid Pei Xu’s perverted boss.

Wen Jiu drowned himself after believing he had been driven to the end, then witnessed Feng Chi grieving him and publicly confessing his love. Feng Chi vowed to punish those who had harmed Wen Jiu and accepted the price of losing him.

• Wen Jiu entered the sea and drowned himself, hoping the ocean would wash away the pain and preserve his dignity.
• Wen Jiu awoke in a vision of Feng Chi gently tidying his room and grieving among his belongings.
• Nine hours after Wen Jiu's death, Feng Chi held a livestreamed press conference and revealed that he had been Wen Jiu's protector and fan, May the Stars Have No Tears.
• Feng Chi announced that his legal team would hold those who had slandered or hurt Wen Jiu accountable and warned the most severe offenders.
• Feng Chi confessed that he loved Wen Jiu and said he was willing to bear the price of losing him.

Wen Jiu relived Feng Chi’s bloody revenge and heard a fan’s farewell before waking in a hospital beside him. He confessed that he liked Feng Chi, finally answering the love that had crossed life and death.

• Wen Jiu tried to stop Feng Chi from killing the men in the basement, but Feng Chi passed through him and fired.
• After Feng Chi’s retaliation and reported death, a prominent fan announced they were leaving the fandom and mourned Wen Jiu.
• Wen Jiu returned to darkness and realized someone was still waiting for him.
• Wen Jiu woke in a hospital with Feng Chi holding his hand and watching over him.
• Wen Jiu told Feng Chi, “I like you,” and Feng Chi gathered him close as they both cried.

Wen Jiu remembered that Feng Chi had protected and loved him across both lives, and reassured him that he would share his burdens and stay by his side. Their intimate reunion was interrupted by Feng Yuan and the others, who teased Wen Jiu while hinting that a major event was about to begin.

• Wen Jiu recalled how Feng Chi had arranged opportunities for him and watched over him, even after Feng Chi died.
• Wen Jiu told Feng Chi that he knew about the killings he had witnessed through Feng Chi's eyes, and said he felt heartache rather than fear.
• Wen Jiu promised to remain with Feng Chi and asked him to share his thoughts and dangers instead of hiding them.
• Feng Chi and Wen Jiu resumed kissing until Feng Yuan kicked open the door, startling Wen Jiu into hiding under the quilt.
• Feng Yuan teased Wen Jiu with a lit lighter and threatened to burn his nest, while the others hinted that a major scene was about to begin.

Wen Jiu learned that Qu Feng, Yu Qing, and Shen Yu had been reborn and had secretly helped him, while Feng Chi had also kept their past-life connection from him. When Gu Xun tried to influence Wen Jiu, Feng Yuan broke the suggestion with hypnosis, and Feng Chi went after Gu Xun.

• Qu Feng told Wen Jiu that he had died and been reborn in the year he signed him, then revealed he had promoted Wen Jiu and Feng Chi’s pairing.
• Yu Qing and Shen Yu explained that they had been reborn three years earlier and had quietly tried to help Wen Jiu.
• Gu Xun entered with roses and spoke to Wen Jiu, whose revulsion and reaction to the flowers revealed that Gu Xun had planted a psychological suggestion.
• Feng Yuan used his lighter and a gentle voice to hypnotize Wen Jiu and dispel Gu Xun’s influence.
• Yu Qing and Feng Yuan warned Wen Jiu that Gu Xun was dangerous, and Feng Yuan suggested they go outside to see what Feng Chi was doing.

Wen Jiu joined the tense hospital standoff between Feng Chi and Gu Xun, but mocked Gu Xun’s identity instead of being intimidated. Feng Chi carried Wen Jiu home, leaving Gu Xun furious and unsettled by his reaction.

• Wen Jiu hurried to the hospital standoff after Feng Yuan told him to watch the show, and Yu Qing followed him there.
• Gu Xun introduced himself as a professional killer codenamed X and revealed that he was also Pei Xu.
• Wen Jiu laughed at Gu Xun’s name, called himself B, and told Gu Xun he could call him Daddy.
• Feng Chi scooped Wen Jiu into his arms and carried him home, while Qu Feng retrieved Wen Jiu’s slippers and followed them.
• After the group left, Gu Xun examined the bloody marks in his palms, ordered a withdrawal, and called out to the person following him.

Feng Yuan challenged Gu Xun over his feelings for Shen Qianshan, then reunited with Shen and kissed him. On New Year's Eve, Wen Jiu reassured Feng Chi before his live performance and invited him onto the stage lift with him.

• Feng Yuan told Gu Xun he wanted to leave the organization, but Gu Xun warned him that his past crimes and feelings for Shen Qianshan would make escape difficult.
• Feng Yuan confronted Gu Xun with a knife at his neck and a gun at Gu Xun's throat, declaring that Gu Xun had also fallen for Shen Qianshan.
• Shen Qianshan followed the sound of a gunshot, found Feng Yuan waiting for him, and cared for the cut on Feng Yuan's neck after Feng Yuan kissed him.
• Feng Yuan teased Shen Qianshan about keeping him like a stray cat, and Shen said the cat would come home when he grew tired of playing outside.
• On New Year's Eve, Feng Chi stayed close to Wen Jiu backstage, worried that his live performance might upset him.
• Wen Jiu told Feng Chi that he had found his courage again through him, then invited him to ride the stage lift up together.

Wen Jiu invited Feng Chi onto the stage as his family member and performed his new song, “Rebirth,” while holding his hand. As the song ended, Wen Jiu met Feng Chi’s gaze and cried, and Feng Chi gently embraced him.

• Wen Jiu reassured Feng Chi that he looked good and invited him to join him on the lift platform.
• Wen Jiu asked the director if Feng Chi could accompany him as a mascot, and the director gave him free rein onstage.
• Wen Jiu and Feng Chi appeared together before the audience and livestream viewers, drawing excited reactions.
• Wen Jiu introduced “Rebirth,” which he had written the music for, and sang while holding Feng Chi’s hand.
• At the song’s final lines, Wen Jiu met Feng Chi’s gaze and tears fell as Feng Chi gently embraced him.

After Wen Jiu’s New Year’s performance, he and Feng Chi shared a playful, affectionate drive home. Feng Chi pulled over to surprise Wen Jiu with fireworks and a red scarf, then told him to look.

• In an interview, Wen Jiu explained that “Rebirth” had been a last-minute change and said its final line was a farewell confession.
• Wen Jiu wished for the people he loved to be healthy and happy, then learned Feng Chi had sent him New Year’s wishes every year.
• On the drive home, Wen Jiu told Feng Chi he wanted to kiss him, and Feng Chi promised he could kiss him all he wanted once they got home.
• Feng Chi pulled over and kissed Wen Jiu, teasing him after he had only unfastened Wen Jiu’s seat belt.
• Feng Chi invited Wen Jiu out of the car, where fireworks filled the sky, and wrapped a red scarf around his neck before telling him to look.

Feng Chi surprised Wen Jiu with a huge New Year’s Eve display across the city, then brought him home and showered him with kisses. Wen Jiu happily reflected on how much he loved Feng Chi before Shen Huaian called with something troubling to tell him.

• The city’s buildings replaced their New Year’s displays with Wen Jiu’s photos and performances, drawing a crowd and trending online.
• Fans speculated about who paid for the display, and online discussion identified Feng Chi as the likely sponsor.
• Feng Chi teased the flustered Wen Jiu on the drive home, then kissed him passionately after they arrived.
• Wen Jiu asked to eat before they continued, and Feng Chi carried him to the bedroom before going to cook.
• Wen Jiu cuddled a Feng Chi doll and said he loved Feng Chi most, then fell off the bed while reaching for his phone.
• Shen Huaian called Wen Jiu and, sounding down, said he had something to tell him.

Shen Huaian told Wen Jiu that Shen Qianshan had sent Feng Yuan away after learning he was an assassin, then agreed to pursue a dangerous mission and bring him home himself. Feng Chi comforted the tearful Wen Jiu and revealed that Feng Yuan had ranked first and Shen Qianshan second in combat ability at their military academy.

• Shen Huaian recounted how Shen Qianshan confronted Feng Yuan about his work as an assassin and drove him away before General Ren Huaizhong arrived.
• Shen Huaian told Wen Jiu that Shen Qianshan would leave for a dangerous mission after the New Year and intended to bring Feng Yuan home himself.
• Shen Huaian and Wen Jiu cried over Feng Yuan and Shen Qianshan until Lin Changfeng and Feng Chi came to comfort them.
• Lin Changfeng took Shen Huaian home and promised to stay with him while Shen Qianshan was away.
• Feng Chi assured Wen Jiu that Feng Yuan and Shen Qianshan would not turn against each other, then revealed Feng Yuan had ranked first and Shen Qianshan second in combat ability at their military academy.