Chapter Summaries

Xue Ci learned that Erland was a vampire in dormancy after being shot through the heart with a silver bullet, and he bargained with Lucius for a chance to find him. As Lucius took Xue Ci away from the villa, Xue Ci ran into Lu Min and then Bill, who dragged him off after threatening him.

• Xue Ci learned from Lucius that Erland had entered dormancy after a silver bullet pierced his heart, and he tried to learn where Erland was by drawing Lucius closer.
• Xue Ci sensed Erland's presence in the villa and told him to stay while he went to find Bill.
• Xue Ci and Lucius headed toward the slums, where they unexpectedly met Lu Min, who said he had followed Xue Ci and hurt his forehead fighting Qin Zhou over Xue Ci's underwear.
• Bill arrived and realized Lu Min did not know Xue Ci had been married, then threatened to reveal the secret unless Xue Ci came with him.
• Bill took Xue Ci away and said he planned to have sex with him.

Xue Ci returned to the castle with Lu Min after spending the night with Bill, then learned that the mission now required all three players to leave with him. Fu Chengsi confronted him in his room, and Xue Ci challenged him to say how he wanted to be seduced.

• Bill took Xue Ci back to their room, where Xue Ci bargained for a kiss instead of sex, but Lu Min broke in and fought Bill.
• Xue Ci, Bill, and Lu Min traveled back to town together; Bill left after telling Xue Ci where he was staying, and Xue Ci reassured Lu Min that he was the one he felt closest to.
• Back at the castle, Qin Zhou told Xue Ci that another servant had died and Mrs. West was likely to become vegetative, while Xue Ci discovered the other players' progress had increased.
• Eleven warned Xue Ci that he had to make all three players willing to take him out of the game and prevent any of them from leaving first, or the mission and small world would be destroyed.
• Fu Chengsi followed Xue Ci into his room, accused him of stringing the others along and trying to seduce him, and asked how he would do it; Xue Ci offered to kiss him or wear a skirt and sit on his face.

Xue Ci began caring for Mrs. West and discovered a letter revealing her wish to play the violin once more. After following a vine to a row of graves, he learned from Fu Chengsi that they belonged to rabbits and that the ghostly girl was not Mrs. West’s granddaughter, prompting Xue Ci to recognize the mother and daughter’s identities.

• Fu Chengsi left after Xue Ci accidentally slapped him, and Xue Ci later joined the others for dinner.
• Fu Chengsi gave Xue Ci a code that persuaded Joel to assign him to clean Mrs. West’s room.
• Xue Ci found Mrs. West’s letter, which expressed her wish to play her unfinished violin piece again.
• Xue Ci followed a vine to a shaded corner of the garden and found a row of graves.
• Fu Chengsi explained that the graves belonged to rabbits Mrs. West had raised and that the ghostly girl was not her granddaughter.
• Xue Ci realized he knew the identities of the mother and daughter.

Song Xueci and Fu Chengsi confirmed that Mrs. West was Jenny at different stages of her life and began searching for her former violin teacher, Aidean. Xueci later found Bill disguised as a repairman, and Bill confronted him about forgetting his birthday before making a suggestive demand.

• Fu Chengsi pointed out that the portraits showed Mrs. West had once been Jenny, and he explained how Qin Zhou had noticed the rabbit's weight difference.
• Xue Ci and Fu Chengsi visited the painter, who restored Jenny's name on Mrs. West's portrait and confirmed their theory.
• Xue Ci heard Jenny argue with Joel about her violin, her teacher Aidean, and the letters she kept writing to him.
• Xue Ci, Fu Chengsi, Lu Min, and Qin Zhou decided to search for clues about Aidean while Xue Ci continued looking for Lucius.
• Bill arrived at the castle disguised as a repairman, reminded Xue Ci that his birthday was the next day, and asked for a provocative birthday gift.

Xue Ci used a clue from an NPC to advance the search for Mrs. West and Aidean’s meeting place, then slowed the players’ progress so he could keep looking for Lucius’s body. After waking late, he went to meet Bill with a present and asked for his help, but Bill kissed him and pleaded to go further.

• Bill repaired a leaking pipe in the villa and grew jealous, assuming Xue Ci’s poor sleep was caused by the other men.
• Xue Ci quieted Bill’s complaints by promising to visit him at seven and bring him a present.
• Fu Chengsi and the others returned with a clue-seeking lead, and Xue Ci learned from a frightened NPC where Mrs. West and Aidean had arranged to meet.
• As the players’ clearance progress neared completion, Xue Ci pretended to feel ill and had Lu Min carry him back, slowing their search.
• Xue Ci woke at ten, prepared a revealing outfit as Bill’s present, and hurried to meet him at the iron gate.
• Bill accepted Xue Ci’s request for help, then kissed and groped him and pleaded to have sex.

Xue Ci was caught returning to the castle after kissing Bill, then met Lucius and learned that her late husband Erland was nearby in a cabin. Lucius took Xue Ci to see him, but warned that Erland’s spirit could sense him and offered to use vampire saliva to heal the marks on his body.

• Bill kissed Xue Ci in the garden, and Xue Ci asked him to find Lucius before sending him away.
• Fu Chengsi, Qin Zhou, and Lu Min confronted Xue Ci when he returned to the castle, questioned him about Bill, and carried him back to his room.
• Joel returned with West Family bodyguards, while Xue Ci slipped away to meet Bill and Lucius.
• Lucius told Xue Ci that Erland was hiding in a cabin outside town, then carried him there and walked with him through the forest.
• Lucius revealed that he had seen Bill kissing Xue Ci and said Erland’s spirit could sense him in the room.
• Lucius offered to heal Xue Ci’s marks with vampire saliva before he went to see Erland.

Xue Ci visited his slumbering husband Erland and asked Lucius for a way to contain Erland’s soul. Lucius gave him a magic ring the next morning, but Fu Chengsi, Lu Min, and Qin Zhou caught him meeting Lucius at the cabin.

• Xue Ci refused Lucius’s offer to lick him, borrowed Lucius’s coat, and entered the room where Erland lay in a coffin.
• Erland’s soul touched Xue Ci, and Lucius grew jealous before insisting that Xue Ci should move on and marry someone else.
• Lucius confessed that he desired Xue Ci, then agreed to help him find a way to contain Erland’s soul and arranged to meet him alone the next morning.
• Xue Ci left the castle with Joel’s permission, traveled to the cabin in a comfortable carriage, and received a magic ring from Lucius.
• Lucius spotted Fu Chengsi, Lu Min, and Qin Zhou following Xue Ci, and the three confronted him about sneaking out to see Erland.

Xue Ci stayed in the castle with Erland trapped in his ring while the three players and Lucius vied for his attention. After learning Erland had been ambushed by a werewolf, Xue Ci fell into a strange, feverish sleep, and Erland sent Lucius into his room to help him.

• Lu Min offered to take Xue Ci and Erland away, but the system required all three players to agree before Xue Ci could leave.
• Xue Ci soothed Erland through the ring, then went with the men to the castle and discovered his progress had reached 95 percent while the hidden task reached 90 percent.
• Xue Ci visited Mrs. West, then asked Erland about his past; Erland said a werewolf had ambushed him and caused his deep sleep.
• Xue Ci fell asleep as a vivid pattern spread from his stomach toward his limbs, while Erland ordered Lucius to go to his room.
• Lucius entered Xue Ci's room and locked the door as Erland watched and offered guidance.

Xue Ci learned that Erland had sacrificed himself to protect him and used his memories to give him a new life. After Ku​iren offered him a way to turn back time, Xue Ci woke with his memories erased and was found by Bill, who called himself her husband.

• Lucius told Xue Ci that Erland had watched and guided him the previous night, while Fu Chengsi revealed Aidean's murder and the group prepared to leave that night.
• A full-moon werewolf abducted Xue Ci, and Ku​iren revealed that Erland had willingly entered slumber for his sake.
• Xue Ci recovered memories of his mission to curse Erland, Erland's devotion, and the memory erasure that caused the small world to restart.
• Ku​iren offered Xue Ci a book of the dead that could turn back time, but a flash of white light interrupted him before he could take it.
• Xue Ci woke with his memories erased, and Bill rescued him from thugs, introduced himself as Xue Ci's husband, and kissed his cheek.

Xue Ci believed Bill was his husband after losing his memory and followed him home, where Bill cared for him and tried to keep him safe. As they shared the cramped bed, Xue Ci settled on top of Bill, then complained that something hard was digging into his stomach.

• Xue Ci remembered that he was a widower, but Bill described his preferences and habits, convincing him that Bill was his husband.
• Bill walked Xue Ci toward their home in the slums and reassured him that they had enough money for dinner.
• Xue Ci asked for tomato and egg noodle soup, and Bill bought food before shielding him from the men who made crude remarks.
• Bill cooked the noodles, and Xue Ci ate, bathed, and went to bed while Bill made himself a bed on the floor.
• Bill could not sleep beside Xue Ci and eventually climbed onto the too-small bed, lifting Xue Ci onto his body.
• Xue Ci rubbed against Bill’s chest, then complained that something hard was digging into his belly.

Bill moved Xue Ci from the slums to a furnished villa and confessed that he loved him, while Xue Ci continued to believe they were married. The chapter ended with Bill kissing and caring for Xue Ci in the bath, as Xue Ci’s memories remained fragmented and the system stayed silent.

• Bill returned to sleeping on the floor, and the next day he told Xue Ci that his own clothes were in the wardrobe and that they would soon move to a bigger place.
• Xue Ci searched for their marriage certificate and photos, but Bill claimed they had fought over kissing and that Xue Ci had torn up the certificate.
• Bill earned enough money through underground fighting to rent a furnished villa, and he took Xue Ci there with his belongings.
• While carrying Xue Ci home, Bill said they had been married almost two years, that he loved him, and that he had never forced him to be intimate.
• Xue Ci agreed to let Bill kiss him, and Bill kissed him repeatedly before carrying him to the bath.

Bill and Xue Ci settled into married life while Bill prepared to propose, but Xue Ci's succubus traits awakened and left him vulnerable to Bill's attention. After Bill left to collect the ring, a group of men arrived at their home, and Bill returned to find them surrounding Xue Ci.

• Lucius searched for Xue Ci and attacked the succubus leader, while the two werewolves confronted him and the players hesitated to reset the game.
• Bill and Xue Ci built a happy domestic life, and Bill bought a television and ordered a sapphire engagement ring.
• Xue Ci discovered a vivid mark on his belly and learned from Bill that it was not an illness.
• Xue Ci's succubus wings and tail emerged, and Bill stayed with him through the resulting heat.
• Bill left to collect Xue Ci's ring, but a group of tall men arrived at the house and surrounded Xue Ci.
• Bill returned with the ring, flowers, and cake, and found Xue Ci hemmed in by the men.

Xue Ci learned that Bill had deceived him and that his husband was trapped in the ring, then returned to the burning castle with the men seeking him. The group escaped into the garden amid the fire, but Xue Ci and the fragments vanished; a month later, the men received his message inviting them to find him again.

• Eleven told Xue Ci that this was his third playthrough, Bill was not his husband, and his husband’s fragment was inside the ring; Xue Ci gathered the men and returned to the castle.
• Joel’s forces trapped the group in a fire that could absorb the fragments’ energy, and Xue Ci fled upstairs while the others fought their way toward him.
• Fu Chengsi helped Xue Ci carry the violin to Mrs. West’s room, where a passage opened and a vine carried them down toward the garden.
• As the fire weakened the vine, Xue Ci reached for the men and fell with the fragments surrounding him; afterward, the game shut down and the men could no longer find him.
• A month later, Lu Min, Fu Chengsi, and Qin Zhou received an email from Xue Ci telling them that since they had chased him before, they could find him again.

After returning from the hospital, Xue Ci settled back into campus life while worrying about Eleven and the Fragments, who had disappeared. A mysterious intruder seemed to visit him at home, and after a fake questionnaire account targeted him, an unknown sender began messaging him lewd questions.

• Xue Ci watched his roommates play basketball, caught up on missed classes with his studious roommate, and spent a busy week adjusting to campus life.
• Xue Ci went home to clean, showered, and fell asleep; when he woke, the house was spotless and his lips and neck felt as though someone had touched him.
• Xue Ci returned to campus and watched a basketball practice, where a fake account sent him a questionnaire asking about his ideal partner’s appearance and height.
• Xue Ci’s teammates identified the questionnaire account as an impersonator, and he blocked it after they warned him about scams.
• An unknown sender messaged Xue Ci asking whether 190 centimeters was acceptable and whether he liked it straight or curved upward, leaving him mortified.

Xue Ci reunited with Fragment, learned they had first met when he was a child, and welcomed Fragment and Eleven into his life. After Fragment began courting him in person, Xue Ci accepted his affection, and the story left them together as their adventure continued.

• Xue Ci learned that Fragment had defeated the Quick Transmigration Bureau, while Eleven had resigned and was forming a puppy body.
• Xue Ci returned to his childhood home and remembered finding a singing robot at an amusement park, taking it home, and keeping it as a companion.
• Fragment appeared in a physical body, and Eleven arrived as a puppy who was free from work; Xue Ci welcomed them both into his home.
• Fragment told Xue Ci that he had loved him since Xue Ci brought him home as a child and had searched for him across worlds; Xue Ci let him pursue him.
• Xue Ci and Fragment grew closer through the seasons, celebrated Xue Ci's birthday and Spring Festival together, and began a romantic relationship.
• When Xue Ci went camping with his roommates, Fragment secretly followed him, and Xue Ci invited him to walk beside him.

After retiring, Bai Wu became captivated by Song Xueci, an online admirer whose sweet messages and photos made him dismiss Cheng Yuqing’s warnings about scams. He had just transferred her twenty thousand and saved a revealing photo when the chapter ended.

• Cheng Yuqing noticed Bai Wu constantly messaging someone and warned him about online scams, but Bai Wu insisted Song Xueci was genuine.
• Bai Wu recalled how Song Xueci’s soft voice and admiring messages had changed his mind after he nearly deleted her.
• When Song Xueci went silent for two days, Bai Wu called her and heard a man’s voice, then confronted her after she explained that her colleague had answered.
• Song Xueci sent Bai Wu a photo of her legs, and he defended her against Cheng Yuqing’s suspicions.
• Bai Wu transferred Song Xueci twenty thousand after she said she had lost her phone, then became increasingly absorbed in their conversations and photos.
• Song Xueci accidentally sent a revealing selfie and quickly recalled it, but Bai Wu had already saved it and pretended he had not seen it.

Xue Ci kept up his online romance with Bai Wu while considering Chu Juesheng as a future boyfriend, and Bai Wu’s attachment grew as he showered Xue Ci with money and gifts. When they finally met, Bai Wu discovered that the person he had fallen for was a man.

• Xue Ci learned the backstory of his role and continued sending Bai Wu photos to raise the task progress.
• Xue Ci met eighteen-year-old tenant Chu Juesheng, treated him like a younger brother, and remained unaware that Chu had developed a crush on him and was stealing his clothes.
• Bai Wu became increasingly devoted to Xue Ci, sending him money, gifts, and daily food deliveries while pressing to meet.
• After Xue Ci repeatedly declined, Bai Wu confessed his feelings indirectly, and Xue Ci eventually agreed to meet the following month.
• Bai Wu prepared eagerly for their restaurant meeting, then stared in shock when Xue Ci arrived and he realized his online love was a man.

Song Xueci completed his task by meeting Bai Wu and hearing him insist he was straight, but Bai Wu grew attracted to him and wanted to stay friends. After Xue Ci deleted Bai Wu from his contacts, Bai Wu was distraught, and Cheng Yuqing decided to confront the scammer for him.

• Song Xueci apologized for pretending to be a woman, but Bai Wu said he could keep the gifts and money and invited him to eat.
• Bai Wu asked about Xue Ci's college crush, then declared that he was straight and did not date men; Xue Ci completed his key task and earned 500 points.
• Bai Wu invited Xue Ci to watch a movie and felt increasingly flustered as Xue Ci thanked him for the teddy bear.
• After returning home, Xue Ci deleted Bai Wu from his friends list, leaving Bai Wu distraught.
• Cheng Yuqing saw Bai Wu upset and decided to demand an explanation from the online scammer.

After Cheng Yuqing met Song Xueci, he became captivated by him and brought him to see Bai Wu. Bai Wu agreed to be Song Xueci’s boyfriend, leaving Song Xueci trying to explain what being a couple would entail.

• Bai Wu told his friends that Song Xueci was a pretty man who had pretended to be a woman because he cared about Bai Wu, and insisted they were only friends.
• After Bai Wu spent the night drinking and missing Song Xueci, Cheng Yuqing visited Song Xueci’s apartment and became instantly infatuated with him.
• Song Xueci explained that he had deleted Bai Wu because he thought Bai Wu did not want him around, then agreed to meet Bai Wu and return some gifts.
• Cheng Yuqing drove Song Xueci to Bai Wu, who asked why he had been deleted and admitted he had wanted to see him again.
• Song Xueci told Bai Wu he wanted him to be his boyfriend, and Bai Wu agreed despite insisting he was straight.
• Song Xueci warned that boyfriends had to do certain things, and Bai Wu asked him to explain what he meant.

Song Xueci tried to move the plot forward by drawing closer to Cheng Yuqing, while Bai Wu and Chu Juesheng grew increasingly jealous and attached to him. After Cheng Yuqing revealed his relationship with Xue Ci to Bai Wu, Bai Wu sought a partner and then told Xue Ci he was no longer straight, offering to prove it with a kiss.

• Song Xueci left Bai Wu after telling him he would want daily kisses and cuddles, and Cheng Yuqing took him out to lunch.
• Cheng Yuqing and Bai Wu both began messaging Song Xueci, while Xue Ci pursued Cheng Yuqing to move the progress bar forward.
• Chu Juesheng learned that Xue Ci and Cheng Yuqing were not officially together, then worried that he was unworthy of Xue Ci.
• Cheng Yuqing brought Xue Ci breakfast, and Xue Ci kissed him after warning that he would do so if Cheng kept asking questions.
• Cheng Yuqing told Bai Wu that he and Xue Ci were growing close, and Bai Wu became furious before leaving to find himself a partner.
• Bai Wu cornered Xue Ci and said he was no longer straight, offering to pull him onto his lap and kiss him for half an hour.