Chapter Summaries

After Ning Tingyu’s staged confession was interrupted by an angry woman at the door, he disappeared from the production, leaving Wen Feiran, Zou Yuxing, and Su Shangting as the regular cast members. Zou Yuxing drew Wen Feiran into a game of catch, prompting Su Shangting to complain that Wen Feiran was acting childish.

• An angry woman called Ning Tingyu out, and slaps could be heard while Wen Feiran, Zou Yuxing, and Su Shangting waited inside.
• Ning Tingyu quietly left that day and stopped appearing before the others, while Mu Qianyu focused on her career and agent.
• Zou Yuxing decided Wen Feiran was his buddy and kept inviting him along, preventing him from staying hidden in his room.
• Zou Yuxing challenged Wen Feiran to throw a ball, then chased it and caught it to show off.
• Su Shangting tugged Wen Feiran’s sleeve and complained that he liked playing with Zou Yuxing and was acting childish.

Wen Feiran struggled to understand Su Shangting’s attempts to get closer, and their interaction ended in hurt feelings and sulking. Later, Wen Feiran offered Su Shangting some mountain flowers, but Su Shangting denied liking them, leaving Wen Feiran unaware of his true feelings.

• Su Shangting asked Wen Feiran who he would choose if there were only one, but Wen Feiran misunderstood what he meant.
• Zou Yuxing returned and argued with Su Shangting before taking Wen Feiran to play ball.
• Su Shangting criticized Wen Feiran’s bangs, and Wen Feiran turned away, making Su Shangting feel snubbed and lash out.
• Wen Feiran looked back as Zou Yuxing led him away, but Su Shangting pretended not to see him.
• Wen Feiran picked purple flowers and offered them to Su Shangting, who claimed he disliked the wildflowers despite clearly liking them.

After realizing Su Shangting had wanted a wildflower too, Wen Feiran spent a sleepless night worrying about how to make things right. The next morning, he found himself playing a game with Zou Yuxing when Su Shangting suddenly appeared behind him, smiling coldly.

• Su Shangting stormed away after Wen Feiran ignored his outstretched hand and nearly knocked Wen Feiran off balance as he passed.
• Su Shangting shut down his livestream and refused dinner, while his fans blamed Wen Feiran in the comments of Wen Feiran's livestream.
• Wen Feiran realized Su Shangting had wanted a flower and spent the night fretting over whether to apologize or give him a gift.
• Wen Feiran woke at eight, asked where Su Shangting was, and was drawn into a game by Zou Yuxing.
• Su Shangting appeared behind Wen Feiran and asked if he was having fun, his smile at odds with his icy gaze.

Wen Feiran realized he was the top-player friend Su Shangting had been praising, despite Su Shangting's anger at him. After Zou Yuxing exposed the connection, Su Shangting learned the truth and reacted with disbelief.

• Su Shangting angrily interrupted Wen Feiran and Zou Yuxing, then boasted about his top-player friend while insulting Wen Feiran's skills.
• Wen Feiran remembered playing with a teammate who gave him skins and recognized that the teammate's behavior resembled Su Shangting's.
• Wen Feiran concluded that he was Su Shangting's top-player friend but decided not to reveal it yet.
• Zou Yuxing noticed the friend's game ID matched Wen Feiran's and pointed it out to Su Shangting.
• Su Shangting took Wen Feiran's phone, received Zou Yuxing's game invitation, and realized Wen Feiran was the friend he had praised.

Wen Feiran, Su Shangting, and Zou Yuxing played a game together, where Wen Feiran carried the team while Su Shangting grew jealous of his closeness with Zou Yuxing. When Su Shangting was ambushed, Wen Feiran fought off the enemy team and saved him, leaving Su Shangting with complicated feelings.

• Wen Feiran reluctantly joined Su Shangting and Zou Yuxing in a game after Zou Yuxing discovered his gaming identity.
• Wen Feiran helped Su Shangting dominate the bottom lane and rescued Zou Yuxing after he repeatedly died in the top lane.
• Zou Yuxing praised Wen Feiran and tried to befriend him, making Su Shangting feel left out and jealous.
• Su Shangting went alone down the bottom lane and was ambushed by all five enemies while distracted by his feelings.
• Wen Feiran fought the enemy team by himself, killed three opponents, and returned to block a fatal attack on Su Shangting.

Wen Feiran tried to mend his conflict with Su Shangting by bringing him wildflowers, and Su Shangting secretly treasured the gift. Later, as Zou Yuxing and Su Shangting bickered around Wen Feiran, the director assigned Wen Feiran and Zou Yuxing a task because scandals had left only half the guests.

• Wen Feiran and Zou Yuxing teamed up with Su Shangting in a game, and Wen Feiran carried their side to victory.
• Su Shangting sent Wen Feiran another skin, which Wen Feiran accepted before gathering wildflowers to make peace.
• Wen Feiran placed the flowers on Su Shangting's windowsill, and Su Shangting admired them while pretending he disliked them.
• Wen Feiran became caught between Zou Yuxing and Su Shangting's frequent arguments, while Su Shangting kept the vase close.
• The director tasked Wen Feiran and Zou Yuxing with completing an assignment because scandals had reduced the six guests to three, including Su Shangting.

Wen Feiran won the chance to become a forest ranger so he could escape Su Shangting and Zou Yuxing, then endured a long journey to the remote cabin. He arrived to find Su Shangting and Zou Yuxing already there, with Zou Yuxing saying he had come to find him.

• The director introduced the forest ranger assignment, and Wen Feiran eagerly volunteered to live alone in the mountains.
• Su Shangting and Zou Yuxing both tried to stop Wen Feiran from going, so Wen Feiran proposed a game competition to decide who would take the assignment.
• Wen Feiran won the competition and bought warm clothes before traveling for hours by car and horse to the ranger's cabin.
• Wen Feiran found the cabin unlocked and discovered Su Shangting and Zou Yuxing inside.
• Zou Yuxing told Wen Feiran that he had come to find him.

Wen Feiran, Zou Yuxing, and Su Shangting endured the freezing cabin in borrowed clothes while waiting out a twenty-four-hour stay. Zou Yuxing returned with what he thought was a pheasant, but Wen Feiran identified it as a protected animal, leaving Zou terrified he would be sent to prison.

• The director left warm clothes, and Zou Yuxing and Su Shangting reluctantly put them on while Wen Feiran lit a fire.
• Wen Feiran said they had only a few sweet potatoes to eat and that they would be stuck in the cabin for twenty-four hours.
• Zou Yuxing went outside to look for game, while Su Shangting tried to make his ugly pajamas look fashionable.
• Zou Yuxing returned with a blue-beaked bird he had caught and proudly called it a pheasant.
• Wen Feiran recognized the bird as an endangered protected animal called the Life-Sentence Chicken, and Zou Yuxing carefully set it down and begged Wen Feiran to save him from prison.

Wen Feiran, Su Shangting, and Zou Yuxing panicked when the Life-Sentence Chicken appeared to die, but discovered it had only fallen asleep and called the police. The officer confirmed the bird was an endangered wild animal, and the incident drew animal experts, media attention, and online outrage at Zou Yuxing.

• Zou Yuxing knelt and begged the Life-Sentence Chicken for forgiveness after Wen Feiran suggested he do so, then thought it had died when it lay motionless.
• Wen Feiran checked the chicken and explained that it often fell asleep anywhere, while Zou Yuxing and Su Shangting feared being blamed for its death.
• Wen Feiran called the police, and the three men waited anxiously while trying to keep the chicken safe from cold, heat, and unfamiliar food.
• A police officer arrived and confirmed the chicken was alive and that the discovery of the endangered animal was significant.
• Animal experts and media contacted the group, the production team paused the livestream, and netizens began criticizing Zou Yuxing online.

Viewers praised Wen Feiran for preventing Zou Yuxing from harming an endangered animal, while the news footage of Zou Yuxing and Su Shangting in ridiculous pajamas embarrassed their fans. Back at the show, Zou Yuxing teased Su Shangting about their news appearance, and the others wondered whether Wen Feiran’s good fortune was more than coincidence.

• Viewers circulated clips of Wen Feiran explaining that the animal was endangered and celebrated Zou Yuxing being praised on the news.
• Fans watched the news report and were stunned by Zou Yuxing and Su Shangting’s shabby appearance and brightly colored pajamas.
• Zou Yuxing bragged about appearing on the news, prompting Su Shangting to lunge at him after he joked about printing the footage on shirts.
• Mu Qianyu joked that her divorce was a stain on her life, and Zou Yuxing and Su Shangting reassured her that it marked a fresh start.
• Zou Yuxing remarked that Wen Feiran seemed to have some subtle power, while Su Shangting dismissed it as coincidence.
• Wen Feiran came out of his room, noticed everyone staring at him, and asked Mu Qianyu what they were talking about.

Wen Feiran left the entertainment industry after filming ended, but the first season’s popularity made him the most popular guest and viewers demanded his return. The production team announced a wilderness-adventure lineup without him, while he woke up to messages about art, commissions, and a design award.

• The director ended filming and announced a week-long break before viewers voted for the first episode’s most popular guest.
• Mu Qianyu said she had to leave for other work, and Wen Feiran departed without telling the others he planned to leave the entertainment industry.
• Online viewers debated Wen Feiran’s role in the show and campaigned for him to return, giving him the most votes for popular guest.
• The production team teased a wilderness-adventure episode and announced that Zou Yuxing and Su Shangting would return with five new guests, but Wen Feiran was absent.
• Wen Feiran woke up and checked messages inviting him to an art exhibition and a commission, along with congratulations on winning the South China Cup design competition.

Wen Feiran was invited back to the variety show Forward All the Way after leaving his agency, and the assistant director offered him a lucrative contract. The chapter ended with Wen Feiran studying the payment amount and asking whether he could really earn that much for one episode.

• Wen Feiran reviewed messages from his many online accounts and reflected on paying off his debts by earning money online.
• An assistant director from Forward All the Way called to invite Wen Feiran to record another episode, and Wen Feiran initially refused.
• The assistant director mentioned an unpaid recording fee and a bonus, prompting Wen Feiran to agree to meet.
• Wen Feiran changed his phone number, traveled to the production company, and impressed the assistant director when he revealed his face.
• The assistant director showed Wen Feiran the next episode's contract, and Wen Feiran was stunned by the payment amount.

Wen Feiran left the meeting with a lucrative contract, then got lost while avoiding fans and stumbled upon a woman whose boyfriend had collapsed. The woman asked him to help carry the man to a back exit, and they struggled to move him when Wen Feiran heard a familiar voice.

• Wen Feiran agreed to sign a legally binding contract paying him by the day and excitedly left with it.
• He avoided a group of fans but got lost inside the building.
• Wen Feiran came across a woman arguing with her boyfriend, who suddenly collapsed after Wen Feiran picked up a dropped ring.
• The woman stopped Wen Feiran from calling an ambulance and asked him to help carry her boyfriend to a back exit.
• Wen Feiran and the woman struggled to carry the man when Wen Feiran heard a familiar voice.

Wen Feiran was rescued from the crowd by Lin Lin, who took him to the hospital to treat his hand. There he met Fu Changze, who tried to pay him to keep quiet, and learned that Fu Changze had been proposing to Lin Lin before his ring ended up at Wen Feiran’s feet.

• Lin Lin recognized Wen Feiran, helped him escape through a back door, and introduced herself in the car.
• Lin Lin took Wen Feiran to the hospital to have his scratched hand treated while her fainting boyfriend was examined.
• Wen Feiran overheard the assistant ask Fu Changze whether they should get rid of him for knowing Fu Changze’s secret.
• Lin Lin introduced Wen Feiran to Fu Changze, who offered him three million or a third male lead role in exchange for his silence.
• Fu Changze declared that Lin Lin could only be his, and Wen Feiran pointed out that Fu Changze’s proposal had failed and his ring had landed at Wen Feiran’s feet.

Wen Feiran left the hospital with Lin Lin after Fu Changze thanked him, unaware that a paparazzo photographed them and sparked rumors about Lin Lin’s relationship and a mysterious man. When Zou Yuxing teased Wen Feiran about the gossip in their group chat, Wen Feiran could not admit he was the man in the photos and was relieved that his face was unrecognizable.

• Lin Lin scolded Fu Changze for his behavior toward Wen Feiran, then left the hospital with Wen Feiran while Fu Changze watched from his bed.
• Lin Lin told Wen Feiran about the rumors surrounding her relationship with Fu Changze and said she did not want to marry him yet.
• A paparazzo photographed Lin Lin and Wen Feiran, and the images prompted online speculation about Lin Lin, Fu Changze, and the mysterious man.
• Zou Yuxing shared the gossip post in the group chat and asked Wen Feiran to identify the man, while Wen Feiran struggled to reveal that it was him.
• Wen Feiran denied that he would appear in the next episode to protect his secret guest role, then checked the photos and saw that his face was too blurry to recognize.

Wen Feiran stayed away from the second episode of Forward All the Way as online speculation about his identity grew, leaving the production team to rely on a new cast. On the deserted island, Guan Yunning tried to imitate Wen Feiran’s success by drawing close to Zou Yuxing, while Su Shangting’s irritation and the group’s lack of chemistry left the livestream unimpressed.

• Lin Lin apologized to Wen Feiran and suggested clarifying his identity on Weibo, but Wen Feiran refused and hoped the online uproar would fade.
• The second episode of Forward All the Way began filming without Wen Feiran, and viewers complained that the new cast was less entertaining.
• The director told Zou Yuxing, Su Shangting, Guan Yunning, and the other guests to find a hidden treasure on a deserted island using a map.
• Guan Yunning pretended to fear the boat ride and drew concern from Zou Yuxing and the other guests, then nearly stumbled when he stepped ashore.
• Su Shangting snapped at Zou Yuxing, who realized Su was sulking because Wen Feiran had skipped filming, and Zou muttered that he wished Feiran were there.
• As the group struggled along a narrow path through tall grass, Zou Yuxing defended Guan Yunning during a quarrel with Su Shangting, giving Guan another chance to attract attention.

Wen Feiran reunited with Su Shangting and Zou Yuxing on the island, stunning the guests and livestream viewers with his transformed appearance. His arrival revived the show’s audience, and he was paired with Zou Yuxing for the next task, much to Su Shangting’s frustration.

• Guan Yunning and the others followed a sign toward the next stage, but their slow progress and tense atmosphere caused the livestream audience to dwindle.
• Wen Feiran appeared at the end of the route, and his handsome new look left all five guests stunned.
• Su Shangting welcomed Wen Feiran, while Zou Yuxing rushed to question him and resumed bickering with Su Shangting.
• Wen Feiran’s entrance drew attention away from the three new guests and sent him trending as the livestream audience surged.
• The guests chose ropes to form pairs, and Wen Feiran ended up paired with Zou Yuxing, upsetting Su Shangting.

Wen Feiran and Zou Yuxing began the deserted-island challenge, dodging an awkward gift and a social trap while choosing their supplies. After the teams set off, Wen Feiran used the bag of mini buns to quiet Zou Yuxing’s rapid-fire questions.

• Zou Yuxing revealed a T-shirt printed with Su Shangting in a green trash-can outfit and urged Wen Feiran to wear it, but Wen Feiran repeatedly refused.
• Wen Feiran explained that the teams could find Treasure Chests or earn them at checkpoints, then introduced the client’s gifts: two skill cards and a bag of mini buns.
• Guan Yunning hinted that he wanted a skill card, but Wen Feiran eagerly chose the mini buns, and Zou Yuxing agreed.
• Guan Yunning’s smile froze as Wen Feiran took the snack bag, while the livestream viewers debated the choice.
• The three teams set off in different directions, and Wen Feiran offered Zou Yuxing mini buns to stop his stream of questions.

Wen Feiran and Zou Yuxing followed the task clues to search for the treasure, finding a chest and their first checkpoint. The checkpoint required them to swing across a river, and Zou Yuxing ended up stranded above the water while demonstrating how to do it.

• Wen Feiran reasoned that the task checkpoints would lead them to the treasure and took Zou Yuxing to find them.
• Zou Yuxing climbed a tree to retrieve a Treasure Chest, which contained food and supplies.
• Wen Feiran and Zou Yuxing found their first task checkpoint and learned they had to swing across a river using a rope.
• Zou Yuxing swung across the river and back, then tried to demonstrate the technique to Wen Feiran.
• Zou Yuxing failed to push off hard enough and was left hanging over the middle of the river.

Wen Feiran attempted to cross the river but failed spectacularly, falling into the water and getting soaked. After changing clothes, Zou Yuxing realized Wen Feiran resembled a mysterious man linked to paparazzi photos, prompting livestream viewers to speculate about Wen Feiran and Lin Lin.

• Zou Yuxing crossed the river easily and encouraged Wen Feiran to try.
• Wen Feiran launched himself but landed in the same spot, slipped, and fell into the river, where Zou Yuxing rescued him.
• Zou Yuxing urged Wen Feiran to change into dry clothes from the Treasure Chest.
• After Wen Feiran emerged in dry clothes, Zou Yuxing said he recognized his resemblance to a mysterious man, then covered his mouth when he noticed the camera.
• Livestream viewers connected Zou Yuxing's hint to paparazzi photos and speculated about Wen Feiran accompanying Lin Lin to a prenatal checkup.