Chapter Summaries

Wen Feiran and Zou Yuxing searched for Treasure Chests while a viral gossip scandal about Wen Feiran spread online without his knowledge. They found plenty of supplies, while Guan Yunning and Su Shangting struggled with their task and Su Shangting ended up covered in mud.

• Wen Feiran reassured Zou Yuxing and urged him not to provoke Su Shangting, while Zou Yuxing kept quiet about the gossip he had heard.
• Wen Feiran and Zou Yuxing continued through the island as livestream viewers identified Wen Feiran as the mysterious man and drove the scandal onto trending searches.
• Wen Feiran found a series of Treasure Chests, while Zou Yuxing found none, and the viewers began hoping to share Wen Feiran's luck.
• Guan Yunning struggled to complete a task with Su Shangting, who finally tried it and fell into a mud pit.

Wen Feiran and Zou Yuxing found the sixth Treasure Chest, where Wen Feiran discovered Zou Yuxing had hidden his spare T-shirt and thrown away the original. After they ate and planned to change before meeting Su Shangting, Su Shangting found them and approached Wen Feiran, who froze in place.

• Su Shangting and Guan Yunning parted on bad terms after Su Shangting went to find clean water.
• Wen Feiran and Zou Yuxing found the sixth Treasure Chest, and Wen Feiran discovered that Zou Yuxing had hidden his T-shirt inside and discarded the original.
• Wen Feiran decided they should finish their task and change clothes before encountering Su Shangting, and Zou Yuxing agreed to change too.
• Wen Feiran and Zou Yuxing stopped to eat and enjoy the scenery, unaware that their livestream viewers had spotted Su Shangting nearby.
• Su Shangting appeared behind them and happily approached Wen Feiran, who stiffened and tried to avoid him.

Wen Feiran led the group to the supposed treasure site, where they searched unsuccessfully until he realized the treasure must be buried underground. Su Shangting reluctantly wore Zou Yuxing’s embarrassing T-shirt, and the chapter ended with Wen Feiran proposing to dig beneath the group.

• Su Shangting angrily attacked Zou Yuxing over the matching T-shirt, then changed into one himself because his muddy shirt was uncomfortable.
• Wen Feiran guided Su Shangting, Zou Yuxing, and the others to the task location and used a prop to summon the two new guests.
• The group searched the area for half an hour but found no treasure, and Guan Yunning’s remarks made Wen Feiran doubt his deduction.
• Wen Feiran realized the complicated terrain suggested the treasure was buried underground and announced that it lay beneath them.

After the livestream resumed, Wen Feiran video-chatted with Lin Lin in front of the cameras, drawing viewers’ attention. Fu Changze joined the call and argued with Lin Lin about her wanting space, leaving the viewers surprised by their relationship.

• Wen Feiran stood beneath a tree and video-chatted with Lin Lin after filming resumed.
• Lin Lin asked Wen Feiran to recommend her to the director of Forward All the Way, and Wen Feiran laughed.
• Fu Changze interrupted to complain that Lin Lin had promised to spend time with him, but Lin Lin reminded him he had clung to her just ten minutes earlier.
• The livestream viewers reacted with surprise and amusement to Lin Lin and Fu Changze’s bickering.

After the rumors about Wen Feiran were cleared up, the contestants entered a village hidden beyond a mountain tunnel and began a new treasure hunt. Wen Feiran found his first task location with help from an elegant old woman, but the old man who lived there reacted angrily to the name she had given him.

• Lin Lin explained that Wen Feiran had only been caught up in her argument with Fu Changze, and Fu Changze revealed that he had offered Wen Feiran three million in compensation.
• Wen Feiran ignored the apologetic Zou Yuxing, while Su Shangting provoked him and Zou Yuxing raised a fist at Su Shangting.
• The contestants rode through a dark tunnel and emerged in a thriving village, where the director explained that they had to earn several inheritors' approval and collect their seals to find the treasure.
• Wen Feiran struggled to navigate the village's maze-like paths until an old woman in a navy-blue qipao showed him the way to his first task.
• Wen Feiran asked an old man if he was Black Bear, and the man grabbed Wen Feiran's shoulders and demanded to know who had told him that name.

Wen Feiran collected all three stamps after his chance encounter with an old lady set off a bizarre romantic rivalry among the task inheritors. He became the first to clear the stage, but his actions made the tasks impossible for the other guests to complete.

• Wen Feiran told the first inheritor that an old lady had returned to visit relatives, and the old man rushed off to find her after telling Wen Feiran where to collect the stamp.
• Wen Feiran followed the old lady’s directions to the second task point and collected another stamp without learning what the task was.
• At the third task point, the inheritor recognized the old lady’s perfume and revealed that she was his sister-in-law, then angrily accused the other two old men of competing for her attention.
• Wen Feiran collected all three stamps, inadvertently causing every gatekeeper to leave and preventing the other guests from completing their tasks.
• Zou Yuxing and the returning guests questioned Wen Feiran about the canceled tasks, and Wen Feiran handed the director his stamps while admitting it was a long story.

Wen Feiran discovered that designer Sun Baofeng had claimed the Sishui identity under which Wen had won a design competition, and decided to expose him. At the South China Design Institute, Sun boasted about his achievements and criticized the guests’ designs, while Wen held off on sending his accusation until the livestream ended.

• Wen Feiran recognized the designer introduced as Sishui and realized the man was using the identity Wen had earned by winning the eleventh South China Cup.
• Wen asked the designer his real name, and Sun Baofeng said he had chosen Sishui at random.
• Wen connected Li Nan, his contact for the competition, to Sun Baofeng and decided to report the impersonation, but postponed sending an email because cameras were watching.
• The production team took the guests to the South China Design Institute, where Sun Baofeng taught them design basics and guided them in sketching clothes.
• Sun Baofeng bragged about his competition record and criticized the guests’ rough design lines.

Sun Baofeng showed off a design that was actually Wen Feiran’s, leaving Wen Feiran mortified as the guests praised it. When Wen Feiran tried to hide his design talent during a beginner exercise, an authoritative old man recognized his skill and encouraged him to try design again.

• Sun Baofeng presented his award-winning design and boasted about his supposed accomplishments, while Su Shangting admired the design but disliked him.
• Wen Feiran grew embarrassed as Sun Baofeng praised the design that was really his, and Su Shangting noticed his strange reaction.
• An old man interrupted Sun Baofeng’s boasting and made the group practice basic design.
• Wen Feiran tried to appear inexperienced by drawing badly, but the old man recognized his skill and asked whether he had studied design.
• Wen Feiran said he had studied painting and had given up on design, so the old man patiently corrected his work and encouraged him to try again.

Wen Feiran learned that the old man suspected Sun Baofeng was not the real Sishui, then overheard Sun Baofeng admit he had stolen Sishui’s identity and believed the original was dead. Enraged, Wen Feiran prepared to expose him but struggled to contain his impulse to confront him immediately.

• Sun Baofeng interrupted the old man’s praise of Wen Feiran’s design and disparaged Wen Feiran’s talent.
• The old man told Wen Feiran that Sun Baofeng’s later work seemed unlike Sishui’s, making Wen Feiran realize the old man suspected the truth.
• Wen Feiran went to the restroom and used the account linked to Sishui’s application to prepare a careful message.
• Li Nan confronted Sun Baofeng, who denied owing him money and boasted that no one would believe the accusation while Sishui was supposedly dead.
• Wen Feiran overheard Sun Baofeng confess to exploiting Sishui’s identity and became furious, wanting to burst out and attack him.

Wen Feiran secretly recorded Sun Baofeng and Li Nan arguing over Sun’s stolen identity and whether Teacher Sishui was still alive. When Li Nan tried to call Sishui, his phone rang in the restroom, and the two men discovered Wen Feiran hiding there.

• Wen Feiran held back from confronting Sun Baofeng and Li Nan, choosing to record their argument instead.
• Li Nan threatened to expose Sun Baofeng and claimed Teacher Sishui was still alive, while Sun insisted the death certificate was real.
• Sun Baofeng and Li Nan fought as Li tried to call Sishui, unaware that the restroom had cameras and a third person.
• Li Nan’s call triggered Wen Feiran’s ringtone, and Sun Baofeng and Li Nan found him in the restroom.

Wen Feiran's phone call exposed him as Sishui in front of Li Nan and Sun Baofeng, and he revealed Sun Baofeng was an impostor. In the old man's office, Sun Baofeng tried to cast doubt on Wen Feiran's identity, but Wen Feiran refused to answer his baseless accusation.

• Li Nan compared Wen Feiran's phone with his own, called the number, and realized Wen Feiran was Teacher Sishui.
• Sun Baofeng recognized Wen Feiran as the person whose identity he had stolen, and Wen Feiran stormed out of the bathroom as the livestream viewers speculated about his identity.
• The old man asked Wen Feiran where Sun Baofeng was, and Wen Feiran told him he was Sishui and that Sun Baofeng was an impostor.
• The old man took Wen Feiran, Sun Baofeng, and Li Nan to his office, where the evidence exposed Sun Baofeng and Li Nan's plot.
• Sun Baofeng denied that Wen Feiran had proved he was Sishui, and Wen Feiran said the burden of proof was on the accuser.

Wen Feiran proved he was the real Sishui by revealing a hidden feature in his design, and Sun Baofeng was escorted away. Back in class, his classmates recognized him as Sishui, and he tried to explain why he had not exposed the impostor sooner.

• Wen Feiran folded his design to reveal a hidden Easter egg that proved he had created it.
• Sun Baofeng realized he could not match Wen Feiran's talent and was led away by security.
• The old man praised Wen Feiran and let him return to class without inviting him to join the design institute.
• Zou Yuxing blurted out that Wen Feiran was Sishui, and Su Shangting joined him in praising Wen Feiran.
• Wen Feiran said he had wanted to take a safer approach and denied the rumor that he had shoved the impostor's head into a toilet.
• Guan Yunning asked why Wen Feiran had been in the restroom, and Wen Feiran said he had gone there to email proof of his identity.

After a scandal disrupted filming, Wen Feiran and the other five left the design institute, where the old man invited him to join the South China Institute. Their growing online fame sparked speculation about Wen Feiran’s identity, and the exhausted group arrived home to devour a meal.

• Zou Yuxing tried to comfort Wen Feiran, but Su Shangting teased him about secretly watching cartoons.
• The production team took Wen Feiran and the other five back after the scandal, and the old man invited Wen Feiran to consider joining the South China Institute.
• Wen Feiran promised to think about the invitation after filming, then fell asleep in the car with the others while Guan Yunning watched.
• Online discussions praised Wen Feiran’s painting and design skills, and some viewers began searching for his hidden identity.
• Wen Feiran woke from a troubling dream, and Zou Yuxing and Su Shangting rushed toward food when the group got home.
• The six celebrities sat down and frantically stuffed food into their mouths.

At dinner, Guan Yunning tried to get Wen Feiran drunk so he would reveal damaging secrets, while Zou Yuxing and Su Shangting teased and competed for Wen Feiran’s attention. Wen Feiran kept drinking to defend his pride, and Guan Yunning watched with growing satisfaction as the alcohol began to affect him.

• Wen Feiran ate until he felt refreshed, while Zou Yuxing and Su Shangting argued over which steak he should try.
• Guan Yunning decided to exploit Wen Feiran’s secrets and offered him wine under the guise of toasting their new friendship.
• Wen Feiran drank the first glass, disliked the taste, and defiantly poured himself another after Zou Yuxing mocked him for being a lightweight.
• Wen Feiran’s face grew hot and red, so he pressed cold wine bottles against his cheeks while viewers in the livestream praised his appearance.
• Guan Yunning clinked glasses with Wen Feiran and urged him to keep drinking, pleased as Wen Feiran drained another glass.

During the drinking session, Wen Feiran outlasted the others while Guan Yunning drunkenly exposed his manipulative tricks and past behavior. The livestream viewers realized Guan Yunning had admitted to stealing his boyfriend, while Wen Feiran remained the only guest still conscious.

• Zou Yuxing and the other guests passed out, leaving Wen Feiran and Guan Yunning awake despite both being drunk.
• Guan Yunning challenged Wen Feiran to admit he was drunk, then boasted that he had three secret tricks for getting what he wanted.
• Guan Yunning explained how he used Zou Yuxing’s popularity, feigned selflessness, and drove a wedge between people to get his way.
• Guan Yunning began to reveal how he got his boyfriend, and the livestream viewers recognized his confession about stealing Yinyin’s boyfriend.
• The viewers discussed Guan Yunning’s past schemes and noted that Wen Feiran was the only guest still conscious.

Wen Feiran woke with a terrible hangover and remembered what Guan Yunning had said while drunk, leaving him shocked and uneasy. The director announced that Guan Yunning had gone back to take care of something and that the group’s plans had changed.

• Wen Feiran woke at noon with a pounding headache, dry-heaved, and vowed never to drink again.
• Wen Feiran and Zou Yuxing compared how quickly they had gotten drunk, and Wen Feiran recalled Guan Yunning’s drunken words.
• Wen Feiran reacted with shock while Zou Yuxing mistakenly assumed he needed to throw up.
• The staff woke the other three hungover guests, and Zou Yuxing asked where Guan Yunning was.
• The director said Guan Yunning had gone back to take care of something and announced that the plans had changed.

After returning home from the disrupted livestream trip, Wen Feiran saw that Guan Yunning’s drunken remarks had become a viral joke. He checked his diary before his home life was filmed and was left wondering who he had married and where his husband was.

• Wen Feiran returned home exhausted, took a bath, and relaxed in bed.
• Wen Feiran read the Melon-Eating Squad’s messages about Guan Yunning and saw their online discussion had exploded.
• Netizens turned Guan Yunning’s drunken remarks into a tea art manual and flooded his comments with jokes.
• Wen Feiran worried that his own secrets might be exposed when his daily life was livestreamed.
• Wen Feiran opened his diary and reread the brief entry saying he had gotten married.
• Wen Feiran wondered who his husband was and where he had gone, since he had not appeared in the six months since Wen Feiran returned.

Wen Feiran prepared for a reality-show livestream and struggled to act naturally in front of the cameras. Watching a Gu Suian movie brought back memories of their encounter, and his reactions pushed Gu Suian’s name onto the trending searches.

• Wen Feiran decided not to investigate the identity of the man in his diary, hid anything that could reveal his identity, and went to bed.
• The production team installed cameras in Wen Feiran’s home, and the assistant director told him to behave as usual.
• Wen Feiran awkwardly sat through the start of the livestream, then watched a Gu Suian movie and became lost in memories of their elevator encounter.
• Viewers noticed Wen Feiran repeatedly drinking water whenever he tried to hide his feelings, and topics about him and Gu Suian began trending.
• Gu Suian’s fans flocked to the trending topic, while Strawberry Bobo told the fan group she had commissioned a fanfic from Ms. Autumn Waters.

Wen Feiran agreed to write a commissioned fanfic for Strawberry Bobo and continued his livestream at home. After he accidentally sang in the shower and remembered the cameras were on, he hid beneath a blanket in embarrassment.

• Strawberry Bobo praised Qiushui and explained how she had persuaded him to accept her commission.
• Wen Feiran replied to Strawberry Bobo, agreeing to send her the draft that weekend.
• Wen Feiran cooked dinner, scrubbed the toilet, and later sang loudly while showering as viewers watched.
• Wen Feiran came out of the bathroom, relaxed under a blanket, and noticed the livestream cameras.
• Wen Feiran froze in embarrassment, then burrowed under the blanket as viewers joked about his social death.
• The livestream's viewers compared the five guests' home lives and discussed their different personalities.

Wen Feiran and the other guests visited Su Shangting’s lavish home for the second day of the “true friends” program, where Su Shangting revealed that he had personally cooked their welcome lunch. The guests faced the bubbling, burnt-looking meal as Su Shangting sat down to eat it.

• Su Shangting welcomed Wen Feiran and showed him around his wealthy family’s home.
• Zou Yuxing arrived and described the household’s extravagant meals to Wen Feiran.
• Meng Jingxiu and the remaining guest arrived, and the group headed to the dining room hungry.
• The guests smelled something foul and found a table covered with strange, black-and-green dishes.
• Su Shangting came out of the kitchen and proudly said he had spent two days learning to cook and had made the lunch himself.
• Su Shangting sat down and reached for the burnt-looking food with his knife and fork.