Chapter Summaries

Wen Feiran was pushed down a waterslide before realizing he could not swim, and Gu Suian rescued him from the sea. After recovering, Wen Feiran agreed to let Gu Suian teach him to swim the next day, while the group returned to enjoying their seaside vacation.

• Wen Feiran woke late, ate breakfast, and followed Zou Yuxing to try the waterslide.
• Zou Yuxing pushed Wen Feiran down the slide, and Wen Feiran panicked when he realized he could not swim.
• Gu Suian jumped into the sea and rescued Wen Feiran, while Meng Zizheng threw a life ring and the others gathered in alarm.
• Wen Feiran recovered on the platform, and Zou Yuxing apologized for forgetting that he could not swim.
• Gu Suian offered to teach Wen Feiran to swim the next day, and Wen Feiran agreed despite feeling awkward about his attraction to him.
• Wen Feiran relaxed with a book and juice as Zou Yuxing continued playing in the sea and invited Su Shangting to join him.

Wen Feiran hoped to win the music competition so he could claim the king-bed room and swap with Gu Suian, but he drew one of two obscure instruments. He said he could play it, while Su Shangting offered to trade instruments with him.

• Wen Feiran and Zou Yuxing disagreed about whether to relax or seek out activities on vacation.
• The director announced an individual instrument competition, with the winners choosing rooms first, and Wen Feiran decided to try for the king-bed room so he could swap with Gu Suian.
• Su Shangting chose a violin and Zhou Lei chose a guitar, while Zou Yuxing recoiled from the piano and described his parents’ harsh childhood piano lessons.
• Gu Suian signaled that Wen Feiran could choose first, and Wen Feiran entered the room and selected one of two rare, difficult-to-play instruments.
• Su Shangting asked whether Wen Feiran could play his instrument, and Wen Feiran nodded before Su Shangting offered to swap with him.

Wen Feiran surprised everyone at the bonfire party by playing a rare ancient instrument and completing a lost piece of music. Professor Li recognized the performance on his granddaughter’s livestream and urgently sought Wen Feiran’s contact information, while Zhou Lei played guitar to an audience still focused on Wen Feiran.

• Wen Feiran denied knowing how to play the instrument, then performed a piece that left everyone present stunned.
• Su Shangting praised Wen Feiran, who hoped his performance would win him the room with the big bed.
• Professor Li saw Wen Feiran playing on his granddaughter’s livestream and recognized his skill on the endangered instrument.
• Professor Li realized Wen Feiran had performed the long-lost second half of a national treasure piece and asked his granddaughter for his contact information.
• Zhou Lei began playing guitar, but the livestream audience continued discussing Wen Feiran and the trending searches.

Professor Li's granddaughter explained that her grandfather wanted to meet Wen Feiran to discuss the obscure traditional instrument, prompting fans to praise Wen Feiran for drawing attention to cultural heritage. After Wen Feiran won the big bedroom, Zou Yuxing asked to sleep there so he could see the slide, and Wen Feiran agreed after learning Zou feared sharing a room with Gu Suian; later, Wen Feiran saw Gu Suian after his nap.

• Professor Li's granddaughter said her grandfather wanted a friendly exchange with Wen Feiran about the instrument, and commenters speculated that it was in danger of being lost.
• Wen Feiran won the room with the big bed, while Gu Suian got the side bedroom and Meng Zizheng was assigned the storage room.
• Zou Yuxing asked Wen Feiran if he could sleep on the floor in his room to see the slide, and Wen Feiran agreed.
• Zou Yuxing whispered that Gu Suian reminded him of the model child his parents had compared him to, and Wen Feiran realized that Zou feared disturbing Gu Suian.
• Zou Yuxing reassured Wen Feiran that Gu Suian had many celebrity admirers, easing Wen Feiran's reservations about being seen as a fan.
• After lunch, Wen Feiran napped, changed clothes, and spotted Gu Suian in the distance.

Wen Feiran struggled through a swimming lesson with Gu Suian, then joined the others at a bonfire party where Zhou Lei performed a song he had plagiarized from him. The chapter ended with Zhou Lei taking credit for writing the song and claiming it was only his average work.

• Wen Feiran told Gu Suian he trusted him, then clung to him in the water while trying to learn to swim.
• Gu Suian moved the lesson to shallow water, where Wen Feiran managed to float but swallowed seawater and became exhausted.
• Zou Yuxing teased Wen Feiran about his swimming, prompting him to vow to keep practicing after dinner, while Gu Suian praised his progress and urged him to rest.
• The director arranged a bonfire party, and Zou Yuxing asked Zhou Lei to sing while Zhou Lei played guitar.
• Wen Feiran recognized Zhou Lei's song as the one he had plagiarized and noticed a wrong note that the others missed.
• Zhou Lei claimed he had written the song in one night and called it his most average work.

Wen Feiran exposed Zhou Lei’s mistakes while playing guitar, and Gu Suian explained how Zhou’s song drew inspiration from his film, moving Wen Feiran. The next morning, Zou Yuxing dragged a reluctant Wen Feiran into beach volleyball, where his powerful jump and smash stunned him.

• Wen Feiran told Zhou Lei that his guitar performance had several wrong notes, then demonstrated the corrected version on Zhou’s guitar.
• Zhou Lei defended his playing, but Wen Feiran told him to compare it with the released album, and Zhou admitted he had later adjusted the song.
• Gu Suian connected the lyrics to his film Qiushui, and Wen Feiran realized his own inspiration for the song had come from watching the film.
• Wen Feiran played along with Gu Suian’s singing, while Zhou Lei watched resentfully as the others focused on them.
• The next morning, Zou Yuxing pulled Wen Feiran into a beach volleyball game and slammed the ball into the sand with astonishing force.

Wen Feiran struggled through volleyball practice while Zou Yuxing’s powerful play embarrassed Zhou Lei and exposed his suspected plastic surgery. Wen Feiran then unexpectedly scored against Gu Suian, despite his poor athletic skills.

• Zou Yuxing coaxed Wen Feiran onto the court and tried to teach him to serve, but Wen Feiran missed the ball and got hit in the face.
• Zhou Lei volunteered to play against Zou Yuxing, showed off for the livestream, and was struck in the face by a spike that left his nose crooked.
• Livestream viewers circulated screenshots of Zhou Lei’s crooked nose, reigniting plastic surgery rumors and silencing his fans.
• After Zou Yuxing’s strong play left others reluctant to face him, Wen Feiran and Gu Suian were assigned to play against each other.
• Wen Feiran failed to react in time to a ball, but it struck his arm and bounced into a blind spot that Gu Suian could not reach.

Wen Feiran won a badminton match with Gu Suian’s help, then decided to learn to swim. Meanwhile, Zhou Lei learned that Feiwen was suing him for stealing a song—and that Feiwen was Wen Feiran—as the revelation spread online.

• Wen Feiran won five points in a row and beat his opponent, unaware that Gu Suian had been feeding him easy shots.
• Wen Feiran returned to the house in a good mood and went to find Gu Suian to learn how to swim.
• Zhou Lei checked that his nose implant was in place, then discovered that ugly photos of him were trending online.
• Zhou Lei’s agent told him that Feiwen was suing him for passing off Feiwen’s song as his own, but Zhou Lei dismissed the lawsuit and urged his agent to pressure Feiwen.
• Zhou Lei’s agent revealed that Feiwen was Wen Feiran, and paparazzi helped the news spread widely online.

Wen Feiran admitted to the other guests that he was Feiwen after Zhou Lei confronted him over the lawsuit. Zhou Lei quit Forward All the Way, and the production team invited a new guest whose arrival sent the livestream audience surging.

• Zhou Lei confronted Wen Feiran on camera, accused him of hiding his identity, and threatened to fight the lawsuit to the end.
• Wen Feiran repeatedly directed Zhou Lei to speak to his lawyer, while Gu Suian silently stood behind him and intimidated Zhou Lei into retreating.
• Wen Feiran told the other guests that he really was Feiwen, and Zou Yuxing concluded that he had written the song for Gu Suian.
• Zhou Lei withdrew from filming overnight, while viewers joked about Wen Feiran's uncanny record of guests losing their reputations.
• The production team invited a new guest, whose on-camera appearance caused the livestream audience to surge.

Wen Feiran led the guests on a sea-fishing trip, where Zou Yuxing and Su Shangting bickered and Meng Wenzheng accidentally tangled his line around Chu Chengping. Chu Chengping surprised Meng Wenzheng by staying quiet and stepping aside so the line could be untangled.

• Chu Chengping arrived with a sour expression and barely acknowledged the other guests, drawing angry comments from livestream viewers.
• Wen Feiran nervously invited Chu Chengping to join the planned sea-fishing trip, and Chu Chengping agreed.
• The guests boarded a boat, and Wen Feiran relaxed as they headed out to sea.
• Zou Yuxing and Su Shangting argued over their childhood mishaps before Wen Feiran urged them to focus on fishing.
• Meng Wenzheng accidentally tangled his fishing line around Chu Chengping, who silently stepped aside so it could be untangled.

Wen Feiran discovered that Chu Chengping had joined the sea-fishing trip despite severe seasickness because he did not want to inconvenience everyone. After a mishap on the boat made Chu Chengping even more miserable, the group hurried back to shore.

• Chu Chengping asked Wen Feiran for seasickness medicine after struggling to hide how sick he felt.
• Wen Feiran explained to Zou Yuxing that Chu Chengping had come along because he did not want to spoil the group’s plans.
• Su Shangting caught a small fish while Zou Yuxing left to compete with him, rocking the boat and causing Meng Wenzheng to fall onto Chu Chengping.
• The group hurried back when Chu Chengping looked dangerously ill, and the boat’s bouncing made him retch even harder.

Chu Chengping recovered from seasickness after Wen Feiran cared for him, then awkwardly took over grilling at the barbecue. Wen Feiran remained anxious about everyone’s safety as the group’s evening continued.

• Wen Feiran and the others carried the seasick Chu Chengping back to his room, where he slept for most of the day.
• Zou Yuxing comforted Wen Feiran and remarked that Chu Chengping seemed to get sick from every kind of transportation, prompting viewers to revisit clips of him scowling at fans.
• Chu Chengping woke feeling better, and Wen Feiran brought him warm congee and side dishes that he ate in silence.
• Wen Feiran stopped Zou Yuxing from grilling after he burned two skewers, and Chu Chengping stiffly took over cooking.
• Wen Feiran refused to let Zou Yuxing drink because he feared he might jump into the sea, while Su Shangting backed him up by teasing Zou Yuxing.

Wen Feiran joined the group’s games and barbecue, while Chu Chengping quietly sought his approval of the food. After the group cleaned up, they planned to stargaze, leaving Zou Yuxing to change before joining them.

• Zou Yuxing proposed truth or dare, and Wen Feiran answered that Su Shangting was smarter than Zou Yuxing.
• Chu Chengping put a grilled skewer on Zou Yuxing’s plate, making Zou Yuxing the last person to receive one and face a dare from Su Shangting.
• Zou Yuxing refused to shout Su Shangting’s humiliating dare, and he and Su Shangting wrestled while the others shared the skewers.
• Chu Chengping asked Wen Feiran whether there was enough food, relaxed after Wen Feiran praised the skewers, and returned to his room.
• Zou Yuxing suggested stargazing, and Wen Feiran asked him to change before the group waited for him.

Wen Feiran prepared for Zou Yuxing’s exhausting seaside foraging trip while growing flustered over his feelings for Gu Suian. After the group was crowded together under the stars, Gu Suian pulled Wen Feiran into an embrace.

• Zou Yuxing dragged everyone down the slide before their scheduled five o’clock seaside foraging, leaving Wen Feiran drenched and cold.
• Wen Feiran found Gu Suian with a damp face and shirt and privately imagined waking up beside him as his boyfriend.
• Gu Suian gave Wen Feiran a towel and told him to dry his hair so he would not catch a cold.
• Wen Feiran lay beside Gu Suian and remembered that he might have clung to Gu Suian in his sleep on their first night together.
• Zou Yuxing crowded onto Su Shangting, who shifted inward and shoved Meng Wenzheng, leaving Wen Feiran nearly squashed.
• Gu Suian wrapped an arm around Wen Feiran’s waist and pulled him against his chest.

Wen Feiran mistook Gu Suian’s gentle attention for a sign of affection, but their charged moment was interrupted by Meng Wenzheng. Later, the group went beachcombing, where Wen Feiran’s attempt to share his excitement with Chu Chengping turned awkward.

• Gu Suian gently dried Wen Feiran’s hair, and Wen Feiran stared at him as his feelings surfaced.
• Meng Wenzheng opened the door and caught Gu Suian and Wen Feiran standing close together, breaking the moment.
• Wen Feiran thanked Gu Suian and left to dry his hair, while Meng Wenzheng struggled to process what he had seen.
• Zou Yuxing led the group to the beach at low tide and showed them where to dig for finds.
• Wen Feiran found a starfish and tried to show it to Chu Chengping, who responded with a cold stare.
• Wen Feiran offered to let Chu Chengping return to rest, but Chu Chengping refused.

Wen Feiran and the others searched the shore with Chu Chengping after he lost his limited-edition shoes, but they found nothing before the tide came in. As Chu Chengping walked away sadly, Gu Suian offered Wen Feiran water, and Wen Feiran became absorbed in his smile while growing faint from hunger.

• Wen Feiran and Zou Yuxing compared their shore finds until Chu Chengping arrived with a bucketful that outdid them both.
• Su Shangting noticed Chu Chengping had lost his limited-edition shoes, and Chu Chengping hurried back to look for them.
• Wen Feiran, Su Shangting, Zou Yuxing, and the others searched the beach but found no shoes as the tide rose.
• Zou Yuxing promised to return with Chu Chengping when the tide went out, while Chu Chengping walked away without answering Wen Feiran's attempt to comfort him.
• Gu Suian gave Wen Feiran water when he began coughing, and Wen Feiran became captivated by Gu Suian's smile.
• Wen Feiran grew weak and dizzy because the group had gone shore-combing without eating breakfast.

Wen Feiran rescued his starfish from Zou Yuxing and gave it to Gu Suian, who hinted he had something important to tell him but postponed it. Later that night, Wen Feiran found Chu Chengping wandering in the dark, asking if he could eat some bread because he had no money.

• Wen Feiran rushed into the kitchen and rescued his starfish when Zou Yuxing asked how to cook it.
• Wen Feiran encountered Gu Suian reading outside and gave him the starfish as a gift.
• Gu Suian said he had something to tell Wen Feiran, then put off the conversation until later.
• Wen Feiran woke during the night and found Chu Chengping in the dining room with bread.
• Chu Chengping asked Wen Feiran if he could eat the bread and said he had no money.

Wen Feiran struggled to make sense of Chu Chengping’s unexpectedly cute behavior after Chu traded him a doll and called him “big brother.” The next morning, Chu Chengping discovered something important was missing, and Wen Feiran suspected it was connected to his visit the night before.

• Chu Chengping traded Wen Feiran his favorite doll for a little bun and called him “big brother.”
• Wen Feiran took the doll to his room, felt uneasy about its gaze, and turned it toward the window before trying to sleep.
• Wen Feiran slept poorly and woke late, then heard the others discussing Chu Chengping’s missing possession.
• Chu Chengping said the missing item had always been in his arms before he went to sleep.
• Wen Feiran asked Chu Chengping if he had come out of his room the previous night.

Chu Chengping discovered that his pink plush toy had gone missing, and Wen Feiran explained that Chu Chengping had sleepwalked into his room and left it with him as collateral for bread. Chu Chengping retrieved the toy and admitted he had sleepwalked again, while livestream viewers shared details that complicated the old scandal involving him.

• Zou Yuxing reasoned that one of the six people in the house must have taken Chu Chengping's missing object, then realized his theory implicated himself.
• Wen Feiran told Chu Chengping that the missing object was a pink plush toy with two eyes and that Chu Chengping had brought it to him during the night.
• Wen Feiran retrieved the toy from his room, and Chu Chengping rushed over to clutch it with relief.
• Wen Feiran reminded Chu Chengping that he had sleepwalked to the kitchen and left the toy as collateral for bread, and Chu Chengping admitted he had sleepwalked again.
• Chu Chengping recalled that he had once injured someone while sleepwalking on a film set.
• Livestream viewers discussed Chu Chengping's plush toy, sleepwalking, and the fuller story behind the past incident that had damaged his reputation.

Public discussion of Chu Chengping’s behavior revived interest in him and cleared up old misunderstandings, bringing him new acting offers. As filming for Forward All the Way neared its end, the director reflected on how Wen Feiran’s unexpected impact had made the show a hit.

• Netizens analyzed Chu Chengping’s expressions and past scandals, and his unusual personality became a popular topic.
• Chu Chengping’s agent told him that a director had offered him a role he had long wanted, and Chu promised to thank Wen Feiran.
• Viewers praised Forward All the Way for clearing Chu Chengping’s name and suggested inviting more controversial stars.
• The director recalled that he had invited Chu Chengping as a last resort after other stars backed out, and was surprised the show’s gamble had paid off.