Chapter Summaries

Su Yang and Liu Bo punished Blondie and Gray Hair for reckless driving, then went to meet Ji Bo’s group for a meal. At the restaurant, Su Yang unexpectedly ran into Tian Wei, prompting Meng Wenzhou to tease him about his peach blossom luck.

• Su Yang and Liu Bo dragged Blondie and Gray Hair into the rice fields to frighten them, then warned their friends to tell them to drive carefully.
• Su Yang and Liu Bo rode to Dacang Local Cuisine and joined Meng Wenzhou, Pan Ning, Meng Qianyu, and the others.
• Tian Wei recognized Su Yang from their meeting outside Ancient City and came over to greet him.
• After Tian Wei left, Meng Qianyu said she seemed interested in Su Yang, and Meng Wenzhou teased him about his peach blossom luck.

After leaving Er City, Su Yang and his companions stopped at a market to buy ingredients for his dinner, while Meng Qianyu reminded him about the Perseid meteor shower. Su Yang promised to take her to watch it in Li City, where they planned to travel next.

• Su Yang said goodbye to Tian Wei, who considered confessing her feelings but decided she could contact him through WeChat instead.
• At three in the afternoon, the group stopped at a vegetable market and agreed that Su Yang would cook dinner for them.
• Su Yang bought spare ribs, pork belly, and vegetables while Meng Qianyu waited by the scooter.
• Meng Qianyu told Su Yang that the Perseid meteor shower would peak the night after tomorrow, and he promised to take her to watch it in Li City.

After a long day of shopping and riding scooters, Su Yang cooked dinner with help from the group, and everyone ate and rested at the homestay. Late that night, Su Qingci messaged Su Yang to ask him to retrieve a bag she had left in his car, and she offered to go with him.

• Everyone returned to the homestay with groceries, and Su Yang recruited the tired group to help prepare dinner.
• Su Yang cooked twelve dishes while Su Qingci and Tang Ziyun watched, and the group shared a meal with beer.
• After dinner, Liu Bo and Ji Bo cleared the dishes while the others relaxed, then everyone gradually went to bed.
• Su Qingci messaged Su Yang to say she had left a bag in his car and asked him to get it.
• Su Qingci told Su Yang she would go with him and waited in the living room.

Su Yang helped Su Qingci search his car for her missing bag, and a struggle to free it caused them to fall together and kiss. Su Qingci then kissed him again, bringing her favorability to 100 and completing Mission One before the deadline.

• Su Yang drove Su Qingci to the car to look for the bag she had left behind.
• Su Qingci searched the back seat and trunk while Su Yang checked the front, but they initially found nothing.
• Su Qingci spotted her coffee-colored bag trapped beneath Su Yang's black bag and asked him to pull it free.
• Su Yang yanked the black bag loose and fell out of the car, pulling Su Qingci down with him; their lips collided.
• After Su Yang pulled Su Qingci into his arms, she kissed him, raising her favorability to 100 and completing Mission One.
• The system awarded Su Yang the Vehicle Repair Master skill, two Attribute Upgrade Cards, and 50 million.

After Su Yang and Su Qingci were interrupted while kissing, they returned to the villa, where Su Qingci hurried to her room and Su Yang went upstairs. While browsing Douyin, Su Yang met Zhong Qing, who declared that she loved him at first sight and booked a flight to Li City to meet him.

• A car horn interrupted Su Yang and Su Qingci as they kissed, and Su Qingci collected her bag before they returned to the villa.
• Su Qingci said good night to Su Yang and hurried back to her room, while Su Yang went upstairs and replayed their kiss in his mind.
• Su Yang opened Douyin and replied to Zhong Qing, who asked him to follow her back and learned that he was in Yunnan Province.
• Zhong Qing told Su Yang she loved him at first sight and insisted on meeting him, even after he said he had a girlfriend and more than one partner.
• Zhong Qing sent Su Yang a screenshot showing she had booked a flight from Haicheng to Li City for the next morning.

Su Yang received Zhong Qing’s selfie and agreed to meet her in Li City, then went downstairs to retrieve Su Qingci’s misplaced bag. After returning it, he joined her on the balcony, where they watched the stars and ended the night meeting each other’s gaze.

• Zhong Qing sent Su Yang a selfie and told him they would meet in Li City the next day.
• Su Qingci messaged Su Yang to explain that she had taken Tang Ziyun’s bag by mistake.
• Su Yang retrieved the correct coffee-colored bag from the car and brought it to Su Qingci’s room.
• Su Qingci invited Su Yang inside and served him water before they went out to her balcony.
• Su Qingci turned off the lights, and she and Su Yang sat together admiring the stars and discussing aliens.
• Su Yang and Su Qingci turned toward each other at the same time and met each other’s eyes.

After spending the night with Su Qingci, Su Yang collected a valuable Richard Mille watch and prepared to travel with his companions to Li City. The group reached Li City in the afternoon and headed for Dayan Ancient Town to find parking and an inn.

• Su Yang woke up, checked that his balance exceeded 529 million yuan, and claimed the Richard Mille watch he had earned from completing both side quests.
• Su Yang replied to Zhong Qing, who was flying to meet him, and told her he would reach Li City at noon.
• At breakfast, Chu Qiunan recognized Su Yang's RM 53-01 watch and asked him to help find a way to buy one.
• Su Qingci returned Tang Ziyun's bag and acted normally around the group after spending the night with Su Yang.
• The group left their homestay at noon and drove to Li City, arriving at the expressway toll station at 2:10 p.m.
• Su Yang told the group they would stay in Dayan Ancient Town, and they set out to find parking and an inn.

Su Yang and his friends arrived in Ancient City and chose an inn, while the men learned that Zhong Qing had come to Li City to meet Su Yang. They headed to the inn to settle in, with Zhong Qing already waiting somewhere nearby.

• Su Yang and Meng Wenzhou discussed booking an inn in Ancient City, and Zhang Ziming recommended Li City Shuiyuntian Inn.
• Meng Qianyu complained about the men smoking, and they put out their cigarettes when Pan Ning told them to.
• The men agreed to book ten rooms and joked about seeking romantic encounters in the City of Romantic Encounters.
• Su Yang told his friends that Zhong Qing had flown to Li City after contacting him about his singing video.
• Su Yang read Zhong Qing's messages saying she had arrived and found an inn, and Meng Wenzhou suggested they go check in.

Su Yang and his friends entered Li City's Ancient City and made their way to the Shuiyuntian Inn, where they had booked ten rooms. After arriving, they waited to check in, leaving them ready to settle into the inn.

• Meng Wenzhou booked the rooms, and the group parked their cars outside the Ancient City before entering through the north gate.
• Meng Qianyu gave flower cakes to Su Yang and Meng Wenzhou, and the girls decided to return later for colorful braids.
• The group followed Meng Wenzhou through the Ancient City and climbed to the hillside inn, Shuiyuntian.
• The inn owner welcomed them and asked them to wait while a guest finished checking in.

Su Yang and his friends settled into Shuiyuntian Inn in Li City, where Zhong Qing unexpectedly arrived after traveling to meet him. The group welcomed her, and she quickly charmed most of the women and praised Meng Wenzhou.

• Su Yang and his friends met Brother Ma at Shuiyuntian Inn and began checking in.
• Su Yang told the women about Zhong Qing, then messaged her that he had arrived in Li City.
• Zhong Qing told Su Yang to wait, then appeared at the inn and happily found him.
• Su Yang introduced Zhong Qing to his friends, and she quickly made the women laugh.
• Zhong Qing praised Meng Wenzhou as handsome, leaving him flustered and amusing Zhang Ziming.

Meng Wenzhou proposed drawing room cards to assign rooms, and Zhong Qing chose the order. After Brother Ma revealed the room types, the group ended up scattered across the inn’s four courtyards, as Meng Wenzhou had intended.

• Meng Wenzhou laid out ten room cards and suggested that everyone draw rooms by chance, with no switching.
• Zhong Qing chose Meng Qianyu to draw first, then assigned the rest of the group’s drawing order and put Su Yang last.
• The group drew cards, and Brother Ma identified their room types: Su Yang, Pan Ning, and Su Qingci got luxury suites; five people got mid-tier rooms; Ji Bo and Zhang Ziming got standard rooms.
• Meng Wenzhou had deliberately spread the rooms across different courtyards to make it easier to act.

Su Yang and his companions settled into their rooms at the inn in Ancient City, while Zhong Qing arranged to stay in the room beside his. Pan Ning doubted Zhong Qing would leave after traveling to find Su Yang, and he planned to ask her about her intentions.

• Ji Bo complained about receiving a standard room while the others teased him and headed to the rear courtyard.
• Zhong Qing told Su Yang that her suite was next door to his, while Meng Qianyu complained that her room was far from his.
• Meng Wenzhou suggested that the group rest before exploring Ancient City, and Su Yang carried Pan Ning and Su Qingci's suitcases to their rooms.
• Su Yang visited Pan Ning's suite, admired the terrace view, and discussed what to do about Zhong Qing.
• Pan Ning predicted that Zhong Qing would stay with the group, and Su Yang said he would ask her about it later.

Su Yang promised Su Qingci they would keep the previous night’s events secret, then told Zhong Qing about his long road trip and tried to send her back to Sea City. Zhong Qing insisted on joining because she had come for him, and Su Yang bound her to his system, revealing her favorability was already 80.

• Su Yang found Su Qingci alone, and she asked him to keep what happened the previous night secret and never discuss it again.
• Zhong Qing followed Su Yang into his room and asked how long he planned to stay in Li City.
• Su Yang explained that his group planned to travel north through Sichuan, Tibet, and Xinjiang, and offered to pay for Zhong Qing’s tickets back to Sea City.
• Zhong Qing refused to leave and insisted on joining the road trip, saying she had come for Su Yang and the others did not interest her.
• Su Yang mentally bound Zhong Qing to his system and discovered that her favorability toward him was 80.

Su Yang and his friends explored Ancient City while the girls went to get colorful braids, and the young men spotted a pair of attractive twin sisters waiting for ice cream. They agreed to take turns asking the sisters for their WeChat, and Chu Qiunan approached them first as the others watched.

• Su Yang added Zhong Qing on WeChat, then the group arranged to meet and explore Ancient City together.
• The eleven friends walked to the busy central streets, where Meng Qianyu led the girls into a shop to get colorful braids while Su Yang and the boys continued on their own.
• Liu Bo bought dried yak meat for the group, and Meng Wenzhou suggested they stop at a nearby Ruixing Coffee shop.
• Chu Qiunan pointed out two attractive twin sisters waiting in line at an ice cream shop, and the boys agreed to approach them one by one for their WeChat, with the loser paying that night's expenses.
• Chu Qiunan fixed his hair and approached the twins while the others watched from a distance, wondering whether he would succeed.

Su Yang watched Chu Qiunan and his friends fail to get the contact information of Chen Yulu and Chen Yuxin, then agreed to try approaching the sisters himself. As he bought coffee beside the ice cream shop, one of the sisters approached him and asked to bother him for a moment.

• Su Yang learned that Chen Yulu and Chen Yuxin each had an appearance score of 88, but decided not to bind with them.
• Chu Qiunan returned after failing to get either sister's WeChat, and Meng Wenzhou and Zhang Ziming also failed despite trying their own approaches.
• Liu Bo and Ji Bo encouraged Su Yang to try, and he agreed to approach the sisters.
• Su Yang bought an iced Americano at the café next to the ice cream shop and caught the sisters' eyes as they left.
• One of the sisters walked up to Su Yang with a bright smile and asked if she could bother him for a moment.

Su Yang met the twin sisters Chen Yuxin and Chen Yulu in Li City, and both asked to add him on WeChat. His friends assumed the encounter had gone nowhere, but Su Yang showed Chu Qiunan that he had added both sisters.

• Chen Yuxin recognized Su Yang from a viral Douyin video and chatted with him while they waited for ice cream.
• Chen Yuxin introduced her reserved older sister, Chen Yulu, and asked Su Yang to add her on WeChat to discuss music.
• Chen Yulu also asked to add Su Yang, saying they shared an interest in traveling, and he added her too.
• Su Yang and the sisters exchanged travel plans and hometowns before Chen Yuxin and Chen Yulu left.
• Chu Qiunan teased Su Yang that the sisters had not added him, but Su Yang showed him their two new WeChat chats.

After Su Yang surprised his friends by getting the WeChat contacts of two women, Ji Bo suggested replacing their usual drinking with a visit to a frightening escape room outside Li City. The group agreed to invite women to join them, and Chu Qiunan eagerly welcomed the idea.

• Su Yang's friends reacted with disbelief when the café server confirmed that two women had asked Su Yang for his WeChat.
• The group bought coffee and discussed what to do while the women had their hair braided, deciding they wanted something more interesting than drinking.
• Ji Bo asked the server for suggestions and learned about Scary Castle, a large escape-room attraction in an abandoned factory outside the city.
• Ji Bo shared the address with his friends, and they discussed the venue's frightening setting and whether to go there that night.
• Ji Bo proposed that each of the five men invite a woman to join them, and Chu Qiunan became enthusiastic about the plan.

The group planned their evening in Ancient City, but the women chose an in-town murder mystery game instead of joining the men at a horror escape room. With too few players, the men set out to find female partners, while Su Yang, Meng Wenzhou, and Liu Bo stayed behind to smoke.

• Ji Bo added Zhong Qing to the road-trip group and asked the five women if they wanted to visit a horror escape-room base.
• Meng Qianyu and the other women declined the escape room and said they would play an ancient-style murder mystery game in Ancient City.
• Zhong Qing first showed interest in the escape room, then withdrew after Meng Qianyu said none of the women would be missing from their own outing.
• Ji Bo pointed out that the escape room needed at least ten players, so the men decided to find female partners and made a contest of who could find one first.
• Zhang Ziming, Ji Bo, and Chu Qiunan headed into the crowd, while Su Yang, Meng Wenzhou, and Liu Bo stayed behind to smoke.

Su Yang searched Ancient City for teammates for an escape room, then encountered and bound Ren Lingxi, a woman with a beauty score of 98. He followed her through the street, still trying to figure out how to approach her.

• Su Yang, Meng Wenzhou, and their friend split up to find teammates and planned to leave Ancient City before nine that night.
• Su Yang scanned several women but found none who met his standards, then invited Chen Yuxin and her sister, who declined because her sister was afraid to go.
• Two women approached Su Yang and invited him to meet their friends, but he turned them down while continuing his search.
• Su Yang spotted Ren Lingxi, scanned her as a single 22-year-old with a beauty score of 98, and successfully bound her.
• Ren Lingxi left a convenience store with water and a hot dog, and Su Yang followed her.

Su Yang followed Ren Lingxi through Ancient City and invited her to join his group for an escape room in an abandoned factory outside the city. Ren Lingxi agreed to go with him, leaving Su Yang with a new companion for the night.

• Su Yang followed Ren Lingxi to a chicken-pea jelly stall and ordered a bowl after learning she wanted extra chili.
• Ren Lingxi and Su Yang exchanged glances, then she moved to his table and struck up a conversation.
• Su Yang explained that his friends needed partners for an escape room and that several women had refused because it was in a remote abandoned factory.
• Ren Lingxi said she would go with Su Yang despite hearing where the escape room was located.