Chapter Summaries

Su Qiao explained her martial arts training and reassured the group that she had learned to protect herself from dangerous men. She led Han Feng and the others downstream to find food, where she caught a snake, startling Wang Yanqiu.

• Su Qiao said she had trained in martial arts, Taekwondo, boxing, and fighting techniques to protect herself from thugs and scumbags.
• He Kai asked Su Qiao to teach him how to fight off debt collectors, and she told him he should have reported them to the police.
• Han Feng urged Su Qiao to find food before dark, and she led the group downstream from the pool.
• Su Qiao spotted a snake and caught it with her knife and bare hand.
• Wang Yanqiu screamed at the sight of the snake, and the men hurried over to see what had happened.

Su Qiao caught and killed a venomous snake, declaring that she would prepare it for dinner despite the other women refusing to eat it. After choosing a campsite, she went to look for more snakes while Han Feng and He Kai prepared to cook.

• Su Qiao calmly caught a venomous snake and explained that it was edible after its fangs and venom sacs were removed.
• Su Qiao chopped off the snake's head and crushed it, frightening the onlookers.
• Wang Yanqiu, He Xiaolan, and Song Yaqin rejected the idea of eating snake, and Su Qiao told them she had not offered them any.
• After Mo Jin found a campsite, Su Qiao gave the skinned snake to Han Feng to roast and went to search for more.
• He Kai volunteered to help, but Su Qiao sent him to gather stones for a stove and warned him not to use wet stones.

The group searched for food, but their attempts to catch fish and shrimp yielded only a few tiny fish. While He Kai and Han Feng prepared the venomous snake Su Qiao had caught, He Kai teased Han Feng about his feelings for her, leaving Han Feng flustered.

• Hungry after two days without meat, the group discussed hunting and tried to find food near the stream and in the trees.
• Mo Jin climbed a tree to look for bird eggs while the others tried to catch fish and shrimp, but they caught only a few tiny fish.
• He Kai and Han Feng built a simple stove, and Han Feng cut the snake into sections to cook on a stone slab.
• He Kai teased Han Feng about being jealous and interested in Su Qiao, and Han Feng denied it while blushing.

Han Feng and He Kai discussed Han Feng’s feelings for Su Qiao, and the others overheard them. The group then talked about Li Xingqiang’s expensive house plans, while Jun Ting reacted jealously to Han Feng’s relationship with Su Qiao.

• Han Feng warned He Kai not to tell Su Qiao that he liked her, and He Kai went to collect firewood.
• Li Xingqiang, Jun Ting, and Guan Xudong overheard Han Feng and He Kai, and Li Xingqiang revealed that Han Feng and Su Qiao liked each other.
• Jun Ting grew jealous as he compared Han Feng’s safe, comfortable situation with his own constant fear.
• Guan Xudong asked Li Xingqiang about buying a house, and Li Xingqiang said his wife wanted a fully paid 3.5-million-yuan home.
• Guan Xudong warned Li Xingqiang that his wife might also expect him to buy her a car, jewelry, bags, clothes, and cosmetics.

Su Qiao and the others ate the food she had gathered, then discussed their next route and plans for keeping watch. Mo Jin agreed to study the map overnight, while Su Qiao and Han Feng volunteered for the early-morning watch.

• Guan Xudong resented how much he had spent trying to win over a woman who ignored him when he did not buy her gifts.
• Su Qiao shared the snakes she had caught with Han Feng, He Kai, and Mo Jin, while Mo Jin shared a few bird eggs with the group.
• Su Qiao asked Mo Jin whether he had found any cameras in the woods, and he said he had not.
• Wang Yanqiu doubted Su Qiao's suspicion that someone was spying on them, but Su Qiao and Mo Jin ignored her.
• Mo Jin asked the group to discuss their route, but they left the decision to him, so he put the map away to study overnight.
• Mo Jin proposed two-hour watch shifts, and Su Qiao volunteered to take the early-morning shift with Han Feng before they went to rest in a tent.

Su Qiao brought Han Feng into her tent so they could sleep and keep watch during the dangerous night. She warned him that the game organizers might be watching, but left him worried about the group’s schemes and the risk of an attack.

• Mo Jin and Su Qiao agreed to keep watch during the deepest hours of the night because they distrusted the others.
• When Su Qiao led Han Feng toward her tent, he objected to sharing it with her, but she insisted the situation was too dangerous for him to sleep elsewhere.
• Su Qiao told Han Feng that cameras might be monitoring the game and warned him that the others were scheming over the ten million.
• Han Feng followed Su Qiao into the tent, where she told him to lie beside her on the cramped air mattress so they could rest before tomorrow’s journey.

Su Qiao and Han Feng discussed whether the person behind the dangerous game was connected to the one who had harmed him, and Han Feng worried that his hypnosis might never be undone. Su Qiao reassured him that she would find a way, then told him she could accept him as he was if she failed.

• Su Qiao asked Han Feng whether he suspected the person behind the game was connected to the one who had harmed him, and he said he did.
• Han Feng nervously asked whether he could call Su Qiao by her nickname, and she pointed out that he already did.
• Han Feng asked whether his hypnosis could be undone and feared spending his life without knowing who he was or whether he had a family.
• Su Qiao promised Han Feng that she would find a way to reverse the hypnosis.
• Su Qiao told Han Feng that if the hypnosis could not be undone, she could still accept him as he was.

Su Qiao reassured Han Feng that she would help him recover his identity, and the two rested before taking their watch shifts. The chapter left them keeping watch by a stream while Su Qiao prepared to sleep.

• Han Feng asked whether Su Qiao thought he was all right despite how others judged his appearance and speech.
• Su Qiao mocked the people who had come for money and called Young Master Jun and Song Yaqin foolish for getting captured.
• Han Feng asked whether Su Qiao would consider him useless if he could not remember who he was, and she promised to help find his family and uncover his identity.
• Su Qiao and Han Feng slept for four hours, then took their turns standing watch.
• Han Feng offered to keep watch by the stream while Su Qiao slept.

Su Qiao and Han Feng rested beside a stream, with Su Qiao sleeping on Han Feng’s legs while he kept watch. Nearby, Wang Yanqiu tried to placate Guan Xiao Dong, but he rejected her and went into the tent, leaving her furious.

• Su Qiao insisted that she and Han Feng take turns resting, then lay down with her head on his legs.
• Han Feng awkwardly adjusted his posture and promised to protect Su Qiao while she slept.
• Wang Yanqiu clung to Guan Xiao Dong and apologized for being harsh to him during the day.
• Guan Xiao Dong pulled away from Wang Yanqiu and went into the tent, and her expression twisted with anger.

While the group rested near the creek, Han Feng quietly sheltered Su Qiao from the cold. Wang Yanqiu tried to seduce Jun Ting and sow distrust between him and his fiancée, but he rejected her claims that Su Qiao would end their engagement.

• After Guan Xudong and Wang Yanqiu argued, Han Feng covered the sleeping Su Qiao with his jacket.
• Han Feng pulled Su Qiao into his arms to keep her warm as the group changed its guards.
• Li Xingqiang saw Wang Yanqiu throw herself into Jun Ting's arms and withdrew to the woods.
• Jun Ting pushed Wang Yanqiu away when she claimed she was cold, and she tried again to seduce him.
• Wang Yanqiu told Jun Ting that Su Qiao planned to break off their engagement, but Jun Ting insisted Su Qiao had forgiven him.

Wang Yanqiu sowed doubt in Jun Ting by claiming Song Yaqin planned to end their engagement, then went with him behind a rock. Su Qiao woke in Han Feng’s arms, learned what was happening, and chose not to wake Song Yaqin; the next morning, only a few people knew about Jun Ting and Wang Yanqiu’s affair.

• Wang Yanqiu told Jun Ting that Song Yaqin intended to dissolve their engagement and claimed Su Qiao had heard her say so.
• Wang Yanqiu and Jun Ting moved behind a large rock at the edge of the woods.
• Su Qiao woke in Han Feng’s arms, and Han Feng covered her ears and face with his coat when he realized she might hear the sounds from nearby.
• Su Qiao asked 444 whether Song Yaqin was awake, then decided not to wake her to witness Jun Ting and Wang Yanqiu together.
• The group set off the next morning, while Su Qiao, Han Feng, and Li Xingqiang knew about the affair; Mo Jin may have known as well.

Wang Yanqiu kept her flirtation with Jun Ting hidden from Song Yaqin, while Su Qiao predicted the secret would eventually come out. After three more days of harsh travel, the group’s physical and mental condition worsened and tempers grew short.

• Wang Yanqiu repeatedly made contact with Jun Ting, prompting Song Yaqin to question their relationship.
• Jun Ting denied anything was going on, and Wang Yanqiu assured Song Yaqin that he had only helped her out of pity.
• Su Qiao told 444 that Wang Yanqiu was hiding the relationship to avoid Song Yaqin’s retaliation and predicted the secret would surface eventually.
• The group spent three more days climbing mountains, crossing rough slopes and rivers, and enduring poor food and sleep.
• Everyone became increasingly exhausted, tense, and short-tempered.

The group grew weaker from hunger and exhaustion as Mo Jin led them through treacherous terrain, while Su Qiao and Han Feng continued to find food and enjoy their meals. They stopped in a valley beside a river to rest before attempting to climb Stone Mountain the next day.

• The hungry group complained to Mo Jin that they had been walking for five days without finding a way out, and Wang Yanqiu regretted not eating the poisonous snakes.
• After the exhausted group struggled along a dangerous path, Mo Jin said they would stop in the valley for the night and climb Stone Mountain the next day.
• Su Qiao and Han Feng went into the woods to gather firewood, fruit, snakes, and medicinal herbs, while the others rested.
• Han Feng enthusiastically prepared different roasted and pan-fried snake dishes for Su Qiao, whose approval delighted him.

Su Qiao and Han Feng’s meals of snake meat stirred envy and resentment among the hungry survivors. He Kai defended them against the others’ accusations, and the dispute ended with him challenging their sense of entitlement.

• Han Feng prepared snake meat with grape juice and served it to Su Qiao.
• Guan Xiao Dong and Cui Hu mocked Han Feng for serving Su Qiao, while the others resented the couple’s comfort.
• He Xiaolan complained about the couple flaunting their affection, and He Kai rebuked the group for their jealousy.
• Jun Ting and Guan Xiao Dong argued that Su Qiao and Han Feng should share their food with everyone.
• He Kai reminded them that Su Qiao had risked her life to catch the snake and challenged them to share their own money with the poor.

Su Qiao rejected the group’s demands for her food and challenged the idea that they were a united team. Mo Jin persuaded everyone to stay together under a new arrangement for gathering food.

• Song Yaqin and He Kai argued over whether He Kai was entitled to Su Qiao’s food, and Su Qiao defended him.
• Su Qiao said the group had never been a true team and told anyone who wanted to leave to go their own way.
• Han Feng offered Su Qiao washed star fruit, while He Kai welcomed the idea of traveling with her and Han Feng alone.
• Mo Jin intervened, acknowledged that Su Qiao had no obligation to share her food, and urged the group not to split up.
• Su Qiao agreed to stay if she, Han Feng, and He Kai handled their own food while Mo Jin and Cui Hu provided for the others.

After the snake-meat dispute ended, Jun Ting followed Su Qiao into the woods and tried to win her over with an apology and a declaration of love. Su Qiao rejected him and threatened him, while 444 spotted the Female Lead hiding behind a moss-covered rock.

• Su Qiao went into the woods to gather vines, and Jun Ting followed to apologize for her being dragged into the situation.
• Jun Ting claimed his engagement to Wang Yanqiu was only for mutual benefit and said he had fallen for Su Qiao.
• Su Qiao backed away when Jun Ting reached for her hand and warned him that she would beat him again.
• Jun Ting dodged Su Qiao's kick, fell against a moss-covered rock, and angrily accused her of pushing her luck.
• Su Qiao mocked Jun Ting and threatened to make sure he stayed there forever if he provoked her.

Su Qiao rejected Jun Ting’s offer of ten million in exchange for keeping him safe, then exposed his secret bargain to Song Yaqin. Jun Ting threatened Su Qiao and left in anger, only to encounter Han Feng in the woods.

• Jun Ting offered Su Qiao five million, then ten million, if she guaranteed he would leave safely, but she refused.
• Su Qiao told Jun Ting to go comfort Song Yaqin and revealed that she was watching them nearby.
• Song Yaqin confronted Jun Ting over his bargain and ran away; Jun Ting accused Su Qiao of arranging for her to overhear.
• Jun Ting threatened Su Qiao, who dismissed him as she cut a vine to weave into a basket.
• Jun Ting left the woods cursing and ran into Han Feng.

Han Feng confronted Jun Ting about what he had done to Su Qiao, then attacked him when Jun Ting threatened to pursue her. Su Qiao arrived and interrupted the fight, allowing Jun Ting to escape while shouting for help.

• Han Feng asked Jun Ting what he had done to Su Qiao, and Jun Ting insulted Han Feng out of jealousy.
• Han Feng said he would not lie to Su Qiao, angering Jun Ting, who threatened him before leaving the woods.
• Han Feng blocked Jun Ting and beat him, pinning him down and choking him.
• Su Qiao heard the commotion and found Han Feng attacking Jun Ting.
• Han Feng turned toward Su Qiao in surprise, and Jun Ting escaped, yelling that Han Feng was trying to kill him.

Jun Ting accused Han Feng of trying to strangle him, but the others doubted his story after Su Qiao revealed that Jun Ting had threatened her over food. Mo Jin called for everyone to rest before climbing Stone Mountain, and Su Qiao took Han Feng into the forest to ask why he had lost control.

• Jun Ting showed the red marks on his neck and accused Han Feng of trying to kill him.
• Su Qiao and Guan Xiao Dong defended Han Feng, while He Kai and the others suspected Jun Ting had provoked him to get meat.
• Su Qiao revealed that Jun Ting had threatened to make trouble unless she gave him meat, and Jun Ting was left furious and humiliated.
• Mo Jin told everyone to rest for the day before climbing Stone Mountain the next morning.
• Su Qiao brought Han Feng into the forest and asked whether he had lost control when he attacked Jun Ting.

Han Feng confessed that he had wanted to strangle and torture someone, and Su Qiao reassured him that dark thoughts were normal as long as he did not harm innocent people. He felt calmer and let Su Qiao cut his hair, still wondering whether he could act on those impulses against people who deserved it.

• Han Feng told Su Qiao that he had wanted to strangle someone and make him suffer, then worried that the thoughts meant he was a frightening person.
• Su Qiao said people could have dark thoughts because of their experiences and explained that she reserved such impulses for enemies and Human Devils.
• Han Feng decided he would only target people like Human Devils if he ever acted on his violent thoughts.
• Su Qiao told Han Feng he could speak freely around her, criticized his messy hair, and used her Trooper's Military Knife to start giving him a crew cut.
• Han Feng obediently let Su Qiao cut his hair and asked whether he could really do that in the future.