Chapter Summaries

Shen Shuyu realized the guests could spend their own money on expenses other than lodging, while Qi Si and Bo Yanqi enjoyed a private meal and kissed in their room. After Bo Yanqi asked whether Qi Si feared their relationship being exposed, Qi Si recognized that little stood in the way of them being together, though he had been holding on to habits from his time as an actor.

• Yang Yi pointed out to Shen Shuyu that the director had only forbidden guests from using their own money for accommodation.
• Qi Si and Bo Yanqi ate in a private room at a specialty restaurant while the other guests tried to earn money, frustrating director Xiang Qianchong.
• Bo Yanqi gave Qi Si his coffee, then kissed him and made him swallow a mouthful despite Qi Si's protests.
• The following PD turned off the livestream before the kiss, and Qi Si realized the PD had done so on his own.
• Bo Yanqi asked if Qi Si feared their relationship being exposed, and Qi Si concluded that his brother already knew and no one else could prevent them from being together.

Qi Si questioned Bo Yanqi about his sudden willingness to show their relationship publicly, and Bo Yanqi admitted he wanted everyone to know Qi Si was his. The chapter ended with Bo Yanqi pulling Qi Si onto his lap in front of the production crew, leaving Qi Si flustered and angry.

• Qi Si told Bo Yanqi he disliked exposing his private life on camera and asked why Bo Yanqi had changed.
• Bo Yanqi said he wanted the world to know Qi Si was his so no one would covet him, calling it an old man's sense of crisis.
• Bo Yanqi teased Qi Si about never explicitly denying that he was old, and Qi Si fell silent before telling him to shut up.
• Qi Si charged at Bo Yanqi, but Bo Yanqi grabbed him and pulled him into his arms in front of the PD.
• Qi Si demanded that Bo Yanqi let go, while Bo Yanqi bluntly said he was holding him and refused to hear what Qi Si had imagined.

Qi Si asked Bo Yanqi why he had joined the show, and Bo Yanqi admitted he had come because he missed him. Qi Si agreed to go public with their relationship as long as Bo Yanqi discussed any plans with him first, while viewers guessed the pair had kissed during a break in the livestream.

• Qi Si questioned Bo Yanqi about his purpose in joining the show while sitting on his lap.
• Bo Yanqi said he had joined because he missed Qi Si and could not wait until filming ended to see him.
• Qi Si asked whether Bo Yanqi wanted to go public, then agreed on the condition that Bo Yanqi consult him before acting.
• Bo Yanqi agreed to Qi Si's condition, and their livestream abruptly went dark at his request.
• The livestream resumed with Qi Si and Bo Yanqi eating at the table, and viewers noticed Qi Si's swollen lips and Bo Yanqi's brighter smile.
• Viewers speculated online that Qi Si and Bo Yanqi had kissed while the livestream was cut off.

Qi Si worried about earning lodging money, but Bo Yanqi kept him waiting before leading him to a guesthouse and opening a private room with a keypad code. The chapter ended with Qi Si asking how Bo Yanqi knew the password.

• Qi Si urged Bo Yanqi to find a way to earn money for lodging, but Bo Yanqi told him to wait and promised they would have somewhere to stay.
• Bo Yanqi pulled Qi Si back when he tried to leave, and Qi Si agreed to trust him for a little longer.
• After the streetlights came on, Bo Yanqi led Qi Si to the director-arranged guesthouse while holding his hand.
• Bo Yanqi bypassed the front desk and took Qi Si upstairs to a room at the end of the hall.
• Bo Yanqi entered a code on the keypad, opened a room that was never available to the public, and prompted Qi Si to ask how he knew the password.

Qi Si learned that Bo Yanqi had a private room at the guesthouse, and Bo Yanqi insisted they share its bed. As the other guests made their own plans, Yang Yi took Shen Shuyu to the guesthouse.

• Bo Yanqi explained that the guesthouse belonged to a friend who had reserved its best room for him, and Qi Si questioned whether staying there broke the production rules.
• Bo Yanqi pointed out that he had spent no money and told Qi Si they would share the room’s large bed.
• Viewers speculated about Bo Yanqi and Qi Si’s relationship, while Qi Wang watched silently and privately sent Bo Yanqi threatening messages.
• Xiang Qianchong discovered that Yang Yi and Shen Shuyu had spent the afternoon at a milk tea shop, using another gap in the production team’s rules.
• Yang Yi told Shen Shuyu they would go directly to the guesthouse.

Yang Yi and Shen Shuyu went to the guesthouse to ask whether they could pay for their room at checkout, while Xiang Qianchong chose not to interfere with their plans. Bo Yanqi approved their request, and Qi Si suggested extending the same arrangement to the other guests.

• Xiang Qianchong decided not to stop Yang Yi and Shen Shuyu from going to the guesthouse.
• Yang Yi asked to speak with the guesthouse boss, but the front desk attendant sent Bo Yanqi in his place.
• Yang Yi asked Bo Yanqi whether they could pay for their room when they checked out, and he agreed.
• Qi Si suggested letting the other guests pay at checkout too, and Bo Yanqi agreed.

Xu Zhening, Jiang Han, and Gu Yun tried to earn money, but Gu Yun’s café work cost him more than he made. The production team refused to let him use his own money, leaving him owing the team after it covered his compensation.

• Xu Zhening negotiated for himself and Jiang Han to work as mascot performers at seventy yuan per hour each.
• Xu Zhening and Jiang Han spent the afternoon working in hot mascot costumes while Gu Yun made repeated mistakes at a café.
• The director, Xiang Qianchong, told the assistant director to ignore the livestream chatter about Gu Yun and Xu Wenyan, saying someone would handle it if necessary.
• The café owner calculated Gu Yun’s wages at 180 yuan and presented him with a 300-yuan compensation bill for the damage he caused.
• Gu Yun asked to pay with his own money, but the production team refused and offered to cover the bill as a loan he would repay with future earnings.

Gu Yun’s groupmates, fearing he would go solo, stayed silent as online scandals about him resurfaced, while Xu Wenyan tried and failed to suppress the growing attention. After leaving the variety-show set broke and without a place to stay, Gu Yun headed for a subway station to sleep there.

• Xu Wenyan and the other group members worried that Gu Yun had accepted a variety show without telling them and agreed not to defend him if scandals appeared.
• The groupmates secretly helped spread false dirt about Gu Yun online, reviving gossip about his relationship with Xu Wenyan.
• Xu Wenyan panicked as the renewed attention threatened to expose his history with Zhou Xuxu, and his attempt to suppress the buzz only drew more scrutiny.
• After the production team paid his compensation, Gu Yun left the filming location with his luggage and asked the PD about sleeping under an overpass.
• Gu Yun learned from the PD that people slept in subway stations instead and headed there to claim a spot.

After Gu Yun arrived at the guesthouse, the other guests tricked him into thinking they had all earned enough to pay for their rooms, then revealed the joke. He admitted he had worked as a coffee shop waiter, and Qi Si’s question about his pay left him embarrassed.

• The production team persuaded Gu Yun to abandon his plan to sleep at a subway station and head to the guesthouse.
• Gu Yun found the other guests gathered there, and they pretended they had all earned enough money for lodging.
• Gu Yun realized the guests had fooled him and chased after them, but stopped before hitting Qi Si when Bo Yanqi warned him with a look.
• Gu Yun admitted he had worked as a waiter at a coffee shop, and Qi Si pressed him about how much he had earned.

After Bo Yanqi arranged for the guests to stay at the guesthouse before paying, he credited Alsi with the idea and the others thanked him. At dinner, the group met the guesthouse owner Sun Zhufeng, Bo Yanqi’s close friend, whose youthful appearance left everyone curious about his background.

• The guests laughed at Gu Yun for losing money, while Qi Si and Bo Yanqi teased each other and delighted their fans.
• Yang Yi and Xu Zhening thanked Bo Yanqi for arranging their stay, but he told them to thank Alsi instead.
• Qi Si accepted the guests’ thanks and joked that they would still have to pay eventually.
• Sun Zhufeng arrived at the guesthouse and greeted Bo Yanqi as an old friend.
• Bo Yanqi explained that Sun Zhufeng was his age despite looking much younger, and the guests and viewers marveled at his baby face.
• The livestream viewers wondered about Sun Zhufeng’s background, but could not uncover any information about him.

Sun Zhufeng treated Bo Yanqi and the guests to a meal, and Gu Yun nervously relied on Bo Yanqi’s permission to eat freely. Qi Si let Yang Yi’s question expose his acceptance of being associated with Bo Yanqi, then left the restaurant and found Bo Yanqi talking with Sun Zhufeng.

• Sun Zhufeng personally cooked a free meal for Bo Yanqi and the guests, and Gu Yun ate meat despite worrying about his agent’s rules.
• Qi Si reminded Gu Yun that Bo Yanqi was his boss, but Bo Yanqi told Gu Yun to eat, leaving him delighted.
• Yang Yi asked Qi Si where his Third Master was, and Qi Si said Bo Yanqi had gone to rest without denying the implication.
• Qi Si hurried through his meal and left the restaurant, while the others wondered why he was in such a rush.
• Qi Si found Bo Yanqi and Sun Zhufeng talking at an open-air booth beside the Jade Peak River, and Bo Yanqi waved him over.

Qi Si learned how Bo Yanqi and Sun Zhufeng met overseas and heard a wild story about Bo Yanqi attracting the attention of two rivals. The teasing left Sun Zhufeng convinced that Bo Yanqi had fallen deeply for Qi Si.

• Qi Si joined Bo Yanqi and Sun Zhufeng outside, where Sun Zhufeng revealed that he had been Bo Yanqi's classmate abroad.
• Sun Zhufeng recounted how Bo Yanqi worked at a bar and played hard to get with a woman who wanted to keep him.
• Sun Zhufeng explained that the woman's male rival also liked Bo Yanqi, though the two rivals' families had arranged for them to marry each other.
• Qi Si laughed at Bo Yanqi's story until Bo Yanqi covered his mouth and made him promise to stop laughing.
• Sun Zhufeng noticed Bo Yanqi's affectionate attention toward Qi Si and realized his old fear that Bo Yanqi would die alone was unfounded.

Bo Yanqi explained how he used a video and what he knew about an engaged couple to set them against each other after the woman harassed him. The story left off with Sun Zhufeng asking why the couple’s feud became a rumor about Bo Yanqi, as the kept lover had been the first to target him.

• Sun Zhufeng recounted how the engaged couple fought while Bo Yanqi finished his shift and left the bar.
• Bo Yanqi revealed that he told the fiancé his fiancée knew he liked men, a secret he had discovered after seeing him kiss a man behind the bar.
• Bo Yanqi explained that he had also seen the woman with the same man and had recorded a video to back up his claim.
• Sun Zhufeng described how the woman’s persistent harassment had led Bo Yanqi to prepare a safeguard, while Qi Si and Sun Zhufeng reacted to the tangled relationships.
• Sun Zhufeng asked why the feud became a story about Bo Yanqi, and the chapter revealed that the kept lover had been the first to set his sights on him.

Qi Si learned how Sun Zhufeng had intervened when Bo Yanqi was cornered in an alley, while the group’s livestream was interrupted. As everyone returned to their rooms, Gu Yun accidentally hinted that sharing a room with Third Master and the others would make him a punching bag.

• Sun Zhufeng told Qi Si that he had followed Bo Yanqi, fired a warning shot to stop a jealous man from attacking him, and called the police.
• Bo Yanqi corrected Sun Zhufeng’s embellished story and explained that the attacker had wanted to slash his face.
• A guesthouse employee stopped the filming PD from following Qi Si, and the livestream camera was shut off.
• After dinner, Shen Shuyu wondered where the others were, and Gu Yun suggested they had gone back to their rooms.
• Gu Yun explained that he was sharing a room with Xu Zhening and Jiang Han to save money, then let slip that he feared being a punching bag if he roomed with Third Master and the others.

After Gu Yun accidentally exposed Bo Yanqi and Qi Si’s relationship, he alerted his manager and learned that Xu Wenyan had turned the other group members against the company. Bo Yanqi and Qi Si covered the cameras in their room, and Bo Yanqi whispered a request for Dun Dun’s help to Qi Si.

• Gu Yun told his manager he had let the relationship slip and asked about Xu Wenyan, whose group was now making trouble for the company.
• Gu Yun’s manager said the company would handle Xu Wenyan and warned Gu Yun to respect boundaries around Bo Yanqi and Qi Si.
• Bo Yanqi noticed the hidden cameras in the room and explained that the production team had included them in the contract’s supplementary clauses.
• Bo Yanqi covered the cameras with a towel, leaving their livestream viewers with a black screen and no sound.
• Bo Yanqi pulled Qi Si into his arms and whispered, “Dun Dun, help me,” leaving Qi Si wide-eyed.

Qi Si and Bo Yanqi fooled around before the livestream, leaving Qi Si sore the next morning. They finally went live, where viewers saw Bo Yanqi’s tenderness toward Qi Si and his icy demeanor toward everyone else.

• Qi Si tried to stop Bo Yanqi from fooling around, but eventually gave in and reminded him not to dirty the bed.
• Bo Yanqi woke Qi Si at seven, carried him out of bed, and helped him brush his teeth and wash his face.
• Xiang Qianchong came to demand that they start the livestream, but Bo Yanqi shut the door on him before turning it on.
• Bo Yanqi and Qi Si’s livestream came into focus, and Qi Si cheerfully greeted the viewers.
• Bo Yanqi softened when Qi Si asked him to greet the audience, then returned to his cold expression when he faced the camera.

Qi Si and Bo Yanqi made their relationship seem more public as they joined the others for breakfast, while livestream viewers noticed scratches on Bo Yanqi’s wrist. When the guests pressed Qi Si for an explanation, Bo Yanqi’s glare silenced them, leaving Qi Si to realize his influence paled beside Bo Yanqi’s.

• Bo Yanqi held Qi Si’s hand as they entered the dining room and sat beside each other, drawing the guests’ curious stares.
• Sun Zhufeng served breakfast he had cooked, and Bo Yanqi fetched fried noodles for Qi Si after he said he wanted to try them.
• Viewers and Sun Zhufeng noticed scratches on Bo Yanqi’s wrist, and Qi Si guiltily remembered scratching him while grabbing his wrist.
• Yang Yi asked Qi Si how Bo Yanqi got the marks, and Qi Si awkwardly claimed Bo Yanqi might have scratched himself in his sleep.
• Bo Yanqi silenced the guests with a glance, and Qi Si recognized that his authority could not match Bo Yanqi’s.

After breakfast, the guests learned they had to earn money for their room fees, while Qi Si and Bo Yanqi were given a separate scenic-spot challenge. Xiang Qianchong made their task much harder after Xu Zhening asked him to raise the difficulty, leaving Xu worried about the consequences.

• Xiang Qianchong reminded the guests that they had to earn money to pay for their room fees, which they had forgotten.
• Gu Yun asked why Qi Si and Bo Yanqi did not have to pay, and the planner proposed giving them separate tasks with rewards and punishments.
• Xiang Qianchong assigned Qi Si and Bo Yanqi the task of checking in at ten distinctive scenic spots before dinner.
• Xu Zhening questioned how the task was difficult, so Xiang Qianchong clarified that each check-in needed a distinctive feature and that photos had to carry special significance.
• Xu Zhening panicked after realizing he had prompted Xiang Qianchong to make the task much harder.

Bo Yanqi led Qi Si out to complete the production team's task of checking in at ten attractions, insisting that their 300-yuan budget would be enough. He gave Qi Si 100 yuan to spend and walked off without arranging transportation, leaving Qi Si and the viewers doubtful about his plan.

• After Bo Yanqi and Qi Si left the dining room without confronting Xu Zhening, the others laughed at Xu Zhening's astonishment.
• Bo Yanqi took Qi Si's hand, brought a jacket, and led him toward their first check-in spot as the livestream viewers celebrated their closeness.
• The production team gave Qi Si and Bo Yanqi 300 yuan for the outing, and Qi Si questioned how they could visit ten meaningful attractions on so little money.
• Bo Yanqi assured Qi Si the budget was enough, kept 200 yuan for arrangements, and gave Qi Si the remaining 100 yuan to spend.
• When Qi Si asked whether they would take a ride, Bo Yanqi said they did not need one and continued walking, making Qi Si and the viewers question his plan.

Bo Yanqi and Qi Si visited an old manor, where Bo Yanqi’s possessive gestures made Qi Si jealous and left him flustered on the livestream. They left the attraction together as Qi Si finally realized why the two women had not asked Bo Yanqi for his contact information.

• Bo Yanqi explained that he had researched the area and led Qi Si to the old manor, paying for their tickets.
• Bo Yanqi told Qi Si the history of the Zhou Household as they toured the manor.
• Qi Si noticed two women admiring Bo Yanqi and moved closer to him, prompting Bo Yanqi to put an arm around his waist.
• The women followed Bo Yanqi and Qi Si through the manor but never approached them for contact information.
• After they left, Bo Yanqi pulled Qi Si against his waist, and Qi Si blushed as he realized the women had assumed they were together.
• Qi Wang watched the livestream and wondered why Qi Si’s intelligence seemed to fluctuate so wildly.