Recaps

Song Qianshan confronted Lu Xingchuan about his past treatment of Shen Yan during their date, and the two parted on bad terms. On another date, Xie Li tried to taste Pei Heng’s ice cream, but Pei Heng shoved the whole cone into his mouth and rebuked him.

• Song Qianshan told Lu Xingchuan that her ex-boyfriend had cheated on her with a man for three years.
• Song Qianshan questioned Lu Xingchuan about Xie Li and Shen Yan, prompting Lu Xingchuan to leave their date angrily.
• Song Qianshan continued watching the stars as Lu Xingchuan and Song Qianshan’s fans argued online.
• Xie Li asked Pei Heng about his peach-colored ice cream and explained why he had called him brother.
• Xie Li leaned toward Pei Heng and said he wanted to know what his ice cream tasted like.
• Pei Heng shoved the unfinished ice cream into Xie Li’s mouth and told him not to play tricks in front of him.

Pei Heng openly spoiled Shen Yan while dismissing Lu Xingchuan’s concerns about Xie Li, who had been crying upstairs. Xie Li asked Lu Xingchuan to make Shen Yan leave the show so he could film without him.

• Shen Yan and Bai Jing lost a Tank Battle game, and Pei Heng teased Shen Yan before offering to help him win.
• Lu Xingchuan returned to the villa and asked Pei Heng where Xie Li was; Pei Heng said Xie Li had run off crying after he refused to chase him.
• Lu Xingchuan learned from the director that Xie Li was sleeping upstairs and hurried to check on him.
• Xie Li opened his door in tears and asked Lu Xingchuan to make Shen Yan leave the show.

Shen Yan discovered that an old video had sparked an online scandal and that his agent had withdrawn him from the production team. He revealed that the video showed him being drugged while trying to secure Lu Xingchuan’s role in Fragrant Years, and he prepared to release the full recording before his furious agent arrived.

• Xie Li and Lu Xingchuan confronted Shen Yan about a viral video and his withdrawal from the production team.
• Shen Yan borrowed Bai Jing’s phone and saw the video and trending posts accusing him of sleeping with an investor.
• Shen Yan explained that the video was from two years earlier, when he had been drugged by a casting director while helping Lu Xingchuan obtain the lead role in Fragrant Years.
• Shen Yan said he had recorded the casting director’s attempted assault and threatened to publish the full video, while Lu Xingchuan denied knowing about it.
• Bai Jing questioned why the old video had surfaced as Shen Yan’s popularity rose, and Shen Yan went to find a charging cable.
• Shen Yan’s agent stormed into the villa and demanded that he leave, warning him to pay the full breach-of-contract penalty.

Shen Yan confronted his manager and Lu Xingchuan with an old video that could prove Lu Xingchuan had obtained a role through Shen Yan’s help, while Pei Heng livestreamed the confrontation. As Shen Yan prepared to share the evidence online, Xie Li and the manager tried to portray the scandal as a plan Shen Yan had staged himself.

• The director dismissed Shen Yan from the production but left open the possibility of his return if he cleared up the scandal.
• Shen Yan reminded his manager and Lu Xingchuan that he had recorded evidence two years earlier, then dislocated the manager’s wrist when the manager tried to drag him away.
• Lu Xingchuan tried to seize Shen Yan’s phone, but Shen Yan punched him and played the old video while viewers commented on Pei Heng’s livestream.
• Bai Jing and Song Qianshan offered to repost Shen Yan’s evidence, and Shen Yan said he would upload it using an alternate account.
• Xie Li claimed the old video’s appearance was suspicious, while Shen Yan’s manager accused him of planning the scandal and deliberately injuring him.

Shen Yan exposed another video proving he had secured Lu Xingchuan’s role in Fragrant Years and endured Lu Xingchuan’s cruelty, turning public opinion against the actor. As Lu Xingchuan’s manager tried to contain the scandal, Pei Heng offered Shen Yan a chance to join Huancheng, and Li Dazhu ordered Zhao Sheng to poach him.

• Shen Yan played home surveillance footage showing Lu Xingchuan rejecting him and wishing he had been raped after Shen Yan fought to secure Lu Xingchuan’s role in Fragrant Years.
• Xie Xun’s fans attacked Lu Xingchuan online, while Lu Xingchuan’s fans tried to defend his acting and inadvertently confirmed that Shen Yan had secured the role for him.
• Xie Li urged Lu Xingchuan to apologize, but Lu Xingchuan denied knowing how Shen Yan had obtained his resources and blamed his manager.
• Lu Xingchuan’s manager admitted that he had hidden the truth from Lu Xingchuan and asked Shen Yan to let the matter go while warning him about the company.
• Pei Heng offered to connect Shen Yan with Zhao Sheng, Huancheng’s top manager, and Li Dazhu ordered Zhao Sheng to poach Shen Yan.
• Zhao Sheng gritted his teeth and called the dating show’s director.

Zhao Sheng offered Shen Yan legal help after learning his agency had him trapped in a harsh contract, while Pei Heng and Lu Xingchuan intervened as the dispute escalated on the livestream. Shen Yan secured two million yuan from his agent and challenged Lu Xingchuan to decide whether he could stay on the show.

• Zhao Sheng called Director Wang to ask whether Shen Yan had left his agency and offered to connect him with a lawyer.
• Shen Yan's agent revealed his two-year contract and threatened him with enormous damages, then admitted he had released the video to punish Shen Yan.
• The agent tried to imply Pei Heng had manipulated events for Shen Yan, but Shen Yan rejected the claim and Pei Heng warned that winter had come.
• Lu Xingchuan blamed the agent, told him to accept responsibility, and promised to contact the agency's executives.
• Shen Yan demanded two million yuan for the damage to his reputation, and the agent borrowed money and paid him.
• Shen Yan asked Lu Xingchuan whether he would call the agency's executives and decide if Shen Yan could continue filming.

After Lu Xingchuan’s confrontation with Shen Yan, Director Wang resumed filming and paired the guests for a breakfast game. The race began with Xie Li collapsing under Song Qianshan, leaving the other teams ready to compete.

• Lu Xingchuan argued with Shen Yan, while the livestream comments and fans clashed over their history.
• Director Wang pretended nothing had happened, restarted filming, and announced the guest pairings for a relay game.
• Song Qianshan questioned whether guests could eat food another guest had already eaten, freezing Xie Li’s smile.
• Director Wang explained that the teams would carry each other across the course, with the losing team washing dishes.
• Shen Yan provoked Lu Xingchuan into carrying him, while Pei Heng and Bai Jing planned to switch places halfway through.
• At the start, Xie Li’s knees buckled as Song Qianshan climbed onto his back, and she tumbled to the ground.

Xie Li deliberately fell to draw attention and then played up his minor injury, but Shen Yan exposed that Song Qianshan had been hurt much worse. With Song Qianshan and Xie Li sidelined, the director made them choose which remaining team to support in the game.

• Xie Li deliberately fell into Song Qianshan and acted apologetic, while his fans blamed her for reacting coldly.
• Lu Xingchuan rushed to check Xie Li's scraped knee, and Shen Yan mocked Xie Li's performance.
• Shen Yan noticed Song Qianshan's torn pants, and Bai Jing revealed her bloody, badly injured knee.
• Song Qianshan and Xie Li withdrew from the game and were told to support one of the remaining teams for a chance at breakfast.
• Xie Li chose Shen Yan's team, while Song Qianshan chose Bai Jing and President Pei's team.

Pei Heng’s team won the breakfast game, and Pei Heng invited Shen Yan to eat with the winners despite the rules. After breakfast, Lu Xingchuan blamed Shen Yan for leaving him and Xie Li to clean up, while Xie Li tried to make Shen Yan look unreasonable.

• Xie Li apologized to Song Qianshan, but she ignored him and cheered for Pei Heng and Bai Jing.
• Pei Heng beat Lu Xingchuan in the race, and the director declared Pei Heng, Bai Jing, and Song Qianshan’s team the winners.
• Pei Heng invited Shen Yan to breakfast, and Shen Yan eagerly called him big brother; Pei Heng brought Shen Yan along despite Lu Xingchuan’s objection.
• The four winners ate breakfast together while Lu Xingchuan and Xie Li’s fans argued online and the director celebrated the show’s trending hashtag.
• After breakfast, Pei Heng’s group left Lu Xingchuan and Xie Li to clean, and Lu Xingchuan accused Shen Yan of abandoning his team.
• Xie Li urged Shen Yan to take a walk instead of cleaning, but Lu Xingchuan objected that Shen Yan should not receive special treatment.

Shen Yan restrained Lu Xingchuan on the livestream and made him watch the replay proving he had already begun clearing the dishes. Lu Xingchuan was released but could not bring himself to apologize, leaving him humiliated as the cameras kept recording.

• Shen Yan grabbed Lu Xingchuan, pinned him to the sofa, and asked Pei Heng to show him the livestream replay.
• Pei Heng opened the replay, and Shen Yan challenged Lu Xingchuan to find evidence that Shen Yan had refused to clear the table.
• Bai Jing told Lu Xingchuan that Shen Yan had already started cleaning before Lu Xingchuan accused him of abusing his privilege.
• Lu Xingchuan watched the replay and saw Shen Yan clearing dishes before Xie Li spoke and he lost his temper.
• Shen Yan released Lu Xingchuan and demanded an apology, but Lu Xingchuan remained speechless while Pei Heng and the livestream viewers mocked him.

After Lu Xingchuan apologized, the guests began a new group-date game of Ghost Tag, where they had to identify each other by touch. Shen Yan recognized Lu Xingchuan immediately and explained that he knew him by the bump on his forehead, which Shen Yan had made with his fist.

• Lu Xingchuan apologized to Shen Yan for wrongly accusing him, then tried to offer help before Xie Li drew him aside.
• The director announced Ghost Tag, where guests who were caught by a kiss to the face would become ghosts.
• Pei Heng identified Shen Yan by touch, tracing his face and neck before naming him.
• Shen Yan shoved the person beside him away and identified him as Lu Xingchuan.
• When Pei Heng asked how Shen Yan had known, Shen Yan said Lu Xingchuan had a bump on his forehead from Shen Yan's fist.

During a blindfolded face-guessing game, Pei Heng flirted with Shen Yan while Lu Xingchuan grew jealous and tried to speak with him. Lu Xingchuan became the ghost for the next game and ran upstairs after seeing Shen Yan and Pei Heng’s tracker dots together, leaving the pair squeezed into a wardrobe as he approached.

• Pei Heng ruffled Shen Yan’s hair and teased that he was nicer to pet than a dog, while Shen Yan questioned whether they had met before.
• Lu Xingchuan guessed Bai Jing incorrectly, then tried to talk privately with Shen Yan as Xie Li and Bai Jing joined them.
• Song Qianshan identified Bai Jing by touch, and the director chose Lu Xingchuan as the ghost for the hide-and-seek game.
• Lu Xingchuan saw the guests’ locations on a tracker screen and ran straight to the third floor after spotting Shen Yan and Pei Heng’s overlapping dots.
• Shen Yan and Pei Heng hid together in a wardrobe, where Pei Heng suggested lying underneath Shen Yan and covering him with clothes as Lu Xingchuan approached.

Shen Yan and Pei Heng evaded Lu Xingchuan by hiding on the rooftop, including inside a garbage bag, while their flirtatious closeness fueled the viewers’ speculation. The chapter ended with Pei Heng holding Shen Yan inside the bag and asking why he was still unhappy.

• Lu Xingchuan opened the wardrobe, and clothes fell over him as Shen Yan and Pei Heng escaped.
• Shen Yan climbed to the rooftop through a window, and Pei Heng asked Lu Xingchuan whether he would kiss him.
• Lu Xingchuan questioned Pei Heng about his relationship with Shen Yan, then left without finding them on the roof.
• Pei Heng joined Shen Yan beneath a garbage bag to hide from Lu Xingchuan, who searched the roof twice and failed to spot them.
• Pei Heng held Shen Yan inside the garbage bag and asked why he was unhappy, while Shen Yan snapped that this was not the issue.

Shen Yan escaped Pei Heng on the rooftop, and Lu Xingchuan kept searching for him despite insisting he was only completing the game mission. After Lu Xingchuan accidentally turned Bai Jing into a ghost and Bai Jing caught Xie Li, Lu Xingchuan ran upstairs again when the screen showed Shen Yan and Pei Heng together on the third floor.

• Pei Heng held Shen Yan inside a garbage bag to hide him from Lu Xingchuan, but Shen Yan escaped down to the third floor.
• Lu Xingchuan found Pei Heng on the rooftop and asked where Shen Yan was; Pei Heng teased him and then jumped down.
• Lu Xingchuan saw Shen Yan and Pei Heng's red dots overlap on the screen, felt unsettled, and hurried to search for Shen Yan on the second floor.
• Lu Xingchuan pulled Bai Jing from a wardrobe and kissed her forehead, turning her into a ghost.
• Bai Jing spotted Xie Li behind the sofa and caught him as Lu Xingchuan ran toward the stairs; the screen showed Shen Yan and Pei Heng overlapping on the third floor.

Lu Xingchuan rushed to the pantry after overhearing Shen Yan and Pei Heng, only to discover they were trying to open a durian. When Xie Li tried to turn the fruit into a source of conflict, Shen Yan called out Lu Xingchuan’s hypocrisy, and Bai Jing revealed she had already been eating durian in hiding.

• Xie Li fell on the stairs, but Lu Xingchuan ignored him and went straight to the pantry, while Bai Jing helped Xie Li up.
• Lu Xingchuan burst into the pantry and found Shen Yan and Pei Heng struggling to open a durian with scissors.
• Xie Li suggested Lu Xingchuan had prepared the durian for him, and Lu Xingchuan told him he could have some before Pei Heng said he had bought it for Shen Yan.
• Lu Xingchuan criticized Pei Heng for bringing in outside food, and Shen Yan accused him of changing his stance after learning the durian was not for Xie Li.
• Bai Jing said she had been hiding in a cabinet and eating durian, and asked whether Lu Xingchuan had noticed it when he caught her.

Pei Heng exposed Lu Xingchuan’s misunderstanding and teased him about having a crush on him, while Shen Yan and Pei Heng escaped the chase together. The game continued with four cast members pursuing the pair around the villa.

• Xie Li admitted he had used the durian to distract the others during tag, while Lu Xingchuan blamed Pei Heng for misleading him.
• Pei Heng explained why he had hidden a durian for Shen Yan, then mocked Lu Xingchuan by suggesting he had a crush on him.
• When Lu Xingchuan charged at him, Pei Heng grabbed Shen Yan and escaped through a window; Shen Yan complained that he had missed his durian.
• Pei Heng told Shen Yan the durian had been a dud, prompting Shen Yan to chase him while Bai Jing watched them fondly.
• Lu Xingchuan decided ghosts could hit humans and teamed up with Xie Li to pursue Pei Heng and Shen Yan, while Bai Jing went after Sister Shanshan.
• Thirty minutes later, the director watched Lu Xingchuan, Xie Li, Bai Jing, and Sister Shanshan exhaust themselves chasing the energetic Pei Heng and Shen Yan.

The director changed the chase game so Pei Heng became the ghost, leading him to catch Shen Yan and kiss the tip of his nose. After the game, Lu Xingchuan confronted Pei Heng, and Xie Li followed Lu Xingchuan into his room to tell him something.

• After the other guests failed to catch Shen Yan and Pei Heng, the director made Pei Heng the ghost.
• Pei Heng chased Shen Yan onto the rooftop, caught him, and kissed the tip of his nose while mentioning Orange-Petal Candy.
• Lu Xingchuan shoved Pei Heng away, but Shen Yan defended the kiss and teased Lu Xingchuan about being jealous.
• Pei Heng told Shen Yan he wanted to kiss him again, then warned Lu Xingchuan not to deceive Shen Yan.
• After the game ended and the guests were given an hour to rest, Xie Li followed Lu Xingchuan into his room to tell him something.

Pei Heng dragged Shen Yan into the bathroom after using a durian prank as an excuse to make him wash his hair, and their teasing grew intimate before Xie Li interrupted them. Xie Li then showed Pei Heng disturbing photos of Shen Yan and asked where he was.

• Bai Jing dropped durian on her clothes and asked Song Qianshan to wipe it off, inspiring Pei Heng to drop durian on Shen Yan.
• Shen Yan smeared durian on Pei Heng's hair, and Pei Heng dragged him upstairs to wash it.
• In the bathroom, Shen Yan and Pei Heng teased each other, and Pei Heng asked whether Shen Yan wanted him to wash him too.
• Xie Li entered Pei Heng's room and showed him photos of Shen Yan lying disheveled and injured on a bed.
• Xie Li asked Pei Heng where Shen Yan was.

Xie Li showed Pei Heng photos of Shen Yan injured, but Pei Heng sent them to himself and dismissed Xie Li. While teasing Pei Heng, Shen Yan tasted Orange-Petal Candy and remembered fragments of a childhood encounter; the photos then revealed him lying wounded in tattered clothes, an event he could not recall from the novel’s plot.

• Pei Heng transferred Xie Li’s photos to his own phone, deleted them from Xie Li’s phone, and sent Xie Li away after warning him about glycerin enemas.
• Shen Yan came out of the bathroom, and Pei Heng carried him to the bed while they playfully tussled.
• Pei Heng offered Shen Yan Orange-Petal Candy, prompting Shen Yan to remember fragments of a beautiful older boy sharing the candy with him as a child.
• Pei Heng showed Shen Yan the photos Xie Li had brought, and Shen Yan froze at an image of himself injured and wearing tattered clothes.

Pei Heng ordered an investigation into the residents of Maple Grove, while Shen Yan and the other guests prepared for a haunted-house game on the show. The guests drew their pairings and arrived at the haunted house, where Xie Li said he was already scared.

• Pei Heng stared at a photo and told his secretary to investigate the people living at Maple Grove.
• Xie Li ate the durian Bai Jing had saved, and Lu Xingchuan learned that Pei Heng had ordered all the durians removed.
• Bai Jing pointed out that Shen Yan and Pei Heng wore matching outfits, and Shen Yan and Pei Heng mocked Lu Xingchuan after he scoffed at them.
• The director announced a haunted-house rescue game, and the lottery paired Shen Yan with Lu Xingchuan, Xie Li with Pei Heng, and Song Qianshan with Bai Jing.
• At the haunted house, Xie Li admitted he was frightened, and Pei Heng told him to quit.

The guests entered a haunted-house challenge, where Pei Heng clung to Shen Yan and Xie Li failed to get Lu Xingchuan’s attention. After a staged abduction played out in a lit room, Bai Jing realized Xie Li had disappeared.

• Xie Li hoped Pei Heng would investigate Shen Yan’s past, but Pei Heng focused on Shen Yan instead.
• The six guests dressed as brides and grooms and gathered outside the haunted house, where Pei Heng dodged Xie Li and clung to Shen Yan after a scare.
• The guests entered the courtyard, and Pei Heng stayed close to Shen Yan while Xie Li tried unsuccessfully to get comfort from Lu Xingchuan.
• Lu Xingchuan found the courtyard’s opposite door locked, and Shen Yan suggested climbing the wall before the director forbade it.
• A room lit up and showed a shadow abducting a woman, after which Bai Jing noticed Xie Li was missing.

The group entered a haunted chamber, where Shen Yan disrupted a ghost actor and Pei Heng clung to him while pretending to be frightened. When Lu Xingchuan inspected a bed chest, a female ghost grabbed him, leaving him struggling for help as Song Qianshan watched and Pei Heng continued rubbing against Shen Yan.

• A ghost actor dropped from an underground mechanism, and Shen Yan pulled him partly out before the director ordered him to stop.
• The group entered an ancient lady's chamber and debated why its main room had a bed larger than the one in the bedroom.
• Shen Yan knocked on the bed chest, which opened, and Pei Heng fell on top of him while claiming to be scared.
• Lu Xingchuan looked inside the chest and found a red-clad female ghost, who grabbed his throat and tried to drag him inside.
• The female ghost lashed her tongue toward Lu Xingchuan, while Song Qianshan sat down and Pei Heng continued clinging to Shen Yan.

Lu Xingchuan, Pei Heng, and Song Qianshan searched the haunted rooms for clues and keys after Shen Yan and Bai Jing were taken by ghosts. Pei Heng found a key and evidence of a bloody murder, then asked Song Qianshan to search a fallen corpse for another key, but Lu Xingchuan volunteered instead.

• Lu Xingchuan escaped the female ghost, while another ghost seized Shen Yan and vanished with him; Song Qianshan reported that Bai Jing had also been taken.
• Pei Heng tied the tongue of the ghost in the bed enclosure to a bedpost and found a key inside it.
• The key failed to open the courtyard gate or the room where another ghost sat, so the group returned to search for clues.
• Song Qianshan found a letter reading “Yue Niang, save me!” and Pei Heng uncovered bloodstained wedding bedding and an axe.
• Pei Heng compared the axe with the wounds on a fallen corpse and asked Song Qianshan to search it for another key, but Lu Xingchuan volunteered.

Pei Heng, Song Qianshan, and Lu Xingchuan searched the haunted rooms and collected keys, while Pei Heng’s rough tactics revealed that the female ghost was the director. A split-screen showed Shen Yan and Bai Jing chasing the Ghost King and tying up the other ghosts as Lu Xingchuan arrived without a key.

• Lu Xingchuan recoiled from the real maggots on a fake corpse, and Song Qianshan searched it and found a key.
• Pei Heng used an axe to break the next room’s lock, then grabbed the charging female ghost and shook a key out of her.
• Pei Heng identified the ghost as the director by his slippers, and the director angrily demanded to know how Pei Heng had recognized him.
• The split-screen showed Shen Yan and Bai Jing chasing the Ghost King while seven female ghosts were tied up, as Xie Li urged Shen Yan to follow the game’s rules.
• Lu Xingchuan arrived after Pei Heng broke the courtyard gate’s lock, and Pei Heng pointed out that he had two keys while Lu Xingchuan had none.

The director forced Shen Yan, Bai Jing, and Xie Li into cages and made Lu Xingchuan, Pei Heng, and Song Qianshan trade their most precious possessions to rescue them. Pei Heng and Song Qianshan began their exchanges, while Lu Xingchuan’s choice remained unresolved.

• The director announced a forced-love challenge, ordered Shen Yan, Bai Jing, and Xie Li to pretend to faint, and locked them in cages.
• The director demanded that Lu Xingchuan, Pei Heng, and Song Qianshan surrender what they valued most within three minutes to save their lovers.
• Lu Xingchuan asked Pei Heng for a key, but Pei Heng split open his treasure chest with his axe and found a card requiring him to give up his money and stroke his lover three times.
• Pei Heng handed his money to the director, then chopped open Song Qianshan’s chest and revealed a card requiring her to give up her health and kiss her lover three times.
• Song Qianshan gave the director her health, while the camera turned to Lu Xingchuan.