Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating into a minor character, Shen Yan demanded repayment from Lu Xingchuan when Lu ended their engagement for Xie Li. Shen Yan collected four million and posted screenshots of Lu’s messages online, leaving the backlash unfolding as he watched Lu and Xie Li trend together.

• Shen Yan realized he had transmigrated into the novel as Lu Xingchuan’s fiancé and demanded two million to end their engagement.
• Lu Xingchuan refused to repay the money and tried to seize Shen Yan’s recording, so Shen Yan kicked him and demanded another two million to keep it private.
• Lu Xingchuan transferred four million to Shen Yan and threatened him over Xie Li, then recalled his message after Shen Yan saved a screenshot.
• Shen Yan saw Xie Li announce his return and Lu Xingchuan publicly welcome him, pushing them to the top of the trending searches.
• Shen Yan posted a cryptic Weibo message and, after readers mocked him, published screenshots of Lu Xingchuan’s messages.

Lu Xingchuan faced a Weibo scandal after Shen Yan posted evidence of their engagement and Lu Xingchuan’s threats, upsetting Xie Li. Shen Yan then recorded Lu Xingchuan admitting his fans represented him, and Lu Xingchuan threatened to sue him for extortion.

• Xie Li reminisced about his time with Lu Xingchuan and asked whether Lu Xingchuan was engaged, while Lu Xingchuan denied the rumors.
• Lu Xingchuan saw Shen Yan’s Weibo post sharing his threatening message and an old exchange about Shen Yan’s birthday.
• Shen Yan posted screenshots showing his manager ordered him to be Xie Li’s foil and Lu Xingchuan paid him to end their contract engagement.
• Xie Li questioned Lu Xingchuan about the evidence, then left after saying he did not want Shen Yan to look down on him.
• Lu Xingchuan called Shen Yan and threatened him, but Shen Yan recorded Lu Xingchuan saying his fans represented him and demanded another million yuan to keep the recording private.
• Lu Xingchuan accused Shen Yan of extortion and said he could sue him.

Shen Yan extorted one million from Lu Xingchuan over evidence of his past misconduct, but Lu Xingchuan’s side seized control of Shen Yan’s Weibo and issued an apology in his name. At the livestreamed dating-show filming, Shen Yan slapped Lu Xingchuan, and Lu Xingchuan shoved him away when he seemed ready to strike Xie Li.

• Shen Yan threatened to expose Lu Xingchuan’s conduct unless he paid, and Lu Xingchuan transferred one million to him.
• Lu Xingchuan’s side changed Shen Yan’s Weibo password and posted an apology claiming the images were edited.
• Shen Yan used his money to buy a villa, then arrived at the dating-show filming the next day after playing Truth or Dare in the van.
• Xie Li suggested Shen Yan was late because of him, prompting viewers to criticize Shen Yan.
• Shen Yan rushed at Lu Xingchuan and slapped him on camera.
• Xie Li confronted Shen Yan, and Lu Xingchuan shoved Shen Yan away as he raised his hand toward Xie Li.

Shen Yan and Pei Heng exposed Xie Li's accusations and Lu Xingchuan's defense as baseless, while Pei Heng revealed he had come to replace his hospitalized brother. The director launched the show's first game, Truth or Dare, leaving the guests facing the same activity Shen Yan and Pei Heng had played in the car.

• Shen Yan explained that he had hit Lu Xingchuan as part of a Truth or Dare task, and Xie Li apologized for misjudging him.
• Shen Yan prompted Pei Heng to answer Xie Li's claim that they were late, and Pei Heng pointed out that they had arrived before the required time.
• Pei Heng admitted he disliked Xie Li because Xie Li had accused Shen Yan and falsely called them late, then introduced himself as Huancheng Group's chairman.
• Lu Xingchuan confronted Pei Heng, and Shen Yan teased Lu Xingchuan and Xie Li when they fell silent.
• Xie Li tearfully apologized to Pei Heng, while the director realized Pei Heng had replaced his hospitalized younger brother, Pei Ning.
• The director began the show's first game and staff brought out a Truth or Dare sign.

During the dating show’s first villa game, Shen Yan revealed that his nine moms had supported him after his father disowned him, then confronted Lu Xingchuan about the two million Lu had borrowed from him. The chapter ended with Shen Yan challenging Lu over the money and the fake apology posted from his Weibo account.

• Xie Li worried that offending Pei Heng would get him blacklisted, while Lu Xingchuan blamed Shen Yan and promised to explain things to Pei Heng.
• The director explained that the guests would draw cards for three rounds, with forfeits costing points and scores determining their accommodations.
• Song Qianshan answered a truth question by revealing she had kissed her first boyfriend a month earlier, before their breakup over his cheating.
• Bai Jing drew a dare to outdo another guest and claimed victory after saying her father had married eight times and she had eight moms.
• Shen Yan declared that he had nine moms and explained that they had supported him since his father kicked him out for lending Lu Xingchuan two million.
• Pei Heng called out Xie Li for pretending Shen Yan was upset, and Shen Yan challenged Lu Xingchuan about borrowing the money and changing Shen Yan’s Weibo account to post a fake apology.

Shen Yan exposed Lu Xingchuan’s past debt and turned a dating-show game into a public humiliation of him. After Shen Yan shoved Lu Xingchuan’s head into a toilet, he called for help and blamed the mess on Lu.

• Lu Xingchuan admitted he had borrowed two million from Shen Yan, and Shen Yan mocked him over his earlier Weibo apology and the rumors.
• Shen Yan, Song Qianshan, Bai Jing, and Xie Li shouted for their enemies to die horribly, while Bai Jing won her task by saying she had menstruated twice in one month.
• Pei Heng chose Shen Yan as the person he most wanted to kiss, then Shen Yan drew a dare and chose Lu Xingchuan.
• Lu Xingchuan refused the kiss, but Shen Yan pinned him down and vomited on his face before rushing to the bathroom.
• Lu Xingchuan confronted Shen Yan in the bathroom, and Shen Yan shoved his head into the toilet before opening the door and calling for help.

The director held a biscuit-eating contest to assign rooms, but Shen Yan and Song Qianshan turned it into a chaotic test of the production team's biscuit supply. After Lu Xingchuan withdrew, the guests received their rankings and learned their next task would be searching for ingredients.

• The director announced the initial rankings, then paired the remaining guests for a biscuit-eating contest to determine their rooms.
• Pei Heng chose to compete against Lu Xingchuan, while Song Qianshan won a rock-paper-scissors match to compete against Shen Yan.
• Pei Heng reached the biscuit's midpoint in one bite and beat Lu Xingchuan.
• Shen Yan and Song Qianshan ate through five boxes of biscuits before Song Qianshan won their round.
• Lu Xingchuan withdrew from the contest and accepted last place as the director announced the final rankings and previewed an ingredient-search task.

Shen Yan avoided Xie Li and Lu Xingchuan while recalling the disastrous original plot and resolving to change its course. Xie Li and Lu Xingchuan tried to cook with forbidden refrigerator ingredients, and the director caught them.

• Xie Li accused Shen Yan of eating too many cookies, but Shen Yan answered with a bizarre remark and rushed upstairs.
• Shen Yan remembered that the original host's obsession with Lu Xingchuan ended in his death, while Pei Ning's devotion to Xie Li helped ruin the Pei family.
• Xie Li knocked on Shen Yan's door and complained to Lu Xingchuan that Shen Yan misunderstood him, but Shen Yan pretended to be asleep.
• Lu Xingchuan banged on Shen Yan's door until Pei Heng objected, then failed to get Pei Heng to hear him out.
• Xie Li began cooking tomato and egg noodles with Lu Xingchuan, and the director stopped them for using ingredients from a refrigerator marked off-limits.

Xie Li and Lu Xingchuan broke the villa owner’s strict no-touch rule by using ingredients from the refrigerator, triggering a ten-million compensation demand. As the production team prepared to move to Lu Xingchuan’s nearby villa, Shen Yan realized the new filming location was his own private beach.

• Xie Li admitted he had used the tomatoes and eggs, and Lu Xingchuan offered to take responsibility and move filming to his nearby villa.
• The assistant director announced that the owner had ended the rental and demanded compensation for the contract breach.
• The director explained that the ingredients were insured, and Lu Xingchuan’s agent told him the total compensation was ten million, due before nightfall.
• Pei Heng refused Lu Xingchuan’s request for more time to pay the compensation.
• A staff member told Shen Yan and Pei Heng that the show was moving to a private beach, and Shen Yan recognized it as his own birthday gift.

Shen Yan arranged to change the password to his villa and put up a sign forbidding Lu Xingchuan and dogs from entering. When the film crew arrived, Lu Xingchuan couldn't open the door, and Xie Li tried to pressure Shen Yan into helping.

• Shen Yan called his eldest mother and asked her to change the villa's password and put a warning on its gate.
• Xie Li apologized to the other guests for the refrigerator incident and said the crew could continue filming at Lu Xingchuan's nearby villa.
• Shen Yan joined the group as they arrived at the villa, where they found a sign forbidding Lu Xingchuan and dogs from entering.
• Lu Xingchuan tried entering the password twice, but the mechanical voice rejected it both times.
• Lu Xingchuan tried to grab Shen Yan, who dodged him and denied responsibility for the locked door.
• Xie Li suggested Shen Yan knew the password and asked him to open the door so filming could continue.

Lu Xingchuan tried to enter a villa he claimed was his, but its furious owner exposed his mistake in front of the livestream. Shen Yan denied owning the house, leaving Lu Xingchuan and Xie Li unable to pin the fiasco on him.

• Shen Yan told Xie Li and Lu Xingchuan to stop blaming him for their inability to open the villa door.
• Lu Xingchuan refused Pei Heng’s offer to call property management and suggested moving the filming to another villa.
• Eldest Mom came out of the villa, accused the group of trying to break in, and threatened to call the police.
• Xie Li tried to explain the situation and blame Shen Yan, but Eldest Mom slapped him.
• Lu Xingchuan accused Shen Yan of promising him the villa, while Shen Yan asked Eldest Mom whether the house belonged to him.
• Eldest Mom said she had bought the house a year earlier, and Shen Yan pointed out that Lu Xingchuan and Xie Li’s attempt to blame him had failed.

Mama forced Lu Xingchuan to publicly apologize after he and Xie Li were exposed for trying to frame Shen Yan, and the show’s filming was suspended. On the way to another villa, Lu Xingchuan tried to secretly record Shen Yan, but Shen Yan discovered the recorder and played it for everyone.

• Mama confronted the police and director, learned that Lu Xingchuan and Xie Li had made the previous villa unusable, and demanded Lu Xingchuan apologize to her on Weibo.
• Lu Xingchuan posted the apology, and Mama returned inside while the police and property manager left.
• The livestream was temporarily shut down, and the group drove toward another villa.
• Lu Xingchuan tried to coax Shen Yan into explaining what happened with the house, secretly recording their conversation.
• Shen Yan grabbed Lu Xingchuan by the throat, knocked the recorder loose, and played Lu Xingchuan’s recorded words aloud.

Shen Yan kept Lu Xingchuan from recovering the recorder and settled into the villa, where he spent time gaming on the rooftop with Pei Heng. The chapter ended when Shen Yan exposed Lu Xingchuan hiding in the bushes and filming him.

• Lu Xingchuan tried to retrieve the recorder, but Pei Heng refused to hand it over, and Shen Yan fell asleep before asking for it back.
• At the villa, Shen Yan climbed out his window to reach the roof, where he found Pei Heng and played his handheld console.
• Pei Heng cleared a difficult section of Shen Yan's game and asked why Shen Yan had fallen out with Lu Xingchuan; Shen Yan said he had once mistaken a man for a dog.
• A staff member brought Shen Yan his task card, and Shen Yan revealed that Lu Xingchuan was hiding in the flower bushes with his phone raised.

Shen Yan mocked Lu Xingchuan and refused to be intimidated by his threat to release a video, while Pei Heng backed Shen Yan with dry insults. The director started the livestream and announced a hand-holding game that would decide which guests got dinner.

• Pei Heng pointed out Shen Yan’s tea-written insult to Lu Xingchuan, then left without hearing his explanation.
• Lu Xingchuan threatened Shen Yan with footage, but Shen Yan loudly dared him to release it and called him his grandson before shutting the door.
• Pei Heng joked that Lu Xingchuan had found relatives on the show, while the frustrated director ordered the staff to start the livestream.
• The director announced the Pink Hand-Holding game, in which guests would draw partners and hold hands through a task to earn dinner.

The guests drew bracelets to form pairs, and Shen Yan was paired with Pei Heng for the villa ingredient hunt. Shen Yan and Pei Heng escaped Lu Xingchuan and Xie Li when the two tried to follow them, leaving the competition underway.

• Xie Li and Lu Xingchuan both drew pink bracelets and were paired, while Pei Heng and Shen Yan drew green bracelets and became partners.
• During the heart-to-heart segment, Lu Xingchuan told Xie Li he had waited for him to return, while Shen Yan and Pei Heng said they needed to use the bathroom.
• The director explained that the guests had thirty minutes to find ingredients and warned them not to steal from one another.
• Bai Jing and Song Qianshan found three shrimp in the refrigerator and continued searching.
• Xie Li and Lu Xingchuan followed Shen Yan and Pei Heng, but Shen Yan and Pei Heng shouted “Run!” and raced away from them.

Shen Yan teamed up with Pei Heng to collect ingredients on the rooftop, where their easy closeness frustrated Xie Li and Lu Xingchuan. After Xie Li suggested Shen Yan had inside information, Shen Yan and Pei Heng challenged the director, who insisted the production treated everyone fairly.

• Pei Heng told Shen Yan that he seemed different in person, and Shen Yan joked that he was more handsome.
• Shen Yan rushed to climb the flower trellis for ingredients despite Xie Li and Lu Xingchuan warning that it was dangerous.
• Pei Heng helped Shen Yan stand on his shoulders, and Shen Yan pulled down several packs of food from the trellis.
• Shen Yan and Pei Heng left with the ingredients, but Xie Li blocked their path and asked Shen Yan to teach him how he had found them.
• Shen Yan claimed he was the production team's biggest insider, prompting the director to rush over and threaten him.
• Pei Heng supported Shen Yan's demand for information, and the director angrily insisted that nobody received special treatment.

Shen Yan confronted Xie Li over blaming him for fan attacks, then left with Pei Heng to prepare lunch with the ingredients they found. The group gathered for hot pot, while Xie Li tried to help Pei Heng in the kitchen and was bluntly turned away.

• Shen Yan told Xie Li he would not share any ingredients with him or Lu Xingchuan, then left with Pei Heng.
• Xie Li cried to Lu Xingchuan, who comforted him and blamed Shen Yan for turning Pei Heng against him.
• Shen Yan and Pei Heng returned with a basket of ingredients, and Song Qianshan suggested making hot pot with the food his group had found.
• Pei Heng prepared the food while Shen Yan went to play games, and the two joked together as viewers praised their sweet rapport.
• Xie Li offered to wash vegetables, but Pei Heng told him he had no reason to help since Pei Heng was not planning to feed him.

Pei Heng defended Shen Yan when Xie Li offered to help, then Lu Xingchuan confronted Shen Yan and snatched his game console, prompting Shen Yan to attack him. Pei Heng separated them and comforted Shen Yan, who returned his attention to the unfinished game and the meal.

• Xie Li offered to help Pei Heng with the vegetables, but Pei Heng praised Shen Yan’s work and suggested Xie Li stay quiet if he was bad with words.
• Lu Xingchuan took Shen Yan’s game console and warned him to stop speaking badly about Xie Li and Lu Xingchuan.
• Shen Yan kicked Lu Xingchuan and pinned him beneath a pillow, causing the staff and director to rush over.
• Pei Heng pulled Shen Yan away from Lu Xingchuan and set him on the couch.
• Shen Yan told Pei Heng that Lu Xingchuan had interrupted his game, and Pei Heng promised to help him clear the level after they ate.

Lu Xingchuan and Xie Li went hungry after failing to find ingredients, while Shen Yan teased Bai Jing about their hidden tasks. The chapter ended with Xie Li revealing his task to Bai Jing, who thanked Shen Yan for helping her make progress.

• Lu Xingchuan confronted the director about lunch, but the director refused to provide food because he and Xie Li had found no ingredients.
• The director reminded the guests that only those who completed their hidden tasks could enter the afternoon game.
• Shen Yan teased Bai Jing about her task, and she chased him around the villa.
• Xie Li asked Shen Yan to open his water bottle, but Shen Yan demanded that Xie Li tell Bai Jing his hidden task first.
• Xie Li whispered his task to Bai Jing, who said she had made progress and thanked Shen Yan, leaving Xie Li displeased.

Shen Yan joined Pei Heng after finishing two hidden-task objectives, and Pei Heng staged an injury to coax him into a kiss. Shen Yan accepted ten thousand yuan, then bargained for Pei Heng to reveal his hidden task to Bai Jing, whose reaction left the others curious.

• Xie Li joined Bai Jing in chasing Shen Yan, but Shen Yan left after completing two of his six tasks.
• Pei Heng caught Shen Yan after he crashed into him, then pretended to be injured and demanded a kiss.
• Pei Heng offered Shen Yan ten thousand yuan, and Shen Yan took the money and kissed his cheek.
• Pei Heng showed Shen Yan a bruised shoulder and asked him to apply ointment, while Shen Yan asked him to tell Bai Jing his hidden task.
• Pei Heng whispered his hidden task to Bai Jing, who exclaimed, "You little punk!"