Recaps

Shen Ranxin exploited his scheduled breakfast delivery to earn points, then teamed up with Gu Yifei for the money-making task. He turned Gu Yifei’s singing into a mall spectacle that drew crowds to buy overpriced earplugs.

• Shen Ranxin revealed he had scheduled a month of breakfasts in advance, sold the delivered food for points, and let Lu Zhi buy breakfast on credit at double price.
• Fang Yu and Gu Yifei joked that Shen Ranxin and Lu Zhi were having an affair, and Shen Ranxin jokingly gave Fang Yu the same double-price charge.
• Director Chen paired the guests by drawing lots: Shen Ranxin teamed with Gu Yifei, Jiang Ye teamed with Fang Yu, and Lu Zhi teamed with Cheng Cheng.
• Shen Ranxin persuaded Gu Yifei to sing in the mall so they could earn money, then arranged for nearby stores to sell earplugs.
• Gu Yifei sang through the mall’s poor equipment, attracting onlookers and prompting crowds to buy the stores’ overpriced earplugs.

Shen Ranxin and Gu Yifei earned money through a street performance, then escaped Gu Yifei’s fans before Shen bought him ice cream. Shen converted their earnings into points and bought Lu Zhi new bedding, only to find Lu Zhi injured when he returned.

• Shen Ranxin sold earplugs while Gu Yifei sang, and Gu discovered that Shen had been wearing an earplug and ignoring him.
• Shen Ranxin tricked Gu Yifei’s fans into dispersing, pulled him away, and disguised him in a clothing store.
• Shen Ranxin left Gu Yifei waiting while he went back to the mall, then returned with the three large servings of ice cream he had promised him.
• Shen Ranxin exchanged the day’s 39,300 yuan earnings for points and split them with Gu Yifei, leaving himself with 2,165 points.
• Shen Ranxin bought Lu Zhi a four-piece bedding set and found him sitting in the dormitory with cuts on his face and a split lip.

Shen Ranxin treated Lu Zhi after Cheng Cheng beat him in a boxing match, then learned that Lu Zhi had also injured Cheng Cheng badly enough to send him to the hospital. When Shen Ranxin prepared to visit Cheng Cheng, Lu Zhi stopped him and threatened him if he went.

• Lu Zhi asked Shen Ranxin to apply medicine to his injuries and proudly admitted that Cheng Cheng had beaten him in the boxing competition.
• Fang Yu shut himself in his bedroom after Jiang Ye admitted he had lied and might have made Fang Yu think he was a bad Alpha.
• Lu Zhi kissed Shen Ranxin, then revealed that he had kept Fang Yu's name slip and that Jiang Ye's draw had not been genuine.
• Director Chen revealed that Cheng Cheng was in the hospital with severe injuries, and Lu Zhi admitted he had beaten him too.
• Shen Ranxin decided to visit Cheng Cheng, but Lu Zhi grabbed his wrist and threatened him if he went.

Shen Ranxin visited Cheng Cheng in the hospital, where Cheng Cheng confessed his love and used pheromones to overpower him. After Cheng Cheng’s men took Shen Ranxin away and injected him, Lu Zhi reached him and held him through the ordeal, asking Shen Ranxin to call his name.

• After Shen Ranxin and Cheng Cheng left the production site, the others ate instant noodles, and the red-string event was canceled.
• At the hospital, Cheng Cheng asked Shen Ranxin to stay away from Lu Zhi, confessed his love, and demanded they be together.
• Cheng Cheng released seductive pheromones and strangled Shen Ranxin when he resisted, but Shen Ranxin broke his fingers and tried to fight back.
• Cheng Cheng had his men carry Shen Ranxin away and inject him, after which Shen Ranxin lost consciousness.
• Shen Ranxin woke in Lu Zhi’s arms, and Lu Zhi urged him to hold on and call his name.

Shen Ranxin woke up in bed with Lu Zhi after losing control during a pheromone-induced susceptible period, and Lu Zhi explained that he had restrained himself with tranquilizers. The chapter ended with Lu Zhi keeping a recording of Shen Ranxin's moans and Shen Ranxin blushing as he considered how Lu Zhi had helped him.

• Shen Ranxin woke beside Lu Zhi, noticed their clothes and the tranquilizer vials scattered around the hotel room, and realized the night had gotten out of hand.
• Shen Ranxin slapped Lu Zhi, but Lu Zhi reminded him that he had been in danger after visiting Cheng Cheng and said he had not marked or gone further with him.
• Lu Zhi explained that he had given Shen Ranxin a suppressant but used tranquilizers to keep himself from having sex with him while he was aroused.
• Lu Zhi played a nineteen-minute recording of Shen Ranxin's whimpers, and Shen Ranxin demanded that he delete it.
• Lu Zhi refused to delete the recording and complained about the tranquilizers' effects, leaving Shen Ranxin embarrassed and aware that Lu Zhi had helped him.

After returning to the villa, Shen Ranxin tried to conceal what had happened with Lu Zhi, but their bickering continued in front of the other guests. When Shen Ranxin accused the production team of stealing his underwear, Lu Zhi admitted that he had taken it, leaving Shen Ranxin mortified.

• Shen Ranxin made Lu Zhi promise to keep the previous night secret, then thanked him before they returned to Lu Zhi's villa.
• Gu Yifei rushed to greet Shen Ranxin, but Lu Zhi stopped him and teased him while Shen Ranxin hid his flushed, marked neck beneath a scarf.
• Gu Yifei told Shen Ranxin that the production team had called Teacher Fang and Jiang Ye away and that Lu Zhi's Paperbush tree was turning yellow; Lu Zhi refused to replace it.
• Lu Zhi shut Gu Yifei out of the bedroom, and Gu Yifei angrily drew and stabbed a little effigy of him.
• Shen Ranxin stormed downstairs and accused Director Chen and the production team of stealing his underwear, prompting everyone to look at Lu Zhi.
• Lu Zhi admitted that he had taken Shen Ranxin's underwear, while Shen Ranxin tried to end the discussion.

Shen Ranxin tried to distance himself from Lu Zhi and the secrets surrounding him, then returned to the livestream as the show resumed. The cast received new team assignments, leaving Shen Ranxin paired with Lu Zhi for a work-based challenge.

• Shen Ranxin rejected Lu Zhi’s attempt to stop him and retreated to his room, unsettled by his growing trust in Lu Zhi and the unexplained changes to the plot.
• Gu Yifei told Shen Ranxin that Cheng Cheng had returned from the hospital and that the livestream would resume.
• Director Chen restarted the livestream, and Cheng Cheng greeted Shen Ranxin, whose body instinctively recoiled from Cheng Cheng’s white tea fragrance.
• Director Chen announced that teams could be randomly assigned without gender restrictions, and Shen Ranxin was paired with Lu Zhi.
• The production team restricted the challenge to rewards earned through physical labor; Gu Yifei was paired with Cheng Cheng, while Fang Yu remained paired with Jiang Ye.

Shen Ranxin and Lu Zhi argued, kissed, and provoked each other during their city-center task, repeatedly causing their livestream to be shut down. They entered a restaurant challenge for a lucrative prize, only to discover the challenge trapped them together in a suggestive room for forty-eight hours.

• In the car, Lu Zhi applied ointment to Shen Ranxin's bruised hand, then stopped when Shen Ranxin's fearful tears made him realize he had gone too far.
• After they arrived, Lu Zhi pulled Shen Ranxin into an alley and kissed him; Shen Ranxin insulted him and walked away, leaving Lu Zhi furious.
• Lu Zhi released aggressive pheromones at passersby, then withdrew them when Shen Ranxin criticized him; their suggestive interaction caused the livestream to be banned again.
• Shen Ranxin learned that the restaurant's two-person challenge offered a valuable prize and signed up with Lu Zhi.
• The server locked Shen Ranxin and Lu Zhi inside a room, explaining that they had forty-eight hours to find and use all the family-planning products there to win the prize.

Shen Ranxin tried to escape Lu Zhi after Lu Zhi used his pheromones to overpower him, but Lu Zhi stopped when Shen Ranxin began crying. Lu Zhi apologized, and Shen Ranxin bit him repeatedly before collapsing onto the waterbed.

• Shen Ranxin accused Lu Zhi of arranging the locked room, while Lu Zhi said he needed them to be alone and asked whether Shen Ranxin had remembered something.
• Lu Zhi declared his love for Shen Ranxin and restrained him, ignoring Shen Ranxin's demands to let go.
• Lu Zhi carried Shen Ranxin into the bathroom, but Shen Ranxin kicked him and tried to crawl away before Lu Zhi dragged him back.
• Lu Zhi stopped when Shen Ranxin cried, then apologized and pulled him into his arms.
• Shen Ranxin bit Lu Zhi several times, drawing blood, then collapsed onto the waterbed as Lu Zhi searched the bedside cabinet for tissues.

Lu Zhi and Shen Ranxin escaped the locked room, where Shen Ranxin had bitten Lu Zhi and angrily demanded the promised reward. They returned to the villa and learned they might have earned the fewest points and face a punishment.

• Lu Zhi called the front desk for sedatives and mouthwash, then injected himself with a sedative and tried to help Shen Ranxin.
• Shen Ranxin rejected Lu Zhi's help, rinsed the blood and mouthwash from his mouth, and demanded the promised ultimate reward.
• The attendant gave Shen Ranxin a one-thousand-yuan couples' package voucher with a ten-thousand-yuan minimum spend, and Shen Ranxin tore it up before ordering the attendant away.
• Lu Zhi and Shen Ranxin returned to the villa and ran into Cheng Cheng and Gu Yifei, who said they had earned only twenty points handing out flyers.
• Gu Yifei warned Shen Ranxin that the group with the fewest earnings would be punished, and Shen Ranxin realized he might be in last place.

Shen Ranxin and Lu Zhi accepted punishment after failing to earn enough, while Jiang Ye and Fang Yu returned with a larger reward from posing as a couple for restaurant posters. Shen Ranxin misunderstood their event as adult filming and ended up branded a pervert by Fang Yu.

• Shen Ranxin tried to claim his discarded five-yuan Rolls-Royce coupon, but Lu Zhi pointed out it was probably in the trash and said they had to accept the punishment.
• Jiang Ye and Fang Yu returned with two or three thousand in earnings, making Gu Yifei jealous after he had earned only twenty points handing out flyers.
• Fang Yu explained that he and Jiang Ye had posed as a couple for Valentine's Day restaurant posters, and Shen Ranxin realized they had not taken part in an adult film.
• Fang Yu called Shen Ranxin a pervert after misunderstanding his questions, while Lu Zhi joked that a pervert and a mad dog were a perfect match.
• Shen Ranxin reflected that resisting Lu Zhi seemed to make him lose control, and the viewers debated whether Jiang Ye and Fang Yu's photoshoot counted as pure love.

After kissing Fang Yu during their shoot, Jiang Ye struggled to understand his feelings and blurted out that he wanted to kiss him again. Fang Yu deflected the awkward moment, then discovered their prize was a romantic island trip, while Shen Ranxin drew a punishment sending him to a notorious haunted house.

• Director Chen awarded Shen Ranxin and Lu Zhi's team zero points, leaving them in last place, while Fang Yu and Jiang Ye won the ultimate gift pack.
• Jiang Ye thought about his kiss with Fang Yu and worried whether Fang Yu would accept him despite their age and career differences.
• When Fang Yu asked if he could open the gift pack, Jiang Ye accidentally said he wanted to kiss, then hurried off to the bathroom.
• Fang Yu pretended to accept Shen Ranxin's mistaken explanation and opened the pack, which contained a three-day trip for two to Lovers' Island.
• Shen Ranxin revealed his punishment card, which required him to retrieve a red string from the terrifying Heartbeat Manor.

Shen Ranxin and Lu Zhi faced a haunted-house punishment after losing an activity, and Lu Zhi offered a million to let them skip it. Shen Ranxin chose to enter with Lu Zhi, and they were left at the manor entrance trading nervous reassurances and flirtatious insults.

• Lu Zhi offered Director Chen one million so he and Shen Ranxin could avoid the haunted-house punishment, but Shen Ranxin said he could go if the money went to him.
• Shen Ranxin pulled Lu Zhi toward the manor and gripped his hand as the eerie decorations frightened him.
• Shen Ranxin accidentally implied that he and Lu Zhi had slept together, prompting the livestream viewers to flood the comments with patriotic slogans.
• At the entrance, Shen Ranxin told Lu Zhi not to misunderstand if he acted strangely inside, and Lu Zhi asked whether he truly wanted to go in.
• Shen Ranxin said Lu Zhi was harder to deal with than ghosts, and he slapped Lu Zhi after Lu Zhi called himself a seductive ghost.

Shen Ranxin was terrified by the haunted manor, so Lu Zhi carried him through it while he kept his eyes closed and found the red string. As they prepared to leave, an NPC leaped at Shen Ranxin and clawed his back.

• Shen Ranxin clung to Lu Zhi as they entered the haunted manor and encountered increasingly frightening props.
• Lu Zhi offered to guide Shen Ranxin to the red string if he called him Zhi Zhi, and Shen Ranxin accepted.
• Lu Zhi lifted Shen Ranxin and carried him through the manor while Shen Ranxin closed his eyes and held on to him.
• The live NPCs failed to scare Lu Zhi, while the haunted house's cameras broadcast the couple's progress to the livestream.
• After Lu Zhi obtained the red string and started to carry Shen Ranxin out, an NPC leaped at him and clawed his back.

After a haunted-house prop scratched Shen Ranxin, he lost control and chased the NPCs with a chainsaw until Lu Zhi calmed him with his voice and pheromones. Cheng Cheng arrived with a blocker and realized Shen Ranxin instinctively depended on Lu Zhi, despite his efforts over the past five years to make Shen Ranxin forget him.

• A prop scratched Shen Ranxin, and his pheromones spread as Lu Zhi apologized and tried to soothe him.
• Gu Yifei worried about Shen Ranxin outside the manor, while Cheng Cheng asked the team doctor for a sedative or blocker.
• Shen Ranxin chased a terrified NPC with a prop chainsaw, and the NPC fell and lost a tooth.
• Lu Zhi stopped Shen Ranxin and calmed him, then caught him as he staggered and held him while he relaxed.
• Cheng Cheng arrived with a blocker and realized that Shen Ranxin's dependence on Lu Zhi seemed instinctive, not tied to his memories.

After Shen Ranxin recovered from the haunted house, he learned that an NPC had been injured and gone to the hospital demanding compensation. Lu Zhi paid the NPC twice the amount he requested, then punched him and knocked out another tooth.

• Cheng Cheng tried to use his pheromones on Shen Ranxin, but Lu Zhi carried Shen Ranxin away and rejected Cheng Cheng.
• Shen Ranxin woke in Lu Zhi's arms and shoved him away after realizing Lu Zhi had kissed him.
• Fang Yu told Shen Ranxin that an NPC had been scared by him, fallen, and lost a front tooth.
• Shen Ranxin went with Lu Zhi and Fang Yu to visit the injured NPC, who demanded three hundred thousand in compensation and threatened to expose him online.
• Lu Zhi transferred the NPC six hundred thousand, then punched him and knocked out another tooth.

Lu Zhi intimidated a staff member who had extorted Shen Ranxin, then tried to give Shen Ranxin access to his wealth. At the Lu Group, Father Lu defended Lu Zhi’s character and confirmed his confidence in his son.

• Lu Zhi beat and frightened the staff member who had taken six hundred thousand from the production team, and the staff member begged to return the money and avoid compensation.
• The production team paid the staff member’s medical expenses and emotional-distress compensation, then returned the remaining money to Lu Zhi.
• Shen Ranxin discovered he had only two hundred thousand left and told Lu Zhi he would repay him after the dating show ended.
• Lu Zhi offered Shen Ranxin a black card covering the Lu Group’s businesses, but Shen Ranxin refused it.
• Father Lu dismissed concerns about Lu Zhi’s spending and said Lu Zhi knew what he wanted and deserved to inherit the Lu Group.

Director Chen decided to redirect Instant Heartbeat toward happier couples after the show’s scandalous popularity gave him a scare. As Lu Zhi grew jealous of Shen Ranxin and Jiang Ye’s closeness, he hinted that he was about to cross a line again.

• Director Chen saw Instant Heartbeat’s explosive online attention and resolved to make every couple on the show end happily.
• Shen Ranxin played a game beside Jiang Ye while Lu Zhi watched them with jealousy.
• Lu Zhi sent Shen Ranxin a shared audio clip of his suggestive sleep aid, embarrassing Shen Ranxin in front of Jiang Ye.
• Jiang Ye asked Shen Ranxin whether he liked Lu Zhi and whether pheromones could explain his friend’s feelings for an omega.
• Lu Zhi warned Shen Ranxin that he might share his sleep aid with Jiang Ye, then coaxed Shen Ranxin back beside him.
• Lu Zhi covered Shen Ranxin’s phone and said he might have to offend him again.

Lu Zhi took Shen Ranxin upstairs and kept him trapped in his room, kissing and claiming him while Cheng Cheng waited outside. Lu Zhi asked Shen Ranxin to tell Cheng Cheng that he loved him.

• Lu Zhi persuaded Shen Ranxin to go upstairs with him and sent the cameraman away.
• Lu Zhi pinned Shen Ranxin against the door and kissed him, while Shen Ranxin tried to push him off.
• Cheng Cheng came upstairs and knocked after learning Shen Ranxin was in Lu Zhi's room.
• Lu Zhi ignored Shen Ranxin's warnings and told Cheng Cheng that Shen Ranxin was making things difficult for him.
• Lu Zhi asked Shen Ranxin to say he loved him so Cheng Cheng could hear.

Lu Zhi confronted Shen Ranxin about their feelings and hinted that Shen had forgotten their past, while Cheng Cheng accused Lu Zhi of forcing him. Shen Ranxin fell asleep, and Lu Zhi’s provocative remark to the arriving camera crew exposed their intimacy to the dating-show cast.

• Lu Zhi carried the exhausted Shen Ranxin to the bathroom and made him look at his tearful, flushed reflection, insisting that he wanted Lu Zhi.
• Lu Zhi said he feared Shen Ranxin would suffer if he remembered their past, but also feared Shen would never remember how much he had loved Lu Zhi.
• Shen Ranxin wondered whether he had forgotten something important, then grew drowsy as Lu Zhi’s kisses eased his headache and Lu Zhi carried him to bed.
• Cheng Cheng punched at Lu Zhi after the Alpha opened the door, accused him of breaking the rules and meddling in his relationship with Shen Ranxin, and was shoved outside.
• Lu Zhi faced Director Chen and the camera crew and suggestively announced, “Didn't I get off Shen Ranxin?”

Director Chen argued with the livestream platform until the show came back online, then announced that the dating show would move to a new environment. Lu Zhi returned to the sleeping Shen Ranxin and reflected on how much he loved being called “Zhi Zhi.”

• Director Chen defended Lu Zhi’s suggestive remarks and partner push-ups to the livestream platform, while the other guests watched and joked.
• After Lu Zhi reminded Director Chen that the Lu Group had invested in Fleeting Moments, Director Chen resumed arguing until the livestream was restored.
• Director Chen announced that the show would enter a new environment the next day, prompting Gu Yifei and Cheng Cheng to wonder whether the dorm assignments would change.
• Lu Zhi went upstairs and held Shen Ranxin as he slept, then recalled that Shen Ranxin used to call him “Zhi Zhi” when he was especially happy.
• Shen Ranxin murmured “Zhi Zhi” in his sleep, bit Lu Zhi’s collarbone, and settled back into his arms.

The production crew announced a cosplay challenge in which guests drew roles as princesses, warriors, or dragons, each with a different task. Shen Ranxin and Gu Yifei drew princess cards, Cheng Cheng and Fang Yu drew warrior cards, and Lu Zhi and Captain Jiang drew dragon cards.

• The guests gathered downstairs after an announcement, and Director Chen promised a tiring task while providing a lavish free breakfast.
• Director Chen introduced a story about a dragon kidnapping two princesses, and Shen Ranxin and Jiang Ye joked about the dragon's work conditions.
• Director Chen explained that warriors had to rescue the princesses, princesses had to help warriors escape, and dragons had to stop them.
• The guests drew and revealed their roles: Shen Ranxin and Gu Yifei were princesses, Cheng Cheng and Fang Yu were warriors, and Lu Zhi and Captain Jiang were dragons.

During a character-card game, Shen Ranxin exchanged cards with Lu Zhi to avoid wearing the princess costume, and Lu Zhi chose a revealing maid outfit. The chapter ended with Lu Zhi pulling Shen Ranxin into the changing room and asking him to check how short the skirt was.

• Cheng Cheng vowed to bring Shen Ranxin back if anyone took him away, and Lu Zhi challenged Cheng Cheng while giving Shen Ranxin the dragon card.
• Lu Zhi asked to use Shen Ranxin’s points for a card exchange, but Shen Ranxin refused until Lu Zhi hinted he might wear women’s clothes; Shen then paid fifty points to exchange cards with Lu Zhi.
• Lu Zhi picked a skimpy black-and-white maid outfit and insisted on changing in Shen Ranxin’s changing room.
• After Lu Zhi finished changing, he pulled Shen Ranxin into the room, held him against the door, and asked him to check the short skirt.

Lu Zhi used Shen Ranxin’s affection and a wardrobe problem to keep him close, while memories of the fire and the five years Shen Ranxin was missing revealed why Lu Zhi had once relied on cigarettes. The chapter ended with Lu Zhi asking Shen Ranxin to help him put on the clothes.

• Lu Zhi let Shen Ranxin take the lead in their kiss, and Shen Ranxin awkwardly pulled away after realizing he had kissed Lu Zhi first.
• Lu Zhi persuaded Shen Ranxin to find him another outfit by threatening to call Cheng Cheng for help.
• As he waited, Lu Zhi remembered the fire, Shen Ranxin’s apparent hatred, and the years he had spent smoking to cope before switching to orange lollipops.
• Cheng Cheng entered the changing room, mocked Lu Zhi’s outfit, and left after Lu Zhi defended wearing it because Shen Ranxin liked it.
• Shen Ranxin returned with women’s clothes, showed jealousy about Cheng Cheng seeing Lu Zhi, and Lu Zhi caught his wrist to ask for help dressing.

The guests dressed as fantasy characters for a rescue game, and Shen Ranxin was cast as an evil dragon while Lu Zhi appeared as a striking princess. As Shen Ranxin began his attack on the princesses, Lu Zhi kicked Gu Yifei out of his way.

• Gu Yifei showed off his princess outfit and asked Shen Ranxin to catch him rather than Lu Zhi during the game.
• Cheng Cheng urged Gu Yifei to pursue Lu Zhi for his connections, but Gu Yifei rejected the idea and Shen Ranxin offered to help Cheng Cheng confess his interest.
• Lu Zhi emerged in a black cheongsam, drawing the guests’ and viewers’ attention.
• Jiang Ye complained about his dragon mascot suit, while Fang Yu teased him and explained that their warrior-and-dragon roles made them natural enemies.
• The rescue game began, with Shen Ranxin flying into the inflatable castle to shoot the princesses with a water gun.
• As Shen Ranxin aimed at Gu Yifei, Lu Zhi kicked the pink-dressed princess away.