Chapter Summaries

Shen Ranxin agreed to sleep in Lu Zhi’s arms after Lu Zhi claimed his ribs hurt from Shen Ranxin’s blows. The next morning, Fang Yu was assigned to wake the cast and began with Jiang Ye, where an awkward accident left him in pain and touching things on Jiang Ye’s bed.

• Lu Zhi held Shen Ranxin all night, claiming that Shen Ranxin had cracked two of his ribs.
• Fang Yu danced to “Love Like Fire” on his balcony before the production crew arrived to assign him the task of waking everyone.
• Fang Yu decided to wake Cheng Cheng last so Cheng Cheng would have to make breakfast.
• Fang Yu entered Jiang Ye’s dark room, stepped on an object that played a rooster crow, then lost his balance and fell onto Jiang Ye.
• Fang Yu hurt his nose on Jiang Ye’s teeth and felt around the bed until Jiang Ye told him not to touch things randomly.

After Fang Yu’s unexpected reaction to Jiang Ye’s pheromones, Jiang Ye helped him recover while the crew filmed. Fang Yu apologized after learning why Jiang Ye treasured his childhood toys, then went to knock on Shen Ranxin’s door.

• The crew turned on the lights, and Jiang Ye pushed Fang Yu onto the bed before putting on a suppressant patch in the bathroom.
• Director Chen sent Jiang Ye back to check on Fang Yu, despite the accompanying doctor’s concern that the pheromones might make Jiang Ye lose control.
• Jiang Ye held Fang Yu’s wrist and waited as the pheromones gradually dissipated, then checked whether Fang Yu’s temperature had gone down.
• Fang Yu protested that he had only come to wake Jiang Ye and scolded him for keeping toys, including a screaming chicken, in his room.
• Jiang Ye explained that a toy had been his only companion while growing up in an orphanage, so Fang Yu apologized and told him he could keep the toys.
• Fang Yu left Jiang Ye’s room and headed to knock on Shen Ranxin’s door.

Fang Yu and Jiang Ye woke Shen Ranxin and Lu Zhi, finding them sharing a bed and prompting Shen Ranxin to explain that Lu Zhi’s bedding had gotten wet. Lu Zhi revealed a hickey on his collarbone, then told Shen Ranxin he had bitten him the previous night.

• Fang Yu entered Shen Ranxin and Lu Zhi’s room with Jiang Ye and turned on the lights to wake them.
• Jiang Ye pulled the blanket off Shen Ranxin and Lu Zhi, who had been sleeping in each other’s arms.
• Shen Ranxin said Lu Zhi had shared his bed because his bedding got wet, while denying that anything had happened between them.
• Fang Yu stopped Jiang Ye from asking about the hickey on Lu Zhi’s collarbone and led him out of the room.
• Lu Zhi changed into a deep-V shirt that showed the hickey, and told Shen Ranxin that Shen Ranxin had bitten him hard the previous night.

Shen Ranxin lent Lu Zhi clothes after their flirtatious morning exchange, while Fang Yu and Jiang Ye searched the villa for Cheng Cheng and Gu Yifei. The two Omegas returned muddy with hoes, and Lu Zhi rushed toward Paperbush Garden after hearing their conflicting explanations.

• Lu Zhi teased Shen Ranxin about his dream, then persuaded him to lend him clothes he had worn.
• Fang Yu took Jiang Ye to look for Cheng Cheng and Gu Yifei, but found their room and the villa empty.
• Lu Zhi reassured Shen Ranxin that the missing Omegas were adults, then joked that they might be dead.
• Cheng Cheng and Gu Yifei returned carrying hoes, with dirt on their faces, and gave different explanations for where they had been.
• After Fang Yu pointedly looked at him, Lu Zhi ran toward Paperbush Garden.

Cheng Cheng and Gu Yifei dug up Lu Zhi’s paperbush tree, but Lu Zhi won Shen Ranxin’s sympathy by tearfully asking him to stand up for him. When breakfast fell to Shen Ranxin and Lu Zhi, a delivery arrived despite the production crew’s cutoff from the outside world.

• Cheng Cheng claimed the paperbush tree had fallen over in the wind, while Gu Yifei admitted he had helped because he disliked Lu Zhi clinging to Shen Ranxin.
• Shen Ranxin, Fang Yu, and the others found Lu Zhi replanting his tree and rehanging Shen Ranxin’s muddy red ribbon.
• Lu Zhi hugged Shen Ranxin, cried over the damaged tree, and asked him to make it up to him that night.
• Lu Zhi showed Cheng Cheng the hickey on his collarbone, frustrating Cheng Cheng, who had hoped Lu Zhi would lose his temper.
• Shen Ranxin and Lu Zhi were assigned to make breakfast, but neither could cook, until a delivery driver called out for Nicholas Iron Pillar outside the villa.

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.