Chapter Summaries

Lu Xiaoxiao defended Lu Yubai during the parents’ argument, then confronted him about his role in Fan Chiran’s bullying. After hearing Lu Xiaoxiao’s thoughts about the future, Lu Yubai hurried to visit Fan Chiran and apologize.

• Lu Xiaoxiao rebutted Jiang Haoxin's mother and left with Lu Yubai while the mothers argued.
• Lu Yubai admitted that he had bad-mouthed Fan Chiran and knew a little about the bullying, though he claimed he had never ordered it.
• Lu Xiaoxiao told Lu Yubai that staying silent had encouraged the bullying and took him out of school to visit Fan Chiran.
• Lu Yubai overheard Lu Xiaoxiao’s thoughts about his future, his unreliable friends, and Fan Chiran being Ye Ziqi’s half brother.
• Lu Yubai rushed after Lu Xiaoxiao, eager to clear up the misunderstanding with Fan Chiran.

Fan Chiran woke in the hospital after being locked up and argued with his father, who urged him to endure bullying and focus on studying. Lu Xiaoxiao arrived with Lu Yubai, challenged his father’s advice, and said the school would arrange payment for Fan Chiran’s medical expenses; Lu Yubai then apologized awkwardly.

• Fan Chiran woke in Renhe Hospital, dropped a glass while reaching for water, and learned his father was angry about the cost of his treatment.
• Fan Chiran asked to contact his teacher and seek payment from the people who locked him up, but his father blamed him and told him to keep his head down and study.
• Lu Xiaoxiao entered the room and told Fan Chiran’s father that people had to devour others to rise above them, arguing that meekness would not stop bullies.
• Lu Yubai arrived with Lu Xiaoxiao and a fruit basket, and Fan Chiran recognized him as one of the people involved in the earlier misunderstanding.
• Lu Xiaoxiao explained that Lu Yubai had come to apologize and that the school was handling the incident, so Fan Chiran’s father left them alone.
• Lu Xiaoxiao prompted Lu Yubai to apologize, and he bowed deeply and called Fan Chiran “Bro” as he apologized.

Lu Xiaoxiao helped Lu Yubai apologize to Fan Chiran and reassured him about his achievements, while Lu Yubai promised to stop bullying him. As Lu Xiaoxiao and Lu Yubai left the hospital, Fan Chiran watched her go with his heart pounding.

• Lu Yubai claimed Ye Ziqi had told him that Fan Chiran was her half brother, and Fan Chiran believed him.
• Lu Xiaoxiao comforted Fan Chiran and told him he could choose whether to forgive Lu Yubai.
• Lu Yubai apologized, promised to stop associating with Jiang Haoxin and the others, and vowed to stand up for Fan Chiran.
• Lu Xiaoxiao corrected Lu Yubai for speaking like a gangster, and Lu Yubai reconsidered his hostile view of his sister.
• Lu Xiaoxiao gave Fan Chiran an apple, and Lu Yubai offered him a scratch-off ticket as an apology gift.
• After Lu Xiaoxiao and Lu Yubai left, Fan Chiran clutched the apple and watched Lu Xiaoxiao with his heart racing.

Lu Xiaoxiao told Ji Yunhuai she would be going on a variety show and visited his apartment to return his shoes. He ordered her to cook for him, and as she entered the kitchen with a sly smile, Ji Yunhuai received a reminder that it was An He's birthday.

• Lu Shiyan told Lu Xiaoxiao and Lu Jiaoyue to prepare to join him at the variety show's filming location in two days.
• Lu Xiaoxiao told Ji Yunhuai about the show and asked when she should return his shoes; he told her to keep them, but then sent her his address when she insisted.
• Lu Xiaoxiao went to Ji Yunhuai's apartment the next afternoon and handed him the shoes.
• Ji Yunhuai asked Lu Xiaoxiao to stir-fry a couple of dishes before she left, and she decided to make food he might not be able to stomach.
• Ji Yunhuai was surprised when Lu Xiaoxiao went into the kitchen, then received a message from Ji Cheng reminding him that it was An He's birthday.

Ji Yunhuai avoided Cui Anhe on her birthday while Lu Xiaoxiao prepared a meal of bizarre food combinations to torment him. Cui Anhe arrived and accused him of spending her birthday with another woman, leaving Lu Xiaoxiao caught between them and considering how to use the misunderstanding to escape.

• Ji Yunhuai recalled how his late mother’s promise to Cui Anhe had kept him tolerating her demands, though he disliked her and their supposed childhood betrothal.
• Lu Xiaoxiao finished preparing strange dishes, hoping Ji Yunhuai would suffer after tasting them.
• Ji Yunhuai approached the meal, grew suspicious of Lu Xiaoxiao’s eagerness, and was interrupted by Cui Anhe storming into the apartment.
• Cui Anhe reproached Ji Yunhuai for avoiding her birthday and became furious when she noticed Lu Xiaoxiao.
• Cui Anhe accused Lu Xiaoxiao of seducing Ji Yunhuai, and Lu Xiaoxiao considered using their argument to slip away.

Lu Xiaoxiao convinced Cui Anhe that Ji Yunhuai had prepared a birthday meal for her, then escaped while the two sat down to eat. The sabotaged food drove Cui Anhe away in tears, leaving Ji Yunhuai furious with Lu Xiaoxiao.

• Lu Xiaoxiao pretended to be Ji Yunhuai's hourly cook and claimed he had prepared the meal to celebrate Cui Anhe's birthday.
• Ji Yunhuai confirmed Lu Xiaoxiao's story with a brief reply, and Cui Anhe happily agreed to eat with him.
• Lu Xiaoxiao left the room while Cui Anhe insisted that she and Ji Yunhuai were all they needed.
• Ji Yunhuai and Cui Anhe tried the food Lu Xiaoxiao had sabotaged with raw ginger, toothpaste, and wasabi.
• Cui Anhe accused Ji Yunhuai of deliberately serving disgusting food, then ran out in tears.
• Ji Yunhuai spat out the egg and silently blamed Lu Xiaoxiao for the mess.

Lu Xiaoxiao prepared to join Desert Island Survival after learning that a last-minute investor had changed the show to a real-time livestream. She and the other guests reached the island, where the director gathered everyone to introduce themselves before filming began.

• Online discussions erupted after Desert Island Survival announced its cast, including Lu Shiyan, Lu Xiaoxiao, Lu Jiaoyue, and Bai Xinyan.
• Lu Xiaoxiao learned that the show had switched from prerecorded filming to a livestream, meaning the guests would face genuine survival conditions.
• Lu Yubai worried over Lu Jiaoyue's safety and told her to run to Lu Xiaoxiao if she encountered a wild animal.
• Lu Yubai called Lu Xiaoxiao his big sister to stop her from revealing an embarrassing past incident to Lu Jiaoyue.
• Lu Shiyan, Lu Xiaoxiao, and Lu Jiaoyue left the Lu Family home for the island, while Lu Bochen watched them depart.
• The guests arrived at the island in the evening, and the director gathered them to get acquainted before filming began the next day.

Bai Xinyan arrived at the filming location and arrogantly refused to introduce herself, while Lu Xiaoxiao recognized her plans to pursue Lu Shiyan for publicity. Lu Jiaoyue struggled to hide her relationship with Lu Xiaoxiao until a young man approached and recognized her as the Lu family's heiress.

• Bai Xinyan's assistant refused the director's request for introductions, and Bai Xinyan said her assistant spoke for her and left to rest.
• Bai Xinyan greeted Lu Shiyan warmly, and he replied with a polite smile despite feeling no sincerity.
• Lu Xiaoxiao recalled that Bai Xinyan would engineer intimate moments with Lu Shiyan and stir up romantic rumors during filming.
• Lu Shiyan heard Lu Xiaoxiao's thoughts and found her lively personality more surprising than Bai Xinyan's interest in him.
• Lu Jiaoyue wished she could speak openly with Lu Xiaoxiao, but a young man tapped her shoulder and recognized her as the Lu family's heiress.

Lu Jiaoyue declined Qin Zixuan’s offer to form an alliance until the show began, while agreeing to consider him if teams were formed. After hearing about their conversation, Lu Xiaoxiao suspected Qin Zixuan was pursuing Lu Jiaoyue for her wealth, just as the system delivered a new message from its superiors.

• Qin Zixuan introduced himself to Lu Jiaoyue and proposed an alliance for the deserted-island show, offering to handle difficult work for her.
• Lu Jiaoyue refused to decide before the show began but said she would give Qin Zixuan priority if they had to form teams.
• Qin Zixuan returned to his tent, and Lu Jiaoyue decided to tell Lu Xiaoxiao about their conversation.
• Lu Xiaoxiao recalled Qin Zixuan and Lu Jiaoyue’s dating rumors in the Original Novel and suspected he wanted to pursue Lu Jiaoyue because she was the Lu Family’s heiress.
• The system told Lu Xiaoxiao that its superiors had sent a new message and asked if she could hear it.

Lu Xiaoxiao learned that her mission could end in death if the show’s vitality score fell short, so she planned to make the broadcast more entertaining. When Desert Island Survival began, she vanished from the camera’s view and was found relaxing in a tree with a banana.

• The system told Lu Xiaoxiao that she could advance the plot as she saw fit, but failed vitality checks after the season would terminate her mission and kill her.
• Lu Xiaoxiao decided to make the show more entertaining by acting wildly, then went to sleep before the broadcast.
• Desert Island Survival began streaming, and the announcer introduced Lu Shiyan, Bai Xinyan, Ye Xinglan, Xiao Yichen, and the other guests.
• When the announcer introduced Lu Xiaoxiao, the camera showed an empty patch of ground, and the crew could not find her.
• Lu Xiaoxiao called out from a tree, where she sat eating a banana, and the announcer asked why she had climbed up.

Lu Xiaoxiao struggled with her fear of heights, then swung down from a tree in a daring stunt that entertained the livestream audience. After deciding to lean into an outrageous monkey-like persona, she faced criticism from Lin Aofan.

• Lu Xiaoxiao admitted she would not come down because she was not finished eating bananas, while Bai Xinyan's fans criticized her in the livestream chat.
• Lu Shiyan offered to catch Lu Xiaoxiao, but she grabbed a vine and swung herself down to the ground.
• The guests and viewers were stunned by Lu Xiaoxiao's acrobatic landing, and the livestream filled with jokes and praise.
• Lu Xiaoxiao learned her stunt had sparked discussion and decided to attract attention by acting less like a person and more like a monkey.
• Lin Aofan mocked Lu Xiaoxiao for behaving improperly and warned that no one would marry her.

Lin Xiaoxiao and Lu Jiaoyue clashed with Lin Aofan after he insulted Lu Xiaoxiao, and Lu Shiyan stopped him when he tried to hit her. The commentator intervened and moved on to explain the show’s rules.

• Lu Jiaoyue defended Lu Xiaoxiao by criticizing Lin Aofan’s manners and warning he might not find a wife.
• Lu Xiaoxiao mocked Lin Aofan’s appearance and masculinity, leaving him furious as viewers argued in the live chat.
• Lin Aofan raised his fist toward Lu Xiaoxiao, but Lu Shiyan caught his wrist and held him back.
• Lin Aofan backed down, Lu Shiyan released him, and the commentator mediated before beginning to explain the rules.

The guests drew roles for a thirty-day survival competition built around a treasure hunt, with a traitor hidden in each faction. Lu Xiaoxiao drew the Pirate Team traitor role, while Lu Jiaoyue joined the Hero Faction and tried to hide how much she wanted to befriend her sister.

• The commentator explained that the Pirate and Hero Teams would compete to find the treasure, then revealed that each team had a secret traitor with separate goals.
• Lu Xiaoxiao unfolded her slip and discovered she was the Pirate Team traitor, lamenting her bad luck before deciding to make the best of it.
• Lu Jiaoyue drew a warrior role and realized she and Lu Xiaoxiao were on opposing sides.
• Qin Zixuan noticed Lu Jiaoyue looking toward Lu Xiaoxiao, and Lu Jiaoyue denied caring about her before admitting she wanted to be friends with her.
• Qin Zixuan offered Lu Jiaoyue a strawberry candy to cheer her up before the staff confiscated their belongings.

Qin Zixuan gave Lu Jiaoyue candy while privately reaffirming that he meant to use her. Meanwhile, Bai Xinyan tried to get close to Lu Shiyan, but Lu Xiaoxiao interrupted and teased her about becoming his sister-in-law.

• Qin Zixuan gave Lu Jiaoyue a strawberry candy, and she happily decided he was a good person.
• Qin Zixuan pushed aside his guilt, left Lu Jiaoyue, and went to speak with another guest.
• Bai Xinyan asked Lu Shiyan about his role, then moved closer and tried to remove a leaf from his hair.
• Lu Xiaoxiao intercepted Bai Xinyan, took the leaf from Lu Shiyan, and linked arms with her brother.
• Lu Xiaoxiao asked Bai Xinyan if she wanted to be her sister-in-law.

Lu Xiaoxiao concealed her role as the Pirate Team’s mole while bantering with Lu Shiyan, who realized the truth from her inner thoughts. After the teams were announced, Lin Aofan kept his distance from her, while Ye Xinglan reassured her.

• Bai Xinyan denied that she was trying to get publicity through Lu Shiyan, and he redirected the conversation to Lu Xiaoxiao’s faction.
• Lu Xiaoxiao claimed she was not the mole, but her inner thoughts revealed that she was secretly helping the Warrior Team win.
• Lu Shiyan brought Bai Xinyan back into the conversation, and livestream viewers interpreted his smile as evidence of a romance with her.
• The director announced the teams: Lu Xiaoxiao joined the Pirate Team with Ye Xinglan, Lin Aofan, Su Miaohan, and Xiao Yichen, while Lu Shiyan and Bai Xinyan joined the Warrior Team with Lu Jiaoyue, Qin Zixuan, and Lan Ruolin.
• Lin Aofan glared at Lu Xiaoxiao and moved away, while Ye Xinglan reassured her that the team would not blame her for their dispute.

Lu Xiaoxiao won the first clue for the pirate team after Lu Jiaoyue unknowingly followed her thoughts during their rock-paper-scissors match. Back with the hero team, Lu Jiaoyue was accused of being the mole after Lan Ruolin mistook her laughter for amusement at losing.

• The teams each chose a contestant for rock-paper-scissors, and Lu Shiyan declined to compete after seeing Lu Xiaoxiao had been chosen for the pirate team.
• Qin Zixuan used a counting rhyme to choose Lu Jiaoyue for the hero team, and she reluctantly faced her sister.
• Lu Jiaoyue listened to Lu Xiaoxiao's thoughts and changed her throws, allowing Lu Xiaoxiao to win two out of three rounds and claim the clue.
• Lu Xiaoxiao suspected her luck had improved, while Lu Jiaoyue laughed at her thoughts about winning the lottery and living in luxury.
• Lan Ruolin accused Lu Jiaoyue of being happy about losing and suggested she was the mole, prompting Lu Jiaoyue to deny it.

The contestants argued over who might be the mole, while Lu Shiyan watched Qin Zixuan defend Lu Jiaoyue and felt uneasy. At home, Lu Yubai told Fan Chiran that Lu Jiaoyue and Lu Shiyan were siblings, then Fan Chiran tuned into the show to look for Lu Xiaoxiao, who faced Lin Aofan over control of a clue.

• Lan Ruolin accused Lu Jiaoyue of being suspicious, but Qin Zixuan defended her and promised to stand by her.
• Lu Shiyan frowned as Qin Zixuan comforted Lu Jiaoyue, while livestream viewers speculated about the pair and their connection to him.
• Lu Yubai told Fan Chiran that Lu Jiaoyue and Lu Shiyan were siblings whom viewers were mistakenly shipping, then invited him to watch the show.
• Fan Chiran learned Lu Xiaoxiao was also on the show and opened the livestream, searching for her among the contestants.
• When Lin Aofan demanded Lu Xiaoxiao's clue, she refused to hand it over until she had observed the others, and Ye Xinglan shielded her.
• Lin Aofan withdrew his attempt to take the clue and made a snide remark about women receiving help for being pretty.

Lu Xiaoxiao and Su Miaohan challenged Lin Aofan’s claim that women could not hunt, and the team split up to compete for food. Lu Xiaoxiao sent Su Miaohan to gather fruit, then asked her to change her pigtails into a single ponytail.

• Lu Xiaoxiao insulted Lin Aofan after he argued that women could not survive without men, and Su Miaohan defended her cooking experience.
• The announcer set a two-hour task for both teams to find enough food before noon and opened online voting for a mysterious drift bottle prize.
• Ye Xinglan assigned Lu Xiaoxiao and Su Miaohan to gather firewood and fruit while the men searched for game, but Lu Xiaoxiao insisted on hunting to prove Lin Aofan wrong.
• Lin Aofan accepted Lu Xiaoxiao and Su Miaohan’s challenge to compete for food, while Ye Xinglan stayed behind to gather firewood.
• Su Miaohan admitted she did not know how to hunt, and Lu Xiaoxiao told her to gather fruit before asking her to switch her pigtails to a single ponytail.

Lu Xiaoxiao used an improvised slingshot to hunt a bird and reflected on how she would live differently from the original host. At noon, Lin Aofan returned with two rabbits and challenged Lu Xiaoxiao to apologize in exchange for one.

• Lu Xiaoxiao borrowed Su Miaohan’s spare hair tie, climbed through the trees, and left Su Miaohan to find another way to help.
• Lu Xiaoxiao asked the system to enhance her senses, made a slingshot from a Y-shaped branch and the hair tie, and used fruit as ammunition.
• Lu Xiaoxiao shot a bird and told the system she would love herself rather than blame the world for others’ lack of love.
• Lin Aofan returned to the meeting point with two wild rabbits and found Lu Xiaoxiao empty-handed.
• Lin Aofan offered Lu Xiaoxiao one rabbit if she apologized for her earlier remarks.

Lu Xiaoxiao’s huge hunting haul left Lin Aofan with only one rabbit after the other escaped, while Ye Xinglan and Xiao Yichen helped prepare the team’s feast. Xiao Yichen revealed he had spared a doe and her fawn, leaving him worried he had disappointed Lu Xiaoxiao.

• Lu Xiaoxiao showed Lin Aofan the pile of game she had caught, and he lost one of his rabbits while scrambling to catch it.
• Su Miaohan listed Lu Xiaoxiao’s catch and mocked Lin Aofan, who argued that the contest had been unfair and refused Ye Xinglan’s offer to share the food.
• Ye Xinglan offered to take on more work, and Lu Xiaoxiao sat back as he, Xiao Yichen, and Su Miaohan prepared the birds, ducks, pheasants, and wild boar.
• Su Miaohan praised Xiao Yichen’s skill with a knife, and he explained that he was a doctor who regularly performed surgery.
• Lu Xiaoxiao asked why Xiao Yichen had returned without game, and he said he had gathered mangoes and coconuts after sparing a doe and her fawn.