Chapter Summaries

Lu Xiaoxiao encouraged Xiao Yichen to consider speaking up about the incident behind his nightmares, and he decided to think seriously about her advice. On the seventh day of filming, the audience vote awarded drift bottles to Lu Shiyan and Lu Xiaoxiao.

• Lu Xiaoxiao found Xiao Yichen working alone outside the cave and stayed to keep him company.
• Xiao Yichen told Lu Xiaoxiao that he often had nightmares about an incident and had been urged to forget it.
• Lu Xiaoxiao advised Xiao Yichen that he did not need to forget his scars but should speak up to clear his and his department head's names, offering to help after the show.
• After Lu Xiaoxiao returned to the cave, Xiao Yichen smiled at her drawing in the sand and decided to consider her suggestion before filming ended.
• On the seventh day, the commentator awarded drift bottles to Lu Shiyan as the Hero Team's most popular member and Lu Xiaoxiao as the Pirate Team's most popular member.

Lu Xiaoxiao learned that Lu Shiyan had received a torn, useless fishing net and laughed that he was even unluckier than her. The Pirate Team built a smoking rack with the drift bottle recipe and began preserving meat, while Lin Aofan disappeared during the work.

• Lu Xiaoxiao gave Su Miaohan the smoked meat recipe and seasonings, then learned Lu Shiyan's fishing net was torn and laughed at his bad luck.
• Ye Xinglan suggested building a smoking rack, and Lu Xiaoxiao persuaded Lin Aofan to help by telling him he would not get food if he skipped his chores.
• Lu Xiaoxiao assigned Ye Xinglan to gather branches, Su Miaohan and Xiao Yichen to find stones, and Lin Aofan to clear space in the cave.
• Ye Xinglan and Lu Xiaoxiao built the smoking rack while Su Miaohan and Xiao Yichen assembled a stove.
• Lu Xiaoxiao hung the meat on the rack, Ye Xinglan lit the fire, and Su Miaohan prepared the seasonings as the team took turns tending the smoke.
• Lin Aofan suddenly disappeared while everyone was busy preparing the smoked meat.

Su Miaohan finished smoking meat while Lin Aofan slipped into the jungle to find a snake and frighten Lu Xiaoxiao. His plan backfired when the snake bit him and coiled around his arm.

• Su Miaohan finished the smoked meat, noticed Lin Aofan was missing, and then asked Doctor Xiao to bring over the fish.
• Lin Aofan brooded over Lu Xiaoxiao's treatment of him and decided to scare her with a snake.
• Lin Aofan ditched his camera operator and searched the jungle until he found a snake's den.
• Lin Aofan probed the den with a stick, and a snake lunged out and bit his arm.
• Lin Aofan tried to strike the snake, but it dodged his blows and kept coiling around his arm as his strength faded.

After Lin Aofan was bitten by a snake and went missing, Lu Xiaoxiao and the others searched for him and found him unconscious. The crew sent him to a hospital, and the director hinted that another guest would take his place the next day.

• Lin Aofan struck the snake with a stick, but collapsed after it bit him and he lost consciousness.
• When the cameraman reported Lin Aofan missing, Lu Xiaoxiao organized a search with the others.
• The search party followed footprints and found Lin Aofan unconscious with a snakebite on his arm.
• Xiao Yichen treated Lin Aofan's wound as best he could, and the crew arranged to take him to a city hospital.
• Bai Xinyan sneered at the rescue, while the director told Lu Shiyan they would not be short a guest and promised to reveal more tomorrow.

After seeing Lu Xiaoxiao paired with Xiao Yichen in a fan video, Ji Yunhuai became irritated and decided to join the variety show she was appearing on. He ordered He Mingchuan to double his investment and arrange for him to replace a guest.

• He Mingchuan told Ji Yunhuai that Lu Xiaoxiao was trending and fans were shipping her with Xiao Yichen.
• Ji Yunhuai watched their fan-made video and insisted that Lu Xiaoxiao's relationship with another guest had nothing to do with him.
• Unable to stop thinking about Lu Xiaoxiao smiling at Xiao Yichen, Ji Yunhuai watched the video again and grew increasingly annoyed.
• Ji Yunhuai called He Mingchuan and ordered him to double the show's investment and arrange for Ji Yunhuai to replace one of its guests.
• Ji Yunhuai said he would explain his decision to his grandfather when he next visited the family home.

The Pirate Team began building a treehouse while waiting for Lin Aofan’s replacement to arrive. Lu Xiaoxiao expected a muscular new guest, but when the ferry reached shore, she recognized him and was shocked.

• Viewers discussed Lin Aofan’s snakebite and speculated about who would replace him on the show.
• Su Miaohan asked the director about the new guest, then joined Lu Xiaoxiao in starting the treehouse project.
• Lu Xiaoxiao, Ye Xinglan, Su Miaohan, and Xiao Yichen built the treehouse frame and began adding its interior and stairs.
• The commentator called both teams to the beach as the new guest approached by ferry.
• Lu Xiaoxiao recognized the arriving guest and reacted with shock.

Ji Yunhuai joined the Pirate Team, and Lu Xiaoxiao reluctantly greeted him while wondering why he was acting so agreeable. After their tense handshake, she introduced him to the other team members.

• Ji Yunhuai arrived as the Pirate Team's new guest, and Lu Xiaoxiao tried to avoid looking at him.
• Su Miaohan admired Ji Yunhuai's appearance, while Lu Xiaoxiao pretended to be fascinated by the rocks.
• Ji Yunhuai approached Lu Xiaoxiao and offered his hand, and she warned him not to cause trouble on camera.
• Lu Xiaoxiao and Ji Yunhuai silently competed in a grip-strength contest while she reminded him to work with the team.
• Ji Yunhuai agreed to follow Lu Xiaoxiao's arrangements, and she introduced him to Ye Xinglan, Su Miaohan, and Xiao Yichen.

Ji Yunhuai joined Lu Xiaoxiao and the other cast members on the deserted-island show, then warned them that the treehouse they were building would be unsafe in the coming storms. Lu Xiaoxiao decided to finish it anyway and concluded that Ji Yunhuai was using his intelligence to take over her role as the Pirate Team’s strategist.

• Lu Xiaoxiao introduced Ji Yunhuai to Ye Xinglan, Su Miaohan, and Xiao Yichen, and Ji Yunhuai ignored Xiao Yichen’s attempt to greet him.
• Ji Yunhuai asked Lu Xiaoxiao for an overview of the show, and she explained that the group had begun building a treehouse.
• Ji Yunhuai warned that coming heavy rain and strong winds could make the treehouse dangerous, citing risks from leaks, weakened branches, and lightning.
• Lu Xiaoxiao decided they would finish the treehouse but use it only in good weather, while Su Miaohan agreed.
• Lu Xiaoxiao suspected Ji Yunhuai was trying to undermine her authority and take her place as the team’s strategist.

The Pirate Team planned its charades lineup, with Lu Xiaoxiao leading the strategy and assigning the rounds. When Ji Yunhuai objected to being left out, Lu Xiaoxiao told him he could not participate, and his mood turned cold.

• The host explained that the Pirate and Hero Teams would compete in three rounds of charades for the second treasure clue.
• Lu Xiaoxiao volunteered to act in the first round and suggested that the Pirate Team use a secret number signal to help them guess.
• Lu Xiaoxiao assigned Su Miaohan to the second round and Ye Xinglan to the third, while the team accepted her as captain.
• Ji Yunhuai pointed out that Lu Xiaoxiao had not given him a role and teased her that he was waiting for her instructions.
• Lu Xiaoxiao told Ji Yunhuai to sit out because he was new, and his amusement vanished as he asked why he could not participate.
• Viewers discussed Ji Yunhuai’s status as the Ji Family’s heir and his rumored reputation as a spoiled playboy.

Lu Xiaoxiao and Lu Shiyan acted out idioms in a charades game, while Ji Yunhuai and Lu Jiaoyue guessed quickly. The round ended with Lu Jiaoyue leading and Ji Yunhuai unexpectedly among the strongest guessers, leaving Lu Xiaoxiao curious enough to plan to ask the system for information about him.

• Lu Shiyan and Lu Xiaoxiao acted out “Lord Ye's love of dragons,” and Ji Yunhuai guessed it first for the Pirate Team.
• Lu Jiaoyue began using Lu Xiaoxiao's thoughts to cheat and quickly guessed several clues for the Hero Team.
• After Lu Xiaoxiao grew suspicious of Lu Jiaoyue's sudden accuracy, Lu Jiaoyue held back and Xiao Yichen guessed “a leaf blinds the eye.”
• The first round ended with Lu Jiaoyue as the top guesser and Ji Yunhuai as the next strongest.
• Lu Xiaoxiao wondered why Ji Yunhuai understood her acting so well and planned to exchange system points for information about him.

After the Pirate Team won Pictionary, Lu Xiaoxiao and her teammates debated how to find the map fragment indicated by “A gift from the Sea God” and headed to search the beach. Ji Yunhuai stopped Lu Xiaoxiao to complain that she had praised Su Miaohan but not him, while viewers speculated about his connection to Lu Xiaoxiao and Lu Shiyan’s background.

• The Pirate Team beat the Hero Team after three rounds of Pictionary, and Lu Xiaoxiao showed everyone the clue: “A gift from the Sea God.”
• Ye Xinglan, Xiao Yichen, Ji Yunhuai, and Lu Xiaoxiao considered what the clue could mean, and Lu Xiaoxiao suggested searching for things washed ashore.
• Su Miaohan guessed that shells might contain the map fragment, so she, Ye Xinglan, and Xiao Yichen went to search the beach.
• Ji Yunhuai held Lu Xiaoxiao back and complained that she had praised Su Miaohan but not him; Lu Xiaoxiao gave him a perfunctory compliment, and he released her.
• Viewers in the live chat shipped Ji Yunhuai with Lu Xiaoxiao and debated rumors about Lu Shiyan’s family background.

After the Hero Team lost, Qin Zixuan proposed following the Pirate Team to find map fragments before them, and the team agreed to try his plan. Lu Jiaoyue went with him, suspecting Lu Shiyan might be the mole and intending to tell Qin Zixuan that her older sister was not their enemy.

• Lan Ruolin complained about the loss and the Pirate Team’s strong replacement, while Bai Xinyan reassured her.
• Qin Zixuan suggested following the Pirate Team and searching for map fragments before they could, and Lu Shiyan and Bai Xinyan supported the idea.
• Qin Zixuan agreed to go after the Pirate Team, and Lu Jiaoyue asked to accompany him.
• Lu Jiaoyue suspected Lu Shiyan was the mole and decided to trust Qin Zixuan, whom she believed was a good person.
• Out of sight of the Hero Team, Lu Jiaoyue stopped Qin Zixuan and said she had a secret to tell him.

Lu Jiaoyue told Qin Zixuan that Lu Xiaoxiao was undercover and asked him to help protect her plans, while Lu Xiaoxiao and Su Miaohan got distracted from searching for a map fragment by collecting seafood. Xiao Yichen helped gather their catch and asked Lu Xiaoxiao whether she really liked seafood.

• Lu Jiaoyue told Qin Zixuan about Lu Xiaoxiao's undercover mission and asked him to pretend to follow the Pirate Team.
• Qin Zixuan agreed to trust Lu Jiaoyue and do what she asked.
• While searching the beach for a map fragment, Lu Xiaoxiao spotted tiny crabs and asked Su Miaohan whether they were edible.
• Su Miaohan explained how the crabs, fish, and shrimp could be cooked, and Lu Xiaoxiao began collecting them for snacks.
• Xiao Yichen took the seafood from Lu Xiaoxiao and helped gather more, then asked whether she really liked seafood.

Lu Xiaoxiao and Xiao Yichen discussed food allergies before Ji Yunhuai tricked her into thinking he had found a clue, sparking a water fight that ended the group's search. They returned to the cave to dry their clothes and warm up by a fire.

• Lu Xiaoxiao told Xiao Yichen she had kept eating fish despite a mild childhood allergy, and he warned her not to ignore future allergic reactions.
• Lu Xiaoxiao asked Xiao Yichen whether spicy food caused an allergic reaction, and he explained how capsaicin caused burning and tingling.
• Ji Yunhuai called Lu Xiaoxiao over as if he had found something, then splashed her with seawater when she approached.
• Lu Xiaoxiao splashed Ji Yunhuai back and accidentally involved Ye Xinglan, while Su Miaohan joined in and drenched the group.
• The group abandoned the search for map clues, returned to the cave, and lit a fire to dry their wet clothes while the production crew provided blankets.

While the Pirate Team settled down for the night on the desert island, Lu Xiaoxiao reluctantly shared her bed area with Ji Yunhuai and stayed awake worrying about him. She spent all her points to buy information about Ji Yunhuai, eager to learn what the system called explosive news.

• Online viewers joked about ship names for Lu Xiaoxiao and Ji Yunhuai, settling on Cloud Roller Coaster, while also discussing her other pairings.
• Lu Xiaoxiao objected when Ji Yunhuai lay down beside her, but Su Miaohan welcomed him to sleep wherever he liked.
• Ye Xinglan put out the fire, and the exhausted Pirate Team gradually fell asleep.
• Unable to sleep beside Ji Yunhuai, Lu Xiaoxiao remembered she had not exchanged points for information about him.
• The system warned Lu Xiaoxiao that the information would use all her points, then called it explosive; Lu Xiaoxiao accepted the cost and demanded to hear it.

Lu Xiaoxiao learned the complicated history behind Ji Yunhuai’s family and his birth. The explanation ended with Ji Yunhuai discovering his father’s illegitimate son as a child, when the boy answered Ji Cheng’s phone and called him “Dad.”

• The system explained how Ji Wenzhong’s succession plans and Ji Ming’s failed scheme shaped the Ji Family’s rival branches.
• Lu Xiaoxiao learned that Xu Xiangxian died saving Yan Tangyu, and that Cui Anhe was later conceived using Xu Xiangxian’s eggs.
• The system revealed that Ji Cheng had loved another woman, fathered an older illegitimate son, and accidentally conceived Ji Yunhuai with Yan Tangyu.
• Lu Xiaoxiao asked whether Ji Yunhuai knew about his half-brother, and the system confirmed that he was the only person in the Ji Family who knew.
• The system recounted how young Ji Yunhuai answered Ji Cheng’s phone and heard the boy call his father “Dad.”

The system explained how Ji Yunhuai discovered Ji Cheng’s illegitimate son and why he later rebelled, while Lu Xiaoxiao wondered what the boy had felt. It also revealed that Old Master Ji favored Ji Yunhuai because he saw him as the reincarnation of his dead youngest son, Ji Huai.

• The system told Lu Xiaoxiao that fourteen-year-old Ji Yunhuai overheard Ji Cheng’s call with his illegitimate son after hiding under the bed.
• The system explained that Ji Yunhuai kept the secret and later rebelled to draw Ji Cheng’s attention, especially after his mother, Yan Tangyu, died.
• The system said Ji Yunhuai stopped expecting affection from Ji Cheng but stayed silent to protect Old Master Ji from a shock.
• The system revealed that Old Master Ji believed Ji Yunhuai was his dead son Ji Huai reincarnated and favored him as the family’s lucky star.
• Lu Xiaoxiao questioned whether reincarnation had a scientific basis, and the system insisted that the world had no ghosts or gods.
• The system explained that Ji Yunhuai’s name echoed Ji Huai’s and that Old Master Ji sometimes called him by Ji Huai’s childhood nickname.

After learning how Ji Yunhuai’s parents shaped his difficult childhood, Lu Xiaoxiao decided to sympathize with him without excusing his bad behavior. The next morning, the Pirate Team found the map fragment and began decorating their treehouse.

• The system explained that Yan Tangyu loved Ji Yunhuai but placed suffocating expectations on him, and that he grew prickly after losing her and learning his father favored another son.
• Lu Xiaoxiao decided she would curse Ji Yunhuai less but would still stand up to him when he acted like a jerk.
• The Pirate Team returned to the beach, found the map fragment, and entrusted it to Ye Xinglan.
• Su Miaohan organized the treehouse decorations, and the team showed the finished structure to Ji Yunhuai.
• Ye Xinglan worked on the exterior platform while Su Miaohan suggested setting aside part of an interior wall for painting.

Ye Xinglan explained how to make natural paints, and Lu Xiaoxiao and Ji Yunhuai went into the woods to gather materials. Lu Xiaoxiao realized she could not identify the plants they needed, so she asked Ji Yunhuai if he was knowledgeable enough to be tested.

• Ye Xinglan told Lu Xiaoxiao and Su Miaohan how to make paint from plants, flowers, dirt, and soot.
• Su Miaohan remembered she had to prepare the crabs for lunch and suggested Lu Xiaoxiao go with Ji Yunhuai to collect materials.
• Lu Xiaoxiao dragged Ji Yunhuai toward the woods, where he casually said he could buy the deserted island for a few tens of billions.
• Lu Xiaoxiao realized she could not recognize madder or turmeric, asked Ji Yunhuai if he was well-traveled, and announced she would test him.

Lu Xiaoxiao asked Ji Yunhuai to help identify madder and turmeric, but tried to get him to do it with flattery instead of asking politely. Ji Yunhuai identified the plants and teased her, leaving Lu Xiaoxiao caught under her hood as he praised her acting.

• Lu Xiaoxiao asked Ji Yunhuai whether he could recognize madder and turmeric, then praised his knowledge when he questioned why she had volunteered for the task.
• Ji Yunhuai said reverse psychology would not work on him, so Lu Xiaoxiao turned away and decided to find the plants herself.
• Ji Yunhuai caught Lu Xiaoxiao by her hood, recited detailed descriptions of both plants, and pointed out one nearby.
• Ji Yunhuai said he had only wanted her to say 'please,' and Lu Xiaoxiao questioned him about reverse psychology.
• Lu Xiaoxiao hurriedly flattered Ji Yunhuai, who flipped her hood over her eyes and teased her for acting innocent after getting her way.