Recaps

During training, Jian Li accidentally grabbed Huo Xiao in a sensitive spot twice, leaving both men embarrassed. After learning Jian Li might star in a web drama, Huo Xiao agreed to take a role if Jian Li did, while Lu Yuanhang exposed his company's predatory debt-collection practices on the livestream.

• Jian Li squeezed Huo Xiao during close-quarters combat, then followed him to the restroom and accidentally grabbed him again when he stumbled.
• Huo Xiao's manager offered him a web-drama role, and Huo Xiao said he would accept if Jian Li took the role.
• Lu Yuanhang warned Huo Xiao that Jian Li was vain and indebted, then revealed he was a shareholder in the company that held Jian Li's debt.
• Huo Xiao pointed out that Lu Yuanhang had admitted to illegal lending and debt-collection practices while the dorm conversation was being livestreamed.
• The director told the crew to call Lu Siqi and have him take Lu Yuanhang home.

Lu Yuanhang’s scandal worsened as Lu Group learned he had ordered violent debt collection that drove someone to suicide, while a military operation forced the variety show to end early. At the airport, Jian Li gained an enthusiastic fan crowd and Huo Xiao hinted they would work together again, before Jian Li’s fellow guests rallied to protect him from Lu Yuanhang’s brother.

• Lu Siqi learned Lu Yuanhang’s outrageous remarks were damaging Lu Group’s reputation, then was told Lu Yuanhang had ordered violent debt collection that drove a debtor to suicide.
• Feng Dayuan told the director that troops needed to evacuate Deserted Island for a military operation, so the crew and guests left early.
• Lu Yuanhang complained about the early departure, then arrived at the airport expecting fans to greet him, only to hear them cheering for Jian Li.
• Jian Li nervously denied encouraging fans to pair him with Huo Xiao, but Huo Xiao said the publicity was not a bad idea because they would work together again.
• Lu Yuanhang threatened Jian Li and claimed Lu Siqi had come to pick him up, but Yuan Feng, Shi Huayi, Zhou Nan, and Luo Xiaohong gathered around Jian Li to protect him.

Jian Li went with Lu Siqi to the Lu Family villa after the undercover agents defended him and formed a group chat to keep in touch. There, he found his bruised biological father begging him for help, and Jian Li asked whether he should help the creditors kill him.

• Luo Xiaohong defended Jian Li from Lu Siqi’s accusations and challenged him to prove Jian Li’s mother had been a mistress.
• Jian Li agreed to ride with Lu Siqi, while Yuan Feng and the other undercover agents made a group chat and promised to help if anything happened.
• Huo Xiao sent Jian Li a friend request and joined the group chat.
• Lu Siqi’s Maybach brought Jian Li and Lu Yuanhang to the Lu Family villa, where Jian Li’s bruised father begged him to pay off his debts.
• Jian Li asked his father whether he needed help being killed.

Jian Li confronted Jian Jingfeng, Lu Yuanhang, and Lu Siqi over his father’s debt, exposed Lu Yuanhang’s illegal threats on a livestream, and beat the two Lu brothers. The police arrived to find Jian Li unharmed, and he greeted them by claiming to be the victim.

• Jian Li refused to save Jian Jingfeng and challenged Lu Siqi to kill him, while Jian Jingfeng tried to offer his son in his place.
• Jian Li confronted Lu Yuanhang about abandoning his birth parents and refusing to acknowledge Jian Jingfeng, who had never raised him.
• Lu Yuanhang admitted he controlled the company behind the illegal debt collection and ordered his thugs to attack Jian Li.
• Jian Li revealed that his collar camera had livestreamed Lu Yuanhang’s confession, then struck Lu Yuanhang and fought Lu Siqi.
• Viewers called the police, who entered the house and found Jian Li unharmed among the beaten men; Jian Li told them he was the victim.

After leaving the police station, Jian Li joined his manager Li Lu for a dinner meeting with director Wang Sisi and Huo Xiao. He learned that he and Huo Xiao had been cast as leads in a drama with kissing scenes, and his shocked objection left the dinner on a dramatic note.

• Jian Li gave the police a vague account of the violence at the Lu house and left the station, where Li Lu suspected he had beaten Lu Yuanhang and the others.
• Jian Li reassured the Revenge Squad that he was safe, then exchanged messages with Huo Xiao about his work dinner.
• Jian Li went with Li Lu to meet director Wang Sisi, determined to keep his manager from suffering the fate he remembered from the original owner's life.
• Jian Li collided with Huo Xiao outside the private club, and Huo Xiao caught him by the waist before Wang Sisi arrived.
• Wang Sisi revealed that Jian Li and Huo Xiao were cast as the two leads and urged them to build rapport for their kissing scenes, prompting Jian Li to leap up and protest.

Jian Li reluctantly agreed to join Wang Sisi’s Sentinel-and-guide war drama opposite Huo Xiao after a drunken dinner, while Huo Xiao continued to seek his company. At the hospital, Lu Siqi confronted Lu Yuanhang over violent debt collection, and Secretary Chen made clear he was willing to quit for the right severance package.

• Jian Li objected to Wang Sisi’s proposed boys’ love drama, but Huo Xiao said he found the subject interesting and wanted to participate.
• Wang Sisi got drunk and admitted she became a director to make the pairing she wanted to ship, then declared Jian Li would be the strongest bottom in China’s history.
• Huo Xiao arranged a ride for Li Lu and walked with Jian Li, saying they needed to get to know each other before filming and rehearsals.
• Patients outside Lu Yuanhang’s room discussed his need for rare panda blood and criticized him for his violent debt collection.
• Secretary Chen told Lu Siqi he had found no matching blood and said he would leave if offered adequate severance.
• Lu Siqi demanded that Lu Yuanhang explain reports of violent debt collection, and Lu Yuanhang pretended to faint as Secretary Chen called it an act.

Jian Li went to Jian Yue’s school after learning that his brother had been accused of fighting and poor grades. He challenged the parents’ accusations and demanded the school check its security cameras, then threatened the alleged bullies.

• Jian Li rushed to the school after Jian Yue’s homeroom teacher, Cao Qinghua, called about a fight and Jian Yue’s midterm grades.
• Jian Li noticed scratches on Jian Yue’s face and questioned Cao Qinghua’s claim that Jian Yue had bullied classmates.
• Several parents arrived demanding that Jian Yue be expelled, and they accused Jian Li of using his celebrity status to enable school violence.
• Jian Li silenced the crowd by breaking a teacup with a roundhouse kick, then learned that Jian Yue had fought five students while only Jian Yue was visibly injured.
• Jian Li asked for proof that Jian Yue had started the fight and told Cao Qinghua to check the school’s security cameras.
• Jian Li refused to apologize quietly and threatened to follow the students he called bullies after school.

Jian Li stood up for Jian Yue against his classmates’ parents, then learned that Jian Yue was still being bullied at school. He waited outside the school at lunch to confront the bullies while livestreaming, but the group caught Jian Yue before he could reach him.

• Jian Li threatened the parents who had joined together against Jian Yue, and they backed down before leaving the office.
• Jian Li told Jian Yue to stop enduring the bullying and promised to meet him at the school gate at noon.
• Jian Li declined Li Lu’s invitation to the Lone Warrior reunion, and the director asked him to film the bullying for the show’s livestream.
• Jian Li watched from his car as students left school, then went live and approached in disguise when the bullies surrounded Jian Yue and dragged him toward a side path.

While the Lone Warrior guests watched the season highlight reel, Jian Li skipped filming to confront the students bullying his younger brother, Jian Yue. He livestreamed the confrontation, then fought off the bullies after they cut the stream.

• Jian Li failed to arrive for the highlight-reel filming, and Huo Xiao told Li Lu he had taken Jian Li home the night before.
• The highlight reel showed Lu Yuanhang’s failures, and the absent Lu Yuanhang watched angrily from his hospital room.
• The host connected to Jian Li’s livestream, where viewers saw a boy and his lackeys bullying Jian Yue.
• Jian Li revealed that Jian Yue was his younger brother and let the bullies take his phone, cutting off the livestream.
• Jian Li knocked the bullies down and showed Jian Yue where to kick so the injuries would not be visible during an examination.

Jian Li defended Jian Yue from school bullies, then gave him money and learned he had become popular online. At his agency, Jian Li found Huo Xiao waiting for him and learned the villain seemed determined to stay close.

• Jian Li beat the fat boy and his lackeys, warned them to stop bullying Jian Yue, and left with his younger brother.
• Jian Li and Jian Yue argued about his changed behavior and Lu Siqi before Jian Yue reluctantly gave him his WeChat name.
• Jian Li transferred Jian Yue ten thousand yuan, and Jian Yue discovered Jian Li had five million Weibo followers.
• Jian Li went to his agency, where nervous newcomers greeted him and joked about his reputation for beating people.
• Jian Li found Huo Xiao waiting in Li Lu's office, and Huo Xiao said he would not leave even if Jian Li tried to send him away.

Huo Xiao warned Lu Siqi to stop targeting Jian Li and refused to stay out of their dispute. Jian Li declined a military recruitment ad, but Huo Xiao had already signed on, leaving the director furious that the other invited guests had turned the offer down.

• Huo Xiao rebuffed Lu Siqi's demand to stay out of his personal score with Jian Li and told him Jian Li was no longer someone he could push around.
• Lu Siqi left and ordered someone to obtain Jian Li's agency contract, regardless of the cost.
• Huo Xiao told Jian Li and Li Lu that the military recruitment ad was an open audition in name only and asked whether Jian Li would participate.
• Jian Li declined the ad, and a group chat revealed that several other invited guests had also turned it down while Huo Xiao had already signed the contract.
• The ad's director exploded over the refusals and demanded that the guests be brought on board or he would not shoot the ad.

The Revenge Squad attended the CCTV recruitment-ad audition despite having previously refused it, only to discover that Huo Xiao was a judge. When the test involved gun movements, their trained reflexes took over, leaving the room stunned.

• Yuan Feng, Luo Xiaohong, Shi Huayi, Zhou Nan, and Jian Li arrived at the audition, where they awkwardly reunited as the Revenge Squad.
• A staff member sent the Revenge Squad to audition first in public, and the director mocked them for having refused the ad before.
• Huo Xiao arrived as an additional judge, surprising the Revenge Squad, and the director began a test involving gun movements.
• Heavy equipment flew toward the Revenge Squad, and they instinctively caught it, rolled into position, and aimed their gun barrels at the judges.

Jian Li's combat audition secured him a role, and Huo Xiao persuaded him to rehearse at the Huo Family villa by revealing the help he had arranged for Jian Yue. Meanwhile, the director told Li Lu that Lone Warrior season two would begin filming in three days, with its guests playing criminals.

• Jian Li impressed the audition guests with his special-forces maneuvers, and the Revenge Squad left dejected after he was chosen.
• Huo Xiao told Jian Li he had acted against the family and officials connected to Jian Yue's bullying, then invited him to rehearse their scenes.
• Jian Li went with Huo Xiao to the Huo Family villa, where he panicked upon learning Huo Xiao's extended family was there.
• The director called Li Lu to demand that Jian Li clear his schedule for Lone Warrior season two, which would pit the guests as criminals against another production crew.

Li Lu delayed arranging Jian Li’s appearance on Lone Warrior, while Jian Li fled Huo Xiao’s aunties’ matchmaking questions. After Lu Yuanhang was excluded from Lone Warrior, Lu Siqi arranged for them to appear on City Hunter instead, and Jian Li prepared to face them both.

• Li Lu told the Lone Warrior director he would arrange Jian Li’s schedule, then took his time before contacting him.
• Jian Li called Li Lu for help from 88 Bainian Road after Huo Xiao’s aunties pressed him about marriage and whether he was gay.
• Jian Li fled the villa, and Huo Xiao searched for him before his aunties suggested making a dating show to help him pursue Jian Li.
• Lone Warrior and City Hunter announced a collaboration, and the shows’ fans sent related topics trending on Weibo.
• Lu Yuanhang learned he had been excluded from Lone Warrior because of his condition and a change in investors, then Lu Siqi offered to arrange his appearance on City Hunter and go with him.
• Jian Li heard that Lu Yuanhang and Lu Siqi would appear on City Hunter and said he would deal with them both together.

Lu Yuanhang doubled down on his schemes against Jian Li and appeared with Lu Siqi on the Hunter livestream, where viewers and the director reacted badly. Jian Li arrived and mocked the brothers, while the four-person undercover team reluctantly greeted the cameras.

• Lu Yuanhang recalled his nightmare of becoming a villainous supporting character and decided to keep scheming against Jian Li despite the story changing.
• Lu Yuanhang clung to Lu Siqi on camera, prompting viewers to condemn their appearance and the Hunter director to consider cutting both brothers’ screen time.
• Lu Yuanhang insulted Jian Li when he arrived and claimed Huo Xiao was pursuing him, while Lu Siqi wondered if Jian Li had gained a new backer.
• Jian Li mocked Lu Yuanhang and Lu Siqi on the livestream, drawing laughter from viewers.
• Yuan Feng, Shi Huayi, Zhou Nan, and Luo Xiaohong reluctantly greeted the cameras as viewers joked that they seemed possessed by Lin Daiyu when work began.

The hunters prepared for City Hunter while the reluctant criminals tried to leave the shoot, but Huo Xiao stopped them and was made captain of the Revenge Squad. As the game began in an old town, the squad discussed its assigned crimes and Jian Li complained that he had not even learned how they were supposed to lose.

• The host introduced the hunters and guests, drawing attention to Lu Siqi while Lu Yuanhang reacted resentfully to the introduction.
• The Hunter Director complained that the criminal guests lacked enthusiasm and ordered the crew to tell them they could leave if they did not want to film.
• Yuan Feng, Shi Huayi, Zhou Nan, Luo Xiaohong, and Jian Li began heading for the exit, but Huo Xiao stopped Jian Li and persuaded the squad to stay.
• The Hunter Director made Huo Xiao captain of the Revenge Squad so he could keep the criminals in line.
• At the old-town filming location, Yuan Feng scouted nearby hunters and reported what he saw to the squad.
• The squad discussed robbing a bank, kidnapping the mayor, taking a school hostage, and escaping by helicopter, while Jian Li complained that he did not know how they were meant to lose.

Jian Li and his group assigned themselves crimes and began carrying out their plan, robbing a bank with striking speed and efficiency. As the Hunters searched without progress, they received news that the bank had been robbed and the culprits had escaped.

• Luo Xiaohong suggested that the group complete their crimes and then turn themselves in, and Jian Li agreed to the plan.
• Jian Li assigned roles: he and Huo Xiao would rob the bank, Luo Xiaohong would handle the school, Shi Huayi and Zhou Nan would kidnap the mayor, and Yuan Feng would provide the getaway.
• Jian Li disguised himself, entered the bank with Huo Xiao, and quickly took control of the building.
• Huo Xiao stopped a teller from triggering the alarm, and she revealed that gold was stored in the vault and Manager Wang Fugui had the key.
• The Hunters argued while searching for the criminals, then heard a radio report that a bank had been robbed and the robbers had escaped.

Criminals carried out coordinated robberies and kidnappings across the city while the Hunters split up to investigate. At the school, Luo Xiaohong and her accomplices held the hostages under guard as they planted bombs and awaited the demanded helicopter.

• Radio reports announced that the school was occupied, the mayor was missing, and criminals had demanded a helicopter for the hostages’ release.
• Xu Qi, Li He, Chen Yifan, and Saiweiya headed to the school, while Lu Yuanhang and Lu Siqi went toward city hall.
• Lu Siqi saw news footage of Jian Li carrying out a bank robbery and was struck by his confident performance.
• A disguised caller warned the production team that bombs at the school would explode unless a helicopter arrived within ten minutes.
• Luo Xiaohong stopped a hostage’s escape attempt and ordered the guards to execute one hostage if anyone tried again.
• Shi Huayi and Zhou Nan brought the kidnapped mayor into the cafeteria, where Luo Xiaohong said the accomplices were planting bombs and a sniper guarded the roof.

Director Gu learned that the Lone Warrior guests had completed the Hunters’ missions and warned them to lose, while Jian Li confronted Lu Yuanhang and Lu Siqi during a run. The director launched a prison-break mission for the next livestream, confident the criminals could not escape within an hour.

• The Hunter Director complained to Director Gu that the guests had outsmarted the Hunters, then threatened to remove him if they broke their contract again.
• Jian Li went running after dinner and told the cameraman about his endurance training.
• Lu Yuanhang blocked Jian Li to talk, but Jian Li knocked him down; when Lu Siqi demanded an apology, Jian Li threw him over his shoulder and mocked both brothers.
• Lu Yuanhang blamed himself for worsening the misunderstanding, and Lu Siqi reassured him while criticizing Jian Li.
• The director arranged a prison-break mission, ordering the Hunters and extras to guard the detention center and declaring that the criminals would lose if they failed to escape within an hour.

The criminals escaped the Scenic Area Detention Center by tricking Police patrol officer Chen Yifan into opening a security door, then used him as a hostage to demand access to the main exit. When Lu Yuanhang tried to draw his replica gun, Jian Li shot him, and another kick sent the eliminated Lu sprawling.

• Jian Li, Yuan Feng, Shi Huayi, Zhou Nan, Luo Xiaohong, and Huo Xiao planned to escape the detention center before their time ran out.
• Huo Xiao pretended to suffer appendicitis, and Chen Yifan opened the security door before the criminals disarmed and captured him.
• Chen Yifan led the criminals into the office, where Xu Qi and Lu Yuanhang argued over whether he was a traitor.
• Jian Li pressed a replica gun to Chen Yifan's head and demanded that the Hunters open the main door.
• Lu Yuanhang drew his gun, but Jian Li shot him in the head, mocked him, and watched someone kick him down after he tried to fire again.

After the Hunters’ failed operation, Lu Siqi left his teammates and reflected on his changed relationship with Jian Li. During the fugitives’ late-night feast, Lu Siqi interrupted Jian Li and Huo Xiao, demanding to speak with him.

• The Hunters reviewed their mistakes, and Lu Yuanhang argued with Xu Qi while Chen Yifan ended the discussion.
• Lu Siqi left the office alone, unwilling to wait for Lu Yuanhang.
• The fugitives gathered for a late-night feast, where Jian Li offered Yuan Feng lamb kidneys and Luo Xiaohong ordered more beer.
• Huo Xiao cleaned skewers for Jian Li as they sat together, creating a warm scene that the livestream viewers admired.
• Lu Siqi arrived and told Jian Li to come outside and talk, and Jian Li complained about encountering something unpleasant during his meal.

Jian Li turned down Lu Siqi’s offer to poach him, while Huo Xiao offered fifty million upfront to recruit him. After the director considered making one of the criminals an undercover agent, Huo Xiao cornered Jian Li in the bathroom and hinted that he could not wait for something more intimate.

• Lu Siqi offered Jian Li a ten-year contract and ten million yuan a year, but Jian Li asked for the annual pay upfront.
• Huo Xiao offered Jian Li fifty million upfront to switch companies, and Lu Siqi warned him not to break industry rules.
• Luo Xiaohong broke a marble tabletop with a slap, drawing the livestream audience’s attention away from the contract dispute.
• The director asked Chen Yifan how the show could beat the criminals, then considered turning one of them into an undercover agent but could not identify anyone suitable.
• Jian Li went into the bathroom, and Huo Xiao followed him inside and blocked his way out.

Jian Li turned down Huo Xiao’s offer to switch agencies, while Huo Xiao teased him during a private moment in the bathroom. Elsewhere, Lu Yuanhang’s attempt to get close to Lu Siqi was interrupted, and Yuan Feng mocked him before leaving.

• Yuan Feng’s knocking interrupted Jian Li and Huo Xiao’s close conversation in the bathroom, where Huo Xiao asked Jian Li about the fifty-million advance.
• Jian Li said he was not interested in switching agencies and hinted that he might leave the entertainment industry someday.
• Lu Siqi told Lu Yuanhang he had visited Jian Li because another person was competing to sign him, and Lu Yuanhang speculated that Jian Li had seduced Huo Xiao.
• Lu Yuanhang tried to massage Lu Siqi, but Lu Siqi stopped him and said he wanted to sleep.
• Yuan Feng barged into Lu Siqi’s room to use the bathroom, interrupting Lu Yuanhang, then told him Lu Siqi was not interested and suggested he get plastic surgery.

After City Hunter’s fugitives went viral, the director accepted an advertiser’s demand for Jian Li and Huo Xiao to promote diamond rings. As the fugitives set out for the citywide manhunt, the director ordered the two to share a passionate kiss on camera, leaving Jian Li furious.

• Secretly filmed footage of the fugitives’ exploits made City Hunter trend, and advertisers pressured the director to feature them.
• The director agreed to the Huo sisters’ request for Jian Li and Huo Xiao to promote matching diamond rings and show off their love.
• Jian Li studied the Scenic Area map and assigned Shi Huayi and Zhou Nan to take the north exit after they chose it together.
• The director’s assistant told Jian Li and Huo Xiao that their manager had signed the ring-ad contract, so they had to cooperate or pay damages.
• Jian Li and Huo Xiao left through the same exit, and the director instructed them through their earpieces to show off the rings and share a passionate kiss.

Jian Li and Huo Xiao completed a kiss mission by faking a kiss with camera angles, then headed toward the west exit as the Hunters prepared to intercept them. There, they confronted Lu Siqi and Lu Yuanhang, and Jian Li warned the brothers that someone would be crying.

• Jian Li asked Huo Xiao about the contract termination fee, and Huo Xiao reminded him that creditors could target his younger brother.
• Huo Xiao whispered how to fake a kiss with camera angles, then staged one with Jian Li to complete their mission and flustered him.
• Yuan Feng interrupted them, and Jian Li yelled at him before leaving the alley with Huo Xiao.
• Jian Li and Huo Xiao crossed downtown toward the west exit, where vendors reported their approach and Chen Yifan confirmed Lu Siqi and Lu Yuanhang were stationed there.
• Lu Yuanhang bragged that Lu Siqi could handle Jian Li, but the brothers backed away when Jian Li approached and warned them to prepare for a fight.