Chapter Summaries

During a paired shower, Jian Li and Huo Xiao grew closer as Huo Xiao learned about Jian Li’s troubled family and suspected his sugar daddy, Lu Siqi, was framing him. The chapter ended with Jian Li interrupting Shi Huayi and Zhou Nan’s secretive reunion to retrieve underwear he had supposedly left behind.

• Yuan Feng tried to pair up with Jian Li, but Luo Xiaohong stopped him, and Huo Xiao went into the shower with Jian Li instead.
• Huo Xiao admired Jian Li’s physique and asked about his training, prompting Jian Li to describe his difficult family situation and accuse his sugar daddy of framing him.
• Huo Xiao guessed that Lu Siqi was the person Jian Li meant, while Jian Li finished showering and left.
• Shi Huayi and Zhou Nan showered together, traded barbs, and recalled their shared military past and former romance.
• Jian Li returned to retrieve his supposedly forgotten underwear, startling Shi Huayi and Zhou Nan as they discussed confidential work.

After Jian Li overheard Shi Huayi and Zhou Nan in the bathhouse, the guests showered and Lu Yuanhang criticized Jian Li, then complained about being left behind. During training, Jian Li mocked Lu Yuanhang’s claim that he had taken fencing lessons, prompting Lu Yuanhang to storm out while the lesson continued without him.

• Jian Li walked away after Shi Huayi and Zhou Nan realized he had entered their supposedly safe space, and they wondered how much he had heard.
• Yuan Feng and Lu Yuanhang showered together, where Lu Yuanhang criticized Jian Li for saying he had forgotten to wear underwear, and Yuan Feng said he often forgot too.
• Yuan Feng finished showering and left despite Lu Yuanhang’s attempt to make him wait, while online viewers mocked Lu Yuanhang.
• Feng Dayuan introduced the Hilltop Capture Battle and explained that the guests would train in tactics and hand-to-hand combat.
• Lu Yuanhang said he had taken fencing lessons as a child, and Jian Li joked that he thought Lu Yuanhang had learned to cluck like a chicken.
• Lu Yuanhang ran out of the classroom, but Feng Dayuan continued the lesson, and the cameraman told him he had brought the exclusion on himself.

Jian Li turned down a lucrative boys' love drama, traded taunts with debt collectors over his father's gambling debts, and told the other guests he owed money to Juyuanbao. The company's name left the guests—and especially Huo Xiao—staring at him in tense silence.

• Lu Yuanhang threatened the cameraman, who ignored him, and later returned to class before the Revenge Squad left the classroom.
• Li Lin offered Jian Li the lead in a popular boys' love drama, but Jian Li refused and asked for a war drama instead.
• Jian Li mocked debt collectors threatening him over an IOU he had signed for his father's gambling debts, while the collectors planned to go after his father.
• Yuan Feng asked about Jian Li's debt, and Lu Yuanhang interrupted to reveal that Jian Li's father had borrowed from Lu Yuanhang's brother.
• Jian Li named Juyuanbao as the company he owed, and the guests fell silent as Huo Xiao watched him tensely.

At the first ranking announcement, Jian Li won first place, and Lu Yuanhang accused the show of rigging the votes before insulting Jian Li and revealing suspicious knowledge about loan sharks. That night, an undercover officer arrested Lu Yuanhang in the dormitory.

• Lu Yuanhang complained to the director that the other guests were ganging up on him and threatened to involve his brother when the director refused to reveal the rankings.
• The guide announced the top six, with Jian Li taking first place with 1.35 million votes and Huo Xiao placing second.
• Lu Yuanhang challenged Jian Li’s win, and Jian Li mocked him before Lu Yuanhang threatened him over unpaid interest and kidney theft.
• Jian Li asked whether Lu Yuanhang had been dealing with the loan sharks, alerting the four undercover officers when Lu Yuanhang tried to explain away his knowledge.
• Late that night, an undercover officer sprang from the dark and arrested Lu Yuanhang in the dormitory.

Yuan Feng and Jian Li retaliated against Lu Yuanhang in the dorm, while Lu Yuanhang plotted revenge against Jian Li. The next morning, Jian Li and Huo Xiao sparred in the rain, and their evenly matched bout took an unexpected turn when Jian Li grabbed Huo Xiao.

• Yuan Feng attacked Lu Yuanhang while sleepwalking, then pretended to return to sleep when Jian Li covered for him.
• Jian Li admitted he wanted revenge on Lu Yuanhang, kicked him in self-defense, and Lu Yuanhang later threatened to harm Jian Li's father and cut off his younger brother's tuition.
• Huo Xiao refused to call medical staff for Lu Yuanhang, who claimed he had a fever to avoid training and was left behind in the dorm.
• Feng Dayuan paired Jian Li and Huo Xiao for kickboxing practice in the rain, and they fought to a standstill.
• Jian Li got carried away in the sparring and grabbed Huo Xiao, who caught his wrist and questioned whether that was fair.

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.