Chapter Summaries

The guests chose water sports for the first round, while Lu Yiyi tried to steer Luo An toward flyboarding and insulted Song Yunxing. Shen Yanci stepped in to defend Song Yunxing, and Luo An took Lu Yiyi away to choose sailing.

• Director Guo told the guests to choose among tandem kayaking, tandem water biking, catamaran sailing, and flyboarding, with each activity limited to one pair.
• The guests used rock-paper-scissors to decide who chose first, and Luo An beat Song Yunxing.
• Lu Yiyi urged Luo An to choose flyboarding while calling Song Yunxing frail, but Song Yunxing mistakenly took her remarks as kindness.
• Shen Yanci told Lu Yiyi to stop wasting time and insulted her weight after she continued criticizing Song Yunxing.
• Luo An apologized and led Lu Yiyi away to choose sailing.

The couples took on water-based activities, but Song Yunxing panicked when he had to stand close to Shen Yanci on their shared board. Shen Yanci went first and stunned Song Yunxing and the crew by soaring above the sea with ease.

• Lu Ran and Gu Nianzhi capsized their kayak when a wave caught them off guard.
• Yu Wan and Shi Jinyan pedaled on an inflatable platform, but the waves carried them back to their starting point.
• Luo An carried a sulking Lu Yiyi onto their sailboat and reassured her until she cooperated.
• Song Yunxing refused to be fastened beside Shen Yanci and persuaded the instructor to let Shen Yanci go first.
• Shen Yanci rose about three meters above the sea and performed two flips, leaving Song Yunxing and the crew stunned.

Shen Yanci quickly completed the flyboard mission and advised Song Yunxing, who struggled to rise above the water. With five minutes left, a huge wave surged toward Song Yunxing as he rested at sea.

• Shen Yanci impressed the guests by performing skillfully on the flyboard, while Lu Yiyi fell into the water as Luo An steered their sailboat.
• Shen Yanci completed the mission in under five minutes and told Song Yunxing that he had learned flyboarding tricks at school.
• Song Yunxing rejected Shen Yanci's offer to teach him, then repeatedly fell into the sea while attempting to use the flyboard.
• Song Yunxing surfaced to rest as a roughly two-meter wave rushed toward him, alarming the staff.

Song Yunxing successfully mastered the water stunt, while Shen Yanci’s fear for him gave way to possessive teasing. After they returned to the platform, Shen Yanci covered Song Yunxing with his jacket, and their bickering ended with a flirtatious challenge.

• Song Yunxing rode a wave into the air on his board and celebrated, while Shen Yanci and the others surfaced below.
• Shen Yanci brought Song Yunxing back to the platform and hid how frightened he had been when the wave swallowed him.
• The director sent Song Yunxing and Shen Yanci to prepare for their couple promo photos, but Shen Yanci led Song Yunxing beneath a canopy and told the camera crew not to film.
• Song Yunxing removed his life jacket, and Shen Yanci covered his soaked shirt with his jacket and insisted he wear it.
• When Song Yunxing challenged Shen Yanci to kiss him, Shen Yanci wrapped an arm around his waist and asked if they should test what he dared to do.

Song Yunxing and Shen Yanci walked together after finishing their beach task, while Lu Yiyi and Luo An struggled with sailing. Their task failed when Lu Yiyi capsized the boat, and the mishap exposed her breast pads on the livestream.

• Song Yunxing pushed Shen Yanci away after he kissed him, and Shen Yanci followed him in a noticeably better mood.
• Lu Ran noticed Song Yunxing wearing Shen Yanci's jacket and suspected their relationship was real.
• Lu Yiyi complained while Luo An struggled to sail, then grabbed the sail rope and caused their boat to capsize.
• The director declared Lu Yiyi and Luo An's task failed and ordered them to restart the timer.
• Lu Yiyi's breast pads popped out as she climbed back onto the boat, and the livestream viewers mocked her after Luo An saw them.

Lu Yiyi’s livestream mishap became a trending scandal, damaging her reputation and exposing tension with Luo An. Meanwhile, Song Yunxing and Shen Yanci began a couples-photo challenge, which Yu Wan abruptly chose for them.

• Lu Yiyi’s bra pads flew off during the livestream, and the resulting memes and trending topics turned her into an online laughingstock.
• Netizens scrutinized Lu Yiyi and Luo An’s strained interactions, while their fans abandoned the pairing and the production team redirected the cameras.
• Lu Yiyi assumed New City Entertainment would clean up the scandal, and she and Luo An resumed filming the challenge.
• Song Yunxing and Shen Yanci read a task requiring rumored couples to copy a pose from one of four real couples at different relationship stages.
• Song Yunxing and Shen Yanci questioned the couples and learned that their relationship lengths increased from left to right.
• Yu Wan picked the first couple, who immediately embraced and kissed, leaving Song Yunxing stunned.

Yu Wan and Shi Jinyan completed the couples’ task with a kiss, while Song Yunxing and Shen Yanci were left facing the most intimate challenge. When Lu Yiyi questioned whether they were really a couple, Shen Yanci rebuked her, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Yu Wan and Shi Jinyan kissed for their task, then headed to the restaurant to eat.
• Lu Ran chose the final couple for Song Yunxing, and they completed their task by interlacing fingers and posing.
• Song Yunxing picked a male couple whose task was a kiss, and Director Guo warned that forfeiting meant paying for the island trip and going without food or drink.
• Song Yunxing hesitated to kiss Shen Yanci, while Lu Yiyi assumed he was wearing Shen Yanci’s jacket and urged them to complete the task.
• Lu Yiyi questioned whether Song Yunxing and Shen Yanci were actually a couple, prompting Shen Yanci to tell her to stop meddling and mock her face.

Shen Yanci took Song Yunxing away from Lu Yiyi, and the two slipped into the restaurant kitchen to make their own lunch. As Song Yunxing made candied strawberries, Shen Yanci recalled how they had once comforted him and asked Song Yunxing to feed him.

• Shen Yanci refused to do the task with Lu Yiyi and led Song Yunxing away, while Lu Yiyi finished the task alone.
• Netizens spread suspicions that Lu Yiyi had undergone plastic surgery, and New City Entertainment pushed a rumor that Shen Yanci and Song Yunxing were faking their relationship for publicity.
• Shen Yanci bribed the head chef with Pretty Coins so he and Song Yunxing could use the kitchen, then cooked seafood stir-fried noodles.
• Song Yunxing asked why Shen Yanci had learned to cook, and Shen Yanci said cooking was not a waste of time when two people were together.
• Song Yunxing made candied strawberries, and Shen Yanci remembered that Song Yunxing had once brought them to him on his seventeenth birthday.
• Shen Yanci held Song Yunxing's wrist and asked him to feed him a candied strawberry.

After Shen Yanci and Song Yunxing were punished for failing their task, Yu Wan warned Lu Yiyi to stop attacking them, while the couple slipped away to a restaurant kitchen. Their close, intimate-looking interaction went live and sent viewers into a frenzy, though they had actually been making and eating spun sugar.

• Lu Ran challenged Director Guo over withholding food from Shen Yanci and Song Yunxing, while Lu Yiyi defended the punishment and Yu Wan warned her about her behavior.
• Director Guo sent a livestream crew to search for Shen Yanci and Song Yunxing after their crew could not find them.
• The assistant director and camera crew found Shen Yanci and Song Yunxing in a kitchen, where their close interaction appeared to viewers like an intense kiss.
• The assistant director pulled the livestream director away when Shen Yanci noticed them, but the sound director stayed behind and recorded the couple talking.
• Song Yunxing complained about the sugar strands covering him and the stove, and Shen Yanci offered to clean up while Song Yunxing ate.

Song Yunxing and Shen Yanci’s kitchen kiss turned online opinion in their favor before they received a nighttime bartender challenge. Song Yunxing emerged from the changing room wearing a bunny-ear headband, leaving Shen Yanci and the livestream viewers captivated.

• The sound director witnessed Song Yunxing and Shen Yanci kissing in the kitchen, and their clip spread online as a trending topic.
• The assistant director gave the couples a bartender challenge, with a fully covered day of exploration as the prize for the two teams with the highest sales.
• Shen Yanci warned Song Yunxing to get dressed inside the cubicle, but Song Yunxing went into the changing room without suspecting anything.
• Song Yunxing changed into a butler uniform and discovered a bunny-ear headband, while Gu Nianzhi wore a maid dress and Lu Ran laughed at him.
• Yu Wan put the bunny ears on Song Yunxing, and Shen Yanci quietly admitted they looked good on him.

Song Yunxing and Gu Nianzhi learned to make cocktails for the evening event, and Gu Nianzhi took over teaching Song Yunxing after showcasing his bartending skill. The chapter left Song Yunxing embarrassed after he struggled with a syrup bottle while Gu Nianzhi teased him.

• Song Yunxing adjusted to wearing bunny ears and a fitted outfit as Director Guo led the group to an outdoor bar for cocktail lessons.
• A bartender taught Song Yunxing and Gu Nianzhi about spirits and demonstrated the drinks they would make.
• Gu Nianzhi expertly prepared a Tequila Sunrise, while Song Yunxing struggled to follow the bartender’s instructions.
• Gu Nianzhi stepped in to teach Song Yunxing after the bartender left, and the bartender confirmed that Gu Nianzhi’s drinks passed.
• Song Yunxing forgot how much grenadine to add and struggled to open the bottle, while Gu Nianzhi helped and teased him.

Song Yunxing and Shen Yanci served drinks at the beach bar until a foreign customer harassed Song and Shen drove him away. As security escorted the man out, Lu Yiyi ran after him and called him “Uncle?”

• Shen Yanci taught Song Yunxing bartending and bottle tricks during the afternoon.
• The eight guests opened the beach bar, and Song Yunxing and Shen Yanci quickly drew a crowd of customers.
• A foreign man grabbed Song Yunxing’s hand and propositioned him, so Shen Yanci switched places with him.
• The man tried to rush behind the counter and insulted Song Yunxing before security restrained and escorted him away.
• Lu Yiyi left her deserted bar station, ran after the man, and called him “Uncle?”

Song Yunxing and Shen Yanci worked at the open-air bar, where a woman's teasing comments left Song Yunxing questioning his feelings for Shen Yanci. After the exhausted guests finished serving cocktails, the cast was invited to join the island's bonfire party, and Song Yunxing asked Shen Yanci to go with him.

• Shen Yanci noticed a scratch on Song Yunxing's hand and promised to put ointment on it later.
• A blonde woman teased Song Yunxing about liking Shen Yanci, and Song Yunxing denied that they were more than friends.
• Shen Yanci brought Song Yunxing chocolate balls, and they ate together while the livestream chat speculated about their relationship.
• The guests finished working at the crowded bar, and Director Guo told them they could join the bonfire party before the livestream ended.
• Lu Ran dragged Gu Nianzhi toward the bonfire party, and Song Yunxing asked Shen Yanci if he wanted to go with him.

At the island bonfire party, Song Yunxing and Shen Yanci were swept together by the crowd as fireworks began, and Song Yunxing struggled to deny his growing attraction. After Song Yunxing admitted Shen Yanci was not unattractive, Shen Yanci asked to hug him, and Song Yunxing agreed.

• The crowd separated Song Yunxing from the livestream director, and Shen Yanci caught Song Yunxing when he stumbled and held on to keep him safe.
• As the fireworks began, Song Yunxing noticed Lu Ran and Gu Nianzhi kissing in the crowd.
• Shen Yanci cupped Song Yunxing’s cheeks and asked why he would not look at him, while Song Yunxing blushed and admitted Shen Yanci was not unattractive.
• Shen Yanci asked Song Yunxing if he could hug him, and Song Yunxing gave him permission.
• Shen Yanci wrapped his arms tightly around Song Yunxing beneath the fireworks.

Shen Yanci and Song Yunxing’s affectionate fireworks embrace sent their fans into a shipping frenzy, as viewers reexamined clues suggesting Shen Yanci’s feelings had long been directed at Song Yunxing. After the bonfire, Shen Yanci held Song Yunxing’s hand and offered to cook for him, leaving Song Yunxing flustered and wondering whether he had feelings for him.

• The director livestreamed Shen Yanci and Song Yunxing embracing after the fireworks, and viewers celebrated their closeness.
• Shipping fans renamed their community Yanxing CP and revisited Shen Yanci’s Best Actor speech, concluding it may have been meant for Song Yunxing.
• Fans resurfaced an old post listing clues about Shen Yanci’s connection to Song Yunxing, and the analysis went viral.
• After the bonfire ended, Shen Yanci and Song Yunxing walked along the beach holding hands while Song Yunxing struggled to understand what was happening.
• Shen Yanci offered to make Song Yunxing food, took one bill from him, and walked him back to the villa.
• Song Yunxing hurried into his room and wondered whether he had feelings for Shen Yanci.

Song Yunxing was drugged by food delivered to the villa while Shen Yanci was away, and Shen realized the danger when he read Yunxing’s messages. He found the villa empty and confronted the production staff, demanding to know where Lu Yiyi was.

• After the cameras moved indoors, Song Yunxing blushed while thinking about his embrace with Shen Yanci and waited for him to return.
• A crew member brought Song Yunxing a tray of food, and he called and texted Shen Yanci before eating a bun.
• Song Yunxing became dizzy and collapsed asleep at the table, and the livestream cut off at ten o’clock.
• Shen Yanci noticed Song Yunxing’s messages, suspected the food was dangerous, and rushed to the villa.
• Shen Yanci found Song Yunxing missing and the half-eaten bun suspicious, then demanded that Guo Hongyi gather the staff and asked Luo An where Lu Yiyi was.
• Luo An said Lu Yiyi had headed toward the hotel and mentioned that she seemed to know a man held by security guards.

Song Yunxing escaped Lu Yiyi and Bartley’s attempt to drug and exploit him, then subdued Bartley and called the police. As the drug took effect, Bartley woke and began pursuing Song Yunxing, who discovered that Bartley had identified him as an Omega.

• Lu Yiyi dragged the unconscious Song Yunxing to a hotel suite and left him with Bartley in exchange for compromising photos.
• Bartley tried to assault Lu Yiyi, but Song Yunxing woke, shocked him with a stun baton, and sent him fleeing.
• Song Yunxing tied Bartley to a bedside table with a bedsheet and called the police.
• After waiting in the room, Song Yunxing began to feel weak and struggle to breathe as the drug took effect.
• Bartley woke, recognized Song Yunxing as an Omega, and dragged the bedside table toward him, threatening to mark him.

Song Yunxing’s secondary differentiation into an Omega forced him to flee into a stairwell, where his heat grew unbearable. Shen Yanci found him and entered the stairwell after Song Yunxing opened the door, asking for him instead of suppressants.

• Song Yunxing shocked the man pursuing him with a stun baton, then escaped into an emergency stairwell and locked its doors as his heat intensified.
• Shen Yanci learned that Song Yunxing had been triggered into an Omega heat and fled toward the emergency stairwell shown on the hotel video.
• Shen Yanci knocked down three Alphas gathered outside the stairwell and took suppressants and gland-blocking patches from a bodyguard.
• Song Yunxing refused the suppressants, told Shen Yanci he wanted him, and unlocked the door.
• Shen Yanci slipped inside and locked the door as Song Yunxing’s heat and pheromones overwhelmed him.

Shen Yanci found Song Yunxing in heat and tried to calm him with pheromones and a suppressant, but the dose was ruined when Song Yunxing clung to him. As voices searched the stairwell, Shen Yanci gave him a temporary mark, broke a window to clear the pheromones, and carried the sleepy young man home.

• Shen Yanci held Song Yunxing and tried to give him an injectable suppressant, but Song Yunxing startled and knocked it to the floor.
• Shen Yanci heard people searching for the unmarked Omega and tightened his hold on the trembling Song Yunxing.
• Shen Yanci asked Song Yunxing for permission to give him a temporary mark, and Song Yunxing agreed as long as he was gentle.
• Shen Yanci turned Song Yunxing away, broke the window to let in the night air, and covered his head with a vest.
• Song Yunxing praised Shen Yanci and fell asleep in his arms as Shen Yanci carried him home.

Shen Yanci brought the sleeping Song Yunxing back to the villa after rescuing him, while Director Guo announced online that Song was safe. As Shen Yanci cared for Song Yunxing, his affection and desire grew harder to control, and he ended the night fleeing to the bathroom after Song Yunxing's lips closed around his finger.

• Shen Yanci carried the sleeping Song Yunxing into the villa, and Director Guo saw them arrive and posted that Song was safe.
• Fans reacted to Director Guo's post by speculating about what had happened between Song Yunxing and Shen Yanci.
• Shen Yanci wiped the dust from Song Yunxing, changed his dirty clothes, and carried him to bed.
• Shen Yanci applied ointment to the wound on Song Yunxing's lips, but Song Yunxing closed his lips around Shen Yanci's fingertip.
• Shen Yanci pulled his hand away and hurried into the bathroom to regain control of himself.