Chapter Summaries

Su Yue drove to the hospital, then returned with food for Shi Zhou while Xie Jiali rested at the house. Yu Manman admired Shi Zhou’s painting and offered him an opportunity, which the system identified as a reward from the male leads’ affection points.

• Su Yue left alone for the hospital after telling Shi Zhou and the others that his shoulder was bothering him.
• Shi Zhou and the guests checked on Xie Jiali, who said he had not realized he had a fever and credited Zhouzhou with noticing it.
• Su Yue returned with warm pastries for Shi Zhou and a separate box for Xie Jiali, then asked about Shi Zhou’s injury.
• Yu Manman saw Shi Zhou’s painting of the show’s first day and praised it.
• Yu Manman offered Shi Zhou an opportunity, and the system told him to accept because it was a reward from the male leads’ affection points.

Yu Manman suggested that Shi Zhou's painting could be used for Moon Over the Stream's new milk tea packaging, and Bai Shen assessed Shi Zhou's art and business ideas. Shi Zhou earned Bai Shen's approval, and Yu Manman went to contact the brand while Shi Zhou prepared to thank his friends.

• Yu Manman told Shi Zhou that Moon Over the Stream needed artwork for a new milk tea's packaging and offered to connect him with the brand.
• Bai Shen examined Shi Zhou's painting and agreed it was suitable for packaging.
• Shi Zhou explained the painting's concept and answered Bai Shen's questions about layout, licensing, and brand identity.
• Bai Shen told Shi Zhou he could ask him for help, and Shi Zhou hugged him and Yu Manman in excitement.
• Yu Manman went to contact Sister Wang while Shi Zhou set off to make something for his friends.

Shi Zhou made an elaborate fruit-and-cookie dessert while Su Yue stayed by his side and tried to help. When the guests prepared to choose afternoon activities in pairs, Su Yue asked why Xie was absent, prompting suspicion from the others.

• Shi Zhou painted a garden scene onto chilled Mud-Mud Fruit with fruit juices and cream, impressing the livestream viewers and production crew.
• Su Yue came to the kitchen for water, admired Shi Zhou's dessert, and joined him in shaping cookie blossoms, but repeatedly cracked the dough with his strength.
• The production team announced that the guests could explore the hot spring resort's attractions and choose their own groups for the afternoon.
• Shi Zhou finished the blossoms, put them in the oven, and asked Su Yue to store the dessert plate in the fridge before joining the others.
• When Yu Manman explained that Xie was receiving an IV because his temperature had risen, Su Yue's question about Xie's absence made the guests and crew suspicious.

Su Yue left the group activities to train, while the others paired up for outings and Asta took Shi Zhou to play pool. Meanwhile, Bai Shen rejected Xie Jiali’s request to look after Shi Zhou and left him to focus on recovering.

• Su Yue left to practice for the Federation’s opening ceremony, leaving the others to choose activities in pairs.
• Zheng Yu chose pottery, Asta chose pool, and Yu Manman chose a walk before the host announced that the activities required pairs.
• Lin Yuxi paired with Zheng Yu for pottery, while Bai Shen offered to walk with Yu Manman.
• Asta prepared himself with cologne, earrings, and gum, then invited Shi Zhou to play pool; Shi Zhou teased him about calling him big brother.
• Xie Jiali asked Bai Shen to look after Shi Zhou, but Bai Shen refused and told Xie Jiali to concentrate on recovering.

Shi Zhou and Asta spent their group date eating, playing games, and teasing each other, drawing a surge of viewers to the livestream. The date ended with Su Yue leaving his training pod and heading toward them.

• The production team worried that viewership would fall because Xie Jiali was sick and Su Yue stayed in the Mecha training pod.
• Shi Zhou and Asta ate together, and Shi Zhou insisted they were not a couple while Asta teased him.
• Asta played pool as Shi Zhou watched, then joked that Shi Zhou should call him Daddy or hubby instead of big bro.
• Asta taught Shi Zhou to play pool, and Shi Zhou teased him back, making them both laugh as their audience grew.
• A staff member told Director Zhang that Su Yue had left his training pod and was heading toward Shi Zhou and Asta.

Su Yue left the training center and headed to the arcade, where he found Shi Zhou practicing pool with Asta. He stepped in to teach Shi Zhou himself, setting up a tense rivalry with Asta.

• Su Yue drove through the rain to the resort’s arcade after leaving the training simulator.
• Bai Shen opened the show’s livestream, and Yu Manman recognized Shi Zhou’s voice and suggested they join him and Asta for dinner.
• Asta guided Shi Zhou through a pool shot, but grew awkward when they stood close and met eyes.
• Shi Zhou spotted Su Yue among a group of children in the arcade and greeted him.
• Su Yue asked whether Asta had managed to teach Shi Zhou, then took the pool cue and offered to teach him himself.

Su Yue gave Shi Zhou a stern pool lesson while Asta watched jealously. After Shi Zhou pocketed a ball, Asta asked him which of them had taught him better, while Xie Jiali watched the footage on the Mindnet.

• Asta confronted Su Yue for interrupting his time with Shi Zhou, but Su Yue said Shi Zhou had asked him to teach him.
• Su Yue corrected Shi Zhou’s stance with a pool cue as Asta and the crew watched.
• Su Yue guided Shi Zhou through a shot, and Shi Zhou pocketed a ball and celebrated.
• Asta asked Shi Zhou which of them had taught him better, while Xie Jiali watched the footage on the Mindnet.

Xie Jiali recovered and joined Shi Zhou, Su Yue, Asta, Yu Manman, and Bai Shen after the tense pool outing. The group settled in to eat together, while Xie Jiali enjoyed Shi Zhou’s attentive care.

• Xie Jiali watched the live comments, removed his fever patch, and got out of bed after seeing that Bai Shen had read his message.
• Asta and Su Yue both teased Shi Zhou over whose pool lessons had been better, leaving him struggling to appease them.
• Yu Manman and Bai Shen arrived at the pool hall, and Shi Zhou welcomed them before the group agreed to leave and eat together.
• A staff member said Xie Jiali was feeling better and invited the others to wait for him and contact Yu Xi and Zheng Yu.
• Xie Jiali joined the group, and Shi Zhou sat beside him and repeatedly offered him water.

At dinner, Shi Zhou’s elaborate dessert and his special gesture toward Xie Jiali sharpened the romantic tension among the guests. Yu Manman then revealed that the group was going to the hot springs the next day, leaving Shi Zhou surprised.

• Lin Yuxi and Zheng Yu brought Shi Zhou’s beautifully decorated dessert platter to dinner, and the guests admired and ate it.
• Shi Zhou offered Xie Jiali the first bite because he was sick, while Asta warned him against eating too much cold food.
• Xie Jiali thanked Shi Zhou, and Asta crunched through more cookies as the guests watched the exchange.
• Su Yue asked when the food would arrive, prompting the crew to serve dinner and clear the dessert platter.
• Yu Manman announced that the group would visit the hot springs tomorrow, and Shi Zhou reacted with surprise.

As the guests learned that the next activity would be soaking in the hot springs, the prospect of revealing some skin stirred up excitement. After dinner, Shi Zhou walked back with Asta and Bai Shen, where Asta frightened him with a ghost story and caught him in an embrace.

• Director Zhang announced that the guests would visit the hot springs, prompting Shi Zhou to worry about showing his figure and the others to tease him.
• The guests finished dinner and agreed to call it a day, while Xie Jiali and three others left by car.
• Shi Zhou chose to walk back, and Asta joined him; Su Yue had gone running, while Bai Shen stayed to speak with a mall employee.
• Asta told Shi Zhou that a woman had died near the path and warned that answering her call from behind would doom him.
• When someone spoke behind them, Shi Zhou startled and scrambled forward, and Asta caught him in an embrace.