Qiu Chengye

Biodata

Background / History

Qiu Chengye comes from a wealthy, influential family and is accustomed to people flattering him rather than challenging him. Although he does not work in entertainment, netizens recognize him as a notorious rich playboy who drives sports cars through the streets and dates women comparable to female celebrities 3 4.

He distinguishes between casual partners and prospective wives: he enjoys flings with gentle, attractive female celebrities but considers marrying one beneath his social standing. He welcomes his pairing with Liu Woxing because she combines the appearance and temperament he likes with a wealthy family background 5.

The Qiu family is more powerful than the Liu family. Liu Woxing's relatives consequently pressure her to cultivate an apparent romance with him for their business interests, despite her private dislike of his arrogance and behavior 158.

Before becoming known for his comic mishaps on television, Qiu Chengye attracts attention with an online statement that his wealth can support himself and the next three generations in lifelong extravagance, leaving him no reason to work. His business experience is initially limited to serving as a president in name only at his family's company. A televised workplace visit later presents a staged office routine rather than an actual job 413 506.

After learning that Liu Woxing has broken with her family and started a business, he offers to invest on the condition that she obey him. Her refusal prompts him to establish Chengye Media and rent the rest of her office building to interfere with her work, rather than out of a genuine desire to make a profit 511 512.

Late in the story, his family's interests take precedence over his personal wishes. The Qiu family forces a marriage alliance with the Si Group's heiress, Si Wenhua, catches him after an attempted escape by car, and pressures Director Niu to abandon plans to bring him back onto the show 629.

Original-Novel Trajectory

In the original novel, Liu Woxing remains under her family's control and Xu Shuangrong's influence, eventually accepting Qiu Chengye's confession despite disliking him. Qiu Chengye mistakes her compliance for attraction to his masculinity and develops some feelings for her, but continues pursuing other women 186 404.

Xu Shuangrong originally gains his goodwill by encouraging his relationship with Liu Woxing, and he later uses his resources to help her. His family's wealth remains secure, he never starts a business, and his principal later setback results from Xu Shuangrong taking advantage of him. Liu Woxing's independence, his founding of Chengye Media, and his stronger emotional response to her rescue all diverge from that trajectory 125 506 568.

Personality

Qiu Chengye is chauvinistic, status-conscious, and highly confident in his own superiority. On his first date, he criticizes Xie Mi for crossing her legs and treats her refusal to comply as a challenge to his authority. His confidence collapses when she threatens to fight him; the narration explicitly describes him as someone who backs down before a fiercer opponent 3.

His pride makes public humiliation particularly difficult for him to tolerate. After discovering that hidden cameras recorded his defeat by Xie Mi, he tries to get her drunk so she will reveal embarrassing secrets of her own. He is nevertheless willing to kneel and call her “Dad” when doing so serves his immediate goal 45.

His possessive attitudes also shape his approach to romance. During an emotional-intelligence test, he prioritizes asking what a crush discussed with her ex over asking why she was going to the hospital. Director Niu gives his answer zero points 44.

Flattery reliably overrides his judgment. He accepts an initially unwanted disguise after a stylist tells him that his looks and popularity would otherwise cause a commotion, and he embraces Director Niu's invented account of his selfless dedication once he sees viewers praising him. Xu Shuangrong likewise placates him by complimenting his confidence 253 307 423.

His confidence frequently produces elaborate efforts to show off, including muscle displays, exaggerated facial expressions, and claims that he will easily outperform women or physically smaller men. He particularly favors sucking in his cheeks to emphasize his jawline. These habits become recognizable parts of his public image 202 206 253 531.

He is vindictive when rejected. After Liu Woxing refuses his overseas invitation, he deliberately stages outings with attractive women for paparazzi to photograph in order to humiliate her. His later business venture similarly begins as retaliation against her refusal to accept his control 182 512.

His bluster is selective rather than fearless. He chooses Lai Bingxuan as a target after looking away from Xie Mi and Liu Woxing, and initially threatens Director Niu only when he expects others to restrain him. When Xie Mi withdraws that restraint, he is forced by pride to continue and is immediately subdued by cameramen 310 347.

His feelings for Liu Woxing eventually complicate, but do not erase, these traits. After she rescues him from a fire, he regrets dismissing her help; later, he sometimes suppresses his anger rather than arguing when she rejects him. He nevertheless continues lecturing her, pursuing unwanted conversations, and treating her patience as permission to press further 568 593 607 612.

Abilities & Skills

Physical Fitness and Swimming

• Claims to have worked out for years and describes himself as athletic 13 40.
• Runs fast enough to force Xiao Jingxi into an extended chase during location-sharing hide-and-seek, though Xiao eventually tackles him 18.
• Retrieves one of the winning flags in the swimming contest, with his teammates disrupting the opposing swimmers 42.
• His boasting does not guarantee coordination: he and Liu Woxing initially remain at the starting line of the three-legged race, while his competition with Xiao Jingxi costs their volleyball team a point 13 41.
• Has enough strength to knock Yu Jinche and Lai Bingxuan out of bounds while carrying Liu Woxing, and subsequently wins the couples' hat-grabbing round by eliminating Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong 91 92.
• His size and strength exceed Yu Jinche's; he can overpower him physically, although Yu repeatedly defeats him through agility, traps, or deception 151 530.
• His longstanding fitness routine gives him a larger appetite than an average adult man 351.
• Can run rapidly on all fours when sufficiently provoked, but doing so violates the relay-race rules and disqualifies his entire team 553.

Limited Martial Arts

• Knows a few fighting moves and uses a praying-mantis stance when attacking Xie Mi 4.
• Xie Mi immediately dodges and knocks him unconscious with a kick; his limited training does not make him a match for her 4.
• Later uses the same limited Mantis Fist repertoire against Xiao Jingxi, who kicks him to the floor 449.
• Si Wenhua effortlessly counters his Mantis Fist, twists his arm behind his back, and pins his face against a table 634.

Driving

• Is described as a good driver with extensive experience owning luxury sports cars 15.
• Avoids driving the other guests because he considers chauffeuring people beneath him 15.
• His competence with cars does not extend automatically to other vehicles. Despite having no experience driving a three-wheeler, he insists on taking the controls and overturns it in a field with Lai Bingxuan aboard 600.

Drinking

• Has spent years frequenting bars and believes he can drink Xie Mi under the table 45.
• Becomes heavily intoxicated during his attempted drinking challenge, undermining his plan to extract her secrets 45.
• Despite boasting about his tolerance, he is the first to become drunk at the pajama party. He confesses to Liu Woxing while intoxicated and subsequently cannot remember what happened, referring to having blacked out again 614 615.

Cooking

• Loses the finger-folding game alongside Liu Woxing and is assigned to prepare dinner with her 9.
• Is subsequently identified as one of the cast’s poor cooks; Xie Mi uses his cooking as a comparison when admitting her own limitations 32 44.
• Shows some practical competitive judgment during the Food Festival by choosing machine-made cotton candy. Each serving takes about thirty seconds, giving him a production-speed advantage in a contest based on customer numbers 310 311.
• Becomes trapped in smoke when a kitchen fire breaks out while he is cooking alone; Liu Woxing, Lai Bingxuan, and Xu Shuangrong coordinate the emergency response 567 568.

Climbing and Outdoor Activities

• Has prior rock-climbing experience and begins climbing while the instructor is still teaching the other guests 279.
• Uses his upper-body strength to climb a fruit tree during the forest food search, though Xie Mi climbs higher and gathers fruit faster 334.
• Learns basic shore-foraging techniques after a brief lesson, but finds nothing after digging numerous holes and throws down his shovel in frustration 56.
• Attempts to hunt a rabbit by throwing stones, but his poor aim also endangers the cameraman and follow-camera PD 335.

Golf

• Demonstrates genuine golfing ability by scoring a birdie on a par-three hole, although Shen Yeqing immediately eclipses him with a hole in one 457.
• Performs worse when challenged to stop being “modest,” taking three strokes rather than two 457.

Singing and Performance

• Completes a Hidden Mission requiring full love songs for four female guests by singing through the town broadcasting system with Xie Mi's help. Viewers describe his singing as painful rather than accomplished 262 263.
• Rehearses the Dance of the Little Swans in a wheelchair during preparations for the Love Watch roadshow 423.
• Participates in a square-dance performance for elderly townspeople, helping the cast complete their countryside task 600.

Gaming

• Holds a Diamond III rank in Honor of Kings and serves as a team captain during the cast's esports match 352.
• Notices secret signals between Xie Mi and Diao Mao and recruits Diao Mao before she can 352.

Assets & Items

• Fifty buildings — Claims to own them during the finger-folding game 7.
• Luxury sports cars — Owns numerous cars and is publicly associated with driving them around the streets 4 15.
• Tiger mask — Selects it for the opening date to emphasize his supposedly dominant, masculine side 4.
• Bright red swim trunks — Wears them without a bathrobe at the infinity-pool date, entering with his head high and chest out 16.
• Private jet — Proposes using it for a two-day, one-night trip to Country Y with Liu Woxing; Lai Bingxuan later recalls his social-media posts showing it off 173 454.
• Gold dragon-robe pajamas — Wears them when publicly inviting Liu Woxing on the overseas trip 173.
• Paintball Gatling gun — Chooses the most fearsome-looking weapon for the outdoor combat game, but its weight contributes to his initial defeat 150 151.
• Dinner Invitation Card — Draws it after completing his love-song Hidden Mission. It allows him to invite any female guest to dinner without her being permitted to refuse 263.
• RV — Xiao Jingxi breaks into it during a secretly filmed nighttime prank, generating viral footage and scandalous speculation 449.
• Chengye Media and rented office building — Establishes the company and rents the building surrounding Liu Woxing's existing office to interfere with her business 511 512.
• Office money tree — Xie Mi pours boiling water onto it during her retaliation against Chengye Media 512.

Relationships

• Xie Mi — Initial masked-date partner and recurring adversary. She defeats him physically and uses knowledge of a private sexual secret to make him call her “Dad.” His attempts to recover his dignity repeatedly end in further embarrassment 3 4 7 9 45. Their interactions become known as a “father-son” pairing, and his attempt to rebuild his image on Friends' Gathering fails when she appears there too. They occasionally cooperate, notably in a short-lived victims' alliance to recover missing show funds. Her leverage increases when she screenshots his request for a men's-health specialist referral; he privately vows revenge once treated 180 182 262 263 414 415.
• Liu Woxing — Regular dating-show partner, whom he views as a suitable marriage prospect because of her family status. His pickup lines lower rather than raise her heart rate. During mushroom-induced hallucinations, she slaps him and calls him an average, overconfident man 5 15 32. Her initial politeness reflects family pressure rather than romantic attraction. She rejects his travel invitation and later explicitly rejects him as a partner, while he alternates between retaliation, criticism, and attempts to regain her attention. After she rescues him from a kitchen fire, his rising heart rate and regret suggest genuine feelings beyond his earlier resentment at being rejected. He eventually confesses while drunk, but no reciprocal romance is established 158 173 182 303 512 568 614 615.
• Xiao Jingxi — Fellow contestant who shares his objections to letting the women take over during volleyball. Their scramble for the ball causes a collision; Xiao also tackles him into a lake during hide-and-seek 18 41. Their relationship includes temporary game alliances and repeated antagonism. After Xiao breaks into his RV, Qiu attacks him with Mantis Fist and is kicked down. Later, Qiu mistakes a hoarse, poorly lit Xiao for a dangerous stranger, and both end up in a park lake 92 449 470 471.
• Shen Yeqing — Fellow contestant who undercuts his wealth boast and trips him when he rushes to silence Xie Mi 7. Shen repeatedly frustrates his efforts to show off, including surpassing his birdie with a hole in one. He also stops Qiu's spinning wheelchair during rehearsal, though Qiu is thrown from it by the abrupt halt 423 457.
• Lai Bingxuan — Frequent rival and reluctant partner. Their early date deteriorates into a quarrel over her heels, one of which she throws at his head before he kicks it away. They repeatedly trade insults, fight over hiding places, and argue during paired activities. Despite their hostility, she helps rescue him from the kitchen fire and rebukes his refusal to thank Liu Woxing. She is later trapped with him beneath his overturned three-wheeler 51 94 112 310 568 600.
• Xu Shuangrong — Fellow contestant whose flattery appeals to his vanity. He defends her against Lai Bingxuan during the tea gathering, while she praises his much-mocked photoshoot expressions. She later observes the change in his feelings toward Liu Woxing after the fire rescue. In the original novel, she cultivates his goodwill through matchmaking and benefits from his resources 125 253 568.
• Yu Jinche — Fellow contestant whom Qiu repeatedly underestimates because of his slighter build. Yu lures him into a trap and covers him in blue paint during the outdoor combat game. Qiu later accepts Xie Mi's claim that Yu took their money and joins her proposed revenge operation; the claim is part of her own scheme. Their rivalry also becomes physical during games, including Qiu forcing Yu to bare his teeth to trigger a penalty prompt 151 262 264 530.
• Director Niu — Producer and recurrent target of his anger over punishing activities and humiliating outcomes. Qiu tries to quit the temple filming, charges at him during the wilderness segment, and puts him in a headlock after discovering that his car is fifty kilometers away. Director Niu also exploits his vanity to keep him rehearsing and later reports the Qiu family's refusal to let him return to the show 72 347 423 461 629.
• Si Wenhua — The Si Group heiress selected for his family's marriage alliance. She warns him against scandals that would damage her family's reputation and defeats him when he attacks her, declaring that she will hold authority in their marriage 629 634.
• Qiu family — Source of his wealth and social protection, but unwilling to indulge him when the family's interests require a marriage alliance. They retrieve him after his attempted escape and prevent his return to the show 506 629.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Masked Introduction and the “Dad” Running Joke

• Opening date: Paired with Miss Salted Fish, Qiu Chengye objects to her posture and later attacks her after she calls him “Kitty.” She knocks him unconscious. Both reject continuing the date before their identities are revealed 3 4.
• Identity recognition: He initially protests Xie Mi’s inclusion in the show, then becomes obedient when her imitation of his fighting stance makes him realize she was his masked opponent 5.
• Threatened exposure: Xie Mi begins revealing that he “can’t get hard.” Shen Yeqing trips him before he can cover her mouth, and Qiu begs her to stop by calling her “Dad.” The unfinished revelation and his frantic dash become a viral clip 7 8.
• Cookie mission: Xie Mi feeds him a cookie using “Here comes the airplane,” triggering memories of being fed by his father. His unthinking compliance strengthens the online “born son” joke and helps her complete her hidden mission 9.
• Room selection: He chooses a second-floor single room rather than the remaining luxury room beside Xie Mi 11.

Dates and Mushroom Poisoning

• Wellness date: He and Liu Woxing choose wellness activities and receive spa treatments 19 21.
• Mock blind date: He flees a possessive woman who forbids clubbing, drinking, and female friends; his heart-rate watch sounds repeated alarms 27 28.
• Poisoning: After eating wild mushrooms, he hallucinates that he is an emperor and demands that everyone kneel. Liu Woxing slaps him, leaving him crying. He is the first guest to leave the hospital and is reportedly seen kicking over a trash can and cursing the television station 32 33.

Seaside Camping and Retaliation

• Camping contests: He volunteers to captain the guests, then retreats when the muscular opposing team appears. Despite disrupting the volleyball match, he helps win the swimming round and later rents camping equipment with Liu Woxing 40 41 42.
• Barbecue mishap: Xiao Jingxi’s excessive oil causes a grill fire that nearly singes Qiu Chengye’s eyebrows 44.
• Failed revenge: Having watched the show’s recordings, he challenges Xie Mi to drink in hopes of exposing her secrets. Once drunk, he threatens to remove her from the entertainment industry; she chases and beats him with a chair 45.

Aquarium Pairing

• Staged confession: A beluga supposedly identifies Qiu Chengye as Liu Woxing’s chosen love interest, encouraging viewers to celebrate their “Star Cheng” pairing. The result is prearranged: Liu has not actually named anyone to the animal 48.

Rotating Dates, Temple Work, and Couples' Games

• Quarrel with Lai Bingxuan: He refuses to accommodate her high heels during their date. She throws a shoe at his head, and he retaliates by kicking it into the distance 51.
• Music festival: Xie Mi takes him to the front row, where a singer repeatedly splashes him with water and then stage-dives onto him. He loses consciousness, and Director Niu announces that he has gone into shock. He is subsequently paired with Xu Shuangrong for the final date round 52.
• Temple escape: Assigned to haul manure with Xiao Jingxi, he declares that he is quitting and runs downhill despite the crew's attempts to restrain him. The production team eventually retrieves him, but he returns pleased rather than repentant, having avoided the afternoon's labor 72 73.
• Cake tasting: He assumes the irregular shape of Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing's cake signifies expensive craftsmanship, only to react violently to its taste 87.
• Hat-grabbing victory: Carrying Liu Woxing, he charges Lai Bingxuan and Yu Jinche out of bounds, then allies with Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong against Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing. Xie Mi pulls off his belt, dropping his trousers, but accidentally loses her own hat. Qiu then eliminates the remaining pair to win 91 92.
• Blindfolded tag: He throws stones near Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing to reveal their position to the seekers. In a later hiding scramble, he forces Lai Bingxuan away from a water jar; she retaliates by pouring cold water into it, and Xie Mi uses his head as a foothold to reach the roof 92 94.

City Activities and Outdoor Combat

• City Bingo: Unable to find Liu Woxing, he teams up with Lai Bingxuan. Their argument over visiting a basketball court or Japanese restaurant nearly causes a traffic accident, prompting the assistant director to assign them a driver 112.
• Damaged public image: During the racing activities, he privately resolves to regain his dignity because his social circle has mocked him since he joined the show. Even while boasting, he moderates his remarks out of fear that Xie Mi will reveal his secret 119.
• Tea gathering: Xu Shuangrong's wounded demeanor leads him to defend her and accuse Lai Bingxuan of jealousy. The gathering is interrupted when Xie Mi identifies desiccant being added to the tea and the production team calls for medical assistance 125.
• Paintball defeats: Liu Woxing repeatedly shoots him in the forehead while his heavy Gatling gun hampers him. He later pursues Yu Jinche, is caught in an ankle snare, and is drenched head to toe in blue paint, severely disadvantaging his team 150 151.
• Letters to the cast: His letters largely consist of criticism and lectures. Fear of Xie Mi limits his assessment of her to “Pretty decent,” presented as unusually high praise from him 164.

Liu Woxing's Rejection and Friends' Gathering

• Rejected overseas invitation: Wearing gold dragon-robe pajamas, he publicly proposes a private-jet trip to Country Y. Liu Woxing declines in favor of taking things slowly and starting with a private meal. He insults her and leaves angrily, while Xie Mi trips him and later posts a defense of expressing one's wishes rather than appeasing abusers and manipulators 173.
• Attempted image repair: He joins Friends' Gathering to restore the commanding image he lost on Love Watch, only to discover that Xie Mi is also a guest 180.
• Reversed hidden-camera prank: Xie Mi recognizes the crew's broken-down-car setup and sends him a news report about a murderer resembling the driver. He flees, grabs a scarecrow he mistakes for her, and faints from fright 181.
• Retaliation exposed: He admits his contemptuous attitude toward Liu Woxing while discussing paparazzi photographs with other women. Xie Mi counters by mentioning his traditional medicine treatment and four monthly men's-health clinic visits, making him call her “Dad” again to prevent public disclosure 182.

Second-Phase Pursuit and the Victims' Alliance

• Renewed confidence: Returning to Love Watch, he declares that he will become its most charming man. He criticizes Liu Woxing's changed clothes and makeup but increasingly seeks her attention, provoking the others to question whether he is attracted to her 202 205 235.
• Room-auction failure: Despite threatening looks and repeated bids, he fails to obtain a second- or third-floor room and is assigned to the first floor with Xiao Jingxi and Lai Bingxuan 228.
• French countryside photoshoot: His pictures with Liu Woxing feature the same exaggerated smirk in multiple scenes. Cast members and viewers mock his expression; after demanding to see the comments, he falls silent at jokes about his crooked mouth and future as a “Dragon King” 253.
• Victims' alliance: After failing to recover his missing show money, he accepts Xie Mi's claim that Yu Jinche has taken both their funds. She helps him complete his Hidden Mission to sing full love songs to four women by taking him to the broadcasting room 262 263.
• Unhelpful reward: He draws a Dinner Invitation Card rather than a tool for recovering money, and Xie Mi immediately dissolves their alliance. Her claim about his lost funds is part of a scheme to benefit from his reward draw while also completing Shen Yeqing's mission 263 264.
• Mission-shop frustration: His confidence that he will reach the Mission Shop first is overturned by the others' extreme tactics. He returns empty-handed to discover that his bed has been stripped down to its hard board 268 269.
• Explicit rejection: During a heart-to-heart, Liu Woxing rejects his ideal of a gentle, virtuous young lady and makes clear that her independent behavior is her real self. He finds Xie Mi's name on Liu's heart-flutter card, misinterprets it romantically, and flees; the show's analysis instead explains that friendship and admiration can also cause such feelings 303.

Town Competition and Wilderness Survival

• Disguise sabotage: He secretly tells passersby that Xie Mi is the disguised “Crime Boss” nearby. Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing retaliate through a missing-person broadcast describing him as an elderly man. Once recognized, he exposes the other guests while fleeing the crowd 307 308 309.
• Largest points deduction: He loses 324 points, the most of any contestant, then fights with Lai Bingxuan after the others criticize him 309 310.
• Food Festival strategy: Rather than attempting an elaborate dish, he selects cotton candy to maximize the number of customers served within the time limit 310 311.
• Reluctant captaincy: An anonymous vote makes him captain against the production team. His insult toward the assistant director prompts the opposing team to prioritize targeting him, although the first announced contest is boat-building rather than the swimming match he fears 316.
• Forest food search: He leads a group into the forest and climbs for fruit, only for Xie Mi to outpace him and drop fruit onto his head. His subsequent stone-throwing hunt proves inaccurate 334 335.
• Failed confrontation: Frustrated by food restrictions, he threatens Director Niu but only charges when Xie Mi pretends to restrain him and then releases him. Cameramen immediately subdue him 347.
• Esports captain: After the wilderness segment, he captains a team in Honor of Kings and recruits Diao Mao before Xie Mi can do so 352.
• Shopping frenzy: During a timed supermarket activity, he physically disrupts the other contestants until Shen Yeqing trips him 359.

Workplace Visits and the Roadshow

• Stress result: A production-team assessment gives him a stress score of 79, which he rejects on the grounds that he has more money than he can spend 392.
• Further break with Liu Woxing: Her statement that they will not see each other after the show leaves him visibly irritated, despite his insistence that he does not care 402 404.
• Staged workplace: Lai Bingxuan's visit exposes how little he knows about his supposed office. Director Niu recognizes that his workday is fabricated because he has no real job 413.
• Dinner with friends: He initially watches his friends mock Xie Mi, then hurriedly silences them when she hints at his private health issue. His friends believe his submission is merely television acting because he has told them that he dominates her in private 414.
• Additional leverage: He accepts Xie Mi's offer of a men's-health specialist referral, then unsuccessfully tries to unsend his reply after she screenshots it. She also hits him with a scallion at Lai Bingxuan's request 414 415.
• Wheelchair rehearsal: After falling ill during intensive training, he rehearses with an IV and wheelchair. Yu Jinche accidentally sends the chair spinning, Xiao Jingxi's IV tubing wraps around his neck, and the bottle strikes his face. Shen Yeqing stops the chair, but Qiu falls off the stage 423.
• Manufactured dedication: Director Niu claims that he insisted on rehearsing for his loyal viewers. Xie Mi, Liu Woxing, and Lai Bingxuan flood the livestream with praise until Qiu accepts the invented story as his own and willingly returns to rehearsal 423.

RV Scandal and the Stranded Road Trip

• Nighttime intrusion: Secretly filmed footage of Xiao Jingxi breaking into his RV and searching around his bed goes viral. Qiu attacks Xiao the next morning, is kicked down, and must be separated from him by staff. Xiao's side attributes the incident to sleepwalking 449.
• Golf outing: He tries to impress the cast with a birdie, but Shen Yeqing's hole in one deprives him of the spotlight. Further boasting results in a less impressive three-stroke performance 457.
• Missing car: Stranded with the group, he offers four car seats in exchange for three days of service as drivers and assistants. He then realizes that he brought only the keys and that the car remains over fifty kilometers away, prompting him to put Director Niu in a headlock 461.
• Reluctant rough sleeping: He stays with the group because he trusts Xie Mi to find a solution, but initially disparages sleeping on the ground as beggary. He soon lies down too, only for the others to reveal that they are still awake and mock his surrender 462.
• Water theft: He tries to drink from the group's water bottle without permission. Xie Mi strikes his mouth with her shoe while Shen Yeqing retrieves the bottle, and his attempt to monopolize the supply costs him his remaining influence within the group 464.
• Park fright: Mistaking Xiao Jingxi for a threatening stranger, he runs in panic around a lakeside park. Both men fall into the water and are rescued by staff 470 471.
• Animal imitation: In a later hide-and-seek game, he insists that his ordinary bearing already resembles an imposing tiger. Only repeated warnings of elimination persuade him to get onto all fours 478 479.

Chengye Media and the Business War

• Conditional investment: After investigating Liu Woxing's changed circumstances, he offers to finance her business if she agrees to obey him. She refuses both the demand and his suitability as a business partner 512.
• Company founded for retaliation: He rents the rest of her office building and establishes Chengye Media. He disrupts her Secret News Agency through building restrictions, noisy activities, power interruptions, and attempts to recruit her prospective employees 511 512.
• Xie Mi's counterattack: Xie Mi joins Liu Woxing and Lai Bingxuan in opposing him and enters his office at night to pour boiling water onto his money tree 512.
• Retreat: Following the retaliation, he stops harassing Liu Woxing, keeps the building illuminated until everyone leaves, abandons plans for an entertainment floor, and increases security. The changes make Liu Woxing's work environment more comfortable than before 514 515.

Third-Phase Games and the Kitchen Rescue

• Ocean-obstacle failure: His tight suit trousers restrict his first leap, causing him to fall into the sea before reaching the opening obstacle. His demand for another attempt ends with hotel security detaining him 519 520.
• Dinner-party prompts: In last place, he physically forces Yu Jinche to show his teeth and considers making Liu Woxing clap. Her wary reaction makes him stop; he instead offers Xie Mi money to help force cake into Xiao Jingxi's mouth and trigger Xiao's eating penalty 530.
• Barrel-game defeats: Yu Jinche crashes into his barrel and sends both of them out of bounds. In a subsequent attempt to impress Liu Woxing, he spends so long calculating the ideal push that the preparation timer expires 550 551.
• Relay disqualification: Xie Mi's taunt provokes him into running on all fours. His rule violation disqualifies their team, after which he tries to frame the loss as deliberate avoidance of the embarrassing-experience challenge 553.
• Fire rescue: With no date-invitation key and Liu Woxing ignoring his attempts at conversation, he remains at the villa. A kitchen fire traps him in smoke; Liu directs him out with a wet towel while she and Lai Bingxuan extinguish the fire, and Xu Shuangrong cuts the power and summons staff 567 568.
• Changed feelings: While Liu Woxing tends his burns, his heart rate rises to 121. Xu Shuangrong interprets this as genuine romantic feeling rather than his earlier resentment over an unattainable partner. He dismisses the need for rescue, is rebuked for not thanking Liu, and experiences unusual regret afterward 568.
• Visible attachment: Xie Mi notices his lovestruck reaction to Liu Woxing, while his later behavior includes following her into the kitchen and tolerating rebukes without his usual retaliation 570 593.

Countryside Activities and Drunken Confession

• Town performance: He joins Xie Mi, Lai Bingxuan, Liu Woxing, and Xu Shuangrong in a square dance that delights the elderly audience and completes the group's task 600.
• Three-wheeler crash: Rejecting warnings about his inexperience, he drives Lai Bingxuan back toward the village and overturns the vehicle in a field, trapping them both underneath as Director Niu calls for help 600.
• Undercover exposure: Chosen as the food game's first undercover, he steals Xie Mi's pasta, is startled into choking, and reveals himself with a burp. All five civilians vote him out. He then watches in disbelief as Xie Mi openly eats every dish during the extra round 606.
• Persistent unwanted attention: During an art outing, he follows Liu Woxing, lectures her about her answers and temperament, and continues asking which paintings she likes despite her efforts to leave 607.
• Restrained anger: When Liu Woxing declines his offered water, he withdraws it and drinks it himself rather than confronting her. Viewers distinguish this self-restraint from a complete change in his underlying character 612.
• Confession and blackout: The first to become drunk at the pajama party, he encounters Liu Woxing downstairs and impulsively tells her that he likes her. He subsequently wakes on the floor after cold liquid is poured over his face, unable to remember the encounter 614 615.

Marriage Alliance and New Year Special

• Failed escape: The Qiu family arranges his marriage to the Si Group's heiress. He attempts to flee by car but is caught and brought back, and his family blocks Director Niu's efforts to return him to the show 629.
• Confrontation with Si Wenhua: She warns that future scandals damaging the Si family's reputation could earn him broken legs. Enraged, he attacks with Mantis Fist, but she effortlessly restrains him and declares that she will rule their marriage 634.
• New Year game: During a blindfolded game with spiked clubs, he channels his frustration into reckless swinging, knocks over furniture, and runs headfirst into a wall. He falls unconscious at You Hongxuan's feet 638.

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