Recaps

After the deserted-island challenge, the guests ate on the cruise ship and learned they were headed to Vacation Island in R Country. With free time before they arrived, Xie Mi organized an esports match, and Qiu Chengye began setting the teams.

• The hungry guests devoured the feast, and Xie Mi intimidated Qiu Chengye into giving up the braised pork and beef.
• Director Niu announced that the deserted-island challenge was complete and introduced Vacation Island as the group's next destination.
• The guests doubted Director Niu's promises of a relaxed, honest trip, but the cruise continued toward the island.
• Xie Mi organized a 5v5 Honor of Kings match, and Qiu Chengye proposed that the highest-ranked players captain the teams and pick players in turns.

The guests revealed their low Honor of Kings ranks, then formed teams for a match. Xie Mi’s plan to recruit Diao Mao was foiled when Qiu Chengye picked him first, and Diao Mao locked in Cai Wenji as Team A’s Jungler.

• The guests showed their ranks, with Xu Shuangrong highest at diamond I and Qiu Chengye at diamond III.
• Xie Mi blamed Diao Mao for her low rank after learning his attempt to hire a booster had cost her another fifty stars.
• Xu Shuangrong and Qiu Chengye captained teams, and Qiu Chengye snatched Diao Mao from Xie Mi’s side after spotting their secret signals.
• The teams chose a master-ranked photographer as a crew member and began the match’s hero selection.
• Diao Mao promised to give the match his all and picked Cai Wenji as Team A’s Jungler.

The guests finished an esports match that left Xie Mi furious at Yu Jinche and Qiu Chengye devastated by Diao Mao’s unusual Cai Wenji strategy. The cast then arrived at Vacation Island in R Country for Love Watch’s first overseas shoot, where Director Niu prepared to split them into groups for their vacation.

• Qiu Chengye accepted Diao Mao’s counter-jungling attack-speed Cai Wenji pick after deciding the expert must have a reason for the unusual strategy.
• Yu Jinche repeatedly disrupted Xie Mi’s game by charging into a tower, stealing her kill, and leaving a team fight to get her water, so Xie Mi shouted for him to run.
• Diao Mao’s Cai Wenji died repeatedly and wandered off to attack towers, and Team A lost when its crystal exploded.
• Qiu Chengye rejected Diao Mao’s offer to help him rank up and declared that he and Xie Mi would never coexist.
• The guests spent the night on the cruise ship, then arrived at Vacation Island in R Country the next afternoon for the show’s first overseas shoot.
• Director Niu announced that the guests would play a game to decide their vacation groups because their popularity could draw a crowd if they moved around together.

The cast played a chaotic number-scramble game to decide their pairings, and Shen Yeqing and Xu Shuangrong were teamed together. During their ride to the next filming location, Xu Shuangrong used a moment of physical contact to read Shen Yeqing’s thoughts, which began with surprise.

• Director Niu explained the number-scramble game and had the cast choose humorous R Country-inspired names.
• The cast shouted out their names during the game, and the final rankings determined four mixed-gender teams.
• Director Niu paired Xiao Jingxi with Lai Bingxuan, Shen Yeqing with Xu Shuangrong, Xie Mi with Qiu Chengye, and Liu Woxing with Yu Jinche.
• Xu Shuangrong wondered about Shen Yeqing’s mysterious identity and asked the system to read his mind.
• Xu Shuangrong pretended to fall against Shen Yeqing and touched his forearm, triggering his audible thought: “Huh?”

Xu Shuangrong wasted her last Mind Reading chance while trying to question Shen Yeqing, and the guests arrived at Red Leaf Park for a picnic challenge. The teams received spending money and were told to buy picnic supplies without speaking English.

• Xu Shuangrong tried to maintain physical contact with Shen Yeqing to hear his thoughts, but he dodged her and her Mind Reading chance expired.
• The guests reached Red Leaf Park and had to call the departing van back because Xie Mi and Qiu Chengye were still asleep inside.
• Director Niu announced a picnic, and the Assistant Director secretly gave Xie Mi extra money before Director Niu confiscated it.
• Director Niu gave each team funds and instructed them to buy a picnic blanket and basket while communicating without English.

Xie Mi used bizarre gestures to communicate with a young man and find the shop, then reunited with the other teams and began shopping for the picnic. After learning that picnic mats and baskets were eating up the teams’ budgets, she spotted something that gave her an idea.

• Xie Mi claimed she knew a few words of R-language, then used strange phrases and gestures to ask a young man for directions.
• The young man understood Xie Mi’s mime as a description of a picnic, and she found the shop with his help.
• Xie Mi and Qiu Chengye met the other teams, and Xie Mi praised Shen Yeqing for borrowing the Production Team’s drone to survey the park.
• Xie Mi dragged Qiu Chengye away when he tried to persuade Xiao Jingxi to swap partners, while Director Niu prevented Xiao Jingxi from switching.
• Liu Woxing told Xie Mi that buying a picnic mat and basket left his team with money for only milk and cookies, and Xie Mi spotted something on the shelves.

Xie Mi and Qiu Chengye spent their picnic money on scratch cards, but lost every time despite trying a string of superstitious methods. Shen Yeqing offered Xie Mi photos of himself as a new God of Wealth, leaving the viewers to suspect he wanted to be her source of good fortune.

• Xu Shuangrong explained that she and Shen Yeqing had saved money by buying secondhand picnic supplies, while Xie Mi revealed that she and Qiu Chengye had spent all their money on scratch cards.
• Xie Mi and Qiu Chengye scratched card after card without winning, and Xie Mi tried using her ID, facing her God of Wealth wallpaper, and scratching beside Lai Bingxuan for luck.
• Xie Mi hid the final scratch card in her pocket and lost again, while Qiu Chengye and Xie Mi reacted in despair.
• Shen Yeqing suggested Xie Mi worship a different God of Wealth and sent her three photos of himself, including one with her.

Xie Mi and Qiu Chengye lost their picnic supplies after spending their money on scratch cards, but Xie Mi improvised a construction-site-style picnic with plastic sheeting and a bucket. The chapter ended with Lin Xiao explaining the joke about Qiu Chengye and M Country’s economic problems in the eighties.

• Xie Mi saved Shen Yeqing’s photos and teased him into promising to let her take more, while Xiao Jingxi interrupted their flirting.
• Director Niu told Xie Mi and Qiu Chengye that they would have to serve the other groups because they had no picnic blanket or basket.
• Xie Mi threatened to broadcast Director Niu’s supposed bathroom troubles, prompting Director Niu and the Assistant Director to argue and nearly fight.
• Liu Woxing secretly photographed the argument and posted sensational captions from her work account.
• Xie Mi returned with plastic sheeting and a bucket, declaring that they could have an industrial-style picnic, and Liu Woxing and Lai Bingxuan supported her.
• Qiu Chengye mistook their support for affection, and Lin Xiao explained that the economic problem Xie Mi had referenced was stagflation.

Director Niu sent the four teams into a department store for a one-minute shopping challenge, and Xie Mi’s oversized bucket gave her team a major advantage. The teams made it back in time, but Director Niu discovered Xie Mi had swept up the cameras along with the goods.

• Director Niu announced that each team could keep whatever it packed into its picnic basket and brought back across the red line within one minute.
• Xie Mi and Qiu Chengye planned for one person to collect supplies while the other defended them, and the teams charged toward the shelves when the countdown began.
• Xie Mi swept goods into her bucket while Yu Jinche stole items from it, so Qiu Chengye knocked Yu Jinche away and charged at the other shoppers.
• Shen Yeqing tripped Qiu Chengye, and Xie Mi kicked a boy who tried to trip her before she spun past Shen Yeqing and Xiao Jingxi and crossed the red line safely.
• Director Niu ended the challenge after all four teams returned on time and asked why Xie Mi had taken the cameras from the shelves.

The guests enjoyed a lively picnic and spent the afternoon dancing and playing together before heading to their resort hotel. After Xiao Jingxi fell into the lake and Xu Shuangrong rescued him, Xie Mi suspected the incident was no accident, and Xiao Jingxi’s composed appearance at the hotel made her even more wary.

• Xie Mi shared her picnic food with Shen Yeqing, while she kicked Xiao Jingxi away when he tried to join them.
• The guests gathered to eat, dance, fly kites, and relax until the Production Team called them to leave for the hotel.
• Xie Mi noticed Xu Shuangrong and Xiao Jingxi were missing, then heard that Xiao Jingxi had fallen into the lake and Xu Shuangrong had rescued him.
• PD Ma told the guests Xiao Jingxi had twisted his ankle in the water and was being taken to the hotel in a separate minivan.
• At the hotel, Xie Mi encountered Xiao Jingxi looking freshly changed and composed, and she felt certain something was wrong.

Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing bonded over their love of food, and he offered to pay her to be his regular meal buddy. Xiao Jingxi interrupted their agreement by hinting that his busy career had cost him the person he wanted, and Shen Yeqing told him to accept his fate.

• Xie Mi and Xiao Jingxi rode the elevator in silence until Xiao Jingxi asked about her plans, and she said she planned to eat.
• Xie Mi joined Shen Yeqing at the buffet, where they joked about their oversized and miniature bowls and piled their plates with food.
• Shen Yeqing reflected that meals had seemed tasteless when he ate alone, then told Xie Mi that food tasted better with her.
• Xie Mi described herself as a meal buddy, and Shen Yeqing offered to pay her to be his regular one; she agreed and proposed signing a contract.
• Xiao Jingxi interrupted them and implied that his career had kept him from seeing someone he wanted, and Shen Yeqing replied that he had to accept his fate.

Xie Mi and the others spent a chaotic, entertaining vacation evening before she overheard Xu Shuangrong questioning Xiao Jingxi about his apparent awakening. Xiao Jingxi showed no affection for Xu Shuangrong and accused her of kicking him into the lake and trying to bind him to her.

• Shen Yeqing and Xie Mi mocked Xiao Jingxi for blaming work for his failed relationship with Xie Mi.
• Xie Mi, Shen Yeqing, Lai Bingxuan, Liu Woxing, and Qiu Chengye endured painful massages and enjoyed the hotel's other facilities before the livestream ended early.
• At night, Xie Mi overheard Xu Shuangrong ask Xiao Jingxi whether he had felt anything unusual after falling into the water.
• Xu Shuangrong's system revealed that Xiao Jingxi's male lead awakening progress had reached 100%, though he showed no expected reaction.
• Xiao Jingxi angrily accused Xu Shuangrong of kicking him into the lake and trying to use their underwater kiss to tie him to her.

Xie Mi spent a sightseeing day with Shen Yeqing and the other guests, while Xiao Jingxi acted unusually composed and tried to improve his relationship with her. Xu Shuangrong watched Xiao Jingxi closely, convinced that something had changed, as the group continued their island trip.

• Xu Shuangrong let Xiao Jingxi leave after concluding that he seemed genuinely unaware of what had happened, but remembered that he was an award-winning actor.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing boarded the sightseeing bus in matching apricot-yellow outfits, teased each other, and shared chocolate.
• Xiao Jingxi sat near Xie Mi, apologized for using a nickname she disliked, and calmly said they could take their time figuring out how to address each other.
• Xu Shuangrong noticed Xiao Jingxi's changed approach toward Xie Mi and studied him from the back of the bus.
• Liu Woxing took vacation photos of Xie Mi and Yu Jinche, and Yu Jinche found their awkward half-heart pose amusing.

Xie Mi suspected Xiao Jingxi was trying to make physical contact with Shen Yeqing to use a mind-reading skill, so she kept watch on him. The chapter ended with Xiao Jingxi privately asking whether the other person had detected something.

• Xiao Jingxi pretended to lose his footing and grabbed Shen Yeqing's arm, prompting Xie Mi to separate them and suspect he was targeting Shen Yeqing.
• Lai Bingxuan won the leaf-finding game, and Xie Mi collected both the local specialties prize and her cash reward for helping her.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing secretly followed Xiao Jingxi around while he searched the area for them.
• Xiao Jingxi slipped into a secluded corner and messaged someone to ask whether they had detected it.

Xie Mi discovered that Xiao Jingxi had awakened a system, but it ignored his attempts to contact it. After returning to the hotel, the guests dressed up for the Fireworks Festival, where the Production Team arranged a pairing game that left the women choosing whether to get off at four stops.

• Xie Mi realized Xiao Jingxi had awakened a system and watched it ignore his messages asking about Shen Yeqing's identity.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing hid beneath a carpet while their livestream cameras searched for them, then emerged and startled Director Niu.
• Xie Mi changed into a pale white gown with thermal leggings before joining the other dressed-up female guests on the bus.
• Director Niu explained that the male guests were waiting at four stops and exactly one woman had to get off at each stop to form pairs.
• Xie Mi praised the Production Team with a string of spoken emojis, confusing Director Niu and the crew.

Xie Mi entertained the bus guests with a ridiculous personality quiz before the women began a blind pairing round with masked male guests. At the second stop, a sheep mask made Xie Mi and Xu Shuangrong suspect that You Hongxuan had appeared.

• Xie Mi gave Liu Woxing a personality quiz whose answers merely repeated Liu’s preferences, leaving the group amused and Liu earnestly noting down Xie’s joke about memorizing memes.
• The guests arrived at a stop where a masked man held a bouquet, and Director Niu explained that the women would choose male guests blindly.
• Lai Bingxuan chose the man in a cat mask, saying he reminded her of her cat, Ergou.
• At the next stop, Liu Woxing spotted a man wearing a sheep mask, and Xie Mi and Xu Shuangrong both connected it to You Hongxuan, the original novel’s second male lead.

Xu Shuangrong got off the bus expecting the sheep-masked guest to be You Hongxuan, but discovered he was Xiao Jingxi in a disguise. Xie Mi recognized him and revealed that the director had fabricated the possibility of a new guest to build suspense.

• Xu Shuangrong got off the bus to greet the sheep-masked guest, expecting to recreate the scene where You Hongxuan fell for her.
• The guest asked Xu Shuangrong why she was there, leaving her smile frozen.
• Xie Mi laughed on the bus until she needed help recovering, while Liu Woxing and the crew worried over her.
• Xie Mi realized the guest was Xiao Jingxi, recognized by his chest beneath the bouquet, and explained that she had prompted Xu Shuangrong to get off.
• Director Niu admitted there was no new guest and that he had only suggested one to stir up audience interest.
• Xiao Jingxi removed his mask, and Xu Shuangrong realized that his disguise had made him look misleadingly like a sports student.

Xu Shuangrong realized Xiao Jingxi had awakened and was deliberately imitating You Hongxuan, while Xie Mi matched with McNugget Hero and headed to the Fireworks Festival with Shen Yeqing. The chapter ended with Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing holding hands as they wandered the festival together.

• Xu Shuangrong greeted Xiao Jingxi and recognized that he had awakened and was intentionally pretending to be You Hongxuan.
• Director Niu challenged Xie Mi to choose between KFC and McDonald's, and she chose to eat KFC inside McDonald's.
• Xie Mi met McNugget Hero, identified the Chicken McNuggets in his bouquet, and learned his identity when he removed his paper-bag mask.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing took a taxi to the Fireworks Festival after matching successfully.
• Shen Yeqing admitted he wanted to hold Xie Mi's hand, and she returned his grip as they explored the festival.

At the Fireworks Festival, Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing were left alone after the production team stopped filming. Xie Mi worried that she might disappoint him, then revealed that she was not from this world; Shen Yeqing said he had always known.

• The four pairs explored the festival, with Qiu Chengye and Lai Bingxuan bickering, Liu Woxing and Yu Jinche enjoying themselves, and Xiao Jingxi ignoring Xu Shuangrong.
• The production team ended the livestreams and gave the guests private time, despite the Assistant Director's protests.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing settled on a bench with snacks and drinks to wait for the fireworks.
• Xie Mi asked Shen Yeqing if he regretted liking her and admitted she feared letting him down.
• As she fell asleep, Xie Mi told Shen Yeqing she was not from this world, and he replied that he had always known.

Xu Shuangrong confronted Xiao Jingxi, but he rejected her offer to unite against Xie Mi and revealed that he planned to win Xie Mi back for himself. Their argument exposed System L’s influence and ended with Xu Shuangrong receiving an urgent warning to run.

• Xu Shuangrong asked Xiao Jingxi to cooperate against Xie Mi, but he accused her of using him in the original plot.
• Xiao Jingxi said he wanted to reclaim his protagonist status by winning Xie Mi back, leaving Xu Shuangrong out of his plans.
• Xiao Jingxi revealed that Shen Yeqing was an NPC who should have died, alarming Xu Shuangrong.
• Xu Shuangrong challenged Xiao Jingxi’s system, and System L admitted it was seeking greater benefits for its host.
• System L threatened to teach Xu Shuangrong a lesson, and another system urgently warned her to run.

Xu Shuangrong was forced into another time-travel jump with Xiao Jingxi, then woke as Xie Mi in a biology classroom at Apricot Blossom High School. She recognized Shen Yeqing at a track meet and cheered him on while disguised under a sheet.

• Xiao Jingxi chased Xu Shuangrong and threatened to slash her face as System L urged him on.
• Xu Shuangrong realized Xiao Jingxi and System L had provoked her into time travel, but Xiao Jingxi grabbed her wrist as the jump began.
• Xie Mi woke on a dissection table in a biology classroom and discovered she was at a school during sports day.
• Xie Mi spotted Shen Yeqing racing and shouted encouragement from the stands while wearing a sheet over herself.

Xie Mi helped high school Shen Yeqing win his race, then followed him and took him out for noodles. As she watched him smile, she realized that the cheerful boy in his old photographs had not been happy.

• Xie Mi distracted the boy in red by pretending to be a ghost, allowing Shen Yeqing to overtake him and take first place.
• After the sports meet, Xie Mi hid in the bushes to follow Shen Yeqing, but he noticed her and greeted her.
• Xie Mi awkwardly greeted Shen Yeqing as a junior, and he copied her gesture while blushing.
• Xie Mi took Shen Yeqing to a beef noodle shop, then had to borrow twelve yuan from him after realizing she had no cash.
• Xie Mi gave Shen Yeqing pieces of beef as they ate and reflected that the high school boy had not been happy, despite seeming cheerful in photographs.

Xie Mi found young Shen Yeqing and, after noticing how emotionally detached he seemed, tried to comfort him with a promise to borrow money from him in 2024. As she finally left his neighborhood, a scream came from the direction of his home.

• Xie Mi spotted Shen Yeqing fall during a school race, then spent the afternoon watching him and noticed his smiles never reached his eyes.
• Xie Mi questioned Shen Yeqing about his friends and grades, then suspected his parents had neglected him.
• Xie Mi called Shen Yeqing the heaven-sent emperor star of 2024 and told him she would return to borrow money from him.
• Xie Mi followed Shen Yeqing home and left after seeing him doing homework at his desk.
• Xie Mi noticed a hurried man in a baseball cap pass her in an alley, then heard a scream from the direction of Shen Yeqing's home.

After a student was stabbed in a deliberate attack, Xie Mi stayed with Shen Yeqing and learned he thought he was sick. She praised him for asking for help and asked whether he had heard of the Happy Virus.

• Xie Mi mistook an injured Apricot Blossom High School student for Shen Yeqing and comforted him until an ambulance arrived.
• Shen Yeqing learned at the police station that a man dressed in black had stabbed Student Zhang, who said he did not know the attacker.
• Xie Mi followed Shen Yeqing home and slept on the floor outside his bedroom.
• Shen Yeqing told Xie Mi that he thought he was sick, and she praised him for asking for help.
• Xie Mi fixed Shen Yeqing's hair into two tufts and asked whether he had heard of the Happy Virus.

Xie Mi took Shen Yeqing on a day of extreme amusement-park rides, hoping to help him feel happy, and bought him new shoes with money she had taken from Xie Lian. As Shen Yeqing began to look brighter while waiting for her across the road, a vehicle struck him.

• Xie Mi urged Shen Yeqing to bungee jump, then threw away his worn-out shoes and bought him red-and-black sneakers.
• Xie Mi recalled earning money by ambushing Xie Lian and taking his allowance.
• Xie Mi took Shen Yeqing through amusement-park rides and a haunted house until he became calm about the scares.
• After the park, Xie Mi went across the road to buy malatang while Shen Yeqing waited for her.
• Shen Yeqing smiled as his eyes brightened, but a vehicle hit him when Xie Mi ran toward him in alarm.