Recaps

The guests discovered that their banquet game punished them for doing the hidden actions written above their heads, after Xu Shuangrong, Lai Bingxuan, and Yu Jinche were hit with cream cannons. The host revealed that the guest who lost the most points would be sent to a surprise cabin, and that naming another guest’s hidden phrase would cost five points and replace their card.

• Xiao Jingxi and Yu Jinche paired up to dance, while Xu Shuangrong also danced and unknowingly triggered her hidden phrase.
• Qiu Chengye tricked Lai Bingxuan into saying numbers, triggering her hidden phrase as the host interviewed the guests.
• Yu Jinche admitted he smiled when asked about being shipped with anyone, unknowingly triggering his hidden phrase four times.
• Staff members fired cream cannons at Xu Shuangrong, Lai Bingxuan, and Yu Jinche, while Xie Mi helped Lai clean the cream from her eyes.
• Xu Shuangrong worked out that her hidden phrase was likely “dance,” while Yu Jinche could not figure out why he had been punished.
• The host revealed the Don’t Do It Challenge, explained that the guest with the most points deducted would stay in a surprise cabin, and warned that saying another guest’s phrase would cost five points and replace their card.

The Love Watch cast learned that revealing another person's prompt cost points, and the loser would spend the night in the Surprise House. At the banquet, Xie Mi drew Qiu Chengye into a singing challenge, then recited her lyrics instead of singing, leaving him furious.

• The host explained that revealing another person's prompt cost five points and that the lowest-scoring contestant would stay at the Surprise House.
• Xiao Jingxi asked about the punishment, and the host confirmed the loser would not return to the villa that night.
• Yu Jinche sang The Most Dazzling Ethnic Wind with Xu Shuangrong, and Qiu Chengye criticized his performance before refusing to take the microphone himself.
• Xie Mi challenged Qiu Chengye to settle who was Love Watch's real singing champion, and he agreed after she pretended to lose interest.
• Qiu Chengye sang his section enthusiastically but off-key, while Xie Mi recited her section's lyrics and thanked the audience.
• Qiu Chengye angrily demanded to know whether Xie Mi considered that singing.

Xie Mi used her discovery that duplicate [Singing] tags were in play to trap Qiu Chengye, while the punishments revealed more about the cast’s tags. As the group began greeting the international audience, Xiao Jingxi spoke first in fluent English, leaving Shen Yeqing to follow his example.

• Xie Mi recited instead of singing, making Qiu Chengye the sole performer and earning him the title of Love Watch’s “king of singing.”
• The applause triggered the tags: Yu Jinche received three shots, Liu Woxing received six, and Qiu Chengye received twelve, updating their scores to 7, 6, and 12.
• Liu Woxing suspected clapping was her tag and tested her theory with one soft clap.
• The host announced that viewers overseas were watching and invited the cast to greet them.
• Xiao Jingxi greeted the audience in fluent English, then Shen Yeqing prepared to speak after him.

At the guests’ introductions, Xiao Jingxi tried to exploit Shen Yeqing’s English-speaking trigger, but Shen avoided it by using a translator to speak German and confess his interest in Xie Mi. The introductions turned into a multilingual contest, and the chapter ended with Liu Woxing pointing out that Shen could at least read his translated lines aloud, unlike Xie Mi.

• Xiao Jingxi nudged Shen Yeqing to speak English, but Shen introduced himself in Chinese and promoted his ship with Xie Mi.
• After Xiao Jingxi pressed him to greet overseas viewers in English, Shen used an online translator to deliver a German introduction confessing he wanted to pursue Xie Mi.
• Xie Mi gave a Japanese introduction, and Liu Woxing, Lai Bingxuan, Qiu Chengye, Xu Shuangrong, and Yu Jinche followed with introductions in other languages or sign language.
• Xie Mi asked Shen how he had learned German, and Shen showed her the translation webpage on his phone.
• Liu Woxing remarked that Shen could read and speak his translated lines aloud, leaving Xie Mi embarrassed about her own language skills.

After the host left the dinner party, Qiu Chengye tried to escape last place by forcing other contestants to trigger their prompts. He succeeded in making Yu Jinche and Xiao Jingxi lose points, but the chapter ended with the group overpowering Xiao Jingxi to make him eat cake.

• Qiu Chengye asked the departing host for more cues, but the host told the guests to continue on their own.
• Xie Mi suggested that contestants could force others to trigger their prompts, and Shen Yeqing encouraged Qiu Chengye to find a target.
• Qiu Chengye grabbed Yu Jinche and forced him to smile with his teeth, but Yu Jinche pretended to pass out and the Production Team carried him away.
• Qiu Chengye targeted Liu Woxing, then changed course and grabbed Xiao Jingxi after realizing his prompt was [Eating].
• Qiu Chengye offered to transfer Xie Mi money to help put Xiao Jingxi in last place, and Xie Mi, Shen Yeqing, and Xu Shuangrong joined in to force cake into Xiao Jingxi’s mouth.

The Love Watch guests arrived at the Flower Cottage villa and met Little Ox, a robot butler sponsored by Shen Yeqing’s company. The chapter ended with Little Ox embarrassing Qiu Chengye by reciting his habits and reputation.

• After the kickoff banquet, Xiao Jingxi went alone to the Surprise House while the other seven guests traveled to the villa.
• Xie Mi and the guests arrived at Flower Cottage and met Little Ox, a robot speaking in Director Niu’s unexpectedly cutesy voice.
• Director Niu introduced Little Ox as the villa butler and explained that 666 Technology sponsored the season, while Shen Yeqing said he mainly wanted a share of the show’s popularity.
• Qiu Chengye questioned Little Ox’s usefulness, and the robot identified him and listed his hobbies, dislike of Xie Mi, and reputation among netizens.

Little Ox defended itself from Qiu Chengye and revealed its household features before the cast began choosing rooms. Since Xiao Jingxi was absent, he was assigned the last room and arrived at a remote, frightening thatched hut.

• Qiu Chengye tried to shut off Little Ox, but its self-defense robot vacuum knocked him onto the sofa.
• Director Niu explained that Little Ox had powerful safety protocols, and the robot demonstrated a mechanical arm that could handle many kitchen chores.
• Director Niu said Xiao Jingxi could not choose a room because he was absent, so he would receive the last one after the others chose.
• Xiao Jingxi woke during the ride and found himself abandoned outside a dilapidated thatched hut, with the Production Team filming from a distance.

Xiao Jingxi spent a frightened night in a dilapidated thatched hut while the other guests chose rooms at the villa through a game of chance. Qiu Chengye confidently picked the piano-keys picture, but the others concluded his choice had backfired when he stayed unusually quiet.

• Xiao Jingxi mistook a rat outside the thatched hut for a frightening shadow, then turned off the light and went to bed in the cold.
• Director Niu announced that the guests would choose rooms by selecting pictures of furnishings, with luck determining the results.
• Qiu Chengye identified the piano-keys picture as a clue to a spacious room and chose it first.
• Qiu Chengye went upstairs with the key to Room Five, while the other guests waited for him to return and boast.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing inferred from Qiu Chengye's silence that his room choice had backfired.

Qiu Chengye, Xie Mi, and Shen Yeqing discovered that their room choices had left them with cramped or nearly empty accommodations. Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing became neighbors in matching bare rooms, each with only one bedding item.

• Qiu Chengye opened his chosen room and found a grand piano and a bed crammed into the tiny space.
• Xie Mi ruled out the vase photo she had first noticed, then chose the pillow photo while Shen Yeqing chose the comforter photo.
• Xie Mi found that her room contained nothing but a pillow on the floor.
• Shen Yeqing arrived at the room opposite hers, which contained only a comforter.
• Xie Mi greeted Shen Yeqing as her poor neighbor, and he accepted the joke.

After the guests discovered the bizarre rooms they had chosen, Xiao Jingxi returned from a miserable night in a thatched hut and was startled by Little Ox, the robot pretending to be a ghost. He expected to get the worst remaining room, but the chapter ended as he opened the door to a spacious, luxurious suite overlooking a lake.

• Liu Woxing, Lai Bingxuan, Yu Jinche, and Xu Shuangrong discovered that their chosen rooms were an art studio, a glass sunroom, a horror-book study, and a plant-filled forest, respectively.
• Xiao Jingxi returned exhausted after a burst shower pipe and a drafty, mosquito-filled night in the thatched hut.
• Little Ox called to Xiao Jingxi like a ghost, startled him, then introduced itself as the villa's robot butler and slapped him while saying hello.
• Little Ox gave Xiao Jingxi the key to room eight, the only room left after the other seven guests had chosen.
• Xiao Jingxi opened room eight and found a spacious, elegant suite with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a lake.

Xiao Jingxi discovered that his room was the only comfortable one and offered it to Xie Mi, who had missed her chance to choose it. Shen Yeqing admitted he was jealous, and Xiao Jingxi tried to draw Xie Mi into the exchange.

• Xiao Jingxi woke in the best room and assumed the Production Team had furnished every room well.
• After seeing Xiao Jingxi’s room, Xie Mi realized she had nearly chosen it, then rushed downstairs to confront Shen Yeqing.
• Lai Bingxuan, Liu Woxing, Yu Jinche, Xu Shuangrong, and Shen Yeqing came to see the room, while Xie Mi hauled Shen Yeqing over from his garden tent.
• Xiao Jingxi learned the room-selection rules and offered Xie Mi his room, saying he could stay anywhere.
• When Xiao Jingxi asked whether Shen Yeqing would be angry, Shen Yeqing said he was angry and jealous.
• Xiao Jingxi feigned confusion and asked Xie Mi what she thought of Shen Yeqing’s jealousy.

Xie Mi rejected Xiao Jingxi’s attempt to win her over and chose to remain paired with Shen Yeqing as poor neighbors. The guests then drew kitchen-duty lots, and Xie Mi was selected to help prepare breakfast, alarming everyone who remembered her disastrous cooking.

• Shen Yeqing admitted that he was jealous and asked Xie Mi not to agree to Xiao Jingxi’s offer.
• Xie Mi told Shen Yeqing she would not swap rooms with Xiao Jingxi, leaving Xiao Jingxi to return to his luxurious room in anger.
• Lai Bingxuan read the kitchen-duty rules, and Little Ox brought out the lots for the guests to draw.
• Lai Bingxuan checked whether the guests had passed the cooking test and worried about the unpredictable cooks, especially Yu Jinche.
• Xie Mi revealed that she had drawn kitchen duty, and Qiu Chengye grabbed Yu Jinche as a human shield while warning everyone not to eat her food.

Xie Mi impressed the group by making tasty soups while paired with Xiao Jingxi for breakfast duty, but Xu Shuangrong discovered that Xie Mi had used instant noodle seasoning packets. The others remained unaware as Shen Yeqing praised Xie Mi's cooking.

• Liu Woxing defended Xie Mi's cooking, and Xiao Jingxi revealed that he had drawn the other breakfast-duty assignment.
• Several cast members tried to leave, but Shen Yeqing, Liu Woxing, and Lai Bingxuan sat down to eat Xie Mi's breakfast.
• Xie Mi kicked Xiao Jingxi out of the kitchen and prepared several soups by herself.
• Lai Bingxuan, Qiu Chengye, Liu Woxing, and Shen Yeqing tasted the soups and praised them, while Xu Shuangrong noticed their familiar flavor.
• Xu Shuangrong found several instant noodle seasoning packets in the trash and realized they explained Xie Mi's improved cooking.

Xie Mi and the other contestants received upgraded heart rate wristbands that measured affection scores, a feature intended to help them recognize their feelings. After checking everyone’s scores, Xie Mi found that her affection score toward Shen Yeqing was 82.

• Xie Mi defended her cooking after the others learned she had used instant noodle seasoning packets.
• Director Niu introduced wristbands that tracked heart rates and calculated contestants’ affection scores toward one another.
• Director Niu explained the score ranges and said the wristbands were only a reference for the contestants as they approached the final confession day.
• Viewers discussed the new feature online and suggested it could help people recognize feelings they were unsure about.
• Xie Mi checked her affection scores and found that her score toward Shen Yeqing was 82.

Xie Mi worried that her affection for Shen Yeqing was still only 82, even after her heart rate rose when he showed concern for her. At the Heart Restaurant, the eight contestants learned they had to run the restaurant for a day and earn 23,000 by closing time.

• Xie Mi checked her affection for Shen Yeqing again after he gave her chocolate, but the reading remained 82.
• The contestants arrived at the Heart Restaurant and saw a poster presenting them as chefs.
• Director Niu assigned all eight contestants to handle every restaurant job, from cooking and service to cashier duties and attracting customers.
• Director Niu set a revenue target of 23,000 by nine that night, warning that the contestants would all face punishment if they failed.
• Liu Woxing asked about the menu prices, and Director Niu explained that they could create dishes and set reasonable prices of their own.

The eight contestants prepared to run a couples’ restaurant, aiming to earn 23,000 in one day while avoiding negative reviews. They assigned roles and settled on a menu that kept Yu Jinche out of the kitchen, leaving Xu Shuangrong and Liu Woxing as head chefs.

• Director Niu told the contestants they had to meet the restaurant’s revenue target, satisfy customers, and receive zero negative reviews, then assigned the available roles.
• Qiu Chengye suggested serving sashimi, while Liu Woxing and Xu Shuangrong proposed adding other foods and drinks to the menu.
• The group rejected Yu Jinche’s offer to cook hot food and steered him toward dining room service instead.
• Xu Shuangrong and Liu Woxing took charge of the kitchen, and the group chose sashimi, drinks, desserts, cold dressed dishes, omurice, and three home-style stir-fries for the menu.

Love Watch’s cast opened a struggling restaurant, only to discover that the production team had set them an unrealistic revenue target. After Xie Mi uncovered the restaurant’s true situation, she and Shen Yeqing prepared a plan to attract customers.

• Liu Woxing assigned Qiu Chengye to wash dishes, and Xie Mi’s blunt remarks helped enforce the decision.
• The cast divided up the restaurant duties, and Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing chose a creative way to promote the business.
• Love Watch’s restaurant opened, but no customers came in despite the busy weekend crowds.
• Xie Mi searched Little Green Book and learned that Love Restaurant was failing and had never earned the daily revenue the production team wanted.
• Lai Bingxuan realized the production team had tricked them again, and Xie Mi headed out with props as Shen Yeqing told the others to get ready.

Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing drew customers into the restaurant with a street performance, and Lai Bingxuan and Yu Jinche served the guests. Liu Woxing watched a customer enjoy her omurice and returned to cooking with newfound enthusiasm, while Xu Shuangrong reflected that Liu had changed irreversibly and that only twenty-six days remained until the original story ended.

• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing staged a convincing chest-boulder stunt with foam props, then used the performance to attract customers to the restaurant.
• Lai Bingxuan and Yu Jinche seated two couples and took their orders while Liu Woxing and Xu Shuangrong prepared the food.
• The first couple enjoyed their sashimi platter and salmon rice bowl, while the second couple ordered dishes that required cooking.
• Liu Woxing nervously watched a customer taste her omurice, then smiled when the customer said it was delicious.
• Xu Shuangrong recognized that Liu Woxing had changed irreversibly and noted that only twenty-six days remained until the original story ended.

Xiao Ling confronted A-Yan over his distant behavior the day after she accepted his confession. A-Yan admitted that, despite loving her for ten years, he began regretting the relationship after his excitement faded, leaving their future uncertain.

• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing helped the busy restaurant serve customers as it worked toward its revenue target.
• A young man named A-Yan waited at the restaurant for Xiao Ling, then ordered two servings of omurice with double ketchup.
• Xiao Ling noticed A-Yan was distracted and asked whether he had done anything to wrong her.
• Xiao Ling told A-Yan she believed his confession had been sincere, pointing out that he remembered her preferences.
• A-Yan admitted he had loved Xiao Ling for ten years but began regretting his confession in the small hours after she accepted it.

Xie Mi overheard a couple break up after the young man admitted he could no longer understand his feelings, then reflected on her own affection for Shen Yeqing. The restaurant team reached its revenue and review targets, and they were asked to choose an MVP for a Love Key.

• A young man told Xiao Ling that he still thought he liked her but no longer felt happy and could not understand his feelings.
• Xiao Ling broke up with him, telling him to figure out what he wanted before starting another relationship, and left in tears.
• Xie Mi checked that her affection for Shen Yeqing was still 82, then asked him about the couple; Shen Yeqing said he could not let go of someone he loved.
• The team counted 23,049 in revenue and confirmed they had completed the restaurant task with no negative reviews.
• Director Niu congratulated the team and announced that they had to choose the day's overall MVP, who would receive a Love Key.

Xie Mi won the MVP and earned a second Love Key, then told Shen Yeqing that the bracelet’s low affection score had only made her more certain she liked him. Director Niu later revealed the score was fabricated by the production team, though he believed it had helped the guests understand their feelings.

• Qiu Chengye tried to buy votes for MVP, but Lai Bingxuan, Shen Yeqing, and Liu Woxing voted for Xie Mi, giving her the win and twenty thousand.
• Xie Mi received a second Love Key, and Shen Yeqing kicked Xiao Jingxi away so he could sit beside her on the bus.
• Shen Yeqing noticed Xie Mi watching her heart rate bracelet and told her he always noticed her first.
• After filming ended, Xie Mi told Shen Yeqing the bracelet’s low affection score was inaccurate and had made her more certain that she liked him.
• PD Ma asked Director Niu about the affection scores, and Director Niu admitted the production team had guessed them but said the feature could help guests understand their hearts.

Love Watch’s second sports meet began with Director Niu announcing rewards and the rules for its first event, a paired barrel-pushing game. The guests learned they would compete both as teams and against their own partners, with heart-rate readings determining who won each medal.

• The guests arrived at a large grass playing field for Love Watch’s second sports meet, and Director Niu announced that medals could earn Love Keys and furniture purchases.
• Xie Mi said her new mattress had helped her sleep well, while Lai Bingxuan, Liu Woxing, and Qiu Chengye described how they had improved their rooms.
• Director Niu introduced the first event: pairs would push barrels with one person inside, aiming to land them in a marked circle across three rounds.
• Xiao Jingxi asked how paired guests would divide the medals, and Director Niu explained that the higher heart-rate reading would decide which teammate received the reward.

Director Niu’s deliberately arranged teams began a heart-rate game, and Xie Mi prepared to compete with Yu Jinche pushing her in a barrel. The first round started with Xie Mi’s barrel rolling steadily across the field, while she remained perfectly calm inside.

• Director Niu announced the randomly presented teams: Xie Mi and Yu Jinche, Xu Shuangrong and Shen Yeqing, Lai Bingxuan and Xiao Jingxi, and Liu Woxing and Qiu Chengye.
• The Production Team’s pairings were revealed to be deliberate, designed to create romantic drama and entertain viewers.
• Qiu Chengye pushed Liu Woxing’s barrel too forcefully, causing it to topple, and a staff member rejected his complaint about the barrel.
• Xie Mi returned from the restroom, climbed into her barrel, and punched Yu Jinche when he leaned in to tease her.
• Xie Mi messaged Shen Yeqing that there were no couples on the field but that they were online partners, deciding she would go easier on him.
• Yu Jinche pushed Xie Mi with all his strength, but her barrel rolled steadily across the grass as she sat calmly inside.

The guests competed in the second round of a barrel-pushing game while Xu Shuangrong tried to unsettle Shen Yeqing and Liu Woxing outplayed Qiu Chengye. The round continued as Lai Bingxuan prepared to push Xiao Jingxi.

• Xie Mi revealed the bricks she had used to make her barrel unusually heavy, while Yu Jinche slipped away before his next turn.
• Xu Shuangrong suggested Shen Yeqing had exposed himself to protect Xie Mi, but Shen stayed composed and sent Xu’s barrel swiftly into the circle, spiking her heart rate.
• Xu Shuangrong and Shen Yeqing were the only pair to score in the first round.
• Yu Jinche returned with his top bulging as the guests began the second round.
• Liu Woxing pushed Qiu Chengye’s barrel smoothly into the center of the circle, then shared her technique with Lai Bingxuan.
• Lai Bingxuan insulted Xiao Jingxi as she prepared to push his barrel.

Xie Mi launched Yu Jinche in his barrel, sending him crashing into Qiu Chengye and clearing the circle so Xu Shuangrong and Shen Yeqing’s team won gold. As the remaining teams prepared to compete for silver and bronze, Qiu Chengye insisted on pushing Liu Woxing in the final round.

• Lai Bingxuan shoved Xiao Jingxi toward the circle, but Qiu Chengye kicked him out before he could enter.
• Xie Mi saw through Yu Jinche’s plan to use cotton for padding and swung his barrel around forty-nine times before releasing him.
• Yu Jinche’s barrel struck Qiu Chengye, and both men tumbled far outside the circle.
• With the circle empty, Xu Shuangrong and Shen Yeqing’s team secured the win and earned two points.
• Director Niu changed the rules for the final round, awarding higher scores to teams closer to the center if they entered together.
• Liu Woxing suggested pushing for her team, but Qiu Chengye insisted that he would push her instead.