Recaps

Xie Mi and the other guests competed in Greenwood Island’s food festival, boat race, and cave treasure hunt while Xie Mi’s relationships with Shen Yeqing, Yu Jinche, and Xiao Jingxi shifted. After the Tough Guy Team won the treasure hunt, the guests faced a mud pit relay that would decide whether the cruise ship went to the Deserted Island.

• Shen Yeqing showed Xie Mi his childhood album, and she recognized the boys in a photo as the robbers she had confronted before, and later, a voice announced Xiao Jingxi’s male lead awakening progress at 1%.
• The guests reached Greenwood Island and competed in a disguised Food Festival, where Xie Mi’s Large Intestine Coffee and other strange dishes sold out and won first place.
• At the seaside guesthouse, the guests’ cooking caused a kitchen fire, and they later competed against the directors in a boat race that ended with every contestant in the water.
• The group chose Yu Jinche as captain for the cave treasure hunt, where he asked Xie Mi to be his friend and she told him she and Xu Shuangrong had entered the novel Run, Yu Jinche.
• Xie Mi, Yu Jinche, Xu Shuangrong, and Xiao Jingxi fell into a deeper cavern, where Xiao Jingxi confessed his feelings before Shen Yeqing rescued them.
• The Tough Guy Team found the Production Team’s treasure chest and won the round, after which Director Niu announced a mud pit relay and Xiao Jingxi volunteered to captain the guests.

Xie Mi led the guests through a muddy relay and a chaotic island survival challenge while Xu Shuangrong tried to manipulate Xiao Jingxi’s awakening. After Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing stole food from the crew and escaped in a running tent, the island segment ended with Xiao Jingxi injured and briefly told that he was a novel’s protagonist.

• Xie Mi exposed Xu Shuangrong’s attempt to make her captain, then helped the guests win the relay before they lost the Rock-Paper-Scissors tiebreaker and were sent to an uninhabited island.
• Xie Mi organized the guests’ survival efforts, and Shen Yeqing secretly used flint to start their fire while Xiao Jingxi watched.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing ate poisonous mushrooms and collapsed, then helped the group hunt rabbits and build shelter before a torrential storm hit.
• Xu Shuangrong learned how awakening worked and tried to accelerate Xiao Jingxi’s progress by provoking him over Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing.
• During a nighttime beach encounter, Xie Mi accused Xu Shuangrong of knowingly exploiting others and choosing cruelty, while Xu defended using people as a shortcut.
• After the storm ruined their food sources, Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing stole supplies from the Production Team and escaped in a tent that ran on four legs, as the other guests fought the crew.
• Xu Shuangrong knocked Xiao Jingxi unconscious with an iron pot, ending the island segment early, and later considered recreating scenes from the original story.
• Yu Jinche told Xiao Jingxi that he was a novel’s protagonist, but Xie Mi exposed Yu’s prank and Xiao Jingxi’s awakening progress fell from 80% to 50%.

Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing grew closer during the Vacation Island trip, while Xiao Jingxi awakened and set events in motion that sent Xie Mi into Shen Yeqing’s past. Xie Mi tried to bring happiness to the lonely high-school Shen Yeqing, but the arc ended with him struck by a vehicle.

• The guests reached Vacation Island, where team games led Xie Mi and Qiu Chengye to lose their picnic funds on scratch cards before they scavenged supplies for an improvised picnic.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing shared meals and drew closer, while Xiao Jingxi awakened, concealed his intentions, and clashed with Xu Shuangrong over his plan to reclaim his protagonist status.
• Xiao Jingxi and System L provoked Xu Shuangrong into a time jump, and Xie Mi woke in a biology classroom during Shen Yeqing’s school sports day.
• Xie Mi encouraged Shen Yeqing during the race, ate beef noodles with him, and realized that his cheerful appearance hid a lonely, unhappy life.
• After a student was stabbed near Shen Yeqing’s home, Xie Mi stayed with him and encouraged him to seek help when he said he thought he was sick.
• Xie Mi took Shen Yeqing bungee jumping, bought him new shoes, and led him through amusement-park rides until he became calmer.
• When Xie Mi ran toward Shen Yeqing after buying malatang, a vehicle struck him.

Xie Mi protected Shen Yeqing from attacks, helped him face his past, and promised to wait for him after he confessed his love. Back in the reality show, they began dating secretly and went on a chaotic stress-relief date while Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong’s scandals erupted.

• You Hongxuan saved Shen Yeqing from a speeding car, and Xie Mi suspected someone had tried to kill him.
• Xie Mi confronted Xiao Jingxi and trained Shen Yeqing and You Hongxuan to defend themselves against attackers.
• After thugs abducted Shen Yeqing and You Hongxuan, Xie Mi rescued them and comforted Shen Yeqing about Sister Liu.
• Shen Yeqing confessed his love and asked Xie Mi to wait until he grew up, and she promised she would.
• Xie Mi sent Xu Shuangrong back through the system, then returned to Shen Yeqing as autumn arrived.
• Shen Yeqing and Xie Mi confirmed they were dating, but agreed to keep their relationship secret from the production crew.
• Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong’s stress-relief date was engulfed by scandals, while Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing followed his wish list on their own date.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing biked, exchanged playful banter, and laughed together as Director Niu doubted they were on a date.