Chapter Summaries

The cast developed an increasingly absurd sequel to their viral play, then began rehearsing for the show. Liu Woxing coordinated the busy rehearsal schedule with tireless enthusiasm.

• Xie Mi proposed setting the sequel in the future, and the cast pitched conflicting interstellar and apocalypse plots.
• Yu Jinche suggested a tragic story about the Scholar Attendant and the Maid, while Shen Yeqing proposed that the other characters become self-aware and stop revolving around the leads.
• The cast finalized the script, and Liu Woxing organized staggered rehearsals so everyone could practice multiple acts.
• Lai Bingxuan asked Xie Mi whether Liu Woxing ever got tired, and Xie Mi said that doing what she loved would not tire her.
• Liu Woxing urged Xie Mi and Lai Bingxuan to resume rehearsing, and Xie Mi silently wished for her to shine in the work she excelled at.

After an exhausting day of rehearsals, Qiu Chengye skipped the next morning by claiming he was in the hospital, leaving the unfinished performances in jeopardy. Xie Mi devised a plan to bring him back, and the livestream began with the others rehearsing while viewers praised their dedication.

• The guests rehearsed ten acts until one in the morning, then Director Niu told them to assemble at six the next day.
• Qiu Chengye missed the morning gathering, and his PD showed Director Niu a photo of him receiving an IV drip at the hospital.
• Xie Mi and Lai Bingxuan judged Qiu Chengye's carefully posed hospital photo to be fake, while Liu Woxing worried that the remaining acts would be incomplete.
• Xie Mi announced that she had a plan to get Qiu Chengye back for rehearsals, and Director Niu looked to her for help.
• The eight o'clock livestream showed the guests rehearsing, and viewers praised their effort while asking what had happened to Bro Mimi.

After a chaotic rehearsal, Qiu Chengye embraced the story Director Niu invented about his dedication, while Xie Mi, Liu Woxing, and Lai Bingxuan helped sell it to viewers. The cast finished their training and prepared for the Love Watch roadshow, where Director Niu revealed that fans had chosen their styling.

• Yu Jinche accidentally sent Qiu Chengye's wheelchair spinning, and Xiao Jingxi's IV bottle and tubing tangled around Qiu Chengye before Shen Yeqing stopped the chair and Qiu Chengye fell off the stage.
• Director Niu told viewers that Qiu Chengye had returned from the hospital to rehearse for their sake, and Xie Mi, Liu Woxing, and Lai Bingxuan flooded the livestream with praise to support the story.
• Qiu Chengye accepted the viewers' compliments, claimed he had said those words, and returned to rehearsal in his wheelchair.
• At three in the morning, the cast finished their final scene and boarded the bus after two exhausting days of training.
• Director Niu briefed the cast on the roadshow schedule, and the group arrived at the makeup room to prepare for the event.
• Director Niu revealed that the cast's styling would follow the results of a Weibo fan-design topic.

Director Niu revealed viewer-designed costumes inspired by the seven Calabash Brothers and Grandpa, prompting the guests to joke and compete over who would wear Grandpa’s brown outfit. The guests modeled their finished looks, and the chapter ended with Yu Jinche’s purple suit drawing attention to his unexpectedly refined appearance.

• Director Niu showed the guests eight costume sketches inspired by the Calabash Brothers and Grandpa, and Xie Mi quickly claimed the brown outfit.
• A Weibo viewer explained that Grandpa’s costume was designed for Xie Mi and that the other outfits could be assigned to the guests by age.
• Director Niu ended the call after the viewer insisted she loved all the guests equally, while the other guests reacted resentfully and Xie Mi enjoyed the joke.
• The guests received their finished costumes, each incorporating character colors and gourd or leaf motifs, and modeled their individual looks.
• Yu Jinche appeared in a purple formal suit with his glasses off and ear studs on, prompting viewers to praise his aristocratic look and imagine a darker side to his usual persona.

Shen Yeqing stunned viewers with his red-shirt styling before teasing Xie Mi about sending photos to her online friend. The Love Watch cast arrived at a packed promotional event, where the host asked fans to prove they had watched the show in one sentence.

• Shen Yeqing appeared in a red satin shirt with a beauty mark, prompting enthusiastic reactions in his livestream.
• Shen Yeqing sat beside Xie Mi on the bus and asked her to rate his appearance, while she suggested he share photos with his online friend.
• The cast's Calabash Brothers outfits became a trending topic after viewers praised the designs.
• The eight guests waited backstage as a packed mall welcomed the Love Watch promotional roadshow.
• The host asked the audience to prove they had watched the show in one sentence, and fans shouted out memorable lines, including one the host stopped them from saying on the live broadcast.

At a Love Watch promotional event, the host introduced the eight guests with an absurd nickname, and Xie Mi leaned into the joke. The guests split into teams for a blindfolded game, and Qiu Chengye ended up chosen to go first.

• The host welcomed Love Watch's eight guests as the “eight of Love Watch,” and the audience chanted the name while Xie Mi called them the Seven Gourd Brothers and their Most Beloved Grandpa.
• The guests endured bizarre fan signs and cheers, with Shen Yeqing pleased by his title and Liu Woxing thanking fans for supporting him.
• The host announced a blindfolded foam-stick game, and the guests split into a team with Xie Mi, Yu Jinche, Lai Bingxuan, and Qiu Chengye and another with Shen Yeqing, Xu Shuangrong, Liu Woxing, and Xiao Jingxi.
• Lai Bingxuan argued that Qiu Chengye should go first, and Xie Mi proposed voting on the weakest teammate.
• Three teammates voted for Qiu Chengye, making him the first player.

Qiu Chengye and Xiao Jingxi tied in a chaotic blindfolded bout, while Shen Yeqing defeated Yu Jinche to put Team B ahead. Xie Mi volunteered to take the next round, leaving Lai Bingxuan and the audience nervous about her plan.

• Qiu Chengye and Xiao Jingxi fought blindfolded but missed each other repeatedly, ending their round in a draw.
• Lai Bingxuan and Yu Jinche discussed how to keep their bearings while spinning before Yu Jinche's match.
• Yu Jinche followed their strategy, but Shen Yeqing struck him first and won the round for Team B.
• The host announced that Team A needed both Lai Bingxuan and Xie Mi to win to avoid losing the match.
• Xie Mi reassured Lai Bingxuan and said she had a plan for her round.

Xie Mi defeated Liu Woxing in the blindfolded baton game, then soothed Lai Bingxuan’s jealousy over their ship name. Lai Bingxuan faced Xu Shuangrong in the final round and began sneaking along the back of the stage screen, while Xie Mi watched approvingly.

• Xie Mi and Liu Woxing spun for the blindfolded baton match, and Xie Mi lay on the floor before springing up to strike Liu Woxing on the head.
• The audience cheered for Xie Mi and Liu Woxing, and Lai Bingxuan complained that their ship name had left her out.
• Xie Mi took Lai Bingxuan’s hand to promote their ship, but Lai Bingxuan fell to her knees and the audience coined the name Shrimp Bing and General Xie.
• Lai Bingxuan and Xu Shuangrong entered the final match, and Xu Shuangrong formed a defensive net with her baton after spinning.
• Lai Bingxuan felt her way to the screen at the back of the stage and began shuffling along it to sneak behind Xu Shuangrong.

Group A defeated Group B in a chaotic game, then began mixing a punishment drink for their opponents. After Qiu Chengye, Xie Mi, and Lai Bingxuan added increasingly revolting ingredients, Yu Jinche took the final turn.

• Lai Bingxuan followed Xie Mi’s instructions and struck Xu Shuangrong repeatedly from behind, securing Group A’s victory.
• The host announced Group A’s win and introduced a relay drink as Group B’s punishment.
• Qiu Chengye cracked two raw eggs into the cup before handing it over.
• Xie Mi mixed in several ingredients, tasted the concoction, and collapsed until the host revived her.
• Lai Bingxuan added fermented herring brine, natto, fish mint, and Laoshan Snake Grass Soda, leaving the audience retching.
• Yu Jinche prepared to add the final ingredients, with the result depending on what was available on the table.

Yu Jinche’s wasabi-laced dark cuisine left Team B reeling before the live audience interaction began. Qiu Chengye was mocked by fans, and one fan told Liu Woxing not to get together with him, prompting the crowd to criticize his behavior toward women.

• Yu Jinche mixed four tubes of wasabi into his dark cuisine and served small samples to Team B, whose members struggled with the heat.
• Shen Yeqing and Liu Woxing said the dish was not as bad as expected, attributing their tolerance to the villa’s dark cuisine.
• The host began the audience question segment, and a fan asked Qiu Chengye to call them Dad, making him protest and demand security.
• A fan praised Liu Woxing and urged her not to get together with Qiu Chengye, who demanded to know what was wrong with him.
• Other audience members called Qiu Chengye sleazy and chauvinistic and said Liu Woxing deserved better.

At the fan event, Shen Yeqing hinted that he would confess to Xie Mi without the show's rules, while Xie Mi tried to stop him from revealing their secret relationship. Xie Mi then explained how she endured online abuse, leaving the audience cheering for her.

• Qiu Chengye got angry at the audience's criticism, but Liu Woxing stopped him and guided the event onward.
• A fan asked Shen Yeqing when he would confess to Xie Mi, and Xie Mi anxiously tried to hint that he should keep quiet.
• Shen Yeqing said he would confess immediately if the show allowed it, delighting the audience and shippers.
• A former hater asked Xie Mi how she had endured the online abuse she faced over the Xiao Rong CP incident.
• Xie Mi joked about turning groups of critics into pop groups, said she kept doing her own thing and clapped back, and drew cheers from the crowd.

At Love Watch’s live Q&A, Xiao Jingxi tried to explain and apologize for promoting his pairing with Xu Shuangrong, but the audience and broadcast director undercut his attempt to gain sympathy. The event moved on to the couple photo showcase, ending as the guests’ DIY shoots began with Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong’s set.

• A fan asked Xiao Jingxi whether he regretted losing Xie Mi by promoting his pairing with Xu Shuangrong, and he blamed the publicity campaign while admitting personal motives and expressing regret.
• The broadcast director repeatedly cut from Xiao Jingxi’s tearful apologies to Xie Mi’s disgusted reactions, drawing laughter from the audience.
• The fan challenged Xiao Jingxi’s sincerity by pointing out that he had continued promoting his pairing with Xu Shuangrong after Xie Mi was stabbed.
• The host presented the guests’ official couple photos, including Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing’s seaside shoot.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing held Qiu Chengye onstage as the guests’ DIY photo shoots began with Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong’s secret-agent set.

The guests’ DIY couple portraits were revealed, and Xie Mi and Qiu Chengye’s absurd monkey-costume shoot won first place. The winning photos were set to appear on a mall billboard for a week, while Qiu Chengye remained furious that last place’s punishment seemed far milder.

• Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong presented a polished photo set that impressed the audience.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing’s DIY set appeared as a tacky elderly-care public service slideshow, leaving the audience and host stunned.
• Qiu Chengye broke free as the final set appeared, showing him and Xie Mi dressed as monkeys in an evolutionary throwback shoot, then fainted after seeing it enlarged on the screen.
• The audience voted the Cheng-Mi pairing into first place with 250 votes, earning their photos a week on a mall billboard; the elderly-care set placed second and the secret-agent set came last.
• Qiu Chengye protested that posing for three heart-gesture photos was a lesser punishment than having his winning photos displayed, while the Production Team distributed all the portraits as blind-box photocards.

At the Love Watch roadshow, the eight guests performed a string of increasingly outrageous acts, starting with a martial arts routine as the Eighteen Bronze Men. The host introduced their final, most elaborate performance, a side story titled “Crown Prince, You're Too Young for Me to Touch You.”

• The host introduced the guests’ rehearsed performances, and the crew set up a large prop tree for the opening act.
• Liu Woxing, Lai Bingxuan, Xie Mi, Shen Yeqing, Xu Shuangrong, Qiu Chengye, Yu Jinche, and Xiao Jingxi appeared as the Eighteen Bronze Men and performed martial arts routines and stunts.
• The guests followed with a series of comic acts, including Four Little Swans and Lai Bingxuan’s magic trick, which Qiu Chengye accidentally exposed before Xie Mi improvised a rescue.
• The guests performed more chaotic acts, including a runway show, masked singing, and a roast of the Production Team, entertaining the audience.
• The host announced the final performance, a side story called “Crown Prince, You're Too Young for Me to Touch You.”

The Crown Prince and Female Hero entered a zombie apocalypse, where the Female Hero was shot by the Legitimate Young Lady after being bitten. As the Crown Prince’s parents fought over him and several other characters made brief, absurd appearances, the Crown Prince teetered on the verge of turning evil.

• The host narrated that a mysterious musical force had transported the Crown Prince and Female Hero into a zombie-infested world.
• The Female Hero collapsed after a zombie bite, and the Crown Prince mourned her as she urged him to keep going.
• The Legitimate Young Lady shot the Female Hero, prompting the Crown Prince to rage at her and fight over the corpse.
• The Emperor and Empress arrived and argued over which parent the Crown Prince should go with, aiming a machine gun and cannon at him.
• The Maid fainted at the sight of the Female Hero, and Vampire Dracula Shen carried her offstage.
• The Scholar Attendant rode past on a zombie-donkey cart while searching for his childhood sweetheart, then left the stage.

Xiao Jingxi stole the spotlight during the guests’ chaotic play, which ended with the Crown Prince and Female Hero’s absurd near-kiss. After the successful roadshow, Director Niu announced a vacation as the second phase wrapped up, and the guests celebrated at dinner.

• Xiao Jingxi went off-script, shouted that he was Mother Earth's son, and was shot by Lai Bingxuan and Qiu Chengye.
• The zombified Crown Prince tried to kiss the Female Hero, who stopped him and declared he was too young; the host ended the play.
• Xiao Jingxi’s outburst and the play’s finale dominated the Hot Search after the guests’ performance.
• Director Niu praised the roadshow’s success and announced the guests would leave for a vacation the next morning as the second phase ended.
• At the celebration dinner, the drunk Assistant Director told Xie Mi he was her loyal fan, and Shen Yeqing teased him before he shouted that Xie Mi shone on her own.

After the celebration banquet turned into a brawl and made Love Watch a hot-search sensation, Xie Mi received an invitation from Shen Yeqing for a secret date. On her way out, she overheard Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong discussing a plan involving Shen Yeqing, prompting her to change her preparations before meeting him.

• Director Niu and the assistant director got drunk and fought at the banquet while Xie Mi ate and watched.
• The assistant director's shoes became the focus of viral hot-search posts, and viewers praised Love Watch as an unhinged reality show.
• Shen Yeqing invited Xie Mi on a secret date, and she disguised herself and set out with a bundle of snacks.
• Xie Mi followed Xiao Jingxi and saw him enter Xu Shuangrong's room, where she overheard System L tell him to make contact with Shen Yeqing and stay in contact longer.
• Xie Mi guessed that System L had a special ability, returned to her room to change the contents of her bundle, and then headed to meet Shen Yeqing.

Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing met secretly for noodles, settled on phone-number-based couple nicknames, and parted after she gave him a prepared bundle. The next morning, the production team announced a friendship-themed trip for the eight guests, setting a new stage for the dating show.

• Xie Mi met Shen Yeqing in the hotel restaurant, where they reminisced over noodles and she told him not to call her Liu Liu.
• Xie Mi proposed using the last four digits of their phone numbers as private couple nicknames, and she and Shen Yeqing agreed to call each other 0606 and 0521.
• Xie Mi gave Shen Yeqing a thick bundle and instructions before they parted for the night.
• The production team surprised the guests early the next morning, and the field producer visited Xie Mi after she washed up.
• The producer announced that the eight guests would go on a friendship-themed trip through the end of the second filming stage.

Xie Mi and the other guests prepared for a self-guided road trip, with the Production Team providing only travel funds and letting them choose their destinations and activities. As they discussed who would draw the first destination card, Qiu Chengye cautiously asked Xie Mi what she had written.

• A PD asked Xie Mi to name a desired travel destination or activity and choose three items to pack, and she eagerly prepared to leave.
• Lai Bingxuan, Liu Woxing, and Xie Mi joked about the trip and worried that Xie Mi might be allowed to drive.
• Director Niu announced that the eight guests would split between two SUVs and manage the road trip themselves using destinations and activities drawn from their wish cards.
• As the guests discussed who should draw the first card, Qiu Chengye asked Xie Mi what she had written.

The group prepared for Xie Mi’s shark-watching wish and discovered it meant shark cage diving, while Liu Woxing’s wish was skydiving. They set off in two cars for the destination, with Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong quietly coordinating a plan in Shen Yeqing’s car.

• Qiu Chengye drew Xie Mi’s wish and learned that watching sharks meant shark cage diving, which the Production Team confirmed was available.
• Liu Woxing revealed that she had written down skydiving, alarming Qiu Chengye even more.
• Xu Shuangrong organized the long drive, and the group chose Shen Yeqing, Xiao Jingxi, Qiu Chengye, and Liu Woxing as drivers while letting Xie Mi rest.
• Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong followed Shen Yeqing into the lead car, while Qiu Chengye grew flustered when Yu Jinche took the passenger seat beside him.
• As Shen Yeqing drove the lead car, Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong exchanged a signal that they were ready to act.