Chapter Summaries

Xiao Jingxi tried to use physical contact with Shen Yeqing to get information from his system, but his first attempt through Shen's clothes yielded nothing. At the service area, Shen dodged Xiao's second attempt and left him exposed as the chapter ended with Shen confronting him.

• On the drive, Xiao Jingxi pretended to lose his balance and rested his hand on Shen Yeqing's shoulder while Xie Mi mocked him about his embarrassing Hot Search.
• At the service area, Xiao Jingxi asked System L whether the contact had revealed anything, and System L said it had detected no response because Xiao might have touched Shen through his clothes.
• System L suggested that Xiao Jingxi try again, and Xiao returned to the group intending to touch Shen Yeqing during lunch.
• Xiao Jingxi tried to bump into Shen, but Shen dodged and leaned against Xie Mi instead.
• Lai Bingxuan accused Xiao Jingxi of deliberately ramming Shen, and Shen asked Xiao whether he had really been planning to bump into him.

Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing made Xiao Jingxi look as if he was trying to get people to ship them, prompting him to switch cars and keep his distance from Shen. Xu Shuangrong and System L urged him to wait for an off-camera opportunity to complete his task.

• Xie Mi accused Xiao Jingxi of trying to get people to ship him with Shen Yeqing, and Shen politely rejected the supposed pairing.
• The crew joined in the teasing, and Xiao Jingxi asked Liu Woxing to switch cars so he would not ride with Shen.
• Xie Mi and Shen exchanged satisfied smiles after their plan to discourage Xiao Jingxi from approaching Shen worked.
• Xu Shuangrong met Xiao Jingxi outside the restroom and argued with him about how to proceed.
• System L told Xiao Jingxi to keep his distance from Shen on camera and wait for an off-camera opportunity.

After the cars switched passengers, the lead car sang and joked while the rear car stayed silent until Xu Shuangrong introduced a Book of Answers. Its cryptic reply to Xiao Jingxi’s question about removing Shen Yeqing from Xie Mi’s side left him wondering what obvious thing he had overlooked.

• Liu Woxing drove the lead car with Xie Mi, Shen Yeqing, and Lai Bingxuan, while Xiao Jingxi drove the rear car with Qiu Chengye, Yu Jinche, and Xu Shuangrong.
• Lai Bingxuan and Xie Mi sang together in the lead car as Shen Yeqing selected songs and cheered them on.
• Xu Shuangrong suggested that the rear-car passengers try the Book of Answers after three of them said they were not bored.
• Qiu Chengye asked whether Liu Woxing was playing hard to get and whether she had changed to get his attention; the book answered, “No” and “Don’t be ridiculous.”
• Yu Jinche asked whether the others still had a chance with Xie Mi, and the book replied, “This is where it ends.”
• Xiao Jingxi asked whether he could make Shen Yeqing disappear from Xie Mi’s side, and the book answered, “You overlooked something obvious,” leaving him unsettled.

The guests reached the sea for a shark cage diving activity, while Xie Mi repeatedly turned Qiu Chengye’s attempts to avoid it into promises to go more times. Director Niu arranged a romance-response game to choose diving partners, and Xie Mi’s whispered advice led several guests to give bizarre replies.

• Xiao Jingxi sat far from Shen Yeqing on the boat, while Qiu Chengye claimed he was seasick and argued with Lai Bingxuan.
• Xie Mi mediated by telling Qiu Chengye he could go shark cage diving twice, then three times, and Shen Yeqing and Xie Mi revived him when he tried to faint at the sight of the cage.
• Director Niu proposed a romance EQ game in which the best answer would earn first choice of an opposite-sex diving partner.
• Xu Shuangrong suggested telling a crush that she wished she could share their hot pot, and Qiu Chengye offered to buy the crush a hot pot restaurant.
• Xie Mi whispered answers to Lai Bingxuan, Liu Woxing, and Shen Yeqing, who replied with increasingly strange lines that made Director Niu interrupt the game.

Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing fulfilled one of Shen Yeqing’s old wishes by diving together in a shark cage, while the other pairs had very different reactions to the experience. After the guests returned to shore, Xie Mi prepared to draw their next destination, and Qiu Chengye anxiously questioned Lai Bingxuan about what she had written down.

• Director Niu tried to stop Xie Mi from sharing more answers, but she rattled off absurd ways to reply to a crush until he drowned her out with a song.
• Xie Mi chose Shen Yeqing as her partner for shark cage diving, and they shared a tender underwater exchange about his old wish to see sharks with Sister Liu.
• After surfacing, Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing said they had not been scared, while Qiu Chengye panicked, passed out, and had to be hauled back up.
• Liu Woxing and Yu Jinche grew excited during their dive, while Xu Shuangrong and Xiao Jingxi froze motionless in the cage.
• The guests returned to shore and gathered to draw their next destination, but Qiu Chengye stopped Xie Mi to ask what Lai Bingxuan had written down.

The guests endured a chaotic rafting trip that left everyone exhausted, and Xie Mi secretly kicked Xiao Jingxi away when he tried to reach Shen Yeqing underwater. Director Niu then brought them to a campsite with RVs prepared for the night.

• Xie Mi drew Lai Bingxuan’s rafting activity, and the guests drove to the rafting venue.
• Qiu Chengye, Xiao Jingxi, Xu Shuangrong, and Yu Jinche struggled through the rapids while Xie Mi, Shen Yeqing, Liu Woxing, and Lai Bingxuan enjoyed themselves.
• The guests went over a waterfall, and Xie Mi kicked Xiao Jingxi away when he tried to touch Shen Yeqing underwater.
• The group and filming crew finished the trip soaked and sick, while Xiao Jingxi hid how Xie Mi had injured him.
• Director Niu announced that nearby hotels were full and led the guests to a campsite where four RVs awaited them.

The guests settled into luxury RVs for a relaxed night before their road trip, while Lai Bingxuan and Xie Mi each put Xu Shuangrong on the spot. The chapter left Xie Mi questioning Xu Shuangrong’s claim that she had admired her for years, as viewers recalled Xu’s earlier Weibo post and the online backlash it caused.

• Lai Bingxuan calmly shut down Xu Shuangrong’s defense of the RVs by asking who had asked her and what it mattered.
• The guests drew lots for RV assignments, and the Production Team offered them ingredients and cooking facilities for dinner.
• Xu Shuangrong told Xie Mi she wanted to be friends and had admired her before the show.
• Xie Mi challenged Xu Shuangrong about an old passive-aggressive Weibo post, then caught her revealing that she knew which post Xie meant before it was named.
• Viewers recalled that Xu Shuangrong’s post had stirred up her fans against Xie Mi and questioned whether her claim of admiration was sincere.

Xiao Jingxi sneaked out at midnight to break into the first RV and secretly touch Shen Yeqing, but a wrong key, sleepwalking Xie Mi, and an unexpected discovery thwarted him. The chapter ended with Xiao Jingxi caught on camera by his cameraman and Follow-Camera PD inside the RV.

• Xiao Jingxi used a key from the Production Team to try to enter the first RV, but accidentally opened the fourth RV instead.
• Xie Mi grabbed Xiao Jingxi while sleepwalking and singing, then let go and sent him tumbling backward.
• Xiao Jingxi saw Xie Mi walk off into the night and seized the chance to pry open the first RV.
• Xiao Jingxi entered the RV and scanned the sleeping Qiu Chengye, then realized Shen Yeqing was not on the top bunk.
• Xiao Jingxi turned around and found his cameraman and Follow-Camera PD filming him at the RV door.

Xie Mi arranged a nighttime prank for Xiao Jingxi’s livestream, but the secret footage of him breaking into Qiu Chengye’s RV and touching his bed set off a scandal. The next morning, Qiu Chengye confronted Xiao Jingxi, and the chapter ended as the cast prepared to draw their travel wishes.

• Xie Mi told Xiao Jingxi’s Follow-Camera PD that Xiao Jingxi would stage a nighttime prank to boost the livestream’s ratings.
• Xiao Jingxi pried open Qiu Chengye’s RV and rummaged around his bed while the crew filmed, until a cameraman made a noise and exposed them.
• Clips of Xiao Jingxi entering Qiu Chengye’s RV spread across Weibo’s Hot Search, and Director Niu and Qiu Chengye reacted with dismay.
• Qiu Chengye stormed into Xiao Jingxi’s lounge, cursed at him through the Assistant Director’s beeps, and attacked with Mantis Fist, but Xiao Jingxi kicked him down.
• After the staff calmed Qiu Chengye, the crew placed him and Xiao Jingxi at opposite ends for the opening and asked Miss Lai to draw the next travel wish.

Yu Jinche chose horseback riding for the group, and Xie Mi recognized that the outing had returned to the setting of a dangerous plot from the original novel. She resolved to protect Shen Yeqing and disrupt the plot, but began to suspect that Yu Jinche might target her horse.

• Yu Jinche chose a horseback-riding outing, reminding Xie Mi of his failed scheme to rescue Xu Shuangrong in the original novel.
• Xie Mi worried that Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong were still trying to make Shen Yeqing disappear, and she vowed to protect him.
• The group arrived at the same lavish horse ranch described in the original novel, and Director Niu confirmed that he had booked it without consulting Yu Jinche.
• Xie Mi talked herself into resisting the returning plot and loudly declared that she would protect Shen Yeqing.
• As the riding instructor explained the basics, Xie Mi watched Yu Jinche and wondered whether he would spook her horse.

At the Horse Ranch, Xie Mi watched Yu Jinche while Xu Shuangrong grew suspicious of him, and Xiao Jingxi remained too shaken to help their Alliance. As the guests began riding, Xie Mi kept her distance from Yu Jinche and monitored the others, leaving the group caught in a tense game of maneuvering.

• Xie Mi realized Xu Shuangrong had also started scrutinizing Yu Jinche, while Xiao Jingxi still looked dispirited after the previous night's humiliation.
• Yu Jinche asked Xie Mi why she and Xu Shuangrong had been watching him, and Xie Mi deflected his suspicions by claiming he had vegetables stuck in his teeth.
• Xu Shuangrong urged Xiao Jingxi to approach Shen Yeqing for information, but Xiao Jingxi refused to approach him or any other man on the production team.
• Xu Shuangrong concluded that she could not rely on Xiao Jingxi and considered using a possible scheme by Yu Jinche to her advantage.
• The guests began riding under a rule requiring each horse to reach 3,000 steps, while Xie Mi avoided Yu Jinche and Xu Shuangrong quietly rode closer.
• Shen Yeqing rode beside Xie Mi and invited her to go for a ride, but Xie Mi said she sensed danger.

A loud blast sent every horse at the ranch into a panic, and the guests struggled to regain control. After the incident ended without serious injuries, Xie Mi wondered how Shen Yeqing had known how to calm a frightened horse.

• Xie Mi, Xu Shuangrong, and Shen Yeqing rode away as Yu Jinche pursued them, while Xu Shuangrong prepared to let Xie Mi fall and get hurt.
• A blast from a speaker startled all the horses, and Yu Jinche's apparent prank caused a ranch-wide panic.
• Xiao Jingxi was thrown into a haystack and passed out, while the guests and crew fought to control the runaway horses.
• Shen Yeqing calmed his horse and advised Xie Mi, who soothed hers by singing a lullaby.
• The ranch staff and crew helped everyone get their horses under control, and the guests received treatment for minor injuries.
• Xie Mi treated a small scrape and wondered how Shen Yeqing had known how to calm a horse.

After Shen Yeqing rescued Xie Mi at the Horse Ranch, Yu Jinche admitted he had caused the incident to test her and Xu Shuangrong, and hinted that he believed the world was inside a book. Xie Mi reviewed the novel’s plot and realized Yu Jinche’s major storyline was about to begin, leaving her ready to act to protect Shen Yeqing.

• Shen Yeqing gently bandaged Xie Mi’s injured hand after rescuing her on horseback.
• Xie Mi encountered Yu Jinche, who claimed the incident would not be traced to him and admitted he had done it to observe her and Xu Shuangrong’s reactions.
• Yu Jinche suggested Xie Mi’s story about living in a book might be true, and Xie Mi neither confirmed nor denied it.
• Xie Mi recalled Yu Jinche’s later plot, including his schemes against Xu Shuangrong and her planned kidnapping, and concluded his major storyline was approaching.
• Xie Mi resolved to keep protecting Shen Yeqing and realized she had a plan for what to do next.

Xu Shuangrong offered Yu Jinche an alliance to help him get Xie Mi in exchange for keeping Xie Mi away from Shen Yeqing. On the road trip, the group went skydiving after Qiu Chengye resisted, and the activity left the more nervous participants struggling to hide their fear.

• Xu Shuangrong told Yu Jinche she knew he was behind the Horse Ranch prank and offered to help him kidnap Xie Mi if he would obstruct her relationship with Shen Yeqing.
• Yu Jinche revealed he knew the world was a novel and said Xie Mi was more interesting than Xu Shuangrong.
• On the third day of the road trip, Xiao Jingxi recovered from fainting, while the Horse Ranch accident's Hot Search distracted people from his raid on Qiu Chengye's bed.
• Director Niu announced the group's skydiving activity, and Qiu Chengye protested before agreeing to board the plane.
• Liu Woxing enjoyed her skydive, Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing jumped without hesitation, and Xu Shuangrong maintained her composed smile.

Xie Mi tried to shake Yu Jinche after he followed and copied her all day, while Xu Shuangrong seized the distraction to make a move on Shen Yeqing. The chapter ended with Xu Shuangrong urging Xiao Jingxi to hurry toward the now-isolated Shen Yeqing.

• Qiu Chengye screamed through the skydiving wind while Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing shared instant noodles and pickles downstairs.
• Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong discussed their mission to get close to Shen Yeqing, and Xu Shuangrong said they had help.
• Yu Jinche joined Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing, then followed Xie Mi and copied her actions throughout the day.
• Xie Mi tested Yu Jinche's imitation by doing a series of forward flips until she disappeared from view.
• Xu Shuangrong noticed the camera operators turn toward Xie Mi and shoved Xiao Jingxi, telling her to hurry toward Shen Yeqing.

Xie Mi, Xiao Jingxi, and Yu Jinche turned a conversation into a chaotic series of collisions and rolling stunts, leaving Director Niu exasperated. The group then visited Qiu Chengye's lavish private golf course, where Lai Bingxuan mocked his showing off and Shen Yeqing casually dismissed his wealth.

• Xu Shuangrong shoved Xiao Jingxi toward Shen Yeqing, but Shen tripped him as the cameras turned back from Xie Mi.
• Xie Mi tumbled into Xiao Jingxi and stepped on his back, mistaking him for someone asleep on the ground.
• Yu Jinche rolled into Xiao Jingxi like a bowling ball, prompting Director Niu to shout for everyone to stop the farce.
• Liu Woxing drew a golf outing at Qiu Chengye's private course, where Qiu welcomed the group with an extravagant reception and clubs.
• Lai Bingxuan called Qiu Chengye a show-off, and Shen Yeqing responded to his boast that the others rarely visited places like this by saying everyone owned a few golf courses.

Qiu Chengye tried to show off at his private golf course, but Shen Yeqing and Liu Woxing outplayed him, and Xie Mi accidentally sent a chunk of turf flying. The chapter ended with Qiu Chengye shrieking as he realized she had torn up his pristine course.

• Qiu Chengye boasted about his private golf course, but Shen Yeqing answered his golf demonstration with a hole in one.
• Qiu Chengye tried to teach Xie Mi, Yu Jinche, Xiao Jingxi, and Lai Bingxuan after learning Liu Woxing needed no instruction.
• Lai Bingxuan and Xie Mi mocked Qiu Chengye after he needed three strokes to sink the ball.
• Qiu Chengye challenged Xie Mi to take a shot, and she confidently swung despite holding the club incorrectly.
• Xie Mi sent a piece of turf flying instead of the ball, and Qiu Chengye shrieked when he realized what she had torn up.

At the golf course, Xie Mi and Lai Bingxuan tore up Qiu Chengye’s lawn without hitting the ball, and Qiu Chengye’s attempt to stop Xiao Jingxi sparked rumors that they were a couple. The group then fulfilled Xu Shuangrong’s and Xiao Jingxi’s travel wishes, leaving only Shen Yeqing’s wish unfulfilled with three days left in phase two.

• Xie Mi and Lai Bingxuan sent chunks of turf flying while missing the golf ball, and Qiu Chengye pretended not to mind the damage.
• Qiu Chengye grabbed Xiao Jingxi from behind to guide his swing, leading the group and viewers to joke that they were a couple.
• Xiao Jingxi accidentally made more than a dozen holes in Qiu Chengye’s lawn, and Qiu Chengye charged at him in anger.
• Director Niu saw the couple-themed Hot Search topics and resigned himself to letting the rumors continue.
• The Production Team took the group to a concert for Xu Shuangrong’s wish and arranged an outdoor screening of Xiao Jingxi’s film.
• The viewers noted that only Shen Yeqing’s travel wish remained unfulfilled, with three days left in phase two.

Shen Yeqing’s unusual travel wish sent all eight guests into a seventy-two-hour street-living challenge without money, lodging, or help from outsiders. Qiu Chengye thought his phone, car keys, and ID card gave him an easy advantage, but Director Niu questioned how much battery his phone had left.

• Xiao Jingxi hoped the others would praise his movie, but Xie Mi compared his character to a man beaten to death for stealing pork head meat.
• Director Niu announced Shen Yeqing’s wish to experience life on the streets, and Shen said the other guests would join him.
• Director Niu revealed that the guests would spend seventy-two hours without accommodation or financial support, using only three items each, and had their phones and wallets confiscated.
• Qiu Chengye smugly showed off his phone, car keys, and ID card, claiming they would let him go anywhere.
• Director Niu asked Qiu Chengye how much battery his phone had left.

The Production Team launched a seventy-two-hour vagabond challenge, leaving the eight guests to fend for themselves with the three items they had packed. Xiao Jingxi had brought cash and expected to manage easily, but the group began the challenge late at night in a remote area with nearby attractions closed.

• Qiu Chengye discovered his phone had run out of battery and protested that the Production Team should have charged it.
• Director Niu announced that the show would stream nonstop for all seventy-two hours to prove the challenge was authentic.
• Liu Woxing realized she had packed survival gear such as a lighter, knife, and flashlight after mistaking the challenge for wilderness survival.
• Xiao Jingxi explained that he had brought cash, and Director Niu confirmed he could use it during the challenge.
• Director Niu started the countdown and released the eight guests, who found themselves stranded on a remote lawn at night.