Chapter Summaries

The new season of Love Watch began filming, and viewers watched as Xu Shuangrong, Yu Jinche, and Xiao Jingxi prepared for a water park outing. The guests showed signs of changing during the break, leaving viewers eager to see how competitive the season would become.

• All eight guests' livestreams began simultaneously, drawing a surge of viewers and pushing Love Watch onto Weibo's trending topics.
• Xu Shuangrong welcomed the camera crew in a swimsuit and said she had spent the break doing things that helped her heal, without mentioning her charity work.
• Yu Jinche appeared without his glasses and looking fitter, then said he had worked out daily and wanted more assets for the dating show.
• Xiao Jingxi opened his door, and viewers noticed that he too seemed to have changed during the break.

The guests showed off their changed styles as the new season began, but Liu Woxing surprised viewers most with a bold new look. She said she wanted to try every style and live for herself.

• Xiao Jingxi appeared in a youthful, casual outfit and explained that he had changed his style for a film role.
• Qiu Chengye showed off his muscles in gold swim trunks and declared that he would be the most charming man on the show.
• Lai Bingxuan joked that she might want to slap a man when asked what kind of contact she wanted this season.
• Liu Woxing appeared in a red backless swimsuit with wavy hair and bold lipstick, shocking viewers with her transformation.
• Liu Woxing said she wanted to try every kind of style and live for herself without letting anything stand in her way.

Liu Woxing embraced being herself, while Shen Yeqing confidently claimed that no romantic rival could beat him. Xie Mi prepared for the new season by choosing practical clothes and vowing to win every championship.

• Liu Woxing told the PD she would keep being herself and smiled despite the criticism in the live comments.
• Shen Yeqing told the PD that no one could beat him, openly expressing confidence in his romantic position.
• The PD stopped Xie Mi from wearing a wetsuit, so she changed into a floral shirt and baggy shorts instead.
• Xie Mi explained that a swimsuit would be inconvenient for outdoor games in case she lost.
• Xie Mi declared that she would win every championship, startling the PD into falling off the sofa.

Xie Mi received a Hidden Mission to find her secret partner and confirm their identity with a heart before filming the opening ended. At the water park opening, she accidentally sent the other guests tumbling into the pool, and Qiu Chengye recognized Liu Woxing.

• A PD told Xie Mi she had been chosen as one half of a Secret Couple and explained that she had to identify her partner and signal them with a heart.
• Director Niu opened phase two of Love Watch at Hai City Fantasy Water Park as the guests made their entrances.
• Xie Mi's feet slipped during her entrance, and she slid into the guests, knocking them all into the Wave Pool.
• Qiu Chengye saw Liu Woxing nearby and recognized her after getting a clear look at her face.

Liu Woxing returned with a new look and openly rebuffed Qiu Chengye, while Xie Mi identified Shen Yeqing as her secret partner. The first task was verified, and the guests prepared to earn living expenses through water-park games.

• Liu Woxing rejected Qiu Chengye's criticism of her makeup and clothes, surprising him and the other guests.
• Xu Shuangrong concluded that Liu Woxing had broken free of the Liu Family's control.
• Xiao Jingxi tried to pull Xie Mi ashore, but she yanked off his hairpiece and teased him.
• Xie Mi spotted heart signals on Xiao Jingxi and Yu Jinche but waited for her actual partner to approach.
• Shen Yeqing brought Xie Mi her slippers and quietly told her he was her secret partner, confirming their first task.
• The director announced that the guests would play games at the water park to earn living expenses for their twenty-eight days at the villa.

Director Niu announced that the guests would rely on game winnings for their next 28 days in the villa and revealed that a Secret Couple could earn extra cash by completing hidden tasks. As the guests began a musical-chairs game, Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing received their first task, while Qiu Chengye’s suspicion of Liu Woxing ended in an insult.

• Director Niu announced the 28-day spending restriction, the games’ allowance prizes, and the Secret Couple’s hidden tasks and report bounty.
• The guests traveled to Fantasy Park Water City for musical chairs, where their allowances would depend on when they were eliminated.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing received a task to maintain eye contact for 30 seconds while staying within one meter of each other.
• Xiao Jingxi warned the guests not to forget that the Secret Couple might be completing a task, prompting them to watch one another suspiciously.
• Qiu Chengye accused Liu Woxing of being part of the Secret Couple, and Liu Woxing asked if he had hidden while humanity was evolving.

During a chaotic game of musical chairs, Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing used the commotion to secretly complete their mission by holding eye contact for thirty seconds. The chapter left them still locked in each other’s gaze underwater as the others struggled around them.

• Liu Woxing snapped back at Qiu Chengye, then the guests began a fierce game of musical chairs.
• Qiu Chengye knocked Lai Bingxuan into the water and eliminated her in the first round.
• Xie Mi sent Xiao Jingxi and Qiu Chengye chasing a thrown stool, and Qiu Chengye eliminated Xiao Jingxi.
• Xie Mi stopped Qiu Chengye from tripping her, tore Yu Jinche’s clothes, and exposed his muscle suit before Qiu Chengye eliminated him.
• Xie Mi unleashed a wave that washed the stools away, sending the guests tumbling into the water.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing held each other as they fell and silently counted down while maintaining eye contact.

Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing completed the Secret Couple’s hidden mission during the chaotic musical-chairs game, while the guests fought over stools and living allowances. Xiao Jingxi believed he had identified the Secret Couple and prepared to report them.

• Xie Mi completed the thirty-second mission with Shen Yeqing, then won the musical-chairs game after kicking Qiu Chengye’s knee and helping Liu Woxing eliminate him.
• Shen Yeqing finished second and Liu Woxing third, while Qiu Chengye and the other eliminated guests received their rankings.
• Director Niu announced the guests’ living allowances and awarded Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing an extra 10,000 yuan each for completing the Hidden Mission.
• Xiao Jingxi reasoned that the Secret Couple would have had close romantic contact and announced that he was using his chance to report them.

Xiao Jingxi wrongly reported Liu Woxing and Qiu Chengye as the Secret Couple, then agreed to help Xu Shuangrong identify them in exchange for half the prize money. At the indoor pool, Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing received a secret hand-holding mission, and the first challenge began with Xu Shuangrong and Qiu Chengye facing each other.

• Xiao Jingxi used his reporting opportunity to accuse Liu Woxing and Qiu Chengye, but Director Niu declared his guess wrong.
• Xu Shuangrong praised Xiao Jingxi's reasoning and persuaded him to identify the Secret Couple for half of her prize money.
• Director Niu explained the Don't Fall for Me Challenge, in which paired guests tried to raise each other's heart rate.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing received a mission to hold hands for thirty seconds without being noticed, and Xie Mi signaled a plan to Shen Yeqing.
• Xu Shuangrong and Qiu Chengye sat facing each other to begin the first round.

Xie Mi tried to identify the mole while the guests played a heart-rate challenge that launched losers into the pool. After Qiu Chengye and Liu Woxing were ejected, Shen Yeqing and Lai Bingxuan began their match, with Shen’s exceptionally low heart rate earning him the title of the game’s king.

• Qiu Chengye tried to impress Xu Shuangrong with muscle poses while Xie Mi quietly asked Yu Jinche if he was the mole, and Yu Jinche responded with a suspicious hint.
• Xu Shuangrong flirted with Qiu Chengye, raising his heart rate above 120, but his chair launched him into the pool and Director Niu declared him out.
• Yu Jinche complimented Liu Woxing before she asked whether he was the mole; neither reached 120, and Yu Jinche won because his heart rate was lower.
• Liu Woxing was launched from her chair but reacted with excitement rather than fear.
• Shen Yeqing and Lai Bingxuan began their match, and Shen’s starting heart rate of about 62 led the guests to call him the king of the game.

Lai Bingxuan and Xie Mi faced off against Shen Yeqing and Xiao Jingxi in a heart-rate challenge. Lai eliminated herself by laughing at her own joke, while Xie Mi sent Xiao Jingxi flying into the water after he grabbed her wrist.

• Lai Bingxuan tried to raise Shen Yeqing's heart rate with flirting and a joke, but laughed so hard that her own heart rate reached 120 and she was ejected.
• Xie Mi told Xiao Jingxi she feared huge idiots and mocked his looks, causing his heart rate to rise.
• Xiao Jingxi grabbed Xie Mi's wrist and tried to pull her into his arms.
• Xie Mi seized Xiao Jingxi by the hair and wrist, threw him into the water, and reminded him that she feared huge idiots.

The semifinals continued as Shen Yeqing resisted Xu Shuangrong’s flirtation, while Xie Mi turned Yu Jinche’s bug prank against him. Qiu Chengye accused Liu Woxing and Shen Yeqing of being moles and insulted Liu, prompting Lai Bingxuan to slap him into the pool.

• Xiao Jingxi was eliminated, and the semifinals began with Xu Shuangrong facing Shen Yeqing and Xie Mi facing Yu Jinche.
• Xu Shuangrong tried several flirtatious tricks on Shen Yeqing, but his heart rate stayed steady and she was launched into the air when time ran out.
• Yu Jinche coaxed Xie Mi into leaning close, then revealed a bug crawling on her arm as a prank.
• Shen Yeqing asked Liu Woxing who she suspected, and she pointed out that he rarely approached anyone except Xie Mi.
• Qiu Chengye accused Liu Woxing and Shen Yeqing of being moles and began disparaging Liu, so Lai Bingxuan slapped him into the pool.
• Yu Jinche asked Xie Mi whether she liked the bug, and Xie Mi stuffed it into his mouth and covered it with her hand.

Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing faced off in the final heart-rate challenge, where his composure faltered and her attempt to complete the mission sent them both flying into the pool. They surfaced as a viral romantic moment, still holding hands.

• After Xie Mi shoved a bug into Yu Jinche's mouth, the final heart-rate challenge began between her and Shen Yeqing.
• Shen Yeqing's heart rate rose whenever Xie Mi spoke to him, despite his efforts to calm himself.
• Xie Mi took Shen Yeqing's hand to complete the mission, causing his heart rate to jump to 122 and Director Niu to eject him.
• Xie Mi grabbed Shen Yeqing's hand again as they were launched, and he wrapped an arm around her waist to protect her in midair.
• Shen Yeqing landed in the pool with Xie Mi in his arms, and they remained tightly clasped together underwater.

Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing completed a mission by deliberately launching themselves into the water together, while Liu Woxing and Yu Jinche were revealed as the Secret Couple. Xiao Jingxi accused Xie Mi of being Yu Jinche’s partner, unaware that he had fallen for her act.

• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing surfaced hand in hand after deliberately triggering the ejector chair together, causing panic among the crew.
• Xie Mi signaled Director Niu that the mission was complete, and Director Niu realized their launch had been intentional.
• Director Niu announced Xie Mi as the round’s winner and revealed that the Secret Couple had completed its mission for prize money.
• Qiu Chengye accused Liu Woxing and Shen Yeqing of being the Secret Couple, but Liu Woxing insulted him instead of confirming his guess.
• Xie Mi admitted Yu Jinche was one half of the Secret Couple but denied being his partner, and Yu Jinche let her claim stand.
• Xiao Jingxi accused Xie Mi and Yu Jinche of completing a whispering mission, while Xie Mi kept up her act and the viewers recognized that Xiao Jingxi had been fooled.

Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing received a final Secret Couple mission while the guests prepared for a water-park hide-and-seek game. Liu Woxing became the first seeker and surprised everyone by sprinting after a guest hiding atop a slide.

• Lai Bingxuan accused Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong of being the moles, but Xiao Jingxi redirected suspicion toward Xie Mi and Yu Jinche.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing received a mission to unlock three different hugging positions and silently agreed to complete it.
• The guests began Heart-Rate Hide-and-Seek, where seekers had to raise a target's heart rate to 120 to eliminate them.
• The production team chose Liu Woxing as the first person to be it.
• Liu Woxing sprinted through the water park and spotted someone hiding atop a large slide.

Liu Woxing eliminated Qiu Chengye by sending him down the Super Slide and startling him into exceeding the heart-rate limit. Xie Mi headed to Giant Wave Canyon to meet Shen Yeqing for their Secret Couple Hidden Mission, but Yu Jinche appeared and began following her.

• Qiu Chengye claimed he had the round won, but Liu Woxing climbed the Super Slide and shoved him down it.
• Qiu Chengye survived the ride with his heart rate at 118, then saw Liu Woxing above him and was startled into reaching 121, eliminating him.
• Xie Mi contacted Shen Yeqing and learned he was at Giant Wave Canyon, then left the Bubble Pool to meet him.
• Yu Jinche appeared near the canyon entrance and asked Xie Mi to hide with him.
• Xie Mi tried to escape Yu Jinche with a diversion, but he followed close behind her.

Xie Mi tried to avoid Yu Jinche during the water park game and secretly contacted Shen Yeqing, who swam against the waves to reach her. As Yu Jinche closed in, Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing tried different hugs in the canyon, ending with Shen holding her from behind.

• Xie Mi rejected Yu Jinche's romantic advances and jumped into the giant wave canyon to get away from him.
• Xie Mi messaged Shen Yeqing that Yu Jinche was following her and that she was in the canyon.
• Shen Yeqing swam upstream from the exit to meet Xie Mi in the dim tunnel.
• When Yu Jinche's voice came near, Xie Mi hugged Shen Yeqing around the waist and called it their first type of hug.
• A wave swept Xie Mi away as she tried a back-to-back hug, but Shen Yeqing caught her and pulled her into a hug from behind.

Xie Mi outmaneuvered Yu Jinche and Xiao Jingxi during the water park’s ghost game, first leaving Yu Jinche tied up and then turning Xiao Jingxi’s chase against him. After becoming the fourth ghost, she caught Xiao Jingxi and sent him flying.

• Xie Mi threw Shen Yeqing away when she spotted Yu Jinche, then tied Yu Jinche’s swim ring to a railing and left him trapped in the water tunnel.
• The production team named Yu Jinche the second ghost, while Xie Mi searched openly for living-expense vouchers and gave Xiao Jingxi one worth minus 5,000 yuan.
• After Yu Jinche became the third ghost, Xiao Jingxi pursued Xie Mi, but she rode away on an electric scooter with the keys to the others.
• Xiao Jingxi caught Xie Mi after chasing her around the park, but the production team named her the fourth ghost just then.
• Xie Mi grabbed Xiao Jingxi and hurled him away before he could escape.

Xie Mi hunted down three guests during her turn, then hid and contacted Shen Yeqing to complete their final hugging-pose task. The chapter ended with Xie Mi finding Shen Yeqing lounging atop an observation tower after he revealed that he had been watching her antics.

• Director Niu eliminated Xiao Jingxi after Xie Mi's throw sent his heart rate monitor flatlining.
• Xie Mi scared Yu Jinche by emerging headless from her shirt, and the heart-rate alarm eliminated him.
• Xie Mi tricked Lai Bingxuan into revealing her hiding place, chased her down, and gave her a living expenses voucher.
• Xie Mi completed her hunt with three eliminations before Xu Shuangrong became the next seeker.
• Xie Mi messaged Shen Yeqing about their final hugging pose, and he sent pictures of her fooling around on the log flume.
• Shen Yeqing directed Xie Mi to the bridge, where she spotted him relaxing on top of the observation tower.

Xie Mi evaded Xu Shuangrong’s staged scooter attack, then realized she had accidentally knocked Shen Yeqing into a pool and carried him out while completing their Secret Couple mission. The three regrouped for the catching game, where Xu Shuangrong hesitated to pursue Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing.

• Xu Shuangrong rode a scooter toward Xie Mi, pretending its brakes had failed, but Xie Mi charged at her and Xu Shuangrong stopped safely.
• Xie Mi accused Xu Shuangrong of trying to frighten her, then noticed Shen Yeqing floating in the nearby pool after she had accidentally struck him.
• Xie Mi lifted Shen Yeqing in a bridal carry and pretended to call for help, completing their Secret Couple mission.
• Shen Yeqing told Xie Mi and Xu Shuangrong that he was fine and said he deserved what happened.
• Xu Shuangrong, the catcher, faced Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing, the hiders, and faltered when Xie Mi asked why she was not catching them.