Chapter Summaries

Xie Mi recalled how Liu Woxing’s childhood trauma at Xiqing Mountain had once made her abandon the idea of resisting her family, but Liu now seemed eager to hike there. As the guests set off to watch a meteor shower, Liu told Xie that she loved hiking.

• Xie Mi remembered how twelve-year-old Liu Woxing had run away from her family’s car, gotten lost on Xiqing Mountain, and later given up on resisting the Liu Family out of fear.
• The assistant director told the guests they would hike up Xiqing Mountain at night to watch a meteor shower, and Qiu Chengye bragged about his hiking experience.
• Shen Yeqing asked Xie Mi whether she believed the rumors about meteor showers, and she said she was more interested in the night hike.
• Lai Bingxuan and Qiu Chengye bickered as the guests began climbing the mountain.
• Xie Mi asked Liu Woxing if she liked hiking, and Liu replied that she loved it.

Xie Mi and the others raced up Xiqing Mountain before setting up camp to watch a meteor shower. Xu Shuangrong tried to provoke Xiao Jingxi into scheming against Xie Mi, while Yu Jinche told Xie Mi that Lai Bingxuan had gone off feeling unwell and had not returned.

• Liu Woxing, Lai Bingxuan, and Qiu Chengye teased each other while betting on a race between Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing to the summit.
• The group climbed Xiqing Mountain for an hour and a half, reaching the summit at eleven thirty exhausted.
• Xu Shuangrong privately warned Xiao Jingxi that Xie Mi had no interest in him and that his reputation was ruined.
• Xu Shuangrong's taunts made Xiao Jingxi consider taking intimate photos with Xie Mi and spreading them online.
• Yu Jinche told Xie Mi that Lai Bingxuan had felt unwell and gone aside to vomit, but had not returned.

Yu Jinche lured Xie Mi away from camp as part of Xiao Jingxi’s scheme to ambush her, but Xie Mi saw through the setup and knocked Xiao Jingxi out. After dealing with both men, she returned to help Lai Bingxuan pitch her tent, while Xiao Jingxi and Yu Jinche later returned to camp in disarray.

• Yu Jinche gave Xie Mi a chocolate bar and then led her away from camp during a false snake scare.
• Yu Jinche brought Xie Mi to a slope, claiming Lai Bingxuan had fallen, but Xie Mi found only a phone playing Lai’s voice.
• Xiao Jingxi tried to pull Xie Mi toward him, but she punched him in the chin as someone photographed the encounter.
• Xie Mi noticed Yu Jinche had taken photos of her, then caught him and whipped him and Xiao Jingxi after they tried to flee.
• Xie Mi returned to camp, learned the snake scare was a mistake, and helped Lai Bingxuan pitch her tent.
• Xiao Jingxi and Yu Jinche returned to camp together, disheveled and exhausted, prompting the livestream viewers to speculate about their relationship.

After the meteor shower failed to appear, Xie Mi stayed outside with Shen Yeqing and overheard Xu Shuangrong planning to travel twelve years into the past to stop Liu Woxing from joining the show. Xie Mi was swept along to a park near Apricot Blossom Elementary School and began searching for the young Liu Woxing.

• Xiao Jingxi and Yu Jinche denied that anything had happened between them, but the other guests and livestream viewers doubted their explanation.
• The meteor shower never appeared, so Director Niu ended filming at one in the morning.
• Xie Mi found Shen Yeqing waiting for the meteor shower, and he said he wanted to help someone else make a wish come true.
• Xie Mi overheard Xu Shuangrong decide to travel twelve years back and create an accident that would keep Liu Woxing from joining the show.
• Xie Mi arrived at a park near Apricot Blossom Elementary School, disguised her face with her jacket, and searched the children for twelve-year-old Liu Woxing.

Xie Mi searched for Liu Woxing and found Shen Yeqing being bullied by four classmates, whom she drove away. Shen Yeqing recognized her as the older girl who had rescued him four years earlier, and Xie Mi asked him to help find Liu Woxing.

• Xie Mi failed to find Liu Woxing among the children in the park and frightened them away while asking about her.
• Xie Mi discovered four Apricot Blossom Elementary School students bullying Shen Yeqing and beat them until they ran off crying.
• Xie Mi realized the boy she had rescued was Little Shen Yeqing and asked whether he knew Liu Woxing.
• Shen Yeqing recognized Xie Mi as Sister Liu despite her covered face and offered to help find Liu Woxing.

Xie Mi reached Apricot Blossom Elementary School with young Shen Yeqing’s help, then learned Liu Woxing had already been taken to a family banquet. After Xu Shuangrong revealed that Liu Woxing would get lost on Xiqing Mountain later, Xie Mi headed there with young Shen Yeqing, who asked to watch the meteor shower with her.

• Xie Mi asked young Shen Yeqing to find Liu Woxing, and he located her school by asking a teacher.
• Xie Mi told young Shen Yeqing she believed the meteor shower rumor, making him believe the shower would happen.
• Xie Mi arrived at Noble Elementary School too late to catch Liu Woxing before the Liu Family car drove her to the family banquet.
• Xu Shuangrong told Xie Mi that Liu Woxing would get lost on Xiqing Mountain after the banquet and went there to wait for her.
• Young Shen Yeqing followed Xie Mi after tracking the sunflower seeds falling from her torn pocket, and she asked him to take her to Xiqing Mountain.
• Young Shen Yeqing asked Xie Mi if he could go with her to watch the meteor shower.

Xie Mi went to Xiqing Mountain to stop Xu Shuangrong from attacking Liu Woxing and found young Shen Yeqing had secretly followed her. Meanwhile, young Liu Woxing sat trapped in her family’s broken-down car, longing to see the stars as the chapter left her unable to go.

• Xie Mi refused to take young Shen Yeqing to Xiqing Mountain, then promised to make a wish for him in exchange for the money he lent her.
• Xie Mi reached Xiqing Mountain and overheard Xu Shuangrong planning to scar Liu Woxing so she could no longer appear in public or join the show.
• Xie Mi decided to wait at the mountain entrance to reach Liu Woxing before Xu Shuangrong could attack her.
• Xie Mi found young Shen Yeqing hiding in the bushes and told him to stay close to her.
• Young Liu Woxing sat in a broken-down car with Lu Ping and Liu Fu'an, wishing she could visit the mountains and watch the stars.

Xie Mi stopped little Liu Woxing from running away and helped her face the choice to grow up before confronting her family. As a meteor shower crossed the sky, little Liu Woxing found hope, while little Shen Yeqing wrote something that Xie Mi recognized.

• Little Liu Woxing escaped from the Liu Family's car, but Xie Mi caught her and struggled to bring her back before the car drove away.
• Xie Mi carried little Liu Woxing and little Shen Yeqing up Xiqing Mountain to avoid Xu Shuangrong, who was searching for Liu Woxing.
• Xie Mi pretended to be a police officer and told little Liu Woxing that she had rescued her from a human trafficker.
• Xie Mi urged little Liu Woxing to stay home, grow stronger, and speak up when her voice could reach her family.
• Little Liu Woxing and little Shen Yeqing watched a meteor shower, and little Shen Yeqing wrote something that Xie Mi recognized.

Xie Mi helped little Shen Yeqing and little Liu Woxing escape traffickers, watched a meteor shower with them, and vanished when she was pulled back to her own time. Back at the summit, she found herself leaning on Shen Yeqing’s shoulder as dandelion seeds drifted like snow.

• Little Shen Yeqing showed Xie Mi his wish to become a great hero like Sister Liu, and she encouraged him to pursue it.
• Xie Mi, little Shen Yeqing, and little Liu Woxing watched a meteor shower, and Shen Yeqing wished he could see Sister Liu again.
• When police arrived, Xie Mi ran off, telling the children to go home with the officers while she continued chasing the traffickers.
• Little Shen Yeqing called after Xie Mi to ask what she had wished for, and she shouted that she wanted to see snow before disappearing.
• Xie Mi returned to the summit of Xiqing Mountain and realized she was leaning on Shen Yeqing’s shoulder as dandelion seeds drifted around them.

Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing watched the meteor shower and silently wished to stay in their world together. Liu Woxing reflected on how Xie Mi had helped her fulfill a wish planted by a police officer twelve years earlier, while Xu Shuangrong wondered why her attempts to follow the original plot had failed; the next morning, Director Niu announced the guests’ sea voyage.

• Xie Mi thanked Shen Yeqing for recreating the snow she had wished to see as a child, and they watched a meteor shower while wishing to remain in their world.
• Liu Woxing remembered the police officer who had helped her as a child and realized Teacher Xie had helped her find the courage to pursue freedom.
• Liu Woxing joined Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing to watch the meteor shower, followed by Lai Bingxuan, Qiu Chengye, Yu Jinche, and Xiao Jingxi.
• Director Niu reopened the livestream and gathered the guests to watch the meteor shower as viewers shared wishes in the comments.
• Xu Shuangrong stayed in her tent, ignored Director Niu’s call, and tried to identify what had caused the plot to change during her two trips through time.
• The next morning, Director Niu and the Assistant Director woke the exhausted guests and announced their voyage at sea.

The guests boarded a lavish cruise ship for a seven-day romantic journey, touring its amenities and enjoying a generous lunch. The meal was secretly part of the production team’s experiment to identify which guest each person liked most using upgraded heart-rate wristbands and hidden observers.

• Director Niu announced that the guests would take a seven-day cruise while the villa underwent repairs, and the group boarded the luxury liner at Hai City Port.
• Xie Mi marveled at the ship’s size and joked with Shen Yeqing that the production team might be planning to skip town.
• Director Niu introduced the cruise itinerary, including stops at three islands, and told the guests to wear upgraded heart-rate wristbands.
• Xie Mi began eating the lavish lunch while the other guests questioned the production team’s sudden generosity, then persuaded them to eat as well.
• Director Niu watched as the guests ate, while hidden experts used the wristbands to track their heart rates and determine which fellow guest each person liked most.

The production team prepared a masquerade ball where each guest would invite the person they liked to a private conversation. Before the ball, Xie Mi raced Xu Shuangrong and realized Xu had challenged her to test whether she could hear her conversations with the system.

• The production team revealed that experts had recorded the guests' heart-rate fluctuations during dinner, then Director Niu announced the evening's masked ball and its private dates.
• Xie Mi went to the cruise ship's racetrack, where Xu Shuangrong challenged her to a go-kart race.
• During the race, Xie Mi heard Xu Shuangrong tell her system she planned to overtake Xie on the inside, but Xu crashed into the barrier instead.
• Xu Shuangrong later planned to swerve into Xie Mi to make herself look like the victim, but Xie passed her cleanly.
• Xie Mi won by a lap and a half and realized Xu Shuangrong had raced her to test whether Xie could hear her system conversations.

Xu Shuangrong tested whether Xie Mi could hear her conversations with the system, but Xie Mi gave nothing away, leaving Xu Shuangrong determined to test her further and investigate the system. Meanwhile, Diao Mao finished preparing Xie Mi for the masquerade party in a dark, mysterious look.

• Xu Shuangrong reviewed how Xie Mi had repeatedly thwarted her plans and considered whether Xie Mi or the system had been hiding the truth about time travel.
• Xu Shuangrong told the system she had challenged Xie Mi to a race to get closer to her and claimed she had asked it to stay quiet because she feared being distracted.
• The guests began preparing separately for the masquerade party, and Diao Mao brought Xie Mi several dark, gothic gowns selected from the production team's wardrobe.
• Diao Mao finished Xie Mi's makeup and styling, making her look so different that he believed the other guests would not recognize her.

The guests arrived at the masquerade ball in striking outfits, and Xie Mi made a dramatic entrance in a Gothic black gown. She maintained her elegant persona for the cameras while secretly eating a cherry in one bite to keep her lipstick intact.

• Liu Woxing, Lai Bingxuan, and Xu Shuangrong arrived at the ball in distinctive purple, red, and gold outfits.
• Viewers argued about Xu Shuangrong's reputation as she mingled with the other guests.
• The broadcast revealed Xie Mi standing by the table in a Gothic black gown, prompting excited reactions from viewers.
• Xie Mi turned away from the camera and swallowed a cherry in one bite without smudging her lipstick.

During the masked ball’s first-dance invitation, Shen Yeqing partnered with Xie Mi after knocking Xiao Jingxi to the floor. The lights revealed the other couples too, including Qiu Chengye and Lai Bingxuan, who both disliked their match.

• Xie Mi snuck food from the buffet while Director Niu urged the ball to begin its first dance.
• The lights went out, and Director Niu announced that guests holding hands when the lights returned would become dance partners.
• Xiao Jingxi grabbed Xie Mi’s wrist, but Shen Yeqing knocked him down and invited Xie Mi to dance; she accepted.
• The lights came on to reveal Shen Yeqing and Xie Mi paired above Xiao Jingxi, who lay sprawled on the floor.
• Yu Jinche paired with Xu Shuangrong, Qiu Chengye paired with Lai Bingxuan, and Xiao Jingxi paired with Liu Woxing as the first dance began.

Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing danced together on the deck, beginning with Xie Mi’s comically misguided lessons before Shen Yeqing guided her through a graceful waltz. Their flirtation left Shen Yeqing blushing and Xie Mi determined to keep looking him in the eye.

• Xie Mi confidently led Shen Yeqing through awkward ballroom steps, alarming the NPCs with their marching-like dance.
• Director Niu warned them to stop terrorizing the NPCs or lose their late-night snacks, so Xie Mi stopped.
• Shen Yeqing offered to show Xie Mi how to dance and guided her through graceful turns beneath the moonlight.
• Shen Yeqing complimented Xie Mi and told her she had fallen for him that night.
• Xie Mi stared at Shen Yeqing until he blushed, then leaned around to keep looking when he tried to avoid her gaze.

At the ball, Liu Woxing and Xie Mi thwarted Xiao Jingxi’s attempt to approach Xie Mi, turning the dance floor into a chaotic group dance. Xu Shuangrong stayed with Yu Jinche and believed she was gradually drawing him back to her side.

• Liu Woxing repeatedly stomped on Xiao Jingxi’s feet as he tried to maneuver toward Xie Mi.
• Shen Yeqing spun Xie Mi, whose high heels repeatedly struck Xiao Jingxi in the face.
• Xie Mi pulled Liu Woxing into a three-person dance with Shen Yeqing, and more guests soon joined the disorderly crowd.
• Director Niu sent the Assistant Director to call the dancers idiots, then hit him after he relayed the insult aloud.
• Xu Shuangrong declined to join the group dance, and Yu Jinche chose to stay with her.
• Xu Shuangrong privately resolved to reclaim the opportunities she believed Xie Mi had taken from her.

At the ball, Yu Jinche invited Xu Shuangrong to a private heart-to-heart and said she was the female guest he was most interested in. Xu Shuangrong discovered his card named Xie Mi and realized Yu Jinche might have been pretending to pursue her, leaving her wary of his motives.

• Yu Jinche invited Xu Shuangrong to the heart-to-heart room, surprising viewers by calling her the female guest he was most interested in.
• Director Niu explained that the cards named the guest each person was most interested in, based on heart-rate data, but Xu Shuangrong and Yu Jinche agreed not to turn theirs over.
• Xu Shuangrong accidentally flipped Yu Jinche's card and saw Xie Mi's name before placing it facedown again.
• Yu Jinche asked whether Xu Shuangrong had seen the card and said he had hoped she would.
• Xu Shuangrong realized Yu Jinche might have been acting interested in her while still favoring Xie Mi, and wondered what he was trying to do.

Xie Mi confronted Xiao Jingxi during their late-night talk, rejecting his attempt to revive their relationship and exposing how he had hidden their dating from view. Director Niu then reminded them that cards on the table revealed who each was most attracted to, leaving them to decide whether to look.

• Xiao Jingxi played old videos of his and Xie Mi’s relationship and told her he still wondered how they had ended up apart.
• Xie Mi mocked his sports-day performance and demanded that he return the gifts she had given him.
• Xie Mi pointed out that Xiao Jingxi had kept his face out of her videos so he could deny their relationship and questioned whether he cared more about her or his reputation.
• Xiao Jingxi insisted that his feelings for Xie Mi had been real, but she said hurting someone he loved only showed how awful he was.
• Director Niu reminded Xie Mi and Xiao Jingxi that cards on the coffee table named the people they were currently most attracted to, and that they could choose whether to reveal them.

Xie Mi rejected Xiao Jingxi’s hope of winning her back, while Shen Yeqing arrived to take her away and treated her with care. Director Niu revealed that Xie Mi’s heart rate barely changed around Xiao Jingxi, leaving him to accept that she no longer liked him.

• Xie Mi told Xiao Jingxi she was not interested in whom he liked now or in the future, and refused to look at his card.
• Shen Yeqing arrived as their time together ended, and Director Niu admitted he had delayed the announcement to keep filming.
• Xiao Jingxi tried to grab Xie Mi’s skirt, but Shen Yeqing stopped him, helped Xie Mi change into slippers, and walked away with her.
• Xiao Jingxi asked how the show determined their attractions, and Director Niu explained that heart-rate monitors tracked the contestants’ responses.
• Director Niu listed Xie Mi’s dismissive reactions to Xiao Jingxi and said her heart rate had stayed steady or even decreased around him.
• Xiao Jingxi staggered as he learned Xie Mi’s feelings toward him stirred her less than her feelings toward Qiu Chengye, and accepted that she no longer liked him.