Chapter Summaries

Xie Mi openly declared that she and Shen Yeqing were bonding, provoking Xiao Jingxi’s jealousy and driving his male lead awakening progress to 99%. Xu Shuangrong realized Xie Mi could hear the system notification but could not figure out what was keeping the progress from reaching 100%.

• Xie Mi gave Shen Yeqing a bouquet and flirted with him, while Xiao Jingxi watched with bloodshot eyes and his awakening progress reached 60%.
• Xu Shuangrong inferred that Xie Mi could hear the system notification and deliberately goaded Xiao Jingxi by suggesting he and Xie Mi had interrupted a romantic moment.
• Xie Mi calmly agreed that she and Shen Yeqing were bonding, raising Xiao Jingxi’s awakening progress to 90%.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing ran off arm in arm, while Xiao Jingxi’s assigned PD tripped him as he tried to chase them.
• Xiao Jingxi declared that Xie Mi could only love him, and his awakening progress climbed to 99%, leaving Xu Shuangrong puzzled by the stall.

Xu Shuangrong concluded that Xie Mi could hear her conversations with the system and might be connected to the altered trips into the past. During a rainstorm on the island, the group began playing truth or dare, and Xiao Jingxi drew a question about facing a rival for someone he liked.

• Xu Shuangrong told the system that Xie Mi could hear their conversations, and they discussed whether Xie Mi had been present during the trips into the past.
• Liu Woxing and Lai Bingxuan found a forest stream, and Qiu Chengye drank from it before a crew member warned him to boil the water.
• The group boiled the stream water, then took shelter together when a drizzle turned into a torrential downpour.
• Director Niu proposed truth or dare, offering mystery package draws as a reward for playing.
• Xie Mi spun the bottle, which flew off and struck Xiao Jingxi in the forehead, making him the first player.
• Xiao Jingxi chose truth and drew a question about what he would do if a rival appeared beside the person he liked.

Xiao Jingxi and Shen Yeqing clashed over Xie Mi, who rejected Xiao Jingxi’s claim and said his lingering attachment would make her sick. Later, Xu Shuangrong revealed that she had called the police on her father when she was twelve, prompting guests and viewers to wonder what had happened.

• Xiao Jingxi warned Shen Yeqing that his seven years of memories with Xie Mi could not be intruded upon, and Shen Yeqing replied that Xiao would have no place in her future.
• Xie Mi sided with Shen Yeqing, then told Xiao Jingxi that he should not cling to their memories because it would make her sick.
• Xiao Jingxi spun the bottle toward Xu Shuangrong, who chose truth and drew a question about the craziest thing she had ever done.
• Xu Shuangrong said that at twelve she had called the police on her father and had him arrested, shocking the guests.
• Netizens began investigating Xu Shuangrong’s childhood and found information about her stepfather and his five-year sentence.

After Xu Shuangrong’s abuse history became public, she confronted Xie Mi on the island and revealed that she knew Xie Mi was a transmigrator. Xie Mi challenged Xu Shuangrong’s account of her past, arguing that the original novel’s author had described her as ambitious and evil by choice, not shaped by tragedy.

• Online commenters discussed Xu Shuangrong’s childhood abuse and debated whether it explained or excused her later actions.
• The cast ended their game and went to bed early after a tiring day on the island.
• Unable to sleep and hungry, Xie Mi went to the beach at night to forage, where she encountered Xu Shuangrong.
• Xu Shuangrong told Xie Mi she knew she was a transmigrator and asked her to stop obstructing her ambition.
• Xie Mi said the novel’s author had intended Xu Shuangrong to be evil by choice, not because of a tragic childhood.

Xie Mi confronted Xu Shuangrong with her theory that Xu had fabricated abuse by her stepfather to escape their fishing village and advance her career. She left Xu accused of harming people who had never wronged her, even after learning how their stories would end.

• Xie Mi told Xu Shuangrong a story in which a clever girl framed her kind stepfather for abuse and used the resulting sympathy to leave her village and pursue fame.
• Xu dismissed the story as speculation and challenged Xie Mi to provide evidence that her stepfather had been innocent.
• Xie Mi argued that Xu’s stepfather never sought revenge or support after prison, suggesting he had been a good man who cut ties with her.
• Xie Mi explained that the original author had left clues and a Weibo post hinting at the truth, and said her own interactions with Xu had convinced her of Xu’s cruelty.
• Xie Mi accused Xu of exploiting Liu Woxing, Lai Bingxuan, and the original Xie Mi, and of knowingly forcing events back onto their predetermined paths after learning the novel’s plot.

Xie Mi confronted Xu Shuangrong about her manipulative schemes, while Xu declared that she would reclaim what she believed was hers. Xu then tried to provoke Xie Mi with her system, which revealed itself as Xie Mi’s fan before Xu and the system resumed their plotting.

• Xu Shuangrong dropped her disguise and accused Xie Mi of hiding that she could hear the system and travel into the past.
• Xie Mi argued that Xu had lost opportunities because she used Xiao Jingxi, Liu Woxing, and You Hongxuan for her own plans, then went off with a razor clam.
• Xu insisted that using people was a valid shortcut and declared that her life was only about herself.
• Xu claimed Xie Mi was a transmigrator without a system and invited her to meet Xu’s system, but the system nervously professed its admiration for Xie Mi.
• After Xu left, the system claimed its cowardly act had been a strategy to make Xie Mi lower her guard, and Xu told it that it did not need to pretend.

On the second day of the deserted-island show, the hungry guests searched for food while Xie Mi encouraged Qiu Chengye to confront Director Niu and stopped the group from eating bark or ants. Shen Yeqing then took Xie Mi to explore the island, while a panicked field PD's radio call ended with a claim that everything was normal.

• The guests woke exhausted and hungry after a stormy night, and Xu Shuangrong reported that the storm had ruined the fruit and driven away the animals.
• Qiu Chengye demanded food from Director Niu, then charged at him after Xie Mi encouraged him and was subdued by the cameramen.
• The group searched the forest for food without success, rejected Xie Mi's idea of eating bark, and rejected Yu Jinche's idea of eating ants.
• Back at camp, Shen Yeqing invited Xie Mi to explore the other side of the island, and she accepted while Liu Woxing stayed behind to make weapons.
• Director Niu heard a panicked, garbled radio call from PD Ma, followed by a commotion; PD Ma then said everything was normal.

Shen Yeqing and Xie Mi raided the Production Team's supplies while the Assistant Director helped them evade detection. When Director Niu caught on and cornered them, they escaped inside a tent with four legs and ran off, leaving the crew in pursuit.

• Shen Yeqing and Xie Mi stuffed the Production Team's pockets and supplies with food while the Assistant Director restrained PD Ma.
• Director Niu realized PD Ma had been prevented from warning him and rushed back to the base with the crew.
• Director Niu found the Assistant Director tickling PD Ma and learned that Shen Yeqing and Xie Mi were inside the tent.
• The crew surrounded the tent, but Xie Mi zipped it shut and the tent sprouted four legs and ran away.
• Director Niu ordered the crew to chase the fleeing tent as the Assistant Director cheered for it.

Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing fled in a tent with legs after stealing food, while the other guests fought the Production Team to help them escape. Amid the chaos, Xu Shuangrong struck Xiao Jingxi in the head with an iron pot, knocking him unconscious.

• A tent carrying Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing ran into the campsite, and Director Niu and the staff chased after it.
• The guests realized the tent held Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing and suspected they had stolen food from the Production Team.
• Qiu Chengye charged into the pursuers, while Lai Bingxuan tried to block them and Yu Jinche threw his tree bark soup at another group of staff.
• Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong joined the fight as the tent fled and the campsite descended into chaos.
• Xu Shuangrong hurled an iron pot at Xiao Jingxi, hitting him in the back of the head and knocking him unconscious.

After waking from his injury, Xiao Jingxi accused Xu Shuangrong of hitting him on purpose and revisited their past. Yu Jinche tried to convince Xiao Jingxi that he lived in a novel, but Xie Mi exposed the prank, and Xiao Jingxi’s awakening progress fell.

• Xie Mi’s funeral talk startled Xiao Jingxi awake in the cruise ship infirmary.
• Director Niu explained that the deserted-island segment had ended early after Xiao Jingxi was injured.
• Xu Shuangrong said she had accidentally dropped a pot on Xiao Jingxi, who accused her of doing it deliberately and argued with her about their past.
• Xu Shuangrong considered recreating scenes from the original story, and her system announced that Xiao Jingxi’s awakening progress had reached 80%.
• Yu Jinche told Xiao Jingxi that he was the protagonist of a novel and that Shen Yeqing had taken the woman meant for him.
• Xie Mi shouted “Run, Yu Jinche,” exposing Yu Jinche’s prank, and Xiao Jingxi realized the story was nonsense as his awakening progress dropped to 50%.

After the deserted-island challenge, the guests ate on the cruise ship and learned they were headed to Vacation Island in R Country. With free time before they arrived, Xie Mi organized an esports match, and Qiu Chengye began setting the teams.

• The hungry guests devoured the feast, and Xie Mi intimidated Qiu Chengye into giving up the braised pork and beef.
• Director Niu announced that the deserted-island challenge was complete and introduced Vacation Island as the group's next destination.
• The guests doubted Director Niu's promises of a relaxed, honest trip, but the cruise continued toward the island.
• Xie Mi organized a 5v5 Honor of Kings match, and Qiu Chengye proposed that the highest-ranked players captain the teams and pick players in turns.

The guests revealed their low Honor of Kings ranks, then formed teams for a match. Xie Mi’s plan to recruit Diao Mao was foiled when Qiu Chengye picked him first, and Diao Mao locked in Cai Wenji as Team A’s Jungler.

• The guests showed their ranks, with Xu Shuangrong highest at diamond I and Qiu Chengye at diamond III.
• Xie Mi blamed Diao Mao for her low rank after learning his attempt to hire a booster had cost her another fifty stars.
• Xu Shuangrong and Qiu Chengye captained teams, and Qiu Chengye snatched Diao Mao from Xie Mi’s side after spotting their secret signals.
• The teams chose a master-ranked photographer as a crew member and began the match’s hero selection.
• Diao Mao promised to give the match his all and picked Cai Wenji as Team A’s Jungler.

The guests finished an esports match that left Xie Mi furious at Yu Jinche and Qiu Chengye devastated by Diao Mao’s unusual Cai Wenji strategy. The cast then arrived at Vacation Island in R Country for Love Watch’s first overseas shoot, where Director Niu prepared to split them into groups for their vacation.

• Qiu Chengye accepted Diao Mao’s counter-jungling attack-speed Cai Wenji pick after deciding the expert must have a reason for the unusual strategy.
• Yu Jinche repeatedly disrupted Xie Mi’s game by charging into a tower, stealing her kill, and leaving a team fight to get her water, so Xie Mi shouted for him to run.
• Diao Mao’s Cai Wenji died repeatedly and wandered off to attack towers, and Team A lost when its crystal exploded.
• Qiu Chengye rejected Diao Mao’s offer to help him rank up and declared that he and Xie Mi would never coexist.
• The guests spent the night on the cruise ship, then arrived at Vacation Island in R Country the next afternoon for the show’s first overseas shoot.
• Director Niu announced that the guests would play a game to decide their vacation groups because their popularity could draw a crowd if they moved around together.

The cast played a chaotic number-scramble game to decide their pairings, and Shen Yeqing and Xu Shuangrong were teamed together. During their ride to the next filming location, Xu Shuangrong used a moment of physical contact to read Shen Yeqing’s thoughts, which began with surprise.

• Director Niu explained the number-scramble game and had the cast choose humorous R Country-inspired names.
• The cast shouted out their names during the game, and the final rankings determined four mixed-gender teams.
• Director Niu paired Xiao Jingxi with Lai Bingxuan, Shen Yeqing with Xu Shuangrong, Xie Mi with Qiu Chengye, and Liu Woxing with Yu Jinche.
• Xu Shuangrong wondered about Shen Yeqing’s mysterious identity and asked the system to read his mind.
• Xu Shuangrong pretended to fall against Shen Yeqing and touched his forearm, triggering his audible thought: “Huh?”

Xu Shuangrong wasted her last Mind Reading chance while trying to question Shen Yeqing, and the guests arrived at Red Leaf Park for a picnic challenge. The teams received spending money and were told to buy picnic supplies without speaking English.

• Xu Shuangrong tried to maintain physical contact with Shen Yeqing to hear his thoughts, but he dodged her and her Mind Reading chance expired.
• The guests reached Red Leaf Park and had to call the departing van back because Xie Mi and Qiu Chengye were still asleep inside.
• Director Niu announced a picnic, and the Assistant Director secretly gave Xie Mi extra money before Director Niu confiscated it.
• Director Niu gave each team funds and instructed them to buy a picnic blanket and basket while communicating without English.

Xie Mi used bizarre gestures to communicate with a young man and find the shop, then reunited with the other teams and began shopping for the picnic. After learning that picnic mats and baskets were eating up the teams’ budgets, she spotted something that gave her an idea.

• Xie Mi claimed she knew a few words of R-language, then used strange phrases and gestures to ask a young man for directions.
• The young man understood Xie Mi’s mime as a description of a picnic, and she found the shop with his help.
• Xie Mi and Qiu Chengye met the other teams, and Xie Mi praised Shen Yeqing for borrowing the Production Team’s drone to survey the park.
• Xie Mi dragged Qiu Chengye away when he tried to persuade Xiao Jingxi to swap partners, while Director Niu prevented Xiao Jingxi from switching.
• Liu Woxing told Xie Mi that buying a picnic mat and basket left his team with money for only milk and cookies, and Xie Mi spotted something on the shelves.

Xie Mi and Qiu Chengye spent their picnic money on scratch cards, but lost every time despite trying a string of superstitious methods. Shen Yeqing offered Xie Mi photos of himself as a new God of Wealth, leaving the viewers to suspect he wanted to be her source of good fortune.

• Xu Shuangrong explained that she and Shen Yeqing had saved money by buying secondhand picnic supplies, while Xie Mi revealed that she and Qiu Chengye had spent all their money on scratch cards.
• Xie Mi and Qiu Chengye scratched card after card without winning, and Xie Mi tried using her ID, facing her God of Wealth wallpaper, and scratching beside Lai Bingxuan for luck.
• Xie Mi hid the final scratch card in her pocket and lost again, while Qiu Chengye and Xie Mi reacted in despair.
• Shen Yeqing suggested Xie Mi worship a different God of Wealth and sent her three photos of himself, including one with her.

Xie Mi and Qiu Chengye lost their picnic supplies after spending their money on scratch cards, but Xie Mi improvised a construction-site-style picnic with plastic sheeting and a bucket. The chapter ended with Lin Xiao explaining the joke about Qiu Chengye and M Country’s economic problems in the eighties.

• Xie Mi saved Shen Yeqing’s photos and teased him into promising to let her take more, while Xiao Jingxi interrupted their flirting.
• Director Niu told Xie Mi and Qiu Chengye that they would have to serve the other groups because they had no picnic blanket or basket.
• Xie Mi threatened to broadcast Director Niu’s supposed bathroom troubles, prompting Director Niu and the Assistant Director to argue and nearly fight.
• Liu Woxing secretly photographed the argument and posted sensational captions from her work account.
• Xie Mi returned with plastic sheeting and a bucket, declaring that they could have an industrial-style picnic, and Liu Woxing and Lai Bingxuan supported her.
• Qiu Chengye mistook their support for affection, and Lin Xiao explained that the economic problem Xie Mi had referenced was stagflation.

Director Niu sent the four teams into a department store for a one-minute shopping challenge, and Xie Mi’s oversized bucket gave her team a major advantage. The teams made it back in time, but Director Niu discovered Xie Mi had swept up the cameras along with the goods.

• Director Niu announced that each team could keep whatever it packed into its picnic basket and brought back across the red line within one minute.
• Xie Mi and Qiu Chengye planned for one person to collect supplies while the other defended them, and the teams charged toward the shelves when the countdown began.
• Xie Mi swept goods into her bucket while Yu Jinche stole items from it, so Qiu Chengye knocked Yu Jinche away and charged at the other shoppers.
• Shen Yeqing tripped Qiu Chengye, and Xie Mi kicked a boy who tried to trip her before she spun past Shen Yeqing and Xiao Jingxi and crossed the red line safely.
• Director Niu ended the challenge after all four teams returned on time and asked why Xie Mi had taken the cameras from the shelves.

The guests enjoyed a lively picnic and spent the afternoon dancing and playing together before heading to their resort hotel. After Xiao Jingxi fell into the lake and Xu Shuangrong rescued him, Xie Mi suspected the incident was no accident, and Xiao Jingxi’s composed appearance at the hotel made her even more wary.

• Xie Mi shared her picnic food with Shen Yeqing, while she kicked Xiao Jingxi away when he tried to join them.
• The guests gathered to eat, dance, fly kites, and relax until the Production Team called them to leave for the hotel.
• Xie Mi noticed Xu Shuangrong and Xiao Jingxi were missing, then heard that Xiao Jingxi had fallen into the lake and Xu Shuangrong had rescued him.
• PD Ma told the guests Xiao Jingxi had twisted his ankle in the water and was being taken to the hotel in a separate minivan.
• At the hotel, Xie Mi encountered Xiao Jingxi looking freshly changed and composed, and she felt certain something was wrong.