Chapter Summaries

Xie Mi visited 666 Technology Industrial Park and discovered that Shen Yeqing was the company’s boss, who had built a private VR game for them to play together. The chapter ended when she recognized the three photos displayed beside a Holographic Game Pod as the ones Shen Yeqing had posted on his Moments feed.

• Xie Mi arrived at 666 Technology Industrial Park and received a bouquet of broccoli from a robot.
• Xie Mi toured the park and learned its robots did not normally greet visitors unless someone interacted with them.
• The park manager told Xie Mi that Shen Yeqing had personally designed an unreleased VR game based on real places and was its only player.
• The park manager sent Xie Mi into a workshop, where Shen Yeqing welcomed her as “six... Liu Liu.”
• Xie Mi noticed three photographs beside a Holographic Game Pod and recognized them from Shen Yeqing’s Moments feed.

Shen Yeqing brought Xie Mi into a recreated world built from the moments they had shared, showing her the memories he had preserved in his photos. The final scene revealed his wish for them to stay together and welcome autumn with Xiao You.

• Xie Mi entered the Holographic Game Pod with Shen Yeqing and found herself in a lifelike recreation of a familiar street.
• Shen Yeqing showed Xie Mi their first remembered breakfast together, when his eight-year-old self begged her not to leave.
• Xie Mi recognized herself in the park photo and wondered if she had frightened children while dressed as a robber, but Shen Yeqing said she had been his hero.
• Shen Yeqing recreated the dessert-shop scene where his sixteen-year-old self confessed to Xie Mi, and her other self agreed to stay with him.
• The recreated Shen Yeqing, Xie Mi, and Xiao You walked home together, making plans to go on an autumn outing that year.

Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing reflected on how he created technology to find her after she vanished from photographs, then spent the day together at 666. Shen Yeqing gave Xie Mi a portable holographic gaming pod so they could meet in their game world whenever they were apart.

• In a park, Shen Yeqing explained that he created his inventions to find Xie Mi even if she disappeared from the world, and she promised to wait for him wherever she was.
• Xie Mi woke from the gaming pod, joined Shen Yeqing for lunch, and viewers reacted online to learning he founded 666 and had made a VR game for her.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing enjoyed the lavish staff cafeteria buffet together, recalling an earlier meal they had shared after escaping a factory.
• Shen Yeqing showed Xie Mi new technology and unreleased games at his office, and she received several company gadgets as gifts.
• Shen Yeqing gave Xie Mi a portable holographic gaming pod so they could enter their game world and find each other whenever they could not meet.

Lai Bingxuan visited Qiu Chengye at his company and used recordings of Xie Mi’s voice to puncture his performative CEO act. Meanwhile, Liu Woxing watched Xiao Jingxi repeat a rooftop stunt and pointed out that the crew had been filming the same scene for hours.

• Lai Bingxuan arrived at a Qiu Group subsidiary and was escorted to Qiu Chengye’s office.
• Qiu Chengye staged an elaborate display of working before Lai Bingxuan played recordings of Xie Mi asking if he was showing off and calling him a dumbass.
• Lai Bingxuan sat on the sofa while Qiu Chengye pretended to work, typing gibberish and private complaints into a document.
• Liu Woxing arrived at Xiao Jingxi’s rooftop film set and watched him leap from the rooftop for another take.
• Liu Woxing remarked that the crew had been filming the same scene for two hours, prompting viewers to question Xiao Jingxi’s performance and motives.

The female guests visited the male guests’ workplaces, where Xu Shuangrong tried to manipulate Yu Jinche’s interest and the others had very different experiences. At the café, Lai Bingxuan complained about Qiu Chengye’s staged workplace, while Xie Mi summed up Shen Yeqing’s workplace as “pretty tasty.”

• Xiao Jingxi greeted Liu Woxing on set, and she socialized with the crew while gathering information.
• Xu Shuangrong joined Yu Jinche’s group and tried to make him curious about her by claiming Xie Mi had chosen to visit him.
• Xie Mi enjoyed Shen Yeqing’s technology park, Lai Bingxuan argued with Qiu Chengye, Liu Woxing watched Xiao Jingxi film, and Xu Shuangrong endured Yu Jinche’s bug-filled jungle trip.
• The four female guests met at a café, where Lai Bingxuan called Qiu Chengye a poser and complained that his workplace was staged.
• Xie Mi told Director Niu that Shen Yeqing’s workplace was “pretty tasty” because of its food and drinks.

Xie Mi visited Qiu Chengye at a dinner with his friends, where she mocked the men who insulted her and kept Qiu Chengye nervous with her leverage over him. After the dinner, Qiu Chengye secretly agreed to her offer of a specialist referral, and Xie Mi immediately used his reply to gain more leverage.

• Lai Bingxuan asked Xie Mi to insult Qiu Chengye on his behalf before the visits began.
• Xie Mi arrived at Qiu Chengye's dinner and answered two guests' mockery with a taunt about their ears slapping them like a pig's head.
• Xie Mi offered Qiu Chengye sea cucumber, prompting him to scold his friends and stop them from antagonizing her.
• Qiu Chengye's friends assumed his submissive behavior was an act for the show, while he privately resolved to find a specialist and get revenge on Xie Mi.
• Xie Mi messaged Qiu Chengye about a men's health specialist, and he replied that he wanted a referral.
• Xie Mi took a screenshot of Qiu Chengye's reply and announced that she had gained another piece of leverage.

Xie Mi used a screenshot and a scallion to intimidate Qiu Chengye, while the other pairs finished their workplace visits. Xu Shuangrong failed to get Shen Yeqing to talk and lost her chance to speak with him on the ride back when Qiu Chengye rushed into their car.

• Xie Mi showed Qiu Chengye a screenshot, then smacked him with a scallion on Lai Bingxuan's behalf.
• Lai Bingxuan confronted Xiao Jingxi about the cheating allegations during dinner with his film crew, and he denied them.
• Liu Woxing and Yu Jinche ate at the campus cafeteria, met Liu Woxing's fans, and tried school club activities together.
• Xu Shuangrong watched two science fiction films with Shen Yeqing, but he kept their conversation to a minimum.
• Qiu Chengye hurried into Shen Yeqing and Xu Shuangrong's car to avoid riding with Xie Mi, leaving Xu Shuangrong unable to talk to Shen Yeqing on the drive back.

Xu Shuangrong failed to speak privately with Shen Yeqing, while the show arranged promotional photo shoots for its three most popular pairings. Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing began planning their shoot, and Xie Mi proposed a bizarre concept involving a bodybuilder and an elderly man.

• Xu Shuangrong checked online chatter and decided she needed to talk properly with Xiao Jingxi after her feud with him hurt both their reputations.
• Director Niu announced that the three most popular pairings would shoot promotional photos, while Lai Bingxuan, Liu Woxing, and Yu Jinche would receive a secret assignment.
• Director Niu told Xie Mi that her two photo shoots would compete against the other pairings, with the group receiving the fewest votes punished at the roadshow.
• Shen Yeqing browsed romantic photo references, and Director Niu hinted that he and Xie Mi could choose any theme or styling.
• Xie Mi argued that a bizarre concept would attract votes and described a comedic story in which a bodybuilder's apparent pursuit of an elderly man led to an elder-abuse arrest and a community effort to help seniors.

Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing filmed an absurd promotional shoot before Qiu Chengye replaced him as Xie Mi’s partner. To avoid competing with another bizarre photo set, Xie Mi chose a monkey-themed concept, leaving Qiu Chengye dressed as a monkey beneath a tree.

• Xie Mi pitched an outlandish story for the promotional photos, and Shen Yeqing agreed to play an old man while she played a bodybuilder.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing filmed their bizarre scene, while Director Niu and the crew struggled to keep up with the spectacle.
• After the morning shoot, the Production Team took Shen Yeqing back to the villa and brought Qiu Chengye in as Xie Mi’s new partner.
• Xie Mi warned Qiu Chengye that the pair with the fewest votes would face a public punishment, prompting him to agree to do whatever it took to win.
• Xie Mi explained that they needed a different concept from the other pair’s bizarre photos and took Qiu Chengye to Monkey Mountain for an animal-themed shoot.
• Qiu Chengye realized Xie Mi had dressed him as a monkey and made him squat beneath a tree.

During a secret-agent photo shoot, Xu Shuangrong and Xiao Jingxi argued while System L proposed teaming up with Xu to defeat Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing. Back at the villa, the guests edited their photos, and Qiu Chengye recoiled from Xie Mi’s monkey-like edit of him.

• Xu Shuangrong warned Xiao Jingxi that he could not defeat Shen Yeqing and urged him to consider working with her, but Xiao accused her of using him and refused.
• System L offered to cooperate with Xu Shuangrong, explaining that Xiao Jingxi was her equal and that it would be her partner; Xu accepted until they defeated Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing.
• The guests returned to the villa after the shoot and began editing their photos.
• Xie Mi wrote a loving message for Shen Yeqing’s photo, and he added decorative text that gave it a CEO romance-novel feel.
• Xie Mi edited Qiu Chengye into a monkey-like pose, and Qiu panicked when he saw the result.

Liu Woxing, Yu Jinche, and Lai Bingxuan were tasked with organizing at least ten roadshow acts and finalizing the program that day. They chose to make a sequel to their previous play, and Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing agreed to join it.

• The PD assigned Liu Woxing, Yu Jinche, and Lai Bingxuan to organize and host the roadshow performances, with authority to choose acts for the other guests.
• Liu Woxing suggested they perform a creative act rather than rely on singing or dancing, and Lai Bingxuan proposed a sequel to their previous play.
• Lai Bingxuan contacted Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing, who agreed to participate, while she left the other three guests unasked.
• Lai Bingxuan confirmed that Xiao Jingxi would direct the sequel and that everyone would discuss the plot together.

Liu Woxing, Lai Bingxuan, and Xie Mi finalized the promotional event program and began the first rehearsal day, but Qiu Chengye discovered he had been assigned multiple acts without realizing it. A mistaken program briefly made him think he had to saw someone in half without magic props before Liu Woxing gave him the corrected version, which still left him performing another act.

• The performers gathered early for rehearsal, and Xie Mi explained that medicated oil in her eyes had kept her wide awake after a late night editing photos.
• Liu Woxing distributed the program, and Qiu Chengye learned that Lai Bingxuan had sent his notice through Weibo, where he had not seen it.
• Qiu Chengye and Xiao Jingxi protested being assigned to Dance of the four little swans, while Yu Jinche and Shen Yeqing had already agreed to perform.
• Qiu Chengye found himself listed with Lai Bingxuan for a disappearing-person magic act and panicked when the program appeared to say it had no magic props.
• Liu Woxing replaced the misprinted program with the correct version, which included magic props, but Qiu Chengye realized he still had to perform another act.

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.