Chapter Summaries

Group A defeated Group B in a chaotic game, then began mixing a punishment drink for their opponents. After Qiu Chengye, Xie Mi, and Lai Bingxuan added increasingly revolting ingredients, Yu Jinche took the final turn.

• Lai Bingxuan followed Xie Mi’s instructions and struck Xu Shuangrong repeatedly from behind, securing Group A’s victory.
• The host announced Group A’s win and introduced a relay drink as Group B’s punishment.
• Qiu Chengye cracked two raw eggs into the cup before handing it over.
• Xie Mi mixed in several ingredients, tasted the concoction, and collapsed until the host revived her.
• Lai Bingxuan added fermented herring brine, natto, fish mint, and Laoshan Snake Grass Soda, leaving the audience retching.
• Yu Jinche prepared to add the final ingredients, with the result depending on what was available on the table.

Yu Jinche’s wasabi-laced dark cuisine left Team B reeling before the live audience interaction began. Qiu Chengye was mocked by fans, and one fan told Liu Woxing not to get together with him, prompting the crowd to criticize his behavior toward women.

• Yu Jinche mixed four tubes of wasabi into his dark cuisine and served small samples to Team B, whose members struggled with the heat.
• Shen Yeqing and Liu Woxing said the dish was not as bad as expected, attributing their tolerance to the villa’s dark cuisine.
• The host began the audience question segment, and a fan asked Qiu Chengye to call them Dad, making him protest and demand security.
• A fan praised Liu Woxing and urged her not to get together with Qiu Chengye, who demanded to know what was wrong with him.
• Other audience members called Qiu Chengye sleazy and chauvinistic and said Liu Woxing deserved better.

At the fan event, Shen Yeqing hinted that he would confess to Xie Mi without the show's rules, while Xie Mi tried to stop him from revealing their secret relationship. Xie Mi then explained how she endured online abuse, leaving the audience cheering for her.

• Qiu Chengye got angry at the audience's criticism, but Liu Woxing stopped him and guided the event onward.
• A fan asked Shen Yeqing when he would confess to Xie Mi, and Xie Mi anxiously tried to hint that he should keep quiet.
• Shen Yeqing said he would confess immediately if the show allowed it, delighting the audience and shippers.
• A former hater asked Xie Mi how she had endured the online abuse she faced over the Xiao Rong CP incident.
• Xie Mi joked about turning groups of critics into pop groups, said she kept doing her own thing and clapped back, and drew cheers from the crowd.

At Love Watch’s live Q&A, Xiao Jingxi tried to explain and apologize for promoting his pairing with Xu Shuangrong, but the audience and broadcast director undercut his attempt to gain sympathy. The event moved on to the couple photo showcase, ending as the guests’ DIY shoots began with Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong’s set.

• A fan asked Xiao Jingxi whether he regretted losing Xie Mi by promoting his pairing with Xu Shuangrong, and he blamed the publicity campaign while admitting personal motives and expressing regret.
• The broadcast director repeatedly cut from Xiao Jingxi’s tearful apologies to Xie Mi’s disgusted reactions, drawing laughter from the audience.
• The fan challenged Xiao Jingxi’s sincerity by pointing out that he had continued promoting his pairing with Xu Shuangrong after Xie Mi was stabbed.
• The host presented the guests’ official couple photos, including Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing’s seaside shoot.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing held Qiu Chengye onstage as the guests’ DIY photo shoots began with Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong’s secret-agent set.

The guests’ DIY couple portraits were revealed, and Xie Mi and Qiu Chengye’s absurd monkey-costume shoot won first place. The winning photos were set to appear on a mall billboard for a week, while Qiu Chengye remained furious that last place’s punishment seemed far milder.

• Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong presented a polished photo set that impressed the audience.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing’s DIY set appeared as a tacky elderly-care public service slideshow, leaving the audience and host stunned.
• Qiu Chengye broke free as the final set appeared, showing him and Xie Mi dressed as monkeys in an evolutionary throwback shoot, then fainted after seeing it enlarged on the screen.
• The audience voted the Cheng-Mi pairing into first place with 250 votes, earning their photos a week on a mall billboard; the elderly-care set placed second and the secret-agent set came last.
• Qiu Chengye protested that posing for three heart-gesture photos was a lesser punishment than having his winning photos displayed, while the Production Team distributed all the portraits as blind-box photocards.

At the Love Watch roadshow, the eight guests performed a string of increasingly outrageous acts, starting with a martial arts routine as the Eighteen Bronze Men. The host introduced their final, most elaborate performance, a side story titled “Crown Prince, You're Too Young for Me to Touch You.”

• The host introduced the guests’ rehearsed performances, and the crew set up a large prop tree for the opening act.
• Liu Woxing, Lai Bingxuan, Xie Mi, Shen Yeqing, Xu Shuangrong, Qiu Chengye, Yu Jinche, and Xiao Jingxi appeared as the Eighteen Bronze Men and performed martial arts routines and stunts.
• The guests followed with a series of comic acts, including Four Little Swans and Lai Bingxuan’s magic trick, which Qiu Chengye accidentally exposed before Xie Mi improvised a rescue.
• The guests performed more chaotic acts, including a runway show, masked singing, and a roast of the Production Team, entertaining the audience.
• The host announced the final performance, a side story called “Crown Prince, You're Too Young for Me to Touch You.”

The Crown Prince and Female Hero entered a zombie apocalypse, where the Female Hero was shot by the Legitimate Young Lady after being bitten. As the Crown Prince’s parents fought over him and several other characters made brief, absurd appearances, the Crown Prince teetered on the verge of turning evil.

• The host narrated that a mysterious musical force had transported the Crown Prince and Female Hero into a zombie-infested world.
• The Female Hero collapsed after a zombie bite, and the Crown Prince mourned her as she urged him to keep going.
• The Legitimate Young Lady shot the Female Hero, prompting the Crown Prince to rage at her and fight over the corpse.
• The Emperor and Empress arrived and argued over which parent the Crown Prince should go with, aiming a machine gun and cannon at him.
• The Maid fainted at the sight of the Female Hero, and Vampire Dracula Shen carried her offstage.
• The Scholar Attendant rode past on a zombie-donkey cart while searching for his childhood sweetheart, then left the stage.

Xiao Jingxi stole the spotlight during the guests’ chaotic play, which ended with the Crown Prince and Female Hero’s absurd near-kiss. After the successful roadshow, Director Niu announced a vacation as the second phase wrapped up, and the guests celebrated at dinner.

• Xiao Jingxi went off-script, shouted that he was Mother Earth's son, and was shot by Lai Bingxuan and Qiu Chengye.
• The zombified Crown Prince tried to kiss the Female Hero, who stopped him and declared he was too young; the host ended the play.
• Xiao Jingxi’s outburst and the play’s finale dominated the Hot Search after the guests’ performance.
• Director Niu praised the roadshow’s success and announced the guests would leave for a vacation the next morning as the second phase ended.
• At the celebration dinner, the drunk Assistant Director told Xie Mi he was her loyal fan, and Shen Yeqing teased him before he shouted that Xie Mi shone on her own.

After the celebration banquet turned into a brawl and made Love Watch a hot-search sensation, Xie Mi received an invitation from Shen Yeqing for a secret date. On her way out, she overheard Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong discussing a plan involving Shen Yeqing, prompting her to change her preparations before meeting him.

• Director Niu and the assistant director got drunk and fought at the banquet while Xie Mi ate and watched.
• The assistant director's shoes became the focus of viral hot-search posts, and viewers praised Love Watch as an unhinged reality show.
• Shen Yeqing invited Xie Mi on a secret date, and she disguised herself and set out with a bundle of snacks.
• Xie Mi followed Xiao Jingxi and saw him enter Xu Shuangrong's room, where she overheard System L tell him to make contact with Shen Yeqing and stay in contact longer.
• Xie Mi guessed that System L had a special ability, returned to her room to change the contents of her bundle, and then headed to meet Shen Yeqing.

Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing met secretly for noodles, settled on phone-number-based couple nicknames, and parted after she gave him a prepared bundle. The next morning, the production team announced a friendship-themed trip for the eight guests, setting a new stage for the dating show.

• Xie Mi met Shen Yeqing in the hotel restaurant, where they reminisced over noodles and she told him not to call her Liu Liu.
• Xie Mi proposed using the last four digits of their phone numbers as private couple nicknames, and she and Shen Yeqing agreed to call each other 0606 and 0521.
• Xie Mi gave Shen Yeqing a thick bundle and instructions before they parted for the night.
• The production team surprised the guests early the next morning, and the field producer visited Xie Mi after she washed up.
• The producer announced that the eight guests would go on a friendship-themed trip through the end of the second filming stage.

Xie Mi and the other guests prepared for a self-guided road trip, with the Production Team providing only travel funds and letting them choose their destinations and activities. As they discussed who would draw the first destination card, Qiu Chengye cautiously asked Xie Mi what she had written.

• A PD asked Xie Mi to name a desired travel destination or activity and choose three items to pack, and she eagerly prepared to leave.
• Lai Bingxuan, Liu Woxing, and Xie Mi joked about the trip and worried that Xie Mi might be allowed to drive.
• Director Niu announced that the eight guests would split between two SUVs and manage the road trip themselves using destinations and activities drawn from their wish cards.
• As the guests discussed who should draw the first card, Qiu Chengye asked Xie Mi what she had written.

The group prepared for Xie Mi’s shark-watching wish and discovered it meant shark cage diving, while Liu Woxing’s wish was skydiving. They set off in two cars for the destination, with Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong quietly coordinating a plan in Shen Yeqing’s car.

• Qiu Chengye drew Xie Mi’s wish and learned that watching sharks meant shark cage diving, which the Production Team confirmed was available.
• Liu Woxing revealed that she had written down skydiving, alarming Qiu Chengye even more.
• Xu Shuangrong organized the long drive, and the group chose Shen Yeqing, Xiao Jingxi, Qiu Chengye, and Liu Woxing as drivers while letting Xie Mi rest.
• Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong followed Shen Yeqing into the lead car, while Qiu Chengye grew flustered when Yu Jinche took the passenger seat beside him.
• As Shen Yeqing drove the lead car, Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong exchanged a signal that they were ready to act.

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.

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.