Chapter Summaries

The eight contestants prepared to run a couples’ restaurant, aiming to earn 23,000 in one day while avoiding negative reviews. They assigned roles and settled on a menu that kept Yu Jinche out of the kitchen, leaving Xu Shuangrong and Liu Woxing as head chefs.

• Director Niu told the contestants they had to meet the restaurant’s revenue target, satisfy customers, and receive zero negative reviews, then assigned the available roles.
• Qiu Chengye suggested serving sashimi, while Liu Woxing and Xu Shuangrong proposed adding other foods and drinks to the menu.
• The group rejected Yu Jinche’s offer to cook hot food and steered him toward dining room service instead.
• Xu Shuangrong and Liu Woxing took charge of the kitchen, and the group chose sashimi, drinks, desserts, cold dressed dishes, omurice, and three home-style stir-fries for the menu.

Love Watch’s cast opened a struggling restaurant, only to discover that the production team had set them an unrealistic revenue target. After Xie Mi uncovered the restaurant’s true situation, she and Shen Yeqing prepared a plan to attract customers.

• Liu Woxing assigned Qiu Chengye to wash dishes, and Xie Mi’s blunt remarks helped enforce the decision.
• The cast divided up the restaurant duties, and Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing chose a creative way to promote the business.
• Love Watch’s restaurant opened, but no customers came in despite the busy weekend crowds.
• Xie Mi searched Little Green Book and learned that Love Restaurant was failing and had never earned the daily revenue the production team wanted.
• Lai Bingxuan realized the production team had tricked them again, and Xie Mi headed out with props as Shen Yeqing told the others to get ready.

Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing drew customers into the restaurant with a street performance, and Lai Bingxuan and Yu Jinche served the guests. Liu Woxing watched a customer enjoy her omurice and returned to cooking with newfound enthusiasm, while Xu Shuangrong reflected that Liu had changed irreversibly and that only twenty-six days remained until the original story ended.

• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing staged a convincing chest-boulder stunt with foam props, then used the performance to attract customers to the restaurant.
• Lai Bingxuan and Yu Jinche seated two couples and took their orders while Liu Woxing and Xu Shuangrong prepared the food.
• The first couple enjoyed their sashimi platter and salmon rice bowl, while the second couple ordered dishes that required cooking.
• Liu Woxing nervously watched a customer taste her omurice, then smiled when the customer said it was delicious.
• Xu Shuangrong recognized that Liu Woxing had changed irreversibly and noted that only twenty-six days remained until the original story ended.

Xiao Ling confronted A-Yan over his distant behavior the day after she accepted his confession. A-Yan admitted that, despite loving her for ten years, he began regretting the relationship after his excitement faded, leaving their future uncertain.

• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing helped the busy restaurant serve customers as it worked toward its revenue target.
• A young man named A-Yan waited at the restaurant for Xiao Ling, then ordered two servings of omurice with double ketchup.
• Xiao Ling noticed A-Yan was distracted and asked whether he had done anything to wrong her.
• Xiao Ling told A-Yan she believed his confession had been sincere, pointing out that he remembered her preferences.
• A-Yan admitted he had loved Xiao Ling for ten years but began regretting his confession in the small hours after she accepted it.

Xie Mi overheard a couple break up after the young man admitted he could no longer understand his feelings, then reflected on her own affection for Shen Yeqing. The restaurant team reached its revenue and review targets, and they were asked to choose an MVP for a Love Key.

• A young man told Xiao Ling that he still thought he liked her but no longer felt happy and could not understand his feelings.
• Xiao Ling broke up with him, telling him to figure out what he wanted before starting another relationship, and left in tears.
• Xie Mi checked that her affection for Shen Yeqing was still 82, then asked him about the couple; Shen Yeqing said he could not let go of someone he loved.
• The team counted 23,049 in revenue and confirmed they had completed the restaurant task with no negative reviews.
• Director Niu congratulated the team and announced that they had to choose the day's overall MVP, who would receive a Love Key.

Xie Mi won the MVP and earned a second Love Key, then told Shen Yeqing that the bracelet’s low affection score had only made her more certain she liked him. Director Niu later revealed the score was fabricated by the production team, though he believed it had helped the guests understand their feelings.

• Qiu Chengye tried to buy votes for MVP, but Lai Bingxuan, Shen Yeqing, and Liu Woxing voted for Xie Mi, giving her the win and twenty thousand.
• Xie Mi received a second Love Key, and Shen Yeqing kicked Xiao Jingxi away so he could sit beside her on the bus.
• Shen Yeqing noticed Xie Mi watching her heart rate bracelet and told her he always noticed her first.
• After filming ended, Xie Mi told Shen Yeqing the bracelet’s low affection score was inaccurate and had made her more certain that she liked him.
• PD Ma asked Director Niu about the affection scores, and Director Niu admitted the production team had guessed them but said the feature could help guests understand their hearts.

Love Watch’s second sports meet began with Director Niu announcing rewards and the rules for its first event, a paired barrel-pushing game. The guests learned they would compete both as teams and against their own partners, with heart-rate readings determining who won each medal.

• The guests arrived at a large grass playing field for Love Watch’s second sports meet, and Director Niu announced that medals could earn Love Keys and furniture purchases.
• Xie Mi said her new mattress had helped her sleep well, while Lai Bingxuan, Liu Woxing, and Qiu Chengye described how they had improved their rooms.
• Director Niu introduced the first event: pairs would push barrels with one person inside, aiming to land them in a marked circle across three rounds.
• Xiao Jingxi asked how paired guests would divide the medals, and Director Niu explained that the higher heart-rate reading would decide which teammate received the reward.

Director Niu’s deliberately arranged teams began a heart-rate game, and Xie Mi prepared to compete with Yu Jinche pushing her in a barrel. The first round started with Xie Mi’s barrel rolling steadily across the field, while she remained perfectly calm inside.

• Director Niu announced the randomly presented teams: Xie Mi and Yu Jinche, Xu Shuangrong and Shen Yeqing, Lai Bingxuan and Xiao Jingxi, and Liu Woxing and Qiu Chengye.
• The Production Team’s pairings were revealed to be deliberate, designed to create romantic drama and entertain viewers.
• Qiu Chengye pushed Liu Woxing’s barrel too forcefully, causing it to topple, and a staff member rejected his complaint about the barrel.
• Xie Mi returned from the restroom, climbed into her barrel, and punched Yu Jinche when he leaned in to tease her.
• Xie Mi messaged Shen Yeqing that there were no couples on the field but that they were online partners, deciding she would go easier on him.
• Yu Jinche pushed Xie Mi with all his strength, but her barrel rolled steadily across the grass as she sat calmly inside.

The guests competed in the second round of a barrel-pushing game while Xu Shuangrong tried to unsettle Shen Yeqing and Liu Woxing outplayed Qiu Chengye. The round continued as Lai Bingxuan prepared to push Xiao Jingxi.

• Xie Mi revealed the bricks she had used to make her barrel unusually heavy, while Yu Jinche slipped away before his next turn.
• Xu Shuangrong suggested Shen Yeqing had exposed himself to protect Xie Mi, but Shen stayed composed and sent Xu’s barrel swiftly into the circle, spiking her heart rate.
• Xu Shuangrong and Shen Yeqing were the only pair to score in the first round.
• Yu Jinche returned with his top bulging as the guests began the second round.
• Liu Woxing pushed Qiu Chengye’s barrel smoothly into the center of the circle, then shared her technique with Lai Bingxuan.
• Lai Bingxuan insulted Xiao Jingxi as she prepared to push his barrel.

Xie Mi launched Yu Jinche in his barrel, sending him crashing into Qiu Chengye and clearing the circle so Xu Shuangrong and Shen Yeqing’s team won gold. As the remaining teams prepared to compete for silver and bronze, Qiu Chengye insisted on pushing Liu Woxing in the final round.

• Lai Bingxuan shoved Xiao Jingxi toward the circle, but Qiu Chengye kicked him out before he could enter.
• Xie Mi saw through Yu Jinche’s plan to use cotton for padding and swung his barrel around forty-nine times before releasing him.
• Yu Jinche’s barrel struck Qiu Chengye, and both men tumbled far outside the circle.
• With the circle empty, Xu Shuangrong and Shen Yeqing’s team secured the win and earned two points.
• Director Niu changed the rules for the final round, awarding higher scores to teams closer to the center if they entered together.
• Liu Woxing suggested pushing for her team, but Qiu Chengye insisted that he would push her instead.

Xie Mi and Yu Jinche won silver in the barrel-pushing contest, while Shen Yeqing’s high heart rate during his celebration with Xie Mi helped Xu Shuangrong and him take gold. After the medals were awarded, the sports meet moved on to a 4 × 100-meter relay.

• Qiu Chengye exceeded the preparation time limit and was eliminated, costing Liu Woxing her chance to compete.
• Xie Mi startled Yu Jinche into setting off his heart-rate alarm, then pushed him into the circle.
• Lai Bingxuan pushed Xiao Jingxi into the circle after he watched Xie Mi celebrate with Shen Yeqing.
• Xu Shuangrong and Shen Yeqing won gold, Xie Mi and Yu Jinche won silver, and Lai Bingxuan and Xiao Jingxi won bronze.
• The heart-rate results showed Shen Yeqing had reached 109 while celebrating with Xie Mi, and the hosts announced the 4 × 100-meter relay as the next event.

The cast watched their morning interviews before learning that the relay teams had been assigned by the same random system as before, despite the show claiming they were balanced by ability. Team A began planning its lineup, and Qiu Chengye challenged Xie Mi to race for the first leg.

• Director Niu announced a four-person relay and said the medals would be decided after the team event.
• The cast watched interviews in which Liu Woxing, Yu Jinche, Xu Shuangrong, Lai Bingxuan, Shen Yeqing, Xiao Jingxi, Qiu Chengye, and Xie Mi answered questions.
• Lai Bingxuan realized the interviews had been recorded that morning, but Director Niu said they were only meant to help the audience get to know the cast.
• The system assigned Xie Mi, Yu Jinche, Qiu Chengye, and Liu Woxing to Team A, and Xu Shuangrong, Shen Yeqing, Xiao Jingxi, and Lai Bingxuan to Team B.
• Team A discussed its relay lineup, and Qiu Chengye claimed he should run first before Liu Woxing reminded him that Xie Mi had been faster.
• Qiu Chengye challenged Xie Mi to compete for the first leg.

Xie Mi’s team lost the relay race after Qiu Chengye broke the rules, but the losing team was spared the winners’ embarrassing-experience challenge. Xu Shuangrong began sharing her memory of being tricked by Xie Mi into eating tree bark, prompting Qiu Chengye to confront her.

• Xie Mi took the first leg and kept Team A ahead, then caught the baton after Yu Jinche deliberately fumbled the handoff and made him continue running.
• Yu Jinche tried to disrupt the next handoff, but Liu Woxing snatched the baton and passed it to Lai Bingxuan, who raced neck and neck with Team B’s runner.
• Xie Mi taunted Qiu Chengye before the final leg, provoking him to run on all fours and get his team disqualified.
• Qiu Chengye bragged that he had deliberately lost to avoid the challenge, while Xie Mi and Liu Woxing mocked him and Xie Mi kicked Yu Jinche down.
• Director Niu announced that the winning team had to share embarrassing experiences, and Lai Bingxuan forfeited before Xu Shuangrong described Xie Mi’s tree-bark prank.
• Qiu Chengye confronted Xu Shuangrong after she recalled feeling embarrassed and helpless when she ate the bark.

Shen Yeqing won the embarrassment event with a bizarre serenade, and the guests began an individual eight-person tug-of-war. As the ropes shifted, Yu Jinche offered to help Xie Mi win if she agreed to have dinner alone with him.

• Qiu Chengye challenged Xu Shuangrong over her comments about eating tree bark, and Xie Mi brought up Xiao Jingxi's accidental sheep-poop incident.
• Shen Yeqing serenaded Xie Mi, earning the highest embarrassment score and winning gold, while Xiao Jingxi took silver and Xu Shuangrong took bronze.
• The guests began an eight-person tug-of-war, each tied to a rope pulling in a different direction.
• Xie Mi noticed Yu Jinche was not pulling, and he offered to join her direction in exchange for a private dinner with her.

Xie Mi won the tug-of-war event by tearing up every finish line and dragging all seven contestants across the field, while Shen Yeqing and Xiao Jingxi took silver and bronze in the next round. Back at the villa, Xie Mi settled into her new aerial yoga sling and received an unsettling text from an unknown number asking if she wanted to go home.

• Xie Mi ripped up all seven finish lines, then hauled the other contestants over by brute force to win the gold medal.
• Shen Yeqing won silver and Xiao Jingxi won bronze after contestants repeatedly switched sides in the second round, leaving Qiu Chengye dragged back and forth.
• Director Niu announced the contestants’ medals and prizes, and Qiu Chengye, Liu Woxing, Yu Jinche, and Lai Bingxuan received cushions printed with their own distorted faces.
• Liu Woxing supervised Yu Jinche as he prepared lunch, and Xie Mi received a quilt, a beanbag chair, and an aerial yoga sling.
• Xie Mi relaxed in her new sling and received a text from an unknown number asking, “Do you want to go home?”

Xu Shuangrong tested whether Xie Mi wanted to return to her original world, while Xie Mi learned that Love Keys could force participants to accept dates and set out to earn more. Xie Mi prepared to frighten Yu Jinche for a mission, but Xu Shuangrong interrupted her outside his room.

• Xu Shuangrong texted Xie Mi asking if she wanted to go home, and Xie Mi replied that she was not buying a house.
• Xu Shuangrong learned her mission had failed and concluded that Xie Mi did not seem to want to return to her original world.
• Xie Mi asked Little Ox about Love Keys and learned that they could be used to invite someone on a date that the person could not refuse.
• Xie Mi chose Yu Jinche for a heart-rate mission, predicted a rate of 130, and went to his room with a mask to frighten him.
• Xu Shuangrong stopped Xie Mi before she could knock and asked why she had come to see Yu Jinche.

Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing both tried to predict Yu Jinche’s heart rate for missions, but their predictions failed after they frightened him. Xu Shuangrong realized the livestream audience was seeing through her attempts to turn them against Xie Mi, while Qiu Chengye kept asking Liu Woxing about his missing jacket.

• Xu Shuangrong accused Xie Mi of targeting Yu Jinche, but Xie Mi scared Xu Shuangrong with help from Shen Yeqing, and Yu Jinche opened his door and was frightened too.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing compared their failed missions and revealed they had predicted Yu Jinche’s heart rate would reach a certain level; Shen Yeqing’s prediction had been 200.
• Xu Shuangrong checked the livestream comments and saw that most viewers criticized her for stirring up conflict and recognized her attempts to act innocent.
• Qiu Chengye asked Liu Woxing again whether she had seen his jacket, then posed in a sleeveless designer top as she stared at his muscles.

Qiu Chengye failed his heart-rate mission with Liu Woxing, and the cast began the Love Triangle segment with a detailed relationship chart. Director Niu explained that Love Keys could force a date, while each guest also received one chance to join another pair as a Love Security Guard.

• Qiu Chengye tried to raise Liu Woxing's heart rate, but the Production Team told him his mission had failed because she seemed to be having a heart attack.
• The guests' private missions were revealed to involve raising heart rates, with Love Keys as rewards, though most people failed.
• The cast gathered around a relationship chart that mapped their romantic connections, rivalries, friendships, and other ties.
• Director Niu explained that guests could spend a Love Key to require anyone to go on a date lasting at least two hours.
• Director Niu announced that each guest also received one use of the Love Security Guard skill to join another pair's date.

After Director Niu announced a rule allowing contestants to become “love security guards,” Xie Mi ignored her concerns about Xiao Jingxi’s key and joined Shen Yeqing for a VR game. She accidentally punched Xiao Jingxi when he approached her, then asked him to pay her medical expenses despite his insistence that he was fine.

• Director Niu announced that contestants could volunteer as “love security guards,” and Xie Mi recalled that Xiao Jingxi had one key.
• Shen Yeqing invited Xie Mi to play the third installment of “Ultraman Fights the Little Monsters,” and she eagerly joined him.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing attacked the game’s mysterious man in black with moves Xie Mi had taught them.
• Xiao Jingxi entered the room and approached Xie Mi, who mistook him for the game’s target and punched him repeatedly.
• Xie Mi removed her VR headset, saw Xiao Jingxi recovering nearby, and asked him to pay her medical expenses.

Xiao Jingxi invited Xie Mi on a date, and the show's rules forced her to go despite her resistance. He took her to a strawberry farm he had booked for them, while security followed to ensure she could not escape.

• Xie Mi claimed she was the victim after punching Xiao Jingxi, and Shen Yeqing mocked him while presenting himself as responsible.
• Xiao Jingxi invited Xie Mi on a date, and Little Ox sent men in black to escort her into his car when she hesitated.
• Xiao Jingxi reminisced about wanting a roomier car for road trips with Xie Mi, but she ignored his overture and mocked his finances and business troubles.
• Xiao Jingxi drove Xie Mi to a strawberry farm, saying he had booked the whole place because she liked strawberries.
• Xie Mi noticed the security guards watching them and resigned herself to getting out of the car under surveillance.