Chapter Summaries

Xie Mi and Sangzan disguised themselves as elderly people to evade the hunters, then separated as the final stage grew more dangerous. At a haunted house, Xie Mi ran into Xiao Jingxi and Yu Jinche, and someone interrupted Yu Jinche as he tried to win her over.

• After Li Yingwu's reputation collapsed, the Xie Bros helped Peng Lingdang's fans fend off his fans' cyberbullying.
• The final mission added twenty hunters, bringing the total to twenty-five, and Xie Mi and Sangzan disguised themselves as an old woman and an old man to search for weapons.
• Xu Shuangrong exposed Xie Mi and Sangzan's disguises while warning them about a hunter, so they fled with a series of acrobatic moves and became separated.
• Xie Mi entered the haunted house, fled when she encountered Xiao Jingxi, and reached a dilapidated laboratory where she found Yu Jinche.
• Yu Jinche caught Xie Mi's hand and asked why she would not give him a chance, but an unidentified man said she disliked fake sweethearts serving up green tea.

Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing became the last contestants still evading the hunters, racing hand in hand through the amusement park as the eliminated guests cheered. When the final countdown began, Xu Shuangrong recognized the scene as strangely familiar, and Xie Mi’s female lead awakening progress reached 20%.

• Shen Yeqing pushed Yu Jinche into a hunter, getting him eliminated while he and Xie Mi escaped.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing hid together in the bushes, where she asked why his heart was pounding, but Xu Shuangrong exposed their hiding place as she was caught.
• With five minutes remaining, Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing charged out and led all twenty-five hunters on a chase through the amusement park.
• The pair reached the central plaza as the eliminated guests cheered and joined the final countdown.
• Xu Shuangrong arrived at the Intermission Room, found the scene familiar, and Xie Mi’s female lead awakening progress rose to 20%.

Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing won the amusement-park chase, and Xie Mi chose to double the eliminated guests’ punishment before offering a different set of rides. The guests accepted her compromise, and she joined them so she could ride every attraction without waiting in line.

• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing survived the countdown and won the game, drawing attention from the guests and viewers.
• The director offered Xie Mi the choice to cancel or double the eliminated guests’ punishment, and Shen Yeqing left the decision to her.
• Xie Mi recognized that the victory scene resembled the original novel’s scene and heard a system announce that Xu Shuangrong’s female-lead awakening progress had reached 20%.
• Xie Mi chose to double everyone’s punishment, shocking the director and guests.
• Xie Mi proposed that everyone ride every amusement-park attraction once instead of taking twenty Giant Pendulum rides, and volunteered to join them.
• The guests accepted Xie Mi’s alternative, allowing her to ride every attraction without queuing.

After the amusement-park episode made Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing’s pairing wildly popular, the Love Watch production team set up a breakfast-matching challenge for the male guests. The women began eating breakfast, but Xie Mi received three servings, leaving the men’s intentions unclear.

• After the celebrities returned to the villa, the production team announced that the male guests would secretly make breakfast for a woman they liked, and anyone unmatched would work at a pig farm.
• Shen Yeqing asked what would happen if one woman received several breakfasts, so Director Niu ruled that her first bite would decide the match.
• Liu Woxing received an extravagant breakfast from Qiu Chengye and began eating it before the other women noticed the unusual arrangement.
• Xie Mi came downstairs in her pajamas, and the producer brought her three breakfasts while Xu Shuangrong, Lai Bingxuan, and Liu Woxing watched in confusion.
• Qiu Chengye bragged that Liu Woxing had chosen his breakfast, but Shen Yeqing pointed out that she had only been given one option.

Xie Mi surprised the control room by choosing Shen Yeqing’s traditional breakfast over the meals prepared by Xiao Jingxi and Yu Jinche, then realized Shen Yeqing might be behind another strange coincidence. As their daylong date began, she chose Bustling Food Alley over a luxury yacht.

• Xie Mi chose Shen Yeqing’s soy milk, fried dough sticks, and seaweed wontons, praising the broth and enjoying the meal.
• Xie Mi later ate Yu Jinche’s snail rice noodles too, while the other guests learned why the production team had prepared breakfast.
• Xie Mi connected the breakfast to Shen Yeqing and wondered whether he was hiding a secret.
• Shen Yeqing and Xie Mi boarded a limousine for their date, and Xie Mi selected Bustling Food Alley over the luxury yacht.

Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing explored a busy alley together, pretending to be a couple to avoid attracting attention. When Shen chose an elementary school cafeteria for lunch, Xie Mi mistook his plan for a robbery, and the chapter ended with them eating at tiny tables while she laughed at his giant-like appearance.

• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing wore facekinis as disguises, frightening passersby until the PD made them change back into hats and sunglasses.
• Xie Mi tried to hide from onlookers, so Shen Yeqing took her hand and suggested they pose as an ordinary couple.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing sampled food, browsed shops, painted plaster figurines, and took photo booth pictures in the alley.
• Shen Yeqing led Xie Mi to Apricot Blossom Elementary School, where she mistakenly thought they planned to rob the students before he explained they were going to the cafeteria.
• Shen Yeqing fetched lunch and sat at a tiny cafeteria table, and Xie Mi burst out laughing at how enormous he looked there.

At an elementary school, Xie Mi dug up a time capsule whose handwriting raised questions about her past and Shen Yeqing’s mystery. Later, she and Shen Yeqing disastrously baked a cake, which Qiu Chengye tasted at the palace-themed café.

• Xie Mi suspected Shen Yeqing had brought her to visit his son, but he teased her about her wild imagination before joining children in a game of marbles.
• A little girl asked Xie Mi to dig up a buried treasure, and Xie Mi uncovered a time capsule containing a note about becoming a hero and handwriting that resembled her own.
• Xie Mi reburied the time capsule and reflected that the strange coincidences around her and Shen Yeqing made her transmigration seem less ordinary.
• Xie Mi chose the baking studio with Shen Yeqing, and their cake-making attempts caused an oven to explode, cream to splatter, and a mixer to hit the instructor.
• Qiu Chengye tasted the cake Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing had made and immediately reacted as though it had burned his throat.

The guests shared a chaotic farmhouse dinner before starting a livestream version of the King's Game, with viewers choosing commands for them. Xiao Jingxi drew number four and agreed to carry number six, Yu Jinche, bridal-style and do ten squats.

• The punishment group chased a runaway pig through the courtyard while the other guests arrived for dinner.
• The eight guests ate a pork feast, but Qiu Chengye insulted the punishment group by pointing out their smell, prompting Lai Bingxuan to hit him and start a brawl.
• The production team introduced drinking games and explained that viewers would choose King's Game commands, which guests could refuse by finishing a drink.
• Xie Mi hoped to get Shen Yeqing drunk so she could learn something from him.
• Xiao Jingxi drew number four, Yu Jinche drew number six, and Xiao Jingxi agreed to carry him bridal-style and do ten squats.

During a game of challenges, Xie Mi’s antics awakened Xu Shuangrong further and sparked several flirtatious pairings. The chapter ended with Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing preparing to apply lip balm to each other as the livestream eagerly watched.

• Xiao Jingxi accidentally exposed his chest while carrying Yu Jinche, and Xu Shuangrong’s female lead awakening progress rose to 25%.
• Xie Mi teased Shen Yeqing about training his chest, and he said he wanted to do it because she liked big chests.
• Xie Mi was paired with Xiao Jingxi for a couple challenge and slapped him while pretending to catch him cheating with Yu Jinche.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing were paired to apply lip balm to each other, and Shen Yeqing told her he had been waiting a long time.

Xie Mi tried to uncover why Shen Yeqing seemed familiar, but he stayed guarded until he got drunk and told her she had not changed at all. As they watched the stars together, Xiao Jingxi interrupted and dragged her away.

• Xie Mi drew a giant turtle on Shen Yeqing's face with lip balm, and he carefully outlined her lips in return.
• Xie Mi asked Shen Yeqing whether they had met before, but he dismissed the question as an old-fashioned pickup line.
• Xie Mi forced liquor on Shen Yeqing and then Xiao Jingxi while acting out a peach-garden oath of brotherhood.
• After the guests and crew left the farmhouse courtyard, Xie Mi lay in the field and wondered about Shen Yeqing and Xu Shuangrong's strange system voice.
• Shen Yeqing joined Xie Mi beneath the stars and told her she was exactly the same as before, then pulled her into his embrace.
• Xiao Jingxi stormed over, dragged Xie Mi out of Shen Yeqing's arms, and accused them of dating.

Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing frightened Xiao Jingxi off while joking about killing him, then Xie Mi noticed Xu Shuangrong’s awakening progress had reached 50%. The guests began a team game at the ranch to determine how they would return to the villa, and the first round descended into chaos.

• Xiao Jingxi tried to drag Xie Mi away, but she and Shen Yeqing mocked him until he backed off in fear.
• Xie Mi heard that Xu Shuangrong’s female lead awakening progress had reached 50% and spotted her disappearing behind a house.
• Director Niu announced that the guests would play games to decide their return transportation, with the losing team facing a twenty-kilometer bike ride.
• The teams formed according to their CP supertopic rankings and prepared to play a piggyback hat-stealing game.
• Qiu Chengye charged at Lai Bingxuan’s team, but she dodged Liu Woxing’s grab and slapped Qiu Chengye.

During a couples’ game, Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing eliminated their rivals with a chaotic combination of tricks, but Xie Mi accidentally lost her hat and got her own team eliminated. The next game began with Yu Jinche and Lai Bingxuan as blindfolded seekers, while Qiu Chengye tried to expose Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing’s hiding place by throwing stones.

• Qiu Chengye charged into Lai Bingxuan and Yu Jinche, eliminating the Ice-Yu Group, then teamed up with Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong to target Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing.
• Shen Yeqing swept Xiao Jingxi off his feet while Xie Mi grabbed Qiu Chengye’s belt, causing his pants to fall; she then whipped Xiao Jingxi’s chest with the belt, and Xu Shuangrong clung to his neck.
• Xie Mi accidentally flung off her own hat and got the Xie Yeqing Kills the Donkey Group eliminated; Qiu Chengye then sent Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong flying to win the round.
• Director Niu announced blindfolded couples’ tag as the next game, and Yu Jinche and Lai Bingxuan drew the seeker role.
• As Yu Jinche and Lai Bingxuan searched, Qiu Chengye threw stones toward Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing, who escaped the seekers by moving away together.

Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing fought to survive the second round of the game, but Yu Jinche used a bag of flour to blind the other teams and secure victory. The Xie Yeqing Kills the Donkey Group finished last, leaving them with three points while the other groups had five.

• Qiu Chengye used pebbles to help Yu Jinche and Lai Bingxuan track Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing, but Shen Yeqing carried Xie Mi out of Yu Jinche's reach.
• Xie Mi found Qiu Chengye and Liu Woxing hiding in a garbage bag, and Qiu Chengye's shout led to the Star-Cheng Group's elimination.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing crawled beneath Yu Jinche and Lai Bingxuan's outstretched arms, then startled Xu Shuangrong and drew the pursuers toward the Xiao Rong Group.
• With five minutes left, Yu Jinche threw flour into the air, blinding the other groups and helping the Ice-Yu Group eliminate Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing and then Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong.
• Director Niu declared the Ice-Yu Group the winner and announced that the Xie Yeqing Kills the Donkey Group had three points, while the other groups each had five.

The final game of the competition tested the cast’s ability to hide from a camera, and Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing were caught in the second round after Xu Shuangrong opened their wardrobe. As the tied groups prepared for the last round in the pigsty, Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing quietly smiled at each other while the others underestimated them.

• In the courtyard round, Xie Mi climbed onto the roof and Shen Yeqing hid behind Xiao Jingxi’s mat, while Qiu Chengye, Lai Bingxuan, Xiao Jingxi, and Yu Jinche were caught on camera.
• In the living-room round, Xie Mi pulled Shen Yeqing into a wardrobe, but Xu Shuangrong opened it just before the photo was taken, catching all three of them along with Qiu Chengye.
• Director Niu announced that Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong’s group, the Ice-Yu Group, and the Star-Cheng Group were tied for first, while Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing’s group remained last.
• Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong discussed needing to win the final round, and the Ice-Yu and Star-Cheng groups treated each other as their main rivals.
• The final round moved to the pigsty, where Qiu Chengye protested having to hide there but returned after Director Niu offered him the choice of cycling back.

Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing won the final game by exposing the other teams’ hiding places, while the overall standings placed Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong’s team first. Yu Jinche tried to frighten Xie Mi using a horror novel, but he fainted when she appeared outside his window.

• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing used the Assistant Director’s elevated camera to expose the other teams and win the final round.
• The Xiao Rong Group won the round’s tiebreaker, and the final standings put Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong’s team first overall.
• The teams returned to the villa according to their rankings, while Qiu Chengye and Liu Woxing had to cycle twenty kilometers.
• On the coach, Shen Yeqing cushioned Xie Mi’s sleeping head with his hand, and Yu Jinche read messages from Xie Lian advising him to scare her.
• Yu Jinche bought a horror novel to frighten Xie Mi, but he fainted when she appeared outside his window.

Yu Jinche was terrorized by messages and notes echoing a horror novel, while Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing trapped the villa guests in a screening room to watch that same kind of movie. The guests screamed at the film’s first jump scare, only to find Shen Yeqing had chained the door shut and intended to make them finish it.

• Xie Mi saw messages on Yu Jinche’s phone revealing that Xie Lian had recommended the horror novel that frightened him.
• Yu Jinche received an anonymous message saying, “I'm coming to find you,” then found the same warning on a sticky note attached to his novel.
• Yu Jinche threw the novel away twice, but the second time he watched the garbage truck haul it off before returning to the villa.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing locked the screening-room door and started a horror movie as Yu Jinche and the other guests joined them.
• The guests panicked at a jump scare and rushed for the exit, but Shen Yeqing revealed he had locked the door with a chain and said they had to finish the movie.

Xie Mi exploited Yu Jinche’s fear of ghosts by repeatedly returning a cursed horror book to him, leaving him terrified and unconscious. After viewers exposed her prank online, Yu Jinche blocked Xie Lian while Xie Mi relaxed with tea, pleased to have discovered his weakness.

• During the horror movie, Xiao Jingxi tried to shield Xie Mi’s eyes, but she slapped him, and Shen Yeqing mocked him as her dog.
• After the movie, Yu Jinche found The Cursed Wraith on his desk again, burned it, then passed out when an anonymous package delivered the scorched book back to him.
• Yu Jinche’s livestream viewers speculated that the book was cursed, while Xie Mi’s viewers directed them to a trending video exposing her prank.
• Yu Jinche learned Xie Mi had repeatedly placed the book in his room through a garden-facing window and blocked Xie Lian after receiving his messages.
• Xie Mi sipped jasmine tea on the balcony, pleased that she had discovered Yu Jinche was afraid of ghosts.

Xie Mi and the other guests prepared to stage a play for an upcoming theater festival, with Xiao Jingxi directing and the cast beginning to choose roles. When Xiao Jingxi proposed that Xie Mi compete with Xu Shuangrong for the female lead, Xie Mi rejected the idea as embarrassing.

• Director Niu told the eight guests they had three days to rehearse a play for the theater festival.
• Qiu Chengye, Lai Bingxuan, and Xie Mi jokingly volunteered to direct before Xu Shuangrong recommended Xiao Jingxi, who accepted the role.
• The guests read a script about a crown prince and a swordswoman, and Xu Shuangrong became emotional over its love story.
• Xiao Jingxi said Xu Shuangrong and Xie Mi should compete for the swordswoman role, and Xu Shuangrong agreed to try.
• Xie Mi asked Xiao Jingxi whether he was playing the male lead and said competing for the female lead would be embarrassing.

Xie Mi chose the maid role and turned her improvised scenes into blunt, joke-filled interruptions that exposed the truth behind Xiao Yang and the crown prince’s misunderstandings. After her antics derailed rehearsal, Xiao Jingxi revised her role so the maid could only communicate through sign language.

• Xie Mi rejected Xiao Jingxi’s attempt to give her the heroine role and insisted on playing the maid, so the cast settled their roles and received scripts.
• During rehearsals, Xu Shuangrong remarked that Xie Mi earned her fee without working, and Xie Mi defended slacking off as a way to make money.
• Xie Mi improvised blunt replies in the maid’s scenes, then interrupted Xiao Yang and the crown prince’s argument to explain the reasons behind their misunderstandings.
• The cast, crew, and viewers laughed at Xie Mi’s performance, and Xiao Jingxi revised the maid into a mute character who used sign language.

Xiao Jingxi rewrote the play to give Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing humiliating, unwanted scenes, insisting his expertise made the changes necessary. Xie Mi rallied the cast against him, and the chapter ended with the guests joining her revolt.

• Xie Mi ignored Xiao Jingxi’s line cuts, while Shen Yeqing shared her sunflower seeds and helped her keep them from him.
• Xiao Jingxi handed out revised scripts that made Xie Mi’s maid character pursue the Crown Prince and slap the Wealthy Merchant, claiming the additions improved the drama.
• Xie Mi flipped a table and urged the guests to overthrow Xiao Jingxi for dismissing their suggestions.
• Liu Woxing defended Xie Mi’s right to be heard, while Lai Bingxuan, Qiu Chengye, and Yu Jinche objected to their own revised scenes.
• Xiao Jingxi struggled to overrule the guests as they joined Xie Mi’s revolt.