Chapter Summaries

Director Niu announced the first-phase finale activities and tried to make the guests prepare for them, but Xie Mi persuaded everyone to relax instead. He ended filming early and opened the outdoor hot springs, then revoked Qiu Chengye’s access as punishment for sneaking food.

• Qiu Chengye flew into a rage at the production crew after being left to take all the blame.
• Director Niu explained that the first phase would end the next day and told the guests to write letters, prepare a gift, plan a private date, and perform a talent.
• Xie Mi joked that the guests should indulge themselves rather than prepare, and Liu Woxing and Lai Bingxuan joined her in relaxing.
• Director Niu compromised by ending filming early and offering the guests unlimited access to the outdoor hot springs.
• Qiu Chengye planned to invite Liu Woxing to the hot springs, but Director Niu revoked his privileges for sneaking food from the kitchen.

After Xie Mi’s speech earned the guests an early end to filming, Director Niu and the Assistant Director fought over the show’s treatment of her. While the other guests prepared for the finale, Xie Mi relaxed at the hot springs and climbed over a partition to check on Shen Yeqing, catching sight of him emerging from the water.

• Xie Mi’s remarks won the guests half a day of rest, and Director Niu ended filming early before blaming his decision on fear of upsetting her.
• The viewers turned on Director Niu, and he caught the Assistant Director posting angry comments before they argued and started fighting.
• The guests prepared letters, performances, and gifts for the finale, while Xie Mi took Diao Mao to catch butterflies.
• Xie Mi soaked alone in the hot springs and asked Shen Yeqing whether he had met her when he was eight.
• When Shen Yeqing went silent, Xie Mi climbed over the bamboo partition to check on him and saw him emerge from the water holding a green object.

Shen Yeqing told Xie Mi that they had first met when she saved him at eight, and explained why he had kept their history secret. The next morning, the Love Watch guests arrived at the lavish wrap party in pajamas after Director Niu tricked them about the dress code.

• Shen Yeqing admitted that he had met Xie Mi when he was eight and had been afraid when she disappeared.
• Shen Yeqing explained that he had stayed quiet because he wanted Xie Mi to experience their first meeting without knowing their shared history.
• Xie Mi teased Shen Yeqing for calling her Liu Liu instead of Sister Liu, and he dodged her complaints until they playfully splashed around in the hot spring.
• Director Niu and the Assistant Director welcomed Xie Mi to the wrap party, but she mistook the formal red-carpet setup for their wedding banquet.
• Shen Yeqing, Liu Woxing, and the other guests arrived in pajamas, revealing that Director Niu had tricked them about the event's dress code.

At Love Watch’s pajama-clad wrap party, the guests read letters about their fellow contestants, prompting jokes, rejections, and praise. The letters reached Xu Shuangrong just as the guests and viewers wondered what she would say amid the controversy surrounding her.

• Director Niu started the wrap party after waking Xie Mi, who had fallen asleep on the red carpet.
• Yu Jinche asked Xie Mi if he could still visit her after filming, and she threatened to report him for burglary.
• Qiu Chengye gave Xie Mi the faint praise of calling her “pretty decent” after lecturing the other guests.
• Lai Bingxuan described Xie Mi as useful and offered to hire her again, and Xie Mi eagerly accepted.
• Xiao Jingxi read polished letters written by his company’s team, while Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing laughed at his pretentious delivery.
• Director Niu introduced Xu Shuangrong, and the room fell quiet as everyone anticipated her letters amid the controversy over her public image.

Xu Shuangrong tried to frame her decision not to write letters as a graceful apology and protect the other guests from her controversy, but Xie Mi, Lai Bingxuan, Yu Jinche, and Xiao Jingxi called out her performance. Xiao Jingxi’s public rebuke turned the livestream into a fandom war and left Xu Shuangrong humiliated.

• Xu Shuangrong crumpled her letter and said she felt relieved after apologizing to Miss Lai, accepting online criticism, and choosing not to address the other guests.
• Xie Mi, Lai Bingxuan, and Yu Jinche challenged Xu Shuangrong’s claim that she wanted to avoid affecting them.
• Xiao Jingxi said Xu Shuangrong could have simply admitted she had not written a letter and accused her of forcing an image-cleanup attempt.
• Xiao Jingxi’s remarks shocked the crew and viewers, while his fans and Lai Bingxuan’s fans joined Xu Shuangrong’s haters in attacking her livestream.
• Fans from several groups fought across the livestreams, and Xie Mi joked about the chaos before praising her own fans.

At the wrap party, Liu Woxing delivered an emotional farewell that seemed directed at Xie Mi, while Xie Mi ignored Director Niu’s plans and began giving everyone her own blunt advice. The chapter ended as Xie Mi shared her personal mottos with Liu Woxing.

• Xiao Jingxi told Xu Shuangrong he was not targeting her but wanted to protect the wrap party, and Director Niu moved the group on to reading letters.
• Liu Woxing praised the other guests, then said some people became painkillers for life’s hurts and exchanged a meaningful look with Xie Mi.
• The livestream viewers debated whether Liu Woxing’s words were about Xie Mi or Qiu Chengye, while Director Niu called on Xie Mi to read next.
• Xie Mi put down her inspected letter, took a voice amplifier, and delivered teasing advice to Yu Jinche, Xiao Jingxi, and Qiu Chengye.
• Xie Mi told Liu Woxing to abandon decency, enjoy a shameless life, and blame someone else rather than herself.

Xie Mi traded teasing messages with the guests, then shared a private callback with Shen Yeqing that showed their bond had lasted sixteen years. Shen Yeqing read the others’ Baidu Encyclopedia entries before telling Xie Mi, “Thank you for coming into my life,” and left her without an entry of her own.

• Xie Mi praised Lai Bingxuan as her god of wealth and insulted Xu Shuangrong with a wordplay joke.
• Xie Mi asked Shen Yeqing if he still wanted to be her little sidekick, and he said he had always wanted to.
• Xie Mi’s remarks generated a string of trending topics, one for each person she addressed.
• Shen Yeqing read the guests’ Baidu Encyclopedia entries aloud while Xie Mi heckled them and the others struggled not to laugh.
• Shen Yeqing told Xie Mi he was grateful she had come into his life, then said she did not have a Baidu Encyclopedia entry.

At the wrap party, the guests began a random gift exchange game by identifying one another from cropped body-part photos. Xie Mi correctly identified a photo of Xiao Jingxi’s crown by realizing he wore a hairpiece, leaving his wig and claimed height exposed in front of everyone.

• Director Niu introduced a gift exchange game in which guests would identify people from close-up photos to win first pick of the gifts.
• The guests struggled to identify a photo showing only a small patch of straight black hair.
• After learning the images came from footage captured by the show’s cameras, Xie Mi identified the crown as Xiao Jingxi’s.
• Xie Mi revealed that Xiao Jingxi wore a hairpiece and pulled it off his head.
• Xie Mi pointed out that Xiao Jingxi had claimed to be 184 centimeters tall despite losing two centimeters without the hairpiece, and the revelations became trending topics.

Xie Mi and the other guests played a guessing game based on cropped body-part photos, and Shen Yeqing correctly identified Xie Mi from a fingernail. The increasingly bizarre questions left Qiu Chengye too rattled to participate as the game continued.

• Xie Mi chose a medium-sized gift box after answering the first question correctly, then relaxed in the shaded spectator area.
• The guests struggled to identify a blurry fingernail, but Shen Yeqing recognized it as Xie Mi’s middle fingernail from a moment when she had flipped off Xiao Jingxi.
• Director Niu confirmed Shen Yeqing’s answer and revealed the full image, showing Xie Mi giving Xiao Jingxi the middle finger.
• Shen Yeqing chose a gift and joined Xie Mi, explaining that her fingernail was distinctive; Xie Mi examined it and praised his perception.
• Qiu Chengye grew anxious after noticing Xie Mi repeatedly flipping him off, then sat out while the game continued with increasingly strange cropped images.

At the wrap party, the guests gave up on the difficult photo quiz and chose their gifts through rock-paper-scissors. Xie Mi received Lai Bingxuan’s lavish year of vouchers and memberships, while Shen Yeqing opened a painting Xie Mi had made, leaving the guests stunned.

• After nobody answered five quiz questions correctly, Xie Mi suggested that the six remaining guests use rock-paper-scissors to decide the order in which they chose gifts.
• Xie Mi eagerly opened her gift and discovered vouchers, restaurant meals, and hotel stays from Lai Bingxuan’s businesses, covering her expenses for a year.
• Xie Mi thanked Lai Bingxuan and promised Shen Yeqing that she would take him out for a fancy dinner.
• Shen Yeqing opened a painting of lifelike butterflies, and Xu Shuangrong praised it while assuming Liu Woxing had painted it.
• Xie Mi revealed that she had painted the artwork, shocking Xu Shuangrong, Qiu Chengye, Xiao Jingxi, the other guests, and the viewers.
• Shen Yeqing carefully rolled up the painting and said he was the luckiest person there, while Xie Mi privately considered her own gift the best.

Xie Mi confronted Xiao Jingxi after he accused her of falsely claiming someone else’s painting, then proved her skill by painting a lifelike turtle on his face. The livestream audience saw through the rumors, while Xiao Jingxi was left humiliated and restrained.

• Xiao Jingxi accused Xie Mi of buying a painting and pretending she had made it, prompting viewers to question her talent.
• Xie Mi challenged Xiao Jingxi to let her convince him, while Qiu Chengye pinned him down and the Assistant Director stopped Director Niu from intervening.
• Liu Woxing supplied the brush and ink set she had brought as a gift, and Shen Yeqing ground the ink for Xie Mi.
• Xie Mi painted a lifelike turtle on Xiao Jingxi’s face, astonishing the viewers and silencing many of her critics.
• Viewers condemned Xiao Jingxi for accusing Xie Mi and mocked the haters who had spread false claims.

Xie Mi’s drawing skills and antics with Xiao Jingxi drew attention during the wrap party, which continued with gift exchanges and performances. The guests then prepared to invite someone on a private date after filming ended.

• Xie Mi’s turtle drawings on Xiao Jingxi’s face became a popular meme, and Xiao Jingxi’s assistant took him away to wash up.
• The guests exchanged gifts, including a three-headed doll, Xu Shuangrong’s embroidery, Shen Yeqing’s travel voucher, and Qiu Chengye’s enormous bronze bust, which Lai Bingxuan knocked over.
• Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing compared gifts, and Shen Yeqing silently recalled how he had identified Xie Mi’s present by its paint smell.
• The guests performed at the wrap party, ending with Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing playing gongs, drums, and suona together.
• Director Niu announced that the guests could anonymously or publicly invite someone on a private date after filming ended.

Qiu Chengye publicly invited Liu Woxing on an overseas trip, but she turned him down and he responded by humiliating her. After the confrontation went viral, Xie Mi defended Liu Woxing online while filming continued.

• Qiu Chengye delivered a dramatic invitation and proposed taking Liu Woxing on a two-day, one-night trip to Country Y on his private jet.
• Liu Woxing declined the trip, saying they should take things slowly and begin with a private meal instead.
• Qiu Chengye reacted angrily, insulted Liu Woxing, and left; Xie Mi tripped him as he passed her.
• Liu Woxing maintained her composure as staff and viewers worried about how Qiu Chengye had treated her.
• Xie Mi posted online that expressing one's thoughts only drives away abusers, manipulators, and narcissists.

After Qiu Chengye’s invitation upset Liu Woxing, Lai Bingxuan invited Xie Mi and Liu Woxing to go shopping with her. Xie Mi’s plan to avoid making a vlog with Shen Yeqing failed when he proposed a day out she eagerly accepted.

• Weibo users defended Liu Woxing and criticized Qiu Chengye for reacting badly when she declined his invitation.
• Lai Bingxuan invited Xie Mi to accompany her shopping, then invited Liu Woxing to join them as well.
• Lai Bingxuan left Xu Shuangrong visibly envious as she returned to her seat.
• Xie Mi quietly arranged with Shen Yeqing to refuse each other’s invitations so they could avoid filming vlogs.
• Shen Yeqing offered Xie Mi a day of hot pot, games, and night-market food, and she eagerly accepted his invitation.

After Love Watch’s first phase ended, Xie Mi rejected Xiao Jingxi’s attempt to explain himself and leave with her. When Xiao Jingxi grabbed her arm, Shen Yeqing struck him with a pebble and challenged him.

• Xie Mi invited Shen Yeqing to play Honor of Kings Canyon, and he happily accepted.
• The guests and crew celebrated the end of filming at a lively wrap-up banquet.
• After filming ended, Liu Woxing left in a luxury car before she could finish talking to Xie Mi.
• Xiao Jingxi offered Xie Mi a ride and tried to explain his past behavior, but she accused him of shifting the blame and walked away.
• Xiao Jingxi grabbed Xie Mi’s arm, and Shen Yeqing hit him with a pebble.

Xie Mi left the gathering in a rented luxury supercar, then returned to the Xie family home expecting a warm welcome. Instead, she entered a dark villa where someone appeared to be trying to scare her.

• Shen Yeqing backed Xie Mi against Xiao Jingxi, and Xiao stormed off after she mocked him.
• President Zhang arrived in a flashy rented supercar to pick up Xie Mi, who waved goodbye to Shen Yeqing before leaving.
• Qiu Chengye discovered that all four tires on his car had been punctured, and Shen Yeqing and Lai Bingxuan mocked him as they drove away.
• President Zhang told Xie Mi her popularity had brought the company many offers and that he planned to promote her as the entertainment industry's number one lunatic.
• President Zhang revealed that the supercar was only rented, then dropped Xie Mi and Diao Mao by the roadside before returning it.
• Xie Mi took a taxi to the Xie family home, entered its pitch-black interior, and heard the door slam shut behind her.

Xie Mi foiled Li Meiyan and Xie Lian’s attempt to hypnotize her, then took control of the household. After seeing Love Watch’s guests trend online, she wondered about Liu Woxing’s family before President Zhang pitched her a string of bizarre jobs.

• Xie Mi woke from the staged hypnosis and beat up Xie Lian and Li Meiyan, then rescued Old Bai from the storage room.
• Old Bai explained that Li Meiyan and Xie Lian had tied him up and staged the villa to help them reclaim their standing in the household.
• Xie Mi made Li Meiyan and Xie Lian clean the living room while Old Bai reported their glares, and she kicked them whenever they slacked off.
• President Zhang showed Xie Mi the trending searches about all eight Love Watch guests, including a photo of her and Diao Mao that was labeled “Xie Mi flees famine.”
• Xie Mi examined a photo of Liu Woxing’s family dinner and wondered about the family’s dynamics.
• President Zhang announced that he would temporarily manage Xie Mi and screen her for only absurd job offers, prompting Xie Mi to call him the most unhinged one there.

Xie Mi used her unexpected chauffeur gift to make her bookings, turning a medicated-oil perfume commercial into a viral spectacle. She then arrived on a suspense film set and eagerly agreed to improvise after spotting someone familiar.

• Xie Mi and President Zhang’s fifth-hand celebrity van broke down, so Xie Mi called for Lai’s dedicated chauffeur and arrived in a Maybach.
• President Zhang revealed that Xie Mi had chosen Six Spirits At A Loss medicated oil from among dozens of advertising offers.
• Xie Mi filmed a chaotic mosquito-themed commercial for Six Spirits At A Loss, and a leaked clip made the brand and Xie Mi trend online.
• Xie Mi went to shoot a cameo as a psychiatric patient whose accidental slap gave the protagonist a crucial clue.
• The film’s director encouraged Xie Mi to improvise, and Xie Mi agreed after noticing someone familiar nearby.

Xie Mi flirted with Shen Yeqing over the phone and knocked Xiao Jingxi down when he assumed she had chosen the cameo for him. During filming, she attacked Xiao Jingxi so convincingly that the crew praised the scene, while he lay injured and foaming at the mouth.

• Xie Mi asked Shen Yeqing for full-body photos, admired his appearance, and told him he looked best with nothing on.
• Xiao Jingxi entered the makeup room and claimed Xie Mi had taken the cameo to see him, but Xie Mi showed him to Shen Yeqing over the phone and headbutted him with her iron helmet.
• Xiao Jingxi convinced himself Xie Mi was trying to make him jealous and went into the hospital scene believing she still liked him.
• When Xie Mi sprang from the bed and attacked him, Xiao Jingxi screamed and tried to get the director to stop filming.
• Xie Mi rolled Xiao Jingxi in a blanket and pummeled him until the director called cut, while the crew praised their performance and Xiao Jingxi lay foaming at the mouth.

Xie Mi joined the live variety show Friends' Gathering and was paired with Qiu Chengye, who dreaded being reunited with her. Their van broke down on a remote road while they were heading to the riverside gathering.

• Behind-the-scenes footage of Xie Mi tormenting Xiao Jingxi during filming went viral, and the director praised them as wonderful actors.
• Xie Mi prepared to appear on Friends' Gathering, a live show where pairs of friends gathered to eat, drink, and chat.
• The production team revealed that Qiu Chengye was Xie Mi's friend for the episode, leaving him horrified.
• Qiu Chengye glared at Xie Mi, then hit his head on the van window when she suddenly sat up.
• The van broke down on a remote dirt road, and the driver and producer got out to investigate while Xie Mi and Qiu Chengye waited.