Chapter Summaries

Jiang Lan woke from a memory of his first time with Wen Zhiyan and argued with his manager, Ji Wanxing, about his love life and career. Bound by his contract, he agreed to join a celebrity dating show, with filming set to begin the next day.

• Jiang Lan remembered Wen Zhiyan kissing him and promising not to bite, before waking in a hospital bed with pain from his disordered pheromones.
• Ji Wanxing urged Jiang Lan to find a compatible omega, but he dismissed the idea and said no one was worth staying chaste for.
• Ji Wanxing told Jiang Lan she had accepted an invitation for him to join a celebrity dating reality show, and he resisted going.
• Ji Wanxing explained that the company had ordered Jiang Lan to participate because of the profits and his restrictive ten-year contract.
• Jiang Lan asked when filming began, and Ji Wanxing told him he was due to join the production the next day.

Jiang Lan left the hospital and headed to a coastal resort to join a live-broadcast dating show, despite his doctor’s warning that his increasingly frequent ruts could harm his health and lifespan. After trying to make himself look unappealing and avoiding conversation, he spotted a familiar figure at the resort.

• Jiang Lan left the hospital after giving the staff gifts and a banner, while Pei Jing warned him that his ruts were becoming more frequent and urged him to find an omega.
• Jiang Lan refused Pei Jing’s advice and left him a red envelope as a token of appreciation.
• Ji Wanxing accompanied Jiang Lan to the airport and criticized him for packing almost nothing for the show.
• Jiang Lan joked about borrowing underwear from an alpha, then stayed silent through the journey and changed into shabby clothes to discourage attention.
• Jiang Lan arrived at the resort and caught sight of a familiar figure passing a villa doorway.

Jiang Lan arrived at the Just in Time villa for the dating show and unexpectedly saw someone from his past, leaving him shaken. During his interview, he joked about his reasons for joining and described an oddly specific ideal type before warning that he cursed badly when angry.

• Jiang Lan recognized a figure from seven years ago near the villa and froze until Ji Wanxing jolted him back to the present.
• Jiang Lan entered the filming area, where the livestream viewers reacted excitedly to his arrival and casual clothes.
• Jiang Lan told the crew member that his manager had pressured him to join Just in Time, then joked that his great-grandfather wanted a great-grandson.
• Jiang Lan described his ideal type as someone tall, burly, pretty, affectionate, and willing to kick him when angry.
• Jiang Lan admitted that he cursed badly when angry, while Ji Wanxing reassured the director that he would know where to draw the line.

Jiang Lan arrived at the romance show villa and waited anxiously for the person he had not seen in seven years. A special guest appeared on the screen, and Jiang Lan identified him as Wen Zhiyan, the Tu Lan chief jewelry designer and Wen Group heir.

• Jiang Lan arrived at the villa and greeted Xu Can, Lin Ziyou, Pei Du, and Ye Qiunian.
• Jiang Lan ignored the available seats and sat on the coffee table while waiting for the person he hoped would arrive.
• Three more guests joined the villa, but the person Jiang Lan awaited did not appear among them.
• The staff introduced a special guest who would disrupt the show's balance of sexes and offered first bedroom choice to whoever guessed his identity.
• After the guests asked the special guest questions, Jiang Lan identified him as Wen Zhiyan, Tu Lan's chief jewelry designer and Wen Group heir.

Jiang Lan learned that Wen Zhiyan was joining the dating show and came face-to-face with the man he had met years earlier. After greeting the other contestants, Wen Zhiyan singled out Jiang Lan, who tried to hide his embarrassment over his casual clothes.

• Jiang Lan earned the right to choose his bedroom first after Wen Zhiyan confirmed his identity on the projection.
• Wen Zhiyan appeared in the living room, and Jiang Lan remembered meeting him when Wen Zhiyan was a freshman.
• The contestants greeted Wen Zhiyan, who recognized Lin Ziyou and Pei Du and spoke familiarly with Qiao Xin.
• Wen Zhiyan extended his hand to Jiang Lan and said, "Mr. Jiang, I've heard so much about you."

Jiang Lan confronted Wen Zhiyan, who offered him a Tu Lan brand ambassador deal, and the two exchanged barbed remarks while hiding their history from the others. The guests then drew bedroom assignments, leaving Wen Zhiyan and Lin Ziyou to reveal the final two room numbers.

• Jiang Lan begrudgingly shook Wen Zhiyan's hand and declined his offer to become a Tu Lan brand ambassador, but Wen Zhiyan insisted that he review the documents to save face.
• Jiang Lan and Wen Zhiyan traded pointed remarks about his slippers, while Lin Ziyou sensed that Jiang Lan harbored particular hostility toward Wen Zhiyan.
• The production staff collected the guests' personal phones, supplied restricted phones, and explained the bedroom arrangements and future room-change voting.
• Jiang Lan chose a single room as the guest who had correctly identified Wen Zhiyan, and the others drew lots for the remaining rooms.
• Pei Du drew room 4, Ye Qiunian drew room 2, Qiao Xin and Xu Can drew room 4, Xu Can drew room 5, and Tan Duoduo drew room 3.
• With only Lin Ziyou and Wen Zhiyan left, Wen Zhiyan glanced at Jiang Lan and opened his envelope under Jiang Lan's hostile gaze.

After the room draw, Jiang Lan wrestled with memories of his past relationship with Wen Zhiyan and waited in his room, unsure whether Wen Zhiyan would come to him. Just before midnight, someone knocked on Jiang Lan’s door, leaving him poised to answer.

• Wen Zhiyan drew room 4, and Lin Ziyou joined Xu Can while the guests settled into their assigned rooms.
• Jiang Lan remembered how he and Wen Zhiyan had once communicated their desire through a look, but decided to wait for Wen Zhiyan to explain why he had returned.
• Jiang Lan went to room 1, groomed himself carefully, and voted for a guest who had made the best first impression on him.
• Jiang Lan waited for Wen Zhiyan through the evening, drinking brandy and watching the clock, but no one came to his door.
• As Jiang Lan was about to turn out the light, someone knocked; he hurried to the door and asked who it was.

Jiang Lan tried to keep Wen Zhiyan at a distance when Wen Zhiyan came to his room, but his concern and old feelings led him to let him in. The chapter ended with Wen Zhiyan drawing Jiang Lan’s loosened bathrobe closed after catching him exposed.

• Wen Zhiyan knocked using the secret signal he and Jiang Lan had once shared, but Jiang Lan initially refused to let him in.
• Wen Zhiyan left, then waited outside Jiang Lan’s door with honey water, afraid to knock again.
• Jiang Lan noticed the light beneath his door, opened it, and invited Wen Zhiyan inside with the drink.
• Jiang Lan told Wen Zhiyan not to speak, then realized his bathrobe had fallen open and tried to hide his embarrassment with a teasing remark.
• Wen Zhiyan stepped closer and reached to pull Jiang Lan’s bathrobe closed.

Jiang Lan and Wen Zhiyan discussed whether they could start over after seven years apart, while Jiang Lan tried to hide that his sleep incense carried Wen Zhiyan’s pheromone scent. Wen Zhiyan returned the tin, but Jiang Lan’s lingering feelings remained exposed to himself.

• Jiang Lan stopped Wen Zhiyan from touching him and demanded that he skip the small talk.
• Wen Zhiyan asked whether Jiang Lan had ever considered trying again with him, and Jiang Lan gave an evasive answer.
• Wen Zhiyan picked up Jiang Lan’s incense tin, and Jiang Lan lunged for it, falling into Wen Zhiyan’s lap.
• Wen Zhiyan pulled Jiang Lan into an embrace and asked him not to pull away, but Jiang Lan got up and told him he could keep the tin.
• Jiang Lan claimed the incense only helped him sleep, and Wen Zhiyan handed it back, saying he had not meant to take it.

Jiang Lan and Wen Zhiyan spent an awkward night together, and Wen Zhiyan left him a bag before they wished each other good night. The next morning, Jiang Lan joined the others in the living room and learned that the staff had announced the previous night’s voting results.

• Jiang Lan hid the aromatherapy box and let Wen Zhiyan use his bathroom.
• Wen Zhiyan found Jiang Lan’s underwear in the sink, washed it, and hung it by the window.
• Jiang Lan asked Wen Zhiyan for spare underwear, and Wen Zhiyan later handed him a small bag at his bedroom door.
• Jiang Lan slept well, woke at 9:07, and dressed before leaving his room.
• Xu Can pointed out that the staff had announced the previous night’s voting results.

Jiang Lan admitted that he had voted for himself, surrendered his bedroom-choice privilege, and gave it to Wen Zhiyan. Wen Zhiyan faced an awkward choice between the occupied single rooms, until Ye Qiunian offered to swap with him.

• Wen Zhiyan explained that the first-round votes had been anonymous, and the group noticed that the vote totals seemed inconsistent with the guests’ designations.
• Lin Ziyou suggested that everyone reveal their first-day votes, and Qiao Xin, Pei Du, Ye Qiunian, and Yu Nan shared their choices.
• Jiang Lan stopped the revelations and claimed that he had voted for himself.
• Jiang Lan gave up his right to choose a bedroom and passed it to Wen Zhiyan, who struggled to decide whether to swap rooms.
• Ye Qiunian asked Wen Zhiyan whether he would mind swapping rooms with him.

Ye Qiunian chose to observe Pei Du up close, and the group split up breakfast duties. Jiang Lan teased Wen Zhiyan into making an elaborate Chinese breakfast, then got up to join him in the kitchen.

• Ye Qiunian said he wanted to observe Pei Du up close, and Pei Du welcomed him.
• Tan Duoduo proposed that the alphas cook breakfast while the others helped and washed dishes, and Pei Du and Qiao Xin raced to choose ingredients.
• Jiang Lan admitted he could not cook and challenged Wen Zhiyan to make sweet-and-sour ribs, steamed grouper, and an oyster and glass noodle casserole.
• Wen Zhiyan accepted Jiang Lan's request and went to the kitchen while the public chat speculated about their tense relationship.
• Jiang Lan dozed on the sofa, then put down his magazine and headed to the kitchen.

Jiang Lan watched Pei Du and Qiao Xin struggle to make breakfast, then stayed with Wen Zhiyan as he cooked. The others sampled Pei Du’s burnt sandwiches, and Jiang Lan soon emerged from the kitchen with a tray.

• Jiang Lan offered to rescue Qiao Xin’s pumpkin soup, and she added milk to it.
• Jiang Lan joked with Wen Zhiyan about their cooking skills and learned that Wen Zhiyan had started cooking about five years earlier.
• Wen Zhiyan told Jiang Lan to sit and watch while he prepared breakfast.
• Pei Du and Qiao Xin brought their breakfast to the table, where they argued over the burnt sandwiches and pumpkin soup.
• Ye Qiunian tried Pei Du’s sandwich, praised it, and asked him to toast the bread less next time.
• Jiang Lan emerged from the kitchen carrying a tray.

Wen Zhiyan cooked breakfast for the group, and Jiang Lan's warm familiarity with him sparked speculation among viewers about their shared past. The production team then arranged random dates, and Jiang Lan was paired with Ye Qiunian, drawing Wen Zhiyan's immediate attention.

• Wen Zhiyan served the group his homemade dishes, while Lin Ziyou, Qiao Xin, and Pei Du were left without a proper serving at first.
• Jiang Lan praised Wen Zhiyan's cooking and recalled their difficult university days, but kept the best meal he had ever eaten a secret.
• Viewers speculated that Jiang Lan and Wen Zhiyan had a deeper history after learning they had attended the same university and shared a major.
• The production team announced random date pairings, with the omegas and betas drawing envelopes that guaranteed each alpha a partner.
• Tan Duoduo drew Pei Du, and Ye Qiunian drew Jiang Lan; Jiang Lan said the pairing was exactly what he wanted, prompting Wen Zhiyan to look at him.

The guests drew their afternoon dates, pairing Jiang Lan with Ye Qiunian and Lin Ziyou with Wen Zhiyan, while Yu Nan’s envelope suggested Qiao Xin might be interested in him. As Jiang Lan drove Ye Qiunian along the coast, he admitted he was drawn to someone who made him guess and left him uncomfortable, hinting at unresolved feelings for Wen Zhiyan.

• Jiang Lan held back an explanation after Wen Zhiyan glared at him, and Wen Zhiyan eventually looked away.
• Yu Nan told Qiao Xin she might be disappointed, but Qiao Xin reassured him and told him to say, “Lucky you.”
• Xu Can drew a blank card and accepted that she would not have a date, while Lin Ziyou went to join Wen Zhiyan.
• Jiang Lan bristled at Lin Ziyou’s date with Wen Zhiyan, and Wen Zhiyan discreetly stepped away from Lin Ziyou when Jiang Lan looked over.
• Jiang Lan chose a red Panamera, let Ye Qiunian take the passenger seat, and drove him away from the villa.
• Ye Qiunian said he had voted for Jiang Lan because he liked his looks but did not want him to feel pressured, and Jiang Lan described his attraction to someone who made him guess before eventually telling him what he wanted.

On the drive to their dates, Jiang Lan hinted that he had someone specific in mind while Ye Qiunian discussed his interest in multiple people. Meanwhile, Wen Zhiyan bluntly rejected Lin Ziyou after realizing Lin had voted for him.

• Jiang Lan told Ye Qiunian that his ideal type sounded like a specific person, then admitted the guest list had surprised him.
• Ye Qiunian said Pei Du seemed chauvinistic and that he currently had a better impression of Wen Zhiyan.
• Jiang Lan warned Ye Qiunian that Wen Zhiyan was difficult to handle, and Ye suggested Lin Ziyou might suit Wen well.
• Viewers speculated that Jiang Lan had a crush on Lin Ziyou or Xu Can, while Wen Zhiyan and Lin Ziyou drove to their date.
• Lin Ziyou revealed that he had wanted to be paired with Wen Zhiyan, so Wen covered the camera and told him to vote for someone else next time.

Wen Zhiyan rejected Lin Ziyou’s advances because he had returned for Jiang Lan and did not want to damage Jiang Lan’s career. At the amusement park, Wen Zhiyan indulged Lin Ziyou’s requests imperfectly, leaving viewers unsure whether he was clueless or simply not trying.

• Wen Zhiyan considered how a public relationship with Jiang Lan could harm Jiang Lan’s career and bluntly warned Lin Ziyou not to pursue him.
• Lin Ziyou asked whether Wen Zhiyan found him repulsive, and Wen Zhiyan replied that he was excellent before telling him to focus on driving.
• Wen Zhiyan covered the car camera during their conversation, prompting viewers to speculate about what had happened.
• Wen Zhiyan accompanied Lin Ziyou around the amusement park and took unflattering photos of him.
• Lin Ziyou asked for milk tea with no ice and thirty percent sugar, but Wen Zhiyan returned with a drink containing standard ice and full sugar.

Wen Zhiyan and Lin Ziyou returned to the villa in good spirits after their amusement park outing, prompting Jiang Lan to tease Wen Zhiyan about his date. Wen Zhiyan gave Jiang Lan a private gift and offered to cook for him, but a staff member interrupted them with news that Jiang Lan’s package had arrived.

• Jiang Lan questioned Pei Du and Tan Duoduo about their awkward movie outing, while Yu Nan and Qiao Xin returned with baked treats.
• Qiao Xin suggested Lin Ziyou and Wen Zhiyan made a good match, and Jiang Lan tried to discourage her by claiming she had gained weight.
• Wen Zhiyan and Lin Ziyou returned with gifts, and Wen Zhiyan privately told Jiang Lan to open his gift in his room that night.
• Wen Zhiyan offered to make Jiang Lan dinner, and Jiang Lan asked for noodles with a boiled egg.
• A staff member called Jiang Lan outside to collect a package.

Jiang Lan retrieved supplies from Ji Wanxing, then returned to share a meal with Wen Zhiyan, whose easy domesticity stirred Jiang Lan’s feelings. After dinner, Jiang Lan sent Wen Zhiyan to shower, warning him that he smelled strange and was attracting admirers.

• Jiang Lan met Ji Wanxing outside the cameras, avoided telling her whom he liked, and took the box of clothes, a lighter, medication, and his phone.
• Jiang Lan hid the lighter, figurine gift box, and phone in his room before returning downstairs to Wen Zhiyan.
• Wen Zhiyan served Jiang Lan noodles and eggs, and Jiang Lan teased him for watching his figure while making a large bowl of carbs.
• Jiang Lan pushed his leftover noodles toward Wen Zhiyan, who ate them with Jiang Lan’s chopsticks as viewers speculated about their relationship.
• Jiang Lan tried to wash the dishes, but told Wen Zhiyan to shower and whispered that he smelled strange and was attracting admirers.

Jiang Lan and Wen Zhiyan hid the story behind Jiang Lan’s expensive necklace while preparing for the rooftop drinking game. The game began with Xu Can, who revealed she had never had her first kiss.

• Jiang Lan recalled how he used to make Wen Zhiyan wash off other omegas’ perfume before surrounding him with his own pheromones.
• Lin Ziyou noticed Jiang Lan’s costly necklace and questioned Wen Zhiyan about the jewelry store; Wen Zhiyan denied that it belonged to the Wen Corporation.
• The production team assigned the group a rooftop drinking game, and Jiang Lan, Wen Zhiyan, and the others took their seats.
• Jiang Lan urged Pei Du to sit beside Ye Qiunian, and Wen Zhiyan took the seat beside Jiang Lan.
• Wen Zhiyan chose orange juice because his rut was approaching, while the others prepared drinks and began the game.
• The pointer landed on Xu Can, who said she had never had her first kiss.