Chapter Summaries

During a drinking game, Jiang Lan revealed he had been in a car accident, and Wen Zhiyan disclosed his unusually late secondary differentiation. The game exposed that Jiang Lan and Wen Zhiyan knew each other in college, leaving the others surprised as Jiang Lan recalled the many people who had pursued Wen Zhiyan.

• Jiang Lan admitted he had dated once before his debut, then revealed he had been in a car accident after graduation and broken a rib.
• Wen Zhiyan pressed Jiang Lan about the accident while secretly holding his hand, then shared that he had differentiated as an adult after people had mistaken him for an omega.
• When Ye Qiunian asked whether many alphas had pursued Wen Zhiyan, Wen Zhiyan said only one had, and Jiang Lan listed several college students who had chased him.
• Xu Can asked whether Jiang Lan and Wen Zhiyan had known each other before, and they gave contradictory answers before Wen Zhiyan explained that Jiang Lan had been his senior.
• Jiang Lan denied they had been close, while Wen Zhiyan said he remembered only one pursuer and redirected the conversation when Lin Ziyou teased him about that person.

During a party game, the cast traded achievements and embarrassing revelations, and Jiang Lan sparred verbally with Qiao Xin over having worn women’s clothes. Yu Nan ended the round by revealing that he had attempted suicide four years earlier.

• Lin Ziyou, Ye Qiunian, Qiao Xin, Jiang Lan, and Wen Zhiyan named academic competitions they had won, while Pei Du cited his two Best Actor awards.
• Ye Qiunian revealed he was allergic to pet fur, and Tan Duoduo said she could dance.
• Qiao Xin said she had worn women’s clothes, prompting Lin Ziyou to explain he had played a female lead in the school drama club while Jiang Lan refused to explain his own experience.
• Qiao Xin challenged Jiang Lan to compare themselves, but Yu Nan intervened before the two alphas could escalate the argument.
• After Xu Can proposed a toast, Yu Nan disclosed that he had attempted suicide four years earlier.

Yu Nan described the hardships that had once led him into depression, and Qiao Xin toasted him for overcoming them. Jiang Lan noticed that Wen Zhiyan had not lowered his fingers, suggesting he had also once not wanted to live, and the chapter ended with Wen Zhiyan reflecting on how much he no longer knew about Jiang Lan after seven years apart.

• Yu Nan explained that career suppression, a restrictive contract, and his mother's death had driven him into depression before he eventually recovered.
• Qiao Xin raised a toast wishing Yu Nan a smooth life after the storms he had endured, and everyone drank with him.
• Jiang Lan noticed Wen Zhiyan had not moved his fingers and saw him avoid eye contact, while livestream viewers also realized something was wrong.
• Lin Ziyou said he had never been drunk and admitted he knew how to cheat at drinking, while Ye Qiunian said he was a lightweight.
• Xu Can teased Jiang Lan about his reputation for drinking everyone under the table, and Jiang Lan joked that he had once left a wrap party while drunk.
• Wen Zhiyan remembered how Jiang Lan used to act when he drank too much and reflected that seven years apart had left him unfamiliar with parts of Jiang Lan's life.

Jiang Lan won first choice of a partner for the next day's date, then went to Wen Zhiyan's room after midnight and demanded to know why he had tried to kill himself. Seeing the scar on Wen Zhiyan's wrist, Jiang Lan asked whether Wen Zhiyan had attempted it because of him.

• Jiang Lan won the reward and, amid everyone's drunken demands to join him, declared that everyone would go on the date.
• After returning to their rooms, Jiang Lan went to Wen Zhiyan's room just after the camera light went out and kissed him.
• Jiang Lan stopped kissing Wen Zhiyan and asked why he had tried to kill himself, refusing to accept that it was all in the past.
• Jiang Lan uncovered the scar on Wen Zhiyan's wrist, asked whether it hurt, and then asked if Wen Zhiyan's attempt had been because of him.

Jiang Lan and Wen Zhiyan discussed the car accident and their troubled past, but Wen Zhiyan still avoided explaining his own actions. Back in his room, Jiang Lan replied to Waves and revealed that he had seen Wen Zhiyan.

• Wen Zhiyan called his past actions a small underhanded tactic to protect himself but refused to explain further.
• Wen Zhiyan asked Jiang Lan about his car accident, and Jiang Lan said it happened three months after Wen Zhiyan left.
• Jiang Lan left Wen Zhiyan's room and returned to his bedroom, where he lit incense and checked his messages.
• Jiang Lan replied to Waves, who had been checking on his recovery, and remembered how they had begun confiding in each other after both experienced breakups.
• Jiang Lan told Waves that he had seen Wen Zhiyan.

Jiang Lan told Waves that he still loved Wen Zhiyan, then dreamed of their first meeting at S University. Their memories revealed the painful family histories that shaped them, and the chapter ended with Jiang Lan offering Wen Zhiyan tissues after being threatened for staring.

• Jiang Lan told Waves that he still loved Wen Zhiyan and voted for Ye Qiunian before going to sleep.
• Jiang Lan remembered how his mother remarried, later avoided him after having a daughter, and he left home for S University.
• Jiang Lan recalled meeting Wen Zhiyan at the alpha dormitory and mistaking him for an omega who had gone to the wrong place.
• Wen Zhiyan remembered his family's power struggles and his distrust of alphas, then threatened to gouge out Jiang Lan's eyes for staring.
• Jiang Lan laughed, offered to help with Wen Zhiyan's suitcase, and held out tissues when he noticed Wen Zhiyan was sweating.
• Wen Zhiyan refused the tissues and said he did not need them.

Jiang Lan tried to escort Wen Zhiyan into the omega dormitory, only to learn that Wen Zhiyan had not yet undergone secondary differentiation. After a long afternoon of examinations and university paperwork, Jiang Lan secured him a place in the omega dormitory area.

• Jiang Lan joked that he already had Wen Zhiyan, and Xiaobai mistakenly assumed they were boyfriends and spread the gossip in his roommate group chat.
• The dorm supervisor refused to admit Wen Zhiyan because his ID listed no second gender, and Wen Zhiyan explained that he had not differentiated yet.
• Jiang Lan checked Wen Zhiyan's ID and medical report, then contacted student affairs and Wen Zhiyan's counselor.
• Jiang Lan took Wen Zhiyan to the campus hospital, where a report gave him a ninety percent chance of differentiating into an omega.
• Jiang Lan spent the afternoon completing special-circumstances paperwork and obtained approval for Wen Zhiyan to stay in the omega dormitory area.

After Wen Zhiyan thanked Jiang Lan for helping him with his enrollment, Jiang Lan declined to exchange contact information and insisted to his roommates that they were not dating. Wen Zhiyan later visited Jiang Lan in class with a costly café treat, claiming he had mugged someone to get it.

• Wen Zhiyan thanked Jiang Lan for helping him, offered him a tissue, and asked whether he wanted to add him as a contact; Jiang Lan declined and told him to come find him if he needed anything.
• Jiang Lan returned to his usual routine, while his roommates teased him about Wen Zhiyan being his boyfriend; Jiang Lan repeatedly denied it and said he did not even have Wen Zhiyan's contact information.
• During a class break, Jiang Lan's classmate announced that someone was there for him, and Jiang Lan reluctantly went to see Wen Zhiyan in the hallway.
• Wen Zhiyan offered Jiang Lan a paper bag from an expensive café as thanks for helping him, then said he had mugged a passerby to pay for it.

After Wen Zhiyan gave Jiang Lan coffee, the two drifted apart until Xiao Bai warned Jiang Lan that Wen Zhiyan had been cornered near the north gate. Wen Zhiyan fought back against the gang leader who had been pressuring him to become his kept lover.

• Wen Zhiyan gave Jiang Lan a bag of coffee he had bought with money from his part-time job, then left before Jiang Lan could respond.
• Jiang Lan stayed busy preparing for S University's autumn sports meet, while Wen Zhiyan worked evening shifts at a café to cover his expenses.
• Xiao Bai called Jiang Lan and said Wen Zhiyan had been cornered near the north gate, prompting Jiang Lan to run there.
• Wen Zhiyan explained that a gang leader had watched him at the café for days and offered to pay his expenses in exchange for his time.
• Wen Zhiyan rejected the gang leader's offer and struck him in the face when he approached.

Wen Zhiyan fought off a group of men, and Jiang Lan arrived in time to help subdue them and calm him down. Jiang Lan accompanied Wen Zhiyan to the police station, calling him a friend as they waited for the police.

• Wen Zhiyan ignored an alpha's pheromones and viciously attacked him until the others joined the fight.
• Jiang Lan reached the alley, beat the men attacking Wen Zhiyan, and pulled Wen Zhiyan away before he could gouge out a man's eyes.
• Jiang Lan held Wen Zhiyan and released soothing pheromones until Wen Zhiyan calmed down, then Wen Zhiyan thanked him.
• Xiao Bai arrived, called Wen Zhiyan “Sister-in-law,” and Jiang Lan explained that his friends wrongly thought Wen Zhiyan was his boyfriend.
• Jiang Lan persuaded Wen Zhiyan to go to the police station and give a statement, then told Xiao Bai to return to campus.
• Jiang Lan stayed with Wen Zhiyan and said they were friends, as the police car arrived.

After Wen Zhiyan defended himself from a group of thugs, Jiang Lan left the police station frustrated that the law offered little protection for him. They drove to a mountain to watch the sunrise, and as they climbed together, Wen Zhiyan teased Jiang Lan about being innocent.

• The officer told Jiang Lan that the thugs could only be charged with fighting because Wen Zhiyan had not completed secondary differentiation and could not be protected under the Omega Protection Law.
• Jiang Lan took Wen Zhiyan to watch the sunrise rather than return to their dorm or pay for a hotel.
• Jiang Lan drove them to a mountain and offered Wen Zhiyan his hand as they climbed the dark, steep path.
• Wen Zhiyan teased Jiang Lan about comparing hands and called him an innocent.

Jiang Lan and Wen Zhiyan watched the sunrise together, and Jiang Lan offered to escort him to work as a bodyguard. Back in the production-team house, Jiang Lan and Wen Zhiyan arranged a hearty breakfast, and the voting results were about to be announced.

• Jiang Lan told Wen Zhiyan he had come to help him because Xiao Bai had alerted him, and the two wondered whether their meeting counted as fate.
• At the summit, Wen Zhiyan called Jiang Lan “Lan-ge” and offered him the rest of his milk, which Jiang Lan drank despite never sharing utensils or drinks.
• On the way down, Wen Zhiyan said he would find another part-time job and would fight his attackers again if they returned; Jiang Lan offered to escort him to and from work, and Wen Zhiyan asked if he could do it for free.
• After waking in the production-team house, Jiang Lan met Wen Zhiyan heading out for a morning run and asked him to make several lunch dishes for breakfast.
• Tan Duoduo joined Jiang Lan and Wen Zhiyan for the meal, and the production team's projection lit up as the voting results were announced.

After the guests changed the voting system to scoring, a room draw placed Jiang Lan, Wen Zhiyan, and Lin Ziyou in Room 5, which had only two beds. Jiang Lan made Wen Zhiyan agree to sleep on the floor, and Wen Zhiyan later volunteered to help him wash the dishes so they could work on their relationship.

• The guests discussed the voting results, and Jiang Lan suggested replacing the vote with a scoring system; the production team agreed to the change.
• The guests drew rooms, and Jiang Lan, Wen Zhiyan, and Lin Ziyou ended up in Room 5, which had only two beds.
• Jiang Lan asked Wen Zhiyan how they would arrange sleeping, and Wen Zhiyan offered to sleep on the floor if Jiang Lan did not want to share a bed.
• Jiang Lan accepted Wen Zhiyan's offer, and Wen Zhiyan withdrew his leg and sulked when Jiang Lan teased him.
• Jiang Lan went to wash the dishes, and Wen Zhiyan followed, saying he wanted to work on his relationship with Jiang Lan before they shared a room that night.

Jiang Lan and Wen Zhiyan traded suggestive remarks while preparing for the group date, then the cast changed their destination from the amusement park to cliff bungee jumping. The new activity reminded Jiang Lan of the things he had once tried to do with Wen Zhiyan, leaving him thinking about their regretful past.

• After the others left the kitchen, Jiang Lan teased Wen Zhiyan about sleeping in separate beds and told him he had dreamed about him.
• Jiang Lan and Wen Zhiyan hinted that he might share the dream later, prompting speculation among viewers about their relationship.
• Jiang Lan drew the amusement park as the group date destination, but asked to redraw because Wen Zhiyan and Lin Ziyou had gone there the day before.
• Wen Zhiyan drew the replacement destination: cliff bungee jumping, which startled the group and pleased Qiao Xin.
• Jiang Lan remembered making a list of things couples should do together and taking Wen Zhiyan along to complete some of them.

Jiang Lan, Wen Zhiyan, and the others drove to a seaside cliff for a bungee-jumping challenge, where Jiang Lan tried to photograph Wen Zhiyan and admitted he was handsome. The production team then announced that everyone had to be weighed and measured, setting up an awkward comparison with their official stats.

• Jiang Lan and Wen Zhiyan rode together while Pei Du ended up in Qiao Xin's car with Yu Nan and Lin Ziyou.
• Xu Can, Tan Duoduo, and Ye Qiunian sang Jiang Lan's songs in the car, and Wen Zhiyan joined in until Jiang Lan told him to stop.
• At the mountaintop, Jiang Lan photographed Wen Zhiyan and told Xu Can that President Wen was handsome.
• A staff member explained that the bungee safety ropes had a weight limit and required everyone to use the height and weight scale.
• Tan Duoduo protested about her listed height, Yu Nan asked the crew not to film the measurements, and the crew refused.
• The production team displayed the group's official heights and weights beside the scale as the viewers anticipated the results.

The cast revealed their true heights and weights on a talking scale, and Jiang Lan discovered Wen Zhiyan was taller than him. The group then prepared for a 300-meter cliff bungee jump, with Pei Du opting out because he feared heights.

• Ye Qiunian, Xu Can, Qiao Xin, Yu Nan, Lin Ziyou, Tan Duoduo, and Pei Du took turns having their heights and weights announced by the scale.
• Tan Duoduo admitted she usually wore hidden lifts, and Pei Du’s actual height was revealed to be 182cm.
• Wen Zhiyan measured 187.8cm and 78kg, while Jiang Lan measured 186.5cm and 75kg.
• Wen Zhiyan teased Jiang Lan about their 1.3-centimeter height difference, and Jiang Lan joked back with him.
• The group prepared to bungee jump from a 300-meter cliff, and Pei Du chose to sit it out because he was afraid of heights.

The group paired up for a bungee-jumping challenge, and Jiang Lan ended up teamed with Wen Zhiyan after Lin Ziyou chose Tan Duoduo and Ye Qiunian paired with Xu Can. After Qiao Xin and Yu Nan jumped first, Jiang Lan and Wen Zhiyan strapped themselves together and approached the platform, leaving Jiang Lan nervously aware of their close contact.

• Qiao Xin invited Yu Nan to pair up, while Lin Ziyou unexpectedly chose Tan Duoduo and promised to protect her.
• Ye Qiunian asked Xu Can to team up, and Jiang Lan volunteered to jump with Wen Zhiyan, trading pointed remarks with him.
• Jiang Lan boasted that nothing could scare him, but grew uneasy while watching Qiao Xin and Yu Nan bungee jump.
• Wen Zhiyan and Jiang Lan went to the platform and were strapped tightly together for their tandem jump.

During a bungee jump, Wen Zhiyan told Jiang Lan that he had missed him, leaving Jiang Lan distracted by the confession. Alone in the bathroom afterward, Jiang Lan tended Wen Zhiyan’s bitten shoulder and asked whether Wen Zhiyan had truly thought about him during their seven years apart.

• Wen Zhiyan teased Jiang Lan before the jump, then held him close as they fell; Jiang Lan screamed and bit Wen Zhiyan’s shoulder.
• Wen Zhiyan told Jiang Lan, “I missed you so much,” and Jiang Lan remained preoccupied with the words after the group returned to the villa.
• Wen Zhiyan asked Jiang Lan to help move rooms, and the two packed their belongings and went to room five.
• Wen Zhiyan showed Jiang Lan the teeth marks on his shoulder and said he liked them; they went into the bathroom to avoid the cameras.
• Wen Zhiyan offered Jiang Lan a cigarette, then asked what he was thinking about; Jiang Lan asked whether Wen Zhiyan had really thought about him during their seven years apart.

After seven years apart, Wen Zhiyan told Jiang Lan he had returned to give rather than take, and the two confronted their changed relationship and the barriers between them. They kissed in the bathroom until a sound from the bedroom door interrupted them.

• Wen Zhiyan asked whether Jiang Lan blamed him for making him wait, while Jiang Lan admitted that seven years had changed him.
• Wen Zhiyan said he had come back not to take from Jiang Lan but to give, and proposed that they start over if they could not return to the past.
• Jiang Lan raised the difficulty of their being alphas and their incompatible pheromones, but said he would rather kiss Wen Zhiyan than discuss it.
• Jiang Lan and Wen Zhiyan kissed passionately in the bathroom, then stopped when they heard a soft sound from the bedroom door.

After Jiang Lan and Wen Zhiyan hid in the bathroom to smoke, Pei Du joined them, mistaking their private gathering for an invitation to share a secret. The others came upstairs to find them, and Pei Du’s words made the scene sound suspicious just as a woman questioned what they had done in the bathroom.

• The group worried that Jiang Lan and Wen Zhiyan might be fighting when they stayed upstairs instead of coming down to eat.
• Pei Du went to Room Five and found Jiang Lan and Wen Zhiyan in the bathroom, where they had been smoking.
• Wen Zhiyan offered Pei Du a cigarette, and Pei Du joined them while Jiang Lan stood aside.
• Qiao Xin led everyone upstairs after the three alphas failed to return, and they heard rustling inside the bathroom.
• Pei Du called out that Jiang Lan and Wen Zhiyan had tried to leave him out, prompting a woman outside to ask what they had done in the bathroom.