Chapter Summaries

The couples answered the competition’s questions about what they liked most about each other and what their partners disliked them doing. Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan finished tied for full marks, and the competition ended with Xu Wang’s and Qin Huai’s teams sharing first place.

• Zhong Ran and Leng Yifan gave different answers about what they liked most, while Qin Huai and Gu Yunlan matched with “face.”
• Xia Yu and Hou Yunqi gave different answers, and Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan matched with “abs.”
• Hou Yunqi and Xia Yu matched on “waking me up,” while Gu Yunlan and Qin Huai matched on “sneaking food.”
• Zhong Ran and Leng Yifan failed to match their answers about what they disliked each other doing.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan matched on “stir-frying vegetables” and earned full marks.
• The competition ended with Xu Wang’s and Qin Huai’s teams tied for first, Yun Xi in second, Xia Yu’s team in third, and Zhong Ran’s team last.

Elder Pei discovered that Pei Yan had hired online trolls and sent someone to discipline her, while Pei Yanchuan and Xu Wang shared a cozy morning at the village house. Zhong Ran tried to draw Pei Yanchuan’s attention, but Xu Wang outmaneuvered him and left him facing an unexpected charge for his soda.

• Elder Pei learned that Pei Yan had hired the paid trolls and ordered someone to confront his son about her.
• Pei Yanchuan and Hou Yunqi prepared breakfast together, and Pei Yanchuan made a balanced meal and fresh juice for Xu Wang.
• Zhong Ran reminisced about his childhood with Pei Yanchuan and asked him to open a soda, but Xu Wang interrupted and led Pei Yanchuan away.
• Xu Wang opened Zhong Ran’s soda with a bottle-cap trick, impressing Yun Xi and the livestream viewers.
• A production crew member told Zhong Ran that his soda cost two hundred yuan, and Yun Xi moved the refrigerator’s price list into view.

The guests chose jobs to earn travel funds, and Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan took the high-paying task of herding geese. Xu Wang quickly subdued the flock’s Goose King and led the geese out, leaving the villager amazed at their obedience.

• The director announced a plan for guests to earn travel funds by completing jobs, prompting Xia Yu and Yun Xi to mock the production team’s prices.
• Xu Wang inspected the job board while Zhong Ran and Leng Yifan chose peach picking, Xia Yu and Hou Yunqi chose a town supply run, and Qin Huai and Gu Yunlan chose courtyard cleaning.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan accepted the goose-herding task, which paid 2,300 yuan but required them to avoid losing any geese.
• The older man welcomed Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan with boiled corn and explained the route before handing over his herding stick.
• Xu Wang entered the enclosure, subdued the Goose King, lined up the geese, and led the flock out while holding Pei Yanchuan’s hand.
• The man watched in amazement as the Goose King meekly led the flock down the road, though it secretly vowed to reclaim its dominance.

Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan completed the goose-herding task and earned more than any other group, while Qin Huai’s strategy also brought in a substantial sum. The production team paid out all the money in its envelope and was left with nothing.

• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan herded the geese past Qin Huai and Gu Yunlan, who discussed their plan to earn money by completing several quick one-star tasks.
• At the orchard, Yun Xi avoided joining Xu Wang’s group after sensing Pei Yanchuan’s icy gaze, then narrowly avoided being honked at by the Goose King.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan took more job cards after finishing the goose-herding task, and the groups completed their work for the day.
• The production team paid Xia Yu and Hou Yunqi 3,000 yuan, Leng Yifan and Zhong Ran 1,200 yuan, Yun Xi 2,000 yuan, and Qin Huai and Gu Yunlan 4,500 yuan.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan presented three job cards worth 6,900 yuan, leaving the production team’s envelope completely empty.

Pei Yanchuan learned that Pei Yan had hired paid trolls and prepared to close the net, while the production team separated Xu Wang and the other guests from their partners for a new challenge. The guests were told to search for their missing partners by completing village challenges or buying clues, and Xu Wang began considering a plan of his own.

• Pei Yanchuan learned that Pei Yan was behind the paid trolls and told his assistant to prepare to close the net.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan joined the other guests for breakfast before the assistant director led Xu Wang, Qin Huai, Xia Yu, Zhong Ran, and Yun Xi away.
• Pei Yanchuan released his alpha presence, but Xu Wang reassured him before being taken to a pavilion by the river.
• Yun Xi resisted being carried away, insisting that he was the group's tour guide and should not be taken.
• The assistant director announced a search for the guests' missing partners, with clues awarded for challenges or sold for 1,000 yuan each.

Pei Yanchuan and the others rejected the production team's costly offer to contact their partners, while Xu Wang escaped his guards and ran into the peach grove. As Xu Wang prepared to leave and find Pei Yanchuan, someone nearby peppered him with curious questions.

• Pei Yanchuan headed for the cottage door without hearing the assistant director's sales pitch, and Gu Yunlan and Hou Yunqi left after learning the thousand-yuan offer was only a phone call to their partners.
• Xu Wang sprinted past two guards at the river pavilion, escaped into the peach grove, and lost them among its winding paths.
• The guards called the director to report Xu Wang's escape, startling him awake and leaving him stunned.
• Xu Wang strolled through the peach grove and began heading for its exit to look for Pei Yanchuan.
• A curious voice asked Xu Wang whether the production team had arranged for him to kill hostages, how much he was worth, and whether he was tired.

Xu Wang escaped his captors and reunited with Xia Yu, who had freed himself despite being tied to a chair. Pei Yanchuan followed clues to an empty pavilion, then changed course and went with Hou Yunqi toward the orchard.

• Xu Wang ran from the two men guarding Xia Yu and escaped them in the orchard.
• Xia Yu tipped himself forward with the chair on his back, followed Xu Wang, and caught up with him.
• Xu Wang untied Xia Yu, and the two discussed their next move.
• The men in black returned to find Xia Yu gone and reported the escape to the director.
• Pei Yanchuan used three clues to locate the riverside pavilion, but found it empty and left.
• Pei Yanchuan encountered Hou Yunqi on the way back and decided to accompany him to the orchard.

Xu Wang and Xia Yu hid in a tree from approaching footsteps, where Xu Wang spotted Pei Yanchuan and jumped into his arms. The other contestants continued their challenges while Yun Xi waited at the village chief’s house for the remaining pair to finish.

• Xu Wang led Xia Yu to a plane tree and helped him climb onto a branch to hide from the approaching group.
• Xu Wang caught Xia Yu when he nearly fell, then leaped from the tree into Pei Yanchuan’s arms when he saw him arrive.
• Pei Yanchuan checked that Xu Wang was unharmed, and Xu Wang told him he had been scared and unable to find him.
• Gu Yunlan completed all three challenges and gave Qin Huai the envelope of money, which Qin Huai confirmed was intact.
• Leng Yifan remained stuck on the physical challenge, while Zhong Ran waited in a guarded courtyard and Yun Xi complained that the remaining pair was delaying lunch.

The guests returned to the city after filming the first episode, where fans greeted them with teasing chants and enthusiastic support. Yun Xi was surprised to discover that fans had already given him the nickname “little fake-sweetheart baby.”

• Yun Xi ate with Xu Wang, while Pei Yanchuan set peeled crayfish in front of Xu Wang.
• The guests arrived in the city, and Gu Yunlan’s fans teased him about dieting and his next drama.
• Zhong Ran’s fans cheered for him and Leng Yifan as they left in a vintage car, while the livestream comments argued over the guests’ popularity.
• Xia Yu’s fans demanded updates from his novel pen name, making Xia Yu hide in Hou Yunqi’s arms as they hurried away.
• Xu Wang’s fans praised his athletic skills, so he covered Pei Yanchuan’s ears and rushed him toward their car.
• Yun Xi’s fans called him a fake-sweetheart and praised his eating, leaving him bewildered as his manager approached.

Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan grew closer after Xu Wang bumped his head, sharing a kiss and spending the rest of the evening fooling around. Xu Wang ended the night eating light food instead of the braised pork he wanted, after Pei Yanchuan promised to make it tomorrow.

• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan accidentally collided, leaving Xu Wang with a swollen bump on his forehead.
• Pei Yanchuan fetched an ice pack and gently treated Xu Wang's injury, and Xu Wang kissed him.
• Pei Yanchuan kissed Xu Wang back, and they embraced and fooled around until late at night.
• Xu Wang realized he had a bump while Pei Yanchuan's chin was unharmed and grumbled about the apparent bug.
• Pei Yanchuan served Xu Wang light dishes instead of braised pork, promising to cook it the next day, and Xu Wang teasingly threatened him.

Pei Yanchuan used Pei Yan’s family’s losses to buy properties for Xu Wang, while Xu Wang realized Pei Yan was behind a coming scandal and went to Pei Corporation. He arrived carrying an expensive outfit for Pei Yanchuan and was greeted by excited employees as the boss’s wife.

• Pei Yanchuan learned that his father, Mu Tingting, Pei Feng, and Pei Yan had been escorted out of Pei Corporation after losing about one billion, and he revealed he had bought his father’s properties and gifted them to Xu Wang.
• Xu Wang saw a trending video of the family causing a scene and remembered that Pei Yan had arranged a plot to damage Pei Yanchuan’s reputation.
• Xu Wang bought Pei Yanchuan an expensive black suit designed to be worn without anything underneath, then headed to Pei Corporation.
• Xiao Li recognized Xu Wang as the boss’s wife and escorted him to Pei Yanchuan’s private elevator.
• Xiao Zhu announced Xu Wang’s arrival in the employees-only group chat, prompting excited reactions from the staff and confusion from Assistant Yang.

Xu Wang visited Pei Yanchuan at work, where Pei gave him a property agreement and his salary card. After Xu sent Pei to change clothes, Miao Yi injected himself with a painful drug, recalling how a mysterious woman had offered him a deal.

• Assistant Yang welcomed Xu Wang to the top floor and escorted him to Pei Yanchuan's office.
• Xu Wang found an agreement transferring several properties to him, and Pei explained that he had bought them cheaply from his father's family.
• Pei persuaded Xu to sign the agreement and handed him a black card, saying he was giving him his salary; Xu accepted it.
• Xu gave Pei an outfit to try on and sent him to the lounge while he waited in the office.
• Miao Yi injected himself with a drug in a restroom stall and remembered that a woman had approached him after he lost his café job and offered him a deal.

Xu Wang caught Miao Yi entering Pei Yanchuan’s office with coffee and discovered a needle mark on his neck, prompting Pei Yanchuan to have Miao Yi taken for an examination. After the threat was removed, Xu Wang stayed with Pei Yanchuan at work and posted a photo of him online.

• Miao Yi entered Pei Yanchuan’s unlocked office with coffee, expecting to find him alone, but found Xu Wang waiting instead.
• Xu Wang confronted Miao Yi for entering his husband’s office and noticed a needle mark on his neck.
• Pei Yanchuan came out of the lounge, pulled Xu Wang protectively close, and ordered Assistant Yang to take Miao Yi to the hospital and investigate how he entered the company.
• Xu Wang reassured Pei Yanchuan, stayed with him while he worked, and secretly photographed him.
• Xu Wang posted Pei Yanchuan’s photo online, where commenters praised his looks and joked about his wife keeping him company.

Xu Wang’s selfie post drew huge attention, prompting the director to call him and increase the production’s cash prize. That night, trending searches accused Pei Yanchuan of an office romance and called his marriage scripted, leaving Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan facing a sudden scandal.

• Xu Wang posted another selfie, and his post quickly surpassed a million likes and comments.
• The director learned that Xu Wang’s post had brought attention to the show and decided to add fifty thousand yuan to the production’s cash prize.
• The director called Xu Wang in an unusually flattering voice, and Xu Wang later told Pei Yanchuan about the strange call.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan bought a small cake on their way home and spent the night together.
• Trending searches appeared accusing Pei Yanchuan of an office romance and calling his marriage scripted, while Assistant Yang called him with news.

Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan watched the scandal over their photo unravel as a recording exposed Pei Yan and a fan video revealed that the man in Pei Yanchuan’s arms was Xu Wang. The controversy faded, and they went to bed before shopping together and filming the show’s second episode.

• Pei Yanchuan told Xu Wang that Miao Yi had identified the mastermind and handed over a recording, and Assistant Yang began carrying out Pei Yanchuan’s instructions.
• Zhong Ran considered posting in support of Pei Yanchuan, but his manager told him the Pei Corporation’s public relations team had already changed the trending topics.
• New trending topics revealed a legal notice and a recording of Pei Yan, shifting attention to the fabricated scandal and its cause.
• Gossip Little Doubao compared the photos and showed that Xu Wang was the person in Pei Yanchuan’s arms, prompting fans to celebrate the couple’s photo.
• Xu Wang liked Little Doubao’s video, then Pei Yanchuan held him as they said good night ahead of their shopping trip and the show’s second episode.

The guests traveled to S City for the second episode and discovered that the production had upgraded its transport and accommodations, while Yun Xi accidentally turned his hair green and became a trending topic. The group arrived at a luxurious seaside villa, where they wondered whether the director had been replaced or possessed.

• Xia Yu doubted the director's motives for chartering a plane, while Hou Yunqi reassured him, and Qin Huai teased Gu Yunlan about drooling in his sleep.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan noticed Yun Xi's hair glowing green, and Yun Xi realized he had mistaken glitter for hair product and sprinkled it on himself.
• Yun Xi's green hair became a trending topic and inspired his first meme, prompting his manager to discover the online commotion.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan arrived in matching floral shirts and noticed the production had arranged branded minivans for the guests.
• The guests reached a three-story seaside villa and joked that the director had acquired a Tycoon System, making the director nearly trip.

Zheng Weiguang, Qu Rou, and Tian Xiaowu arrived as guest stars, and Xu Wang realized their public image concealed affairs and other secrets. Yun Xi acted nervously around the guests, and the chapter ended as the cast prepared for a couples’ water-balloon competition.

• Director Zheng introduced Zheng Weiguang, Qu Rou, and Tian Xiaowu as the episode’s guest stars.
• Xu Wang recognized Tian Xiaowu as Zheng Weiguang’s lover and recalled that Qu Rou also had secrets of her own.
• Yun Xi hid behind Xu Wang, and Xu Wang noticed Zheng Weiguang and Qu Rou watching Yun Xi with unfriendly looks.
• At lunch, Qu Rou placed a shrimp on Yun Xi’s plate, leaving him visibly nervous and deepening Xu Wang’s suspicion that Yun Xi knew something.
• The director announced a three-stage water-balloon competition, pairing married couples and teaming Tian Xiaowu with Yun Xi.

The guests competed for wildcard cards by carrying water balloons through three stages, and Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan took the lead with careful teamwork. The chapter ended when Xia Yu fell on the final mat and his balloon slid beneath Leng Yifan, who burst it by sitting on it.

• The director explained that wildcard cards could let groups swap tasks or rewards, and then started the competition.
• Xia Yu and Hou Yunqi failed to carry their balloon between their chests, while Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan discovered they could carry theirs between their cheeks and cleared the first stage first.
• At the second stage, Qin Huai and Gu Yunlan followed Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan’s method, and Gu Yunlan got drenched by a swinging balloon; Xu Wang later worked out the obstacle’s rhythm and helped Pei Yanchuan cross safely.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan reached the slippery final mat in first place, followed by Yun Xi and Tian Xiaowu, Qin Huai and Gu Yunlan, Zheng Weiguang and Qu Rou, Zhong Ran and Leng Yifan, and Xia Yu and Hou Yunqi.
• Xia Yu fell on the mat, and his balloon slid beneath Leng Yifan, who burst it when he sat down; Xia Yu reached out and lamented, “My balloon!”

Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan overheard Yun Xi discussing his future on the show, then learned that Zheng Weiguang and Qu Rou had offered Yun Xi hush money. Yun Xi revealed that both of them had tried to make him their lover, leaving Pei Yanchuan with information about the couple’s misconduct.

• Pei Yanchuan caught Xu Wang when he slipped on the soapy mat, and they finished the obstacle course in first place.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan received Wildcard Cards with the other top-three contestants.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan encountered Qu Rou downstairs, then overheard Yun Xi tell his manager he wanted to stop filming.
• Yun Xi panicked when Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan found him in the kitchen and explained that he had bank cards on the table.
• Yun Xi told Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan that Zheng Weiguang and Qu Rou had both tried to keep him as a lover and had brought him hush money.

Pei Yanchuan decided to find evidence to remove Zheng Weiguang and Tian Xiaowu from the show after Yun Xi fled their confrontation. The director then announced a penalty-heavy flexibility game, and Xu Wang switched places with Pei Yanchuan after Zhong Ran approached him.

• Pei Yanchuan apologized to Xu Wang for his intimidating presence, while Yun Xi refused to take the money he called illicit funds and ran away.
• Pei Yanchuan told Xu Wang he would find evidence and kick the culprits out.
• At breakfast, Qin Huai eyed Zheng Weiguang and Tian Xiaowu with disgust, while Gu Yunlan served him sweetened porridge.
• The director introduced a pair-based flexibility game with cash penalties for the three lowest-ranking pairs, and Pei Yanchuan's stare made the director protest.
• Zhong Ran approached Pei Yanchuan before the game, so Xu Wang switched places with Pei Yanchuan, leaving Zhong Ran visibly stiff.