Chapter Summaries

Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan received an Alaskan Malamute puppy as a surprise gift during their trip, and Xu Wang named it Glutinous Rice. The couple settled into their room with their new pet, while Pei Yanchuan considered how much he liked seeing Xu Wang happy.

• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan opened the gift box and found an excited Alaskan Malamute puppy inside.
• The puppy ran to Xu Wang, who petted it while Xia Yu, Yun Xi, and Qin Huai gathered around.
• The director told Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan to name the puppy before it joined their trip.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan chose a spacious room with a private hot spring, where the puppy explored.
• Pei Yanchuan suggested naming the puppy Glutinous Rice Ball, and Xu Wang settled on Glutinous Rice.

The guests began the Water Obstacle Challenge, where pairs had to cross a pool on floating mats while rival teams used water guns to interfere. Xu Wang, Pei Yanchuan, Qin Huai, and Gu Yunlan worked together to push Xia Yu and Hou Yunqi’s mat back toward the starting point, leaving the pair stranded far from the next mat.

• The director explained the Water Obstacle Challenge and offered the winning pair first choice of date location and date funds.
• Xia Yu and Hou Yunqi went first, and the other guests soaked them with water guns as they tried to reach the next mat.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan aimed at Xia Yu and Hou Yunqi’s mat, pushing it away from the next mat.
• Qin Huai noticed Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan’s plan and signaled Gu Yunlan to join them.
• Xu Wang, Pei Yanchuan, Qin Huai, and Gu Yunlan pushed the mat back to the starting steps, and Xia Yu and Hou Yunqi discovered the second mat was far out of reach.

Hou Yunqi and Xia Yu struggled across the floating mats, then watched the other pairs compete as Xu Wang learned that Zhong Ran had spread a rumor about him and Pei Yanchuan. The chapter left Yun Xi waiting at the poolside while Jiang Xiubai sat stranded on a drifting mat.

• Hou Yunqi pushed the mats through the pool, helping Xia Yu finish the course in 15 minutes and 29 seconds.
• Xia Yu sprayed Gu Yunlan and Qin Huai with the water cannon; Gu Yunlan fell into the pool, while Qin Huai completed the course in 13 minutes and 36 seconds.
• Zhong Ran and Leng Yifan both fell into the water, and Xu Wang privately asked Yun Xi about their strained relationship.
• Yun Xi told Xu Wang that Zhong Ran had started the rumor that Xu Wang and President Pei had been forced to marry.
• Jiang Xiubai's jump sent his mat drifting far ahead, leaving Yun Xi waiting on the poolside for him to come back.

Yun Xi and Jiang Xiubai finished the water course, then Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan placed second after Pei carried Xu on his shoulders. After the livestream ended, the group had dinner, and Pei noticed Nuomi had left the vegetables in his bowl.

• Yun Xi and Jiang Xiubai endured Xia Yu’s water attack and finished the course in 16 minutes and 2 seconds.
• Pei Yanchuan shielded Xu Wang from the water, then carried him on his shoulders to reach the next mat.
• The director announced Gu Yunlan and Qin Huai in first place and Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan in second before ending the livestream.
• The guests ate a seafood dinner, while Pei Yanchuan peeled shrimp for Xu Wang and reminded him to eat vegetables.
• Nuomi followed Xu Wang upstairs, and Pei Yanchuan noticed the puppy had eaten everything except the vegetables in his bowl.

Pei Yanchuan cared for Xu Wang and Glutinous Rice, first insisting that Xu Wang drink his vegetable juice and then brushing Glutinous Rice’s teeth while Xu Wang slept. The production team began the day’s livestream and announced a date-location activity, though the guests struggled to recognize the director’s drawings.

• Xu Wang tried to avoid drinking the fruit and vegetable juice, but Pei Yanchuan refused to let him skip it and agreed that he could eat extra vegetables instead.
• Pei Yanchuan worried about Glutinous Rice sleeping in their bedroom, while Xu Wang mistakenly thought he was staring because he liked fluffy things.
• Pei Yanchuan woke early and brushed Glutinous Rice’s teeth, prompting the dog to struggle until Xu Wang arrived and rescued it.
• Xu Wang comforted Pei Yanchuan after Glutinous Rice ran away, and the two went downstairs with the puppy.
• The production team started the livestream and introduced five date-location cards, whose sloppy drawings baffled the guests until the director identified one as a bear.

The couples chose picture cards that determined their date locations on Moon Island. The director then revealed that Xu Wang’s hidden mission had been to sneak three surprise kisses on Pei Yanchuan, earning their date expenses for free.

• The director let Qin Huai and Gu Yunlan choose first, then set the remaining selection order through rock-paper-scissors.
• Qin Huai and Gu Yunlan chose the bear, Yun Xi and Jiang Xiubai chose the flower, Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan chose the squares, Zhong Ran and Leng Yifan chose the wavy lines, and Xia Yu and Hou Yunqi took the sideways moon.
• The director revealed that the cards corresponded to the zoo, Flower Valley, the local market, the beach, and a boating activity, respectively.
• The director said the couples would pay their date expenses from their travel funds, but the production team would cover Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan’s expenses because Xu Wang had completed a hidden mission.
• The director revealed that Xu Wang’s mission had been to sneak three surprise kisses on Pei Yanchuan while exploring the Castle, and Pei Yanchuan looked at Xu Wang dotingly.

Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan visited a lively market on Moon Island, where they exchanged flower crowns and charmed the stallholder. The chapter ended with Xu Wang noticing Granny Su’s imposing spouse watching from a café.

• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan arrived at the market and drew admiring looks from locals and visitors.
• Xu Wang chose a blue flower crown for Pei Yanchuan, who thanked him and smiled as Xu Wang blushed.
• Pei Yanchuan picked a pink-and-purple flower crown for Xu Wang, and Xu Wang praised Granny Su’s craftsmanship.
• Granny Su offered the crowns for ten yuan, but another elderly woman explained that Granny Su’s family owned many market storefronts.
• Xu Wang spotted Granny Su’s tall, commanding spouse watching them from the café and politely nodded to her.

Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan continued their date at the market, where Pei bought Xu Wang all the children’s roses. Meanwhile, Jiang Xiubai was stung by a bee in Flower Valley, forcing his group to return early for medical help.

• Three children tried to sell flowers to Pei Yanchuan, who bought all 52 roses for Xu Wang and paid 520 yuan.
• Pei Yanchuan fed Xu Wang treats as they continued through the market, while the director celebrated the livestream’s rising viewership.
• Yun Xi and Jiang Xiubai explored Flower Valley, where Jiang Xiubai let a bee crawl on his hand.
• The bee stung Jiang Xiubai, and Yun Xi used a supermarket gift card to remove the stinger.
• Jiang Xiubai’s group returned early to find a doctor for his wound.

Gu Yunlan and Qin Huai spent a zoo outing together, while Xia Yu and Hou Yunqi struggled to paddle straight and Zhong Ran and Leng Yifan remained tense during their date. Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan returned to the guesthouse to find Jiang Xiubai nursing a bee sting and Yun Xi playing a game, where Yun Xi noticed Pei Yanchuan’s bouquet of roses.

• Gu Yunlan photographed Qin Huai feeding a white tiger, then secretly ate all of Qin Huai’s cotton candy and chased after him when he walked away.
• At lunch, Qin Huai used a digital scale to limit Gu Yunlan to tiny portions of each dish and gave him vegetable salads to eat freely.
• Xia Yu paddled hard for over twenty minutes while he and Hou Yunqi spun in place in their kayak.
• Leng Yifan took a long work call during his beach walk with Zhong Ran, who worried about losing the support of the Leng Family.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan returned to the guesthouse, where they found Jiang Xiubai with a bee sting and Yun Xi playing a game beside him.
• Yun Xi won his game and noticed the bouquet of fifty-two roses Xu Wang was carrying.

Xu Wang and Yun Xi enjoyed a winning gaming session before the guests went to a seaside restaurant for a performance. Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan ordered complementary drinks and toasted their unspoken understanding.

• Xu Wang showed Yun Xi the 52 roses he had brought and took a photo of them.
• The guests returned from their dates, and the director announced a grand performance for that evening.
• Xu Wang carried Yun Xi through several rounds of their game, and Yun Xi won every match and shared a screenshot of his victories.
• The production team brought the guests to a seaside restaurant, where they watched a woman dance onstage.
• Xu Wang ordered lychee wine, Pei Yanchuan ordered a blue cocktail, and they raised their glasses in a toast.

Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan enjoyed a romantic dinner and a fireworks show on Moon Island. As the fireworks lit up the sea, the guests shared kisses with their partners, while Yun Xi rebuffed Jiang Xiubai’s joking offer.

• Lonina gave Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan her blessing card, and the restaurant owner announced their meal was free.
• Xu Wang praised the steak, and Pei Yanchuan tenderly wiped sauce from his mouth.
• The director led the guests from the restaurant to a fireworks show over the sea.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan kissed as fireworks burst overhead, while Xia Yu and Hou Yunqi kissed too.
• Gu Yunlan asked Qin Huai for a kiss, Qin Huai obliged, and Zhong Ran and Leng Yifan embraced.
• Jiang Xiubai offered to make a sacrifice to Yun Xi, who told him to get lost.

After the fireworks show, Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan slept in and joined the other groggy guests downstairs. The director announced a team day with a lunch-making task, then Yun Xi surprised him by asking how he had made his money.

• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan went to bed after the fireworks show and woke late the next morning.
• Yun Xi and Jiang Xiubai nodded off on the sofa until their heads collided and jolted them awake.
• The director arrived in a floral shirt and endured the guests’ jokes about his reputation for being stingy.
• The director split the guests into two groups, assigning Xu Wang, Xia Yu, Qin Huai, Yun, and Zhong to shop for lunch ingredients while the others stayed to cook.
• Yun Xi discovered the group had been given ten thousand yuan and asked the director to take him along to make a fortune.

Xu Wang and the other guests went grocery shopping for the cooking challenge, and their companions worried about what they would bring back. Xu Wang spent his entire budget on meat and seafood, while Qin Huai selected vegetables and other ingredients by calorie count.

• Yun Xi tried to persuade the director to let him join the profitable plan, but the director refused and sent the guests shopping.
• Pei Yanchuan, Gu Yunlan, and Hou Yunqi worried that their partners would return with unsuitable groceries.
• The guests rode shared bicycles to the market, split their money into five portions, and went their separate ways.
• Xu Wang bought a variety of fresh meat, then bargained for seafood at the pier and picked lively crabs by hand.
• Xu Wang spent his entire budget on meat and seafood and headed back without buying vegetables.
• Qin Huai filled baskets with vegetables, then checked ingredients' calories on his phone and bought only the low-calorie ones.

Xia Yu and the others shopped for ingredients, with Xia Yu buying unusual foods and Yun Xi bargaining while Zhong Ran mistakenly paid a high price for bell peppers. Back at the guesthouse, their partners carried the bags, revealing a stark split between vegetables and meat and prompting Jiang Xiubai to ask whether both partners were picky eaters.

• Xia Yu bought soybean caterpillars, sandworms, silkworm pupae, pig brains, and other unusual ingredients at the market.
• Yun Xi bargained the price of bell peppers down to seven yuan per jin, while Zhong Ran proudly showed off two peppers he had bought for twenty-eight yuan.
• The group returned to the guesthouse, where Pei Yanchuan took Xu Wang's light bags and the other partners collected their companions' purchases.
• Gu Yunlan unpacked vegetables as Pei Yanchuan laid out meat, and Jiang Xiubai asked whether both partners were picky eaters.

The five men revealed their wildly different grocery choices and cooked lunch together, while Gu Yunlan and Jiang Xiubai each ran into trouble in the kitchen. Glutinous Rice rejected Pei Yanchuan’s broccoli, so Pei Yanchuan hid minced vegetables in his dog food.

• Hou Yunqi unpacked live sandworms, and Jiang Xiubai discovered his bags were filled with cheap clearance groceries.
• The group chose ingredients for lunch but left out Xia Yu’s difficult-to-clean purchases; Pei Yanchuan and Hou Yunqi cooked skillfully while Leng Yifan followed a tutorial, Gu Yunlan struggled with crabs, and Jiang Xiubai flung a worm off his hand.
• Glutinous Rice followed the cooking smells into the kitchen and gagged when Pei Yanchuan offered him plain broccoli.
• Pei Yanchuan mixed minced boiled vegetables into the dog food he had made for Glutinous Rice.

After lunch, Pei Yanchuan coaxed Xu Wang into eating vegetables, and the guests received chores to maintain the guesthouse grounds. Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan began preparing a vegetable plot, while Zhong Ran’s hoe broke as he tried to dig.

• Pei Yanchuan served Xu Wang vegetables, soup, and a tissue after lunch.
• The assistant director gave the guests a list of groundskeeping chores and warned that failed work would mean overtime.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan took one vegetable plot, while Zhong Ran and Leng Yifan took the other.
• Xu Wang tried digging and discussed the tough soil with Pei Yanchuan.
• Zhong Ran’s hoe head came loose, leaving him holding only the handle.

Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan worked together to turn over half their plot while Zhong Ran and Leng Yifan struggled with theirs. Meanwhile, the other guests completed their courtyard chores, with Jiang Xiubai provoking Yun Xi and Gu Yunlan joking with Qin Huai.

• Zhong Ran broke his hoe, then teamed up with Leng Yifan using a replacement while Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan began digging together.
• Pei Yanchuan and Xu Wang worked in sync, took a water break, and turned over half their plot as Zhong Ran and Leng Yifan managed only a small patch.
• Jiang Xiubai threw petals at Yun Xi, who chased him with a broom before telling the camera his anger had been an act.
• Gu Yunlan watched Jiang Xiubai and Yun Xi bicker and joked that their happiness was all that mattered, while Qin Huai urged him back to work.

Hou Yunqi and Xia Yu cleaned the pool while the other teams finished their assigned work, and Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan returned to their room to shower. By evening, everyone had finished, and Pei Yanchuan and Hou Yunqi prepared dinner while Xu Wang hoped to avoid another meal of green vegetables.

• Hou Yunqi and Xia Yu scrubbed the pool, with Xia Yu realizing he had cleaned only a small part of it.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan shut the bedroom and bathroom doors on the cameraman, showered, and emerged half an hour later; Xu Wang covered his lower back after Pei Yanchuan had made little flowers on it.
• Assistant Yang's eyelids twitched at the Pei Corporation Group while Pei Yanchuan decided to double his bonus.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan, Qin Huai and Gu Yunlan, and the remaining teams finished their tasks as the sky darkened; Zhong Ran and Leng Yifan barely passed inspection.
• Pei Yanchuan and Hou Yunqi began making dinner, and Xu Wang peeked into the kitchen hoping not to eat green vegetables again.

Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan took Glutinous Rice to a large pet store, where they met a family worried that their golden retriever, Ingot, had stopped eating. After shopping for treats and supplies, Pei Yanchuan added freeze-dried vegetables and fruit to Glutinous Rice’s haul before they headed to checkout.

• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan brought Glutinous Rice to Fluffy Paradise after landing in City A.
• An elderly woman and her children rushed in with the overweight golden retriever Ingot, worried because it had refused its food.
• The vet examined Ingot and explained that it was healthy but had likely eaten too many treats, resolving the family’s worry.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan filled a stroller with treats and chose a cream-colored bed and cushion for Glutinous Rice.
• Pei Yanchuan returned with freeze-dried vegetables and fruit, placed them in the stroller, and prepared to check out.

Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan brought Glutinous Rice home and settled into their evening routine. As Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan grew intimate in the bedroom, Glutinous Rice interrupted them at the door, leaving Pei Yanchuan dark-faced.

• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan brought Glutinous Rice home, cleaned its paws, and set up its dog bed.
• Xu Wang cooked dinner while Pei Yanchuan added crushed freeze-dried vegetables to Glutinous Rice's meal.
• Pei Yanchuan dried Xu Wang's hair, then Xu Wang dried Pei Yanchuan's hair after his shower.
• Pei Yanchuan leaned over Xu Wang on the bed, but Xu Wang pulled free and kissed him first.
• Glutinous Rice scratched at the bedroom door and tumbled inside when Pei Yanchuan opened it, interrupting their kiss.