Chapter Summaries

Su Yu failed to get Yan Yi to answer his door and went to dinner with Si Chen instead, while Shen Ting worried that his brother might be dining with a rival. Meng Yun and Bai Yuanyuan turned their ballroom dance into a fight, and the director hurried them out with their money.

• Su Yu knocked on Yan Yi's door without getting an answer, then agreed to go downstairs with Si Chen for dinner.
• Si Chen completed twenty push-ups with Su Yu on his back, earning them their spending money as fans argued in the livestream chat.
• Shen Ting found his brother's room empty and panicked at the possibility that he was dining with Su Yu, Si Chen, or Su Yu's other companion.
• Yan Yi suggested Shen Ting ask the director who his brother had gone out with, and Shen Ting quickly recovered from his mock faint.
• Meng Yun and Bai Yuanyuan's ballroom dance turned into a vicious contest of stomping and dodging, so the director gave them their money and pushed them out.

Shen Ting and Yan Yi won the Candlelight Dinner budget by delivering cheesy pickup lines, then decided to order takeout instead of going out. While they discussed dinner and teased each other about Yan Yi’s physique, Shen Ting suddenly lifted Yan Yi’s shirt, leaving him stunned.

• Shen Ting and Yan Yi passed the director’s sweet-talk challenge with pickup lines and collected 3,000 yuan for dinner.
• Shen Ting joked that a pig was the best animal for riding because Peppa Pig gave piggyback rides, and the exhausted director left.
• Shen Ting and Yan Yi decided to order takeout, and Yan Yi exchanged the cash at a nearby convenience store.
• Yan Yi chose steak and vegetable salad while Shen Ting listed less healthy options, then Shen Ting teased him about his figure.
• Shen Ting pounced on Yan Yi and lifted his shirt before Yan Yi could bargain with him.

Shen Ting admired Yan Yi’s abs before the two ate and went to rest. The next morning, the production team assigned them to make lunch on a tiny budget, and the others voted for hot pot as Meng Yun and Bai Yuanyuan seized a chance to get revenge.

• Shen Ting praised Yan Yi’s abs and agreed to pay to keep admiring them until Yan Yi pulled his shirt back down.
• Shen Ting and Yan Yi ate their contrasting meals, cleaned up, and went to their rooms.
• The next morning, Shen Ting accepted bread from Su Yu while Yan Yi moved from Su Yu’s side to sit beside Shen Ting.
• Xiaoyue announced that Shen Ting and Yan Yi had to prepare lunch for eight people with a one-hundred-yuan budget.
• Su Yu suggested hot pot, Si Chen agreed, and Meng Yun and Bai Yuanyuan backed the idea to get revenge on Shen Ting and Yan Yi.

Shen Ting and Yan Yi struggled to buy ingredients at the market, then used a wordplay trick to serve the others cattle cud instead of hot pot. The chapter ended with Meng Yun vomiting and Su Yu realizing Shen Ting’s strange meal technically fit the name.

• Shen Ting and Yan Yi went to the market but spent nearly all their money buying ready-made food, leaving them with only ten yuan for hot pot.
• An elderly vendor gave Shen Ting a bunch of greens, and another woman mistook them for sellers and paid him five yuan for it.
• After hearing a child ask why a wife cake had no wife inside, Shen Ting whispered an idea to Yan Yi, who was amused by it.
• Meng Yun and the others returned to the villa and found Shen Ting and Yan Yi eating a separate meal while their own hot pot waited in the dining room.
• Shen Ting revealed that the dark, foul-smelling meal was cattle cud hot pot, prompting Meng Yun to vomit and leaving Su Yu stunned.

The guests drew matching cards to choose partners and destinations for their afternoon dates. Shen Ting and Bai Yuanyuan visited Rose Manor, where they bonded over Ji Yan’s magazine and their shared taste in videos.

• Xiaoyue had the guests draw cards, pairing Meng Yun with Su Weiwang at a café, Bai Yuanyuan with Shen Ting at Rose Manor, Yan Yi with Su Yu at the zoo, and Shen Rui with Si Chen at an archery range.
• Shen Ting and Bai Yuanyuan walked through Rose Manor and discussed the rare magazine Shen Ting had bought featuring Ji Yan.
• Shen Ting offered to give Bai Yuanyuan the magazine, and she promised to help him whenever he needed it.
• Shen Ting muttered that he had already found better abs than Ji Yan’s and could touch them in person, prompting excited reactions from the livestream viewers.
• Shen Ting and Bai Yuanyuan found a cool spot, watched videos on their phones, and compared their recommendations.

The dating show's chaotic pairings sparked a scandal about the Su family's real and fake young masters, while Su Yu fainted after encountering a python. The director decided to send the cast to a village for their next shoot.

• The director and assistant director watched Ji Yan and his partner trade videos, then left to check on other pairs.
• Meng Yun went to play arcade games while Su Weiwang took a flyer-distribution job, prompting the crew to skip their location.
• Shen Rui confronted Si Chen about visiting his younger brother and claimed the Su family recognized only one child, before the livestream cut out.
• Rumors identifying Su Yu and Su Weiwang as an impostor and real young master spread across trending searches.
• Su Yu fainted after finding a python draped over Yan Yi, and the crew rushed him to the hospital.
• The director learned that Su Yu was hospitalized and ordered the cast to pack up and head to the village.

Shen Ting returned to the villa and learned that the Su Family's real-and-fake-heir scandal had erupted online after Shen Rui exposed the truth during a livestream. At the hospital and at home, Su Yu and his parents scrambled to contain the backlash, while the Su parents planned a public-relations response that blamed Su Weiwang's absence on social anxiety.

• Shen Ting and Bai Yuanyuan returned to the villa, where Yan Yi said Su Yu had fainted from fright at the zoo and been taken to the hospital.
• Xiaoyue told the group to pack for a change of filming location, and Shen Ting wondered if the Su Family heirs scandal had surfaced earlier than expected.
• Su Yu woke in the hospital, and Jin Wang told him Shen Rui had revealed that Su Yu was the fake heir and Su Weiwang the real heir on a livestream.
• Su Yu saw the unfavorable trending topics and called his mother, who told him his parents were handling the scandal and urged him to stay out of trouble.
• The Su parents decided to have the company claim they had raised both boys as their own and that Su Weiwang had avoided public events, then planned to push the scandal off the trending list.

Shen Ting and the others arrived at a new village, where the director gave them a free day to explore. While Su Yu and Si Chen planned to visit the countryside, Shen Ting and Yan Yi found a corner shop and shared snacks beside the road.

• Yan Yi let the sleepy Shen Ting rest on his shoulder during the bus ride and endured a stiff shoulder afterward.
• At the village entrance, Su Yu approached Su Weiwang, but Shen Ting interrupted Su Yu's tearful apology and told him to apologize directly.
• The director assigned rooms and announced that everyone could spend the first day exploring freely.
• Su Yu planned to see the village with Si Chen, while Meng Yun and Bai Yuanyuan went to look at a dog and Su Weiwang and Shen Rui stayed behind.
• Shen Ting and Yan Yi bought an ice pop and a ham sausage from a corner shop, then squatted by the roadside to eat and feed a puppy.

Yan Yi and Shen Ting flirted beside an old fan, and Shen Ting privately revealed his opinion of his brother and parents. The chapter ended with Shen Ting fleeing when Shen Rui came out, while Su Weiwang realized he had probably overheard Shen Ting badmouthing him.

• Yan Yi lifted his shirt to cool off, and Shen Ting touched his abs before showing Yan Yi his soft belly.
• Shen Ting praised Yan Yi's figure over Shen Rui's, prompting Shen Rui to sneeze in the next room.
• Shen Ting quietly warned Yan Yi that Shen Rui held grudges and bragged that he took after their gracious mother.
• Father Shen overheard Shen Ting's remarks at home, and Mother Shen appeared behind him as he praised her.
• Shen Ting discovered Su Weiwang had been nearby since the fan was turned on, then grabbed Yan Yi and ran when Shen Rui came out.
• Su Weiwang told Shen Rui he did not know why Shen Ting was jumpy, while privately suspecting Shen Ting had insulted him.

Shen Ting startled Meng Yun and Bai Yuanyuan with ladybugs, then prayed to a Golden Toad beside Su Yu for good fortune. After dinner, the director announced two new guests and a nightly Heart-Throbbing Text segment, barring certain family members from choosing each other.

• Shen Ting pointed out ladybugs on Meng Yun, who leaped into Bai Yuanyuan's arms and ran around the courtyard with her while they tried to escape the bugs.
• Shen Ting pressed his palms together beside Su Yu and prayed to the Golden Toad for wealth and for his big brother to lose his simp tendencies.
• Su Yu spotted the Golden Toad at his feet, panicked, and slumped against Si Chen as it hopped into a pond.
• The director announced that two new guests would arrive tomorrow and introduced the nightly Heart-Throbbing Text segment, requiring each guest to choose one other person.
• The director forbade Shen Ting and Shen Rui, as well as Su Yu and Su Weiwang, from choosing each other, leaving Shen Ting heartbroken.

The cast exchanged late-night messages that revealed their feelings and strained relationships, while Su Yu hinted at a surprise from an unknown visitor. The next morning, the director woke everyone with a bronze gong and gathered the eight participants in the courtyard.

• Shen Ting texted Yan Yi that he hoped to see what he had seen that day, and Yan Yi laughed at his directness while ignoring Su Yu's message.
• Su Weiwang received Shen Rui's apology, then replied good night after Shen Rui waited anxiously for a response.
• Meng Yun and Bai Yuanyuan exchanged teasing messages and both pretended not to have read them.
• Si Chen told Su Yu that he believed him, while a voice message promised Su Yu a surprise the next day before the livestream cut off.
• The director struck a bronze gong to wake everyone, and Yan Yi tidied Shen Ting's bedhead before Shen Ting went back to change.
• The eight participants assembled in the courtyard as the director stood before them.

The contestants played a face-to-face biscuit-eating game for breakfast, and Shen Ting’s oblivious behavior fueled speculation about his relationship with Yan Yi. Pei Ming arrived at the village, and Shen Ting recognized him as the novel’s devoted second male lead, whose history with Su Yu and childhood friend Xia Qing had been misunderstood.

• The director paired the contestants according to their romantic-text matches and explained that they could earn breakfast by eating a biscuit down to a set length.
• Meng Yun and Bai Yuanyuan, then Shen Rui and Su Weiwang, managed to bite their biscuits down to three centimeters and chose breakfast.
• Su Yu and Si Chen completed their biscuit challenge, and Su Yu’s close approach delighted the viewers and eased Si Chen’s displeasure.
• Yan Yi bit through the biscuit with two centimeters left, but Shen Ting swallowed his own piece, prompting speculation that they were a real couple.
• Pei Ming arrived and introduced himself as a racing driver, while Su Yu greeted him excitedly.
• Shen Ting remembered that Pei Ming had been saved from drowning by Xia Qing, though Pei Ming had mistakenly believed Su Yu was his rescuer.

Pei Ming arrived on the dating show and reunited with Su Yu, while Shen Ting mocked their tense interactions and clashed with Pei Ming. New guest Wen Nuannuan boldly confessed to Shen Ting, but he turned her down, leaving Yan Yi with no romantic rival in her.

• Su Yu pretended to be surprised by Pei Ming's arrival, and Pei Ming praised his drama and ruffled his hair.
• Shen Ting mocked Su Yu and openly admitted his hostility toward him, then provoked Pei Ming and joked that Si Chen was his dear son.
• Wen Nuannuan arrived as a new guest, and Shen Ting realized she had not appeared in the original novel.
• Wen Nuannuan confessed that she liked Shen Ting and said she had originally planned to pursue Yan Yi before deciding Shen Ting was more interesting.
• Yan Yi tried to hold Wen Nuannuan back, but Shen Ting told her he liked men, and she accepted that her confession had failed.

The cast began a team hide-and-seek game in which being found affected their lunch, and Shen Ting hid in disguise while placing Si Chen in a pigpen. Yan Yi recognized Shen Ting but let him stay hidden, while other contestants were found and the search continued.

• The director rearranged the teams and made Meng Yun and Yan Yi the seekers while the others hid to compete for lunch.
• Shen Ting disguised himself among elderly women shelling peanuts, then put Si Chen in a pigpen after making him promise not to make a sound.
• Yan Yi noticed Shen Ting among the women and recognized his shoes, but chose not to expose him.
• Yan Yi found Wen Nuannuan and Su Yu in a chicken coop after they argued, and both returned to the courtyard.
• Meng Yun found Shen Rui and Bai Yuanyuan after Bai Yuanyuan looked off a roof and spotted her.
• Yan Yi claimed there were huge bugs in Meng Yun’s search area and persuaded him to search elsewhere with him, leaving Shen Ting hidden.

After the teams finished their tasks, Shen Ting watched Su Yu offer Wen Nuannuan two meals as an apology, then angrily confronted Su Yu over his treatment of Su Weiwang and the Su Family. The courtyard was left stunned as Shen Ting’s accusations drew support from Yan Yi and the viewers.

• After the director called time, Shen Ting hurried to the courtyard for lunch while Si Chen chased after him.
• Yan Yi told Shen Ting how Su Yu had been frightened by a newly hatched chick, and Shen Ting noticed Wen Nuannuan resentfully pulling grass.
• Su Weiwang brought Shen Rui a bowl of food, while Si Chen and Pei Ming each brought Su Yu a serving.
• Su Yu offered Wen Nuannuan the two bowls, claiming he wanted to apologize, but she accused him of showing off and rejected his kindness.
• Si Chen and Pei Ming defended Su Yu, and Si Chen accused Wen Nuannuan of failing to appreciate his kindness.
• Shen Ting pulled Wen Nuannuan away and confronted Su Yu about returning to his adoptive family without visiting his birth parents, while Yan Yi criticized Su Yu as well.

After Shen Ting's confrontation with Su Yu forced the dating show's livestream to shut down, a prize draw and the revelation that Shen Ting had smashed Si Chen's diamond portrait into 100 fragments shifted online attention away from the Su Family. Si Chen saw the new trending topic and blamed Shen Ting.

• The director shut down the livestream after the Si Family and Su Family pressured him, and Su Yu ran from the courtyard as Si Chen and Pei Ming followed.
• The director restarted the other livestreams after Su Yu, Si Chen, and Pei Ming stayed away, while Shen Ting's prize draw results showed 100 people had won prizes.
• Yan Yi discovered he had won the pink diamond but left his delivery address blank.
• Wen Nuannuan told Shen Ting that her aunt's company had made his diamond portrait of Si Chen, and Shen Ting revealed he had smashed it and given its fragments to 100 people.
• The hashtag about Si Chen's diamond fragments took the top trending spot, and Si Chen angrily declared Shen Ting his sworn enemy.

The guests took part in a nighttime mushroom-picking game, and Shen Ting was paired with Pei Ming. While they searched in the dark, Shen Ting challenged Pei Ming’s belief that Su Yu had saved his life and struck him with a hand clapper.

• The director paired the guests for a mushroom-picking game, with a choice card for the winners and water-carrying duty for the losers.
• Shen Ting drew a hand clapper, while Yan Yi drew a flashlight and Shen Rui drew a headlamp; Shen Rui placed the headlamp on Su Weiwang and asked him to guide him.
• After the plant expert explained the mushrooms, staff led each pair to a separate spot in the Small Woods.
• Shen Ting and Pei Ming began searching in the dark, and Shen Ting told Pei Ming that he could not stand him for being blind to the truth about Su Yu.
• Pei Ming said Su Yu had saved him from drowning when he was fifteen, and Shen Ting smacked him in the face with the hand clapper.

Shen Ting challenged Pei Ming’s belief that Su Yu had saved him from drowning, prompting Pei Ming to question his memories as Xia Qing reconsidered leaving abroad and decided to join “Love in the Next Moment.” Later, Shen Ting mistook Si Chen for a threat in the dark and beat him until the others arrived and separated them.

• Shen Ting told Pei Ming that Su Yu could not swim and might not have saved him, leaving Pei Ming stunned and uncertain about who had rescued him.
• Xia Qing’s niece showed him Shen Ting’s livestream, and Xia Qing decided to join “Love in the Next Moment” instead of firmly planning to go abroad.
• Shen Ting filled his basket with mushrooms while Pei Ming remained dazed, then prepared to wait for the game to end as darkness fell.
• Su Yu spotted Shen Ting and approached with Si Chen, but Shen Ting heard them in the grass and struck Si Chen repeatedly in the dark.
• Yan Yi restrained Shen Ting, and the arriving contestants saw Si Chen’s swollen face and laughed as he struggled to speak.

Shen Ting accidentally injured Si Chen during mushroom-picking, then lost first place to Yan Yi by a single liang. On the final day of filming, Yan Yi and Wen Nuannuan both chose Shen Ting for their dates, leaving their pairing undecided.

• Shen Ting said he had misjudged the clapping hand, but mocked Su Yu's attempt to make him apologize to Si Chen.
• The doctor took Si Chen to the RV, and Yan Yi beat Shen Ting's mushroom total by one liang.
• The director announced that the mushroom-picking winners, Yan Yi and Wen Nuannuan, could choose their dates first.
• Yan Yi and Wen Nuannuan both chose Shen Ting, then argued over who had a better chance with him.
• Yan Yi lifted Wen Nuannuan and placed her in Bai Yuanyuan's arms, leaving Wen Nuannuan dejected.

The guests faced extreme bungee jumping as the episode’s final game, with Meng Yun unable to participate because he was afraid of heights. Shen Ting and Yan Yi turned their jump into a loud, playful launch, while the other pairs completed theirs and the guests were left to enjoy their dates.

• Wen Nuannuan chose Pei Ming, and the remaining guests paired up according to viewers’ votes.
• At the amusement park, Bai Yuanyuan told the director that Meng Yun could not bungee jump because he was afraid of heights.
• Shen Ting and Yan Yi jumped first after shouting, “You jump! I jump! We jump!” and celebrated the rush afterward.
• Si Chen and Su Yu lost their romantic mood after Shen Ting and Yan Yi’s interruption, then jumped while holding each other.
• Wen Nuannuan and Pei Ming jumped in silence, while Shen Rui held Su Weiwang close during their jump.