Recaps

Director Ji used Lingyao Group’s new technology to turn the livestream into an immersive first-person drive, drawing new viewers and publicity for the company’s joint project with Yan Group. After more than two hours on winding mountain roads, the guests arrived at their destination and climbed out of the car.

• Director Ji switched the livestream to a first-person view of the road and read the big sponsor’s explanation of the experience.
• Viewers praised Lingyao Group’s immersive driving technology, and the livestream’s popularity reached a new peak.
• Lingyao Group announced that it was developing applications for the technology and promoted its project with Yan Group and The Red Thread of Love.
• Lingyao Company’s executives praised Ye Yizhou’s publicity strategy, while Lu Yuanqing shared that Ye Yizhou planned to test more ideas during the livestream.
• After more than two hours on winding mountain roads, Director Ji restored the guests’ microphones and told them they had arrived.
• The guests stretched and climbed out, then were dumbfounded by what they saw.

The guests arrived at a lavish castle supplied by their generous sponsor and learned they would take part in an escape-room game. After signing liability waivers and eating lunch, they were assigned rooms and told to stay inside until strange sounds stopped after nightfall, when the game would begin.

• The guests and Director Ji were amazed by the castle, then a butler and servants welcomed them inside and served a feast.
• Director Ji said the sponsor had increased the investment after seeing the guests perform and had planned an activity for them.
• Director Ji revealed the activity was an escape-room game but admitted he did not know its theme or details; the guests agreed to participate and signed liability waivers.
• After lunch, the butler assigned each guest a room and ordered them not to leave until nightfall, when strange sounds outside their rooms stopped and the game began.

After a strange sound echoed through the hallway, Jiang Chuyu realized it could not have come from the carpet, and the guests were plunged into darkness. They linked together and moved down the hall, where a flash of lightning revealed a figure ahead.

• Jiang Chuyu and the other guests came out of their rooms after hearing a sound like beads dropping onto the floor.
• Jiang Chuyu pointed out that the carpeted hallway could not have made the sound, just before the doors slammed shut and the lights went out.
• Li Chonghua found the room doors locked and led the guests forward along the wall, with everyone holding on to one another.
• Jiang Chuyu noticed a blurry shape ahead and wondered whether it was a person.
• Thunder and lightning revealed the figure, and the guests screamed.

The group recovered from a scare when a dagger-wielding figure turned out to be a statue, but Jiang Chuyu warned that it had seemed to move and questioned why the corridor had suddenly become lit. As they explored, they witnessed a married man cheating with a young actor, and the chapter ended with Jiang Chuyu noticing that Song Jincheng had gone pale.

• Li Chonghua calmed the group and confirmed that the figure holding a dagger was a plaster statue.
• Jiang Chuyu insisted that the statue had seemed to move and pointed out that the corridor had become lit despite the windows.
• Song Jincheng led the group toward the light, and they spotted two men kissing in the corridor before the pair went into a room.
• Pei Lan condemned the married man and his lover, while Li Chonghua nervously assured Pei Lan that he was not like them.
• Jiang Chuyu tried to steer the group back to the escape room, then noticed that Song Jincheng looked pale.

Song Jincheng grew increasingly alarmed as clues in the escape room echoed details from his own life, while the group searched a bloodstained room for a way out. As they continued investigating, Ye Yizhou encountered an approaching figure in the hallway.

• Song Jincheng panicked when the group found a divorce agreement and opened the locked room using the man’s birthday as the code.
• Li Chonghua and the others entered the bloodstained room, found it empty, and discovered that tapping the door labeled “I’m the light” turned on the lights.
• The group searched the room for an exit and clues, while Song Jincheng found a half-burned photograph showing a birthday cake marked with the date 030.
• Ye Yizhou finished putting on his costume and wandered through the hallway, where a strange noise led him to face an approaching figure.

Ye Yizhou fled from a masked man wielding a scythe, then jumped from a balcony onto a safely prepared lower terrace. He returned to embrace Yan Qingdu, revealing that he had recognized his husband beneath the disguise, while Yan Qingdu questioned why he had run.

• Ye Yizhou saw a masked man approach with a reaper's scythe and fled as the man chased him.
• Ye Yizhou reached a balcony with no other escape and jumped to the lower balcony, landing safely on an air cushion.
• The man picked up Ye Yizhou's abandoned chain while viewers argued over whether the masked figure was a famous retired celebrity.
• Ye Yizhou returned and jumped into the man's arms, prompting him to ask what he was doing.
• Ye Yizhou identified the man as Yan Qingdu and said he had recognized him, while Yan Qingdu doubted him and called him a liar.

Ye Yizhou and Yan Qingdu reconciled after a playful argument, and Ye Yizhou admitted he had hired male models to get Yan Qingdu’s attention when they first met. As they resumed their staged scare act, Ye Yizhou reflected on how deeply he loved Yan Qingdu and suddenly threw himself into his arms.

• Ye Yizhou accused Yan Qingdu of trying to break up with him, then learned that Zhou Yubai had complained about Ye Yizhou drinking and staying out late.
• Yan Qingdu reassured Ye Yizhou that he had defended him to Zhou Yubai, and Ye Yizhou admitted he had once hired eight male models to attract Yan Qingdu’s attention.
• Ye Yizhou and Yan Qingdu swapped weapons and returned to a room to continue their scare act.
• Ye Yizhou complained that Zhou Yubai had tattled to Yan Qingdu, and Yan Qingdu agreed that Zhou Yubai was as good as dead.
• Ye Yizhou thought about how much he loved Yan Qingdu, then suddenly wrapped his arms around Yan Qingdu’s waist.

Ye Yizhou and Yan Qingdu joked intimately on the livestream while the other guests struggled through an escape room. After uncovering the room’s story and triggering a misleading display-shelf mechanism, Jiang Chuyu found the real exit beneath the carpet.

• Ye Yizhou learned that his private camera was livestreaming, and Yan Qingdu advised him to claim he had only been bragging about hiring male models.
• The guests stayed frightened by noises caused when Ye Yizhou’s swinging chains struck things as he ran away.
• Pei Lan, Sang Xiangwan, and the others pieced together a story of infidelity, divorce, abuse, and a stabbing, while Song Jincheng worried about his own affair.
• Zhong Xi turned ornaments on a display shelf, opening it to reveal a solid wall instead of an exit.
• Jiang Chuyu urged the guests to keep searching, then found the exit hidden beneath the carpet.

Pei Lan, Li Chonghua, and the others found a hidden passage beneath the floor and climbed into a dark room, where a bandaged figure threatened to catch them. The guests fled, while Ye Yizhou stopped pursuing them to tell Yan Qingdu he wanted to play before Yan reminded him that his prey was escaping.

• Li Chonghua and Pei Lan climbed down the ladder first, and the others followed into a large closet.
• Song Jincheng said he felt dizzy and urged everyone to leave the unsettling room quickly.
• A bandaged man appeared amid red light and mist, declared that he would silence anyone who knew the castle’s secret, and threatened to catch the guests.
• The guests screamed and ran toward the exit as the bandaged Ye Yizhou prepared to chase them.
• Ye Yizhou took Yan Qingdu’s hand and said he wanted to play, and Yan reminded him that his prey was getting away.

Ye Yizhou chased the guests through the castle on a skateboard, playing with them until Jiang Chuyu fell and decided to play dead for a rest. Ye Yizhou stopped the chase and escorted Jiang Chuyu out, while hinting that Yan Qingdu was his partner and praising his voice.

• Ye Yizhou rode a skateboard through the castle, taunting the fleeing guests as Yan Qingdu watched.
• Jiang Chuyu tripped and lay motionless, so Ye Yizhou stopped beside him and asked if he was okay.
• Jiang Chuyu admitted he had played dead to rest, then praised Ye Yizhou's frightening performance.
• Ye Yizhou said he had had his fun and escorted Jiang Chuyu out by another route.
• Ye Yizhou revealed that Yan Qingdu only chased him, then enthusiastically praised Yan Qingdu's voice.

Ye Yizhou reunited with his husband, Yan Qingdu, after leaving the haunted house and openly showed his affection on the livestream. Yan Qingdu said he would stay in the country, and Ye Yizhou began explaining how that would affect his search for cute guys.

• Jiang Chuyu tried to discourage Ye Yizhou from openly expressing his feelings, but Ye Yizhou argued that even married people could get divorced.
• The guests learned that the Mummy who had frightened them was Ye Yizhou, then admired the striking man in the black trench coat.
• Ye Yizhou rode his skateboard to Yan Qingdu, greeted him as “hubby,” and leaned affectionately against his arm.
• Director Ji invited Yan Qingdu to join the dating show and said the couple’s affection could air on the livestream.
• Yan Qingdu told Ye Yizhou he would stay in the country, and Ye Yizhou admitted that this would affect his search for other cute guys.

Ye Yizhou clarified to Jiang Chuyu that Yan Qingdu was his husband, and the couples shared affectionate moments after escaping the room. Director Ji began explaining the escape room’s effects, then Song Jincheng asked whether its main storyline was connected to the whole room.

• Ye Yizhou explained to Jiang Chuyu that Yan Qingdu was his husband and that his declarations of love had been meant for him.
• Pei Lan praised Ye Yizhou and Yan Qingdu as a couple, and Ye Yizhou complimented Pei Lan and Li Chonghua’s relationship.
• Ye Yizhou teased Yan Qingdu about their escape-room adventure being more like an action movie, then happily hugged his arm.
• Director Ji congratulated everyone on escaping and explained that screens and digital effects made the corridor statue appear to move.
• Song Jincheng, who had seemed unwell and stayed quiet, asked whether the main storyline related to the escape room as a whole.

After the livestream ended, Ye Yizhou and Yan Qingdu stayed behind at the castle while the other guests left. The guests realized the castle might belong to Ye Yizhou, and Song Jincheng worried that Ye Yizhou knew about his past.

• Director Ji explained that the escape room's plot was filler, and the guests thanked Ye Yizhou for sponsoring the venue and technology.
• Ye Yizhou and Yan Qingdu quietly watched Song Jincheng, who grew uneasy and wondered if Ye Yizhou knew something about him.
• After the livestream ended, Ye Yizhou and Yan Qingdu stayed at the mountain castle while the other guests boarded the production car.
• The castle lights came on, and its steward welcomed Ye Yizhou and Yan Qingdu inside as the car drove away.
• The guests speculated that the castle belonged to Ye Yizhou, and Song Jincheng refused to discuss how well he knew him.
• Jiang Chuyu proposed a way to find out whether the car belonged to Ye Yizhou.

Jiang Chuyu learned that Ye Yizhou was generous with his car, while Song Jincheng and his manager discussed Ye Yizhou’s lawsuits and the castle he owned. At the castle, Ye Yizhou spoke with Zhao Yalan about her husband Liu Shengnan’s cheating, and she began reflecting on her father’s past advice.

• Jiang Chuyu asked the driver about Ye Yizhou’s stretch car and joked with the others about calling Ye Yizhou Daddy.
• Song Jincheng left the mountain with his manager, Li Pingqi, who criticized his distracted livestream performance.
• Li Pingqi told Song Jincheng that Ye Yizhou was suing online detractors and proposed acting innocent while letting other celebrities take the blame.
• Song Jincheng told Li Pingqi that Ye Yizhou owned the castle and said they should avoid provoking him until they knew what he knew.
• Ye Yizhou called Zhao Yalan and discussed Liu Shengnan’s cheating and explicit messages with her.
• Zhao Yalan complained that Ye Yizhou’s questions were twisting the knife, then said her father had been right about something.

Ye Yizhou recalled how Zhao Yalan’s father had warned her against marrying Liu Shengnan, then teased her about blaming others for her choices. After Zhao Yalan described her plan to make Liu Shengnan pay for cheating, Ye Yizhou ended their call and turned his attention to Yan Qingdu.

• Zhao Yalan remembered defending Liu Shengnan to her father, and Ye Yizhou recounted how Uncle Zhao had vented about their different backgrounds to Ye Chongli.
• Ye Yizhou teased Zhao Yalan for blaming her father, and she joked that he had recently told her to respect other people’s fates.
• Yan Qingdu approached, and Ye Yizhou joked with Zhao Yalan about his relationship with Yan Qingdu before she complained about Liu Shengnan’s betrayal.
• Zhao Yalan admitted she had kicked the drunken Liu Shengnan, and Ye Yizhou reminded her to wait for her plan to catch him and his accomplices.
• Zhao Yalan ended the call with a suggestive farewell, and Yan Qingdu stroked Ye Yizhou’s reddening ear.

Ye Yizhou mistook Yan Qingdu’s marital consideration for affection and felt hurt when Yan Qingdu called their marriage a partnership, though he insisted he was fine. Yan Qingdu wondered whether Ye Yizhou’s confessed first love was really him, then woke to find Ye Yizhou had already left.

• Ye Yizhou confronted Yan Qingdu about their distant newlywed life, and Yan Qingdu said their marriage was a partnership rather than a business arrangement.
• Ye Yizhou hid his hurt, reminded himself that Yan Qingdu’s kindness did not prove romantic affection, and went to bed beside him.
• Ye Yizhou insisted he was not angry while cuddling Yan Qingdu, then fell asleep after resolving to win him over.
• Yan Qingdu wondered whether Ye Yizhou’s first love was him, but chose not to wake him to ask.
• Yan Qingdu woke the next morning and learned from the steward that Ye Yizhou had driven away early without telling him.

Yan Qingdu went to Lingyao Group after Ye Yizhou repeatedly rejected his calls, determined to find out what kind of meeting was keeping him busy. He entered the conference room and found Ye Yizhou pretending to lead a meeting, then sat down to hear about the project while everyone looked to Ye Yizhou.

• Yan Qingdu repeatedly called Ye Yizhou, who rejected the calls and texted that he was in a meeting.
• Yan Qingdu traveled to Lingyao Group with his assistant, Pei Jiabei, and asked manager Gao Qin to take him to the executives’ meeting on the nineteenth floor.
• Yan Qingdu brushed past the secretary and entered the conference room after she showed signs of guilt and warned the room that he had arrived.
• Ye Yizhou, who had been lounging with his legs on the table, fell over with his chair when he heard Yan Qingdu was there.
• Lu Yuanqing helped Ye Yizhou up, and Ye Yizhou quickly acted as though he was unhurt before asking Yan Qingdu why he had come.
• Yan Qingdu said he wanted to hear about the project’s progress and told the group to continue, leaving everyone looking to Ye Yizhou.

Ye Yizhou confronted Yan Qingdu after Yan entered a meeting where the group had been watching Yan’s film, and the two argued over their relationship and Yan’s hurtful words from the night before. Yan apologized and explained that he had hoped Ye Yizhou would admit his feelings, while Ye Yizhou remained angry but resumed teasing him.

• Ye Yizhou ended the meeting when Yan Qingdu arrived, and the returning video revealed that the group had been watching Yan’s award-winning film.
• Yan Qingdu called Ye Yizhou, saw that Ye had saved his number as “Business Partner,” and asked whether Ye liked him.
• Ye Yizhou accused Yan of deliberately hurting him and called him a bastard, but Yan apologized.
• Yan Qingdu explained that he had wanted Ye Yizhou to contradict him and admit his feelings, and he pointed out that Ye had not done so.
• Ye Yizhou and Yan joked about donating their mouths, then Ye said he was still angry because Yan had kept him from sleeping well.

Ye Yizhou teased Yan Qingdu into admitting he had been bothered by Ye Yizhou’s contact name and departure, then sent him back to work. Ye Yizhou skipped work to get his sore back massaged, while Yan Qingdu returned home that evening to find the house empty.

• Ye Yizhou asked whether Yan Qingdu had worried about him and disliked seeing his contact saved as “business partner,” and Yan Qingdu admitted he had been a little unhappy.
• Ye Yizhou urged Yan Qingdu to return to work, promised he would go home alone, and deliberately acted confused when Yan Qingdu seemed to want something before leaving.
• Lu Yuanqing warned Ye Yizhou not to jeopardize his relationship or his money, and Ye Yizhou claimed his back was hurt so he could skip work for a massage.
• Ye Yizhou fell asleep during the physiotherapist’s massage, and Yan Qingdu arrived home at seven that evening to find the house dark and empty.

Ye Yizhou met his friends for drinks and complained that Yan Qingdu had called their marriage a working arrangement, despite treating him like a devoted partner. He admitted he wanted Yan Qingdu to like him and hinted that he had a plan, leaving his friends wondering why he was still out instead of going home.

• Jiang Li'an, Wei Yanqiao, and Zhou Niansheng teased Ye Yizhou about his sore back and his night with Yan Qingdu.
• Ye Yizhou explained that Yan Qingdu had ruined the mood by saying they were only working together.
• Wei Yanqiao and Jiang Li'an pointed out that Yan Qingdu already treated Ye Yizhou well, but Ye Yizhou said he wanted him to genuinely like him.
• Ye Yizhou dismissed his friends' dating advice and said he had a clever plan of his own.
• Zhou Niansheng asked Ye Yizhou why he was not going home, and Ye Yizhou answered with a knowing smile.

Ye Yizhou drank with Jiang Li'an, Wei Yanqiao, and Zhou Niansheng while teasing them about his relationship with Yan Qingdu. After Yan Qingdu called and offered to pick him up, Ye Yizhou agreed, leaving his friends wondering what he had planned.

• Ye Yizhou dismissed the online accusations that he was riding Yan Qingdu's fame and said they were not at the stage of showing off their relationship.
• Zhou Niansheng realized Ye Yizhou had deliberately arranged events to test or influence Yan Qingdu, and Jiang Li'an and Wei Yanqiao caught on as well.
• Jiang Li'an complained about being scolded for his romantic outlook, while Wei Yanqiao enthused about cars, and Ye Yizhou warned Zhou Niansheng not to imitate them.
• Ye Yizhou told Zhou Niansheng that enduring hardships for Yan Qingdu was worth it, but insisted he would not let himself suffer.
• Yan Qingdu called Ye Yizhou, and after hearing he was drinking with friends, offered to pick him up and take him home.
• Ye Yizhou agreed to wait for Yan Qingdu, then began explaining to his friends why he had not gone home earlier.

Yan Qingdu came to bring the drunk Ye Yizhou home, and Ye Yizhou played along with being too drunk to recognize him before calling Yan Qingdu her husband. After the others suspected Ye Yizhou had been acting, Wei Yanqiao asked Jiang Li'an what was going on between the couple.

• Ye Yizhou declared that Yan Qingdu should come apologize and pick him up himself, while Jiang Li'an and Wei Yanqiao argued over their card game.
• Yan Qingdu entered the private room and crouched before Ye Yizhou, who pretended not to recognize him until Yan Qingdu called himself her husband.
• Ye Yizhou refused to go home at first, then accepted Yan Qingdu's offer and nearly fell as he stood, so Yan Qingdu caught him.
• Ye Yizhou tried to call Jiang Li'an and the others' fathers, but Yan Qingdu took away his phone and led him home after offering to arrange rides for them.
• Jiang Li'an, Wei Yanqiao, and Zhou Niansheng concluded that Ye Yizhou had been acting drunk, and Wei Yanqiao asked Jiang Li'an to explain the couple's relationship.

Jiang Li'an invited himself to stay at Wei Yanqiao's place, while Yan Qingdu brought a drunken Ye Yizhou home and confronted him about keeping his distance. The chapter ended with Yan Qingdu whispering something that made Ye Yizhou stare at him in shock.

• Jiang Li'an and Wei Yanqiao teased each other before leaving, and Wei Yanqiao waited until Zhou Yubai picked up Zhou Niansheng.
• Jiang Li'an slipped into Wei Yanqiao's car and insisted on staying at his place for the night.
• Yan Qingdu helped the unsteady Ye Yizhou into the elevator and home, but Ye Yizhou repeatedly refused his assistance.
• Yan Qingdu accused Ye Yizhou of avoiding him and still being angry, while Ye Yizhou denied it and asked to shower.
• Yan Qingdu whispered something to Ye Yizhou, who widened his eyes in shock.

Ye Yizhou’s fake drunkenness was exposed when Yan Qingdu used a math problem to test him, and Yan Qingdu tried to make peace over their lingering conflict. As Ye Yizhou teased him about their relationship and offered to keep his distance, Yan Qingdu pulled him into his arms.

• Yan Qingdu tested Ye Yizhou’s claim that he was drunk by asking how much whiskey four people had drunk, and Ye Yizhou admitted he had been pretending.
• Ye Yizhou called Yan Qingdu a dog and kicked at him, while Yan Qingdu caught his ankle and tried to explain why he had played along.
• Yan Qingdu said he wanted to talk and admitted that letting their conflict carry over into the next day had been his biggest mistake.
• Ye Yizhou teased Yan Qingdu about discussing their business partnership, then said he could keep his distance if Ye Yizhou’s feelings bothered him.
• Yan Qingdu objected to Ye Yizhou’s suggestions, and when Ye Yizhou stood up to leave, Yan Qingdu pulled him into his arms.

Ye Yizhou and Yan Qingdu argued about Yan Qingdu’s plans to travel abroad for work and whether he had taken Ye Yizhou’s feelings seriously. Yan Qingdu reminded Ye Yizhou of his own contradictory statements, leaving Ye Yizhou scrambling to regain the upper hand by claiming Yan Qingdu had forgotten one thing.

• Yan Qingdu held Ye Yizhou on his lap so he could talk without Ye Yizhou slipping away.
• Ye Yizhou challenged Yan Qingdu over leaving him alone for months, and Yan Qingdu apologized and promised to let others handle the overseas business.
• Ye Yizhou said he understood Yan Qingdu putting work first, and Yan Qingdu took his words as permission to leave for work again.
• Yan Qingdu listed Ye Yizhou’s past statements about their marriage, intimacy, and work, making Ye Yizhou feel guilty.
• Ye Yizhou insisted Yan Qingdu had forgotten one more thing he had said.