Recaps

During filming, Xu Chao misread Fu Sichen’s kiss as proof that he was being used as a stand-in, then resolved to enjoy the marriage on his own terms. Their crew dinner and online exchanges fueled public excitement about their relationship, and the chapter ended with Fu Sichen asking to kiss Xu Chao at home.

• Xu Chao grew distant during filming, believing that Fu Sichen could never see him as anyone but the Original Host, but he regained his composure and delivered an excellent performance.
• Fu Sichen kissed Xu Chao during the scene, and Xu Chao mistook his affectionate words for evidence that he was thinking of his White Moonlight before deciding to act like a shameless, well-paid stand-in.
• Fu Sichen coaxed Xu Chao with offers of food, figures, spending money, and a warmed bed, then treated the production crew to a lavish meal.
• Shen Xinbai saw photos of the crew dinner and hired paid trolls to attack Xu Chao, Director Chen Lixin, and the film, then contacted Zhou Nan after Lou Jun did not answer.
• Director Chen posted Xu Chao’s costume photos and a filming clip, prompting praise for Xu Chao’s acting; Fu’s Consortium and Xu Chao also traded suggestive comments online.
• Back at the villa, Xu Chao tried to go to his own room, but Fu Sichen caught him and said he wanted to kiss him.

Xu Chao rescued Lin Yang after Zhou Nan tried to rape him, and his childhood memories of Lin Yang and Fu Sichen began to surface. Zhou Nan’s scandals were exposed, he was fired and summoned by the police, while the second episode of Romantic Island began.

• Xu Chao rushed with Fu Sichen to find Lin Yang, who told them Zhou Nan had tried to rape him and then abandoned him in the wilderness.
• Xu Chao recalled that Lin Yang had been dark-skinned and chubby as a child and had received little bear cookies from him, prompting Fu Sichen to reveal that Xu Chao had promised to marry him.
• Lin Yang said he was relieved to be done with Zhou Nan, and Xu Chao arranged for Zhou Nan’s past scandals to be exposed online.
• The production team fired Zhou Nan, and Shen Xinbai promised to help him before blocking him and leaving him to face the fallout alone.
• Zhou Nan received a police summons, and the second episode, Romantic Island, began as viewers wondered whether Lin Yang would continue on the show.

The guests traveled by private jet to a romantic island getaway, where the director revealed that Lin Yang would go on matchmaking dates with two new male guests. After the production team blindfolded everyone and led them to separate locations, Xu Chao overpowered two staff members and forced the director to bargain for their release.

• Shen Xinbai needled Lin Yang about Zhou Nan, but Xu Chao turned the criticism back on Shen Xinbai and the director announced Lin Yang would have two potential husbands to choose from.
• Fu Sichen revealed that his private jet was carrying the guests because Xu Chao wanted to ride one, and Xu Chao gleefully took credit for the flight.
• At the island, staff ordered the guests to wear black masks, and Xu Chao joked about a battle royale before Fu Sichen told him to wait for him.
• After staff members led the blindfolded guests to separate locations, Xu Chao restrained two of them and demanded that the director ransom them.
• Xu Chao tickled the staff with foxtail grass and questioned them about the director until the director agreed to meet his demands.

Xu Chao demanded supplies from the production crew, then found Fu Sichen and received the Mermaid’s Tear ring. The guests gathered for the start of the new episode, where Xu Zhou and Gu Chengfeng’s attention toward Xu Chao complicated the planned pairings.

• Xu Chao refused to budge until the director sent supplies in exchange for the crew member he had taken hostage, then hid the supplies and headed southeast to find Fu Sichen.
• Xu Chao rejected Gu Chengfeng’s flowers, mistook his teasing for a threat to Fu Sichen, and stood protectively in front of his husband.
• Fu Sichen gave Xu Chao the Mermaid’s Tear ring, and Xu Zhou arrived to lead them toward the gathering point.
• Xu Zhou told Xu Chao that the medical reports were ready and agreed to give him Fu Sichen’s report after the livestream.
• At the gathering point, Shen Xinbai greeted Gu Chengfeng, while Xu Chao pushed Xu Zhou to introduce himself to Lin Yang; Xu Zhou teased and complimented Lin Yang.
• The production crew announced that the second episode of Fake Husband and Wife, Desert Island Survival, had begun.

The guests began a three-day deserted-island survival challenge, choosing only three items each before the director assigned them to build a house. Xu Chao became the group’s natural focus, while Shen Xinbai grew jealous of his standing and struggled to come up with a workable plan.

• Xu Chao and the other guests protested the survival challenge, then chose three items each; Xu Chao’s suitcase played a song that seemed to mock Shen Xinbai’s attempt to act cute with the director.
• Fu Sichen removed Xu Chao’s banana cushion, and their teasing about sleeping together prompted the others to misunderstand Xu Chao’s remark about hugging a “big banana.”
• Xu Zhou kept two medical examination reports and a jacket, while his family watched and criticized him for expecting Xu Chao to take care of him.
• Lou Jun chose red bean cakes because Xu Chao liked them, making Shen Xinbai suspect that Lou Jun had spent time with Xu Chao in the countryside.
• After the production crew left, the guests surveyed the island and learned their first task was to build a house; Shen Xinbai suggested using fallen trees, but Fu Sichen and Wen Shiting pointed out that they had no nails to join the wood.

Xu Chao joked that he wanted an underground palace, prompting Xu Zhou to scold him and Fu Sichen to promise they would share a grave someday. As the group struggled to build shelters on the island, Xu Zhou tried to persuade Xu Chao and Fu Sichen to let him stay with them.

• Xu Chao said he wanted an underground palace, and Fu Sichen agreed to share a grave with him someday until Xu Zhou sharply objected.
• Xu Chao changed his request to a thatched cottage, and Xu Zhou promised to build it while Fu Sichen explained how.
• Xu Chao brought Fu Sichen a coat, and Fu Sichen accepted it as they worked on their shelter.
• Lin Yang asked Xu Chao for help because his group could not build a house, then withdrew when Xu Zhou glared at him.
• Xu Zhou gave Xu Chao jujubes and claimed he feared being far from them at night, but Xu Chao pointed out that his five-person group had not finished a house and asked about the other two.

Cheng Yu rejected Shen Xinbai and Lou Jun’s attempt to join the others, and the contestants split into separate shelters before setting out to find food. Xu Chao uncovered a secret supply bag and shared its contents with the group, but Shen Xinbai and Lou Jun confronted him over how he had obtained it.

• Cheng Yu refused to share a shelter with Shen Xinbai and Lou Jun, and Xu Zhou, Lin Yang, and Gu Chengfeng also declined Shen Xinbai’s invitation to join them.
• The contestants finished their shelters, received bedding from the production team, and set out in separate groups to search for food.
• Xu Zhou invited Lin Yang to accompany him, while Xu Chao and Fu Sichen went together to the buried supplies.
• Fu Sichen correctly guessed that Xu Chao had pressured the production team into providing a supply bag, and Xu Chao divided the food among himself and the others.
• Shen Xinbai and Lou Jun blocked Xu Chao and accused him of extorting the director and violating the show’s rules and professional ethics.

Xu Chao rebuffed Shen Xinbai and Lou Jun’s accusations, while Fu Sichen defended him and promised to stand by him. Xu Zhou and Lin Yang joined in supporting Xu Chao, and Shen Xinbai challenged them over Xu Chao keeping the supplies.

• Xu Chao told Shen Xinbai that his concerns were none of his business, and Fu Sichen echoed the rebuke when Lou Jun criticized Xu Chao.
• Lou Jun warned Xu Chao that his behavior on the livestream could damage his public image, but Fu Sichen said he would cover for Xu Chao no matter what he did.
• Xu Chao felt his heart race at Fu Sichen’s defense and wondered how much Fu Sichen cared for his White Moonlight.
• Xu Zhou arrived with a dusty, bedraggled Lin Yang and declared that their family supported Xu Chao unconditionally.
• Lin Yang defended Xu Chao for winning the supplies, and Shen Xinbai accused him of tolerating Xu Chao keeping everything for himself.

Xu Chao defended his supplies against Shen Xinbai’s accusations, while the other guests praised him and shared a hot pot meal. Lou Jun later approached Xu Chao and asked him to come with him, leaving his purpose unclear.

• Shen Xinbai accused Xu Chao of keeping supplies for himself, but Xu Chao revealed that he had extorted them from the director and the other guests praised his ingenuity.
• Shen Xinbai and Lou Jun demanded half the supplies, but Xu Chao rebuked Shen Xinbai and Cheng Yu, Lin Yang, and Wen Shiting backed Xu Chao.
• Gu Chengfeng and Wen Shiting carried the supplies to the house, where the guests divided them while Xu Chao saved Fu Sichen’s preferred items and excluded Shen Xinbai and Lou Jun.
• Lou Jun refused to share his Swiss rolls with Shen Xinbai but gave him the remaining sour fruit, while the others ate hot pot.
• After Xu Chao finished eating, Lou Jun approached him and told him to come with him.

Lou Jun tried to win Xu Chao back with Swiss rolls, but Xu Chao rejected his advances and affirmed his loyalty to Fu Sichen. Xu Chao then pointed out Shen Xinbai, whom Lou Jun had once given most of his Swiss rolls to, leaving Lou Jun to face him.

• Lou Jun approached Xu Chao with a box of Swiss rolls, but Fu Sichen stepped between them and Xu Chao denied having spoken with Lou Jun.
• Lou Jun offered Xu Chao the Swiss rolls and reminded him they had once been his favorite, but Xu Chao called Fu Sichen his favorite instead.
• Xu Chao recalled that Lou Jun had given the Original Host nearly expired Swiss rolls after giving most of them to Shen Xinbai.
• Xu Chao noticed someone behind the leaves and pointed him out to Lou Jun, who turned and saw Shen Xinbai.

Lou Jun and Shen Xinbai’s confrontation over the Swiss rolls left Shen Xinbai fearing that Lou Jun might abandon him, while Xu Chao watched and joked from the sidelines. Back in their room, Fu Sichen asked Xu Chao to explain what “a damn good fuck” meant.

• Lou Jun pulled Shen Xinbai into his arms, while Xu Chao narrated their argument and predicted they would kiss.
• Shen Xinbai hid his fear of losing Lou Jun and asked him to take him back to rest.
• Lou Jun promised to return to Xu Chao after escorting Shen Xinbai, and Xu Chao warned him not to ruin his relationship with Fu Sichen.
• Shen Xinbai recalled how he had once taken Lou Jun from the Xu family’s young master and grew jealous as he noticed Fu Sichen’s affection for Xu Chao.
• Xu Chao invited Fu Sichen to share their bed, and Fu Sichen asked him what “a damn good fuck” meant.

Xu Chao checked the medical reports and learned that his blood sugar and blood pressure were low, prompting Fu Sichen to arrange for a nutritionist. The next morning, Fu Sichen kicked a man who had disturbed Xu Chao’s sleep and said he had done it because the man disturbed his wife.

• Xu Chao searched their luggage for the medical reports Second Brother had given him and found Fu Sichen’s results normal.
• Fu Sichen noticed Xu Chao’s low blood sugar and blood pressure and said he would arrange for a nutritionist to care for his meals.
• The next morning, an unnamed man repeatedly knocked on the door and called for Xu Chao to get up.
• Fu Sichen left the room and kicked the man in the chest when he tried to pound on the door again.
• The man demanded to know why Fu Sichen had kicked him, and Fu Sichen said he had disturbed his wife’s sleep.

Fu Sichen kicked Lou Jun for disturbing Xu Chao, while Lin Yang praised how much happier Chaochao was with Fu Sichen and Xu Zhou carried him off. After Lou Jun and Shen Xinbai vanished during an island expedition, Xu Chao and Fu Sichen wondered whether wild men had taken them.

• Fu Sichen kicked Lou Jun, who left after the others mocked him and praised his devotion to Xu Chao.
• Lin Yang said Xu Chao was happier with Fu Sichen, and Xu Zhou carried Lin Yang away when he tried to support Lou Jun.
• Xu Chao woke from a dream about being Fu Sichen's childhood hero and agreed to explore the island with him.
• Lou Jun and Shen Xinbai went looking for food with the other guests, then disappeared after the group split up, leaving giant footprints and drag marks.
• Xu Chao and Fu Sichen suspected wild men had taken Lou Jun and Shen Xinbai.

After wild men captured Shen Xinbai and Lou Jun, Xu Chao and Fu Sichen led the other guests toward the settlement to find them. Fu Sichen tried to go ahead with Xu Chao alone, but Xu Chao defended his husband by telling everyone they were trash.

• The production team split up to call the police and arrange a rescue while telling Xu Chao and the others to stay indoors.
• Xu Chao headed toward the wild men's settlement, and Fu Sichen assured the director that he would keep Xu Chao safe.
• Gu Chengfeng, Cheng Yu, and Xu Zhou insisted on joining them, so the group followed the drag marks toward the settlement.
• The group heard roars and fighting nearby and wondered what had happened to Shen Xinbai and Lou Jun.
• Fu Sichen told everyone except Xu Chao to stay behind because they would only hold him back.
• Xu Chao stepped in front of Fu Sichen and told the others, on his husband's behalf, that they were trash.

Xu Chao and the others investigated the savages’ gathering and found Lou Jun and Shen Xinbai tied up as the savages held a brutal fight. After the winner claimed Lou Jun as his prize, Xu Chao concluded that Lou Jun was being taken to become the bandit chief’s bride.

• Gu Chengfeng recalled how Xu Chao had encouraged him during childhood karate lessons and realized Xu Chao had been the boy who helped him.
• Fu Sichen lifted Xu Chao into a tree to keep him quiet as the group approached the clearing.
• Xu Chao, Fu Sichen, Gu Chengfeng, and Xu Zhou spotted Lou Jun and Shen Xinbai tied to stakes while savages watched two men fight in a pit.
• The victorious savage took an animal-bone necklace, freed Lou Jun, and carried him away.
• Xu Chao told Xu Zhou and Gu Chengfeng that the savage was taking Lou Jun to become the bandit chief’s bride.

Lou Jun and Shen Xinbai escaped their captors and ran toward each other, while Xu Chao suspected Shen Xinbai was not acting out of love. The chapter ended just before the two could embrace.

• The tall wild man mistook Lou Jun's protests for a plea and carried him toward the cave after squeezing his butt again.
• The short wild man slammed Shen Xinbai to the ground, and Shen Xinbai decided to seek protection by calling to Lou Jun.
• When the short wild man kicked Shen Xinbai, Lou Jun broke free from the tall wild man's grasp and rushed toward him.
• Shen Xinbai shook off the short wild man and limped toward Lou Jun as they struggled through the crowd toward each other.
• Xu Chao wondered whether Shen Xinbai's apparent devotion was genuine, just as Lou Jun and Shen Xinbai were about to embrace.

Shen Xinbai tried to save himself by seducing the tall savage, but the savage rejected him and chose Lou Jun. After Shen Xinbai exposed Xu Chao’s group to the savages, Xu Zhou and Fu Sichen stood their ground to protect the others.

• Shen Xinbai shoved Lou Jun aside and offered himself to the tall savage, but the savage discarded him and pulled Lou Jun up instead.
• Xu Chao explained that the savage likely preferred Lou Jun’s build, while Shen Xinbai was left confused and humiliated.
• A short savage kicked Shen Xinbai and shattered his leg, and Shen Xinbai then spotted Xu Chao’s group and called the savages toward them.
• Xu Zhou and Gu Chengfeng urged Xu Chao and the others to flee, but Xu Zhou and Fu Sichen stayed behind to hold off the savages.
• Fu Sichen reassured Xu Chao that he should not underestimate his husband, prompting Xu Zhou and Gu Chengfeng to protest.

Xu Chao and his companions were surrounded by wild men, but Xu Chao used his confidence and knowledge of plants to earn their respect. The tall wild man invited Xu Chao to go farther into the tribe.

• Fu Sichen caught Xu Chao after he jumped down from the tree, then blocked a wild man's punch when the man attacked Xu Chao.
• Xu Chao stopped the group from fighting, introduced himself and his companions, and called Fu Sichen his husband.
• Xu Chao treated a wounded wild man with an herb and identified a fruit that caused itchy bumps.
• Xu Zhou and Xu Chao demonstrated their knowledge of medicinal plants, winning over the wild men.
• Xu Chao angrily rejected another herb, and the tall wild man respectfully gestured for him to go farther inside.

Xu Chao won the tribesmen’s respect by displaying his modern knowledge and a lighter, then welcomed the arriving rescue team as guests to a bonfire feast. The rescue team and director were left bewildered by his relaxed plans.

• Xu Chao approached Shen Xinbai and slapped him twice for repeatedly betraying the group.
• The tribesmen prepared a feast for Xu Chao’s group, and Xu Chao took a lighter from Fu Sichen.
• Xu Chao ignited and tossed the lighter, causing the tribesmen to kneel and treat him as a miracle worker.
• The rescue team arrived and found the tribesmen kneeling before Xu Chao.
• Xu Chao greeted the rescuers and asked the director to fetch seasonings and cookware for a bonfire party.

After Shen Xinbai’s humiliating livestream replay exposed him to the rescue team, Lou Jun watched Xu Chao with Fu Sichen and convinced himself Xu Chao had risked his life for him. Lou Jun provoked Fu Sichen by claiming he was the one who loved crab most, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• The director showed the rescue team a replay of Xu Chao’s livestream, where Shen Xinbai had tried to seduce Savage.
• Shen Xinbai confronted Xu Chao over the broadcast, then fainted after the rescue team recognized him and repeated his words.
• Lou Jun watched Xu Chao enjoying a seafood hot pot with Fu Sichen and regretted giving him up for Shen Xinbai.
• Lou Jun decided Xu Chao had risked himself to save Lou Jun and believed Xu Chao still loved him.
• Xu Chao asked Fu Sichen for crab, and Fu Sichen arranged to have some flown in.
• Lou Jun stopped Fu Sichen and claimed that he, not Xu Chao, loved crab most.

Lou Jun claimed Xu Chao still loved him and challenged Fu Sichen to compete for Xu Chao. Fu Sichen stopped to confront Lou Jun after he declared he wanted to pursue his husband.

• Fu Sichen told Lou Jun he would no longer have a place in Xu Chao's heart, but Lou Jun insisted Xu Chao had saved him because he still cared.
• Lou Jun reminded Fu Sichen that Xu Chao had originally meant to drug and sleep with him, then said there had been a misunderstanding.
• Lou Jun admitted he knew Xu Chao and Fu Sichen had registered their marriage but declared that he would not give up on Xu Chao.
• Lou Jun challenged Fu Sichen to compete fairly for Xu Chao, convinced that Xu Chao truly loved him.
• Fu Sichen stopped as he was leaving, turned toward Lou Jun, and asked whether Lou Jun wanted to pursue his husband.

Fu Sichen attacked Lou Jun after Lou Jun claimed Xu Chao loved him, insisting that Xu Chao would never spare Lou another glance. The fight escalated in front of the livestream audience, and Lou Jun realized Fu Sichen had broken his own wrist while twisting Lou's punch aside.

• Lou Jun told Fu Sichen that he and Xu Chao had been childhood sweethearts and that Xu Chao had pursued him for years.
• Fu Sichen punched Lou Jun and warned him that Xu Chao would never look at him again, even if Fu beat him to death.
• Lin Yang and Xu Chao mistook the commotion for Lou Jun coughing up blood and toasted to it.
• Xu Zhou told Xu Chao that Fu Sichen and Lou Jun were fighting, and Xu Chao stood up as Lou swung at Fu.
• Fu Sichen seized Lou Jun's fist and wrenched it, but Lou Jun realized the wrist Fu Sichen had broken was Fu Sichen's own.

Xu Chao remembered Fu Sichen and attacked Lou Jun, believing he had hurt A-Chen. Fu Sichen comforted Xu Chao, confessed his love, and knocked him unconscious, fearing that Xu Chao should not have remembered him.

• Xu Chao saw Fu Sichen's injured wrist and was overwhelmed by a vision of Fu Sichen suffering on a snowy mountain.
• Xu Chao broke free and viciously attacked Lou Jun, accusing him of hurting A-Chen, until Fu Sichen pulled Xu Chao into his arms.
• Fu Sichen realized Xu Chao remembered him, but feared that the memory was not supposed to have returned.
• Gu Chengfeng, Lin Yang, Wen Shiting, and Cheng Yu restrained and beat Lou Jun while the others broke up the fight.
• Fu Sichen tenderly spoke with Xu Chao, who praised his appearance and declared himself third in the world for handsomeness.
• Fu Sichen whispered that he loved Xu Chao, struck the back of his neck, and held him after he lost consciousness.

Fu Sichen had Xu Chao hypnotized so he would forget the confession and the events that led to it. Xu Chao woke and murmured Fu Sichen’s name, while Fu Sichen and the Xu family waited to see what he would remember.

• Lin Yang confronted Fu Sichen for knocking Xu Chao unconscious, but Xu Zhou stopped him and told Fu Sichen to take Xu Chao back to the cabin.
• Xu Zhou ended the livestream and brought a first-aid kit, then learned that Fu Sichen had broken his own wrist to make Xu Chao care for him.
• Xu Zhou bandaged Fu Sichen’s wrist and called him a lunatic for deliberately seeking Xu Chao’s attention.
• The Xu family and a team of doctors arrived on the island, and a psychologist hypnotized Xu Chao to bury the night’s events in his memory.
• Xu Chao woke from the dream and murmured Fu Sichen’s name.

Xu Chao woke from a nightmare believing Fu Sichen had died and tearfully demanded another medical checkup after Fu Sichen promised he would stay by his side. Their friends barged into the room, and Gu Chengfeng asked Xu Chao whether he had heard his husband died.

• Xu Chao woke from a series of strange dreams and searched the suitcase for Fu Sichen’s medical report.
• Xu Chao cried that Fu Sichen had died, and Fu Sichen comforted him and promised he would always stay by his side.
• Xu Chao insisted Fu Sichen’s medical report was wrong and told him to get another checkup.
• Gu Chengfeng, Xu Zhou, Lin Yang, Cheng Yu, and Wen Shiting burst into the room after hearing Xu Chao cry.
• Wen Shiting explained that they had come to check on Xu Chao, and Gu Chengfeng asked whether he had heard his husband died.