Recaps

Jian Ran and Lu Yanting faced the paper figures besieging the Mountain Villa, while the staff’s defenses initially held off the attackers. When the figures found another way inside, Jian Ran rushed upstairs to fight them, and Lu Yanting followed, hoping Jian Ran would rescue him.

• Jian Ran guessed that the paper figures’ hunger came from being eaten alive and asked Lu Yanting what he knew about coffin births.
• Jian Ran and Lu Yanting went downstairs holding hands, where the paper figures crowded the windows and chanted that they wanted to eat.
• A paper figure exploded through the entrance, but the glutinous rice on the floor set the figures that entered alight and reduced them to ash.
• Jian Ran learned that the second floor had not been protected and warned everyone that the paper figures were climbing the walls.
• Jian Ran cut down a paper figure with his peachwood sword, gave Li Yuan talismans to hand out, and rushed upstairs.
• Lu Yanting dodged Li Yuan’s offer of a talisman and followed Jian Ran upstairs, intending to get Jian Ran to rescue him.

Jian Ran and Lu Yanting fought off the paper figures attacking the Mountain Villa while Jian Ran discovered his talismans were empowered with Lu Yanting’s blood and teased him as an old virgin. A scream from Li Zongsheng’s room revealed the night’s real threat, and Jian Ran went to confront it.

• Jian Ran protected Lu Yanting from a lunging paper figure and urged him to stay inside while he fought outside.
• Lu Yanting returned to the lobby, then secretly fought paper figures barehanded as Li Yuan and the others hid.
• Jian Ran used blood-empowered talismans to destroy paper figures and realized Lu Yanting’s blood burned with unusual purity.
• Jian Ran laughed that Lu Yanting was an old virgin, and Lu Yanting asked whether his virginity mattered to Jian Ran.
• A woman screamed from Li Zongsheng’s room, and Jian Ran kicked open the door to face a mangled, bloody creature.

Jian Ran overpowered the bloodied creature in the guest room and was about to free it when Liu Ying’s fierce ghost intervened and carried him to the Deserted Village. There, Jian Ran witnessed the past events that led to Liu Ying’s death, while Lu Yanting followed after him.

• Jian Ran entered the guest room, subdued the humanoid creature with the Peachwood Sword, and offered to set it free.
• Liu Ying’s fierce ghost attacked the room, and Jian Ran ordered Du Yunmeng and the other guests to escape.
• Lu Yanting kicked Du Yunmeng aside and followed Jian Ran out the window toward the Deserted Village.
• Jian Ran entered the Deserted Village and saw a vision of Liu Mother discovering Liu Ying’s body in an iron cabinet.
• Liu Mother accused the Clan Leader of breaking his promise and warned him that Liu Ying would have her child and retribution would come.

Jian Ran watched Mother Liu use shamanistic rites to resurrect her dead daughter, Liu Ying, despite the dangerous price involved. Liu Ying rose from the bathing tub at dawn, and a neighbor mistook her for a risen corpse and raised the alarm.

• Mother Liu took Liu Ying’s body from the ancestral hall after the clan chief and villagers condemned the dead girl and her unborn child.
• Mother Liu prepared ritual implements and ordered Father Liu to place Liu Ying in a wooden tub, then promised that both Liu Ying and her child would live by dawn.
• Mother Liu performed a soul-summoning ritual as a sinister wind and ghostly faces gathered around the house.
• At dawn, Liu Ying opened her eyes and slowly rose from the tub, while Jian Ran warned that Mother Liu might not be able to bear the price.
• Father Liu rushed to fetch clothes for Liu Ying, and a neighbor saw her and shouted that the corpse had risen.

Jian Ran and Lu Yanting went to the hillside graves to investigate Li Zongsheng’s story, and Jian Ran threatened to blast open a grave until Li Zongsheng agreed to continue. Li Zongsheng recounted returning to the village and finding it deserted and gruesome before seeing a figure he believed was Liu Ying turn its head all the way around.

• Mother Liu intimidated a neighbor who called Liu Ying a reanimated corpse, while Father Liu accepted that his daughter was alive despite her cold skin.
• Jian Ran saw that Liu Ying’s life would last only a short time and that the child in her belly fed on yin energy.
• Lu Yanting followed Jian Ran into the Deserted Village, where Jian Ran warned him not to turn around if anyone called him.
• Jian Ran chose one of the 107 graves to dig and threatened to use a Five Thunders Talisman unless Li Zongsheng told the rest of his story.
• Li Zongsheng recounted returning to a silent village, finding a mutilated villager, and fleeing when the figure hanging children’s clothes turned its head unnaturally toward him.

Li Zongsheng recounted his return to the Taihang Mountains, where he encountered the monstrous Liu Ying and fled from the village. After escaping, he secretly returned to watch Liu Mother torment and devour the clan chief, then ran again when she spotted him.

• Li Zongsheng described how he defied his parents and endured a hunger strike to leave home and find Liu Ying.
• Liu Ying chased Li Zongsheng through the village, pleaded with him for abandoning her, and revealed that they had a child; Li Zongsheng fled again after seeing their monstrous son.
• Li Zongsheng told Jian Ran that he had escaped the village, seen it shrouded in fog, and climbed back up the mountain to investigate.
• From a cliff, Li Zongsheng saw Liu Mother torment the clan chief and then devour him.
• Liu Mother spotted Li Zongsheng, who scrambled away, prompting Jian Ran to call him a coward.

Li Zongsheng returned to marry Liu Ying, but Liu Mother manipulated Liu Ying into killing him before she realized what she had done. Jian Ran then confronted Liu Mother at Liu Ying’s grave and exposed her lies, as Liu Ying appeared behind her and accused her of deception.

• Liu Mother blamed Li Zongsheng for Liu Ying’s suffering and urged Liu Ying to kill him.
• Liu Ying, controlled by her mother, strangled Li Zongsheng, then regained her senses and mourned his death.
• Liu Ying accused Liu Mother of turning her and her child into monsters, while Liu Mother refused to let her go.
• Jian Ran ordered Li Zongsheng to dig up Liu Ying’s grave, drawing Liu Mother out to confront them.
• Jian Ran revealed that Liu Mother had intercepted Li Zongsheng’s loving letters and fabricated his betrayal to keep Liu Ying by her side.
• Liu Ying appeared behind Liu Mother, grabbed her by the neck, and asked whether her mother had lied to her.

Jian Ran forced Li Zongsheng to explain why he had never betrayed Liu Ying, exposing Liu Mother's role in keeping them apart. As Liu Ying confronted her mother, her child sacrificed itself to save Liu Mother, and the chapter ended with Liu Mother attacking Lu Yanting while Jian Ran protested that they had nothing between them.

• Jian Ran stopped Li Zongsheng from fleeing and made him explain how Liu Mother's family had imprisoned him and prevented him from returning to Liu Ying.
• Li Zongsheng swore that he had never betrayed Liu Ying, and Liu Mother revealed that she had intercepted his letters.
• Liu Ying accused Liu Mother of turning her into a walking corpse and making her kill the person she loved, then struck at her.
• Liu Ying's child blocked the attack and was fatally wounded, telling Liu Ying it was glad to finally see her.
• Liu Mother blamed Jian Ran and charged at Lu Yanting, while Jian Ran shouted that there was nothing between them.

Jian Ran fought Liu Mother while protecting Lu Yanting, and the Mountain Villa’s defenses weakened as the battle distracted whatever was behind them. When the paper figures returned, the people inside fled toward Jian Ran, and a livestream broadcast his fight, causing a scandalous hashtag about Lu Yanting to trend.

• Jian Ran confronted Liu Mother with his Peachwood Sword and shielded Lu Yanting, who had a bleeding wrist wound.
• Lu Zhendong learned the second barrier had weakened and guessed that something inside had been distracted.
• The paper figures returned to the Mountain Villa, prompting Li Yuan and Qi Rui to panic.
• Du Yunmeng and the others fled through a window toward the Deserted Village to find Jian Ran, while the cameraman ran with his camera.
• The livestream captured Jian Ran fighting Liu Mother and protecting Lu Yanting, and viewers posted screenshots that sent a hashtag about Lu Yanting trending.

Jian Ran defeated the evil forces haunting the Deserted Village and Mountain Villa, but collapsed from the strain. As the survivors discovered that the entire ordeal had been livestreamed, Li Yuan tried to pass it off as scripted.

• Lu Yanting took Liu Mother's flying stones to protect Jian Ran, and Jian Ran attacked her with a golden talisman.
• Liu Ying shielded Liu Mother from the talisman, forgave her, and asked her to stop hurting people and join her after death.
• After Liu Ying vanished, Li Zongsheng asked Jian Ran to send him after his wife, while Jian Ran saw that Liu Mother had died and paper figures were closing in.
• Jian Ran cast a massive talisman over the Deserted Village and Mountain Villa, dispelling the paper figures and sending Li Zongsheng and the child away.
• Jian Ran collapsed into Lu Yanting's arms, and Li Yuan learned the night's events had been livestreamed and announced that season one of Lucky Inn had ended.

After Jian Ran passed out, Lu Yanting took him to the hospital while the Lucky Inn crew left the mountain. When Jian Ran woke, he saw Lu Yanting’s bandaged face and was asked to take responsibility for the injury he suffered saving him.

• The crew gathered around Lu Yanting, who carried the unconscious Jian Ran back to the Mountain Villa and told everyone to stay away.
• Lu Zhendong and the Non-Natural Special Research Institute arrived, and Lu Yanting revealed that Lu Zhendong was his second uncle while brushing off concern about his forehead wound.
• The exhausted Lucky Inn crew packed up and left, while Yu Fengyi and Ji Yuanming each resolved to win Jian Ran back.
• Lu Yanting carried Jian Ran into an ambulance, where a nurse found that Jian Ran had only fainted and might be malnourished.
• Jian Ran woke in the hospital, and Lu Yanting asked whether he would take responsibility for the injury he received saving him.

Jian Ran signed autographs for the clinic nurses as Lu Yanting prepared to take him away, while Jian Ran learned his popularity had surged and agreed to join a dating show for the money. Lu Yanting then decided to join the same show, leaving Jian Ran bewildered about his intentions.

• The clinic nurses rushed into Jian Ran's ward for autographs, and Jian Ran signed for all of them while Lu Yanting tried to reclaim his attention.
• Lu Yanting told Su Yuan to send a car to the clinic and said he was bringing someone back; Jian Ran overheard and tried to flee the ward.
• Jian Ran took a call from Xu Xuda, who told him his popularity had risen and pitched the dating show Pure Romance One-on-One.
• Jian Ran agreed to let Xu Xuda negotiate his fee for the show, and Lu Yanting questioned him about joining it.
• After the car arrived, Lu Yanting called the show's director and said he wanted to participate in Pure Romance One-on-One too.

Jian Ran rode back to the city with Lu Yanting and asked to be dropped off at his apartment. A motorcycle rider confronted him outside, and Jian Ran discovered it was Bai Jingchuan, who tried to stop him from leaving and ended up at Jian Ran’s mercy.

• Lu Yanting drove Jian Ran back to the city while Jian Ran read comments praising him online.
• Jian Ran asked Lu Yanting to drop him off at his apartment, and Lu Yanting questioned whether Jian Ran was avoiding the man who had saved him.
• A black motorcycle charged toward Jian Ran, stopped in front of him, and revealed Bai Jingchuan as its rider.
• Bai Jingchuan questioned who had brought Jian Ran home and accused him of finding someone new, but Jian Ran brushed him off.
• Bai Jingchuan grabbed for Jian Ran’s arm, and Jian Ran twisted his arm, shoved him down, and demanded that he call him big bro.

Bai Jingchuan convinced himself Jian Ran was still acting, while Zhong Fanrui learned that Lu Yuhuan’s family was paying attention to Jian Ran. Jian Ran declined money from Du Yunmeng, planned to move, and refused Lu Yanting’s offer to switch companies, leaving Lu Yanting’s grandfather asking if he needed to intervene.

• Bai Jingchuan rode home and decided Jian Ran’s fierce behavior was an act and that Rui-Zhong Fanrui was still the only person in his heart.
• Zhong Fanrui insulted Jian Ran online, then learned Lu Yuhuan’s family was watching Lucky Inn because of Jian Ran.
• Jian Ran ordered an air conditioner, considered moving, and began searching for a new apartment.
• Du Yunmeng explained that he and the others had returned to Feng Village to free their dead relatives’ trapped souls, and Jian Ran declined their offer of money.
• Jian Ran arranged an apartment viewing, refused Lu Yanting’s offer to switch companies, and Lu Yanting’s grandfather asked whether he needed to handle it personally.

Jian Ran viewed a luxury apartment in Kyoto and clashed with his cousin Zhong Ruoxi over who would rent it. The dispute was interrupted when Zhong Ruoxi spotted Lu Yanting at the doorway.

• Jian Ran agreed to view a ten-thousand-a-month apartment and met the agent, Sun Meizhou, who admired him as a fan.
• Sun Meizhou drove Jian Ran to an upscale residential complex, where Jian Ran admired the apartment and its city view.
• The manager brought another group of visitors into the apartment, and Jian Ran recognized his cousin Zhong Ruoxi.
• Zhong Ruoxi mocked Jian Ran’s ability to pay rent, while Jian Ran accused her of being a fake socialite who could not pay her bills.
• Jian Ran challenged Zhong Ruoxi to pay the deposit and rent upfront, but she noticed Lu Yanting at the doorway and greeted him.

Jian Ran met Lu Yanting while looking for an apartment, then chose to leave rather than compete with Zhong Ruoxi for the place. When Zhong Ruoxi’s card failed, Jian Ran offered his own card to Sun Meizhou instead of the bald manager.

• Jian Ran recalled how the original owner had imitated Zhong Fanrui and been framed for theft by Zhong Ruoxi, leading the Zhong family to drive him out.
• Zhong Ruoxi tried to get Lu Yanting’s attention, but he ignored her and asked Jian Ran why he was there.
• Jian Ran explained he was renting a place, and Lu Yanting remarked that the neighborhood kept stray dogs out.
• Zhong Ruoxi tried to pay the deposit and mocked Jian Ran, but he declined the apartment and left with Sun Meizhou.
• Jian Ran learned Sun Meizhou had faced workplace mistreatment and hinted he would help him get payback another time.
• When Zhong Ruoxi’s card failed, Jian Ran offered his card to Sun Meizhou and stopped the bald manager from taking it.

Jian Ran helped Sun Meizhou close an apartment sale, then agreed to join a dating variety show filmed at the reportedly haunted Yandong University for three million. When Jian Ran stepped outside in loose pajamas, Lu Yanting confronted him, and someone behind Lu accused Jian Ran of chasing him home.

• Jian Ran urged Sun Meizhou to take payment and sign the contract, while Zhong Ruoxi and the bald manager left in anger.
• Jian Ran told Sun Meizhou to have the agency check its finances, predicting that the manager would soon face trouble.
• Xu Xuda offered Jian Ran two million to join Pure Romance One-on-One, and Jian Ran negotiated the fee up to three million after learning it would be filmed at Yandong University.
• Jian Ran searched for reports about Yandong University and found rumors of a haunting tied to a freshman's death and strange crying sounds.
• Jian Ran opened his apartment door to take out the trash, and Lu Yanting asked if he had dressed that way on purpose as someone behind him accused Jian Ran of chasing Lu home.

Jian Ran became a sought-after celebrity and joined the cast of Pure Romance One-on-One, while Lu Yanting warned Su Yuan not to upset him. At Maple Blue, Gu Feng offered to match the Lu family's bid to poach Jian Ran, and Jian Ran suspected he had another request.

• Su Yuan accused Jian Ran of trying to seduce Lu Yanting, but Lu challenged Su Yuan's claim that he was not interested and warned him not to upset Jian Ran again.
• Pure Romance One-on-One announced its new cast and the Sweet Death Campus theme, prompting fans to anticipate Jian Ran and Lu Yanting's appearance together.
• Jian Ran found that fans now chased him in public, so he wore sunglasses and got Xu Xuda to find him a second-hand Hongqi car.
• At Maple Blue, Xu Xuda and Gu Feng warmly welcomed Jian Ran, who wondered at the change in their attitude since his rise in popularity.
• Gu Feng asked Jian Ran about an offer from the Lu family and promised to match it, but Jian Ran suspected Gu Feng wanted something else and asked why he was kneeling.

Jian Ran accepted Gu Feng’s request to help his ailing grandmother and signed on for Pure Romance One-on-One, then returned home and confronted Lu Yanting. Lu Yanting warned him to stay away from Gu Feng and said they would go to the variety show’s filming together the next day.

• Gu Feng knelt before Jian Ran and pleaded for help with his grandmother’s worsening illness, and Jian Ran agreed to handle it for a price.
• Jian Ran signed the contract for Pure Romance One-on-One and confirmed that the advance payment had arrived.
• Xu Xuda tried to warn Jian Ran about Bai Jingchuan, but Jian Ran left after saying he would retaliate if someone messed with him.
• Jian Ran insulted two wealthy women who gossiped about him, exposing them as mistresses who were about to be caught by their partners’ wives.
• Lu Yanting ambushed Jian Ran at his apartment, questioned his visit to Gu Feng, warned him to stay away, and said they would go to the variety show filming together.

Jian Ran and the other guests traveled to the remote Yandong University to film Pure Love, where the production warned them about strict rules and serious punishments. As the group arrived at the abandoned campus, an elderly security guard cautioned them not to provoke “those things.”

• Wei Xiaoxue introduced the show’s rules and had the guests draw roles for their game at the haunted university.
• Wei Xiaoxue said Bai Jingchuan had to travel to the destination alone and would be punished if he arrived late.
• Bai Jingchuan dismissed Ji Yuanming’s warning to stay on Jian Ran’s good side and laughed at Ji Yuanming’s fear of him.
• The bus brought the guests to remote Yandong University, where an elderly security guard opened the gate and warned them not to provoke “those things.”

The guests arrived at Yandong University for the livestream of Pure Romance One-on-One, where Bai Jingchuan showed up late and learned he had to clean the men's restroom. The chapter ended with Jian Ran realizing the punishment involved clearing away something dirty in a place he considered a prime haunting spot.

• Wei Xiaoxue struggled to unlock the classroom building, and Xu Junyi helped her while Zheng Huai mocked their interaction.
• Jian Ran opened the chained door and walked through the classroom building, while Lu Yanting separated him from Bai Qing and reminded them not to hold private conversations.
• Wei Xiaoxue announced that the final guest would be punished for arriving after class began.
• Bai Jingchuan arrived one minute late, accepted the penalty, and was told he would lose eligibility to run for class officer and clean the men's restroom.
• Jian Ran reacted with alarm when Wei Xiaoxue said the restroom cleaning would involve clearing away dirty things.

Bai Jingchuan was punished with cleaning the restroom after he tried to make Jian Ran accompany him, while the other guests drew class officer cards. A scream from the corridor interrupted the card instructions, and Bai Qing feared something had happened to Bai Jingchuan.

• Wei Xiaoxue refused Bai Jingchuan’s demand to have Jian Ran join him and gave him three minutes to begin his punishment.
• Bai Jingchuan went to fetch cleaning supplies, muttering a threat at Jian Ran, who expected him to regret it.
• Wei Xiaoxue let the remaining guests skip the class officer election and draw cards instead.
• Lu Yanting and Jian Ran drew their cards together despite Wei Xiaoxue’s instruction to come up one at a time.
• A scream rang out in the corridor, and Bai Qing asked whether something terrible had happened to Bai Jingchuan.
• Jian Ran scoffed that Bai Qing had already declared him dead.

Jian Ran and Lu Yanting escorted Zheng Huai to the restroom, where they found it covered in blood and Bai Jingchuan lying in the middle. After reading a threatening message, Jian Ran provoked the unseen presence, and Bai Jingchuan suddenly stood up.

• Jian Ran and Lu Yanting volunteered to accompany Zheng Huai to handle the emergency, despite Wei Xiaoxue objecting that they were breaking the rules.
• Jian Ran and Lu Yanting pushed a frightened Zheng Huai toward the restroom, while the livestream audience focused on their flirtatious exchange.
• Zheng Huai recoiled at the blood-splattered restroom, where Jian Ran found Bai Jingchuan lying on the floor and a threat written on the mirror.
• Jian Ran counted eight bloody handprints and wrote a taunt on the mirror, which Lu Yanting read aloud.
• The livestream viewers noticed that Bai Jingchuan was standing up, his face covered in blood.

Jian Ran stopped the ghost possessing Bai Jingchuan with a series of slaps, then had Zheng Huai revive Bai with buckets of water. Bai woke up and mistook Jian Ran’s actions for concern, while Lu Yanting ordered him to clean the restroom.

• Jian Ran blocked the livestream camera and confronted the ghost wearing Bai Jingchuan’s face.
• Jian Ran slapped the ghost three times, and it collapsed, leaving Bai’s body unconscious.
• Jian Ran told Zheng Huai to splash Bai with water before his soul drifted away, and Zheng Huai drenched him until he woke.
• President Yu watched the livestream while his Special Assistant praised Jian Ran and called Yu blinded by love; Yu overheard her comments as she left.
• Bai woke up, assumed Jian Ran had risked himself to save him, and tried to chase after him when Jian Ran insulted him.
• Lu Yanting stopped Bai and ordered him to clean the restroom, invoking the Bai Family and their elders.

After the guests endured more punishments and prepared to spend the night in the dormitory, Jian Ran challenged Wei Xiaoxue’s instructions and suggested using a password for safety. The group reached the dorm building, where Wei Xiaoxue warned them not to open the door to anyone, then ominously asked who would inspect rooms full of dead people.

• Bai Jingchuan woke up, helped Zheng Huai clean the bloody bathroom, and screamed when he spotted a rat.
• Jian Ran and Lu Yanting argued that helping classmates did not violate their character requirements, while Wei Xiaoxue moved on to dorm assignments.
• Jian Ran proposed using a password at night, and the others agreed to split into one boys’ room and one girls’ room.
• Jian Ran led the guests out before Wei Xiaoxue finished speaking, leaving her alone in the classroom as livestream viewers speculated that she was creepy.
• The guests crossed the sandstorm to the dorm building, where Wei Xiaoxue warned them not to leave their rooms or open the door to anyone.
• Bai Qing asked whether refusing a room inspection would break the rules, and Wei Xiaoxue replied that no one would inspect a room full of dead people.