Chapter Summaries

Jian Ran confronted Ji Yuanming after discovering strange blood, then faced a power outage and eerie disturbances at the Mountain Villa. He went upstairs with Lu Yanting and Ji Yuanming to fix the circuit breaker, where a terrifying ghost suddenly lunged at the camera.

• Jian Ran threatened Ji Yuanming and rejected his claim that Jian Ran had said he loved him.
• Emperor Lu whispered something to Jian Ran as they passed, catching his interest.
• A thunderclap and a ghostly voice frightened the dinner guests, and the power went out.
• Yang Ruoxi tried to leave the Mountain Villa but returned after seeing what was outside.
• Jian Ran went upstairs with Lu Yanting, Ji Yuanming, and the cameraman to find the circuit breaker.
• A ghost with blood pouring from its face lunged into the camera's view.

Jian Ran confronted a ghost inside a guest room wardrobe while Lu Yanting and Ji Yuanming watched. After the ghost threatened to eat him, Jian Ran opened the wardrobe, and the ghost fled in terror.

• A terrifying face flashed across the livestream, and Jian Ran sent the frightened cameraman away.
• Ji Yuanming questioned Jian Ran about ghosts, but Lu Yanting stopped him and warned that something was on his shoulder.
• Jian Ran kicked open a guest room door and found bloody water seeping from an iron wardrobe.
• A voice from inside the wardrobe demanded human flesh, and Jian Ran told it to eat vegetarian instead.
• Lu Yanting dragged Ji Yuanming out as bloody water spread across the floor, while Jian Ran sealed the wardrobe with a golden aura.
• Jian Ran wrenched open the wardrobe, frightening the ghost into fleeing, and taunted it for running away.

Jian Ran chased a ghost through the mountain villa while the others waited anxiously and the livestream was shut off. After the ghost escaped through a window, someone behind Jian Ran asked whether he was forcing them to sleep with him.

• Jian Ran chased a gray figure upstairs and ordered Lu Yanting and Ji Yuanming to keep watch, but Ji Yuanming fainted when he saw it.
• The frightened guests stayed in the dining room as Li Yuan ordered the livestream turned off.
• Yu Fengyi climbed the stairs and spoke with Zhong Fanrui, who grew suspicious after noticing Ji Yuanming had joined the variety show.
• Zhong Fanrui asked another caller about Jian Ran, then dismissed him as a poor imitation who would never make waves.
• Jian Ran threw the blue-gray female ghost into a wall and questioned her about Li Zongsheng, but she vanished after screaming and shattering the room's glass.
• A cool voice behind Jian Ran asked whether he was forcing them to sleep with him.

Jian Ran and Lu Yanting survived the villa’s supernatural disturbance and rejoined the others for dinner, while Ji Yuanming woke up and dismissed his fainting as low blood sugar. At a secret base, officials reviewed Jian Ran’s actions and suspected that he was an unnatural creature.

• Jian Ran questioned Lu Yanting about probing the bloody water, then left with him to eat after the villa’s lights came back on.
• Ji Yuanming woke up alone, assumed Jian Ran had abandoned him, and confronted him in the dining room.
• Lu Yanting mocked Ji Yuanming for fainting, and Ji Yuanming claimed he had low blood sugar while Li Yuan hoped filming could continue.
• Jian Ran ordered the guests and crew to eat, and livestream viewers reacted to the group’s sudden obedience and the tense scene.
• At a secret base, officials reviewed Jian Ran’s connection to anomalous events, including averting a mudslide, and suspected he was an unnatural creature.

Jian Ran warned the cameraman about a Buddhist shrine, sparred with Lu Yanting, and led the guests toward town for supplies. When an old man recognized the group as coming from the villa, he dropped his hoe and ran.

• Jian Ran told the cameraman that his family's Buddhist shrine had dubious origins and should be sent away.
• Lu Yanting confronted Jian Ran about the previous night's room and asked how he knew about the shrine, but Jian Ran kept the answer secret.
• Li Yuan saw the livestream's strong viewing figures and urged Qi Rui to give Jian Ran more screen time, then asked him to buy a talisman.
• Jian Ran led the six guests down the mountain toward town, while Ji Yuanming objected and the others ignored him.
• Du Yunmeng asked an old man for directions to the nearest market, and the man ran after learning they had come from the villa in the Taihang Mountains.

Jian Ran chased down an old man who had mistaken him for a ghost, then learned the tragic story behind the Deserted Village. Ji Yuanming interrupted their conversation and grabbed Jian Ran, who punched him and warned him not to touch him again.

• Jian Ran ran after the old man with the abandoned hoe and caught up to him in his courtyard.
• Jian Ran reassured the old couple, advised the old woman to move her Guanyin statue, and asked about the Deserted Village.
• The old couple told Jian Ran that a beauty from the village had fallen for a visiting playboy, become pregnant before marriage, and been abandoned.
• Ji Yuanming barged into the courtyard and drove the old couple to end their conversation with Jian Ran.
• Ji Yuanming grabbed Jian Ran's arm, and Jian Ran punched him and warned that he would hit him again if he touched him.

Jian Ran punched Ji Yuanming after Ji Yuanming provoked him, while Lu Yanting made clear that he only meddled in Jian Ran’s business. Back at the inn, Li Yuan announced that tycoon Yu Fengyi was joining the show with funding, and Jian Ran reacted with anger.

• Jian Ran stormed off after hitting Ji Yuanming, and the livestream audience argued over who was at fault.
• Lu Yanting asked whether Ji Yuanming was hurt, then said he would tell Jian Ran that Ji Yuanming wanted to be hit again.
• Bai Jingchuan learned that Jian Ran was appearing on a variety show and questioned his assistant about why she had not told him.
• Jian Ran returned to the Lucky Inn carrying heavy supplies, and Qi Rui fell when he tried to help lift the rice sack.
• Li Yuan announced that Yu Fengyi was joining the show and bringing a million, but Jian Ran warned that inviting him would attract more unclean things.

Jian Ran demanded reimbursement for supplies and confronted the ghost Li Zongsheng about his past relationships and the woman who had visited him. Their conversation was interrupted by a call from International Racer C, and Li Zongsheng mistook Jian Ran for a fellow womanizer.

• Jian Ran insisted that Li Yuan reimburse him for rice, soybean oil, and delivery, and Li Yuan agreed.
• The guests returned with food, and Lu Yanting told Li Yuan that Ji Yuanming had been hit by Jian Ran after Jian Ran thought he was being molested.
• Jian Ran went to Li Zongsheng’s dark room and used a talisman to make the ghost surrender and answer his questions.
• Li Zongsheng said he had had many partners and identified the woman from the previous night as an old flame who would not accept their breakup.
• Jian Ran asked for the woman’s name, but his phone rang, and Li Zongsheng saw the caller ID and teased him about juggling lovers.

Jian Ran’s supernatural influence kept the Lucky Inn guests obedient as Ji Yuanming learned that Yu Fengyi was joining the show. When Lu Yanting admitted he had never dated anyone, Jian Ran teased that he would teach him a few tricks.

• Li Zongsheng mistook the contact labels in Jian Ran’s phone for evidence that Jian Ran was juggling lovers, then vanished when a sinister gust blew through the window.
• Bai Jingchuan grew angry that Jian Ran had hung up on him, spotted Ji Yuanming on the Lucky Inn livestream, and correctly guessed that Yu Fengyi was the incoming guest.
• Jian Ran arrived in the kitchen and sent the nervous guests back to their tasks, while Ji Yuanming felt ignored and resented Lu Yanting’s smug approach toward Jian Ran.
• Li Yuan told Ji Yuanming that Yu Fengyi was joining the show, and Jian Ran scoffed that Yu Fengyi would get lost on the way.
• Jian Ran told Lu Yanting that Yu Fengyi was an ex-boyfriend, teased him for being jealous, and offered to teach him player tricks after Lu Yanting admitted he had never dated anyone.

Jian Ran waited up for Yu Fengyi, then used himself as bait to lure out a female ghost possessing Ji Yuanming. He beat the ghost away and ended by discovering the livestream camera in the lobby.

• Jian Ran sent Li Yuan and Qi Rui to bed, then questioned Qi Rui about whether Lu Yanting had ever been in a relationship.
• Jian Ran waited alone in the lounge and lured a ghost wearing a red bridal veil into the lobby.
• The ghost revealed that she had mistaken Jian Ran for Li Zongsheng and attacked him while possessing Ji Yuanming.
• Jian Ran punched the possessed Ji Yuanming and hurled the ghost away after it fled toward the kitchen.
• Jian Ran noticed the personal camera and asked who had put it there.

Jian Ran shut down the livestream after confronting a supernatural threat, then stayed out in the fog with Lu Yanting to search for Ji Yuanming. The next morning, the crew found a bloodied room and discovered Jian Ran and Lu Yanting returning with a filthy, blood-covered figure, prompting Li Yuan to fear they had committed murder.

• Jian Ran turned off the livestream and found the lobby empty after Ji Yuanming disappeared.
• Jian Ran encountered Lu Yanting, and the two went out into the fog to look for Ji Yuanming.
• Li Yuan found a bloodied, disordered room and raised the alarm when he could not call for help.
• The crew realized Jian Ran, Lu Yanting, and Ji Yuanming were all missing, and Du Yunmeng wondered if the three had gone on a date.
• Jian Ran and Lu Yanting returned dragging a blood-covered figure, and Li Yuan urged them to turn themselves in.

Jian Ran’s companions discovered that Ji Yuanming had survived the night, while Yu Fengyi arrived at the villa and insisted on staying near Jian Ran. Lu Yanting answered by announcing that he would move into Jian Ran’s room.

• Jian Ran’s companions panicked over Ji Yuanming’s apparent death, but Ji Yuanming woke up alive and remembered going to find Jian Ran after midnight.
• Lu Yanting suggested on camera that Ji Yuanming had gone to the cemetery out of guilt, prompting livestream viewers to reconsider their suspicions about Jian Ran.
• Yu Fengyi arrived at the villa, asked about Jian Ran, and learned that the guests were resting.
• Yu Fengyi asked to stay in the room beside Jian Ran’s, but Qi Rui told him Lu Yanting occupied it.
• Lu Yanting opened his door and told Yu Fengyi that he would move into Jian Ran’s room instead.

Yu Fengyi and Lu Yanting clashed over who would share a room with Jian Ran, but Ji Yuanming’s complaints interrupted them. At lunch, Jian Ran questioned the other guests about their reasons for staying and asked what connection they had to the Deserted Village behind the Mountain Villa.

• Yu Fengyi challenged Lu Yanting’s request to share a room with Jian Ran, and Lu Yanting dismissed concerns about Jian Ran’s reputation.
• Ji Yuanming complained about bloodied sheets, and Jian Ran yelled at him to stop making noise and leave him alone.
• Lu Yanting called Ji Yuanming a “Giant baby,” while Yu Fengyi laughed, and Yu chose the room diagonally opposite instead.
• Jian Ran woke hungry and joined Du Yunmeng, Yang Ruoxi, and Shen Jiafei for lunch.
• Jian Ran asked the three guests why they had not quit the dangerous show and whether they had come willingly.
• Jian Ran asked what connection the three guests had to the Deserted Village behind the Mountain Villa.

Jian Ran confronted Du Yunmeng about her connection to the Deserted Village, then rebuffed Yu Fengyi while Lu Yanting showed him concern. As conspirators debated their plan in secret, a sinister gust attacked Yu Fengyi in the corridor, and Jian Ran kicked him out of its path.

• Jian Ran questioned Du Yunmeng about her eyes and possible ties to the Deserted Village, but Yu Fengyi's interruption cut the conversation short.
• Lu Yanting asked Jian Ran whether he had eaten enough, and Jian Ran privately decided to give him a discount on their next transaction.
• Yu Fengyi accused Jian Ran of avoiding him, and Jian Ran mocked him in front of the cameras before walking away.
• Li Yuan worried that the inn had no customers while conspirators upstairs argued over whether to proceed with their plan before the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.
• Yu Fengyi offered Jian Ran a blank check, but a sinister gust rushed through the corridor, and Jian Ran kicked Yu Fengyi out of its path.

Jian Ran drove back a sinister presence while Lu Yanting confronted Yu Fengyi over his claim to be Jian Ran’s boyfriend. Yu Fengyi pursued Jian Ran into an eerie, deserted building and froze when he encountered paper figures outside.

• Jian Ran kicked Yu Fengyi into the corridor and ran out, using hand seals to force back a mass of white mist.
• Lu Yanting blocked Yu Fengyi and called himself Jian Ran’s current boyfriend, accusing Yu Fengyi of failing to defend Jian Ran from online rumors.
• Lu Yanting stepped aside, and Yu Fengyi chased after Jian Ran, only to find both Jian Ran and Lu Yanting had disappeared.
• Yu Fengyi descended to the lobby and found its furnishings covered in thick dust, as though the building had been abandoned for ages.
• Yu Fengyi opened the entrance door and froze at the sight of paper figures staring at him with hollow black eyes.

At the research base, Lu Zhendong investigated Jian Ran’s role in the Taihang Mountains anomalies and sought Lu Yanting’s number. After Jian Ran rescued Yu Fengyi from moving paper figures, he demanded higher pay for dealing with the supernatural incidents, and Lu Yanting offered to quit alongside him.

• Lu Zhendong reviewed livestream evidence that Jian Ran had repeatedly stopped electromagnetic waves and discussed recruiting him to the institute.
• Paper figures approached Yu Fengyi outside the Mountain Villa, and Jian Ran dragged him away before the figures could reach him.
• Yu Fengyi passed out, the livestream abruptly cut off, and viewers noticed Lu Yanting walking downstairs.
• The next morning, Jian Ran demanded more pay from Li Yuan or threatened to quit, saying the contract did not cover exorcising ghosts for idiots.
• Yu Fengyi accused Jian Ran of causing the previous night's events, but Jian Ran dodged him and set Li Yuan a half-hour deadline to answer.
• Lu Yanting pulled Jian Ran away from Ji Yuanming and said he would quit too if Jian Ran left.

Jian Ran resolved to keep his distance from Lu Yanting, then negotiated a higher fee for protecting the Guests on the variety show. After Lu Zhendong told Lu Yanting to get close to Jian Ran because he was talented and could protect him, Lu Yanting decided they would become very well acquainted.

• Jian Ran pulled away from Lu Yanting and left, while Li Yuan went to contact the director about pay.
• Lu Yanting insulted Ji Yuanming and Yu Fengyi, revealed what he knew about their relationships, and warned them of the Lu Family's power.
• Jian Ran wondered if Lu Yanting was trying to seduce him and decided to stay away from him.
• Li Yuan told Jian Ran he could earn the standard rate, and Jian Ran negotiated his payment up to two hundred and fifty thousand per season.
• Lu Zhendong called Lu Yanting and told him to get to know Jian Ran because Jian Ran was talented and could protect him.
• After the call, Lu Yanting decided he and Jian Ran would get to know each other very well.

Jian Ran sold Du Yunmeng premium talisman paper while Lu Yanting grew jealous and asked him to become his exclusive consultant. As they prepared breakfast, they discussed trouble expected at the Abandoned Graves on the Back Hill during the Ghost Festival, and Lu Yanting asked whether Jian Ran’s fate could clash with his.

• Jian Ran caught Du Yunmeng approaching him with a knife at his throat, then learned Du Yunmeng wanted to buy premium Talisman Paper before Seventh Month Fifteenth.
• Lu Yanting objected to Jian Ran’s closeness with Du Yunmeng and asked him to work exclusively as his consultant, but Jian Ran refused to turn away people seeking help.
• Jian Ran realized the Ghost Festival was two days away, and Lu Yanting offered to train him for free if he stopped putting his arm around other people.
• Jian Ran and Lu Yanting predicted trouble at the Abandoned Graves on the Back Hill and wondered which faction would cause it.
• Jian Ran said his fate currently clashed with the people getting in his way, and Lu Yanting asked whether their fates could clash.

Jian Ran left the Mountain Villa with Lu Yanting, Yu Fengyi, and Ji Yuanming to investigate the village and resumed hearing the old woman’s story. Her account revealed how the pregnant village girl was tortured for refusing to identify her lover, and Lu Yanting named the punishment she faced next.

• Jian Ran told Li Yuan he was going into town with Lu Yanting, but Yu Fengyi and Ji Yuanming joined them to keep Jian Ran from being alone with Lu Yanting.
• Jian Ran noticed Shen Jiafei, Yang Ruoxi, and Du Yunmeng watching from the Mountain Villa, along with indistinct drifting black shadows.
• Jian Ran returned to the old woman’s home, told Ji Yuanming to wait outside, and asked her to continue the village girl’s story.
• The old woman said the girl became pregnant, was confined by her parents, and endured the pig-cage punishment rather than reveal where her lover lived.
• Lu Yanting asked whether the elders’ cruelest method was locking the girl in an iron chest and pouring sand and mud into it.

Jian Ran listened to an older woman recount Feng Village’s cruel punishment for an unmarried pregnant woman, while Lu Yanting and Yu Fengyi traded barbed remarks. Jian Ran then spotted an old iron wardrobe inside the woman’s house and questioned her about where it came from.

• Lu Yanting explained that he knew about Feng Village’s punishment from reading, and Yu Fengyi mocked him for it.
• The older woman condemned Yu Fengyi as a scumbag, and Jian Ran joined in teasing him.
• The older woman described villagers sealing the pregnant woman inside an iron cabinet with sand and mud until she could no longer speak.
• Jian Ran noticed the older woman had moved her Guanyin statue and saw an old iron wardrobe inside her house.
• Jian Ran asked the older woman where the wardrobe had come from and why he had not seen it before.