Recaps

Fu Yunxi struggled with a bridal-carry dare while Lu Ye took over and set out to carry Xie Lin for twenty laps. The chapter ended with Lu Ye racing ahead as Xie Lin complained that the bouncing was making him sick.

• He Jianing chose a penalty rather than rank the guests by how much he liked them, then clucked like a chicken.
• Fu Yunxi chose a dare to carry a guest for ten laps and picked He Jianing, but he stumbled after two and a half laps and dropped him.
• He Jianing said he had twisted his ankle, and Fu Yunxi challenged Lu Ye to try the dare instead.
• Lu Ye agreed to carry Xie Lin for twenty laps, calling Fu Yunxi just an A-rank, and Xie Lin agreed on the condition that Lu Ye not drop him.
• After five laps, Lu Ye bounced Xie Lin enough to make him complain that he was about to puke, so Lu Ye changed his posture and sped off.

Lu Ye and Yue Lan impressed the group by carrying their partners through twenty laps, while Fu Yunxi was forced to kowtow and crow after underestimating Yue Lan. Later, Fu Yunxi confronted Xie Lin with melted chocolates and warned him against Lu Ye, unaware that the livestream was still broadcasting.

• Lu Ye completed twenty laps carrying Xie Lin, and Yue Lan matched him by carrying Yu Zhiwei for twenty laps, while the wind repeatedly blew away the director’s wig.
• Fu Yunxi kowtowed three times and crowed like a rooster after failing to challenge Yue Lan, and viewers criticized him as his follower count dropped.
• He Jianing implied Xie Lin had advantages, but Xie Lin accused him of blaming others for his own failures.
• After dinner, Xie Lin joked that the director was retaliating over his wig, and the director overheard him.
• Fu Yunxi went to Xie Lin’s room with melted chocolates and warned him that Lu Ye was only using him, while viewers watched the confrontation live.
• Fu Yunxi ignored his manager’s repeated calls and continued insulting Lu Ye, prompting his manager to wonder whether a donkey had kicked him in the head.

Xie Lin was targeted by a coordinated online smear campaign after confronting Fu Yunxi and He Jianing, but he exposed the edited footage and threatened legal action against the hotel. His manager Zhao Dan had also demanded he apologize, and Xie Lin discovered his Weibo account had been locked out after he posted his defense.

• Lu Ye kicked Fu Yunxi down the stairs, then summoned the crew with the director’s megaphone and let them believe Fu Yunxi had fallen.
• He Jianing watched Xie Lin with a faint smile, while Lu Ye complained about Fu Yunxi and asked Xie Lin for a kiss.
• Zhao Dan called Xie Lin, demanded that he apologize to He Jianing and Fu Yunxi, and threatened consequences if he misbehaved.
• Xie Lin found trending posts accusing him of trading sexual favors, then posted the full hotel video showing him fighting off two men and shared evidence of his hotel stay.
• Xie Lin’s fans rallied to defend him, but he was suddenly logged out of Weibo and could not use his password to sign back in.

Xie Lin discovered that Lu Ye had helped expose Zhao Dan’s threats and arrange the arrest of thousands of paid trolls, then confronted him for accessing his phone. The chapter ended with Lu Ye asking Xie Lin to give himself to him in return for the help.

• Wang Xinmin and other paid trolls were arrested for spreading rumors and defaming Xie Lin, while Qin Zheng arranged legal support for the case.
• Xie Lin found that the trolls’ comments had vanished and discovered Zhao Dan’s threatening call had been posted online as a recording.
• Lu Ye entered through Xie Lin’s balcony, and Xie Lin caught him accessing the voice recording on his phone.
• Lu Ye apologized and offered Xie Lin his own phone, while Xie Lin insisted that Lu Ye respect his privacy.
• Lu Ye explained that he had helped police arrest over ten thousand trolls and hired a legal team, then asked Xie Lin to give himself to him.

After Fu Yunxi’s mother Zhao Yating confronted him at the hotel, Xie Lin slapped her and livestreamed their argument, exposing the Fu family’s plans for Fu Yunxi and Fu Yingying. Fu Yunxi rushed back to the hotel, where Zhao Yating had fainted, and Xie Lin began livestreaming his arrival too.

• Xie Lin stayed behind at the hotel restaurant to eat and saw that online opinion had turned against Fu Yunxi and He Jianing.
• Zhao Yating accused Xie Lin of harming Fu Yingying, insulted his dead parents, and was slapped by Xie Lin.
• Xie Lin livestreamed the confrontation and called the Fu family twisted for supporting a marriage between Fu Yunxi and Fu Yingying, who shared a household register.
• Fu Yunxi saw the livestream and rushed back to the hotel, where bodyguards carried the fainted Zhao Yating out to take her to the hospital.
• Xie Lin raised his phone to livestream Fu Yunxi’s arrival and asked viewers what Young Master Fu had to say.

Xie Lin learned that Fu Yingying’s pregnancy could not be saved and returned to Snow Hall, where he reunited with his family. After several happy days, he agreed to Lu Ye’s proposal, and Lu Ye hurried to visit him.

• Xie Lin argued with Fu Yunxi on livestream, then met obstetrician Liang Xiaonan, who warned him that Fu Yingying was using medication to prolong an unviable pregnancy and might be plotting something.
• Xie Lin returned to Snow Hall and reunited with Xie Yanqiu and Wen Xubai, then told them about Lu Ye and their 93 pheromone compatibility.
• Xie Lin spent five happy days at Snow Hall before waking with a severe headache, while Wen Xubai moved into a nearby cabin and Xie Yanqiu and Uncle Nian cared for him.
• Lu Ye tentatively asked Xie Lin if they could do what they had done before, and Xie Lin agreed.
• Lu Ye excitedly ordered Qin Zheng and Zhan Ying to take him to the Xie Family, brushing off Zhan Ying’s warning not to go out.

Lu Ye spent his rut at Snow Hall with Xie Lin, who agreed to a temporary mark, while Xie Lin’s family watched over them. Six days later, Lu Ye left refreshed, and a season two trailer for “Heartbeat Time Difference” teased a new dancer guest with an unnamed crush.

• Lu Ye packed for his rut and told his sister and employees that he was going to spend it with his wife.
• Wen Xubai and Xie Yanqiu agreed to leave Snow Hall, and Lu Ye promised not to force Xie Lin before entering to find him.
• Six days later, Xie Lin woke in Lu Ye’s arms and joked that Lu Ye sounded like a jerk.
• Lu Ye left Snow Hall, and Qin Zheng explained that he was with Xie Lin because he loved him, not merely for pheromone comfort.
• Wen Xubai and Xie Yanqiu returned, and Xie Lin reassured them that Lu Ye had not gone too far.
• “Heartbeat Time Difference” released a season two trailer featuring a 24-year-old dancer who hinted that someone had caught his eye.

The guests reunited for a new variety-show game, and Fu Yunxi realized Lu Ye was protecting Xie Lin with an S-rank pheromone barrier. During ghost tag, Fu Yunxi hunted for Xie Lin but failed to spot him crawling across the bridge right behind him.

• Fu Yunxi released his pheromones toward Xie Lin, but Lu Ye's barrier blocked them, prompting Fu Yunxi to ask whether Xie Lin and Lu Ye were together.
• Lu Ye returned and reinforced the barrier around Xie Lin, joking that he was keeping other dogs away, while Fu Yunxi watched them with hostility.
• The new guest Zhou Shuyuan arrived, and the director announced a ghost-tag game in which the ghost had to kiss players on the head to turn them into ghosts.
• Fu Yunxi became the ghost and chased the guests using a tablet that tracked their locations.
• Fu Yunxi searched the bridge where Xie Lin's dot appeared but saw no one, then left to pursue He Jianing as Xie Lin crawled across the bridge behind him.

Fu Yunxi’s team searched the villa and pond, where Xie Lin and Lu Ye’s hiding places led to Zhou Shuyuan and Fu Yunxi falling into the water. In the crush-mailbox segment, Xie Lin received three love letters—including one each from Fu Yunxi and Zhou Shuyuan—leaving him wondering why they were pursuing him.

• Fu Yunxi and the other guests searched the backyard bridge and found Xie Lin clinging beneath it.
• Lu Ye pulled Zhou Shuyuan into the pond from underwater, and Fu Yunxi jumped in to rescue him before spotting Xie Lin hanging like a water ghost.
• Xie Lin and Lu Ye helped the others ashore, and Fu Yunxi failed the search and had to walk like a goose as punishment.
• The director introduced a crush-mailbox segment, and Yue Lan’s letter to Yu Zhiwei earned Yu Zhiwei a love letter.
• He Jianing found his mailbox empty, while Xie Lin discovered letters from Lu Ye, Fu Yunxi, and Zhou Shuyuan.

The guests exchanged love letters, prepared lunch, and formed groups for a theme park date. Lu Ye won the Privilege Card and used it to switch into Xie Lin’s group, leaving the others to begin their dates.

• Lu Ye found love letters from He Jianing and Xie Lin, discarded He Jianing’s, and celebrated Xie Lin’s invitation, though Xie Lin insisted his Alpha did not have to be Lu Ye.
• Lu Ye squeezed Xie Lin’s face, prompting Fu Yunxi to confront him and accuse him of harassing Xie Lin.
• Zhou Shuyuan lost rock-paper-scissors and made lunch with He Jianing, then clarified that he had cooked everything because He Jianing could not cook or wash vegetables.
• Lu Ye shared his steak with Xie Lin, who ate enthusiastically before the guests drew groups for a theme park date.
• Lu Ye used his Privilege Card to switch with Zhou Shuyuan, joining Xie Lin’s group.

The three pairs went on separate dates, and Xie Lin and Lu Ye spent their amusement park outing riding thrill rides together. Yue Lan rejected Fu Yunxi’s suggestion that their outing was a date and bluntly told him she had no sexual interest in him.

• Zhou Shuyuan and Yu Zhiwei chose a day trip to an ancient town, while Yue Lan and Fu Yunxi chose a romantic beach and Xie Lin, Lu Ye, and He Jianing chose the amusement park.
• Xie Lin and Lu Ye rode the amusement park’s thrill rides, while He Jianing became so sick that staff carried him back to the van.
• After He Jianing left, Xie Lin and Lu Ye enjoyed the rides together, and Lu Ye asked Xie Lin to get engaged after the show; Xie Lin refused.
• Zhou Shuyuan and Yu Zhiwei changed into historical costumes but barely spoke and repeatedly lost track of each other.
• Yue Lan signed autographs for fans, then told Fu Yunxi that their outing was not a date and that she had no sexual interest in him.

After the guests finished filming for the day, they relaxed over dinner, where drunken confessions and teasing exposed their messy relationships. He Jianing denied having romantic feelings for Fu Yunxi, while Xie Lin wondered why their expected story had gone off course.

• Yue Lan explained that Fu Yunxi's swollen face came from a fight he had demanded, and Fu Yunxi denied that Xie Lin had beaten him.
• The production team turned off the livestream and invited the guests to eat and drink after a lavish dinner.
• Xie Lin offered Fu Yunxi juice, but Yue Lan's taunt prompted Fu Yunxi to drink and drunkenly ask Xie Lin to come home and marry him.
• Lu Ye joked about killing Fu Yunxi, frightening him into running through the villa while Xie Lin laughed.
• He Jianing claimed he felt sorry for Fu Yunxi and blamed a misunderstanding, but Xie Lin told him to get together with Fu Yunxi himself.
• He Jianing denied being more than Fu Yunxi's friend, and Xie Lin wondered whether Fu Yunxi's poor stamina had derailed the story's expected romance.

After He Jianing accused Xie Lin of pushing him, Xie Lin demonstrated what a real shove looked like, then learned that Fu Yingying’s miscarriage might involve a conspiracy by the Fu family. The production team woke everyone at 4:30 a.m. for an early livestream, leaving Xie Lin asleep as Lu Ye carried him onto the bus.

• He Jianing fell and accused Xie Lin of pushing him, so Xie Lin repeatedly shoved him back and forth in front of Zhou Shuyuan and Lu Ye.
• Jiang Song’s mother called Xie Lin and blamed him for Fu Yingying’s miscarriage, but Xie Lin urged her to investigate the pregnancy and start with Huikang Hospital.
• Jiang Song took over the call and asked whether Xie Lin knew something, but Xie Lin told him to investigate for himself.
• At 4:30 a.m., the production team woke the cast with a loud announcement, and Lu Ye carried the still-sleeping Xie Lin onto the bus.

Xie Lin and Lu Ye traveled with the guests of “Heartbeat Time Difference” to a crossover shoot with “Star Rush,” where Xie Lin arranged a free investigation through Lu Ye’s business-consulting contact. The new guest Wu Xinyou arrived, and the “Star Rush” team came to meet them.

• Lu Ye protected sleeping Xie Lin from the bus window and teased Fu Yunxi, while He Jianing endured his nausea and hunger.
• After the bus reached the forest clearing, Xie Lin asked Lu Ye for a business investigation contact and hired Zhan Ying’s company to investigate a family for free.
• Xie Lin sent Zhan Ying the people and matters he wanted investigated, then grinned about getting revenge on someone who had cursed him out.
• The director introduced Wu Xinyou as a new S-Class Omega guest, and Xie Lin learned that Wu Xinyou was connected to Lu Ye’s Omega father.
• A bus carrying the “Star Rush” team arrived, and its leader greeted Director Sha Mao and the “Heartbeat Time Difference” guests.

Xie Lin rejected Zhong Rui’s plan to keep the Blue Team together and entered the forest with Lu Ye and three other contestants. As the match began, Fu Yunxi watched them leave, and someone wondered whether all the Omegas from their dating show were so fierce.

• Director Diao announced that the seventy-two-hour match would be won by whichever team got the most people to the hilltop finish line alive, and Xie Lin asked whether they could steal supplies.
• On the bus, Zhong Rui proposed that the Blue Team stick together, but Xie Lin and Lu Ye argued that grouping up would make them easy targets.
• Lu Ye, Yue Lan, Yu Zhiwei, and Wu Xinyou joined Xie Lin’s plan to split off, while Fu Yunxi backed Zhong Rui and Zhou Shuyuan chose to go with He Jianing.
• After the Blue Team put on their gear and heard the elimination rules, Xie Lin and Lu Ye led their group into the forest.
• Fu Yunxi watched Xie Lin leave until Xie Lin warned him not to look at him like he was at a funeral, prompting someone to ask whether all the Omegas on the dating show were so fierce.

Xie Lin’s group found and roasted a snake while avoiding danger in the woods, and Yu Zhiwei accidentally revealed she knew Tao Miaomiao’s identity. The chapter ended with two hungry Blue Team members asking for food, and Xie Lin offering meat for 50,000 with a bottle of water included.

• Xie Lin and Lu Ye spotted a snake near Yu Zhiwei, and Lu Ye subdued it before Xie Lin cut it up for food.
• Xie Lin climbed a tree to scout the stream and spotted people farther ahead, while Yu Zhiwei accidentally called him Tao Miaomiao.
• At the stream, Xie Lin’s group roasted the snake, and Xie Lin guessed that the Red Team had split into groups to reach the finish and eliminate opponents.
• Yue Lan warned that Xiao Lie was an S-class Alpha, and Xie Lin predicted that Xiao Lie was among those hunting them.
• Two Blue Team members arrived, explained that Xiao Lie’s group had surrounded them, and asked to share the food.
• Xie Lin offered to sell them each a piece of meat for 50,000, with a free bottle of mineral water.

Xie Lin sold grilled snake meat to Song Yunshen and Mi Ziqi, then continued with his teammates through the woods. When Lu Ye discovered that Xiao Lie and the Red Team had cornered their teammates, the group hid their supplies and moved to intervene, ending as Xie Lin confronted the Red Team.

• Xie Lin made Song Yunshen write a bloody IOU for grilled snake meat, then fed him and Mi Ziqi before refusing to become their friend so he could charge them again.
• Xie Lin encouraged Yu Zhiwei to eat a cupcake and reminded her that everyone mattered to the team.
• Lu Ye reported that the Red Team had surrounded Blue Team members, including Xiao Lie, so Xie Lin and the others prepared to flank them while Yu Zhiwei guarded their backpacks in a tree.
• Xie Lin spotted Song Yunshen, He Jianing, and two internet celebrities facing the Red Team, and he called out, "Excuse me, what are you doing?"

Lu Ye and Xie Lin’s team fought the Red Team in the jungle competition, and Xie Lin used Tai Chi and a headscissors takedown to help turn the battle in their favor. Xiao Lie fled after developing an unexpected admiration for Xie Lin, while the Red Team suffered three more eliminations.

• Lu Ye confronted Xiao Lie to keep him occupied while Xie Lin and the others attacked the Red Team, and Qi Zihao and Wen Yu were eliminated.
• Xie Lin switched opponents with Wu Xinyou and challenged the S-Rank Alpha Huang Jingrui, using Tai Chi to injure him.
• Song Yunshen spotted two more Red Team members approaching and warned the others as Xie Lin continued fighting Huang Jingrui.
• Xie Lin dodged Xiao Lie’s surprise attack and threw him with a headscissors takedown, but Xiao Lie escaped into the forest.
• Xiao Lie fled after silently realizing he had fallen for Xie Lin, and Huang Jingrui, Yang Lezhi, and Zhou Zheng were eliminated.

After Xie Lin defeated Xiao Lie, the group regrouped and prepared to find their captured teammates. Xie Lin sold Qiao An barbecue for sixty thousand by making her write an IOU in Huang Jingrui’s blood, then secretly gave Song Yunshen a drink.

• Song Yunshen rushed to hug Xie Lin, but Lu Ye guarded him and accused Song of harassing his wife.
• Yue Lan and Wu Xinyou praised Xie Lin, while Yu Zhiwei rejoined the group with their backpacks.
• Xie Lin and the others freed their captives and woke He Jianing, whose companions asked to join Xie Lin.
• Xie Lin asked He Jianing where their teammates were being held, and Qiao An offered to lead them there if she could get food.
• Xie Lin and Song Yunshen charged Qiao An sixty thousand for barbecue and made her write an IOU using Huang Jingrui’s blood.
• Lu Ye packed away the IOU, and Xie Lin secretly passed Song Yunshen a bottle of rock sugar pear drink.

Xie Lin’s squad reached the Red Team’s mountain hollow and rescued the nine captured Blue Team members with a simple rope-biting trick. Fu Yunxi accidentally revealed their escape by eliminating a Red Team guard, but Xie Lin and Wu Xinyou stopped another pursuer as the remaining Red Team members fled.

• Xie Lin’s five-person squad followed Lu Ye’s route toward the mountain hollow, where Lu Ye spotted a large group of people.
• Xiao Lie ordered his teammates to evacuate toward the finish line, while his men prepared to deal with the Blue Team prisoners.
• Xie Lin pretended to be caught with Wu Xinyou, and the Red Team brought them to the prisoners behind a boulder.
• Xie Lin bit through Wu Xinyou’s ropes, prompting the other eight prisoners to free themselves the same way.
• Fu Yunxi attacked and eliminated Red Team guard Meng Guangjun, exposing the escape; Xie Lin sent the freed Blue Team members out to Lu Ye and Yue Lan.
• Xie Lin and Wu Xinyou cornered Liu Chong as the other Red Team members fled, and Liu Chong was eliminated.

Xie Lin and Lu Ye rescued the Blue Team members, then refused to let them join their group or demand free supplies. After the group shared food and camped for the night, Lu Ye insisted that being a top alpha meant he could keep watch all night.

• Xiao Lie heard that Xie Lin and the others had gone back to help and continued onward, staying behind to meet those following him.
• Xie Lin told the rescued Blue Team members to split into small groups, while Song Yunshen clung to his leg and begged to join him.
• The rescued competitors demanded food and water, but Qiao An offered it for a steep price, and Lu Ye threatened them after smashing a tree with one punch.
• Xie Lin took Song Yunshen along, and Qiao An followed as their group headed up the mountain.
• Xie Lin shared food, water, and apples at their campsite, and Wu Xinyou explained that the supply packs were easy to find.
• Lu Ye dismissed the others' concerns about taking turns on watch and said he could keep watch all night as a top alpha.

Lu Ye and Xie Lin shared a kiss in the tree, then woke to find Fu Yunxi’s group asking for food. When two of Fu Yunxi’s companions tried to steal Xie Lin’s supplies, Lu Ye struck one of them and eliminated him, leaving the group stunned.

• Lu Ye accepted chocolate from Xie Lin and kissed him, leaving Xie Lin flustered as livestream viewers celebrated.
• Xie Lin returned to his sleeping spot but could not fall asleep, and Lu Ye woke him after spotting Fu Yunxi’s group approaching before dawn.
• Fu Yunxi asked Xie Lin for food, but Xie Lin demanded payment at higher prices and refused to give them supplies for free.
• Two members of Fu Yunxi’s group tried to grab Xie Lin’s bag, and Xie Lin kicked them to the ground.
• Lu Ye pinned the two men down, then punched one after he insulted Xie Lin, causing red smoke to rise and eliminating him as a teammate.

Xie Lin’s group used Fu Yunxi and He Jianing as bait to lure in Red Team members, while Lu Ye kept watch. Fu Yunxi’s story about his past with Xie Lin enraged the newcomers instead of earning their sympathy, and Lu Ye eliminated all three when they attacked.

• Lu Ye nearly beat Xie Yunfan after Xie Yunfan was eliminated, but Xie Lin called him away.
• Fu Yunxi bought supplies from Xie Lin for four hundred thousand and received a backpack with them.
• Xie Lin’s group discussed how to find and eliminate Red Team members, then used Fu Yunxi and He Jianing as bait near a lake.
• Fu Yunxi told three Red Team members an embellished story about once being Xie Lin’s fiancé, but they condemned him for his behavior instead of sympathizing.
• The three Red Team members moved to attack Fu Yunxi, and Lu Ye jumped down and eliminated them.

Lu Ye and Xie Lin’s team survived the Red Team’s ambush, but the competition was suspended after kidnappers fled into the forest with two children. Xie Lin, Lu Ye, and Yue Lan rushed out to help rescue them while the others stayed behind.

• Xiao Lie rebuked the Red Team members who had fallen for Lu Ye and Xie Lin’s trap, then led the remaining six into the forest.
• Yue Lan and the others freed Fu Yunxi and He Jianing, while Lu Ye warned the Blue Team to avoid confronting Xiao Lie alone.
• After a night of rest and more Blue Team eliminations, Director Sha announced that kidnappers with two children had entered the filming area and ordered Lu Ye, Xiao Lie, Xie Lin, and other capable alphas to search for them.
• Xie Lin, Lu Ye, and Yue Lan left at full speed to find the kidnappers as Wu Xinyou, Song Yunshen, and the others stayed behind.

Xie Lin recalled the boy who had saved him as a child, then went ahead alone to distract a group of men preparing to flee. When the men attacked, an overwhelming wave of ebony pheromones subdued them, and Xie Lin was caught in a warm embrace.

• Xie Lin remembered being kidnapped as a child and saved by a beautiful boy, whose appearance he had long associated with Fu Yunxi.
• Xie Lin, Lu Ye, Yue Lan, and Xiao Lie reached unfamiliar woodland outside the production crew's safe area, and Xie Lin insisted on scouting ahead alone.
• Xie Lin pretended to be He Jianing from the Blue Team and tricked the bald leader into revealing that his group was preparing to leave.
• The bald leader and three other alphas surrounded Xie Lin after a scream came from their tents, and the tattooed man unleashed foul pheromones at him.
• A powerful wave of ebony pheromones shielded Xie Lin and forced the four alphas to the ground, after which a warm figure embraced him from behind.