Recaps

Xie Lin and Lu Ye helped the Red Team rescue two kidnapped children and capture the kidnappers. After the children were safe, Xie Lin learned that a man named Lü Hongzhi had once planned to kidnap him, and the chapter ended with the captured man awaiting arrest.

• Lu Ye’s pheromones overwhelmed the kidnappers’ pursuers, and Xiao Lie led the Red Team after the men fleeing the camp.
• Xie Lin found Qiao Xinyue and Tan Mo tied up in a tent, freed them, and reassured them that they would soon see their parents.
• Xie Lin attacked the unconscious kidnappers with a branch and his “Chrysanthemum Acupoint-Pressing Hand” before the Red Team returned with more suspects.
• Xiao Lie came back with the last fleeing kidnapper, and the director told the team to wait for tactical police.
• A captured kidnapper recognized Xie Lin and confessed that his friend Lü Hongzhi had once planned to kidnap him.
• Xie Lin said Lü Hongzhi would not escape either, while the man realized he would soon be arrested.

After Xie Lin exposed He Jianing for trying to eliminate Fu Yunxi, he eliminated He Jianing from the Blue Team. The Red Team launched a night raid, leaving the Blue Team with five members and the Red Team with four as the teams continued toward the finish.

• Xie Lin noticed He Jianing smiling after Fu Yunxi fell and accused him of pushing Fu Yunxi.
• He Jianing denied it, but Xie Lin eliminated him, saying traitors in their own ranks needed weeding out.
• The Blue Team continued up the mountain, skipped unnecessary supplies, and Yue Lan took the first watch while Lu Ye rested.
• A night raid eliminated Yu Zhiwei and Song Yunshen from the Blue Team and Yu Haiyang from the Red Team.
• Xie Lin used a flare to fight off the Red Team, eliminated Mo Sen, and stopped the Blue Team from pursuing the retreating attackers.
• Xie Lin reassured the remaining teammates that the Blue Team still had five members against the Red Team's four.

Xie Lin and the Blue Team defeated Xiao Lie and the Red Team after Qiao An's piercing scream left their opponents disoriented, securing the competition victory. At the summit, Xie Lin asked about the prize money and began calculating his earnings from the team prize and the IOUs he had collected.

• Xiao Lie's team encountered Qiao An, whose scream knocked Xie Lin from a tree and left Wu Xinyou dazed.
• Xie Lin ordered the Blue Team to attack while the Red Team was stunned, and they eliminated everyone except Xiao Lie.
• Lu Ye defeated Xiao Lie, who then announced he planned to pursue Xie Lin; Xie Lin hurried Lu Ye toward the finish line.
• The Blue Team reached the summit, where Director Sha announced their victory and a five-million prize to be divided among the team.
• Xie Lin took a calculator and his bloodstained IOUs to work out how much he had earned.

Xie Lin and the others returned to the dating show villa after the mountain competition, where the director set them a card hunt to decide who would make dinner. He Jianing tried to turn Fu Yunxi against Yu Zhiwei, but the chapter ended before Yu responded.

• Xie Lin, Lu Ye, and Yue Lan received one million each in prize money, while the others received smaller shares and Qiao An started a group chat.
• The director revealed that Zhou Shuyuan had broken his leg after rolling down the mountain, and Zhou angrily recalled being sent flying by He Jianing.
• Lu Ye learned that the kidnapper Lü Hongzhi had provided no useful lead about the person who hired him.
• The director announced a one-hour card hunt, and Xie Lin, Lu Ye, Yue Lan, and Yu Zhiwei rushed to search while Fu Yunxi and He Jianing lagged behind.
• Xie Lin found eighteen cards, Yu Zhiwei found ten, and He Jianing found three, leaving Fu Yunxi relieved that he would not have to cook.
• He Jianing praised Yu Zhiwei while claiming she had received help and he had been left alone.

Yue Lan and Yu Zhiwei cooked dinner while He Jianing prepared mushroom dishes that left the group arguing over who should taste them. After most of the diners became delirious, Lu Ye recognized that they had been poisoned, and five people were hospitalized with mushroom poisoning.

• Yue Lan refused to share her cards, and she and Yu Zhiwei used the ingredients to prepare dinner while Xie Lin redeemed snacks.
• He Jianing insisted on cooking for Wu Xinyou and prepared two dishes, while Yue Lan and Yu Zhiwei made two others.
• The group ate Yue Lan's dishes first, then He Jianing tried his mushrooms before Lu Ye sampled the other dish.
• After dinner, Xie Lin, Fu Yunxi, He Jianing, Yu Zhiwei, and Tao Miaomiao began acting strangely, and Lu Ye called the director for help.
• The five affected people were hospitalized with mushroom poisoning, and the director realized the locals had not reliably identified the mushrooms.

After recovering from his hallucinations, Xie Lin welcomed his estranged uncle and cousin, who asked him to introduce Xie Zhiqing to Fu Yunxi. Xie Lin agreed, then overheard Fu Yingying asking Fu Yunxi for help with a divorce and left her behind as Fu Yunxi followed him.

• After two days in the hospital, Xie Lin posted a crude question about He Jianing on Weibo and discovered his followers had formed the Meow Meow Cult.
• Xie Bailin and Xie Zhiqing visited Xie Lin and claimed Xie Bailin had stayed away because of debt and fear for Xie Lin's safety.
• Xie Bailin asked Xie Lin to arrange a meeting between Xie Zhiqing and Fu Yunxi, and Xie Lin readily agreed.
• At Fu Yunxi's room, Xie Lin overheard Fu Yingying say she wanted a divorce from Jiang Song because he had grown cold toward her after her miscarriage.
• Xie Lin invited Fu Yunxi to his room, and Fu Yunxi left with him despite Fu Yingying's protests.
• Fu Yingying suspected Fu Yunxi now truly liked Xie Lin and vowed that Xie Lin still could not defeat her.

Xie Lin reunited with Xie Bailin and Xie Zhiqing, then read a detailed investigation file on the Jiang family while Lu Ye flirted with him. The chapter ended with Xie Lin wondering how much stronger a top-ranked Alpha was and wishing he were one so he could overpower Lu Ye.

• Xie Lin introduced Xie Zhiqing to Fu Yunxi and arranged for them to exchange contact details.
• Xie Lin gave Xie Bailin his contact information and told Xie Zhiqing she could reach out to him; she later enthusiastically agreed to help with the Fu family situation.
• Zhan Ying sent Xie Lin the completed investigation file on the Jiang family, and Xie Lin read its extensive details about their relatives and private lives.
• Lu Ye brought Xie Lin a laptop, teased and kissed him while he read, then went to shower before taking him out to eat.
• Xie Lin compared Lu Ye's strength with Fu Yunxi's and lamented that he was not an Alpha.

Lu Ye and Xie Lin left the hospital together, while He Jianing tried to provoke Xie Lin by mentioning Lu Ye’s childhood friend Wu Xinyou. The group returned to the countryside for filming, where the director announced they would draw lots for accommodations, and Fu Yunxi discovered he had drawn the pigsty.

• He Jianing entered Xie Lin’s hospital room to pass on a message, then tried to make him jealous by talking about Wu Xinyou and Lu Ye’s history.
• Lu Ye playfully carried and teased Xie Lin as they left the hospital, and the two headed out to eat.
• The director told the group to return to the villa and travel to the next filming location, where a secret new guest would join them.
• On the bus, viewers noticed hickeys on Xie Lin’s collarbone, and Lu Ye placated him with snacks after Xie Lin scolded him.
• The group arrived at a village, where the director announced there was no hotel and they would draw lots for places to stay.
• Fu Yunxi drew a slip assigning him to the pigsty and protested to the director.

The cast drew chores and played a three-legged race, where newcomer Jin Tiancheng paired with Xie Lin and took first place. Lu Ye grew jealous over Jin Tiancheng’s attention to Xie Lin, while He Jianing felt snubbed and struggled through the race with Fu Yunxi.

• The director explained that the vegetable garden and pigpen lots assigned chores and nearby host families, not sleeping places.
• Jin Tiancheng arrived, greeted Xie Lin first, and bypassed He Jianing to shake Wu Xinyou’s hand, leaving He Jianing embarrassed.
• The director paired contestants for a three-legged race, and Jin Tiancheng tied his ankle to Xie Lin’s before asking him for pointers.
• Xie Lin charged to the finish with Jin Tiancheng and won first place, while Yue Lan and Yu Zhiwei came second and Lu Ye and Wu Xinyou came third.
• Lu Ye accused Jin Tiancheng of touching Xie Lin’s hand and threatened to chop it off, while Wu Xinyou told him to be more generous.
• Fu Yunxi and He Jianing finished last, and Xie Lin mocked He Jianing after he praised Jin Tiancheng.

The guests settled into their village lodgings before competing in a dinner-ranking quiz, where Xie Lin easily answered the director’s joke questions and He Jianing hinted that he had been given the answers in advance. The director began a much harder math question as the quiz continued.

• Lu Ye asked to sleep with Xie Lin, but Xie Lin sent him to Auntie Zhang’s house alone.
• He Jianing prepared his bedding and perfume in Uncle Wang’s brick house while Xie Lin and the others gathered in the courtyard.
• The assistant director explained that the guests would play a quiz to earn different amounts of dinner.
• Xie Lin answered the director’s online-joke questions, and Lu Ye enthusiastically answered one of them.
• He Jianing insinuated that Xie Lin knew the answers beforehand, and Xie Lin warned him to stop talking.
• The director started a difficult question about the tangent to the curve y=5x+8lnx at (1,5).

The guests competed in an unexpectedly difficult quiz, and Xie Lin and Jin Tiancheng’s team won. That night, Xie Lin overheard He Jianing complaining about him to his father, then got revenge, leaving He Jianing bruised and exhausted by morning.

• Fu Yunxi solved a math problem, and Xie Lin and Jin Tiancheng’s team won the quiz with Jin Tiancheng answering the final biology question.
• The guests ate their assigned meals and went to sleep on a hard kang in the dark village courtyard.
• He Jianing struggled to sleep and was kicked by Xie Lin, so he went outside to call his father and complain about Xie Lin.
• Xie Lin woke hungry, ate a cucumber, and overheard He Jianing speaking against him on the phone; Lu Ye appeared and quietly stopped him from listening too closely.
• After He Jianing returned, Xie Lin tossed a piece of firewood behind him, and He Jianing cried out after stumbling over it.
• In the morning, Xie Lin saw He Jianing’s bruises and swollen forehead and asked who had gnawed on him.

He Jianing tried to blame Xie Lin for his bruises, but Xie Lin and Lu Ye’s comments unsettled him while Fu Yunxi accidentally undercut his story. Later, Xie Lin watched Lu Ye work the fields until Fu Yunxi came racing toward everyone on a pig, prompting Xie Lin to rush over excitedly.

• He Jianing claimed Xie Lin had kicked him awake, but Xie Lin questioned his account and Lu Ye hinted that he had been outside during the night.
• Fu Yunxi arrived and said he had woken to find Xie Lin and He Jianing missing, then teased He Jianing about his injuries.
• After breakfast, the group split into two teams, and Xie Lin followed Lu Ye to watch him and Yue Lan work in the fields.
• Lu Ye playfully stole Xie Lin’s snack, kissed him, and carried him around the field while Wu Xinyou watched.
• Fu Yunxi came hurtling toward the group while riding a pig, with He Jianing and the cameraman following, and Xie Lin ran to meet them.

A pigpen accident sent Fu Yunxi on a wild ride, and Xie Lin’s attempt to help only sent him flying into a field. Jin Tiancheng repaired the gate and confronted He Jianing over the pigs escaping, while Xie Lin’s remarks stirred rumors about He Jianing’s past.

• When the pigs escaped, Fu Yunxi rode one around the farm, and He Jianing said he had been stepped on while trying to avoid them.
• Xie Lin kicked Fu Yunxi off the pig, sending him crashing face-first into a field.
• The crew herded the pigs back into the pen, and Jin Tiancheng repaired the broken gate.
• Jin Tiancheng accused He Jianing of opening the gate, and Fu Yunxi asked whether he had let the pigs out.
• He Jianing blamed an accidental stumble and suggested Xie Lin had caused his poor sleep, prompting Xie Lin to challenge him and viewers to speculate about He Jianing’s past.
• Jin Tiancheng said Fu Yunxi had worked hard while He Jianing had only stood outside cheering.

After lunch, Lu Ye took Xie Lin to Auntie Zhang’s grape arbor, where they flirted over the grapes while Yue Lan and Yu Zhiwei shared a sweet moment nearby. Jin Tiancheng tried to imitate Lu Ye by offering grapes to Wu Xinyou, but she took the bunch and ate it herself.

• Fu Yunxi finished bathing after cleaning the pigsty, but Lu Ye noticed that he still smelled and moved closer to Xie Lin instead.
• Lu Ye hurried Xie Lin to Auntie Zhang’s grape arbor, where Yue Lan and Yu Zhiwei were feeding grapes to each other.
• Lu Ye tried to feed Xie Lin grapes, but Xie Lin ate most of the bunch himself before Lu Ye coaxed him into sharing the few remaining grapes.
• Jin Tiancheng offered Wu Xinyou a grape, but she took the entire bunch from him and ate it herself.

The Director paired the contestants according to popular CPs and viewer votes, putting Jin Tiancheng with Wu Xinyou and Fu Yunxi with He Jianing. Lu Ye asked what Xie Lin meant to him, and Xie Lin answered that Lu Ye was his CP.

• Xie Lin and Yu Zhiwei watched Jin Tiancheng and Wu Xinyou, while the Director noticed the potential pairing.
• The Director announced that Lu Ye and Xie Lin were the most popular CP, followed by Lan Wei CP, and asked viewers to choose the remaining teams.
• Viewers voted, and the Director paired Jin Tiancheng with Wu Xinyou and Fu Yunxi with He Jianing.
• Xie Lin told Lu Ye that Jin Tiancheng seemed interested in Wu Xinyou and suggested they wait to see whether Wu Xinyou felt the same.
• Lu Ye asked Xie Lin who his partner was, and Xie Lin replied, “Aren't you my CP?”
• Lu Ye pulled Xie Lin into his arms and laughed with delight.

The teams competed to catch crayfish at Uncle Liu's aquaculture area as Xie Lin rejected Fu Yunxi's attempt to win him back. A chain of falls left Jin Tiancheng and Wu Xinyou kissing in the water while He Jianing's scheme backfired.

• Xie Lin and Lu Ye rushed ahead to catch crayfish, while Yue Lan, Yu Zhiwei, Jin Tiancheng, and Wu Xinyou followed.
• Xie Lin quickly filled his bucket, and Yue Lan caught crayfish before teasing Yu Zhiwei and kissing her.
• Jin Tiancheng helped Wu Xinyou catch crayfish, while He Jianing grew jealous and Fu Yunxi decided to win Xie Lin back.
• Fu Yunxi called Xie Lin "Taotao," and Xie Lin kicked him into the shallow water after warning him not to use the nickname.
• Fu Yunxi's fall sent He Jianing tumbling toward Wu Xinyou; Wu Xinyou dodged, stepped on Jin Tiancheng, and fell into his arms as they kissed in the water.

After Jin Tiancheng saved Wu Xinyou from falling, Xie Lin exposed He Jianing’s attempt to grab Wu and drag him down, then confronted Fu Yunxi over the chain of events. The crew treated the injured guests while He Jianing faced backlash, and Xie Lin went to find Lu Ye.

• Jin Tiancheng pretended his back hurt after catching Wu Xinyou, and the crew helped him while checking on both men.
• Xie Lin slapped He Jianing and called for the camera footage to be replayed after He Jianing blamed Fu Yunxi for the accident.
• The replay showed He Jianing reaching for Wu Xinyou’s waistband as he fell, prompting viewers to argue over his actions.
• He Jianing blamed Fu Yunxi, but Xie Lin warned Fu Yunxi not to do it again and told him he owed an apology to someone else.
• Xie Lin went to find Lu Ye while Yue Lan teased Yu Zhiwei about being Alpha.

Jin Tiancheng recovered from his injuries while thanking Xie Lin for rescuing his niece, and He Jianing apologized for the accident. The director announced that the show’s next activity would take the guests to a Taoist temple to test whether their partners were fated matches.

• Wu Xinyou saw Jin Tiancheng’s scratched back, and Jin Tiancheng agreed to local anesthetic after noticing her concern.
• Jin Tiancheng told Wu Xinyou and Xie Lin that his niece Qiao Xinyue admired Xie Lin and thanked him for helping rescue her.
• He Jianing apologized to Wu Xinyou and Jin Tiancheng, but Jin Tiancheng questioned whether the fall had truly been an accident.
• Fu Yunxi arrived with injuries, and Lu Ye pulled Xie Lin close and told him not to look at Fu Yunxi because he was an eyesore.
• The director announced that the guests would visit a Taoist temple to have their romantic compatibility assessed and seek talismans to boost their romantic luck.

The guests arrived at Idle Cloud Temple and began preparing their crayfish while Xie Lin and Lu Ye grew closer. He Jianing tried to seize a chance to turn Lu Ye and Jin Tiancheng against Xie Lin and Wu Xinyou, but Yu Zhiwei shut him out of the kitchen.

• The guests arrived at Idle Cloud Temple, where Xie Lin prayed for wealth and met the temple master, Zhang Baiyun.
• Xie Lin persuaded Lu Ye to cook the crayfish, and Lu Ye asked for a future reward that Xie Lin reluctantly agreed to give.
• Jin Tiancheng told Wu Xinyou he would cook, while Yue Lan and Yu Zhiwei headed to the kitchen together.
• Fu Yunxi followed Xie Lin outside, hoping to confess his feelings, while Lu Ye dismissed the idea of stopping him.
• He Jianing removed his bandages to expose Xie Lin and Wu Xinyou as schemers, but Yu Zhiwei slammed and locked the kitchen door in his face.

Qin Zheng and Zhan Ying forced a company boss to keep in touch with He Jianing and feed them information. At the Taoist temple, Xie Lin ignored Fu Yunxi, rushed to Lu Ye’s crayfish, and heard Zhang Baiyun predict sudden riches and a good marriage.

• He Jianing messaged his contact repeatedly, asking for help against Yu Zhiwei, but received no reply.
• Qin Zheng and Zhan Ying threatened a bound entertainment company boss until he agreed to keep in touch with He Jianing and provide information.
• Fu Yunxi returned without managing to speak with Xie Lin, who had spent his time running around the Taoist temple and avoiding him.
• Lu Ye announced that the crayfish was ready, and Xie Lin hurried over with Wu Xinyou.
• Zhang Baiyun told Xie Lin that he would become rich and find a good marriage, while Xie Lin celebrated the promise of wealth.

The group watched Zhang Baiyun and the priests demonstrate an altar-opening ritual at Idle Cloud Temple, while Xie Lin thought about holding a ceremony for his parents and Lu Ye comforted him. Afterward, Zhang Baiyun stopped Fu Yunxi from approaching Xie Lin, declaring that Xie Lin was Lu Ye’s fated match.

• Zhang Guanzhu ate half the crayfish, then departed on a robot vacuum while Xie Lin and the others reacted to his performance.
• Fu Yunxi and He Jianing searched for food, but Fu Yunxi told He Jianing to cook the remaining crayfish himself and left.
• At the evening lesson, Li Fang explained that the group would observe a simple altar-opening ritual rather than a full Luo Tian Great Jiao.
• Xie Lin watched the ceremony and thought about holding one for his parents, and Lu Ye promised to help with anything he wanted to do.
• After the ceremony, Zhang Baiyun woke and called out to Xie Lin, but he flicked Fu Yunxi on the forehead and warned him not to flirt with Xie Lin because he was Lu Ye’s fated match.

After Zhang Baiyun hinted that Fu Yunxi had stolen his connection to Tao Miaomiao, Xie Lin hit Fu Yunxi with a shoe and rushed off with Lu Ye. During the temple’s morning tasks, Lu Ye rebuffed He Jianing’s attempts to turn him against Xie Lin and told a woman who asked if he was single that he had a wife.

• Zhang Baiyun told Fu Yunxi that his ten-year connection with Tao Miaomiao was stolen, then left without explaining further.
• Xie Lin struck Fu Yunxi in the face with his shoe, claimed he had killed a bug, and ran off with Lu Ye.
• The director announced fortune-telling and temple chores as the morning tasks, warning that everyone would go hungry if any team failed.
• Xie Lin and Wu Xinyou were assigned to the vegetable garden, Lu Ye and He Jianing to greet worshippers, Jin Tiancheng and Yu Zhiwei to lead tours, and Yue Lan and Fu Yunxi to tend the flowers.
• He Jianing praised Xie Lin’s past closeness with Fu Yunxi, but Lu Ye called Fu Yunxi scum and told He Jianing to date him if he admired him so much.
• A woman asked Lu Ye whether he was single, and he replied that he had a wife and told her to keep her hands off.

Xie Lin helped all four teams finish their courtyard work before lunch, then joined the guests’ performances. He ended the chapter by playing a funeral tune on a suona from a tree branch.

• Xie Lin finished turning the soil, rushed through the Taoist Temple helping visitors, and kicked Fu Yunxi into the lotus pond.
• Xie Lin helped the other teams complete their tasks in time for lunch, and Wu Xinyou and Jin Tiancheng quietly agreed that Lu Ye and Xie Lin suited each other.
• The director asked the guests to perform for their fans before drawing Fortune Talismans.
• He Jianing danced, Fu Yunxi acted, Jin Tiancheng sang, Wu Xinyou played cello, Yu Zhiwei and Yue Lan sang together, and Lu Ye scattered money from a tree.
• Xie Lin collected Lu Ye’s money, climbed the tree with a suona, and played a funeral tune that stunned everyone.

Xie Lin's suona performance overwhelmed the guests and crew, while He Jianing's bad fortunes were followed by the exposure of his scandals and his abrupt departure from the show. After the production resumed, Bingbing decided to join the show herself and told her agent to contact Director Sha.

• Xie Lin played the suona so loudly that the guests and production staff collapsed, then brought out watermelon for them.
• He Jianing repeatedly drew the worst fortunes, and Zhang Guanzhu packed up his stall and left on a robot vacuum.
• Live comments revealed that He Jianing had faked his years abroad, been kept by a married entertainment-industry figure, and strung along several people.
• After learning about the scandal, He Jianing left the show, and the director gave the remaining guests a break.
• Lu Ye cuddled Xie Lin during the break, while Fu Yunxi tried to intervene and Yue Lan stopped him.
• Bingbing dismissed He Jianing as an idiot, said she would join the show, and ordered her agent to contact Director Sha.

Xie Lin completed his Hidden Task by making two guests' heart rate watches beep, first with Lu Ye and then by scaring Fu Yunxi. The director swore he would never give Xie Lin another Hidden Task.

• Xie Lin received a Hidden Task to make two guests' watches beep for him in exchange for a Privilege Card.
• Lu Ye confessed that his heart beat for Xie Lin, sending his heart rate above 120 and making his watch beep.
• Yue Lan flirted with Yu Zhiwei, and both women's watches beeped as their heart rates rose above 120.
• Jin Tiancheng tried a rehearsed pickup line on Wu Xinyou, but her heart rate only rose after she laughed at his cheat notes.
• Fu Yunxi mistook Xie Lin's attention for renewed interest, but Xie Lin grabbed him and dangled him out of the moving vehicle's window until his watch beeped.
• Xie Lin pulled Fu Yunxi back inside and declared the task complete, while the director berated the assistant director for suggesting it.