Recaps

After Fu Yunxi left in frustration, Lu Ye visited Xie Lin’s room, claiming he missed him and teasing him with a suggestive towel reveal. The two flirted, but Lu Ye left before Xie Lin could see more.

• Fu Yunxi stormed off as Xie Lin, Wu Xinyou, and the others turned the room into a noisy singalong.
• Xie Lin showered in his room, and Lu Ye appeared at the door after climbing in from the room next door.
• Lu Ye told Xie Lin he missed him, hugged him, and asked to shower in Xie Lin’s room.
• After showering, Lu Ye emerged wearing only a low-wrapped towel, and Xie Lin teased him about wearing so much in the heat.
• Lu Ye asked whether Xie Lin really wanted to see more, then left with his key card before Xie Lin could answer.

Lu Ye stayed with Xie Lin overnight, then boldly declared him his wife in front of the livestream audience. The cast began a four-round tug-of-war game, with the teams preparing their strategies.

• Lu Ye comforted Xie Lin in bed, then turned away Fu Yunxi when he came to check on Xie Lin in the middle of the night.
• Lu Ye bragged that Xie Lin's family had welcomed him, then slipped back into bed beside the sleeping Xie Lin.
• The next morning, Lu Ye joined Xie Lin in the bathroom, kissed him, and walked out with him before the cameras.
• Lu Ye announced that Taotao was his wife, prompting Xie Lin to smack him and walk toward the elevator.
• At the basketball gym, the director explained the four-round Magical Tug-of-War rules and assigned the cast to blue and red teams.

Xie Lin’s team won the first tug-of-war round after drawing a time-stop card, then Xie Lin went berserk in the second round and tied Fu Yunxi up with the rope. Fu Yunxi was left bound on the ground as Xie Lin returned to the rope.

• Xie Lin’s team sent Yu Zhiwei alone to the first round, while Fu Yunxi stayed out.
• The Blue Team drew a time-stop card and the Red Team drew a blank, allowing Yu Zhiwei to pull all three opponents across the line and win.
• Fu Yunxi insisted on playing alone in the second round against Xie Lin and Lu Zhenzhen.
• The Red Team drew a berserk card, and Xie Lin crawled at speed toward Fu Yunxi.
• Xie Lin swept Fu Yunxi to the ground, bound him with the rope, and returned to his end as Fu Yunxi cried out in despair.

Xie Lin’s frenzied performance swung Fu Yunxi unconscious, securing the Blue Team’s win in the round. The next tug-of-war began with Xie Lin, Lu Zhenzhen, and Wu Xinyou facing Lu Ye and Yue Lan, and the Red Team’s Frenzy card sent Xie Lin and Lu Zhenzhen flying.

• Xie Lin swung Fu Yunxi around until he passed out and vomited, prompting Director Sha to call for an ambulance.
• Director Sha declared the Blue Team the winner, and Xie Lin celebrated with Lu Zhenzhen, Wu Xinyou, and Yu Zhiwei.
• Lu Ye said the Red Team would continue despite Fu Yunxi being sidelined, and the teams chose their players for the next round.
• Xie Lin, Lu Zhenzhen, and Wu Xinyou began tugging against Lu Ye and Yue Lan, but the cards assigned Frenzy to the Red Team and Elimination to the Blue Team.
• Wu Xinyou left the field, and Lu Ye and Yue Lan flung Xie Lin and Lu Zhenzhen into the air; Lu Zhenzhen landed face-first on the cleared ground.

The Blue Team won the competition, and Xie Lin ate his fill at lunch before meeting Wu Meibing in the courtyard. Lu Ye arrived in time to protect Xie Lin from Wu Meibing, then scolded him for following a suspicious staff member.

• Xie Lin kicked Lu Ye and Yue Lan onto the Blue Team's side, helping secure the Blue Team's three-to-zero victory.
• Director Sha announced that the Blue Team had won a lavish lunch while the losing team would get steamed buns and pickled vegetables.
• Xie Lin ate a large lunch and followed a staff member to the courtyard, where Wu Meibing confronted him and asked him to make Lu Ye stop attacking the Wu Family.
• Xie Lin rejected Wu Meibing's plea and walked away after she blamed him for Lu Ye not loving her.
• Wu Meibing grabbed Xie Lin's sleeve, and Lu Ye kicked her away before shielding Xie Lin and scolding him for following the suspicious staff member.

Xie Lin and Lu Ye were interrupted after Lu Ye bit Xie Lin’s neck, then the guests were divided into rival teams for a mystery-box game. Xie Lin’s team began guessing what was inside a box, and Fu Yunxi faced his turn after hearing that the object was soft, cool, and alive.

• Wu Meibing left after glaring at Xie Lin and Lu Ye, and Lu Ye bit Xie Lin’s neck while denying that he had agreed to a marriage arrangement.
• The PD found Xie Lin and Lu Ye, noticed the marks on Xie Lin’s neck, and Director Sha gathered all eight guests for a game.
• Director Sha split the guests into two teams, placing Xie Lin, Yue Lan, Wu Xinyou, and Fu Yunxi together against Lu Ye, Yu Zhiwei, Jin Tiancheng, and Lu Zhenzhen.
• Xie Lin, Yue Lan, and Wu Xinyou each felt the mystery-box object and described it as soft, cool, and alive.
• Fu Yunxi took his turn, trying to hide his fear as he considered the clues and watched Xie Lin.

Fu Yunxi’s fear of snakes was exposed during the guessing challenge, while Xie Lin correctly identified a corn snake. Lu Ye’s team then failed to identify raw pig intestine after Lu Zhenzhen pulled it from the box.

• Fu Yunxi guessed the box held a snake, then recoiled in terror when he touched it and revealed his fear of snakes to the livestream audience.
• Xie Lin felt the snake and correctly identified it as a corn snake, while Fu Yunxi was left out of the team’s celebration.
• Yu Zhiwei and Lu Zhenzhen felt the next mystery item and joked that its soft texture resembled shit.
• Jin Tiancheng ruled out shit, but the team failed to guess the item, and Lu Zhenzhen pulled a length of raw pig intestine from the box.
• The Director declared Lu Ye’s team had failed, and Lu Ye flicked Lu Zhenzhen on the head for grabbing the item too soon.

The guests began a five-round, hand-holding relay race, with the slowest team losing a dinner dish. Yue Lan and Yu Zhiwei finished the first round in 38 seconds, and Jin Tiancheng and Wu Xinyou set off next.

• Director Sha explained the relay rules and paired the guests into four teams for five cumulative-time rounds.
• Lu Zhenzhen and Fu Yunxi protested being paired and traded insults, while Director Sha laid out the route and prepared the cameras.
• Yue Lan and Yu Zhiwei ran to Tower B, chose the balloon game, and Yue Lan burst both balloons before they returned in 38 seconds.
• Yu Zhiwei refused to reveal the available games to Xie Lin, and Director Sha noticed the pair trending online.
• Jin Tiancheng and Wu Xinyou held hands, started their run, and disappeared around the corner as viewers noted their speed.

The couples raced through randomized minigames, with Xie Lin and Lu Ye finishing in 32 seconds after Xie Lin matched the dice twice. Lu Zhenzhen dragged Fu Yunxi through their challenge, and their uneven performance sparked trending rumors that Fu Yunxi had faked his pheromone rank.

• Jin Tiancheng and Wu Xinyou sorted beans after finding no balloons and finished in 41 seconds.
• Xie Lin sprinted ahead while holding Lu Ye’s hand, so Lu Ye carried him bridal-style to the game room.
• Xie Lin shook matching dice twice, then raced back with Lu Ye and stopped the timer at 32 seconds.
• Lu Zhenzhen chose ping-pong balls and needle threading, completed both tasks, and dragged the struggling Fu Yunxi back.
• Viewers speculated online that Fu Yunxi had faked his pheromone rank, and the topic briefly surged on social and entertainment charts before disappearing.

The couples competed in increasingly chaotic minigames, leaving Fu Yunxi injured and prompting Director Sha to stop the contest. After Xie Lin hinted that he and Lu Ye were together, their relationship became a trending topic, and Director Sha began planning the next round around it.

• Yue Lan and Yu Zhiwei finished the second round in 51 seconds, while Jin Tiancheng and Wu Xinyou took 1 minute 10 seconds and Xie Lin and Lu Ye took 1 minute 8 seconds after fighting along the way.
• Lu Zhenzhen and Fu Yunxi won the second round in 48 seconds, but Fu Yunxi ended up bruised with swollen lips, and Xie Lin pinned him to the sofa with sticks when he tried to get up.
• Director Sha halted the third round after Lu Zhenzhen kicked Fu Yunxi down and dragged him through the course, adding injuries to his bruises.
• The first two rounds' scores gave Lu Zhenzhen and Fu Yunxi first place, while Xie Lin complained that he had lost both the competition and Lu Ye after Lu Ye snapped at him.
• Xie Lin's remarks about being together led viewers to speculate that he and Lu Ye were a real couple, sending the pairing to the top of the trending list.
• Director Sha saw the trending topic and called an emergency staff meeting to plan the next round around Xie Lin and Lu Ye.

During the variety show’s break, Lu Ye tried to win Xie Lin over with money and snacks before Director Sha started a cream-cannon game where guests had to give irrelevant answers. The game left everyone covered in cream, and the chapter ended with the group laughing at Wu Xinyou’s answer about her grandfather’s hobby.

• Lu Ye transferred Xie Lin a hundred thousand and spent over six thousand buying him snacks, while Lu Zhenzhen gave up asking her brother for some.
• Director Sha explained the cream-cannon game, and Fu Yunxi and Lu Zhenzhen were blasted after laughing at Lu Ye’s answer about his wife hitting him with a charging cable.
• The guests kept getting sprayed for laughing, giving correct answers, or triggering keywords such as “Simba,” while Xie Lin was repeatedly targeted by the production team.
• Director Sha asked what their grandfathers’ hobbies were, and Wu Xinyou answered “Hanging himself,” making the group erupt in laughter and setting off the cream cannons again.

During dinner, Lu Ye flirted with Xie Lin, and Director Sha made the guests play Who's the Undercover Agent to decide who would lose breakfast. Xie Lin helped expose the first round’s undercover agents, then drew a card for round two as Fu Yunxi gave an ambiguous clue.

• Lu Ye said his father had taken his sister home to punish her for demanding he kowtow to her publicly, then wiped rice from Xie Lin’s mouth and ate it.
• Wu Xinyou ignored repeated calls from his family, while Director Sha announced a three-round undercover game with breakfast as the prize.
• The guests described their cards, and Xie Lin decided his card showed a fly before saying it liked eating shit.
• Everyone voted for Wu Xinyou, while Yue Lan and Xie Lin also gained points as undercover agents alongside him.
• Xie Lin drew a fourth great-uncle on the maternal side for round two, and Fu Yunxi opened with the clue that his card was probably not something everyone had.

The guests played two chaotic rounds of the undercover game, turning their clues into jokes about a fourth great-uncle and a mother-in-law before Fu Yunxi, Jin Tiancheng, and Wu Xinyou lost the breakfast challenge. After the livestream, Xie Lin secretly gave Wu Xinyou snacks, and Wu Xinyou sneaked out to share them before overhearing someone objecting to bringing a woman somewhere.

• Xie Lin, Fu Yunxi, and Jin Tiancheng were revealed as the undercovers in the first round, while Xie Lin earned two points.
• In the next round, Xie Lin described a tractor as something that lasted about a dozen years, and the guests joked that it was a mother-in-law.
• Everyone voted for Fu Yunxi, but Director Sha revealed that Fu Yunxi, Yue Lan, and Jin Tiancheng were the undercovers; Yue Lan earned two points.
• Director Sha announced the scores, leaving Fu Yunxi, Jin Tiancheng, and Wu Xinyou without breakfast the next morning.
• After the livestream, Xie Lin slipped Wu Xinyou a large bag of snacks, and Wu Xinyou took some and sneaked down the fire stairs.
• Wu Xinyou heard a familiar voice say, “Why are you bringing her here? I don’t agree!”

Xie Lin agreed to have dinner with Lu Ye’s fathers, while Fu Yingying arrived as a new guest on the dating show. Her arrival prompted Xie Lin and the others to recall her past actions and openly mock Fu Yunxi.

• Lu Ye told Xie Lin that his fathers wanted to invite him to dinner, and Xie Lin agreed on the condition that it was only a meal.
• Fu Yunxi confronted Xie Lin about delivering food to Wu Xinyou, but Director Sha announced that staff would no longer deliver snacks to anyone.
• Xie Lin asked whether Lu Ye could use a drone to drop off snacks, and Lu Ye said he could.
• The guests gathered to welcome a new arrival, and Fu Yingying stepped out of a black minivan.
• Xie Lin recognized Fu Yingying and called her Fu Yunxi’s sister, while Yue Lan and Yu Zhiwei criticized her over her past conduct.

Fu Yingying joined the dating show and tried to get close to Fu Yunxi, but Xie Lin and Lu Ye mocked her during the games. Fu Yingying was left stunned when Fu Yunxi refused to accommodate her, while Director Sha enjoyed the rising livestream attention.

• Director Sha introduced Fu Yingying, and Xie Lin enthusiastically welcomed her because he saw a chance to get revenge.
• Fu Yingying greeted Fu Yunxi, who stayed cold as he worried that Xie Lin had moved on and become intimate with Lu Ye.
• During a word-building game, Xie Lin turned the first sentence into an insult, and the livestream comments attacked Fu Yingying.
• Xie Lin and Lu Ye traded more insults during the second round, prompting Fu Yingying to ask Fu Yunxi to switch seats with her.
• Lu Ye offered to switch seats with Xie Lin instead, and Fu Yunxi sat back down and told Fu Yingying not to be so precious.
• Fu Yingying was stunned by Fu Yunxi's response, while Director Sha watched the comments and trending topics surge.

Fu Yingying, Fu Yunxi, and Xie Lin navigated their awkward family dynamic during the compatibility challenge, while Xie Lin and Lu Ye revealed that Lu Ye had rescued him when he was kidnapped. Yue Lan and Yu Zhiwei matched answers too, and Yue Lan encouraged Yu Zhiwei by promising to protect her and help her career.

• Director Sha began the compatibility challenge and paired Fu Yunxi with Fu Yingying, prompting Yue Lan to tease them about being siblings.
• Xie Lin and Lu Ye both wrote that they first met at an abandoned factory, and Lu Ye privately reassured Xie Lin that he would never be scared like that again.
• Xie Lin told the audience that Lu Ye had rescued him when he was kidnapped.
• Yue Lan and Yu Zhiwei both named the set of Eternal Summer as their first meeting place.
• Yue Lan recalled Yu Zhiwei working as an extra and promised to protect her and help her find opportunities after filming.

The pairs answered questions about their shared pasts and how they would handle arguments, revealing mismatched memories, flirtation, and Fu Yunxi’s continued interest in Xie Lin. Fu Yingying realized Fu Yunxi was describing Xie Lin as his ideal partner and fumed at being ignored.

• Jin Tiancheng asked whether meeting online counted, hinting that he had been interested in Wu Xinyou before they met in person.
• Fu Yingying and Fu Yunxi gave conflicting answers about when she joined the Fu family, and Fu Yunxi embarrassed her by recalling her refusal to eat radish.
• Xie Lin and Lu Ye joked that arguments would end with beatings, while Yue Lan kissed Yu Zhiwei after they revealed their affectionate answers.
• Jin Tiancheng said he would never talk back to Wu Xinyou, and he studied Yue Lan’s approach as a lesson for winning her over.
• Fu Yingying said she would prioritize her future husband’s family, while Fu Yunxi praised her but admitted he liked little chili peppers and glanced toward Xie Lin.

Lu Ye accused Fu Yunxi of having dirty thoughts about Xie Lin, and Xie Lin struck Fu Yunxi with a chair leg. The group then played a partner-food guessing game, where Xie Lin ate every dish and Lu Ye concluded that his babe liked everything.

• Lu Ye accused Fu Yunxi of fantasizing about Xie Lin, and Xie Lin said Lu Ye was more reliable than Fu Yunxi before hitting Fu Yunxi with a chair leg.
• Fu Yingying protested that Xie Lin had hit Fu Yunxi during the livestream, while Xie Lin said Fu Yunxi deserved it.
• Director Sha introduced a game in which each guest had to choose food they thought their partner would like.
• Xie Lin hurriedly ate the sandwich, grilled fish, and durian fruit salad, mistaking the game for lunch.
• After the partitions were removed, Lu Ye saw that Xie Lin had emptied all three plates and said he had guessed right because Xie Lin liked everything.

During the dating-show lunch, Lu Ye delightedly interpreted Xie Lin eating his leftovers as proof of their love, while Xie Lin focused on the food and brushed off the crew’s teasing. After lunch, Lu Ye told his friends he was getting married and boasted about his relationship with Xie Lin.

• Lu Ye offered Xie Lin his plate after removing the fish bones, and Xie Lin happily ate the leftovers.
• Lu Ye announced that he liked everything Xie Lin liked, while Fu Yunxi criticized him and the livestream comments argued over the couples’ behavior.
• Yue Lan and Yu Zhiwei explained their food choices, and Jin Tiancheng and Wu Xinyou showed how well they knew each other’s preferences.
• Xie Lin burped during Fu Yunxi’s lecture about healthy eating and insisted he would still eat lunch after the morning games.
• Lu Ye messaged Jiang Si, Mu Huazhang, and Yan Su that he was getting married, citing Xie Lin eating his leftovers as proof of their closeness.

Lu Ye and Xie Lin teased their friends and prepared for a horror escape room, where Fu Yunxi and Fu Yingying had to carry the equipment as punishment. Xie Lin watched Fu Yingying complain while Lu Ye kissed him to silence his laughter.

• Lu Ye told Xie Lin he had teased Jiang Si and the others, and Xie Lin named their group W4, the Crooked Ways Four-Person Group.
• Lu Ye and Xie Lin went to Xie Lin's room to rest before the next filming activity.
• Director Sha announced a team horror escape room and assigned Fu Yunxi and Fu Yingying to carry the equipment as their punishment for placing last.
• Xie Lin encouraged Fu Yunxi to carry the heavy equipment, and Fu Yunxi agreed while Fu Yingying carried lighter items.
• Fu Yingying complained that Xie Lin was not gentle or considerate like her, and Lu Ye kissed Xie Lin to stop him from laughing.

After Lu Ye and Xie Lin’s kiss went viral on the live broadcast, Jin Tiancheng confessed his feelings to Wu Xinyou and hugged him. The guests were then separated for a supposedly low-horror activity, while Lu Ye overheard Director Sha secretly ordering extreme difficulty and continued boasting about his wife to the staff member escorting him.

• The guests and production crew watched the broadcast replay of Lu Ye and Xie Lin kissing, while Yue Lan encouraged Jin Tiancheng to make a move on Wu Xinyou.
• Jin Tiancheng told Wu Xinyou his heart was with him, and Wu Xinyou praised him for being himself; Jin Tiancheng then hugged him.
• Xie Lin discovered that cameras had recorded his kiss with Lu Ye, and Fu Yunxi and Fu Yingying explained that the activity would have full camera coverage.
• Director Sha sent all eight guests to separate locations and secretly ordered the staff to give them extreme horror difficulty despite promising it would be low.
• Lu Ye overheard the order, then told his escort that staying single was best because no Omega could compare with his wife.

Xie Lin escaped a mirror-filled room in the horror game and discovered the team needed to collect clues from their separate rooms. After brushing off several ghostly encounters, he was ambushed by an A-Rank Alpha, and another person’s black sandalwood pheromones surged down the corridor.

• Xie Lin found an Audience identity card and a paper slip marked with a dark red thumbprint behind the mirror, then deduced that each of the eight players had a different identity and a clue to collect.
• Xie Lin opened the room and ignored a red-clad female ghost who had no information for him.
• A blood-covered male ghost attacked Xie Lin and used A-Rank Alpha pheromones to weaken him.
• Xie Lin resisted the pheromone suppression, kicked the male ghost into the wall, and prepared for his next lunge.
• A powerful wave of black sandalwood pheromones surged from the other end of the corridor and cut off the male ghost’s retreat.

Lu Ye found Xie Lin fighting an attacker during the livestream and helped capture him, discovering the man bore a tattoo linked to Xie Lin’s earlier kidnapping. Though shaken by the danger, Lu Ye agreed to let Xie Lin keep filming so they could uncover who was behind the attack.

• Lu Ye ignored a water-ghost scare, searched the theater, and followed an Alpha’s pheromones to Xie Lin.
• Lu Ye overwhelmed the attacker while Xie Lin blocked his escape and pinned him against a wall.
• Lu Ye found a familiar black tattoo on the attacker, and Qin Zheng suspected an underground organization was involved.
• Police escorted the attacker away, while Xie Lin insisted the show continue so he could find whoever was targeting him.
• Lu Ye treated Xie Lin’s injured palm, and Xie Lin comforted him with a kiss offer; Lu Ye gently kissed the top of his head.

Xie Lin and the others gathered in a circular hall, where their identity cards and seat slips hinted that they were part of a play. After Yue Lan found a script, Xie Lin stopped Fu Yunxi from touching it and accused him of being untrustworthy.

• Xie Lin and Lu Ye entered the hall together, followed by Fu Yunxi and Fu Yingying, and the group noticed wax figures filling the dark audience seating.
• The group placed their slips on the table and found that they all pointed to row 13, seat 8, so Fu Yingying went to investigate but returned without finding anything.
• The guests revealed identity cards identifying Xie Lin as an audience member, Lu Ye as the director, Fu Yunxi as the male lead, and the others as members of a production crew.
• Yue Lan searched the audience seating and returned with a battered notebook that appeared to be a script.
• Fu Yunxi reached for the notebook, but Xie Lin struck his hand with a chair leg and warned that he might get everyone killed.

The group read a haunted-house script and acted out its scenes, while Xie Lin secretly struck Fu Yunxi with a chair leg and framed Fu Yingying. The performance grew frightening again when a second red light appeared in the audience seating and unseen applause echoed through the hall.

• Lu Ye warned that only the screenwriter could read the script, so Yu Zhiwei read it aloud and plunged the room into darkness.
• Xie Lin hit Fu Yunxi with a chair leg and planted it in Fu Yingying's hand, leading Fu Yunxi to accuse her.
• The group drew roles from the script, and Lu Ye teased Fu Yunxi by saying, “Your dad will always be your dad.”
• The cast acted out a family dinner, where Fu Yingying blurted out a pregnancy line that was not in the script.
• Fu Yingying screamed when another red light appeared above the audience seating and unseen applause began.