Chapter Summaries

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.

The guests welcomed rising star Wu Meibing and Lu Ye’s younger sister, Lu Zhenzhen, who both showed interest in Xie Lin. The group began a round-robin story game, leaving their fictional love story at the point where Lu Zhenzhen overturned the table and rejected a proposed match.

• After the challenge results, Xie Lin chose a luxury suite, while the other guests selected their rooms and Lu Ye followed Xie Lin upstairs.
• Wu Meibing arrived at the villa and told Xie Lin she was a devoted fan.
• Lu Zhenzhen arrived and declared that she had come for Xie Lin, prompting Lu Ye to challenge her and claim Xie Lin was his wife.
• Wu Meibing said she admired Xie Lin and wanted to become like him, while Xie Lin secretly stashed snacks in Lu Ye’s pocket.
• Director Sha started a round-robin love story, and the guests added that a meeting with parents had led Lu Zhenzhen to flip the table and protest.

The cast repeatedly derailed the director’s attempts to create romantic stories, and Xie Lin’s bizarre tale about escaping a neighbor with a pitchfork finally made Director Sha pass out. The next morning, the cast arrived at a swimming complex for a staged display of romantic tension, where an unexpected figure swung in and crashed into the pool.

• Yu Zhiwei, Fu Yunxi, Yue Lan, Xie Lin, and Lu Ye turned a romance prompt into a series of crude jokes, prompting Director Sha to abandon the love story script.
• Lu Zhenzhen, Yu Zhiwei, Fu Yunxi, Yue Lan, and Xie Lin each recounted memories about their grandmothers, and Xie Lin described escaping a neighbor’s pitchfork by twisting between his legs.
• Lu Ye laughed and teased Xie Lin, and Director Sha passed out before the crew revived him.
• Director Sha called an overnight meeting and brought the cast to a swimming complex the next morning to create romantic tension.
• Wu Meibing, Lu Zhenzhen, Yu Zhiwei, Yue Lan, Fu Yunxi, Jin Tiancheng, and Wu Xinyou appeared in swimwear as viewers reacted excitedly.
• A red-and-blue figure swung into the pool, splashing everyone and ruining their poses, and Lu Zhenzhen tentatively called out to Tao Miaomiao.

After a playful pool party with Lu Ye, Xie Lin found a badge like the one from his childhood and realized Wu Meibing had planted it to provoke him. He hid his reaction and left Wu Meibing questioning Fu Yingying’s information.

• In the changing room, Lu Ye kissed Xie Lin and left hickeys on his neck before sending him out to the pool.
• Xie Lin and Lu Ye both appeared at the pool party dressed as Spider-Man, disappointing the guests and the director.
• After the party, Xie Lin found a faintly glowing badge and froze when it reminded him of one from his childhood.
• Wu Meibing claimed the badge belonged to her friend who attended Qingyuan Noble School, and Xie Lin pretended to accept her explanation.
• Xie Lin inferred that Wu Meibing had deliberately planted the badge and left without showing a reaction, while Wu Meibing wondered whether Fu Yingying had misled her.

The guests returned to the villa, where the director changed the show’s rules and had them draw wishes for others to fulfill. Xie Lin forced Wu Xinyou and Jin Tiancheng to hold hands, while Lu Ye’s wish for his wife to sleep with him left Yu Zhiwei eager to make it happen.

• Xie Lin refused to drive at first, but Fu Yunxi took the wheel after Xie Lin threatened to nap while driving.
• Director Sha announced that the production team would provide only ingredients and that the bottom two players would take turns cooking.
• The guests wrote wishes on cards, and Yu Zhiwei drew Lu Ye’s wish to sleep with his wife that night.
• Yu Zhiwei and Yue Lan pressed Xie Lin about Lu Ye’s wish, and Lu Ye clarified that he only wanted to share a room with him.
• Yue Lan drew Jin Tiancheng’s wish to hold hands with Wu Xinyou, and Xie Lin grabbed their arms and pressed their hands together on the table.

During a card game, Lu Ye kissed Xie Lin’s cheek to fulfill Yu Zhiwei’s wish, and Yue Lan promised to make Yu Zhiwei happy. Xie Lin interpreted Fu Yunxi’s wish for something that would make his heart ache as a chance to punch him, while Lu Ye ended the game by promising to cook Xie Lin beef noodles.

• Lu Ye kissed Xie Lin’s cheek to fulfill Yu Zhiwei’s wish, and Yu Zhiwei wished she had asked for a more passionate kiss.
• Yue Lan told Yu Zhiwei she hoped to make her the happiest person in the world, and Yu Zhiwei promised she would.
• Xie Lin drew Fu Yunxi’s wish for something that would make his heart ache and punched him in the chest, sending him into the kitchen’s glass door.
• Director Sha and the staff rushed to help Fu Yunxi, while Lu Ye joked that the punch should have been only a scratch for an A-rank alpha.
• Lu Ye drew Xie Lin’s wish for beef noodles with extra beef and cilantro, and promised to make them after the game.