Recaps

Bai Luochuan deflected questions about his abilities during the show, then stayed behind with Qi Yu, who explained how much he wanted to sense Bai Luochuan’s pheromones. Bai Luochuan wondered whether he could become what Qi Yu liked, and Qi Yu wished he could turn into a tiny animal he could keep close.

• Bai Luochuan told the host that media reports exaggerated things and attributed his physical abilities to exercise and training, ending the game segment.
• After filming ended, Qi Yu held Bai Luochuan back so they could spend time alone before returning indoors.
• Qi Yu explained that he could smell Bai Luochuan’s vetiver-like pheromones because their compatibility was high, and said he wished he could sense Bai Luochuan’s presence the same way.
• Bai Luochuan asked what scents and animals Qi Yu liked, then suggested that he might be able to become what Qi Yu liked.
• Qi Yu said he wanted Bai Luochuan to become a little yellow chick or hamster so he could keep him safely in a fox’s mouth.

Bai Luochuan explained to Qi Yu that the game’s empty “Special dates” option might let him revisit the time of their first meeting. Qi Yu believed they had not mistaken each other and said he would look forward to their future first meeting.

• Bai Luochuan warned Qi Yu not to talk about eating him, and Qi Yu laughed and changed the subject.
• Qi Yu asked Bai Luochuan to explain their first meeting after the cameras were off.
• Bai Luochuan showed Qi Yu the game’s saved date scenes and explained that replaying them only displayed what had already happened.
• Qi Yu insisted that any problems between them were the game’s fault, not theirs.
• Bai Luochuan explained that other games’ special dates could involve traveling to another timeline, and Qi Yu said he would look forward to their first meeting in the future.

Alone in his tent, Bai Luochuan remembered the battlefield trauma that had led him to download the game and find Qi Yu, who helped him hold on to life. The chapter left him receiving Qi Yu’s message asking to keep him company while he slept.

• After returning to his tent, Bai Luochuan nearly opened the game but chose to pick up the little fox plush instead.
• Bai Luochuan recalled fighting in a war in his early twenties and killing a dozen enemy soldiers with a knife.
• After the last soldier died, Bai Luochuan lay in the blood and relived the despair of the people he had killed, feeling unable to keep living.
• Bai Luochuan remembered downloading the game in despair and finding Qi Yu, whose support helped him emerge from it.
• Qi Yu messaged Bai Luochuan, asking whether he would let him keep him company while he slept.

Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu shared memories of how they had saved each other, leaving Bai Luochuan determined to protect Qi Yu when he could return to their first meeting. The next morning, Bai Luochuan paid 300,000 to unlock a special date storyline, but the game shut down for emergency maintenance immediately after taking his money.

• Bai Luochuan told Qi Yu that the game had helped him survive when he had wanted to die.
• Qi Yu revealed that Bai Luochuan had saved him twice in the past, first appearing and disappearing before the military could find him.
• Qi Yu recalled that during their second meeting, Bai Luochuan had promised they would meet again and told him not to worry.
• Bai Luochuan found the game locked behind a 300,000 top-up target with a countdown of just over forty-seven hours.
• Bai Luochuan spent all his savings to meet the target, but the game kicked him out and announced an emergency shutdown with no reopening date.

After the game charged Bai Luochuan three hundred thousand for a special date with Qi Yu, Bai Luochuan struggled with the loss but refused Qi Yu’s offer to reimburse him. The Production Team then introduced a live-action role-playing activity, with a one-hundred-thousand cash prize for the winner.

• Bai Luochuan received a message confirming the three-hundred-thousand charge and asked Qi Yu what he thought the game was.
• Qi Yu read the message and the top-up screen, realizing Bai Luochuan had spent all his savings to unlock a special date for him.
• Qi Yu offered to replace the lost money, but Bai Luochuan refused, saying he wanted to bear the cost himself.
• Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu joined the others for breakfast as the host explained the day’s live-action role-playing activity and its task-based rules.
• The host announced that the winner would get to choose the best room and receive a cash prize of one hundred thousand.

Bai Luochuan eagerly accepted the prospect of winning money, then drew the reporter role for Director Liu’s castle game. He left his room knowing he had no way to defend himself and encountered Qi Yu, who asked what role he had received.

• Bai Luochuan regained his enthusiasm after hearing about the game’s money and resolved to earn it back.
• Director Liu withheld the role assignment from viewers and had the host explain the six roles and their victory conditions.
• The guests drew numbered cards to determine which rooms they could choose, where their roles and instructions had been placed.
• Bai Luochuan drew the number six and discovered that he was the vulnerable reporter, whose only protection was finding the knight.
• Bai Luochuan left his room in his assigned clothes, and Qi Yu stepped out next door and asked him what role he had drawn.

Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu, dressed in similar aristocratic outfits for the game, secretly exchanged hints about their roles while the other guests and livestream viewers watched. Qi Yu promised to keep Bai Luochuan safe, leaving Bai Luochuan to suspect that Qi Yu was not on the villains’ side.

• The guests came out of their rooms as cameras filmed, and Qi Yu asked Bai Luochuan whether they would hide their roles from each other.
• Bai Luochuan was captivated by Qi Yu’s appearance and hesitated to answer with the other guests nearby.
• Bai Luochuan took Qi Yu’s hand and traced a magnifying glass on his palm to convey his response.
• Bai Luochuan asked Qi Yu to reveal his role in return.
• Qi Yu drew a circle on Bai Luochuan’s palm, signaling that he would keep Bai Luochuan safe and was probably not on the villains’ side.

The host explained the rules of the role-based game, then had the players begin introducing themselves and questioning one another. As Lan Muxing asked Chu Zhu if she was the vampire, the group’s attempts to identify each other’s roles began.

• Bai Luochuan trusted Qi Yu and noted that everyone wore matching outfits in different colors.
• The host explained that eliminated players would not know they had been eliminated and that everyone’s actions could be wasted if they targeted the wrong person.
• Qi Yu stayed pressed close to Bai Luochuan while the group gathered in the living room, and the host began a round of introductions and questions.
• Xu Zhengyin claimed to be the knight and asked Lan Muxing how the vampire killed people.
• Lan Muxing claimed to be the reporter, then asked Chu Zhu if she was the vampire.

During the role-guessing activity, Bai Luochuan believed everyone who denied being the vampire and grew confused when all the players claimed innocent roles. Qi Yu recognized that Bai Luochuan had overlooked him as a possibility and decided to team up with Chu Zhu to protect him.

• Chu Zhu nervously insisted that he was not a vampire and revealed that he was the knight; Yang Qingfeng also claimed to be the knight.
• Qi Yu said he was not a vampire and claimed the priest role, then asked Bai Luochuan whether he had dreamed about him.
• Bai Luochuan honestly said he had not dreamed, and Qi Yu lamented that cuddling the little fox had not made him dream about Qi Yu.
• Xu Zhengyin denied being the vampire, and Bai Luochuan concluded that everyone had told the truth and wondered whether the vampire role card had gone missing.
• Qi Yu realized Bai Luochuan had trusted him without considering him as a suspect, then told him Chu Zhu was telling the truth and went to propose they work together.

Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu continued investigating the guests’ roles while Lan Muxing falsely claimed to be the Hunter and proposed an alliance. Qi Yu urged Chu Zhu to test Lan Muxing as a possible member of the Villain Faction, leaving their next move undecided.

• Lan Muxing told Bai Luochuan that he was the Hunter and suggested they cooperate, but Bai Luochuan recognized that he was lying.
• Bai Luochuan asked how Lan Muxing would kill the Werewolf, and Lan Muxing avoided answering by claiming someone might overhear them.
• Bai Luochuan declined Lan Muxing’s handshake and said he would consult Qi Yu before agreeing to add him to their alliance.
• Qi Yu told Chu Zhu that Bai Luochuan was the reporter and that Chu Zhu was confirmed as the Knight, then suggested Chu Zhu test Lan Muxing because the Knight could eliminate both the Werewolf and the Vampire.

Qi Yu and Chu Zhu worked together to test Lan Muxing by offering him the Knight’s protective pendant, but Lan Muxing refused it. Qi Yu suggested Lan Muxing had exposed his villain role, and Xu Zhengyin moved to test him further by kissing his hand.

• Qi Yu explained his suspicions about Lan Muxing to Chu Zhu, who agreed that Qi Yu and Bai Luochuan were telling the truth.
• Qi Yu returned to Bai Luochuan and watched as Chu Zhu told Lan Muxing he was the Knight and offered him a pendant that could block one attack.
• Lan Muxing refused the pendant and suggested Bai Luochuan needed it more, but Qi Yu said he did not want anyone else protecting his brother.
• Qi Yu told Xu Zhengyin that Lan Muxing had refused Chu Zhu’s protection, implying that Lan Muxing was a villain player.
• Xu Zhengyin took Lan Muxing’s hand, kissed it, and proposed gambling to find out his role.

Xu Zhengyin unexpectedly killed Lan Muxing by kissing his hand, leaving everyone unsure whether he had chosen correctly or what their roles were. The guests then examined Chu Zhu’s pendant, but found no shield design to confirm he was the Knight.

• Xu Zhengyin kissed Lan Muxing’s hand, apparently carrying out his role’s killing method, and Lan Muxing protested that Xu had no way to know his role.
• Xu Zhengyin admitted he had gambled because he disliked plans that took brains, then asked whether he should reveal his role before the host stopped him.
• The host told Xu Zhengyin and Lan Muxing to keep their role cards hidden, while the guests grew more wary of one another.
• Yang Qingfeng asked Chu Zhu to place his pendant on the table so everyone could inspect it.
• Lan Muxing noticed the pendant had no shield design and questioned whether it proved Chu Zhu was the Knight, while Qi Yu said he had seen it wrong earlier.

After a confusing round left Lan Muxing eliminated and Xu Zhengyin suspecting he had killed the wrong person, the guests paused for lunch and received a vague clue about the castle doors opening at five. Chu Zhu then decided Yang Qingfeng was likely a villain and set out to test him.

• Lan Muxing realized his assumptions about Qi Yu’s necklace had caused his elimination, while Xu Zhengyin wondered whether he had killed the wrong person and would be eliminated too.
• The host led everyone to lunch and said they could ask staff for clues.
• The guests approached Director Liu, who revealed that the living room clock would chime thirteen times at five, opening the castle doors so everyone could escape.
• During lunch, Chu Zhu concluded that Lan Muxing was either the Werewolf or Vampire, Xu Zhengyin was the Hunter, and Yang Qingfeng was the other villain.
• Chu Zhu announced that he would sound out Yang Qingfeng and stop him if he proved to be a villain.

Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu discussed their roles while Chu Zhu heard Yang Qingfeng and Xu Zhengyin’s theory that Qi Yu was the Reporter and Bai Luochuan was a killer. Chu Zhu handed his protective necklace to Yang Qingfeng, and Qi Yu stood up, saying they could end the round early.

• Bai Luochuan told Qi Yu that he had figured out what role suited him, making Qi Yu laugh and ask if Bai had seen through him.
• Yang Qingfeng and Xu Zhengyin told Chu Zhu they suspected Qi Yu was the Reporter and Bai Luochuan was the Vampire or Werewolf.
• Xu Zhengyin claimed to be the Hunter and Yang Qingfeng the Priest, then asked Chu Zhu whether his necklace was a protective item.
• Chu Zhu confirmed the necklace’s power and gave it to Yang Qingfeng so it could protect him from an attack.
• Qi Yu set down his plate, smiled at Bai Luochuan, and said they could end the round early.

Qi Yu revealed how he had read the guests’ identities and manipulated the game, leaving Bai Luochuan and himself as the final participants. After explaining his strategy, Qi Yu went over to Bai Luochuan, who asked him to pour a glass of wine.

• Lan Muxing guessed that Bai Luochuan was the other villain, and Qi Yu confirmed that the guests had figured out the tricks.
• Qi Yu praised Xu Zhengyin as the hunter and offered him wine; Xu drank it, and Qi Yu declared the game over.
• Qi Yu explained that he had identified the guests’ roles early and had expected them to assume he and Bai Luochuan had switched identities.
• Qi Yu told the guests how their moves had eliminated one another, and admitted the game had ended sooner than he planned.
• Qi Yu apologized to Chu Zhu for exploiting his trust, then went to Bai Luochuan, who asked him to pour a glass of red wine.

Bai Luochuan persuaded Qi Yu to share a drink with him and let Qi Yu claim victory, ending the game early. After the cast learned their room assignments, the host announced that the next everyday-style dating activity would begin ahead of schedule.

• Bai Luochuan asked Qi Yu to offer him a drink, then linked arms with him as they drank together.
• Qi Yu recalled secretly drinking a bottle after their in-game wedding and realized he had been intoxicated by his feelings for Bai Luochuan, who shared those feelings.
• The game ended early, and Director Liu considered using the unused bell to summon the cast before Xu Zhengyin objected to the idea.
• The production team assigned Qi Yu the best room, Bai Luochuan and Xu Zhengyin the mid-tier rooms, and the other three players the lowest-tier rooms.
• The host announced that the next day's everyday-style dating activity would take place that day instead.

The host explained that the guests would pair up to decorate shared suites as couples, prompting Qi Yu to ask about sleeping arrangements and Bai Luochuan to remember the house he had once prepared for Qi Yu. Qi Yu reassured him that the house was still unchanged and promised to take him there after filming, while recalling how he had first discovered the home was his.

• The host explained that partners would receive funds and a suite to furnish and decorate together, while still spending some time with the other guests.
• Qi Yu asked whether partners could sleep together, but the host said everyone would have separate rooms to protect their privacy.
• Lan Muxing asked whether guests would mostly spend time with their own partners, and the host confirmed that they would.
• Bai Luochuan remembered spending several million decorating a house for Qi Yu, and Qi Yu told him the house and its furnishings were still there.
• Qi Yu recalled finding the house at coordinates Bai Luochuan had sent him, where he discovered that the property documents named him as its owner.

Qi Yu and Bai Luochuan recalled how Bai Luochuan had secretly prepared their newlywed home, while livestream viewers mistook the story for extravagant online dating. After the guests formed teams and began planning room layouts, Qi Yu suggested that he and Bai Luochuan decorate a home together after marrying in real life.

• Qi Yu remembered installing surveillance around the little house, only to find it fully furnished without ever seeing Bai Luochuan arrive.
• Qi Yu reassured Bai Luochuan that the house and its furnishings were worth the money and called it their newlywed home.
• Livestream viewers concluded that Bai Luochuan had spent his money supporting Qi Yu, unaware that their relationship crossed space and dimensions.
• Xu Zhengyin paired with Chu Zhu, while Yang Qingfeng paired with Lan Muxing, and the Production Team brought the guests to plan their rooms with miniature furniture.
• Qi Yu proposed buying another house after their real-life marriage so he and Bai Luochuan could design and decorate it together.

Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu arranged a model home while hinting that they wanted to share a bedroom, and Lan Muxing and Yang Qingfeng enthusiastically furnished theirs. The chapter ended with Chu Zhu and Xu Zhengyin refusing to plan their model until the Production Team clarified their budget and furniture options.

• Bai Luochuan agreed with Qi Yu that they could use the model home as a reference for decorating a future home together.
• Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu arranged two beds in one room and a desk and chair in the other, prompting the host to tease them about sharing a bed.
• Lan Muxing and Yang Qingfeng filled their model home with furniture and praised the activity to the host.
• Chu Zhu and Xu Zhengyin left their model bare, and Xu Zhengyin said they needed the Production Team to clarify their budget and furniture options first.

The guests finished planning their furniture purchases and returned to their rooms for the night. After Bai Luochuan learned that praising an Alpha’s pheromones could sound like an invitation, Qi Yu called him and asked for a reward for having held back.

• The host said the guests could spend their entire budget on one piece of furniture if both partners agreed, and the Production Team would announce the exact amount tomorrow.
• The guests reviewed their decorating plans before the host sent them back to their assigned rooms; Bai Luochuan’s room was diagonally below Qi Yu’s.
• Qi Yu hugged Bai Luochuan goodbye and complained that Bai Luochuan’s new pheromone sensitivity kept him from surrounding him with pheromones.
• After Qi Yu warned him not to tempt him, Bai Luochuan searched online and found that saying he liked an Alpha’s pheromones could be taken as a sexual invitation.
• Qi Yu video-called Bai Luochuan, reminded him to call, and asked for a little reward for resisting temptation.

Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu spent an intimate video call together before Qi Yu transferred him a large sum of money to prove he could support him. The game company then announced that maintenance was complete, leaving Bai Luochuan ready to log in again.

• Bai Luochuan performed for Qi Yu over video and showered while Qi Yu watched.
• Qi Yu told Bai Luochuan he could jump from his terrace into Bai Luochuan’s room, but said he would not risk it.
• Qi Yu offered Bai Luochuan the prize money from the morning’s event, and Bai Luochuan agreed to accept it.
• Qi Yu transferred Bai Luochuan a sum with a 1 followed by seven zeroes, explaining that he wanted to show his financial power and support Bai Luochuan.
• Bai Luochuan received a message from the game company saying maintenance was complete and he could log in.

Bai Luochuan opened the game’s special date, which he and Qi Yu suspected would send him into Qi Yu’s past on the battlefield. Despite Qi Yu’s fear that he might not return, Bai Luochuan chose to go, leaving Qi Yu beside him as he fell asleep.

• Bai Luochuan received a game notification for a limited-time date and sent Qi Yu a screenshot, but Qi Yu had received no notification of his own.
• Qi Yu arrived in his full fox form and warned Bai Luochuan that the date might send him back to Qi Yu’s youth, with no certainty about how he would return.
• Bai Luochuan reassured Qi Yu that he had to go, since Qi Yu might have died in the past if Bai Luochuan had not appeared.
• Bai Luochuan opened the game and found that the usual “Meet” mode was unavailable and the special date offered a choice of registered bodies.
• Following Qi Yu’s advice, Bai Luochuan selected the data for his former, sturdier body and told Qi Yu he would return soon.
• Bai Luochuan touched the date button, became dizzy, and fell into a deep sleep.

Bai Luochuan arrived on the ruined battlefield in his old body and used the game’s map to locate Qi Yu. After ambushing a search squad, he learned that ten squads were searching nearby and had only twenty minutes before the next report, leaving him to find a way to escape with the little fox.

• Bai Luochuan woke among the battlefield ruins with his old phone and discovered that the game displayed a map pointing toward Qi Yu.
• Bai Luochuan picked up a dagger and a handgun, then approached the marked location as an enemy squad searched for proof of Qi Yu’s death.
• Bai Luochuan ambushed the five-man squad, killed four soldiers, and forced the last one to surrender.
• Bai Luochuan interrogated the surviving soldier and learned that ten search squads were working together and reporting to headquarters every twenty minutes.
• Bai Luochuan realized he had twenty minutes to escape with Qi Yu, but he did not know where to go in the unfamiliar, enemy-filled area.

Bai Luochuan found Qi Yu badly injured in fox form and used medicine from the game’s surprise reward to stabilize him. Carrying Qi Yu, Bai Luochuan followed a new map marker to an air-raid shelter, though he still had to face the rest of the danger himself.

• Bai Luochuan killed the soldier who had been pursuing him and collected his ammunition and gun.
• Bai Luochuan found Qi Yu, a white fox lying in a pool of blood, and worried that he had no way to treat him.
• The game notified Bai Luochuan of reward items for his past spending, and he used a bottle of medicine and water to help Qi Yu recover.
• Bai Luochuan tucked Qi Yu inside his jacket and followed a new house marker on the game’s map while avoiding searching soldier teams.
• Bai Luochuan reached the marked air-raid shelter and realized the game had not provided an easy way to win.

Bai Luochuan kept Qi Yu safe while evading soldiers, then reunited him with rescuers. A sudden game notification forced Bai Luochuan to reach new coordinates, ending the special date and sending him out of the time rift.

• Bai Luochuan followed the game's coordinates through shelters and sewers while carrying the recovering Qi Yu away from the explosion site.
• Bai Luochuan stayed beside Qi Yu overnight, reassuring him that he would not leave until he was safe.
• Bai Luochuan hid when rescuers approached, then revealed himself after learning they had come to find Qi Yu.
• The soldiers carried Qi Yu away for treatment and offered to take Bai Luochuan back to camp.
• Bai Luochuan received a warning that the special date would close in five minutes, hurried to the new coordinates, and was transported away.