Chapter Summaries

Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu disrupted the staged kidnapping by joining the woman in her car, then explained how Bai had recognized the switch. After collecting their reward, Qi Yu and Bai tried to secure even more tokens or free meals from the production team.

• Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu climbed into the car beside the woman, stopping the driver from leaving and throwing the kidnapping activity off schedule.
• Qi Yu said the woman and the child deserved to be treated as people doing their jobs, and the host ended the activity as a success and gave them the child to take for their next reward.
• Bai Luochuan told the baffled host that the two women had differed in their figures, gestures, and walks, while Qi Yu praised his judgment and defended the actors.
• Qi Yu collected the twenty-token reward and told Bai they now had thirty-five tokens, then asked whether they should return for another bottle of the drink.
• Qi Yu asked the host for tokens for helping catch a kidnapper, and Bai suggested that the production team could at least treat them to a couple of meals.

Bai Luochuan spent all their tokens on food so Qi Yu could eat well, and the two flirted over their shared boxed meals. Director Liu interrupted Bai Luochuan’s increasingly suggestive thoughts, leaving the couple to eat while viewers called for them to be locked in a room together.

• The Production Team gave Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu vouchers for the nearby market instead of extra tokens or a meal.
• Bai Luochuan spent all his tokens on two large boxed meals and mineral water, explaining that earning money was for keeping Qi Yu fed.
• Qi Yu teased Bai Luochuan by sharing a sausage from his meal and making suggestive remarks about its taste.
• Bai Luochuan told Qi Yu to save his advances for when they were alone, then privately admired his physique.
• Director Liu warned them to stop their suggestive behavior and threatened Bai Luochuan’s pay, so Bai Luochuan lowered his head and ate.
• Viewers in the livestream joked that Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu should be locked in a room together.

Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu earned a reward for spotting that two women who passed them were different people, prompting the other contestants to demand a chance at the hidden task. The chapter ended with Bai Luochuan choosing a fox plush at a shooting stall and telling Qi Yu it was cute, like him.

• Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu noticed Lan Muxing and the others handing out flyers while looking for an attraction to try.
• Chu Zhu, Lan Muxing, and He Gui demanded a hidden task after learning Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu had earned extra vouchers.
• The three contestants guessed at what a woman’s repeated walk-by meant, but Director Liu told them they had failed the task.
• Director Liu revealed that two different women had taken turns passing by, and the host explained that Bai Luochuan had spotted the difference.
• At the shooting stall, Bai Luochuan took the pellet gun before Qi Yu could show off, aimed at a fox plush, and called it cute, like Qi Yu.

Bai Luochuan tried to win a fox plush for Qi Yu at a night-market shooting booth, but the weak gun and stubborn prize kept it from falling. Qi Yu knocked it down by throwing the remaining steel balls and asked Bai Luochuan to rub his sore arm.

• Bai Luochuan chose the big fox plush and began shooting while Qi Yu filmed him.
• Bai Luochuan's first shot missed, then his next shots hit the plush without knocking it down.
• Qi Yu took the gun and asked the stall owner whether the prize was his if he knocked it down with the steel balls.
• Qi Yu threw the two steel balls at the fox plush, knocked it out of its compartment, and asked Bai Luochuan to rub his aching arm.

Qi Yu won the fox plush for Bai Luochuan, then tried to enjoy a romantic stroll with him, but Bai Luochuan focused on conserving energy and finding more work. As Bai Luochuan approached Lan Muxing and the others to ask about a job, Director Liu appeared in disguise as a man who had lost his wallet and offered the guests tokens.

• Qi Yu won the fox plush by knocking it down with a steel ball, and Bai Luochuan massaged his arm before accepting the prize.
• Qi Yu gave the fox plush to Bai Luochuan as a keepsake, then tried to take it back after Bai Luochuan teased him about getting jealous.
• Qi Yu walked hand in hand with Bai Luochuan around the square, but Bai Luochuan stopped him to conserve energy and suggested they sit down.
• Bai Luochuan watched Lan Muxing and the others receive tokens for their work and said he wanted to try performing or handing out flyers to earn more.
• Bai Luochuan headed toward Lan Muxing and the others, but Director Liu posed as a man who had lost his wallet and announced that he would give the guests tokens.

Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu searched for Director Liu’s missing wallet, which the Production Team had hidden as a cooperation challenge. Bai Luochuan easily climbed a flagpole to retrieve one wallet, while Qi Yu took a photo and flirted with him.

• Director Liu offered a cash reward for his wallet and revealed only that it had a red cord and his photograph inside.
• After Director Liu said the wallet was hidden somewhere that required cooperation, Lan Muxing and the others chose to eat before searching, while Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu set off at once.
• Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu found red cords scattered around the streets and decided to check them one by one.
• At the first hiding place, Bai Luochuan climbed a three-meter flagpole and retrieved the wallet without help.
• Qi Yu photographed Bai Luochuan on the pole and told him he would love any kind of dance if Bai Luochuan performed it.

Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu searched for Director Liu’s wallet, finding a string of wallets containing photos of the same pig. Their search was interrupted when they encountered Yan Cheng struggling to handle a tantruming child, and Bai Luochuan mocked him before continuing on.

• Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu opened the wallets they had found, but each contained a red cord and a photo of the same little pig rather than Director Liu.
• Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu used a map to search the six roads around the fountain, while Qi Yu took numerous pictures of Bai Luochuan.
• Bai Luochuan noticed Yan Cheng struggling with the child who had earlier been assigned to their group.
• Yan Cheng asked Bai Luochuan to help with the child, but Bai Luochuan told him to get plastic surgery and said they were only passing by.
• Bai Luochuan told Yan Cheng to keep shouting as he and Qi Yu continued toward their task.

Yan Cheng struggled to control the child’s outburst while Bai Luochuan ignored him and focused on retrieving a wallet with Qi Yu. Qi Yu suggested working together by carrying Bai Luochuan on his shoulders, leaving Bai Luochuan wondering if the pose would be too explicit.

• The child resumed wailing and accused Yan Cheng of bullying him, pushing Yan Cheng closer to a meltdown.
• Yan Cheng looked to Bai Luochuan for a response, but Bai Luochuan stayed beside Qi Yu and paid him no attention.
• Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu spotted a wallet hanging from the eaves of a smooth-walled building.
• Qi Yu stopped Bai Luochuan from climbing alone and proposed that they work together to retrieve the wallet.
• Qi Yu offered to carry Bai Luochuan on his shoulders, and Bai Luochuan wondered whether that would look too explicit.

Qi Yu and Bai Luochuan completed another task together while teasing each other and discussing running away to a place only they knew. Yan Cheng tried to join their task, but Bai Luochuan rejected him with a cutting joke about his being alone.

• Qi Yu helped Bai Luochuan sit on his shoulders, and the two exchanged suggestive banter before he carried Bai beneath the eaves.
• Bai Luochuan took down a red-string wallet, and the two found the familiar little pig inside.
• Yan Cheng arrived with the boy and a large toy, while the livestream chat mocked his bad luck and urged him to leave Bai Luochuan alone.
• Yan Cheng questioned Bai Luochuan about the wallet and tried to join the task, but Bai Luochuan said it required at least two people and joked that Yan Cheng needed to achieve whole-body mitosis first.

Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu failed to find the real wallet, but won food and toys at the ring toss. After Qi Yu engineered an indirect kiss by sharing Bai Luochuan’s bread, Bai Luochuan pulled him in and kissed him on the lips.

• Lan Muxing and his group worked together to retrieve the real wallet and earned dinner tokens from Director Liu.
• Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu exchanged their remaining vouchers for rings, then won bread, drinks, and toys at the ring toss.
• Bai Luochuan gave Qi Yu the blue monster keychain and kept the pink one.
• Qi Yu claimed their breads tasted different, then took repeated bites from the spots Bai Luochuan had bitten.
• Bai Luochuan realized Qi Yu was seeking an indirect kiss, stood up, pulled him close by the collar, and kissed him on the lips.

Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu shared a sweet kiss after dinner, while Yan Cheng gave up searching for a missing child and discovered he was the only guest left without food. He asked Qi Yu to share, but Qi Yu refused, saying Yan Cheng could survive a day without eating.

• Bai Luochuan kissed Qi Yu, and they deepened the kiss before stopping because they were still filming.
• Yan Cheng searched for hours for the child and the second woman, then told Director Liu he was giving up.
• Director Liu told Yan Cheng to ask the other guests for food, and Yan Cheng went to the musical fountain plaza.
• After finding the other guests had used their tokens, Yan Cheng asked Qi Yu for food.
• Qi Yu admitted they had food but refused to share it with Yan Cheng.

Bai Luochuan defended Qi Yu’s refusal to give Yan Cheng food, then offered Yan Cheng bread at an exorbitant price while denying any personal bond between them. Yan Cheng left hungry, and Director Liu’s noodles only made his hunger worse.

• Bai Luochuan eased the tension after Qi Yu refused to help Yan Cheng, then continued lecturing Qi Yu about wasting money on someone who had bullied Bai Luochuan.
• Bai Luochuan offered Yan Cheng bread for a high price and described their relationship as that of a powerful slanderer and his powerless victim.
• Yan Cheng angrily abandoned the deal, while Qi Yu admitted he was glad Bai Luochuan had not sold him anything.
• Bai Luochuan pinched Qi Yu’s cheek, and Qi Yu kissed his forehead as Yan Cheng watched jealously.
• Director Liu offered Yan Cheng instant noodles, but Yan Cheng refused and said he could go without food for three days.
• Director Liu ate the noodles in front of Yan Cheng and praised their aroma, making Yan Cheng swallow hungrily.

Yan Cheng endured the group’s jokes and another night in the storage room while Qi Yu and Bai Luochuan shared a private moment after filming. The chapter ended with Qi Yu offering to help Bai Luochuan as he prepared to shower over their game connection.

• Lan Muxing and the others teased Yan Cheng about supposedly going three days without eating, and Yan Cheng silently glared at Bai Luochuan when they arrived.
• Director Liu assigned the rooms, leaving Yan Cheng in the storage room because he had failed his tasks and still had a punishment to serve.
• Lan Muxing yielded the best third-floor room to Chu Zhu, and the day’s filming ended.
• After the cameras were switched off, Qi Yu hugged Bai Luochuan and rubbed his pheromones onto him, saying he wanted his scent to remain after Bai Luochuan showered.
• Bai Luochuan went to his room, and Qi Yu logged into the game, where they reunited on screen.
• As Bai Luochuan undressed to shower, Qi Yu sat on his bed and asked whether Bai Luochuan wanted his help.

Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu shared an intimate video call, then discussed Qi Yu’s Pheromone Dysregulation Disorder and the medication keeping it from worsening. Bai Luochuan worried about Qi Yu’s health, and after their call he noticed the perfume scent growing stronger.

• Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu finished their intimate video call and talked about how much they wanted to be together in person.
• Bai Luochuan asked about Qi Yu’s Pheromone Dysregulation Disorder, and Qi Yu explained that medication kept it from worsening but could not cure it.
• Bai Luochuan worried the disorder might shorten Qi Yu’s life and wondered whether he should study medicine.
• Qi Yu reassured Bai Luochuan, changed the subject, and ended the call after telling him they could talk more when they met the next day.
• Bai Luochuan opened the shop to look for medicine for Qi Yu, then noticed the perfume scent growing stronger.

Qi Yu learned that Yan Cheng had never touched the former Bai Luochuan, then joined Bai Luochuan for morning exercise and heard him describe Qi Yu’s faint pheromones as a strong perfume scent. Qi Yu began wondering whether Bai Luochuan was an Omega with high compatibility, while Lu Ran assumed Qi Yu had fallen for someone new.

• Lu Ran told Qi Yu that Yan Cheng had treated the former Bai Luochuan as a despised servant and had never had physical contact with him.
• Qi Yu ended the call, kissed Bai Luochuan’s picture on his phone, and wished him good night.
• Qi Yu joined Bai Luochuan for morning exercise, and Bai Luochuan said he had decided to learn basic medical knowledge to better understand Qi Yu’s health.
• Bai Luochuan told Qi Yu that his perfume scent remained strong after a day, leaving Qi Yu confused because he knew the scent was his pheromones and had nearly faded.
• Qi Yu called Lu Ran to ask whether Betas could smell pheromones and when an Omega might sense an Alpha’s faint pheromones as strong.
• Lu Ran suggested high compatibility or sensitivity, then accused Qi Yu of falling for someone else after only three days before Qi Yu hung up.

Qi Yu set aside his suspicions about Bai Luochuan and joined the guests for a day of filming, while the group prepared breakfast and learned about a haunted-house challenge. After the teams were assigned, Chu Zhu feared facing Bai Luochuan as a ghost but relaxed when Bai Luochuan said he could not do makeup.

• Qi Yu decided to follow the filming schedule and observe Bai Luochuan before drawing conclusions.
• Bai Luochuan and the other guests prepared breakfast, while Qi Yu was barred from cooking and Bai Luochuan made breakfast for him.
• The host announced a haunted-house challenge in which the guest with the highest combined heart rate would choose a date.
• The teams were split, with Bai Luochuan, Lan Muxing, and He Gui together, and Qi Yu, Yan Cheng, and Chu Zhu together.
• Chu Zhu panicked at the thought of Bai Luochuan scaring him, then relaxed after Bai Luochuan said he did not know how to do makeup.

Bai Luochuan declined help with his makeup, while Qi Yu revealed to the waiting audience that he and Bai Luochuan had been married for over a year. Yan Cheng reacted with anger, but Qi Yu reminded him that Bai Luochuan had only treated him as he had requested and was the victim.

• He Gui offered to help Bai Luochuan and Lan Muxing with their makeup, but Bai Luochuan declined and said he would try to scare people without much styling.
• The host asked Qi Yu whether he and Bai Luochuan had known each other for years, and Qi Yu said they had been married for over a year.
• Yan Cheng was shocked by Qi Yu's revelation and demanded to know why Bai Luochuan had treated him as he had.
• Qi Yu asked Yan Cheng how Bai Luochuan had treated him, then said Bai Luochuan had acted at Yan Cheng's request and had been the victim.

Qi Yu confronted Yan Cheng about his past treatment of Bai Luochuan, leaving Yan Cheng silent and the livestream audience demanding answers. The guests then headed into the haunted house, where Yan Cheng offered to guide the frightened Chu Zhu inside.

• Qi Yu told Yan Cheng that Bai Luochuan had shared their history with him, and Yan Cheng fell silent as the live chat demanded an explanation.
• The host changed the subject and announced that the guests were ready to enter the haunted house.
• Qi Yu said he had only pretended to fear ghosts and hurried inside because Bai Luochuan was there.
• Chu Zhu considered giving up on the haunted house, but Yan Cheng offered to lead him through so they would not hand the other guests 150 points.
• Chu Zhu agreed to follow Yan Cheng with his eyes closed, and Yan Cheng reached out to guide him.

As Yan Cheng drew increasingly snide comments from viewers, Qi Yu searched the horror maze for his husband and remained unfazed by its scares. He brushed off Lan Muxing’s ghost performance, then encountered a chainsaw-wielding doctor as Yan Cheng arrived behind him, panting and alarmed.

• Viewers criticized Yan Cheng for seeming to switch romantic targets, while the production team welcomed the extra attention and gave him more screen time.
• Qi Yu hurried through the dim corridors, inspecting the eerie decorations and embroidered shoes as he searched for his husband.
• Lan Muxing appeared as a bridal ghost, but Qi Yu calmly complimented his performance and continued on, leaving Lan Muxing bewildered.
• Qi Yu entered a corridor of open rooms containing sheet-covered shapes and spotted one closed door before a bloodied doctor with a chainsaw appeared.
• The lights went out and a heart-rate alarm sounded; Qi Yu saw that Yan Cheng had arrived behind him, panting and blaming the scary costume.

Yan Cheng and Qi Yu entered Bai Luochuan’s dim, empty corridor, where Yan Cheng claimed he could handle Bai Luochuan calmly. Bai Luochuan appeared upside down from the ceiling and chased Yan Cheng, who fled in terror.

• He Gui ended his mad-doctor scare, and the viewers praised his makeup and composure.
• Yan Cheng raced ahead of Qi Yu to reach Bai Luochuan first, while Qi Yu followed at a measured pace.
• Yan Cheng and Qi Yu entered Bai Luochuan’s long, bare corridor, where dim lights lined the walls.
• Yan Cheng shouted for Bai Luochuan to come out, and Qi Yu told him he could simply leave without seeing him.
• Bai Luochuan spoke from above, then revealed his upside-down, painted face and long black hair hanging near Yan Cheng.
• Yan Cheng’s monitor beeped as his heart rate spiked, and he ran when Bai Luochuan pursued him from the ceiling.