Chapter Summaries

Qi Yu went to the shore to calm himself after struggling to control his desire around Bai Luochuan, but Bai Luochuan followed to keep him company. They confessed their feelings and returned to shore, where Bai Luochuan openly admitted he felt the same desire.

• Qi Yu left the group and stood alone in the dark seawater, while Director Liu halted the activity and kept the cameras from following him.
• Bai Luochuan ran after Qi Yu, saying he knew Qi Yu disliked being alone in the dark and that he had to stay with him.
• Bai Luochuan told Qi Yu he might have moved the game just to get the chance to be by his side, and Qi Yu kissed his hand and said he loved him too.
• Bai Luochuan asked whether Qi Yu felt calmer, and Qi Yu admitted he had trouble controlling himself when Bai Luochuan was close.
• Bai Luochuan reassured Qi Yu that he felt the same way and led him back toward shore, bluntly describing his own reaction to Qi Yu.

Qi Yu and Bai Luochuan returned to camp, where the next round of the game began with a special exemption for Bai Luochuan if he lost again. After Bai Luochuan sat out and Yang Qingfeng drew a Truth question about his romantic life, the host brought out a lie detector to verify his answer.

• Qi Yu joked that the game company had changed its rules because it had finally grown a conscience, then asked Bai Luochuan how much he had spent supporting him; Bai Luochuan admitted it was probably tens of millions.
• The host announced that Bai Luochuan would be exempt from the penalty and could sit out the following round if he lost again.
• Bai Luochuan caught the Embroidered Ball once more, accepted the exemption, and sat out while the others played.
• Yang Qingfeng caught the ball, chose Truth, and was asked whether he liked or was dating anyone.
• The host had staff bring over a lie detector so Yang Qingfeng's answer could be verified.

Yang Qingfeng truthfully admitted that he was curious about Bai Luochuan, and Qi Yu revealed that he had tolerated a long-distance relationship because he feared losing the chance to meet Bai Luochuan. The chapter left Qi Yu’s feelings for Bai Luochuan exposed during the game.

• Yang Qingfeng answered the lie detector truthfully, saying he was curious about Bai Luochuan but had no romantic intentions toward him.
• The lie detector confirmed Yang Qingfeng’s answer, and his comments fueled viewers’ curiosity about Bai Luochuan.
• Bai Luochuan passed the embroidered ball to Qi Yu, who chose truth and said the lie detector could not catch him lying.
• Qi Yu’s casual answers about being an Omega and a full-time housewife to a residential security guard triggered no alarm.
• Qi Yu answered that he hated long-distance relationships and admitted he had endured one because it was Bai Luochuan and he feared never getting the chance to meet him.

Qi Yu reassured Bai Luochuan that their years of separation had finally ended, and Bai Luochuan realized their love was equally deep. The dating show’s next dare had Xu Zhengyin deliver a cheesy confession to Yang Qingfeng, whose playful response startled Xu Zhengyin into letting go.

• Qi Yu told Bai Luochuan that meeting at last made their years of waiting worthwhile and asked that they never be separated by distance again.
• Bai Luochuan recognized that Qi Yu loved him as deeply as he loved Qi Yu, and the two clasped hands.
• The host selected Xu Zhengyin for a dare to cradle a guest’s hands and deliver a heartfelt confession using a script.
• Xu Zhengyin chose Yang Qingfeng because he was embarrassed to perform the lines for the Omegas and did not want to choose Qi Yu.
• Xu Zhengyin recited the cheesy confession while holding Yang Qingfeng’s hands, and Yang Qingfeng played along by agreeing to become his partner.
• Xu Zhengyin abruptly released Yang Qingfeng, reminding himself that he was a straight Alpha.

Bai Luochuan discussed the world’s rules about secondary and primary sexes with Qi Yu, then was selected for another Truth round. Asked whether he was really just an ordinary celebrity, he insisted he was and said he would become an ordinary security guard at his boyfriend’s company.

• Qi Yu explained to Bai Luochuan how primary sexes affected relationships between people with the same secondary sex.
• Viewers speculated that Bai Luochuan’s questions showed he did not understand basic biology in this world.
• Bai Luochuan was selected again and chose Truth, then reluctantly sat in the lie detector chair.
• Bai Luochuan drew a card requiring him to answer the fans’ most popular question about his personal life.
• Bai Luochuan said he was an ordinary celebrity and would be an ordinary security guard, inviting curious fans to work at his boyfriend’s company and observe him there.

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.