Chapter Summaries

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.

After returning from the special date storyline, Bai Luochuan learned that Qi Yu had survived his first battlefield disaster thanks to the medicine Bai Luochuan gave him. He tried to comfort Qi Yu through an embrace and then asked to express his feelings through actions instead.

• Bai Luochuan woke to find Qi Yu healthy and learned that only half a minute had passed in their world while he experienced a day and night in the storyline.
• Qi Yu transformed back into human form and massaged Bai Luochuan's temples as he checked on his condition.
• Bai Luochuan described what he had experienced and asked why Qi Yu had been left alone on the battlefield.
• Qi Yu explained that enemy fire had destroyed his mech and killed everyone else present, but Bai Luochuan's medicine had saved his life.
• Qi Yu reassured Bai Luochuan that the events had happened more than a decade ago and offered to let him check that he was unharmed.
• Bai Luochuan embraced Qi Yu, then kissed him and asked to comfort him through actions rather than words.

After spending the night together, Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu arranged for Qi Yu to return to his room unnoticed, then discussed squeezing future special dates around filming. Bai Luochuan arrived at the show exhausted, where Lan Muxing offered to do his makeup and Bai Luochuan instead invoked his contract with Director Liu to make the production pay again.

• Bai Luochuan asked how Qi Yu would get back to his room, and Qi Yu transformed into a fox so Bai Luochuan could toss him onto the balcony railing.
• Bai Luochuan woke an hour later and opened the game, where Qi Yu apologized for keeping him up; Bai Luochuan said limited-time special dates would suit their filming schedule.
• Qi Yu worried that Bai Luochuan should take the day off, but Bai Luochuan insisted he was fine and went to join the other guests.
• Xu Zhengyin joked that Bai Luochuan looked as if he had saved the world, while Lan Muxing offered to cover his dark circles with makeup.
• Bai Luochuan asked Director Liu whether their original contract still applied, then thanked him for paying the bill again instead of accepting makeup.

The guests traveled to a furniture mall to choose beds with a limited budget, while Bai Luochuan caught up on sleep in the van. After arriving, Bai Luochuan suspected that Director Liu's activity would soon bring trouble, leaving the guests to shop as they waited to see what would happen.

• Bai Luochuan slept against Qi Yu during the van ride, while Qi Yu promised to remember any Production Team announcements.
• The guests arrived at the furniture mall and were reminded to buy necessities first because their vouchers also had to cover food and drinks.
• Chu Zhu complained that the budget could not cover the expensive, large beds he wanted, and Xu Zhengyin suggested trying the more affordable shop next door.
• Xu Zhengyin joined Yang Qingfeng, Lan Muxing, Bai Luochuan, and Qi Yu in the shop with beds that fit the budget.
• Bai Luochuan told Qi Yu that Director Liu's plans seemed too simple and wondered when trouble would begin and who would cause it.

When Chu Zhu lost half of his pair’s vouchers, Xu Zhengyin reassured him that the loss was manageable, while Qi Yu and Bai Luochuan suspected the Production Team’s staff member would target another pair next. They followed the others toward the security room, hoping to catch the thief in the act.

• Chu Zhu discovered that the 25,000 worth of vouchers in his pocket had disappeared and was overwhelmed with worry.
• Xu Zhengyin comforted Chu Zhu, saying they could manage with the vouchers they still had.
• Lan Muxing suggested checking the mall’s security footage, and the other four headed for the monitoring room.
• Qi Yu and Bai Luochuan reasoned that the thief would target another pair and followed at a distance, ready to catch them.

After the mall’s surveillance staff said the cameras near the stores had malfunctioned, Bai Luochuan checked footage from nearby cameras and realized the culprit was still in the area. He headed back to search for the person, telling the others to keep their distance while he handled it.

• The mall staff told Chu Zhu and the other guests that cameras near the stores had malfunctioned, leaving Chu Zhu worried about his missing voucher money.
• Chu Zhu asked Bai Luochuan for help, and Bai Luochuan suggested checking footage from nearby cameras.
• Bai Luochuan watched the footage, then told Qi Yu to keep watching while he went to catch the culprit.
• Bai Luochuan told Lan Muxing and the others that he had not seen the culprit on camera but trusted his instinct that the person was still in the area.
• Bai Luochuan said the culprit was probably targeting all the groups and told the others to stay back while he handled it.

Bai Luochuan exposed the Production Team’s group of staff members who were trying to steal the guests’ vouchers, and the special activity ended after he and Qi Yu identified them all. He explained that he had singled out the actual thief because the man was the only one with physical skills.

• Bai Luochuan browsed merchandise while the other guests followed his lead, and several suspicious customers gradually gathered around Lan Muxing.
• Bai Luochuan caught a staff member reaching for Lan Muxing’s pocket and asked Director Liu to end the activity if he identified the rest of the team.
• The host agreed, and Bai Luochuan named the people around him as the staff team while identifying the man he held as the one who had stolen Chu Zhu’s vouchers.
• Qi Yu arrived with another lookout he had caught, completing the identification of all staff assigned to the task.
• The captured thief returned Chu Zhu’s vouchers, and Bai Luochuan explained that he had recognized the thief as the only member of the group with physical skills.

Bai Luochuan remained determined to become a security guard, while Qi Yu tried to redirect him toward furniture shopping. At lunch, Bai Luochuan enthusiastically accepted a sponsor’s drink and asked whether he could earn more by finishing entire cases.

• A man praised Bai Luochuan’s skills and offered him a job, but Bai Luochuan refused and said he planned to work at Qi Yu’s company after leaving entertainment.
• Qi Yu stopped Bai Luochuan from explaining further, and the man recognized Qi Yu and quickly left with his team.
• Bai Luochuan complained that Qi Yu was prejudiced against security work, while Qi Yu worried that Bai Luochuan was seriously set on becoming a security guard.
• Qi Yu reminded Bai Luochuan that they still needed to choose furniture, and the group resumed shopping until lunchtime.
• Director Liu gave Bai Luochuan a free sponsored drink and told him the advertising fee had increased.
• Bai Luochuan drank half the bottle, then asked whether he would be paid per bottle and offered to finish two cases.

Bai Luochuan’s advertising gig earned him extra drinks to share, and the guests chose beds before discovering that their rooms needed cleaning. Qi Yu cleaned their room himself and told Bai Luochuan he did it so he could keep him in a gilded love nest.

• Bai Luochuan filmed a drink advertisement, finished the half bottle, and persuaded Director Liu to give him extra bottles for the guests.
• The guests chose beds and mattresses, with Yang Qingfeng and Lan Muxing spending 6,000 tokens, Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu spending 14,000, and Chu Zhu’s team spending 30,000.
• The guests found their assigned rooms filthy, and the host explained that they could clean themselves or pay the Production Team for help.
• Xu Zhengyin and Chu Zhu paid 5,000 tokens each for cleaning, while Yang Qingfeng and Lan Muxing paid 4,000 to have the common areas cleaned.
• Qi Yu chose to clean his and Bai Luochuan’s room himself, and told Bai Luochuan he wanted to keep him in a gilded love nest.

Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu discussed Qi Yu’s fantasy of living alone together in a hidden house, and Bai Luochuan admitted he might even accept being kept there. After they finished cleaning and settled into the empty house, Bai Luochuan resolved to make their future home cozy so Qi Yu would never feel lonely again.

• Qi Yu described his wish for a private house where he could take care of Bai Luochuan, and Bai Luochuan pointed out that keeping him there would be imprisonment.
• Bai Luochuan briefly considered letting Qi Yu lock him away, then shook off the thought and returned to cleaning.
• Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu spent the day cleaning their house while Chu Zhu’s group used staff to finish their setup quickly.
• After showering, Bai Luochuan sat in Qi Yu’s arms in the empty living room and thought about how lonely Qi Yu’s past must have been.
• Bai Luochuan told Qi Yu he wanted their future home to feel cozy and welcoming, so Qi Yu would always know someone was waiting for him.

Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu planned their home together, then kept each other company by video call after the cameras went off. Bai Luochuan fell asleep with Qi Yu watching over him, and Qi Yu wished him good night.

• Bai Luochuan and Qi Yu discussed how to arrange and decorate their shared home while viewers watched the livestream.
• Yang Qingfeng and Lan Muxing reviewed photos of their model home and planned where to put furniture and decorations.
• The Production Team reminded everyone that surveillance cameras were still running and warned Qi Yu not to sneak into Bai Luochuan’s room.
• Bai Luochuan accidentally opened the game and started a video call with Qi Yu after they returned to their rooms.
• Qi Yu asked Bai Luochuan to keep the call open and rest, and Bai Luochuan fell asleep holding his fox plush.
• Qi Yu kissed his phone screen and told Bai Luochuan to make sure he appeared in his dreams.