Recaps

Lu Chuzhou forced Xu Xing into a restroom stall, but an outsider’s interruption stopped him before he could continue. Li Yi secretly recorded the incident and reflected on Xu Xing’s past before messaging Zhou Xuanze.

• Mu Xue resented being paired with Lu Chuzhou, while Sun Hong reminded her that her company needed his popularity.
• Lu Chuzhou dragged Xu Xing into a restroom stall and forced himself on him, threatening to stop paying his brother’s medical bills if Xu Xing resisted.
• An unseen person pounded on the restroom door and threatened to call the police, giving Xu Xing time to dress and leave before Lu Chuzhou followed.
• Li Yi secretly photographed Lu Chuzhou and Xu Xing and recorded what happened, recalling how Xu Xing had given up his debut after Lu Chuzhou took him for himself.
• Li Yi considered how Xu Xing might help him make Lu Chuzhou suffer, then sent Zhou Xuanze a message on WeChat.

Zhou Xuanze went to Starlight Bar believing Li Yi had invited him and prepared a surprise, but he found Lu Chuzhou and others waiting instead. After Li Yi erased their chat and removed the QR code, Zhou Xuanze struggled to prove that Li Yi had contacted him and headed back to the front desk with Lu Chuzhou.

• Zhou Xuanze received Li Yi’s invitation to Starlight Bar and told Lu Junjia he was staying home before driving to the bar.
• Zhou Xuanze scanned Li Yi’s QR code and saw cheeky Little Bitter Melon memes, while Li Yi used the code’s Trojan virus to erase their WeChat conversation and then removed the QR code.
• Zhou Xuanze entered Room 288 and found Lu Chuzhou, Mu Xue, Sun Hong, and Xu Xing there, where Lu Chuzhou said he had thought Zhou Xuanze invited them.
• Zhou Xuanze asked where Li Yi was, but Lu Chuzhou said Li Yi could not afford the membership or the million-yuan liquor and insisted that the chat history was blank.
• Zhou Xuanze insisted Li Yi had invited him and led Lu Chuzhou toward the front desk to show him the QR code.

Zhou Xuanze discovered that Li Yi had tricked him into paying for an expensive bottle of liquor and told Lu Chuzhou that Li Yi had left the Lu family. After leaving the bar, Li Yi finished his coffee and ran into someone at the entrance.

• Xu Xing left the bar to wait for Lu Chuzhou in the car.
• Zhou Xuanze could not find the panda sticker and doubted his memory after Lu Chuzhou suggested he had imagined it.
• The bar staff charged Zhou Xuanze thirty thousand for the Rémy Martin Louis XIII Black Pearl, and he realized Li Yi had played him again.
• Lu Chuzhou questioned Zhou Xuanze about inviting Li Yi and learned that Li Yi had left the Lu family.
• Li Yi closed his laptop after finishing his coffee and bumped into someone at the entrance.

Li Yi ran into Qi Feiyu and Wen Chi together and watched their flirtatious, bickering relationship unfold. After Wen Chi revealed he had Lu Junjia beaten up, Li Yi changed his opinion of him, leaving Wen Chi to ask whether he and Dr. Qi were a good match.

• Li Yi encountered Qi Feiyu and Wen Chi at a café, where Wen Chi openly acted affectionate toward Qi Feiyu.
• Li Yi wondered whether Wen Chi’s feelings for Qi Feiyu meant the novel’s characters and their fates had changed.
• Qi Feiyu denied being with Wen Chi, while Wen Chi insisted they were almost together and teased him about their examination.
• Qi Feiyu asked Li Yi about staying at Shi Yan’s villa, and Wen Chi mocked him for calling his work there a summer job.
• Li Yi declared Wen Chi was not good enough for Qi Feiyu, but reconsidered after Wen Chi said he had his bodyguards beat up Lu Junjia.
• Wen Chi asked Li Yi to say again whether Dr. Qi and he were a good match.

Li Yi asked Qi Feiyu about treatment for osteomyelitis and said he would find a way to pay for it. After returning home, he learned more about Yingjun’s self-learning and nail-art obsession, while Shi Yan came home with a gift for the robot.

• Li Yi asked Qi Feiyu whether his hospital treated osteomyelitis, and Qi explained the costs and extensive care involved; Li Yi said he would find the money.
• Wen Chi returned with cakes, and Li Yi teased him while Qi Feiyu stopped him from taking Li Yi’s cake.
• Li Yi retrieved his camera from the bar and returned home to find Yingjun admiring red-and-green press-on nails on its mechanical fingers.
• Shi Yan came home, scolded Yingjun for wearing the nails, and explained that the robot had taught itself nail art after its self-learning program developed unexpectedly.
• Shi Yan gave Yingjun a box of press-on nail toys, and the robot happily declared its love for him.

Li Yi borrowed a million from Shi Yan to fund Xu Hang’s treatment and visited Xu Hang in the hospital. He suggested that Lu Chuzhou was deliberately preventing Xu Hang from recovering, then left Xu Hang to discuss it with Xu Xing.

• Li Yi asked Shi Yan to refund his membership card, and Shi Yan instead lent him a million.
• Yingjun showed off its painted nails to Shi Yan and Li Yi, then spent the day praising Shi Yan for its new toy.
• Li Yi visited Xu Hang in the hospital before Xu Xing arrived and shared mandarins and canned peaches with him.
• Li Yi told Xu Hang that his illness and continued infections were under Lu Chuzhou’s control.
• Li Yi asked Xu Hang to tell Xu Xing to meet him in the garden downstairs.

Li Yi told Xu Xing that Lu Chuzhou had deliberately sabotaged Xu Hang’s treatment and offered help with his recovery and Xu Xing’s escape. Xu Xing agreed to gather evidence of Lu Chuzhou’s plagiarism and tax evasion while concealing their plans until the reality show began.

• Xu Hang told Xu Xing that Li Yi had visited him and claimed Lu Chuzhou controlled his illness and could help cure him.
• Li Yi accused Lu Chuzhou of prolonging Xu Hang’s illness through a caregiver and doctor, and Xu Hang said he had suspected something was wrong.
• Li Yi transferred Xu Xing a million, offered to arrange treatment at a private hospital and help with his contract, and urged him to start over.
• Li Yi asked Xu Xing to find evidence that Lu Chuzhou plagiarized songs and evaded taxes, and Xu Xing agreed.
• Xu Xing promised to leave Lu Chuzhou, and Li Yi told him to hide their plans until the reality show began.

Lu Chuzhou joined Island Love determined to make Li Yi pay, while Lu Junjia and Zhou Xuanze each had their own plans for the show. At the pier, Lu Chuzhou gave Xu Xing his office key, and Xu Xing left with it as Lu Chuzhou headed to join the others.

• Lu Chuzhou resented Li Yi and decided to show him the consequences of crossing the Lu family on the variety show.
• Lu Junjia planned to gain popularity by appearing with Lu Chuzhou and flirting with Zhou Xuanze, while Zhou Xuanze focused on stopping Li Yi and Shi Yan from getting together.
• Xu Xing picked up Lu Chuzhou, Lu Junjia, and Zhou Xuanze and drove them to the pier for Island Love.
• Lu Chuzhou pressed Xu Xing about his office and gave him the key after Xu Xing said his younger brother was still in the hospital.
• Xu Xing kept the key in his pocket and drove away as Lu Chuzhou went to join the others.

The guests arrived on Crescent Moon Island for the livestreamed dating show, where Li Yi traded barbs with Lu Chuzhou and introduced Mu Shan to his boss, Shi Yan. As Li Yi and Mu Shan exchanged contact details, Zhou Xuanze challenged Li Yi, who angrily told him to jump into the sea.

• Lu Chuzhou greeted Mu Xue and carried her suitcase, while Lu Junjia tried to carry Mu Shan’s and Zhou Xuanze stepped in to help.
• Li Yi pretended not to know Lu Chuzhou and joked that he would search for him on Sogou, provoking Lu Chuzhou’s anger.
• Mu Shan took a tangerine from Li Yi, learned that Shi Yan was his boss, and admired the unreleased Pear Phone Shi Yan had given him.
• Mu Shan asked Li Yi to help her preorder the phone, and Li Yi agreed after Shi Yan left the decision to him; Mu Shan added Li Yi on WeChat.
• Zhou Xuanze asked whether Li Yi had left the Lu family to sell phones, and Li Yi snapped back by telling him to jump into the sea.

On the boat, Li Yi traded barbed jokes with Zhou Xuanze and Lu Junjia while Shi Yan quietly indulged him. Lu Junjia staged a seasickness scene to cling to Zhou Xuanze, but Li Yi became genuinely ill, and Shi Yan took care of him.

• Li Yi mocked Zhou Xuanze with a chemistry joke, and Shi Yan joined in, making Mu Shan laugh.
• Shi Yan hinted that he wanted a tangerine, and Li Yi eventually shared his fruit with him.
• Lu Junjia pretended to be seasick and leaned into Zhou Xuanze, while Lu Chuzhou handed him seasickness medicine.
• Li Yi vomited from actual seasickness, and Shi Yan gave him water and medicine and disposed of the soiled bag.
• Zhou Xuanze watched Shi Yan care for Li Yi while Lu Junjia kept him from getting up.

Lu Junjia’s attempt to fake seasickness ended with him vomiting on Zhou Xuanze, who shoved him to the floor, while Li Yi recovered with Shi Yan’s medicated oil. As the couples settled back into the boat ride, Li Yi recalled the twin sisters who had been on the show in his previous life and realized they had been used as stepping stones for Lu Junjia and Zhou Xuanze’s relationship.

• Lu Junjia made himself vomit onto Zhou Xuanze’s legs, and Zhou Xuanze shoved him onto the floor before apologizing and leaving to change his pants.
• Lu Junjia cleaned the vomit from the floor himself while viewers compared the awkward couple with Shi Yan quietly caring for Li Yi.
• Shi Yan held medicated oil beneath Li Yi’s nose, easing his dizziness, and Li Yi held Shi Yan’s hand as he sniffed it.
• Zhou Xuanze returned and grew jealous watching Li Yi talk with Shi Yan, while Lu Junjia leaned against him and gradually restored their romantic mood.
• Li Yi recalled that twin sisters had appeared on the show in his previous life, where they had fallen for Lu Junjia and Zhou Xuanze and been treated as obstacles in their relationship.

The guests arrived on Crescent Moon Island and began a team-based search for keys to choose rooms, while Li Yi and Shi Yan took their time enjoying the island. As the other teams found keys, Shi Yan let Li Yi decide whether they should search or ride bikes.

• Dong Jiaqi and Dong Jianing met the guests, and Li Yi agreed to help them preorder Pear Phones after the show.
• Director Zhu Zhuxia explained that guests had two hours to find tagged keys that opened rooms, including a hidden key that could be used to swap rooms, and told them to hand in their phones.
• Mu Shan found a key immediately, but Mu Xue suggested that they collect more before trying it.
• Lu Chuzhou teamed up with Mu Xue and Mu Shan, Lu Junjia teamed up with Zhou Xuanze, the Dong sisters searched together, and Li Yi teamed up with Shi Yan.
• While the other teams searched for keys, Li Yi and Shi Yan strolled along the island road, and Shi Yan told Li Yi he would go along with whatever he wanted to do.

Li Yi and Shi Yan ignored the key hunt to ride bikes and enjoy the sea, then found two keys just before time ran out. The chapter ended with other contestants unlocking rooms while Li Yi and Shi Yan hurried back to the villa with their chances uncertain.

• Shi Yan used his watch as collateral to rent bikes for Li Yi and himself, though he claimed he had persuaded the owner with talk of good deeds.
• Lu Junjia and Zhou Xuanze showed off six keys and mocked Li Yi for not searching, while Li Yi and Shi Yan traded insults with them.
• Li Yi and Shi Yan rode around the island and played in the seawater, where Li Yi found a key and gave it to Shi Yan.
• Li Yi returned to the slope and found a second key stuck beneath the rock Lu Junjia had searched earlier.
• Li Yi and Shi Yan hurried back to the villa as the task time expired, while Mu Xue and Mu Shan and the twins unlocked rooms.

Li Yi used the single key he found to open the luxury suite, then baited Lu Junjia into accusing the production team of helping him cheat. The director angrily denied the accusation, and clips of the confrontation sent Island Love trending online.

• Lu Junjia, Zhou Xuanze, and Lu Chuzhou mocked Li Yi for finding only one key, but Li Yi opened the luxury suite with it.
• Li Yi said he had found the key beneath a rock, and Zhou Xuanze accused him of cheating with help from Shi Yan and the director.
• Li Yi insulted Lu Junjia and pointed out that director Zhu Zhuxia was furious, prompting Zhu Zhuxia to swear he had never helped anyone cheat.
• Lu Junjia apologized, and Zhou Xuanze said he trusted the production team after Zhu Zhuxia warned them about spreading accusations during a live broadcast.
• Viewers shared clips and jokes about the confrontation, pushing Island Love and Lu Junjia onto trending searches.

Shi Yan used a Hidden Key to send Lu Junjia to a tent, while Lu Chuzhou eventually unlocked the single room and was mocked by Li Yi and Shi Yan. After Li Yi secretly elbowed Lu Chuzhou, the production team told him to find his own meals, and he saw Li Yi and Shi Yan eating a seafood feast.

• Shi Yan revealed a Hidden Key and assigned Lu Junjia to sleep in a tent, then mocked Zhou Xuanze for complaining about the rules.
• Lu Chuzhou tried more than a dozen keys before opening the single room, which Li Yi and Shi Yan derided as worse than their bathroom.
• Lu Chuzhou threatened Li Yi, who secretly elbowed him in the flank and pretended it was an accident.
• Lu Junjia accused Li Yi of deliberately hitting Lu Chuzhou, but Lu Chuzhou cut him off and went inside to treat his painful waist.
• The production team told Lu Chuzhou to find his own lunch and dinner, and he saw Li Yi and Shi Yan enjoying a seafood feast.

Li Yi and Shi Yan chose to wander nearby instead of visiting the island’s music festival, while Lu Chuzhou invited Mu Xue to go with him and sing for money. Meanwhile, Lu Junjia and Zhou Xuanze joined Dong Jiaqi and Dong Jianing as they set out to earn money by selling portrait sketches.

• Li Yi told Shi Yan about the music festival, but they decided to explore nearby instead of going that day.
• Lu Chuzhou invited Mu Xue to the east square, and she agreed to watch him sing after Mu Shan chose to explore alone.
• Mu Shan joined Li Yi, Shi Yan, and Lu Junjia for spicy crab after Li Yi offered her some.
• Dong Jiaqi told Lu Junjia and Zhou Xuanze that she planned to sell portraits, using tulips as props, and they agreed to help her.
• Zhou Xuanze carried the art equipment and flirted with Dong Jiaqi, while Lu Junjia praised her drawings and offered to defend her.

Xu Xing met lawyer Peng Yuyan after Dr. Qi offered to help treat his younger brother and resolve his legal troubles with Lu Chuzhou. Peng promised to protect him and urged him to consider finding love again, leaving Xu Xing surprised by the matchmaking proposal.

• Xu Xing called Dr. Qi, who promised to arrange treatment for his younger brother and referred him to lawyer Peng Yuyan.
• Xu Xing followed Dr. Qi’s directions to a game arcade and found Peng Yuyan in a private gaming room.
• Peng said he knew about Lu Chuzhou’s threats and promised to use evidence of his tax evasion, plagiarism, and sabotage to protect Xu Xing.
• Peng noticed Xu Xing’s appearance without the glasses Lu Chuzhou had made him wear and said he wanted to set him up with someone.
• Xu Xing hesitated as Peng encouraged him not to give up on love or a future with someone.

Xu Xing met Peng Yuyan to plan how to gather evidence against Lu Chuzhou, while Peng Yuyan later watched Li Yi and Shi Yan flirt during the Island Love livestream. The chapter ended with Mu Shan asking to take a photo with Li Yi and Shi Yan.

• Xu Xing laughed with Peng Yuyan, then asked what else he needed to prepare to expose Lu Chuzhou.
• Peng Yuyan told Xu Xing to collect evidence and information about Lu Chuzhou's associates, gave him his private number, and arranged for them to meet at the Arcade.
• Peng Yuyan called Qi Feiyu but overheard a commotion involving Wen Chi before the call disconnected.
• Peng Yuyan opened the Island Love livestream and watched Li Yi photograph Shi Yan by the sea.
• Li Yi took photos of Shi Yan, then Shi Yan photographed Li Yi at sunset.
• Mu Shan asked Li Yi to take her picture and then asked to pose with Li Yi and Shi Yan.

Li Yi, Shi Yan, and Mu Shan took affectionate photos together before returning to the villa, where the cast shared food and exchanged gifts. The Dong sisters gave their gifts to Li Yi and Shi Yan, while Lu Chuzhou and Mu Xue exchanged thoughtful presents of their own.

• Mu Shan photographed Li Yi and Shi Yan together by the sea, and Li Yi agreed to send her copies of their couple photos.
• Li Yi returned to the villa, where Dong Jianing described how the Dong sisters had struggled to earn money by painting.
• Mu Xue and Lu Chuzhou brought snacks to share, and Li Yi and Shi Yan ate them despite Lu Chuzhou's attempt to show off.
• The director announced the gift exchange, and Lu Chuzhou and Mu Xue exchanged a snowflake necklace and a vinyl record.
• Lu Junjia gave the women ceramic mugs, Zhou Xuanze gave Lu Junjia a bracelet, and the Dong sisters gave Li Yi and Shi Yan a painting and a piano album.

Shi Yan gave the cast seven top-of-the-line phones, and the Dong sisters and Mu Shan eagerly chose theirs while taking photos. When Lu Junjia, Lu Chuzhou, and Zhou Xuanze held back from choosing, Shi Yan called their response rude and swept the remaining phones back into his bag.

• Shi Yan placed seven 512GB Pear Phones in different colors on the coffee table for everyone to choose from.
• Dong Jianing and Dong Jiaqi excitedly picked pink and pale purple phones and arranged a photo session before the others chose.
• Mu Shan gave Shi Yan two handmade pipe-cleaner puppy keychains, and Shi Yan passed one to Li Yi, who praised it and talked about teaching his home robot to make similar crafts.
• Mu Shan chose a pale green phone for Mu Xue, while Lu Junjia, Lu Chuzhou, and Zhou Xuanze did not take any phones.
• Shi Yan asked whether his gifts were not good enough, called the three men rude, and took the remaining phones back before they could answer.

Li Yi used Blue Mountain Coffee to expose Lu Junjia’s reaction and force him to apologize, then teased him about Kopi Luwak. After Lu Junjia and Zhou Xuanze settled into bed together, someone poured water on them from a second-floor window.

• Li Yi handed out Blue Mountain Coffee, and Lu Junjia rushed to the bathroom to vomit when he saw it.
• Li Yi revealed that Lu Chuzhou endorsed the coffee, prompting Lu Chuzhou to demand that Lu Junjia apologize.
• Lu Junjia apologized to Li Yi, who teased him about Kopi Luwak and offered to make him coffee every morning.
• After the livestream ended, Lu Junjia secretly vomited again and told Zhou Xuanze he might not be used to the local conditions.
• Lu Junjia and Zhou Xuanze pushed their mattresses together and fell into each other’s arms.
• Someone poured a basin of water from a second-floor window onto Lu Junjia and Zhou Xuanze’s bed.

Li Yi dumped foot-washing water on Zhou Xuanze and Lu Junjia, and Zhou Xuanze mistakenly took Li Yi's teasing for a sign that he was jealous. Later, Shi Yan applied lip balm to Li Yi, whose jealousy and anger grew when he thought Shi Yan was flirting despite having a crush on someone else.

• Li Yi spilled foot-washing water onto Zhou Xuanze and Lu Junjia, who separated their mattresses to hide that they had planned to share a bed.
• Zhou Xuanze confronted Li Yi, who teased him before making a gesture that Zhou Xuanze mistook for a blown kiss.
• Lu Junjia suspected Li Yi had said something to Zhou Xuanze and became more resentful of him.
• Shi Yan stopped Li Yi from picking at his dry lips and applied lip balm, prompting Li Yi to admire him and then grow jealous.
• Shi Yan apologized for seeming to flirt, but Li Yi accused him of flirting with others despite having a crush, and grew furious when Shi Yan chuckled.

Li Yi and Shi Yan teased each other on the bed, and Li Yi accidentally aroused Shi Yan before their playful tussle continued. Shi Yan left Li Yi with lip balm and denied having a secret crush, while Li Yi wondered if he had misunderstood and happily hugged Shi Yan’s scented pillow.

• Li Yi playfully tried to smother Shi Yan with a pillow, then accidentally fell onto him and felt him become aroused.
• Shi Yan teased Li Yi about taking responsibility, and Li Yi insisted he would obey the marriage law and wait until he was twenty-two.
• Shi Yan lifted and tossed Li Yi in his arms to demonstrate his strength, then set him down after Li Yi begged him to stop.
• Li Yi bit Shi Yan’s neck, and Shi Yan told him to rest before going to wash up.
• Shi Yan gave Li Yi lip balm and denied having a secret crush, leaving Li Yi to wonder if he had misunderstood him as he cuddled Shi Yan’s scented pillow.

Li Yi and Shi Yan spent their daily budget on seafood noodles and braised duck necks, while Li Yi showed the shop owner that he liked Lu Chuzhou’s songs. The owner began playing “Summer Day” after Li Yi suggested it might draw Lu Chuzhou over, and the live comments debated Li Yi’s relationship with his brother.

• The production team gave each team a daily budget of 200 yuan, and Li Yi chose to sleep through the morning before going out with Shi Yan for lunch.
• Shi Yan gave Li Yi a neck fan and picked the clams out of Li Yi’s seafood noodles.
• Li Yi bought twenty yuan’s worth of duck necks and told the shop owner that he was a fan of Lu Chuzhou’s songs.
• Li Yi suggested that playing “Summer Day” on repeat might lure Lu Chuzhou to the shop, so the owner put the song on.
• Li Yi hummed along as he left with Shi Yan, while viewers argued in the live comments about his bond with Lu Chuzhou and the singer’s music.

Li Yi and Shi Yan watched the island music festival before returning to the villa, where Shi Yan gave Li Yi an expensive watch as compensation. As Shi Yan tried to leave, Li Yi accidentally pulled him down and their lips collided.

• Li Yi and Shi Yan spotted Lu Chuzhou, Lu Junjia, and the others performing at the music festival, then returned to the villa.
• Dong Jianing offered Li Yi durian mille crêpe cake, but he said he was allergic, so Shi Yan ate it instead.
• Shi Yan told Li Yi his compensation was in a little white box in his suitcase, and Li Yi opened it to find a watch.
• Li Yi put on the watch, and Shi Yan adjusted its strap while Li Yi admired him.
• When Shi Yan ruffled Li Yi's hair and started to stand, Li Yi grabbed his shirt and pulled him down, making their lips collide.