Chapter Summaries

After an intense kiss left Li Yi’s lips swollen, Shi Yan blamed a possible durian allergy, bought medicine, and stayed nearby until Li Yi was well. The next morning, the director assigned dates based on the cast’s preselected activities, pairing Lu Chuzhou with Mu Xue, Zhou Xuanze with Dong Jiaqi, and Lu Junjia with Dong Jianing.

• Shi Yan kissed Li Yi passionately, then noticed Li Yi’s lips were swollen and burning.
• Li Yi feared he was allergic to saliva, but Shi Yan said it was probably a durian allergy and went to buy medicine.
• Shi Yan applied ointment while Li Yi slept, then watched over him until his swelling eased.
• Zhu Zhuxia announced that cast members who had chosen the same activity would pair up for dates.
• Lu Chuzhou and Mu Xue were paired for the music festival, while Zhou Xuanze and Dong Jiaqi were paired for the road trip, and Lu Junjia and Dong Jianing were paired for sailing.

Li Yi’s quiet support for Lu Chuzhou came to light, making Lu Chuzhou reconsider their relationship and decide to forgive him. After Lu Chuzhou’s festival performances drew online attention and fans to Crescent Moon Island, he planned to invite Li Yi to sing a duet with him and clear up the fans’ misunderstanding.

• Li Yi took Shi Yan and Mu Shan to a seaside restaurant, where Shi Yan arranged for Lu Chuzhou’s song to play and Mu Shan privately concluded Shi Yan was in love with Li Yi.
• At a braised food shop, the owner told Lu Chuzhou that Li Yi had praised his songs and asked the shop to play them to draw him in.
• Lu Chuzhou reconsidered Li Yi’s past kindness, remembering the throat lozenges Li Yi had prepared for him, and began questioning whether he had misjudged him.
• Lu Chuzhou performed at the music festival, and videos of him playing guitar and his songs gained attention online, prompting fans to buy tickets to Crescent Moon Island.
• The music festival organizers invited the show’s guests to perform, and Li Yi enthusiastically supported the idea.
• Lu Chuzhou decided to forgive Li Yi and planned to invite him to sing a duet at the festival to address fans’ misunderstanding of him.

Xu Xing and Peng Yuyan retrieved evidence against Lu Chuzhou and discussed Xu Xing joining Peng’s law firm. After Xu Xing found the original drafts at Lu Chuzhou’s villa, Xu Ye confronted and propositioned him, and someone struck Xu Ye with a phone.

• Xu Xing showed Peng Yuyan the stolen documents, and they agreed to retrieve the original drafts from Lu Chuzhou’s villa.
• Peng Yuyan offered Xu Xing a job at his law firm and promised to protect him from the Lu family; Xu Xing agreed to consider it.
• Xu Xing entered Lu Chuzhou’s villa and found the original drafts in the study.
• Xu Ye confronted Xu Xing outside the villa and offered him money for sex, but Xu Xing refused and slapped away his hand.
• Xu Ye insulted Xu Xing, and a Pear Phone flew into Xu Ye’s forehead, knocking him backward.

Peng Yuyan beat Xu Ye unconscious and left with Xu Xing and the original draft. At the music festival, Lu Chuzhou performed before a cheering crowd and invited Li Yi onstage to sing with him.

• Peng Yuyan beat Xu Ye until he passed out, then told Xu Xing that Xu Ye would not dare report him.
• Xu Xing confirmed he had the original draft, and he and Peng Yuyan went to get something to eat.
• On the festival's fourth day, Lu Chuzhou celebrated his sudden popularity while Dong Jiaqi complained to Mu Shan about Zhou Xuanze's behavior toward her and Lu Junjia.
• Zhu Zhuxia briefed the guests on the schedule and safety arrangements before they traveled to the festival venue.
• Lu Chuzhou performed a new song and then began singing "Summer Day" as the crowd cheered.
• Lu Chuzhou invited Li Yi to join him onstage, surprising Lu Junjia, who had expected to be called.

At a music festival, Li Yi and Hu Xiaobei exposed Lu Chuzhou for plagiarizing Hu Xiaobei’s song and several other musicians’ work. Evidence appeared on the big screen and online, leaving Lu Chuzhou facing public outrage.

• Lu Chuzhou invited Li Yi to sing “Summer Day,” but Li Yi deliberately changed the lyrics and melody.
• Hu Xiaobei joined Li Yi onstage, and they performed the original song, “Missing Summer.”
• Li Yi accused Lu Chuzhou of stealing Hu Xiaobei’s work, while Lu Chuzhou denied it and claimed there was no evidence.
• Xu Xing and Peng Yuyan brought a laptop onstage, and Li Yi displayed Lu Chuzhou’s drafts alongside Hu Xiaobei’s songwriting records.
• Li Yi showed evidence from several lesser-known singers on Weibo, and their plagiarism allegations spread across the trending list.

Li Yi exposed Lu Chuzhou’s fake romance, criminal evidence, and betrayal of his fans, leading law enforcement to take him away. He urged the devastated fans to donate to the Animal Protection Association, whose website was overwhelmed by donations.

• Li Yi played a video revealing that Lu Chuzhou and Mu Xue’s pairing was arranged for publicity, and Mu Xue’s company publicly distanced her from Lu.
• Li Yi exposed Lu Chuzhou’s deception to his fans, who cursed him and mourned the money and time they had spent supporting him.
• Law enforcement officers confronted Lu Chuzhou over suspected tax evasion, unlawful detention, and organizing illegal activities, and moved to take him in for questioning.
• Lu Chuzhou accused Xu Xing of betraying him, but Li Yi slapped him and said he and Xu Xing had uncovered evidence of his crimes.
• Li Yi urged the fans to donate to the Animal Protection Association, and the surge in donations overwhelmed its website and brought its account hundreds of thousands of new followers.

After Lu Chuzhou was taken away by police, Li Yi revived the music festival with an energetic fusion of traditional instruments and dance music. The performance drew new viewers to the livestream, where Zhu Zhuxia kept adding more sponsors’ products to the stage.

• Lu Chuzhou was escorted offstage by police as fans threw food and drinks at him.
• Zhu Zhuxia accepted sponsors’ offers and packed the stage with product displays and looping advertisements.
• Li Yi and Hu Xiaobei’s team performed “Bad Guy” with guzheng, sanxian, pipa, and suona, lifting the crowd’s spirits.
• Shi Yan watched Li Yi perform while concealing his intense romantic and physical fantasies about him.
• Viewers dubbed the performance “health-boosting DJ music” and shared it online, sending more people to the livestream.
• Zhu Zhuxia added even more products to the stage, including socks, energy drinks, sunscreen, and a fishing rod.

Li Yi returned the stage to Hu Xiaobei and flirted with Shi Yan, while Lu Junjia decided to use Zhou Xuanze to lure Li Yi away from Shi Yan and secure the old man's shares. Zhou Xuanze was already eager to invite Li Yi on the next date segment.

• Li Yi left the stage after performing, and Hu Xiaobei thanked him with a thumbs-up before taking over.
• Peng Yuyan asked Li Yi about his instruments, and Li Yi said he had learned to play dozens at the nursing home.
• Shi Yan invited Li Yi to touch his face, then guided Li Yi's hand over his lips and neck before clasping their hands together.
• Lu Junjia saw Shi Yan take Li Yi's hand and concluded they were involved, then resolved to make Shi Yan despise Li Yi.
• Lu Junjia urged Zhou Xuanze to invite Li Yi on the next date segment so he could use their past relationship to get Li Yi's shares.

At the music festival, Shi Yan and Li Yi left together after teasing and flirting with each other, but an attacker tried to splash red paint on Li Yi. Shi Yan stopped him and nearly choked him before Li Yi intervened, and island police arrived as Li Yi explained what had happened.

• Peng Yuyan teased Li Yi and Shi Yan about visiting his guesthouse, while Shi Yan playfully squeezed Li Yi’s hand before they left the festival.
• Shi Yan and Li Yi walked toward the parking area, and an attacker rushed at Li Yi with red paint.
• Shi Yan pulled Li Yi behind him and kicked the attacker, spilling the paint over the man.
• The attacker accused Li Yi of getting his idol arrested, and Shi Yan grabbed his throat in anger.
• Li Yi urged Shi Yan to let the attacker go, and Shi Yan released him but stopped him from escaping.
• Island police arrived, and Li Yi explained that the attacker had tried to throw paint and that witnesses could confirm it.

Shi Yan and Li Yi dealt with an attack by a Lu Chuzhou fan, while Shi Yan continued targeting the Lu family and Li Yi reflected on his eldest brother. Li Yi ended the chapter waking from a frightening childhood dream about a teenage boy he had called Big Brother.

• Shi Yan subdued the man who threw paint at Li Yi, and police later learned the attacker had acted after seeing accusations in Lu Chuzhou's fan group.
• Peng Yuyan arranged compensation for the attacker and received two million yuan from Shi Yan to stop pestering him and Li Yi.
• Shi Yan told his assistant to support Lu Chuzhou's victims and keep causing trouble for Lu Shixuan's company so Lu Shixuan could not leave Germany.
• Li Yi marked Lu Chuzhou as dealt with in his notebook and wondered why Lu Shixuan had never contacted him since he returned to the Lu family.
• Li Yi dreamed that a teenage boy he called Big Brother took away his stolen strawberry ice cream and frightened him into tears, then woke up scared.

Li Xu arrived on Crescent Moon Island and immediately asked Zhou Xuanze on a date, upsetting Lu Junjia and drawing Li Yi’s amused attention. As the guests began pairing up, Zhou Xuanze looked toward Li Yi, but Li Xu pulled him aside to plan their date.

• Li Yi learned that the production team was bringing in a new guest, then joined the others for breakfast.
• Zhu Zhuxia introduced Li Xu, who greeted Lu Junjia and revealed they were old friends.
• Li Xu asked Zhou Xuanze to go on a date, and Zhou Xuanze accepted, leaving Lu Junjia furious.
• Li Xu cautiously greeted Li Yi, who told him to have fun while glancing toward Zhou Xuanze.
• The director announced the new guest’s first choice of dates, and Li Xu asked Zhou Xuanze where he wanted to go.

Lu Junjia tried to disrupt Li Yi and Shi Yan by asking Shi Yan on a date and claiming Shi Yan had pursued him before. Shi Yan rejected the claim and revealed that Li Yi was the person he had been searching for all along, leaving Lu Junjia shocked.

• Zhou Xuanze agreed to explore the island with Li Xu, prompting Lu Junjia to complain that he had promised to ask Li Yi out.
• Zhou Xuanze suggested that Lu Junjia ask Shi Yan out to drive a wedge between him and Li Yi, and Lu Junjia agreed.
• The women planned a group trip, while Zhu Zhuxia gave Li Xu a secret mission to get Zhou Xuanze to touch his hair.
• Lu Junjia asked Shi Yan on a date and claimed Shi Yan had investigated him because he was interested in him.
• Shi Yan pointed out that he had been looking for someone with a mole beneath the corner of his mouth, exposing Lu Junjia's claim as false.
• Lu Junjia suggested Li Yi was only a substitute, but Shi Yan took Li Yi's hand and declared that Li Yi was the one he had been looking for all along.

Li Yi rebuffed Lu Junjia’s warning and chose to trust Shi Yan, then agreed to join the group’s yacht outing. After the director called Li Yi away, Shi Yan missed his chance to explain, while Li Yi discovered a task that required Shi Yan to feed him voluntarily so they could keep the luxury suite.

• Li Yi insulted Lu Junjia and dismissed his warning, then asked Shi Yan whether he had been lying; Shi Yan promised to explain later, and Li Yi decided to trust him.
• Mu Shan invited Li Yi to go sea fishing and snorkeling, and Shi Yan offered his three-deck yacht for the group’s outing.
• Zhou Xuanze and Li Xu joined the trip, while Lu Junjia questioned Li Xu’s sudden change of plans and Zhou Xuanze awkwardly moved everyone along.
• The group prepared for the outing, but the director called Li Yi away before Shi Yan could explain, and Li Yi later avoided packing with him.
• Li Yi read his mini task card and realized he had to get Shi Yan to feed him willingly to keep their luxury suite.

Li Xu used his date with Zhou Xuanze to draw him away from Lu Junjia and get closer to him. The chapter ended with Lu Junjia watching jealously as Zhou Xuanze drank from the spot Li Xu had kissed.

• Li Yi relaxed on Shi Yan's yacht while the others explored its decks.
• Li Xu took Zhou Xuanze away from Lu Junjia, insisting that it was their date.
• Li Xu persuaded Zhou Xuanze to make juice with him and used the scent of his shampoo to get Zhou Xuanze to touch his hair.
• Li Xu offered Zhou Xuanze the glass of juice from the spot he had kissed, and Zhou Xuanze drank from it.
• Lu Junjia saw them and grew furious, thinking Li Xu had declared war on him.

Li Yi teased Lu Junjia and Zhou Xuanze before joining Shi Yan for a fishing trip, where he discovered Shi Yan had used up his bait. After their playful argument, Li Yi taught Shi Yan how to fish, and the two continued their lesson as viewers watched.

• Li Yi brought Lu Junjia iced juice and teased him and Zhou Xuanze about making juice together with love.
• Li Yi found his bucket of bait empty, and Shi Yan accidentally—or deliberately—threw his fishing rod into the water as they fell together.
• Li Yi mixed fresh bait and explained his secret recipe and basic fishing techniques to Shi Yan.
• Shi Yan admitted he had teased Li Yi to keep him talking, then tickled him until Li Yi laughed.
• Li Yi began teaching Shi Yan to fish while viewers watched and fishing tackle shops promoted their products using the livestream.

Li Yi completed his hidden mission and enjoyed a seafood lunch before diving with Shi Yan. A sudden storm drove them away from the yacht, and Lu Junjia deliberately threw their rescue rope into the sea, unaware that someone had recorded him.

• Li Yi and Shi Yan shared food at lunch while Li Xu and Lu Junjia competed for Zhou Xuanze’s attention, and Li Yi teased Zhou about having someone on each arm.
• Zhu Zhuxia told Li Yi that he had completed his hidden mission and could keep staying in the luxury suite.
• Li Yi went diving with Shi Yan, who stayed close as Li Yi explored the coral and fish.
• A sudden storm battered the yacht and pushed Li Yi and Shi Yan farther out to sea, prompting the captain to call for a rescue rope.
• Lu Junjia untied the rope and deliberately threw it into the sea, then claimed he had dropped it by accident as someone recorded him.

After a diving accident separated Li Yi and Shi Yan from the yacht, Shi Yan found Li Yi and helped him survive until they reached an undeveloped island. As they sheltered there overnight, Shi Yan revealed that he had been searching for Li Yi for years because, in his memories, they had grown up together.

• The captain called the Maritime Rescue Hotline after Li Yi and Shi Yan disappeared beneath the waves.
• Shi Yan found Li Yi in the water, calmed him, and guided him as they floated until the waves carried them to a small island.
• Li Yi and Shi Yan explored the island, made straw sandals, gathered wild fruits and coconuts, and lit a fire before nightfall.
• Shi Yan and Li Yi huddled together for warmth, and Li Yi asked what Shi Yan had meant by saying he was the person he had been looking for.
• Shi Yan told Li Yi that he had searched for him for years and that, in his memories, they had grown up together.

Shi Yan told Li Yi that dreams had led him to recognize him as the child Junjun from Miao'an Town, whom he had searched for since childhood. Shi Yan confessed his feelings, Li Yi accepted, and they kissed on the island before Shi Yan got up to tend the fire.

• Shi Yan explained that he believed his dreams revealed a past life in which he and Li Yi had met as children in Miao'an Town.
• Li Yi confirmed that he had been lost in Miao'an Town at age five and had been called Junjun, but rejected Shi Yan's suggestion that the dreams involved a previous life.
• Shi Yan told Li Yi that he had recognized him on the Nursing Home variety show and had searched for him for years.
• Shi Yan confessed that he liked Li Yi and asked him to share a new life with him, and Li Yi agreed.
• Shi Yan asked to kiss Li Yi, and they kissed passionately beside the fire until it began to die down.
• Li Yi signaled for more firewood, and Shi Yan got up to tend the fire while Li Yi reflected on their intense kisses.

Shi Yan and Li Yi were rescued after a night at sea, and Shi Yan learned that his disappearance had sparked an attempted takeover at Huanxing Group. Back at the villa, Lu Junjia’s guilt over the rope incident surfaced as the others welcomed Shi Yan and Li Yi home.

• Shi Yan and Li Yi signaled a searching speedboat and were rescued, while the captain explained how the search had unfolded.
• Shi Yan called his secretary and learned that President Wang, Zhao Shengqi, and several shareholders had tried to seize control of Huanxing Group, while employees and business partners reacted to news of his apparent death.
• Shi Yan told his secretary to identify the employees and shareholders who had turned against him and promised rewards to those who had stayed loyal.
• Lu Junjia regretted his role in the rope incident, but denied to Zhou Xuanze that he had thrown it into the sea on purpose.
• Zhu Zhuxia welcomed Shi Yan back and denied that the production team had leaked the news, while Lu Junjia silently recalled that he had used a stolen phone to spread it.

After returning safely, Shi Yan and Li Yi suspected Lu Junjia of leaking information and targeting Shi Yan’s company. Shi Yan confirmed Lu Junjia’s connection to the attacks and planned retaliation while arranging further investigations and schemes against the Lu Corporation.

• Shi Yan promised to investigate the disruption to filming, and Li Yi challenged Lu Junjia after he defensively denied involvement.
• Shi Yan and Li Yi went upstairs, where Shi Yan said Lu Junjia was a likely culprit and hinted at a plan to make him suffer.
• Shi Yan kissed Li Yi and whispered his plan to him, then Li Yi went to shower.
• Shi Yan read messages reporting that the company had resumed normal operations and that Lu Junjia’s alternate account had leaked information and incited fans to attack Li Yi.
• Shi Yan instructed his staff to pursue legal action against disruptive employees, undermine the Lu Corporation’s land bid, and bring intimidating men to Crescent Moon Island.
• Shi Yan deleted the messages and decided to keep Wang Heng and the others anxious until the show ended, while anticipating Zhao Shengqi’s regret.