Recaps

Yao Xuan drew Tang Keni into a day of forced compliments, while Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan took turns feeding each other at a restaurant. After Xie Huan joked about their future child, Pei Tingyun started thinking about baby names, and the group headed to a pottery workshop for the next couples’ activity.

• Yao Xuan realized Tang Keni’s awkward compliments came from a mission and encouraged him to keep talking and complimenting him.
• At the seventh restaurant, Xie Huan explained five-color starch noodles while Pei Tingyun waited for him to feed him so he could complete his mission.
• Pei Tingyun tried to feed Xie Huan in return, but the slippery noodles kept falling, so Xie Huan took the chopsticks and joked that Pei Tingyun would starve their future child.
• Pei Tingyun became absorbed in imagining what to name a child with Xie Huan and stopped worrying about his embarrassment.
• Pei Tingyun spotted a pottery workshop, and the director arranged a pottery-making activity for the couples, prompting Gu Lin to joke about being left out.

The Roaming Group completed a pottery outing and visited ten eateries, but the director refused to pay until Pei Tingyun argued that Number Six had eaten kibble at every stop. Gu Lin earned a privilege for demonstrating the husky’s skill, while Yao Xuan surprised Tang Keni by calling him “baby.”

• Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan made a vase, Tang Keni and Yao Xuan struggled over a cup, and Gu Lin made a bowl for Number Six.
• Xie Huan led the group through ten eateries on 100 yuan, but the director refused to pay because the husky had not eaten.
• Pei Tingyun pointed out that Gu Lin had fed Number Six kibble at every eatery, and the director gave Xie Huan the promised money.
• Gu Lin had Number Six demonstrate resting its chin in his hand and earned the privilege of making anyone do anything.
• Yao Xuan called Tang Keni “baby” after collecting money from the director, leaving Tang Keni stunned.

The Roaming Group completed their hidden tasks and earned 1,000 yuan, only to learn it was their budget for the entire Northeast China stop. With Pei Tingyun’s strategy and Gu Lin’s privilege, the group pressured the director into promising to cover their food and entertainment expenses.

• Tang Keni stayed silent until he completed his hidden task, while Yao Xuan kept trying to provoke him into speaking.
• The director announced that all the members had completed their tasks and the Roaming Group had earned 1,000 yuan for the next six days.
• Pei Tingyun reminded Gu Lin that his privilege could make the director do anything, and Tang Keni showed the director Gu Lin’s interview video as proof.
• Gu Lin used his privilege to demand that the director make up however much funding the group lacked, but the director offered only ten yuan.
• Xie Huan grabbed the director by the neck, and the director promised to cover the group’s food and entertainment expenses.

Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun planned a secret nighttime trip to Xie Huan’s childhood home, hoping to visit the place where he grew up. After slipping out of the villa and catching a ride to the train station, Pei Tingyun realized he had forgotten something important.

• Xie Huan asked Pei Tingyun to go with him that night to see where he had lived as a child, and Pei Tingyun agreed despite worrying about being recognized.
• Xie Huan’s assigned PD interviewed him for half an hour about places to visit and eat in Northeast China while Pei Tingyun waited in their room.
• Pei Tingyun disguised them both, scouted the villa’s back route, and slipped out with Xie Huan while the husky followed without making a sound.
• Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun met a car he had arranged through the Gu Household and rode to the train station.
• Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun bought tickets for the next train, and Pei Tingyun realized he had forgotten something important.

Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan traveled by train and taxi to visit Xie Huan’s master at a remote mountain temple. Nervous but determined to stay by Xie Huan’s side, Pei Tingyun reached the old temple gates with him late at night.

• Pei Tingyun worried that arriving without a gift would offend Xie Huan’s master, but Xie Huan reassured him and promised to protect him.
• Pei Tingyun calmed down in the crowded station when Xie Huan told him, “I’m here,” and whispered that he loved him.
• Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan traveled by train, then took a taxi along a mountain road and paid the fare with Pei Tingyun’s cash.
• Pei Tingyun promised never to let go of Xie Huan’s hand as they climbed the dark, rough mountain path.
• Xie Huan stopped at the gates of an old temple, and Pei Tingyun looked up at its open entrance and wooden bells.

Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan visited Xie Huan’s temple, but his absent master was nowhere to be found. After Xie Huan revealed he was growing his hair out for Pei Tingyun, the two kissed in the woods and decided to stay at the temple overnight, leaving their relationship’s future unresolved until they could speak with his master.

• Xie Huan took Pei Tingyun through the temple to his master’s empty quarters and said his master was likely out all night.
• Pei Tingyun comforted the disappointed Xie Huan, then learned Xie Huan was growing his hair out for him.
• Pei Tingyun led Xie Huan into the woods and kissed him, and Xie Huan suggested they stay at the temple for the night.
• Xie Huan promised not to abandon Pei Tingyun, unless something changed, and the two kissed again.
• Xie Huan prepared fresh bedding on the kang and gave Pei Tingyun clean clothes to wash up in.

Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun spent the night at the temple, where their teasing and affection brought them closer. Before leaving, Pei Tingyun donated all their money while praying to stay with Xie Huan forever, leaving them without fare for the trip back.

• Pei Tingyun admired Xie Huan as he changed the bedding, then teased and kissed him before they went to sleep together.
• Xie Huan held Pei Tingyun close after he said good night and told him he loved him.
• Before dawn, Xie Huan left a note for his master and prepared to walk with Pei Tingyun to find a taxi.
• Xie Huan explained that temple prayers were handled by his master through surveillance footage, donations, and consideration of the request.
• Pei Tingyun loudly prayed to stay with Xie Huan forever and put the entire envelope of money into the donation box.
• Xie Huan scolded Pei Tingyun for giving away their travel money, then poked his forehead instead of hitting him.

Xie Huan scolded Pei Tingyun for donating all his money, then revealed that Pei Tingyun’s childhood “rescue” had happened while Xie Huan was swimming. Pei Tingyun was left mortified, but kissed Xie Huan to stop him from recounting the rest.

• Xie Huan installed an anti-fraud app on Pei Tingyun’s phone after retrieving the money he had thrown into the donation box.
• Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun left the temple and walked down the mountain together, discussing the couplet on its doors.
• At the foot of the mountain, Pei Tingyun recognized the river where he had supposedly rescued Xie Huan as a child.
• Xie Huan admitted that he had been swimming when Pei Tingyun tried to rescue him, leaving Pei Tingyun embarrassed.
• Xie Huan described how Pei Tingyun had given him his clothes and tried to take him home before getting lost, and Pei Tingyun kissed him to make him stop.

Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan sneaked away together, then bluffed the director by claiming they had gone to buy breakfast. After returning to the villa with bags of food, Pei Tingyun realized he had spent the trip without gloves, and Tang Keni teased them about their matching outfits.

• Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan kissed and teased each other while walking together, though Pei Tingyun picked the wrong direction and Xie Huan corrected him.
• The director discovered their phone locations showed them more than two hundred kilometers from the villa and called them repeatedly when they failed to answer.
• After returning to the city, Pei Tingyun claimed they had gone to a morning market, then hurried with Xie Huan to buy breakfast from nearby shops to support the lie.
• Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan returned to the villa carrying bags of breakfast, and Pei Tingyun realized he had gone out all night without gloves.
• Tang Keni noticed their matching clothes and teased Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan as the others waited for breakfast.

The Roaming Group drew destinations and props for their Northeast China outing, then arrived at a forest park and learned their task was to collect litter. Yao Xuan asked to trade his broom for a litter grabber, prompting the group to take on a game challenge.

• Pei Tingyun showed off his matching outfit with Xie Huan, while Gu Lin and the others reacted to the couple’s affection.
• The director had the Roaming Group draw lots, giving Pei Tingyun a riverside campsite, Xie Huan a restaurant, Gu Lin a scenic area, Tang Keni a broom, and Yao Xuan three garbage bags.
• The Roaming Group traveled to a national forest park, where the director assigned them to fill three large garbage bags with litter.
• Tang Keni and Yao Xuan bickered over the broom as they began picking up litter.
• Yao Xuan asked the production team for a different prop, and the director said the group had to complete a game challenge to trade it.
• Yao Xuan gathered the others to play the game called You say, I do.

The Roaming Group completed the director’s five challenges and set out to collect litter, but Yao Xuan and Tang Keni took the only litter picker. Gu Lin and Number Six filled one bag while Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan teased each other, and the group ended the day short of the three bags needed to check in at the restaurant.

• The Roaming Group completed the director’s challenges, and Xie Huan carried Pei Tingyun on his back to the tree.
• Yao Xuan grabbed the only litter picker and ran off with Tang Keni, leaving Gu Lin, Xie Huan, and Pei Tingyun without one.
• Gu Lin taught Number Six to collect plastic bottles, but the husky later took a drink bottle from a girl, so Gu Lin apologized and gave her a new drink and Pei Tingyun’s autographed photo.
• Xie Huan blocked the girl from getting too close to Pei Tingyun, and Pei Tingyun teased him for being jealous.
• The group picked up litter until the scenic area was nearly closing, but they filled only one bag and failed to qualify for the restaurant check-in.

Xie Huan treated the Roaming Group and the production crew to iron-pot stew before the group drew activities for the next day, including a Northeast China bathhouse experience. At the bathhouse, Pei Tingyun tried to keep Xie Huan covered and acted coy as Xie Huan undressed him, attracting the attention of a silver-haired man.

• Xie Huan led the Roaming Group away from the scenic area and treated everyone, including the production crew, to iron-pot stew.
• Heavy rain canceled the riverside camping trip, and the group returned to the villa to draw activities for the next day.
• Xie Huan drew a bathhouse experience, and the production team required the group to wear towels around their waists for the livestream.
• Pei Tingyun wore long pants under his towel and persuaded Xie Huan to wear an undershirt because he did not want others seeing Xie Huan's muscles.
• At the bathhouse, Xie Huan undressed while Pei Tingyun acted shy, and a silver-haired man watched them with surprise.

At the bathhouse, Xie Huan teased Pei Tingyun by letting a scrubber work on him, then took over scrubbing Pei Tingyun himself. The Roaming Group completed their bathhouse task while Tang Keni and Yao Xuan struggled to hide their relationship on the livestream.

• Pei Tingyun flirted with Xie Huan in the showers, and Xie Huan sent him to a distant stall to avoid a surprise attack.
• Tang Keni asked a dancing man for dance lessons and ended up hopping under water that was too hot.
• The Roaming Group resumed the livestream in the bath, then split into three rooms for their scrubbing task.
• Xie Huan handed Pei Tingyun over to a bath scrubber, while Pei Tingyun complained and Xie Huan watched the technique.
• Yao Xuan learned while Tang Keni was scrubbed, and Tang Keni struggled to suppress his urge to kiss him on camera.
• Xie Huan took over scrubbing Pei Tingyun's back, and Pei Tingyun hummed contentedly as the bath scrubber anticipated his reaction to learning Xie Huan was his master.

Pei Tingyun drove away Xie Huan’s master while trying to take over scrubbing Xie Huan, then learned the bath scrubber’s identity during the shower and regretted his behavior. In the recreation area, Pei Tingyun wanted to apologize but could not find his master or escape the cameras.

• Pei Tingyun sent the long-haired bath scrubber away so he could scrub Xie Huan himself, and Xie Huan struggled not to laugh as Pei Tingyun barely applied any pressure.
• The bath scrubber returned to retrieve his mitt, told Pei Tingyun he was not fond of him, and left while Xie Huan burst out laughing.
• After the cameras were gone, Xie Huan revealed that the bath scrubber was his sixty-year-old master, leaving Pei Tingyun horrified that he had ruined his first impression.
• Pei Tingyun forgot his skincare routine after showering and followed Xie Huan to the recreation area, determined to apologize to his master.
• Tang Keni and Yao Xuan went to the arcade, Gu Lin went to the sweat room, and Pei Tingyun could not find his master while cameras watched him.

Pei Tingyun returned to the bedroom and knelt before Xie Huan’s master to apologize and ask to marry Xie Huan. The master revealed that Xie Huan had misunderstood his prohibition on dating, leaving Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan free to date, though the master had not yet formally given his blessing for marriage.

• After the livestream ended, Pei Tingyun found Xie Huan’s master waiting in their bedroom and immediately dropped to his knees.
• Pei Tingyun refused to get up until his master forgave him and agreed to let him marry Xie Huan.
• Xie Huan pleaded with his master, who clarified that he had only forbidden Xie Huan from dating girls, not from dating boys.
• Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun realized their supposed dating ban had been a misunderstanding.
• The master said Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun were a match ordained by heaven, and Pei Tingyun sprang up to hug Xie Huan before the master reminded him he had not yet given his disciple’s hand in marriage.

Pei Tingyun asked Xie Huan's master for permission to marry him, but the master's teasing gifts led to an unexpected intimate night instead. The next morning, Xie Huan finally told Pei Tingyun he loved him, and the group went to the morning market.

• Pei Tingyun knelt to ask Xie Huan's master for his blessing, but the master tested him by asking why Xie Huan was named Xie Huan.
• Xie Huan explained the name's origins to Pei Tingyun, but the master teleported away before Pei Tingyun could answer.
• Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun found oil, a box, and a note from the master, and Pei Tingyun took them to the bathroom despite Xie Huan pointing out that the master had not explicitly agreed to their marriage.
• Pei Tingyun discovered the box contained a small size, but Xie Huan helped him, and the two spent the night together.
• Xie Huan woke beside Pei Tingyun and told him he loved him before they joined the others on a morning-market outing.
• Tang Keni regretted eating bread before the market, while Yao Xuan suggested he wait before eating more.

The Roaming Group enjoyed breakfast at the morning market before drawing their tasks for the day, which meant they would spend the night camping. As Xie Huan prepared food to take to the orchard, Pei Tingyun left the kitchen to answer a persistent call from an unknown number.

• Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan shared tofu pudding and fried dough sticks at the market, while Tang Keni bought grilled cold noodles for Yao Xuan and Gu Lin bought a bone for the husky.
• The Roaming Group spent over an hour browsing and eating at the market, then returned to the villa with groceries.
• The group drew their itinerary and task props: the orchard was their destination, and the camping tent meant they would stay out overnight.
• Xie Huan suggested cooking a simple lunch to take to the orchard so their groceries would not spoil, and the group enthusiastically agreed.
• Pei Tingyun received a call from an unknown number and left the kitchen to answer it.

After the Roaming Group collected their fired pottery and teased Pei Tingyun for forgetting to ask about coloring, they went to the orchard for their next task. The director paired them up for a blindfolded fruit-picking game and assigned Pei Tingyun to wear the blindfold despite his fear of the dark.

• Pei Tingyun learned that the pottery shop had fired their creations and told the group to collect them.
• Gu Lin went alone to the shop and returned with the pottery, but left his dog bowl behind to be fired again after coloring it.
• Tang Keni and Yao Xuan teased Pei Tingyun for forgetting to ask about coloring, then Xie Huan helped smooth things over.
• The Roaming Group carried lunch and their pottery to the orchard, where the director announced a paired blindfolded fruit-picking task.
• The director assigned Pei Tingyun to wear the blindfold and pick fruit, even though Pei Tingyun feared the dark.

Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan completed orchard tasks with the Roaming Group, while Pei Tingyun’s fear of the dark and his childhood memories surfaced. The group ended the day at the orchard owner’s farmhouse meal, where Pei Tingyun asked how to eat goldenberries.

• Pei Tingyun clung to Xie Huan during the blindfolded fruit-picking task, and Xie Huan persuaded the director to let him guide Pei Tingyun verbally.
• Yao Xuan supported Tang Keni under the pretense that he was afraid of the dark, and the Roaming Group picked three baskets of chicken-heart crabapples.
• Pei Tingyun carved five crabapples into rabbit shapes and explained that his mother had taught him to cut fruit that way when he was young.
• Xie Huan realized Pei Tingyun had never told him about his family and decided to ask him about it that evening.
• Tang Keni bit into a Nanguo pear before it had softened, and Yao Xuan searched for water while Gu Lin laughed at him.
• The group spent the day doing orchard work and ate a farmhouse meal hosted by the orchard owner, where Pei Tingyun asked how to eat goldenberries.

The Roaming Group spent the night camping by a stream, sharing drinks and conversation beneath the stars before taking a group photo with their husky. Back in their tent, Xie Huan finally asked Pei Tingyun the question he had been holding in all day.

• Xie Huan fed Pei Tingyun ground cherries, and Pei Tingyun urged the others to try them.
• The Roaming Group divided into three tents after dinner, then the five men gathered by the river to talk and drink after the livestream ended.
• Tang Keni changed the conversation to stargazing, and the five men lay on the grass to enjoy the quiet night.
• Tang Keni suggested a group photo, and Gu Lin lifted the husky onto his back so the dog could join them.
• The group laughed at their badly backlit photo, and Xie Huan reflected that meeting Pei Tingyun had brought him great luck.
• Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun returned to their tent, where Xie Huan finally asked the question he had been holding inside.

Xie Huan comforted Pei Tingyun over his late parents and used Mystic Arts to help him dream of them. As the group traveled to Red Beach, Pei Tingyun grew excited about spending the night with Xie Huan and secretly bought supplies for their wedding night.

• Pei Tingyun told Xie Huan that his parents had died in a car accident, and Xie Huan comforted him by imagining they had gone to heaven to help others.
• Xie Huan used Mystic Arts to make Pei Tingyun dream of his parents, and Pei Tingyun cried with relief as he slept in Xie Huan's arms.
• The Roaming Group left most of their belongings at Xie Huan's home and traveled to another city, where they stayed in his apartment.
• Pei Tingyun discovered the apartment had no fingerprint lock, but Xie Huan told him he had changed the door code to that day's date.
• Pei Tingyun secretly bought supplies at a supermarket on the way to Red Beach, hoping to spend his wedding night with Xie Huan.

The Roaming Group caught river crabs at Red Beach and enjoyed dinner together as they watched the sunset. Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan spent their wedding night together, then Pei Tingyun cared for Xie Huan the next morning before their sunrise outing.

• Xie Huan led the Roaming Group to a better patch of mudflats, where they caught three buckets of crabs and exchanged them for rice-paddy river crabs.
• Tang Keni photographed the group as they ate dinner and watched the sunset over Red Beach.
• Pei Tingyun drew the next day's task, which was to watch the sunrise, and worried that the early outing would cut into his wedding night with Xie Huan.
• Xie Huan teased Pei Tingyun by saying they would only do it once that night, and Pei Tingyun eagerly followed him into the bathroom.
• Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan spent a long night together, and Pei Tingyun helped Xie Huan wash, dress, and get ready the next morning.

After spending a tender morning watching the sunrise, Gu Lin learned that the husky had been abandoned and decided to adopt it. The Roaming Group returned to Xie Huan’s apartment, with only two days left in their trip.

• Pei Tingyun fed a sleepy Xie Huan breakfast while they watched the sunrise with the group.
• Tang Keni took a group photo of the five people and the dog at the riverside.
• The Roaming Group returned to Xie Huan’s apartment, where the husky eagerly ate from the ceramic bowl Gu Lin had made for it.
• When Gu Lin mentioned their trip would end soon, the husky clung to him, and Xie Huan suggested he take it home.
• The director told Gu Lin the husky had been adopted from a shelter and had no original owner, so Gu Lin promised to keep it for life.

Yao Xuan worried about his uncertain future with Tang Keni until Tang Keni secretly gave him a ring, reassuring him of his love. The Roaming Group received their phones and a task to fulfill each other’s wishes, and Xie Huan led everyone toward the tiger park while asking what else they wanted.

• Tang Keni slipped a ring into Yao Xuan’s pocket, and Yao Xuan felt reassured about their relationship.
• The director gave the Roaming Group their phones and explained that they could fulfill one another’s wishes and choose gifts.
• Tang Keni wished to see Siberian tigers, and Xie Huan offered to take the group to a tiger park.
• Xie Huan led the group out before the director could finish explaining the planned task.
• On the drive, Xie Huan agreed to take Yao Xuan to sleep on a heated kang bed in a village house.
• Xie Huan stopped Pei Tingyun from stating his wish and asked Gu Lin what he wanted instead.

The Roaming Group visited a tiger park, where Gu Lin tried to change his wish to avoid Xie Huan's teasing, and Tang Keni received a tiger plushie from Yao Xuan. After the group fought over paying for lunch, Xie Huan won and treated them; they then traveled to a village near the mountain where he grew up, but the others could not spend money there.

• Gu Lin told Xie Huan he wanted to stay in the Gu Household, then changed his wish to avoid being fed to tigers and to stop being hit.
• Xie Huan took the group to the tiger park, where they fed Siberian tigers from the sightseeing bus and Yao Xuan bought Tang Keni a tiger plushie.
• The Roaming Group wrestled over who would pay for lunch, but Xie Huan restrained the others and Pei Tingyun paid for the meal.
• The group drove to a village near the mountain where Xie Huan had lived as a child, and Gu Lin, Tang Keni, and Yao Xuan found they could not spend money there.