Chapter Summaries

On the first task of Ultimate Roaming, Pei Tingyun was paired with the touch-averse star Xie Huan, whose bold friendliness and protectiveness quickly sparked online shipping. As they headed for the boarding gate, Pei Tingyun realized the boarding passes might be fake, and Xie Huan revealed he already knew.

• Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan met as guests on Ultimate Roaming, where viewers began speculating about their contrasting personalities.
• The director paired Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan with child-style anti-lost wristbands and tasked them with finding the correct boarding gate.
• Xie Huan repeatedly put an arm around Pei Tingyun, then pulled him out of the way of a passing suitcase and checked that he was unhurt.
• Pei Tingyun noticed that the guests' boarding passes appeared to list different gates, but his other teammates had already headed off in another direction.
• When Pei Tingyun asked which gate Xie Huan's pass listed, Xie Huan said he was ignoring the fake pass and taking him to find the real gate.

Xie Huan led Pei Tingyun and Gu Lin through the airport, correctly identifying their boarding gate and keeping both younger men tucked under his arms despite their protests. After the third and fourth brothers arrived just behind them, Gu Lin shoved Xie Huan, giving Pei Tingyun a chance to slip away.

• Gu Lin doubted Xie Huan knew their boarding gate and threatened him, but Xie Huan pulled Gu Lin and Pei Tingyun close and joked while ruffling Gu Lin’s hair.
• Pei Tingyun asked an airport staff member for the gate and learned it was B20, just as Xie Huan had said.
• Xie Huan brought Gu Lin back to Pei Tingyun and kept walking with an arm around each of them, claiming he could guarantee them wealth and glory.
• The three reached the gate shortly before the third and fourth brothers, and Pei Tingyun wondered how Xie Huan had predicted their arrival.
• Gu Lin argued with Xie Huan and shoved him, allowing Pei Tingyun to step aside and escape his arm.

Xie Huan and Gu Lin bickered and ran around Pei Tingyun until the top star became dizzy, while Xie Huan’s teasing kept the group laughing. After the production team confiscated the guests’ money and phones and handed out sponsor phones, Xie Huan suspected the director was plotting something and leaned in to tell Pei Tingyun he had prepared for it.

• Xie Huan brushed off Gu Lin’s shove as childish and tried to smooth things over, prompting Pei Tingyun to laugh.
• Gu Lin and Xie Huan traded insults, then chased each other around Pei Tingyun until he became dizzy.
• Xie Huan stopped Gu Lin from hitting him and made him apologize to Pei Tingyun, then teased Gu Lin by mispronouncing “idol” as “eye-dull.”
• The director delayed announcing the reward until their destination, confiscated everyone’s money and phones, and gave them sponsor phones before boarding.
• Xie Huan asked Pei Tingyun whether the director was up to something, and Pei Tingyun said he would get used to reality shows.
• Xie Huan said he had planned ahead and moved close to Pei Tingyun to explain.

The Roaming Group arrived at a dark island and discovered the production team had spent their funds, leaving them to fend for themselves. When Pei Tingyun struggled with the darkness, Xie Huan found and repaired the island’s generator, lighting the villa and easing Pei Tingyun’s distress.

• Xie Huan secretly told Pei Tingyun that he had hidden twenty thousand yuan under his insoles, but the director did not confiscate it.
• The Roaming Group arrived on the island at night and learned that renting the island and a fishing boat had used up all their funds.
• Yao Xuan, Tang Keni, and Gu Lin proposed staying inside and eating instant noodles rather than completing the director’s challenge.
• Xie Huan noticed Pei Tingyun was frightened of the dark and went alone to find and repair the island’s generator.
• The villa lights came on, Tang Keni demanded dinner, and Xie Huan returned and admitted he had restored the power.

Xie Huan impressed the Roaming Group by restoring power to the villa, but the director served them only four cups of instant noodles and announced they would explore the private island without a local guide. When Pei Tingyun was assigned to guide the group, Xie Huan protested on his behalf, but the director kept the decision.

• Xie Huan told Tang Keni and Yao Xuan he had found and switched on the generator, while Pei Tingyun grew curious about his apparent knack for finding answers.
• The director brought the Roaming Group four cups of instant noodles and explained that one had been deducted because they had not been proactive during the power task.
• The director announced the group would spend seven days exploring the private island without a local guide, then chose Pei Tingyun as their tour guide because he had been first to enter the boarding gate.
• Xie Huan objected that Pei Tingyun was being unfairly picked on and offered to take the guide role himself, but the director refused to change the plan.

Pei Tingyun tried to plan the next day’s itinerary while Xie Huan showered him with concern and the other guests dealt with a chaotic husky. The chapter ended with Pei Tingyun inspecting the production team’s boat and discovering something aboard.

• Xie Huan apologized for pushing Pei Tingyun and promised to be his man, while the director tasked Pei Tingyun with dividing four cups of noodles among five people.
• Pei Tingyun tried to leave, but the director brought in a husky that knocked Gu Lin down and slobbered over him; Xie Huan named the dog Number Two.
• Pei Tingyun left to plan the next day, and Xie Huan followed him; Gu Lin was paired with the dog and prepared its dinner.
• Tang Keni and Yao Xuan offered Pei Tingyun freedom to plan the itinerary and saved him and Xie Huan the sea-view twin room.
• Pei Tingyun inspected the production team’s boat at night, with Xie Huan warning him about dangers, and discovered something while searching the cabin for fishing gear.

Xie Huan guided Pei Tingyun around Z Island and drew him a map so he could plan their activities. Pei Tingyun realized he could tolerate Xie Huan’s touch and wondered whether Xie Huan’s familiar soap-pod scent was the reason.

• Xie Huan used his divination to tell Pei Tingyun that the fishing rods were back at the villa and that Z Island was too large to explore on foot.
• Pei Tingyun let Xie Huan lead him back to the villa by the hand, then realized he had felt no discomfort from the contact.
• Pei Tingyun grasped Xie Huan’s forearm to test his reaction and noticed Xie Huan’s faint soap-pod scent seemed familiar.
• Xie Huan drew Pei Tingyun a map of the island’s facilities, boats, vehicles, oyster rocks, and fishing spots.
• Pei Tingyun checked the weather and said they should be able to go out to sea tomorrow, prompting Xie Huan to put down his noodles and head outside.

Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun planned to go fishing at sea the next day, with Xie Huan promising to pilot the boat and arrange breakfast. As they settled into their room, Xie Huan cared for Pei Tingyun’s scrape while Pei Tingyun struggled with feelings sparked by their closeness, and the chapter ended with him noticing Xie Huan had come out shirtless.

• Xie Huan predicted good weather by reading the stars and offered to pilot the boat, while Pei Tingyun planned their next day’s outing.
• Xie Huan promised to handle breakfast, cleaned up after their noodles, and brought Pei Tingyun upstairs.
• Xie Huan gave Pei Tingyun ointment for a scrape he had noticed earlier, leaving Pei Tingyun touched and flustered by their family-like closeness.
• Pei Tingyun washed up and applied a face mask and skincare while Xie Huan showered using one bar of soap for everything.
• Xie Huan teased Pei Tingyun about his skincare, and Pei Tingyun noticed that Xie Huan had come out shirtless.

Xie Huan made seafood fried rice for Pei Tingyun and revealed that he had forced the production team to hand over rice after exposing their feast. The director retaliated by ordering the fishing rods moved, and Gu Lin arrived at the villa being dragged by a husky drawn by the food.

• Pei Tingyun saw Xie Huan shirtless before bed, and Xie Huan fell asleep quickly while Pei Tingyun completed his skincare routine.
• Pei Tingyun woke after another night of insomnia and found Xie Huan cooking seafood fried rice with ingredients he had gathered on the shore.
• Xie Huan told Pei Tingyun that he had taken rice from the production team by threatening to reveal they had eaten the guests’ welcome banquet.
• The director, frustrated that the production team’s schemes kept backfiring, ordered the props crew to move the five fishing rods.
• Tang Keni and Yao Xuan spotted Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun talking closely in the kitchen and considered turning back.
• A husky burst into the villa dragging Gu Lin, who blamed Xie Huan’s fragrant cooking for the dog’s sudden sprint.

Xie Huan cooked an especially generous breakfast for Pei Tingyun, making Pei Tingyun suspect that Xie Huan liked him. Later, Xie Huan used unexplained intuition to find the fishing rods the production team had hidden, leaving Pei Tingyun curious about his secrets.

• Xie Huan served Pei Tingyun extra seafood fried rice, and Pei Tingyun wondered whether Xie Huan liked him.
• Xie Huan let Gu Lin take food from his plate, then added a shrimp to Pei Tingyun's serving.
• Pei Tingyun asked Xie Huan to help find the missing fishing rods, and Xie Huan led him to the staff boat and retrieved them.
• Xie Huan claimed he had followed the rods' scent, and Pei Tingyun accepted the excuse while wondering what Xie Huan was hiding.

The Roaming Group set out on a sea-fishing trip, and Pei Tingyun followed Xie Huan into the wheelhouse before the group reached the director’s chosen fishing spot. When a fishing instructor’s touch triggered Pei Tingyun’s aversion to physical contact, Xie Huan stepped in to take his place.

• Xie Huan piloted the guests’ boat while Pei Tingyun left the deck and joined him in the wheelhouse, claiming he wanted to confirm their route.
• Xie Huan told Pei Tingyun that the director had sent them five nautical miles north to fish.
• The sea-fishing instructor taught the five guests how to cast, but none of them caught a fish during the first half hour.
• The instructor guided Pei Tingyun by touching him, causing Pei Tingyun to stiffen, feel nauseated, and struggle to endure the contact.
• Xie Huan pulled the instructor away and took his place, encircling Pei Tingyun with his arms as he helped him fish.

Pei Tingyun’s touch-induced distress eased when Xie Huan fed him chocolate, leaving Pei Tingyun convinced that Xie Huan cared for him romantically. When the director announced that lunch depended on catching fish in a barren patch of sea, Pei Tingyun whispered a plan to Xie Huan, who steered their boat to better fishing grounds.

• Xie Huan fed Pei Tingyun chocolate and explained that he thought Pei Tingyun’s blood sugar was low, while Pei Tingyun privately concluded that Xie Huan had feelings for him.
• The director announced that the guests’ instant noodles had been confiscated and that lunch would depend on their fishing results.
• Pei Tingyun beckoned Xie Huan over and whispered a plan to him, and Xie Huan promised to handle it.
• Xie Huan drove the boat away from the director’s chosen fishing spot and ignored the director’s demands to return.
• The production crew followed the guests to a stretch of sea with more fish, where Pei Tingyun and the others began fishing.
• A sudden cry from the guests’ boat startled the director, and his assistant director told him to check the monitor.

Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun caught a large haul of fish, then schemed to bargain with the director before fleeing in their boat. As Xie Huan steered Pei Tingyun to safety, he revealed that he knew Pei Tingyun got seasick, leaving Pei Tingyun and the livestream viewers wondering how he had noticed.

• Xie Huan praised his map after the group caught many fish, and Pei Tingyun thanked him for helping them avoid the director’s trap.
• Pei Tingyun whispered a plan to Xie Huan while Tang Keni and Yao Xuan exchanged knowing looks and Gu Lin asked what they were hiding.
• Pei Tingyun offered the director some fish, but Xie Huan proposed trading them for other ingredients; the director tried to claim the entire catch.
• Pei Tingyun whispered another plan, and Xie Huan told the director he could have the fish if his ticket got him aboard their boat, then ordered Yao Xuan to reel in.
• Pei Tingyun grew jealous when Xie Huan called Yao Xuan “Xuanzi,” but Xie Huan pulled Pei Tingyun into the wheelhouse and sped away from the production boat.
• Xie Huan said he had brought Pei Tingyun inside because he knew Pei Tingyun got seasick, surprising Pei Tingyun and the livestream viewers.

Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun escaped the production crew’s chase by boat and secured an ingredient exchange. Back on shore, Pei Tingyun devised a way to prepare lunch despite the director forbidding Xie Huan from cooking, but the group’s kitchen plan was about to go awry.

• Xie Huan maneuvered the boat past the production crew’s boats and held Pei Tingyun steady as the crew chased them.
• The director surrendered and agreed to exchange ingredients, then barred Xie Huan from cooking during the lunch segment.
• Pei Tingyun claimed the group could make four dishes and a soup without Xie Huan cooking, and Xie Huan agreed to advise rather than touch the food.
• Pei Tingyun assigned himself to wash vegetables, Yao Xuan to chop them, Gu Lin to mix the sauce, and Tang Keni to handle the wok.

Xie Huan tried to help in the kitchen while Tang Keni and Pei Tingyun struggled with their tasks. The chapter ended with Xie Huan standing close behind Pei Tingyun and guiding his hands as they prepared a potato, leaving Pei Tingyun surprised and flustered.

• Tang Keni asked Xie Huan for another task, and Xie Huan told him to peel garlic; Yao Xuan explained the joke when Tang Keni asked whether it should be sliced or minced.
• Pei Tingyun spent several minutes washing one chili pepper, so Xie Huan tried to take the vegetables away, but the director reminded him he could not use his hands.
• Xie Huan carried the basin with his teeth to Yao Xuan and tried to explain how to cut potatoes using the Northeastern word “bēn.”
• Pei Tingyun offered to demonstrate with a knife, and Xie Huan grabbed his hand and told him to be careful, prompting excited reactions from the livestream chat.
• Xie Huan moved close behind Pei Tingyun, clasped his hands, and guided him as they picked up and steadied a potato; Pei Tingyun’s breath caught and his heart raced.

During a cooking challenge, Xie Huan’s close guidance and unexpected knowledge of Pei Tingyun delighted the livestream’s shippers but made Pei Tingyun suspicious. The chapter left Pei Tingyun wondering how Xie Huan knew he disliked garlic chives.

• Xie Huan demonstrated how to run a potato while pressed close behind Pei Tingyun, and the director’s objection was drowned out by rising viewer interest in their pairing.
• Yao Xuan took over the potato and knife after hinting that Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan were making him feel like a third wheel.
• Pei Tingyun mistook garlic chives for scallions, and Xie Huan stopped him from chopping them and pointed out what they were.
• Xie Huan revealed that Pei Tingyun did not eat garlic chives, a private preference that Pei Tingyun thought few people knew.
• Xie Huan gave a vague explanation that he had heard it from someone else, leaving Pei Tingyun uneasy about how much Xie Huan seemed to know.

Pei Tingyun avoided questioning Xie Huan about their past during the livestream, then joined the Roaming Group for lunch under Xie Huan’s direction. After Xie Huan stole a plate of braised fish, the director made the group eat with meter-long chopsticks, and Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun began feeding each other.

• Pei Tingyun decided to wait until the livestream ended before asking Xie Huan to explain the truth, then asked the others whether they ate garlic chives.
• Xie Huan directed the Roaming Group as they prepared several dishes, and the director promised them meat for dinner after they finished lunch.
• Xie Huan ran off with the production staff’s braised fish and brought it to the table, where the Roaming Group quickly served themselves.
• The director made the group eat with meter-long chopsticks, so Xie Huan used them to feed fish to Pei Tingyun.
• After Xie Huan fed Pei Tingyun nearly half a bowl of fish, he asked Pei Tingyun to feed him in return.

At lunch, Xie Huan made Pei Tingyun feel cared for by letting him choose the afternoon activity, and the group picked a beach ATV tour. The director tried to arrange for Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun to ride together, but Pei Tingyun assigned them to different vehicles until Xie Huan offered to drive him.

• Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun fed each other fish while the others copied them, and Gu Lin failed to pick up dog kibble with chopsticks.
• Pei Tingyun presented surfing and beach ATVs as the afternoon options, and Xie Huan asked him which he preferred before choosing to follow his lead.
• Pei Tingyun chose the land-based ATV tour, and the group headed to its starting point.
• The director had arranged for only three ATVs, hoping Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun would share one, but Pei Tingyun assigned Xie Huan to ride with Gu Lin and took a vehicle alone.
• Xie Huan stopped Pei Tingyun and offered to drive him over the bumpy sand.

Xie Huan joined Pei Tingyun on a quad bike race around the island, then took over driving and held Pei Tingyun close to shield him from the wind. Pei Tingyun was left stunned by Xie Huan’s affectionate actions as the livestream viewers celebrated their closeness.

• The director turned the island ride into a race where the last team would go without meat, and Tang Keni and Gu Lin sped ahead while Pei Tingyun started more cautiously.
• Xie Huan told Pei Tingyun he had joined his bike because he was worried about his safety and promised to have his back.
• Pei Tingyun stopped the bike to avoid sand blowing into his mouth, and Xie Huan misunderstood, lifted him onto the rear seat, and took the driver’s seat.
• Xie Huan placed Pei Tingyun’s hands around his waist and held them there, explaining that he was blocking the wind for him.
• Pei Tingyun stopped struggling and realized Xie Huan had been acting out of concern, while the livestream viewers cheered their closeness.

Pei Tingyun fell asleep hugging Xie Huan on an ATV, then woke in embarrassment when the others’ shouting disturbed them. The group discovered the production team had brought them a live pig instead of prepared meat, leaving them to ask Xie Huan to slaughter it.

• Pei Tingyun told Xie Huan he wanted to ask him something back in their room, then fell asleep against his back during their ATV ride.
• Xie Huan let Pei Tingyun sleep after the ATV completed a circuit of the island, and Tang Keni led Yao Xuan and Gu Lin away to avoid disturbing him.
• An angry shout startled Pei Tingyun awake, and he realized he had been rubbing his face against Xie Huan’s bare neck and waist.
• Pei Tingyun redirected everyone’s attention to Tang Keni, Yao Xuan, and Gu Lin, who were arguing with the director over a live pig brought as their promised meat.
• The director said the group had to slaughter the pig themselves to get meat, so Pei Tingyun, Gu Lin, Yao Xuan, and Tang Keni turned to Xie Huan for help.
• Xie Huan asked if they wanted him to kill the pig, and Tang Keni worried that he did not know how.