Chapter Summaries

Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun shared a tender kiss after a hot-air balloon ride, then visited an art exhibition with the Roaming Group. The chapter ended with Xie Huan asking for a bicycle so he could ride back alongside Gu Lin.

• Xie Huan kissed Pei Tingyun in the balloon basket and let Pei Tingyun carry him after they landed.
• The Roaming Group gathered outside the exhibition hall, where Tang Keni covered Yao Xuan's eyes for their group photo.
• At the exhibition, Xie Huan misheard the title "Gazing Afar" as "Desire," and Pei Tingyun teased him about thinking of him.
• Pei Tingyun grew more confident that Xie Huan found him attractive and happily added extra meows to his sentences.
• After the exhibition, Gu Lin prepared to cycle back to the guesthouse, and Xie Huan asked the director for a bicycle so he could ride too.

The Roaming Group cycled back along the river, took a sunset photo, and explored a market before Pei Tingyun tried and failed to get Xie Huan’s master’s phone number. Xie Huan agreed they should visit his master in Northeast China, while Pei Tingyun remained frustrated that he could not resolve Xie Huan’s worries about their relationship.

• Gu Lin felt touched by Pei Tingyun’s care as Pei Tingyun, Yao Xuan, and Tang Keni joined Xie Huan on the bicycle ride back.
• Tang Keni took a group photo beside the sunset river after Yao Xuan completed his penalty and Tang Keni did his push-ups.
• Xie Huan recognized a riverside market as similar to morning markets back home and promised to take everyone to one in Northeast China.
• Pei Tingyun prayed for Xie Huan’s master’s phone number, but Xie Huan said his master did not have a phone.
• Pei Tingyun claimed he wanted to meet Xie Huan’s master as family, and Xie Huan agreed they should visit him in Northeast China.
• Pei Tingyun worried that he could not ease Xie Huan’s concerns about their relationship, then his phone rang.

Pei Tingyun learned that his company was blocking his contract termination by threatening to spread a false rumor about Xie Huan, but he hid the problem from Xie Huan. Xie Huan realized Pei Tingyun was pretending to be cheerful and tried to comfort him with his catlike meows.

• Hua Xin told Pei Tingyun that the company would not let him terminate his contract and threatened to expose Xie Huan as an illegitimate son of the Gu Household.
• Xie Huan caught Pei Tingyun returning from the balcony and accused him of secretly calling another sugar daddy.
• Pei Tingyun told Xie Huan he had been discussing his next drama with Hua Xin and blamed the hidden cameras for needing privacy.
• Xie Huan noticed Pei Tingyun looking down after his shower and realized his cheerful teasing had been an act.
• Xie Huan tried to cheer Pei Tingyun up by putting on his cat-ear headband and meowing at him.

Xie Huan tried to comfort Pei Tingyun, but became suspicious when Pei Tingyun lied about his trouble with a production and used divination to uncover the truth. He shut himself in the bathroom to contact his father, leaving Pei Tingyun outside panicking and searching for ways to make amends.

• Xie Huan flirted with Pei Tingyun, but Pei Tingyun stopped when Xie Huan remembered the cameras.
• Xie Huan noticed Pei Tingyun's unease and questioned him about what had happened.
• Pei Tingyun claimed he had been replaced in a production and that people planned to spread rumors about him.
• Xie Huan warned Pei Tingyun not to lie, then used divination to learn what Pei Tingyun and Hua Xin had discussed.
• Xie Huan went into the camera-free bathroom and locked the door, while Pei Tingyun pleaded with him outside and searched online for advice.
• Xie Huan messaged Gu Debai to ask for a favor and grew more annoyed when his father teased him about meowing.

After Xie Huan confronted Pei Tingyun for hiding the truth and letting him keep meowing, Pei Tingyun coaxed him into forgiving him. The next morning, Pei Tingyun woke to find Xie Huan making breakfast and teased him in front of the family about a massage.

• Xie Huan told Gu Debai how Pei Tingyun's company had used him to threaten Pei Tingyun, and Gu Debai vowed to post about the rumors on Weibo.
• Pei Tingyun fell into the bathroom when Xie Huan opened the door, then clung to Xie Huan's leg and admitted he had hidden things and lied.
• Xie Huan demanded to know why Pei Tingyun had not told him earlier that he no longer needed to meow, and Pei Tingyun confessed he liked hearing him do it.
• Pei Tingyun led Xie Huan into the bathroom for a so-called cold shower, and Xie Huan went to sleep embarrassed afterward.
• Pei Tingyun held Xie Huan as they slept, then woke the next morning to find everyone waiting at the breakfast table.
• Tang Keni teased Pei Tingyun for sleeping late, and Pei Tingyun said Xie Huan had given him a massage the night before.

Xie Huan showed Pei Tingyun that Gu Debai had publicly posted parentage test results disproving rumors about Xie Huan’s legitimacy, and urged him to end his contract. Pei Tingyun kissed Xie Huan in relief before they went kayaking, where their kayak tilted dangerously in a strong current.

• Gu Lin touched Pei Tingyun without triggering his touch aversion, leaving Pei Tingyun wondering if it was improving.
• Xie Huan took Pei Tingyun into a restroom stall and showed him Gu Debai’s online post with parentage test results for Xie Huan and Gu Debai, and for Xie Huan and Xie Qiulan.
• Xie Huan told Pei Tingyun he could protect himself and urged him to terminate his contract, so Pei Tingyun pinned him against the stall door and kissed him breathless.
• Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun boarded a two-person kayak, and Pei Tingyun teased Xie Huan for holding his paddle incorrectly after the kiss left him dazed.
• Their kayak entered a rushing current, lost its balance, and lurched to one side.

Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun struggled through a kayaking course, turning their rescue mishap and flirtation into a spectacle for the livestream. After finishing last, they faced a meager lunch and began arguing over who should eat it.

• Xie Huan jumped into shallow water to rescue Pei Tingyun, then tried to cover his embarrassment by claiming he had gone in to cool off.
• Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan practiced navigating the rapids, then flirted and rocked their kayak as they paddled downstream.
• Tang Keni and Yao Xuan overtook the couple while bickering, and Gu Lin finished first with the husky tethered beside him.
• Gu Lin placed first, Tang Keni and Yao Xuan placed second, and Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun came last.
• The director served lunch according to the rankings, leaving Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun with two tiny portions, which they each urged the other to eat.

The Roaming Group faced a prawn-shelling game that would decide their lunch portions. Tang Keni and Yao Xuan turned their attempt into a feast, while Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun prepared to compete next.

• Pei Tingyun unconsciously slapped Tang Keni's hand and realized that touching someone no longer made him uncomfortable.
• The director announced that a game would determine which lunch table each team could keep, prompting Gu Lin, Tang Keni, and Yao Xuan to eat faster.
• The director explained that pairs had to shell a prawn using their mouths and hands, with the fastest team winning the largest meal.
• Gu Lin objected that the rules did not work for him and Number Six, so the director allowed him to shell a prawn while holding the husky.
• Tang Keni and Yao Xuan ate prawns instead of shelling them, then declared themselves last place as Pei Tingyun considered the upcoming game with Xie Huan.

Gu Lin peeled shrimp quickly for the obedient, drooling husky, while Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan came second after turning their mouth-peeling challenge into a flirtatious spectacle. Pei Tingyun kissed Xie Huan, who blushed and led him away, and they ended up with only a few bites of food left.

• Gu Lin hurriedly peeled shrimp while the husky watched from his lap, leaving Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan with only three shrimp for their turn.
• Pei Tingyun had Xie Huan sit on his lap, and they peeled shrimp together using Xie Huan's mouth and Pei Tingyun's fingers.
• The director stopped their timer at twenty-five seconds, placing Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan in second place.
• Pei Tingyun kissed Xie Huan's neck, startling him and sending the shrimp he held in his lips to the floor, where the husky ate it.
• Pei Tingyun told Xie Huan he had kissed him because he could not help himself, and Xie Huan blushed, covered his mouth, and led him to the second-place seats.
• Pei Tingyun teased Xie Huan by brushing his tongue against his palm, and they sat down to find that Tang Keni and Yao Xuan had nearly finished the food.

Gu Lin’s dog Number Six accidentally secured his first-place finish, and he quietly let Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan share the leftover food. Pei Tingyun stole kisses from Xie Huan in a restroom, where an interruption and a jealous misunderstanding left Xie Huan inspecting Pei Tingyun’s phone.

• Gu Lin walked Number Six and told Tang Keni to give his uneaten food to Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan, who invited Tang Keni to share it.
• Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan went to the restroom together, where Pei Tingyun pulled Xie Huan into a stall and kissed him.
• Hua Xin video-called Pei Tingyun, saw him kissing Xie Huan, and angrily ended the call.
• Pei Tingyun calmed himself by messaging Hua Xin while Xie Huan recovered from the kiss.
• Xie Huan teased Pei Tingyun about chatting with someone, and Pei Tingyun showed him the brief conversation and his WeChat name.

Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun toured a historic royal palace, where Pei Tingyun flirted with him and Tang Keni filmed them recreating a grand romantic line. The chapter ended with Xie Huan embarrassed by the video but unable to ask for it to be edited because Pei Tingyun would start wheedling him.

• Xie Huan read Pei Tingyun's chat with Sister Hua, learned Pei Tingyun was asking the company to terminate his contract, and told him to change his WeChat name.
• Xie Huan offered to build Pei Tingyun a palace-like house, but Pei Tingyun's joking agreement made Xie Huan think he did not really want it.
• At the palace bed, Pei Tingyun teased Xie Huan, who explained that he was only trying to figure out which end resembled a heated kang bed.
• Tang Keni suggested filming Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan, and Pei Tingyun declared that he had conquered the queen's garden realm for Huanhuan.
• Xie Huan felt embarrassed by the video but kept quiet because he knew Pei Tingyun would wheedle him if he asked to be edited out.

The Roaming Group returned to the guesthouse, where Xie Huan cooked dinner and Pei Tingyun grew jealous of the husky and admired his wife’s cooking. Xie Huan worried that Pei Tingyun had realized he could tell fortunes, while Hua Xin finished negotiating Pei Tingyun’s contract termination and emerged looking troubled.

• Pei Tingyun asked Tang Keni to send him a video of Xie Huan calling him “big brother” so he could post it on Weibo, embarrassing Xie Huan.
• The Roaming Group took a group photo in the queen’s garden, and the husky chewed Gu Lin’s shoe before seeking food from Xie Huan and being pulled away by jealous Pei Tingyun.
• Xie Huan cooked dinner at the guesthouse while Pei Tingyun watched, impressed by his rough method of preparing the vegetables.
• When the director brought out a scratch card, Pei Tingyun asked Xie Huan whether it was worth scratching, and Xie Huan’s prediction made him suspect Pei Tingyun knew he could tell fortunes.
• Xie Huan told Pei Tingyun he would explain something once they returned to their room, prompting Tang Keni to tease them.
• Hua Xin finished negotiating the termination of Pei Tingyun’s contract, then left the conference room looking worried.

Pei Tingyun told Xie Huan he had figured out his fortune-telling ability, then learned his company wanted an eighty-million termination fee. Xie Huan proposed a way to raise the money through the company, but before Pei Tingyun could arrange it, Jiang Che asked whether he had opened the second brocade pouch.

• Pei Tingyun lied that he had learned about Xie Huan's fortune-telling from Xie Huan, then confessed he had figured it out himself.
• Xie Huan praised Pei Tingyun, easing his worry about revealing his skill.
• Hua Xin told Pei Tingyun that the company had reduced his termination fee to eighty million and offered to send him a list of prospective new companies.
• Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan worried that they could not afford the fee, and Xie Huan proposed a way to earn money from the company using his abilities.
• Pei Tingyun asked Hua Xin to arrange an introduction, but Jiang Che messaged him asking whether he had opened the second brocade pouch.

After Pei Tingyun learned that Star Sharp Media would sign him and cover his termination fee, Xie Huan used mystic arts to torment the people blocking his contract release. The couple spent the night together, and Xie Huan woke with a sudden thought and glared at a bewildered Pei Tingyun.

• Pei Tingyun opened Jiang Che’s brocade pouch and found an invitation from Star Sharp Media, which agreed to sign him and pay his eighty-million termination fee.
• Xie Huan decided to help Pei Tingyun get revenge and make money by using a magic array to give the people blocking his contract release nightmares.
• Pei Tingyun fretted over Xie Huan’s quickly healing finger, bandaged it anyway, and drew him into a steamy shower together.
• Xie Huan wondered how to improve his romantic skills, tried divination, and saw a vision of Pei Tingyun teaching him firsthand.
• Just as Xie Huan was about to fall asleep, he jolted upright and stared resentfully at Pei Tingyun, who wondered what he had done wrong.

Pei Tingyun told Xie Huan that he had been seeing a therapist for a year and credited Xie Huan with helping his touch aversion improve. The next morning, the group began a production-team challenge, and Pei Tingyun used the straw relay to seek chances to kiss and touch Xie Huan.

• Xie Huan asked whether touching someone else had bothered Pei Tingyun, then admitted through his reaction that he was jealous.
• Pei Tingyun said he had been seeing a therapist for a year and had barely taken his prescribed medicine during the trip because of Xie Huan.
• Xie Huan asked how he could help, and Pei Tingyun told him he had helped heal him; Xie Huan kissed him good night.
• The director arranged a straw relay challenge after the Roaming Group finished breakfast, with the production team covering the day's activity costs in exchange for completing challenges.
• Xie Huan switched Tang Keni and Yao Xuan's places, putting Pei Tingyun between himself and Yao Xuan in the relay.
• Pei Tingyun kissed Xie Huan while attempting the relay and then deliberately looked for excuses to touch his waist.

During the group’s key-ring challenge, Pei Tingyun repeatedly took chances to cuddle Xie Huan, while Yao Xuan and Tang Keni kept failing to coordinate. Xie Huan turned the tables with an unexpected kiss, and as the group headed to an amusement park, Pei Tingyun found something on his phone that spoiled his mood.

• Pei Tingyun successfully passed the key ring to Xie Huan by pulling him close, then passed it to Yao Xuan in two seconds.
• Yao Xuan and Tang Keni repeatedly failed their transfers, and Pei Tingyun used the retries to hug Xie Huan from behind.
• Xie Huan kissed Pei Tingyun through their straws and transferred the key ring while Pei Tingyun stood stunned.
• Xie Huan and Gu Lin helped the others complete the remaining transfers by holding them in place, ending the first challenge.
• The Roaming Group set off for a world-famous amusement park, and Pei Tingyun’s mood soured when he saw something on his phone.

Xie Huan realized that someone beyond the company executives might be blocking Pei Tingyun’s contract termination, while their teasing revealed Pei Tingyun’s affectionate memo and Xie Huan’s jealousy. After a video of Pei Tingyun hitting someone surfaced online and triggered a wave of backlash, Xie Huan noticed his mood drop and led him away to talk privately.

• Xie Huan divined that his spell had targeted whoever was truly obstructing Pei Tingyun’s contract termination, suggesting the company executives were only pawns.
• Xie Huan discovered Pei Tingyun’s memos about him and grew jealous when he read Pei Tingyun’s plan to repeat their fear-of-heights treatment.
• Tang Keni realized Yao Xuan had taken his hand while he was distracted by Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan.
• Pei Tingyun’s contract termination and new signing went smoothly, but a video of him hitting someone appeared online and quickly trended.
• Xie Huan noticed Pei Tingyun’s mood change after he checked Hua Xin’s message, handed his ice creams to Tang Keni, and led Pei Tingyun toward a public restroom.

After a video of Pei Tingyun assaulting someone spread online, Xie Huan defended him and raged at the commenters. The director came to ask what had happened, but Xie Huan insisted Pei Tingyun had been framed and refused to let him speak.

• Pei Tingyun read Hua Xin's messages about the viral assault video and worried that Xie Huan would reject him.
• Xie Huan watched the video and cursed the online commenters attacking Pei Tingyun.
• Pei Tingyun realized Xie Huan was defending him and silently encouraged him to continue.
• The director warned Xie Huan to quiet down, then came to ask about the video and the calls for Pei Tingyun to leave Ultimate Roaming.
• Xie Huan blocked the director from reaching Pei Tingyun and declared that Pei Tingyun had been framed, leaving Pei Tingyun deeply moved.

Xie Huan stood by Pei Tingyun after watching the full assault video and vowed to protect him, while Pei Tingyun worried the scandal would end his place on the show. Xie Huan threatened to withdraw the Gu Household’s funding if Pei Tingyun was forced to leave, then led him out.

• Pei Tingyun asked Xie Huan whether the rumors made him doubt his character, and Xie Huan reassured him that he believed him.
• Pei Tingyun obtained the full assault video from Hua Xin and showed it to Xie Huan, who smashed the phone in anger.
• Xie Huan demanded to know whether Pei Tingyun’s attacker had been imprisoned, and Pei Tingyun explained that the powerful man had escaped punishment.
• Pei Tingyun offered to withdraw from the show to spare the production trouble, but Xie Huan objected because Pei Tingyun was the victim.
• Xie Huan threatened to pull the Gu Household’s funding if the director made Pei Tingyun withdraw, then took Pei Tingyun out of the cubicle.

Xie Huan dragged Pei Tingyun onto a roller coaster to pull him out of his distress, despite being afraid of heights himself. As the ride plunged, Pei Tingyun remembered how Xie Huan had brought light back into his life and shouted that he loved him.

• Xie Huan made the director responsible for getting Pei Tingyun a new phone, then pulled him toward the roller coaster.
• Pei Tingyun tried to stop Xie Huan from riding, but Xie Huan forced them into seats and the coaster began with one camera operator following.
• Xie Huan closed his eyes as the coaster climbed, while Pei Tingyun teased him to call him hubby and tried unsuccessfully to reach him for a kiss.
• The coaster plunged, and Xie Huan clung to Pei Tingyun’s hand while Pei Tingyun reflected on his past trauma and Xie Huan’s support.
• Pei Tingyun shouted that he loved Xie Huan as the ride continued.