Chapter Summaries

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.

After Xie Huan welcomed the Roaming Group to his village, he reassured Gu Lin that the Gu Household was his family and promised to take him to see snow. The group shared a lavish dinner and a quiet evening together before the husky interrupted Tang Keni’s attempt to take a group photo.

• Villagers brought Xie Huan food and livestock, and Gu Lin wondered whether Xie Huan had been abandoned by someone from the village.
• Xie Huan told Gu Lin he would always belong to the Gu Household and promised to take him to see snow the next day.
• Pei Tingyun restrained his jealousy as Gu Lin clung to Xie Huan, while Xie Huan teased Gu Lin about crying.
• Xie Huan cooked a generous dinner, and the Roaming Group ate together in the courtyard as villagers watched from the gate.
• The group ended the livestream but stayed together beneath the night sky, reluctant to part.
• Tang Keni tried to take a selfie with the others, but the husky barked at him for leaving it out of the photo.

The group spent the night at Xie Huan’s farmhouse, then bought down jackets and visited Little Ice and Snow World. After promising to return together in winter, they left with Xie Huan hinting that he had a special gift planned for that evening.

• Tang Keni posted candid photos of the group on Weibo after they caught him taking pictures and teasing Yao Xuan.
• Pei Tingyun persuaded Xie Huan to indulge his wish, leaving Xie Huan too tired to get up the next morning, while Yao Xuan also kept Tang Keni in bed.
• Gu Lin walked the husky around the village and returned with breakfast that the villagers had given him and the dog.
• Xie Huan bought everyone down jackets before taking them to Little Ice and Snow World, where they played in the snow and saw ice sculptures.
• Tang Keni, Yao Xuan, and Gu Lin agreed to return in winter, while Pei Tingyun said he could not yet promise he would be free.

Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun joined the Roaming Group’s winter outing plans and prepared handmade gifts for the group’s final livestream afternoon. Xie Huan cut portraits from red paper for the other members and Number Six, leaving Pei Tingyun disappointed that he did not get one.

• Pei Tingyun agreed to join the group’s future outings and asked them to tell him their plans in advance.
• The Roaming Group split up to choose surprise gifts, and Pei Tingyun followed Xie Huan back to the village to make something.
• Xie Huan borrowed red paper from the auntie next door, who asked whether Pei Tingyun was married, and Xie Huan said he already had someone in his heart.
• Xie Huan cut red-paper portraits of the Roaming Group members and Number Six while Pei Tingyun ate sunflower seeds.
• Pei Tingyun realized Xie Huan had not made a portrait for him and protested that the one Xie Huan had made abroad did not count.

On the final day of the livestream, Xie Huan and the Roaming Group prepared a farewell dinner and exchanged gifts. The show ended with everyone cherishing the bonds they had formed, while Xie Huan promised Pei Tingyun his gift was waiting back in Xihong City.

• Xie Huan reassured Pei Tingyun that his wrap-up gift was waiting at home, and the two gathered firewood and prepared dinner with Tang Keni and Yao Xuan.
• Tang Keni and Yao Xuan passed the mountain temple without mentioning it, and the four returned to Xie Huan's home to cook with Gu Lin and the husky.
• The Roaming Group shared their final dinner, with the husky sitting at the table beside its own bowl of food.
• Xie Huan gave everyone but Pei Tingyun framed paper-cut portraits, while Pei Tingyun gave the others themed souvenirs and handed Xie Huan an IOU.
• Tang Keni gave everyone photo albums, Gu Lin gave them pottery ornaments, and Yao Xuan gave them personal letters to read later.
• The Roaming Group ended the livestream beneath the stars, looking forward to the friendships, family ties, and love they would continue to nurture.

After the livestream ended, Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun returned to Xihong City, where Pei Tingyun unexpectedly met Xie Huan’s parents. Xie Huan welcomed him into the Gu family with an ancestral ring, leaving Pei Tingyun panicking aloud about the family having no bloodline descendants.

• Xie Huan gave Gu Lin the door codes to his Northeast China homes, and Gu Lin vowed to defend him if Pei Tingyun bullied him.
• Gu Lin and Yao Xuan parted from the group at the airport, while Tang Keni traveled back to Xihong City with Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun.
• Pei Tingyun followed Xie Huan to the Gu household, realized he was about to meet his parents, and tried to retreat before Gu Debai spotted them.
• Xie Huan introduced Pei Tingyun to Gu Debai and Xie Qiulan, then Xie Qiulan brought out an ancestral gold ring.
• Xie Huan put the ring on Pei Tingyun’s left ring finger and declared him a member of the Gu family, prompting Pei Tingyun to blurt out his fear that the family would have no bloodline descendants.