Chapter Summaries

Xie Huan learned to slaughter a pig for dinner, then the production team confiscated the knives and left everyone scrambling for a replacement. The husky finally brought Xie Huan a kitchen knife, leaving him promising the dog a marrow bone.

• Xie Huan reassured Pei Tingyun that he would learn to slaughter the pig, then successfully slaughtered it and bargained with the director for more ingredients.
• The production team confiscated all the knives, prompting Tang Keni to angrily confront the director while Yao Xuan pulled him away.
• Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun sent everyone to find substitutes for knives as Xie Huan stored the pork they would not use that day.
• Gu Lin brought a stone, Tang Keni brought rusty pruning shears, Yao Xuan brought a discarded can, and Pei Tingyun returned with a fragile crystal-glass knife.
• The husky brought Xie Huan a kitchen knife, and Xie Huan praised the dog and promised it a marrow bone.

Xie Huan openly favored Pei Tingyun while cooking dinner, and Pei Tingyun found himself imagining a life with him before reminding himself to stay wary. When the director tried to make Pei cook, Xie Huan angrily stepped in to defend him.

• Xie Huan sent the others out of the kitchen and made Pei Tingyun sit with fruit, while refusing Gu Lin's request for some.
• The husky bit Gu Lin after he insulted Xie Huan, then obeyed Xie Huan's whistle and went to keep Pei Tingyun company.
• Pei Tingyun enjoyed the husky's attention and briefly imagined a quiet life with Xie Huan before resolving not to fall for him without learning the truth about him.
• The director told Pei Tingyun to cook a dish, and Pei warned that the production team would have to pay for any damage.
• Xie Huan slammed his cleaver into the chopping board and demanded that the director stop giving Pei a hard time.

Xie Huan defended Pei Tingyun from the director’s cooking challenge, and the two quietly agreed on how to handle it. Xie Huan began teaching Pei Tingyun to cook, leaving the lesson at the first steps of making braised lion’s head meatballs.

• Xie Huan threatened the director with a knife after the director pressed Pei Tingyun to learn cooking, but Pei Tingyun calmed him down.
• Pei Tingyun revealed he had planned to make the production team eat his terrible cooking on livestream, but Xie Huan objected because he expected to teach Pei Tingyun to make good food.
• Pei Tingyun leaned toward Xie Huan to turn off their microphones, and Xie Huan mistook the gesture for a hug meant to comfort him.
• Pei Tingyun whispered a plan to Xie Huan, who agreed, and the pair resumed acting as if nothing had happened while the director urged them to interact.
• Xie Huan took Pei Tingyun by the hand to the stove and began teaching him to make braised lion’s head meatballs, starting with lifting the pot lid and adding two ingredients.

After the livestream cooking session, Pei Tingyun discovered that his manager, Sister Hua, had secretly told Xie Huan many personal details about him and asked Xie Huan to look after him. Believing Xie Huan’s care might only be a favor to his manager, Pei Tingyun left to call her, while Xie Huan remained unaware of what he had seen.

• Xie Huan guided Pei Tingyun through making a premade meal, then served a feast that earned praise from the group.
• Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun gave separate interviews, where Xie Huan called Pei Tingyun his little brother and Pei Tingyun joked that the production team was generating buzz.
• After his interview, Pei Tingyun returned to their room and wondered how to ask Xie Huan why he knew him so well.
• When Xie Huan asked Pei Tingyun to bring his phone to the bathroom, Pei Tingyun saw messages from Sister Hua and opened their chat.
• Pei Tingyun found that Sister Hua had told Xie Huan about his personal habits and health concerns, and had asked him to take care of Pei Tingyun.
• Pei Tingyun left the room to call Sister Hua, while Xie Huan finished showering and began replying to her messages.

Pei Tingyun confronted Hua Xin about telling Xie Huan his habits and the company’s plans to hype their relationship, then tried to talk honestly with Xie Huan. Their conversation took an unexpected turn when Xie Huan explained why he had asked Hua Xin about Pei Tingyun.

• Pei Tingyun accused Hua Xin of revealing his habits to Xie Huan and worried that Xie Huan might hurt him.
• Hua Xin said he trusted Xie Huan, rejected the company’s idea of making Pei Tingyun promote a ship with him, and teased Pei Tingyun about his feelings.
• Pei Tingyun denied that he liked men, then went to the bedroom intending to have an honest talk with Xie Huan.
• Pei Tingyun admitted that he had read Xie Huan’s chat history with Hua Xin, and Xie Huan said he was not upset.
• Xie Huan explained that Hua Xin had asked him to look after Pei Tingyun, prompting Pei Tingyun to interrupt in surprise.

Pei Tingyun learned that Xie Huan was the childhood friend he had saved, Little Coal Ball, and became convinced Xie Huan wanted to repay him by offering himself. When Pei Tingyun told Xie Huan he was straight, Xie Huan said he did not care, leaving Pei Tingyun worried that he would keep pursuing him.

• Xie Huan reminded Pei Tingyun that they had known each other as children and had shared buns.
• Pei Tingyun realized Xie Huan was Little Coal Ball, the boy he had rescued from the water.
• Pei Tingyun connected Xie Huan's familiar scent and kindness to their childhood meeting and panicked that Xie Huan wanted to repay him by offering himself.
• Xie Huan ran off to bring Pei Tingyun a roasted sweet potato, claiming it would help him sleep, and Pei Tingyun ate it to avoid rejecting his gesture.
• Xie Huan told Pei Tingyun that Hua Xin had said he was wary of opening his heart because someone had hurt him before.
• Pei Tingyun said he was straight, but Xie Huan replied that he did not care, making Pei Tingyun fear he would pursue him relentlessly.

The Roaming Group woke the director with a chaotic musical prank, then celebrated their successful revenge. Xie Huan brought in the meat he was smoking because he predicted rain, while Pei Tingyun watched him and remembered their close moment on the beach.

• Pei Tingyun told Xie Huan he was going to sleep, and Xie Huan turned off the lights while leaving a bedside lamp on for him.
• At dawn, Pei Tingyun led the Roaming Group in waking the director with barking, banging, whistling, and rubber-chicken squawks.
• Tang Keni announced the Roaming Group's wake-up service, and the group fled as the cameraman filmed the director's breakdown.
• Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan returned to their room, where Xie Huan credited the roasted sweet potato for Pei Tingyun's good sleep.
• Xie Huan got up early to bring in the cured pork, saying rain was coming, while Pei Tingyun watched him and recalled hugging him on the beach quad bike.

Pei Tingyun openly believed Xie Huan during a morning argument, then tried to keep his distance after realizing how often his thoughts wandered to Xie Huan. The director paired them up for a sightseeing photo task, but Pei Tingyun canceled the promised candlelit dinner over Xie Huan’s warning of dangerous weather, leaving the director ready to try another plan.

• Gu Lin mocked Xie Huan’s claim that it would rain, but Pei Tingyun said he believed Xie Huan, delighting Xie Huan and surprising the crew.
• Pei Tingyun learned that Xie Huan had removed the bank card he used to pad his shoes and was actually the same height as him, so he tried to sit farther away at breakfast.
• The director assigned the group to take photos at designated sightseeing spots in exchange for a candlelit dinner at the Sunset Restaurant.
• Yao Xuan, Tang Keni, and Gu Lin refused to pursue the task, while Xie Huan warned that heavy rain and wind would make a mountain trip dangerous.
• Pei Tingyun canceled the dinner as the group’s tour guide, prompting the others to celebrate and leaving the director to consider his next plan.

The director forced the Roaming Group to complete five photo check-ins on foot or lose access to their villa, disrupting Pei Tingyun’s carefully planned itinerary. Xie Huan tried to lift Pei Tingyun’s spirits by steering the group toward activities from his plan, then told him to pack his thickest long-sleeved top.

• The director pressured Pei Tingyun to visit a fan at the summit, but the Roaming Group defended him and Pei Tingyun declined to go.
• The director threatened to revoke the group’s villa access unless they completed five photo check-ins and reached the summit before sunset.
• The director announced that the group had to travel between the check-in spots on foot, prompting the others to protest the long route.
• Xie Huan suggested stopping to play beach volleyball at one of the check-in spots, and the group eagerly agreed.
• Xie Huan took Pei Tingyun to pack for the trip and asked him to bring his thickest long-sleeved top; Pei Tingyun revealed that he had packed clothes for all four seasons.

Xie Huan’s comments while packing from Pei Tingyun’s suitcase fueled dating rumors among the livestream viewers, and the pair ended up on opposite teams for beach volleyball. Xie Huan, Yao Xuan, and Tang Keni repeatedly hit the director with their shots, and Xie Huan gave Pei Tingyun a meaningful look after the director moved behind their team.

• Xie Huan told Pei Tingyun to open his suitcase so he could pack the items he had divined they would need, prompting livestream viewers to speculate that they were dating.
• Pei Tingyun opened the suitcase, and Xie Huan packed a heavy bag before they headed to the beach volleyball court.
• The players split into teams, putting Pei Tingyun with Gu Lin against Xie Huan, Yao Xuan, and Tang Keni.
• Xie Huan, Tang Keni, and Yao Xuan repeatedly sent volleyballs toward the director, who eventually shouted at them and moved his chair behind their team.
• Xie Huan gave Pei Tingyun a meaningful look across the net after the director relocated.

The Roaming Group got revenge on the director during volleyball, and the crew secretly helped turn his sandy fall into an iconic meltdown. When the director added outdoor camping as a punishment for the last team to finish the photo task, the group reacted with outrage, and Pei Tingyun ducked close behind Xie Huan.

• Gu Lin served the volleyball at the director while Tang Keni and the others barely tried to defend, and Tang Keni took the blame when the ball hit him in the face.
• Xie Huan used Words Become Law to stop the director from escaping, and Pei Tingyun spiked the ball toward him; a gust of wind sent it into the director's calf, making him fall face-first into the sand.
• The Roaming Group celebrated their victory, and Tang Keni took the center spot and declared the battle exhilarating.
• The assistant director announced that the last team to finish the photo task would serve the others at dinner, and the director added that the losing team would have to camp outdoors.
• Tang Keni accused the director of abusing his power, Yao Xuan held him back, and Pei Tingyun ducked behind Xie Huan, who spread his arms to shield him.

Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan reached the church check-in and discovered they had to take a princess-carry photo while gazing into each other’s eyes. Pei Tingyun carried Xie Huan, but Xie Huan repeatedly failed to take a usable picture, leaving them stuck trying again.

• Pei Tingyun secretly messaged the Roaming Group, and Gu Lin and Tang Keni used their staged tussle to pass signals while Yao Xuan and Tang Keni claimed the pier check-in first.
• Yao Xuan and Tang Keni performed an air kabedon pose for their check-in, and Gu Lin photographed them and sent the pictures to the group chat.
• Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan found that the church check-in required a princess carry and an intense gaze, with a wedding photo as the example.
• Pei Tingyun lifted Xie Huan and told him to take the picture, but Xie Huan forgot to aim the camera at them.
• Xie Huan took ten more photos, but they were all blurry, badly framed, or missing one of them, so Pei Tingyun reluctantly agreed to try again.

Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan struggled to complete their photo check-in, then Xie Huan tried surfing while Pei Tingyun watched from shore. Pei Tingyun reflected on Xie Huan’s tender devotion as Xie Huan returned at his call and offered him food.

• Xie Huan failed to record their check-in video, so Pei Tingyun lifted him with one arm and took a photo that they posted to Weibo.
• Pei Tingyun asked how the final task rankings would be decided, then secretly sent the group another message while he and Xie Huan headed toward the pier check-in.
• Xie Huan led Pei Tingyun to a beach and went surfing, while Pei Tingyun refused to join because he feared getting seasick.
• After Xie Huan struggled on the surfboard, Pei Tingyun called him back by claiming he was hungry.
• Xie Huan immediately returned and offered Pei Tingyun bread and crackers, prompting Pei Tingyun to reflect on how Xie Huan always put him first.

Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan continued their seaside outing, with Pei Tingyun flustered by Xie Huan’s appearance and Xie Huan determined to follow Pei Tingyun’s ruined itinerary. Much later, Xie Huan realized why taking selfies while looking at Pei Tingyun made his hand shake, and Pei Tingyun hurried him home.

• Pei Tingyun covered Xie Huan with towels after he emerged from the sea, then gave him his own pants and discreetly handed him disposable underwear.
• Xie Huan returned with a tandem bicycle and offered Pei Tingyun a ride, promising to complete the planned itinerary.
• At the pier, Xie Huan failed to take a decent photo of them, so Pei Tingyun took the phone and photographed them himself.
• Much later, Xie Huan sang a lyric about his heart fluttering when he met Pei Tingyun’s gaze and explained why his hand shook during their selfies.
• Pei Tingyun pulled Xie Huan away to go home, saying they could use the car if they did not go home.

Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan completed their lighthouse and windmill photo tasks, while Gu Lin struggled to photograph the husky before they helped him. The group reunited and began climbing toward the final check-in spot, leaving the anxious director waiting at the mountaintop restaurant.

• Pei Tingyun photographed Xie Huan by the lighthouse during the Tyndall effect, and Xie Huan agreed to pose as the bride for their staged photo.
• Xie Huan hugged Pei Tingyun from behind for the lighthouse pose, leaving Pei Tingyun puzzled by the unfamiliar tingling around his waist.
• Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan helped Gu Lin finish his windmill photo by having Xie Huan freeze the husky’s paw and Pei Tingyun take the picture.
• Pei Tingyun, Xie Huan, Gu Lin, and the husky headed for the mountain after Gu Lin agreed to join them.
• Yao Xuan and Tang Keni waited at the mountain’s foot, and all five participants began climbing together as the director watched anxiously from the mountaintop restaurant.

The Roaming Group outsmarted the director by taking and posting their summit check-in photos simultaneously, winning a candlelit dinner. At the Sunset Restaurant, they learned they had to apply makeup to their assigned partners, leaving nearly everyone stumped.

• The Roaming Group split into pairs at the summit and posed for check-in photos, with Xie Huan resting his chin on Pei Tingyun's collarbone as Pei carried him.
• The three pairs took their photos at the same time and posted them after scheduling their Weibo posts to share an identical timestamp.
• The director found no difference between the posting times, and the Roaming Group celebrated winning a candlelit dinner for five and upgraded dog food for Number Two.
• The director announced that the guests had to apply makeup to their partners at the Sunset Restaurant, but Pei Tingyun, Xie Huan, Yao Xuan, and Tang Keni had little or no makeup experience.
• Gu Lin knew how to do makeup, but his assigned partner was the husky, leaving him unable to use his skills on another person.

The Roaming Group members took turns doing each other’s makeup with disastrous results, while a husky unexpectedly won the livestream’s beauty poll. The director then made them keep their makeup on for an elegant candlelit dinner.

• The director told the Roaming Group to use every cosmetic before sunset or forfeit dinner, and Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan began applying makeup to each other.
• Xie Huan plastered foundation onto Pei Tingyun and improvised wildly, leaving him with exaggerated eyebrows, blush, eyeliner, eyeshadow, and blood-colored lipstick.
• Pei Tingyun gave Xie Huan mismatched foundation and bruised-looking contour, while Tang Keni and Yao Xuan’s pair misplaced nearly every cosmetic.
• Gu Lin made the dog handsome, but the dog smeared every cosmetic across Gu Lin’s face with its paw.
• The Roaming Group laughed at their finished looks, and livestream viewers voted the husky’s makeup the prettiest.
• The director required the group to eat a candlelit dinner without washing off their makeup.

Heavy rain stranded the Roaming Group at the restaurant, where Xie Huan protected Pei Tingyun from an overenthusiastic fan and grew unsettled by his own feelings. The group found rooms for the night, only to discover that each pair would have to share a narrow bed.

• Xie Huan's prediction came true when torrential rain began, and he suggested that everyone stay at the restaurant rather than risk the mountain roads.
• The director arranged for the group to sleep in empty staff rooms after the chef confirmed they could stay overnight.
• Xie Huan stopped the chef from hugging Pei Tingyun, then felt uncomfortable watching Pei Tingyun sign autographs and pose for photos.
• After the fan meeting, Xie Huan pulled Pei Tingyun to his side, and Pei Tingyun felt warmly protected.
• The director told the guests they would keep their previous room pairings, and they discovered each room had only one narrow bed.

Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan shared a room with one bed, where Xie Huan’s thoughtful preparations and attentive care moved Pei Tingyun. After the livestream ended, Xie Huan insisted they share the bed and wrapped an arm around Pei Tingyun, leaving him tense and unable to sleep.

• Pei Tingyun discovered that he and Xie Huan had to share a single bed, while Xie Huan unpacked bedding, toiletries, and other supplies he had prepared in advance.
• Xie Huan claimed his preparations came from instinct, and Pei Tingyun praised him as he cleaned and arranged the room.
• Pei Tingyun reflected on how comfortable Xie Huan’s care felt, though he believed he could only offer him friendship.
• The director ended the livestream, and Pei Tingyun tried to find a way to sleep on the floor after the cameras were off.
• Xie Huan misunderstood Pei Tingyun’s concern about sharing the narrow bed, nudged him against the wall, and draped an arm around his waist.
• Pei Tingyun stiffened at Xie Huan’s touch and squeezed his eyes shut, unable to imagine falling asleep.

Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan woke to the chef finding them together, and Xie Huan’s mosquito bites made everyone assume they were lovers. At breakfast, the production team introduced a food-identification challenge with English labels that left Pei Tingyun worried for Xie Huan.

• Pei Tingyun calmed Xie Huan as he slept, then fell asleep beside him without his gloves.
• A chef entered their locked room with a spare key, and Pei Tingyun explained that they were fine.
• The chef and others mistook Xie Huan’s mosquito bites for hickeys, while Xie Huan innocently blamed the mosquitoes and his lack of clothes.
• The production team served breakfast as compensation for the previous night and announced an assigned-pair challenge requiring members to identify dishes within five seconds.
• Pei Tingyun saw that the food containers were labeled only in English and realized the task would be difficult for Xie Huan.