Chapter Summaries

Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun completed the breakfast challenge by exploiting the rules and using Xie Huan’s divination to identify a dish. As the group shared breakfast, Xie Huan suddenly warned that one dish was poisonous, alarming the director.

• Pei Tingyun coached Xie Huan through the English dish names, but Xie Huan ate all of the smoked salmon and avocado toast before he could use the trick again.
• Pei Tingyun told Xie Huan to take small bites of coconut French toast, and Xie Huan immediately obeyed and finished the task.
• When the dishes changed for Pei Tingyun’s turn, the director stopped him from speaking after the timer began.
• Xie Huan used divination to complete Pei Tingyun’s unfinished dish name, letting Pei Tingyun eat five bites of macadamia nut and coconut milk pancakes.
• After the Roaming Group began sharing breakfast, Xie Huan called one dish poisonous, making the director react in alarm.

When a jealous chef attacked Xie Huan with a gun, Pei Tingyun shielded him, and Xie Huan used Mystic Arts to stop the bullet. The director claimed the attack was a safety drill, but Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan knew the truth and left to pack for their trip down the mountain.

• Xie Huan found a laxative in his yogurt, and the chef became enraged after learning about it.
• The chef threatened Xie Huan, pulled a handgun, and aimed it at him.
• Pei Tingyun jumped in front of Xie Huan, who grabbed him and rolled aside as his Mystic Arts jammed the gun.
• Security disarmed the chef, and Xie Huan shouted at Pei Tingyun before the two comforted each other.
• The director told the group the attack had been a safety drill, and Xie Huan went along with the lie.
• Pei Tingyun accompanied Xie Huan to pack, and the director hurried after them while telling the camera operators not to follow.

After a chef who was Pei Tingyun’s fan tried to kill Xie Huan, Pei Tingyun apologized, but Xie Huan told him not to take responsibility for the fan’s actions. Hua Xin called to check on Pei Tingyun and teased him about his feelings for Xie Huan; as they left the mountain, Xie Huan carried a mortified Pei Tingyun down the muddy path.

• The director explained that the production team would investigate the incident and asked Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan to keep it confidential on camera; they agreed and returned to their room.
• Pei Tingyun apologized to Xie Huan because the chef was his fan, but Xie Huan told him the chef’s actions were not his responsibility.
• Hua Xin called Pei Tingyun, checked that he was safe, and offered to follow up on the chef’s case.
• Hua Xin teased Pei Tingyun that risking his life to save Xie Huan was like confessing, leaving Pei Tingyun unable to refute him.
• Xie Huan carried Pei Tingyun down the muddy mountain path despite Pei Tingyun’s protests.

After Pei Tingyun saved Xie Huan, he wondered whether his feelings for him went beyond friendship, but decided to wait and see. Back at the villa, the group negotiated with the director for food and faced a task to obtain snorkeling equipment, settling on a chemistry quiz.

• Xie Huan carried Pei Tingyun back to the villa, and Pei Tingyun questioned whether his instinctive attempt to take a bullet for Xie Huan meant he had romantic feelings for him.
• Pei Tingyun sent the others to change and rest, then negotiated with the director until the production team agreed to provide the group with staff meals.
• Xie Huan hung the cured pork back outside and stood beside Pei Tingyun during the negotiations, intimidating the director into agreeing.
• Gu Lin offered to teach the group to snorkel, and Yao Xuan suggested finding the equipment instead of doing the production team's tasks.
• The group joked about having Xie Huan compete with the husky to find the equipment, then Xie Huan chose the director's chemistry quiz challenge.

The Roaming Group completed the director’s chemistry challenge, and Pei Tingyun reluctantly admitted that he liked Xie Huan. After snorkeling and lunch, Pei Tingyun tried to regain his composure, but he noticed Xie Huan’s sunburn and gave him sunscreen as they headed to the sailing activity.

• The group gave five different answers about what Pei Tingyun feared, and Xie Huan wrote that Pei Tingyun was afraid of touching anyone but him.
• The director asked which member liked Xie Huan most, and Pei Tingyun wrote “me” after the others agreed to put his name down.
• The Roaming Group won snorkeling equipment and went snorkeling, where Xie Huan held Pei Tingyun’s hand throughout the session.
• Pei Tingyun stayed troubled over his forced admission during lunch, then noticed Xie Huan’s sunburn while they prepared to disembark.
• Pei Tingyun handed Xie Huan the sunscreen he carried and told him to apply it.

When Pei Tingyun’s gloves were swept away, he clung to Xie Huan as his only source of comfort while they sailed together. A sunset on the beach left Pei Tingyun confronting the startling realization that he had begun to think of Xie Huan as his wife.

• Pei Tingyun lost his gloves to a wave, and Xie Huan took his hand and led him to the sailboat.
• Pei Tingyun held tightly to Xie Huan throughout the smooth sailing trip, while livestream viewers joked that they were in their honeymoon phase.
• Xie Huan asked the cameraman to photograph Pei Tingyun as they encountered the Tyndall effect, and a wave made Xie Huan reach out to steady him.
• Pei Tingyun realized Xie Huan felt like an exclusive haven to him and wondered if he had already fallen in love.
• After the Roaming Group returned to shore and watched the sunset, Pei Tingyun struggled to accept that he thought of Xie Huan as his wife.

At dinner, Xie Huan fetched Pei Tingyun his gloves, deepening Pei Tingyun’s sense that Xie Huan was someone special to him. After the group returned to the villa for a luggage reveal, Pei Tingyun showed off three suitcases while Xie Huan revealed he had brought only a backpack.

• The Roaming Group ate dinner on the beach, where Pei Tingyun barely touched his food because he did not have his gloves.
• Xie Huan noticed Pei Tingyun was not eating, ran to the villa for his gloves, and returned so Pei Tingyun could eat comfortably.
• Pei Tingyun reflected that Xie Huan’s special treatment made him question his feelings, though he still could not tell whether he liked him.
• The director filmed the group’s luggage reveals, and Pei Tingyun introduced his three suitcases to the camera despite having privately disliked the idea.
• Xie Huan showed his single backpack, prompting the director to ask whether he had brought enough.

After a chef who had tried to kill Xie Huan was arrested, Pei Tingyun felt better after Xie Huan reassured him, and the two enjoyed a morning of foraging and cooking with the others. At breakfast, Pei Tingyun realized he was jealous of Xie Huan’s admirers, while the group’s vote for a surprise horse ended on a shared answer that stunned the director.

• The director told Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan that the chef who had attacked Xie Huan was arrested and was implicated in other cases.
• Pei Tingyun worried that he attracted extreme fans, but Xie Huan reassured him that the arrest had removed a dangerous criminal from the public.
• Pei Tingyun woke refreshed, and he and Xie Huan collected seafood along the shore before Xie Huan cooked a lavish breakfast for the group.
• As the others praised Xie Huan’s cooking, Pei Tingyun wondered why he felt jealous and realized he had not even confirmed his own feelings.
• The director announced a vote to choose who would ride the surprise horse, and the group revealed that all five had written the same character on their whiteboards.

The Roaming Group settled their riding assignments with rock-paper-scissors, leaving Xie Huan with a children's bicycle. Xie Huan instead shared Pei Tingyun's horse, and after a scare on the beach, Pei Tingyun found comfort in Xie Huan's embrace before they returned to the riding grounds.

• The Roaming Group's vote ended in a tie, so Pei Tingyun suggested rock-paper-scissors, which assigned Xie Huan the surprise horse.
• At the riding grounds, the director revealed that the surprise horse was a children's bicycle, and Xie Huan chose to ride with Pei Tingyun instead.
• Xie Huan mounted behind Pei Tingyun and rode with him along the beach, keeping them pressed close together as Pei Tingyun grew nervous and blushed.
• When the horse suddenly bolted, Xie Huan wrapped an arm around Pei Tingyun's waist and calmed the horse, while Pei Tingyun clung to him and felt safe.
• Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun rode along the beach for a long time, and Pei Tingyun only removed Xie Huan's arm from his waist as they returned to the riding grounds.

Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan joined a blindfolded rock-paper-scissors game to decide who could order lunch, while the director and Tang Keni turned their hand-holding into a spectacle for the shippers. They repeatedly tied, and the game remained unresolved as Tang Keni suggested starting the meal without them.

• Tang Keni teased Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan about returning from a date, and Pei Tingyun denied it.
• The director arranged a blindfolded rock-paper-scissors game to determine who would order lunch.
• Xie Huan recognized that Pei Tingyun feared the dark, reassured him, and helped tie on his blindfold.
• Pei Tingyun accidentally grabbed Xie Huan's hip while reaching for him, then they sat opposite each other holding hands.
• Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan repeatedly tied by throwing the same hand, even after Tang Keni tried to prompt them into different choices.
• Tang Keni gave up on breaking their ties and suggested that everyone begin eating.

During a blindfolded rock-paper-scissors game, Xie Huan helped Pei Tingyun avoid touching anyone else, while their affectionate exchanges delighted the livestream shippers. Yao Xuan won the right to choose lunch, and Xie Huan confidently told him which five numbered dishes to pick, leaving Pei Tingyun curious about Xie Huan’s uncanny accuracy.

• Pei Tingyun won against Xie Huan, but Xie Huan promised to stay beside him, easing Pei Tingyun’s discomfort with the blindfold.
• Xie Huan secretly signaled Pei Tingyun during his match with Tang Keni, prompting Tang Keni to accuse them of cheating and quit.
• Yao Xuan took Tang Keni’s place, and Xie Huan announced Pei Tingyun had lost; Pei Tingyun happily removed his blindfold and high-fived Xie Huan.
• Yao Xuan beat Gu Lin in the deciding match and won the right to order lunch, but the menu listed only numbers and the director limited him to five dishes.
• Xie Huan advised Yao Xuan to choose numbers 1, 3, 5, 6, and 7, while Pei Tingyun wondered whether Xie Huan’s habit of closing his eyes before making accurate choices meant something.

Xie Huan’s lucky guess won the Roaming Group five dishes, but his fear of heights sparked a dispute between Pei Tingyun and the director. Xie Huan agreed to the glass rafting ride only if he could share a bed with Pei Tingyun, then corrected himself to “one boat,” leaving Pei Tingyun unsure whether the slip was accidental.

• Xie Huan correctly guessed the menu numbers, and Pei Tingyun defended his luck when Gu Lin dismissed it.
• The Roaming Group went to the elevated glass rafting ride, where Xie Huan admitted he was afraid of heights.
• Pei Tingyun challenged the director for insisting Xie Huan participate despite his distress.
• Xie Huan pulled Pei Tingyun behind him and agreed to ride if he could share a bed with him, then hastily corrected “bed” to “boat.”
• Pei Tingyun’s anger faded, and he wondered whether Xie Huan had misspoken on purpose.

Xie Huan overcame his fear of the glass rafting attraction with Pei Tingyun's help, while Pei Tingyun teased Gu Lin for being just as frightened. The pair set off down the slide together, with Xie Huan gripping Pei Tingyun as the raft plunged.

• Xie Huan panicked on the glass platform, and Pei Tingyun held his hand to calm him.
• Pei Tingyun tricked Gu Lin into thinking the glass beneath him was cracked, then called him out for being scared too.
• Pei Tingyun carried Xie Huan across the glass platform and reassured him until they reached the rafting area.
• Pei Tingyun sat behind Xie Huan in the raft and promised to protect him as they prepared to descend.
• The raft shot down the slide, and Xie Huan screamed with his eyes shut, gripping Pei Tingyun's hands tightly.

Xie Huan overcame his fear during the rafting trip with Pei Tingyun supporting him, then felt embarrassed when the director replayed his reactions. After noticing Pei Tingyun’s soaked trousers, Xie Huan decided to ride back to the villa with him, and insisted Pei Tingyun hold him around the waist.

• Pei Tingyun held Xie Huan securely as their raft plunged down the slide, and Xie Huan admired the view during a calmer stretch.
• Xie Huan’s legs went weak when the raft stopped, so Pei Tingyun helped him out and let him lean against him.
• Pei Tingyun dismissed the planned beach treasure hunt and announced free time, while Gu Lin complained about how much attention Xie Huan received.
• The director replayed the rafting footage, embarrassing Xie Huan with clips of his screams and fearful reactions.
• Xie Huan noticed Pei Tingyun’s trousers were soaked and hurried with him toward the villa to change.
• Xie Huan fetched one horse near the riding grounds, and Pei Tingyun asked to sit behind him; Xie Huan required him to hold his waist before the horse moved.

Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan returned to the villa, where the director announced that mystery boxes would decide the Roaming Group’s final three days on the island. The husky dug up nearly thirty boxes before Xie Huan stopped it, and the group began opening them, leaving Xie Huan horrified when Pei Tingyun’s first box assigned them a high-altitude suspension bridge.

• Pei Tingyun realized he felt comfortable riding behind Xie Huan and concluded that he could only be the top in their relationship.
• The director announced that mystery boxes buried on the beach would determine the group’s activities for their last three days on the island.
• Pei Tingyun proposed that each person find three boxes, but the director released the husky, which dug up more than a dozen boxes.
• Xie Huan commanded the husky to stop digging, and the group agreed to rename it Number Six; Pei Tingyun promised it extra food if it behaved.
• The five members of the Roaming Group sat down to open their boxes, and Pei Tingyun drew a reward assigning everyone a high-altitude suspension bridge experience.

Xie Huan completed a bridal-carry squat punishment with Pei Tingyun, while the group drew more blind-box rewards and punishments for their island trip. The draws ended with Xie Huan assigned to wear a down jacket all morning the next day.

• Xie Huan chose Pei Tingyun for his bridal-carry punishment, and Pei Tingyun carried him through three squats.
• Xie Huan became captivated by Pei Tingyun's profile during the carry and felt reluctant when Pei Tingyun set him down.
• Gu Lin drew a coconut-picking reward that could earn the group travel funds for Cauliflower Country, and Tang Keni sided with the director over the money.
• Tang Keni drew a punishment to interlace fingers with Yao Xuan, and they held hands past the required ten seconds.
• Yao Xuan drew a death-exemption token that let its holder refuse one demand from the production team.
• The group finished drawing the blind boxes, and Xie Huan learned he had to wear a down jacket all morning the next day.

Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun avoided the down-jacket punishment by dressing a bag in the jacket, then joined a beach sports meet where Pei Tingyun won the group 15,200 yuan by hula-hooping for fifteen minutes. The next event began with a three-legged water-balloon relay, leaving Gu Lin wondering how he could race while paired with a dog.

• Xie Huan refused to let Pei Tingyun take his down-jacket punishment, and the two later dressed a crossbody bag in the jacket to satisfy the rule.
• The Roaming Group negotiated the hula-hooping reward up to one thousand yuan per minute, then earned only 200 yuan from the first four contestants and the husky.
• Pei Tingyun hula-hooped for fifteen minutes, earning the group 15,000 yuan, before Xie Huan stopped him out of concern for his waist.
• The director exchanged the group's hula-hooping time for 15,200 yuan and introduced a three-legged water-balloon relay.
• Gu Lin complained that he could not race properly while paired with a dog.

The production team made the water-balloon relay difficult with toothpick-covered gloves and changing rules, while Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan successfully completed their leg. Gu Lin ended up stabbing their balloon at the finish line, and Pei Tingyun let himself keep smiling afterward.

• The director gave Gu Lin toothpick-covered gloves for his role in pouring water from the balloons, prompting Xie Huan to smack him for provoking the production team.
• Tang Keni and Yao Xuan tested ways to carry a balloon, but their attempts failed before the relay officially began.
• Pei Tingyun suggested Tang Keni and Yao Xuan support the balloon with their arms, and they successfully carried it to the next leg.
• When the director banned the same carrying position for consecutive pairs, Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan carried the balloon between their bodies while facing each other.
• Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan positioned the balloon over the measuring cup, then told Gu Lin to stab it as they walked away.
• Gu Lin stabbed the balloon in character as Nanny Rong, while Pei Tingyun noticed he was smiling and did not hide it.

After the Roaming Group earned 500 yuan in the water-balloon relay, Xie Huan helped Pei Tingyun with sunscreen before the basketball challenge. Xie Huan secretly stopped the wind and urged Pei Tingyun to shoot, but Gu Lin suggested Xie Huan take the shots instead.

• The Roaming Group finished the water-balloon relay, bringing their travel funds to 15,700 yuan.
• Pei Tingyun noticed Xie Huan was sweating and applied sunscreen to his face beneath the beach umbrella.
• The group struggled with a ping-pong-ball shooting challenge because of the strong sea breeze.
• Xie Huan used his Mystic Arts to stop the wind and called on Tang Keni to shoot, but Tang Keni missed.
• Xie Huan handed Pei Tingyun a ping-pong ball and insisted he could make the shots.
• Gu Lin noticed Pei Tingyun seemed reluctant and asked Xie Huan to take the shots instead.

Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun helped the Roaming Group earn enough money for their next stop, then outmaneuvered the director over lunch. When Pei Tingyun drew a super-spicy meal, Xie Huan swapped his own meal for it, and Pei Tingyun asked whether he could handle spicy food.

• Pei Tingyun sank all nine ping-pong balls, earning the Roaming Group 4,500 yuan and bringing their travel funds to 20,200 yuan.
• The director ended the beach sports meet early and tried to charge the group 299 yuan each for lunch mystery boxes.
• Xie Huan bargained the price down to eight yuan per meal, then led the group toward the villa instead of buying them.
• The director offered the mystery boxes for free, and the Roaming Group rushed to take them before he announced a fine for wasted food.
• Pei Tingyun opened a super-spicy meal, so Xie Huan exchanged it for his regular meal, and Pei Tingyun asked if he could eat spicy food.