Chapter Summaries

Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan discovered that the Roaming Group’s birthday surprise had been arranged because everyone wanted cake, then exchanged gifts before ending the livestream. When Pei Tingyun’s bathroom was out of service, he went to Xie Huan’s room to shower, only to realize afterward that he had left his clothes outside.

• Pei Tingyun learned from Gu Lin that the camcorder-wielding young foreign men were cake shop employees filming the group’s complimentary birthday recording.
• Pei Tingyun paid for the cakes, and Xie Huan handed out presents to the group, though Fu Zheng stayed preoccupied with the cooking championship.
• After the livestream ended, Pei Tingyun refused Xie Huan’s offer to share his shower and went to his own room.
• Pei Tingyun discovered the first-floor bathroom was locked for repairs, so he knocked on Xie Huan’s door and accepted his invitation to shower.
• Pei Tingyun waited outside while Xie Huan brushed his teeth, then showered after leaving his clothes at the foot of the bed.
• Pei Tingyun finished showering and realized he had forgotten to bring his clothes into the bathroom, but hesitated over what to call Xie Huan.

Pei Tingyun tried to keep his distance from Xie Huan, but he could not sleep alone and nervously crept to Xie Huan’s room after midnight. He claimed he needed the bathroom, then climbed into Xie Huan’s bed.

• Pei Tingyun decided to call Xie Huan “Huanhuan” after Xie Huan said he liked the nickname.
• Pei Tingyun returned to his own room to sleep, believing he should not let Xie Huan have him too easily before they made their relationship official.
• Unable to fall asleep, Pei Tingyun counted Xie Huan repeatedly, then left his room and crept through the dark guesthouse toward Xie Huan’s room.
• Pei Tingyun gently poked Xie Huan’s door, entered when it opened, and was startled by the husky’s glowing eyes before Xie Huan turned on the light.
• Pei Tingyun claimed he had come to use Xie Huan’s bathroom, and Xie Huan let him in and removed his shirt in anticipation of sharing the bed.
• Pei Tingyun used the bathroom and then climbed into bed beside Xie Huan.

Pei Tingyun pretended he had accidentally slept in Xie Huan’s bed, but Xie Huan kept him there, and they appeared together on the livestream. At breakfast, Fu Zheng’s cooking impressed everyone, while Jiang Che realized Fu Zheng had used ghost power to win the cooking contest and decided to move up their marriage registration plans; the group then set out for a glacier hike.

• Pei Tingyun woke up wrapped around Xie Huan, acted surprised to find himself in Xie Huan’s bed, and was pulled back to sleep beside him.
• The livestream showed Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan in bed together, exciting the ship fans watching.
• Xie Huan woke late, rushed downstairs, and found that Fu Zheng had prepared breakfast.
• Pei Tingyun and the others praised Fu Zheng’s breakfast, while Fu Zheng used the meal to show off to Jiang Che.
• Jiang Che realized Fu Zheng had used ghost power to make everyone sleep until eight and enhance the food’s aroma, so he decided to register their marriage the day after tomorrow instead.
• The director arranged a glacier hike for the group after breakfast.

Xie Huan led the group on a glacier hike, where Pei Tingyun watched over him and Gu Lin began to soften toward him. The hike ended on a sudden note of danger when Pei Tingyun stepped off the guide’s trail and heard an alarming sound beneath his foot.

• Xie Huan persuaded the group to go glacier hiking, and Pei Tingyun volunteered to accompany him after confirming the trip was free.
• Pei Tingyun helped Xie Huan put on his crampons, then the group followed their guide onto the glacier.
• Xie Huan reassured Pei Tingyun that he had researched the glacier and would not be scared, while Pei Tingyun privately found him cute.
• Xie Huan took the husky’s leash after it nearly pulled Gu Lin over, and Gu Lin reflected that Xie Huan’s kindness had softened his prickly attitude.
• The husky tugged hard on its leash and made Xie Huan stumble, so Pei Tingyun rushed to steady him but stepped off the guide’s path and heard a dangerous sound beneath his foot.

Xie Huan saved Pei Tingyun from falling through cracking glacier ice, and the two later walked hand in hand through a blue ice cave. Pei Tingyun mistook Xie Huan’s gestures for signs of an impending confession, but they left the cave without one, and Pei Tingyun decided to keep waiting.

• Pei Tingyun stepped onto cracking ice, and Xie Huan used Mystic Arts to stop it and pull him to safety.
• Xie Huan used another Mystic Arts chance to calm Number Six and keep the husky from straying onto the ice.
• Xie Huan offered Pei Tingyun a hand at the ice cave entrance, and Pei Tingyun mistook the gesture for romantic hand-holding.
• Xie Huan joked that the ice cave looked like a spacetime tunnel, while Pei Tingyun wondered if they would transmigrate together and took it as a possible confession setup.
• Jiang Che stopped at the cave entrance when Fu Zheng hugged him and quietly asked him not to go inside.
• Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun explored the cave hand in hand, but no transmigration or confession happened, so Pei Tingyun decided Xie Huan must be saving his confession for a more romantic moment.

After the Roaming Group finished their glacier hike, Xie Huan bargained for ingredients and cooked dinner for everyone. Tang Keni’s sleepy declaration that he loved Xie Huan made Pei Tingyun jealous, while Xie Huan blushed at Pei Tingyun’s praise.

• As the group left the glacier, the guide warned that it might disappear within twenty years, and Jiang Che and Fu Zheng shared a romantic moment beneath the sunset clouds.
• Xie Huan compared the sunset over the glacier to pot-steamed bread and promised to cook some for Pei Tingyun, with Tang Keni asking for extra.
• At a food market, Xie Huan haggled for ingredients using gestures after Pei Tingyun became too embarrassed to keep translating.
• Back at the guesthouse, Xie Huan began preparing dinner despite the group’s exhaustion, and Tang Keni blurted out that he loved him.
• Pei Tingyun glared at Tang Keni until he clarified that he meant he was a fan of Xie Huan’s cooking.
• Pei Tingyun told Xie Huan he really was the best, and Xie Huan smiled and blushed at the praise.

Xie Huan’s Northeastern feast won over the cast, who persuaded the director to make Northeast China the show’s final stop. Pei Tingyun disliked the crowd joining the trip and secretly asked Hua Xin to pressure the production team to change the plan.

• Xie Huan served a table of Northeastern dishes, and the cast devoured them with spoons while praising his cooking.
• Xie Huan promised to make Pei Tingyun and Tang Keni goose stew in an iron pot in Northeast China, prompting Tang Keni to suggest filming there.
• Gu Lin, Yao Xuan, and Jiang Che backed Tang Keni’s proposal, and Jiang Che persuaded Fu Zheng to support it too.
• After online discussion pushed the idea onto the trending list, the director apologized and announced Northeast China as the season’s final stop.
• Pei Tingyun privately messaged Hua Xin after the livestream, asking him to pressure the production team because he wanted a trip to Northeast China alone with Xie Huan.

Pei Tingyun agonized over how to get close to Xie Huan, but Xie Huan came to share his bed and helped him sleep peacefully. The next day, the group visited Diamond Beach, where Tang Keni spotted something that startled him.

• Hua Xin told Pei Tingyun that the production team had approved the group’s trip to Northeast China, and Pei Tingyun accepted the news.
• At two in the morning, Xie Huan came to Pei Tingyun’s room and said he wanted to sleep with him; Pei Tingyun went to Xie Huan’s room to wash up and then joined him in bed.
• Tang Keni saw them heading to Xie Huan’s room and teased them, while Pei Tingyun tried to explain they were only going to wash up.
• Pei Tingyun woke refreshed and resolved not to sleep apart from Xie Huan again; Xie Huan made breakfast while Fu Zheng spent the morning with his wife.
• The Roaming Group visited Diamond Beach, where Tang Keni suddenly shrieked and ran farther onto the beach after seeing something.

Pei Tingyun tried to turn a heart-shaped glacier photo into a couples’ picture with Xie Huan, then the Roaming Group began a food challenge for a stay at the area’s best hot spring hotel. The chapter left Pei Tingyun facing the prospect of finishing a plate of sheep’s liver sausage and sheep’s blood pudding.

• Tang Keni urged Pei Tingyun and Fu Zheng to pose with their partners at a heart-shaped block of ice, but Xie Huan misunderstood and called everyone over for a group photo.
• Pei Tingyun took a selfie with Xie Huan, who leaned closer, and planned to tease him with the photo for the rest of his life.
• The director offered to cover the group’s hotel costs if they completed a local food challenge, and Pei Tingyun secured the best hot spring hotel rooms with assigned pairs sharing rooms.
• Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun drew sheep’s liver sausage and sheep’s blood pudding, and Xie Huan gagged after tasting the sausage.
• Pei Tingyun offered to eat the next dish, but the field producer clarified that they had to finish every dish, leaving Pei Tingyun glaring murderously.

Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan struggled through the local food challenges until Xie Huan persuaded fans to finish their awful dishes. Afterward, they shared ice cream, leaving Pei Tingyun thinking about their indirect kisses and his hopes for a relationship with Xie Huan.

• Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan recoiled from the sheep's blood pudding, while Tang Keni and Yao Xuan also endured their challenge dishes and became sick.
• Xie Huan took both unfinished plates to the Chinese fans, who ate all the food and helped the pair complete the task.
• Xie Huan asked for ice cream, and Pei Tingyun bought them one small vanilla cone.
• Xie Huan offered Pei Tingyun a bite from the cone, prompting Pei Tingyun to remember that they had already shared juice from the same glass.
• Pei Tingyun realized he now regarded Xie Huan as his future wife and was waiting for Xie Huan to confess so they could begin a relationship.

Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun spent a relaxed afternoon together before the Roaming Group traveled to Broccoli City, where Jiang Che and Fu Zheng agreed to get their marriage certificate the next day. Pei Tingyun expected to share a room with Xie Huan, but he was dumbstruck when he entered it.

• Xie Huan enthusiastically ate ice cream with Pei Tingyun and recommended it to the group, while Pei Tingyun privately felt that only he understood what made Xie Huan happy.
• Xie Huan fed seagulls at the square, and Pei Tingyun chased them away after they soiled Xie Huan’s cuff, then carefully cleaned it himself.
• The Roaming Group spent the afternoon at the coastal square before collecting their luggage and traveling to Broccoli City.
• Pei Tingyun confirmed that the production team would cover two nights at the hot spring hotel before the group checked in.
• Fu Zheng told the director that he and Jiang Che planned to get their marriage certificate the next day, and agreed to let the group and viewers witness it.
• After dinner and the end of the livestream, Pei Tingyun entered his room expecting to sleep beside Xie Huan, but was dumbstruck by what he found.

Pei Tingyun tricked Xie Huan into sharing his bed by claiming Xie Huan’s wet mattress was a broken waterbed. They cuddled through the night, and Pei Tingyun woke up mortified to find Xie Huan had been awake for an hour while he clung to him.

• Pei Tingyun found that the suite had two separate bedrooms and regretted asking the director for the best room.
• While Xie Huan showered, Pei Tingyun wet Xie Huan’s bed, then claimed it was a leaking waterbed and suggested they share his bed.
• Xie Huan accepted the explanation and went to sleep beside Pei Tingyun, who hoped Xie Huan would confess his feelings.
• Pei Tingyun woke wrapped around Xie Huan and panicked, but Xie Huan asked if he was still cold and said he had been awake for about an hour.

Pei Tingyun mistook Xie Huan’s enthusiasm for repaying Jiang Che and Fu Zheng for a plan to confess and propose to him. After the newlyweds collected their marriage certificate, Pei Tingyun was left waiting for Xie Huan to make a move as the group split up to explore a historic street.

• Pei Tingyun panicked after waking up hugging Xie Huan, while Xie Huan assumed he had only been keeping warm.
• The director invited the group to witness Fu Zheng and Jiang Che get their marriage certificate, and Gu Lin and Xie Huan offered them large cash gifts.
• Xie Huan decided to cook Fu Zheng and Jiang Che a wedding feast to repay Jiang Che for saving Pei Tingyun.
• At the registry office, Pei Tingyun imagined Xie Huan would confess and propose, but Fu Zheng and Jiang Che got their certificate without any proposal.
• Jiang Che wished Pei Tingyun good luck before leaving with Fu Zheng, and Pei Tingyun wondered what it would feel like to call Xie Huan ge.

After Jiang Che and Fu Zheng got married, Pei Tingyun hoped Xie Huan would confess to him, while Xie Huan browsed the old street. Pei Tingyun tried to win money from the director to buy Xie Huan a blanket, then bet that Xie Huan could order food in the local language, leaving Xie Huan stunned when fans called him “Sister-in-law.”

• Pei Tingyun waited outside the registry office, hoping Xie Huan would propose, but Xie Huan teased him about waiting for fate.
• Pei Tingyun touched Xie Huan’s waist while tucking in his shirt, then secretly delighted in how smooth his skin felt.
• Xie Huan admired a wool blanket but left without buying it because he lacked enough money, and Pei Tingyun realized he wanted to get money to buy it for him.
• Pei Tingyun challenged the director to a game, betting that Xie Huan could order food in the local language to win back ten thousand for the Roaming Group.
• Pei Tingyun asked nearby fans to teach Xie Huan the language, and Xie Huan reacted in disbelief when the girls called him “Sister-in-law.”

Xie Huan struggled to order food in the local language, but Pei Tingyun won their bet by arguing that the meal’s arrival counted as success. Pei Tingyun bought Xie Huan the wool blanket he had admired, and the group headed for a castle as Jiang Che foresaw something big happening that night.

• Xie Huan struggled to learn how to order steak, then accidentally ordered pasta, and Pei Tingyun persuaded the director that he had won their bet.
• The director gave each Roaming Group member ten thousand yuan, and Pei Tingyun hurried Xie Huan to a wool blanket stall.
• Pei Tingyun bought Xie Huan the blanket he had admired, but Xie Huan said he had wanted to buy it for Pei Tingyun because he had seemed cold.
• Gu Lin suggested visiting a castle, and Tang Keni and Yao Xuan restrained him when he tried to talk back to Xie Huan.
• Jiang Che divined that something big would happen that night and wondered whether Pei Tingyun would finally make a move.

Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun returned to the hotel to prepare a wedding feast for Jiang Che and Film Emperor Fu, and Pei Tingyun learned that Jiang Che had once saved him. After Pei Tingyun went out to buy seasonings, Xie Huan worried over his safety, leaving Pei Tingyun delighted by his concern as they continued cooking.

• Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun told the director they wanted to return to the hotel early to prepare a wedding feast for Jiang Che and Film Emperor Fu, and the director arranged their return in secret.
• Pei Tingyun became jealous when Xie Huan called Jiang Che a benefactor, but Xie Huan explained that Jiang Che had frozen everyone to save Pei Tingyun from traffic.
• Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun found that the hotel kitchen lacked ingredients and seasonings for the Northeast Chinese dishes, so Pei Tingyun went to several shops to buy seasonings.
• Pei Tingyun returned with the seasonings, and Xie Huan hurried to check that he was safe before taking the bag and scolding him for making him worry.
• Pei Tingyun asked Xie Huan to come with him next time, and Xie Huan agreed before continuing to cook while Pei Tingyun watched.

Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun prepared a festive wedding feast for the Roaming Group, where Xie Huan stunned everyone with his suona performance and Pei Tingyun’s thoughtful preparations were revealed. As Jiang Che and Fu Zheng shared wedding noodles, Pei Tingyun wondered when he and Xie Huan would get to do the same.

• Pei Tingyun secretly photographed Xie Huan cooking, and the two decorated the restaurant before the Roaming Group returned.
• Xie Huan welcomed Jiang Che and Fu Zheng with a suona performance that drew applause from the group, onlookers, and production crew.
• Xie Huan explained that he had learned to play the suona as a child and returned the instrument to the hotel manager, while Pei Tingyun translated the manager’s praise.
• At the feast, Xie Huan revealed that Pei Tingyun had gone out of his way to buy chopsticks for everyone, prompting thanks and jokes from the group.
• Xie Huan told Jiang Che and Fu Zheng to feed each other wedding noodles, and Pei Tingyun watched while wishing he and Xie Huan could share the same custom.

At Jiang Che and Fu Zheng’s wedding feast, Pei Tingyun got tipsy and confessed to Xie Huan, then kissed him. Xie Huan misunderstood the confession as drunken confusion, and Pei Tingyun ended the night believing his feelings were unreturned.

• Tang Keni and the others toasted Xie Huan until Jiang Che redirected them to ply Pei Tingyun with drinks.
• Xie Huan took a tipsy Pei Tingyun back to their room and drew him a bath.
• Pei Tingyun pinned Xie Huan against the wall, confessed that he was willing to be his other half, and kissed him.
• Xie Huan pushed Pei Tingyun away and questioned why he thought of him as a wife, leaving Pei Tingyun convinced that Xie Huan did not love him.
• Pei Tingyun went to bathe alone, then walked out naked; Xie Huan turned away, and Pei Tingyun took it as another sign that Xie Huan wanted distance.

Pei Tingyun brooded over Xie Huan’s apparent lack of romantic interest and spent the night unable to sleep after Xie Huan slept on the sofa. The next day, Gu Lin covered Pei Tingyun’s dark circles, and the group visited a cathedral while Xie Huan noticed Pei Tingyun seemed cold and withdrawn.

• Pei Tingyun pretended to be asleep after Xie Huan left him alone, then covered Xie Huan with his quilt when he found him sleeping on the sofa.
• Pei Tingyun stayed awake all night, and the next morning he pretended not to remember kissing Xie Huan.
• Gu Lin saw Pei Tingyun’s dark circles, ordered the cameras not to film him, and applied concealer while asking Xie Huan whether he had bullied him.
• Pei Tingyun reflected that only Xie Huan had helped his insomnia, while Xie Huan felt uncomfortable imagining the girl Pei Tingyun had mistaken him for.
• The director announced an evening northern-lights outing, and the group decided to visit a local cathedral that morning.
• Gu Lin took over guiding the group, and Xie Huan noticed Pei Tingyun trailing behind with his arms hugged close and asked whether he was cold.

After Jiang Che revealed that he was the former star Jiang Che, he told Pei Tingyun that he and Xie Huan were destined to be together and that Xie Huan had not yet realized his feelings. Pei Tingyun tried to provoke Xie Huan’s jealousy, and Xie Huan’s reaction left him convinced the advice was right.

• Pei Tingyun sneezed after insisting he was not cold, so Xie Huan gave him his jacket, but Pei Tingyun returned it and went to the bathroom alone.
• Jiang Che followed Pei Tingyun into the bathroom, revealed that he was the former star Jiang Che, and told him that he and Xie Huan were destined for each other.
• Pei Tingyun said Xie Huan saw him as a brother, and Jiang Che argued that Xie Huan simply had not recognized his romantic feelings yet.
• Pei Tingyun returned to the group with his arm around Jiang Che, deliberately walking past Xie Huan and Fu Zheng together.
• Xie Huan and Fu Zheng pulled Pei Tingyun and Jiang Che apart, and Xie Huan questioned why Pei Tingyun was getting so close to someone else.
• Pei Tingyun interpreted Xie Huan’s jealous reaction as proof of his feelings and noticed that Xie Huan’s touch made his discomfort disappear.