Chapter Summaries

Pei Tingyun grew closer to Xie Huan and led the Roaming Group into forcing the production team to pay for their hotel extension. After lunch, the group visited a glacial lake, where Pei Tingyun photographed Xie Huan instead of the scenery.

• Pei Tingyun promised Xie Huan he would not touch anyone else again and threw away his cigarettes.
• Pei Tingyun refused the director's proposed hotel challenge and tried to lead the Roaming Group back to pack.
• Xie Huan demanded to know who said they had to extend their stay, and the director admitted the hotel extension had already been arranged.
• Pei Tingyun insisted the production team should pay for the extension, then led the group to lunch.
• Xie Huan agreed to take a trip with Pei Tingyun if he had time.
• The Roaming Group visited a glacial lake, and Pei Tingyun aimed his phone at Xie Huan rather than the scenery.

Pei Tingyun pretended to feel ill so Xie Huan would fuss over him, but he caught a real cold during the icy-lake outing and tried to keep his distance. The group returned to the hotel to rest before the aurora, and the chapter ended with Xie Huan bringing ginger cola to Pei Tingyun’s closed bedroom door.

• Pei Tingyun photographed Xie Huan at the lakeside and interpreted Xie Huan’s concern for him as proof of affection.
• Pei Tingyun feigned weakness, and Xie Huan kept him warm by holding him close during the icy-lake tour.
• Pei Tingyun began sneezing after they reached shore and worried he might infect Xie Huan, but Xie Huan refused to stay away.
• Pei Tingyun asked to return to the hotel, and Xie Huan said he would go too; Gu Lin suggested the group rest before going to see the aurora.
• Pei Tingyun arranged for Xie Huan’s wet bed to be taken care of, while Xie Huan boiled cola with shredded ginger and brought a bowl to Pei Tingyun’s closed bedroom door.

Xie Huan treated Pei Tingyun’s chill while Pei Tingyun mistook Xie Huan’s irritation for concern and resolved to win him over gradually. The Roaming Group set out to see the northern lights, where Pei Tingyun continued finding ways to get close to Xie Huan.

• Xie Huan ordered Pei Tingyun to come out and drink ginger Coke, then made him sit beside him and remove his mask.
• Xie Huan pressed points near Pei Tingyun’s shoulders to treat his chill, causing Pei Tingyun to cry out before he felt better.
• Pei Tingyun realized Xie Huan had been upset by his attempts to keep his distance, but Xie Huan insisted he had only been treating him.
• The director gathered the Roaming Group, and they drove with an aurora hunter to chase the northern lights.
• At the aurora camp, Pei Tingyun drank hot cocoa and handed the cup to Xie Huan with the spot he had sipped from turned toward him.

The Roaming Group moved to a hillside observation point for a better chance of seeing the aurora, while Pei Tingyun repeatedly found ways to get close to Xie Huan. As they waited in the cold, Pei Tingyun wrapped his scarf around both of them.

• Pei Tingyun persuaded Xie Huan to sip his hot cocoa, then drank from the same spot; Tang Keni and Jiang Che delighted in their closeness, while Fu Zheng copied the shared-cup idea with Jiang Che.
• The aurora hunter told the group that another observation point offered better chances of seeing the aurora, and everyone chose to relocate despite the rough, undeveloped mountain roads.
• Pei Tingyun pulled Xie Huan into his arms during the bumpy ride and told him to wrap his arms around his waist, while Xie Huan praised him as his buddy Da Ting.
• After the group reached the hillside, Pei Tingyun started to give Xie Huan his scarf, then wrapped it around both their necks so they could share it while waiting for the aurora.

While watching the aurora, Pei Tingyun tried to confess to Xie Huan, but Xie Huan took his words as a promise of lifelong brotherhood. On the ride back, Xie Huan slept on Pei Tingyun’s lap, and Pei Tingyun struggled to hide his flustered reaction until they arrived.

• Yao Xuan asked Tang Keni whether either man could knock the other over, then suggested sharing a scarf with her, but she rejected him.
• As the aurora appeared, Pei Tingyun watched Xie Huan’s reaction instead of the sky.
• Pei Tingyun recorded himself telling Xie Huan he wanted to stay with him for life, and Xie Huan agreed as a good brother.
• Pei Tingyun stopped the recording and decided to edit out Xie Huan’s brotherhood remark so the video could serve as a confession.
• On the ride back, Xie Huan slept on Pei Tingyun’s lap while Pei Tingyun tried to conceal his embarrassment.
• When the vehicle stopped, Pei Tingyun gently woke Xie Huan, who immediately felt something beside his face.

After Xie Huan’s closeness in the car left Pei Tingyun struggling to control himself, Pei Tingyun tried to give him space and hoped he would reflect on their relationship. Xie Huan instead found he could sleep only beside Pei Tingyun’s sweatshirt, and the next morning Pei Tingyun joined him on the sofa as the livestream began.

• After the vehicle switch, Xie Huan lay on Pei Tingyun’s lap and kept shifting against him, so Pei Tingyun endured the ride and rushed to take a cold shower at the hotel.
• Xie Huan made ginger cola for the Roaming Group and production staff, while Pei Tingyun chose to sleep separately and gave Xie Huan a night to think about their relationship.
• Unable to sleep in the unfamiliar bed, Xie Huan found Pei Tingyun’s sweatshirt on the living-room sofa and fell asleep beside its familiar scent.
• Pei Tingyun found Xie Huan asleep on the sofa, wondered why he had not come to Pei Tingyun’s bed, and lay down on the other sofa beside him.
• The livestream viewers saw Xie Huan and Pei Tingyun wake up on the sofas, and Xie Huan said he had slept there because the bed felt wrong.

The Roaming Group took a helicopter tour of Cauliflower Country’s volcanoes, while Pei Tingyun comforted Xie Huan’s fear of flying by holding his hand. After Xie Huan fell into his arms and blushed, Pei Tingyun secretly gloated over the possibility that Xie Huan found him attractive.

• Xie Huan grew nervous when he learned the group would tour the volcanoes by helicopter, and Pei Tingyun reassured him by offering to hold his hand.
• The Roaming Group split across three helicopters, leaving the husky, Jiang Che’s little black dog, and little white cat on the ground.
• Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan sat together with their fingers interlaced as the helicopter climbed over the volcanic landscape.
• The pilot turned toward a steaming geothermal area, and Xie Huan fell into Pei Tingyun’s arms.
• Xie Huan blushed and apologized after realizing where he had touched Pei Tingyun, who secretly wondered if Xie Huan found him attractive.
• Pei Tingyun got off the helicopter distracted by thoughts of what he and Xie Huan could do together, forgetting the scenery.

Pei Tingyun stole a kiss from Xie Huan in the dark tunnel, then used the husky’s bark as an excuse to cling to him. He left Xie Huan flustered after turning their teasing into mutual pats, and the two continued forward with Pei Tingyun’s arm around Xie Huan’s waist.

• Pei Tingyun hugged Xie Huan in the dark tunnel while Tang Keni and Yao Xuan whispered about the couple behind them.
• At a bend, Pei Tingyun switched off his headlamp and stole a kiss from Xie Huan, then pretended he had stumbled.
• The husky barked beside Pei Tingyun’s feet, startling him into jumping onto Xie Huan.
• Xie Huan held Pei Tingyun up, and Pei Tingyun teased him about how it felt when Xie Huan supported him.
• After Xie Huan said it felt pretty good, Pei Tingyun patted him in return, leaving Xie Huan shocked and uncertain.
• Pei Tingyun put his arm around Xie Huan’s waist again and guided him onward.

After Xie Huan realized Pei Tingyun’s frequent waist-holding made him feel like a girl, he angrily told Pei Tingyun to stop. At the outdoor hot springs, Pei Tingyun instinctively held him again, and Xie Huan tried to avoid soaking with him, but Tang Keni and Yao Xuan ushered him toward the changing rooms.

• Pei Tingyun kept his arm around Xie Huan’s waist after they left the lava tunnel, and Xie Huan shook him off and told him not to treat him like a girl.
• Pei Tingyun decided to stop holding Xie Huan’s waist and to use methods more suited to courting a man.
• At the outdoor hot spring reception center, Pei Tingyun pulled Xie Huan into his arms to prevent someone from bumping into him, then apologized and admitted he couldn’t help himself.
• Xie Huan decided he did not want to soak in a pool with Pei Tingyun, but Tang Keni and Yao Xuan steered him toward the changing rooms.

Pei Tingyun tried to use his physique to attract Xie Huan, but Xie Huan mistook his behavior for heartbreak over another woman and resolved to comfort him. The two left the changing room with entirely different ideas about their progress, then joined Tang Keni and Yao Xuan at the hot spring.

• Jiang Che encouraged Pei Tingyun to use his looks to win Xie Huan over, and Pei Tingyun hurried to the changing room.
• Pei Tingyun tried to show off his physique, and he and Xie Huan accidentally ended up with Pei Tingyun pinning him against the lockers.
• Xie Huan connected Pei Tingyun's recent behavior to the night he had drunkenly kissed him, and assumed Pei Tingyun was treating him as a stand-in for a woman who had rejected him.
• Pei Tingyun acted pitifully, and Xie Huan reassured him that he was attractive before leaving to avoid the crowd.
• Pei Tingyun believed Xie Huan was shy and thought his honey trap had worked, while Xie Huan planned to comfort his heartbroken friend.
• Xie Huan shivered on the way to the hot spring, where Tang Keni complained about the heat and Yao Xuan said the water felt fine.

At the hot springs, Pei Tingyun kept showing off and finding excuses to fuss over Xie Huan, while Xie Huan mistook his flirtation for heartbreak-induced odd behavior. The chapter left Pei Tingyun massaging Xie Huan’s lower back as Xie Huan tried to tolerate the ticklish attention.

• The group soaked in pairs, while Gu Lin avoided them by sharing a pool with the husky.
• Pei Tingyun stood up in front of Xie Huan to show off his physique, and Xie Huan praised him, cheering him up.
• Pei Tingyun repeatedly brought Xie Huan drinks and fruit until Xie Huan pulled him back into the pool and told him to stop fussing.
• Pei Tingyun put his arms around Xie Huan and gave him a massage, while Xie Huan misunderstood his talk about cardio.
• Pei Tingyun massaged Xie Huan’s lower back, making him shudder because he was ticklish there.

Xie Huan fell asleep in Pei Tingyun’s arms at the hot spring, mistaking Pei Tingyun’s kiss for the intimate attention he showed a lost lover’s substitute. After Tang Keni startled him awake, he noticed Xie Huan’s flushed face and a red mark on his neck, leaving Pei Tingyun feeling guilty.

• Xie Huan leaned back into Pei Tingyun’s arms and drifted off, and Pei Tingyun mistook his relaxed pose for an invitation to kiss him.
• Pei Tingyun kissed Xie Huan, who slapped him without opening his eyes and told him to let him sleep.
• Pei Tingyun stayed still with Xie Huan asleep in his arms as the hot spring scene continued into sunset.
• Tang Keni shouted from the walkway and startled Xie Huan awake, while Pei Tingyun tried to soothe him.
• Xie Huan offered to rub Pei Tingyun’s numb arm, and Tang Keni teased him about his red face and pointed out a red mark on his neck.
• Pei Tingyun recognized the mark on Xie Huan’s neck and felt guilty.

Pei Tingyun secretly enjoyed Xie Huan’s care at the hot spring while hiding the true cause of the mark on his neck. Back at the hotel, the Roaming Group suspected the production team’s lavish dinner was a trap, and the director spotted Pei Tingyun’s weakness when he fed Xie Huan.

• Yao Xuan dragged Tang Keni away before he could question Xie Huan about the red mark on his neck, and Pei Tingyun blamed it on his collarbone.
• Pei Tingyun pretended his leg was numb so Xie Huan would massage it, then their faces collided and Pei Tingyun secretly counted the accidental contact as another kiss.
• Xie Huan comforted Pei Tingyun by blowing on his sore face, and Pei Tingyun hid his flushed ears before they left the hot spring.
• Pei Tingyun draped a towel over Xie Huan and hurried him back to the changing room, then the Roaming Group returned to the hotel for a lavish dinner.
• The Roaming Group suspected the dinner was a trap, but Pei Tingyun fetched bread for hungry Xie Huan, revealing his weakness to the director.

At the Roaming Group’s farewell dinner, Pei Tingyun and Xie Huan worked together to protect the group’s funds during the director’s rigged scratch-card game. The group left with a promising start for their next stop in Chinese Kale Country, while Xie Huan defended Pei Tingyun from the director’s suspicions.

• Pei Tingyun lied to Xie Huan about what Fu Zheng and Jiang Che meant when they toasted his success and happiness.
• The director announced that the group’s remaining funds would pay for the hotel, while their next-stop budget would come from a scratch-card game with five bombs.
• Xie Huan used his divination to uncover a square containing 10,000 in funds.
• Pei Tingyun secretly asked Xie Huan where the bombs were, and Xie Huan wrote their coordinates on Pei Tingyun’s palm.
• When Tang Keni nearly scratched a bomb, Pei Tingyun pretended to cough and signaled him to choose another square, revealing 800 instead.
• Xie Huan scolded the director for reprimanding Pei Tingyun for coughing.

The Roaming Group scratched out an 18,000 first-day budget for their upcoming trip to Chinese Kale Country, only to learn it had to cover two nights and that they had to complete twenty guidebook activities. Meanwhile, Pei Tingyun’s close attention left Xie Huan flustered, and Xie Huan feared Pei Tingyun was treating him as a stand-in for his lost love.

• Pei Tingyun told Xie Huan that he had lied to the director, whispering so close that Xie Huan blushed and hurriedly ate to hide his awkwardness.
• Gu Lin, Yao Xuan, and Pei Tingyun scratched 2,000, a blank square, and 1 yuan, while Jiang Che and Fu Zheng revealed 1,999 and 3,200, bringing the group’s budget to 18,000.
• The director announced that the budget had to cover accommodation and transport for two nights and required the group to complete all twenty recommended activities within seven days.
• Xie Huan noticed Pei Tingyun looking at him like a groom looking at his bride and worried Pei Tingyun would mistake him for his lost love and kiss him again while drunk.

Pei Tingyun told Xie Huan he had never treated him as a stand-in and confessed that he liked him for himself. Xie Huan felt unexpectedly happy but tried to suppress his feelings, and Pei Tingyun ended the night by asking him to keep him company.

• Pei Tingyun asked Xie Huan to wait in their room, then gave him the remaining funds and told him to deposit them for their next stop.
• Pei Tingyun kissed Xie Huan against the wall, and Xie Huan pushed him away and accused him of treating him as a stand-in.
• Pei Tingyun told Xie Huan that he liked him and had only ever had him in his heart.
• Xie Huan realized Pei Tingyun's earlier affectionate words and actions had been confessions, but stopped himself from admitting he might feel the same way.
• Xie Huan pretended to be asleep to avoid facing Pei Tingyun, who asked him to keep him company because he could not sleep alone.

Xie Huan let Pei Tingyun back into bed after refusing to share it, while Pei Tingyun continued pursuing him and exploiting his obliviousness. The night ended with Pei Tingyun trying to seduce Xie Huan, who stared at him in a daze.

• Xie Huan called Pei Tingyun back to share his bed after imagining him lonely and exhausted.
• Pei Tingyun nearly called Xie Huan his wife, then admitted he had wanted to call him that.
• Xie Huan questioned why Pei Tingyun wanted him to be the wife, and Pei Tingyun vaguely explained that it was a relationship role.
• Xie Huan went to shower while feeling unsettled about the impossibility of a relationship with Pei Tingyun.
• Pei Tingyun changed into floral shorts, posed shirtless on the bed, and beckoned Xie Huan over.

Xie Huan tried to resist his growing attraction to Pei Tingyun but repeatedly caught himself watching him. After waking up in Pei Tingyun’s arms, he awkwardly avoided admitting he had been staring the next morning, then struggled through breakfast beside him.

• Xie Huan noticed Pei Tingyun wearing the floral shorts from the island, and Pei Tingyun lied that he had found them before they left.
• Xie Huan covered Pei Tingyun with the blankets and put on a shirt before getting into bed, but Pei Tingyun hugged him from behind and Xie Huan fell asleep feeling secure.
• Xie Huan woke to find Pei Tingyun packing their luggage and secretly watched him until Pei Tingyun turned around, prompting Xie Huan to pretend he was admiring the ceiling.
• Pei Tingyun invited Xie Huan to breakfast without calling out his staring, while privately imagining their future wedding night.
• Xie Huan chose a seat beside Tang Keni to avoid Pei Tingyun, but Tang Keni gave up his seat so Pei Tingyun could sit next to him.
• Xie Huan ate breakfast anxiously despite Pei Tingyun behaving as usual, unable to return to his previous calm after Pei Tingyun’s confession.

Pei Tingyun openly courted Xie Huan while secretly arranging to share first-class seats so he could sleep in Xie Huan’s arms. As their flight neared its destination, Pei Tingyun caught Xie Huan touching his Adam’s apple and asked whether he liked him.

• Jiang Che gave Pei Tingyun a cloth pouch of advice before the group left for the airport.
• Pei Tingyun sat apart from Xie Huan in the vehicle, leaving Xie Huan irritated and confused about his feelings.
• Pei Tingyun arranged for the production team to seat him beside Xie Huan, then pretended to sleep in Xie Huan’s arms during the flight.
• Xie Huan tried to wake Pei Tingyun by touching his Adam’s apple, and Pei Tingyun caught his wrist.
• Pei Tingyun teased Xie Huan about secretly touching him and asked whether he liked him.

Xie Huan tried to convince Pei Tingyun that he did not like him, but Pei Tingyun treated his denial as proof of hidden feelings. After Xie Huan predicted Gu Lin's luggage was lost and accidentally hinted at his own secret abilities, the group prepared to begin the livestream, with Xie Huan keeping his distance from Pei Tingyun.

• Pei Tingyun teased Xie Huan about secretly touching his Adam's apple and having red ears, then promised to make him fall in love.
• Xie Huan helped Pei Tingyun with his suitcases despite insisting they were only bros.
• After Gu Lin's luggage failed to appear, Xie Huan divined that it was lost and reassured him that it would be found.
• Pei Tingyun asked how Xie Huan knew about Gu Lin's luggage, and Xie Huan accidentally called Jiang Che a senior before denying he had special abilities.
• Gu Lin registered his missing luggage, and Xie Huan moved away from Pei Tingyun to stand between Yao Xuan and Tang Keni before the livestream began.