Chapter Summaries

Ye Qingzhou and Chu Ci unexpectedly proposed to each other during Chu Ci’s livestream, turning their planned public relationship announcement into a mutual ring exchange. After Weibo crashed from the surge of attention, Chu Ci ended the livestream and prepared another gift for Ye Qingzhou.

• Chu Ci proposed to Ye Qingzhou, but Ye Qingzhou surprised him by kneeling with a ring of his own.
• Viewers celebrated the mutual proposal, and the announcement hashtags surged across Weibo until the platform crashed.
• Chu Ci asked when Ye Qingzhou had prepared his ring, and Ye Qingzhou said it was the day after they registered their marriage.
• Ye Qingzhou put his ring on Chu Ci, who kissed Ye Qingzhou’s hand and said he had another gift for him.
• Chu Ci ended the livestream and opened a voice recording on his phone.

Chu Ci played Ye Qingzhou recordings from twenty-five fans, showing him how his work had touched people’s lives. The final recording was Chu Ci’s message to Wu Zhou, telling him that his birth was never a mistake and that he was a wonderful gift.

• Ye Qingzhou listened as fans of different ages and backgrounds shared their admiration and wished him happiness and success.
• A young man told Ye Qingzhou that the character Shen Zhou had helped him overcome insecurity and become braver.
• Chu Ci explained that he had gathered twenty-five fans’ recordings, ranging from a nearly sixty-year-old to a two-year-old.
• Ye Qingzhou became tearful when he heard Chu Ci prompting the little girl to wish him happiness and health.
• Chu Ci played his own final recording, telling Wu Zhou that he was not a monster and that his presence had brought others positive energy.

Chu Ci comforted Ye Qingzhou with messages of support from his fans, and Ye Qingzhou cried before telling him he loved him. Chu Ci put a ring on Ye Qingzhou’s finger, and they publicly announced their marriage on Weibo, where fans and the public celebrated the news.

• Ye Qingzhou broke down in tears after Chu Ci reassured him that he was not a monster and showed him fans’ messages of love.
• Chu Ci held Ye Qingzhou and comforted him until he calmed down, and Ye Qingzhou told Chu Ci, “I love you.”
• Chu Ci slipped a ring onto Ye Qingzhou’s finger, and they agreed to take a photo together.
• Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou posted matching wedding announcements on Weibo, including photos of their marriage certificates and rings.
• Fans and the public reacted to the marriage announcement, and related hashtags dominated Weibo’s trending list for three days.

After their relationship became public, Ye Qingzhou openly clung to Chu Ci while they arrived early to film Challenge, prompting the director to start the livestream despite their hand-holding. Viewers wondered whether last season’s regulars Little Fox and Little Lamb would return, and the chapter ended as the director spotted two familiar figures arriving.

• Ye Qingzhou held Chu Ci’s hand on the set of Challenge and emphasized to the director that they were married.
• Chu Ci dismissed the director’s concerns and said Ye Qingzhou was still a kid, leaving the director resigned to their public affection.
• The director started the livestream, and viewers flocked in asking about the guests and last season’s regulars.
• The livestream comments discussed Xiao Li, known as Little Fox, and He Sui, known as Little Lamb, and their popular friendship on Challenge.
• The director looked up and saw two familiar figures arrive.

Ye Qingzhou and Chu Ci joined He Sui and Xiao Li on “Challenge,” where they handed out wedding candy and revealed they had married. Actor Wen Ziyi arrived as the fifth guest, returning to “Challenge” after Xiao Li had tricked him in the previous season.

• The director introduced He Sui and Xiao Li as regular guests and confirmed that Ye Qingzhou and Chu Ci had also been invited.
• Ye Qingzhou and Chu Ci approached He Sui and Xiao Li and gave them wedding candies.
• He Sui congratulated the newlyweds awkwardly, and Xiao Li praised the wrappers that Chu Ci had supposedly designed.
• Wen Ziyi arrived late because of traffic and returned to “Challenge” to wipe away the humiliation of being tricked by Xiao Li in the previous season.

Wen Ziyi challenged Xiao Li, and the six guests gathered for Challenge’s on-site theme draw. He Sui picked “Red-Blue Chase Battle,” leaving the guests ready to learn how the competition would unfold.

• Wen Ziyi declared that he would surpass Xiao Li and erase his past humiliation, while Xiao Li answered sarcastically.
• The sixth guest introduced himself as moon, an acclaimed seventeen-year-old esports champion, and Ye Qingzhou and He Sui explained his identity to Chu Ci.
• The director announced the random lot draw, and He Sui volunteered to pick the episode’s theme.
• He Sui drew “Red-Blue Chase Battle,” and the director revealed additional slips to show that the box contained different possible themes.

The guests drew random slips to form teams for the Red vs. Blue Chase, and He Sui and Xiao Li ended up on opposite teams. Wen Ziyi drew onto Xiao Li’s team despite hoping to avoid him, recalling how Xiao Li had repeatedly taken his money in a previous competition.

• He Sui drew red, while Xiao Li drew blue, prompting He Sui to theatrically lament being separated from him.
• Xiao Li teased He Sui about getting snot on his sleeve, then gave him a strawberry lollipop.
• Wen Ziyi drew blue and learned he would be teamed with Xiao Li.
• Wen Ziyi recalled that Xiao Li had smashed his dipper three times in a previous competition and taken all the money he had earned.
• Wen Ziyi threatened Xiao Li, then nervously called himself the easiest person in the world to mess with.

Wen Ziyi, Chu Ci, Ye Qingzhou, and the other guests formed red and blue teams for a stamina-based chase game on Challenge. The rules and starting energy points were set, and viewers slightly favored the blue team as the competition was about to begin.

• Wen Ziyi failed to persuade the director to let him switch teams, and moon drew red for He Sui's team.
• Chu Ci drew red, leaving Ye Qingzhou with blue; the red team was Chu Ci, He Sui, and moon, while the blue team was Ye Qingzhou, Xiao Li, and Wen Ziyi.
• The director explained that guests would lose energy over time, could regain it through tasks or teammate transfers, and would compete to capture eight task locations in order.
• The guests drew their starting energy points: Ye Qingzhou got 80, Chu Ci 75, Wen Ziyi 100, Xiao Li 60, He Sui 70, and moon 90.
• The audience poll favored the blue team, which received 56 percent of the votes against the red team's 44 percent.

The teams began Challenge’s energy-and-flag game, and Ye Qingzhou assigned Wen Ziyi to infiltrate the red team. Wen Ziyi joined Chu Ci’s group, while Chu Ci demanded a joining fee to prove his loyalty.

• Xiao Li and Ye Qingzhou split up to search for flags as the blue team began the game.
• Ye Qingzhou urged Wen Ziyi to transfer some of his energy, then persuaded him to follow the red team and report their plans.
• Wen Ziyi gave Ye Qingzhou 50 energy points and set off to approach Chu Ci’s team.
• Chu Ci guessed that Ye Qingzhou had sent Wen Ziyi undercover, welcomed him to the red team, and asked him to pay a joining fee.

Chu Ci persuaded Wen Ziyi to join the red team and transfer energy, while concealing that he had recognized Wen Ziyi as a spy. After Wen Ziyi agreed to give him ten bars, moon found the first mission location.

• Chu Ci challenged Wen Ziyi to prove his sincerity by joining the red team and sharing energy.
• Wen Ziyi hesitated because he was secretly carrying out Ye Qingzhou’s undercover mission and had limited energy remaining.
• Chu Ci counted down, and Wen Ziyi followed him, offering energy in exchange for joining the red team.
• Chu Ci accepted ten bars and told Wen Ziyi he had passed the test to join the team.
• moon discovered mission location number one.

moon captured task point one for the red team by passing a difficult plant-memory challenge and chose a Skill Card that gave his teammates ten energy bars. Chu Ci and Wen Ziyi saw blue smoke rise soon afterward, leaving Wen Ziyi baffled by how quickly the blue team had captured a point.

• moon found task point one and memorized the uses of twenty plants in five minutes, answering three questions correctly.
• moon planted the red flag, claimed task point one, and chose to add ten energy bars to his team's members.
• The red team's members received messages confirming their energy had increased by ten bars.
• Chu Ci and Wen Ziyi saw blue smoke rise and received messages that they had gained ten energy bars.
• Chu Ci said they should secure the even-numbered points and led Wen Ziyi toward task point three, while Wen Ziyi wondered how the blue team had acted so quickly.

Ye Qingzhou completed the ring-toss task at Task Point 2 before Task Point 1 released its smoke, then claimed the point in sequence and chose to add energy to his team. After meeting Xiao Li and He Sui, he headed for Task Point 4 instead of Task Point 3.

• Ye Qingzhou persuaded the staff member at Task Point 2 to let him attempt the ring toss early, then landed enough rings to pass.
• Ye Qingzhou waited until red smoke appeared at Task Point 1, inserted the blue flag at Task Point 2, and chose to add ten energy points to his team.
• Xiao Li and He Sui arrived at Task Point 2, and He Sui explained that he supported Xiao Li despite being on the red team.
• Ye Qingzhou found Task Points 3 and 4 near each other, then walked toward Task Point 4.

Chu Ci received He Sui’s message that the blue team had split up to find task point three, while Ye Qingzhou secretly headed for point four. After moon found point three, Chu Ci arrived with Wen Ziyi, who had secretly overheard the washing task, and Chu Ci left Wen Ziyi waiting while he went to the restroom.

• Chu Ci read He Sui’s message and inferred that Ye Qingzhou might be searching for task point three while teasing Wen Ziyi about a supposed porn ad.
• Moon found task point three, which required washing a pile of dirty dishes and chopsticks, and sent Chu Ci his location.
• Chu Ci arrived with Wen Ziyi and told moon that Wen Ziyi had defected to their side, then secretly signaled moon to keep quiet.
• Chu Ci and moon discussed the dishwashing task while Wen Ziyi secretly eavesdropped and learned how the task point could be claimed.
• Chu Ci said he wanted to use the restroom, and Wen Ziyi chose to wait for him.

Wen Ziyi was tricked into washing dishes for the red team and was left nearly out of energy. Chu Ci reached Task Point Four, but Ye Qingzhou was nowhere to be seen.

• Chu Ci left Wen Ziyi and moon alone at Task Point Three, where moon agreed to let Wen Ziyi wash the dishes.
• Wen Ziyi quickly washed the dishes, unaware that moon had already completed the task and taken the red flag.
• A staff member explained the task rules, and Wen Ziyi realized Chu Ci had used him to help the red team.
• The red team used a Skill Card, reducing Wen Ziyi to three bars of energy and leaving him only three minutes to avoid dormancy.
• Chu Ci arrived at Task Point Four expecting to find Ye Qingzhou, but found the room empty.

Chu Ci challenged Ye Qingzhou for the red team's flag at task point four and won it by rolling three sixes. The rivals then agreed to settle who would claim the point with a bet, leaving Ye Qingzhou to close his eyes for one minute.

• Ye Qingzhou appeared with the blue flag after completing the task at point four, while Chu Ci learned that no flag had yet been planted there.
• Chu Ci challenged the staff member to roll dice and won the red team's flag by rolling three sixes twice.
• Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou faced off over who would claim task point four as viewers commented on their affectionate looks.
• Chu Ci proposed a bet: Ye Qingzhou would win if he kept his eyes closed for one minute, otherwise Chu Ci would win.

Ye Qingzhou lost a game to Chu Ci when he opened his eyes after Chu Ci kissed him, and the red team took task points one, three, and four. The blue team then occupied points five and six, tying the teams, as the chapter revealed Xiao Li’s plan to outwit the red team’s spy.

• Chu Ci kissed Ye Qingzhou during the countdown, making Ye Qingzhou open his eyes and concede the game.
• Chu Ci planted the red team’s flag at task point four, giving the red team points one, three, and four.
• Blue smoke appeared twice as the blue team occupied task points five and six, bringing both teams to three points each.
• Xiao Li had recognized He Sui as a red team spy and secretly observed the venue while pretending to wander with him.
• Xiao Li sent Ye Qingzhou his observations, and Ye Qingzhou went to points three and four to stall the red team while the blue team targeted points five and six.

The blue team secured task points five and six while Ye Qingzhou confronted Chu Ci at point four, leaving the teams tied with three points each. Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou headed toward point eight hand in hand after red smoke appeared over point seven.

• Xiao Li took He Sui's phone, completed the tasks at points five and six, and secured both blue flags.
• Ye Qingzhou and Chu Ci admitted they had each distrusted the other team's supposed mole, while the teams ended up holding three task points apiece.
• Ye Qingzhou followed Chu Ci toward the remaining task points and interlaced their fingers, despite Chu Ci's protests that they were filming a competition rather than a dating show.
• When red smoke rose above point seven, Chu Ci chose to head for point eight and explained how he had guessed the blue team might target points five and six.

Chu Ci and moon helped the red team capture Task Point Seven, leaving the team competition at Task Point Eight to decide the game. At the final point, moon transferred energy to Wen Ziyi, and the director announced three events for the teams to contest.

• moon completed the memory task at Task Point Seven and captured it for the red team.
• Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou hurried to Task Point Eight, where they joined moon, He Sui, Wen Ziyi, and Xiao Li.
• Wen Ziyi interrupted the director because his energy bracelet was nearly depleted, and moon transferred twenty energy points to him.
• The director revealed that Task Point Eight required a best-of-three team competition featuring a three-person four-legged race, tug-of-war, and arm wrestling.

The red and blue teams competed in the final teamwork games, with their arm-wrestling matches deciding the episode’s winner. Ye Qingzhou beat Chu Ci, giving the blue team victory as filming for the first episode of Challenge ended.

• The red team won the three-person, four-legged race, while the blue team won the tug-of-war after three rounds.
• moon easily defeated Wen Ziyi in arm wrestling, and Xiao Li beat He Sui to tie the score at one to one.
• Ye Qingzhou and Chu Ci faced off in the deciding match, and Ye Qingzhou won after nearly three minutes.
• Chu Ci praised Ye Qingzhou as Little Wu Zhou, blue smoke announced the blue team’s victory, and filming for the first episode of Challenge ended.

After gaining attention for Reign, Chu Ci received a Starlight Awards invitation and agreed to star in a film that Ye Qingzhou wanted to direct. Chu Ci won Best Newcomer and declared his love for Ye Qingzhou during his acceptance speech.

• After Challenge's first episode aired, its topics trended online and Chu Ci gained more followers.
• Chu Ci learned that he had been invited to the Starlight Awards, while Ye Qingzhou explained he was ineligible because he had already won the same awards before.
• Ye Qingzhou asked Chu Ci to star in a film based on their story, and Chu Ci agreed.
• Ye Qingzhou accompanied Chu Ci to the Starlight Awards ceremony, where Chu Ci won Best Newcomer for playing Xiao Ziheng.
• During his acceptance speech, Chu Ci thanked Ye Qingzhou and said that he loved him.