Chapter Summaries

Jiang Mingxi, Zhao Jiayuan, and Chen Chong ran three parent-child tour groups in town and earned little after expenses despite working all day. They announced a couples’ special for the next day, while Bai Ge asked Song Lan what she thought of fans saying Jiang Mingxi was not good enough for her.

• Jiang Mingxi and Zhao Jiayuan recruited three more families for 9.9-yuan parent-child tours, and Chen Chong joined them in leading the outings.
• The three finished their tours after dark and ate noodles, calculating that they had made only 53.3 yuan total after expenses.
• Jiang Mingxi announced that the next day’s tours would have a couples’ theme, and Zhao Jiayuan and Chen Chong joked about being single.
• Livestream viewers debated whether Jiang Mingxi was suitable for Song Lan, and Bai Ge asked Song Lan what she thought.

After Jiang Mingxi returned from the livestream, he visited Song Lan with a lily and flirted shamelessly while trying to get Song Lan to tend his injuries. Song Lan brought out medicine, and Jiang Mingxi ended the chapter happily on Song Lan's bed as Song Lan regretted letting him stay.

• Song Lan denied liking Jiang Mingxi after Bai Ge teased him about defending Jiang Mingxi during the livestream.
• Jiang Mingxi visited Song Lan, hugged him, and gave him a lily he had bought despite earning only seventeen yuan.
• Jiang Mingxi repeatedly claimed his injuries hurt and tried to persuade Song Lan to put medicine on them.
• Song Lan brought out Yunnan Baiyao, prompting Jiang Mingxi to hug him again and beg for help with his knee.
• Song Lan agreed to tend to Jiang Mingxi's injury, and Jiang Mingxi climbed onto his bed and flirted with him.

Jiang Mingxi tried to get closer to Song Lan while Song Lan treated his injured knee, but Jiang Mingle interrupted them. Song Lan rejected Jiang Mingle’s attempts to talk and called for the director to address what he described as harassment.

• Jiang Mingxi showed Song Lan his bleeding knee and flirted with him while Song Lan disinfected and treated the injury.
• Jiang Mingxi leaned toward Song Lan, but Jiang Mingle entered with apples and interrupted them.
• Song Lan refused Jiang Mingle’s offer and rejected his claims that he disliked him because of the conflict with Jiang Mingxi.
• Jiang Mingle accused Jiang Mingxi of leeching off Song Lan’s popularity, prompting Song Lan to leave the courtyard.
• Song Lan asked a staff member to get the director and complained that Jiang Mingle was pestering him, while Jiang Mingle protested that Song Lan was treating him unfairly.

Jiang Mingxi confronted Song Lan about his feelings, stole a kiss, and returned to find Dabao warning him that the blond man from the auto repair shop was searching for him. Jiang Mingxi realized the man had tracked him to the village, leaving him facing a possible threat.

• Song Lan accused Jiang Mingle of manipulating videos and hiring trolls, and the director helped Jiang Mingle leave the courtyard.
• Jiang Mingxi confessed that he liked Song Lan and asked to court him, then stole a kiss and ran off delighted.
• Dabao told Jiang Mingxi that Third Brother, the blond man from the auto repair shop, had asked where Jiang Mingxi was staying.
• Jiang Mingxi recalled that the original owner had not known the blond man and wondered how he had tracked him to the village.

Jiang Mingxi caught a blond intruder who had been paid to assault him, forced him to reveal the payment chat, and called for help. Police arrested the intruder, who protested that Jiang Mingxi had fed him shit.

• Jiang Mingxi struck the blond intruder with a water dipper, broke his wrist, and fought him off after he slashed Jiang Mingxi's arm.
• Jiang Mingxi pinned the blond down and threatened him with a tin of shit and maggots until he admitted someone had paid him fifty thousand yuan to assault Jiang Mingxi.
• The blond showed Jiang Mingxi their WeChat chat, and Jiang Mingxi photographed it before the blond shoved him aside and ran.
• Jiang Mingxi shouted for help as the blond reached the courtyard gate, where three police officers arrived and tackled him.
• Zhao Jiayuan, Song Lan, the director, villagers, and production crew gathered as Jiang Mingxi explained that he had found the blond going through his suitcase.
• The blond denied stealing anything and protested that Jiang Mingxi had fed him shit.

Jiang Mingxi turned the blond thug’s attempted assault into a theft case after discovering his expensive watch was missing. The thug revealed that someone had paid him to come, leaving Jiang Mingle exposed to suspicion.

• Jiang Mingle arrived and tried to imply that the blond thug had assaulted Jiang Mingxi, but Zhao Jiayuan pointed out that the man had come to steal.
• Jiang Mingxi told the police that the blond thug had ransacked his suitcase, then found his 650,000-yuan watch missing.
• Jiang Mingxi explained that he had bought the watch for Jiang Ke but kept it, while the police found it on the blond thug.
• The blond thug panicked over the theft charge and admitted that someone had paid him 50,000 yuan to come, turning Jiang Mingle’s face green.

After Jiang Mingxi was injured during the theft incident, Song Lan arranged to share a room with him and called Bai Ge to help keep the thief in prison. As Song Lan treated Jiang Mingxi’s wound, Jiang Mingxi flirted with him, and Song Lan reacted strongly to his touch.

• The police arrested the blond punk, while the village chief apologized to the director and Jiang Mingxi for the incident.
• Song Lan proposed that everyone share rooms in pairs, and Jiang Mingxi insisted on staying with Song Lan.
• Song Lan asked Bai Ge to use her connections to keep the thief in prison, and Bai Ge questioned whether he had fallen for Jiang Mingxi.
• Song Lan returned to his room and found Jiang Mingxi unsure whether he should take his pants off to sleep.
• Song Lan treated Jiang Mingxi’s wound, but Jiang Mingxi’s bare legs and playful touch left Song Lan flustered.

Jiang Mingxi tried to seduce Song Lan after claiming he was frightened, but Song Lan rejected his advances. The next morning, Jiang Ke confronted Jiang Mingxi and demanded that he apologize to Jiang Mingle.

• Song Lan applied medicine to Jiang Mingxi's arm and shared the bed with him, keeping his distance.
• Jiang Mingxi asked Song Lan to comfort him, then tried to seduce him by kissing his palm and pressing his hand to his chest.
• Song Lan pulled away and ordered Jiang Mingxi to sleep on his side, while Jiang Mingxi complained that Song Lan was not interested in his body.
• Jiang Mingxi fell asleep, and Song Lan began to explain that falling for someone took time before realizing Jiang Mingxi was already asleep.
• The next morning, Jiang Ke confronted Jiang Mingxi about how he had treated Lele, and Jiang Mingle tried to calm him down.
• Jiang Ke grabbed Jiang Mingxi by the collar and demanded that he apologize to Lele.

Jiang Mingxi beat Jiang Ke after Jiang Ke demanded he apologize to Jiang Mingle and withdraw his report about a theft and assault. The crew and livestream viewers witnessed the fight as Jiang Mingxi explained what Jiang Ke had told him.

• Jiang Mingle pleaded with Jiang Mingxi to apologize, and Jiang Ke tried to strike him.
• Jiang Mingxi dodged Jiang Ke's shove, then pinned him down and slapped him.
• The assistant director told the crew that Jiang Mingxi and Jiang Ke were fighting, and everyone rushed to the courtyard.
• Song Lan pulled Jiang Mingxi off Jiang Ke while Jiang Mingle helped his eldest brother up.
• Jiang Mingxi told Song Lan that Jiang Ke had demanded he apologize to Jiang Mingle, claim the blond man had not assaulted him, withdraw his police report, and write a letter of forgiveness.

Jiang Mingxi exposed Jiang Ke’s order to falsely accuse the thief, and Song Lan intervened after Jiang Ke tried to seize the recording. Song Lan threatened to end Tianli Group’s joint project with Song Corporation unless Jiang Ke apologized, leaving Jiang Mingle consumed with jealousy.

• Zhao Jiayuan and Chen Chong confronted Jiang Ke after Jiang Mingxi revealed how Jiang Ke had treated him.
• Jiang Mingle defended Jiang Ke and accused Jiang Mingxi of lying, but Jiang Mingxi played a recording of Jiang Ke ordering him to claim the visitor had come to rape him.
• Jiang Ke lunged for the recorder, and Song Lan kicked him to the ground.
• The director and assistant director pretended to search for a pig’s head, turning the confrontation into a comic spectacle.
• Song Lan demanded an apology and threatened to cancel Tianli Group’s joint project with Song Corporation, while Jiang Mingle wondered why Song Lan was helping Jiang Mingxi.

Jiang Ke apologized to Jiang Mingxi after Song Lan threatened to end Song Corporation’s cooperation with Tianli Group, only to realize the apology had been livestreamed. The county tourism bureau then mistakenly presented Jiang Mingle as Bridgehead Village’s tourism ambassador, leaving everyone in an awkward mix-up.

• Jiang Mingle defended himself and apologized for Jiang Ke, while livestream viewers pointed out that he had earlier blamed Jiang Mingxi.
• Jiang Ke apologized to Jiang Mingxi after Song Lan warned she would cancel Song Corporation’s cooperation with Tianli Group.
• Jiang Ke discovered that the cameraman had livestreamed the confrontation, and the director confirmed the broadcast had captured everything.
• The village chief brought Official Lu from the county culture and tourism bureau, who thanked Jiang Mingxi for promoting Bridgehead Village and presented a banner naming Jiang Mingle as its tourism ambassador.
• Official Lu and the village chief realized the banner named the wrong person, while villagers questioned why Jiang Mingle had been chosen instead of Jiang Mingxi.

Jiang Mingxi, Chen Chong, Zhao Jiayuan, and Song Lan accepted an invitation to promote tourism in Bridgehead Village, while Jiang Ke tried to force Jiang Mingxi off the show. The director rejected Jiang Ke’s demand after Song Corporation offered to invest, then announced a couples’ mountain-climbing game that left Jiang Mingxi eager to pretend to be a couple.

• Leader Lu apologized for getting Jiang Mingxi’s name wrong and invited Jiang Mingxi, Chen Chong, and Zhao Jiayuan to promote Bridgehead Village tourism.
• Jiang Mingxi pulled Song Lan into the arrangement, and Leader Lu agreed to invite all four of them for the couples’ special.
• Jiang Ke demanded that the director fire a cameraman and remove Jiang Mingxi from the show, threatening to withdraw his investment.
• Special Assistant Su offered Song Corporation’s investment, and the director announced he would replace Jiang Ke’s funding.
• The director introduced a tied-leg mountain-climbing game and revealed that Jiang Mingxi, Chen Chong, Zhao Jiayuan, and Song Lan would pretend to be couples.

Jiang Mingxi maneuvered the blind-box draw so he could team up with Song Lan for the couples’ games, despite the director’s objections. At the foot of the mountain, Jiang Mingxi interlaced fingers with Song Lan as they greeted a cheering fan, while her boyfriend reacted angrily.

• The director announced that the guests would form couples by drawing colored blind boxes and earn or lose task money based on their performance.
• Jiang Mingxi drew green alongside Zhao Jiayuan, while Song Lan drew red, then Jiang Mingxi switched frogs with Chen Chong so he could pair with Song Lan.
• The director objected to the switch, but Jiang Mingxi argued that the rules had never forbidden it, and the teams were settled with Jiang Mingxi and Song Lan together and Zhao Jiayuan and Chen Chong together.
• The group met two couples at the foot of the mountain, including a fan who cheered Jiang Mingxi on to turn a bicycle into a motorcycle.
• Jiang Mingxi interlaced fingers with Song Lan and waved to the fan, while her boyfriend glared at her angrily.

The teams began a linked-leg mountain race, with Manman and Qianqian’s teams’ rewards tied to the celebrity teams they accompanied. Song Lan showed concern for Jiang Mingxi, who playfully pretended to be dizzy, while Zhao Jiayuan and Chen Chong immediately stumbled and fell; Qianqian hurried after Song Lan and Jiang Mingxi after her boyfriend scolded her.

• The director explained the ten-minute race and linked Manman’s team to Zhao Jiayuan and Chen Chong, and Qianqian’s team to Jiang Mingxi and Song Lan.
• Song Lan noticed Jiang Mingxi’s injured knee, suggested tying their legs on the other side, and caught him when he pretended to get dizzy.
• Song Lan tied their legs together, and he and Jiang Mingxi set off up the mountain.
• Zhao Jiayuan charged ahead, causing him and Chen Chong to stumble and fall before Manman and her boyfriend helped them up.
• Qianqian’s boyfriend quietly scolded her for looking at the other team, and she followed him as they tried to catch up with Song Lan and Jiang Mingxi.

Song Lan was disappointed when Jiang Mingxi finished the climb without leaning on him, while Jiang Mingxi focused on winning the reward and helping Qianqian. The director began a couples-themed truth-or-dare game, leaving Jiang Mingxi eager to learn what the cards would ask.

• Song Lan reached the finish with Jiang Mingxi, who untied their ribbon and celebrated their sweet gift package and ten-yuan reward without leaning on him.
• Jiang Mingxi took the outstretched hand of Qianqian's boyfriend, guided the exhausted couple to stools, and gave Qianqian the gift package.
• Manman remarked that Qianqian and her boyfriend had climbed unusually fast, and Qianqian's boyfriend explained that she had wanted to catch up with Song Lan.
• The director announced a second game of truth or dare, with penalties for refusing questions or dares and cards designed especially for couples.
• Jiang Mingxi asked the director what made the cards especially suited to couples.

The cast began a truth-or-dare game on the mountain, where Song Lan rejected the idea of kissing anyone and Chen Chong named Zhao Jiayuan as the person he disliked most. Zhao Jiayuan then asked Qianqian to show her latest WeChat messages with her boyfriend, leaving her visibly terrified.

• Qianqian's boyfriend asked her to sit beside Song Lan, so Jiang Mingxi gave up the seat and offered Qianqian water when he noticed she looked unwell.
• The cast played rock-paper-scissors, and Chen Chong drew a card asking Song Lan whom he would choose to kiss.
• Song Lan said he wanted to kiss no one and chose to take a ten-yuan deduction, disappointing Jiang Mingxi.
• Song Lan drew a card asking Chen Chong to name the person he disliked most, and Chen Chong immediately chose Zhao Jiayuan and mocked his appearance.
• Zhao Jiayuan drew a dare asking Qianqian to show her three latest messages with her boyfriend, and Qianqian clenched her fist in fear over a message ordering her to wear a dog collar and make breakfast.

During a Survival Challenge game, Qianqian overcame her fear enough to take a turn, while Jiang Mingxi and Zhao Jiayuan joked about the show's rules and helped keep the mood lively. Zhao Jiayuan then read a suggestive card to Chen Chong, and the chapter ended with Jiang Mingxi hoping the next card would be just as provocative.

• Qianqian trembled at the prospect of continuing, but Jiang Mingxi reassured her that she could give up, and the director explained that the guests could not spend their endorsement fees during filming.
• Zhao Jiayuan and Jiang Mingxi joked about robbing the production team for food, prompting the director to insist they had to earn money properly.
• Qianqian gave up her turn and drew a card that instructed Zhao Jiayuan to read a suggestive line to the person on his right, Chen Chong.
• Manman urged Zhao Jiayuan not to give up, and Chen Chong taunted him about sexual dysfunction before Zhao read the line aggressively to him.
• Zhao Jiayuan demanded Chen Chong judge his reading, and staff intervened before their argument could escalate.
• Manman's boyfriend reached for a card as Jiang Mingxi silently hoped it would contain something horny.

Jiang Mingxi drew a task card requiring him to hug Song Lan, and Song Lan agreed, though Jiang Mingxi's teasing left him flustered. Afterward, Jiang Mingxi watched Manman and her boyfriend kiss and imagined kissing Song Lan, who noticed his gaze and looked away.

• Jiang Mingxi asked Song Lan for a one-minute hug, and Song Lan stood up and embraced him as Zhao Jiayuan and Manman cheered.
• Jiang Mingxi whispered a provocative remark while they hugged, making Song Lan tighten his arms and tell him not to move.
• When the minute ended, Song Lan pushed Jiang Mingxi away and quickly sat down, while Jiang Mingxi realized Song Lan had been physically affected.
• Jiang Mingxi drew the next card, which asked him to choose someone beside him to kiss for a minute, and Manman kissed her boyfriend.
• Jiang Mingxi watched them kiss and imagined kissing Song Lan, who met his heated gaze before looking away.

During a couples’ game, Qianqian’s boyfriend appeared to know her preferences while Qianqian acted tense and compliant. When Qianqian fell and Manman reached to help, Qianqian begged her not to hit her, leaving the crew and viewers alarmed.

• Manman and Qianqian’s boyfriend wrote down identical lists of Qianqian’s favorite fruits, though viewers noticed she seemed relieved and a coworker said she hated two of them.
• Qianqian’s boyfriend drew a dare, and Manman chose Qianqian to do frog jumps with her; Qianqian sprang up when her boyfriend looked at her.
• The director recalled that Qianqian had struggled on the mountain while her boyfriend insisted she was fine and kept moving.
• Manman praised her boyfriend’s mother during the frog-jump dare and said the woman had treated her like a daughter.
• Qianqian stumbled during her turn, and when Manman reached to steady her, Qianqian trembled and pleaded, “Don’t hit me.”
• Qianqian’s boyfriend approached and told her to apologize for making a bizarre joke, while viewers urged people to contact her family.

During a truth-or-dare game, Manman joyfully accepted her boyfriend’s proposal while Qianqian struggled through answers that showed her distress and fear of her boyfriend. The director shuffled the guests into new groups, separating Qianqian from him, and her boyfriend privately warned her to watch what she said.

• Qianqian’s boyfriend pressured her to keep playing, and she said she liked that he had once brought her breakfast every day.
• Manman declared that her boyfriend’s father treated her like a daughter, prompting her boyfriend to propose and her to accept.
• Qianqian said she liked memories of her boyfriend taking her on bicycle rides and waiting outside her classroom, though she no longer liked him and did not dare resist.
• The director split the guests into two groups, placing Qianqian with Zhao Jiayuan, Jiang Mingxi, and Manman, while her boyfriend objected and was refused.
• Qianqian’s boyfriend hugged her and privately warned her to consider the consequences of what she said.