Chapter Summaries

Gao Le revealed himself as the actor pursuing Jiang Mingxi and said he planned to pursue him openly. Song Lan watched Jiang Mingxi as Gao Le asked him for a chance.

• Gao Le said he had met Jiang Mingxi privately and eaten a meal with him, making Song Lan jealous.
• Chen Chong guessed Gao Le and revealed that Gao Le had asked whether Jiang Mingxi was single; Chen Chong had answered that he was.
• Jiang Mingxi said he was not close to Bai He or Gao Le, then guessed that Wan Ke might be pursuing him because Wan Ke had sexually harassed and drugged him before.
• Chen Chong won the round by guessing correctly, and the man in the orange T-shirt removed his mask to reveal himself as Gao Le.
• Gao Le reminded Jiang Mingxi that they had shared a dressing room at a talent show and said he would pursue him all out, while Song Lan watched.

Jiang Mingxi and the others questioned the two new guests, and Song Lan grew increasingly upset when both newcomers said they had come for Jiang Mingxi. After Zhao Ke was identified, the director announced the next task and divided the six guests into teams of three by lot.

• Jiang Mingxi told Gao Le he disliked people with “Le” in their names, and Zhao Jiayuan pointed out that Jiang Mingxi had stopped pursuing Song Lan.
• Song Lan asked the second new guest whether he had come to pursue Jiang Mingxi, and the man said he had come for Jiang Mingxi.
• Zhao Jiayuan guessed the newcomer worked at Qiaoli, and Jiang Mingxi recognized him as Zhao Ke after learning they had eaten together the day before.
• The director announced that Chen Chong, Zhao Jiayuan, and Jiang Mingxi each received an item, while Song Lan received none.
• Chen Chong chose a rope and an axe, Zhao Jiayuan chose a stick, and Jiang Mingxi chose a rudimentary fishing net.
• The director announced that the six guests would draw lots to form two teams of three for the upcoming tasks.

Song Lan tried to join Jiang Mingxi’s team during a wilderness survival challenge, but Jiang Mingxi stayed with Gao Le and Zhao Jiayuan. When Song Lan pulled Jiang Mingxi into his arms after he stumbled, Jiang Mingxi thanked him politely and moved away, leaving Song Lan aware of the distance between them.

• The guests drew team cards, and Song Lan asked to switch teams so he could be with Jiang Mingxi, but Zhao Jiayuan and Gao Le refused.
• The director announced that the two teams would compete in the woods for a day and handle their own food, shelter, and other needs with the tools provided.
• Zhao Ke lost three rounds of rock-paper-scissors to Gao Le, so Zhao Ke and Chen Chong had to make do with the rope they had received.
• As the guests climbed the mountain, Gao Le offered to catch fish for Jiang Mingxi, who challenged him to see who could catch more.
• When Jiang Mingxi stumbled on a shifting rock, Song Lan yanked him into his arms before Gao Le could steady him, but Jiang Mingxi pushed away and walked off with Zhao Jiayuan.

Jiang Mingxi searched the woods with Zhao Jiayuan for herbs to smoke rabbits out, while Gao Le tried to get close to him. When Gao Le justified his advances by citing Jiang Mingxi’s behavior toward Song Lan, Jiang Mingxi bluntly exposed the double standard, leaving Gao Le speechless.

• Jiang Mingxi spotted rabbit tracks and told Zhao Jiayuan to help find herbs to smoke the rabbits out.
• Jiang Mingxi found the herb and explained that they needed it to catch the rabbits.
• Gao Le moved close to Jiang Mingxi, but Jiang Mingxi stepped away and warned him not to touch him.
• Zhao Jiayuan criticized Gao Le for trying to force a hug before Jiang Mingxi had agreed to date him.
• Gao Le claimed he was only following Jiang Mingxi’s example with Song Lan, and Jiang Mingxi pointed out the hypocrisy in his reasoning.

Jiang Mingxi rejected Gao Le’s advances, then ignored Song Lan’s attempt to imitate Gao Le’s words and focused on the team’s task. When Gao Le failed to start a fire with stones, Jiang Mingxi lit one himself, leaving Gao Le furious.

• Jiang Mingxi told Gao Le that he disliked his harassment and asked him to respect people.
• Song Lan copied Gao Le’s promise to show sincerity, but Jiang Mingxi rejected him and asked Zhao Jiayuan for a lighter.
• Gao Le offered to start a fire with stones, and Jiang Mingxi agreed while the livestream chat argued over his behavior.
• Zhao Ke teased Song Lan about Feng Moshan, while Song Lan and Zhao Ke failed to help Chen Chong with their team’s task.
• After Gao Le struggled to make a fire, Jiang Mingxi struck two stones once and lit the fire himself, enraging Gao Le.

Jiang Mingxi led the group in smoking rabbits out of their burrows, and he and Zhao Jiayuan caught several while Chen Chong looked after Zhao Jiayuan. After the director tried to lure them toward the production crew’s hidden supplies, Jiang Mingxi revealed he had found a natural source of salt, while Gao Le appeared to have been attacked by a rabbit.

• Jiang Mingxi assigned Zhao Jiayuan and Gao Le to smoke herbs into separate rabbit holes while he searched for another entrance.
• Jiang Mingxi caught two rabbits, and Zhao Jiayuan caught one before falling backward; Chen Chong hurried to catch him.
• Zhao Jiayuan proudly showed off his rabbit to Chen Chong and Zhao Ke, then agreed to share some with Zhao Ke if he attended his birthday party.
• Jiang Mingxi told Zhao Jiayuan to gather dry wood so they could roast the rabbits, but the director tried to redirect them toward hidden seasonings.
• Jiang Mingxi rejected the director’s offer and showed that he had gathered salty seepweed to use as seasoning.
• Viewers noticed Gao Le had not caught a rabbit and worried after one appeared to leap out of its burrow and beat him up.

Gao Le’s attempt to impress Jiang Mingxi went badly when a rabbit slapped him in the face, and his complaints prompted Song Lan to challenge him to switch groups. Gao Le refused and claimed he could prepare the rabbits, while secretly counting on help from staff Zhang Lin had bribed.

• Gao Le watched a rabbit escape after it struck his face, and Zhao Jiayuan mocked him for failing to catch it.
• Zhang Lin and his manager criticized Gao Le’s performance and discussed using other methods if he could not win Jiang Mingxi over.
• Gao Le accused Jiang Mingxi of giving him a bad rabbit hole, and Song Lan offered to switch groups with him.
• Gao Le refused to switch because he did not want Song Lan and Jiang Mingxi together, claiming he wanted to pursue Jiang Mingxi.
• When Jiang Mingxi assigned Gao Le to take care of the rabbits, Song Lan again offered to switch, but Gao Le insisted he had wilderness survival experience.
• Gao Le picked up the rabbits and relied on the plan to have two bribed staff members help him prepare them.

Jiang Mingxi gathered dry branches and found white porcini mushrooms while Zhao Jiayuan helped him, as Song Lan awkwardly tried to start a conversation with him. The chapter left the mushrooms collected, with viewers arguing over Jiang Mingxi’s knowledge and whether the wild mushrooms were safe to eat.

• Jiang Mingxi ignored Gao Le, and Chen Chong stayed beside Gao Le to watch him butcher the rabbit.
• Jiang Mingxi explained to Zhao Jiayuan that they needed dry branches to make a fire, and Zhao Jiayuan shouted at the camera that he was not usually stupid.
• Song Lan tried to start a conversation with Jiang Mingxi by comparing a dry stick with a wet one, but Jiang Mingxi gave him little to work with.
• Zhao Jiayuan accused Song Lan of hoping to get some rabbit, then hurried over when Jiang Mingxi called him to look at mushrooms.
• Jiang Mingxi identified the mushrooms as white porcini, had Zhao Jiayuan hold back the grass, and picked them into his shirt.

Song Lan struggled to reach Jiang Mingxi as Jiang and Zhao Jiayuan returned to camp with mushrooms and firewood. There, Jiang confronted Gao Le about the rabbits that had escaped and pressured him to kill the last one.

• Jiang Mingxi and Zhao Jiayuan gathered mushrooms and firewood while Song Lan watched, then left without giving him a chance to speak.
• Song Lan called after Jiang Mingxi, but Jiang told him to stay safe in the woods and continued back with Zhao Jiayuan.
• Jiang Mingxi and Zhao Jiayuan returned to find Chen Chong accusing Gao Le of letting two rabbits escape, while Gao Le blamed Chen Chong.
• Chen Chong revealed that the remaining rabbit was the one Zhao Jiayuan had caught, and Zhao stroked it in Chen Chong's arms.
• Jiang Mingxi asked Gao Le whether he knew how to kill a rabbit, then pinned the rabbit down and told him to do it.
• Gao Le gritted his teeth and stepped forward to kill the rabbit.

Gao Le tried to avoid killing the rabbit after Jiang Mingxi blocked his attempt to borrow a knife, but Jiang Mingxi kept him from letting it escape and challenged him to follow through. Gao Le refused on the grounds of respecting life, insisting he knew how to kill it but would not do so.

• Gao Le asked to borrow a knife, but Jiang Mingxi and Zhao Jiayuan asked for other props, prompting the director to forbid borrowing anything.
• Jiang Mingxi handed Gao Le the rabbit, and Zhao Jiayuan distracted Chen Chong by pinching his lower back.
• Gao Le pretended the rabbit had escaped, but Jiang Mingxi pulled it back with a vine tied around its leg and called out Gao Le’s carelessness.
• Jiang Mingxi used crushed bogbean to render the rabbit unconscious and told Gao Le to kill it.
• Gao Le objected that they should not take a life, and Zhao Jiayuan accused him of being too scared to admit he could not kill the rabbit.
• Gao Le insisted he knew how to kill it but refused because he wanted to respect every life.

Jiang Mingxi ignored the competition rules and prepared to roast a rabbit with the others while Song Lan tried to get closer to him. Song Lan left to catch another rabbit after Jiang Mingxi hinted he might share one, and Gao Le followed him.

• Jiang Mingxi refused to release the rabbit, rejected Gao Le's pleas, and asked Chen Chong for an axe to prepare food.
• The director realized the guests were staying at the edge of the woods and secretly discussed changing the rules with the assistant director.
• Jiang Mingxi started a fire with stones, cleared the ground around it, and prepared the mushrooms and rabbit with help from Zhao Jiayuan and Chen Chong.
• Zhao Ke advised Song Lan to win Jiang Mingxi's heart, but Jiang Mingxi refused Song Lan a share of the food already promised to others.
• Song Lan left to catch another rabbit after Jiang Mingxi said there were no others in the hole, and Gao Le followed him.

Jiang Mingxi prepared and roasted rabbits while Zhao Jiayuan watched Chen Chong and reacted with embarrassment when caught. Meanwhile, Gao Le accused Jiang Mingxi of leading him and Song Lan on, then claimed he would keep pursuing Jiang Mingxi after a staff member interrupted their conversation.

• Chen Chong whittled a wooden stick smooth and sharp for Jiang Mingxi to use on the rabbits.
• Zhao Jiayuan stared at Chen Chong until Chen Chong asked if he was that good-looking, and Zhao Jiayuan angrily moved away with reddened ears.
• Jiang Mingxi killed and cleaned the rabbits, then told Zhao Jiayuan to bury the remains and set the rabbits to roast over the fire.
• Gao Le told Song Lan that Jiang Mingxi was stringing them both along and said Jiang Mingxi was not good enough for Song Lan.
• Song Lan asked Gao Le what he liked about Jiang Mingxi and whether they had known each other before.
• After a staff member interrupted their conversation, Gao Le told Song Lan he had fallen for Jiang Mingxi at first sight and would keep pursuing him.

The group roasted rabbit, wild chicken, and mushrooms together, while Zhao Ke’s truth-or-dare game brought up Song Lan’s regret about missing Jiang Mingxi’s birthday. When Jiang Mingxi mocked Song Lan for inviting online criticism, Song Lan revealed that Zhang Lin’s past crises had been deliberately engineered.

• Gao Le returned to base camp as Jiang Mingxi and the others prepared rabbit, mushrooms, and seepweed over the fire.
• Song Lan returned with a wild chicken, cleaned it efficiently, and joined the group in roasting it.
• Zhao Ke started truth or dare and asked Song Lan about his greatest regret.
• Song Lan said he regretted not going to Jiang Mingxi’s house on his birthday because he had gone to help someone else.
• Jiang Mingxi criticized Song Lan for provoking online abuse, and Song Lan claimed someone had hired the stalker fan who approached Zhang Lin and that Zhang Lin’s illness came from eating peanuts despite his allergy.

Song Lan revealed that Zhang Lin had eaten peanuts in the car during Jiang Mingxi’s birthday, deepening suspicion that Zhang Lin had deliberately caused Jiang Mingxi’s allergic reaction. As the revelation spread through the livestream and sparked a PR crisis, Jiang Mingxi left Song Lan’s apology unanswered.

• Song Lan said Bai Ge’s dashcam footage showed Zhang Lin eating peanuts in the car while Song Lan and Bai Ge were away handling the traffic accident.
• Zhang Lin threw a glass after watching Song Lan’s revelation, while his manager learned that the scandal had pushed several related topics to the top of the trending list.
• Gao Le could not refute Song Lan’s account, and Zhao Jiayuan called Zhang Lin disgusting while Song Lan admitted he had misjudged him.
• Jiang Mingxi ignored Song Lan’s apology and offered Zhao Jiayuan a cooked mushroom instead.

Jiang Mingxi cooked mushrooms and rabbit while Gao Le tried to get mushrooms and pursue him, and Song Lan struggled with his jealousy. The chapter ended with Song Lan awkwardly praising Jiang Mingxi to win his attention.

• Chen Chong took a bite of Zhao Jiayuan’s mushroom before giving it back, prompting viewers to speculate that he was looking out for him.
• Jiang Mingxi handed out the cooked mushrooms, giving Song Lan’s share to Zhao Ke while Gao Le received none.
• Gao Le asked Jiang Mingxi for mushrooms and defended his behavior over the rabbit, but Zhao Jiayuan and Chen Chong called him out.
• Song Lan rebuked Gao Le, who claimed he had better chances with Jiang Mingxi, and Jiang Mingxi ignored Song Lan while tending the rabbit.
• Song Lan asked whether the chicken was cooked, then praised Jiang Mingxi and said he needed to learn from him.

Song Lan acted unusually eager to please Jiang Mingxi, then took him into the woods and begged for another chance. Jiang Mingxi said he was no longer angry about Zhang Lin, but left unsaid what had changed.

• Song Lan enthusiastically agreed with Jiang Mingxi and said he was happy to share roast chicken with him.
• Jiang Mingxi told Song Lan to speak normally, then took him into the woods for a private conversation.
• Gao Le tried to follow Jiang Mingxi and Song Lan, but Zhao Ke and Zhao Jiayuan restrained him.
• Zhao Jiayuan realized he had accidentally pressed on Chen Chong's crotch and froze in embarrassment.
• Song Lan hugged Jiang Mingxi, promised to deal with Zhang Lin, and asked for another chance.
• Jiang Mingxi said he was no longer angry about Zhang Lin, while Song Lan pleaded with him to stop rejecting him.

Jiang Mingxi gave Song Lan a chance to pursue him after Song Lan apologized, while Gao Le panicked over Zhang Lin’s exposure and tried to escape blame by claiming a black bear spirit had controlled him. He ended by declaring himself an NPC who would serve the others for the rest of filming.

• Jiang Mingxi told Song Lan that they barely knew each other and asked whether he might regret falling out with Zhang Lin for his sake.
• Song Lan apologized for his choices on Jiang Mingxi’s birthday and said he would regret not pursuing the relationship even more.
• Jiang Mingxi said they had never officially been together, but his response gave Song Lan hope that he could pursue him again.
• Zhao Jiayuan told Jiang Mingxi and Song Lan that he had pinned Gao Le down, while Gao Le learned that Zhang Lin had been exposed for arranging the van driver involved in Song Lan’s accident.
• Gao Le claimed a black bear spirit had controlled him, apologized to Zhao Jiayuan and Jiang Mingxi, and declared that he would act as an NPC and help them for the rest of filming.

Gao Le’s chaotic attempts to atone disrupted the cooking and sent burning debris flying toward Jiang Mingxi and Zhao Jiayuan. Song Lan and Chen Chong shielded them, leaving Song Lan and Jiang Mingxi fallen together while Chen Chong caught Zhao Jiayuan.

• Zhao Jiayuan blocked Gao Le from the rabbit, but Gao Le tried to shine his shoes and startled him toward the fire.
• Chen Chong lifted Zhao Jiayuan out of danger, and Song Lan copied him by carrying Jiang Mingxi away from Gao Le.
• Jiang Mingxi rushed to save the rabbit after Zhao Jiayuan’s stumble knocked the roasting rack into the fire.
• Gao Le thrust his stick into the flames and flung burning charcoal and sticks toward Jiang Mingxi and Zhao Jiayuan.
• Chen Chong pulled Zhao Jiayuan clear while Song Lan shielded Jiang Mingxi, then switched positions with him before they hit the ground.

After Song Lan and Jiang Mingxi survived the fire, Song Lan pretended his back hurt so Jiang Mingxi would keep caring for him, then awkwardly tried to tempt him with his abs. The director realized Song Lan was fine and tried to arrange for him and Jiang Mingxi to share a tent, while Zhao Jiayuan and Gao Le were left dealing with the aftermath of their own fall.

• Song Lan claimed his back hurt, prompting the director to panic and summon the doctor, but Song Lan refused treatment and said he was fine.
• The assistant director showed the director the livestream comments, revealing that Song Lan was upset because the director had separated him from Jiang Mingxi.
• The director decided to remove three hidden tents so the guests would have to share, hoping to give Song Lan a chance to be with Jiang Mingxi.
• Song Lan told Jiang Mingxi he would let only him examine his injury, then blurted out that he had abs, making Jiang Mingxi laugh.
• Jiang Mingxi checked the fire-scorched rabbit and pheasant while Zhao Jiayuan asked whether the rabbit was still edible.
• Gao Le apologized to Jiang Mingxi and Zhao Jiayuan and offered to kowtow to them.

During the campfire meal, Song Lan tried to help Jiang Mingxi and show that he was serious about pursuing him. Jiang Mingxi laughed at Song Lan’s sudden offer to do all the housework, while Song Lan longed to kiss him.

• Gao Le offered to put out the fire on the rabbit and pheasant, but Zhao Jiayuan mocked him, and Chen Chong stopped Zhao Jiayuan from going further.
• Zhao Ke told Song Lan that he needed to act if he was serious about Jiang Mingxi, prompting Song Lan to shove Gao Le aside and help Jiang Mingxi extinguish the fire.
• Jiang Mingxi wrapped the rabbit in leaves, and Song Lan copied him with the pheasant; Jiang Mingxi found the roasted rabbit edible and asked Chen Chong to cut it into portions.
• Chen Chong and Zhao Jiayuan distributed the rabbit, and Jiang Mingxi offered Song Lan a leg while Song Lan worked on the pheasant.
• Song Lan told Jiang Mingxi he would do all the housework from then on, making Jiang Mingxi laugh as Song Lan wondered when he could finally kiss him.