Chapter Summaries

Song Lan and Jiang Mingxi faced a manipulative call from Jiang Ke, who claimed Jiang Mingxi had been connected to the accident that killed Song Lan’s mother and little brother. Song Lan rejected Jiang Ke’s attempt to trade that information for Jiang Mingle’s release and demanded to know whose child Jiang Mingxi was.

• Song Lan remembered a pleading little boy when Jiang Mingxi asked him for help, then carried the drunk Jiang Mingxi from the shower and tucked him into bed.
• Xu Zhiqiang called Song Lan about Ji Hanyu, but Jiang Ke took over and brought up Song Lan’s mother’s fatal expressway accident.
• Jiang Ke claimed Jiang Mingxi had been in the car used by the person who fled after the accident and offered to identify the driver if Song Lan got Jiang Mingle released.
• Song Lan kissed Jiang Mingxi, took his hand, and challenged Jiang Ke’s claim that Jiang Mingxi was not part of the Jiang Family.
• Song Lan asked Jiang Ke whose child Jiang Mingxi was.

Song Lan rejected Jiang Ke’s attempt to make him condemn Jiang Mingxi and demanded the truth about Jiang Mingxi’s biological parents. He then told Jiang Mingxi that clues from Ju suggested he might have been saved by the couple who raised him, bringing him closer to finding his mother.

• Jiang Ke insulted Jiang Mingxi and urged Song Lan to trade a letter of forgiveness for information about the driver who killed Song Lan’s mother.
• Song Lan held Jiang Mingxi’s hand, refused to blame him, and asked Jiang Ke to explain the DNA report linking Jiang Mingxi to the Jiang Family.
• Song Lan threatened to sue Ji Hanyu and his company unless Jiang Ke revealed Jiang Mingxi’s biological parents, and Boss Xu demanded that Jiang Ke tell the truth.
• Song Lan told Jiang Ke that their call had been recorded and hung up after giving him five minutes to answer.
• Song Lan told Jiang Mingxi that Ju’s old tailor had been rescued after an accident by a couple whose three-year-old child had a birthmark like Jiang Mingxi’s.

Jiang Mingxi recalled a childhood scene with a young Song Lan that neither of them could explain, while Song Lan comforted him and rejected Jiang Ke’s attempt to turn him against Jiang Mingxi. At Xu Zhiqiang’s company, Jiang Ke was forced to call Song Lan and provide the answer he wanted or risk Jiang Mingle being harmed.

• Jiang Mingxi remembered crying as a child beside an older boy who promised to be his mother, and recognized the boy as Song Lan.
• Song Lan wrapped Jiang Mingxi in a blanket, dismissed Jiang Ke’s accusations, and teased him about having been his high school classmate before transmigrating.
• At Ji Hanyu’s company, Xu Zhiqiang confronted Jiang Ke and threatened Jiang Mingle unless Jiang Ke settled the matter with Song Lan.
• Xu Zhiqiang’s security guards restrained Jiang Ke, and Xu showed him a photo of Jiang Mingle to make him comply.
• Jiang Ke called Song Lan, repeated that Song Lan’s mother would never like him if he protected Jiang Mingxi, and was pressed to give Song Lan an answer.

Jiang Ke confessed that his father had killed Song Lan’s mother and that his family had tried to use Jiang Mingxi to conceal the crime and claim benefits from the powerful family searching for him. The chapter ended with Xu Zhiqiang telling Song Lan that Jiang Ke had revealed everything he knew.

• Jiang Ke admitted that the DNA report claiming Jiang Mingxi was his family’s child had been faked by bribing the person who conducted the test.
• Song Lan challenged Jiang Ke about his family’s attempts to drown Jiang Mingxi at the Hai River and later have a university couple abuse him.
• Xu Zhiqiang threatened Jiang Ke by showing him a photo of Lele, and Jiang Ke confessed that his father had killed Song Lan’s mother.
• Jiang Ke explained that his father sent the child he found to an orphanage, adopted Lele, and later planned to make Lele replace Jiang Mingxi when a missing-person search began.
• Jiang Ke said the Zhang Family had arranged for the university couple and that his family faked the DNA report so Lele could take Jiang Mingxi’s place.
• Xu Zhiqiang kicked Jiang Ke and told Song Lan that Jiang Ke had told them everything he knew.

Jiang Ke was arrested after Jiang Mingle confessed, while Star Moon Media terminated Ji Hanyu and announced legal action against him. Song Lan comforted Jiang Mingxi as they awaited the investigation into the car accident, and Bai Zheming learned that Jiang Ke's father had set a hotel fire that killed Bai Zheming's family.

• Xu Zhiqiang agreed to cooperate with legal action against Ji Hanyu and let Jiang Ke leave.
• Police arrested Jiang Ke, citing Jiang Mingle's confession and accusations that Jiang Ke had instigated crimes and forcibly molested him.
• Star Moon Media announced Ji Hanyu's contract termination and canceled his work after his arrest.
• Song Lan told Jiang Mingxi that Jiang Ke's parents had been arrested and that both the police and his family would investigate the old car accident.
• Jiang Mingxi comforted Song Lan, telling him that the accident had not been his fault because he was only ten years old.
• Bai Zheming learned that Jiang Ke's father had set a hotel fire to silence the driver, but the fire had killed Bai Zheming's parents and younger brother.

Song Lan learned that Jiang Ke’s father had been arrested for causing the crash that killed his mother, and reassured Song Bai that he would keep living for Jiang Mingxi. He brought Jiang Mingxi an egg-stuffed pancake, while Feng Moshan and Zhao Ke gossiped about the pair’s night together.

• Song Bai told Song Lan that Jiang Ke’s father had confessed to causing the highway crash and was in police custody, then urged Song Lan not to reopen his grief.
• Song Lan reassured Song Bai that he would not attempt suicide again because he had promised to be Jiang Mingxi’s mom, leaving Song Bai and the family stunned.
• Song Lan took an egg-stuffed pancake to Jiang Mingxi, and Feng Moshan teased him about how they had slept.
• Feng Moshan told Zhao Ke that Song Lan and Jiang Mingxi had not slept together, and Zhao Ke shared Jiang Mingxi’s suspicion that Song Lan had sexual-function problems.
• Feng Moshan approached Zhao Ke after Zhao tried to continue gossiping, despite Zhao’s protests.

After Jiang Mingxi gained fans and an endorsement, the third episode of Survival Challenge began at the seaside with the returning guests arriving. A masked new guest joined them, and the director launched a guessing game as the chapter ended.

• Ji Hanyu's scandal boosted Jiang Mingxi's popularity, and Spring Slumber named him the face of its new season's products.
• The director opened the third episode of Survival Challenge and announced a heavyweight new guest.
• Zhao Jiayuan and Chen Chong arrived together, drawing attention to Zhao Jiayuan's hickeys and their bickering.
• Zhao Ke and Gao Le arrived, and Gao Le said he planned to be himself this episode.
• Song Lan arrived without Jiang Mingxi, who later arrived in another car alongside a masked new guest.
• The director offered the first tool card to whoever identified the new guest, while Zhao Jiayuan pointed out that Jiang Mingxi had arrived with him and Song Lan pulled Jiang Mingxi into his arms.

The guests tried to avoid guessing the masked new guest’s identity after the director offered a vague clue, while Song Lan joked that Jiang Mingxi did all the work in their household. The director insisted they follow the game, and the guests demanded to know the reward and punishment before they put in any effort.

• Jiang Mingxi explained that the masked guest had entered his car behind a raised partition, and the guest demonstrated the van’s features in a stiff sponsor segment.
• The director announced that the first person to identify the new guest would win a tool card, then revealed the clue “Rich.”
• Zhao Jiayuan and Zhao Ke mocked the clue, while Jiang Mingxi, Zhao Jiayuan, and Zhao Ke proposed taking the punishment instead of guessing.
• Chen Chong said he had exhausted his means, Song Lan joked that he did all the work in their household, and the director laughed so hard he spat on Gao Le.
• The director invoked the guests’ contracts to make them continue, but Jiang Mingxi, Zhao Ke, and Zhao Jiayuan demanded that the production team disclose the reward and punishment.

The guests challenged the director over his failure to prepare enough tools, then negotiated to choose items before the game continued. After everyone guessed the new guest’s identity incorrectly, the clue “Big brother” led Zhao Jiayuan to suspect Bai Zheming, leaving the guests awaiting confirmation.

• Jiang Mingxi pointed out that the production team had not prepared enough tools for everyone, and the assistant director accidentally confirmed it.
• Jiang Mingxi persuaded the director to let each guest choose an item in exchange for continuing the game.
• Zhao Jiayuan chose a lighter, Zhao Ke chose a shovel, Jiang Mingxi chose a combat knife, and Song Lan, Chen Chong, and Gao Le chose tents.
• All six guests guessed the new guest’s identity incorrectly, so the director revealed the clue “Big brother.”
• Zhao Jiayuan guessed that the new guest was Bai Zheming, while Chen Chong examined the guest’s shoes and Zhao Ke looked toward Song Lan.

The guests tried to guess the masked newcomer, and Song Lan was the only one to name Yan Fei instead of Bai Zheming. Bai Zheming appeared and greeted Jiang Mingxi, while Song Lan was left with the penalty of carrying him for a hundred meters.

• Gao Le wondered whether Bai Zheming had come to pursue someone, and the other guests looked at Song Lan.
• The guests revealed their guesses, with everyone but Song Lan writing Bai Zheming; Song Lan wrote Yan Fei.
• Bai Zheming removed his mask, greeted Jiang Mingxi warmly, and exchanged pointed remarks with Song Lan.
• The director announced that Song Lan had to carry Bai Zheming on his back for a hundred meters.
• Jiang Mingxi tried to comfort Song Lan, who tightened his hold on Jiang Mingxi and kissed his cheek.

Song Lan clashed with Bai Zheming over Jiang Mingxi, then drew the blank card and became the survival observer. He was left to watch Bai Zheming and Jiang Mingxi pair up for a challenge.

• Song Lan carried Bai Zheming a hundred meters, then offered to go with Jiang Mingxi to the set and help him run lines.
• Bai Zheming said he was fully funding the drama and could help Jiang Mingxi himself, provoking Song Lan.
• The director interrupted their argument and explained that guests would pair up to search rooms for treasure chests while an observer judged their progress.
• Zhao Jiayuan and Zhao Ke drew matching number two cards, and Jiang Mingxi and Bai Zheming drew matching number one cards.
• Song Lan drew the blank card and became the survival observer, while Chen Chong drew number three and paired with Gao Le.

The teams began a timed search for treasures in rooms rigged with traps, while Song Lan brooded over Jiang Mingxi entering with Bai Zheming without comforting him. Gao Le and Chen Chong encountered traps in room three, while Zhao Jiayuan and Zhao Ke lingered in room two, gossiping about the pair in room one.

• Jiang Mingxi entered the room with Bai Zheming without speaking to or looking at Song Lan, leaving Song Lan hurt and remembering how Jiang Mingxi had comforted him at the club.
• Gao Le rushed into room three and fell through a concealed pit, while Chen Chong checked that he was unhurt and searched the room.
• Chen Chong triggered an ice-water trap and a rising net, then escaped through the net's opening using a leap and his strength.
• Zhao Jiayuan stepped into glue at room two's entrance and lost his shoe when he pulled the plate away.
• Zhao Jiayuan and Zhao Ke stayed in the doorway, joking and speculating about the traps facing Jiang Mingxi and Bai Zheming.

Jiang Mingxi and Bai Zheming searched a locked bedroom while discussing Jiang Mingxi’s relationship with Song Lan, but a sudden fire trapped Jiang Mingxi in the closet and shut Bai Zheming in the bathroom. The smoke and flames triggered Jiang Mingxi’s memories of being a frightened child calling for his mother, and the chapter ended with him crying out for her again.

• Jiang Mingxi told Bai Zheming that he loved Song Lan and treasured their relationship, while Bai Zheming questioned whether Song Lan treated him well.
• Bai Zheming challenged Jiang Mingxi’s account of their relationship, and Song Lan watched the exchange from in front of the screen.
• Smoke poured from the closet, flames blocked Jiang Mingxi’s exit, and Bai Zheming threw him a wet towel before the bathroom door slammed shut.
• Jiang Mingxi covered his face and searched the closet while Bai Zheming tried and failed to open the bathroom door.
• Jiang Mingxi remembered calling for his mother during a childhood fire and followed her instructions to soak towels and cover his mouth and nose.
• The memory ended with Jiang Mingxi calling for his mother in fear.

Jiang Mingxi escaped a smoke-filled closet, broke open the bathroom door to rescue Bai Zheming, and found the treasure chest. The chest’s discovery left Bai Zheming stunned as Jiang Mingxi excitedly called him “big brother.”

• Jiang Mingxi saw a vision of a little boy named Xixi escaping a burning bathroom, then came back to himself and searched the closet.
• Jiang Mingxi found a fire extinguisher and used it to put out the flames blocking the closet doorway.
• Bai Zheming heard his deceased younger brother’s familiar cries in his mind while trapped in the bathroom.
• Jiang Mingxi kicked the locked bathroom door open, and a treasure chest fell onto it.
• Jiang Mingxi opened the chest and happily told Bai Zheming that they had found it, leaving Bai Zheming dazed.

Jiang Mingxi escaped the fire with the treasure chest, while Bai Zheming’s concern for him stirred jealousy and friction with Song Lan. The chapter ended with Song Lan caring for Jiang Mingxi as Bai Zheming silently judged how poorly he was doing it.

• Bai Zheming mistook Jiang Mingxi for his dead younger brother Xiaoxi and praised him as amazing.
• Jiang Mingxi showed the treasure chest to the camera and asked Teacher Song for a reward when he got out.
• Song Lan checked Jiang Mingxi for burns, praised him, and took the chest from him.
• Bai Zheming criticized Song Lan for not giving Jiang Mingxi water, and Jiang Mingxi asked him to stop interfering in their relationship.
• Song Lan revealed he had won water and a towel by betting on Jiang Mingxi’s escape, then opened a bottle for him while Bai Zheming watched disapprovingly.

After the guests completed the dangerous tasks inside the house, Zhao Ke stirred up jealousy by asking whether they had rescued their partners out of concern. The chapter ended with Jiang Mingxi and Chen Chong facing Zhao Ke’s questions about their feelings for Bai Zheming and Gao Le.

• Zhao Jiayuan complained about the house’s sticky traps after his mission time ran out, while Chen Chong retrieved his shoes for him.
• Gao Le described how Chen Chong rescued him from a pit and protected him when a treasure chest fell, making Zhao Jiayuan visibly jealous.
• Feng Moshan watched Chen Chong’s feats and ordered more strength training for himself, along with a larger bed and bathtub.
• Bai Zheming explained that Jiang Mingxi extinguished a fire and kicked open a bathroom door to rescue him, after which their treasure chest appeared.
• Zhao Ke concluded that the tasks tested whether guests would rescue each other first, then asked Jiang Mingxi and Chen Chong whether they had worried about Bai Zheming and Gao Le.

The livestream cut out as Chen Chong carried off the struggling Zhao Jiayuan, while Song Lan confronted Bai Zheming over Jiang Mingxi’s jade pendant. After Jiang Mingxi explained how A-Wang had kept the pendant safe during his adoption, Bai Zheming felt heartache over the hardship Jiang Mingxi had endured.

• The director discovered that the livestream had cut out, and Gao Le anxiously urged the crew to repair the equipment.
• Zhao Jiayuan gave Chen Chong the silent treatment, but Chen Chong picked him up and carried him away while threatening to kiss him if he kept struggling.
• Song Lan noticed Jiang Mingxi looking at Bai Zheming and intervened when Bai Zheming refused to hand back Jiang Mingxi’s jade pendant.
• Bai Zheming asked whether Jiang Mingxi’s adoptive and biological families had ever touched the pendant, given his investigation into his past.
• Jiang Mingxi explained that A-Wang had kept the pendant for him before his adoption, and Bai Zheming wondered whether Jiang Mingxi’s appeasing behavior came from his years as an orphan.

Song Lan confronted Bai Zheming over his interference in Song Lan and Jiang Mingxi’s relationship, and they ended up fighting. The restored livestream caught the brawl and Chen Chong kissing Zhao Jiayuan before it was banned.

• Song Lan snatched the jade pendant from Bai Zheming, then tried to flirt with Jiang Mingxi and comfort him.
• Bai Zheming accused Song Lan of not truly loving Jiang Mingxi and urged him to let go, while Song Lan realized Bai Zheming had investigated Jiang Mingxi’s past.
• Song Lan explained that Jiang Mingxi had changed to protect himself and accused Bai Zheming of making him feel like a burden.
• Bai Zheming called Jiang Mingxi ill and accused Song Lan of exploiting him, prompting Song Lan to punch Bai Zheming and start a fight.
• The director’s restored livestream showed Song Lan and Bai Zheming fighting while Chen Chong held Zhao Jiayuan and kissed him, and the assistant director announced that the stream had been banned.

Song Lan and Bai Zheming fought over Jiang Mingxi, then Bai Zheming questioned him about a childhood fire in Rongcheng, suggesting Jiang Mingxi might be his lost younger brother. Jiang Mingxi’s painful memories began to surface as Song Lan pulled him close, while Bai Zheming reached for him.

• Jiang Mingxi and Zhao Ke arrived as staff separated Song Lan and Bai Zheming, and the director erupted over the chaos on his show.
• Gao Le tried to draw attention to himself by scolding the two men for fighting over Jiang Mingxi, but their hostile exchange frightened him into backing away.
• Song Lan defended his relationship with Jiang Mingxi and asked Bai Zheming to stop interfering, but Bai Zheming seized on Song Lan’s mention of Jiang Mingxi being trapped in a fire.
• Bai Zheming asked Jiang Mingxi whether he had been trapped in a hotel fire in Rongcheng at age three with his parents, and Jiang Mingxi began recalling himself crying for his mother.
• Song Lan pulled Jiang Mingxi into his arms and warned Bai Zheming to stop, but Bai Zheming reached out and grabbed Jiang Mingxi.

Jiang Mingxi rejected Bai Zheming’s hope that he was his lost younger brother, then broke down while recalling a little boy trapped in a burning bathroom. Song Lan comforted him and asked whether the bathroom had been in a hotel, leaving Jiang Mingxi’s past unresolved.

• Bai Zheming asked Jiang Mingxi whether something had happened to him when he was three and revealed that his younger brother had disappeared in a hotel fire in Rongcheng.
• Song Lan realized Bai Zheming’s parents might have died in the fire Jiang Ke’s father had started while pursuing the old tailor from Ju.
• Jiang Mingxi denied being Bai Zheming’s brother, citing his distinctive birthmark and jade pendant, then left with Song Lan.
• Song Lan held Jiang Mingxi beneath a tree and asked whether he was missing his mother and had remembered her in the walk-in closet.
• Jiang Mingxi wept as he described a little boy trapped in a smoky bathroom while fire raged outside and his mother called for him to be brave.
• Song Lan comforted Jiang Mingxi and asked whether the bathroom had been at home or in a hotel.