Chapter Summaries

The guests competed to answer questions about their partners to win the best rooms, and Chu Mo and Ji Nanshu took first place. After Ji Nanshu invited the others to see their third-floor room, Lian Shao demanded that they switch with him, and Ji Nanshu insulted him and threatened to set Chu Mo on him.

• Director Yang explained the room-selection game, and Wu Yan and his wife scored twelve correct answers.
• Jian Yuanjia and Jin Shi scored eleven, Ning Rumeng and Qin Yi scored thirteen, and Bai Nanyu and Lian Shao scored six.
• Chu Mo and Ji Nanshu answered fifteen questions correctly and won the third-floor rooms.
• Jian Yuanjia, Bai Nanyu, and Ning Rumeng asked to see the room, and Chu Mo said Ji Nanshu made the household decisions.
• Lian Shao ordered Chu Mo and Ji Nanshu to switch rooms, so Ji Nanshu insulted him and threatened to set Chu Mo on him.

Ji Nanshu challenged Lian Shao to have him blacklisted, and Chu Mo backed him as the guests dispersed. After Chu Mo and Ji Nanshu shared a private kiss, Director Yang announced a beach volleyball challenge for the couples to earn money.

• Ji Nanshu mocked Lian Shao's threat and told him to get lost, while Chu Mo urged Lian Shao to blacklist him if he could; Lian Shao stormed off with Bai Nanyu.
• Wu Yan and Lin Qin, Qin Yi, and Ning Rumeng left the third floor, while Jian Yuanjia asked to room with Ji Nanshu and Jin Shi carried him away.
• Chu Mo pinned Ji Nanshu against their room door and asked who he wanted to stay with; Ji Nanshu kissed him and said he wanted to stay with Chu Mo.
• Director Yang gathered the guests and announced that the couples would play beach volleyball for prize money, with the matches beginning in ten minutes.

Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo beat Lian Shao and Bai Nanyu in a beach volleyball match after Lian Shao deliberately hit Ji Nanshu with the ball, then targeted them throughout the afternoon's challenges. The exhausted guests were told to buy groceries and cook their own meals, while Bai Nanyu stayed behind and Lian Shao left without a word.

• Ji Nanshu and Jian Yuanjia persuaded Director Yang and the assistant director to join the volleyball matches, then Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo challenged Lian Shao and Bai Nanyu.
• Lian Shao spiked the ball into Ji Nanshu's shoulder, but Ji Nanshu insisted on continuing after Chu Mo carried him to the rest area.
• Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo won the match by one point, and Ji Nanshu mocked Lian Shao for failing to dodge before Lian Shao stormed off and Bai Nanyu followed.
• Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo repeatedly challenged Lian Shao and Bai Nanyu, leaving them with only 250 yuan while the other couples earned more.
• Director Yang told the exhausted guests to buy groceries and cook their own meals, but Bai Nanyu asked to skip the shopping and Lian Shao left without answering.

Ji Nanshu, Chu Mo, Qin Yi, and Ning Rumeng went to the market, where Ning Rumeng tried and failed to get close to Chu Mo. Back at the villa, Chu Mo and the others divided up the cooking while Ning Rumeng was left without a task.

• Ji Nanshu invited A-Mo and Qin Yi to go grocery shopping, and Ning Rumeng joined them in hopes of getting closer to Chu Mo.
• At the market, Chu Mo held Ji Nanshu's hand and turned down Ning Rumeng's offer to carry his groceries.
• Ji Nanshu asked Ning Rumeng to help Qin Yi carry his things instead, and Chu Mo bought treats for Ji Nanshu while refusing to get him cola.
• Back at the villa, Jian Yuanjia sent Jin Shi to cook with Chu Mo, and Qin Yi helped prepare the vegetables.
• Ning Rumeng offered to help Chu Mo, but he declined; Wu Yan and Bai Nanyu took other kitchen tasks, leaving Ning Rumeng with nothing to do.

The guests shared a meal before online arguments erupted over Ji Nanshu supposedly doing nothing. Later, they began a truth-or-dare game, where Bai Nanyu was asked about his feelings for He Jingyi.

• Chu Mo served Ji Nanshu milk tea, and the guests teased one another about romance over dinner.
• Ji Nanshu kissed Chu Mo after asking for steamed chicken feet, while the guests joked about their closeness and Wu Yan's devotion to Lin Qin.
• Ning Rumeng and Lin Qin volunteered to wash dishes, prompting fans to argue online about Ji Nanshu's contribution.
• Liang You asked Ji Nanshu how to handle the trending dispute, and he told her to ignore it.
• Director Yang started a truth-or-dare game, and Jian Yuanjia asked Bai Nanyu what he liked about He Jingyi.
• Bai Nanyu said He Jingyi had once been gentle, while Jian Yuanjia called him foolish and Ning Rumeng defended him.

During a truth-or-dare game, Ning Rumeng admitted she had once had a crush on Chu Mo before asking him about his first love. Chu Mo called Ji Nanshu his first love, and Ji Nanshu kissed him in front of everyone, drawing the livestream’s attention while Ning Rumeng hid her jealousy.

• Lian Shao asked Ning Rumeng whether she liked Chu Mo romantically, and she said she had once crushed on him but now regarded him as a respected senior and idol.
• Ning Rumeng asked Chu Mo who his first love was, and Jian Yuanjia said it had to be Ji Nanshu.
• Chu Mo took Ji Nanshu’s hand and declared, “My baby is my first love,” then kissed his forehead.
• Ji Nanshu pulled Chu Mo close by the collar and kissed him on the lips, prompting Director Yang to order the cameras to zoom in.
• The kiss sent the couple trending online, while viewers noticed Ning Rumeng’s sour expression and argued over whether she still liked Chu Mo.

After the first day of filming, Ning Rumeng tried to get closer to Chu Mo, but he made clear that his breakfast was only for Ji Nanshu. The next morning, Chu Mo woke Ji Nanshu for breakfast, leaving their relationship as sweet and intimate as ever.

• After the guests ended the first day of filming, Chu Mo carried Ji Nanshu to their room while Qin Yi celebrated their ship and Ning Rumeng called Huang Tong for help pursuing Chu Mo.
• Ning Rumeng approached Chu Mo as he made breakfast, but he told her it was for Ji Nanshu and said she could stay envious for a few more days.
• Chu Mo carried breakfast upstairs and woke Ji Nanshu, who resisted getting out of bed.
• Chu Mo tickled Ji Nanshu awake and promised to make spicy crayfish for lunch, persuading him to get up and eat.

Director Yang announced that the guests had to pay rent and offered them jobs for earning money, while Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo chose to explore the island instead of working. The other guests drew production-team jobs, and Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo left hand in hand, joking that they would sleep under a bridge.

• The guests reported their remaining startup money, with Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo having only one hundred yuan left.
• Director Yang introduced daily rent and offered jobs, while warning that assigned jobs came with an agency fee of half the wages.
• Ji Nanshu refused to choose a job and said he and Chu Mo might sleep under a bridge; Chu Mo agreed to go along with him.
• Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo left the villa to explore the island and look for a comfortable bridge.
• Jian Yuanjia and Jin Shi drew supermarket food sampler, Wu Yan and his wife drew pet shop assistant, Lian Shao and Bai Nanyu drew seafood market assistant, and Ning Rumeng drew flower shop assistant.

Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo explored a snack street, where Ji Nanshu began telling fortunes and helped a woman discover that her boyfriend was a romance scammer. The woman hurried off to find her son, while Ji Nanshu was left with the groceries she had given him.

• Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo toured the snack street, and Ji Nanshu briefly recalled that he and Chu Mo might have visited it together before.
• Ji Nanshu set up a fortune-telling stall and charged a middle-aged woman two thousand yuan to ask about her relationship.
• Ji Nanshu told the woman that her boyfriend was not her destined partner and urged her to ask her son why he opposed the marriage.
• The woman's son revealed that he had seen the boyfriend leaving a hotel with another woman.
• After examining the boyfriend's photo, Ji Nanshu identified him as a romance scammer who targeted divorced women and said he would soon go to prison.
• The woman thanked Ji Nanshu, gave him her groceries, and rushed off to find her son.

Ji Nanshu exposed his fortune-telling customer Wei Yuan as a fugitive, and Chu Mo returned with police officers who arrested him. After finishing their last reading and donating half their earnings, Ji Nanshu invited the group to a meal.

• A rude man demanded a fortune reading from Ji Nanshu and insisted Ji pay him if the reading was wrong.
• Ji Nanshu revealed that the man had grown up wealthy, squandered his parents' money, and turned to scamming people.
• The man threatened Ji Nanshu and the cameraman, but Ji warned him not to damage the expensive camera and said the person handling their money was away.
• Chu Mo returned with two police officers, who arrested the man, Wei Yuan, as an escaped fugitive.
• Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo completed their final reading, donated half their earnings, and Ji invited the group to have a meal.

After securing money for their remaining days, Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo bought crayfish and encountered Lian Shao and Bai Nanyu working at the seafood market. On the way home, Chu Mo ignored Ning Rumeng’s attempt to get his attention, carried Ji Nanshu away, and left her to face the flower shop owner’s anger after she broke a vase.

• Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo kept 1,100 yuan for the rest of filming and went to the seafood market to buy crayfish.
• Bai Nanyu soothed Lian Shao as they sold seafood, while Lian Shao struggled with the work and reflected on his dependence on a wealthy life.
• Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo arrived at the market, where Ji rebuked Lian Shao and bought five jin of crayfish from the owner.
• At the flower shop, Ning Rumeng greeted Chu Mo while ignoring Ji Nanshu, but Chu Mo asked what there was to see about her.
• Ji Nanshu asked Chu Mo to take him home instead of buying flowers, and Chu Mo carried him away on his back.
• Ning Rumeng broke a vase and lost fifty yuan from her wages as the shop owner scolded her.

After Ning Rumeng’s fans attacked Qin Yi online, Yu Zuo learned about her troubling past and received an opportunity for Qin Yi to audition for a film role. Back at the show, Chu Mo rejected Ning Rumeng’s offer to learn cooking, and she burst into tears as the livestream watched.

• Ning Rumeng’s fans insulted Qin Yi, prompting the two fandoms to fight online and their managers to discuss a response.
• Yu Zuo reassured Qin Yi about his acting, then received a call from Yun Sheng, who offered help and told him about a film audition for Qin Yi.
• Yu Zuo investigated Ning Rumeng and discovered allegations about her school days and her connections in the entertainment industry.
• Yu Zuo told Qin Yi to stop joint promotions with Ning Rumeng and explained what he had learned, while Qin Yi promised to keep it to himself.
• When the guests returned, Chu Mo refused Ning Rumeng’s request to learn how to cook crayfish, and Qin Yi privately warned Ji Nanshu to be careful around her.
• Ning Rumeng asked Chu Mo whether he hated her and began crying in front of the livestream viewers.

Chu Mo rejected Ning Rumeng, while Ji Nanshu comforted Lin Qin with a fortune about having children and confronted Ning Rumeng about her secret. The chapter ended with Ji Nanshu revealing Ning Rumeng had undergone three abortions and would likely be unable to carry a pregnancy to term.

• Chu Mo told Ning Rumeng she was annoying and made her leave the room in tears.
• Lin Qin went upstairs to comfort Ning Rumeng, while the others helped prepare dinner.
• At dinner, Ji Nanshu said he and Chu Mo had earned money by fortune-telling and catching a fugitive.
• Ji Nanshu told Lin Qin and Wu Yan they were destined to have two children, easing Lin Qin's worries about infertility.
• Ning Rumeng accused Ji Nanshu of promoting superstition, and Ji Nanshu asked whether she would regret being unable to become a mother.
• Ji Nanshu revealed that Ning Rumeng had had three abortions and was likely to suffer recurrent miscarriages.

Ji Nanshu’s accusation against Ning Rumeng sparked a scandal that threatened her career, and she pretended to faint after confronting him. The Ji family began preparing to defend Ji Nanshu, while Ji Xingyao publicly challenged Ning Rumeng and her fans.

• Ning Rumeng’s fans attacked Ji Nanshu online, while Director Yang dismissed their threats to report and cancel the show.
• Huang Tong learned that Century Entertainment had suspended Ning Rumeng’s engagements except for the dating show, and President Li told him to keep her from acting rashly.
• Ning Rumeng cried and challenged Ji Nanshu’s accusation, but Ji Nanshu said he stood by what he knew; Ning Rumeng then collapsed, and the crew took her to the hospital.
• After a trending topic blamed Ji Nanshu for making Ning Rumeng faint, Ji Xingchi consulted Ji Nanshu and relayed his response to their brothers.
• Ji Xingyao posted in support of Ji Nanshu and challenged Ning Rumeng, prompting a wave of online reactions and a backlash against a commenter who insulted him.

After the online backlash against Ji Nanshu continued, he and Chu Mo visited Ning Rumeng at the hospital, where Chu Mo confronted her supporters and revealed his power over the entertainment industry. The chapter ended with Ji Nanshu identifying Chu Mo as the head of the Chu Family of the Imperial Capital, Ning Rumeng’s boss’s boss.

• Ji Nanshu read the abuse directed at him online and warned his attackers that they would incur bad luck.
• Chu Mo and Ji Nanshu went to the hospital, where Ning Rumeng screamed at Ji Nanshu and threw a glass at him.
• Huang Tong berated Ji Nanshu, so Chu Mo broke Huang Tong’s finger and warned him not to threaten them.
• Ning Rumeng begged Ji Nanshu to punish her instead of Huang Tong, while Lian Shao accused her of trying to seduce Chu Mo.
• Chu Mo told Ning Rumeng that he had evidence against her and revealed that the Chu Corporation belonged to him.
• Ji Nanshu clarified that Chu Mo was the head of the Chu Family of the Imperial Capital, leaving the stunned Huang Tong to realize Ning Rumeng’s place beneath him.

Ji Nanshu exposed Ning Rumeng’s past and left the hospital with Chu Mo and the other guests, while Ning Rumeng and Huang Tong were abandoned to face the consequences. Back at the villa, Chen Rui arrived as a new guest and claimed she had been engaged to Chu Mo, but he explained that he had rejected the match; viewers then revealed that Chen Rui had previously threatened and falsely accused Ji Nanshu.

• Ji Nanshu confirmed Ning Rumeng’s past misconduct and abortions, then left the hospital with Chu Mo and the other guests, leaving Ning Rumeng and Huang Tong behind.
• Ji Nanshu and the guests discussed Ning Rumeng’s history as they headed out to eat before the show’s livestream resumed.
• Chen Rui arrived at the villa and tried to approach Chu Mo, who said he did not know her and told her not to call him that.
• Chen Rui claimed she and Chu Mo were childhood sweethearts who had been engaged, but Chu Mo said her parents had proposed the match and he had refused.
• Ji Nanshu challenged Chen Rui for pursuing Chu Mo after his rejection, while viewers revealed that she had previously threatened Ji Nanshu and falsely accused him.

Chen Rui secretly drugged Chu Mo with a Shared-Heart Gu, but Ji Nanshu removed it before it could take effect. Chu Mo and Ji Nanshu spent the night together, and Ji Nanshu slept until nearly noon while the other guests continued filming.

• Chen Rui cooked dinner, gave Chu Mo a drink containing a Shared-Heart Gu, and felt pleased when he volunteered to help her wash dishes.
• Chu Mo realized something was wrong, and Ji Nanshu explained the gu’s effects and removed it in their room.
• Ji Nanshu kept the offspring gu as proof, while Chu Mo locked their door and spent the night with him.
• Before dawn, Ji Nanshu kicked Chu Mo off the bed, then pretended to sleep when Chu Mo climbed back in beside him.
• Ji Nanshu slept until nearly noon and complained that Chu Mo had forgotten they were filming a show.

Ji Nanshu returned to the Ji family and revealed that he had promised to marry Chu Mo on his twentieth birthday, prompting his brothers to confront Chu Mo. After the brothers drunkenly warned Chu Mo to cherish An'an, Chu Mo climbed into Ji Nanshu’s room and used a bruise to coax him into showing concern.

• Ji Nanshu returned home, where his family welcomed him and asked what he thought about Chu Mo’s marriage proposal; he said he had promised to register their marriage on his twentieth birthday.
• Ji Xingchi, Ji Xingyao, and Ji Xingxu confronted Chu Mo at a boxing gym, but Chu Mo defeated all three brothers.
• The brothers and Chu Mo ate and drank together, and the drunk Ji Xingchi and Ji Xingyao warned Chu Mo not to hurt An'an.
• Chu Mo promised to protect and treat Ji Nanshu well, then helped Ji Xingxu bring the passed-out brothers home.
• Chu Mo climbed into Ji Nanshu’s room and asked him to blow on the bruise on his chin, and Ji Nanshu gave in after noticing it.

Chu Mo and Ji Nanshu uncovered Chen Rui’s long history of violence and murder after investigating her. They met her surviving victim, Yin Xia, who demanded that Chen Rui pay in blood, and Ji Nanshu agreed.

• Chu Mo turned down Chen Rui’s invitation, then asked Yun Sheng to investigate everything she had done.
• Yun Sheng compiled evidence of Chen Rui’s years of cruelty, including her attack on Yin Xia and the murder of Yin Xia’s family.
• Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo visited Yin Xia at her coffee shop and showed her the investigation documents.
• Yin Xia demanded that Chen Rui pay in blood, and Ji Nanshu agreed.

Yu Can joined the variety show as a new guest after Qin Yi left, and he was paired with Chen Rui, who had previously harmed him. The guests drew their lodging assignments and were sent to gather wild vegetables, while Ji Nanshu used an Obedience Talisman to make Director Yang join them.

• Director Yang introduced Yu Can as the new male guest, and Yu Can volunteered to team up with Chen Rui.
• The guests drew houses for the next seven days, and Chen Rui and Yu Can received a drafty earthen house while Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo got a courtyard home.
• Chen Rui asked to trade houses with Chu Mo, but Ji Nanshu refused and led Chu Mo away.
• Director Yang told the guests to gather wild vegetables for a meal competition, and Jian Yuanjia joked about Wang Baochuan.
• Ji Nanshu secretly used an Obedience Talisman on Director Yang, making him walk along to dig wild vegetables despite his protests.
• Yu Can urged Chen Rui to hurry up the mountain, while the livestream comments revealed that Chen Rui had once cyberbullied him after he rejected her.