Recaps

Xie Ji agreed to let Shang Group distribute his pills, trusting Shang Yan to handle the deal. After everyone gathered for lunch, Lu Xunji fed Xie Ji first, drawing jealous and admiring stares as Xie Ji happily ate.

• Ji Shi left for the rice paddies without his usual chat with Xie Ji, while Zhou Heyu said goodbye to Xie Ji before heading to work.
• Shang Yan told Xie Ji that a testing agency would provide results on the pills within three days and offered Shang Group's distribution or investment options.
• Xie Ji chose Shang Group distribution because he trusted Shang Yan, and Shang Yan left to record their decision.
• Xie Ji finished his work in the livestock area and returned to find Lu Xunji had cooked while Zhou Heyu and Ji Shi prepared the table.
• Lu Xunji fed Xie Ji a bite of squirrel-shaped mandarin fish, then gave him a bowl, while Ji Shi and Mu Yao watched him eat.

During dinner, Xie Ji humorously catered to Ji Shi before returning to eat, and later bathed the two puppies with Mu Yao. Mu Yao warmed to A-Qiang, and the system unlocked his affection progress at 59%.

• Lu Xunji called Xie Ji over, brushed rice from his face, and received food Xie Ji piled into his bowl.
• Ji Shi demanded that Xie Ji serve him, so Xie Ji grabbed braised pork with his hand and dumped it into Ji Shi's bowl.
• After dinner, Xie Ji prepared to bathe the puppies while Mu Yao heated water, and Mu Yao joined him when A-Qiang rubbed his head against Mu Yao's palm.
• The system detected an intrusion, integrated mutated values, and unlocked Mu Yao's affection progress at 59%.

Xie Ji earned points by teasing Mu Yao, then helped care for the puppies and finished the livestock work with Lu Xunji, Zhou Heyu, and Ji Shi. When the three young men tried to make dinner, their cooking caused a small explosion that left Lu Xunji’s kitchen smoking.

• Xie Ji teased Mu Yao until Mu Yao’s favorability fell and Xie Ji gained 100 points.
• Xie Ji washed A-Gang and A-Qiang, and Lu Xunji showed him the doghouse he had built for them.
• Zhou Heyu and Ji Shi helped Xie Ji finish the livestock work in just over half an hour.
• Xie Ji, Zhou Heyu, and Ji Shi tried to prepare dinner without cooking help, and their attempt caused an explosion in the kitchen.
• Xie Ji asked Lu Xunji what he wanted for dinner and admitted that about forty percent of the kitchen had been affected.

After Ji Shi, Zhou Heyu, and Xie Ji accidentally set the kitchen ablaze, Lu Xunji took Xie Ji away and washed the soot from his hair. Xie Ji told Lu Xunji that he liked him so much, while Lu Xunji struggled to hide his feelings.

• Xie Ji, Ji Shi, and Zhou Heyu tried to heat food, burned the pot, and filled the residence with smoke before Xie Ji put out the flames.
• Lu Xunji led Xie Ji upstairs and ordered Ji Shi and Zhou Heyu to clean the kitchen after showering.
• Shang Yan and Mu Yao returned and found Zhou Heyu waiting outside the communal bathhouse, where they mocked him and the kitchen disaster.
• Lu Xunji washed Xie Ji's hair in the bathtub, and Xie Ji asked whether Lu Xunji was still angry with him.
• Xie Ji moved closer to Lu Xunji and whispered that he liked him so much.

Lu Xunji kissed Xie Ji after washing his hair, then angrily forbade him from repeating a phrase that had flustered him. When they went downstairs, Shang Yan suspected they had been sneaking snacks upstairs.

• Lu Xunji kissed Xie Ji fiercely after Xie Ji praised his hair-washing technique.
• Lu Xunji finished washing Xie Ji's hair and warned him not to repeat the phrase, crushing the bathroom door's glass in his grip.
• Xie Ji hurriedly washed and went downstairs with Lu Xunji.
• Shang Yan saw them and asked whether they had been sneaking snacks upstairs.

After Xie Ji developed a high fever, Lu Xunji cared for him while the doctor’s arrival was delayed. Xie Ji clung to Lu Xunji and worried that he might hurt himself again, leaving Lu Xunji to tend to him as his fever worsened.

• Xie Ji used his points to replace the burned kitchen utensils, then ate only half a bowl of dinner.
• Lu Xunji noticed Xie Ji was feverish, confirmed his temperature had reached thirty-eight degrees, and carried him upstairs to rest.
• Ji Shi argued with Lu Xunji over who should look after Xie Ji, while Shang Yan urged Ji Shi to contact a doctor.
• Xie Ji held Lu Xunji’s wrist and asked him not to cut himself again; Lu Xunji promised to stay beside him.
• Ji Shi learned the doctor’s boat was delayed by an hour, so Lu Xunji mixed medical alcohol with warm water and wiped Xie Ji’s body.

Xie Ji dreamed of witnessing an intimate encounter between two men, one of whom sounded like him, before waking in bed with a fever. Ji Shi’s panicked attempt to revive him made him vomit, and Lu Xunji sent Ji Shi away.

• Xie Ji drifted into a dreamlike world of white curtains and found two figures on a bed.
• Xie Ji heard one figure speak in a familiar voice and saw the other reveal deep purple eyes as he bit his partner.
• Xie Ji woke with a scream, and Ji Shi shook him while trying to revive him.
• Lu Xunji pulled Ji Shi away and scolded him, while Xie Ji leaned over the bed and vomited.

Xie Ji’s unexplained fever came from the Divine Sense Fruit’s residual karma, which Little Black tried to burn away by dangerously raising his temperature. After Xie Ji recovered, Lu Xunji’s fear and desire surfaced as he carried him toward a hospital by speedboat.

• Lu Xunji caught Xie Ji as he collapsed and ordered the director to arrange urgent transport to a hospital.
• In system space, Little Black explained that Xie Ji’s fever was caused by karma and admitted he had gambled with Xie Ji’s life by raising his body temperature.
• Little Black lowered Xie Ji’s temperature too far before restoring it, while Lu Xunji held the unconscious Xie Ji and reopened his own wound in distress.
• Lu Xunji carried Xie Ji onto the Shang Group’s speedboat and feared he was dying as his body temperature fell.
• Xie Ji woke when Lu Xunji’s tear touched his face, and Lu Xunji confessed that he wanted to fuck him.

Lu Xunji lost control and tore open his arm wounds while Xie Ji and Shang Yan struggled to restrain him. After Lu Xunji woke in the hospital, he feared he had frightened Xie Ji, but Xie Ji looked at him with his usual warmth and concern.

• Lu Xunji grabbed Xie Ji and begged to kiss him as Shang Yan briefly saw them grappling through the cabin door.
• Shang Yan returned, realized Lu Xunji was tearing open his bloody wounds, and helped Xie Ji try to restrain him.
• Lu Xunji pinned Xie Ji down and kissed him until Shang Yan struck an acupoint and knocked him unconscious.
• Xie Ji and Shang Yan took Lu Xunji to the hospital, where doctors treated his wounds and gave him a blood transfusion.
• Lu Xunji woke three hours later, remembered losing control, and worried Xie Ji would no longer approach him without reservations.
• Xie Ji leaned into Lu Xunji's view and asked if he was still in pain.

After waking in the hospital, Lu Xunji became fixated on Xie Ji, who mistook his desire for an urgent private problem and tried to give him space. When Shang Yan arrived, Xie Ji misunderstood his offer to help Lu Xunji and warned Lu Xunji against accepting help from a man.

• Lu Xunji woke and grabbed Xie Ji's hair while staring at him, then admitted he wanted to deal with a private problem.
• Xie Ji offered to leave Lu Xunji alone, and Lu Xunji told him to get out.
• Xie Ji guarded the hospital room door when Shang Yan returned, claiming Lu Xunji needed privacy.
• Lu Xunji came out, steadied Xie Ji, and told Shang Yan he had been pissing.
• Shang Yan offered to help Lu Xunji, and Xie Ji blocked him and warned Lu Xunji that a man who gave his dick a hand could only be a gay dude.

Xie Ji and Lu Xunji shared an intimate moment in the hospital before returning home with Shang Yan. Shang Yan discussed selling Xie Ji’s harmless pills as Young Field merchandise, then asked whether Xie Ji liked Lu Xunji, and Xie Ji admitted that he did.

• Lu Xunji pulled Xie Ji into the hospital bathroom, teased him, and kissed him before sending him back out.
• Xie Ji watched Lu Xunji for half an hour to see if his condition improved, then fled when Lu Xunji warned he might get fucked.
• Lu Xunji insisted on leaving the hospital despite his arm wound, and Xie Ji worried about him on the trip back.
• Shang Yan told Xie Ji that tests found no harmful ingredients in his pills and proposed selling them under the Young Field name; Xie Ji agreed.
• Shang Yan asked Xie Ji whether he liked Lu Xunji, and Xie Ji answered that he did.

Xie Ji returned to the island with the injured Lu Xunji after Shang Yan warned him to set boundaries around Lu Xunji’s kisses. At the courtyard, Xie Ji rushed to greet A-Gang and A-Qiang, leaving Lu Xunji sitting alone and displeased.

• Shang Yan warned Xie Ji that Lu Xunji was taking advantage of him by kissing him and urged him to refuse further kisses.
• Xie Ji agreed not to let Lu Xunji kiss him again, though he did not fully understand Shang Yan’s concerns.
• The airship reached the island, where Ji Shi, Mu Yao, and Zhou Heyu welcomed Xie Ji back and noticed Lu Xunji was injured.
• Shang Yan told Ji Shi to stay away from Lu Xunji without explaining what had happened on the airship.
• Xie Ji helped Lu Xunji toward the courtyard, then let go of him to greet A-Gang and A-Qiang.
• Xie Ji offered to treat Lu Xunji’s wound, but Lu Xunji coldly told him to go about his business.

Xie Ji tended to the animals and then insisted on cooking dinner despite everyone’s doubts, while Lu Xunji refused to let Ji Shi treat his wound. Xie Ji finished a meal that looked delicious and went upstairs to call Lu Xunji down to eat.

• Xie Ji fetched ointment for Lu Xunji, but Lu Xunji said he wanted Xie Ji to treat him instead of Ji Shi.
• Xie Ji checked the livestock sheds and cleaned them before returning to the residence at sunset.
• With Lu Xunji injured and no one else able to cook, Xie Ji ignored the others’ warnings and went into the kitchen to make dinner.
• Xie Ji emerged soot-covered after an hour and a half, with five dishes and a soup ready.
• Xie Ji went upstairs to call Lu Xunji down to dinner while the others went into the kitchen to bring out the food.

Xie Ji treated Lu Xunji’s inflamed wounds, but Lu Xunji demanded a kiss and kissed him before Xie Ji stopped him. Xie Ji refused to let Lu Xunji kiss him again because Shang Yan had told him not to, leaving Lu Xunji visibly displeased.

• Xie Ji found Lu Xunji in his bedroom and discovered that his arm was still bleeding because he had not applied the medicine.
• Xie Ji cleaned and bandaged Lu Xunji’s wounds while Lu Xunji held the back of his neck and reacted intensely to the treatment.
• Lu Xunji asked Xie Ji for a kiss, then kissed him before Xie Ji could object.
• Xie Ji pulled away and told Lu Xunji that Shang Yan had said he could not kiss him anymore.
• Lu Xunji narrowed his eyes when Xie Ji said Shang Yan had called him a creep for bullying him.

Lu Xunji admitted that anxiety made him crave sex and propositioned Xie Ji, who rejected him and urged him to go eat. As Xie Ji tried to leave, Lu Xunji caught his wrist.

• Lu Xunji told Xie Ji that he sometimes wanted to have sex when he felt anxious.
• Xie Ji tried to comfort Lu Xunji and wondered whether a girlfriend might help him.
• Lu Xunji said he wanted to lick Xie Ji's hand and asked him to have sex.
• Xie Ji refused, called Lu Xunji's advances sexual harassment, and told him to eat or take care of himself alone.
• Xie Ji turned to leave after Lu Xunji refused to come downstairs, but Lu Xunji caught his wrist.

Xie Ji left Lu Xunji alone after Lu Xunji asked him to stay, then joined the others for dinner and decided to bring Lu Xunji some plain congee. The others and the livestream viewers interpreted Xie Ji’s care as guilt over their families’ past, while Lu Xunji stayed upstairs.

• Lu Xunji asked Xie Ji to stay with him, but Xie Ji left and found Lu Xunji’s favorability had reached zero.
• Xie Ji ran into Ji Shi on the stairs and said he had changed Lu Xunji’s dressing.
• The group ate Xie Ji’s meal, and Shang Yan asked why Lu Xunji had not come downstairs.
• Xie Ji hurried through dinner so he could prepare plain congee for Lu Xunji, whose wound was inflamed.
• The viewers praised Xie Ji and speculated about his relationship with Lu Xunji and Ji Shi.

Xie Ji left dinner early to make congee for feverish Lu Xunji, who ate only after Xie Ji picked out the century egg and fed him. When Xie Ji stayed by the bed, Lu Xunji asked him to kiss him.

• Xie Ji hurried away from dinner to cook for Lu Xunji, while Ji Shi resented how much attention Xie Ji gave him.
• Xie Ji made century egg and lean meat congee and brought it upstairs to Lu Xunji, who had a fever and refused to eat the century egg.
• Lu Xunji agreed to eat after Xie Ji removed the century egg, then asked Xie Ji to feed him.
• Lu Xunji finished the congee and stopped Xie Ji from leaving, so Xie Ji stayed beside his bed.
• Lu Xunji told Xie Ji that his mouth felt hot and asked whether he wanted to kiss him.

Xie Ji gave in when Lu Xunji asked for a kiss, but Lu Xunji kissed him far longer and more intensely than promised. Xie Ji told him it could not happen again and went to bed beside him, while Lu Xunji questioned whether Xie Ji cared about Shang Yan.

• Xie Ji kissed Lu Xunji after Lu Xunji said he would be unhappy without one.
• Lu Xunji pulled Xie Ji into his arms and kissed him repeatedly until Xie Ji finally stopped him.
• Xie Ji asked whether Lu Xunji had kissed anyone else, and Lu Xunji said he had only ever kissed Xie Ji.
• Lu Xunji explained how he had previously managed his anxiety, and Xie Ji suggested he see a doctor after the variety show.
• Xie Ji told Lu Xunji not to tell Shang Yan and insisted the kiss could not happen again.
• Xie Ji washed the bowl, showered, and got into bed beside Lu Xunji.

Lu Xunji made Xie Ji a late-night meal and pressed him about whether he liked Shang Yan, then kissed him after dinner. He carried the dazed Xie Ji back to bed.

• Xie Ji accepted Lu Xunji’s offer to cook and followed him downstairs to the kitchen.
• Lu Xunji made tomato and egg noodles, and Xie Ji ate nearly the entire bowl.
• Lu Xunji asked whether Xie Ji liked Shang Yan more than him, and Xie Ji said he liked Shang Yan as a friend.
• After Xie Ji finished eating, Lu Xunji kissed him for more than half an hour, then finished the leftover noodles.
• Lu Xunji carried the dazed Xie Ji back to bed.

Xie Ji asked Lu Xunji about the years he had spent away from his birth family, and Lu Xunji began describing the hardship of his childhood. He left Xie Ji wondering what happened after Lu Xunji was admitted to a city secondary school.

• Lu Xunji held Xie Ji and offered to chat while rubbing his full belly.
• Xie Ji asked whether his parents had treated Lu Xunji well, but Lu Xunji initially avoided the subject.
• Lu Xunji admitted that his adoptive family had treated him poorly and described waking at four to do chores before walking five kilometers to school.
• Lu Xunji said his teacher had paid his tuition and that he had excelled in exams to prove he deserved her support.
• Lu Xunji explained that after elementary school he earned a place at the city's best secondary school, but his family still would not let him attend.

Lu Xunji told Xie Ji about his childhood abuse and the teacher who rescued him, then described his dangerous urges, self-harm, and the teacher's failed attempts to help him. He left off recounting how she discovered his pornography and shouted at him in disappointment.

• Lu Xunji told Xie Ji that his family locked him in a pigpen for over a month because he refused to quit studying.
• Lu Xunji said his teacher found him in the pigpen, took him home, and cared for him through the rest of summer vacation.
• Lu Xunji recounted excelling in school while pursuing dangerous hobbies and earning money to fund them.
• Lu Xunji said he agreed to stop extreme sports when his teacher objected, but later began hurting himself to suppress his urges.
• Lu Xunji described how his teacher took him to psychologists without success and eventually discovered his pornography collection, then shouted at him in disappointment.

Xie Ji comforted Lu Xunji over his painful past and promised not to abandon him, then agreed to cuddle with him for the night. The next morning, Ji Shi found Lu Xunji missing from the courtyard and heard Xie Ji complain from behind Lu Xunji’s closed door.

• Xie Ji apologized to Lu Xunji and promised he would never give up on him.
• Lu Xunji kissed Xie Ji, who protested that he was straight and told Lu Xunji not to touch him that way again.
• Lu Xunji acted hurt when Xie Ji refused to cuddle, so Xie Ji coaxed him and let him hold him as they slept.
• Ji Shi woke early, found Lu Xunji absent from the courtyard, and hurried to his door.
• Ji Shi heard Xie Ji exclaim that Lu Xunji was poking him again.

Xie Ji and Lu Xunji grew closer, making Ji Shi jealous, before Shang Yan gathered the group to discuss the next phase of the Young Field project. The group planned to launch a farmstay brand, and Xie Ji learned that pill sales had already earned Young Field around a million in startup capital.

• Xie Ji and Lu Xunji bickered while getting ready, and Ji Shi barged in to check on Xie Ji before Lu Xunji sent him away.
• Ji Shi worried that Xie Ji was growing closer to Lu Xunji and recognized that Xie Ji had firmly placed him in the friend category after his failed confession.
• Shang Yan called the group together and announced that the Young Field project would move into creating and registering a farmstay brand.
• Ji Shi discussed branding, publicity, visitor routes, and the need for startup capital, while Shang Yan explained that pill sales had provided about a million.
• Xie Ji began coughing as he realized the project’s share of pill sales was already so large, and wondered how much money he had earned himself.

Xie Ji and Lu Xunji clashed with Ji Shi over the farmstay’s name, while Lu Xunji provoked Xie Ji with private teasing and suggestive remarks. As Lu Xunji furnished the house and worked on a design, Xie Ji offered to find him a partner, but Lu Xunji said he would never fall for anyone.

• Xie Ji celebrated Shang Yan’s promise to transfer his share of the money before year’s end.
• Ji Shi mocked Lu Xunji and tried to grab him, but Xie Ji intervened and proposed naming the farmstay Brother House Affection.
• Lu Xunji teased Xie Ji intimately, angering Ji Shi, while Shang Yan told both men to rein in their behavior.
• Director He learned that Lu Xunji had requested a gay sex guidebook and arranged for the books to be delivered to him for free.
• Lu Xunji brought furniture to the house and sketched a sunny, cozy design, adding the word “love” as Xie Ji helped unpack.
• Xie Ji asked Lu Xunji what kind of person he liked and offered to find him a partner, but Lu Xunji said he would never fall for anyone.

Xie Ji woke to find Lu Xunji gone and panicked as he searched the residence. Lu Xunji returned from watering the flowers, comforted him, and explained that he was there.

• Lu Xunji said he could desire someone but did not have the ability to love.
• After the workers returned with more things, Xie Ji fell asleep on the sofa, and Lu Xunji carried him to bed.
• Xie Ji woke in the quiet residence, called for Lu Xunji, and ran outside barefoot to look for him.
• Lu Xunji returned from watering the China roses and caught Xie Ji as he stumbled into him.
• Lu Xunji carried Xie Ji inside, wiped his feet, and reassured him that he was there.