Recaps

Pei Yubai secretly touched Qiguan Yuan’s fox ear while he slept, then arranged for a doctor to examine Qiguan Yuan’s back. Qiguan Yuan revealed his fox ears and nine tails to Pei Yubai and invited him to touch them, leaving Pei Yubai reaching out.

• Pei Yubai gently stroked Qiguan Yuan’s ear as he slept, then covered him when staff came to the door.
• Qiguan Yuan woke and found Pei Yubai preparing clothes while staff and a cameraman were in the room; Pei Yubai asked them to leave so he could change.
• Pei Yubai told Qiguan Yuan that a doctor would arrive that afternoon to examine his lower back, and Qiguan Yuan agreed.
• Qiguan Yuan approached Pei Yubai and revealed his fox ears and nine white tails.
• Qiguan Yuan asked Pei Yubai if he wanted to touch them, and Pei Yubai reached out.

Pei Yubai cautiously stroked Qiguan Yuan's ears and tails, growing increasingly flustered as Qiguan Yuan teased him. Qiguan Yuan left to rejoin the waiting photographer and staff, and Pei Yubai hurried after him.

• Pei Yubai hesitated before touching Qiguan Yuan's ear, then gently stroked it as Qiguan Yuan leaned into his hand.
• Qiguan Yuan asked whether Pei Yubai wanted to touch his tails, and Pei Yubai stroked one as it curled around his wrist.
• Qiguan Yuan teased Pei Yubai for being shy as he leaned closer, while Pei Yubai looked at his lips.
• Qiguan Yuan withdrew his ears and tails, left the room to avoid keeping the photographer and staff waiting, and Pei Yubai quickly changed and followed him.

Qiguan Yuan watched the guests learn the lusheng dance for the Sisters' Festival and listened as Ji Shiyu recounted how distance and his career had separated him from Jiang Wantang. After Ji Shiyu asked whether they could renew their bond, Qiguan Yuan urged him to consider the answer himself, then prepared to tie their thread again.

• Ji Shiyu made breakfast, and Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai joined him before heading to the village clearing.
• The village elder announced the Sisters' Festival and taught the guests that they needed to learn the lusheng dance.
• Qiguan Yuan entertained the village children, then told Lu Zhao that reconnecting a broken fate required both people to seek each other.
• Ji Shiyu told Qiguan Yuan how he and Jiang Wantang had fallen in love, drifted apart during their careers, and eventually broken up.
• Ji Shiyu asked whether he and Jiang Wantang could renew their bond, and Qiguan Yuan told him to find the answer himself.
• Ji Shiyu returned to the clearing as Jiang Wantang watched him, while Qiguan Yuan sat beneath the locust tree with a red thread around his finger.

Meng Xu offered Qiguan Yuan five million to appear on the show, but discovered that Qiguan Yuan had no bank card or ID. The chapter ended with Meng Xu realizing Pei Yubai’s wife had no legal identity while Pei Yubai practiced the lusheng dance.

• Qiguan Yuan sat out the lusheng activity, and Meng Xu respected his choice rather than pressuring him to join.
• Meng Xu approached Qiguan Yuan privately and offered him five million for his appearance on the show.
• Qiguan Yuan accepted the offer without much interest in the money, then asked what a bank card was.
• Meng Xu explained that Qiguan Yuan needed an ID card to get a bank card, and Qiguan Yuan admitted he had no ID.
• Meng Xu looked over at Pei Yubai practicing the dance and silently realized Qiguan Yuan had no legal identity.

Qiguan Yuan told Meng Xu he would leave the Village Above the Clouds the day after tomorrow, and Pei Yubai worried about losing contact with him. When Qiguan Yuan teased him about being reluctant to part, Pei Yubai admitted that he was.

• Qiguan Yuan said he would leave the Village Above the Clouds the day after tomorrow, leaving Meng Xu dismayed.
• Meng Xu told Pei Yubai that Qiguan Yuan had no ID card or bank card, and Pei Yubai asked him to hold the appearance fee until he could ask Qiguan Yuan about getting an ID.
• Pei Yubai considered leaving his upcoming film to follow Qiguan Yuan, but decided he should honor his commitment and instead hoped to find a way to contact him.
• Pei Yubai asked Qiguan Yuan how he could reach him after he returned to Cloud-Hidden Village, since he could not find his home in the forest.
• Qiguan Yuan stroked Pei Yubai's eyes and asked if he was reluctant to part with him, and Pei Yubai admitted that he was.

Qiguan Yuan told Pei Yubai to practice his lusheng, while Pei Yubai kept seeking reasons to stay near him. The chapter ended with Pei Yubai reading messages from Pei Zhongkang urging him to win Qiguan Yuan over.

• Qiguan Yuan told Pei Yubai that Meng Xu had no Thread of Fate and was destined to remain alone, though his career and wealth lines were excellent.
• Pei Yubai asked Qiguan Yuan about getting an ID card, and Qiguan Yuan said they would handle it later.
• Pei Yubai practiced the lusheng, then returned to sit beside Qiguan Yuan after the livestream resumed.
• Pei Yubai received three messages from Pei Zhongkang, who said a medical team was coming by helicopter and urged him to pursue Qiguan Yuan shamelessly.
• After reading Pei Zhongkang's messages, Pei Yubai looked up at Qiguan Yuan.

Pei Yubai arranged for a renowned orthopedic specialist to examine Qiguan Yuan’s long-standing lower back pain. The doctor found chronic ligament damage and inflammation, recommending further tests in the capital, while Qiguan Yuan agreed only to use pain-relief medication for now.

• Pei Yubai watched Qiguan Yuan for signs of back pain as they waited for medical help to arrive by helicopter.
• Pei Yubai persuaded the sleepy Qiguan Yuan to let a doctor examine his lower back, and they returned to the stilt house without the cameras following.
• Professor Zhou Wenyuan examined Qiguan Yuan and found an old scar, chronic ligament damage, and surrounding soft-tissue inflammation.
• Zhou Wenyuan recommended further tests in the capital and offered topical medication for temporary relief.
• Qiguan Yuan chose to apply the medication first and leave the tests for later, and Pei Yubai agreed.

Pei Yubai learned that Qiguan Yuan’s lower-back injury could be managed with conservative treatment but not fully cured, and took responsibility for helping him apply the medicine. He asked Qiguan Yuan if he could go back with him, revealing that staying by his side was what he truly wanted.

• Pei Yubai followed Zhou Wenyuan out and asked how much Qiguan Yuan’s lower back could recover.
• Zhou Wenyuan explained that the old injury did not require surgery but would need conservative treatment, including medicine, rest, and rehabilitation.
• Zhou Wenyuan’s two apprentices prepared the external medicine and gave it to Pei Yubai.
• Pei Yubai returned to the room, found Qiguan Yuan asleep, tucked him in, and researched hot compresses and massage techniques.
• Qiguan Yuan woke and teased Pei Yubai for watching him, and Pei Yubai said he would help apply the medicine.
• Pei Yubai asked Qiguan Yuan if he could go back with him, and Qiguan Yuan realized that was the real reason for his roundabout remarks.

Qiguan Yuan teased Pei Yubai for using medicine as an excuse to ask to return with him, then destroyed the red string Pei Yubai treasured. When Pei Yubai grew upset, Qiguan Yuan replaced it with a translucent red string linking their ring fingers, and Pei Yubai accepted it.

• Qiguan Yuan saw through Pei Yubai's roundabout request to return with him and called him over.
• Qiguan Yuan untied Pei Yubai's red string and rubbed it into ash.
• Pei Yubai gripped Qiguan Yuan's hand and asked why he had destroyed the string, while his eyes reddened.
• Qiguan Yuan promised to give Pei Yubai the string back and created matching translucent red strings on their ring fingers.
• Qiguan Yuan tied their strings together and asked to bestow a true red string on Pei Yubai, who accepted the replacement.

Qiguan Yuan reassured Pei Yubai with a red thread, then let him apply medicine to his sore waist. A call from Shen Lingyi revealed that Pei Yubai had never confessed his feelings, and Qiguan Yuan listened as she urged him to speak up.

• Qiguan Yuan showed Pei Yubai the red thread and told him it would lead him to him, then asked Pei Yubai to apply medicine to his waist.
• Pei Yubai prepared a warm compress and massaged medicine into Qiguan Yuan's lower back while Shen Yuzhou and the livestream viewers reacted to his remarks.
• Pei Yubai's phone rang, and after cleaning the ointment from his hands, he called Shen Lingyi back.
• Shen Lingyi asked whether Qiguan Yuan had accepted Pei Yubai and began discussing their marriage and honeymoon.
• Qiguan Yuan told Shen Lingyi that Pei Yubai had not confessed his feelings, and Shen Lingyi teased her son for being too timid to say he liked him.

Pei Yubai confessed his feelings to Qiguan Yuan, and Qiguan Yuan accepted him as his destined partner. After Pei Yubai fell asleep, Qiguan Yuan left to deal with Ji Shiyu and Jiang Wantang.

• Shen Lingyi teased Pei Yubai about bringing Qiguan Yuan home and ended the call before he could reply.
• Qiguan Yuan asked Pei Yubai about the orange cat he had raised, then asked whether he preferred cats or foxes; Pei Yubai said he liked Yuanyuan.
• Pei Yubai confessed that he wanted to make their relationship official, and Qiguan Yuan asked him to say it again properly.
• Qiguan Yuan explained that the red thread on their ring fingers marked their destined bond and named Pei Yubai his partner.
• Pei Yubai and Qiguan Yuan agreed they were boyfriends and wished each other good night.
• Qiguan Yuan put Pei Yubai to sleep, then left to sort out Ji Shiyu and Jiang Wantang's affairs.

Qiguan Yuan reclaimed some of his divine power and repaired Ji Shiyu and Jiang Wantang’s broken Threads of Fate. He also completed all the matches assigned to Lu Zhao, then looked toward the still-sleeping Pei Yubai.

• Qiguan Yuan left Pei Yubai asleep and traveled to the Tree of Fate, where he reclaimed divine power from its trunk.
• Qiguan Yuan told Lu Zhao he needed to reconnect Jiang Wantang and Ji Shiyu’s red threads.
• Qiguan Yuan froze time, used the Dust-Settling Red Cord to mend Ji Shiyu and Jiang Wantang’s broken Threads of Fate, and restored their names in the Marriage Register.
• Qiguan Yuan sent every unhandled match from Lu Zhao’s Marriage Register out into the night so the names could reach their destined partners.
• Lu Zhao checked the Marriage Register, saw that all his matches had been completed, and celebrated the prospect of a day off.
• Qiguan Yuan’s gaze returned to Pei Yubai, who remained asleep.

Pei Yubai woke beside Qiguan Yuan, then announced during his morning livestream that Qiguan Yuan was his boyfriend. He learned to cook breakfast from Ji Shiyu and prepared congee and fried eggs for Qiguan Yuan.

• Qiguan Yuan withdrew the Spirit-Calming Technique and went to sleep beside Pei Yubai, who later woke and watched him before leaving for a run.
• Pei Yubai told Meng Xu he planned to make breakfast for Yuanyuan, then announced on his livestream that Yuanyuan was his boyfriend.
• Pei Yubai's fans accepted the news while Qiguan Yuan's fans reacted with disbelief and distress.
• Pei Yubai asked Ji Shiyu to teach him to cook, practiced frying eggs, and made congee and eggs for Yuanyuan.
• Pei Yubai picked up the breakfast tray and told Ji Shiyu that Yuanyuan was his boyfriend.

Pei Yubai and Qiguan Yuan settled into their new relationship, while Ji Shiyu wondered whether he could reconcile with Jiang Wantang. On the group’s final day in the village, they welcomed tourists, and Qiguan Yuan signed Pei Yubai’s movie posters before a fan asked whether they were really together.

• Ji Shiyu congratulated Pei Yubai on becoming Qiguan Yuan’s boyfriend, then wondered whether he could get back together with Jiang Wantang.
• Pei Yubai served Qiguan Yuan breakfast, and Qiguan Yuan praised his cooking, shared his fried egg, and called him “my boyfriend.”
• Qiguan Yuan saw that the Threads of Fate between Ji Shiyu and Jiang Wantang were no longer dark or knotted, then rested against Pei Yubai.
• Meng Xu assigned the group to welcome tourists at the Village Above the Clouds and guide them around the village for doubled points.
• Pei Yubai served gate-blocking wine while Qiguan Yuan posed for photos and signed Pei Yubai movie posters for fans.
• A fan asked Qiguan Yuan whether he and Film Emperor Pei were really together.

As the variety show neared its end, Pei Yubai protected Qiguan Yuan from fans who wanted to meet him. Qiguan Yuan then welcomed Wang Miao, shared gate wine with her, and tied a red thread around her wrist with a blessing.

• Pei Yubai signed the fans' posters and stepped in front of Qiguan Yuan to keep them from bothering him.
• Wang Miao told Qiguan Yuan that she had come hoping to meet him, and Qiguan Yuan said he was spending the day accompanying his boyfriend at work.
• Pei Yubai took Qiguan Yuan's hand and led him away, declaring that Qiguan Yuan was his boyfriend and asking the fans not to disturb his rest.
• Qiguan Yuan beckoned Wang Miao over and offered her a bowl of gate wine as a gift for being his fan.
• Qiguan Yuan tied a red thread around Wang Miao's wrist and wished her well.

Qiguan Yuan and the others learned how to make Miao batik, drawing wax designs on cotton cloth as they explored the village’s traditions. Their designs revealed personal connections and memories, and the chapter ended with Jiang Wantang pausing as Ji Shiyu mentioned an old song he had written.

• Qiguan Yuan tied red strings around his fans’ wrists and wished them well, while Pei Yubai watched from the side.
• Su He'an and the village elder introduced the group to batik materials and demonstrated how to prepare wax and indigo dye.
• Shen Yuzhou, Cheng Yanqiu, Jiang Wantang, and Ji Shiyu tried drawing designs on cotton cloth, with Ji Shiyu recognizing Jiang Wantang’s familiar orchid style.
• Qiguan Yuan drew arcs on his cloth, and Pei Yubai wrote their names inside them before Qiguan Yuan linked the names with another arc.
• Ji Shiyu said the notes he had drawn formed an old song he wrote, and Jiang Wantang paused while drawing.

Ji Shiyu continued working on the song he had promised A-Wan, while Su He'an guided Lin Yanru in drawing a batik design. Qiguan Yuan concluded that Pei Yubai was Yun Yin himself, not Yun Yin's reincarnation, and accepted that repairing Yun Yin's godhead would take time.

• Ji Shiyu added another line of notes to the unfinished song he had promised A-Wan to complete.
• Su He'an found Lin Yanru struggling to begin and guided her hand as she drew a design resembling Su He'an.
• Qiguan Yuan's Dust-Settling Red Cord stirred toward Su He'an and Lin Yanru, whom he recognized as a destined match, but he chose not to interfere.
• Pei Yubai took down the finished batik cloth, folded the names he and Qiguan Yuan had written on it inward, and put it in his pocket.
• Qiguan Yuan reflected that Pei Yubai was Yun Yin, not his reincarnation, and resolved to take his time finding a way to repair Yun Yin's godhead.

Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai joined the village bonfire party, where Qiguan Yuan kissed Pei Yubai before saying he was going back. The chapter left Pei Yubai with Qiguan Yuan’s farewell and their relationship unresolved.

• Shen Yuzhou, Cheng Yanqiu, Ji Shiyu, and the others prepared the clearing, food, and fire for the bonfire party.
• The villagers performed music and dances as Qiguan Yuan watched beside Pei Yubai, who considered learning a sword dance for him.
• Qiguan Yuan soothed the restless Dust-Settling Red Cord on his wrist while watching Pei Yubai check his schedule.
• Qiguan Yuan kissed Pei Yubai, then hooked his finger and told him, “I'm going back, Pei Yubai.”

Qiguan Yuan left Pei Yubai after promising they would meet again, then returned to Yue Lao Temple and recovered two marriage sticks bearing his and Pei Yubai’s names. The next morning, he chased Jixian out of the temple after the monk tried to stop him, revealing that Qiguan Yuan had regained his magical power.

• Qiguan Yuan kissed Pei Yubai, said goodbye to the livestream viewers, and promised Pei Yubai they would meet again soon.
• After Qiguan Yuan left, Meng Xu tried to comfort Pei Yubai, who replied that Meng Xu did not understand because he had no partner.
• Qiguan Yuan used magic to return to Yue Lao Temple, collected Pei Yubai’s marriage fortune stick, and dug up the stick bearing the names Xiu Yun Yin and Pei Yubai.
• Qiguan Yuan placed both sticks beside his pillow and went to sleep while Jixian closed the temple to visitors for the day.
• The next morning, Qiguan Yuan attacked Jixian with a red thread as the monk opened the doors, then pursued him until Jixian stopped to face him.

Qiguan Yuan confronted Jixian without recognizing him, but the marriage lots beside his pillow helped him remember Xiu Yun Yin and Pei Yubai were the same person. Jixian explained that Qiguan Yuan’s incomplete divine core caused him to lose the previous sixty years of memories at intervals, and that he had repeatedly recorded Xiu Yun Yin’s name to help himself remember.

• Qiguan Yuan stopped Jixian with the Dust-Settling Red Cord, then withdrew it after Jixian said he was the keeper of Qiguan Yuan’s Yue Lao Temple.
• Jixian led Qiguan Yuan to his room and told him to inspect the marriage lots beside his pillow.
• Qiguan Yuan recognized the names Xiu Yun Yin and Pei Yubai on the lots and remembered that Pei Yubai was Xiu Yun Yin.
• Jixian explained that Qiguan Yuan had given up his divine core to stabilize Xiu Yun Yin’s soul and divine core before coming to the lower realm to find him.
• Jixian told Qiguan Yuan that his memories lasted sixty years before disappearing and that he repeatedly wrote Xiu Yun Yin’s name on marriage lots so he could remember.

Jixian explained how Qiguan Yuan had saved him during a famine and later rescued the people of Cloud-Hidden Town, leading Jixian to serve as keeper of the Yue Lao Temple. Qiguan Yuan learned why Jixian had devoted himself to him, and Jixian congratulated him on finally finding Xiu Yun Yin.

• Qiguan Yuan showed Jixian two marriage fortune sticks, one bearing Qiguan Yuan's name in unfamiliar handwriting, and Jixian suggested it was tied to memories he had yet to recover.
• Jixian recalled meeting Qiguan Yuan as a starving young monk, accepting a steamed bun, and asking to follow the god who had saved him.
• Qiguan Yuan took Jixian to Cloud-Hidden Town and used his magic to save its starving residents, then brought rain and relief by intervening with the Rain God and the God of Agriculture.
• Jixian explained that he had worshipped Yue Lao and kept his temple ever since, and that Qiguan Yuan's recurring memory loss made it dangerous to remain in his territory.
• Jixian said Qiguan Yuan had returned early, reclaimed his magic, and taken two marriage fortune sticks, then congratulated him on finally finding Xiu Yun Yin.

Qiguan Yuan returned to his home in the woods but decided to wait for his memories of Pei Yubai to come back before seeking him out. As filming wrapped, Pei Yubai’s father threatened legal action against his son’s online haters, Jiang Wantang traded her production-team perk for an audition, and Pei Yubai left to find Qiguan Yuan.

• Qiguan Yuan followed the red thread to his home in the woods and chose not to look for Pei Yubai until his memories returned.
• After the first episode aired, coordinated commenters accused Pei Yubai of trespassing, and Pei Zhongkang announced that legal notices would be sent to those insulting him.
• Pei Zhongkang told Pei Yubai that his mother wanted to meet Yuanyuan and asked him to bring Yuanyuan home after filming.
• Meng Xu offered Jiang Wantang a place in a National Opera and Dance Drama Theatre exchange program, but she asked to exchange it for an audition for Director Song’s film, and Meng Xu agreed.
• After the livestream ended, Pei Yubai left the stilt house in a hurry to find Qiguan Yuan.

The first episode of "Travel to Those Little-Known Places" became a massive hit, and Qiguan Yuan gained a huge following despite having no Weibo account. Pei Yubai followed the red thread back to Fated Marriage Village and found Qiguan Yuan waiting at his home.

• Viewers flocked to the first full episode after the livestream, driving its views past one hundred million and making the show a breakout success.
• Qiguan Yuan's super topic surpassed eight million followers, and his fans called themselves Xiao Yuan Grains while urging Pei Yubai to make him a Weibo account.
• Industry figures contacted Meng Xu for a place on the next installment after seeing the guests' rising popularity and Meng Xu's valuable connections.
• Meng Xu called Pei Yubai to request Director Song's contact details, but Pei Yubai was already driving to Cloud-Hidden Town to find Yuanyuan.
• Pei Yubai followed the red thread into the woods and reached Yuanyuan's home, where Qiguan Yuan was cleaning the copper wind chimes.

Pei Yubai reunited with Qiguan Yuan and learned that they were currently boyfriends, then followed him into his residence. Pei Yubai began thinking about how to persuade Qiguan Yuan to let him stay there.

• Pei Yubai hurried to Qiguan Yuan and called him Yuanyuan.
• Qiguan Yuan noticed the red thread on his finger and asked Pei Yubai what he had come for.
• Pei Yubai said he missed Qiguan Yuan and identified him as his boyfriend for now.
• Qiguan Yuan kissed Pei Yubai lightly and said he had missed his boyfriend too.
• Qiguan Yuan hung the copper bells back on the doorframe and invited Pei Yubai inside.
• Pei Yubai admired Qiguan Yuan's courtyard and considered asking to stay there.

Pei Yubai visited Qiguan Yuan, brought him medicine, and admitted he could stay only until that night before returning to the set. After noticing Pei Yubai’s exhaustion, Qiguan Yuan invited him to sleep beside him and stayed with him on the daybed.

• Pei Yubai recalled that he had bought a house in Cloud-Hidden Town as a fallback, but he wanted to stay with Qiguan Yuan instead.
• Qiguan Yuan led Pei Yubai into his main residence and asked how long he could stay; Pei Yubai said he had to leave for his flight that night.
• Pei Yubai unpacked and neatly arranged the medicine jars he had brought for Qiguan Yuan.
• Qiguan Yuan noticed the shadows beneath Pei Yubai’s eyes, touched his face, and told him he looked tired.
• Qiguan Yuan cleared space on the daybed and invited Pei Yubai to sleep while he stayed beside him.