Recaps

Chu Yu recovered from the public backlash and arranged a magazine shoot with Chu Chen, while the Wen siblings argued over the damage they had suffered. She left Chu Chen facing another attempt to persuade him into joining her.

• Wen Zhixin watched her follower count plunge before it stabilized, then blamed Wen Tianqi, who threatened to quit the show.
• Wen Zhixin persuaded Wen Tianqi to keep pursuing their ambitions, and neither sibling understood why their situation had worsened.
• Chu Yu had Chu Chen carry her soup to Zhao Qirui, who praised her cooking.
• After dinner, Chu Yu accepted GI Magazine's invitation to appear on its cover with Chu Chen.
• Chu Yu went to Chu Chen's room to tell him about the shoot, but he showed no interest.

Chu Yu agreed to share the GI Magazine shoot fee with Chu Chen, but the next morning she learned Yu Wei was trying to take the cover shoot and rushed to confront her. As they left, Chu Chen warned Chu Yu to be careful around Gu Jinhuai, though she did not understand his concern.

• Chu Yu offered Chu Chen half of the 1.5 million shoot fee, negotiated with him, and settled on a forty-sixty split.
• Chu Yu accepted the GI Magazine invitation and told Zhang Yue and Xu Ruiqiu the good news.
• Zhang Yue called to warn Chu Yu that Yu Wei and her artist were trying to take the cover shoot, so Chu Yu hurried to get ready and brought Chu Chen along.
• Chu Yu and Chu Chen left the hotel with their luggage after greeting An Ya and her younger brother.
• In the van, Chu Chen warned Chu Yu that Gu Jinhuai seemed suspicious and told her to watch out for him, but Chu Yu remained puzzled.

Chu Yu and Chu Chen arrived at GI Magazine and secured the next cover shoot despite Yu Wei’s attempt to promote her artist, Lanlan. Editor-in-chief Xu Ruiqiu proposed a youth-themed shoot and asked the siblings to make private photos for random postcard gifts, leaving Chu Yu and Zhang Yue to consider the idea.

• Chu Yu and Chu Chen arrived at GI Magazine’s headquarters, where Zhang Yue and Yu Wei were arguing over which artist should get the next cover.
• Xu Ruiqiu chose Chu Yu and ended Yu Wei’s attempt to secure the shoot for Lanlan, and Yu Wei left with her artist.
• Xu Ruiqiu invited Chu Yu, Chu Chen, and Zhang Yue into her office and explained GI Magazine’s plan for a youth-themed shoot.
• Chu Yu agreed that the siblings suited the theme, and Xu Ruiqiu suggested adding private photos for postcard blind-box gifts with magazine purchases.

Chu Yu and Zhang Yue negotiated a sales-commission agreement with GI Magazine, while Wen Zhixin received an invitation from Trend Love Play Magazine. The chapter ended with Trend Love Play publicly announcing an interview featuring Wen Zhixin and her younger brother.

• Zhang Yue negotiated a higher-value deal with Xu Ruiqiu, and Chu Yu's side agreed to GI Magazine's sales-commission arrangement.
• Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi left the hotel without the expensive ingredients Chu Yu had prepared, and Wen Zhixin received a call from Trend Love Play Magazine.
• Chu Yu, her brother, and Zhang Yue signed their collaboration agreement with GI Magazine.
• Zhang Yue told Chu Yu that Wen Zhixin had been invited to an interview with Trend Love Play Magazine, making Chu Yu wary of her rival's sudden opportunity.
• Trend Love Play Magazine announced that Wen Zhixin and her younger brother would appear in the next issue's individual interview.

Wen Zhixin posted an apology that her fans and curious netizens received warmly, while Chu Yu saw it as a calculated effort to benefit from renewed attention. Days later, Chu Yu and Chu Chen arrived at his high school for a magazine shoot, where the photographer was immediately impressed by their looks.

• Trend Love Play Magazine announced the Wen siblings' interview, and Wen Zhixin followed with an apology for her younger brother Tianqi's behavior toward Chu Yu and her brother.
• Wen Zhixin's fans defended her and explained the controversy to curious visitors, while Chu Yu and Zhang Yue criticized the timing and good fortune of the Wen siblings' publicity.
• Several days later, Chu Yu and Chu Chen traveled to Chu Chen's private high school, which GI Magazine had selected as the location for a youth-themed shoot.
• Chu Yu told Chu Chen to behave during the shoot, and the siblings stepped out in school-style outfits that caught the photographer's attention.
• After taking a burst of candid photos of Chu Yu and Chu Chen, the photographer paused and told the staff to check the set before shooting officially began.

Chu Yu and Chu Chen completed a magazine cover photo shoot, but their sibling rivalry turned the session into a series of arguments that the photographer eagerly captured. When Zhang Yue arrived to pick them up, the siblings were still refusing to speak to each other, while the photographer praised the shoot and prepared the photos for her to choose from.

• The photographer explained the five planned photo sets to Chu Yu and Chu Chen, and Chu Yu agreed to begin with the campus-themed cover shoot.
• Chu Yu dragged Chu Chen to the set, and the photographer took candid shots as they started posing.
• Chu Yu and Chu Chen began competing for the photographer’s attention, then traded insults and challenged each other while he kept taking pictures.
• The photographer captured the siblings’ angry expressions and poses, then finished the cover shoot and the final solo shots.
• Zhang Yue arrived to find Chu Yu and Chu Chen ignoring each other, and the photographer told her the session had gone smoothly and produced many good photos.

Chu Yu and Chu Chen bickered after their magazine shoot, while the Wen siblings celebrated an interview that Editor-in-Chief Qi planned to use in Trend Love Play Magazine’s rivalry with GI Magazine. Later, Chu Yu explained the cover shoot to her mother, Fang Lanzhi, over the phone.

• Zhang Yue offered Chu Yu and Chu Chen dinner, and the siblings continued teasing and threatening each other as they climbed into the van.
• Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi finished their interview at Trend Love Play Magazine and headed home, expecting it to make them famous.
• Editor-in-Chief Qi approved the Wen siblings’ interview for the next issue as part of a plan to compete with GI Magazine and exploit the siblings’ disputes with Chu Yu.
• Chu Chen complained to his mother that Chu Yu was being unreasonable, but Fang Lanzhi instead asked whether he had upset his sister.
• Chu Yu took the phone and told Fang Lanzhi that she and Chu Chen had been invited to be the cover stars of a magazine’s next issue.

Chu Yu and Chu Chen’s GI Magazine cover drew support from their family and Gu Jinhuai, while GI Magazine prepared a risky initial print run of ten thousand copies. The next livestream was delayed because wild beasts appeared on its island location, and Chu Chen asked his friend to help promote the magazine.

• Fang Lanzhi rallied the Chu family to buy and promote GI Magazine after learning Chu Yu and Chu Chen had shot its cover.
• Gu Jinhuai agreed to help boost the magazine’s sales, still unable to let go of Chu Yu.
• Xu Ruiqiu set GI Magazine’s initial print run at ten thousand copies despite worrying the issue might not sell.
• The director told Chu Yu the next Sisters and Brothers Charge Ahead livestream might be delayed after wild beasts appeared on the uninhabited island.
• Chu Chen won a game, then asked his friend to promote the magazine, and his friend agreed.

Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi’s Trend Love Play issue sold strongly, while Editor-in-Chief Qi used paid trolls to disparage GI Magazine. Xu Ruiqiu moved GI’s release to that same evening, and Editor-in-Chief Qi expected the late head-to-head launch to hurt GI’s sales.

• Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi watched as Trend Love Play’s new issue launched and its sales passed five thousand within an hour.
• Editor-in-Chief Qi ordered paid trolls to praise Trend Love Play by putting down GI Magazine, angering Xu Ruiqiu.
• Xu Ruiqiu moved GI Magazine’s release to nine that night and told staff to notify its longtime fans.
• A GI Magazine staff member called Chu Yu to tell her about the schedule change, leaving her confused about the reason.
• Editor-in-Chief Qi told her assistant she had heard GI printed ten thousand copies of the new issue.

As Trend Love Play and GI Magazine competed for readers, Chu Yu and Xu Ruiqiu rallied support for GI Magazine’s nine o’clock release, while Gu Jinhuai and Chu Yu’s fans prepared to buy it. The chapter ended with paid trolls from both magazines clashing online as netizens watched the chaotic promotion.

• Editor-in-Chief Qi paid trolls to intensify their campaign against GI Magazine, and Trend Love Play’s sales rose as new users registered to buy it.
• Chu Yu learned from Xu Ruiqiu why GI Magazine had moved its release forward and promised to promote it; she then rallied her fans and alerted her family group chat.
• The Chu family rearranged their evening plans to wait for the magazine’s release and support Chu Yu and her brother.
• At Gu Group, Gu Jinhuai let the department managers end their reports early, then registered for a GI Magazine membership so he could buy more copies.
• Chu Yu posted selfies on Weibo and announced GI Magazine’s postcard blind box format, drawing excited reactions from her fans.
• Paid trolls hired by both magazines began arguing online about their respective issues, entertaining onlookers.

GI Magazine and Trend Love Play competed for attention as their inaugural issues gained sales and online exposure. Xu Ruiqiu refused to back down and prepared GI’s sales link, which opened at nine o’clock as Chu Yu and Chu Chen hurried to buy copies.

• Trend Love Play’s sales rose to forty thousand, while GI Magazine gained more than three thousand registered members.
• The Wen siblings celebrated Trend Love Play’s sales, and Wen Zhixin’s Weibo followers recovered and began to surpass their earlier count.
• Xu Ruiqiu’s partner objected to changing GI Magazine’s release time, but Xu Ruiqiu insisted they had to stand up to Trend Love Play and returned to work.
• Chu Yu reminded Chu Chen to buy extra copies before GI Magazine went on sale.
• At nine o’clock, the Stockpile Shopping Network opened GI Magazine’s sales link, and a freeze notification appeared on the staff member’s screen.

GI Magazine’s sales page repeatedly crashed under a surge of buyers, then showed the magazine as sold out within minutes. Jiang Taolin told Xu Ruiqiu that the magazine had actually sold out and that a failure to sync inventory caused the site to accept more orders than there were copies in stock.

• Fans flooded GI Magazine’s sales link, overwhelming the Stockpile Shopping Network and causing its page to crash.
• Programmers restored the site, but it froze again as the magazine’s sales status changed to sold out.
• Chu Yu assumed the sold-out notice meant the website was still broken, while Chu Chen said his order had gone through.
• Fans argued online over whether the site had crashed or whether their successful-order notices were genuine.
• Jiang Taolin called Xu Ruiqiu, apologized for the outage, and explained that the magazine had sold out and the inventory data had failed to sync, allowing excess orders.

Jiang Taolin told Xu Ruiqiu that GI Magazine had sold fifteen thousand copies in one second, though only ten thousand could be shipped. As the Stockpile Shopping Network revealed the cause of its crash, the sale stunned online readers, while Gu Jinhuai and members of the Chu family had failed to buy a copy.

• Jiang Taolin told Xu Ruiqiu that a website crash had allowed fifteen thousand GI Magazine orders to go through in one second, and Xu Ruiqiu finally believed him.
• Editor-in-Chief Qi learned that all fifty thousand copies of Trend Love Play Magazine had sold out and ordered staff bonuses and a future collaboration with Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi.
• Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi heard the sales news and excitedly celebrated their success together.
• The Stockpile Shopping Network posted a statement explaining its crash, and netizens were shocked to learn that GI Magazine had sold fifteen thousand copies in a second.
• Members of the Chu family complained in their group chat that they had missed the sale, while Xiao Fangfang said she had secured five copies and Gu Jinhuai stared at his screen after failing to buy one.

GI Magazine’s relaunch issue sold out immediately, leaving Xu Ruiqiu and the Stockpile Shopping Network scrambling to address an unexpected shortage. Gu Jinhuai obtained a way to buy two copies, while fans rejected refunds and asked to keep their orders for the next print run.

• Big Shot No. 3 told Gu Jinhuai he would give him two magazines, and Gu Jinhuai recorded Jiang Nan’s company details and offered him priority consideration for a future project.
• Chu Yu and Chu Chen learned that the magazines had genuinely sold out, while Chu Chen wondered who had bought them all.
• Fans flooded the internet with complaints and requests for more copies, and Xu Ruiqiu regretted printing only ten thousand.
• Jiang Taolin announced that the Stockpile Shopping Network had oversold by five thousand copies and offered affected customers refunds or a 100-yuan coupon.
• Fans said they would keep their orders and wait for the next print run, leaving Jiang Taolin stunned that they rejected the compensation.

GI Magazine’s surprise sales success shocked its rival Trend Love Play, while Xu Ruiqiu cautiously planned a reprint. As filming for “Sisters and Brothers Charge Ahead” was set to begin on an uninhabited island, Chu Yu prepared survival supplies and made Chu Chen come shopping with her.

• Editor-in-Chief Qi learned that GI Magazine had sold fifteen thousand copies almost instantly and was hospitalized after his blood pressure spiked.
• Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi heard about GI’s rapid sales and were stunned by the contrast with Trend Love Play’s slower results.
• Xu Ruiqiu decided GI Magazine would wait for readers’ feedback before setting the inaugural issue’s reprint quantity.
• The production team told Chu Yu that filming on the uninhabited island would begin the next day after safety checks were completed.
• Chu Yu decided to buy survival tools and supplies, then ordered Chu Chen to go with her.

Chu Yu prepared for the sibling variety show’s wilderness survival episode by buying huge quantities of camping supplies, while Chu Chen resented being made to help. The siblings left the store with the goods loaded, and the shop owner realized too late that Chu Yu was a celebrity.

• Chu Yu told Chu Chen that the next livestream would involve wilderness survival and brought him to an outdoor camping store to prepare.
• Chu Yu ordered large quantities of camping equipment and supplies, leaving Chu Chen and the shop staff stunned.
• Chu Yu asked Chu Chen to help move the purchases, but he stormed off after realizing she had been treating him like a helper.
• Chu Yu arranged for the store’s employees to load and transport the supplies after Chu Chen left.
• The shop employee recognized Chu Yu from a Weibo photo, and the shop owner regretted missing the chance to ask her for an autograph and a photo.

Chu Yu’s supply-shopping photos reignited interest in the sibling variety show, and the production team announced an outdoor island livestream with Xu Mengying as a new guest. Xu Mengying prepared excitedly for the show because she had admired Chu Yu for two years.

• Chu Yu’s leaked shopping photos prompted fans to guess she was preparing for the next livestream, and the director paid to push the photos onto Weibo’s trending list.
• The production team announced that the next day’s livestream, titled “Night on a Deserted Island,” would feature the sibling pairs, Gu Jinhuai, and new guest Xu Mengying.
• Xu Mengying’s fans celebrated her variety-show appearance while some tried to provoke a feud between her and Chu Yu.
• Xu Mengying tried on outfits and asked her butler whether her goddess Chu Yu would like them.
• The butler encouraged Xu Mengying to use the show as a chance to get to know Chu Yu, whom she had been a fan of for two years.

Xu Mengying prepared for her first variety-show appearance while Starry Sky Entertainment warned Chu Yu to avoid conflict with her. The company then told Chu Yu and Zhang Yue that the Stockpile Shopping Network wanted Chu Yu and her younger brother for a summer shopping livestream, leaving Chu Yu to consider the unexpected opportunity.

• Xu Mengying tried on an outfit inspired by Chu Yu and packed clothes for the variety show's filming.
• General Manager Zhao held an emergency meeting and asked Chu Yu to avoid disagreements with Xu Mengying during the livestream.
• General Manager Zhao privately told Chu Yu and Zhang Yue that Jiang Taolin had invited Chu Yu and her younger brother to join the Stockpile Shopping Network's summer shopping livestream festival.
• Zhang Yue urged Chu Yu to accept the opportunity, and Chu Yu considered trying livestream shopping despite it not being part of her plans.

Chu Yu agreed to host a sales livestream and brought Chu Chen a contract offering a six-million-yuan bonus, which he signed after securing a share of the earnings. The siblings arrived at the remote island for filming, where Chu Yu offered to airlift her extensive camping supplies by helicopter, leaving the director curious about her powerful connections.

• Mr. Zhao told Chu Yu that the livestream would pay her a sales commission and a work bonus.
• Chu Yu showed Chu Chen the contract, and he signed it after they agreed to split the earnings forty-sixty.
• The next morning, Chu Yu and Chu Chen arrived at the ferry terminal to travel to the island filming location for "Sisters and Brothers Charge Ahead."
• Chu Yu asked the director to transport her large supply of camping equipment, then offered to arrange a helicopter when the production boats could not carry it all.
• The director remembered Zhao Qirui's warning about Chu Yu's identity and wondered which powerful family could send a helicopter.

Xu Mengying boarded the ship for the deserted island show, nervous to meet her goddess, Chu Yu. The director seated Xu Mengying beside Wen Zhixin and far from Chu Yu, misreading her glances as hostility.

• Wen Zhixin watched Chu Yu and An Ya chat while believing she could still turn her setbacks around.
• Xu Mengying boarded the ship in a sweet pink outfit, surprising her fans.
• Xu Mengying headed toward Chu Yu but the director intercepted her to welcome her.
• The director arranged for Xu Mengying to sit beside Wen Zhixin, far from Chu Yu.
• Xu Mengying kept glancing at Chu Yu, and the crew mistakenly feared the two women would clash.

Wen Zhixin tried to ingratiate herself with Xu Mengying, while Chu Yu, An Ya, and Chu Chen started a card game. As the ship set sail for the uninhabited island, a helicopter followed it to deliver Chu Yu’s supplies, and Gu Jinhuai learned new information about the Chu Group.

• Wen Zhixin introduced herself to Xu Mengying, who responded coldly because she knew the Wen siblings had helped falsely accuse Chu Yu.
• Chu Yu proposed a card game that would leave Chu Chen facing a lipstick-mark punishment if he lost, and the trio began playing.
• Gu Jinhuai told the production team he could not join the livestream yet because of an issue involving the International Environmental Protection Agency.
• The ship set sail for the uninhabited island, and a helicopter followed to deliver Chu Yu’s supplies, prompting viewers to speculate about her family’s wealth.
• After finishing a meeting, Gu Jinhuai learned news about the Chu Group and reflected on Chu Yu’s abilities, which he had followed for two years.

Gu Jinhuai learned that Chu Yu had secretly bought up Chu Group shares for two years while outsiders doubted her. On the production ship, the guests prepared to draw new teams for a deserted-island survival challenge, and Chu Yu drew first.

• Gu Jinhuai discovered that Chu Yu had secretly bought shares sold by distrustful Chu Group investors since returning to the country two years earlier.
• Gu Jinhuai decided to take his private yacht to catch up with the production team after learning its ship had set sail.
• The director announced that the guests would compete in new teams to find water, food, and shelter on a deserted island.
• Chu Chen worried about being paired with an unbearable guest, while Xu Mengying hoped to team up with her goddess.
• An Ya encouraged An Yu to practice independence, and Wen Zhixin reassured Wen Tianqi that he could team with another older sister.
• Chu Yu volunteered to draw first and pulled a bamboo stick from the tube.

The guests drew colored labels to determine their teams, leaving Chu Yu paired with Xu Mengying and Chu Chen paired with Gu Jinhuai. As they approached the uninhabited island, the ship stopped offshore and the director revealed a whiteboard showing everyone’s Wish Coin totals.

• Chu Chen drew a green label, then Xu Mengying drew purple and was paired with Chu Yu.
• Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi drew pink labels, while An Ya and An Yu drew blue labels.
• The director drew the last green label for Gu Jinhuai, pairing him with Chu Chen.
• The guests sailed toward an uninhabited island as Xu Mengying edged closer to Chu Yu and Chu Chen lost his enthusiasm for the episode.
• The ship stopped before reaching the island, and the director had staff bring out a whiteboard listing each guest’s Wish Coins.

The director explained how Wish Coins could be used to reach the deserted island and obtain supplies, while guests with none could borrow coins at fifty percent interest. Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi rented a speedboat, An Ya’s team borrowed two coins, and Chu Yu’s team chose to wait, leaving their plan unresolved as the director warned everyone to reach the island before noon.

• The director announced that guests could rent two-person speedboats for one Wish Coin or borrow coins at fifty percent interest, and could earn more by trading gathered supplies.
• Wen Zhixin spent a Wish Coin to rent a speedboat for herself and Wen Tianqi, hoping to reach the island first and find a surprise reward.
• An Ya borrowed two Wish Coins for her team and agreed to rent a speedboat, leaving them with three coins to repay.
• Chu Yu considered having a helicopter pick her team up, but the director warned that the ship could not support a helicopter landing.
• Chu Yu asked Xu Mengying what she thought, and Xu Mengying agreed to follow her lead; Chu Yu decided their team would wait.
• The director warned that every guest had to reach the island before noon or lose one Wish Coin.

Chu Yu, Chu Chen, and Xu Mengying waited aboard the production ship until Gu Jinhuai arrived on his cruise ship to take them to the island. Gu Jinhuai was overcome by memories of his past with Chu Yu, but Chu Chen pulled him away before he could speak to her.

• Chu Yu, Chu Chen, and Xu Mengying stayed aboard the production ship playing cards while the other teams went ahead to the island.
• Gu Jinhuai arrived on his cruise ship and invited the guests and production crew aboard to reach the island.
• Gu Jinhuai remembered celebrating his birthday with Chu Yu on the same ship and felt an urge to ask her why she had broken up with him.
• Gu Jinhuai approached Chu Yu, but Chu Chen dragged him away in anger before he could reach her.
• Chu Yu sat down with Xu Mengying by a table of fruit, while Xu Mengying quietly considered their hands.