Arc 2Cloudgrain Village

Qi Si and the other guests arrived in Cloudgrain Village and had to earn their meals by working for villagers. Qi Si’s unexpected closeness with Zhou Linzhe drew viewers’ attention, while the next morning brought a new man tasked with waking the guests.

  • Qi Si arrived at Cloudgrain Village, chose to stay with Zhou Linzhe, and challenged Lin Weiwei to follow through on her offer to help the villagers.
  • The guests divided among four households, with Yang Yi and Shen Shuyu settling at Granny Jiang’s home while Lin Weiwei chose the larger residence.
  • Xiang Qianchong required the guests to repay their meals through village labor, and Qi Si took Zhou Linzhe’s store job after teasing him about Lin Weiwei.
  • Qi Si collected Zhou Linzhe’s unpaid wages, while the other guests tackled tasks including harvesting sweet potatoes, feeding pigs, herding ducks, and picking apples.
  • Yang Yi helped Shen Shuyu feed the pigs, and Zhou Linzhe helped Lin Weiwei find the ducks that had wandered away.
  • Qi Si gave Zhou Linzhe his ten-yuan earnings, and the two bickered over dinner and dishes as viewers began shipping them.
  • Qi Si helped Yu Doudou with homework, and Xiang Qianchong cut the livestream after viewers complained before assigning a newly arrived man to wake the guests the next morning.
Chapters 26–50 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 26Touching Brotherly Love

Qi Si discovered that Qi Wang had secretly packed an enormous second suitcase for him, full of prohibited comforts and supplies. After the production team inspected and pared down the luggage, Qi Si left with one suitcase and the medicines his brother insisted he bring.

  • Qi Si was stunned to find Qi Wang had packed a second huge suitcase while he slept.
  • The production team rejected the food, most daily necessities, and skincare products, and Qi Si agreed to leave them behind.
  • Qi Si threw aside the humidifier and denied that it had been packed for any particular reason.
  • Qi Wang insisted Qi Si bring his medical kit and explained that his younger brother had been frequently ill since childhood.
  • Qi Si agreed to bring only specialized medicines after the production team offered to provide common ones, but Qi Wang overruled him.
  • The production team consolidated the permitted items into one suitcase, leaving Qi Si relieved and Qi Wang displeased.

Ch. 27The Production Team Starts Stirring Things Up

Qi Si joined Go! All-Round Charge! and openly denied coming because of Lin Weiwei, while Shen Shuyu and Lin Weiwei’s rival fanbases clashed during their livestreams. The production team’s pointed questions left Qi Si making clear that he would have refused to join if he had known Lin Weiwei would be there.

  • Qi Si told the PD that his brother Qi Wang was his only family and admitted he had watched the show, though he complained about how it tormented its guests.
  • Viewers speculated about the two mystery guests as Qi Si joked that the production team might have invited another bored rich young master.
  • Shen Shuyu and Lin Weiwei answered questions about joining the show, and their fans fought in both livestreams.
  • Lin Weiwei denied that Qi Si joined because of her and asked her fans not to make that claim.
  • The PD asked Qi Si whether he had joined because of Lin Weiwei, and Qi Si said he would not have come if he had known she was on the show.

Ch. 28Come to My Room Tonight

Qi Si denied joining the show for Lin Weiwei, then arrived at the filming location and greeted Shen Shuyu warmly. Lin Weiwei watched them together, growing visibly upset as the livestream audience speculated about their relationship.

  • Qi Si joked with the cameraman about sleeping naked and denied that he had joined the show for Lin Weiwei.
  • Qi Wang watched Qi Si's livestream and was pleased that Qi Si seemed to have no feelings for Lin Weiwei, though he threatened to remove her if that proved false.
  • Qi Si slept during the drive and arrived at the filming location, where Jiang Han and Xu Zhening were already waiting.
  • Lin Weiwei and Shen Shuyu arrived, and Shen Shuyu greeted Qi Si and asked whether he had recovered from his illness.
  • Livestream viewers reacted to Qi Si and Shen Shuyu chatting, while Lin Weiwei grew upset that Qi Si had ignored her and was friendly with Shen Shuyu.

Ch. 29The Second Male Lead of an Angsty Novel

Qi Si challenged Lin Weiwei’s attempts to portray him as a bully, then revealed that he had withdrawn a spot meant for her. The mysterious guests arrived as Zhou Linzhe and Best Actress Yang Yi, sending the show’s livestream and popularity soaring.

  • Lin Weiwei’s fans cursed Qi Si after she gave him a wounded look, but the hostile comments and their accounts quickly disappeared.
  • Qi Si told Shen Shuyu that he had kept a show spot from Lin Weiwei, and Xu Zhening realized Lin Weiwei had likely gained a powerful new backer.
  • Jiang Han redirected the conversation to the mysterious guests, and Zhou Linzhe arrived, troubling Shen Shuyu.
  • Best Actress Yang Yi arrived, shocking the guests and viewers as the show’s popularity surged.
  • Xiang Qianchong watched the episode’s buzz rise and reflected that Qi Si, Lin Weiwei, and Zhou Linzhe had joined through separate connections or arrangements.

Ch. 30I Am Threatening You

The guests on Go! All-Round Dash! traveled for two hours to a remote mountain village that turned out to be their filming location. Qi Si tried to escape back onto the departing bus rather than drag his suitcase through the muddy village entrance.

  • The livestream froze when Yang Yi appeared, then resumed to show Qi Si standing apart from Lin Weiwei and beside Yang Yi.
  • Xiang Qianchong told the guests to board a bus without revealing their destination, and they traveled for two hours.
  • Qi Si woke up, questioned Xiang Qianchong about the remote route, and threatened him to make sure the guests would be safe.
  • The bus arrived at a backward mountain village, where the guests saw they would have to drag their luggage along a muddy, uneven path.
  • Qi Si carried his suitcase back toward the bus and said he would leave with it when Xiang Qianchong announced it was departing.

Ch. 31Will They End Up Fighting?

The guests arrived at Cloudgrain Village and struggled with the muddy, remote filming location, while Qi Si stayed calm and asked about food and lodging. They chose room arrangements for the night, leaving Shen Shuyu and Lin Weiwei sharing a room as viewers wondered whether the two would clash.

  • The guests entered Cloudgrain Village with mud covering their shoes and luggage, while Xiang Qianchong secretly started the livestream.
  • Xiang Qianchong announced that the village was the filming location and explained that the seven guests had four rooms to divide among themselves.
  • Qi Si proposed that the men share rooms in pairs and the three women work out their own arrangement.
  • Xu Zhening and Jiang Han agreed to share a room, while Qi Si and Zhou Linzhe agreed to share another.
  • Lin Weiwei pointed out that Yang Yi slept poorly, and Yang Yi took the single room while Shen Shuyu and Lin Weiwei shared one.

Ch. 32Who Can't Talk Big?

Xiang Qianchong led the guests through Cloudgrain Village to inspect their accommodations, while Qi Si challenged Lin Weiwei to turn her sympathy for the villagers into real help. The guests learned they would be lodging separately in villagers’ homes, leaving them startled as they faced their first house.

  • Xiang Qianchong led the guests through Cloudgrain Village, where Yang Yi reminisced about her grandmother’s home and Qi Si recognized the village from a past filming job.
  • Lin Weiwei expressed pity for the villagers, and Shen Shuyu challenged her to do more than talk.
  • Qi Si pressed Lin Weiwei to help the village, and Xiang Qianchong publicly thanked her for becoming its first philanthropist, leaving her unable to back out.
  • Shen Shuyu enjoyed Lin Weiwei’s predicament, while Zhou Linzhe admired Lin Weiwei even more.
  • Xiang Qianchong showed the guests a wooden cabin and explained that they would lodge in four villagers’ homes, one room per household.

Ch. 33A Male Beauty Who Brings Disaster

The guests had to choose their accommodations one by one without knowing whether the next option would be better. Qi Si chose the first place for himself and Zhou Linzhe, while Zhou Linzhe’s defense of Lin Weiwei strained Shen Shuyu; the others moved on to inspect the next accommodation.

  • Xiang Qianchong told the guests they had to choose each accommodation immediately, without seeing the next one.
  • Qi Si volunteered to take the first place when the director warned that choosing late could mean missing lunch, and the others agreed.
  • Lin Weiwei tried to make Zhou Linzhe’s opinion part of the decision, but Qi Si challenged her for speaking on Shen Shuyu’s behalf too.
  • Shen Shuyu answered Lin Weiwei pointedly, and Zhou Linzhe’s reproachful look left Shen Shuyu hurt.
  • Zhou Linzhe agreed to stay with Qi Si, who called him a “male beauty who brings disaster”; afterward, the other guests continued to the next place while Zhou Linzhe followed them, worried about Lin Weiwei.

Ch. 34Accommodation Conditions

Qi Si enjoyed a lavish homemade meal at the first household while the other guests inspected increasingly varied accommodations. After Xu Zhening and Jiang Han reluctantly chose the foul-smelling second house, the women found the third household was a two-story brick-and-tile home and eagerly accepted it.

  • Grandma Yu served Qi Si a home-cooked meal, and he ate enthusiastically while Zhou Linzhe left to inspect the other houses.
  • The guests found the second household's chicken coop unbearably smelly, so Xu Zhening and Jiang Han chose to stay there after the women declined.
  • Xu Zhening and Jiang Han met Lin Xiuyun and sat down to eat the meal she had prepared.
  • Yang Yi, Shen Shuyu, and Lin Weiwei reached the third household and were surprised to find a two-story brick-and-tile house.
  • When Xiang Qianchong offered an unoccupied thatched hut as an alternative, the three women quickly accepted the third household.

Ch. 35Let's Move Somewhere Else

Yang Yi let Lin Weiwei take the better residence and followed the director to a dilapidated thatched hut, while Shen Shuyu tried to take her place. Yang Yi refused the switch and settled into the hut, leaving Shen Shuyu to follow her inside.

  • Shen Shuyu suggested that Yang Yi stay in the spacious residence, but Lin Weiwei argued that its noise might bother Yang Yi and chose it herself.
  • Yang Yi let Lin Weiwei and Shen Shuyu have that residence, then continued with the director toward the final household.
  • Shen Shuyu caught up with Yang Yi, and they discovered that the final residence was a small, dilapidated thatched hut.
  • Shen Shuyu offered to switch places with Yang Yi, but Yang Yi teased her, declined, and said she could manage the hut.
  • Yang Yi carried her luggage inside, and Shen Shuyu followed her into the house.

Ch. 36It Was a Fan's Love for an Idol

Yang Yi and Shen Shuyu shared lunch at Granny Jiang’s home, where Yang Yi’s kindness left Shen Shuyu flustered and fans began shipping them. After returning to Wang Jianmin’s house, Shen Shuyu told Wang Guifang she had already eaten, while Qi Si settled in for a nap and Zhou Linzhe remained uneasy about sharing a room.

  • Yang Yi and Shen Shuyu entered Granny Jiang’s clean but modest home, and Granny Jiang invited them to lunch.
  • Yang Yi praised Granny Jiang’s cooking, and Shen Shuyu chose to stay and eat with them.
  • Yang Yi served Shen Shuyu meat, making her blush; livestream viewers speculated that Shen Shuyu liked her, and Xiang Qianchong let the crew encourage the pairing.
  • Shen Shuyu returned to Wang Jianmin’s house and told Wang Guifang she had eaten at Granny Jiang’s, despite Lin Weiwei’s comment that no food had been saved for her.
  • The director gave the guests time to rest; Qi Si fell asleep, while Zhou Linzhe hesitated beside their shared bed.

Ch. 37You Look Like a Bottomless Pit Now

Qi Si watched Zhou Linzhe replace the bedding and learned he had traded away his warm clothes to bring it, then defended Grandma Yu’s food when Lin Weiwei worried about Zhou. Xiang Qianchong called Qi Si a “bottomless pit,” but Qi Wang appeared in the livestream chat, forcing the director to take it back.

  • Zhou Linzhe replaced the bedding with his own and revealed he had traded away necessities, including warm clothes, to bring it.
  • Qi Si and the other guests discussed the delicious lunch, while Zhou Linzhe admitted he had not eaten because he disliked the food.
  • Lin Weiwei worried about Zhou Linzhe, and Qi Si pointed out that Grandma Yu had saved him a meal; Xiang Qianchong said guests could withdraw if they could not adapt.
  • Zhou Linzhe thanked Lin Weiwei for caring, while Qi Si dismissed the romantic tension and urged Xiang Qianchong to announce the task.
  • Xiang Qianchong teased Qi Si for eating so much, but Qi Wang commented in the livestream that he was watching, prompting Xiang Qianchong to retract the insult.

Ch. 38Waiting to Laugh at the Young Masters

Xiang Qianchong told the guests they had to earn compensation through village work to pay for every meal, and Qi Si and Zhou Linzhe led the others off to find a way to make money. The chapter ended with Xiang Qianchong shouting after them as they ignored him and left.

  • Xiang Qianchong announced that the guests had to repay their prepared lunch through labor for villagers.
  • Xiang Qianchong clarified that future meals also had to be earned in the village without using the guests’ own money.
  • Qi Si questioned the rules and considered how to avoid going hungry, while Xiang Qianchong anticipated the young masters’ reactions.
  • Yang Yi asked whether the task was simply to avoid starving, and Xu Zhening suspected there were more tasks.
  • Qi Si left to make money, Zhou Linzhe followed, and the other guests ran after them while Xiang Qianchong shouted in vain.

Ch. 39The Supporting Actress with a Mary Sue Aura

Qi Si refused to earn money for dinner and tried to get Zhou Linzhe to share his food, but Zhou refused. As Zhou went out, Qi Si reflected on the novel’s plot and his infatuation with Lin Weiwei.

  • Qi Si suggested that Zhou Linzhe could feed him, but Zhou Linzhe refused and told him to earn his own food money.
  • Qi Si stayed in the room playing on his phone while Zhou Linzhe left by himself.
  • Qi Si suspected Zhou Linzhe was going to find Lin Weiwei and recalled that Zhou had only just met her in the novel’s timeline.
  • Qi Si thought about how Bo Fuyu and Zhou Linzhe chose Lin Weiwei but still tormented Shen Shuyu, and angrily condemned the novel.
  • Qi Si’s phone vibrated with a message on Green Bubble.

Ch. 40Is Someone Going to Keep Him in Line?

Qi Si was thrilled when Augus unexpectedly messaged him during the livestream, and he realized Augus was watching him on the show. Bo Yanqi teased him about earning money for dinner, while Qi Si tried to confirm that Augus was worried about him.

  • Qi Si opened a message from Augus and excitedly replied that he was filming a variety show.
  • Qi Si hurriedly fixed his appearance after realizing Augus might be watching the livestream, prompting Qi Wang to wonder who had messaged him.
  • Bo Yanqi discovered Qi Si's livestream, remembered he had not replied to Qi Si's earlier messages, and began chatting with him.
  • Qi Si smiled at his phone while viewers criticized him for neglecting the show's money-making tasks.
  • Bo Yanqi asked whether Qi Si was going to earn money or feared missing dinner, and Qi Si asked if he was worried about him.

Ch. 41I Can't Be Refined with You

Qi Si went looking for Zhou Linzhe after learning he was at the village entrance, then found him working at a convenience store and tried to take over his job. Zhou Linzhe threw Qi Si out, and Qi Si threatened to go find Lin Weiwei, making Zhou Linzhe call him back.

  • Bo Yanqi stopped replying to Qi Si's messages, and Qi Si put away his phone and went to look for Zhou Linzhe.
  • Qi Si followed the PD to the village entrance and learned from the convenience store owner that Zhou Linzhe was working inside.
  • Qi Si took Zhou Linzhe's shelf-stocking work, but Zhou Linzhe tried to take it back and threw Qi Si out of the store.
  • Zhou Linzhe warned Qi Si not to make him hit him, and Qi Si teased him for being crude.
  • Qi Si turned as if to leave and said he would go find Lin Weiwei, prompting Zhou Linzhe to call him back.

Ch. 42Still Black-Hearted

Qi Si tricked Zhou Linzhe into giving up his easy shop job by threatening to visit Lin Weiwei, whom Zhou Linzhe appeared to like. Qi Si took over the work while Zhou Linzhe left to find another job, and Qi Wang and Bo Yanqi laughed at Qi Si's scheming.

  • Qi Si pretended to head for Lin Weiwei, prompting Zhou Linzhe to grab him and demand that he stop.
  • Qi Si challenged Zhou Linzhe to explain why he cared, suggesting that Zhou Linzhe liked Lin Weiwei.
  • Qi Si offered not to visit Lin Weiwei if Zhou Linzhe gave him the shop job.
  • Zhou Linzhe handed over his apron, and Qi Si took over the unfinished work while Zhou Linzhe left to seek another job.
  • Qi Wang and Bo Yanqi reacted with amused surprise at Qi Si's black-hearted tactics.

Ch. 43Make Your Debut, Brother

After deliberately avoiding the director’s arranged jobs, Zhou Linzhe struggled to find work while Qi Si collected his wages and returned to Grandma Yu’s house. There, Qi Si bonded with Yu Doudou and teased the cameraman into the spotlight.

  • Zhou Linzhe admitted that he ignored the villagers because he knew the director had arranged them to offer him dirty, exhausting jobs.
  • Qi Si challenged the convenience store owner for Zhou Linzhe’s unpaid wages and collected the extra ten yuan.
  • Qi Si returned to Grandma Yu’s house and met her grandson, Yu Doudou.
  • Yu Doudou brought tea for Qi Si and the cameraman, and Qi Si praised him for his effort.
  • Qi Si filmed the embarrassed cameraman drinking tea and joked that he should make his debut.

Ch. 44One More Miserable Than the Last

Qi Si’s group took it easy while the other participants struggled with their assigned farm tasks. Xu Zhening and Jiang Han were exhausted from harvesting sweet potatoes, while Shen Shuyu prepared pig feed and faced the challenge of feeding pigs for the first time.

  • Xu Zhening and Jiang Han learned from a villager that sweet potatoes grew underground, then began harvesting them.
  • Xu Zhening and Jiang Han split the digging and gathering work, but labored for hours without finishing even one mu of land.
  • Shen Shuyu drew the task of feeding pigs, while Lin Weiwei was assigned to herd ducks.
  • Bo Fuyu watched Shen Shuyu prepare pig feed and felt jealous that the pigs would taste her cooking before he did.
  • With a villager’s help, Shen Shuyu made a pot of pig feed and carried it to the pen, despite having never seen a live pig before.

Ch. 45He Finally Went Crazy

Qi Si watched Shen Shuyu and Lin Weiwei’s livestreams, then laughed at the fans who had confused their backgrounds. Meanwhile, Lin Weiwei struggled with her duck-herding task while Yang Yi worked steadily in an orchard.

  • Qi Si opened Shen Shuyu’s livestream, saw Lin Weiwei’s fans mocking her, and lost his network connection before he could watch more.
  • Qi Si laughed at the fans’ mistaken belief that Lin Weiwei was wealthy and Shen Shuyu was pretending to be rich.
  • Xiang Qianchong and the planner wondered why Qi Si was laughing, while viewers kept watching the contestants’ tasks.
  • Lin Weiwei recoiled from the stench at a duck shed but accepted the job and reluctantly took charge of the ducks.
  • Yang Yi picked apples quickly, told a villager she had done similar work as a child, and her longtime fans explained her humble background.

Ch. 46Wanting to Crawl into a Hole

Yang Yi finished her orchard work and found Shen Shuyu crying because she dreaded feeding pigs. Yang Yi helped her with the task, and Shen Shuyu left hoping to visit her later.

  • Yang Yi finished picking fruit, collected her wages, and heard Shen Shuyu sobbing at a villager's house.
  • Yang Yi found Shen Shuyu reluctant to feed the pigs, wiped dirt from her face, and offered to help.
  • Yang Yi carried the feed into the pigsty and poured it into the trough while Shen Shuyu watched anxiously.
  • Yang Yi helped Shen Shuyu finish the task, refused half her wages, and told her she could visit anytime.

Ch. 47How Can They Ship Anything?

Lin Weiwei completed her duck-herding task with Zhou Linzhe’s help, while viewers shipped the pair. Seeing the buzz, the planner proposed letting viewers speculate about guest relationships to boost All-Round Charge!, and Xiang Qianchong began to consider it.

  • Yang Yi helped Shen Shuyu feed the pigs, and Lin Weiwei completed her task with Zhou Linzhe’s help herding ducks.
  • Zhou Linzhe struggled with the filthy ducks but persevered after Lin Weiwei praised him, while fans began shipping them.
  • Xiang Qianchong questioned why viewers were treating All-Round Charge! like a dating show.
  • The planner suggested allowing viewers to ship the guests without actively steering their relationships, and Xiang Qianchong hesitated over the idea.

Ch. 48Are You Planning to Starve Yourself?

Lin Weiwei and Zhou Linzhe lost track of the ducks while chatting, then found them all after searching nearby. Back at Grandma Yu’s house, Qi Si gave Zhou Linzhe his ten-yuan wages so he could eat, leaving Zhou Linzhe wondering whether Qi Si matched the person he remembered.

  • Lin Weiwei and Zhou Linzhe noticed that half the ducks were missing and split up to search for them.
  • Lin Weiwei called the ducks “little duckies,” making Zhou Linzhe stumble and the livestream viewers laugh.
  • Lin Weiwei and Zhou Linzhe found all the ducks and returned them, then avoided chatting for the rest of their work.
  • Qi Si gave Zhou Linzhe the ten-yuan bill he had earned at the convenience store, and Zhou Linzhe eventually got up to eat.
  • Zhou Linzhe watched Qi Si joke with Grandma Yu and Yu Doudou and wondered whether Qi Si was really like the person in his memories.

Ch. 49Love-Hate Rivals

Zhou Linzhe tried to understand Qi Si's behavior toward Lin Weiwei, then watched Qi Si refuse to wash dishes alongside him. Their bickering amused the viewers and prompted some to ship them as love-hate rivals, while two viewers frowned at the comments.

  • Zhou Linzhe recalled that he barely knew Qi Si in high school and wondered whether Qi Wang had spoiled his younger brother.
  • Zhou Linzhe questioned why Qi Si had joined the show and seemed cold toward Lin Weiwei despite his past public pursuit of her.
  • After dinner, Qi Si and Zhou Linzhe both refused to wash the dishes and argued about who should do it.
  • Yu Doudou laughed at the two young men for being unable to wash dishes, and Qi Si and Zhou Linzhe continued bickering.
  • Livestream viewers joked about their behavior and began shipping them as love-hate rivals, making two viewers furrow their brows.

Ch. 50You Decide for Yourself

Qi Si watched Yu Doudou do his homework while Zhou Linzhe fretted over whether to visit Lin Weiwei, then struggled with the limits of Grandma Yu’s solar water heater. The next morning, the production team brought a new guest to the village and tasked him with waking everyone on camera, leaving him to decide how to approach the female guests.

  • Qi Si noticed Zhou Linzhe watching the door for Lin Weiwei and told him to go if he wanted, but Zhou Linzhe returned to his room.
  • Qi Si helped Yu Doudou with his homework while Zhou Linzhe prepared to shower and learned Grandma Yu’s solar heater had no hot water left.
  • Grandma Yu went to bed early, and Qi Si and Zhou Linzhe returned to their rooms; Xiang Qianchong then cut off the livestream after viewers complained the show was boring.
  • The next morning, Xiang Qianchong assigned a newly arrived man to wake the guests on camera, and the man questioned how to wake the female guests.
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