Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Bo Fuyu arrived to join the livestream and caught Zhou Linzhe reaching toward the sleeping Qi Si after a night of interrupted sleep. Zhou Linzhe and Bo Fuyu traded barbs while Qi Si slept on, leaving the viewers speculating about what they had witnessed.

• Zhou Linzhe, exhausted after Qi Si repeatedly woke him during the night, approached Qi Si's bed and reached toward his nose.
• Bo Fuyu burst into the room with a camera, surprising Zhou Linzhe and the livestream viewers.
• Zhou Linzhe asked why Bo Fuyu was there, and Bo Fuyu said he had joined the show.
• Zhou Linzhe asked whether Bo Fuyu's company had gone bankrupt, and Bo Fuyu replied that his company would be fine even if Zhou Linzhe's went bankrupt.
• Qi Si stirred and turned away, while Zhou Linzhe and Bo Fuyu exchanged a look of mutual understanding.

Qi Si woke up after Zhou Linzhe and Bo Fuyu tried to rouse him, then wondered why Bo Fuyu had joined the variety show despite the original story. He planned to win over Bo Yanqi to keep Bo Fuyu from targeting the Qi Household, but began to suspect Bo Fuyu might be Bo Yanqi’s son.

• Zhou Linzhe tried to wake Qi Si, but Qi Si grabbed his wrist and stared at him before pulling the blanket over his head.
• Zhou Linzhe and Bo Fuyu forced Qi Si out of bed, and Qi Si asked Bo Fuyu whether his company had gone bankrupt.
• Bo Fuyu insisted his company was fine and left to wake people in the next room.
• Qi Si wondered why Bo Fuyu had joined the show and decided he should win over Bo Yanqi to prevent Bo Fuyu from targeting the Qi Household.
• Qi Si recalled Bo Yanqi’s devotion to Bo Fuyu and began suspecting that Bo Fuyu might be Bo Yanqi’s son.

Qi Si teased Bo Fuyu and Zhou Linzhe about who he loved, then asked Yu Doudou to wash his dishes. The chapter ended with Doudou eagerly confirming Qi Si’s offer of five yuan.

• Qi Si ate breakfast while Bo Fuyu watched and asked why he had joined the show.
• Qi Si joked that he had thought of the one he loved, making Bo Fuyu and Zhou Linzhe assume he meant Lin Weiwei.
• Qi Si suggested Zhou Linzhe had more reason than Bo Fuyu to care about whom he loved, leaving both men unsettled.
• After breakfast, Qi Si asked Yu Doudou to wash his dishes, and Zhou Linzhe accused him of making a child do chores.
• Qi Si offered Doudou five yuan to wash the dishes, and Doudou eagerly asked whether the offer was real.

Qi Si took Yu Doudou to the village shop and spent his remaining money buying snacks for him, while Zhou Linzhe and Bo Fuyu followed along. On their way back, they ran into Xu Zhening and Jiang Han carrying farm tools, with Shen Shuyu and Yang Yi behind them.

• Yu Doudou refused Qi Si's offer of five yuan for washing dishes, saying it was his job as the host to clean up.
• After Yu Doudou finished washing the dishes and tidying the room, Qi Si persuaded him to accept a snack instead of money.
• Qi Si, Zhou Linzhe, Bo Fuyu, and Yu Doudou went to the village shop, where Qi Si bought Yu Doudou snacks with his remaining money.
• Yu Doudou accepted the snacks and told Qi Si not to spend money so carelessly because he was a grown man who caused people worry.
• The group headed back and met Xu Zhening and Jiang Han carrying farm tools, followed by Shen Shuyu and Yang Yi.

Qi Si ran into Shen Shuyu and Yang Yi with Bo Fuyu and Zhou Linzhe, then invited the two women to share breakfast at Grandma Yu’s house. Shen Shuyu and Yang Yi left with Qi Si and Yu Doudou, while Bo Fuyu and Zhou Linzhe watched them go, displeased.

• Qi Si noticed Shen Shuyu and Bo Fuyu barely acknowledged each other and wondered whether their relationship had changed after their earlier argument.
• Qi Si asked where Lin Weiwei was, and Shen Shuyu said she was still putting on makeup when she left.
• Qi Si claimed Zhou Linzhe had given him the convenience-store job, prompting Zhou Linzhe to accuse him of stealing it.
• Yu Doudou offered Shen Shuyu and Yang Yi breakfast at his grandmother’s house, accepting Qi Si’s snacks as payment.
• Qi Si, Yu Doudou, Shen Shuyu, and Yang Yi hurried to Grandma Yu’s house, leaving Bo Fuyu and Zhou Linzhe behind.

The show’s staff set up a group task that sent the guests fishing, catching loaches, or gathering river snails, while viewers speculated about the tangled relationships among them. At the river, Qi Si messaged Augus and was startled when a reply arrived immediately.

• Viewers noticed tension between Shen Shuyu and Bo Fuyu, along with Lin Weiwei’s excitement around Bo Fuyu, and the planners imagined a complicated web of relationships among the guests.
• Xiang Qianchong announced that the guests had to complete a group task and exchange specific catches for meal money; Qi Si correctly identified the supposed snake as an eel.
• The guests divided into fishing, loach-catching, and river-snail-gathering groups, with Bo Fuyu, Zhou Linzhe, Lin Weiwei, and Qi Si choosing to fish.
• At the river, Qi Si messaged Augus to demand a reply, and a notification arrived before he could put his phone away.

Qi Si asked Augus about Bo Yanqi’s temper and preferences because he wanted to win him over, unaware that Augus was Bo Yanqi himself. Bo Yanqi teased him while wondering why Qi Si was so concerned, and Qi Si ended by declaring he would appeal to Bo Yanqi’s preferences.

• Qi Si messaged Augus to ask whether Bo Yanqi had a good temper and hit people.
• Bo Yanqi reassured Qi Si that he did not hit people himself, then teased him by saying he could have someone else do it.
• Qi Si worried about meeting Bo Yanqi and being beaten, but decided he should still try to get on his good side.
• Qi Si asked what Bo Yanqi liked and assumed he favored Bo Fuyu because he was his nephew and rumored successor.
• Bo Yanqi questioned why Qi Si thought he liked Bo Fuyu, while Qi Si avoided revealing that he knew the story from a novel.
• Qi Si said he planned to appeal to Bo Yanqi’s preferences, leaving Bo Yanqi puzzled.

While Zhou Linzhe and Bo Fuyu clashed during the fishing trip, Qi Si messaged Bo Yanqi and revealed he thought Bo Yanqi was a middle-aged man old enough to be Bo Fuyu’s father. Bo Yanqi was left amused by Qi Si’s failure to learn anything about him.

• Qi Si choked when he read Augus’s message asking whether he planned to pursue Bo Yanqi.
• Zhou Linzhe taunted Bo Fuyu about his family company, but Bo Fuyu kept his temper under control.
• Lin Weiwei asked Zhou Linzhe to bait her hook, and Bo Fuyu’s mood visibly darkened as Zhou helped her.
• Qi Si told Augus that Bo Yanqi was old enough to be Bo Fuyu’s father and guessed he was at least forty or fifty.
• Bo Yanqi asked whether Qi Si had looked into him, then smiled at Qi Si’s admission that he had not.

Qi Si insisted on pursuing Bo Yanqi after explaining that he wanted to befriend him so Bo Yanqi might not side with Bo Fuyu in a future fight. While fishing with Yang Yi, Bo Fuyu, and Zhou Linzhe, Qi Si hooked something huge and struggled to pull it up, leaving everyone stunned when he finally yanked up the rod.

• Bo Yanqi asked Qi Si why he wanted to win him over, and Qi Si said he hoped Bo Yanqi would spare him if he fought Bo Fuyu.
• Qi Si teased Bo Yanqi by asking whether he wanted to be his father, then resolved to pursue him seriously.
• Yang Yi noticed Qi Si's fishing rod shaking, and Qi Si began struggling to pull in a heavy catch.
• Yang Yi offered to find a landing net, while Zhou Linzhe and Bo Fuyu warned Qi Si that his rod might break and advised him to pull with the fish.
• Qi Si ignored their advice and yanked the rod upward, nearly falling backward before Bo Fuyu caught him; everyone froze when they saw the rod.

Qi Si lost a huge fish when it escaped by leaving a piece of its lip on his hook, then caught several other fish while Lin Weiwei came away empty-handed. Yang Yi and Shen Shuyu gathered snails together, and Yang Yi gently cleaned the mud from Shen Shuyu’s face, leaving their closeness on display for the livestream.

• Qi Si and the others found his hook empty, and Yang Yi discovered a piece of fish flesh left behind by the escaped fish.
• Bo Fuyu and Zhou Linzhe praised the rod and line, and the manufacturer’s livestream promotion caused its fishing rods to sell out.
• Qi Si refused to accept that the fish had escaped and vowed to catch it, while Qi Wang and Bo Yanqi watched the livestream and considered his stubbornness.
• Qi Si later caught several large fish, while Bo Fuyu and Zhou Linzhe also caught fish and Lin Weiwei caught none.
• Yang Yi and Shen Shuyu collected snails together, and Yang Yi washed the mud from Shen Shuyu’s face as the viewers commented on their intimate interaction.