Recaps

Sister Li heard Yu Yuan sing and recognized his potential as a leading talent. Meanwhile, Xu Wang sent Yu Yuan’s files to a lawyer, reunited with Pei Yanchuan, and went with him to a vegetable restaurant.

• Sister Li asked Yu Yuan to sing “Abyss,” admired his voice, and decided to make him one of her leading talents.
• Xu Wang reviewed Yu Yuan’s files and sent them to a lawyer.
• Pei Yanchuan arrived at Xu Wang’s company, and the two greeted each other affectionately before leaving for lunch.
• Xu Wang suggested returning home to check on Glutinous Rice, but Pei Yanchuan showed him the dog eating on the surveillance feed.
• Xu Wang accepted that they would stay at the restaurant and eat vegetables.

Xu Wang discussed Yu Yuan’s legal situation and his company’s plans with Pei Yanchuan, then named the company Looking at the River after their names. Yu Yuan began preparing for his future debut, while Pei Yanchuan left work promptly to go home to Xu Wang.

• Pei Yanchuan treated Xu Wang to lunch, and Xu Wang told him the company’s lawyers were handling Yu Yuan’s case and outlined when he planned to send legal letters to Zhong Ran and his company.
• Xu Wang got angry when he heard Leng Yifan had taken Pei Yanchuan’s projects, then calmed down after Pei Yanchuan explained that he had not wanted them, including Moon Cloud Tale.
• Xu Wang proposed naming his company Looking at the River, combining the Wang from his name with the Chuan from Pei Yanchuan’s, and Pei Yanchuan agreed to arrange it.
• Xu Wang met with Yu Yuan and explained that he could use the month before Moon Cloud Tale’s release to improve his skills; Yu Yuan agreed and continued his training.
• At the end of the workday, Pei Yanchuan left the office at six to go home, surprising Assistant Yang and the other employees.

After Xu Wang finished his first day at work, Pei Yanchuan picked him up and celebrated with a peach cake before they went home to Glutinous Rice. A message from the variety show director revealed that the cast would leave to film the sixth episode in two days, and the director’s evasive replies made everyone suspect they were headed to another village.

• Pei Yanchuan picked Xu Wang up from work and gave him a peach cake to celebrate his first day.
• At home, Pei Yanchuan stopped Glutinous Rice from jumping on Xu Wang, then the couple played ball with the dog in the garden.
• Glutinous Rice repeatedly fetched Xu Wang’s ball and avoided Pei Yanchuan, so Xu Wang recorded their face-off.
• The director told the variety show group chat that filming for the sixth episode would begin in two days but kept the location secret.
• The cast teased the director about sending them to a village again, and he claimed his new phone had broken when Xu Wang questioned his excuse.

Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan left Glutinous Rice with Elder Pei before joining the other guests for the early-morning trip to a mountain village to film the show. The cars got stuck in mud near the village, leaving the guests to deal with the stalled journey.

• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan agreed to leave Glutinous Rice at the Old Residence, where Elder Pei eagerly welcomed the dog and promised it new toys.
• The production crew arrived at Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan's villa before dawn, and Pei Yanchuan brought Xu Wang bread and milk for the trip.
• The crew picked up Hou Yunqi and sleeping Xia Yu, then Qin Huai and Gu Yunlan, before other cars collected Yun Xi, Jiang Xiubai, Zhong Ran, and Leng Yifan.
• The five cars met near the mountain village and continued in a line toward their destination.
• One car stopped after a wheel sank into mud, and Hou Yunqi caught Xia Yu when he nearly slipped getting out.

Xu Wang and the other guests reached Qinghe Village after their car got stuck in mud and learned they would compete for five very different houses. The director explained that the guests assigned to the bare cave could buy supplies from the shop using their travel funds.

• Zhong Ran slipped on the muddy road and knocked Leng Yifan over, while a staff member and the cameraman helped them up.
• Xu Wang and the others carried their suitcases to dry ground, and Jiang Xiubai, Yun Xi, and Xia Yu teased the director about getting the sponsor's car stuck.
• The assistant director told the guests they had to walk about fifteen minutes to Qinghe Village, and Pei Yanchuan took Xu Wang's suitcase.
• At the village entrance, the director showed the guests five possible houses: two courtyard homes, a simple house, a wooden cabin, and a bare cave.
• The director said guests who lacked supplies for the cave could buy them at the shop with their travel funds.

The director explained the rules for the house scramble, forcing each team to split up and carry one suitcase along separate paths. The guests set off to claim houses, while Qin Huai calmly aimed for the third one.

• The director announced that both teammates had to reach a house before their team could claim it, and each person had to carry one suitcase.
• Pei Yanchuan gave Xu Wang the lighter suitcase, while Jiang Xiubai took Yun Xi’s heavy suitcase after learning he had packed extra sauces.
• The director started the scramble, and Xia Yu, Zhong Ran, and Yun Xi hurried ahead along their path.
• Pei Yanchuan led the other group, while Qin Huai walked at an unhurried pace toward the third house, expecting Gu Yunlan to place third.

Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan reached the first house together and claimed it, while Zhong Ran fell behind after colliding with Xia Yu and then received a cold rejection from Pei Yanchuan. Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan entered the courtyard and discovered its colorful garden and bed of red roses.

• Xu Wang hoisted his suitcase onto his shoulder and sprinted past Zhong Ran, while Xia Yu also overtook him.
• Zhong Ran crashed into Xia Yu while trying to catch Xu Wang, then ran on without apologizing; Yun Xi helped Xia Yu retrieve his suitcase.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan reached the first house together, and Pei Yanchuan wiped the sweat from Xu Wang's face.
• Zhong Ran greeted Pei Yanchuan as his older brother, but Pei Yanchuan said he had no younger brother and entered the courtyard with Xu Wang.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan found a garden filled with flowers and a separate bed of red roses inside the courtyard.

The guests settled into their assigned homes, and Yun Xi and Jiang Xiubai secured the wooden cabin after Leng Yifan left. At the village chief’s house, the director announced a group fruit-picking contest that would determine which pairs got first choice of lunch ingredients.

• Gu Yunlan deliberately turned toward the third house, where he and Qin Huai secured a home, while Xia Yu and Hou Yunqi reached the second house.
• Yun Xi joined Jiang Xiubai at the cabin, and Jiang Xiubai left with him after taunting Leng Yifan, who later ended up sharing the last cave with Zhong Ran.
• The director charged Leng Yifan and Zhong Ran inflated prices for an air mattress and basic outdoor cooking equipment.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan met Xia Yu and Hou Yunqi on the way to the village chief’s house, where Hou Yunqi had been upset after Xia Yu told him about someone’s actions.
• The director told the guests to pick fruit in the village orchard, with each pair’s harvest weight determining their ranking and their order for choosing lunch ingredients.

Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan picked mangoes in the village orchard, where Pei Yanchuan blocked the livestream camera after Xu Wang climbed a tree. When Xu Wang got thirsty, a Production Team staff member offered drinks at prices that were only one yuan lower than before.

• Xu Wang and the others arrived at the mountain orchard and were given baskets to collect fruit.
• Xu Wang climbed a mango tree to pick fruit while Pei Yanchuan watched to make sure he was safe.
• After Xu Wang used his shirt as a pouch for mangoes, Pei Yanchuan covered the camera, turning the livestream black.
• Pei Yanchuan asked whether Xu Wang was thirsty, and a Production Team staff member brought out chilled drinks.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan checked the price list and found mineral water cost 19 yuan, lemonade 79 yuan, and the other drinks 199 yuan.

Yun Xi and Jiang Xiubai were tricked into buying overpriced drinks, while the five pairs finished picking fruit and weighed their harvests. Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan won first place and chose their ingredients first, leaving Zhong Ran and Leng Yifan with the leftovers.

• Yun Xi and Jiang Xiubai drank drinks from the Production Team staff member's crate, discovered the prices, and each paid 199 yuan.
• Pei Yanchuan bought peach juice for Xu Wang, while the other pairs also bought drinks before the guests returned from the orchard.
• The Production Team weighed the fruit, ranking Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan first with 50 jin and Zhong Ran and Leng Yifan last with 37.5 jin.
• The pairs chose ingredients in rank order, with Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan selecting first and Zhong Ran and Leng Yifan taking what remained.

The guests prepared lunch, then learned that they had to carry the fruit they picked to the market and sell it for travel funds. Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan reached their shady stall with their fruit, ready to begin selling.

• Pei Yanchuan made lunch while Xu Wang watched from the sofa, then helped bring out the bowls, chopsticks, and rice.
• Jiang Xiubai's pan caught fire, but Yun Xi quickly covered it and explained how to let the oil cool safely.
• Gu Yunlan and Qin Huai boiled their food, while Leng Yifan and Zhong Ran made overly salty dishes and ate steamed buns instead.
• The director told the guests to sell their picked fruit at the market and keep the earnings for travel funds.
• Pei Yanchuan carried most of the fruit in his basket while Xu Wang carried a smaller share, and they walked with the others to the market.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan arrived at their assigned stall in a shady spot.

The guests struggled to sell fruit at the market until Xu Wang drew customers with a loud pitch and free mango samples, with Pei Yanchuan helping him. They made their first sale to an elderly woman.

• Jiang Xiubai tried to call out to customers, but spoke so quietly that nobody stopped, and Yun Xi comforted him.
• Gu Yunlan and Qin Huai were mistaken for wealthy buyers by other fruit vendors until they explained they were selling fruit.
• Leng Yifan and Zhong Ran stood silently at their stall while Xu Wang boldly advertised his fruit.
• Pei Yanchuan bought a peeler, and Xu Wang used it to prepare free mango samples that attracted customers.
• An elderly woman bought three jin of mangoes from Xu Wang for ten yuan, and Pei Yanchuan placed the bag in her trolley.

After Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan sold their remaining fruit, an excited ship fan gave them handmade fan art. They admired the gifts together, leaving the livestream viewers delighted by the couple’s sweet moment.

• Xu Wang fed Pei Yanchuan a piece of mango as they finished selling fruit at the stall.
• A girl wearing sunglasses bought all the fruit they had left and became excited when Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan touched hands while packing it.
• The girl gave Xu Wang a small fan and two cards before running off with her fruit.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan looked over the gifts, which depicted them as a couple and featured their QQ Figures and Glutinous Rice.

The groups sold their fruit in Qinghe Village, while Zhong Ran and Leng Yifan struggled to attract customers with their high prices. The director proposed a livestream initiative to support local farmers, and every group agreed to take part the next day.

• Yun Xi and Jiang Xiubai, Gu Yunlan and Qin Huai, and Xia Yu and Hou Yunqi sold out their fruit as customers visited their stalls.
• Zhong Ran charged ten yuan per jin, driving away most customers, though he eventually sold fruit to a fan at a small discount.
• The director decided to organize an initiative to support Qinghe Village farmers by selling their fruit through five livestream rooms.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan agreed to participate, followed by Xia Yu and Hou Yunqi, Gu Yunlan and Qin Huai, Yun Xi and Jiang Xiubai, and Zhong Ran and Leng Yifan.
• After the director left, Xu Wang took Pei Yanchuan's hand and headed to their lodging.

The Production Team announced a farmer-support livestream, and Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan sold out all the fruit prepared for their stream within an hour. The chapter ended with the director and assistant director learning that demand had exceeded the available stock.

• The Production Team announced that its farmer-support livestream would begin at 8:00 the next morning.
• Zhong Ran woke in the night after a bug crawled on his hand, then stayed awake until daybreak.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan began their livestream by tasting and describing a mango, while Pei Yanchuan brushed Xu Wang's fingertip with his lips.
• Viewers quickly bought all one thousand mango orders and then snapped up the other fruit Xu Wang's stream offered.
• The Production Team staff called the assistant director to report that Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan had sold out, and the director sat up in alarm when he heard there was not enough stock.

After the guests’ fruit sales quickly sold out, the director arranged for more fruit to be shipped two days later, and the villagers thanked the groups for their help. The Production Team then held a free celebration banquet, where the guests teased the director about charging them for the food.

• The village chief excitedly learned that the fruit had sold out, and the director agreed to try shipping more fruit two days later.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan sold additional stock in their livestream, while Gu Yunlan and Qin Huai’s fruit had also sold out.
• The Production Team told Zhong Ran and Leng Yifan that other groups needed spare fruit, but nearly half of their stock remained unsold.
• After the nearly three-and-a-half-hour livestream ended, the village chief thanked Xu Wang and the other guests, and the director gave them the afternoon off.
• That evening, the Production Team held a celebration banquet, and Xu Wang, Gu Yunlan, and Jiang Xiubai teased the director until he promised the food was free.

The director announced a three-round audience vote to choose guests for performances, and Qin Huai won the first round, performing a sword dance while Gu Yunlan sang. In the second round, Zhong Ran took an implausibly large lead, prompting accusations of vote rigging and leaving the director watching Pei Yanchuan and Xu Wang for their reaction.

• Xu Wang, Jiang Xiubai, and Xia Yu celebrated the director’s promise to treat them, but the director announced that viewers would vote for guests to perform in three rounds.
• Qin Huai won the first vote, with Xu Wang second and Zhong Ran third, and asked for a sword and Gu Yunlan’s accompaniment.
• Qin Huai performed a sword dance as Gu Yunlan sang, drawing applause from the guests and praise from livestream viewers.
• Zhong Ran surged ahead in the second vote with over two hundred thousand votes, provoking suspicions that the tally had been manipulated.
• The livestream comments devolved into arguments, while the director frowned and considered backing Xu Wang or Pei Yanchuan if they objected.

Zhong Ran performed “Abyss,” but Xu Wang won the third round and impressed everyone by playing a tune on a leaf. After the meal, Yun Xi invited Xu Wang and Jiang Xiubai to play a game, and Yun Xi realized Jiang Xiubai’s account was already on his friend list.

• Zhong Ran sang “Abyss,” drawing praise for the song and mixed reactions to his singing.
• Xu Wang won the third round by a wide margin, then played a beautiful tune on a leaf while Xia Yu, Yun Xi, Gu Yunlan, and Jiang Xiubai produced fart-like sounds with theirs.
• The director thanked Xu Wang for his performance, and the group ate together.
• Yun Xi asked Xu Wang to join a game, and Jiang Xiubai joined using the username Brother.
• Yun Xi discovered that Brother was already on his friend list and started the game with Jiang Xiubai and Xu Wang.
• When Yun Xi leaned toward Xu Wang, Pei Yanchuan pulled Xu Wang into his embrace, and Yun Xi quickly straightened under Pei Yanchuan’s icy stare.

After the livestream, Xu Wang learned why Yun Xi had vanished from Jiang Xiubai’s life: Yun Xi had been overwhelmed by work and family hardship, then felt too awkward to reply after years passed. Later, Xu Wang heard that Zhong Ran’s manager wanted to trade evidence against Zhong Ran for a meeting, while Pei Yanchuan carried Xu Wang off to bed.

• Pei Yanchuan watched Xu Wang explain the game, while Yun Xi suffered under the attention of Jiang Xiubai and Xu Wang’s curiosity.
• Yun Xi showed Xu Wang his old chat with Jiang Xiubai, revealing that he had flirted with him and then stopped responding for years.
• Yun Xi explained that his career had stalled and his father needed costly surgery, leaving him too busy and broke to play games or reply; Xu Wang urged him to tell Jiang Xiubai the truth.
• Xu Wang called Sister Li, who reported that Zhong Ran had gained thousands of followers from paid promotion and that Brother Jin wanted to exchange evidence against Zhong Ran for a meeting.
• Pei Yanchuan draped a jacket over Xu Wang, then carried him to bed after Xu Wang admired him.

Pei Yanchuan got up early and made soup dumplings and rice porridge for Xu Wang, who delighted in the breakfast. The director woke up to learn that Pei Yanchuan had already been working for over an hour.

• Pei Yanchuan followed a video tutorial to prepare pork filling and dough for soup dumplings.
• Pei Yanchuan steamed the dumplings and cooked plain rice porridge while viewers praised his precise cooking.
• Xu Wang woke to the aroma, tasted a dumpling, and enthusiastically praised Pei Yanchuan’s cooking.
• Xu Wang urged Pei Yanchuan to eat before the dumplings got cold and placed one in his bowl.
• The director woke at seven and learned from the assistant director that Pei Yanchuan had started working more than an hour earlier.

The director announced a village treasure hunt with six 999-fine-gold badges as prizes, drawing the guests’ enthusiastic participation. He presented an abstract treasure map that left everyone baffled, and the chapter ended as they tried to identify his sketches.

• Yun Xi arrived at the village chief’s courtyard exhausted after dreaming that a husky chased him, and Xu Wang silently compared Jiang Xiubai’s grin to one.
• The director announced a day-long treasure hunt, and the guests initially considered skipping it until he revealed the prizes were gold badges made of 999 fine gold.
• Xu Wang asked for clues, so the director unveiled a treasure map with six drawings he had spent nearly two hours creating.
• The guests argued over whether the sketches showed animals, candied fruit skewers, trees, or utility poles, leaving the director hurt by their confusion.

The pairs split up to search for clues, and Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan recognized the director’s badly drawn animal as a beagle. They found a treasure chest beneath a stone and claimed the first badge.

• The director left the courtyard after the guests photographed the drawings and heard the treasure-hunt instructions.
• Zhong Ran led Leng Yifan down the left path, while Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan chose the right path and Qin Huai led Gu Yunlan down the middle path.
• Yun Xi and Jiang Xiubai searched the right path until a barking dog frightened Yun Xi, and Jiang Xiubai ran off carrying him.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan recognized the beagle as the animal in one of the drawings and found a treasure chest beneath a stone.
• Xu Wang opened the chest and found a little golden beagle badge.

Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan found a gold badge while Yun Xi and Jiang Xiubai ran from the dog without realizing what they had missed. Qin Huai and Gu Yunlan found another badge in the woods, and Hou Yunqi recognized the next clue as he and Xia Yu headed off to search.

• Xu Wang picked up a gold badge after Yun Xi and Jiang Xiubai ran away from the beagle, while the two men later learned that someone had found a badge.
• Qin Huai noticed that two trees stood parallel and realized the director’s drawing pointed to them.
• Qin Huai and Gu Yunlan dug near the trees and found a golden chest containing a tree-shaped badge.
• The assistant director sent the guests an update, and Hou Yunqi recognized the drawing of two connected cylinders.
• Xia Yu started running in the wrong direction, but Hou Yunqi stopped him and pointed out the way to the next clue.

Xia Yu and Hou Yunqi found the Qinghe Village badge, while Xu Wang prepared lunch for Pei Yanchuan and looked after him when the spicy sauce made him cough. After their meal and a long break, Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan resumed the treasure hunt as Zhong Ran and Leng Yifan continued searching through midday.

• Xia Yu and Hou Yunqi matched the village entrance structure to the pattern and found a Qinghe badge behind a rock.
• Xu Wang made steamed shrimp for Pei Yanchuan and served it with a spicy dipping sauce.
• Pei Yanchuan coughed after eating the spicy sauce, so Xu Wang made him a milder one.
• Zhong Ran and Leng Yifan kept searching for the remaining Golden Badges instead of stopping for lunch.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan finished lunch, rested for an hour and a half, and set off searching again at two in the afternoon.

Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan went fishing in a shaded spot, caught several fish, and received a Golden Badge from the old man. Meanwhile, Gu Yunlan thought he had figured out one of the director’s drawings, but Qin Huai remained unimpressed.

• Pei Yanchuan fanned Xu Wang as they walked in the afternoon heat, and they stopped beside a pond where an old man was fishing.
• Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan borrowed bamboo rods, caught fish, and gave their catch to the old man.
• The old man gave Xu Wang a golden Little Fish Badge, and Pei Yanchuan covered Xu Wang’s eyes when he held it toward the sun.
• Qin Huai and Gu Yunlan examined the director’s drawings beside the rice paddies, and Gu Yunlan thought one drawing showed the paddies.
• Gu Yunlan tried to get Qin Huai to ask about his discovery, but Qin Huai only looked at him calmly.