Recaps

Director Gong explained the guests’ money, points, and work tasks, while Fu Chi checked on the show’s restrictions after Old Master Fu worried about Fu Yunyi. As Xia Zhiyi approached Director Gong, a snake appeared near the house and startled the guests.

• Director Gong explained the room arrangements, shop hours, point system, fishing costs, and optional tasks guests could perform to earn points.
• Old Master Fu worried that Fu Yunyi would not have enough money on the show and told the butler to contact Fu Chi.
• Fu Chi said the production team would not let the guests go hungry, then asked his special assistant to check the arrangements and cautioned the team about Xia Zhiyi.
• Director Gong decided to keep the guests’ funds unchanged and have the assistant director explain common variety-show gimmicks to Fu Chi.
• Xia Zhiyi walked toward Director Gong, but a scream rang out as someone spotted a snake.

Xia Zhiyi caught a venomous green pit viper near the guests’ lodging and helped the production crew secure it safely. Director Gong suspected the snake had been planted deliberately and promised to investigate, while Xia Zhiyi agreed to keep the incident off camera.

• Xia Zhiyi caught the green pit viper and explained that its removed fangs did not make it harmless.
• Fu Yunyi recoiled from the snake, while Zhou Kai questioned why Xia Zhiyi had not killed it; Xia Zhiyi pointed out that it was a protected species.
• Director Gong had the snake placed in a sack, arranged for the forestry bureau to handle it, and ordered a search for more snakes.
• Director Gong later told Xia Zhiyi that the footage did not reveal where the snake had come from and admitted he suspected deliberate interference.
• Xia Zhiyi agreed not to discuss the incident on camera, and Director Gong said that whoever was responsible could not remain on the show.

After discovering that the house had no water pipes, Xia Zhiyi and the other guests set out to ask nearby residents about the water and washing arrangements. Xia Zhiyi noticed Zhou Kai seemed distracted and saw that Director Gong was watching him too.

• Qin Yue, Wang Chengran, and Xia Zhiyi discovered the kitchen had earthen stoves and stored water in a vat instead of running water.
• Xue Ranran worried about how the guests and crew would heat enough water to wash, and Xia Zhiyi suggested asking nearby residents.
• Xue Ranran, Wang Chengran, and Qin Yue agreed to go with Xia Zhiyi, so all six guests set out together.
• Zhou Kai struggled to hear the kitchen conversation, while Fu Yunyi said he could hear it clearly.
• Xia Zhiyi noticed Zhou Kai seemed distracted and saw Director Gong watching him.

After Xia Zhiyi saved Zhou Kai from nearly stepping off a slope, Zhou Kai struggled to hide his fear on the livestream while his manager planned to visit the filming location. Fu Chi learned that a venomous snake had endangered his nephew and moved up his trip to H Province.

• Xia Zhiyi stopped Zhou Kai from stepping down a slope, and Zhou Kai concealed his startled reaction from the cameras.
• Chen Yun watched Zhou Kai's uneasy behavior on the livestream, told his assistant to redirect online discussion, and decided to travel to the filming location.
• Zhou Kai's assistant realized he had brought a venomous snake to the show to stage a heroic moment, putting himself at risk of being bitten.
• Fu Chi learned that a venomous snake had appeared at the filming site and ordered his trip to H Province moved up.

Xia Zhiyi and the other guests learned how inconvenient their village accommodations would be, with no running water and little firewood. As they tried to plan for bathing and boiling water, Director Gong told them they would have to solve their problems themselves.

• Xia Zhiyi and the guests visited Seventh Grandpa and an elderly couple, learning that neither household had running water and that they would need to fetch water from a well or the stream.
• The group returned to their house, where Xia Zhiyi found that the woodshed held only enough firewood for the day.
• Xia Zhiyi gave Wang Chengran his unopened bottled water, and the guests discussed boiling water and taking turns bathing.
• Zhou Kai said he felt unwell and went to his room, while the others continued planning without him.
• Xia Zhiyi pointed out that they had no bathing area in their house, and Fu Yunyi asked Director Gong whether they would have to use Seventh Grandpa's bathroom.
• Director Gong told the guests to resolve their problems themselves.

Xia Zhiyi and the other guests struggled to start a fire and chop wood while preparing for the evening, then learned they could buy a gas stove at the shop. The chapter left them with a simpler cooking option as Qin Yue unexpectedly proved skilled at chopping firewood.

• Xia Zhiyi warned the group to shower before dark because of mosquitoes, and Qin Yue, Xue Ranran, and Wang Chengran went to heat water while Xia Zhiyi and Fu Yunyi fetched buckets.
• Fu Yunyi tried chopping firewood while Wang Chengran, Xue Ranran, and Qin Yue filled the kitchen with smoke trying to start a fire.
• A crew member reminded the guests that the shop would close in an hour, so Wang Chengran and Xue Ranran hurried off to check it.
• Qin Yue split a piece of wood with one strike, surprising herself and prompting Fu Yunyi to ask her to teach him.
• Wang Chengran returned and told Xia Zhiyi that the shop sold gas stoves, so they did not need to burn firewood.

Xia Zhiyi and the others explored the production team’s shop and discovered that using its gas stove required paying separately for a gas cylinder and deposit. Zhou Kai, driven from his room by mosquitoes, urged them to buy mosquito repellent.

• Xia Zhiyi decided Wang Chengran’s excitement over the fire might tire him out enough to sleep through the mosquitoes, and planned to look for mosquito-repelling herbs the next day.
• Xia Zhiyi and Fu Yunyi went to the shop, where Wang Chengran showed them a gas-stove card offering a one-point daily rental or a ten-point purchase.
• Xia Zhiyi noticed the card did not include a gas cylinder, and Wang Chengran and Xue Ranran searched the shop for one.
• Xue Ranran found that gas cost five points and the cylinder required a ten-point deposit, prompting Wang Chengran and her to complain about the price.
• Zhou Kai joined them after mosquitoes drove him from his room and suggested they buy mosquito repellent.

The guests pooled their cash and assigned Qin Yue to manage their money as they settled into the village. Xia Zhiyi impressed Seventh Uncle by carrying full buckets with ease, and Seventh Uncle gave him a production-team logo before Director Gong could stop him.

• After realizing they lacked enough points for mosquito nets, the six guests pooled their cash to buy mosquito coils and chose Qin Yue to manage their money and keep accounts.
• Qin Yue bought a notebook and organized everyone’s cash and points while Wang Chengran tended the fire and Fu Yunyi and Zhou Kai went out to chop wood.
• Xue Ranran asked Xia Zhiyi about his calmness and martial-arts training as they went to fetch water from Seventh Uncle’s house.
• Xia Zhiyi filled two buckets to the brim and carried them effortlessly, leaving Seventh Uncle astonished as he made several trips back to the house.
• Seventh Uncle praised Xia Zhiyi and stuck a production-team logo onto him, prompting Director Gong to rush over and protest that it was too soon.

The guests learned that village logos could be exchanged for wishes, then went to dinner at the village chief’s house, where three of the men drank. Xia Zhiyi stopped the thoroughly drunk Wang Chengran from stripping to dance, but Wang Chengran insisted he could keep drinking.

• Director Gong explained that collecting five of the village’s fifteen logos earned a wish, with money-related wishes capped at five thousand yuan, and arranged stricter tasks for the villagers holding the remaining logos.
• The six guests went to the village chief’s house for dinner, with Fu Yunyi stepping forward to greet him.
• The village chief offered the guests drinks; Qin Yue and Xue Ranran declined, while Fu Yunyi, Zhou Kai, and Wang Chengran drank.
• Fu Yunyi became obediently tipsy, Zhou Kai grew talkative, and Wang Chengran drunkenly stood up and began taking off his clothes to dance.
• Xia Zhiyi stopped Wang Chengran before he could undress, but Wang Chengran failed to recognize him and insisted he was not drunk and could keep drinking.

After a chaotic dinner where Wang Chengran got drunk and performed for the livestream, Xia Zhiyi helped the guests return safely to the cottage. The night ended with Wang Chengran snoring so loudly that Xia Zhiyi could not sleep on the sofa beside him.

• Wang Chengran sang his own songs and then began singing Peerless Little Shou, so Xia Zhiyi stopped him and gave him water.
• Wang Chengran mistook Xia Zhiyi for Hero Xia and begged him to teach him martial arts and fly.
• Xia Zhiyi, Xue Ranran, and Qin Yue guided the drunken guests back to the cottage, where Wang Chengran soon fell asleep.
• Wang Chengran's loud snoring woke Zhou Kai and Qin Yue and shook dust onto Xia Zhiyi as he lay on the sofa.

Xia Zhiyi practiced swordsmanship and heard that Fu Yunyi’s youngest uncle was coming to inspect the production. When Zhou Kai appeared with a severe rash, Xia Zhiyi recognized it as instant karma.

• Xia Zhiyi practiced with a branch while Fu Yunyi learned that President Fu was on his way to visit the set.
• Xia Zhiyi went for a morning run, gathered mosquito-repelling herbs, and offered them to Wang Chengran.
• A scream came from Fu Yunyi’s room, and Xue Ranran and Wang Chengran rushed to investigate.
• Xia Zhiyi and Fu Yunyi found Zhou Kai covered in a red rash, and Xia Zhiyi silently thought it was instant karma.

After Zhou Kai was diagnosed with acute hives, the guests discovered Wang Chengran had snored through the night and ate a sparse breakfast before deciding to earn money for better food. Xia Zhiyi set out to gather firewood and graze cattle, but the chapter ended by revealing that he was the one who had an accident.

• The doctor diagnosed Zhou Kai with acute hives, and the guests discussed how difficult it would be to identify the cause.
• Wang Chengran denied snoring until Qin Yue and Xia Zhiyi confirmed it, and Director Gong played the audio footage for him.
• Wang Chengran apologized and agreed to clean the dusty furniture and sofa for Xia Zhiyi.
• Qin Yue cooked a simple breakfast of plain noodles and a boiled egg, prompting the guests to seek work and points for better food.
• Xia Zhiyi took a job gathering firewood in the mountains while grazing cattle, but he was the one who had an accident.

Xia Zhiyi herded a cow for the production team, surveyed the area from a treetop, and startled Xiao Yang and Fu Chi by jumping down. Fu Chi arrived expecting Xia Zhiyi to be hurt, then introduced himself when they met face-to-face.

• Xia Zhiyi volunteered to herd a cow so he could earn points without sacrificing his usual standard of living.
• Xia Zhiyi flew up a tree to survey the surroundings while Xiao Yang warned viewers not to imitate him.
• Xia Zhiyi spotted unfamiliar people on a nearby trail, then jumped down from the tree and landed safely beside Xiao Yang.
• Fu Chi saw Xia Zhiyi falling and hurried over with his bodyguards, while Xiao Yang kept them out of the livestream shot.
• Xia Zhiyi asked Fu Chi who he was, and Fu Chi stepped forward and introduced himself.

Xia Zhiyi met Fu Chi while grazing a cow, then rescued Chen Yun after she fell into a pit on the mountain. As the group headed back to the cottage, Chen Yun slipped and grabbed Xia Zhiyi, tearing something.

• Xia Zhiyi introduced himself to Fu Chi, who said he was surveying the area and had come over after seeing Xia Zhiyi climb down from a tree.
• Xia Zhiyi invited Fu Chi to see his cow, and the two stood silently beside it while the production crew watched.
• Chen Yun's assistant found Xia Zhiyi and told him that Chen Yun had fallen into a pit and could not get out.
• Xia Zhiyi hauled Chen Yun out of the pit while Fu Chi watched and silently stopped his companions from helping.
• The group set off for the cottage, but Chen Yun slipped and grabbed Xia Zhiyi, tearing something.

Xia Zhiyi realized the plot had already begun trying to control him when Chen Yun’s fall tore his shirt, and he wondered whether he was being pushed toward becoming the male lead’s enemy. He returned to the cottage wearing Fu Chi’s jacket, where Fu Yunyi was left bewildered by their changed clothes.

• Chen Yun fell into Xia Zhiyi and tore his shirt after Xia Zhiyi briefly blanked out under the plot’s influence.
• Fu Chi lent Xia Zhiyi his jacket, and Xia Zhiyi declined Chen Yun’s offer to pay for the shirt while avoiding a closer connection with her.
• Xiao Yang had Xia Zhiyi return to the cottage ahead of the others to prepare for the arriving guests.
• Xia Zhiyi returned to find Fu Yunyi holding chicken feed, and Fu Yunyi stared in confusion at Xia Zhiyi wearing Fu Chi’s jacket.

Chen Yun tried to persuade Zhou Kai to remain on the show despite his hives and desire to quit, while Xia Zhiyi’s arrival shifted her attention. Director Gong summoned Xia Zhiyi, who met Fu Chi’s gaze and felt as if he were the only person in it.

• Chen Yun asked Zhou Kai what had happened, and he said he had suddenly broken out in hives and wanted to stop filming.
• Chen Yun urged Zhou Kai not to abandon the show, explaining that she had brought him on partly to benefit from Fu Yunyi’s popularity and connect with a famous director.
• Xia Zhiyi brought water to Chen Yun and Zhou Kai, but a staff member soon called him to Director Gong.
• Zhou Kai accused Chen Yun of coming to pursue someone new, and she denied that she had come for anyone but him.
• Xia Zhiyi followed the staff member to Director Gong, saw Fu Chi under a sun umbrella, and felt that Fu Chi’s eyes held only him.

Xia Zhiyi learned that Director Gong suspected Zhou Kai had deliberately caused the venomous snake incident, but the production team lacked evidence and planned to remove him from the show. Fu Chi and Agent Chen were joining the guests for lunch, leaving Qin Yue worried about cooking for them.

• Director Gong introduced Xia Zhiyi to investor Fu Chi and thanked him for handling the bamboo pit viper during filming.
• Fu Chi asked whether the snake incident had been investigated, and Director Gong admitted he suspected it was deliberate but had no proof.
• Director Gong and Fu Chi discussed asking Chen Yun to withdraw Zhou Kai from the show, while Zhou Kai stayed in his room because of hives.
• Director Gong told Xia Zhiyi that Fu Chi and Agent Chen would join everyone for lunch and asked the guests to prepare extra food.
• Xia Zhiyi told Qin Yue about the extra guests, and she worried that her cooking might disappoint them.
• Fu Yunyi suggested that Fu Chi cook the lunch himself, leaving Xia Zhiyi and Qin Yue speechless.

Xia Zhiyi helped the cast plan lunch and caught a chicken with ease, prompting Fu Yunyi to ask if he could become Xia Zhiyi’s disciple. Xia Zhiyi explained that learning Qinggong depended on talent, aptitude, and starting young, while Director Gong decided the production team would not pressure him to teach.

• Qin Yue planned a vegetarian lunch using vegetables from the garden until Fu Yunyi asked whether Xia Zhiyi could kill a chicken.
• Xia Zhiyi caught a chicken quickly and returned with Fu Yunyi.
• Fu Yunyi asked Xia Zhiyi to take him as a disciple and teach him the Qinggong he had demonstrated the day before.
• Xia Zhiyi explained that Qinggong required talent and aptitude and had to be learned before roughly age twelve or thirteen.
• Livestream viewers debated whether Xia Zhiyi’s martial arts were real and urged the production team to ask him about teaching.
• Director Gong told the staff not to pressure Xia Zhiyi into taking disciples, though Fu Chi suggested asking him first.

Xia Zhiyi explained the conditions for learning martial arts and agreed that staff could train alongside Wang Chengran if they were careful. He then joined Qin Yue and Fu Yunyi as they dealt with the production team’s blunt tools and overpriced vegetables.

• Xia Zhiyi told a staff member that Wang Chengran could become his nominal disciple after half a month of practice, while viewers could have their aptitude checked later.
• Xia Zhiyi agreed that interested staff could learn the basics with Wang Chengran, warning them not to overstrain themselves.
• Xia Zhiyi found Qin Yue and Fu Yunyi sharpening a blunt kitchen knife, and learned that the house’s other tools were blunt too.
• Qin Yue complained that the production team charged twenty yuan for a new kitchen knife and thirty yuan for the cheapest whetstone, while refusing to rent them.
• Qin Yue revealed that she had bought a half-jin bunch of okra for ten yuan because she thought Ranran liked it.

During lunch, Chen Yun tried to approach Xia Zhiyi and Fu Chi, but she struggled to get their attention, while Fu Chi quietly helped clear the table. The chapter ended with Fu Chi asking Xia Zhiyi for herbal tea to take on the road, leaving Fu Yunyi baffled by his youngest uncle’s behavior.

• Xia Zhiyi offered herbal tea to Wang Chengran and Xue Ranran, while Chen Yun declined a cup.
• Qin Yue prepared lunch, and Chen Yun tried to talk with Xia Zhiyi and Fu Chi but eventually chatted with Qin Yue instead.
• After lunch, Chen Yun took Zhou Kai a meal, while Xia Zhiyi began clearing the table and Fu Chi joined him.
• Fu Yunyi tried to stop Fu Chi from doing housework, but Fu Chi calmly continued helping.
• After the others went to rest, Fu Chi asked Xia Zhiyi for herbal tea to drink on the road.

Fu Chi visited the set, took Xia Zhiyi’s bitter herbal tea with him, and left without explaining why he had come. Zhou Kai withdrew from the show after Director Gong confronted him, and Gong then announced that the remaining guests would lose his share of the allocated funds.

• Fu Chi filled a bottle with Xia Zhiyi’s herbal tea, thanked him, and left with his bodyguards without speaking privately to Fu Yunyi.
• Fu Yunyi wondered why Fu Chi had visited, then asked Xia Zhiyi if he could rest on the sofa in his room.
• Chen Yun told Zhou Kai that Director Gong wanted him off the show and urged him to leave peacefully; Zhou Kai initially refused, but Chen Yun warned him against provoking Gong Cheng and Orchid TV.
• After Xia Zhiyi woke from his nap, he learned that Zhou Kai had withdrawn for health reasons.
• Director Gong announced that the remaining guests’ allocated funds would be reduced by one person’s share and stated the exact amount.

After Zhou Kai left the show, Xia Zhiyi, Wang Chengran, and Fu Yunyi went fishing, where Xia Zhiyi and Fu Yunyi caught fish with remarkable ease. Xia Zhiyi offered to clear Wang Chengran’s remaining debt in exchange for his help with physical work over the next two days.

• Xia Zhiyi told Wang Chengran he was going to the pond to fish, and Wang Chengran and Fu Yunyi decided to go with him.
• Xia Zhiyi made a fishing rod from bamboo, while Wang Chengran and Fu Yunyi rented rods from the production team.
• Xia Zhiyi caught a three-jin grass carp in under a minute, and Fu Yunyi soon began catching fish that were slightly bigger.
• After Wang Chengran failed to get a bite, Xia Zhiyi offered him ten points to clear his debt if he helped with physical work for the next two days, and Wang Chengran agreed.

Xia Zhiyi organized bamboo materials and tools for a project while the guests prepared for their day’s farm tasks and planned lunch. After Xia Zhiyi revealed that a villager was celebrating her ninetieth birthday, Director Gong gave the guests a last-minute task to prepare her a gift before the celebration the next day.

• Wang Chengran learned that Xia Zhiyi planned to cut bamboo for their project and agreed to help carry it back after lunch.
• Fu Yunyi offered to help Wang Chengran harvest corn after he had prepared for his livestock task the night before, prompting Wang Chengran to worry that everyone else was more hardworking.
• Qin Yue and Xue Ranran proposed buying pork for lunch, and Xia Zhiyi suggested getting it from Third Uncle Wu’s family, who were slaughtering a pig for an elderly relative’s birthday.
• Director Gong learned that Xia Zhiyi had visited Third Uncle Wu’s family and issued the guests an impromptu task to prepare a gift for the woman’s ninetieth birthday the following day.

After learning that an elderly gentleman had an upcoming milestone birthday, the guests decided to go into town to find him a gift despite their limited time and money. They prepared to leave, with Director Gong admitting he had planned to trick them into wasting points on vehicles they might not be licensed to drive.

• Xia Zhiyi said it would be rude not to prepare a gift for the elderly gentleman, and Qin Yue pointed out that the group had only thirteen hundred yuan left and little time.
• The guests agreed to postpone their individual tasks and head into town, relying on the birthday-gift task's reward to help cover the cost.
• Xia Zhiyi and Fu Yunyi rejected Wang Chengran's suggestion to use the tricycle, explaining they might need it to carry a large purchase, and they considered other transportation options.
• Xia Zhiyi asked whether Fu Yunyi had a motorcycle license, and the guests realized none of them could drive the motorcycle.
• Director Gong admitted that the production team had planned to deduct points before checking whether a guest could drive the motorcycle or tractor, leaving Fu Yunyi and Wang Chengran stunned.
• Wang Chengran told Qin Yue and Xue Ranran what had happened, and Xue Ranran remarked that Director Gong treated them like family.

At the town market, Xia Zhiyi caught a pickpocket who had stolen Qin Yue’s wallet and pinned him down until the police arrived. Xia Zhiyi went with an officer to give a statement, while the others continued shopping.

• Qin Yue and the others headed to the market to compare vegetable prices and look for fruit.
• After a thief bumped into Qin Yue and stole her wallet, Xia Zhiyi chased him down, kicked him to the ground, and recovered it.
• Xia Zhiyi warned the thief that the incident had been livestreamed, and Fu Yunyi called the police.
• An officer arrived, asked Xia Zhiyi to come give a statement, and reassured the onlookers that the town was not like Xie San.
• Xia Zhiyi parted from the others and heard Xiao Yang remark that he had been to the police station twice in less than a week.