Recaps

Xia Zhiyi and Xiao Yang were called back to the police station after Xia stopped a man from attacking his wife and selling their child, then knocked him unconscious when he charged with a knife. After the police sorted out the misunderstanding, they returned to meet the others, while Director Gong began handling the livestream’s online fallout.

• Xia Zhiyi stopped a man and his mother from selling his child and knocked the man unconscious after he attacked with a knife.
• Xiao Yang explained the incident to Director Gong, who said the production team would handle the online response and told them to meet the others before restarting the livestream.
• A police officer questioned Xiao Yang about filming the incident, but another officer intervened and assured him that the case would be investigated.
• A young police officer escorted Xia Zhiyi and Xiao Yang’s crew back to the market, where Xia remarked that people seemed to be treating them as extraordinary.
• Xiao Yang said he was relieved they had not ended up at the police station three times in one day.

Xia Zhiyi explained the theft incident to the others, while the group struggled to choose a birthday gift for a local elder. They settled on gold, and Wang Chengran secretly went to deliver it that evening despite Director Gong's warning that the gift might be refused.

• Wang Chengran and Xue Ranran discussed their failed gift ideas with Xia Zhiyi and explained that they had ordered a large custom cake.
• Fu Yunyi and Qin Yue spoke with Xia Zhiyi about the thief, learning that he had repeatedly stolen from locals and that the authorities were waiting to see whether past victims would report him.
• The group searched the market but could not agree on a suitable birthday present, so they decided to give the elder gold.
• Director Gong warned that the elder might refuse the gold and that the task would then fail, but Wang Chengran insisted he would accept it.
• Wang Chengran slipped away to the birthday boy's house that evening, while Director Gong pointed out that cameras were watching outside.

Wang Chengran tried to secretly negotiate with a host before the next day’s task, but Director Gong let him proceed so the footage could be used later and planned to invalidate his reward for cheating. Meanwhile, Fu Chi learned that the show had sent guests to the police station twice in one day and agreed to check on the production team, while his father urged him to keep the guests safe.

• Wang Chengran sneaked out to visit a host and discuss the next day’s gift-giving task.
• Director Gong told the assistant director not to stop Wang Chengran, but said his task would be invalidated when the results were tallied.
• Fu Chi returned home and found Old Master Fu upset about the livestream and the guests’ repeated trips to the police station.
• Old Master Fu asked Fu Chi to move filming to one of his properties, but Fu Chi explained the production team’s agreements with local officials.
• Fu Chi learned the details of the incidents, promised to contact the production team, and sent his special assistant a red packet for working after hours.

Fu Chi checked that the production team had handled the knife incident responsibly and showed concern for Xia Zhiyi. After Fu Yunyi felt lonely in his room, Wang Chengran went to share it with him, leaving Xia Zhiyi with a room to himself.

• Fu Chi watched footage of Xia Zhiyi stopping a knife-wielding attacker and learned that the incident's online reach had been restricted.
• Fu Chi called Director Gong to ask who had restricted the footage and cautioned him that Xia Zhiyi was still young.
• Old Master Fu asked why Fu Chi had not asked about Xia Zhiyi, and Fu Chi pointed out that he could watch the livestream.
• Fu Yunyi knocked on Xia Zhiyi and Wang Chengran's connecting door because his room felt empty.
• Xia Zhiyi offered to sleep alone, so Wang Chengran went to Fu Yunyi's room and Xia Zhiyi got a room to himself.

The guests prepared a gift for a village elder’s ninetieth birthday, but decided their homemade longevity noodle was too risky for her to eat. At the birthday banquet, Wang Chengran presented the gold bracelet with an unexpectedly dramatic greeting.

• Qin Yue suggested making longevity noodles, and Xia Zhiyi took over after admitting he had some experience pulling noodles.
• Xia Zhiyi made a single long noodle, but the guests worried the elderly woman might choke or be unable to finish it.
• Xia Zhiyi told Wang Chengran to buy something for him while picking up the cake, and the guests later dressed up for the birthday banquet.
• Wang Chengran knelt before the elderly woman, raised the bracelet box, and wished her a long life in front of the gathered villagers.

Wang Chengran and the others attended an elderly woman’s birthday feast, bringing longevity peach buns and a cake. Xia Zhiyi charmed the birthday woman and answered questions from a crowd of children, then avoided answering whether he had a girlfriend.

• Wang Chengran awkwardly wished the elderly woman a long life and was helped up by her family.
• Xia Zhiyi presented homemade longevity peach buns, and the elderly woman affectionately patted his head and wished the group long lives.
• The group gave the hosts a cake and joined the lively birthday feast, where Xue Ranran learned the village had lent the hosts tables and chairs.
• Children gathered around Xia Zhiyi to ask about university, the show, and whether he had a girlfriend.
• Xia Zhiyi answered the children’s questions and invited one to greet the livestream audience, but kept quiet about his relationship status.

At the birthday banquet, Fu Yunyi and Wang Chengran bickered over food while Xue Ranran gave their contested drumstick to Qin Yue, who did not eat spicy food. Xia Zhiyi kept the children at his table settled, and Fu Chi watched him on the livestream as color slowly returned to his vision.

• Fu Yunyi watched the livestream during his lunch break and saw Fu Yunyi on screen competing with Wang Chengran for a chicken drumstick.
• Xue Ranran snatched the drumstick and put it in Qin Yue's bowl, though Qin Yue did not eat spicy food.
• Fu Yunyi asked whether Xia Zhiyi had really sat at the children's table, and Xue Ranran and Wang Chengran saw him surrounded by children.
• The birthday celebrant's grandson visited the table, and Fu Yunyi explained that Xia Zhiyi sat with the children because they liked him.
• Xue Ranran teased Wang Chengran for making Xia Zhiyi lose face, while Fu Chi watched Xia Zhiyi calmly serve food to the children and noticed more color in his vision.

After the birthday banquet, Xia Zhiyi proposed earning money by making wooden goods rather than relying only on production-team tasks, while Qin Yue and Xue Ranran planned to earn points as a fallback. Hours later, Xia Zhiyi’s woodworking drew huge online attention, and Director Gong watched the livestream’s numbers surge.

• The hosts gave the guests dried noodles after they helped clean up, and Qin Yue joked that the gifts saved them money.
• Xia Zhiyi suggested making money through woodworking instead of focusing entirely on tasks, and Wang Chengran agreed to help with the physical work.
• Qin Yue and Xue Ranran chose to earn points as a fallback, while Fu Yunyi decided to join Xia Zhiyi and help if needed.
• Director Gong told staff to steer online discussion and planned to adjust task rewards if Xia Zhiyi’s woodworking proved profitable.
• Two hashtags about Xia Zhiyi rose into the trending searches, drawing viewers to the livestream and making Director Gong’s hand tremble as he lit his cigarette.

Xia Zhiyi demonstrated how to make a folding stool from a single piece of wood, astonishing Wang Chengran, Fu Yunyi, and the livestream viewers. He agreed to teach Wang Chengran and continued explaining the measurements and markings to him and the audience.

• Xia Zhiyi asked Xiao Yang how many people were watching the livestream and learned that tens of thousands had tuned in.
• Xia Zhiyi marked lumber and explained the measurements as he prepared to demonstrate making a stool.
• Xia Zhiyi sawed and assembled the marked wood into a stool that folded into a flat board, leaving Wang Chengran, Fu Yunyi, and the viewers amazed.
• Wang Chengran asked Xia Zhiyi to teach him how to make the stool and said he wanted one, while Fu Yunyi requested several to take home.
• Xia Zhiyi agreed to teach Wang Chengran and continued demonstrating the markings for the next pieces of wood, with the camera moved closer for viewers.

Xia Zhiyi’s woodworking livestream attracted attention, and the production team asked to discuss buying his stools. Back at the cottage, he learned the guests had received pig’s trotters from a village family and gathered oranges from a wild tree to repay them.

• Wang Chengran and Fu Yunyi admitted they could not learn woodworking from Xia Zhiyi and returned to the cottage to help with dinner and chores.
• Xiao Yang brought Xia Zhiyi a phone call from Director Gong, who said someone wanted to buy the stools and asked to meet privately that evening about new ideas.
• Xia Zhiyi returned to the cottage and learned that the family of the elderly birthday celebrant had left the guests a pot of stewed pig’s trotters.
• Wang Chengran told Xia Zhiyi that Fu Yunyi had gone to give the family oranges, after Xue Ranran and the others picked fruit from an unowned wild orange tree.

Xia Zhiyi discovered that the oranges Xue Ranran and Wang Chengran had given away were unbearably sour, so he fetched another and made them taste it. Their attempt to share the sourness with him failed, and Fu Yunyi became the third victim when they fed him a segment.

• Xia Zhiyi learned that Xue Ranran and Wang Chengran had given Fu Yunyi a basket of oranges without tasting them first.
• Xia Zhiyi flew to the orange tree, picked an orange, and returned to give it to Xue Ranran and Wang Chengran.
• Xue Ranran and Wang Chengran tasted the orange and realized Xia Zhiyi had known how sour it was.
• Xue Ranran and Wang Chengran tried to make Xia Zhiyi eat a segment, but he dodged them as they tussled around the cottage.
• Xia Zhiyi pulled Wang Chengran over to Fu Yunyi, and Wang Chengran accidentally fed Fu Yunyi a sour orange segment.

Fu Yunyi, Wang Chengran, and Xue Ranran discovered that the oranges Fu Yunyi had delivered were painfully sour, while Xia Zhiyi ate one without showing it. After dinner, Xia Zhiyi revealed two wooden phone stands he had made and gave them to Fu Yunyi and Wang Chengran.

• Fu Yunyi swallowed a sour orange and learned that the basket he had delivered was the source of the others' sourness.
• Xia Zhiyi escaped into the kitchen, but Xue Ranran, Fu Yunyi, and Wang Chengran caught him and made him eat another piece; he admitted he could handle sour food.
• Qin Yue heard Xue Ranran explain the orange mishap and laughed as the group sat down to dinner.
• Fu Yunyi asked Xia Zhiyi about the item he had made from scraps, and Xia Zhiyi showed him and Wang Chengran two wooden phone stands.
• Xia Zhiyi offered the stands to Fu Yunyi and Wang Chengran, and both accepted them.

Xia Zhiyi agreed to make handicrafts for a charity auction benefiting the village, while keeping the production team’s planned livestream-selling segment secret. After returning to the cottage, he took over Wang Chengran’s firewood task and finished it before Wang Chengran came back from showering.

• Director Gong asked Xia Zhiyi to make distinctive handicrafts for an auction, with the proceeds going to the local authorities, and Xia Zhiyi agreed.
• Xia Zhiyi asked whether livestream selling was part of the show’s planned activities, and Director Gong asked him to keep the segment secret.
• Xia Zhiyi returned to the cottage and offered to finish Wang Chengran’s firewood task so Wang Chengran could shower.
• Xia Zhiyi chopped all the remaining firewood before Wang Chengran returned, leaving Wang Chengran astonished at his speed.

Xia Zhiyi finished chopping firewood with extraordinary speed, then joined Wang Chengran and Fu Yunyi for their morning exercises. After breakfast, the guests waited to hear Director Gong’s news, but Uncle Chen arrived with several people, and Xia Zhiyi suspected they were bringing a surprise.

• Xia Zhiyi chopped the firewood quickly, leaving Wang Chengran and Fu Yunyi impressed by his skill.
• The next morning, Wang Chengran and Fu Yunyi followed Xia Zhiyi through their exercises and found Director Gong waiting outside the cottage.
• Director Gong told the guests to eat breakfast before he revealed what he had to discuss, while Xia Zhiyi wondered whether it concerned the matter they had spoken about the previous day.
• After breakfast, Director Gong prepared to speak, but Uncle Chen called to the guests from below the mountain.
• Xia Zhiyi recognized Uncle Chen and noticed that one of his companions carried a rolled-up object, then told everyone to wait for a possible surprise.

Police officers presented Xia Zhiyi with an honorary banner for bravery and explained the outcomes of two cases involving him. Afterward, Xia Zhiyi wondered whether the plot might have changed Fu Yunyi through events it never described, and decided to keep observing him.

• Director Gong delayed the original schedule while waiting for Chen Dazhi and the police to arrive.
• The police presented Xia Zhiyi with an honorary banner and publicly praised his bravery, while warning viewers to prioritize their safety and call the police in similar situations.
• After the officers and villagers left, Xue Ranran and Wang Chengran argued over who could take photos with Xia Zhiyi's banner.
• Fu Yunyi snatched the banner from Wang Chengran and ran off, prompting Xia Zhiyi to reflect on how different he seemed from the male lead he remembered.
• Xia Zhiyi considered that the plot might have altered Fu Yunyi through unseen events and resolved to keep observing him.

Director Gong announced that the guests would prepare an online auction to fund schooling for children in the mountains, with points awarded according to each guest’s contribution. He introduced a daily ranking with rewards for first place and unpaid village work for last place, and agreed with Xia Zhiyi that production staff should join the competition.

• Xia Zhiyi’s honorary banner was hung in the main room before Director Gong announced a five-day task to prepare an online auction.
• Fu Yunyi asked about rewards and phone access, and Director Gong explained that auction proceeds would fund schooling while the production team would provide tablets.
• Director Gong explained that guests would earn points based on their contributions to each auction item, and Wang Chengran confirmed that using Xia Zhiyi’s design would count as Xia Zhiyi’s participation.
• Director Gong announced that the first-place guest would receive half a day off and a free meal, while the last-place guest would help nearby villagers without pay.
• Xia Zhiyi suggested that production staff join the competition, and Director Gong agreed, alarming the staff.

The guests prepared for a competitive auction and secured extra money from Director Gong, while Fu Chi learned that Xu Chen wanted to sign Xia Zhiyi. Fu Chi urged Xu Chen to offer Xia Zhiyi the best contract, saying he was also good at acting, which left Xu Chen wondering what Fu Chi had noticed.

• Director Gong added a competition to the auction, and the guests discussed whether they had enough money and points to prepare for it.
• Wang Chengran repeatedly pestered Director Gong until he gave the group two hundred yuan, allowing them to focus on preparing for the auction.
• Fu Chi's special assistant told him that Xu Chen was interested in signing Xia Zhiyi and that Fu Yunyi got along well with him.
• After watching Xia Zhiyi lift a thick log on the livestream, Fu Chi told his special assistant to have Xu Chen offer Xia Zhiyi the best contract.
• Xu Chen received Fu Chi's message and wondered why Fu Chi believed Xia Zhiyi was good at acting.

Xia Zhiyi spoke with agent Xu Chen, who asked whether he wanted to become an entertainer. Director Gong considered Xia Zhiyi’s future and hoped he would avoid Huanyu, while planning a traditional-culture variety show inspired by him.

• Director Gong passed Xu Chen’s request to Xia Zhiyi, and Xia Zhiyi agreed to speak with her by phone.
• Xu Chen asked Xia Zhiyi whether he was interested in entering the entertainment industry as an artist.
• Director Gong told the assistant director he was considering a show featuring martial artists and other people skilled in traditional culture.
• Director Gong said several companies had approached him about Xia Zhiyi and that he thought Xu Chen would be a safer agent than Huanyu.
• The assistant director said Xia Zhiyi’s abilities would make him difficult for any agency to control, and Director Gong warned against signing with Huanyu.

Xia Zhiyi and Xu Chen agreed to meet after the auction to discuss signing him with her company, though he planned to negotiate for better terms. When Xu Chen scheduled the meeting, Fu Chi arranged to travel with her, leaving her puzzled by his interest in Xia Zhiyi.

• Xu Chen offered to sign Xia Zhiyi as the company's next flagship star and suggested he try acting, but Xia Zhiyi asked to discuss the details in person.
• Xia Zhiyi agreed to meet Xu Chen after the auction and privately decided her company was a promising option, though he intended to seek better terms.
• Xu Chen reflected on how difficult Xia Zhiyi was to read and arranged her schedule for their upcoming meeting.
• Fu Chi asked Xu Chen when she planned to meet Xia Zhiyi, then arranged for them to travel there together.
• Xu Chen learned Fu Chi was going with her and decided his interest in Xia Zhiyi probably came from Xia Zhiyi's martial arts skills.

Xia Zhiyi coached the guests and staff as they struggled to make wooden items for Director Gong’s auction, while Xue Ranran and Qin Yue completed an ingenious folding stand. On auction day, the production team’s surprise stage failed to surprise Xia Zhiyi, though Wang Chengran and Fu Yunyi were astonished when they finally noticed it.

• Xia Zhiyi drew plans and taught the guests and staff woodworking after Director Gong announced the auction task.
• Xue Ranran and Qin Yue carefully finished a folding wooden stand and celebrated their success.
• Over the next few days, Xue Ranran and Qin Yue proved more capable at woodworking than Wang Chengran and Fu Yunyi.
• Xia Zhiyi went for his morning exercise with the sleepy Wang Chengran and Fu Yunyi and passed the newly erected stage without reacting.
• Xiao Yang asked Xia Zhiyi why he was not surprised, and Xia Zhiyi praised the production team instead.
• After returning to the cottage, Wang Chengran and Fu Yunyi saw the stage and red carpet and marveled at how quickly they had appeared.

After days of preparation, the auction began with renowned host Jian Zhu presiding, drawing excitement from the villagers and livestream viewers. The first item was Wang Chengran’s handmade phone and tablet stand, which he nervously hoped would survive the auction.

• The production team welcomed Jian Zhu, whose appearance sent the audience and livestream viewers into a frenzy.
• Jian Zhu gave opening remarks about promoting traditional culture and helping children in the mountains, then started the auction.
• Xue Ranran and Qin Yue worried that the handmade goods might not raise enough money and offered to donate their own savings if needed.
• Jian Zhu introduced Wang Chengran’s miniature chair, named “Summer Night,” as a sturdy phone and tablet stand with bidding starting at ten yuan.
• Wang Chengran clutched Xia Zhiyi’s hand and defended the item as one of his few creations that would not fall apart.

Wang Chengran’s handmade phone stand, “Summer Night,” sold for 25,500 yuan at the charity auction, and Xia Zhiyi reassured him that the proceeds would be donated. As more items sold for unexpectedly high prices, Xia Zhiyi’s preparation impressed the others.

• Wang Chengran and Xue Ranran bickered about the low asking price for his handmade chair and phone stand.
• Jian Zhu auctioned Wang Chengran’s phone stand, “Summer Night,” and it sold for 25,500 yuan.
• Wang Chengran felt guilty about the high price, and Xia Zhiyi explained that the auction proceeds would go to charity and be publicly accounted for.
• The production crew’s folding laptop stand sold for more than ten thousand yuan, prompting Xue Ranran and Qin Yue to worry about unreliable bids.
• Xia Zhiyi explained that Ant Pay prevented bidders from bidding beyond their account balances, and the others praised him for being so well-informed.

The charity auction continued successfully as Xia Zhiyi left to meet Xu Chen, who hoped to recruit him for Tianhuan Entertainment. Fu Chi unexpectedly arrived and admitted he had come specifically to see Xia Zhiyi and discuss signing him, leaving Xu Chen caught between them.

• After two auction items sold, the teams and local residents became more engaged in the lively event.
• Xiao Yang told Xia Zhiyi that Xu Chen had arrived and asked whether he wanted to meet her before the auction ended.
• Xia Zhiyi met Xu Chen, who was impressed by his calm, mature demeanor and explained that she had come to show Tianhuan Entertainment's sincerity.
• Fu Chi entered the room and told Xia Zhiyi he had come specifically to see him.
• Xia Zhiyi asked whether Fu Chi was also there to discuss signing a contract, and Fu Chi agreed.
• Xia Zhiyi told Fu Chi that he seemed to care a great deal about him, and Fu Chi confirmed it, leaving Xu Chen flustered.

Xia Zhiyi privately questioned Fu Chi about why he seemed unusually interested in him, after teasing him and testing his reactions. Fu Chi answered that the reason was “color,” leaving Xia Zhiyi confused.

• Xu Chen realized Xia Zhiyi and Fu Chi were discussing something private and left them alone.
• Xia Zhiyi told Fu Chi that his gaze seemed different when he looked at other people, and Fu Chi calmly said he did not know what his gaze looked like.
• Xia Zhiyi teased Fu Chi to draw out a reaction, but Fu Chi remained composed and told him to ask directly.
• Xia Zhiyi asked why Fu Chi was interested in him, and Fu Chi answered, “Color.”
• Xia Zhiyi failed to understand what Fu Chi meant.

Fu Chi explained that he saw colors through Xia Zhiyi and had face blindness, while Xia agreed to help him find an answer as part of their arrangement. After meeting with Xia, Fu Chi joined the livestream guests, leaving Xu Chen startled by his personal involvement in the contract signing.

• Fu Chi told Xia Zhiyi that he had recently begun seeing colors through him and admitted he was face-blind.
• Xia Zhiyi understood why Fu Chi paid attention to him and agreed to help him investigate, declining money or shares as compensation.
• Xu Chen went to watch Director Gong's livestream while the auction featured a wooden rack made by Xue Ranran and Qin Yue.
• Xu Chen spotted Xia Zhiyi sitting with the livestream guests and rushed outside as Fu Chi approached.
• Fu Chi told Xu Chen to get Xia Zhiyi's signature later, revealing that he had come in person to sign the contract.