Chapter Summaries

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.

Xu Chen and Fu Chi agreed that Xia Zhiyi would sign Tianhuan Entertainment’s A-tier contract under the original plan. As the auction reached its eleventh item without showing Xia Zhiyi’s creations, the guests learned he had not set a price for them.

• Xu Chen asked Fu Chi whether Xia Zhiyi’s contract should be upgraded, but Fu Chi told her to stick to the A-tier plan.
• Wang Chengran asked Xia Zhiyi why he had been gone so long, and Xia Zhiyi said he had met an acquaintance.
• Fu Yunyi noticed Fu Chi’s cologne on Xia Zhiyi and questioned him, but Xia Zhiyi said Fu Yunyi would find out after the auction.
• The auction passed its eleventh item without presenting any of Xia Zhiyi’s creations.
• When Fu Yunyi asked what price he had set, Xia Zhiyi admitted that he had not set one.

The woodworking charity auction raised over 1.7 million yuan, but Xia Zhiyi’s pieces never appeared among the twenty lots. As Jian Zhu prepared to close the event, Wang Chengran and Xue Ranran challenged the production team to explain the omission.

• Xia Zhiyi explained that he had declined to set reserve prices for his stools, since even a small donation would count as charity, and Director Gong had agreed.
• Fu Yunyi privately complained that Director Gong had avoided the hard work, while Xia Zhiyi reminded him that they had still done good.
• The auction sold twenty pieces and raised exactly 1,734,520 yuan for charity.
• Wang Chengran noticed that Xia Zhiyi’s work had not been auctioned and asked Jian Zhu whether the production team had forgotten something.
• Xue Ranran joined Wang Chengran in asking why none of Xia Zhiyi’s pieces had appeared and whether something unexpected had happened.

Xia Zhiyi’s friends mistook Jian Zhu’s teasing for an attempt to withhold Xia Zhiyi’s work and stood up to defend him. Jian Zhu revealed that Xia’s pieces were being saved for a special auction session, which began as the guests settled back down.

• Xue Ranran, Qin Yue, and Fu Yunyi stood up to challenge Director Gong over Xia Zhiyi’s missing auction pieces.
• Xia Zhiyi urged his friends not to get worked up, and Fu Yunyi spotted people preparing to bring items onstage.
• Jian Zhu revealed he had been teasing them and announced an additional auction session for Xia Zhiyi’s works.
• Jian Zhu explained that Xia’s pieces had been separated for fairness and that prominent people from various circles had taken an interest in him.
• Xia Zhiyi’s friends apologized for the misunderstanding, and Fu Yunyi and Qin Yue praised Xia’s skill.
• Xue Ranran stopped Wang Chengran from saying something inappropriate, and Jian Zhu began the special auction session.

Xia Zhiyi told Xue Ranran and Wang Chengran that he had accepted a job to earn his university expenses and explained that his parents could no longer care for him and his sister. After his calm response made them cry, he noticed Fu Chi watching him intently.

• Xue Ranran called Wang Chengran cute, and Xia Zhiyi laughed at their exchange.
• Xia Zhiyi said he had agreed to a promising job arranged through Director Gong so he could pay his tuition and living expenses himself.
• Xia Zhiyi explained that his parents could no longer care for him and Xia Wanyi, but had left them assets.
• Xue Ranran and Wang Chengran grew tearful, while Xia Zhiyi insisted he had accepted his parents' deaths and did not want their sympathy.
• Xia Zhiyi noticed Fu Chi's deep gaze from nearby.

Xia Zhiyi realized he had left his microphone on while discussing personal matters, then helped calm the livestream viewers and presented his intricately carved stools at the auction. He noticed Fu Chi watching and learned that Fu Chi had secretly bid on Wang Chengran’s chair, leaving Fu Yunyi wondering why his uncle had not bought the table he made.

• Xia Zhiyi realized he, Wang Chengran, and Xue Ranran had forgotten to turn off their microphones, then asked the viewers to pretend they had heard nothing.
• Xia Zhiyi, Wang Chengran, and Xue Ranran fell silent for the rest of the auction segment.
• The production team displayed Xia Zhiyi’s stools, whose detailed carvings amazed the audience and Fu Yunyi.
• Fu Yunyi asked Xia Zhiyi about his artistic abilities, and Xia Zhiyi joked that he could not give birth.
• Xia Zhiyi spotted Fu Chi standing behind the cameraman, and Fu Yunyi noticed that Fu Chi was using the auction interface.
• Fu Yunyi recognized Fu Chi’s black-profile account and realized his uncle had spent twenty thousand on Wang Chengran’s chair instead of buying Fu Yunyi’s table.