Arc 2Puppies and Pill Profits

Xie Ji’s pursuit of points and money brought him and Lu Xunji closer, while Ji Shi’s affection reached its cap and Mu Yao continued to clash with the group. After Xie Ji sold miraculous pills and brought home two puppies, a misunderstanding over discarded feeding sleeves left the group arguing as they turned to breakfast.

  • Ji Shi confessed his feelings to Xie Ji, who rejected him and said he liked someone whose identity he could not remember, while Lu Xunji grew jealous and Xie Ji kissed him to keep his affection from dropping further.
  • Xie Ji entered Lu Xunji’s dream, where Ji Shi called him his wife and Lu Xunji appeared as a farmhand, then helped Ji Shi plant rice until Ji Shi’s affection reached 100.
  • Xie Ji and Lu Xunji sold pills at a town stall, earning three hundred thousand star coins before urban enforcement officers took them to a station and fined them.
  • Xie Ji spent points on system draws, ate a Divine Sense Fruit despite Little Black’s warning about dangerous side effects, and later demanded an apology from Lu Xunji, who apologized and carried him onto a boat.
  • Xie Ji found Zhou Heyu with two newborn puppies and persuaded him to bring them home, then named them A-Qiang and A-Gang and promised to care for them.
  • Xie Ji and Lu Xunji fed the puppies warm goat’s milk using makeshift nipples made from sheaths, then fell asleep together without throwing the used sleeves away.
  • Ji Shi mistook the discarded sleeves for evidence of Mu Yao’s sexual activity, but Xie Ji admitted he and Lu Xunji had used them to feed the puppies, and Lu Xunji confessed he had let the misunderstanding continue for amusement.
Chapters 26–50 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 26Here... here lies a wondrous road to heaven!

Ji Shi confessed to Xie Ji, who rejected him because he believed he had someone he liked, though he could not remember who. After gaming with Ji Shi, Xie Ji caught up with an agitated Lu Xunji and pinned him against a wall.

  • Ji Shi confessed that he liked Xie Ji and asked whether they would date, but Xie Ji said no.
  • Xie Ji told Ji Shi that he thought he liked someone whose identity and face he could not remember.
  • Ji Shi and Xie Ji played a two-player game while Lu Xunji waited for Xie Ji to return and grew jealous outside the room.
  • Xie Ji left Ji Shi and hurried after Lu Xunji, trying to calm him as Lu Xunji angrily told him to get lost.
  • Xie Ji grabbed Lu Xunji by the collar, slammed him against the wall, and leaned close.

Ch. 27All Right, Then

Xie Ji’s desperate kiss with Lu Xunji raised Lu Xunji’s affection score enough to keep Xie Ji safe, though Lu Xunji stopped when Xie Ji said he was hurting. Later, Xie Ji realized Ji Shi’s affection had nearly recovered without costing him his reward points, so he messaged Ji Shi to try to lower it again.

  • Xie Ji rushed to Lu Xunji and kissed him when the affection score plunged toward the dangerous threshold, and Lu Xunji deepened the kiss and carried him home.
  • Lu Xunji pinned Xie Ji on the bed and kissed him until Xie Ji said it hurt, then stopped and asked why Xie Ji had not resisted.
  • Xie Ji cooled his swollen lips with an ice cube and saw Lu Xunji’s affection score rise to -201.
  • Xie Ji checked Ji Shi’s affection score and found it had fallen to ninety-eight percent, earning him twenty points for the decrease.
  • Xie Ji watched Ji Shi’s affection climb back to ninety-nine percent without losing his points, then messaged Ji Shi with an offer to show him his chest.

Ch. 28Can I only touch?

After Ji Shi's awkward reaction to Xie Ji's chest X-ray, Xie Ji used the points he earned to make a ten-pull, then was tempted by Lu Xunji's half-dressed body. Lu Xunji offered to let him touch if he stayed away from Ji Shi, and Xie Ji asked if he could lick him once.

  • Ji Shi's affection for Xie Ji reached its cap, then dropped by ten after Xie Ji sent him a chest X-ray, earning Xie Ji 100 shop points.
  • Xie Ji spent the points on a ten-pull and received several beauty items and a Hand of the God of Cooking.
  • Lu Xunji emerged from the bathroom in a towel and guided Xie Ji's hand to his waist.
  • Lu Xunji offered to let Xie Ji touch him if Xie Ji came to him instead of Ji Shi.
  • Xie Ji asked Lu Xunji whether he could lick him once.

Ch. 29Mom, there's a pervert here

Lu Xunji bit Xie Ji’s shoulder during a moment of jealousy and desire, then treated the wound and tried to sleep beside him. Xie Ji retaliated by biting Lu Xunji’s lower abdomen, and the chapter ended with Lu Xunji catching Xie Ji’s ankle and lowering his head toward his heel.

  • Lu Xunji, overcome by jealousy and desire, bit Xie Ji’s shoulder and stuffed a bath towel into his mouth.
  • Xie Ji cried from the pain, and Lu Xunji treated his wound before telling him to sleep.
  • Lu Xunji felt guilty as he watched Xie Ji pretend to sleep beside him.
  • Xie Ji sprang up and bit Lu Xunji’s lower abdomen in retaliation.
  • Lu Xunji caught Xie Ji’s ankle and lowered his head toward his heel after Xie Ji dared him to bite it.

Ch. 30The second shared dream

After Xie Ji and Lu Xunji shared an awkward night of teasing and domestic intimacy, Xie Ji fell asleep and was pulled into the system’s second punishment dream. He awoke dressed in a nightdress in a nineteenth-century room and was shocked when Ji Shi appeared at the door.

  • Xie Ji complained that Lu Xunji had bitten his toe, then discovered Lu Xunji had thrown away his toothbrush and replaced it with a matching electric set.
  • Xie Ji and Lu Xunji brushed their teeth together, trading jokes until Lu Xunji briefly frightened Xie Ji before soothing him by playing with his hair.
  • Xie Ji fell asleep, and the system announced that the second punishment round had begun because favorability had dropped below the threshold.
  • Xie Ji woke in an ornate nineteenth-century-style room wearing a white silk nightdress and assumed Lu Xunji liked girls.
  • Someone unlocked the door and entered, and Xie Ji recognized the visitor as Ji Shi.

Ch. 31Holy crap, the sheer sneaking-around vibes

Xie Ji dreamed that he was Lu Xunji’s wife and secretly summoned Lu Xunji, playing the role of a farmhand, to his bedroom. Lu Xunji nearly gave in to the dream’s illicit-affair scenario but stopped when Xie Ji asked him to, leaving Xie Ji to wonder what Princess Jiji had been reading.

  • Xie Ji found Ji Shi in Lu Xunji’s dream and was shocked when Ji Shi called him his wife and put him to bed.
  • After Ji Shi failed to wake when someone knocked, Xie Ji opened the door and found Lu Xunji dressed as a farmhand.
  • Lu Xunji began undressing Xie Ji, and Xie Ji realized the dream had cast them as a young madam and a farmhand having an affair.
  • Xie Ji asked Lu Xunji to stop and explain later, and Lu Xunji rolled away, tidied his clothes, and held him instead.
  • After Lu Xunji left, Xie Ji noticed the fingerprints on his thighs and decided to restrict Princess Jiji’s reading.

Ch. 32The scheming top

Xie Ji woke in Lu Xunji’s possessive embrace, and Lu Xunji teased him about the bite mark he had left during the dream. Xie Ji tried to dismiss his growing attraction, while Lu Xunji went out for a shirtless morning run and ran into Ji Shi.

  • Ji Shi woke and called Xie Ji his wife, then confessed he believed his impotence made him a useless husband.
  • Xie Ji reassured Ji Shi and went to bed; after Lu Xunji’s dream ended, Xie Ji fell asleep too.
  • Xie Ji woke in Lu Xunji’s arms and poked his stomach, prompting Lu Xunji to tease him about the bite mark and his favorability to rise by 50 to -149.
  • Xie Ji washed up and tried to deny that Lu Xunji was affecting him, then saw him dressed for a shirtless morning run.
  • Lu Xunji left for his run and ran into Ji Shi, who had dreamed that Xie Ji was his wife and that he could not get it up.

Ch. 33Get out. Don't you understand?

Ji Shi and Mu Yao grew jealous after seeing bite marks left by Xie Ji and Lu Xunji, while viewers speculated about their relationship. Mu Yao confronted Xie Ji, who confirmed Lu Xunji had bitten him and ordered Mu Yao to leave despite his apology and offered rose.

  • Ji Shi saw Lu Xunji's waist bite mark and grew jealous, while Xie Ji received points when Ji Shi's affection for him dropped.
  • Lu Xunji worked out shirtless as the livestream resumed, and viewers noticed the bite mark on his waist and guessed Xie Ji had left it.
  • Mu Yao spotted a bite mark on Xie Ji's shoulder and cornered him in the changing room to demand who had bitten him.
  • Xie Ji pushed Mu Yao away, warned him about his manners, and tacitly confirmed Lu Xunji was responsible.
  • Mu Yao apologized and offered Xie Ji a rose, but Xie Ji told him to get out.

Ch. 34Male peacocks fighting

Mu Yao’s rose sparked a jealous argument between him and Lu Xunji, while Xie Ji tried to claim the flower for its points value. After breakfast, Xie Ji went to the cowshed to tend to his cow.

  • Mu Yao brought a rose to breakfast, and Lu Xunji demanded two hundred points for it because he had grown it.
  • Ji Shi explained that Lu Xunji had redeemed the rose seedlings, and Xie Ji eagerly tried to take the rose back for its value.
  • Lu Xunji snapped the rose off its stem and claimed it as his, prompting Mu Yao to trade insults with him.
  • Xie Ji asked Ji Shi who should repay the points if the rivals fought over the rose.
  • Zhou Heyu and Shang Yan collected breakfast and returned to their rooms, and Xie Ji later went to tend to his cow.

Ch. 35Brother Xunzi Got His Thrills Again

Xie Ji finished his farm chores, cared for Lu Xunji’s injured hands, and went to find Ji Shi when he failed to return by nightfall. After discovering Ji Shi was still planting rice alone, Xie Ji stepped into the paddy to help, leaving Lu Xunji to steady him.

  • Xie Ji planned the farm’s expansion, bought chickens and ducks, and worked on their enclosure until nightfall.
  • Xie Ji applied ointment to Lu Xunji’s cuts, and Lu Xunji briefly sucked on Xie Ji’s finger before coughing and fleeing to rinse his mouth.
  • When Ji Shi was still missing late in the evening, Xie Ji exchanged points for a flashlight and dinner, then went with Lu Xunji to look for him.
  • Xie Ji and Lu Xunji found Ji Shi planting rice alone in the muddy field; Ji Shi said he would finish soon and warned them about leeches.
  • Xie Ji took rice seedlings from Ji Shi and offered to help, asking Lu Xunji to hold him steady.

Ch. 36Brotherly bonds

Xie Ji joined Ji Shi and Lu Xunji in planting seedlings, but fell in the mud and was injured by a leech. Lu Xunji treated his foot and kept him out of the paddy while he and Ji Shi finished the work.

  • Xie Ji awkwardly helped Ji Shi plant seedlings in the paddy alongside Lu Xunji.
  • Xie Ji fell into the mud, and Lu Xunji carried him to the ridge and cleaned his foot.
  • Lu Xunji removed a leech from Xie Ji's calf and ordered him to stay out of the water.
  • Xie Ji held the flashlight while Lu Xunji and Ji Shi returned to planting.

Ch. 37A hotpot of romantic rivals

After Ji Shi and Lu Xunji finished planting the rice, Xie Ji comforted Ji Shi, who reached 100 favorability toward him. Back at the residence, Lu Xunji cared for Xie Ji and made a suggestive remark that stirred up the livestream viewers, while Shang Yan grew wary of Xie Ji.

  • Ji Shi thanked Xie Ji for waiting and helping him, and the system announced that Ji Shi's favorability had reached 100.
  • Mu Yao mocked Ji Shi for keeping everyone awake, then clashed with him again until Shang Yan intervened.
  • Lu Xunji applied medicine to Xie Ji's injured ankle while Mu Yao tried to get Xie Ji's attention.
  • Shang Yan met Xie Ji's gaze and felt an unsettling sense of danger before Lu Xunji turned Xie Ji's attention back to him.
  • Lu Xunji carried Xie Ji to their room and made a suggestive remark that set off the livestream chat, leaving Ji Shi and Shang Yan indignant.

Ch. 38Have you gone crazy raising fish?

After Young Field went viral for its guests’ romantic tension, Director He imposed a new challenge requiring them to buy and cook their own food. Mu Yao nearly quit, but stayed after seeing Xie Ji and greeting him as his “little mermaid.”

  • Netizens’ thirst-filled discussions pushed Young Field into the trending rankings overnight.
  • Director He discovered the show’s popularity and ordered the guests to buy their own ingredients and pay for them.
  • Mu Yao complained about the production team’s new rules and told his mother he wanted to quit filming.
  • After spotting Xie Ji, Mu Yao changed his mind, hung up on his mother, and called Xie Ji his little mermaid.
  • Xie Ji asked Mu Yao whether he had gone crazy raising fish.

Ch. 39Bro, I got scammed by a man!

After the production team stopped providing meals, Xie Ji’s jokes got him assigned to shop with Lu Xunji. He spent his system points on lottery draws, but won only a fragment of the rare skill he wanted, leaving him distraught and prompting Ji Shi to blame Mu Yao.

  • The production team announced that guests had to buy their own ingredients, and Director He assigned Xie Ji and Lu Xunji to shop after Xie Ji provoked him.
  • Xie Ji learned that his new lottery shop items included an ultra-rare Turn Stone into Gold skill and spent his points on seventy draws.
  • Xie Ji won pills, rosemary, and one Turn Stone into Gold Fragment, which would require ninety-nine fragments to make the skill.
  • Xie Ji cried to Lu Xunji that the system had scammed him, and Ji Shi grabbed Mu Yao by the collar, demanding to know what he had done.

Ch. 40This young couple really got creative

Xie Ji and Lu Xunji tried to earn money in a small coastal town, where Xie Ji planned to sell system-shop pills as health supplements. They left with cheap jars for packaging and a plan to run from the authorities if necessary.

  • Xie Ji learned that the town could not process Lu Xunji’s black card and decided to find a way to make money.
  • Xie Ji took Lu Xunji to a jar shop, where Lu exposed the owner’s fake jade and purple clay wares.
  • Xie Ji used Lu’s appraisal to bargain the six jars down to forty, and Lu admitted he had made up his explanation about the teapot.
  • Xie Ji showed Lu his Whitening Pill and Hair-Growth Pill and explained that he meant to sell them in the jars for 9,999 each.
  • Lu pointed out that selling health supplements required qualifications and a business license, and Xie Ji said he would run from urban management.

Ch. 41He likes men

Xie Ji sold his system-shop beauty and hair-growth pills at a crowded market stall, earning a huge sum after a customer’s scar vanished instantly. The sale ended when urban enforcement officers accused him of selling counterfeit products and ordered him to come with them.

  • Xie Ji set up a stall with Lu Xunji, and Lu told a woman that Xie Ji liked men before claiming he was the man Xie Ji liked.
  • Xie Ji sold a whitening pill to a woman, whose scar disappeared and whose skin became smooth and pale within moments.
  • The crowd bid up the pills, and Xie Ji sold his stock of whitening and hair-growth pills for a total of three hundred thousand star coins.
  • Urban enforcement officers pushed through the crowd, kicked over Xie Ji’s stall, and ordered him to accompany them over a report of counterfeit goods.
  • Lu Xunji stepped in front of Xie Ji, suspecting someone had reported him because enforcement officers rarely came to the area.

Ch. 42Poor Brother Xunzi

After Xie Ji’s stall was reported for breaking the rules, he and Lu Xunji were taken to a public security station to pay a fine and write self-criticisms. Lu Xunji nearly kissed Xie Ji while wiping ink from his face, fled to the nearby mall, and returned soaked after Xie Ji had waited over an hour.

  • Urban enforcement officers took Xie Ji and Lu Xunji to a public security station after Xie Ji’s stall was reported, ending the livestream.
  • Xie Ji complained about writing a self-criticism and copied Lu Xunji’s page while they crouched at the station.
  • Lu Xunji wiped ink from Xie Ji’s face, grew overwhelmed by his closeness, and abruptly stood up.
  • Lu Xunji asked where the restroom was and rushed out before the officer finished explaining that he had to leave his identification details.
  • Xie Ji kept writing for over an hour, then saw Lu Xunji return soaked and assumed he had been constipated.

Ch. 43Little Lu finally won his wife over too

After Xie Ji and Lu Xunji were detained over their stall, Xie Ji noticed Lu Xunji’s self-inflicted wounds and tried to care for him, but Lu Xunji recoiled from his touch. Once they were released, Xie Ji angrily left Lu Xunji with money for groceries, and Lu Xunji struggled to ask him to stay.

  • Xie Ji finished copying the self-criticisms and discovered that Lu Xunji had several fresh cuts on his arm.
  • Lu Xunji pulled away from Xie Ji’s touch, while Xie Ji gave him ointment and grew angry at his rejection.
  • The urban management officer made Xie Ji rewrite his self-criticism after he had copied Lu Xunji’s name, then fined them five thousand and returned his stall.
  • Xie Ji transferred two thousand to Lu Xunji for groceries and said he would leave without him.
  • Lu Xunji caught Xie Ji’s wrist and asked where he was going, but Xie Ji swatted him away and told him to stay out of his business.

Ch. 44Do You Even Know How to Be a Fox Spirit?

After returning to his stall, Xie Ji profited from public backlash and accidentally ate a rare Divine Sense Fruit, which might improve his divination but carried unpredictable dangers. He left a desperate customer furious by refusing to sell him a Hair-Growth Pill, then headed off to meet Lu Xunji.

  • Xie Ji returned to his stall, and the livestream audience’s criticism earned him a flood of system points.
  • Xie Ji spent a thousand pulls in the system shop and found a Divine Sense Fruit, which he ate before Little Black could warn him about its dangerous side effects.
  • Little Black explained that the fruit might enhance Xie Ji’s divination but could also cause unpredictable fatal accidents.
  • Zhou Tianye hurried to Xie Ji’s stall to buy a Hair-Growth Pill, but Xie Ji claimed it was sold out and then called the pill in his hand a sample.
  • Xie Ji left Zhou Tianye and the livestream audience fuming as he walked away to meet Lu Xunji.

Ch. 45Brother Xunzi enjoyed another win

After Xie Ji earned three hundred thousand, Lu Xunji’s favorability rose as Xie Ji ran to him and demanded an apology. They reconciled on the speedboat, where Xie Ji tended Lu Xunji’s wounds, and returned to find Ji Shi and Mu Yao waiting outside the villa.

  • Xie Ji transferred the three hundred thousand he had earned into his personal account and saw a system notification that Lu Xunji’s favorability had increased.
  • Xie Ji ran to Lu Xunji, demanded an apology, and Lu Xunji carried him onto the boat after quietly saying he was sorry.
  • Xie Ji checked Lu Xunji’s wound on the speedboat, applied ointment, and told him to take medicine if he hurt himself again.
  • Xie Ji and Lu Xunji carried the groceries back toward the villa, and Lu Xunji’s favorability rose again when Xie Ji let him carry one bag.
  • Xie Ji and Lu Xunji found Ji Shi and Mu Yao sitting outside the villa and watching the road.

Ch. 46New members of the courtyard residence

The courtyard residents gathered to plan a shared dinner, but realized they needed to buy kitchenware and could not find Zhou Heyu. Xie Ji found Zhou Heyu caring for two abandoned puppies and brought them back to the residence, where Zhou Heyu followed after him.

  • Lu told Ji Shi and Xie Ji to carry the things inside if they wanted dinner, while Ji Shi and Mu Yao argued.
  • Shang Yan proposed that everyone contribute points toward basic kitchenware, and the group agreed.
  • The residents noticed Zhou Heyu was missing and searched the courtyard residence for him.
  • Xie Ji found Zhou Heyu crouched in the grass with two newborn puppies.
  • Xie Ji picked up the puppies and persuaded Zhou Heyu to take them home with him.

Ch. 47Brother Xunzi Was Drinking Again

Xie Ji brought two stray puppies back to the villa and persuaded the others to let him keep them. After revealing he had earned money selling pills, he began discussing a veterinary hospital and product testing with Shang Yan, but Lu Xunji carried him off to bed before they could continue.

  • Xie Ji returned with two filthy puppies, and Lu Xunji made them a sheltered bed while Mu Yao and Shang Yan objected to keeping them.
  • Xie Ji promised to care for the puppies himself, and Ji Shi and Mu Yao eventually agreed to let him keep them.
  • Shang Yan warned Xie Ji that the puppies needed proper medical care, and Ji Shi offered to contact his father about a veterinarian.
  • Xie Ji offered to open a veterinary hospital and showed Shang Yan two million and three hundred thousand he had earned selling pills.
  • Shang Yan became interested in testing Xie Ji's products and discussed their potential value, while Xie Ji named the puppies A-Qiang and A-Gang and called Shang Yan his adoptive father.
  • Lu Xunji interrupted their discussion, said it could wait until morning, and carried Xie Ji to his room.

Ch. 48Hooray, it's Xie Ji

The group discussed how to stop Xie Ji from sleeping in Lu Xunji’s room, while Shang Yan hinted at a plan. After Lu Xunji bathed Xie Ji, he used Xie Ji’s presence to calm his own agitation, but Xie Ji disappeared while Lu Xunji showered.

  • Shang Yan, Ji Shi, Mu Yao, and Zhou Heyu debated how to keep Xie Ji from staying in Lu Xunji’s room, and Shang Yan hinted that he had a plan.
  • Lu Xunji bathed Xie Ji, who worried aloud about whether A-Gang and A-Qiang would be cold or hungry.
  • Lu Xunji became agitated while washing Xie Ji and left the bathroom, then noticed the medicine bottles Xie Ji had given him.
  • Lu Xunji pulled the freshly bathed Xie Ji into his arms, said the contact worked well, and went to shower.
  • Lu Xunji came out of the bathroom and found that Xie Ji had disappeared.

Ch. 49How Could Anything So Lewd Exist in This World?

Lu Xunji and Xie Ji cared for two abandoned puppies outside the villa, improvising feeding nipples from baby-be-gone sheaths. After getting the puppies fed and warm, they returned to bed, leaving the used sheaths beside the cardboard box.

  • Lu Xunji brought Xie Ji a jacket while Xie Ji fed the shivering puppies warm goat's milk.
  • Xie Ji told Lu Xunji that Zhou Heyu had gone back after accidentally getting kicked by a calf while they looked for a goat to milk.
  • Lu Xunji fetched baby-be-gone sheaths and fashioned them into makeshift nipples so they could feed the puppies more efficiently.
  • Xie Ji covered the puppies' box with his jacket, and Lu Xunji led him back inside to sleep.
  • Lu Xunji and Xie Ji forgot to throw away the used sheaths, leaving them beside the puppies' box, then fell asleep together.

Ch. 50I just like watching people lose it

Xie Ji cleared up a misunderstanding over two latex sleeves that Ji Shi thought Mu Yao had used, revealing that he and Lu Xunji had used them to feed puppies. The group’s anger subsided, and Xie Ji asked what they were having for breakfast.

  • Xie Ji found Ji Shi and Mu Yao arguing over two latex sleeves left outside the guesthouse, which Ji Shi believed Mu Yao had used.
  • Xie Ji picked up the sleeves and admitted that he and Lu Xunji had used them, making Ji Shi burst into tears and charge toward Lu Xunji.
  • Zhou Heyu worried that Lu Xunji had forced Xie Ji into a relationship, but Xie Ji explained they had used the sleeves to feed puppies.
  • Xie Ji swept the sleeves into the trash and apologized to Ji Shi for leaving them outside.
  • Lu Xunji admitted he had understood the misunderstanding but had let it continue because he liked watching people lose it.
  • Ji Shi argued with Lu Xunji while Xie Ji asked whether they could finally decide what to make for breakfast.
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