In the distance, three bright red plowing machines were racing ahead, kicking up dust behind them!
"Beep beep beep! Beep beep beep!"
Duan Fulin was stunned, "Why do you have plowing machines?!"
"This isn't fair!" Zhou Ninghuan shouted.
"What's unfair about it?" Qiao Xi lazily passed by him, a mischievous smile on her face. "Our Big Zhuang, you know, doesn't lack anything but money. Just think about how ridiculous that is."
She shook her head and mocked, "He insisted on buying three machines! One to look at! One to touch! And one for decoration! Look at my hands, just look—"
She held out her fair hands in front of Duan Fulin. "Not even a speck of dirt on them, they're so clean!"
Duan Fulin: !!!
**[If selling swords becomes a crime someday, Qiao Xi will definitely be sentenced to death]**
**[This reminds me so much of my friend who lives in the moment]**
**[Give up, Duan Fulin. The production team already tried to take away the plowing machines but failed in a heated argument]**
**[Three machines are really over the top!!!]**
**[I'm laughing so hard that my uncle is now missing after trying to walk on the walls]**
Just one Qiao Xi was almost enough to drive people mad.
Yu Siyan came over and said, "Auntie, could you please move—oh? You're not an auntie? Gosh, it's just Xiao Duan and Xiao Zhou?"
He pinched his nose, "Go wash up; you still need to survive in the entertainment industry after this show. How will your fans face you?"
Zhou Ninghuan: "..."
Duan Fulin: "..."
The hot search immediately blew up.
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#Duan Fulin and Zhou Ninghuan, Auntie
The two were almost at their breaking point, barely holding their public personas together with the help of the production team.
After they left, Duan Fulin turned and said, "Shall we form an alliance?"
Zhou Ninghuan was stunned, then quickly smiled.
"Yes, yes! Why didn't I think of that? If our two teams share resources, we can definitely surpass them!"
Meanwhile, Qiao Xi's team had secured the most sumptuous lunch.
Excitedly, she went to wash her hands, but the sink wouldn't run water, so she called Yi Han for help.
Just as she called out his name, Yu Siyan appeared behind her like a ghost.
He intercepted the water Yi Han was bringing, "Let me do it."
Qiao Xi squinted.
You're guarding your food so much?! You won't even let Yi Han touch it!
As she pondered, Yu Siyan suddenly lowered his head, grabbed her hand, and started rolling up her sleeves.
He was tall, blocking the light around him. His long eyes downcast, high nose bridge, and serious expression made him look like he stepped out of a comic book.
**[Whoa! You guys are too much! Rolling up sleeves now?!]**
**[Yu Siyan, do you remember you have OCD?]**
**[On the first day, he wouldn't even ride a dirty car. And now, Qiao Xi's sleeves are so dirty they look like they've been sweeping the floor! Yu Siyan's not even frowning!]**
**[I wouldn't ship them if the person involved didn't force me, but that's the situation now]**
"Yu Siyan," Qiao Xi sniffed, "Shall I recite some poetry for you?"
Yu Siyan: ?
"I don't want to hear it."
"Well, I'm reciting it anyway."
"I said I don't want to hear it!"
**[Hahaha, oh no, oh no, what's happening? Has the magic worn off?]**
**[100 pounds person, 300 pounds of rebelliousness]**
Qiao Xi: "The grapes are sweet in the night-glow cup, but boys will waste their youth."
Yu Siyan's hand paused.
**[?????????????]**
Qiao Xi: "The spring wind doesn't pass through Jade Gate Pass, mom says you can't bend."
Yu Siyan: ?
Qiao Xi: "The desolate lands of Ba Mountain and Chu River—wouldn't your father be angry?"
Yu Siyan: "..."
Qiao Xi rinsed her hands, patted his shoulder, and sneakily dried her hands on his back before leaving.
Leaving Yu Siyan bewildered in the summer breeze.
**[I think I understood, but I'm not sure???]**
**[To sum up, we're the only ones who are shipping them; at least one of the people involved is completely unaware of the ambiguous atmosphere]**
The three teams worked hard all afternoon.
Ye Sisi was somewhat dissatisfied with the alliance but was eventually persuaded by Duan Fulin. The two teams decided to focus on fully cultivating the smaller plot of land, Plot No. 2, to get the reward package and surpass Qiao Xi.
The plan worked. By evening, more than half of Plot No. 2 was cultivated, far ahead of Qiao Xi's team.
"Everyone take a break, let's eat!" Zhou Ninghuan said excitedly.
When they arrived at the dining area, they found it empty.
Director Jin approached them and delivered the news—tonight the show wouldn't provide dinner, and they couldn't eat at the locals' houses either.
"What?!" Zhang Shu was the first to shout, "How can they not provide food! Where are we supposed to eat?"
"We can't go to the locals' houses, are they trying to starve us?" Fan Zhiying also protested loudly.
All three teams united in protest.
Director Jin maintained a straight face, "These are the rules."
Zhou Ninghuan was furious, "Are we supposed to beg?!"
"Don't be sad; you still have cow dung cakes to eat," Qiao Xi suggested.
Zhou Ninghuan: "..."
**[Qiao Xi, you're too much]**
**[The cow dung cakes will follow Zhou Ninghuan forever]**
"Let's go." Qiao Xi hopped off the chair and called her team.
As Zhou Ninghuan watched her leave, he shouted, "What are you so smug about? I bet you won't even get cow dung cakes today!"
Qiao Xi waved her hand dismissively.
Though angry, the other teams could only comply with the rules.
Soon, Zhou Ninghuan was taken to an orchard by Old Sun, who gestured that they could eat whatever they wanted since the orchard wasn't considered part of the houses, allowing them to scrape by with dinner.
Ye Sisi's team, all on diets, simply reheated leftover meat from lunch.
As for Qiao Xi's team, everyone gathered around the screen, excited.
"This is the scene we've been waiting for!" Director Jin laughed.
Qiao Xi was known for her love of meat!
Others might survive without it, but not Qiao Xi.
On the screen.
Qiao Xi walked out of the production team's house, her face calm.
"What do we do now?" Fan Zhiying asked, weak with hunger. "Should we also go to Big Zhuang for some fruit?"
Qiao Xi shook her head, "There will be meat."
The team members turned their heads in unison.
The next second, Fan Zhiying shouted, "I warn you, I'd rather die than eat rat meat!"
Yi Han: "And we can't resort to theft."
Yu Siyan: "And we can't break the law."
**[Hahaha, they've blocked all of Qiao Xi's options]**
**[Qiao Xi: Huh? Can't break the law? Then there's nothing to be done]**
**[After two episodes, they know their leader's moral boundaries all too well]**
"Don't worry," Qiao Xi waved them over, "It'll be perfectly legal and all it takes is a little courage and a little acting."
Half an hour later.
Director Jin was puzzled, "Why are they leaving the village?"
"Who knows. Maybe they really are going to beg?" the assistant director guessed.
Meanwhile, the other two groups had finished dinner and came to the production team to see what Qiao Xi had for dinner.
As soon as Zhou Ninghuan entered, he saw the production team staring at the screen with their mouths wide open.
—Screen 1, showing Qiao Xi's live feed.
"What's going on?" Zhou Ninghuan asked.
The next second, he saw the scene.
Instantly, his pupils dilated in shock!