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Several dozen fish were caught this time, which obviously can't be finished by just five guests.

Huang Yuanxi led everyone to the storage station, exchanged surplus fish for daily resources, and triggered a random mini-game.

The staff, wearing mushroom suits, held up a sign and read out the rules.

"Please send any two residents from the small cabins to complete a tacit understanding test. If the challenge is successful, they can receive a special reward from the show's team."

To provide benefits to the guests and add effective scenes, the production team has buried many such easter eggs.

For one of the tacit understanding challenges, Huang Yuanxi naturally selected the focal guest of this episode, Gu Jinrong. As for the other person...

"Qingqing, let's do it together," Gu Jinrong's words stopped the restless Wen Qi who was about to move 

The game rules are very simple. Two guests each hold a whiteboard, and a staff member is responsible for asking questions. If both write the same answer, they pass.

The first question was asked:

"May I ask, is Gu Jinrong good at eating spicy food?"

This question wasn't much of a problem for Gu Jinrong, but Shen Qingzhi pondered: she does everything usually and eats everything without discrimination or taboos, so that should count as being good at it.

Shen Qingzhi revealed the whiteboard with the word "good" written on it. Before the staff member could speak, Wen Qi, who was watching nearby, murmured softly, "She used to be allergic to chili peppers."

Shen Qingzhi: Huh?

At this point, under the urging of everyone present, Gu Jinrong reluctantly turned her answer board, her expression somewhat hesitant. It said: "Not good."

Starting off on the wrong foot, the staff hurriedly reassured, "It's okay, we have another question. What is Shen Qingzhi's favorite small animal?"

This time, the focus was on Gu Jinrong.

She has known Shen Qingzhi for almost ten years, but the actual time spent together is just a little over a year. During this time, she hasn't seen Shen Qingzhi keep any pets.

However, she felt that this was not a difficult problem. At this time, the little girl who was always prone to blushing came to mind, so she wrote the answer on the whiteboard without hesitation: Little rabbit.

Gu Jinrong flashed her board so fast that she missed Yu Kexin's whisper from the crowd, "Qingzhi always wanted to raise a cat when she was a child.

Sure enough, one word was written on Shen Qingzhi's answer board: Cat.

She glanced at Gu Jinrong, looking rather annoyed.

The atmosphere became a little awkward, and the staff member wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead and smoothed things over.

"It's okay, it's okay, there's a third question here."

While saying this, he couldn't help but think to himself: the first two questions were so common, and they couldn't answer them correctly. It feels like the third question might be even harder.

"May I ask, if the two of you were in a cold war, who is most likely to be the first to make up?"

Originally, the challenge rule was for the guests to jointly answer one question correctly. The questions were mostly about preferences and were quite ordinary. Usually, if the guests did some homework online beforehand, they could at least answer one question correctly.

The production team hadn't anticipated that these two, who were from the same drama production team, didn't do any homework in advance. Thus, they reluctantly brought out the additional question they had prepared just in case.

One is an experienced senior actress, and the other is a junior rising actress. It would be quite difficult for them to get into a cold war if they had normal minds, wouldn't it?

But since it's a fifty-fifty chance, let's give it a try.

The staff originally thought they would at least pretend to ponder for a while or diplomatically praise each other's good temper and how they wouldn't get into a cold war. But this time, revealing the whiteboards was even more straightforward than the previous two times.

Shen Qingzhi wrote: "Her."

Gu Jinrong wrote: "Me."

Their brain circuits magically aligned.

This made people curious. Half-jokingly, Huang Yuanxi remarked, "Why such sudden harmony this time? Have you two really been in a cold war before?"

It wasn't exactly a cold war, just a case of one tsundere getting annoyed unilaterally.

A gentle smile curved on Gu Jinrong's lips as her gaze caught the front camera.

"With Qingqing's good temper, naturally, she wouldn't have a cold war with me. If it ever happens someday, it must be my fault."

Damn, Movie Queen Gu's image is a bit subversive.

Both Huang Yuanxi and the staff wore similarly stunned expressions, but what surprised them even more was Shen Qingzhi's calm nodding beside them.

“Mm, what Senior Gu said makes sense."

Wait, aren't you being too shameless by playing along at this point?

Anyway, they finally passed the tacit understanding test and received a special reward from the show's team—a portion of countryside cured meat.

The others were stunned upon seeing this reward, but Huang Yuanxi joyfully accepted the cured meat, saying, "Great, we can have an extra dish tonight."

Soon, they understood why Huang Yuanxi was so happy.

The initial provisions provided by the show for the guests were quite basic. All daily resources required labor to exchange.

The half-bucket of fish they had toiled to catch earlier, after deducting fees for the boat and home appliance rentals, only amounted to enough for three pounds of vegetables, five eggs, and some seasoning.

Fortunately, they still had three fish left, along with the special reward from the production team earlier, so they wouldn't go hungry in the evening.

Living in this countryside provided a relatively leisurely life most of the time, so they returned to their small cabin and started preparing dinner in advance.

Previously, Huang Yuanxi was mainly in charge of the meals here, as the production team couldn't ensure that every guest would know how to cook.

However, this time they did their homework and knew that Gu Jinrong was quite interested in culinary matters, making her an excellent resource.

"Jinrong, I'd like to start by making garlic-roasted fish. Would you lend me a hand?"

Gu Jinrong had no reason to refuse Huang Yuanxi's invitation.

Leaving Wen Qi, Yu Kexin, and Shen Qingzhi, who had just arrived, somewhat idle in the courtyard.

They first toured around, seeing geese, goats, and tabby cats in the courtyard, all very friendly.

Shen Qingzhi sat on the steps, repeatedly petting the tabby cat, with no intention of getting up.

Wen Qi, not one for many expressions, silently observed from a distance.

So, only Yu Kexin was left, expressing excitement and admiration at the many local farm products in the courtyard.

As Shen Qingzhi stroked the cat's ears, she felt like reminding her: “Sister, that feels a bit like acting.”

After thinking about it, she decided not to bother, variety shows still need effects, and one or two of them can't just have facial paralysis.

The three of them stayed in the yard for twenty minutes, and it felt like half a century had passed.

Shen Qingzhi hugged the cat and sneaked a peek at the kitchen door. Goodness, the fish had just been killed and were still raw.

Gu Jinrong noticed Shen Qingzhi's arrival, dried one hand, and secretly fed her a nut by the door.

Feeling the slightly cold fingertips on her lips, Shen Qingzhi shivered a bit. She mobilizes her self-control so as not to lose composure in front of the camera.

The nut was somewhat large, and at that moment, with puffed-up cheeks, she looked like a hoarding little hamster. Even her stern gaze carried a hint of cuteness.

Huang Yuanxi greeted Shen Qingzhi but seeing her eating, didn't tease her to talk. Instead, she complimented Gu Jinrong's cooking skills while preparing ingredients.

Though these words might have held a hint of politeness, Shen Qingzhi found them rather pleasing. She felt so content that she even squinted her eyes joyfully: Of course, Gu Jinrong is powerful. Just look at who she's married to.

The kitchen space was too small to accommodate a third person. Shen Qingzhi couldn't assist there, so she didn't stay long and left.

Yu Kexin and Wen Qi were still in the courtyard, chatting without much connection. They didn't seem very acquainted.

Initially, Shen Qingzhi didn't intend to talk to Wen Qi either. However, considering they probably had a few hours of cooking to do inside, she couldn't let the outside guests just stand around.

She suggested, "Does anyone have playing cards? Shall I tell your fortunes?"

"When did you start telling fortunes again?" Yu Kexin was skeptical but cooperatively found a deck of cards.

"I've known it for a long time. I'm a fortune-teller. Who wants to go first?" Shen Qingzhi set aside the tabby cat she was holding, sat at the table, and started shuffling the cards with grandeur.

Wen Qi silently sat at the other end of the table, about a meter away from Shen Qingzhi, with a wait-and-see attitude.

Shen Qingzhi had no choice but to attack Yu Kexin, whom she was more familiar with.

She arranged the cards in a grid on the table, representing Yu Kexin's past, relationships, and future prospects.

Diamonds 10:

"Moderate family conditions, above-average performance, and stable career development. Better than some but still room for improvement."

Clubs 9:

"Good social connections, often accompanied by good friends, and receiving help from influential people."

Hearts 7:

"Smooth emotional life, the first love likely to be the spouse, potential marriage before thirty resulting in a very happy union."

Yu Kexin found this fortune-telling session quite satisfying overall. Initially doubtful of Shen Qingzhi's tarot reading, within ten minutes, she became thoroughly convinced.

After all, positive predictions are always pleasing to hear!

"Wow, this is really spot-on, so accurate!" Yu Kexin's eyes sparkled with admiration for Shen Qingzhi.

"Ha." Wen Qi, who had been observing, remained indifferent, concealing her emotions.

Shen Qingzhi and Yu Kexin being high school classmates can be easily found by doing a quick online search.

Regarding established facts, regardless of the cards drawn, fortune-tellers can cleverly shape their readings to fit the existing reality.

Even such a clumsy magic trick can deceive the parties into believing it.

Wen Qi didn't want to deliberately spoil the fun, but she couldn't help it.

"Teacher Wen Qi, why don't you give it a try too?" Shen Qingzhi collected the cards on the table and looked up at Wen Qi.

“Okay, I'm curious what you'd say about my fate."

Wen Qi said and moved her position next to Shen Qingzhi, and the surrounding temperature seemed to drop by two points.

Like Gu Jinrong, she seemed to have a personal cooling system, but while Gu Jinrong brought a refreshing coolness, Wen Qi gave off a sense of coldness.

Shen Qingzhi shrank her neck, raised her collar, and began to place the cards.

"Wait a minute, you were placing the cards from left to right earlier, why are you now going from right to left?" Observant Wen Qi timely raised a question about the inconsistency.

"Teacher Wen Qi, sincerity leads to wisdom." Shen Qingzhi insisted verbally, but still obediently rearranged the cards on the table in the opposite direction.

After arranging the grid, Shen Qingzhi placed her right hand on the first card, took a deep breath, and flipped it.

Spades 10:

"Teacher Wen Qi, you have suffered a great setback, which has had a significant impact on your life."

Wen Qi's expression became a little ugly, and she thought to herself: Looks like Gu Jinrong really tells this little brat everything.

Shen Qingzhi glanced at Wen Qi's expression, turned over a new card from the hand, and placed it on top of the 10 of spades. "Let's take a look at how to deal with this setback."