On one side, Su Jinjiang watched Xi Shuang complain, gently approaching with a soft smile to console him: "The villagers in this small fishing village are used to using primitive tools; there probably aren’t any power saws."

Xi Shuang looked at Su Jinjiang, who suddenly came over to comfort him, furrowed his brows involuntarily, and impatiently turned to leave.

Ever since the last time he called for someone to deliver water, and it turned out that the driver who came was his father’s, unexpectedly revealing his identity, this Su Jinjiang has been unusually enthusiastic towards him.

Xi Shuang has been accustomed since childhood to people who treat him differently because of his identity, so he felt nothing special about Su Jinjiang’s attempts to ingratiate himself; he just found it very annoying.

Seeing Xi Shuang leave with a cold face, Su Jinjiang’s smile froze momentarily, but he quickly carried on as if nothing had happened, grabbing the axe and heading up the mountain to cut bamboo.

Wang Hanshao, watching this unfold, had a smile full of amusement, weighing the axe in his hand, and followed Su Jinjiang’s back into Qingzhu Mountain, which was full of bamboo.

Cutting bamboo is hard work; although Wenren Shuangshuang is not afraid of hardship, she’s really never done such exhausting work. Although she isn’t completely unaccustomed to labor, she’s never truly suffered.

She merely cut down two stalks of bamboo holding the axe, and her delicate palms developed blisters. To prevent them from getting larger, Wenren Shuangshuang had to break them open.

But after breaking them open, the blistered areas began to hurt, and continuing to grip the axe handle would lead to intermittent, piercing pain — not severe but quite bothersome.

Wenren Shuangshuang could bear it, but Su Jie and Su Jinjiang couldn’t handle it as well; Su Jie merely threw down the axe and sat on the side, passively avoiding work, while Xie WenAn quietly comforted her nearby as a teammate.

Su Jinjiang, affected by the blisters on her hands, sat on the ground crying, but she still maintained her gentle Goddess persona, managing to keep her makeup intact despite her tear-stained face.

Su Jinjiang didn’t realize that because of the show’s unique nature, her true colors had long been exposed to netizens, and her gentle Goddess persona couldn’t hold up anymore.

Now, with her crying, as a teammate, Wang Hanshao naturally had to offer some comfort, so he gently smiled at her, saying: "Don’t cry, just rest here; I’ll handle what’s left."

Su Jinjiang wiped her tears, her expression pale and weak, yet somewhat stubborn and strong, appearing quite pitiable.

"That wouldn’t be good; I’m fine, it’s just that I’ve never done such heavy work before, and got a bit overwhelmed. I’ll be alright once I’ve rested, and I can join in again."

Wang Hanshao shook his head, his attitude still gentle yet firm, saying: "No need to argue with me, I’m a man and it’s fine for me to do more work. How can a beautiful girl like you do such rough work? Let me handle it!"

A blush appeared on Su Jinjiang’s face, seemingly a bit embarrassed, as she said: "Sorry, even though I’m an adult, I still end up crying."

"Crying is a normal expression of human emotions, it’s nothing serious. Besides, even when beauties shed tears, it’s enchanting and evokes pity."

Wang Hanshao smiled lightly, his tone full of warmth, but it concealed a subtle hint of teasing, which Su Jinjiang failed to notice.

Listening to Wang Hanshao endlessly coaxing Su Jinjiang, Su Jie, who had already recovered and started working again, pursed her lips in disapproval, and leaned close to Wenren Shuangshuang to whisper: "Apparently, we’re the ugly women, which is why we have to work."

Wenren Shuangshuang laughed, shaking her head. Before she could respond, Xi Shuang chimed in: "It’s not about beauty or ugliness; it’s about the fuss. Who doesn’t feel tired from working? But you two girls are still doing it, while she’s being fussy and unwilling, shedding a few tears to get Brother Wang to do it for her."

Xi Shuang spoke with some indignation, because Wang Hanshao has always been gentle, treating everyone the same way, including Xi Shuang, which made Xi Shuang have a good impression of him.

Seeing Brother Wang, whom he liked, being coaxed into working by a woman he deemed scheming, Xi Shuang felt rather resentful.

Wenren Shuangshuang watched Xi Shuang look indignant and shook her head with amusement; Wang Hanshao certainly had a way with words.

Although he said he would help Su Jinjiang, his working speed was the same, and his rest breaks were unchanged, without actually accelerating his pace.

The show didn’t specify how much each person had to work, so while he claimed to be helping Su Jinjiang, if she really didn’t do any work, the work was spread among everyone else; he didn’t actually do much more, yet earned a considerate reputation, sparking Xi Shuang’s indignation on his behalf.

Wenren Shuangshuang thought this over but didn’t plan to expose Wang Hanshao’s intentions, continuing to cut bamboo.

Honestly, this show was quite adept at making things difficult for people—having a group of big stars sweating as they cut bamboo, looking as awkward as ordinary people. What’s the appeal?

The pain in her hands and back was relentless, and even Wenren Shuangshuang, who could endure, found herself silently grumbling.

After a whole day of toil, they managed to cut down only a small amount of bamboo, and hauling it down from the mountain was exhausting.

At bedtime, everyone had their blisters tended to by the assistants, who applied medication and wrapped them up to speed up healing since they had to continue working for the show the next day.

Sure enough, by the next day, the previous day’s overwork left everyone with aching backs and unhealed blister wounds, yet they had to continue the work.

Because they really didn’t want to keep cutting bamboo, they decided to first trim the branches off the harvested bamboo, preparing it for building the bamboo house.

Meanwhile, pooling ideas, they began to research what kind of bamboo house to build. Initially, upon hearing they had to personally construct a bamboo house, everyone was eager to build a beautiful one.

But after a day’s work, they only wanted to simply build a bamboo house to complete the task, not caring whether it was beautiful or appealing—those concerns were fleeting.

A group gathered to sketch out the design; despite the program providing professional guidance, the stars mainly handled the work and design themselves, unless they couldn’t manage, then the assistants would step in.

After the research, everyone unanimously decided to keep the bamboo house’s design simple, not caring about anything else.

Once they started working, they realized building a bamboo house was far from simple; whether it was the main structure or subsequent details, it was all very tedious and made everyone quite irritable. It was even more troublesome than cutting bamboo, where at least they only needed to exert effort.