No Dating on the Survival Variety Show

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Young film emperor Song Yanli signed on for his first variety show since debuting, A Home in the Mountains. Along with amateur guest Yan Mo, he headed to the mountains to clear land, farm, and run a household.

The preview dropped. A stern-looking man paired with an adorable little girl made for a super-cute combination.

The pairing sent the whole internet into a frenzy shipping them.

But when the show actually aired, viewers watched the "hardcore little girl" guest take the initiative to clear land, chop wood, build a house, and flee the wilderness with her entire family, while the film emperor, a "pretty boy who can't carry a thing," was enthusiastic about doing the laundry, cooking, and holding the baby.

The screen filled with question marks.

Wasn't their whole setup a little off?

But why was it so oddly shippable?!

Yan Mo signed up for a survival reality show and reunited on set with Song Yanli, her childhood friend.

The skinny boy who had once been as frail as a matchstick had apparently eaten some kind of growth powder and evolved into a tall, strapping man.

One day, a torrential downpour struck, and the hillside in front of their house looked ready to collapse.

Song Yanli's tall frame shielded the petite Yan Mo. "Stay back, kid."

The moment she saw the rocks tumbling down, Yan Mo reacted instantly, grabbed the man in front of her, and threw him over her shoulder.

As the boulders rolled past them, she looked down at him and lifted his chin. "You still haven't learned that you can't judge people by appearances."

They had expected the show to be a chaotic mess, but the pair turned out to work together in a bizarrely compatible "husband on the inside, wife on the outside" arrangement.

That is, until Yan Mo discovered a string of secrets Song Yanli had kept from her. She fled in the middle of the night, only to be caught and carried back over one arm by a certain matchstick.

Yan Mo struggled in vain. "Liar! Put me down."

Song Yanli shifted from carrying her over his shoulder to cradling her with one arm and met her gaze. "Who was it who told me she liked boys who could lift her with one arm?"

Yan Mo: "..."

Song Yanli: "You little liar, full of nonsense."

A hardcore little girl who looks soft but is made of steel x a cooking-husband film emperor who looks tough but is mysteriously delicate

Romance-focused, with farming, food, and sweet everyday life

Theme: It takes courage to love and to be loved.