I became a movie star at the age of three; Dilraba and I are childhood sweethearts.

"Ring ring ring—"

A sudden, piercing telephone ring shattered the tranquility of the room.

In this dilapidated wooden house, the most modern appliance is probably the old red rotary telephone in the corner.

The four people looked at each other in bewilderment.

Dilraba asked curiously.

Who will call?

She, who was closest to the phone, obediently stood up, jogged over, and answered the call.

"Feed? Hello."

A man's voice came from the other end of the phone, with a strange accent, his Mandarin was not very standard, and he had a heavy Cantonese accent.

"Hey, I want a 'Heartbreak Rice'."

"..."

Dilraba was stunned.

The "Heartbreak Rice"?

What is that?

She blinked her beautiful big eyes, thinking it was a prank call from someone who had dialed the wrong number.

"Sorry, you dialed the wrong number."

After saying that, she hung up the phone decisively.

……

Meanwhile, inside a nanny van traveling on a country road.

A man wearing a white T-shirt and a baseball cap is holding a phone receiver, looking completely bewildered.

The program director next to him also looked bewildered.

"What's wrong, Mr. Stephen Chow?"

Stephen Chow put down the phone and looked at the director in disbelief.

"She...she hung up on me?"

The director was dumbfounded.

"No way?"

"The number is correct, it's the phone number for the Mushroom House."

Stephen Chow refused to believe it, picked up his phone again, carefully checked the number again, and dialed it once more.

Inside the Mushroom House.

Anita Mui was resting on the bed when she saw Dilraba return and casually asked her a question.

"Who called?"

Dilraba shrugged innocently.

"I don't know, I dialed the wrong number. I said I wanted something... the 'Heartbreak Rice'."

She hadn't finished speaking.

"Ring ring ring—"

The old-fashioned telephone rang once again.

It was Dilraba again. She frowned slightly and answered the phone once more.

"Feed?"

The voice on the other end of the phone sounded noticeably anxious, and the accent was still so strange.

"Hey! I didn't type the wrong thing! I specifically want the 'Heartbreak Rice'!"

Dilraba's patience was almost exhausted.

What's wrong with this prankster? Is this going to go on and on?

"You've dialed the wrong number! This isn't a restaurant!"

Her tone became harsher, and she slammed the phone down after speaking.

Inside the car, Stephen Chow was completely dumbfounded.

He looked at the director with a wronged expression, like an abandoned puppy.

"She hung up again...and she yelled at me..."

The director was laughing so hard he could barely breathe, his face turning completely red.

He was certain that this was the most bizarre opening of any show ever to begin filming.

"Stephen Chow, how about... we do it one more time?"

Stephen Chow took a deep breath, nodded, and pressed the replay button.

"Ring ring ring—"

The phone rang for the third time.

This time, before Dilraba could move, Anita Mui, who had been lying on the bed with her eyes closed, suddenly sat up.

Annoyed by the incessant ringing, she stormed over in her slippers and snatched the microphone.

"Hey! Are you ever going to stop?!"

"I already said you dialed the wrong number, can't you understand human language?!"

Anita Mui unleashed a torrent of screams into the phone, her diva aura so powerful it made the receiver vibrate.

There was an instant silence on the other end of the phone.

Stephen Chow, who was in the car, was so startled by the shout that he almost dropped the phone.

He looked so wronged, and he spoke softly into the microphone with a pitiful expression.

"No... I didn't make a mistake..."

"This is the Mushroom House... I'm your guest today, please... please order some food..."

The sound wasn't loud, but it came through clearly.

Anita Mui's hand holding the microphone froze in mid-air.

Guest?

Ordering food?

Only then did she belatedly realize that this seemed to be a segment of the program.

Anita Mui's expression was somewhat embarrassed.

She cleared her throat, and her tone instantly changed 180 degrees, becoming gentle.

"Um...sorry, the signal was bad just now."

"What would you like to eat?"

Stephen Chow, on the other end of the phone, was clearly still shaken from the shock and answered weakly.

"The 'Heartbreakingly Delicious Rice'..."

"Okay, no problem! We'll definitely arrange it for you!"

Mei Yanfang hung up the phone and let out a long sigh of relief.

Turning around, I met Dilraba's big eyes, which were filled with innocence and confusion.

Dilraba asked cautiously.

"Sister Mei, is she...is she a guest?"

Mui Yan Fang nodded, unable to suppress a smile.

"Um."

Dilraba let out a short gasp, her face instantly turning bright red.

"what?"

"Wasn't I very rude just now?"

God!

She actually hung up on the guest twice!

And you speak in such an impatient tone!

Dilraba wished she could disappear into a crack in the ground.

Seeing that she was about to cry, Mei Yanfang patted her shoulder comfortingly.

"It's okay, don't worry."

"I knew who it was as soon as I heard the voice on the other end."

"You know him too."

She paused, a knowing smile playing on her lips.

"They still want to eat the 'Sorrowful Delight' rice. In the entire city of Hong Kong, only that nonsensical guy does."

Dilraba was still confused and didn't quite understand what Sister Mei meant.

Just then, Leslie Cheung and Xiao Chen, who had been silent all along, walked back side by side from the direction of the kitchen.

While they were struggling to set up the bed, the two men had already gone to scout out the logistics base.

Leslie Cheung's face wore an expression of helpless resignation, as if he had known all along.

Xiao Chen remained calm, as if he had anticipated everything.

Mei Yan asked.

"How's it going? What's in the kitchen?"

Leslie Cheung shrugged, walked to the kettle, poured himself a glass of water, took a sip, and then slowly spoke.

"Achen and I just went to check it out."

He paused, seemingly organizing his thoughts on how to describe the sparsely furnished kitchen.

"Well, the pots and pans are quite complete, brand new, and look expensive."

"The refrigerator is also a double-door model, and it's quite large, but it's completely empty inside except for a bottle of mineral water."

Xiao Chen added casually from the side.

"They have a full range of seasonings, including oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and even rosemary and basil leaves."

"Besides that, there's nothing else to eat."

"There's no rice, no noodles, not even a single scallion."

Dilraba's heart, which had just calmed down, jumped into her throat again.

"what?"

"What do we do now? Someone's already ordered!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the staff member who had been standing in the background outside the courtyard walked in at the opportune moment.

His face still wore that standard smile.

"Dear teachers, I would like to announce the rules of our program now."

"During our time living in the Mushroom House, all our food had to be obtained through labor."

"Everyone can earn food vouchers by completing the farm work assigned by the program team."