The system makes me so beautiful that I don't care about anyone else's life or death.

Su Ran had seen her grandmother make it before, so making kudzu root powder was not difficult for her.

"Wow, that's amazing! It's only the first day, and you've prepared much more thoroughly than us."

As Lan Yue was praising it, a commotion suddenly came from outside.

"Help! Help!"

Lu Xiaoyan shouted as she ran toward the room with the ghostly voice.

She had only wanted to borrow some firewood, but when she opened the door, an old man rushed towards her.

Fortunately, the old man was frail and his hands and feet were not very nimble. As soon as she broke free, she ran outside.

She was originally going to run towards her own place.

But then he changed direction and ran towards where the ghost voice lived.

Suddenly, a sinister laugh came from behind.

He grabbed Lu Xiaoyan's hair tightly and pulled her back with all his might.

"Help! Help!"

She screamed, her voice becoming hoarse.

Lan Yue and Su Ran rushed over upon hearing the noise and saw the old man pulling Lu Xiaoyan's hair.

Su Ran reacted quickly, picking up a shovel and about to smash it down on the old man's head.

But just then, a voice interrupted.

"No, no, no!" A middle-aged woman ran out. "It's all a misunderstanding. My father-in-law has a mental illness. He looks terrible when he has an episode, but he doesn't mean it."

Su Ran's gaze fell on the old man's face.

The old man was grinning foolishly, looking extremely silly.

"Impossible!" Lu Xiaoyan screamed.

The middle-aged woman said unhappily, "We have medical records! My father-in-law was perfectly fine at home, why did you suddenly knock on the door and disturb him!"

Lu Xiaoyan fell silent.

Considering the presence of a live-streaming device, she was also worried that if the old man really did have a mental illness, her one-sided clamor might earn her a reputation for bullying a patient.

Seeing this, the middle-aged woman knew she had the situation under control. She cleared her throat and said in broken Mandarin:

“I’m not being aggressive, young lady. Let’s just let this matter drop. I’ll get you some firewood.”

"Alright," Lu Xiaoyan had no choice but to say.

That's how it ended.

As soon as Lu Xiaoyan and the middle-aged woman left, Lan Yue pulled Su Ran into the room.

"Why did she run to you instead of the male guest when something happened?" Lan Yue complained, then added, "And that old man, Guiyin, don't get too close to him. He just glanced at me, and his eyes were really scary."

"Yes, I know. Teacher Lan, please be careful too. You can come to me if anything happens."

Knowing that Lan Yue was sincere, Su Ran naturally hoped that she could spend the next two months safely here.

That old man was really scary.

Does Lan Yue have a problem with Lu Xiaoyan?

[Lu Xiaoyan looks quite frail, so it probably wasn't intentional. She might have just instinctively run towards where there were girls. Besides, isn't Guiyin very strong? She easily subdued that old man.]

[Upstairs, just because Ghost Voice is strong doesn't mean she can protect everyone! If you want to be a saint, then go be one!]

After Lu Xiaoyan got the firewood, she carefully lit it with a lighter on the dry grass.

The gate was not closed, and the old man's family lived not far away across the street.

She had just lit the fire and was feeling happy when she met the old man's gaze from the opposite window. She couldn't help but shiver and quickly closed the door.

The old man made her feel extremely uncomfortable.

She has always had a keen sixth sense since she was a child.

Or, we could try to find a new place to live.

Su Ran got up before six o'clock the next day.

It was at this point that the whole village got electricity.

Apart from Su Ran, Lan Yue, and Lu Xiao Yan, everyone else couldn't sleep last night. They all waited until the power was turned on and then used their own electric heating devices to go back to sleep.

Fortunately, Director Han didn't prohibit them from bringing personal belongings like he does on other shows, otherwise they wouldn't know how they would have survived the dead of winter.

Wild mushrooms are harder to find in winter, but they are not unavailable.

Su Ran emptied her backpack, intending to pick some mushrooms and wild fruits.

A little girl wearing a tattered cotton-padded coat followed behind her.

Su Ran didn't take it seriously.

Only the little butterfly kept murmuring.

Isn't she cold?

It's minus ten degrees Celsius today, and her clothes are so torn you can see her arms underneath.

Do her parents not love her?

Su Ran didn't reply.

It wasn't until she deliberately picked up the poisonous red mushroom at her feet that the little girl hurriedly spoke:

"Don't pick it up, you can't eat that."

Su Ran turned to look at her.

The little girl shrank back nervously, lowered her head, and anxiously looked up at Su Ran.

"I saw it last night. You're very strong. You can beat Old Man Jia."

Su Ran thought that the old man Jia she was talking about must be the old man who attacked Lu Xiaoyan last night.

"You followed me because you wanted this?" Su Ran pointed to a backpack full of mushrooms.

This place is backward and isolated. There is no internet, and many people don't even have cell phones. Even if they did, it wouldn't be useful because there's no signal here.

Therefore, Su Ran could only scan and identify their social identities using the system, but could not find their internet information.

Take this little girl in front of me, for example.

She could only see that her name was Jia Denan, she was 8 years old, her father was Sun Cai, her mother was Wang Biqing, and so on—some relatively obvious information.

Jia Denan lowered his head, not daring to look at Su Ran.

"My mom told me to go with you."

Su Ran asked in confusion, "Why?"

“My mom said that you are the best among these people. My mom is very good at judging people. Every time my dad is about to hit someone, she tells me to run away.”

"It's the same today. My mom said that if I follow you, I can find my dad."

“My mom always told me that my dad’s name is Sun Cai, not Jia Dazhu.”

Su Ran's brows furrowed even more.

She suddenly remembered the woman in the red cotton-padded jacket who had been staring at her all day, and a terrible thought popped into her mind.

To confirm this idea, she asked the little girl.

"Was your mother wearing a red cotton-padded jacket yesterday?"

The little girl asked in surprise, "How did you know?"

Having confirmed her suspicions, Su Ran looked at the thick fog covering the mountains and turned to leave.

Upon seeing this, the little girl immediately followed.

She followed him all the way to Su Ran's house.

"Aren't you going back?" Su Ran asked.

The little girl shook her head. "I'm not going back. Mom said Dad is in a good mood today, and when he's in a good mood, he drinks. A dad who drinks is scary."

Su Ran was startled.

"where is your house?"

Su Ran arrived at her home under Jia Denan's guidance.

Before they could even knock, they heard the sound of flesh being slapped against flesh, accompanied by a woman's wails.

Su Ran pushed open the door and entered.

No wonder women always wear red cotton-padded jackets.

It turned out to be to cover up the bloodstains on his body.

Judging from this behavior, the woman must be a very particular person.

"Hit me again and I'll skin you alive!"

Su Ran kicked the drunk man holding the belt away and helped the woman on the ground up.

The woman's legs were still weak, but when she saw the little girl, she pushed Su Ran and the little girl together.

"Please help me get Xiaobao away! He's drunk and will attack her if he sees her! She's only eight years old! This man is a beast!"

The live stream chat was filled with a dense barrage of comments.

What did she just say? Was it what I understood?

[It should be, probably, possibly, that's it!]

[My god, where is this place? First there's this crazy old man, then this pedophile! Director Han, I know you're ruthless, but don't go this far! You're playing with our guests' lives!]

[Hopefully, all of this was part of Director Han's carefully crafted script.]

[Go Ghost Voice! Kill that beast!]

Just as Su Ran was about to pull the woman away, the drunk man got up, holding a bottle of liquor and swaggering around.

Su Ran wouldn't give him a chance to hurt anyone. She slapped the man so hard his head was tilted to the side. The drunk stared blankly at Su Ran for several days before collapsing to the ground, completely dizzy.

The backstage workroom.

"Explain yourself," Director Yu said, pointing at the screen.

"I knew this village chief wasn't quite right in the head, and I was just struggling to find evidence. Now, the evidence is here," Director Han said frankly.

Aren't you afraid that these guests will cause problems?

"The reason I let Guiyin participate in the show is because of her fighting skills. Otherwise, do you think I would let someone who doesn't even show their face compete for a role?"

Director Han had previously seen Su Ran's sword dance performance, which combined strength and grace, and some of the moves could only be performed by a trained practitioner.

"Besides, I have emergency medical personnel outside the stadium."

"Don't the villagers know we're live-streaming?"

Director Han smiled mysteriously: "I lied to them and told them that several actors wanted to experience life in a mountain village firsthand to make the film more realistic and easier for them to get into character. This trip was kept secret from outsiders."

He pointed to his nose and said, "And I, after saying all this, unfortunately fell to my death right under their noses."

Director Yu stared in disbelief, his mouth agape.