The host took photos of the seafood that needed to be caught and distributed them to four groups of families.

Fang Yang had 12 cards, Shen Boqing had 10. Xiang Siyuan only had 6 cards, two kinds of shrimp, one kind of mantis shrimp, two kinds of sea fish and one kind of squid. Chen Kuanhai had even fewer, only 5 cards.

Xiang Siyuan didn't eat much, and An An only liked shrimp and fish. Seven-year-old Chen Wenning had some problems with the local climate and had a poor appetite. Chen Kuanhai took care of his daughter and didn't eat anything. Unexpectedly, he escaped the trap set by the program team.

Fang Yang flipped through the pictures one by one, all of which were the delicacies he had enjoyed last night. He looked at the program director and then at the host Wang Liang.

"Didn't you say that we should take a humane route on the first day?"

Wang Liang laughed twice.

"There is some humanity, but not much, haha. Come on, let's go have breakfast first. There is absolutely no routine here."

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The hotel's breakfast is a buffet, with both Chinese and Western styles. Some dishes are also very local, especially the various seafood soup noodles, some with fresh shrimp as the soup base, and some with squid, bean sprouts, shredded meat and other ingredients. In addition to various fruit juices, desserts also have a unique Qingbuliang. An An fell in love with the Qingbuliang full of coconut fragrance at first bite, and said frankly that he wanted to bring it to all the family members to try.

We had breakfast at seven o'clock, and then we all rested for a while, and it was half past eight in the morning.

Except for seafood such as sea urchins and mussels that need to be searched for by diving in the water, other seafood can be fished directly by taking a boat out to sea.

The program team has prepared a sea fishing boat, professional fishing gear and shore diving equipment, as well as professional coaches.

The host Wang Liang released more specific rules again.

"The task of finding seafood is worth eight points. You will complete the task only if you find all the seafood by noon. Lunch will be at 12:30, and you will need to use your points to buy lunch at each restaurant. Please be safe, and I wish you all success."

Fang Yang and Shen Boqing both needed to go into the water. Taking into consideration that the sun would be stronger at noon, it would be easy to get sunburned and tanned whether in the sea or with sea water on their bodies and faces, so they decided to go shore diving first.

The program team prepared an open-top fishing boat without air conditioning for the sea fishing group.

Although the temperature has not risen yet, it is about 23 degrees, but it is still too hot to be exposed to the sun. Xiang Siyuan and Chen Kuanhai thought that it would be better to complete the task as soon as possible.

Under the guidance of a professional coach, the two learned basic sea fishing knowledge, including how to judge when the fish is biting the bait, reeling in the line, and walking the fish.

Chen Kuanhai looked very experienced in fishing. It was not known whether he was really good or just lucky, but he completed the task in an hour and even helped Xiang Siyuan catch the white shrimp that had been refusing to bite.

Looking at the five kinds of seafood that were finally gathered in the bucket, as well as the various kinds of fish, shrimps, and even crabs in the big bucket next to it, Xiang Siyuan looked at Chen Kuanhai with admiration.

"Brother Chen is awesome."

Chen Kuanhai waved his hand and said it was nothing, but then he came closer to Xiang Siyuan and whispered with a smug look,

"I have a side job as a professional angler. I'll keep it a secret for now. At least don't let the production crew know. I don't know what other tricks they might have."

Xiang Siyuan laughed. It seemed that the program crew had not investigated it and didn’t even know there was a huge bug here.

As Chen Kuanhai and Xiang Siyuan were talking, Fang Yang and Shen Boqing, who were diving on the shore, came over with their children. It was the same process again, but fortunately with Chen Kuanhai's secret assistance, everyone quickly completed the task ahead of schedule.

But when getting off the boat, an accident happened.

An An's calf was cut by a slightly protruding iron block on the edge of the sea fishing boat, and blood flowed out directly. The bright red blood flowing on the white and tender calf was very glaring and terrifying.

There were special first aid personnel on the scene, who immediately rushed forward with medicine. Xiang Siyuan held An An in his arms, and the medical staff used clean water to continuously rinse the wound, and then gently pressed the wound with clean gauze to stop the bleeding.

Fortunately, the wound was not deep and did not require stitches, but because it was scratched by a piece of iron, An An still needed to get a tetanus shot just in case.

All this happened in an instant. In the blink of an eye, An An had received the injection and the wound had been re-bandaged.

It wasn't too painful, as it became numb towards the end. But An An had never seen herself bleeding like this before, and she was scared, so she couldn't help crying all the way.

From the time the incident happened until now, Xiang Siyuan has been holding An An in his arms, letting An An's tears wet his shoulders and chest. Xiang Siyuan was very calm throughout the whole process, gently coaxing An An and giving him the greatest sense of security.

An An slowly recovered, wiped his tears and quietly nestled in Xiang Siyuan's arms. Xiang Siyuan lowered his head and asked him softly if he was hungry and if he wanted to go eat.

An An nodded and asked again,

"Dad, I saw in a cartoon that boys can't cry like girls and need to be brave, but I was in so much pain and scared just now, so I cried."

Xiang Siyuan gently stroked An An's back twice and hugged him tighter.

"Boys can cry, and brave people can cry too. If you are scared, but you cry and still choose to face it, then you are a brave person."

"Does An An dare to face his own wounds?"

An An looked down at the bandaged wound and could only see white gauze. His mind was still on the image of his leg bleeding just now.

So he shook his head and buried his head in Xiang Siyuan's arms.

"I dare not, Dad. I am still afraid."

Xiang Siyuan chuckled and patted his arm.

"It's okay, no rush, take your time."

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It was already past one in the afternoon when Xiang Siyuan and An An returned to the hotel. The program crew ordered lunch for Xiang Siyuan and An An for free, and also specifically instructed the hotel to prepare an easily digestible nutritious meal for An An.

Xiang Siyuan had already announced in the group that An An was in good condition and responded to everyone's concerns one by one.

The afternoon activity was scheduled at 3 o'clock to learn and promote the intangible cultural heritage technique - paper cutting. The morning task consumed a lot of energy, so in the afternoon we did some meaningful activities that did not require much energy.

After learning about the origin, development, and inheritance of paper-cutting skills, everyone followed the teacher to learn how to cut some simple patterns. The teacher then commented on the pros and cons, and each family got their own score.

Dinner is also redeemed with points.

Xiang Siyuan exchanged for a portion of coconut chicken rice, vegetable porridge, qingbuliang and pancake. He didn't have much appetite, so the last two portions were specially exchanged for him because An An liked them.

After dinner and a short rest, everyone gathered at eight o'clock to start the first day of the symposium.

Starting from tonight, every family must summarize and review what they have learned today and what new insights they have gained.

Most of the children talked about paper cutting and "every grain of rice is hard-earned", and each of them received praise from the audience. And An Anduo experienced something, and he remembered his father's words, so he repeated them, and everyone gave warm applause and praise.

An An grinned happily. Even though his legs still hurt a little, he was not afraid at all.

As for which family would live in which room, the production team decided to let the four families draw lots to choose which one to live in. Because An An was injured, Shen Boqing and his son, who had drawn a hotel room, took the initiative to exchange tents with Xiang Siyuan. After a simple refusal, Xiang Siyuan accepted the other party's kindness.

The time came to the third day, which was the day when Li Yin met Lu Xinhan.

Li Yin didn’t know what Xiang Siyuan and An An had experienced. In fact, she was not very sure about what she had just experienced.

After Lu Xinhan asked her if she was Li Yin and introduced herself, Li Yin was surprised but replied calmly,

"I am. What can I do for you?"

Lu Xinhan didn't say anything, and looked at Li Yin as if she were an animal in a zoo. Just when Li Yin thought she was weird and wanted to leave, Lu Xinhan spoke again.

"It's not that great either."

"What did you say?" Li Yin suspected that she had heard it wrong.

Lu Xinhan didn't respond. She drank the rest of the coffee in her hand, put it on the table, and stood up and left.

"..."

It's just baffling.

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In the evening, Li Yin went to Xiang Sixia's house to have dinner with her. Li Yin was cutting a pear in her hand, thinking about what happened during the day, she asked Xiang Sixia,

"Xia Xia, do you know Lu Xinhan?"

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