However, since they were all in the same village, there were still plenty of chances to meet each other.
Moreover, the guests didn’t need to work all day. After helping out, the remaining time was their own, allowing everyone to gather and chat or explore the village together or alone.
Later that afternoon, two other male guests, who were fashionably late, finally made their appearance.
"Hello everyone, I’m Xue Lin."
"I’m Lou Yingyan. Sorry for being late."
The two young men, tall and handsome, each carrying a black suitcase, looked travel-worn.
As soon as they appeared in front of the camera, they immediately received a wave of praise from the audience.
[The production team made great selections this time! All of them have good looks! Each has their own charm, and they haven’t undergone cosmetic surgery.]
[Ahhhh!!! Linlin finally shows up! Been waiting for him all day!!]
[The Lin Family Army is here!!]
[Linlin hasn’t been on a show for three months, right? Wuwuwu, still so handsome!]
[Huh? Lou Yingyan? Who is that? Did they switch someone? It wasn’t him in the promo photo before, right?]
[The originally scheduled guest was another one from the entertainment industry, Li Mingyu.]
[Saw on the production team’s Weibo, Li Mingyu was injured while filming a few days ago and had to unwillingly drop out, so it seems this Lou Yingyan is the replacement.]
[Yes, Li Mingyu also posted on Weibo. Ah, what a pity.]
[This Lou Yingyan seems to be an amateur; you can’t find information on him online.]
[Huh? An amateur who looks this handsome and has such presence? I’m in! From now on, I’m his first fan!]
When Xue Lin and Lou Yingyan arrived at the village, the sun was already setting.
The director gathered all the guests to meet each other, to familiarize themselves with each other’s faces.
"Why did you arrive so late? Have you eaten?" Chen Yunlu asked with concern.
"We have eaten." Xue Lin, feeling somewhat embarrassed, explained the reason for his late arrival. He had set off quite early, but due to a car breakdown midway, he was delayed for quite some time and missed the flight.
"An accident on the way? Are you hurt?" Hao Meng exclaimed.
"No, just a minor issue, already resolved." Xue Lin casually glossed over it, then looked at the man standing nearby: "Luckily, Brother Lou was on the same route and waited on the way, so I wasn’t alone in being late."
Lou Yingyan smiled slightly: "It’s nothing."
Jiang Ning’s gaze fell on Lou Yingyan, who gave her a gentle smile in return.
However, since they were standing some distance apart, and neither made any extra movements, no one noticed.
After getting to know each other, the director allowed Xue Lin and Lou Yingyan to pick a place to stay the night.
Since the day was almost over, the director wasn’t cruel enough to make them help the villagers with work; instead, they were given a privilege to freely choose a villager’s home to stay in.
Xue Lin pondered for a while and chose to be neighbors with Zhu Rui and Yuan Xingyao.
Surprisingly, the house he selected was one of the places Zhu Rui and Yuan Xingyao discussed and gave up on that afternoon.
It was also one of the houses where Jiang Ning had briefly stopped by earlier.
Apparently, on their way here, Xue Lin and Lou Yingyan must have watched the program’s live broadcast.
After Xue Lin made his choice, Lou Yingyan quickly made his decision.
He chose a green-tiled house next to Jiang Ning’s.
For the next two days, he would be Jiang Ning’s neighbor.
[Wow! This amateur is quite bold! Directly becoming neighbors with Jiang Ning!]
[This newcomer has quite the ambition, knowing Jiang Ning is the most popular, planning to ride on Jiang Ning’s coattails to debut?]
It’s no wonder the audience thought this way; even the other guests gave him a varied glance upon seeing Lou Yingyan directly choose to be neighbors with Jiang Ning, seemingly thinking: You sly one, didn’t expect that!
Jiang Ning, however, wasn’t bothered by it; it was just a place to stay after all. Within the program’s allowed rules, everyone had the right to choose freely.
Moreover, she already recognized who this person was.
On the first day of the variety show live broadcast, the program hit the hot search due to its soaring popularity.
The production team also cleverly maximized this wave of traffic by launching a reward activity on the official platform, offering valuable prizes to the program’s guests for guessing the intangible cultural heritage inheritors correctly. Additionally, viewers who managed to find all three inheritors through their support for the show would also receive generous rewards!