After the show’s crew received the answer cards written by the guests, they did not announce the answers publicly but quietly kept the cards, planning to reveal the correct answers on the last day of recording.
The same went for the email submissions from the vast number of netizens.
This move by the crew immediately provided certain influencers with new material, leading everyone to speculate whether the three inheritors have already appeared, making it impossible for the crew to disclose the answers.
After all, you can only write one person’s name for the quiz each week. If the guests all answer correctly but not the same person among the three, wouldn’t that reveal the other two?
With this speculation out there, netizens meticulously scrutinized certain recorded screens frame by frame, ensuring no clue was missed.
The reality show continued to soar in popularity.
The guests, busy digging sweet potatoes and collecting eggs, were oblivious to all this.
Though the show crew hadn’t confiscated their phones this time, Sanwan Village is surrounded by mountains, with only a distant hilltop housing a signal tower, making the village’s signal very poor, intermittent, and difficult for stable communication with the outside world.
Moreover, the photographers’ cameras were almost constantly zoomed in on their faces, so except for using the bathroom and sleeping, the guests were always under the lens; in front of countless viewers in the live stream, they weren’t allowed to play with other brand phones unless provided by the show’s sponsors, as it might appear as advertising.
If guests couldn’t resist going online, they could sneak to the show crew at midnight and ask for help.
In such a remote place, the crew could still broadcast live daily thanks to signal network equipment they had prepared in advance.
Shen Zha did not impose strict requirements on the guests in this regard.
However, to his surprise, from the start of the show until now, none of the guests had approached the crew, making him wonder if they found other means to connect with the outside world or simply didn’t want external factors affecting their recording work.
At five in the morning, the mountain village was cloaked under an indigo sky, with a cool night breeze passing gently. The stars were faintly visible through the high treetops, bamboo baskets scratched against mulberry leaves with a rustle, and the insects chirped amid the crisp sound of breaking twigs.
Jiang Ning emerged from a dense mulberry leaf field, her basket full of fresh leaves.
Walking ahead, Shi Ziqiang saw Jiang Ning come out so quickly and still steady on her feet, he couldn’t help but mentally give her a thumbs up.
He never expected this young girl from the city to be so formidable.
The tightly packed fresh mulberry leaves were not light, and Jiang Ning had been picking leaves with them for two consecutive days looking unfazed, even seeming to be stronger than him!
Shi Ziqiang wiped the sweat off his forehead and continued carrying the mulberry leaves down the mountain.
It was only half-past five, but this was already their fourth trip carrying mulberry leaves from the mountain down.
Shi Ziqiang felt his energy waning.
After bringing the leaves back home, Shi Ziqiang panted, saying he needed a break.
Jiang Ning nodded, carrying the empty basket, calmly heading back up the mountain.
When she reached a high, open area without obstacles, Jiang Ning seemed to think of something and pulled out her phone.
In the night, the phone screen lit up, revealing three bars of signal in the upper right corner.
Sanwan Village only had poor signal, not no signal at all. Jiang Ning several times saw the village uncles and aunts standing outside making calls loudly.
Jiang Ning wasn’t addicted to her phone, unless there was someone she needed to keep close contact with.
Before she even unlocked the screen, Jiang Ning already saw the alerts for the green bubble messages.
She stood there and opened WeChat.
The WeChat message bar was dotted with red, showing dozens of messages.
Jiang Ning first opened her chat with Qi Xingzhou.
Throughout Jiang Ning’s time on the show, their communication never halted.
Qi Xingzhou shared what he did each day with Jiang Ning.
For example: He successfully passed his driving tests in one go and got his driver’s license, so next time they hang out, he can drive Jiang Ning around.
Or: The facial recognition system he’s researching has overcome its first technical hurdle, with the system nearly 67% complete...
Or simply sharing his day with Jiang Ning, including but not limited to his diet, the range of activities that day, and business tasks assigned by Big Brother of the Qi Family.
Accompanied by emojis that didn’t match his usually composed demeanor: [Crying Cat.jpg][Don’t Wanna Work.jpg][Pouting.jpg][Angry Table Pound.jpg]
Qi Xingzhou volunteered to share every detail of his daily life without Jiang Ning having to ask.
He wanted Jiang Ning to know all about his life, even when she wasn’t around.
As if they never parted.