Zhu Rui imitated Jiang Ning’s recent posture, standing in front of the nearest gate, looking into the yard.
Yuan Xingyao hadn’t reacted yet when he heard Zhu Rui suddenly exclaim, "I know what Jiang Ning was looking at here just now."
"What?" he asked instinctively.
The audience in front of the screen was also very curious:
[Ah ah ah, found out so quickly? What is it exactly?]
[As expected, Jiang Ning must have had her own reasons for stopping there just now!]
[Quick, reveal it! Reveal it!]
Zhu Rui didn’t know the audience’s reaction in front of the screen.
He also didn’t know that because of his actions, the number of viewers in his live broadcast room skyrocketed rapidly.
"Wait a second, let me confirm." Zhu Rui said to Yuan Xingyao, dropped his luggage, and turned around to run back.
Jiang Ning had stopped several times earlier on, and this was just one of those times.
He ran back to where Jiang Ning had paused briefly at several places, standing outside the gates to observe closely.
Then, after a while, he ran back and told Yuan Xingyao, "I found out that the places Jiang Ning stopped at had some rare farming tools or stone artifacts hanging on the walls under the eaves or placed in the courtyard."
"Huh?" Yuan Xingyao initially didn’t quite understand.
A few seconds later, he looked at Zhu Rui in surprise, "Non-material heritage?!"
"Not sure, but they might be tools that were phased out by time," Zhu Rui replied cautiously, "There are a couple that seem familiar; I’ve seen them in my childhood but never again as I grew up."
Hearing this, Yuan Xingyao’s interest immediately piqued, "Where? Take me to see!"
Zhu Rui nodded, taking Yuan Xingyao through where he had just been.
When Yuan Xingyao looked into the courtyard and saw nothing, Zhu Rui patiently pointed out the items he had noticed earlier.
The camera crew behind them live-broadcasted all this activity.
[I’m sobbing, Zhu Rui is really nice, not holding back at all, sharing his discovery with Yuan Xingyao!]
[Zhu Rui’s memory is amazing. I watched Jiang Ning’s stream as well, knew she stopped several times, but couldn’t remember the exact spots or count...]
[No worries, look at Yuan Xingyao; even though Zhu Rui put the answer right in front of him, he still couldn’t see it. That’s actually how most of us would be.]
Under Zhu Rui’s step-by-step guidance, Yuan Xingyao finally saw the items he mentioned.
Yuan Xingyao’s expression couldn’t hide his excitement and joy.
This was definitely a big discovery for the two of them!
His eyes roamed over the houses, "Could these families be the ones the director mentioned for non-material heritage?"
"Who knows." Zhu Rui was obviously much calmer, "It probably isn’t that simple."
The show provided a whole 21 days, spanning three weeks, to find three non-material heritage heirs—how could it be so easy for them to discover them?
And the director said there were only three in total.
But Jiang Ning stopped at four places.
"It might also be a decoy by the production team, misleading us," Zhu Rui analyzed.
Hearing this, Yuan Xingyao thought it made sense, and the initial excitement faded significantly.
"What should we do now? Where do you plan to stay?"
Unknowingly, Yuan Xingyao began to seek Zhu Rui’s opinion.
Yuan Xingyao realized clearly, although the three of them were on the same route, both Jiang Ning and Zhu Rui had already started considering the show’s tasks, whereas he was indulged in thinking about which house would be more comfortable to sleep at night.
Yuan Xingyao was aware of his own personality.
He wasn’t as capable as Jiang Ning nor as sharp as Zhu Rui; his only merit was being obedient, enjoying taking advice from smart people around him.
Zhu Rui glanced at Yuan Xingyao with some surprise, seemingly not expecting him to be this candid.
After all, the show offered only one reward. To win the reward from the show, every guest was essentially a competitor.
Was Yuan Xingyao not afraid of being used by him?
But that thought was fleeting. Zhu Rui generously shared his thoughts with Yuan Xingyao: "I plan to pick a house from here to stay, since we can only stay a maximum of three days. Within this week, I can switch houses frequently to observe up close, to see if it’s a distraction by the production team or..."
As soon as he said this, Yuan Xingyao understood immediately.
"You’re right! Whether it’s the production team setting it up or not, living there ourselves will tell." He agreed.
Then, they picked two houses nearby to stay.
These two families had people at home, seemingly expecting the guests to come knocking.
When faced with Yuan Xingyao’s and Zhu Rui’s requests to stay, the families generously agreed.
As these two families were neighbors, Yuan Xingyao and Zhu Rui became the only pair of neighbors among the guests of the show.
After both Yuan Xingyao and Zhu Rui found places to stay, only Jiang Ning had yet to find her accommodation amongst the guests.
Many viewers clicked into Jiang Ning’s live stream, just in time to find her standing in front of an old, worn-out door, politely asking the homeowner about staying over.
Jiang Ning’s live stream had the highest popularity among all the guests.
The other guests’ live streams had viewers ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands while Jiang Ning’s maintained a stable viewership of over a million, ranking first in popularity with a significant gap.
The barrage of comments on the screen was dense and bustling with activity:
[What’s going on? Jiang Ning walked for so long and chose such a place?]
[This house is so old! Not to mention the stilted house Chen Yunlu stayed at, even the ones passed over by Yuan Xingyao and Zhu Rui are in better shape than this dilapidated mud house!]
[Ahhh, no! I didn’t come here to see Jiang Jiang suffering!]
[Is the production team dead?! We contributed so much popularity only to see Jiang Ning suffer? Whoever wants to stay in this slum can stay; take our Jiang Ning away!]
[...Don’t get upset, don’t get upset. This wasn’t arranged by the production team; Jiang Ning chose it herself. Some people, if you really like Jiang Ning, don’t attract trouble for her.]
[Exactly, the stream hasn’t been on for long, and there are undercover haters trying to ruin Jiang Ning’s reputation. Everyone, please discern carefully, and we true Jiang Ning fans support her decisions.]
[You don’t understand, this kind of mud house is actually the most comfortable to live in; it’s naturally temperature-regulated. I lived in such a house when I was young, and no matter how hot the weather, indoors were always cool. Taking a nap on a grass mat was incredibly comfortable.]
[Jiang Ning must have her own reasons for choosing here. A wild guess—she suspects this house belongs to a non-material heritage heir?]
[No way, how could she guess it so quickly!]