Chapter 103: Chapter 102: Is This the Card?
Sheng Yaoyao, who had just gone out on a task, was the first to come back.
Sheng Yaoyao had a task hint, and she quickly found the poverty alleviation live stream spot by asking the villagers along the way. In less than five minutes after entering the live stream, the local specialties were sold out.
Sheng Yaoyao completed the task the fastest and successfully earned 100 points.
As Sheng Yaoyao walked in, almost at the same time, Zhong Yulu also arrived back at the courtyard.
Zhong Yulu’s task was clear and the location was very obvious. She quickly found the beekeeper’s home to complete the honey collection task. Although it was for the program’s effect, Zhong Yulu was a performer after all, and the program team had also prepared all necessary protective gear, so the task was completed quickly, earning her 200 points.
Guan Fengyan faced a slightly more challenging situation. He rode a tricycle to the town’s market point, but it was extremely crowded there. He squeezed through the crowd of elderly people but couldn’t figure out the task set by the program team. Seeing it was already noon, he decided to head back, planning to go out and search again in the afternoon.
The first three participants who went out to do tasks have returned, but there was still no sign of Ji Xizhi and Zhu Xiu’an.
Sheng Yaoyao was a bit panicked.
“Director Wang, why haven’t Zhi Zhi and Xiao Yue come back yet?! How long has it been? Could they be lost?!”
Zhong Yulu chimed in, “Yeah, we’ve earned our points and came back, if they don’t arrive soon, it’ll be past lunchtime!”
Guan Fengyan added, “Yeah, should I take the tricycle out to look for them?”
Initially, Director Wang didn’t think in that direction, after all, Ji Xizhi and Zhu Xiu’an weren’t alone, they had two follow-cam PDs with them.
The follow-cam PDs and the program team stayed in constant contact.
If something happened to the guests, wouldn’t the PDs contact him?
So at first, Director Wang didn’t consider that something might have happened to them, but after being reminded by Sheng Yaoyao and Guan Fengyan, he sensed something was off.
The fans in the main live room and other three guests’ live rooms realized this too.
Right, the program team is missing two guests!
[It’s been over two hours, even if Ji Xizhi and Zhu Xiu’an had to crawl, they should be there by now, right?]
[Heh, they probably regret choosing to run! Running over from there must have exhausted them! Ji Xizhi insisted on showing off earlier, now that the other guests have task cards, let’s see how long she can keep up!]
[I think they might be lost, the canola fields are really confusing! I’ll switch to check it out!]
The three guests and the live room audience started to feel concerned.
The audiences watching the live stream online are able to switch between live rooms at will, so out of curiosity, they immediately switched over.
They clicked into Ji Xizhi’s personal live room.
In Ji Xizhi’s live shot, there were no canola flowers, it was somewhat dark, and a bit narrow.
The viewers took a close look and realized.
Isn’t this a car?
Why is Ji Xizhi in a car?
Looking out from the car window.
Hey? The car has already arrived at the courtyard gate of the program’s guesthouse, they’re here!
[Strange, where did Ji Xizhi get a car from, is it from the program team? It’s not the sponsor’s car either!]
The live room audience was curious when Director Wan, who was driving, honked twice.
The three guests inside were discussing whether to go pick up Ji Xizhi and Zhu Xiu’an, and Director Wang was also planning to start the live stream to check the situation.
Suddenly, two car honks came from the entrance of the courtyard.
Director Wang looked towards the far entrance, wondering, “Where did that car come from?”
They all walked towards the courtyard gate.
As soon as they got there, they saw Ji Xizhi and Zhu Xiu’an climbing out of the car.
Director Wang: “?”
Subconsciously, his right hand reached into his pants pocket, grasping the small packet of medication.
The other three guests were also stunned.
Director Wan dropped them off and warmly greeted Director Wang, then spoke to Ji Xizhi.
“In the future, just call me Uncle Wan. If there’s anything you need, just send me a WeChat message or call me, you can reach me at my home or office!”
On the car ride over, Ji Xizhi had chatted with Director Wan about some legal mediation matters, which made Director Wan feel like he had met a kindred spirit, talking with Ji Xizhi the whole way.
By the time she got out of the car, Director Wan not only added Ji Xizhi on WeChat but also wrote down all his phone numbers for her.
Zhu Xiu’an sat next to her but didn’t say a word the entire time, his presence was almost nonexistent.
Ji Xizhi responded graciously, “Okay, Uncle Wan, after I finish recording the program tonight, I’ll send you a few related case studies to check out.”
Director Wan was overjoyed and drove off after turning his car around in the courtyard.
As the back of the car turned, Xiao Xu, the assistant next to Director Wang, recognized the license plate immediately.
“Director Wang, this seems to be the car from the village committee next door?”
Director Wang: “!!!”
“What the heck?”
Ji Xizhi watched Director Wan leave, then walked over to Director Wang carrying a red plastic bag.
Director Wang was still looking in the direction where Director Wan left, and he didn’t even notice the red plastic bag Ji Xizhi was holding.
He blurted out, “Village committee? Why did you go to the village committee?!”
Ji Xizhi: “We just happened to run into them, helped out a bit, got lost over there, and Director Wan gave us a ride back.”
Upon hearing the words ’got lost’, Director Wang instantly breathed a sigh of relief.
“So you were really lost!” Zhong Yulu spoke up slowly.
Sheng Yaoyao also sighed, “If we had known, you might as well have caught a ride with us, going back and forth like that, it really cost you! Did you guys even know there were hidden task hints for those who arrived early? Both Lu Lu and I earned points, and Uncle Yan’s task will be done by the afternoon!”
Director Wang added with a smile, “Come to think of it, we forgot to tell you two, the program provided hint cards for the first three arrivals as a reward. The top three have already received hint cards. Through the hint, you can complete tasks to earn a pass card. But since you two arrived last, there will be no hints given, you’ll have to find everything on your own in the future!”
Director Wang repeated the program’s hidden rules to Ji Xizhi and Zhu Xiu’an, also emphasizing that without hints, it would be very difficult for them to find the cards, trying to elicit regret from the two of them.
Unfortunately, Ji Xizhi’s expression remained unchanged.
Not only did Ji Xizhi not react, but even the heavily indebted Zhu Xiu’an remained indifferent.
Director Wang: “…” He choked for a moment.
[Hahaha, they genuinely didn’t know about the hidden tasks, just blindly stumbled upon it!]
[Zhi Zhi: Is it possible that I didn’t need a hint at all?]
[Loss? More like they hit the jackpot. Congratulations to Zhi Zhi for snatching her second pot of gold!]
Director Wang suppressed his emotions and spoke again, “You probably haven’t seen what a task pass card looks like, it’s like this…”
As he spoke, he was about to turn around to retrieve one from Sheng Yaoyao and Zhong Yulu, who had just received cards, to show it to Ji Xizhi.
His body only turned forty-five degrees.
And he saw Ji Xizhi lift her right hand, putting the items from the red plastic bag she was holding in front of him.
Ji Xizhi’s eyes were clear, and her voice had a touch of doubt, “Is this the card?”
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