The audience, snapping back to attention, immediately flooded the comments with laughter.
"Hahaha"
"Who knew Sheng Bao was so capable, yet still couldn't escape the tyranny of homework."
"Homework, every child's nightmare."
"I'm dying of laughter, I never expected Sheng Sheng to be chased for homework even while on a show."
"I thought Jian Xiu Huan's huge backpack and homework were just for show, but I didn't expect Sheng Sheng to actually do it."
"Anyone want to watch Sheng Sheng do her homework? Her homework seems to be from an art class. I really want to see Sheng Sheng paint and let my kid learn from her too."
"Someone blood-pleads for the production team to live stream Sheng Bao doing her homework!"
"Same here!"
Seeing the audience's enthusiasm, the production team held an emergency discussion and finally announced their decision.
[Given the audience's passion, the daily lives of the program's guests will be fully filmed from now on.
However, to protect guest privacy, guests have the right to ask photographers to turn off filming of personal privacy during times outside of the program's recording. ]
Upon receiving the news, the audience erupted in celebration, while the guests had mixed feelings.
The happy ones naturally welcomed the increased exposure, while the worried ones feared their private lives being captured by cameras, risking their carefully crafted personas being exposed at any moment.
Facing Xiao Yu Feng's worry, Jian Xiu Huan mercilessly quipped:
"Do you even have a persona?"
Xiao Yu Feng posed dramatically, "This person does have one~"
As soon as he said it, Xiao Yu Feng himself gagged, feeling disgusted.
Jian Sheng, on the other hand, was perfectly fine with it.
It wasn't like filming her art homework was something shameful; they could film whatever they wanted.
The audience watching Jian Sheng practice marveled again.
Jian Sheng was practicing the most basic drawing techniques, but her hands were remarkably steady, drawing smooth lines without any distortion.
This made many viewers, whose hands shook like they had Parkinson's when writing calligraphy, shed envious tears.
After finishing her practice homework for the day, Jian Sheng packed up her things, bid farewell to the audience, and turned off the livestream.
Unexpectedly, yet also predictably, the topic of Jian Sheng doing her art homework quickly surged to the top of the trending search list that evening.
Most of the comments were praising the young girl or asking what color of sacks Sheng Sheng treasure liked.
There were also some haters attacking Jian Sheng for being a show-off, but they were mercilessly shut down by others.
Jian Sheng remained blissfully unaware of the events unfolding on various platforms that night, sleeping soundly.
The next day, everyone gathered, refreshed.
Jiang Bin and the assisting staff wore beaming smiles, but their cheerful faces made the participating guests feel as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
They worried that the production team was devising new ways to trick them.
Today's grouping was again random. Jian Sheng was drawn to be with Ke Xuan. Jian Xiu Huan, who wanted to be with his sister, and Xiao Yu Feng, who wanted to continue riding on someone's coattails, both cast resentful glances at the production team.
Jiang Bin stifled a laugh and offered comfort, "Think on the bright side, maybe Sheng Sheng won't have an advantage in today's task."
Ke Xuan eyed him suspiciously, "Teacher Jiang, do you know the task content, and that's why you know Sheng Sheng has no advantage?"
Jiang Bin quickly denied it, "No! Absolutely not! Today's task requires brainpower, and Sheng Sheng is so smart, she'll definitely be able to figure it out!"
Without further ado, Jiang Bin unfolded the card in his hand, glanced at it, and announced the task:
"In this city, we have prepared clues for the next destination. Everyone needs to find all the clues to know where the next stop will be~"
Xiao Yu Feng lamented with a dejected face, "In such a big city, how are we supposed to find them? Are there no hints?"
Jiang Bin replied, "The hint is that your next clues are related to where you made money the day before yesterday."
Everyone began to ponder.
Ke Xuan pulled the young girl aside and suggested, "Ni Ni and I went to work at the hotel yesterday. I watched the live playback, and Sheng Sheng, you were selling paintings in a square. Why don't we look for the nearest hotels and squares?"
After talking for a while without a response from the young girl, Ke Xuan looked down and saw her drawing something on her palm.
"Sheng Sheng?" Ke Xuan called out again.
"Ah," Jian Sheng startled awake, "Uncle Ke, I think I know where the next clue is."
Ke Xuan looked at her, bewildered. They hadn't done anything yet, how could she know?
Jian Sheng had already grabbed Ke Xuan's hand and was walking in a direction, calling out as she went, "Brother, Little Yu Brother, Sister Ni Ni, Sister Yao Yao, we're leaving first~"
The others were also full of questions.
Wasn't it time to analyze the clues first? Why were they running so fast?
Considering the difficulty of the puzzle, the production team had not confiscated the guests' phones or wallets today. Jian Sheng directly pulled Ke Xuan into a taxi.
After asking the driver to drive forward, Jian Sheng opened her phone's map and began to compare the locations she had calculated with the place names on the map.
"Driver Uncle, we're going to the intersection of Hedong Road and Xihua Avenue. There's a calligraphy and painting shop there, we'll go there."
The driver, being a local, immediately knew where they were talking about. He turned the steering wheel and took a less congested route.
Ke Xuan asked curiously, "I can roughly guess that the calligraphy and painting shop is related to you selling paintings, but Sheng Sheng, how are you so sure it's that specific shop?"
Jian Sheng smiled mysteriously, "Let's go there first and then talk about it."
Although they could find the answer by following the clues step by step, if she had a more concise and efficient method, why wouldn't she use it?
The director, Hu Guang Xu, compared the location Jian Sheng mentioned with where he had placed the answer, and suddenly felt dizzy.
"They haven't found any clues, how did they find the place?"
The others exchanged glances. How would they know?
Could it be... an inside job?
Hu Guang Xu had had this thought more than once. The day before yesterday, Jian Sheng knowing about Jian Jun Ruo's existence had made Hu Guang Xu suspicious, but after an investigation, he couldn't find any suspects.
This time, to avoid a repeat of the previous incident, Hu Guang Xu had directly excluded those who knew last time.
Yet, even so, it seemed like someone had leaked the answer.
Hu Guang Xu tugged at his hair. He really didn't want to suspect his own people, but frankly, who wouldn't?
With a dark expression, Hu Guang Xu watched Ke Xuan and the young girl arrive at their destination on the screen.
There was indeed a calligraphy and painting shop there. After the two walked in, they were drawn to a piece of calligraphy placed beside them.
[The Southern Song still exists, but the Northern Song has fallen. Bao Yu is not here, but the maiden is.]
"The Southern Song still exists, but the Northern Song has fallen. Bao Yu is not here, but the maiden is," Ke Xuan and Jian Sheng murmured simultaneously, then in almost the same breath:
"Lin'an?"
Ke Xuan picked up his phone and searched for nearby places named Lin'an.
Since the production team had brought them this far, the final destination certainly wouldn't be too far away.