After traversing through 365 miserable roles and suffering various gruesome deaths 365 times, Gu Ting finally completed her mission and returned to the real world.
However, the real world was...
Chapter 80 Chapter 80 Chapter 80
"I can't guess, why don't you just tell me directly." Yan Xiu's smile became more gentle.
Gu Ting stared at him for a moment, then chuckled. "Well, today is New Year's Eve, and I promised my fans I'd do a livestream to wish them all a happy new year. The new year is almost here, so of course I have to send them my sincerest blessings, wishing them prosperity and wealth. I'm dressed in red, so who wouldn't dislike it, right?"
Yan Xiu poured himself a glass of water, leaned against the stove and took a sip. After carefully examining it, he nodded solemnly: "I like it too."
Maybe the kitchen was too hot, Gu Ting felt his face a little hot. After coughing lightly, he walked around to Yan Xiu's side, poured himself a glass of water, and drank most of it in one gulp.
The heat on her face had just subsided a little when Yan Xiu suddenly leaned closer, his breath neither light nor heavy falling on the side of her face.
"What do you think of this salted egg yolk shrimp tofu? It shouldn't be difficult to make." Yan Xiu showed his cell phone to Gu Ting.
Their shoulders touched, the distance between them shortened. The heat on Gu Ting's face, which had just faded away, rose again. She was absent-minded: "Hmm? Oh... It seems quite good."
Yan Xiu looked at Gu Ting's slightly red face and couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips, with a softness in his eyes that had never been seen before.
The two worked together to prepare a decent breakfast on New Year's Eve. After eating and drinking, Gu Ting went to the study on the second floor and the show officially started at nine o'clock in the morning.
In the living room on the first floor, Yan Xiu picked up the unfinished book from the bookshelf and continued reading. After reading for a while, he felt his ears were empty, so he took out his mobile phone and found the XX live broadcast that he had not opened for a long time. There was only one person in his follow list, and when he opened it, he saw the female anchor in a red knitted long skirt.
The female anchor hadn't been broadcasting for a long time, but she quickly rushed to the first place on the live broadcast homepage within one minute of going online. The fans of the live broadcast room poured in crazily at a rate of tens to millions per minute. Because the number of fans was so terrifying, all the live broadcast routes in the live broadcast room were blown up in just a few minutes. Yan Xiu's mobile phone first got stuck in PPT, and then the software crashed and crashed in one second.
In less than a minute, headlines such as "Gu Ting starts broadcasting on New Year's Eve", "XX live broadcast is overwhelmed by Sting's praise", "Hundreds of millions of maintenance fees are no match for Sting's one second", "XX live broadcast is too soft and unsustainable", "XX software maintenance engineer will be back to work soon" and so on were floating high on the headlines of major social media platforms.
This New Year's Eve, even the headlines of major social platforms are so appropriate, with more than a dozen deep red "explosion" characters sending warm blessings for this New Year's Eve.
The software maintenance engineer of XX Live had originally gone abroad, ready to enjoy his vacation peacefully. However, no matter how awesome the software was, it couldn't withstand Sting's madness, so he had to return to the hotel and continue working.
Gu Ting hadn't expected that his live broadcast would cause such a big stir, and it directly crashed the server. I heard that the maintenance engineers at the XX live broadcast headquarters worked overtime to maintain it, but Gu Ting had too many fans and was too popular, and no matter how the server was upgraded, it couldn't accommodate hundreds of millions of people at the same time.
There was really no other way, and in the end we had to limit the number of people online to barely ensure that XX live broadcast could resume operation.
Thanks to the influence of major social media platforms and hot news headlines, the number of XX software downloads and registrations has also risen rapidly, jumping to the first place in the month, which has made the boss of XX live broadcast very happy.
Gu Ting logged back into the live broadcast. At a glance, the screen flashed so brightly that it almost blinded her. The gift special effects were all rushing in, and the barrage of comments was as chaotic as rain washing over sand. In her opinion, the barrage of comments was doubled, and she couldn't see any of them clearly, so she simply gave up.
Because of this phenomenon, some fans gave up posting barrages and simply turned to fan groups. As time went by, the fan groups were about to explode, and Gu Ting's phone started to heat up from the vibrations.
Gu Ting decided to take charge. He opened his tablet and logged into Green Letter. He said to the camera, "There are too many comments and I won't be able to see anything. So now I will arrange it. Fans will talk to one group of fans. First, one person will say two sentences. After three minutes, they will switch to the second group of fans. And so on. I hope everyone can follow my instructions."
"There are too many fan groups, and I definitely won't be able to check them all today. Don't worry, everyone. Recently, as long as I have free time, I will check the group messages for a few hours every day and try to send New Year's greetings to everyone in each group."
"I'm very grateful for everyone's support and love for me over the past few months. It's Chinese New Year, and I'll join the group to send everyone New Year's red envelopes. Please check my blessings. Love you all~"
After he finished speaking, Gu Ting finally made out some of the content on the colorful barrage, which was an overwhelming amount of red hearts.
Plop, plop, bright red, cute and festive.
After the arrangement was completed, she herself was a little excited. She reached out and clicked on a fan group. The message refresh speed in the group was restrained, but the tone was excited and the fans were crazy.
"God damn it!!! You finally made up your mind to come back!!! I've missed you so much that my skin is swollen!!!"
"God, it's so beautiful today! (starry eyes) I won't let go~~~"
"Love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, muah muah muah muah muah muah muah..."
"Baby, Mommy wishes you good health and all your wishes come true in the coming year. I'm going to the temple tonight to light the first incense stick for you in the new year. Please bless me."
"Sister Ting, I've waited so long for you but never got the chance. Today, I finally have the chance to speak to you. I want to thank you. Manager Qian Fei asked you to use half of your earnings from the shares you bought in Youjie to provide employment opportunities for more families in need. I'm one of the beneficiaries. This year, for the Chinese New Year, our family of three all bought new clothes and many other New Year's gifts we love. Thank you, Sister Ting. Happy New Year, and may everything go well for you."
"I love eating now, thank you. Happy New Year." From - I don't like eating.
"Wow, wow, I love eating so much! Thanks to that eating live stream that introduced me to you. I've been hooked ever since. My love for you is like the surging river, endless, and like the Yellow River flooding, unstoppable... (800 words omitted below) I wish you a happy new year, and I wish you a happy new year (spinning circles)."
“…”
There were so many familiar IDs and so many friendly blessings. Gu Ting looked at them, folded his hands and pressed them against his chest. His heart was soft and full, and he smiled so hard that tears were about to fall.
"I have received everyone's blessings. I would also like to wish my friends at Instant a Happy New Year. May the new year be prosperous, may you have money to spend freely, and may your bank account balance increase every day."
There was another storm of comments flooding the fan group. Don’t ask me, the only thing I can do is that I can’t control myself.
Gu Ting's previous sentimentality instantly disappeared, and he smiled helplessly: "It's the New Year, and the most important thing is that everyone is happy. I'm going to give out red envelopes, everyone get ready."
Gu Ting specially prepared a big red envelope for today. Without blinking an eye, he started to send red envelopes to the fan group, which caused the fan group to be happy again. The atmosphere was very lively, and the fans in the live broadcast room who were watching the whole process were so envious that they almost cried.
Because of Gu Ting's group one, group two, group three... Gu Ting sent red envelopes to one group after another. She became numb to it and each red envelope was just a string of numbers to her.
Gu Ting didn't feel bad either. She earned a lot this year and received a lot of tips today. There were even many companies and partners rushing to give her red envelopes... Happiness is better shared with others than to enjoy it alone, so of course she should be happy in the New Year.
This was the happiest and most lively New Year's Eve she had had in more than 20 years.
At this time, Yan Xiu in the living room on the first floor picked up his mobile phone and laughed and cried. He opened XX Live, and the first page was full of Gu Ting. There were many reasons for this. One was that there were fans of Gu Ting among the anchors, and they wanted to watch their idol's live broadcast; the second was to get some good fortune in the New Year; the third was to get some popularity, because some people couldn't get into Gu Ting's live broadcast room, so the broadcast was also very popular.
This New Year's Eve, Gu Ting's figure can be seen everywhere on social platforms, news media, live streaming platforms, and in some people's hearts.
When Gu Ting went downstairs to drink water, he saw Yan Xiu sitting on the sofa reading a book, but the book was on his legs, and he was watching videos on his mobile phone in one hand.
She crouched down and approached him quietly, and when he wasn't paying attention, she suddenly peeked over and saw "Gu Ting" on the phone still busy sending out red envelopes.
Yan Xiu turned his head, and a few strands of black and smooth hair just brushed against Gu Ting's face. He was surprised: "Aren't you live streaming?"
Gu Ting bent down, placed his hands on the back of the sofa, and laughed heartily: "There is a time delay in live broadcasts. I can see that you don't watch them much. So you are also a follower of the live broadcast room. Let me check your ID to see if we are old acquaintances."
Yan Xiu handed the phone to her. Gu Ting took it and casually clicked on the personal center. The name was a combination of numbers and letters, which was obviously randomly chosen by the system. Although his online name was not memorable, his title was very eye-catching, because he was a level 50 fan of Sting.
Gu Ting stood up straight, staring wide-eyed at Yan Xiu, who was sitting below, looking up slightly to meet her gaze. "Are you my top-level fan?"
Yan Xiu looked innocent. "When we first met, you described yourself so poorly. I thought it was not easy for a girl like you. I only gave you a few rewards. Am I already at the maximum level?"
Gu Ting stared at him in a daze. When she came to her senses, she almost strangled Yan Xiu's neck.
"You're a max-level fan, you can join the group and be a room manager. You must have received a huge red envelope just now. Why didn't you join the group? Huh? Huh? That's money, money! You can buy a lot of milk tea with it!"
Yan Xiu couldn't help laughing when he saw her crazy and lively appearance. His handsome face smiled, as if spring had come overnight.
After drinking the water, Gu Ting went upstairs to continue the live broadcast. After the banquet, he returned to his residence to deal with company matters.
The broadcast lasted until nearly two o'clock in the afternoon. I was really hungry, so I ended the broadcast and prepared to call Yanxiu to go out for dinner together, and then go to a nearby supermarket to buy some New Year's goods.
Both of them live alone now and have no parents or relatives to visit during the New Year, so they decided to get together for a New Year's Eve dinner tonight.
The two went out together.
Gu Ting stepped on the snow, making a squeaking sound. She really felt as if she was in another world. After the car accident, she didn't expect to be able to return to City A, step on the winter snow, and appreciate the beautiful scenery of City A's ice and snow.
Clean, spacious, and timeless, it gives the illusion of reaching the end of time.
Gu Ting was having a lot of fun. He was in high spirits and simply found a place with thick snow. He made two small snowmen with his hands. They had round heads and were very cute.
After the snowman was made, Gu Ting's hands were red from the cold. She jumped to Yan Xiu, breathing heavily, and said, "It's so cold. Lend me your hands to warm them up."
Without waiting for Yan Xiu's consent, she hugged Yan Xiu's hands and turned them back and forth to get some warmth. It must be said that men's hands were really warm.
She didn't raise her eyes, pretending to be casual and said, "Yan Xiu, I think..."
The man, however, wrapped her hands tightly in his hands and put them into his open down coat. His tone was gentle and affectionate: "Tingting, I like you very much. Will you be my girlfriend?"
Gu Ting suddenly raised his eyes and was caught off guard by a pair of gentle eyes as bright as the night sky.
Yan Xiu's eyes smiled as he explained, "I've wanted to say this to you for a long time, but I could never find the right time. I originally prepared flowers this morning, and Kaifeng even asked someone to calculate an auspicious time for me. I felt a little silly, but I also hoped that I could have a little more luck and win your favor. But now I feel that time, place, and luck are not important. The most important thing is that I like you. I want to be with you like this, watch you, talk and laugh with you, eat, read, and play games with you. These are what I want. I don't want to wait any longer!"
Before he finished speaking, Gu Ting raised her feet and hugged his neck. Yan Xiu lowered his head and hugged her waist. Their lips pressed together, like a few petals of falling cherry blossoms in spring, soft and light to the touch. They snuggled up in the wind, lingering...
The picture is beautiful, but only those who are immersed in it know how much it knows and how much it desires.