"What?"

Aunt Li was shocked and quickly lowered her voice, "Are you telling the truth? If not, be careful, that general will teach you a lesson!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yingying was inevitably a little frightened, but thinking of Gu Zhan's usual indifferent attitude, she sobbed and said, "How dare I spread rumors? I was just passing by when I saw the fortune teller sticking to the general and saying something about cooking for you. I ran away as fast as I could!"

Seeing her like this, Aunt Li didn't think she was lying. Her eyes darted around, and she stood up and said, "Then I'll have to go and take a good look. Don't make a sound here."

As she spoke, Aunt Li hurriedly left the house, her face still showing a gossipy expression.

Not long after, Aunt Li returned, sighing repeatedly, "I never would have guessed that the fortune teller was such a person!"

Seeing that Aunt Li had indeed misunderstood Xu Nian, Zhao Yingying couldn't help but smile triumphantly, then left in a flustered manner.

She couldn't do anything about Xu Nian, but once her reputation was ruined, Gu Zhan probably wouldn't want to talk to her anymore!

"Achoo!"

Xu Nian was happily making soup when she suddenly sneezed several times in a row, and couldn't help but scratch her head.

Who is thinking about her?

However, the most important thing right now is to satisfy the wild fantasies of these viewers.

[Host, quickly interact with the general for a few words!]

That's right, ask him what type of girl he likes!

[Quickly ask around, brothers, we'll boost your followers and...]

Xu Nian's hand trembled slightly as she simmered the soup. She coughed lightly and asked as calmly as possible, "Gu Zhan, you're not getting any younger. Do you have a partner or a girl you love?"

She was willing to risk everything for the money and the magic power!

The soldiers who heard the question looked terrified and anxious.

We're doomed!

General, you won't throw Miss Xu out, will you?

You should know that Gu Zhan dislikes people prying into his private affairs, especially those related to his love life. Some of his soldiers had previously made a few jokes about it without any regard for their own safety and were immediately dealt with by military law.

As expected, Gu Zhan's expression changed instantly, his indifferent and aloof demeanor vanished, replaced by a dangerous undertone.

The man narrowed his eyes, his captivating peach blossom eyes revealing no emotion.

"Don't spy on me."

Gu Zhan's words were brief, yet carried an unquestionable tone, and even contained a hint of threat.

Xu Nian, being as shrewd as she is, could easily tell that this was a warning. She immediately laughed it off and said, "Oh, it was just a casual question. I won't say anything more."

Then, she subtly moved a few inches away from Gu Zhan.

Xu Nian wasn't one to invite trouble, so when she saw that Gu Zhan was unhappy, she didn't press the matter.

After blurting it out, Gu Zhan felt inexplicably irritated. He then noticed that the girl who had been right next to him had suddenly moved a meter away, and he couldn't help but purse his lips.

That's not what he meant.

[The general was so scary just now, wow!]

[I've already told you, your thinking is going too far. Those two are really not close. Isn't this just forcing a relationship? Now look what's happened, even the General is angry.]

[Why are you offering hindsight advice? Why didn't you speak up earlier? Speechless.]

Seeing that the two groups in the live stream were about to start fighting, Xu Nian had a headache, so she simply switched to mute mode and typed a line of large characters on the message board—

"The host has something to do and needs to take an hour off."

After saying that, Xu Nian swiftly cut off the live stream, leaving only the audio.

Is it ready?

Gu Zhan realized that he had been a little too wary just now, so he took the initiative to say something, but his voice was still cold.

Xu Nian put the seasonings into the pot, watched the slowly rising steam, and replied lightly, "Almost done."

The two remained silent for a while, while the surrounding soldiers kept their eyes down and dared not utter a sound.

Perhaps feeling the atmosphere was too oppressive, Xu Nian was not feeling well. After the soup was ready, she ladled out a large bowl, got up and went back, and casually opened the live stream.

What was the streamer doing just now?

[Don't you understand? The requests you made just now embarrassed the streamer.]

But didn't she herself say she'd do anything?

"We are sincerely looking for managers to kick out these troublemakers. The streamer is about to flee a famine. Goodbye."

Xu Nian glanced at the IDs that were constantly stirring up trouble and realized that it was always the same few people. She understood that someone was probably doing this on purpose.

As Xu Nian approached the crowd, she suddenly felt something was off.

The eyes of those around him fell on him, but not with the usual respect or admiration; instead, they were more like... gossip.

Xu Nian frowned, placed the soup on the table, and called to the children to eat, "Da Bao, Er Bao, you're back!"

But the two usually obedient children were nowhere to be seen, and they only arrived after Xu Nian called them several times.

Xu Nian was about to give a few words of criticism when she suddenly noticed that the two children were covered in dust and seemed to have several handprints on them. She immediately became angry.

"Who hit you?"

Da Bao and Er Bao pouted and sobbed, "They were saying bad things about our older sister. We went over to argue with them and got slapped a few times."

Upon hearing this, Xu Nian felt a surge of anger, clenched her hands, and tried to remain calm as she asked, "What did they say?"

"They say my sister seduced that general and is shameless. But my sister didn't do that at all!"

Da Bao cried and screamed, then threw himself into Xu Nian's arms.

Erbao didn't cry, but her little face was all scrunched up, clearly she had suffered a lot of grievances.

The slaps didn't hurt, but they just couldn't stand the way the villagers were gossiping about their sister.

Xu Nian cupped the two children's faces in her hands, gently wiping away their tears, and softly coaxed them, "Big sister knows, I'll give you sweet candy later, okay?"

Upon hearing this, the two children stopped crying and nodded in agreement.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Nian got up and went out, her aura instantly changing, her eyes becoming much sharper.

She never expected that such a vicious gossip would be mixed in with the villagers!

Upon seeing Xu Nian emerge, the several gossiping middle-aged women around immediately fell silent, their faces breaking into smiles. "Is the fortune teller going out?"

Xu Nian watched coldly and sneered, "Weren't you chatting happily just now? Why did you shut up as soon as I came out? I'm afraid you're feeling guilty."

"Hey, how can you talk like that!"

Aunt Li immediately became displeased and clicked her tongue in disapproval, saying, "Even if you're a demigod, you have no right to tell ordinary people what to say!"

"say?"

Xu Nian scoffed, a coldness creeping onto her beautiful face. She took a few steps to stand in front of her. "What you're saying is that you've been secretly gossiping about me behind my back, and even physically assaulting my brother?"

"You've got some nerve!"