Although Nanqu closed the store, reducing customer traffic significantly, many people took advantage of this to make a big fuss.

#What, Southern Opera is so selfish, it can't stand seeing others do well.#

#Nanqu, for personal gain, was willing to give up such a good opportunity to promote her hometown.#

Headlines rained down on Nan Qu, portraying her as a selfish person who didn't care about the lives of others.

Surprisingly, the local government of the small city where Nanqu is located released a video strongly supporting her. As an official account, the video didn't criticize anyone, but simply stated that the city belongs to everyone, and building its prosperity requires everyone's joint efforts. The implication was that the responsibility for urban economic development shouldn't be placed on one person alone.

Nan Qu's fans also stood up to speak in her defense:

[Our sister is a celebrity, is there any problem with her going back to work?]

If our sister weren't a celebrity, would so many people be visiting? Now that she's back to work, shouldn't she be doing this?

Putting everything else aside, she personally covered all the costs of running the business this past month, including desserts and tea. She even recorded promotional slogans for the city free of charge. How is that selfish?

[Exactly, even if you don't buy anything at my shop, I'll still give you desserts and drinks. Because the shop is so crowded, I even made takeout bags. No entrance fee, plus gifts—how could I do all this if I didn't earn money?]

People online have also started posting pictures of the small gifts they received at the "otherworld" shop. Inside each gift was a box of small desserts, a cup of black tea, a small packet of seasoning containing sugar cubes and a small packet of milk powder.

In addition, there's a small shop selling handcrafted art pieces. All of these are free.

Even if the cost is only a dozen yuan, with tens of thousands of people coming to the store, these alone will consume a lot of resources.

Speaking of Nan Qu, she was quite helpless. She had originally positioned her shop as a high-end store. However, initially, all the customers who came to her shop were fans. When she saw so many cute young girls looking at her with bright eyes, she couldn't bring herself to refuse them.

She just wanted to take a picture and followed the rules by not trying on the clothes. It's so heartless of her to refuse, isn't it?

So many beautiful girls like her, how can we forget desserts? And a bunch of little gifts too.

So, this group of people has been formed, and others are also watching you expectantly. Can you refuse to give it to them?

So, taking advantage of Su Ruoyan's absence, Nan Qu occupied Nan Xing's room, which was filled with small handicrafts, packaging boxes, and things like black tea that could be prepared in advance.

The only exception was desserts. Nanqu had no choice but to buy a large oven and start baking small desserts after the shop closed at night. She didn't make the kind that didn't keep well, only cookies and the like.

Of course, she would also take the opportunity to add some of her own personal collection.

So every day during the day, Su Ruoyan runs errands and Nan Qu acts as a tool, while one of them also has to make tea and the other pack it up.

This is the main reason why she had to close the shop.

Money isn't the issue; it's just a flashlight. The problem is, it's tiring.

Seeing that the smear campaign against her had been suppressed without her intervention, Nan Qu was in a great mood. Seriously, isn't Gu Hancheng capable? She hadn't even clarified the last time he attacked her, and this time, not only did she not lose fans, she gained millions. Isn't that infuriating?

"Don't be too happy yet. Have you forgotten that you need to cultivate an image of an avenger? Otherwise, why would they go all out to target you?"

"Ahem," Nan Qu said, regaining her composure, "Well, the problem is, their methods are just so-so, it's really despicable."

Seeing Nan Qu's reaction, Su Ruoyan chuckled and reminded her, "That's because you haven't touched their interests yet. Once you can compete with Shi Guang for the spotlight, see how anxious she is."

As for Gu Hancheng, he's incredibly arrogant. He's been trying to cause you trouble lately, but he's been repeatedly rebuffed. It'll probably be soon.

Nanqu wants to say, please come quickly.

However, considering Su Ruoyan's health, she decided to wait until she figured out what was wrong with the virus in Su Ruoyan's body before making any decisions. That way, even if Gu Hancheng came, with Su Ruoyan protecting Nanxing, she could deal with him with peace of mind.

Thinking of this, Nan Qu stopped talking and, without a second thought, drew a vial of blood from Su Ruoyan and plunged into the laboratory.

Even now, people still line up outside Nanqu's house to take photos, but this has nothing to do with Nanqu, who is behind closed doors.

Because of limited prior knowledge about viruses, and currently only understanding one type, Nanqu is unsure whether she can fully understand the virus in Su Ruoyan's body.

However, to Nan Qu's surprise, this immediately put her in trouble, because she discovered that she could not detect the presence of the virus in Su Ruoyan's blood.

This discovery forced the half-baked Nan Qu to suspend his experiments and go find Su Ruoyan.

After hearing Nan Qu's words, Su Ruoyan thought for a moment and then contacted someone.

"Brother, how did you find out about the virus in my body before?"

Su Ruoli frowned: "Is there something wrong with your health?"

Su Ruoyan explained, "A friend of mine is very interested in my condition."

Before Su Ruoyan could finish speaking, Su Ruoli interrupted, "Is it the friend who has that set of experimental equipment you wanted?"

Su Ruoli usually spends all her time in the lab and doesn't pay much attention to her younger brother at home. But after learning that he was sick, she brought him to the lab.

Unfortunately, no treatment has been developed in the past four years.

Before Su Ruoli could speak, Su Ruoyan said directly, "She is my son's mother."

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