The sound of rain gradually grew louder.
The room was lit only by a few nightlights—a dim light, just enough for Gu Yumian to clearly see the panda cub's fur and the various tools. Gu Yumian picked up the two combs and small brushes she had prepared for the panda cub, cleaning and drying them.
This kind of light is the easiest to give people a sense of security, and Gu Yumian's voice also became much softer.
"Even if you don't like bathing, it's best to comb your hair regularly," Gu Yumian explained, rubbing a homemade lotion between his palms. "It removes dirt and parasites from the hair and promotes blood circulation, which is good for your health."
For example, Gu Yumian combs the fur of the little snow leopard at least once a day, even cleaning up the fallen hair to prevent accidental ingestion. However, Gu Yumian does not often show this in the live broadcast - because it takes a bit of time.
The lotion smells a bit like the autumn wind, clean dead leaves and pine wood, slightly bitter and fragrant, a very light but inexplicably memorable scent.
The baby panda held Gu Yumian's hand and sniffed it. His round eyes became even bigger, and he tilted his head and rubbed it against his palm.
It likes the taste.
Gu Yumian gently rubbed the baby panda's head with his five fingers. The soft fur of the young panda passed through his fingers. The familiar touch made him curl his eyes.
"Does Yuanyuan also like the smell of dead leaves?"
There is almost no panda he has ever raised that he doesn't like. In the autumn, Da Guo especially likes to collect dead leaves and present them to him.
The word "also" caught the little snow leopard's attention. It nodded slightly and narrowed its eyes.
However, few people noticed this detail in the barrage.
"I like this smell too!" "I prefer Mi Mi's head pats, sob." "Sending fireworks, crazy fireworks, I'm so happy now."
Even during this relatively slow period, with over 30 million people online, the number of comments is still very high. This is a figure that many streamers have not been able to reach for several years or even forever, and this number is still being refreshed.
——Not long after, Gu Yumian's ranking in the real-time popularity list of the entire site actually rose by two places, and the overall popularity ranking for the day was also rapidly approaching the top ten.
"I'm going to start combing Yuanyuan's fur now. First, wipe it with a hot towel, then comb and brush it," Gu Yumian said, touching the baby panda's ears.
"Yuanyuan, if you feel uncomfortable, you must tell me, okay?"
The baby panda whimpered twice actively to show that it understood.
The fur of adult giant pandas is actually quite hard, while that of young ones is much softer. With a dozing snow leopard cub on Gu Yumian's shoulder and a baby panda in his arms, it was hard to tell which was softer.
Sweet troubles.
——From the beginning, as soon as they heard Gu Yumian say that they were going to start combing their hair, many new viewers from the Capital Star immediately began to hesitate whether to take off the holographic device.
If I don’t pick them, I’m afraid I’ll feel uncomfortable. But if I pick them, I can’t bear to give up this atmosphere and the feeling of relaxation that makes me nostalgic.
[Yizhiqingfenggugu: Repeatedly testing the limits of exiting holographic mode. But if I exit, I won't be able to get patted on the head by the host. I hate this so much QAQ]
[Lili: Sorry, I picked it orz. I can also look at Mianmian's gorgeous face on the screen, but I'm really afraid of pain, sob, sob, sob, sob, sob.]
Vivian: I can’t bear to pick them. For Mian Mian, I’m going all out!!
Old fans: “…” Fight? Fight for what?
Okay, as long as you are happy.
In order to prevent the little snow leopard from feeling left out, Gu Yumian also took a small hot towel and massaged it. It was obvious that the little snow leopard was still jealous, but he managed to control it.
Gu Yumian helplessly but couldn't help laughing as he folded the towel that he had soaked in hot water, wrung out and dried, and held the panda baby loosely in his arms. He wiped the hot towel from the baby's forehead along the fur to the back, accompanied by gentle stroking and massage.
A few days ago, Gu Yumian mixed a few bottles of lotion and bath spray using some ingredients he bought online. He tried it repeatedly and found no allergic reactions or any other harmful effects.
Today's hot towels are soaked in warm water with bath additives.
Use a hot towel to wipe away any dirt on the baby's body, then soak it in bath gel to soften its fur, making it less likely to cause pain when combing. More importantly, it helps the baby panda relax.
"This towel is quite soft," Gu Yumian said as he wiped the baby panda's paws while chatting softly with the children. "I'll wipe Tuan Tuan later, and then we can have a comfortable sleep."
"Well... tomorrow is Sunday, I can sleep in." Gu Yumian whispered.
In holographic mode, the baby panda's feelings are faithfully reflected to the audience.
The young man's whisper softened people's hearts. The good psychological hints about tomorrow and the future, as well as the comfortable touch of the hot towel, initially eased the original tense mood.
Then, steam and heat gently enveloped her along with the caress of the young man's slender fingers.
Smooth out and awaken every inch of skin that was originally a little tight or cold, and let the warm and comfortable feeling penetrate every pore.
It’s like stepping into a hot spring in early winter. It’s not overly stimulating, but it makes people feel stunned for a moment, and then all the nerves relax a little bit.
The audience who were still hesitating whether to take off the hologram were stunned.
User 1793: This feeling... is actually quite comfortable.
[Fang Yi meows: It's really comfortable!!! I won't take off the holographic device. Let's see what happens.]
"Okay, let's wipe around the eyes and ears."
After wiping the baby's body, Gu Yumian turned the panda baby around to face him. He held the baby's cheek with one hand and gently wiped the corners of the baby's eyes, mouth, neck, and ears with a warm cotton swab in the other, cleaning the details.
This is the part that is often overlooked.
Gu Yumian stroked the baby panda's forehead with his thumb: "Close your eyes, dear."
The baby panda closed his eyes obediently.
Gu Yumian's movements were steady, careful, and gentle. Even with her eyes closed, she could still feel his focused, gentle gaze, resting on her face from a very close distance. The palm of his hand gently resting on her cheek was clean, delicate, and warm to the touch, with a comforting scent of dry pine leaves.
The cotton swab is very small and soft. It falls gently on the face, like a small soft feather sliding from the eye area to the nose and corners of the mouth. The feeling is a bit itchy, wonderful and makes people feel relaxed.
audience:"……!!"
Vivian: Oh my god!
The last few spectators who were still skeptical had completely relaxed by this time - or rather, they had no time to think about anything else.
There are more than 30 million viewers, approaching 40 million, and almost all of them are watching the live broadcast seriously. Few people have the leisure to post comments.
"Do you smell pine and pine cones? Fall is coming."
Following Gu Yumian's words, I could almost smell the scent of pine. It was astringent with a hint of coolness, yet pleasant, like a gentle autumn breeze wrapped in the moonlight, making me want to listen to the sound of pine trees and moonlight all night long.
It's a feeling that's hard to describe.
Little Tangyuan leaned back in Gu Yumian's arms, closed his eyes, and swung his short legs, letting out a soft, comforting murmur. The little snow leopard gently pressed a paw against the side of Gu Yumian's neck, its eyelashes half-dropped to hide its gray-blue pupils.
——Whether it is the audience or the panda baby, all the feelings and emotions have been prepared to perfection at this moment.
That's when Gu Yumian put down the towel and picked up the first comb. Because the hot towel had already roughly cleared away any dirt and fleas, Gu Yumian directly picked up the wide-tooth comb with the teeth ground smooth and blunt.
He bent down and kissed the baby panda's forehead soothingly, and the comb fell gently.
The baby panda's hair is still relatively long, so it needs to be combed in layers.
The first comb is from behind the ear to the side of the neck.
He combed the hair very slowly. If he encountered a tangled hair in the middle, he would gently comb it from the inside out, almost without pulling the skin. Instead, it was a very comfortable feeling. You could feel that the originally messy hair was being patiently straightened out one by one.
If the knot is severe, use a pair of blunt-ended scissors to cut it off, and trim it around the edges so that you can't tell where it was cut.
Gu Yumian held the panda baby in his arms. His combing technique was similar to massage, starting from the back of the head to the neck, then moving down to the shoulders and back, and then turning to comb the chest and belly. His other hand gently placed on the back of the panda baby's neck to support it.
The blunt-headed wooden comb has a special touch that is very comfortable and has a very light woody scent.
There was no discomfort at all.
Far from feeling uncomfortable, I even felt a sense of complete relaxation. The sound of rain drifted in from afar, along with the gentle breathing of the young man holding me. The brush brushing against my body felt comfortable and slightly itchy, like a stream of warm water flowing down my side.
Until the end, I still felt unsatisfied.
After Gu Yumian finished combing it with a fine-tooth comb, the barrage of comments gradually increased from few to many, and then gushed out crazily!
[A Paper Breeze mutters: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I’m dead! ! ! !]
Vivian: This has to be fake hair combing. Why doesn't it hurt? It doesn't pull, and it's actually so comfortable and addictive?! When's the next time I can comb my hair? I'm staying in this livestream for now. Ugh.
[Maine Coon with white legs: I'm lying on the bed in a fish-like position, belly up...]
Lili: ??? Very comfortable??? What did I miss?! Is it too late for me to wear the hologram now?
Gift special effects exploded on the screen one after another, and the number of viewers increased many times faster than before, and it immediately entered the top five of the real-time popularity list.
And this is not the end yet.
"Let me brush Yuanyuan's fur." Gu Yumian changed to a small brush for combing fur. "Yuanyuan, can you try to brush your nails yourself?"
Gu Yumian placed the small disc in the panda's palm. Sharpening its claws is instinctive, and it's actually much easier for it to do it itself than to have someone do it for it. Little Tangyuan curiously held the disc, and Gu Yumian guided its paw to test it. Sure enough, the panda got the hang of it and happily began playing with it.
"Do you want to play?"
The little snow leopard yawned lazily, flicked its tail and circled Gu Yumian's wrist, which meant to urge him.
Gu Yumian knew that the little snow leopard was unhappy with his neglect, so he took the little snow leopard down from his shoulder, put it into his sweatshirt so that the little ancestor's head was exposed from the collar, and then he bent down and kissed it.
"After you comb and brush your hair, we can call it a day. Have some hot milk and go to sleep, okay?"
The bristles of the small brush are soft but firm, which is not painful. It can brush out the hair that has just fallen off during combing, so that it will not itch. Gu Yumian held the panda baby in one hand and held the brush in the other hand, brushing it little by little along the direction of fur growth.
Brushing the hair feels even softer than combing.
The heavy rain on a midsummer night surrounded the whole world with the sound of the wind. The room formed a warm and isolated space, and the smell of clean and moist soil and grass penetrated into the nose.
This kind of time is best spent with close family, listening to the sound of rain and each other's company.
Gu Yumian sat cross-legged on a soft cushion. The little snow leopard peeped its head from the collar of the young man's sweatshirt, burying its head in the crook of his shoulder, eyes lazily closed. The baby panda sat slumped in Gu Yumian's arms. After sharpening its claws, it yawned and slowly embraced Gu Yumian's palm.
All the fatigue is released, and I just want to kill time doing nothing and sleep until dawn.
“…”
After a while, the barrage exploded again!
Boy B: !!! Damn, what's this feeling?! Why do I feel so satisfied, relaxed, and secure? I just had my hair combed?!
[Ikki Tousen: Damn, all I can think about now is Aaaaaaaahh ...
My golden retriever is not soft: I just bought a 20,000 Star Coin combing and bathing service in Midtown yesterday. It was so painful that tears came to my eyes. Before I was done combing, I came back and it had already shed tons of hair... The owner even lied to me that combing is the same everywhere in the world and that I should just bear with it?! How come the combing service by the anchor is so comfortable!
[Puff: I'm almost asleep. It's so comfortable.]
[Youyunduo: The host's ability to create atmosphere and control rhythm is as strong as ever. It feels very enjoyable. I sent over ten fireworks.]
Gu Yumian always managed to keep the rhythm of the entire livestream in check, neither rushing nor slowing down. He would never start something abruptly, nor end it abruptly at the climax. Each time, he would start with a calming mood, gradually rising to a peak, and then ending with a gentle and satisfying feeling.
The feeling this gives to the audience is simply wonderful.
Barrages of comments poured out layer upon layer, and the gift effects were even crazier than last time.
The number of viewers surpassed 40 million in the blink of an eye, and then soared rapidly, about to reach 50 million...
Just two hours after the broadcast started, Gu Yumian's live broadcast room once again made it onto the top ten most popular list of the day, and it was so popular that it surpassed two popular anchors again as soon as it was on the list!
There was no doubt that the first round of the rookie competition ranked first in overall popularity.
At the Starry Sky Headquarters, the Rookie Competition Project Team leader sent messages to each team member.
"This streamer will not be included in the popularity calculation for the next five days of the first round of the rookie competition."
"Directly promoted."
The current situation is that Gu Yumian is crushing everyone, while the other players are just fighting each other.
The team leader held his forehead helplessly:
"Also, to make the rookie competition less boring, let's unlock some hidden tasks for him in advance."
Shangcheng District, Academy of Sciences.
Even the researchers, who usually work overtime on weekends, had a rare chance to relax. After watching the livestream, some drank water and chatted, while others grabbed takeout boxes and went out to eat.
"I want to invite that anchor to visit the Academy of Sciences," Wang Lizhen chatted with the younger students in her group:
"It just so happens that the higher-ups have recently asked us to be more people-friendly. We need to let the public know what we are doing and promote it more... If he can help cook a meal for us, that would be even better."
The younger generation was about to say something when he suddenly looked behind Wang Lizhen in horror.
Wang Lizhen's heart skipped a beat. She turned and saw the youngest and most serious chief of their academy. He seemed to have always disliked mixing scientific research with entertainment and news, and he was very old-fashioned and believed that researchers should be oblivious to the world outside.
Will he object?
The young man, thin and slender, was wearing a white coat. He stood quietly for a moment, then uttered two words in a flat voice:
"Can."
He turned around and walked towards his seat, thought for a moment, turned around again, and added:
"It's better to be quick. Please."
Wang Lizhen and her juniors: “???”
The time was up, and although the audience was reluctant to leave, Gu Yumian still said goodbye to everyone and ended the live broadcast at the usual time.
Going to bed on time and getting up early are good habits. Gu Yumian does not want his viewers to stay up late to watch his live broadcast, not to mention that a large part of his viewers are students and office workers.
"Come and wipe Tuan Tuan too, and then go to sleep," Gu Yumian yawned and held the little snow leopard in his arms, "Is Yuan Yuan sleepy? If you are, go to sleep."
The baby panda looked very sleepy. It whimpered twice and lay on Gu Yumian's knees. After a while, its breathing became even.
The little snow leopard curled up in Gu Yumian's arms, squinting its eyes lazily, enjoying the gentle wiping of the warm towel held by humans.
Its brain was still pondering something. Gu Yumian didn't hide much from it. Many things were not difficult to guess, such as the fact that its own human race didn't actually come from this era, and also...
The hot towel falling on my body suddenly stopped.
The little snow leopard glanced at it indifferently. Gu Yumian actually held it in this position. His eyelids drooped little by little. After struggling with sleepiness for a while, he fell asleep.
“…”
The little snow leopard stretched.
When he opened his eyes again, the little snow leopard had vanished, replaced by a tall, slender man. He threw the chubby panda baby to the foot of the bed with disdain, letting it sleep hugging the pillar, then leaned over and picked up his human.
My peripheral vision caught sight of a pile of odds and ends in the locker.
Half a bag of tea leaves, a silvery-white ball of fur, the laptop that that stupid guy brought with him when he came, and now there's a bowl.
Will he be happy if I give him my most precious thing?
The man pursed his lips slightly, his gray-blue eyes fixed for a long moment, and after a moment, they drooped lazily with some displeasure.
But he couldn't give Gu Yumian to Gu Yumian.
“…”
Shuo Han carried Gu Yumian back to the bed. A light screen floated in the air, showing the shopping list.
He asked his humans:
"See if there's anything you don't like."
Gu Yumian was asleep, so of course he had no way to answer.
So someone clicked the buy all button without any psychological burden.
That night.
The largest express delivery company in the entire Star Network worked overnight. Some customers spent tens of billions of luxury goods on major shopping platforms in the middle of the night. Among them were several properties and new hovercrafts, which were the most luxurious things that ordinary people could imagine in their lifetime.
The next day, Gu Yumian yawned as he went to open the door.
Then I was overwhelmed by a mountain of express parcels.
Gu Yumian: “????”
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