Chapter 36
After returning to the overpass, Xu Gui turned on the live stream again.
Fans were naturally very happy to see her go live. However, just when everyone was excited and the atmosphere in the live stream was just right, a group of people suddenly flooded into Xu Gui's live stream and started posting messages that no one could understand.
[This is definitely rigged! How can you do this to the other guests who participated in the show?]
【My Tang Xu is the eldest daughter of the Tang family, backed by the Tang Corporation, yet she hasn't used her connections to cheat. Instead, she works diligently and earns money honestly. But what about you? Who are you to dare cheat?】
[I felt something was off before. Who remembers that Xu Gui's live stream only had a few thousand viewers at the beginning? But now, there are over a million. And that's only been a few days! If she and the director had some shady deal, that would explain it. It's obvious the director cheated for her!]
[From thirty-five to thirteen in an instant, if this isn't rigged, I'll eat shit!]
[Xu Gui, speak up! Weren't you very capable when you were doing these things? Now you're playing dumb?]
...
As this group of people flooded in, the chat in Xu Gui's live stream became chaotic and disorderly.
They launched a scathing attack on Xu Gui, with words about behind-the-scenes manipulation constantly scrolling across the screen. Xu Gui's fans were completely bewildered until they left the live stream to watch something else, at which point they returned, beaming with joy.
[Great news! Huge good news! Xu Gui has made it into the top 30, and is even ranked 13th now! She won't be eliminated!]
【What? What happened? Did God hear my wish that I would trade ten years of my ex-boyfriend's lifespan for Xu Gui not to be eliminated? Is it really that effective?】
[It's certainly good that Xu Gui wasn't eliminated, but isn't her ranking rising so quickly a bit unusual? Did the show's data manipulation?]
Could there really be something fishy going on?
[Bullshit! Our Xu Gui is a well-known orphan, without parents. Where would such a conspiracy come from?]
[…Wait, what's wrong with Xu Gui's fans? Is being from an orphanage something to be proud of?]
[So, why did Xu Gui's ranking jump so quickly? I bet something happened during the time the live stream was suspended. Could it be that Mr. Zheng's problem was resolved?]
High school student: Gift x1, Gift x2...
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The show "360 Trades" invited a total of fifty guests. The combined fan base of those fifty guests was so large that even a single spit from each of them could drown the production team. Therefore, as soon as they realized something was wrong, the production team didn't dare to delay and quickly made an explanation.
To put it simply, their production team has always been determined to eliminate any behind-the-scenes manipulation. Teacher Xu Gui's data is absolutely real and not fabricated. The reason she was able to jump from 35th to 13th place is simply because she earned two million today.
Xu Gui's other stats weren't bad to begin with, with over a million viewers and a considerable amount of donations. All things considered, it's not surprising that she jumped to thirteenth place.
Netizens: It's not surprising that we found this data, but... how did she earn two million?
Xu Gui didn't go live at the time, so netizens doubted the authenticity of her earning two million. Fortunately, the person filming her was worried that this scene would happen, so although he didn't turn on the camera, he recorded the most important things with his phone.
Now, the blurry video he took with his phone at the time has become the most compelling evidence.
Now, the netizens who had been skeptical had no more doubts, but... they started to wonder how Xu Gui had earned those two million. So, what exactly happened to the Zheng family back then?!
Surely the Zheng family home isn't really haunted, and Xu Gui really did go and exorcise the ghost for them?
...
"……ghost?"
Hearing the reporter relay her words, Xu Gui couldn't help but chuckle. She shook her head and said, "Why would you think that? I can tell you, the things that happened to the Zheng family weren't caused by ghosts. As for more details..."
She looked at the camera, then suddenly pressed her index finger to her lips and whispered, "That's the secret."
Her movement was very natural, not at all contrived. Instead, it had a natural charm and coolness that was extremely captivating.
Fans who saw this scene exclaimed: "Mom, I think I'm in love!!" Now, when they look at Xu Gui's face, they feel like her face is glowing under the camera.
【!! What should I do? I used to think I was Xu Gui's most loyal "mommy fan," but now I feel like my "mommy fan" attitude is changing, and I think I'm turning into her "girlfriend fan." Does anyone understand? That scene just now, Xu Gui was so handsome!】
Sister, I understand you, because I'm also on the verge of turning into a "mommy fan." It's true, when a woman is cool, men don't stand a chance, and falling in love happens in an instant.
[Waaaaah, my daughter's grown up! She's starting to seduce girls! It breaks my heart! I won't let you date!]
[I've never seen anything like this before. Not only did I see a teenage girl call a 23-year-old "daughter," but I also saw her forbid people from dating. Has the world truly gone mad?]
[Mind your own business when it comes to "mommy fans"!]
High school student: Gift x1, Gift x2...
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The program team's timely explanation finally stopped Xu Gui from being scolded further, and those who had just come to the live broadcast room to scold Xu Gui, the thick-skinned ones just pretended nothing had happened and left.
As for those who are easily embarrassed, they simply give gifts and apologize, which caused Xu Gui's rewards to jump up again.
Xu Gui: Hey, not bad.
At its peak, over three million people flooded into Xu Gui's live stream to hurl insults at her, creating quite a spectacle. Now, these people have receded like a tide, and Xu Gui's live stream has returned to silence.
However, Xu Gui's fans discovered that out of more than three million people, more than 500,000 were left behind, which is really... such a pleasant surprise!
[Is this for real? Then everyone is welcome to come again next time!] If more than 500,000 people come at once, they might easily become number one if they come a few more times—well, this seems to be the fantasy of netizens who are addicted to the food.
Overall, although Xu Gui was scolded, she didn't suffer much. Moreover, because she wasn't watching the live stream at the time, she didn't even know that someone was scolding her.
After answering netizens' questions about the Zheng family, Xu Gui stopped paying attention to the live stream, since she was now "working".
In the afternoon, she received two guests.
The two guests came together; one was a young woman, and the other was an elderly woman. Their features were somewhat similar, and the latter was clearly the young woman's mother.
The old woman frowned, looking worried and somewhat haggard.
After the young woman pressed her down to sit in front of Xu Gui, she quickly swiped Xu Gui's money and then said in a fast-paced voice, "Master, please take a look at my mother and see if she is being haunted by a ghost."
Xu Gui glanced at the elderly woman in front of him and asked the young woman, "Has something happened to you, ma'am?"
The young woman looked annoyed and said, "My mom has been seeing a ghost face on the roof every night in the middle of the night... If you don't believe me, my mom even took a picture. Mom, you should show the picture to the master."
The old woman looked at Xu Gui with a suspicious gaze and muttered, "So young, is he really a master? You haven't been fooled, have you?"
Xu Gui, sitting opposite her, could hear her muttering, but she could pretend not to hear it because she was a very understanding turtle—today was another day of labeling herself.
The old woman had already taken out her phone, but she clearly didn't trust Xu Gui. She turned to her daughter and said, "I think we should let Old Wang from the village take a look at me. Old Wang is a well-known sorceress, and he's very capable. Why should we waste our money here?"
Don't think she didn't see it just now. Her own daughter just scanned five hundred yuan and left. That's five hundred yuan!
Upon hearing this, the old woman's daughter said impatiently, "You're too late. I've already paid, and it's too late to get a refund."
The old woman was dumbfounded: "Can't I get a refund?"
She glared at Xu Gui, and her daughter also looked at Xu Gui... Xu Gui chose to nod silently, after all, whoever pays is the boss, and she listened to the person who paid.
“Besides, what kind of sorceress is that Old Wang?” the old woman’s daughter continued. “Have you forgotten? You never called her a sorceress before. You all called her a crazy woman back then, saying she was crazy every day… Oh, now that something’s happened, you remember her and call her a sorceress?”
The old woman was embarrassed and said, "No, she's always talking nonsense and likes to perform shamanistic rituals for people. Doesn't she look like a madwoman?"
The old woman's daughter posed a profound question: "But now you want to find a madman to treat you..."
"..." The old lady shut up and stopped talking.
The old woman's daughter asked her to take out her phone, pulled out the photo that had been taken in the middle of the night, and handed it to Xu Gui, saying, "Master, look, this is the photo... I didn't believe my mother was seeing ghosts at first. What kind of era is this? But she took the photo, so I can't deny it."
At this point, the old woman's daughter finally showed a troubled expression, somewhat worried.
Xu Gui looked at the photo she mentioned, and the photographer also turned his lens towards her at the right time. Instantly, the photo came into everyone's view.
It really did look like a ghost face, with white eyes and a mouth vaguely visible in the black space. Placed in a pitch-black environment, it was quite shocking and gave one the creeps.
If I had to describe it, I could only use the word "funny face".
"...Is that really a funny face?" the cameraman exclaimed in surprise.
Upon hearing this, the old woman immediately became displeased and shouted, "Of course it's a ghost face! I already said I encountered a ghost. If it's not a ghost face, then what kind of ghost encounter is it?"
He smiled awkwardly while being followed by the camera, no longer lying.
The old lady said something that seemed to release a pent-up feeling, and she immediately started talking.
"I didn't believe in this stuff before, but now that it's right in front of me, how can I not believe it?" the old woman rambled on. "You have no idea how terrifying it is to see this in the middle of the night. I was scared to death. As soon as it was light, I rushed to call my daughter."
The old lady saw the ghost face in the middle of the night. She was woken up by the urge to urinate and, in her drowsy state, saw the ghost face on the roof.
"You wouldn't believe what happened! I was so scared I almost peed my pants! If I had wet the bed, my reputation would have been ruined." The old lady was probably getting carried away with her story, and she spoke with such vivid emotion that it was easy to relate to her.
Her daughter, standing nearby, cast a helpless glance at her, but the old woman didn't notice.
The old woman said, "I was so scared at the time. I lay on the bed and didn't dare to move, for fear of disturbing the ghost... Later, I don't know how, I fell asleep. When I opened my eyes, I found that it was already broad daylight."
The old woman said in a serious tone, "I suspect that ghost brother used a spell on me to make me fall into a deep sleep!"
"..." Xu Gui asked curiously, "What happened next? Was this photo taken later?"
The old woman glanced at Xu Gui and said, "Your daughter is quite clever, unlike that stupid bear next to her."
Follower: ? ? ? Is the silly bear talking about itself?
Although he is indeed a bit muscular, tall, and has a rather plain appearance... how could he possibly be associated with bears? The paparazzi were puzzled.
The old woman continued her story.
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