Chapter 67
The night passed peacefully, and the internet was quiet as well.
However, by the second day, the atmosphere among the guests had become somewhat tense. When Xu Gui went downstairs for breakfast, she could clearly feel the restlessness and hostility among the guests. When Xu Gui came in, no fewer than five pairs of eyes swept over her.
A very hostile look in his eyes.
"After all, today is the last day of the second round of eliminations. It's either elimination, missing out on first place, or breaking into the top ten and entering the final competition!" Fu Xia understood the situation clearly and looked at Xu Gui, saying, "And you, Xu Gui, are their strongest contender who successfully broke into the top ten. Do you think they wouldn't be hostile towards you?"
Xu Gui tilted his head: "Me?"
Fu Xia nodded firmly: "Yes, it's you!"
She looked at Xu Gui with suspicion and asked incredulously, "Didn't you ever think that you could stand out from the elimination rounds and enter the top ten?"
"No," Xu Gui blinked lightly and said matter-of-factly, "Because no matter how you look at it, I'm definitely going to make it into the top ten." His tone was full of confidence and pride.
Fu Xia: "..."
She thought Xu Gui lacked confidence in himself, but hearing this, it seemed that he was actually too confident?
"Didn't you ever think about being eliminated?" she couldn't help but ask.
Xu Gui proudly said, "Impossible, I'm very lucky." Although the fortune of their Xuan Turtle Clan could not compare to those of the most fortunate races, they were still extremely favored by the Heavenly Dao.
Therefore, her luck is unlikely to be too bad, and she will definitely be able to pass the elimination rounds smoothly.
If someone else had said this, Fu Xia might have found it somewhat amusing, but since it came from Xu Gui... it was incredibly convincing. She suddenly felt that Xu Gui might, possibly, definitely, be able to make it into the top ten.
"Keep it up!" Fu Xia cheered her on.
Just then, a person stood beside Xu Gui and let out a disdainful snort: "Hmph!"
Xu Gui subconsciously peeked over and saw a familiar face, with a familiar expression of resentment and disdain on it.
"Don't think that just because you drove Tang Xu away you can stand out and easily enter the top ten." Su Ya sneered. "I advise you not to be too smug. Whether Tang Xu is actually the eldest daughter of the Tang family is still undetermined! Do you think that a few words of nonsense you spout will make everyone doubt Tang Xu's identity?"
She snorted again and said, "Hmph, let me tell you, Sister Tang Xu is the eldest daughter of the Tang family, that's a fact! You can't just slander her with a few words!"
She was talking non-stop, getting more and more passionate, when suddenly she felt someone poke her arm twice.
"What are you doing?" Su Ya looked down impatiently and saw that the person poking her arm was Fu Xia. She frowned, forced a smile, and asked with great difficulty, "Miss Fu, is there something you need?"
—She recognized Fu Xia. Although she didn't know Fu Xia's specific background, Tang Xu was always very polite to Fu Xia, so she naturally guessed that Fu Xia had a background, or at least a better one than hers.
Facing Fu Xia, she couldn't maintain the same proud expression she had when facing Xu Gui, so her attitude naturally became more submissive.
When Fu Xia saw her looking over, she held up her phone to show her and said, "Your sister Tang Xu doesn't seem to be a member of the Tang family after all..."
Su Ya looked down at her phone screen, her gaze immediately drawn to the messages on it. On Fu Xia's phone screen, the two trending topics, #Tang Clarifies Relationship with "Lin Xu"# and #Tang Xu is Actually "Lin Xu"#, were prominently displayed.
Su Ya felt a wave of dizziness as she looked at the trending topics, and she didn't even dare to click on the trending topics to read the comments.
Fu Xia looked at her and kindly explained, "Around eight o'clock just now, the Tang family issued a statement clarifying their relationship with Tang Xu..."
Tang's statement was also very simple and blunt, directly presenting the paternity test results for Lin Hai and Lin Xu. The paternity test results proved that the two were indeed father and daughter. However, the biggest problem was that, in Tang's statement, Tang Xu was Tang's adopted child. Logically speaking, she should have no relationship with Tang or Lin Hai.
But the truth is that the child, who is clearly adopted, is actually the daughter of the Tang family's son-in-law... This amount of information has left netizens who are unaware of the background wide-eyed.
As for the netizens who heard about this gossip a couple of days ago, they felt like they were coming home, and were very eager to explain it to those who didn't know: [...It means that Tang Xu is the illegitimate daughter of the Tang family's son-in-law. You didn't know that...]
All of this is exactly the same story that Xu Gui "revealed" back then. This Tang Xu is actually the illegitimate daughter of that Tang family son-in-law.
Oh, we shouldn't call her Tang Xu anymore, but "Lin Xu" instead. After all, the entire statement on Tang's official Weibo account refers to her as "Lin Xu," showing an attitude of completely severing ties with Lin Xu.
[...Ms. Tang Miaoxin suffered a tremendous blow after being betrayed by her husband...Ms. Tang Miaoxin has decided to completely dissolve her marriage with Mr. Lin Hai...]
At the end of the statement, Tang also played the victim, making many people feel sorry for Tang Miaoxin, the eldest daughter of the previous generation of the Tang family. Although some people said that the Tang family is so rich, why would the eldest daughter need your pity?
However, whether a woman is rich or poor does not affect people's pity for her, even if she is betrayed by her husband and has been raising someone else's daughter for more than ten years.
As Tang Miaoxin's "family," the Tang family also gained some attention and effectively promoted their company.
"It is said, it is said, that the Tang family elders originally did not want to publicize this matter. The older generation believes that family scandals should not be aired in public, and they feel that this matter is shameful..." Fu Xia revealed the inside information to Xu Gui, "However, Tang Baozhu's idea was different."
Tang Baozhu insisted on making this matter public. In her view, the Tang family was the victim in this matter. The people who did this were not afraid of losing face, so what were they afraid of? Moreover, in this society where traffic is everything, publicizing this matter would not only win the sympathy of netizens, but also take the opportunity to promote the Tang family.
From any perspective, this is a good thing for the Tang family.
The outcome of the argument between Tang Baozhu and the two elders is quite clear now; Tang Baozhu has obviously won and gained the right to speak, which is why the Tang family has issued such a formal statement.
Looking at the online sentiment, Fu Xia couldn't help but sigh, "Tang Baozhu is really amazing. Now it seems that her decision was absolutely brilliant."
This statement not only explained the situation and satisfied netizens' curiosity, but also played the victim, causing the Lin family father and daughter to lose all their reputation. It also gave the Tang family a free publicity boost, making netizens feel more favorable towards the Tang family.
Xu Gui couldn't help but nod in agreement—this Tang Baozhu was truly a clever person.
As for Su Ya, she was completely dumbfounded as she scrolled through the trending topics online.
Just moments ago, she was swearing that Xu Gui was talking nonsense and that "Tang Xu" must be the eldest daughter of the Tang family. But in the blink of an eye, the Tang family has issued such a statement.
The words she had just said felt like slaps to her face, making her feel a burning sensation on her cheeks, and a mixture of shame and anger in her heart.
In the end, she could only glare at Xu Gui resentfully before slinking away.
After she left, Xu Gui glanced at her thoughtfully and hummed in response.
...
People were saying that last night was so quiet, with nothing exciting to see, but unexpectedly, the internet was already buzzing with excitement this morning. Tang's statement has completely heated up the online atmosphere.
Xu Gui didn't pay attention to this matter. She felt that her luck had improved a lot recently. Logically speaking, she should have been unlucky for several days after sharing some of her luck with Wang Xingxing. She was even thinking about whether she should go to Mr. Lu to ask for some more luck. However, judging from what happened in the past two days, her luck didn't seem to have been affected much.
"What could be the reason?" Xu Gui wondered.
She wondered if it was because she had done a good deed?
She remembered that when she was sleeping in class, she seemed to have heard the Third Elder say that if the Xuan Turtle Clan did good deeds, they could accumulate merit. As for what the merit was used for... oh, she was sleeping at the time and didn't quite remember.
However, doing good deeds is definitely not wrong.
As Xu Gui pondered this, she returned to her room. She glanced at today's weather forecast, seeing the bright 34-degree temperature. Looking outside, it was already morning, and the sunlight already felt dazzling. She wondered how hot it would be by noon.
"Why don't we work from home today too?" Xu Gui thought to himself.
The photographer, upon hearing her thoughts, agreed – it's so hot, he doesn't want to go out either. In this kind of weather, he should be sitting in an air-conditioned room, enjoying the air conditioning and eating ice cream.
"But, Teacher Xu, isn't your room a bit too small?" The paparazzi looked at Xu Gui's small one-person room. "When the people from [Miaoyu] bring their things over, there might not be any room left."
Xu Gui's room is a single room, and even if it's large, it's not that big. Once the [Miaoyu] aquarium is placed there, there's really no room left.
Xu Gui hadn't thought her place was small before. After all, as a Xuan Turtle, she could lie down anywhere and not move all day. However, according to what the photographer said, with the addition of the [Wonderful Fish] aquarium, the room did indeed feel cramped.
"How about we change rooms?" Xu Gui said, indicating that he was quite well-off now, with his bag bulging, and could definitely change rooms.
The person filming agreed and suggested, "You could switch to a suite with a living room outside, so you can stay in the living room when you're doing a live stream... And don't you have an assistant? If you stay in a suite, your assistant will also have a place to stay."
Xu Gui noticed a problem: "Does my assistant also need to live with me?"
The reporter said, "If she lives with you, it will be convenient for her to do things for you. Most importantly, she won't have to commute and waste time on the road."
"Oh," Xu Gui said, somewhat realizing something, "Then I'll change rooms."
She took her ID card downstairs and changed her room, from a single room to a double suite with two bedrooms and a living room outside. Of course, the price was commensurate with the size, costing 880 yuan a day. You should know that her previous single room only cost 120 yuan a day.
However, after entering the room and taking a look, she realized that there was a reason for the high price; the environment of this suite was indeed very good.
Xu Gui looked around, placed the fish tank on the table, and fed it some turtle food.
The little creature sensed Xu Gui's presence and remained at ease even in a different environment. When Xu Gui fed it, it poked its head out of its shell, slowly nibbled a couple of times, then tilted its head to the side, rested its head on the rock at the bottom of the fish tank, and fell asleep again.
Xu Gui looked on, and couldn't help but show a hint of envy—it was just like when she was a tortoise, eating, sleeping, and then eating again after waking up.
At that moment, looking at the sleeping little turtle, she suddenly had a sudden urge to do something wicked. She reached out and pushed the turtle's back, shouting, "Wake up! Don't sleep! Turtles this age are at the age when they should be daring and adventurous. How can you be sleeping?"
The little turtle, woken up: ?
It might not be a person, but you definitely aren't a person either!
Xu Gui, who tore off the umbrella of another turtle: That's right! We're all turtles, let's work together and make things happen!
Just then, the people from [Miaoyu] knocked on the door and came in. Today, they had changed to a different species, a new species that no one had ever seen before.
Xu Gui couldn't help but ask out of curiosity, "Just how many new species of fish has your company researched?"
The staff member proudly stated, "There aren't many, just a dozen or so! And our company is continuing to research new varieties, so a new goldfish might be released soon."
Xu Gui squatted down and looked at the jellyfish in the aquarium.
That's right, this time [Miaoyu] brought jellyfish. The little jellyfish floated in the water, looking extremely dreamy. Xu Gui couldn't help but reach out and poke the side of the aquarium. The little jellyfish inside immediately seemed to sense something very attractive, and they swayed their "skirts" and floated towards Xu Gui's fingertip.
The staff member standing to the side said: Although it's not the first time they've seen this scene, they are still very surprised every time they see it.
Miss Xu seems to have an extremely strong attraction to the "pets" of [Miaoyu]. Every "pet" sent to her has a strong "dog-like" air about it. In any case, they look very servile and not elegant or fairy-like at all.
"Then I'll have to trouble you today."
With the staff of [Miaoyu] gone, Xu Gui can now officially begin his live stream today.
Yuan Lu had already arrived, coming early in the morning. When Xu Gui carried things up from downstairs, Yuan Lu was the one who packed them all. Xu Gui was only responsible for carrying a fish tank and the little turtle. This made Xu Gui realize how good it was to have an assistant.
After getting everything ready and the cameraman set up his equipment, Xu Gui began his live stream for the day.
Because of the Tangjiahe forest incident, her live stream attracted a lot of attention early in the morning. As soon as the broadcast started, the number of viewers in the live stream had already exceeded one million, making those who had been following her updates grit their teeth in frustration.
Everyone can see that Xu Gui is currently riding high, with an unstoppable momentum.
At first, everyone thought she was the least likely guest to make it to the finals, but now it seems that's not the case. No wonder the guests she met in the restaurant this morning seemed to show some hostility towards her.
Yuan Lu glanced at Xu Gui's ranking in the program. At this time, Xu Gui was ranked thirteenth, and his position seemed very stable. The gap between him and the person in front of him was not large, and he was about to overtake him. The main reason was that the popularity of Xu Gui's live broadcast room was too high, which completely made up for the gap with the person in front of him.
However, even if you surpass the previous one, it's still not enough. Surpassing the previous one would only place you twelfth, but this time the elimination only takes the top ten.
Can Teacher Xu climb three more times in one day?
Yuan Lu was a little worried, but when she looked up and saw Xu Gui, she felt a little more at ease—Teacher Xu seemed to have the victory in his grasp, and she should trust Teacher Xu.
Xu Gui's live stream was incredibly lively at that moment, with both longtime fans and curious new fans. The chat was packed with comments, making it very popular from the start.
Xu Gui didn't read the comments; he immediately started filming people and began telling their fortunes.
[Can this person really tell fortunes? The descriptions online are so incredible, like something out of a novel. Isn't it a bit too far-fetched? Is this really not a script?]
[I came here after seeing the video online, and it's really amazing! Is this woman's live stream really that good?]
[I heard that she was the one who exposed Tang Xu's affair. Even the Tang family didn't know that Tang Xu was the illegitimate daughter of their live-in son-in-law before that. This can't be scripted, so this person seems to really have something going on.]
【Ahhh!! Our little turtle looks as beautiful as ever today, a true beauty fan!】
[Office workers' routine of slacking off at work]
[Career Fan Check-in]
...
Amidst the chaotic yet lively chat in Xu Gui's live stream, the first lucky person to have their fortune told in today's live stream was finally drawn.
Xu Gui hadn't encountered any pet-related questions in the past two days, but the first person he drew today was a girl with a cheerful voice, making him imagine a spirited and generous young woman.
However, the girl's voice became somewhat melancholy when she talked about her pet.
"My cat doesn't like to drink water, and he has a strange habit of drinking toilet water!" The girl's voice seemed to carry a peculiar smell as she spoke. She sighed, "I even bought a special pet water bottle to get him to drink, but it's like torture for him every time I try to get him to drink from it!"
"Last time, it scratched me with its claws to get me to drink water, and it even bled. It was really mean to me and didn't care about me at all."
The girl complained, mentioning that she had been grabbed by her own child, but there was no anger in her tone, only helplessness.
"I'm completely at a loss," she said earnestly. "Master, please help me think of a way to get my cat to drink water normally."
Upon hearing this, many pet owners in the live stream couldn't help but express the same sentiment:
My cat is the same way. Getting him to drink water is like taking his life. Every day, I have to use all sorts of tricks to get him to drink.
All cats are black, so it seems everyone's cat has the habit of not liking to drink water.
My cat does love drinking water, but only from my cup. He absolutely refuses to drink from it normally, but as soon as he sees me drinking, he gives my cup a cool, showy look, which is really hard to understand.
[Can you pick me? I also have a question about pets!]
Xu Gui listened to the girl's question, and her expression was somewhat strange afterward.
"Actually, getting your cat to drink water normally is very simple," she said. "You just need to change its water bowl."
Upon hearing this, the girl couldn't help but say, "But I bought it the latest pet water bottle. The water that comes out of it is so clean. It cost me several hundred yuan."
Xu Gui: "Have you ever considered that the reason your cat doesn't like to drink water might be because of this water dispenser?"
girl:! !
"How is this possible?" she exclaimed in surprise.
Xu Gui said, "Why don't you go and touch the water in your water dispenser now?"
The girl was puzzled by Xu Gui's words and even found them inexplicable. However, since she had come to Xu Gui for fortune telling, she naturally believed in his fortune telling abilities. Therefore, although she didn't quite understand, she still followed Xu Gui's instructions, took her phone, and went to the cat's water dispenser to get it.
As she crouched down to touch the water dispenser, the cat that had been lying on the ground suddenly jumped up for some reason and placed a paw on her hand.
"Meow meow meow!!" The cat shouted loudly at her, its voice rising and cursing.
Girl: "Okay, okay, Mommy's doing something important, don't bother her."
Cat: "Meow meow meow! Meow meow meow!"
Hearing this conversation between the person and their pet, the comments section showed: "I can't understand cat language, but I can tell it's swearing pretty badly."
Girl: "Master, my cat doesn't seem to let me splash this water..."
Xu Gui: "Don't worry about it."
The girl hesitated: "Are we really okay with it? But it seems really agitated, baring its teeth at me. It's never been this aggressive before."
Xu Gui said, "Didn't you want to know why your cat doesn't drink water? Just touch it and you'll know."
After hearing this, the girl made up her mind. She slapped the cat-like insect aside, then reached into the water dispenser and touched the water. As soon as she touched it, she felt a tingling sensation from her fingertips, and her whole body went numb.
girl:? ?
"Did you feel it?" Xu Gui said lazily. "There's something wrong with the circuit of your water dispenser. Every time your cat drinks water, it gets a shock. Tell me, in this situation, would you drink it?"
The girl reached out and touched the water dispenser again in disbelief, the familiar tingling sensation returning to her fingertips.
The girl looked at her fingertips, then at the water dispenser, and then at the cat standing to the side, still cursing at her. Her expression was somewhat dazed.
“Oh, the circuit problem might have gotten worse these past two days, and the current is stronger. Your cat is blocking you now because it’s afraid you’ll get electrocuted,” Xu Gui added. “If it could talk, it would probably be cursing at you.”
Cat: You've already hurt me enough, are you going to commit suicide too?
The girl felt embarrassed and ashamed, and felt extremely apologetic towards her cat.
"Cow, I'm so sorry, Mom really didn't know this broken water dispenser was powered!" The girl cried out, hugging her cat and pressing her face against it, only to be pushed away by its paws.
The viewers in the live stream thought of a million reasons why the cat didn't like to drink water, but none of them considered that the reason was that the water dispenser was powered on.
Bullet comments:
[The cat refused to drink from the electrified water dispenser. The cat was kind, but the woman tried to get the cat to drink by telling its fortune. The water dispenser shocked the cat! It's broken! How cruel!]
[Cat: Who understands what it feels like to get an electric shock every time you drink water? Who will speak up for me?]
[I already thought this cat's language was really vulgar, and now I'm even more certain. It really is vulgar. If it were me, I would definitely use even more vulgar language!]
[What a good cat! It didn't even scratch its owner properly, that's true love!]
...
As Xu Gui listened to the meows coming from the live stream, these meows sounded almost like actual cursing to her ears. Although she couldn't quite understand them, she could clearly sense what they meant.
Xu Gui: ...Hmm, that was really vulgar.
Is this something a turtle should hear?
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