Chapter 9
"...This is what you called a grand feast?"
The paparazzi watched in disbelief as Xu Gui brought out a steaming, fragrant bowl of instant noodles from the hotel kitchen, asking, "A bowl of instant noodles?"
Xu Gui replied matter-of-factly, "Yeah, instant noodles are so delicious! They're the best food I've ever eaten! I even asked the kitchen lady to add two poached eggs for me, look!"
She picked up two perfectly fried eggs and showed them to the paparazzi. The paparazzi looked at her with a complicated expression and asked, puzzled, "Why do you think instant noodles are the best?"
Xu Gui's eyes shone brightly as she said with certainty, "Because instant noodles taste good."
She meant what she said, after all, as a turtle, she ate seaweed and seafood. This was the first time she had eaten instant noodles since becoming an adult.
Anyone who has eaten instant noodles knows that, regardless of the taste, the aroma after cooking is truly delicious. So, after trying instant noodles once, Xu Gui instantly categorized them as the number one human delicacy. As for why it was only temporary, it's because she hadn't had a chance to try any other human cuisine yet.
However, her words were interpreted differently by the viewers who were filming and watching the live stream. To them, it sounded like Xu Gui had eaten "good stuff" like instant noodles.
For a time, netizens felt incredibly sorry for Xu Gui.
I remember Xu Gui grew up in an orphanage? The conditions in an orphanage must have been terrible, so instant noodles must have been the best thing she ever ate.
[Waaaaah, my poor daughter! Growing up in an orphanage, she must not have eaten anything good all these years, otherwise she wouldn't be treating a bowl of instant noodles with an egg like a feast... I'm giving you a tip! Go use this money to eat something nice, don't eat that instant noodle.]
I'll donate a little too, this is just too pitiful.
Live stream donations × N
【No, actually people are giving her tips! Even if she grew up in an orphanage, she's a celebrity now and must earn a lot. This is clearly just a publicity stunt, and you guys actually believe it?】
The fact that she's willing to put on a show to please me means she cares about me, loves me, and is interested in me.
[Exactly, I have my own pace, don't worry about me.]
After saying that, the live stream donations will be multiplied by N.
Seeing this, many people couldn't help but have several question marks on their foreheads, and were speechless with frustration. One person couldn't help but post a comment: "What's going on? Are you guys bewitched by Xu Gui?"
These fans are blatantly lying... Wait, Xu Gui actually has fans?! When did he get them?!
Netizens were shocked, completely forgetting that they had also been waiting in Xu Gui's live stream room for half a day.
*
At the same time, the program staff noticed that the amount of money donated to Xu Gui's backstage was rising steadily. It is known that the ranking of their program guests' live broadcast rooms is based on the number of viewers plus the amount of money donated. Therefore, this wave of donations caused the ranking of Xu Gui's live broadcast room to rise by a lot.
"Director, Xu Gui's live stream ranking has jumped ten places!" the staff member monitoring the live stream rankings said excitedly.
The director thought to himself: This Xu Gui seems to have something going for him.
"Let's talk to the live streaming platform and try pushing it to Xu Gui's live stream..." the director said immediately.
Many viewers noticed that a live stream room had suddenly appeared in the program rankings. They hadn't seen it before.
Some netizens also found her live stream when they opened their live streaming apps.
Clicking in, the guest was Xu Gui. I'd never seen (or heard of) her before, but the way she ate instant noodles was quite appetizing, making me wonder if there were some special ingredients added to her bowl of noodles, otherwise how could it look so delicious?
At that moment, many people had the same thought: "...I'm hungry, I'll go make myself a cup of instant noodles!"
...
Unaware that he had sparked a craze for eating instant noodles in his live stream, Xu Gui was seriously enjoying his "feast."
She genuinely found instant noodles incredibly delicious, so they tasted especially good. However, to others, her "feast" seemed exceptionally meager—these days, who still eats instant noodles as a proper dinner?
Just then, a sneer came from the side: "Tch, you're really down on your luck... instant noodles for dinner?"
Xu Gui turned her head curiously and saw three people standing not far from her: two women and one man. The one who spoke was one of the girls, with an oval face, big eyes, and a pure appearance. However, as soon as she opened her mouth, she was met with a sharp and sarcastic tone, which greatly diminished her otherwise beautiful appearance.
The man and woman next to her were quite different. The woman had a fair and delicate face, a quiet temperament, and an air of scholarly refinement. The man had good features, but his physique was not good; he had short arms and legs, which made him appear short and stocky.
Xu Gui looked at the three people. His first reaction was: they looked familiar; his second reaction was: he didn't recognize them.
Since they were strangers, Xu Gui ignored them and continued eating her instant noodles with her head down. Her attitude, which could be described as "ignoring" them, displeased the people on the other side.
"Hey!" A hand reached out and banged hard on the table in front of her a few times. Xu Gui looked up and saw a girl with an oval face standing next to her, looking down at her with dissatisfaction. She started by saying accusingly, "I'm talking to you, are you deaf?"
Xu Gui tilted his head and asked seriously, "...Do we know each other?"
Her attitude was so sincere, and the doubt in her words so intense, as if she truly didn't recognize the person in front of her. However, to the person in question, it sounded like she was picking a fight.
“My name is Su Ya, and I work for the same company as you!” Su Ya said through gritted teeth.
Xu Gui looked enlightened, then casually said, "Oh, I see."
Her nonchalant attitude only made Su Ya angrier, feeling that Xu Gui didn't take her seriously at all.
"I heard you couldn't find a job and could only wash dishes in restaurants?" Su Ya said, looking at Xu Gui with malice. "But that makes sense. I heard you only graduated from elementary school, so besides washing dishes in restaurants or carrying bricks on construction sites, you don't have any other jobs!"
She looked at Xu Gui with disdain and sneered, "A celebrity can only find this kind of job? Aren't you ashamed? If I were your fan, I'd feel ashamed to be a fan of someone like you..."
"Why should I feel embarrassed?" Xu Gui retorted, feigning innocence. "I didn't steal or rob; I worked honestly and earned my salary through my own hard work..."
She had just carefully reviewed this body's memories and confirmed that there was nothing wrong with her job washing dishes.
“In my opinion, no job is superior or inferior. As long as you can earn money, it’s a good job!” She looked at Su Ya and asked her, “Or do you think that washing dishes in a restaurant kitchen or carrying bricks on a construction site are shameful jobs?”
Xu Gui looked at Su Ya with a puzzled expression and said, "But isn't your father carrying bricks at the construction site?"
Xu Gui's words caused a huge stir in the live stream rooms of the guests present. Someone asked: "If I remember correctly, Su Ya has always marketed herself as a rich and beautiful woman, right? Wasn't her father supposed to be the boss of a company?"
With the development of the times, the grassroots persona is no longer popular. Stories of rich, beautiful, and wealthy people mingling in the entertainment industry are more popular with netizens, and Su Ya has been marketing the latter persona.
But now Xu Gui is saying that Su Ya's father is a construction worker?
Xu Gui's live stream: [If what my daughter said is true, then Su Ya is really a jerk. The tone she used when talking about carrying bricks on the construction site was so disdainful. Is she looking down on her parents?]
However, only the viewers in Xu Gui's live stream believed her words. In the other guests' live streams, everyone scoffed at Xu Gui's words, thinking she was talking nonsense.
Upon hearing this, Su Ya felt a pang of panic, as if a sore spot had been touched. She instinctively denied it, saying, "What nonsense are you talking about? How could my dad be a construction worker? I think your dad is the one who's carrying bricks on the construction site!"
Xu Gui said indifferently, "Oh, I don't have a father." Whether it was the Xuan Turtle Xu Gui or the human Xu Gui, neither of them had parents.
Su Ya: "..."
Others: "..."
That's dark humor, everyone.
"But, is your dad really not a bricklayer?" Xu Gui was still preoccupied with this matter. She looked at Su Ya suspiciously and said, "But according to my calculations..."
“Teacher Xu,” a soft voice suddenly interrupted Xu Gui’s words. Xu Gui turned his head and looked at the young woman next to Su Ya. The woman smiled and said, “I think that as someone directly involved, she should know best what Su Ya’s father does. What do you think?”
Upon hearing this, Xu Gui thought for a moment, and then suddenly had an expression on his face that said, "I understand."
“I understand,” she said, very understandingly. “I know that humans sometimes really like to deceive themselves… Don’t worry, I won’t say anything more about this.”
Suya: ? ? ? Are you sure you really understand? Are you really not mocking me?
The man among the three finally spoke. He glanced at Xu Gui with disdain and said, "Tang Xu, what's the point of talking to someone like that? An uncultured and vulgar person like him is simply not one of us..."
Tang Xu sighed, "I just feel that Teacher Xu may have misunderstood Su Ya in some ways... so I want to clear up this misunderstanding."
Qiu Nai looked at her gently: "You're just too kind. What's the point of reasoning with someone as morally bankrupt as her? No matter what you say, she'll just pretend she doesn't understand!"
Tang Xu said reproachfully, "Don't say that about Teacher Xu..."
The two stood together, their bodies naturally close, creating an ambiguous atmosphere. Coupled with their good looks, anyone who saw them would have to say they were a perfect match.
The two were already a hot couple, and this scene made their fans scream with excitement.
[Waaaaah, who understands Qiu Nai's "I'm only gentle with you" attitude? This couple is simply divine!!]
[I'm totally shipping them! Hehehe, our Seeking Love couple is such a perfect match!]
This scene is so beautiful! Ugh, but some people around here are such an eyesore. They tried to interfere with our "Seeking Love" couple before, and now I don't know where they get the nerve to sit here. They're such a spoilsport.
[Get out of the entertainment industry, mistress!]
The fans of both couples were cursing and swearing at Xu Gui, as if Xu Gui had some deep-seated hatred for them. Passersby couldn't help but glance at Xu Gui and saw that Xu Gui, one of the parties involved, had chubby cheeks and was chewing something.
Xu Gui (slurping instant noodles: chewing, chewing, chewing some more).
After finishing one bite, she picked up another piece of instant noodles and stuffed it into her mouth, chewing and chewing... In this scene, she exuded an incongruous sense of relaxation, her eyes clear and innocent.
Xu Gui's live stream chat:
Ah, finally the scene is clean! Don't those two feel awkward about this CP thing? It gave me goosebumps.
[It turns out I'm not the only one who thinks this couple's relationship is awkwardly promoted. I really don't find their interactions sweet at all, and they seem very staged. I'm even starting to doubt if they're actually dating.]
[Great, it's the organization! Wow, the other live streams are practically flooded with their CP fans, it's so annoying!]
[There are actually quite a few here too, but I don't know why they haven't been posting lately?]
[I do know this. It's because fans of Qiu and Tang feel that their criticism of Xu Gui is just creating hype for him, so they've stopped coming to Xu Gui's live stream (what a pity).]
So that's the truth! I knew their fans were crazy; why are they so quiet this time?
*
After Qiu Nai and Tang Xu finished sprinkling the candy, they turned around and saw Xu Guizheng holding a large bowl and drinking soup, completely ignoring the two of them.
"Is she a pig? Has she never eaten in her life? All she knows is to eat!" Qiu Nai couldn't help but curse inwardly.
Tang Xu looked at Xu Gui, who remained unmoved, and her eyes darkened. She smiled and said to Qiu Nai, "Let's go back first. You must be hungry. I ordered your favorite food..."
Qiu Nai then feigned surprise and looked at her with deep affection, saying, "Thank you, I knew you were the best to me."
This interaction between the two naturally caused another round of screams from the CP fans. Su Ya glared at Xu Gui resentfully before turning around and leaving with the two of them.
Suddenly, Xu Gui was the only one left in the hotel lobby.
Xu Gui looked at them, let out a sigh of relief, and then exclaimed, "They're finally gone!"
Hearing her words, the photographer's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but worry about Xu Gui again. He thought to himself, "Is this something you can say in front of the camera? Aren't you afraid of being torn apart by the fans of those three families?"
well……
As the filming of Xu Gui gradually shifts towards a motherly mentality, all we can do is try to find ways to make amends for her.
"...Is it because you feel a little embarrassed in front of the three teachers?" the cameraman tried to hint, "After all, these three teachers are your seniors, right?"
Xu Gui: "Ah, I just felt..."
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