After Shi Yao left, He Qinqin looked around the living room. The floor was covered with beer bottles, and the coffee table was littered with cigarette ash, orange peels, and chewed betel nut shells.
This easily attracts mice.
After living here for half a month, He Qinqin learned a piece of common knowledge that she had never known in the previous 23 years: if food scraps are not cleaned up, rat droppings can be found nearby the next day.
He Qinqin took a broom and dustpan and began to clean up the beer bottles on the ground, moving them into a cardboard box.
My aunt said these beer bottles can be sold for money.
"Cough cough cough—"
He Qinqin was cleaning up the cigarette ash on the coffee table. Her respiratory tract was already sensitive due to the aftereffects, and she couldn't stop coughing.
At that moment, her face turned pale.
Because of staying up late, injuries, malnutrition, and the fact that Si Jiuyin canceled He Qinqin's membership at the beauty salon, He Qinqin has no money for skincare, and her current appearance is vastly different from when the show first aired.
He Qinqin's permed and dyed hair lost its luster and looked dry because it was not carefully maintained.
She had dark circles under her eyes, chapped lips, and pimples on her forehead and chin.
Many viewers in the live stream sighed when they saw He Qinqin, pale-faced and dragging herself around cleaning up the mess, having not eaten.
He Qinqin's complexion is so bad. It's only been half a month, but she looks like she's aged 10 years.
Those people made a mess of the living room, then waved and left. Shi Yao didn't even bother to clean it up.
[Shiyao is rushing to work part-time at an internet cafe to help support the family, please stop criticizing your brother-in-law, okay? He's already done so well, do you even understand how hard life is?]
[I really don't understand. Eating plain porridge every day, relying on He Qinqin for her job, and He Qinqin's injuries were caused by Shi Yao illegally bringing her into the fire—is this love?]
Opinions among the audience gradually diverged.
The fans of the He Qinqin and Shi Yao CP only felt that Shi Yao dared to stand up against the Si family for his beloved, like a hero, and that it was nothing for He Qinqin to tidy up the house.
Where can you find a boyfriend as steadfastly loving as Shi Yao?
Although entering the fire scene was against regulations, the intention was good: to expose the truth and protect Qinqin's dream.
[You people who target Shi Yao and Qinqin are just jealous that you haven't experienced that kind of pure love.]
[Can't these people go check out the "blind dates" arranged by CEO Si? It seems like CEO Si is only arranging so many blind dates for He Qinqin because he's very dissatisfied with Shi Yao's character.]
Shi Yao's cousin, Shi Xin, went into He Qinqin's live broadcast room as soon as she got off work to monitor public opinion.
She tasted success after gaining popularity among fans of the couple she met last time she appeared on camera to comfort He Qinqin.
Seeing that the audience was divided, she immediately posted a Weibo post supporting the Bai Zhou CP (a popular pairing of male celebrities who ship female celebrities with a male celebrity).
[I can't stand you guys anymore! Si Jiuyin is just using the guise of doing what's best for Qinqin to control her. If she really cared, she should support Qinqin's free choice in love. How many people are disgusted by blind dates arranged by their parents these days?!]
Shi Xin thought her Weibo post would get a supportive comment from a netizen, because many netizens are now particularly averse to parents arranging blind dates for their children.
However, what I didn't expect was that what I got was a whole comment section full of question marks and a photo that looked like a movie poster posted by many netizens.
The photo shows five handsome men with very different styles and an unfamiliar female celebrity.
Shi Xin looked at the comments section with complete bewilderment.
I'd be annoyed by blind dates arranged by my parents, but I'm genuinely envious of the blind dates arranged by CEO Si (picture)
If my parents can arrange a partner like this for me, I'll just accept it.
[Little sister, aren't you being a bit too biased towards your brother Shi Yao? The blind dates my parents arranged for me are all more reliable than him.]
[Free love doesn't mean you can just watch your daughter walk into a garbage dump...]
This reply became a highly-rated comment, but she didn't get the feedback she wanted, and she even lost some fans. Shi Xin was so angry that she almost smashed her phone.
She unlocked her door while simultaneously opening Li Han's live stream.
She wanted to see what kind of person Si Jiuyin was arranging a marriage for He Qinqin.
Li Han's live stream.
Li Han is having dinner with five blind date partners on the deck of a yacht.
As night deepened, the five handsome men remained strikingly good-looking under the flickering candlelight; their faces alone were a feast for the eyes.
Si Jiuyin chose to let the young people interact on their own, while she was learning new dishes from a renowned culinary master in the kitchen and on the yacht.
With her phone beside her, she would glance at Li Han's live stream every now and then, then break into a doting smile.
The six people on the screen were having a leisurely meal, and the atmosphere seemed harmonious.
Li Han chose the seat furthest from Pei Zhaoan, but she still felt extremely uncomfortable.
After Pei Zhaoan sat down on the sofa, he acted as if Li Han didn't exist.
He didn't participate much in the conversation, and he remained completely silent during the meal.
Li Han learned from Si Jiuyin that Pei Zhaoan was sent by Old Master Pei, and guessed that he probably had little interest in this blind date.
Seeing that Pei Zhaoan hadn't caused her any trouble, Li Han wasn't so panicked anymore and focused her attention on communicating with the other big shots.
"Speaking of which, I haven't given Miss Li Han a gift yet."
At this moment, the usually gentle and academically gifted Cen Zhi suddenly spoke up, breaking the eerie harmony.
He took out a small gift box, walked over to Li Han, and handed it to her.
Li Han was quite curious about what gift the top student would give. When he opened it, he found a mini bear doll holding a star.
Li Han's blinking eyes were filled with great confusion.
How come it's the same style as the gifts she received from the elementary school students she tutored?
Sang Shouxu immediately mocked, "Cen Zhi, have you gone stupid from reading too much?"
“My niece, who is in kindergarten, would immediately throw such childish things into the trash can.”
Cen Zhi ignored Sang Shouxu and said to Li Han, "This little bear is a messenger delivering a gift."
"Press this star and a gift will appear!"
Upon hearing this, Li Han curiously pressed down on the bright yellow star that the little bear was holding.
The next moment she heard someone on the deck downstairs exclaim, "Look at the sky!"
Li Han also looked up. In the dark night sky, hundreds of brightly lit drones were scattered across the sky, forming a string of English letters: shine.
"This is a gift I gave on behalf of my junior."
He said he was very happy that you could shine in his life.
Li Han suddenly remembered who Cen Zhi's junior was, just then the whooshing sound of fireworks shooting into the sky came from behind.
Then, beautiful and dazzling fireworks bloomed in the sky, so spectacular and stunning that they completely overshadowed the drone.
Li Han looked at Cen Zhi with a puzzled expression, and Cen Zhi was equally puzzled: "This was not my arrangement."
"It was a gift I arranged to meet you."
Pei Zhaoan put down his knife and fork.
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