A surge of intense anger welled up inside Zhao Yingying, and she couldn't help but look at Xu Nian, her eyes brimming with jealousy.
Xu Nian was happily serving porridge when she suddenly noticed a hostile gaze. She was puzzled and looked up, but found nothing.
"Could I have misread it?"
Xu Nian muttered something to herself, then stopped thinking about it and happily began to eat.
After drinking the porridge, everyone's mood improved considerably. Even Wang Jinmei stopped finding fault and rested quietly, clearly quite satisfied.
The soldiers were laughing and joking around, clearly relaxed. Gu Zhan didn't say anything about it and let them be.
Although his army has always been disciplined, in these extraordinary times, having enough to eat and drink is a luxury, and he will not extinguish their remaining happiness.
Xu Nian lay on the dilapidated haystack and began to take stock of her spoils of the past few days.
The live stream's popularity surged by hundreds of thousands, and the number of followers also climbed steadily. Most importantly, the amount of silver reached 150 taels.
Xu Nian tried to use the talismans that she couldn't use before, and was excited to find that her magic power had recovered somewhat, so she couldn't help but chuckle.
"Dear viewers, thank you for your tremendous support! Now I can not only start fires and summon rain, but I can do other things too. So please keep up the good work and help me regain my full magical power!"
[This is blatant exploitation by the streamer!]
[What can the streamer do with his current magic power? I'm kind of looking forward to it.]
[You promised you'd do your job once we reached a certain number of likes, so hurry up!]
Looking at the scrolling comments, Xu Nian suddenly realized that she had indeed made that promise casually.
She wasn't one to break her word, so she immediately made a decision: "You have one night to consider it. Vote or nominate yourselves. Show me the results tomorrow. Goodnight."
After saying that, Xu Nian closed her eyes without saying another word, not wanting to get involved in this bloody battle between fans at all.
The next day.
Xu Nian had a rare good night's sleep. She tiptoed out of her room.
What came into view was the scene of Gu Zhan leading his soldiers in morning exercises.
In order not to disturb the villagers' sleep, they did not make any noise, but they were all seriously doing physical exercise, and everyone was drenched in sweat.
"Up so early?"
Xu Nian greeted them familiarly, then walked around to the side to watch. "They look pretty good. No wonder they're such brave and skilled soldiers!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Zhan raised his eyes slightly, glanced at her, and then looked away. "Rest."
The soldiers immediately felt a huge weight lifted off their shoulders and collapsed to the ground.
The villagers gradually woke up, and seeing the soldiers training, they didn't ask any questions, but instead began preparing breakfast.
Most of their food consisted of brown rice or cold steamed buns, which were not particularly delicious but could only fill their stomachs. However, no one complained, since being full was already a luxury.
"Sister, I'm so hungry."
Da Bao and Er Bao rubbed their sleepy eyes and rushed into Xu Nian's arms.
Seeing this, Xu Nian smiled and said, "What would you like to eat? I'll make it for you."
Da Bao and Er Bao exchanged a glance and asked cautiously, "Can we eat meat?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Nian was stunned for a moment, recalling that she hadn't dared to feed the two children meat before because of their stomach problems, and had instead fed them only clear soup and water.
"Of course! I'll go make it for you right away."
Xu Nian naturally agreed to the children's small request. She patted their little heads and got up to walk into the woods.
[Host, the results of our discussion are in!]
As she was walking, Xu Nian heard a ding-dong sound in her ear. She opened the live stream and found that the number of viewers had suddenly doubled.
She was initially clueless, but then she saw a prominent comment from a wealthy fan and froze on the spot.
[After voting, we unanimously agree that you should appear on a live stream with the general for a whole day.]
Xu Nian wished she could crush these infatuated fans, and said through gritted teeth, "Dear viewers, we're really not that close. Can you bear to see the streamer embarrassed?!"
[Heartless.]
Seeing the barrage of comments flooding the live stream, Xu Nian sighed deeply.
Why are all the viewers this year so hard to please?!
Even so, Xu Nian did not forget the purpose of her trip. She made a talisman with her hand and chanted, "Hurry, hurry, as the law commands! Heed my summons, net of all directions!"
Immediately afterwards, a net of nothingness quickly formed, floated in the air, and flew away with a "whoosh".
"Oh, you mean this? You can think of it simply as a tool for catching wild animals."
Seeing the audience's enthusiasm, Xu Nian casually replied, then pouted, "Can we change it? Or I can give you a pole dance performance."
No, the streamer has to keep their word!
Finally, Xu Nian returned dejectedly, carrying a cloth bag full of birds in her hand.
Seeing this, Da Bao and Er Bao's eyes widened, and they asked with drooling, "Sister, can we really eat this?"
"Of course."
Xu Nian glanced at Wang Jinmei, who was lounging lazily beside her, clicked her tongue, and decided she was too lazy to go to the village chief's house to borrow a pot. But then she remembered the requests the audience had made earlier, so she reluctantly walked up to Gu Zhan.
At this moment, Gu Zhan crossed his arms, turned his head to the side, revealing a section of his muscular, bronze forearm that was so captivating that it was impossible to look away.
"What's wrong?"
Hearing footsteps approaching, Gu Zhan subconsciously looked up and met Xu Nian's hesitant expression, and asked in confusion.
"Hey, can I borrow your pot? I'll cook you something delicious!"
Xu Nian considered six or seven ways to start the conversation, but in the end, she felt that it would be better to satisfy the audience's request by pretending to cook for him.
Gu Zhan was somewhat surprised by this, but he remained expressionless. "What are you doing?"
"Oh, don't worry about it, leave it to me!"
Seeing that Gu Zhan did not refuse, Xu Nian immediately smiled, took the pot handed to her by the soldiers, and prepared to stew a pot of meat.
Gu Zhan was not far from her and easily caught the girl's refreshing fragrance, his eyes darkening slightly.
This scene was witnessed by Zhao Yingying, who had been keeping a close eye on Gu Zhan.
Her eyes were filled with jealousy, and her nails were almost digging into her palms.
Why can Xu Nian get everything?
The villagers loved him, the soldiers adored him, and he could even easily talk to Gu Zhan!
Feeling consumed by jealousy, Zhao Yingying approached Aunt Li, the village's most gossipy woman, and feigned surprise, saying, "What should I do? I think I just saw something I shouldn't have..."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Li immediately perked up, nudged Zhao Yingying's arm with a sly look, and pressed, "Tell me quickly, I promise I won't tell anyone."
Zhao Yingying stammered for a while, her face full of difficulty, then said pitifully, "I just saw Master Xu go to see General Gu, she..."
"She actually seduced General Gu!"
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