Rejected by Blood, Embraced by Love: All-Round Star Goes Viral
Chapter 41: Following Gu Zhi Brings Rewards

Chapter 41: Chapter 41: Following Gu Zhi Brings Rewards

[Hahaha, little friend, do you have a lot of question marks?]

[Wifey is so beautiful, and the scenery here is beautiful too, screenshot like crazy!!]

So, Han Liheng could only watch helplessly as Gu Zhi sat under the tree, enjoying the cool shade, eating dates, and playing on her phone, lounging around leisurely.

And he couldn’t stop working; if he didn’t get first place, he wouldn’t be able to eat enough!

After resting for a bit, Gu Zhi went to help Uncle Chen pick dates.

This batch of green dates looked great, were big, and very sweet. Gu Zhi ate quite a few.

But thinking about the high calories, she couldn’t eat too much, so she had to hold back.

The cameraman gave a close-up shot, making the viewers in the livestream drool.

[Seeing Zhi Zhi eat so deliciously, it really looks tasty, where can I buy it?]

[Hhh I feel like my wifey wants to eat more, but she’s holding back. Later they’ll use syrup to boil the dates, it must be even harder to resist.]

[Coming from Weibo, why didn’t I see Gu Zhi climb the tree? Is it Han Liheng on the tree?]

[Hahaha, yes, a regular in the livestream explaining: Zhi Zhi just finished knocking down a whole tree of dates, and now it’s Han Liheng who volunteered—no, persuaded—to do the physical work up in the tree to avoid being hit by the dates.]

Many new viewers in the livestream came from Weibo.

And topics about Gu Zhi also landed on several Weibo hot searches.

For example #Gu Zhi Climbing Trees#

#Gu Zhi Boldly Interjecting Lin Yi CP#

The second topic was obviously bought onto the trending list, and fans of the Lin Yi CP and passersby became instantly furious at the sight of it.

That troublemaker is at it again!

But upon entering, seeing the screen recordings from the livestream viewers, they realized it wasn’t quite like that.

Who on earth would deliberately knock down dates to hit the male partner while promoting a CP?

Which CP-promotion would involve the female partner actively climbing trees in front of the male partner?

Doesn’t she worry about her image at all!?

Besides... hey, Gu Zhi actually looks quite pretty, even dashing?

Uh, not sure, better hit follow and check it out further.

So, the negative reviews accusing Gu Zhi of seeking heat and promoting CP were quickly drowned out.

Even some bizarre comments appeared:

Whispering: "Gu Zhi, stop climbing trees and come climb on me."

It’s Sasa: "Gu Zhi, what are you doing, hurry back to feed the baby, /angry /screen licking"

Don’t Come for Me: "Family, I must emphatically recommend the live variety show ’Dear Family’ to you all! Last episode went viral over a game, and this episode climbing trees has gone viral again! Surely destined to be the hit of the variety show world! So hilarious I’m pounding the bed! If it doesn’t make you laugh, you can hit me! Any person who hasn’t watched it will make me sad, OK?!"

...

On set, Qi Hanyu had just opened his phone and saw the push notification about this Weibo topic.

He casually clicked it open and the most discussed was Gu Zhi’s performance on the variety show.

And her "CP" with Qi Yunlin.

Even quite a few sharp-toothed folks started shipping them as a CP.

Qi Hanyu squinted his eyes and turned to ask his assistant behind him, "Has the marriage between Qi Yunlin and the Gu Family been settled?"

The assistant was momentarily stunned, not immediately reacting, "Not yet, I’ve heard the woman’s career is on the rise, and they’re not planning to settle it so soon."

"Not that young anymore, it should be settled," Qi Hanyu put away his phone, stood up and said, "Have Vice President Qi find some time to discuss this matter with the Gu Family."

"..." The assistant was baffled, thinking, even at your age, you haven’t settled down, yet you’re already worrying about others.

But if one day Emperor Qi actually settled down, it would definitely be a sensational event all over the internet!

Up to now, there hadn’t been any woman sensational enough to match Brother Qi’s humanly divine looks!!

*

In the livestream room.

With Han Liheng being the laborer, Gu Zhi quickly completed the task.

Plastic sheets were laid under the trees, saving lots of time collecting dates, and ten baskets were quickly filled.

In the end, when the baskets were not enough, they had the show crew bring two more.

Soon it was noon, and the show crew also quickly came over to tidy up their results.

While Sun Chaohua and Qi Yunlin’s two groups were still frantically knocking down and collecting dates.

Sun Chaohua’s group had only filled seven baskets, with many green dates still on the ground uncollected.

Jiang Xiangwan, upon hearing time was running out, immediately moved like she had been injected with adrenaline, huffing and puffing while gathering dates into baskets.

Amusing the viewers in the livestream room greatly.

[Hahaha girl, be careful, don’t hurt your hand!]

[Laughing to death Wanwan, no need to exert yourself, no matter how hard you try you can’t catch up with your husband (not really)]

Next door, Qi Yunlin and Gu Yiyi were also racing against time.

Comparatively, Gu Yiyi was much more graceful than Jiang Xiangwan, working at a steady pace.

Once they finished knocking down dates, they repeatedly collected them into baskets, sweating profusely.

Meanwhile, their livestream room fans were frantically reminding them.

[Yiyi, quickly learn from the neighboring Gu Zhi! Use the plastic sheet, it saves so much time!]

[Cameraman, please remind them to use the plastic sheet, it really would be much quicker!]

But no matter how hard fans in the livestream shouted, busy Qi Yunlin and Gu Yiyi couldn’t see it.

Just tirelessly bent over collecting dates.

Until they saw next door, Gu Zhi helping Sun Chaohua’s team, using plastic sheets to effortlessly scoop up baskets of green dates, Qi Yunlin’s facial expression momentarily cracked.

Back when Gu Zhi and the village elders were laying the plastic, he thought they were wasting time.

But he never imagined they could collect like this!

And now, Gu Zhi’s group had collected over ten baskets of green dates, while they had only a few.

But by the time Qi Yunlin reacted, it was too late, the show crew had arrived.

The fans of the two also started tearing into each other in the comment section.

[I’m really speechless at Qi Yunlin, saw Gu Zhi laying the plastic ages ago and didn’t follow suit, never seen someone so thick-headed.]

[? Can you blame Lilin for this? Isn’t it your sister’s fault for taking forever, collecting dates like it was a beauty pageant, and Gu Zhi and Jiang Xiangwan next door aren’t working harder than her?]

[Okay, stop fighting! Lilin and Yiyi are just here to have fun, they don’t care about winning or losing, as long as they’re having fun it’s all good!]

Qi Yunlin & Gu Yiyi: ... No, they really wanted to win.

But no matter how much they wanted, it was too late.

The director crew immediately gathered people to tally up their results.

The final ranking was very clear:

"First place is Gu Zhi and Han Liheng’s team with twelve full baskets.

Second place goes to Sun Chaohua and Jiang Xiangwan’s team with seven full baskets.

Third place is Qi Yunlin and Gu Yiyi’s team with four full baskets.

Now, you can transport your collected green dates back and prepare for lunch.

However, as mentioned earlier, the first place will have a special car to help you transport them back, the second place also gets a vehicle but it’s a cart and you’ll have to push it yourself. As for the third place, those four baskets you’ll have to carry back with your bare hands."

As soon as the director finished speaking, Han Liheng couldn’t help but applaud and cheer.

"Oh yay yay! First place first place! I won, finally I can have a hearty meal!"

Gu Zhi rolled her eyes at him speechlessly: "..."

[Hahaha, Han Liheng relying on Gu Zhi finally got a taste of winning!]

[Really, following Gu Zhi ensures a good meal, with her around you can win. If Director Qi hadn’t swapped with Han Liheng, it would’ve been his victory.]

And at this moment, Qi Yunlin’s face turned quite sour, "Four baskets of green dates, we have to carry them home by hand?"