Chapter 69 Part 2 一 The variety show is over, and the New Year is coming.
Aren’t your people’s work efficiency a bit too high?
One hour later, Ruan Yōu and others boarded the plane to go abroad.
As for the production staff, Wei Wen didn’t care.
Director Mu felt bitter in his heart.
For the first time, he experienced the fear of being dominated by the guests.
Director Mu had to arrange things immediately, fortunately, it’s almost Lunar New Year, more people are going back to their home countries, fewer are going abroad, and there are available plane tickets.
The production staff unexpectedly experienced the joy of a free trip.
. . . . .
Wei Wen has always been adept at arranging things and knew that the production team would follow them, so she booked an extra room on the first floor.
Wei Wen consulted with relevant individuals and these days, there is no snowfall and the clouds are relatively thin. Based on past experiences, there is a chance of seeing the aurora.
Even if they can’t see it, Ruan Yōu will still have her arrange it.
Ruan Yōu really doesn’t want to be controlled by the production team anymore. If she can come and see it, that’s great. If not, it will be considered a trip abroad with friends.
A nine-hour flight journey, plus a six-hour time difference, when Ruan Yōu and Gu Fuchen and others arrive, it was 11 p.m. local time, while it’s only 5 p.m. in the afternoon.
Ruan Yōu inexplicably feels like she’s gaining an extra six hours.
At 8 p.m., the production team arrives at the viewing hotel.
Ruan Yōu and Lu Xuan are catching up on sleep.
On the plane there, the two of them, along with Qi Nuo and Jiang Huai, played Monopoly all the way, while Gu Fuchen, Fu Jiazhan, Lu Jin, and Qi Zhiyan watched on the side.
The production team members are setting up equipment at the place where they will have dinner later.
The livestream hasn’t started yet, but the internet is already buzzing.
Word has it that the top wealthy group members are on an impromptu trip, and everyone is excited. The Aurora Night has raised everyone’s expectations to the max.
Even though the production team has already explained on Weibo that seeing the aurora is purely a matter of luck and they might make the trip in vain, they still can’t resist the audience’s enthusiasm.
Because in the afternoon, Ruan Yōu and the other top wealthy group members heartlessly left the production team behind and took a private plane in advance. The livestream couldn’t proceed, so after the production team arrived, they discussed with Gu Fuchen and others and decided to make up for these missing hours.
Therefore, viewers in China can also watch the upcoming livestream.
At 2 a.m. local time, no one had gone to sleep.
They stayed up together, waiting to see the aurora.
What’s even more amazing is that they heard that Ruan Yōu and the others would eat barbecue while waiting for the aurora. The audience couldn’t resist the temptation and started ordering barbecue and skewers.
According to barbecue vendors from all over the country, the sales that night were twice as usual.
In the livestream room, the audience had prepared melon seeds, barbecue, and cola, waiting for the livestream to begin. The top wealthy group members were also ready.
No one had eaten dinner that night, and they were very hungry.
They all walked toward a row of glass cabins.
The glass cabins that Wei Wen had prepared for them were not very large, with a semi-circular 360-degree panoramic view, providing a great field of vision.
In front of the glass cabins was an icy lake with thick ice on top. According to local people, the aurora would generally appear in the vast sky just before the icy lake.
The temperature inside the glass cabins was well-controlled, with a faint warmth and coziness.
Outside, the twilight was deep, and when you looked up, you could see the stars.
Gu Fuchen thought of the island his sister had given him, and Fu Jiazhan also remembered the romantic scene from that night, with a glint in his eyes and a soft voice.
On the square table in front of them were filled with beef skewers, lamb skewers, and some main dishes and noodles.
Gu Fuchen and Ruan Yōu sat in one row, Fu Jiazhan and Jiang Huai sat on Ruan Yōu’s left, Lu Jin and Lu Xuan sat on her right, and Qi Zhiyan and Qi Nuo sat across from her.
Ruan Yōu took out an envelope from her bag.
“Director Mu prepared a small event on short notice.”
To prevent them from getting too bored while waiting.
“It’s almost New Year, everyone can write a wish on the little red card, it can also be considered our New Year’s wish.”
Lu Xuan held a skewer of beef in her left hand and used chopsticks in her right hand to eat tomato and egg noodles. She was eating seriously and didn’t realize that Ruan Yōu had handed her a card.
Lu Jin lowered his head, contemplating his New Year’s wish, ignoring his silly sister.
After just three days of being together, Qi Nuo had already learned that Lu Xuan was a “do whatever makes her happy and doesn’t care about anything else” little princess. He quietly placed the card next to her.
Lu Xuan glanced sideways and, with Lu Jin’s introduction, learned about the purpose of the little red card. She friendly handed Qi Nuo two skewers of beef: “Next time something like this happens, continue helping me, okay~”
It had to be said, her younger brother was good-looking and kind-hearted.
Qi Nuo: …
Qi Zhiyan gave her younger brother a faint glance, didn’t say anything, and continued to eat claypot rice on her own.
Ruan Yōu looked at the little red card, flipping it back and forth, not sure what to write on it. Her life was already fulfilling in every way, and she no longer had any “wishes to fulfill.”
Gu Fuchen didn’t hesitate, picked up the little red card, and quickly wrote a few words.
Ruan Yōu was curious: “Brother, what did you write? Can I see?”
Gu Fuchen nodded generously, waved his hand, and placed the small card in front of her.
The words on the deep red card were bold and beautiful, but the content was a bit “peculiar.”
一一“I hope my sister, Ruan Yōu, will not date in the future.”
“You are the only one in this world who can fulfill my wish, You must do it!” Gu Fuchen emphasized.
Ruan Yōu: …
Fu Jiazhan: “What are you writing?”
Other people’s New Year’s wishes are as mysterious as birthday gifts, preferably unknown to anyone, but Gu Fuchen is different.
He generously shared his wish with Fu Jiazhan, and not only that, he wanted to show off his little red card in front of the camera, preferably for the whole world to see this sentence.
This is the attitude of their Gu family!
And he did just that.
When Fu Jiazhan took the little red card to read it, Gu Fuchen’s tone was calm as he slowly said, word by word, “I hope my sister, Ruan Yōu, will not date in the future.”
Fu Jiazhan: …
This New Year’s wish rang in the ears of the worldwide audience.
【Hahaha, during the day, those who said they saw Fu Jiazhan and Ruan Yōu having a crush, come out. Ruan Chenchen has already strangled his sister’s love in the cradle.】
【Warning, being a fan of Ruan Yōu CP is more terrifying than being a fan of Ruan Chenchen.】
【Haha! Ruan Chenchen should be considered Ruan Yōu’s “the only toxic” fan, right? (dog head saves life】
Gu Fuchen didn’t feel awkward reading this New Year’s wish, but Ruan Yōu felt very embarrassed when she heard it.
She had a faint blush on her cheeks, looking at her own foolish brother with a sense of helplessness. She caught a glimpse of Fu Jiazhan still holding that little red card, thought for a moment, and reached out to take it.
“Brother, why don’t you make a different New Year’s wish instead?”
There’s really no need for this.
She has no plans to date right now.
Gu Fuchen: “Huh?”
Ruan Yōu started to telling him about the snowball fight they had: “During the day, you hid behind me, do you remember?”
“Hiding behind me, I have no problem with that. But did you forget that Mom and Dad were watching the livestream too?”
Gu Fuchen stiffened.
He had been too carefree during the day and completely forgotten about this.
Dad, Gu Youqian, and Mom, Ruan Liuyu, which one was the easier target to deal with?
Gu Fuchen didn’t hesitate to pick up skewers of beef, grilled prawns, and shredded squid, putting everything his sister liked into her bowl, “Ruanruan, you’ve worked hard today, come on, eat more.”
“Siblings causing a ruckus is normal, right?” He smiled sincerely, trying to please his sister.
Ruan Yōu: “Brother, it’s too late for everything. You should think about how to explain to Mom and Dad when you go home tomorrow.”
Gu Fuchen: …
He remained silent for a moment and then said earnestly, “Ruanruan, how about you write on your little red card, ‘I hope my brother won’t be beaten’?”
Ruanruan’s New Year’s wish, her parents will definitely help her fulfill it!
“No, I don’t want to,” Ruan Yōu covered her little red card and said, “I haven’t figured it out yet, I’ll write it when I do~”
“I don’t know what to write either,” Lu Xuan suddenly said with bright eyes, “How about this, we exchange to fulfill wishes?”
Qi Nuo: “Exchange to fulfill?”
Lu Xuan hurriedly said, “It means we draw lots first, and whoever’s name we draw has to secretly help the other person fulfill a wish, be their guardian angel!”
Jiang Huai: “How do we know what the other person’s wish is?”
“Observation, of course.”
Lu Xuan thought for a moment and added, “The wish we fulfill might be different from what the other person had in mind, but as long as you become their guardian angel, it’s okay!”
She learned about this game from her girl friends.
Qi Zhiyan summed it up, “You have to be good to the person you draw.”
“Yes, exactly!”
Qi Nuo nodded repeatedly.
“I want to participate.”
He wanted his sister to draw him…
Lu Xuan saw Qi Nuo’s little scheme and smiled, tilting her head at him with an air of “I knew you would do that.”
Qi Nuo lowered his head in silence.
Fu Jiazhan: “Sure, I’ll participate.”
Jiang Huai: “Me too. If you draw me, don’t hesitate; just give me your fortune. You’ll be my guardian angel for life.”
Lu Jin smiled: “You have quite the imagination.”
Ruan Yōu participated in this game during her freshman year.
Back then, every Sunday, they would gather in the classroom for roll call, and the counselor would brief them on the week ahead. In the first semester, to help classmates get to know each other better, the counselor organized a similar activity.
Each person had someone to protect and, at the same time, someone to be protected by.
In the following week, they had to secretly be kind to the person you were supposed to protect, at the very least by giving them a gift.
Ruan Yōu remembers that during that week, the class group chat was filled with photos and screenshots of “What I received” or pictures of gifts.
In this atmosphere, everyone eagerly anticipated their own guardian angel being kind to them.
Ruan Yōu gave a beautiful journal.
After giving the gift, she began to look forward to it, from the first day to the seventh day, but received no gifts.
Finally, when the counselor announced who everyone’s protector was, her guardian angel smiled at her with guilt.
Some took it seriously, while others didn’t.
However, the feeling of being secretly protected was truly wonderful.
It seems like there is still an expectation hidden in the world.
Ruan Yōu is willing to participate.
She took out eight small pieces of paper from the cabinet, wrote names on them, and placed them in a small wooden bucket for everyone to draw.
After everyone finished drawing, nobody rushed to look at them. They would naturally reveal a bit of information when they eventually do.
Ruan Yōu put the drawn pieces of paper into her bag and then pointed to the small red card, saying, “Does this count as knowing who the other person is and being able to make a small wish, provided that the other person can fulfill it?”
The small red card is used for writing their New Year’s wishes.
Making the guardian angel fulfill it doesn’t seem to be a problem.
Jiang Huai’s smile deepened.
Ruan Yōu continued, “If someone writes something like ‘give away their property,’ we can just ignore it and give them a wake-up slap to come to their senses.”
Jiang Huai silently suppressed his smile.
【She know what’s in the penny-pinching miser’s thoughts】
【Yeah, I want to know who Ruan Yōu drew, but revealing it wouldn’t be fun anymore】
【Exactly】
. . . . .
After the small event was completed, everyone chatted while having dinner.
Qi Nuo really wanted to see who he had drawn, but there were cameras everywhere, so he could only endure and see it at hotel room.
It was unclear how much time had passed when Ruan Yōu gazed at the deepening twilight.
Clusters of stars filled the night sky, and although they hadn’t seen the aurora for a long time, these stars, as dazzling as the Milky Way, were enough to awe-inspire.
After waiting for a while, everyone was getting a bit tired.
“Are we not going to see it tonight?” Lu Xuan sighed.
As everyone prepared to pack up and leave for the hotel to rest, a faint light suddenly appeared in the distance.
Then it turned green, one after another, green lights extended down from the night sky, and from the angle, it seemed to converge and extend to the ice lake ahead.
It was as if several green lights were radiating from the surface of the lake, illuminating the night sky like flowing silk.
The night was so dazzling.
The glass cabin appeared tiny and warm in the vast night, with the eight of them gathered together, all looking up at a scene that could not be described in words.
A moment of profound satisfaction filled their hearts.
Their glass cabin was like a small boat swaying in the starry river, meandering and circling, as they embraced each other, passing by the beauty and heading toward brilliance.
. . . . .
The Aurora Night has come to a perfect end.
In the hotel room, Ruan Yōu opened the small note she drew.
On it were three words:
[Gu Fuchen].
At the same time, seven other people also looked at the small notes they had drawn with a sense of telepathy.
This Lunar New Year, each of them will have a guardian angel.
Lu Xuan had just discussed the ending time in the group.
They decided to extend this activity until the beginning of spring.
When everything revives, at the moment when winter’s cold descends.
Ruan Yōu puts away the note, smiling, and puts it back in her bag.
It seems that tomorrow, she won’t be able to teach her “annoying” brother a lesson.
. . . . .
After the Aurora Night ended, the next morning, Ruan Yōu and Lu Xuan continued to explore the local area for a while. In the afternoon at three o’clock, they took a flight back home, officially concluding the first episode of their livestream.
As netizens eagerly awaited the arrival of the second episode, Ruan Yōu and the others began preparing for the upcoming Lunar New Year.
Only four days left until the Lunar New Year.
When they arrived in the city and were about to part ways, Lu Xuan ran over and asked, “Sister Yōuyōu, am I the person you’re guarding?”
Ruan Yōu chuckled and said, “The rule is to guard silently, cheating isn’t allowed.”
Lu Xuan sighed, “I’m just afraid my guardian angel won’t understand my interests. It would be great if it were you.”
Take her to invest money, and find her eight handsome little puppies to have a meal with.
Lu Xuan glanced at the domineering president and the ladies waiting for their driver to arrive, then leaned in close to Ruan Yōu and asked mischievously, “Sister Yōuyōu, who do you think your guardian angel is?”
Ruan Yōu looked around and paused for two seconds on Qi Nuo, “Qi Nuo has been watching me since a while ago. Could it be him?”
“Little brother Qi Nuo is good-looking, not inferior to Fu Jiazhan, hardworking, and decent. He qualified as a guardian angel. Congratulations, Sister Yōuyōu!”
Qi Nuo’s performance in the past few days had earned unanimous approval from the little princess.
Ruan Yōu casually mentioned it and didn’t take it seriously.
After the driver arrived, they got in the car and headed home with Gu Fuchen.
Gu Youqian and Ruan Liuyu personally came to pick them up.
When Ruan Liuyu got out of the car and saw Ruan Yōu, she had a brilliant smile on her face. But when she saw Gu Fuchen, she glared at him first, “Is there any brother like you who uses his sister to keep himself from the snow?”
Gu Fuchen looked around awkwardly and avoided eye contact with Ruan Liuyu.
Ruan Yōu: “Mom, let him off this time. Besides, I gave him a hard time later; we had quite a snowball fight.”
Gu Youqian praised, “Well done.”
After loading all the luggage into the trunk, Ruan Liuyu said to Jiang Huai, Lu Jin, Lu Xuan, Fu Jiazhan, Qi Zhiyan, and Qi Nuo, “When you guys appeared on the show, I discussed it with others. This New Year, let’s stay at the Gu family’s house together. If there are any social obligations, just go visit relatives.”
Ruan Liuyu said this with Jiang Huai in mind.
When picking up the envelope, Ruan Yōu, Gu Fuchen and Fu Jiazhan paid more attention to Jiang Huai’s envelope, beyond what Ruan Liuyu expected.
Son and daughter cared deeply about their good friends.
Ruan Liuyu wouldn’t let them worry, and after discussing with Lu’s parents, Qi’s parents, and Fu’s mother, they decided to stay at the Gu family’s house.
Ruan Yōu nodded with a bright smile, “Lunar New Year should be lively~”
. . . . .
On the way home, Ruan Liuyu mentioned someone whom Ruan Yōu paid close attention to before appearing on the variety show.
“Although we’ll be gathering with Aunt Fu and the others on New Year’s Eve, as is customary, on the night before New Year’s Eve, we will have a meal together with your Uncle’ and Aunt’s family.”
Ruan Yōu asked, “Uncle’s family?”
In the novel, Uncle’s eldest son, Gu Min, was the one who eventually tried to challenge Gu Fuchen’s authority.
She received messages from Cheng Xin and Yang Er yesterday.
One said that Cheng Guyuan’s resources were greatly affected after withdrawing from the variety show, so he began preparing to leave the entertainment industry. Another said he was trying to contact Gu Min.
In any case, Cheng Guyuan, without underestimating himself, is determined to recreate the brilliant ending from the novel.
Ruan Yōu opened Weibo and did a quick search.
The hot searches about Gu Fuchen were still going strong.
Ruan Yōu felt happy.
The glory belonging to her brother has been regained!
She enjoyed her happiness for two minutes, and Cheng Xin asked her an interesting question.
“Can you contact the initial user? He’s been unavailable these past few days, and a group of people is looking for him.”
Ruan Yōu secretly logged into the initial user’s WeChat account, and as soon as she did, a bunch of entrepreneurs sent her early New Year’s greetings.
Some of them were very worried and asked where she had gone.
Ruan Yōu had no intention of replying.
She had just finished a live variety show today; it was too risky.
She didn’t care about them; she wanted to enjoy the New Year!
She had plans with Lu Xuan and Qi Zhiyan to go shopping for New Year goods together tomorrow and decorate the house. However, before setting off the next day, she received a message from Jiang Huai.
“Bodhisattva Sister, Wen Juxi wants to talk to you.”
Wen Juxi, the heir of the Wen family, one of the top six wealthy families, Ruan Yōu had only seen her twice during investment class.
Jiang Huai added, “It’s related to the initial user.”
Ruan Yōu: ? ? ?