Wan Tong’s parents are both in their hometown, and she hasn’t told them about her injury.
After paying the medical bills, there was only 5,000 yuan left in her bank account. However, in today’s society, there are many ways to borrow money, so she is not afraid of starving.
After resting for a night, Wan Tong felt much better the next day.
Yesterday, she borrowed a nurse’s phone to contact her college roommate, Tu Mi. Today, Tu Mi bought a new phone for her.
Before, Tu Mi and the original owner interned together at the TV station. Both of them had similar abilities, but in the end, only Tu Mi stayed behind, but this did not affect their relationship.
“Tongtong, why don’t you post a message online so that people won’t speculate randomly?” Tu Mi was a bit worried because many people now think Wan Tong is just seeking publicity.
“Okay.”
Wan Tong logged into Weibo and posted a message to let everyone know she was safe.
The original owner had less than 10,000 followers before, but now it has risen to 30,000, with many male followers who came after seeing her photos.
After her Weibo post, the comments were either criticizing her for using her life for publicity or filled with vulgar words from some creepy men. Only a few fans were comforting her.
Wan Tong expected this kind of reaction, so she didn’t let it bother her.
The company sent a manager to see her and arranged for her future work.
In a way, she had turned misfortune into an opportunity. With the increase in Weibo followers, she now had the qualification to join the e-commerce platform, Taobei Live. Once she applied for a broadcasting room, she could start streaming.
The live streaming model of hosts promoting products has only been developing for less than half a year, and most people aren’t optimistic about it, saying it’s already on the decline.
However, industry insiders are looking to capitalize on this trend to boost content traffic, which is why the company arranged for Wan Tong to join Taobei Live.
Tumi spent half a day at the hospital with Wantong before returning to work. In the evening, Wantong started her live broadcast.
Previously, the original owner’s broadcast times were not fixed, ranging from daytime to evening, sometimes lasting five to six hours. Today, she was injured and hospitalized, so everyone thought she wouldn’t be live streaming.
When they saw her online, a few loyal fans inquired about her health.
“It’s just a fracture, it doesn’t affect the livestream,” Wan Tong smiled towards the camera, pursing her lips.
She was still wearing a hospital gown, her long curls cascading over her shoulders, and she wasn’t wearing makeup, so her lip color wasn’t very prominent. Her face was excessively pale, and her charming eyebrows and eyes had a touch of fragility.
This was the first time she appeared on camera in such a state, which surprised her fans.
[Is Tongtong barefaced?]
[Is it a no-makeup look?]
[OMG, Tongtong has become a sick beauty! She looks amazing!]
[Is the anchor trying to garner sympathy? I admit, I feel a bit sorry for her.]
…
Before long, donations started pouring in.
Wantong touched her eyebrows and jokingly said, “Thanks to my semi-permanent eyebrows, who would dare to livestream without makeup?”
[Ahhh, where did the anchor get her eyebrows done?]
[I also think they look great!]
[Tongtong, did you do your eyelashes? They also look so long!]
[What? You can do eyebrows and eyelashes too?]
…
Wan Tong chats like she’s talking with her sisters, choosing topics in accordance with the barrage.
The original owner sang, danced, and provided voiceovers skillfully. Based on her physical memory, Wan Tong also sings a bit and communicates directly with fans using a cute voice.
She ignores the inappropriate comments in the barrage.
After half an hour of livestreaming, her online viewership has already exceeded the previous highest record of the original owner, steadily rising to five thousand.
Newly arrived viewers are all leaving comments saying they’ve discovered a hidden gem anchor.
For Wan Tong, this is truly a boost of confidence.
After livestreaming for two hours, Wan Tong takes a break due to exhaustion.
However, while scrolling through Weibo, she notices that someone has posted an image under the Weibo post she made in the morning.
That account is named @Wang_Xing, and the profile picture is a small golden star.
Wan Tong clicks on the image and takes a look. It’s drawn on a white paper with a ballpoint pen stroke by stroke, depicting her side profile.
She likes the image and replies with a [Thank you], then saves the image and sets it as her new profile picture.
But she thought about it and suddenly felt strange. Her photos circulating on the internet, but it seems like there aren’t any side profile pictures, right?
Where did this person see her? Or did they watch her live stream?
Although Wan Tong felt strange in her heart, she didn’t probe further. After putting down her phone, she forgot about it.
After being discharged from the hospital, Wan Tong returned to her apartment using crutches.
Thinking that the boss lived opposite her, and she was his muse… After entering the elevator, Wan Tong couldn’t help but look at herself in the mirror.
She had asked Tu Mi to wash her hair the next day after the incident, so her hair condition looked good. Although she wasn’t wearing makeup, her complexion had improved a lot because she had eaten and slept well these days. Her face was rosy from the walk she had just taken, and the corners of her eyes had a slight pinkish tint.
She turned to the side, and her figure was still sizzling.
A black knee-length dress, perfect.
The elevator doors opened, and she walked out, leaning on her crutches. She first glanced at the opposite side before reaching for her keys.
But because she was distracted, the keys slipped from her hand and fell to the ground.
Wan Tong looked at the scattered keys on the floor, feeling helpless. How was she going to pick them up?
Just then, there was a noise from behind.
It was Shao Heng.
He was wearing a baseball cap, a black short-sleeved shirt, and jeans. He was also holding a small garbage bag in his hand.
He didn’t close the door and took a few steps behind Wan Tong. Suddenly, he bent down to pick up the keys for her. Then, without saying a word, he walked to the end of the hallway, tossed the garbage bag, and came back.
He seemed like a young beast cub wandering around, a bit fierce and wild.
Wan Tong held the key in her hand and said to him, “Thank you.”
Upon hearing her voice, Shao Heng glanced at her and said, “Huh.”
Wan Tong : “…”
When she wanted to strike up a conversation, Shao Heng had already turned expressionless and closed the door with a bang.
Just as Wan Tong had opened her own room’s door, the elevator doors opened again, and out came the Raider, Li Zhi.
Li Zhi was carrying some groceries and, upon seeing Wan Tong, had a somewhat strange expression. However, since they were neighbors, she still nodded at her and said, “Hey, did you get hurt?”
Li Zhi knew that the girl living across lived alone.
The girl was incredibly sexy, with a figure that had made Li Zhi secretly glance at her more than once. But since the girl had moved in, she rarely went out during the day and often didn’t return at night. So, Li Zhi had always thought she might be a kept woman of some wealthy man.
After all, she had the looks of a seductress.
“Well, I had a little fall,” Wan Tong replied.
“Is that so? Have you eaten yet? Would you like to eat together?” Li Zhi gestured to the bag of groceries in her hand.
Originally, she had just said it casually, thinking that no one would suddenly show up at someone else’s home for a meal.
But to her surprise, Wan Tong nodded without hesitation and said, “Sure.”
Li Zhi’s hand, which was about to open the door, froze for a moment. She was momentarily taken aback and looked at Wan Tong a few times, as if confirming whether she had heard correctly.
However, Wan Tong had already closed her own door and had come up behind Li Zhi while leaning on her crutch.
“Ah… that’s fine, I bought some extra vegetables,” Li Zhi said stiffly.
Wan Tong replied with a smile, “Hehe, I don’t eat much, Sister.”
Li Zhi looked at her charming smile and awkwardly nodded, “You can call me Sister Zhi.”
“I’m Gu Wantong, you can call me Xiao Gu,” Wan Tong responded.
The door was opened, and there was a faint smell of paint in the air. In the corner of the living room were some art supplies and paintboxes, which seemed to have just been tidied up.
At this moment, Shao Heng was sitting on the living room sofa, holding a ballpoint pen in one hand and a sketchbook in the other, his head lowered in concentration. He didn’t even look up when Li Zhi entered.
“Do I need to change shoes?” Wan Tong asked Li Zhi.
Li Zhi glanced at her injured leg and said, “Yes, you should, but I don’t have any spare slippers at the moment.”
On the sofa, Shao Heng suddenly looked up in the direction of the entrance.
Li Zhi turned to him and said, “A’Heng, could you go to the room across and help get Xiao Gu’s slippers? She’s having dinner at our home tonight.”
Shao Heng stood up and looked toward Wan Tong, saying, “Okay.”
“Thank you, A’Heng.”
As Shao Heng passed by her, Wan Tong nodded at him and handed him the keys.
Shao Heng took the keys from her hand, and their fingers lightly touched. He quickly withdrew his hand and walked briskly toward her door.
Li Zhi carried the groceries into the kitchen, and Wan Tong waited at the door for a while. She saw Shao Heng coming back with a pair of slippers.
Wan Tong looked at the black men’s slippers and found it strange. She lived alone, but there were both men’s and women’s slippers, and she was wearing men’s slippers. Had he noticed this?
Shao Heng placed the slippers on the floor, adjusted his baseball cap, and entered the room.
“A’Heng, could you please…”
Wan Tong’s words weren’t finished yet when Shao Heng, without looking back, impatiently threw out a sentence, “Can’t you see I’m busy? Can’t you not annoy me?”
Wan Tong : “…” *Splurt*, is she really his white moonlight?
Shao Heng walked to the edge of the sofa, saw that Wan Tong was still standing by the door, and suddenly came back with a stern face. The lowered brim of his cap hid his eyes, and Wan Tong could only see his tightly pursed lips.
He seemed extremely impatient.
Wan Tong had given up hope of him helping her change her shoes, but when Shao Heng came back, he suddenly bent down in front of her and picked her up in one swift motion.
After placing her on the sofa, he tossed the slippers aside and then grabbed her ankle, forcefully pulling off her shoes.
Each movement carried a hint of impatience, but it didn’t hurt her.
The original owner didn’t like wearing high heels and preferred flat shoes for everyday wear. In the hospital, she wore lightweight, soft single shoe for convenience.
Shao Heng held her delicate ankle and placed the removed single shoe to the side, but his gaze uncontrollably landed on her fair and tender instep, as well as her cute toes like white jade.
Various emotions surged within him. He forced himself to look away and hung a pair of slippers on her feet.
Li Zhi happened to come out of the kitchen and was momentarily surprised when she saw Shao Heng crouching in front of Wan Tong.
Shao Heng helped Wan Tong change her shoes?
For some reason, Li Zhi suddenly had a not-so-good premonition.
However, when she thought about how her favorability rating in Shao Heng’s heart had reached 60, she relaxed. She’s relieved that she had treated Shao Heng well over the years.