Xu Gui and the others had already turned off the live stream when they arrived at the Lu family's house.
Although Lu Baiyi didn't mind being filmed, Xu Gui felt that they were just going to a friend's house for dinner, not for work, so there was no need to continue the live stream.
As for the fans' lamentations, Xu Gui was perfectly justified, after all, he had his reasons.
The group arrived at the Lu family's house and encountered Grandpa Lu and Lu Baiyuan at the gate. Upon seeing Xu Gui and the others, Lu Baiyuan rushed over, hugging Xu Gui's leg and sweetly exclaiming, "Sister, Yuan Yuan missed you so much!"
Grandpa Lu pursed his lips and said, "Didn't you just part ways this morning? How come you missed me so much?"
Lu Baiyuan turned to him and said seriously, "Grandpa, you don't understand. My sister and I are so close that a day apart feels like three autumns. So, if we haven't seen each other this morning, it's actually been months!"
She said earnestly, "I haven't seen my sister for months, of course I miss her terribly!"
Grandpa Lu: "..." Whose child is this? She speaks so eloquently... Oh, she's one of our Lu family members?
"This is practically a modern-day little succubus!" Yang Haolin couldn't help but exclaim to Yuan Lu in a low voice, "She's so good with words!"
Her sweet talk, coupled with her round, adorable face and those incredibly big eyes, was enough to make anyone's lips curl into a smile.
Yang Haolin clicked his tongue in amazement, thinking to himself: If he were half as good with words as this child, his uncle wouldn't worry about him getting hurt at work.
Sigh… Yang Haolin sighed.
Lu Baiyi called out to them, "Everyone, don't stand at the door, let's go inside."
Once inside, Lu Baiyuan was even busier, gesturing for Xu Gui and the others to sit down, running around busily attending to them. Although it was unclear what she was doing, she looked incredibly busy.
After finishing, she wiped imaginary sweat from her forehead, looking exhausted, and exclaimed, "I'm exhausted!"
The adults around her couldn't help but chuckle.
Old Lu sat down next to Xu Gui and the others, glancing at her with his eyes. He said, "I watched your live stream. You're too arrogant! You actually said you'd earn a hundred million right off the bat. Aren't you afraid of exaggerating?"
Xu Gui looked at him and asked, "So, do you think I can achieve this goal?"
"Well," Old Lu stroked his chin, glanced at her again, and muttered, "If it were someone else, I definitely wouldn't think it's possible, but you... well, maybe."
After all, Xu Gui was often unpredictable; other people's standards simply couldn't be applied to her. Recalling four months ago, when she first filmed "360 Trades," how quietly she had managed to do it—who could have imagined that she would have such a presence and scale now?
"But, there are only a few days left until the end of your show," Old Lu leaned closer to her and said, "I've calculated that you're at least thirty million short. How are you going to earn thirty million in these few days?"
Xu Gui just smiled and remained silent.
Old Lu looked at her and said, "Judging from your expression, it seems you already have an idea. Tell me quickly, how do you plan to earn this 30 million?"
Xu Gui didn't answer Old Lu's question. Instead, she looked at him and asked curiously, "The places where you were beaten up are healed now?"
Old Lu: "..."
Xu Gui sighed, "I told you before that you shouldn't be fickle in matters of the heart. You're getting older, you should cultivate your character and stop going to do your square dancing. But now it seems you didn't listen to me at all."
After saying that, seeing Old Lu's twitching eyes, she asked him curiously, "So, how badly were you beaten up? I asked you to send me a picture, but you wouldn't, and then you stopped replying to my messages..."
She looked at Old Lu with a "you're so cold-hearted" look—when the two of them chatted, they didn't seem like a junior and an elder, but more like two friends of the same age, so their attitudes were quite casual.
Although Xu Gui is now friends with Lu Baiyi, her relationship with Old Man Lu... is still separate matters. After all, Old Man Lu was the first person she met.
Old Man Lu said speechlessly, "...I think you just want to see me make a fool of myself!"
Xu Gui blinked and asked humbly, "You figured it out?"
Old Man Lu snorted and pointed out her overreaction: "You clearly have no intention of hiding your intention to make a fool of me!"
Hearing this, Xu Gui couldn't help but laugh. She laughed and said, "It's not my fault. Who told you not to listen to me back then? You clearly know I'm very good at fortune telling, but you still ignored me..."
Later, after he was beaten up, he never went to his stall again. Moreover, every time Xu Gui asked him about this on the phone, he would evade the question and change the subject, which only made Xu Gui's curiosity grow stronger.
Just then, Xu Gui suddenly felt a weight on her lap, and a soft figure lay on her legs.
"Sister, you want to know about the time my grandpa was beaten? Yuan Yuan knows!" Lu Baiyuan said eagerly. "Yuan Yuan can tell you!"
Old Man Lu's expression changed, and he reached out to grab the child: "You naughty child!"
Yuan Yuan giggled when he grabbed her.
Lu Baiyi came with fruit and saw this scene. A smile flashed in his eyes. He placed the fruit plate in front of Xu Gui and said, "My grandpa has been thinking about you. He watched every single one of your live streams!"
Even if he couldn't watch them sometimes because of other things, he would find the videos online to watch them later, making sure he didn't miss a single one.
However, having his grandson bring it up, Old Man Lu felt a little embarrassed. He snorted coldly, gave Xu Gui a haughty look, and said arrogantly, "I'm just curious, can you really earn a hundred million in half a month?"
He continued, "I'm afraid that the more confidently you boasted, the more pathetic you'll be when you fail to achieve this goal! At that time, the reputation you've built up over the past few months will likely be destroyed!"
He thought to himself: Young people are too arrogant, leaving themselves no room for maneuver.
Xu Gui listened, thought for a moment, and said, "But even if I don't earn a hundred million, I can still earn tens of millions in half a month. That result already far surpasses many people, isn't it?"
Old Man Lu said meaningfully, "Even so, public opinion can be manipulated and guided..."
Xu Gui smiled and said, "Old Man Lu, thank you for your concern, but... I don't think I'll lose!"
She said confidently, "I can definitely win! I will definitely achieve this goal of a hundred million!"
Too arrogant!
Old Man Lu thought to himself, but his eyes were full of admiration as he looked at Xu Gui, and his lips were full of smiles.
After all, what kind of young man wouldn't be arrogant? Back in his youth, Old Man Lu was no less arrogant than Xu Gui.
Perhaps influenced by Xu Gui's sharp spirit, Old Man Lu felt a surge of pride at that moment. However, when his gaze shifted and he saw his grandson's eyes fixed on Xu Gui with obvious admiration, his pride faltered. Old
Man Lu: This kid…
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Lu Baiyi wasn't lying when he said he would cook for Xu Gui. After chatting with Xu Gui for a while, he got up and went to the kitchen, rolling up his sleeves to prepare some snacks for him.
As for lunch, there was a chef at home, so he didn't need to cook.
Because Lu Baiyi enjoyed cooking, he had his own private kitchen. Just as he was preparing the ingredients, a head peeked into the kitchen.
"Do you need my help?" Xu Gui asked.
Lu Baiyi looked at her in surprise and asked, "Why did you come here?"
Then he said, "No need, I can manage here by myself. You can sit down and chat with my grandpa and the others. If you're bored, you can have some fruit, or Yuan Yuan can take you to the movie room to watch a movie, or you can go to the game room to play games..."
Their house was big, with many top-of-the-line facilities.
Xu Gui had already walked in. She said, "I don't want to watch a movie or play games right now... What are you planning to do? Is there anything I can help with?"
She walked to Lu Baiyi's side, looking somewhat eager.
Lu Baiyi glanced at her, and seeing her eagerness to try, a smile flashed in his eyes.
"In that case, help me crack an egg!" He put an egg in her hand.
Xu Gui's eyes widened with curiosity.
...
Xu Gui said she was helping Lu Baiyi, but she was a bit clumsy. After several attempts, she kept throwing the eggshell into the whisk, so Lu Baiyi had to give her another task.
Fortunately, Xu Gui wasn't picky about what she could do, as long as she could help. Even small things like adding water or rolling up Lu Baiyi's sleeves were enough to make her look perfectly content, with an expression that said, "I helped, I'm so great!"
She seemed very proud.
Looking at her expression, Lu Baiyi couldn't help but think: So cute.
Realizing what he was thinking in front of her, his ears turned slightly red, and then Xu Gui curiously poked one of them.
Lu Baiyi whirled around, looking at Xu Gui with a startled expression.
His reaction was so extreme that Xu Gui stared at him wide-eyed and said, "I was just curious why your ears suddenly turned red. Are you feeling unwell?"
Lu Baiyi's entire face turned red, and he explained, "It's because I'm hot!"
Xu Gui pointed out a fact: "But your whole face is red now, is that also because of the heat?"
Lu Baiyi nodded firmly: "That's right, it's because of the heat!"
Xu Gui nodded in sudden understanding.
Lu Baiyi's eyes flickered, avoiding Xu Gui's gaze, his expression somewhat uneasy. Influenced by his emotions, the atmosphere in the kitchen became rather subtle… Xu Gui wasn't sure what this atmosphere was, but she quite enjoyed being in the same space as Lu Baiyi.
Lu Baiyi's luck was simply too strong; no tortoise could resist its attraction. Being in the same space with him made the tortoise feel very comfortable, almost floating on air.
Thinking this, Xu Gui moved a little closer to Lu Baiyi and asked him, "What else do you want me to do?"
Lu Baiyi: "...Ah, this..."
Hearing his nervous voice, the old man and the young man squatting at the kitchen door couldn't help but sigh in disappointment.
"Your older brother is really useless! What's with all the shyness? He should be brave and go for it!" Old Man Lu whispered to his granddaughter. "You can't just be shy when pursuing a girl! Back when your grandma and I got together, it was all thanks to me taking the initiative!"
Lu Baiyuan nodded vigorously. "My brother really is useless! Sigh, with him like this, when will Sister Xu Gui become my sister-in-law? Sister Xu Gui is so beautiful, and so many people like her. If my brother doesn't step up, what if Sister Xu Gui gets snatched away by some bad man?"
Old Man Lu said, "You can't blame your brother. This is his first time doing this!"
Although Lu Baiyi is twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, he has never been in a relationship, and the Lu family has never seen him show any interest in any woman. So, he's very experienced being pursued, but pursuing someone is definitely a first for him.
Old Man Lu thought about it and felt that things couldn't go on like this.
"Yuanyuan, Grandpa's giving you a task! Your older brother wants to win over your sister Xu Gui, and it's all up to you!"
"...Grandpa, don't worry, Yuanyuan's got it covered!"
The grandfather and granddaughter exchanged a glance, their eyes brimming with high spirits.