Chapter 122 Gu Ye (ETL) Part 2
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Chapter 122 A Glimpse of Someone Living in Hell
Ignoring the doubts, Gu Ye saw another name, “Next up, the winning nickname is ‘President Yu’s boyfriend is the most handsome in the world, who promised to make a photo album’.”
[Holy crap! Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!]
[It’s official! I’m so happy! Master Gu himself asked for it!]
[Yu Ze Yu Ze Yu Ze Yu Ze! Heavens above! Please release the photo album after it’s finished!]
[Master Gu, are you really that narcissistic?! Does President Yu know how direct you are?]
[Don’t be so sure, or you’ll be proven wrong. I really don’t know what’s wrong with the internet these days; anyone who’s not ugly seems to want to sell themselves as a BL fan to gain followers. It’s all because of the BL fans; they’re ruining the online environment.]
[Upstairs, you know shiet! Did I match a partner for you? Did I eat your rice? Does my idling in my own little world bother you from crawling into the ground?]
Gu Ye suddenly realized that his fans’ fighting power seemed quite formidable; they were quite adept at insults. He took a sip of water. “Let’s continue with the fortune-telling. This friend, which method do you choose?”
[President Yu’s boyfriend is the most handsome in the world, who promised to make a photo album: I pick face reading.]
Gu Ye: “Alright, a photo without makeup, please.”
After adding the other person as a friend, the winner sent Gu Ye a photo of himself (GY). Gu Ye was amused. “Why did you send me my photo?”
[President Yu’s boyfriend is the most handsome in the world, who promised to make a photo album: I want to read about your love life!]
Gu Ye laughed and said, “That’s impossible. Fortune tellers don’t tell their own fortunes; they can only tell others’. I’ll give you another chance.”
The other person immediately sent Gu Ye a photo of Yu Ze, which meant to read Yu Ze’s.
Gu Ye reminded the winner, “This is your last chance, so you can’t change it anymore. I’ve already done a fortune telling on Yu Ze’s face before: He will have a peaceful and prosperous life, has a royal fate, smooth relationships, and will grow old together with his partner. He is destined to be childless and will only love one person in his life.”
The people in the live stream were like they’d been injected with adrenaline, asking Gu Ye: [Does that mean he only loves you in his life?]
Gu Ye took a sip of water and smiled, saying, “No interviews, next.”
The fans were practically crying: [Just go public! Please! What’s the difference between this and going public? We just want to hear you say it yourself!]
Gu Ye pretended not to see those messages and said, “Alright, next one. The name is ‘Sending Gu Ye’s haters to Xinjiang1 to count grapes while kneeling’.” Gu Ye laughed at himself after reading it; these people are too talented!
[Sending Gu Ye’s haters to Xinjiang to count grapes while kneeling: I asked about my love life. I want to use the method of reading a one-word character. The character is ‘结’ (knot), from the phrase 永结同心/eternal love.]
Gu Ye nodded and said slowly, “The character ‘丝’ (silk) on the left part signifies entanglement, indicating that your love life isn’t going smoothly. However, the character ‘吉’ (auspicious) on the right suggests a good ending. The whole character of ‘结’ (knot) also signifies a resolution, indicating that the past is over and the future hasn’t arrived yet. Don’t worry, young lady. You won’t miss your destined partner.”
The other person excitedly thanked Gu Ye: [That’s wonderful! I had given up hope for the future, but Master Gu has given me hope!]
The live stream was buzzing when they heard someone swipe an access card at the door. Gu Ye tilted his head curiously to look. Yu Ze pushed open the door and saw Gu Ye sitting cross-legged on the sofa, live-streaming on his laptop. He smiled and said, “Babe, I’m back.”
Gu Ye reflexively clicked the little airplane icon in the bottom right corner of the computer screen, switching the computer to airplane mode. “Didn’t you have a business meeting?”
Yu Ze took off his coat and hung it on the hanger by the door. “Since you’re home, I came back early.”
Gu Ye pursed his lips. “Have you eaten?”
“Yes, what about you?”
“I ordered takeout. Well, don’t say anything for now.”
Yu Ze raised an eyebrow, somewhat puzzled.
Gu Ye said helplessly, “I’m live streaming. Wait until I finish these 10 fortune readings.”
Hearing that, Yu Ze clicked his tongue but didn’t reply. Then he went to the bar to get a drink.
Gu Ye restored his internet connection and said seriously, “Sorry, the internet was lagging.”
The live stream chat was in an uproar: [Such a perfect timing to lag! I heard a really magnetic voice!!]
[Come on, tell me who that is! That voice sounds so familiar!]
[Babe, I’m back, hehe~]
[Stop messing around, maybe it’s his brother!]
[Your brother calls you ‘Babe’?]
[Stop being disgusting, okay? I just came to watch fortune readings. Men with men? Bye-bye.]
[If you don’t like it, just leave. What’s it to you? We won’t miss you.]
[Actually, I’m a boyfriend fan of Gu Ye.]
[Those who break up CP2 eat dog shiet!]
[Those who break up CP eat dog shiet! +1]
[Those who break up CP eat dog shiet! +2]
Gu Ye calmly said, “Let’s continue. Next is… ‘If you see my ID, it means you’re going to lose a star.’” Gu Ye then joked, “Playing games with you felt like I’ll be constantly on edge3.”
The other person showered Gu Ye with gifts. The nickname is quite playful, but the speaker is rather composed; it probably wasn’t chosen by them.
[If you see my ID, it means you’re going to lose a star: I’ll keep it simple. I’d like a one-word character reading done on my recent career. Just the character “忠” (zhong), meaning loyalty.]
“The character ‘忠’ (loyalty) can be broken down: the top part is ‘中’ (middle), and the bottom part is ‘心’ (heart). If you want to build a career, you should first determine your core personnel. The character ‘中’ can be modified by adding a radical; adding a radical creates ‘患’ (suffer/trouble). You probably already have someone in mind, but you’re hesitating. Why not try someone else?”
The person then showered Gu Ye with more gifts, exclaiming in amazement: [You even foresaw my situation! Just one word, and you predicted so much! It’s amazing!]
Some praised Gu Ye for his accurate predictions, while others criticized him: [Just based on one word, you replaced the person who was already chosen? How can you be so shameless? That’s so unfair to that person!]
Gu Ye said calmly, “I only provided a reading from this selected character. Whether others want to listen or how to do it is none of my business. I’m only responsible for those who ask me to interpret characters. Keep whining, and I’ll send you to Xinjiang to count grapes while kneeling.”
The fans laughed, and some even advised Gu Ye: [Master Gu, don’t look at these comments. Just look at me! I just want to know who that person at the door was.]
[Yes! Please let him show himself!]
The topic had just steered back to normal when it veered back to Yu Ze again. Gu Ye asked helplessly, “Isn’t this a fortune-telling livestream?”
Fan: [Isn’t your relationship matter the most important thing?]
At this moment, Yu Ze walked over with a glass of water. Gu Ye looked up at him helplessly; he didn’t want the internet to lag again.
Yu Ze gave Gu Ye a resentful look, but didn’t show himself. He simply placed the water in front of Gu Ye before turning around and sitting down opposite him. After that, he took out his laptop and started reviewing reports.
Even so, the people in the livestream went crazy. They already knew who the man was: [Even if only one hand is shown, I know it’s Yu Ze!]
[Couple’s watches! Gu Ye, look at your wrist! Yu Ze’s watch is custom-made; there’s only one in the whole world!]
[No wonder Gu Ye’s watch looked familiar, I was thinking why I couldn’t recognize it!]
[You two already live together, why don’t you go public?]
[Oh my god, my ship is actually real! Let me catch my breath, I’m suffocating.]
Gu Ye looked at Yu Ze helplessly. So, he didn’t even need to show his face; everyone could guess who he was from this detail. Gu Ye strongly suspected that Yu Ze was doing it on purpose. Picking up his water glass and coughing lightly, Gu Ye feigned composure and said, “Alright, next.”
The topic shift was incredibly abrupt. Everyone stopped talking about fortune-telling and started looking for Yu Ze. Gu Ye finished half a bag of pistachios before the fans finally stopped yapping. Because no matter what they were asking about, Gu Ye just kept eating his snacks, completely silent and unresponsive. Even provocation didn’t work. Seeing everyone had quieted down, Gu Ye calmly said, “Next.”
News broke that Gu Ye and Yu Ze were living together, and that someone had seen Yu Ze in Gu Ye’s livestream. This news was then shared on Gu Ye’s Weibo account. Many more people flocked to Gu Ye’s Weibo, and the number of viewers in the livestream quickly reached over 10 million. This level of viewership is extremely rare across the entire platform. Gu Ye’s identity is rather unique. He’s not a true celebrity, yet his online following rivals that of A-list stars; he’s not an internet celebrity, but his livestreams attract a huge audience. After the livestreaming platform noticed this, they discussed extending an invitation to Gu Ye to host regular livestreams. However, this idea was immediately rejected by management.
“If he wants to stream on our platform, let him. Inform him we won’t take a single penny of the tips; give it all to him as a thank you for increasing traffic to our platform. He can donate it if he wants; it’ll be charity on our part. He might not get this treatment on other platforms. You can’t keep this type of person with money; you can only retain them through personal relationships.”
The livestreaming platform got a staff member who is a smooth talker to contact Gu Ye after his stream and relay the message from above. Gu Ye, who had just received his tips and was already happy, saw this message, and his mood improved even more. After screenshotting the chat history, Gu Ye posted it on his Weibo, thanking the Gouya platform for the treatment and announcing that he had donated all the tips he received that day to charity, providing screenshot proof.
Gu Ye’s actions stunned everyone. Just moments ago, everyone was enthusiastically discussing his love life, and in the blink of an eye, Gu Ye donated the money, simultaneously promoting the Gouya platform. Those who previously accused Gu Ye of putting on a show were now embarrassed to say anything more; after all, not everyone can afford to donate that much money.
The number of Gouya app downloads increased by millions within two hours, and unexpectedly, they ended up owing Gu Ye a favor.
Gu Ye lay in bed for a while, reading the comments. All he saw was positive, and a smile crept onto his face. People online are becoming more and more civilized. Even though Yu Ze has appeared, everyone’s focus has shifted from his private life to his charitable deeds. If things continue like this, with a little groundwork laid, their relationship isn’t entirely unacceptable to the world. In short, Gu Ye can tolerate being criticized. But criticizing Yu Ze is unacceptable.
Feeling satisfied, Gu Ye was about to log out when he saw a comment that seemed completely out of place among the others: [If there really are gods or ghosts, could they please let those high above take a look at the people living in hell?]
The comments kept coming and scrolling up.
The person who left this comment never mentioned anything else; they just kept repeating this one comment.
Gu Ye immediately sensed something was wrong. This simple sentence didn’t sound like the whining of a delusional teenager; it was filled with despair. He clicked on the contact’s profile and found it was a new account, without even a nickname. The comments still were being repeated, so Gu Ye messaged the person privately with an uneasy feeling: [Need help?]
At that moment, the profile picture refreshed, revealing the face of a gaunt woman with eyes like abysses. Gu Ye’s expression immediately turned grave upon seeing her face.
The other party replied to Gu Ye with this message: [Master Gu, if you truly can communicate with ghosts and spirits, please tell King Yama this. I’ll toil as his slav3 for 10 lifetimes, and I just wanted my whole family to suffer a terrible death!]
The reply made Gu Ye’s breath catch in his throat. He asked seriously: [Is this profile picture of you?]
The person didn’t reply for a long time. Gu Ye asked 3 times, and finally, the person replied with a single word: [Yes.]
Gu Ye sat up and quickly replied: [Don’t do anything foolish. Give me your address, and I’ll save you!]
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In a remote mountainous area, in an old 1-storey house, a woman in her early thirties stared at this sentence with despair. Her face expressionless, and her eyes lifeless as she logged off Weibo. Even family can’t be relied on, let alone strangers.
[CAUTION: Description of domestic abuse, please jump to the second last paragraph if you doesn’t want to read about the abuse.]
Just then, a middle-aged man kicked open the door. He was short, dark-skinned, and had small eyes. He glared hatefully at the woman sitting on the bed and strode over. When the woman saw him, her lifeless eyes finally showed a flicker of life. She trembled with fear and instinctively hid her phone. Seeing this, the man walked over with a cold face, grabbed the woman’s hair, and, ignoring her struggles, dragged her roughly off the bed and kicked her to the floor.
“You beach4! You went out to work for 2 days, and your mind’s already wandering, huh?! You only sent 1000 yuan home this month! And spent 500 on a phone! Hand it over!”
Only then did it become apparent that the man’s left hand was somewhat disabled, much smaller than his right; even when hitting her, his left hand was always tucked into his sleeve. The woman screamed, trembling all over, and said, “I bought the phone for convenience to find work.”
“Frck your mother’s what convenience!” He stepped on the woman’s head. Then with his right hand, he ripped the pillows and blankets off the bed. Finding the cell phone, worth only five hundred yuan, he kicked the woman several times, drawing blood from her mouth. Not satisfied, he kicked her several more times in the back. At first, the woman screamed a couple of times, but then she just stared at him coldly, remaining silent.
However, her reaction only enraged the man. He grabbed her hair, dragged her up from the ground, and slammed her against the wall again, forcing her head against the wall. His face contorted with rage as he cursed, “Your older brother killed my younger sister! Your whole family is animals! How dare you look at me like that? Do you look down on me? You’ve looked down on me ever since you married me! You think I’m a cripple, don’t you? You think I’m not good enough for you? So what if you went to school? So what if you can read? You worthless beach who can’t even lay an egg!”
The shouting and yelling were too loud, and the yard wasn’t big. Woken by the noise, the elderly family members came to the room to take a glance. Seeing the woman’s face covered in blood, they only coldly closed the door and left without saying anything.
The woman took a deep, desperate breath, her eyes instantly filled with venomous resentment.
Raw word count: 7178 (whole chapter)
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[Banana: Please take note that Banana will be going for Christmas holiday and also New Year holiday so this chapter is the last chapter for this year~
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