Because of Jiang Tian’s comment, fans instantly went wild!
Many replied under her comment:
Gu Jinyan’s Fairy Queen: Is this real? Will the award-winning actor really kneel on durian?
V: I’m Called Mrs. Gu: I’m not really convinced? Is this just a husband-and-wife promotional stunt?
Want to Have Monkeys with the Award-Winning Actor: Omg~ if it’s true, that’s too sweet, bababa…
A: Looking forward~
B: Looking forward +1
C: Looking forward + 10086…
…
Seeing that this heat could spark another trending super-topic, Gu Jinyan’s face darkened beyond recognition.
Just then, Cheng Fang came running back, carrying two durians.
Though she wasn’t sure if the award-winning actor would actually kneel,
Cheng Fang admitted she really wanted to see that scene.
So she specifically picked the biggest, hardest durians!
Jiang Tian looked at the durians Cheng Fang placed on the floor, then checked the time. It was almost 9 p.m. She picked up her phone and started the live stream. The live room was already packed, with bullet comments flying nonstop.
“So nervous~ Will the award-winning actor really kneel?”
“Two more minutes, ahhhh…”
“Excited~”
…
[System Message]: @苏苏苏苏苏 sent @Jiang Tian a sports car~
[System Message]: @The Award-Winning Actor’s Little Fan sent @Jiang Tian a bicycle~
[System Message]: @Gu Family Army: Serene sent @Jiang Tian Rolls-Royce x3~
…
The comments and gifts were coming in so fast Jiang Tian couldn’t keep up. Her live room quickly climbed into the top ten on the gift leaderboard, with the number of viewers exceeding 300,000 and still growing at lightning speed.
Jiang Tian turned off the sound, aiming the camera at the empty space in the room. It didn’t look like a shabby rented apartment—on the floor were two large durians.
Jiang Tian raised an eyebrow at Gu Jinyan, “Award-winning actor, kneel!”
Gu Jinyan’s face was as dark as it could get.
He glared at Jiang Tian, grinding his teeth.
If it were anyone else, they’d have been scared to tears by the award-winning actor’s intensity, but Jiang Tian wasn’t afraid at all.
Cheng Fang covered her mouth, laughing happily on the side.
After a two-minute standoff, as the living room clock struck 9:00, Gu Jinyan took off his jacket, placed his knees against the durians, and knelt.
Cheng Fang: Holy shit!
When Gu Jinyan’s figure appeared on the screen, all the viewers immediately spammed the chat.
“Holy shit!”
“Holy shit!”
“Holy shit!”
“It’s really the award-winning actor!”
“Am I seeing this right? Our award-winning actor is really kneeling on durian?!”
“The scene is too beautiful, I don’t dare look!”
“…”
Rows of shocked comments filled the screen.
Jiang Tian watched gleefully, unable to hold back a laugh.
The news of the award-winning actor appearing in a live stream kneeling on durian spread across the entire internet in less than a minute. The whole of Weibo exploded. Even the top executives at entertainment companies were shocked. The phone in Gu Jinyan’s pocket instantly went crazy.
Li Xia, who had been ordered to distract the paparazzi and had run off after being exposed, was also dumbfounded when he saw the photos on Weibo.
“What the hell kind of move is this?”
Zhao Xiying, who had been waiting on her phone for Gu Jinyan to clarify and clear her name, also looked terrible.
Liu Yao was even more stunned, “Are you sure Gu Jinyan is on good terms with you? This isn’t to clear your name—it’s to boost Jiang Tian’s momentum.”
And before the durian kneeling, their PR team had already posted the topic “Jiang Tian abuses power to steal roles”…
Zhao Xiying’s face grew even uglier. “Quickly take down the trending topic!”
At home, bored and scrolling through Weibo, Mrs. Gu saw her aloof son kneeling on durian for his wife and burst into laughter. She had the nanny log into the live stream for her and excitedly went to send gifts and cheer.
Also, Lu Xin from the crew, Director Tang, the male and female leads…
Everyone was dumbfounded…
…
In the rented apartment, Gu Jinyan’s face was cold. He knelt for two or three minutes, and his expression gradually eased.
Seeing Jiang Tian laughing uncontrollably, he raised an eyebrow.
Opened his mouth.
Jiang Tian thought he was going to say something.
Seeing him gesture toward the sound, she removed the mute.
Then, in the live stream, the sound went from silent to suddenly hearing the award-winning actor’s deep voice: “Baby, are you still mad? Forgive me~”
The live stream instantly exploded again.
“Oh my god, the award-winning actor’s voice is so hot~ I’m falling~”
“Who said our award-winning actor is aloof, unfeeling, and has low EQ? Our award-winning actor is a loyal husband!”
“Suddenly I’m fangirling over an award-winning actor who looks aloof on the outside but only dotes on his wife and will do anything for her! Ahhh, Gu Jinyan, I’ve decided to be your fan for life.”
“…”
Not only that, they soon saw the award-winning actor’s usually cold face suddenly looking pitiful, “Baby, forgive me, give me a loving kiss. I promise I won’t dare do it again…”
The fans completely lost it.
“I’m done for, I’m hopeless, I’ll only ever love Gu Jinyan!”
“Leave Sister Jiang alone, we’ll do it!!!”
“Award-winning actor, I’ll give you a thousand, ten thousand loving kisses~”
“Sister Jiang, forgive him, the award-winning actor is begging~”
“…”
The smile on Jiang Tian’s face froze.
She was stunned.
Looking at the mocking smirk in Gu Jinyan’s eyes, her inner monologue nearly slipped out: Holy shit! Gu Jinyan, have you no shame?!
But she also knew they were currently marketing an affectionate couple image. Tricked by Gu Jinyan and fueled by the fans’ enthusiasm, Jiang Tian had no choice.
Curling her lips into a sweet, coquettish smile, her voice dripped with honey: “Hubby~ With such sincerity, how could I not forgive you~”
She swayed over, wrapped her arms around Gu Jinyan’s neck in front of the camera, took a deep breath, and kissed him, secretly biting his lip hard to get revenge~
…
Jiang Tian secretly bit Gu Jinyan’s lip hard, while Gu Jinyan tightly gripped Jiang Tian’s waist. Neither gave in, but to the viewers in the live stream, it looked like a sweet, intimate scene. Gifts and shouts of “So sweet~” from fans flooded the entire screen.
Gu Jinyan knelt on the durians, holding Jiang Tian, and they kissed for a full five minutes, ending up breathless and wishing they could tear each other apart, yet forced to act affectionate because of the fans watching.
Due to their friendly interaction, the so-called cheating scandal fizzled out.
Throughout the whole incident, the award-winning actor Gu broke his persona, successfully transitioning from an aloof image to a wife-devoted madman. Zhao Xiying’s pure “Jade Girl” image collapsed into that of a scheming woman who couldn’t read the room. Jiang Tian was the biggest winner, jumping from an unknown extra to the award-winning actor’s fiancée, the fans’ “Big Sister,” and even hailed by many media outlets as a symbol of the new era woman.
This storm changed rapidly and finally settled.
Fortunately, nothing major went wrong.
As soon as the two ended their live stream, phone calls from both of their entertainment companies’ higher-ups came through.
Clearly, things had escalated to this point now.
So there was only one thing to do at the moment.
Joint husband-and-wife promotional campaign! Bundled marketing!
Gu Jinyan’s face darkened.
Jiang Tian frowned.
But given their status and positions, neither could refuse. Of course, Jiang Tian was extremely resistant to joint promotion with Gu Jinyan. Whether Gu Jinyan was truly resistant, however, was unknown.
“Since everyone now knows we’re a couple, pack your things and come with me?” Gu Jinyan lifted his eyelids slightly and snorted.
“Where to?” Jiang Tian was also mentally exhausted from the night’s events.
Gu Jinyan scoffed, “Where else? Home, of course—my fiancée.”
Jiang Tian: …
Fine, given the current situation, this request was indeed reasonable. Jiang Tian couldn’t refuse. But thinking about entering the Gu family and how, in the original story, this tragic novel’s female lead would be tormented in various ways by this scumbag, Jiang Tian felt incredibly weary.
“If I have to move in, we need to set three rules.”
“Three rules? What rules?” Gu Jinyan was intrigued.
Jiang Tian seriously found paper and pen, placed the earlier guarantee on the table, and started drafting the contract.
“First, our relationship lasts only three months. After three months, I move out of the Gu family, and the engagement is automatically terminated.”
“Second, neither party may initiate any physical contact without the other’s consent.”
“Wait a moment!”
Gu Jinyan frowned when he heard the second rule. “This one needs revision. Since we’re pretending to be engaged, due to the nature of our work, we’ll inevitably have to put on a show in front of the media.”
“…”
Jiang Tian frowned slightly, then nodded, “Alright, let’s modify this one: No physical contact except in public.”
“Third, do not interfere with each other’s privacy. Publicly, we must uphold each other’s reputation and not tarnish it. When you’re with your white moonlight, please consider my reputation. If you really can’t control your feelings, then please wait until after these three months, after we’ve terminated our engagement, before contacting your white moonlight again. OK?”
Gu Jinyan: …
“She’s not my white moonlight. She just helped me once,” he instinctively explained.
But Jiang Tian couldn’t care less, “What does that have to do with me? Keep your matters between the two of you hidden and secret. Just don’t let me run into it, and don’t let the media find out.”
“…”
Gu Jinyan’s face darkened another shade.
After listing around ten rules in total, Jiang Tian finally felt there was nothing else of particular concern. She handed the contract to Gu Jinyan right then and there. With a dark expression, he didn’t even read it and signed with a flourish.
Seeing the bold, flowing signature of “Gu Jinyan,” Jiang Tian finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She packed her luggage and gleefully followed Gu Jinyan to the Gu family home.
After all, now that the threat of being tormented was lifted, getting to live in a luxurious mansion for free for three months—only a fool would refuse.
Right after getting in the car, a system notification suddenly sounded in her mind.
[Counterattack mini-task #Jiang Tian forced to kneel on broken glass# completed. Reward: 1 optimization point delivered. Please choose to apply the optimization function or continue storing points.]
Kneel on broken glass?
Jiang Tian was taken aback.
She hadn’t heard any task announcement before, but after Gu Jinyan knelt on the durian, it showed as completed.
She couldn’t help but feel puzzled.
After selecting [Store], she suddenly noticed a small inverted triangle on the task panel of the light screen.
Jiang Tian pulled it down and discovered a list of small tasks.
The top two lines, “Dump the Scumbag” and “Splash Red Wine,” were already highlighted.
Indicating completion.
Below, a row of smaller gray text indicated tasks not yet completed.
And the newly highlighted task, “Kneel on Broken Glass,” showed as completed.
So, apart from following a specific sequence, the system also issued randomly triggered tasks. But she could complete tasks ahead of schedule as per the predetermined list.
Wow~ w(ﾟДﾟ)w
In other words, if she encountered difficult tasks in the future, Jiang Tian could first complete simpler tasks to accumulate points and then use them to offset the harder ones.
It seemed this task system was quite user-friendly.
Jiang Tian checked her point total.
She had already accumulated 3 points.
Since transmigrating, she had been too busy to study the task system carefully. Now, she couldn’t help but enter the system shop to take a look.
Inside were various products.
All sorts of strange items.
Item: Perfect Little Black Dress
Price: 10 points
Effect: Increases charm by 100 points, stuns the entire room, can make a hundred men fall at your feet.
Item: Beauty Enhancement Pill
Price: 50 points
Effect: Increases appearance by 50 points. Can turn an ugly woman into a stunning beauty.
Item: Enchanting Voice
Price: 50 points
Effect: Increases vocal charm by 50 points. Can elevate tone-deaf singing to diva level.
Item: Extraordinary Acting Skills
Price: 100 points
Effect: Increases acting skills by 100 points. Can elevate stiff, awkward acting to award-winning actress level.
…
The variety of products was bizarre.
And the prices were astonishingly high.
After working herself to the bone on tasks, Jiang Tian only had 3 points—not even enough for one little black dress. There were cheaper dresses and pills available, but their effects were mediocre.
Jiang Tian thought about it and bought a bottle of Radiance Elixir, which only increased appearance by 3 points.
After all, she only had 3 points—might as well try it. Can’t lose much, can’t get scammed.