Chapter 75: Not Brushing

Gu Liuguang didn’t understand. “What do you mean?”

She felt that Qianqian was being a bit mysterious and suspected that Qianqian might be someone who had jumped out of the plot.

She was just about to ask the System if this world had completely collapsed.

Then she saw Qianqian stop stirring her drink. Qianqian sighed and looked at Gu Liuguang with utter sincerity. “Liuguang, I’m afraid you’ll regret it.”

Gu Liuguang looked at her full of question marks.

Qianqian said, “These bosses have a lot of tricks. If you regret it later and want to come back, you might not even be able to. You won’t tell us who your girlfriend is either, so we can’t even help you analyze it.”

Qianqian added, “Are you really sure you understand your girlfriend?”

Gu Liuguang got it. Zhao Qianqian was worried that she was being scammed.

Gu Liuguang felt a warmth in her heart. She hadn’t been at the company for long, but the friends she knew there treated her pretty well. Aside from the tasks, she had no real headaches.

Lin Shixia’s status was too special. The original plot and tasks only required her to dump Lin Shixia—they didn’t say anything about ruining the other’s career.

It was a fact that her former colleagues treated her well, but she had no intention of telling Qianqian about this. She changed the subject. “We’ll talk about regret later if it happens.”

Zhao Qianqian said a few more things, but Gu Liuguang brushed her off. Once the others came back, Zhao Qianqian didn’t bring it up again.

On the way out to catch a cab, Xiao Xia suddenly asked Gu Liuguang if she wanted to swing by the company. “You didn’t take the stuff you left at the company. You could pick it up while you’re at it.”

Gu Liuguang was a bit scared of running into Zhang Ze. She thought about it and shook her head in refusal.

Tiantian let out an “eh.” “Does Lin Shixia know you’ve quit? They say Lin Shixia was shooting a drama but made time to watch your live stream, only to find out you’d quit. She was even planning to help you in the PK Tournament…”

The others reacted. Xiao Xia said, “Right, have you told Teacher Shixia?”

Xiao Yao immediately looked at Gu Liuguang and saw the conflicted hesitation on her face. Her heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Gu Liuguang and Lin Shixia really had something going on?

Gu Liuguang composed her expression and met their gazes. She said casually, “I don’t have Teacher Shixia’s contact info. I just messaged her on Douying. She’ll see it when she logs in.”

They all showed expressions of pity and didn’t doubt Gu Liuguang’s words.

“If Lin Shixia just likes watching Group Lives, she might not contact you after you quit. That’s a real shame…”

Crossing class lines wasn’t that simple. If it were, every Group Live streamer would’ve gone pro by now.

They tried persuading her a few more times, but when Gu Liuguang wouldn’t budge, they dropped it. They even asked if she wanted them to grab the stuff she left at the company. They were all in the same city, and if it was inconvenient, they could call a delivery runner.

Gu Liuguang couldn’t remember leaving anything valuable at the company. If she had, she’d have taken it home herself—she’d never leave valuables there.

After dinner, Gu Liuguang went home and kept packing. That night, Lin Shixia didn’t send her any video clips as expected. Even the messages came during meal breaks.

The drama crew’s progress had been delayed by Lin Hang’s incident, and the director was now terrified of another scandal. He just wanted to wrap this drama up fast.

Gu Liuguang packed for a bit, then rested for a bit. The stuff on Idle Fish couldn’t all be sold off right away, so she left it listed for now. She couldn’t take it all to C City either—she wasn’t a centipede with all those bags.

She planned to ship it home first. If someone bought something, her siblings could ship it out.

There had been too many gifts back then—some boxes weren’t even opened, which made it easy to ship them together.

For the rest, only the things she really liked made the cut, even if she had to carry them. She packed those up.

She vented in the group chat. Moving was such a hassle. Packing was exhausting too.

No one replied. She remembered they might be live streaming, so she grabbed her phone and opened the Group Live account. Sure enough, they were live.

When she tapped in, Gu Liuguang’s phone lagged hard before it smoothed out. Following the System’s reminder, she blocked the gift effects so she could watch in peace.

During her streams, the big screen was always right behind the phone, with comments in the lower center for easy reading.

The live room had fifty thousand viewers online. Music played nonstop, and Zhang Ze’s voice mixed into the background, repeating the same line over and over.

“Little Light’s contract with the company has an issue. She can’t stream for a bit. Everyone hit follow and wait for updates.”

Xiao Yao and the others acted like it was no big deal, and with Zhang Ze’s natural tone, the occasional comments asking if Gu Liuguang had quit got brushed away fast.

Everyone really bought into Zhang Ze’s words. They truly believed it was just a contract glitch and that Gu Liuguang would be back once it was sorted.

Where there was belief, there was doubt. Some brought up how Lin Shixia had showered Gu Liuguang with gifts yesterday. And today, right when Gu Liuguang’s contract issue popped up, Lin Shixia didn’t show.

Zhang Ze handled it smoothly. “Just like you said, big bro—it’s that coincidental. Lin Shixia has to shoot today and is too busy to watch streams… Cut her some slack. Actors aren’t as free as you think.”

“Shooting all day is exhausting. It’s normal if Teacher Lin has no energy for streams after. And she really is shooting right now.”

Zhang Ze kept repeating the same old spiel. At first, Gu Liuguang thought it was clever wording—truthful yet artful. She even figured Zhang Ze had a pretty good temper.

But then she saw the steady fifty thousand online viewers, and how numbers spiked during pushes. When numbers rose, Zhang Ze stopped explaining and let newbies ask away. When they dipped, he started up again.

In between, he normally introduced PK Tournament rules. The popularity king would get perks like custom outfits and dances, plus C-position solo at the next stream’s start.

Gu Liuguang watched for a bit and sent small gifts to her ex-coworkers. They got buried in the gift feed quick.

Gifts flew fast, but sharp-eyed viewers spotted Gu Liuguang’s. Soon the room was full of “Little Light” and @s to her account. That’s when everyone realized Gu Liuguang was in the live room.

Gu Liuguang wasn’t streaming, but just having her account there jacked numbers to eighty thousand. Newcomers all asked where she was.

Gu Liuguang curled her fingers and scratched her cheek. She blinked at the screen and asked the System: 【Aren’t these people acting weird?】

She was just a Group Live dancer. It was like they were all her fans, treating her like an idol.

System: 【There might be promoters at work.】

Promoters?

In the live room, her contract was newly terminated—handled by her agent at the company, who hadn’t wanted to let her go. So the Guild contract wasn’t canceled yet. They hadn’t notified her, so she didn’t know to apply for termination in the backend.

Zhang Ze scrolled and found Gu Liuguang’s account. Her phone pinged—a message said she’d been made an admin.

Zhang Ze said, “See, everyone? I told you it’s just a contract hiccup. Hit follow for now, and we’ll update you.”

“If Little Light really had beef with the company and quit, would she log into the work account and join the company live room?”

Zhang Ze wrapped it up quick, and most bought it. But since Gu Liuguang didn’t type or speak, some started thinking the company had taken her account back.

Gu Liuguang thought it over and posted a comment anyway, without directly addressing Zhang Ze.

【Little Light: Can’t live stream for now. Just here to watch.】

Zhang Ze latched on like it was a traffic charm. He started chatting her up while hyping votes.

“Fifteen seconds left! Support your side with small gifts—Tiantian’s about to overtake Xiao Xia…”

Personal PK used the same songs and dances. Only in music transitions did they briefly relax—and even then, they hustled votes with body language.

No mic, so Tiantian cupped her cheeks and made a heart. During reviews, Zhang Ze had told her her smile was killer. She’d practiced the perfect one.

The styles weren’t super distinct yet. Xiao Xia went with her sweet-spicy vibe—matching her outfit with a foot pop, body tilt, and heart.

Xiao Xia dominated gifts. The red-blue bars pulled like tug-of-war.

Big traffic and numbers meant decent revenue even without Gu Liuguang—sharp drop, but still solid.

Especially from those desperate for her return, who spammed gifts fearing she’d really quit over low pay like the rumors said.

Now in round two PK—her quit left the group short, so the company pulled in strong girls from other groups to avoid shortages.

PK effect was surprisingly good. Revenue didn’t match before, but it visibly stirred emotions.

Given the base, gifts were pricier than cheapo rooms—not pennies or bucks, but heftier.

Early effects were solid; spotting Gu Liuguang cranked it up. Gifts rained like freebies. Red-blue bars warred like health bars in a game.

Zhang Ze said, “Who’d Little Light gift? Tiantian or Xiao Xia?”

Gu Liuguang had been about to leave but picked up her phone at his callout and watched seriously.

They both danced great, with expression control.

Under the lights, they sparkled like diamonds.

【Little Light: Not brushing.】

Zhang Ze laughed. “Haha, no gifts then. Who dances better, you think?”

Right after, Tiantian and Xiao Xia, with coquettish eyes, threw finger guns, hand waves, eyes pulling taffy.

Countdown ended—no more from Gu Liuguang. Checking admins, Zhang Ze saw she’d gone offline ages ago.

Meanwhile, Gu Liuguang picked up Gu Shuang’s video call. Under her gaze, she headed to the balcony.

She flicked on the balcony light and pulled out the rose planter a bit. She panned the phone top to bottom—leaves, flowers, stems, all shown.

After, the lens lingered on the prettiest, biggest rose.

Seconds later, it swung to Gu Liuguang’s stunningly pretty face. Fine sweat beaded her forehead. Her expression was cool, tone flat.

She asked, “Pretty?”

Lin Zhenshuang knew this wasn’t Gu Liuguang being cold. This was her most common look when relaxed.