In fact, the name "Taotie" had a very remarkable effect, as most of the comments on the live - stream chat were discussions about Taotie.
"Is it really Taotie? The Taotie, one of the Four Fiends?"
"No wonder it has always topped the big - eater leaderboard. It turns out to be Taotie. Now I'm not surprised."
"Is Taotie so good - tempered? Isn't it said to be one of the Four Fiends? This doesn't make sense!"
"Hey, the times are developing. Nothing is impossible. Even demons should dare to embrace new things!"
"If you put it that way, I'm going to start daydreaming about marrying Lord Longzun! Hehe!"
...
The discussion on the chat was in full swing. After Zhao Zhao had given instructions to Taotie, she suddenly noticed the messages scrolling by on her phone screen at breakneck speed. She was a little startled. Were there already so many people?!
How delightful!
Taotie was not very literate. To be precise, it had trouble understanding modern simplified Chinese characters. After all, it had been staying in the Wuhuang Valley for who - knew - how - many years. It was truly an out - of - date demon that couldn't keep up with the times.
For this reason, the task of interacting with the chat fell on Zhao Zhao.
She was a bit nervous. After leaving Wutong Mountain, due to her lack of knowledge about human society, she had made many blunders. So she was afraid of saying something wrong and scaring away the demons who had finally come. At first, her answers were very proper.
"Hello everyone. My name is Zhao Zhao. The one beside me is Taotie. Welcome to Taotie's Food House live - stream. Welcome!"
Hearing his master's introduction, Taotie, in the midst of his busy eating, took a moment to attend to his "career". He swallowed a big mouthful of pig's trotters and then introduced himself, "Hello. I'm Taotie. Welcome to my live - stream. Enjoy your stay!"
"... " Zhao Zhao suddenly felt a bit embarrassed and silently turned her head away. What was wrong with Taotie?! "My humble self"? How impolite! This was not what they had agreed on at home.
However, the chat didn't mind at all. After a brief pause of two seconds, it became active again.
"Now I believe it's really Taotie. It looks so cocky."
"Same here."
"But don't you think Lord Taotie is a bit ugly - cute? Ahhh! So cute!"
"Come on, wake up. It can swallow three of you in one bite."
"By the way, have you noticed the little sister beside Taotie? She looks so familiar to me. And her name..."
"Same here. I feel like I've heard of her somewhere."
"Let me whisper this. She seems to be Lord Longzun's rumored wife."
"Damn it? For real? Lord Longzun's little sweetheart is live - streaming. Is this something I'm allowed to watch?"
Probably because the rumor about Lord Longzun's rumored wife had once dominated the online hot lists, and with the demons' curiosity about Su Yuan, when someone posted the suspicion that "it might be Lord Longzun's wife live - streaming", passers - by all wanted to come in and take a look.
Lu Chukong, behind the camera, was beaming from ear to ear with his phone in his arms. Great! This was great! He never expected to gain so much traffic in this way. Looking at the rapidly increasing number of viewers in the live - stream, Lu Chukong seemed to already see money flying in from all directions.
Meanwhile, Su Yuan, who had been silently following Zhao Zhao's live - stream, curled his lips and felt extremely pleased when he saw words like "Lady Longzun", "Lord Longzun's wife", and "little sweetheart" flashing across the chat.
However, his pleasure only lasted for two seconds before it was abruptly interrupted.
Zhao Zhao noticed the messages floating on the chat. She frowned, leaned closer to the screen, and suddenly looked serious. "I'm not Su Yuan's wife. Please don't misunderstand."
"... " Su Yuan let out a sigh. It was his own doing. What else could he say?
Then he continued watching with a dark face, intently and with great relish.
Hearing Zhao Zhao's denial, it piqued the netizens' curiosity even more. Among them, there were those who had seen Su Yuan and Zhao Zhao in the demon realm. Having witnessed the sweet and intimate atmosphere between them, they just couldn't believe that the two were innocent. Maybe they started to speculate whether they had broken up later.
Zhao Zhao looked at the chat. She thought the netizens' focus was a bit strange. It seemed that they were no longer paying attention to Taotie eating. This wouldn't do!
She wanted to end this topic as soon as possible, so she explained, "We haven't broken up because we've never been together. I'm currently pursuing him, but he doesn't seem to want to accept me."
These words silenced the live - stream chat, stirred the heart of the great dragon, and made Fu Feng, who had just arrived, burst out laughing.
As soon as Fu Feng entered the live - stream, he knew what was going on. Judging from the way Su Yuan had asked him for the account, it didn't seem like he really didn't like Zhao Zhao or had given up on her.
It was just that Lord Longzun had a moment of confusion. He was just getting tangled up with himself again.
"Alright, let's not dwell on this topic. Let's focus on Taotie's live - stream." Zhao Zhao thought she had perfectly ended the previous topic. Her tone was soft, like she was coaxing a child as she clapped her hands to persuade everyone to shift their attention.
She was very beautiful, the kind of beauty that made people fall in love with her at first sight. When she spoke like this, there was no sense of distance. People just wanted to get closer to her.
With Taotie beside her, eating with grease all over its mouth, Zhao Zhao looked even more like a clean and cute snow - skin mooncake. Her eyes curved when she smiled, and they sparkled when she didn't. She was truly endearing.
"Suddenly I think Lord Longzun is really blind for rejecting Zhao Zhao (can I say this?)"
"Same here."
"Thanks to Lord Longzun for this gift. I get to see such a cute sweetheart."
"Thanks to Lord Longzun for this gift."
"Thanks to Lord Longzun for this gift."
...
Row after row of messages scrolled by, leaving Zhao Zhao bewildered.
Soon, some demons started to send gifts. The special effects of the gifts were colorful on the screen for a moment, making Zhao Zhao stunned.
User [Sweet Zhao Zhao, Look at Me] sent ten giant whales.
The giant whale was the most expensive gift on this live - streaming platform, worth 8,888 yuan in total. Sending ten of them at once was truly a show of extravagance for a new live - streamer like Zhao Zhao.
However, Zhao Zhao hadn't done enough homework and had no concept of the value of the live - stream gifts. She just thought the whales were quite nice.
"What beautiful whales. Thank you!" Her sincere gratitude made all the female viewers in the live - stream feel a surge of maternal love.
"Ahhhh! My daughter is so cute. Mom is going to send you gifts too!"
"Mom also wants to hear my daughter's thanks. Woohoo!"
"Come on! Let's spoil my daughter!"
... The sudden outpouring of motherly love from a large group of mom - fans in the live - stream even startled Lu Chukong.
[Sweet Zhao Zhao, Look at Me]: "The anchor is so cute. Stop chasing Lord Longzun. Look at me! Look at me!"
A string of golden comments floated by, making Su Yuan in the next private room clench his fists.
A moment later, Su Yuan opened the top - up interface and expressionlessly entered a series of numbers.
Then, the magnificent announcement sound in the live - stream rang out:
User 72580 sent 20 giant whales.
User 72580 sent 20 giant whales.
User 72580 sent 30 "Eternal True Love".
...
The real tycoon had arrived. The live - stream fell silent for a moment as everyone watched the special effects of the big shot sending gifts.
After Su Yuan had sent a flurry of gifts, he typed three words: "Ignore him."
In the underworld, Fu Feng was rolling on the floor laughing as he stared at the string of "User 72580".