How did Tao Zhiyan know?

Feng Yiqian didn't have low blood sugar or high blood pressure. After sitting for a while, he was full of energy again.

Once Aunt Zhao learned that the Third Young Master had skipped his meals to lose weight, she went to make him a low-calorie meal.

"Ahh." Feng Yiqian sat on the couch, happily digging in, and sighed in satisfaction. "So good!"

Tao Zhiyan smiled and shook his head.

What a special talent. The Feng Family had really picked up a little menace!

"Oh, right, Butler Tao." Feng Yiqian looked up. "If you're free tomorrow, want to come to the awards ceremony with me?"

The Eldest Young Master was abroad on business and wouldn't be back anytime soon.

The Second Young Master was out looking for Bai Ruan every day and wouldn't be coming back either.

No one knew where the Fourth Young Master was. There hadn't been any news of him in a long time.

Tao Zhiyan really did have plenty of free time. He nodded. "Sure."

With that affirmative answer, Feng Yiqian felt even happier.

Eating your fill really did put you in a good mood! Hehe!

The awards ceremony started at eight in the evening, with red-carpet appearances in the afternoon.

Feng Yiqian got up first thing in the morning to start getting styled.

At noon, the two of them set off.

It was Tao Zhiyan's first time attending an event like this, and he found it rather novel.

After parking the car, he followed Feng Yiqian inside.

The awards ceremony was packed with stars, with more handsome men and beautiful women than anyone could count.

The warm-up livestream was underway, and the official stream already had over a million viewers.

The host smiled and told the viewers, "The awards haven't started yet. You can visit our official page and predict which celebrities will win each award."

"If you guess correctly, you could win an autographed photo of a star!"

But the viewers weren't paying any attention to the host at all. The comments flew past:

[Aaaaaah! My Tang's got Best Actor in the bag!!]

[Was that my girl Han who just walked past? So gorgeous~ The ancient Greek goddess of beauty! Fly high, Han! Your Han Consorts will always be with you!!]

[Wait, isn't that my husband? Butler Tao's here!!?]

[The guy who just came into frame is so handsome!! Why don't I recognize him? Is he not a celebrity?]

[That's Tao Zhiyan! Surely everyone knows our beacon of righteousness, Butler Tao!? Surely? Surely?]

Tao Zhiyan's name flooded the comments so furiously that the host couldn't have missed it if he tried.

The official stream was drawing a huge audience, but a backstage issue meant the stars' red-carpet walk might be delayed by about ten minutes. The organizers had told him to come up with something.

Now that Tao Zhiyan was here, hadn't a solution just presented itself?

Without a second thought, the host immediately walked over, held his phone up in front of Tao Zhiyan, and greeted him with a smile. "Hello! Would you mind answering a few questions?"

Tao Zhiyan took a moment to react. He glanced at the phone, then at the host, who was desperately pleading with him under his breath, before standing up.

"What sort of questions?"

"The awards ceremony hasn't started yet. Would you like to take part in our prediction game?" the host asked. "If you correctly predict a winner, we can give you an autographed photo."

Tao Zhiyan waved his hands, looking a little embarrassed. "Sorry, I don't really know these celebrities."

"That's fine! Just take a few guesses!"

Tao Zhiyan was about to refuse again, but as soon as he looked up, he saw something flicker above the head of a female celebrity who had just stepped out of a car. Then a line of text appeared:

[A celebrity who slept with her sponsor for ten days in exchange for the Outstanding Newcomer Award.]

A juicy bombshell, right out of nowhere.

Tao Zhiyan blinked.

Wait... hadn't the answer to the prediction game just arrived?

The host kept pleading. "All our viewers really want to see you. Just take a guess."

As he spoke, he held the phone screen in front of Tao Zhiyan so he could read the comments.

The screen was now filled with:

[Aaaaaah, my husband is so handsome!]

[Hello, I suggest you hand over your contact details immediately. Don't make me ask twice!]

Tao Zhiyan was a little embarrassed. "All right, but I don't know their names. Can I just point them out?"

"Sure," the host replied. "It's only for fun anyway. Just take a guess."

Tao Zhiyan nodded and pointed at the female celebrity who had just gotten out of the car. "She'll win the Outstanding Newcomer Award."

The host followed Tao Zhiyan's finger. When he saw the actress, he couldn't help laughing.

It looked like Butler Tao really didn't know these celebrities. He'd actually picked a washed-up actress drowning in scandals.

He glanced at the comments. Sure enough, an argument had broken out.

[Are you blind?! Outstanding Newcomer obviously belongs to our darling Han!]

[Unbelievable. If that talentless pretty face wins an award, I'll eat shit!]

[What do you mean, talentless pretty face? Xuan was amazing as that immortal maiden this time, okay?]

As long as the comments were arguing, the engagement wouldn't drop. The host immediately pressed his advantage.

"Who else?" he asked. "Who else do you think will win an award?"

Who else would win an award...

Tao Zhiyan looked around and suddenly noticed something flickering a few times above the head of a young man in a white suit.

Then a line appeared: [A celebrity who agreed to let the committee chairman kiss his left big toe in exchange for the New Actor Award.]

*???*

Huh?

Tao Zhiyan actually wondered whether he'd misread it.

Why did I understand every word individually, but not the whole sentence?

Kiss his left big toe???? Was that the left big toe I was thinking of???

Tao Zhiyan pointed at the man in the white suit. "Him. New Actor Award."

The host turned the camera toward him. He didn't disappoint! Sure enough, it was another highly controversial actor!

The comments poured in:

[Correct! Fair! Excellent taste!]

[Fair, my ass. If you're an idol, stick to singing and dancing, okay? Stop ruining films and TV shows!!!]

[This Butler Tao is kind of an idiot. Stop asking him, host. Ask someone else!]

The engagement rose instead of falling, and the host grew excited.

He kept Tao Zhiyan there for over ten minutes, and every answer Tao Zhiyan gave sparked another fight in the comments.

Before long, the backstage crew notified the host that they could switch the stream to the main camera in five minutes.

"One last question," the host said. "Do you think Mr. Feng Yiqian will win Best Actor?"

Without even thinking, Tao Zhiyan answered, "No."

The host laughed. "Aren't you worried your employer will be angry if you say that?"

Tao Zhiyan smiled too. "No."

The interview had only been a warm-up segment. Once the awards began, everyone forgot all about it.

The Milky Way Award had changed organizers this year, but they seemed to be spending even more lavishly than before. The event was grand, and the venue was spectacular.

The trending topics had already blown up.

The official account personally stepped in to manage the comments and even hired paid posters. The public feed was squeaky clean, filled with nothing but praise.

It wasn't until the second half of the awards ceremony that a few voices of doubt began to emerge...

[Gossip-loving Little Matchmaker V: Um... did anyone happen to watch that interview with Butler Tao before the livestream? This is wild. It looks like he correctly predicted every winner???]

The blogger ran a gossip marketing account with a decent following, so the Weibo post quickly attracted plenty of replies.

[Yes! He got every single one right!]

[Those weren't guesses, were they? How could anyone guess that accurately? He definitely knew the list in advance!]

[...Besides, several of this year's Milky Way Award winners really didn't deserve it. Feels rigged.]

[@Milky Way Award As one of the country's most authoritative awards, aren't you going to explain this? Why did Tao Zhiyan know the list of winners in advance???]