The host cleared her throat and began the second question.
"If your spouse had an extremely demanding job, and their boss forced them to drink and discuss business with clients until three in the morning every day, how would you help relieve their stress?"
Fang Nuonuo: "I'd wait for him to come home every day and cook him a steaming bowl of millet porridge to warm his stomach."
The bullet comments were still full of praise like, "Ahhh, our goddess is so gentle and understanding!"
Lin Xi: "I'd tell her to quit."
Cheng Qin: "I'd help him find another job."
Gu Yichen: "I'd accompany her to the drinking parties every night and hand her hangover medicine at the crucial moment."
It was Duan Xuanyu's turn.
He turned to glance at Su Mian.
This... had actually happened.
Back then, an enemy general had imprisoned Su Mian as a hostage. That woman had wanted Su Mian to serve her but hadn't dared to force her, so she had tried to beguile Su Mian with sensual pleasures and alcohol day after day.
To buy him time to mobilize his troops, Su Mian had been forced to play along.
By the time he rescued Su Mian, the alcohol had already damaged her spleen and stomach.
Later, he had exterminated all nine degrees of that woman's kin, chopped off all their heads, and used them to hold wine.
Duan Xuanyu spoke mildly. "I'd just extermi-"
Sitting beside him, Su Mian anticipated what shocking words he was about to utter.
She hastily shot him a glare.
"..." Duan Xuanyu realized that he couldn't casually exterminate someone's nine degrees of kin here, so he changed his answer. "I'd go tell her boss he's a pig."
[Huh? Why is Tyrant Bro so well-behaved this round?]
[Did nobody notice that look from Su Mian just now? Tyrant Bro was definitely about to spout something outrageous, but one glare from Su Mian shut him right up!]
[Ahhh, he really is like her little puppy!]
It was Su Mian's turn.
"He's sacrificed so much for this family, and there's nothing I can do to help him. I'd cry. I'd cry very, very sadly."
Beside her, Duan Xuanyu lowered his head, the corners of his lips lifting slightly.
I knew my empress would feel for me too.
The paid trolls Lu Zhou had hired to watch Su Mian for mistakes finally found an opening and immediately flooded the comments, calling her useless!
[Your husband already has it hard enough at work, and you'd cry and upset him even more? Spare each other!]
[Not nearly as understanding as Goddess Nuonuo!]
[Goddess Nuonuo is the only normal one among these three female guests!]
The viewers were enthusiastically hurling abuse.
Then they heard Su Mian continue, "When the tears are streaming down my face..."
"I'd take out a tissue to wipe my tears."
"And as I wiped and wiped, I'd start selling toilet paper on livestream."
Su Mian looked straight into the camera. "To all the big-shot manufacturers watching, just think: if I pulled out tissues from some brand right this moment, wouldn't that be fantastic advertising?"
"Remember to contact me for endorsements!"
[Thank goodness, it's the gold-medal sales champion! We're saved!]
[My god! She's the only one taking action to solve her spouse's problem at its root! The spouse drinks and socializes every day for money. If she earns money selling products on livestream, they won't have to drink anymore!]
[Isn't this tastier than millet porridge? Haha!]
Gu Yichen leaned back into the sofa, a hint of admiration slowly entering his gaze as he watched Su Mian.
He suddenly realized that his mother was right.
Su Mian's call for endorsements clearly showed that she wanted to earn money through her own efforts.
She really was different from someone like his father, who was insatiably greedy and wanted something for nothing.
At that very moment, backstage, Lu Zhou stared expressionlessly at the trending searches.
His slightly trembling hand holding the cigarette betrayed the fact that his fury had already reached its limit.
#The Emperor-Empress CP is real!#
#One eye roll from Sister Mian, three thrills for Tyrant Bro#
#How is Su Mian a gold digger? Su Mian is amazing!#
He kept scrolling down, only finding a trending search about Fang Nuonuo at number forty-eight!
#Fang Nuonuo says she would cook millet porridge for her future husband#
Lu Zhou didn't even feel like opening it.
His hand clicked on the "Emperor-Empress CP" trending search against his will to read the discussions inside.
Every comment he read felt like a needle piercing his heart.
Read one, get stabbed. Read another, get stabbed...
Soon, his heart resembled a showerhead.
At that very moment, Lu Zhou finally realized something.
He really... was someone who valued emotional ties.
Even though Su Mian was so awful, he still couldn't let her go.
He planned to reveal his wealthy identity to Su Mian once the first episode ended.
Then Su Mian would definitely cry and beg for his forgiveness.
He was willing to stay with Su Mian.
But he would definitely sign a prenuptial agreement with her.
It would stipulate that even if they divorced, Su Mian wouldn't get a single cent of his assets.
Having made up his mind, Lu Zhou immediately called his lawyer and told him to draft a prenuptial agreement overnight.
At the filming location.
For today's task, Su Mian had demonstrated to the audience how to use everyday trifles to sell products on livestream, displaying exceptional market instincts.
In the audience vote, she had also taken first place and secured today's living allowance.
The other two recipients were Duan Xuanyu and Gu Yichen.
Gu Yichen's performance today had actually been unremarkable too.
But his mother felt it was terrible that he still owed the production team money.
So she had mobilized everyone in the corporate group to vote for him.
That had finally allowed him to scrape through.
After filming ended, everyone headed back to their rooms to rest.
Su Mian was about to leave when the host, Yin Xiaohong, suddenly stopped her.
Su Mian walked over. "What is it, Sister Xiaohong?"
Sister Xiaohong raised a hand, signaling for the cameraman to stop livestreaming Su Mian for now.
Then she said with a beaming smile, "You mentioned on the livestream that people could contact you to promote products, and a company really did contact us."
Su Mian was delighted. "Really?"
Not far away, Fang Nuonuo, who hadn't gone far yet, wore a gloomy expression.
According to the plan Lu Zhou had laid out for her, she should clearly have been the one to go viral in this episode.
Why had an advertiser approached Su Mian instead?!
She deliberately slowed her steps.
Let's hear what brand Su Mian landed... Hopefully it isn't some major luxury brand!
Sister Xiaohong continued speaking to Su Mian. "The company asking you to promote their products is a very well-known major domestic brand!"
Fang Nuonuo's expression darkened further.
Sister Xiaohong said, "It's-Ai Niu Bao sanitary pads!"
Fang Nuonuo breathed a sigh of relief, a flash of disdain crossing her eyes.
They're only sanitary pads. So what if Su Mian gets them?
She stopped lingering and left the hall.
Sister Xiaohong handed Su Mian the samples. "As long as you find opportunities to naturally work in three spoken promotions today, you'll receive a promotional fee of thirty thousand yuan! It's just... you don't have sanitary pad shame, do you?"
Su Mian took the sanitary pads, the corners of her lips rising. "Don't worry. I have sanitary pad badass syndrome!"