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Chu Chen was the first to react. He immediately stood up to take the cake from An Ya, saying politely, "Let me carry that."

An Ya smiled faintly and handed the cake to Chu Chen.

Then she turned to tease Chu Yu. "Your little brother really is thoughtful."

The corners of Chu Yu's lips lifted, but she still wore a haughty expression. "He's just so-so."

Beside them, An Yu nervously grabbed his sister's hand. "Sis, I'm thoughtful too."

Children that age inevitably had a competitive streak.

The moment he heard his sister praising someone else's little brother, An Yu panicked.

Amused by her brother's behavior, An Ya quickly bent down to reassure him. "I know. Come on, let's blow out the candles together."

While they were exchanging pleasantries and teasing each other, the Wen siblings came over from next door.

In the end, all three pairs of sibling guests gathered around the handmade cake and blew out the lit candles together.

The viewers who had originally been scattered across the individual livestreams were gradually gathering in the hall's shared livestream, and the number watching kept climbing.

Viewers had also taken screenshots and recordings of the moment when the three pairs of siblings blew out the candles together.

Before long, all sorts of edited videos were posted online.

[Wow, the gift An Ya and her brother prepared is so heartwarming.]

[I'm a fan of An Ya and her brother now. The guests this show invited are all pretty good.]

[Are you all ignoring that rat dropping, Chu Yu? If she'd leave the show and let her brother stay on his own, I think it'd still be watchable.]

Now that An Ya had taken the initiative to reveal her gift, Wen Tianqi was the one viewers were most looking forward to.

Although Wen Tianqi had specifically spent the entire night in the hall making his gift, he had kept his back to the camera the whole time, hiding the gift securely in a blind spot.

So viewers had only seen his busy figure from behind, without knowing exactly what gift he had prepared.

The production staff quickly picked up on what the viewers wanted and took the initiative to move things along.

"The gift the An siblings prepared together certainly shows a lot of thought. How are the other two younger brothers coming along with their gifts?"

The camera turned toward Wen Tianqi.

Under the livestream viewers' expectant gazes, Wen Tianqi smiled and held out a beautifully wrapped gift box. "My gift was ready quite a while ago too."

Wen Zhixin stepped in front of the camera, smiling at her brother. "Should I open it now?"

Wen Tianqi nodded and handed the gift box to Wen Zhixin.

The camera gradually moved closer, framing Wen Zhixin alone as she unwrapped her gift.

At that moment, the entire livestream fell quiet.

All sorts of expectant, curious gazes settled on the gift box.

Wen Zhixin raised her slender, jade-like hands and undid the bow on the gift box.

Time ticked by, and once the exquisite wrapping had been removed, the handcrafted piece inside the box was finally revealed.

It was an exquisite miniature castle model with conical gray roofs and walls adorned with pink and blue flowers, assembled from more than eight hundred building-block pieces in total.

Finishing it in a single night had certainly taken a great deal of effort.

[Help! So much thought went into this gift. What girl wouldn't want to receive a castle?]

[Little brother Tianqi really put his heart into it. This gift is wonderful!]

[The Wen and An brothers both prepared such great gifts. Suddenly I really want a little brother just like them.]

As Wen Tianqi's castle gift was unveiled, the entire livestream was flooded with a frenzy of unanimous praise.

Wen Zhixin played along perfectly, revealing a look of delighted surprise and covering her mouth with both hands, seemingly so moved that she did not know what to say.

The production staff directed the camera toward Wen Zhixin and stepped forward to ask, "Miss Wen, how do you feel about receiving this gift?"

Only after taking a little time to compose herself did Wen Zhixin look toward the camera, her eyes filled with emotion.

"I'm very grateful to my brother for putting so much thought into preparing this gift for me. I know we're still struggling financially, but I believe that with my brother working hard alongside me, things will get better for us."

This carefully worded speech not only thanked her brother for his thoughtful efforts, but also won her some sympathy from the viewers along the way.

For a time, more and more viewers became fans of the Wen siblings.

Wen Zhixin, who had initially been just an ordinary person, had actually gained fifty thousand Weibo followers over the past two days of livestreaming, becoming the guest currently generating the most buzz and support.

At this rate, she and Wen Tianqi were not far from achieving their goal of becoming famous and rocketing to stardom.

A few more hater comments popped up in the livestream.

[So where's the Chu Family siblings' gift???]

[The first two little brothers really put their hearts into it, and they're so sweet and thoughtful. I wonder what kind of laughingstock of a gift Chu Yu's brother will come up with.]

[Just a passerby asking because I don't know: why does this livestream seem so biased against Chu Yu?]

Just then, the number of people watching the livestream began multiplying.

The director, who had been overseeing things backstage, noticed the unusual surge in the numbers. After learning that many of the incoming viewers were there to laugh at Chu Yu, he did not know whether to laugh or cry.

Chu Yu's haters really were persistent.

No matter when or where, as long as they heard Chu Yu was there, they would find time to come mock her, however busy they were.

But to the production team, haters and genuine fans alike counted as traffic and buzz.

Naturally, the director gave it no further thought. Instead, he began looking forward to seeing how much more buzz the Chu Family siblings' gift reveal could bring the show.

Many of the haters in the livestream wanted to see the look on Chu Yu's face right now.

After all, with those two stunning gifts preceding theirs, it would inevitably be a little embarrassing if the Chu Family siblings could not produce something presentable.

Yet when the camera shifted over, Chu Yu's expression remained as calm and composed as ever.