Free Web NovelChapter 48: Chapter 48: Gu Zhao Doesn’t Scam the Poor
Gu Zhao glanced at Yu Zimo. "Someone as impressive as you wouldn’t just be full of hot air, right?"
Yu Zimo’s eyes darkened. "Of course."
Seeing a chance to punish the jerk, Zhong Mingrui excitedly chimed in with an idea.
"Big King, make him brush the hippos’ teeth!!"
Song Yi immediately agreed. "Big King, Zhong Mingrui’s idea is brilliant! His mouth is so foul anyway, he definitely won’t mind the hippos."
Yu Zimo’s face darkened. "You dare!"
Gu Zhao decided to call his bluff. "Yu Zimo, you will brush the teeth of five hippos. And they have to be spotless."
Just as Yu Zimo was about to curse, Yu Xiaowei clapped a hand over his mouth. "This is a live broadcast. Do you want everyone to know you’re not a man of your word?"
Yu Zimo bit back his retort and let out a cold huff.
Ye Zexi and Ye Zuiyi remained silent, afraid Gu Zhao would make things difficult for them as well.
Gu Zhao looked at the two of them and thought for a moment.
"As for you two, you’ll shout five times, ’We are Gu Zhao’s dogs, and we wish Big King Gu Zhao eternal life and prosperity.’"
The pair’s faces turned black as soot.
[Hahahaha, Gu Zhao, do you have to be so narcissistic?]
[Ye Zexi and Ye Zuiyi’s faces are as black as the bottom of a wok. Shouting that is so humiliating, hahahaha.]
[Gu Zhao really knows how to get under people’s skin. One has to brush teeth, the others have to shout slogans. None of them have it easy.]
[Yu Zimo was acting so cocky just a moment ago, and now he has to brush hippo teeth. Just the thought of it is hilarious.]
As for Yu Xiaowei, Gu Zhao gave a casual order. "You, face the camera and say ’Big King Gu Zhao is wise and brilliant’ ten times."
’She’s letting her off way too easy!’ Ye Zexi and the others glared fiercely at Gu Zhao.
Yu Xiaowei’s gaze toward Gu Zhao grew even gentler. Feeling no pressure at all, she turned to the camera and said, "Big King Gu Zhao is wise and brilliant..."
After she finished, Yu Zimo glared at Gu Zhao indignantly. "How come they just have to shout stuff?! Why do I have to brush a hippo’s teeth?!"
Gu Zhao looked at him. "Keep running your mouth, and you can shovel hippo shit in addition to brushing their teeth."
Yu Zimo gritted his teeth, but didn’t dare say another word. He had a feeling Gu Zhao would actually make him do it.
’When we get back, I’m definitely not letting Gu Zhao off the hook!’
With darkened faces, Ye Zexi and Ye Zuiyi turned to the camera and said through gritted teeth, "We are Gu Zhao’s... dogs. We wish Big King Gu Zhao eternal life and prosperity..."
...
"We... wish..."
[Hahaha, you should be secretly thrilled. We don’t even get the chance to do that, haha.]
[Hahahaha, help! The way they’re gritting their teeth, you can tell they wish they could chew Gu Zhao up and swallow her whole.]
[I feel bad for them, but I can’t help but want to rewatch it! They’ve completely lost control of their facial expressions, haha!]
In just a few short minutes, the show was trending again.
#GuZhaosDogs#
At the Ye Group headquarters, the eldest brother of the Ye Family listened to his assistant’s report, his face cold, and swept all the documents from his desk onto the floor.
"Gu Zhao! You’re pushing your luck."
His voice was ice-cold. "Contact the show’s director. Have Ye Zexi and Ye Zuiyi come back immediately."
The fact that they were affecting the company’s stock was unacceptable to him.
Even if they were his own brother and sister.
’Gu Zhao...’ he silently repeated, his gaze growing even colder.
"Go."
Just as the assistant was about to leave, he heard the ice-cold voice again.
"Wait. Go and find the jade pendant Gu Zhao has had since she was a child."
The assistant complied and left.
Young Master Ye tapped his fingers on the desk, lost in thought.
That jade pendant had appeared suddenly when Gu Zhao was an infant... It materialized out of thin air in her crib, and despite investigations, they never found out who it came from.
Afterward, whenever Gu Zhao cried, she would stop the moment she saw the pendant.
She had worn it ever since, until Ye Zuiyi returned and coveted it, at which point he had forced Gu Zhao to give it to her.
...
「Back on the show.」
Gu Zhao had completely forgotten about any jade pendant, let alone that someone was now scheming over her.
She was busy supervising Yu Zimo as he brushed the hippos’ teeth.
The giant panda had eagerly awaited Gu Zhao’s return to the wooden cabin. The moment she arrived, it transformed into a leg-clinging pendant, following her everywhere.
At this moment, it was lying on the ground, letting out a cute little SQUEAK at Gu Zhao. "Sister! Sit!"
Gu Zhao looked at the fluffy panda’s back, gave it a couple of pats, but couldn’t bring herself to actually sit down on it.
Two little monkeys, who had been watching secretly from the side, hesitated for a second before running over and patting their own shoulders. "Sister, sit on me!"
"Sit on me, sit on me!"
Gu Zhao: ’I’d crush them both to death if I sat on them.’
The giant panda flew into a rage. "Copycat monkeys! Get lost! Sister has me, she doesn’t need you!"
It curled itself into a ball and went into a roll, trying to knock the monkeys away.
The monkeys reacted instantly, scrambling up a tree to sulk.
In the end, Gu Zhao didn’t sit on any of them. Instead, she patted Gu Xulin.
Gu Xulin looked completely bewildered.
Gu Zhao said, "Brother, squat down."
Not understanding why, Gu Xulin thought Gu Zhao had something to tell him, so he immediately squatted down and turned his ear toward her.
But the next second, a person had climbed onto his shoulders.
Gu Xulin: ??!!
"Gu Zhao!"
Gu Zhao patted Gu Xulin’s hair, soothing him. "My mighty, powerful, handsome, and charming brother... you wouldn’t refuse me, right~?"
Gu Xulin’s anger vanished in an instant. ’My sister is using her cute voice on me!’
’Who else gets this kind of special treatment!’
"Hmph. I’ll admit you have good taste." Gu Xulin tried to suppress the upward curl of his lips as he stood up.
Song Yi and Zhong Mingrui exchanged a look, then turned to their own brothers. "Brother!"
Zhong Siqi rolled his eyes but obediently squatted down and hoisted him onto his shoulders.
Song Zhe, however, got a running start and bolted far, far away.
"If you want to trade me for a new brother, you don’t have to be so subtle about it!"
Song Yi: ...*pouty face!*
Listening to their boisterous laughter, Yu Zimo started brushing with a lot more force.
’Gu Zhao! You bitch! You bitch!’ He scrubbed furiously, as if the hippo’s mouth were Gu Zhao herself.
The hippo had been watching the cub, Xiangxiang, with adoration. But then the two-legged cub in front of it knocked against its tooth, and it let out an angry roar.
Yu Zimo’s face turned pale. He suddenly ran to the side and began to vomit violently.
After he was done vomiting, Yu Zimo looked straight at Gu Zhao and yelled, "I’m done!! I’m not doing it anymore!!"
Gu Zhao said nothing, but the hippos began to move, surrounding Yu Zimo.
’You’re not leaving until you finish brushing our teeth!’
[What a miserable worker.]
Ye Zexi and Ye Zuiyi were watching from the sidelines, wondering how they should deal with Gu Zhao from now on, when a staff member approached them.
The staff member led the two of them away.
By the time Yu Zimo finished brushing all the hippos’ teeth, it was already dark.
Gu Zhao and her group had been eating and drinking, so they weren’t hungry at all.
Yu Zimo, on the other hand, was so hungry he was seeing stars.
He had never wanted to eat this badly in his entire life.
Yu Xiaowei was hungry too, but it was too late to complete any tasks for food. Besides, she understood that the animals here had a grudge against them.
Without Gu Zhao’s say-so, they would never be able to complete a task.
When Yu Zimo saw Gu Zhao and the others casually eating and drinking, he had the urge to run over and snatch the food right out of their hands.
"I’m hungry!" Yu Zimo said coldly to Yu Xiaowei.
Yu Xiaowei was speechless. ’I’m hungry too!’
With no other choice, Yu Xiaowei approached Gu Zhao. "Um... can we buy some food from you?"
’Don’t think I didn’t see you glaring at Big King!’ Zhong Mingrui secretly glared at Yu Zimo.
Yu Zimo glared back fiercely.
Gu Zhao asked, "What would you like to order?"
Yu Xiaowei thought for a moment. "Just some fruit, please."
She wasn’t willing to cook for Yu Zimo anyway.
Gu Zhao: "One hundred thousand each."
Yu Zimo instantly exploded. "That’s highway robbery!"
Even someone with as little concept of money as him could tell Gu Zhao was ripping him off!
"I don’t appreciate that tone. I don’t rip people off," Gu Zhao said, taking a bite of her fruit and chewing loudly on purpose. "I only rip *you* off."
Yu Zimo’s stomach let out a loud RUMBLE. They hadn’t eaten since last night, and after running around all day, he felt like he was starving to death.
Yu Zimo grit out, "Fine! I’ll take five apples!"
’Just wait till I get home! Just wait!’ he chanted to himself, trying to stay calm.
