Chapter 301: Fifty Shades of Grey

Shen Ci looked at the gift effects on the screen, her eyebrows instinctively furrowing.

It was actually a good thing for someone to be able to give Pili gifts with such a large hand. On a national platform like "Dou Dou," there was never a lack of big shots who threw thousands of gold to reward streamers.

But this user's username made Shen Ci feel a bit uncomfortable.

"Fifty Shades of Grey"!

This was a Western drama film that told the story of the special hobbies of a niche group.

However, with the development of society to this day, Shen Ci couldn't define whether "it" was still considered niche. She had watched this movie because it had enjoyed super high popularity and discussion as soon as it came out due to its own topicality.

She purely appreciated this movie from the perspective of a curious bystander.

Because she respected all personal behaviors and choices that were "private," "consensual," and "within legal constraints."

But to be honest, this movie wasn't well-made. Except for the decent looks of the male and female leads, it could be said to be worthless, and it didn't capture the restlessness of human primal desires deep in the heart.

In the end, it won the "Golden Raspberry Award" that year, similar to the "Golden Broom Award" in the country.

But even though Shen Ci had no prejudice against this movie and this type of group, when this user's name floated on the screen of Pili's stream, she still instinctively felt a trace of strangeness in her heart.

This strangeness was also entirely due to the special nature of Pili's streaming content.

"Mom, this person pushed me to rank 2. No, I don't allow it!"

Lianxing snatched the phone, quickly topped up a large sum of money, and then began to compete with the other party for Pili's rank 1.

Shen Ci didn't say much, because apart from that trace of discomfort in her heart, there was nothing wrong with the whole thing. The other party taking this "ID name" might just be for playing a meme.

In the stream, Pili was "dancing" even harder because she received dozens of carnivals. This was the day she had received the most gift money since she started streaming.

An hour later, Pili finished streaming and returned to the dormitory, clearly in a good mood because of today's harvest.

"I received so many carnivals today. A new big shot came to the stream, and without saying a word, he started by giving me thirty carnivals in a row, pushing me directly to rank 1!"

Gu Lianxing pretended not to know and asked hypocritically: "How is the popularity of the stream lately? Is there any improvement?"

Pili nodded: "When I first started streaming, there were only one or two hundred people. Later, the number slowly reached thousands. In the past two days, the average peak has been six to eight thousand people. The growth rate of this data is quite fast."

She had been streaming for less than a month, and she could achieve such results entirely due to her real skills and outstanding appearance.

Shen Ci thought for a while before asking: "Then did you follow back? You should maintain these big shots who spend money daily, right? Only then will they keep giving you gifts and increasing your popularity in the future."

Pili admitted generously: "That's right. Once the gift amount reaches a certain level, I have to follow back and take the initiative to greet and thank the other party. The agency also specifically instructed this."

"Then did the other party reply to you? What did they say?" Shen Ci was actually a bit worried in her heart.

Pili pulled out the account's private messages, found the chat history between the two, and handed it to Shen Ci openly for her to see. Lianxing hurriedly leaned in when she saw this.

The private message was the first one Pili sent after following back: "Thank you for your support, Big Brother."

The other party replied: "You're welcome, beauty. Your sword dancing and boxing are very aesthetic. I like them very much. I will watch your stream every day."

This reply actually had no problems at all.

The private messages Pili received in the background every day were numerous. In fact, there were many unbearable contents, but Pili didn't care at all, because she knew that since she wanted to eat this bowl of rice, she would definitely experience these things. Every streamer would receive unprovoked harassment and malice from strangers, especially female streamers.

So by comparison, this "Fifty Shades of Grey" reply was very decent and wouldn't make people feel uncomfortable.

Thus, Shen Ci was slightly relieved. At least the other party's language wasn't lewd or provocative, and there was no exposure of any purpose for the time being, looking more like simple appreciation.

The next day, the paparazzi sent by Lianxing also investigated further news.

And this time, Lianxing took Shen Ci directly to a coffee shop to meet the paparazzi in person.

The other party was a young man, about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, wearing a black windbreaker suit, with a schoolbag on his back and a DSLR camera hanging around his neck.

He seemed to be an old friend of Lianxing. The two laughed and joked as soon as they met, and then Lianxing introduced him to Shen Ci: "My dear, this is Guo Zifan, a famous private investigator in the industry, who handles both paparazzi and hacking, very powerful."

"This is my best friend, and also your employer for this mission."

Guo Zifan hurriedly greeted Shen Ci with a smile: "Hello, Miss Shen."

"Mr. Guo, finally met your true face."

The two shook hands and then sat down one after another.

Guo Zifan took things out of his bag while explaining: "I have another mission later, so I won't talk too much with the two of you."

As he spoke, two document bags appeared on the table.

"According to the requirements of the two of you last time, this time I focused on the few girls he is keeping. After my careful investigation, two of these three girls were already with Ji Yongxiu during their high school years."

Guo Zifan pushed two photos in front of Shen Ci, pointing and introducing them respectively: "This one is called Xu Yuanyuan. Ji Yongxiu met her when he went to 'Yancheng' for a business trip. It's impossible to verify exactly how they met, but it can be determined that they confirmed their relationship shortly after meeting, because before Xu Yuanyuan was admitted to a university in Longcheng, Ji Yongxiu had to travel between the two places dozens of times, averaging at least twice a month."

"This one is called Zhou Sihan, from Beijin."

Speaking of this girl named Zhou Sihan, Guo Zifan showed a complex expression on his face: "This person is interesting. She is the biological daughter of Ji Yongxiu's stepfather. Ji Yongxiu's mother formed a new family with her current husband a few years ago, and this Zhou Sihan is Ji Yongxiu's nominal younger sister. Although there is no blood relationship, this is somewhat against ethics."

This news was explosive, and it made Shen Ci and Gu Lianxing frown tightly.

"This, this is also a bit too..."

Even Gu Lianxing, who was usually eloquent, was shocked and speechless, completely unable to find a suitable adjective to express her mood at the moment.

But although Shen Ci felt uncomfortable hearing it, she didn't feel surprised at all that such a thing happened to a hypocrite like Ji Yongxiu.

Babies, one update today, will make up for it tomorrow. I have to go out.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 302 =====